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Imagine that this intro had all sorts of interesting facts and why I love the show "The Big Bang Theory" and that I posted some classic comedy bits below. Also ignore the fact that I fell asleep three times while typing this up. Snap. Make that four.

( Sheldon Cooper - For the Win )

That is all I have for you this week on Mega Media Monday. I am almost certain that bext week will be either a random one or a mini considering both my schedule and your lazy never-giving-me-ideas deal. HINT HINT. Just saying. Probably will be short anyways, but I could always use ideas.

Anyways, enjoy yourself, and happy watching!

The Allengator

As far as anime is concerned, I finished watching Bamboo Blade, which ended up being better than I originally thought it would, and instead of finishing Kaze no Stigma, ended up rewatching Baccano! again...that should probably speak for how well I like that series or how much I stopped caring for Kaze. Probably both. I really need to finish Kaze before I forget the main plot points...oh wait...Just kidding. Its not all that bad, but it just isn't memorable. Perhaps it will pick up speed towards the end...

I have partially watched Soul Eater, which continues to entertain me, as well as the latest Sgt. Frog. I have a system for the later. When I get a new set I marathon the first disc, then drag the second one out until the next set is released. That's more or less what I am doing with Soul Eater as well, so far.

Other ones I haven't finished watching include Comic Party and Kujibiki Unbalance. I mainly got Kujibiki just for the Genshiken OVAs, but I need to watch the actual show on the set as well. As far as online goes, I have watched about 10 episodes of My Bride is a Mermaid and will probably stop there just for the English release so I don't spoil myself. I am definately getting it when it comes out. My only wish is that it doesn't get old. I'm also finally getting around to watching Hayate because I'm almost done reading what has been released of the manga so far and now won't be so confused with all the characters in it. You have to pay more attention to subbed anime so I don't get to multitask like I usually do with anime.

Anyways, that's all I have for now. Aside from My Bride is a Mermaid, a Hayate Boxset (if BanDai ever gets their act together), and Haruhi 1.5 (as ashamed and annoyed as I was, yes, I'm probably still getting it), and future editions of Sgt. Frog and Soul Eater, my anime watching is noticably taking a dive, but I'm so busy with school and life right now that it's probably best.

Take care.

The Allengator

Sometimes I think about her. It may be a link, or seeing her comment somewhere, but I think of her, and it reminds me of the pain I felt and what I lost when I lost her.

The Allengator

Its like Mega Media Monday, just much smaller. I've had little free time the past few days so I only had time to scrounge up a couple of vids for you. Enjoy.

( Mini Media Monday )

End with usual begging of ideas.

Fin.

The Allengator

For my game development class. I will probably post the basic plot on here when I am finished. For now, here is a sample from my game called "Super Mario Text!".

The Year is 1995 and all is well in the Mushroom Kingdom. The lakitus were chirping, the bloopers were swimming, and the yoshis were frolicking on the grassy knolls of the fields in front of Princess Toadstool’s castle. Mario and Luigi were going to visit the Princess when they noticed something odd.
This Princess was in another castle! More accurately, she was being carried away by a magical whirlwind to a distant land.

That is how it starts out. I will let you know how it ends up!

The Allengator

Well this is a suprise. Seriously, I didn't expect this.

According to the latest ASOS Brigade episode on Youtube, Bang! Zoom, the dubbing company that did the first series of Haruhi, will be dubbing and releasing Haruhi 1.5, or "How I Learned to Stop Sanity and Love the Endless Eight" stateside, presumably with Ban Dai. This doesn't make up my general dissinterest with the company, but then again, if Haruhi 1.5 managed to have been better then I would totally by fanboying out at the moment.

Don't get me wrong, I am happy that its getting released. I'm also stoked that they are going to dub it, given Ban Dai's latest track record. Its just that Haruhi 1.5 just didn't have the same feel of the original series and that aside from Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody and Most of Sighs, the series just kind of fell flat on its face.

The ASOS brigade video asked the Director "When will the DVDs be out?" and the video conviniently messes up during his answer. Cristina Vee, who is posing this time as the RL Haruhi...who also sang a dubbed version of "Super Driver" which made me feel very weird, asked the director if "she could try out to be a voice in the series". Both of these prove that Haruhi will be out on DVD and that it will be dubbed. The video in question is located in the Anime News Network article.

