December 9, 2024 • 69 mins
After all these years we've finally gotten fed up with campy Hallmark Christmas movies, so we're turning to the most reliable source to help us make a new one: ChatGPT...
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I can't say this straight for this move and Nick, believe in
yourself. And also don't forget the battle
pass resets next season. Hello and welcome to the
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Nerdiest podcast where nerds talk about nerdy things.
As always, I'm one of your hosts, Mr. Jackson Glass, joined
by my Ride or Die, my always there good friend, the host with
the most who's always sleep deprived, Mr. Nick Bear.
And today is our 2024 Christmas party.
Hooray. We do this every year.
It's a tradition. We just like to have fun, spread
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a little Christmas cheer and just have a good time and hang
out. Today we will be putting AI to
the test, a little ChatGPT action.
Now I know, Oh my gosh, AI, you talk about AI every episode, how
bad it is. Yes, it is bad.
That's why we're using it, and it's going to be really funny
and we're going to write our ownChatGPT Christmas movie and it's
going to be phenomenal. And it would probably get better
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reviews than Red 1. So we cannot wait to do that.
We also have a little traditional little gift exchange
between us, the hosts. We cannot wait, cannot wait to
do that. And we have a couple other small
things to talk about. We're just going to hang out and
have a good time. So thank you so much for being
here. Mr. Nick, how was your week
been? Well, my week has been pretty
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good. I'm trying to think what I did
this week because it's like actually been a week since we
last recorded. It was just a week of working on
stuff, you know, a lot of sleep deprivation as per usual.
The one thing that I did do thisweek was so for those who don't
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know, my hair academia manga ended back in August, right?
And then right the final volume with like the final chapters
just released in Japan. Well, he was Kohi Horikoshi was
short on the page count for the volume like what it like the
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number of pages it takes to be published as a volume.
So he filled out with a 38 page bonus chapter that takes place
after the final chapter and it has just sent the entire fan
base in a downward spiral. Actually, I shouldn't say entire
fan base, I'll say a vocal minority.
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Part of the fan base has had this historic crash out that
I've never seen the likes of before.
Why? Because they're delusional head
cannons did not in fact become reality as they have been
delusional head cannons since day one.
So they've been crashing out. The rest of us normal people
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have been like, oh what a great like he took a 10 out of 10
ending and just improved upon iteven more fleshed out some of
the things that we wanted him toin the final chapter.
Like it's great. Now here's the problem though.
That final chapter, that new final, final chapter is only in
Japanese right now. And if you want an official
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English translation, you're going to have to wait for the
Volume 42 English version, whichwill not come out until October,
November of next year. So I said freak that I'm not
waiting. And I got on Amazon Japan and I
bought a Japanese copy of My Hero Academia Volume 42 that
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will be here next Friday. So I also bought Volume 1 so I
can have like the first and the last because the covers are
parallels of each other. So I wanted to have both of
those. It was literally including
importing them and shipping themfrom Japan. 30 bucks.
So their manga is like $3 there.It's ridiculously cheap and
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they're out here selling it for $12 in the US.
I'm like no America at this point.
It'd be better for me to just learn Japanese and import all my
stuff from Japan. Right.
Well, I had a conversation this week with someone who was like,
who just got back from a big trip.
And he was like, going overseas.Like, if you live in America,
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going overseas is not expensive.Like, stop pretending that it
is. And he was like, we crunched the
numbers. And it's cheaper to fly to
Switzerland and ski there than pay for a ski vacation in
Colorado. Yeah.
That's just not fair. Your most expensive aspects are
the flights from America, yes. People.
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Have done the numbers. It's cheaper to fly to Japan, do
everything at Tokyo Disneyland, including eating, getting
merchandise, buying tickets, than it is to drive to Orlando,
stay in a hotel and do Disney World.
And I'm like, all right, now I just need to get a passport.
Oh, that's what I did this week.I got a passport or well, I
didn't get a passport, but I went to fill out all of my stuff
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to get a passport. That's fun.
So I'm going to be an international world traveller
next year. That's a good thing, that.
I mean, I'm going on an Alaskan cruise and need my passport to
go to Vancouver so. That's so fair.
But you know, passports are goodfor like 10 years, so I can just
go to Japan while I'm there, youknow, just see, have them
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reroute the ship a little bit. Right.
Just, you know, you pull like a Penguins of Madagascar on them
and just like hijack the ship. Just hijack the ship.
It's super chill. That happens all the time.
Yeah, I have my passport from when we went on a cruise.
You needed it to go to the Bahamas.
And I think I technically need anew one because I was a minor
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when I got my first passport. So that checks out.
Yeah. So this transitions into into my
week because first of all, I've just been doing a lot of finals
prep. I only have one like formal quiz
and then everything else is justlike it's like project, project,
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presentation project. So this week was wild because
finals is next week of recording.
And so I have like 4 projects tofinish before but they're going
well. But I was going to say is next
week is my birthday. And you reminded me that since
I'm turning 21, I need to updatemy driver's license.
Oh, you do need to do that. We're going to.
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Be together on your birthday or we're going to drink alcohol
while we're out. No, I don't.
Yeah, that's fair. I don't want to.
Well, Amy asked me. She was like, are you going to,
are you going to go like drink with Nick?
And I was like, no, why? I was like, why?
I was like, why would I? I was like, we're going to see a
movie and probably eat burgers. Like, yeah, I don't know, like.
Who do you think I am? What do you think I am?
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It was so funny. And she was just like, I don't
know, I mean, you could. And I was like, I don't want to,
what's the point? Like?
And I was like, I was like, I feel like Nick is not the person
I want my first drink with. You're not like the officia, not
like neither of us are like alcohol.
People I drank like twice and both were birthday related.
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It's really not worth it. Like alcohol is the biggest like
social construct ever. It's like.
Scam by the way, it's a literally really expensive drink
that you're just going to pee out in like 2 hours.
Like skill issue. Drink water.
It's free so you're not like it's not like a cost like a sunk
cost fallacy, you know what I mean?
Like just drink water. Also, like, I'm just like a very
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like savvy person. Like I, I can't like spend a ton
of money and the idea of spending like $25 on a drink is
just like not in my psyche at all.
Like that wouldn't, I would never do that.
I would buy a Lego set with that$25.
True. This is this is very
homeschooled, but like spending alcohol yo V book.
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So yeah, that's pretty much my week.
I've just been doing a ton of stuff getting ready for
Christmas, getting ready for Christmas break and getting
ready for the end of the end of shul.
And that's pretty much it. That's what I've been doing.
That's so it's I think it's time.
We got no news this week. There's nothing.
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We're in the we're in the dead season of the year where there's
not going to be any news until like January.
Right, because if there's a Christmas release, there's been
a trailer and they're not sayinganything else till Christmas.
Yeah. So, and if there's anything for
next year, well, they're trying to current sell you on the
things that are currently out. So they're not going to try to
like push anything crazy. Like, I think Thanksgiving was
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probably the last time you couldhave gotten that because for
movies specifically, they drop all of these new trailers to be
put out with the Thanksgiving movies and then they don't need
to do anything else until January, so.
