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Midnight Grappler Animals
by Midnight Grappler Animals
Sometimes, a group of people start a podcast on a whim, and that evolves into a quest to break down boundaries and explore new frontiers in media. At least, that's what we tell ourselves. Join us on our journey through a wide variety of things, from comics to tokusatsu, to everything in between and beyond. Want to support the podcast? Join our Patreon at patreon.com/midnightgrappleranimals!
Episodes
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178. Hellboy Summer Pt. 2 - The Human Condition
Hellboy Summer returns! We're rounding out the first Omnibus volume of Hellboy, looking at Wake the Devil and Almost Colossus. Want to support the show and get exclusive bonuses? Head over to our Patreon to find new episodes, as well as our extensive backlog of bonus content:...
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177. Hellboy Summer Pt. 1 - Into the Inferno
Summer ain't over till we say it's over, baby! This week, the Boys go to hell! Enter Hellboy Summer, where Lan and Salt get to go through the mainline Hellboy releases, guided by our very own Charon, Keigen. This episode, we start off the first Omnibus volume of Hellboy with a look at Seed of...
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176. Canceled Comics Cavalcade: Warren Ellis
The Canceled Comics Cavalcade returns, with a look at the 2011 "Documentary" (if one were to classify it as such) Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts. What does this film have to say about Ellis and his legacy, and what can we glean from it, 15 years later? Keigen, Salt, and Lan dive in to find out....
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175. Spider-Man fights for State Rights
America has (unfortunately) turned 250, and to "celebrate", Lan, Keigen, and Salt look at 1776, Marvel's "comic" created in commemoration of this "achievement". Did J. Michael Straczynski, Sean Damien Hill, and Ron Lim actually deliver something worth reading, or will this be forgotten to the...
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174. Video Maym: Borderlands (2024)
This was frankly the only way we could've ended off this month. Lan, Keigen, and Salt delve into arguably the most evil movie we've covered for Video Maym, with Eli Roth's disasterpiece Borderlands (2024). Want to support the show and get exclusive bonuses? Head over to our Patreon to find new...
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173. Video Maym: Need for Speed (2014)
Salt pulls a reverse end-of-Furious-7 and rejoins the crew to talk about a very fast, but not so furious take on the racing genre. Does Need for Speed (2014) have... anything resembling an identity? Want to support the show and get exclusive bonuses? Head over to our Patreon to find new episodes,...
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172. Video Maym: Tomb Raider (2018)
Ok, so maybe Uncharted (2022) wasn't our cup of tea, but perhaps this more British take will suit our fancy? Lan and Keigen enter their British era. Want to support the show and get exclusive bonuses? Head over to our Patreon to find new episodes, as well as our extensive backlog of bonus…
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171. Video Maym: Uncharted (2022)
Lan and Keigen delve into the woefully-miscast Uncharted (2022) to see if there's a good movie hiding under all that Wahlberg. Want to support the show and get exclusive bonuses? Head over to our Patreon to find new episodes, as well as our extensive backlog of bonus content:...
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170. Video Maym: Assassin's Creed (2016)
Get ready to recite the vows and receive your enlightenment, Assassin; and I don't mean the Shahada. Join Lan and Keigen as they journey back to a very Islamic time in Spain's history for this episode of Video Maym. Want to support the show and get exclusive bonuses? Head over to our Patreon to...
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169. Video Maym: Prince of Persia (2010)
This week, Midnight Grappler Animals answers the most important question of our modern times: Who is the White Woman of the 2020s? Well, more specifically, we look at Prince of Persia, the 2010 movie starring very few actual Persians. Want to support the show and get exclusive bonuses? Head over…
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168. Video Maym: Mortal Kombat (2021)
What better way to celebrate the month of May than another themed month? We thought long and hard about where to take this month (i.e. 5 minutes after a one-off joke during a recording), and decided that we ought to take a look at the video game movie adaptations of the 2010s and 2020s, to see…
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167. Absolute Ride Along
It's the spinoff to the spinoff, as Keigen puts Lan and Salt in his sidecar on this Absolute DC ride-along! Which books did Lan and Salt pick to continue on with? How much duress was Lan under? Tough to say, tough to say. But if you really want the saucy details, we simultaneously dropped the…
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166. Y'all mind if Keigen speaks a lil' Chinese?