Now the question is how they will handle the infamous Endless Eight. Sure, they can do a literal translastion, but wheres the fun in that? While that is probably the road they will take, it would be fun to see the characters swap voice actors or see something totally off the wall happen. THAT would make the set in and of itself worth collecting and be a suitable peace offering from Ban Dai. But we will see.

Also, a new Negima anime episode was announced. As well as a movie in the works, I hope this means that they are building up steam and release a GOOD anime series. I hope.

I don't know when I will be able to watch "Vanishment", but I will report as soon as I can on it.

The Allengator

Have I seriously not done this theme before? *Checks checks checks* Holy Monkey! I haven't done a theme songs edition before? How is that possible? Fine, I did do some for anime, but there are shows other than anime out there! That being said, one of the videos below is an anime theme, but its in english, I swear!

So please forgive my tardiness with this and please finally enjoy some of the best theme songs from TV shows that graced the small screen!

( What happened to theme songs anyways? )

What are your favorite theme songs? I'm planning on doing at least one more of these in the future, so let me know which ones you like. Any comments, suggestions, and general riffraff is also welcome and encouraged.

Until next week, happy watching!

The Allengator

Whew, its been a while, huh? Well, I spent the week at school and not working on unpaid leave, so my week was filled with less drama and events worth blogging about. A rarity, I know. Plus, I foreshadowed this before with my increase classload, so there isn't much more to say.

Wanted to spend some time talking about Chuck, probably my favorite tv show on right now. After twice marathoning the spectacular second season, I have went head first into the third season and my overall thoughts would be that the first couple of episodes more or less stumbled then it started to gain momentum with the third episode and with the fourth. The ratings practically tell an opposite story, with the Sunday 2 hour premeire being the best ratings since the "3-D" episode from last year, which is teriffic The ratings have dipped some since then, but have maintained around 2.5 million viewers and has become NBC's number one scripted program! Yes, it is even beating the snot out of Heroes, which is not only at a series low, but in imminent danger of being dropped. If it is, I won't be upset, since it completely lost me half way through the third season.

What does this mean? Unless Chuck tanks like Heroes did, there shouldn't be as much worry of renewal this time around as last time. Heck, if it beat not only Heroes, but Law and Order, then NBC, unless on crack (the late night debacle and Heroes slump doesn't give me an ounce of confidence) should easily renew it again if nothing major happens. Let's hope that the Olympics hiatus won't effect viewership!

Also, the olympics and Honda both have vouched for Chuck because of all the NBC shows, they chose the cast to be the advertisers for the olympics. Unironically speaking, totally awesome!

But Chuck still needs all the support it can get. Just because we are comfortable doesn't mean we can be complacent. Its good, yes, but it can be better! Everyone should watch Chuck on NBC on Mondays at 8/7 pm! Its that good!

Now as I mentioned before, I personally am not as excited as I was last season just yet, then again I said the same thing last season. I think the main factor is that Chuck now WANTS to be a spy instead of REFUSING to be a spy. Its a different flavor. Also, I love Chuck because of the humor the series brings forward, but especially in the premiere, the comedy was horribly underplayed and seemed more angsty. The Chuck I know and love is a"dork"able and hilariously charming with a little dash of realism. The formula is coming back with the latest episodes, but the premiere had me scared some. It was still better than most shows, but it felt different.

Also, Zac's new hairstyle really bugged the crap out of me for a while.

And Casey was completely underplayed as well. I need my weekly Casey snark!

Though things are looking up even more with Chuck's dad coming back for a few episodes again! My hope is that we finally learn some about Chuck's mother and see if she was a spy or just a civillian. She may be dead for all we know, but it sounds like she's still out there....Also, more John Casey background please! It would be awesomely awesome if we meet his parents!

Repeat guest stars would also be nice to see. I think a return of Jill, the Awesomes, Laszlo, Harry Tang, Professor Fleming, Ilsa Trinchina, Roan Montgomery, Lou, Mr. Burton, basically any one off character. How about this? A previous nemisis returns? Maybe more triad or Colt action would be sweet! I hope every episode isn't about "The Ring", but that may be a dream. Also, we aren't completely done with FULCRUM, are we? Chevy Chase wasn't the bossman, so it would be nice to see some closure there.