But also, like, I feel like no one, no one's paying attention
in December. Like, there's so much fighting
for your attention in December that, like, marketing just isn't
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really worth it. I realized I didn't mark her
over any of my personal details here.
Oh RIP. Oh another thing I did this
week. Can't believe I forgot this is
we just released a new EP. I don't know how you almost
forgot. Them well I've been busy doing a
lot of stuff, you know I have like 5 projects but I'm almost
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done with this short film. But we did just release a new EP
sophomore year. Part 2, if you go to Jackson
Glass GLAS on Spotify, you can listen to sophomore year Part 2
and it's a really, really bizarre mix of like, like synth
rock, rap, a little bit of country.
So if you enjoy just really bizarre, fun music, go to
Jackson Glass on Spotify. Do you?
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Yes, I think it's time for our gift exchange, the 2024 gift
exchange. How many years have we done
this? Four, 'cause we started in 2020,
I don't know if we did a gift exchange in 2020.
I know we've done like a we did a Christmas episode in 2020.
I don't remember what we talked about.
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Well. Legitimately don't remember
actually now I got to go look. You know I don't 2020 Christmas
was something else it. Sure was a what?
Was that? So I'm learning how to use
CarPlay in my car, right? Right.
And when I didn't know is that when you get out of the car, it
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will continue autoplaying on your phone.
Yeah, that is one of the biggestcomplaints I have about CarPlay.
And it just started blaring the music I was playing in my car.
Also, if you're watching the video, you can see that my gift
is a little mangled and that's because I sent it to my house
because if I send things to the campus post office, it usually
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adds like 2-3 days to the shipping for whatever reason.
So I was just like I'll ship it to my house and get it and then
apparently my mother goes through my mail now and so she
ripped it open and was like wellI asked her.
I was like I think I have a package from Nick and if I could
grab it before we record tomorrow.
She was like oh that's what thatwas.
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I was so confused on why you ordered that and I was like what
do you mean you opened it like so It's kind of mangled with
tape now. I really hope I closed.
It up things back in there. I assume she did.
I feel two things. OK good.
Also note is half of Nick's present is not here yet, so
after you open that I will tell you what the second part is and
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it'll probably be there in the few days.
Is the second part like connected to this?
Not really. OK, so it's not like a way.
In a way, yes, but not really. OK so real quick so our first
Christmas episode was chatting about Christmas movies by the
Fire December 18th 2020. This was before we started doing
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the year in review, so it was a later Christmas episode.
So that was our last episode was.
It says In this episode, we sit around the virtual campfire
while we chat about Veggie Tales, childhood trauma and
Christmas movies. I gotta listen back to that.
No, the podcast will be on hiatus until January 8th.
Wow we gave ourselves was a three-week break.
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Dude, that's crazy. Dang.
We don't do that anymore. January 8th No, the grind never
stops. We live in the.
Kitchen and then the next one. If I go up to 2021, there were
two episodes after this one, TheNerdiest Christmas special.
This was December 13th, 2021. They talk about why The Polar
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Express is objectively the best Christmas movie, their favorite
slash, least favorite Christmas movies, have a gift exchange and
more. And then 2022, writing our own
Christmas movie. We did do that.
They talk about what Christmas movies they've been watching,
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their thoughts on the recent trailer drops, Indiana Jones,
Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Mariomovie, etcetera, and make their
own Hallmark Christmas movie using a mad Lib.
They also talk about their content retreat and the awful
Beauty and the Beast Christmas special.
Oh, that was iconic. That's still on YouTube.
That's like such a good video actually.
And then last year we did. Well, last year we kind of did
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too because we did, we read the worst Christmas script ever,
which was yours, And then our top five Christmas movies of all
time, December 11th, 2023. So we've been getting
progressively sooner because we went from the 18th to the 3rd to
the 13th to the 11th to the 11thto the 9th is this one.
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So if we keep going, eventually we'll just be in like November.
So in like 3 years it'll be likeNovember 15th is our Christmas
party, everybody, so everyone bethere.
We're just like conditioning ourselves to take a break all of
December, right? Of course that's what it is,
honestly. Ideal, All right.
I mean low key. Well, just listening anyway.
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So all right, would you like to go first?
Would you like to open your gift?
I will since mine is not complete and yours is like a
full gift from start to finish if I can hold on.
I didn't. I didn't realize it was like
that. I'm sorry.
He's opening it. Well listen man, it's not your
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fault, but it just didn't get here on time.
Well, Amazon likes to lie. No for real, I got all.
Amazon does is lie and eat hot Cheetos.
I kid you not, I got an e-mail on like Tuesday that they were
like, hey, the package is going to arrive earlier than expected
on Wednesday, which is why I texted you.
I was like, oh, it should be there Wednesday.
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And then they emailed me again on Wednesday and we're like,
just kidding, it's Friday now, which is later than it was
supposed to be. I was like, what the what the
freak dude? Oh, oh, now that's pretty sick.
OK, now that's pretty sick. Is that the only?
Thing in this box. It should be, but they're I
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assume not. Unless Amazon like just like
decided to be kind, no. That was.
Never. The second thing.
OK, So what I've gifted Nick is a you can hold it up for the
audience that is a, a lavalier microphone for your phone.
Now here's the thing. I've used this microphone
before, but it wasn't mine. It used someone else's and it
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was like bonkers good quality. Yeah, I've seen people like on
TikTok use these. Right.
I've seen people use them on like full YouTube videos.
They're supposed to be like, sounds really good.
Yeah, I've used them before. They're awesome.
So I figured if you're out, likeif you do end up doing like a
vlog at the store or something like it'd be really easy to like
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clip to your shirt. Oh yeah, on.
Your phone good for vlogging if you end up if you need to do
just like a quick video for likeInstagram or a YouTube short
that's a great one to just pull out so you can have that of
course so very practical gift. So the second part that has not
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arrived actually can I see when it's going to arrive because I'm
like a little concerned about itnow.
It was one of those items on. Yeah, see, it was one of those
items that was like, yeah, it's prime, but also it's going to
take three weeks to get there. You're like you said, it was
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prime, you fool. They're like, yeah, we just said
you didn't have to pay shipping.They didn't say how long it was.
Going to be arriving December 9th to 13th OK, so that's it'll
be there soon literally like anytime next week right they're
like around this time, so I havethe picture to.
Are you just going to text it tome?
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That's actually a good idea. Don't worry, I'm just going to.
I was just going to hold it up, but.
I did listen. I don't know if you saw if you
watched the clip or you watched the episode.
I put in extra work to put that picture on screen last time.
I was like, if I'm not lazy and I'll put it up and I threw it up
for the full screen while I was editing and I was like, this
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looks terrible. So then I did like that little
overlay, 'cause I'm like, we're trying to be a little more
professional. We're being a little more
professional. Right now, going into year 6
gonna be a little more. Maybe we're gonna figure it out
eventually. So I I just sent you the text of
the other one. Whoa, hold on.
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I got to open it in Amazon. Oh.
What is it? What is?
It it's a reusable notebook, howdoes that work?