In what some are calling the episode with the most discombobulating start to an episode of MGA, Keigen and Lan take a dive into Chinese cinema, but not with a movie that anyone would call good by any stretch of the imagination. We took a look at The Battle at Lake Changjin to investigate the...
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165. We Fix the NBA
It's playoff season, and it's up to us to fix the NBA before things get any worse. Keigen enlisted the help of lifelong Knicks fan Dave Shevlin and lifelong Raptors test subject Lan to talk about the various ways in which the current NBA system is broken, and what we could do to fix it. Want to...
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164. We Need to Talk About Kevin
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Daredevil: Guardian Devil is a comic that'll give you too much bang for your buck. Lan, Keigen and Salt sat their sighted asses down to slog through Kevin Smith's "masterpiece" and figure out if it lives up to normie hype. Want to support the show and...
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163. Zorroary: Zorro The Gay Blade (1981)
For our Month of Zorro we’ve reached our last episode for the main feed. Today we look at Zorro The Gay Blade, a 1981 comedic vehicle for actor George Hamilton. While maligned by critics of its own time, we find plenty to laugh at and enjoy in this silly spoof of our sassy swashbuckler. Plus, a...
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162. Zorroary: The Mark of Zorro (1919)
Hola, senõr Salt here for more Zorroary, aka the Month of Zorro. Keigen also joins, but Lan is absent this round, probably doing caballero stuff. For our third installment of our Zorro series we’re going back to the very beginning of Zorro, and even before. We’re taking a look at Johnston...
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161. Zorroary: The Mark of Zorro (1940)
We’re back with more movie Zorro for Zorroary. It’s not the first Zorro movie, not even the first Zorro talkie, so while it’s no first, The Mark of Zorro (1940) is a reel good time at el cine (“the cinema” for you non-Spanish speakers). Mark of Zorro was the 4th Zorro adaptation, 6th if you count...
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160. Zorroary: The Mask of Zorro (1998), feat. Ibrahim Moustafa
Bienvenidos luchadores. Zorroary, our month-long deep dive into the various adaptations and adventures of Zorro, begins. We kick things off with 1998 blockbuster The Mask of Zorro. And who better to join us than fellow Zorro buff, and comics creator Ibrahim Moustafa. We also briefly look at a few...
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159: 2025 Pickup - Everything in-between
We've reached the end of our 2025 catch-up, and we decided to throw everything but the kitchen sink at this last round of things to catch up on. We did movies, shows, and comics already, so we rounded it out with anime (which doesn't count as a show, I swear), a YouTube series (which doesn't…
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158: 2025 Pickup - The Shows We Missed
We're still catching up on 2025 things! Listen, so much stuff comes out in any given year, so can you really blame us? It's a lot, it's a lot. This week, we talk shows! We've got Alien: Earth, The Chair Company, and Heated Rivalry. You can probably guess who suggested what. Want to support the…
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157: 2025 Pickup - The Comics We Missed
We're picking up the stuff we missed from 2025! Lan, Keigen, and Salt have each given each other homework to read, watch, and engage with, and we sit down to discuss our thoughts. This week, we talk comics! We've got Mothra: Queen of the Monsters, Spider-Man '94, and Assorted Crisis Events vol.…
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156: 2025 Pickup - The Movies We Missed
It's January, and while everyone's adjusting their budgets, habits, and wardrobes, we're looking back at the year just ended! Lan, Keigen, and Salt gave each other homework for the next month, making each other read, watch, and listen to things from 2025 that they might've missed. This week, we...
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155. Ultimate Ride Along: Endgame Pre-Game
We couldn't let 2025 go without one last episode to round things out. With Marvel's Ultimate Endgame #1 dropping today, Lan and Keigen went through the trials and tribulations of reading every Ultimate Marvel comic released since Ultimate Universe #1 (2023). We cover Ultimate Wolverine, Ultimate...