Although Chuck really doesn't need more of my help. I am just throwing out suggestions here. In short, I am satisfied and excited with how the current season is performing and if it keeps this up, then Chuck will be around for a while longer, assuming the powers that be have their heads screwed on tight.

Looks like that prognosticus is not looking too hot...

P.S. Also check out Jeffster's Official Site. Is this too good or what?

The Allengator

....And now for something...completely different.....

This is probably my angriest review ever. The series will probably appeal to cheese lovers, but very few else.

( A Travesty of Modern Anime )

That is it. I promise you that the next anime review will be better. Much, MUCH better.....I hope...

Any requests? Please feel free to post your suggestions below! Happy watching!

The Allengator

I love the Internet
I love compiling code
I love the minilappy
I love the expert mode
I love the whole world, except the screwed up folks
BOOM DE YAH DAH, BOOM DE YAH DAH
BOOM DE YAH DAH, BOOM DE YAH DAH

I love this anime
I love the scenes at night
I love the Beatles
I love to blog this site
I love the whole world, and all the things to come
BOOM DE YAH DAH, BOOM DE YAH DAH
BOOM DE YAH DAH, BOOM DE YAH DAH

I love to read manga
I love live comedy
I love to be sarcastic
I love when things are free
I love the whole world, it sure is interesting
BOOM DE YAH DAH, BOOM DE YAH DAH
BOOM DE YAH DAH, BOOM DE YAH DAH

What's your Discovery Channel song?

The Allengator

RightStuf had their Funimation sale and I bought a lot of DVDs that I have wanted. I should be receiving "Sgt. Frog Season 2 Part 1", "Bamboo Blade Part 2", and "Baccano! Complete Series" in the mail in a few days, and I can't wait to see the first two. I still love Baccano, but I already seen it twice in the past month, so I can wait on that.

I also preordered "Sgt. Frog Season 2 Part 2", "Soul Eater Part 1", "Soul Eater Part 2" and suprisingly "Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Season 2 Part 1". So the next few months will be anime-rich, although Sould Eater really suprised me.

One series I am unsure of is "Strike Witches". It looks ok, but the blatant fanservice concerns me. I'm going to have to see a couple of episodes before I make my decision. A little fanservice doesn't bother me, but a series where they have fanservice every 5 minutes is a bit much for me. I also have a strict "no nudity" clause with anime which has caused me to pass by a few titles. I accidently got Full Metal Panic the Second Raid without realizing that there were some breasts shown for a few seconds. Sure, it was a few seconds, but it still made me uncomfortable. I know, I'm weird.

One last one I want to see dubbed really badly is "My Bride is a Mermaid". Funimation finally uploaded a couple of subbed episodes on youtube, and I actually laughed at some of the humor despite not having it in English, so I can't imagine what a rush it will be in English. I can't wait to see it!

That's all. I suppose this was more than a "quickie", but I don't care.

The Allengator

Ok, so I misunderstood the scope of the capstone class. I thought I would have to write a journal every class period and do a weekly report, but evedently our weekly report is our journal, so my workload has been cut some. We also were told that we only have to make one documentation per group and not by individual, so paperwork may not be as much an issue. Its still going to be a lot of work and will require some of my free time, but it won't be as strenuous as I thought. Updates will probably still take a hit, but not as bad as I feared.

Anyways, have a good weekend, everyone! I plan on watching some anime tomorrow. Kaze no Shana Stigma is on the docket and perhaps Comic Party, if nothing else comes up.

The Allengator

Here's the deal. My blogging is definately going to suffer over the next few months due to my capstone class. Trust me, its going to be typing overload, including making daily (every class period at least) journals plus weekly status documents on top of competing in a contest, programming out the wazoo, having online discussions, and preparing for oral presentations. That os also just for one class. I am not including my game development or server management classes. So after all that typee typing, blogging seems like more of the same so expect less on here. I may even have to eventually put Mega Media Monday on hiatus if things get too intense later. Not sure if its even worth it with the lack of page hits and comments I get on here anyhow.

So if I'm scarce on here, that is why. This one class is going to be intense and I need to put more effort than I usually do in it. Perhaps I will post my journal on here to tide things over? Maybe. Highly edited reports to save the innocent. We will see what I can do. Shockingly, I am feeling the pressure and this is a light work week as far as my job is concerned, so this blog will have to cool off for a while. I'll still post, but don't go expecting the 5 page long epics that I usually post on here. That is all.