So the page is like the materialthat like feels like a page and
you draw on like real pen. But then you can use their app
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and scan the note into like yourGoogle doc and then like use a
like a damp cloth and just like wipe the page clean.
That's sick. Oh, that's so cool.
Well, thank you. That is going to be very.
It'll be there. It'll be there next week.
Perfect, I can start planning mymy offseason.
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I figured if you were doing likecontent planning or like sermon
notes or like, you know, whatever you whatever you use a
notebook for. So enjoy that next week.
That is very cool. I feel bad my gifts are not.
One of them is like a joke and the other one is kind of
serious. Well, I'm not serious, but like.
I'm hyped, I'm hyped about. Can I open it now?
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Yeah, OK. No, you have to sit and stare in
the Amazon. Bag.
I've been very excited because you said you knew what you
wanted to get me a long time. Ago I did one of these, I've
known I was going to get you like.
Forever. I see a movie.
I see a movie. Guys, guys, it is a 4K Ultra HD
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Blu-ray plus digital copy, my very own copy of Madam Webb.
Everybody, Lord have mercy, thisis going right on the shelf.
What a banger, What a the worst movie of the year is now mine to
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own forever. You'll never lose it so much
I'll never. I get to preserve this forever
because. It's now they can't ever like
just take it away. 4K So when itgoes to like 2 BI can be like
no, no, no, I have no, no, no, no version.
All right, I'm going in for for Part 2.
The other thing, I don't know ifit says what it is on the
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outside of the box. Wait, hold on, hold on.
Sorry. I'm going to.
It says but I'm like don't want to get it wrong.
I didn't even tell. I didn't even tell Amy about
this because I didn't want her to hijack this gift idea from.
Her Oh, that's such a that's OK.Oh my gosh, this is brilliant.
Hold on, hold on. I'm trying to get it out of the
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plastic so I can show you. Oh, that's fair.
That's very fair. Plastic is very high quality,
good. I cannot open it.
Good. That means The thing is very
high quality. Oh, he got to get the he got to
get the knife out. Oh my goodness.
A knife, No. What do you have, a knife?
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I've seen this before. I think I've seen this before.
This is so dope. It is a it is a camera lens like
thermos cup. Yeah.
So it looks like a camera lens, but it's like, but it's like a a
cup and it comes with like, Oh, there's another one with the
like the little like the little lid.
Oh this is awesome. Yeah, so one of my coworkers
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brought that in one day, and I was like, where did you get
that? And this was like back in
August. I was like, OK, I have to get
this for Jackson, 'cause you're a big camera guy and you drink
coffee all the time. The.
Only thing I was told is not to screw on the lid too tight
because it will crack the lid OK.
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Cool. That's just like, just like 1
little twist, yeah. And then you're good.
Oh my gosh, it looks like a reallens too.
Like it Really like. And they put like all the
markings on there, all of the like different names and stuff.
24 to 105 Oh my gosh, it's crazy.
That's iconic. It also I lost it.
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Oh it for some reason it came with a spoon.
Mixer. It to mix things, of course.
Now you have silly spoon. See, now I can go.
Exactly. Yeah, Yeah, this is a bada Bing
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bada boom. Wow, great gifts.
Thank you so much, this is iconic.
The Madam Webb thing was a spur of the moment.
That was that was iconic. I think this is.
Which is funny because I told you about it to your face,
right? Well, I thought about getting it
for you and then I thought. About getting the Madam Web,
which was so kind of brilliant, actually, ma'am, Merry
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Christmas. I think you've outdone yourself.
I think this is the I think thisis the best gift exchange you've
ever done. Man, now I got to level myself
up next year. I'll have to be competing
against your wife next year. I know right man.
Crazy battle of the be like the thing from Dragon Ball where
they're doing the beams, the beam struggle.
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The beam, Yes, and it's like cooking, kid friend.
Cooking get the better Christmas.
Which is so funny because now you have to like coordinate on.
Like what? I had to coordinate with her
last like two years because I'm like, I don't want to get the
same thing you're getting. If this was what you had in
mind, OK, just. Want to the the Madam web that
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says on the thing includes Easter eggs, gag reel and more.
Isn't the whole movie a gag reel?
No, literally. Also, if there's like a
director's commentary on this, like I have to watch, I got it
every second of it. I have to know what they were
thinking because what was your whole thought?
Process here. What were you?
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Who hurt you is my question. I'm glad there was a movie that
we could all collectively clown on together this year.
Right, right. And like which we did a whole
episode on if you're interested.What a strong start to the year
that really did set the time forthe whole year banger.
Banger present. Thank you so much.
This is going right on the shelfright now.
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Live on the shelf Bada Bing badaboom.
Boo. Yeah.
All right, well, we will now take a quick a quick part of our
show just to give you a little plug, just a little, a little
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I totally understand that. Nick, where?
Where can people find you? You can find me on YouTube at
Nick with no K making anime videos.
About to put out One Piece videothis week and then in two weeks
on Christmas Day actually, because Christmas falls on a
Wednesday this week year, I'm doing a big like 2024 anime here
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in review of like covering everything that I've watched
that I had like thoughts that I wanted to talk about.
And then I will also be doing anin tandem stream with that
video. I don't know if it's going to be
on the day of yet or if it's going to be a couple days later,
but we're going to do a tier list of all the anime I watched
and like go through all that. So and then also, if you like
video games, I'm over on twitch at Nick with Nokay just started
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Doom Eternal, which definitely is a game that is very fun, but
also very violent. So you can check that out on
Twitch. Everything is linked down below
for both of us. I don't have merch, so I'm just
going to plug the podcast merch again.
Go buy it. The just listen the public
domain schema Willy shirt fire. It goes hard it.
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Goes hard. We need to get more merch
designs out there, but you know.No, we do.
We'll we'll work on that in the new year, but but also we say a
lot of things we don't do so I don't don't hold me to that
anyway, so onto our main topic for the day.
Are you aware of ChatGPT? Have you heard of this?
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Yes before yeah OK, cool. I.
Use chat on GPT all the time. So AI, what is it?
There's 2 letters A and I, and those two letters stand for
artificial intelligence. Now said Artificial intelligence
can do pretty much whatever you ask it to unless it doesn't want
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to, which is so based. Now we've decided that we're
kind of fed up with Christmas movies.
We want to make our own Christmas movie kind of like we
did a few years ago, but we're going to elicit Chat GPTS help
to write a Christmas movie in a choose your own adventure RPG
role play style. So Mr. Nick, our first prompt is
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I want to write a Christmas movie, but I want to write it
like a choose your own adventurerole play RPG.
We need to start with two characters.
Are we the two characters or is it are we writing some
characters? Well, I feel like it would be
funnier if it was just us, especially if you like threw it
in this really wacky setting of just having like these two dudes
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who were there. So I'm going to go with us
because also I feel like you didn't give me enough time to
make a character. I could have come up with a
really banger if you gave me enough time, even though I knew
this is what we were doing all week.
No, literally. The two characters are named
Jackson and Nick. They are best friends.
Did you spell Nick right? Yes, and I see the two
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characters name Jackson and Nick.
They are best friends and they love Christmas.