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154. Game Show of the Year 2025: Jeopardy Edition
Merry Christmas! The year's almost over, so why not celebrate with a look back at things that happened this year? Lan puts contestants Gui, Salt, and Keigen to the test in a battle of wits and memory as they get quizzed on things that happened in 2025, Jeopardy-style. Want to support the show and...
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153. Tastebreaker's Grab Bag 2025
We're back with the time-honored tradition of the yearly Tastebreaker's Grab Bag, where we DON'T recommend you check out the things we talk about. We did this year's as a live show, where viewers and members of our Discord channel got to chime in on our takes. Our next episode will also be a live...
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152. Dreddcember: The 2012 One
We're trying something new this week with Midnight Grappler Animals: An episode that doubles as a commentary track. We sat down to watch the 2012 Dredd movie starring Karl Urban and recorded our live reactions to it, while also having a conversation on top of it. Whether you watch this alongside...
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151. Dreddcember: The 1995 One
We're trying something new this week with Midnight Grappler Animals: An episode that doubles as a commentary track. We sat down to watch the 1995 Judge Dredd movie starring Sylvester Stallone and recorded our live reactions to it, while also having a conversation on top of it. Whether you watch...
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150. Anniversary-geddon
We've done it! We've made it 150 numbered episodes into this show! What better way to celebrate the occasion than to get introspective about why we even do anniversaries in the first place? Lan, Salt, and Keigen sit down to talk about three anniversary issues and get to the bottom of things.…
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149. Punksgiving
Happy thanksgiving, Americans! Our Canadian host took a break this time and left this very American holiday to our two American hosts as they look at something we should all be grateful for: The punk scene. What does it mean to be punk in the big 2 5? Salt and Keigen find out, through the lens of...
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148. A Justice League of Their Own
We're doing a sequel to our Star Wars knockoffs episode by looking at a couple of superhero movie knockoffs. Marvel, DC, everyone's getting a piece of the pie this time, as Lan, Keigen, and Salt cover the 2017 movie Guardians and Supermen Dönüyor, A.K.A Turkish Superman. Want to support the show...
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*Special Interview*: Boycott Scream 7
Salt sits down with Nino from the Boycott Scream 7 movement. They discuss the origins and details of the protest, and how the horror franchise juggernaught silenced one of its stars for speaking out against US and Israeli-backed violence perpetrated in Palestine. Contact [email protected]...
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147. MGA Draft 2025
In a first for MGA's Sequels Month, we're doing an episode that isn't a sequel at all...or is it? Keigen is joined by contestants Lan, Dave, Brason, and Gui as they take part in MGA's very first* comics draft. How will our play-publishers fare in a market rebuilding after a total crash and...
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146. Spirtually Miller-y
In a first for our sequel season, we're covering something that's a sequel to episodes we've done in the past, but also, a prequel for something that has yet to debut. We delve back into the world of Frank Miller to look at his first solo directorial debut, 2008's The Spirit. Frank Miller taking…
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145. Tr2th N2ke
Years ago, Lan and Salt covered the first volume of James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds' The Department of Truth. This time, joined by Snyder superfan Keigen, we cover the 0th issue of the book, with the books original creative team being joined by the creative duo of Scott Snyder and Joshua...
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144: What Were They Thinking - Goth Save America
This time, we revive an old series of ours, What Were They Thinking, and return to Gotham, the only democracy in the middle-east of America, for the last volume of Chip Zdarsky's Batman run, "The Dying City". Fret not, as neither Lan nor Salt read any of Zdarsky's Batman run up to this point.…
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143. The Kaijushank Redemption
We're revisiting our 81st episode and heading back to Kaijumax! Lan and Keigen discuss the second deluxe volume of Zander Cannon's Kaijumax, covering seasons three and four. Lan had to read not only the second Deluxe Edition volume, but the first as well. Did he like it as much as our hosts did…
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142. The NEW, True, Shin Ultraman
In this episode, we follow up on our 7th episode to revisit Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno's Shin Ultraman, joined now by Ultraman newcomer Keigen. To prep Keigen for his first foray into the franchise, Salt assigned us some homework: Watch Ultraman (1966) episodes 22 and 23, both directed by…
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141. Gimme a Kaiju flick with NOTHIN!