Oh yeah, I am also feeling more lethargic lately. I need some pills for that or something.

The Allengator

This week was going to totally be different than this for Mega Media Monday, but stuff came up and I didn't have enough time to put much effort into it, so I figured I would cop out and just do a musical one by the awesome punk-pop group Bowling for Soup. Enjoy.

( Videos Included with entry )

Thanks for joining me. Hopefully I won't have any more busted pipes and next week I can do what I originally planned to do this week. Until next time, hapy watching!

The Allengator

Tonight begins the third season premiere of Chuck and I couldn't be more excited! In order to catch some people up, I'm going to make a short list of things that you will need to know to keep up to speed as far as the plot goes. I will put it under a tag because there are spoilers in here. So enjoy the catch up!

( Chuck pointers )

I hope the new season does well enough to warrant more future seasons, and I seriously can not wait to see what adventures happen over the next few weeks. Please watch and support this awesome show! It will be on back to back new episodes at 8 and 9 pm CST on NBC, then at 7 on Mondays. Yes, that means there are 3 new episodes the next two days. Awesome!

Please watch it tonight and enjoy!

The Allengator

More rant time, yay! Now most everywhere else I've been keeping a cool head, but on here I am going to be more blunt and punchy. I know a group of people will disagree with me, but I really feel that I need to fully express my disappointment in the week's announcements.

First off, Funimation (shortened hereafter as Funi, because I prefer to type small words) for a few weeks talked big of their announcements for the upcoming year or so. Now Funimation is probably my favorite distributor at the moment because as I look at my anime shelf, well over half of my dvds are from Funimation (with several more coming in. Rightstuf is having their Funi sale right now and I need to complete my Sgt. Frog, Bamboo Blade, Soul Eater and Baccano collections) and are mostly pro-dub. I am a person who defends dubs very much. I think subs not worth my buck, unless the dvds are relatively less in price or have special features (STILL burned about Hayate). So hearing the new acquisitions for me was important because I trust Funimation and know the series will more or less sell better with them distributing them. If Funi doesn't license them, then the chances of it being dubbed are reduced very greatly.

You guys probably remember my wishlist for the Roll-Out Riot, which again has been talked up by the Funi reps on the blog. Guess which ones got picked? C'mon, take a guess. If you guessed ZERO, then you're absolutely correct! Now to be fair, I am a little upset that none of my picks were chosen, but there were a few more that were asked about a LOT on the blog that were neglected as well. One such outcry was for a redubbing of Sailor Moon. Seriously. Every other freakin' comment was for a redub/rerelease of Sailor Moon. Customers are clearly demanding this. On top of that, several of my picks were also mentioned frequently, such as Sayanara Zetsubo Sensei, ToraDora!, and K-ON. These are what people asked for. None of these were mentioned or acknowledged.

Let me break down what was announced.

Day 1 - 15 Shaw Brothers Live Action Films.

Day 2 - Kamui and RoboGeisha, the former looking "meh"-ish at best and the latter is more of a flick to watch while stoned or something.

Day 3 - FLCL rescue. Just one title, but was the first to get a resounding "YAY FUNI!!!!" from the fans. I watched it after announced (its only 6 episodes long) and was less than impressed.

Day 4 - Martial Hearts and Hero Tales, because ecchi sells and anything made by a creator of Fullmetal Alchemist MUST be gold.

Day 5 - Hetalia and Sacred Blacksmith. Hetalia definately has a...urm...passionate fanbase that honestly kind of scares me, and Blacksmith looks like any other pretty girl warrior shonen title. I looked up Hetalia and just could not get interested enough to care. I will need to see some episodes dubbed before I totally throw out the idea, but its definately not sounding like a "purchase" to me.

Now I will go to their defense. First off, Funimation may have still licensed some of these and just could not announce them yet because of their licensor. Just because it wasn't mentioned in the roll-out doesn't mean its not on the way or on their list. This may be true, but you think they would announce it during one of their bigger announcement extravaganzas instead of a few months later. Granted, they may wait to announce bigger titles at a convention, but don't get our hopes up with "RoboGeisha".