Start by giving me three optionson location and pitch the story
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to me for each and I will choosethe best one.
Wow there you go. You can be so like straight up
with ChatGPT. People don't realize this.
It's literally a computer. It's literally a computer.
OK, here we go. To start, our first option is
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the enchanted Snow Globe Village.
Oh no. Jackson and Nick find themselves
transported to a magical snow globe where time stands still.
The village is inside a facing crisis.
The eternal ice crystal, which powers Christmas cheer, has
fractured. The friends must work together
with the quirky snowfolk to solve riddles, battle
mischievous frost goblins, and repair the crystal before
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Christmas Eve or risk losing themagic of Christmas forever.
Option one or option 2. This one sounds baller.
The Christmas Heist at EvergreenMall All right, Jackson and Nick
are closing up on the local mallfor the night when they stumble
upon a gang of bumbling holiday thieves plotting to steal
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Santa's priceless golden sleigh bell, the symbol of Christmas
spirit. The duo embark on a wild Home
Alone style quest to stop the heist, enlisting a help of
oddball store employees and mallanimatronics that spring to life
after dark. No, cut the cameras chat.
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GVT is not trying to write Christmas Five Nights at
Freddy's right now. That is absolutely insane.
Do you even need to hear the third one?
I feel like we're doing that one.
No, we're doing that one, but for the sake of completion.
OK. Let's hear the third.
One third pitch, the North Pole time loop.
While visiting a Christmas carnival, Jackson and Nick
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accidentally break Santa's chronometer.
What the heck is that? A device that Oh, it's about to
tell me. A device that ensures Christmas
is delivered on time. They wake up to find themselves
stuck in December 24th, repeating the day endlessly.
To escape the loop, they must solve festive puzzles, reconcile
feuding holiday spirits and repair the chronometer, learning
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deeper lessons about friendship and Christmas joy along the way.
Yeah, we got to do the second one.
That sounds dope, but the second?
One. The third one's kind of sappy.
No, no, no. Yeah, The second one involves
like Five Nights at Freddy's andHome Alone in The Polar Express,
in a way because of the bell. Like, no, we got to do that one.
All right, I said. I like the second one.
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All right, great choice. The Christmas heist at at
Evergreen Mall is packed with action, comedy and Christmas
magic. Let's dive deeper.
Ready. All right, opening scene.
Jackson and Nick are part time mall workers covering.
In this economy. Covering in this economy?
Dang, sucks to be us I guess. Covering the late shift on
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December 23rd. The mall is eerily quiet, with
holiday decorations twinkling inthe dim light.
As they finish their tasks, theyoverhear whisper from a nearby
air vent. Peering inside, they discover a
gang of amateur thieves plottingto steal Santa's golden sleigh
bell kept in a heavily secured display.
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Now interactive gameplay momentsExploration Players choose where
to investigate first, Santa's workshop, the candy store, or
the security office to gather Intel on the thieves plans.
Allies. Players can team up with a
quirky mall janitor, a a feisty Maw elf from the photo booth, or
even a malfunctioning animatronic reindeer.
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Each ally offers unique skills and potential pitfalls.
Defense Set up. Players set traps throughout the
mall Home Alone style, using items like giant candy canes,
holiday lights, and gift boxes to thwart the thieves key
conflict. As the heist unfolds, Jackson
and Nick discover the thieves aren't just after the bell,
they're part of a mysterious organization trying to erase
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Christmas magic. Wow.
Players must decide whether to focus on stopping the heist or
unraveling the bigger conspiracy.
Do you want to flesh out thieves, identities, the puzzles
involved, or dive into the finalshowdown?
Well, it's too early for the final.
Show too early for the final showdown.
Too early for that one. I can also, I can literally tell
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it whatever I want. Like we can even just be like, I
don't like those options. I want to hear about the
reindeer or whatever. Lucky.
I kind of want to hear about the.
I really want to. Know about this animatronic
reindeer? OK, I'll say.
Tell me more about this animatronic reindeer.
Let's flush out the. Chuck E Cheese.
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Let's flush out the thieves identities and team up with the
reindeer. True.
Thank you for facing. Sorry, apparently I can't spell
reindeer. REIND EE R.
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Let's flesh out the thieves identities and team up with the
reindeer. All right, it's loading.
Give it a second, it's going to be like the reindeer's name is
Rain last name. Deer.
Oh dear. Last name Deer.
First name Rain. All right, here's a breakdown of
the thieves and your quirky reindeer ally, the thieves.
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Marge the planner Mulligan is a mastermind behind the heist.
He's a grumpy ex mall manager who knows the layout inside and
out. He was this Christmas.
He resents Christmas for ruininghis career and believes stealing
the Golden Sleigh bell will giveher a fresh start.
Signature Skill Expert in disabling security systems and
devising escape routes. Eddie the Muscle Grimes, The
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team's Braun personality is a Jim bro who's more biceps than
brains. Eddie follows Eddie follows
Marge's orders to a fault, but his enthusiasm often leads to
clumsy mistakes. Now Signature Skill is smashing
through barriers and carrying heavy loot.
And then Delilah the distractionRose, the team's distraction
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artist personality. A quick talking, A quick talking
con artist with a flair for the dramatic.
She infiltrates the mall's elf team to create chaos and divert
attention. Signature Skill blending into
crowds and causing Divergent. And then last one, Lou the
techie Vargas roll the tech wizard.
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What a loser personality. A jittery hacker who's terrified
of mall Santa animatronics. And Lou is in charge of
disabling the Bell's high tech vault signature skill hacking
into systems but easily panics under pressure.
OK, we're building lore. We're building like we're
getting there. We're like, this is this is
surprise tool that'll help us later.
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All right, The reindeer ally Rudy, the resistor Rudy
description. This is insane description Rudy
is an animatronic reindeer from the Malls holiday display that's
long been retired to a dusty storage closet due to faulty
programming. Rudy is sassy, slightly
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unhinged, and prone to giving questionable advice.
All Right strength. Surprisingly strong and durable,
Rudy can ram through obstacles. Humor provides Comic Relief and
distracts enemies with malfunctioning holiday jingles.
And glitch power occasionally malfunctions in a way that
unintentionally help or hinder the mission.
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OK, so he's kind of so we could like, play the glitch card if we
wanted to, like, take a risk on him, I guess.
Yeah. OK, How do?
Glitch Trap. Whoa, that's crazy.
All right. How do you see Rudy interacting
with Jackson and Nick? So as someone so this feels very
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reminiscent of like AD and D setup, and as someone who's been
in an active D&D campaign for almost a year and a half, my
instant go to is to always do the most unhinged thing possible
within the parameters of what you can do.
Right. So I really want to stick this
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reindeer on the tech guy who's terrified of animatronics.
Like can we must have traumatized?
Can we be like Rudy's role will be to kill Lou?
Are we going to go dead? Because like I just want to say,
can I just like pull out a Glock?
Just be like, get out of the mall.
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You could. Also be like, we could we also
be like, however Rudy's interacted, we would like Rudy
and Nick to get married at the end.
Like you can say whatever you want I want.
Rudy to give me relationship advice.