We're back with another entry in our Sequels Month series, this time following up on our seminal 50th episode, where we covered The Pope Drops In, while also semi-reviving our run of Toku Thursday episodes. We decided to take a look at the movie the pope was watching in the movie and cover 2020's...
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140. Medieval Pulgasari
It's the start of sequels month, leading up to our monumental episode 150! We're starting this month off with a sequel to our eleventh episode about the North Korean kaiju film Pulgasari, What happened when Shin Sang-Ok managed to flee North Korea, into the arms of the United States? Schlock,...
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139. Of Mice and Chainsaw Men: The Reze Arc Review
With the release of Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc, Keigen and Salt made their way to their local cinemas to catch up with the film debut of Denji and Division 4. Before getting into the movie, Keigen and Salt have a brief discussion covering their experiences with the manga. The movie is…
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138. 3 Problems But a World Ain't One
It's been four years since a group of comics creators took Substack's dirty money in an effort to revolutionize the way we read comics. Has that actually happened? Keigen and Lan delve into one of these Substack comics universes to see if that's actually the case. We delve into Three Worlds…
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137. Ultimate Ride Along
Much like Miles Morales, we're taking a hit concept from our other podcast and applying it to our main one, baby. Lan and Keigen join up to relentlessly bully- I mean introduce Salt into Marvel's latest line of Ultimate Marvel comics by reading the first issues of every Ultimate comic. And yes…
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136. A Grappler's Life for Me
Salt and Keigen sail the high seas with 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl! Was there a time when Disney knew how to make big budget live action ensemble films? We dive in to find out! Want to support the show and get exclusive bonuses? Head over to our Patreon to find new...
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135. Canceled Comics Cavalcade: Neil Gaiman
In an episode that is either a one-off or the start of a new series, Salt and Keigen examine the legacy of a comics creator whose once sterling public image has been tarnished by bad behavior. In the 2016 documentary Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously, viewers follow along with Gaiman to see the...
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134. Al's Asgard - The Not-So-Mortal Thor
We did it! Lan, Keigen, and Salt made it to the end, finally finishing Lan's read pile with a full read-through of Immortal Thor. Was the wait worth it? Was reading all those comics that had nothing to do with Immortal Thor worth it? You're asking a lot of questions. Good thing we've got this...
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133. Godzilla Minus-One, Round 2 (feat. Sophie Campbell)
We watched Shin Godzilla in 4k last time, so why not round things out and rewatch Minus-One while we're at it, joined once again by Sophie Campbell. Godzilla newbie Keigen questions Lan's less-than-positive opinion of the movie, even though Lan went out of his way to buy the 4k release. Sophie…
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132. Shin Godzilla, Caught in 4k (feat. @theefantomas)
Shin Godzilla was back in theatres this year thanks to a 4k re-release. This was a perfect opportunity for the lads to go engage with the beauty of the theatrical experience. For some it was the first time, and for some, it was their third or fourth time watching this movie. Is Shin Godzilla a...
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131. Al's Asgard - Defenders Beyond Sanity
In this episode, Keigen tries to justify the selection of books he made Lan and Salt read as Lan slowly loses his mind. What does this mean for the rest of this series, and the reading habits of our hosts? How does any of this even factor into Immortal Thor? We try and figure these questions out....
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130. Al's Asgard - Loki: Agent of Asgard
It's Al as in Alasdair, not AI as in Allen Iverson. This week, Keigen and Lan revisit 2014's Loki: Agent of Asgard as first-time reader Salt once again encounters his arch-nemesis: continuity. Somehow, this will all make sense in a few weeks' time, but for now, enjoy this retrospective on this...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Sometimes, a group of people start a podcast on a whim, and that evolves into a quest to break down boundaries and explore new frontiers in media. At least, that's what we tell ourselves. Join us on our journey through a wide variety of things, from comics to tokusatsu, to everything in between and beyond. Want to support the podcast? Join our Patreon at patreon.com/midnightgrappleranimals!
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