Secondly, just because Funi doesn't have the license doesn't mean it won't be dubbed or released at all. Now this is just a rumor, completely unverified, but Zetsubo Senei might possibly be a Media Blasters acquisition as well as Moyashimon, another series I am interested in, and both will probably be dubbed as well. Again, just a rumor I saw mentioned on the Mania forums. Honestly, Media Blasters would probably be my second choice of distributor given my latest grief with Ban Dai, so if some titles go there, I won't be too disappointed other than having to purchase overly expensive volume releases. I'm cheap, ok?

One of the things I think that kind of hurt the most is the fact that Funi has seemingly (not accusing) given a half blind eye to the fandom and just started doing their own thing. I know the fandom isn't always right, but when you announce roughly 22 titles and only 2 are more or less widely approved of, there might be a problem. Now to most of us, Funimation is an anime group, distributing series and dubbing them. They are also into releasing Foreign films. Honestly for some anime fans, the announcement for the movies were great, but there are some of us who just don't care. Given the talk on the ANNCast, they knew there would be backlash when the liveaction was announced, so why announce it, or announce it first two days by themselves. Couldn't you have also announced an anime title a day? There were 4 new seires and 1 "rescue" which could have been announced one a day. Sure, people would undoubtedly complain about the number of series being licensed, but you could have made it a 3 day roll-out instead of 5. Again, no offense to the live action fans out there, but most of us were led to believe that they would announce anime, since it is, as quoted on ANNCast "Very much our bread and butter".

Again, this isn't my slamming because of none of my wishlist was announced, but this event was kind of mishandled. Starting off two days with live action movies that most people had not heard of on a blog that is 95% anime-related is kind of a slap in the face and killed the mood for most people, then announcing several subpar series, even if they instigated some talk, made this event pretty much a "fail" in my book. If they had not mentioned the live action, sure, we would have said something about the quantity, but I don't think we would have been as disappointed or felt like we had been "trolled" by the leading R1 distributor in North America. Sure, if Sailor Moon or ToraDora! had been announced, it would have lessend the sting and probably shortened this entry, but they wern't, and this is a wall of text.

Yeah, the economy is in the crapper, and that sales are probably not where they were two or three years ago. I get that. If Funi doesn't have a lot of money to throw around, I understand why some series got "overlooked" and why they announced some live action. I'm not saying they should say "Ok guys, we don't have as much money so there will be fewer titles this year". That would have caused stock to drop in their company. I get it. I know these titles don't interest me in the slightest. I'm not saying that I want Funimation to fail or anything. I don't harbor a grudge against them for that. All I am saying is that fans have voices and that if you're going to act like something is a big deal and you know you're going to be letting most of the people down, then don't act like its a big deal! I'm sure both Hetalia and FLCL will do well based on the reaction I see. I'm just really disappointed that is was handled the way it was. Its like Nintendo E3 2008 all over again.

Now I want to see ToraDora, Shana 2, Zetsubo Sensei, Hayate, Moyashimon, School Rumble 3rd Semester and Negima OVAs dubbed and released in America. I really do. In fact I just marathoned Shakugan no Shana just to remind myself why I want Shana 2 released so badly. I want to see each one for different reasons, but now I have the feeling that more announcements will be months away and by then I will have lost all patience and just watch them online subbed....not dubbed or...subbed.....

Crap, I'm starting to sound like people who call themselves otaku. CRAP.

The Allengator

Its everyone's favorite kind of blog, the rant post. Yes, I am quite punchy today.

First off, worked sucked major buttage being outside and everything in subzero temps not factoring the windchill which made it feel around -15 or so. I went in to warm up, drank hot coffee, and ate soup for lunch, but it didn't aliviate me from the lazy idiots known as customers. Ok, sure, you have your idiots who could use a few more brain cells. Sure, sometimes you have to clean up their spittle or tell them they are staring at what they are looking for, but aside from a few mishaps, they just want someone to help them out. Then there are lazy people. Now its possible to be smart and lazy, which I not only fully approve of, but engage in myself. If it doesn't inconvinience others and won't get me arrested, then I say do it. Now, combine the two, and you have the world's most annoying adversary. I won't go into it, but when you get relegated to working as a cartpusher at *insert major multi-naitonal corporate retailer here*, its blatantly obvious who the lazy idiots are.

Then there are people who fail. I have two such examples of these fine specimens.