OK, cool. Rudy is we will see Rudy's role
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on on this operation is to we'llsay.
Attack, Attack the tech guy and give.
His his weakness and give Nick relationship advice.
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OK, so that's his role. What's our next like move
though? I think when you said Marge, do
you say like, I thought about Marge Simpson, but then you were
like, it's a dude. And I was like, OK, so it's just
a dude in like a really bad Marge Simpson cosplay.
Yes, like with the hair and everything.
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Yes, so Marge. Is dressed like Marge Simpson.
The thief to the The thief is dressed as Marge Simpson and
uses. Her voice.
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Now we're getting somewhere. And then do we say like the
thieves have just broken into the mall start the scene or
something like that? Yes, TH.
They're going for the Lego store.
Are going how dare they for the Lego store start the scene.
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And start. All right, all right.
Rudy's role in this operation isto attack Lou, since that is his
weakness, and give Nick relationship advice.
Marge, the thief, is dressed as Marge Simpson and uses her
voice. The thieves are going for the
Lego store. Start the scene.
All right, the scene opens in the dimly lit Evergreen Mall,
the colorful Lego store at its heart.
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The storefront is a glow with light displays of holiday themed
Lego sets, Santa's workshop, a Christmas train and a towering
Lego Christmas tree. Jackson peering out from behind
a giant candy cane in display. OK, explain this to me again.
Why would thieves target a Lego store?
Nick whispering. Nick whispering.
Limited time, limited edition holiday sets.
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Dude, these things sell for thousands online.
Look at the giant Christmas tree.
Probably priceless Rudy rolling up, wheels squeaking.
And let's not forget the real prize.
Emotional scars. That's what Lou's taking home
when I'm done with him. Ho ho, horrible Christmas, Lou.
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It's so bad, it's kind of good. Horrible Christmas.
Let's not forget the real prize,emotional scars.
Watch as the thieves arrive. Marge, dressed in her uncanny
Marge Simpson outfit, leads the way, speaking in the Naze in the
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nasal tone. Marge to the group.
Come on homies, let's get this way before someone notices we're
stealing blocks, not time, all right?
Eddie flexes and stretches dramatically before lifting a
large crowbar. Delilah, in an elf costume,
keeps a lookout, spinning a candy cane like a baton.
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Lou nervously fumbles of the tablet, typing furiously.
Lou shivering. This place has animatronics,
Marge. Animatronics.
What if they're still active, Marge?
Lou, quit whining. Rudy's been broken for years.
Besides, you're a tech genius. Fix, fix your fear glitch and
keep hacking. Nick and Jackson and Nick
exchange a look. Jackson, that's our cue.
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Rudy, you're up. Rudy snorts mechanically.
Oh. Lulu won't know what hit him,
but first. But first.
Rudy's. But first.
Rudy swivels to Nick, lights in his antlers flickering.
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Before I charge into battle, Nick, remember.
Before I charge into battle, Nick, remember.
She won't notice you until you notice yourself.
Confidence, my boy. Now on to the terrorizing.
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She won't notice you if you don't.
Notice yourself to the terrorizing boy.
Confidence, my boy. Oh my goodness.
OK. Rudy screeches into action, his
holiday lights flashing deck thehalls, blasting at top volume.
Lou freezes as Rudy charges. Lou screaming.
Not the reindeer, Not the reindeer.
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Chaos erupts as the other thieves scramble to defend Lou,
and he swings his crowbar clumsily but ends up tripping
over a stray Lego. Delilah starts throwing candy
canes at Rudy, but they bounce harmlessly off his metal frame.
Nick grinning. This is going better than
expected, Jackson. Let's just hope Marge doesn't
figure out we're here. But Marge, mid impression,
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swivels her head towards the commotion.
Her eyes narrow. Oh, for the love of Homer.
Who's messing with my eyes? For the love of Homer, OK, this
is. This is awesome.
Average Simpsons Average Simpsons episode.
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All right, what happens next? Do Jackson and Nick reveal
themselves or do they keep the chaos going to stall the
thieves? What do you think is the next
best move here 'cause we got Rudy?
What is taking out Lou? Taking out Lou Be.
Able to hack stuff. He's clearly got the other two
like also occupied preoccupied. So I think we need to pull out
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like a tranquilizer dart or something just like pop over our
disguise just. Yeah, just like blow dark.
Knock him out and then we just. Have which one?
OK, we could also pull in another ally from earlier if you
wanted to. Oh.
This is true. Let's see, we could pull in a
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feisty Maw elf from the photo booth.
OK, what if we did like the ancient elf elf?
Call for the feisty mall elf to come attack Marge.
True, I'm OK. Jackson and Nick decide to sing
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the. Ancient Elf.
Barg, ancient elf. Barg.
No, the ancient elf. Ancient Elf.
The Ancient Elf Sea shanty to call in the feisty Maw elf from
the photo booth to go after Marge.
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Meanwhile, Rudy starts traumatizing terrorizing Lou,
but with. Like meanwhile.
Very specific, reads like pinpoint accuracy.
It's just verbal harassment, that's all it is.
Starts. It's not physical at all.
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It's just you're scrawny, you got no hair, you got no
girlfriend, you're a tech. Loser.
I'm really, I'm really picturingLou is like Hal from Megamind
where he's just like the like goofy nerd with like bright red
hair. Oh, and kind of like an in cell.
Yes, just a little bit. Meanwhile, Rudy is terrorizing
Lou with very specific scenes from his childhood.
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Oh, yeah. Then you can build the back
story of like, maybe Lou came here as a child and Rudy's just
been watching this whole time, and he's like, I know everything
about you. I know your Social Security
number. I know.
Your Social Security number. I know you're.
Your name all right, Jackson andNick decide to sing the ancient
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elf sea shanty to call in the feisty Maw elf from the photo
booth to go after Marge. Meanwhile, Rudy is terrorizing
Lou with very specific scenes from his childhood.
All right, it's it's all right scene, the sea shanty and the
showdown. Jackson and Nick Crouch behind
the candy cane display as the chaos with Rudy escalates.
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Nick pulls out a tattered book titled Secrets of the Maw Elves.
Excuse me, Secrets of the Mall Elves flipping to a dog eared
page labeled The Summoning Shanty.
The summoning shanty. This is giving big like the
Santa Claus lore type type beat.OK Jackson nervously.
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You're sure this will work? I mean, sea shanties aren't
exactly Christmassy. Nick, trust me, elves are weird.
They love this stuff. Ready.
Trust the two. The two start singing, singing,
their voices low and rhythmic, echoing eerily through the mall.
Jackson and Nick singing Oh the Jingle and the Sails and Hoist
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the Tree for the Elf of the Mallwill come to thee through the
photo booths and the candy sleigh to have Christmas on this
holiday day. The air around, oh the air
around the photo booth grows hazily with sparkling green
mist. Suddenly the booth's curtain
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whips open, revealing the feistymall elf still in costume but
armed with candy cane staff. She points dramatically towards
the Lego store. Feisty mall elf with Boiming
with Boiming booming voice who dares to file the sacred holiday
ground. Marge caught mid yell at her
team freezes Her painted yellow faced as arm an homage to Marge
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Simpson contorts in surprise. That is so funny.
Like just you really wearing a ski mask on you just.
Paint your face yellow. It really ran with the cosplay
like it. It is very clearly like it is a
cosplay. Her painted yellow face, an
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homage to Marge Simpson, contorts in surprise.
Marge. Oh for crying out loud, I didn't
sign up for Christmas magic nonsense.
Feisty maw elf charging towards her, prepared to feel the might
of Santa's helpers. Union Naughty list scum.
Man. This is this is bars.
That was a. Lot of words.
Meanwhile, Rudy's tactics. Oh, here we go.
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Rudy looms over a trembling loo,his antlers flickering in rhythm
with a mechanical voice. Rudy accessing Lou's childhood
archive, initiating Worst day ofThird grade.
Rudy projects a grainy hologram of Lou as a child, standing
frozen in fear during a school play, forgetting his lines.
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The thieves around him burst outin laughter, Lou sobbing.
No. How did you stop this?
Rudy Loading that one time at the water park, Shall we?
The hologram that one time at the water park is like the most
traumatic triggering memory of any childhood in history.
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All right. The hologram shifts to Lou,
slipping off a water slide and landing in a kiddie pool.
Lou. Lou screams, curling into a ball
as Rudy's jolly yet relentless narration continues.
Oh my gosh, that's brutal, Jackson.
And should we give them like an enemies to lovers thing or they
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no OK. Jackson and Nick With Mars
distracted by the feisty elf andLou incapacitated by Rudy,
Jackson and Nick regroup behind the display.
Jackson, this is working way toowell.
Should we make a move for the bell?
Nick watching Rudy torment Lou. Let's give Rudy a few more
minutes. He's almost.
Through they actually do something I would say.
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Let's give him a few more. Minutes.
Hold on, let him cook. Let him cook.
Give him a minute. We're we're halfway through the
water park. All right, give him a second.
They exchange a grin as the scene descends further into
festive chaos. All right, do Santa.
And do Jack and Nick attempt to retrieve the golden sleigh bell
themselves, or do they set another trap to stall the
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remaining thieves? What's the next?
I feel like we need a little more conflict, like we're
winning a little too hard in this story.
I think we need some like, I think we should go for the bell
and then when we do, you have like that final boss moment
where like I was all part of theplan.
When the bell is removed, the boss can come out.
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Who's the boss? I don't know.
Jackson and Nick grab the. I'm thinking of like a massive
final bot, like I'm destroying the whole building as I come up
from underground type. Do I say what the boss is or let
it like construct 1? You could let it construct one
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but give it the the the prompt of massive like giant
destructive final boss. Jackson and it grabbed the
golden sleigh bell. OH.
Because then because then we canlike take the final the the, the
bell and like when all of hope seems lost because this thing
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like wipes the Rudy away or whatever, then we can very
cliche, kind of like the Mario movie where they both take the *
and then they fight Bowser. Like with the power of take the
bell and with the power of Christmas, we'll knock this guy
out. That's where, that's where we
Nick. Grabbed the golden sleigh bell,
but it was a trap. A giant should.
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I'll say final boss. A giant final boss.
Appears from inside the Lego store.
Three times the size of the Mallof the Mall Appears in the Lego
Store appears in the Lego Store.This is This is the the biggest
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and baddest Christmas boss of all time.
Good. Should I say like Should I say
like? Select one character for the
boss to kill. Yes.
Select one character. That isn't Jackson or Nick.
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Character that is not Jackson orNick for the boss to kill.
Imagine the boss just turns Marge into a fine red mist.
With a heartbreaking dying monologue, select one character
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that is not Jackson or Nick to kill the final boss.
With a heartbreaking final monologue Is it the final
monologue? Does it say to?
Kill the final boss or for the final boss to kill.
For the final boss to kill. OK with a heartbreaking what's
the the monologue needs to be like with a dying monologue, but
the monologue has to include theword like cheese or something
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like I'm not putting Sigma. Sigma do it.
Do it on. Skibity.
But the can I say like but the final monologue is all Fortnite
terms. Yes, yeah, it's that's even.
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Better it's all Fortnite. How has there not been like a
genre on YouTube of people like ChatGPT generating these really
stupid scripts and then paying real people to animate them?
No, literally. Like I would watch that genre of
YouTube. Oh for sure, I would watch this
like I would watch like. Ironically, it's kind of funny.
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All right. Jackson and Nick cautiously
approached the glowing golden sleigh bell now unguarded as
chaos rages around them. Nick gently picks it up.
For a moment, all is quiet. Jackson nervously.
Why is it so easy? Shouldn't there be?
A low rumble shakes the mall as the lights flickers.
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Suddenly, the Lego store erupts in a blinding flash of red and
green light. Pieces of Lego swirl around
together like a vortex, forming a colossal Christmas
monstrosity. Towering three times the height
of the mall, the creature is a grotesque fusion of holiday
cheer and destruction. Candy cane, Candy cane claws,
glowing coal eyes, and a wreath crown atop its fiery head.
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This is some real revelation, That stuff.
I mean like we're about to be raptured.
Bro, we're about to be raptured right now.
Nick screaming. This is not in the instruction
manual. Is that a Lego Movie reference?
That's insane. The boss lets out a guttural
roar. You will not steal the spirit of
Christmas from me. The boss slams its massive claw
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down, scattering Jackson and Nick.
Rudy rolls into the phrase, his ants are sparkling wildly.
Rudy shouting. Run my jolly fools, I'll handle
this Holly jolly nightmare. Rudy charges at the boss, his
mechanical frame glowing like Rudolph's nose.
He slams into the creatures knee, temporarily stunning it,
but the boss grabs Rudy in one massive claw.
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Lifted him off the ground. Jackson panicking.
Rudy no Rudy glitching and sparks flying.
It's OK. Hey kids, remember I was built
for this moment. And Nick Oh no, nothing will
prepare you for what he's about to say.
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I didn't get post myself. I can't say this straight for
this moment. And Nick, believe in yourself.
And also don't forget the battlepass resets next season.
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I just picture like this animatronic being held about to
be crushed and it's like never forget, don't just be yourself,
don't forget, but also. The battle pass resets next
season. Next season, Rudy begins to
short circuit as he continues. I'm, I can't say it.
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I'm, I'm cranking 90s in heaven now.
I'm, I'm cranking 90s in heaven now.
Tell Santa I'm cracked, but I'm hitting that victory.
But I'm hitting that victory Royale for you guys.
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Oh, that's. So good.
Oh my God, OK. With one final shudder, Rudy
explodes in a brilliant display of Christmas light, taking the
boss down to its knees. Lego pieces rain down like
confetti confetti as Rudy's heroic sacrifice reverberates
through the mall. Nick tearing up.
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He, he really was the goat and, and he's not even a bot.
He's not even a bot, Jackson determined.
Deep cut reference. He's not even a bot.
Jackson determined. We have to finish what Rudy
started. The two picked themselves up,
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holding the golden sleigh bell, ready to face the final
challenge in Rudy's honor. OK.