First off was TV guy. Right now our weather situation is not good. Most roadways are covered with snow/ice and as I mentioned earlier, the temps feel like they are well into the negative digits. Now if someone was shoping for necessities, simple groceries or medicine, I understand and want to help them out. Then there are people who go specifically to buy a 42 inch flat screen tv. In this weather, a 42 inch flat screen tv is far from a necessity. Then he tried to fit it in his sports car. Guess what? A 42 inch flat screen tv will not fit in a sports car. So we has to unbox it, in the parking lot, and place the tv in the car without a box. Now, this is not something new, but he fails for doing this not only while blocking traffic, but in this freakish weather.

Then there was the best parent EVAR! Remember, it is around -20 to the skin and snow is flurrying from the sky. I mean you need to be bundled up just to survive the wind. Then I saw the best parent EVAR and wanted to yell at her. She was in her car, smoking. Now, smoking is already a big personal irk of mine, but I usually let it slide. Next, I noticed her window was down. O...k... Now, I understand you don't want your car to reek of smoke, but in this weather it looks really stupid. This would have all been forgettable if not for this one last thing. In the backseat of the car were her children, all bundled up. This is what grinded my gears. These were young kids, about 10 or so and they had their windows rolled partially down just so their mother could have a smoke break. I really wanted to give her a piece of my mind, because not only is she smoking which is hazardous to her health, but she has her children with her and forced to have the windows rolled down in windy subzero weather. Either get out of your car and smoke, or let your kids go in the store. Don't subject them to your sick urges, idiot.

No more about work. My day comprised of dealing with similar people, and my tolerance went away in short order. I was hoping to have some good news when I got home, but what I got was some stew with tomatoes (love stew, hate tomatoes) and a dissapointment from Funimation.

Which I will get into next time.

The Allengator

Petey was working at the office one day and was really bored. "I wish I had a girlfriend to keep me company." He thought at he worked on quarter projections.

Suddenly Alexis, the popular girl at the office walked over to Petey and asked him, "How are the projections coming along, Petey?" she asked. "Fine." He replied. "How are those pens working out that I gave you?" She asked. "Fine" He replied. How is that soda I got you from the machine?" "Fine." He replied.

As he picked up said soda for a sip, the condensation made it slip from his hands, which caused his pen holder to knock over and spill pens all over his cubicle.

"Let me get those for you." Offered Alexis. As they picked them up, Petey slipped on a pen and fell on top of her. Alexis screamed. Suddenly the building rumbled.

The rumble was caused by Alexis's boyfriend who was huge, dumb, and very protective of her. Then he saw the Petey, on top of his girlfriend.

Petey passed out. Many times.

Moral of the Story: Always keep your office space organized.

The Allengator

This week on Mega Media Monday we look at the world of crime and see whether it pays or not.

On second thought crime never pays, but if you do something stupid then you will become Internet gold via Youtube.

Or maybe I should say today's videos are so funny that is should be criminal.

Nah, I'll stick with the second one.

( Unorganized crime mayhaps? )

Maybe I should have done the old cops theme. "Bad boys bad boys. Watcha gonna do?".....Nah. I'll stick with the second one. Crime doesn't pay/Youtube gold. Well, a little late to decide that...but better late than never, right?

Thanks for joining me with the first Mega Media Monday of the year! There will be many more to come, so we will have some fun in the coming weeks. Have any video suggestions or theme ideas? Hit me with your best shot below and I will see what I can do! Until next Monday, happy watching!

The Allengator

This is something new I want to try on here. Sometimes I want to talk about a series that may not work with Mega Media Monday, because I want to keep this blog as PG as I can. So I decided to start a new feature called "Audio Anime Reviews" which is like the previous ones, just without the videos embedded and extensive critiquing.

For my first AAR, I went with an anime that I know I don't want to post on here due to the level of violence in it. So enjoy my review of the fantastic series Baccano!

( AAR: Baccano! )

I hope you liked the first of the Audio Anime Review, and there will be more to come as I have several series I want to do! Have you seen Baccano and want to share your thoughts? Comment below to start some chatter.

Also, I was totally being serious about looking up Baccano on Wikipedia. If you find yourself too confused, go here to either make it better or much worse. Remember, it may spoil the plot for you so proceed with caution.

Until next time!

The Allengator