What's our not to take in there?What's our mix tape that's
playing while we fight the finalboss?
Oh my gosh, such a good idea. This says Should the battle
involve another clever Christmasthemed trap or will Jackson and
Nick need to face the boss head on in an epic showdown?
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They got to face him head on. Yes, it's our it's our time to
shine. Jackson and Nick.
OK, what about the thieves? Like, can we like bring them in
somehow? Like are we all like, are we
like using the power of friendship to like, team up with
the thieves? Or are we like?
Or are we like? Screw them.
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I screw them. OK, we don't need a.
Simpsons cosplayer on our We'll say Jackson and Nick need to
face the boss head on in an epicshowdown and the final boss the
goods to need to absorb all the thieves and use all of their
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individual skills. Please is Jackson and Nick need
to face the boss head on in an epic showdown and the final boss
needs to absorb all the thieves and use all their individual
skills in his combat. You got to put my anime in there
somewhere. You got to do what?
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Oh hold on, this goes crazy. I looked up a dubstep remix of
All I Want for Christmas Is You.There's combat.
Do we, do we have like Mariah Carey, like come like, help us
as like? Just Mariah Carey appears.
Yes, Mariah. Mariah Carey appears to help
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them fight this final boss. Mariah Carey appears to help
them fight this final boss. After hearing about about Rudy,
should we say like Mariah also gives Nick relationship advice.
Yes. Mariah also gives Nick
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relationship advice. Anything else?
What do you have so? Far I said Jackson and Nick need
to face the final boss head on in an epic showdown, and the
final boss needs to absorb all the thieves and use all of their
individual skills in his combat.Mariah Carey appears to help
them fight this final boss afterhearing about Rudy.
Mariah also gives Nick relationship advice.
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Can Mariah Carey give us super cool like Christmas weapons and
like outfits? Let go the full fantasy like
video game route where we each like Mariah Carey shows up,
gives us these gifts through thepower of Christmas me
relationship advice and then like I have a sword or something
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and we just go crazy. Yes, Mariah decks them out in
full. I don't need a dubstep remix.
I need like epic. Decks them out in full Christmas
themed. How did I know that this
existed? Armor and weapons.
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Mariah decks the mountain. Full Christmas themed armor and
weapons. What's playing?
What song is playing while we'refighting?
All I want for Christmas is you,specifically this version, but I
can't send it, I can't play it in the episode.
I'll say epic version is playingin this fight all right, this is
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a beefy prompt. We're nearing the end of the
story, so this might be like thefinal final battle man.
It is thinking on this one. It is like what on?
Earth are we? Trying.
What on earth are you trying to do?
Seen the final showdown? The mall shakes as the towering
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Christmas boss absorbs the thieves 1 by 1, their forms
melting into its swirling mass of holiday themed destruction.
Boss, you thought Christmas could be saved?
Foolish mortals and now wield atthe cunning of Marge, the
strength of Eddie, the distractions of Delilah, and the
tech of Loo. Your end is nigh.
The boss grows larger it's candycane claws now crackling with
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electricity and it's coal eyes blazing like twin sons Jackson
and Nick brace themselves the determination wearing as their
overwhelming fight of the as theover looming figure looms closer
just as is the boss raises a massive claw to strike A
shimmering light fills the mall.A figure descends from the
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skylight in a cascade of glittering snowflakes.
Jesus Mariah Carey herself dressed in a flowing red and
white gown. Mariah dramatically not on my
watch. Rudy give gave his circuits for
Christmas. It's time to finish this fight
for him and for all of us. With a wave of her hand, Mariah
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summons an an epic Christmas anthem.
A heavy orchestral mix of All I Want for Christmas Is You.
The music reverberates, filling in Jackson with newfound
courage. Mariah conjures glowing armor
and weapons for the duo. Jackson is decked out in a
shimmering peppermint striped chestplate and armed with a
candy cane claymore. Nick Dons golden tinsel armor
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and wields The Nutcracker Blaster, which fires explosive
ornaments. Mariah to Nick, remember love is
like Christmas, messy but magical.
Don't be afraid to put yourself out there.
Now go. The battle is a dazzling display
of lights, music, and chaos. Jackson charges Ford, slashing
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at the boss's candy cane limbs. When Nick uses The Nutcracker
Blaster to target weak points, Mariah hovers above her, voice
resonating like a magical force field, shielding them from the
boss's attack. Marge's skill.
The boss deploys holographic decoys, forcing the team to
distinguish between real and fake targets.
Eddie's strength. It smashes the ground, sending
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shock waves that Jackson must dodge.
Delilah's distraction. The boss's unleashes clouds of
glitter to obscure the vision and lose tech.
The monster hacks into the mall system, turning animate, turning
animatronic decorations into hostile drones.
Oh my God. As the song crescendos, Mariah
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directs Jackson and combine their attacks.
Nick fires an explosive ornamentat the Boss's chest while
Jackson delivers a powerful strike with the candy cane
claymore. The final blow causes the golden
sleigh bell to admit to emit theradiant burst of light engulfing
the Boss. Boss, no, Christmas cannot be
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this strong. The mall quiet as the Boss
disintegrates into harmless Legopieces.
Mariah lands gracefully besides the duo, smiling warmly.
You saved Christmas. Rudy would be proud.
Mariah. Or Nick, sheepishly.
And about that relationship advice?
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Mariah winking. Just remember, it's not about
the gifts, it's about being present.
Now go tell her how you feel. With a final flourish, Mariah
disappears in a swirl of glitter, leaving Jackson and
Nick victorious, ready for whatever Christmas throws at
them next. Wow.
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That was incredible. Also, the line it's not about
the it's not about the gifts, it's about being present is kind
of a bar because it's like present, Dang.
Kind of goes crazy. OK, is at the end, do we need
like an epilogue or? I don't know, I feel like.
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I don't know where it would go. I feel like this is a good like
ending like final battle. Like holy cow, what a good
story. What an emotional roller
coaster. What an emotional roller
coaster, Rudy. Like Rudy, Loki was like goaded.
He was the best sidekick we could have asked for.
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I really, I really don't think we will ever top.
Believe in yourself and also don't forget.
The battle pass next month. That is, I'm cranking 90s in
heaven now to say I'm cracked. Guys, thank you so much for
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joining us on this journey, thisabsolute journey of an episode.
I, I feel like this was really fun.
I would love to do this again. I would love to do this again.
And so if you liked this episode, please let us know
because it's the best way for usto know what, what we want to do
and what the best, what, what the best content we can give to
you. Check your check your local
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cinemas for what's this story called?
What are we? Are we, what are we?
Oh OK, I'll here's what we do. Give me 5.
I'll say that is the end. Give me 5 potential titles.
Titles for this? Crankin 90s in heaven now.
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Crankin 90's The Christmas Heist, Evergreen Mayhem, The
Great Christmas Battle at Evergreen Mall, Rudy's
Redemption or Yuletide Showdown.Yuletide Showdown goes kind of
hard. Yeah, I was going to say, I
really like that one. Other ones feel a little too on
the nose, right? That is the end of Yuletide
(01:08:53):
showdown. Thank you all for joining us.
Unless you have anything else tosay, I got nothing.
I think we can wrap up here. Hey, thank you so much for
listening to this episode of theUnderneath podcast.
We wish you a very, very miss. Merry Christmas to you and your
kin. We will be back for one to two
more episodes this year, so makesure you stick around next week
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for our Year in Review 2024, ourbiggest episode of the year
always is always so much fun. We cannot wait.
Merry Christmas, we will see younext time.
Until then, bye.
I can't say this straight for this move and Nick, believe in
yourself. And also don't forget the battle
pass resets next season. Hello and welcome to the
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Nerdiest podcast where nerds talk about nerdy things.
As always, I'm one of your hosts, Mr. Jackson Glass, joined
by my Ride or Die, my always there good friend, the host with
the most who's always sleep deprived, Mr. Nick Bear.
And today is our 2024 Christmas party.
Hooray. We do this every year.
It's a tradition. We just like to have fun, spread
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a little Christmas cheer and just have a good time and hang
out. Today we will be putting AI to
the test, a little ChatGPT action.
Now I know, Oh my gosh, AI, you talk about AI every episode, how
bad it is. Yes, it is bad.
That's why we're using it, and it's going to be really funny
and we're going to write our ownChatGPT Christmas movie and it's
going to be phenomenal. And it would probably get better
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reviews than Red 1. So we cannot wait to do that.
We also have a little traditional little gift exchange
between us, the hosts. We cannot wait, cannot wait to
do that. And we have a couple other small
things to talk about. We're just going to hang out and
have a good time. So thank you so much for being
here. Mr. Nick, how was your week
been? Well, my week has been pretty
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good. I'm trying to think what I did
this week because it's like actually been a week since we
last recorded. It was just a week of working on
stuff, you know, a lot of sleep deprivation as per usual.
The one thing that I did do thisweek was so for those who don't
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know, my hair academia manga ended back in August, right?
And then right the final volume with like the final chapters
just released in Japan. Well, he was Kohi Horikoshi was
short on the page count for the volume like what it like the
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number of pages it takes to be published as a volume.
So he filled out with a 38 page bonus chapter that takes place
after the final chapter and it has just sent the entire fan
base in a downward spiral. Actually, I shouldn't say entire
fan base, I'll say a vocal minority.
(02:58):
Part of the fan base has had this historic crash out that
I've never seen the likes of before.
Why? Because they're delusional head
cannons did not in fact become reality as they have been
delusional head cannons since day one.
So they've been crashing out. The rest of us normal people
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have been like, oh what a great like he took a 10 out of 10
ending and just improved upon iteven more fleshed out some of
the things that we wanted him toin the final chapter.
Like it's great. Now here's the problem though.
That final chapter, that new final, final chapter is only in
Japanese right now. And if you want an official
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English translation, you're going to have to wait for the
Volume 42 English version, whichwill not come out until October,
November of next year. So I said freak that I'm not
waiting. And I got on Amazon Japan and I
bought a Japanese copy of My Hero Academia Volume 42 that
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will be here next Friday. So I also bought Volume 1 so I
can have like the first and the last because the covers are
parallels of each other. So I wanted to have both of
those. It was literally including
importing them and shipping themfrom Japan. 30 bucks.
So their manga is like $3 there.It's ridiculously cheap and
(04:28):
they're out here selling it for $12 in the US.
I'm like no America at this point.
It'd be better for me to just learn Japanese and import all my
stuff from Japan. Right.
Well, I had a conversation this week with someone who was like,
who just got back from a big trip.
And he was like, going overseas.Like, if you live in America,
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going overseas is not expensive.Like, stop pretending that it
is. And he was like, we crunched the
numbers. And it's cheaper to fly to
Switzerland and ski there than pay for a ski vacation in
Colorado. Yeah.
That's just not fair. Your most expensive aspects are
the flights from America, yes. People.
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Have done the numbers. It's cheaper to fly to Japan, do
everything at Tokyo Disneyland, including eating, getting
merchandise, buying tickets, than it is to drive to Orlando,
stay in a hotel and do Disney World.
And I'm like, all right, now I just need to get a passport.
Oh, that's what I did this week.I got a passport or well, I
didn't get a passport, but I went to fill out all of my stuff
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to get a passport. That's fun.
So I'm going to be an international world traveller
next year. That's a good thing, that.
I mean, I'm going on an Alaskan cruise and need my passport to
go to Vancouver so. That's so fair.
But you know, passports are goodfor like 10 years, so I can just
go to Japan while I'm there, youknow, just see, have them
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reroute the ship a little bit. Right.
Just, you know, you pull like a Penguins of Madagascar on them
and just like hijack the ship. Just hijack the ship.
It's super chill. That happens all the time.
Yeah, I have my passport from when we went on a cruise.
You needed it to go to the Bahamas.
And I think I technically need anew one because I was a minor
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when I got my first passport. So that checks out.
Yeah. So this transitions into into my
week because first of all, I've just been doing a lot of finals
prep. I only have one like formal quiz
and then everything else is justlike it's like project, project,
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presentation project. So this week was wild because
finals is next week of recording.
And so I have like 4 projects tofinish before but they're going
well. But I was going to say is next
week is my birthday. And you reminded me that since
I'm turning 21, I need to updatemy driver's license.
Oh, you do need to do that. We're going to.
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Be together on your birthday or we're going to drink alcohol
while we're out. No, I don't.
Yeah, that's fair. I don't want to.
Well, Amy asked me. She was like, are you going to,
are you going to go like drink with Nick?
And I was like, no, why? I was like, why?
I was like, why would I? I was like, we're going to see a
movie and probably eat burgers. Like, yeah, I don't know, like.
Who do you think I am? What do you think I am?
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It was so funny. And she was just like, I don't
know, I mean, you could. And I was like, I don't want to,
what's the point? Like?
And I was like, I was like, I feel like Nick is not the person
I want my first drink with. You're not like the officia, not
like neither of us are like alcohol.
People I drank like twice and both were birthday related.
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It's really not worth it. Like alcohol is the biggest like
social construct ever. It's like.
Scam by the way, it's a literally really expensive drink
that you're just going to pee out in like 2 hours.
Like skill issue. Drink water.
It's free so you're not like it's not like a cost like a sunk
cost fallacy, you know what I mean?
Like just drink water. Also, like, I'm just like a very
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like savvy person. Like I, I can't like spend a ton
of money and the idea of spending like $25 on a drink is
just like not in my psyche at all.
Like that wouldn't, I would never do that.
I would buy a Lego set with that$25.
True. This is this is very
homeschooled, but like spending alcohol yo V book.
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So yeah, that's pretty much my week.
I've just been doing a ton of stuff getting ready for
Christmas, getting ready for Christmas break and getting
ready for the end of the end of shul.
And that's pretty much it. That's what I've been doing.
That's so it's I think it's time.
We got no news this week. There's nothing.
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We're in the we're in the dead season of the year where there's
not going to be any news until like January.
Right, because if there's a Christmas release, there's been
a trailer and they're not sayinganything else till Christmas.
Yeah. So, and if there's anything for
next year, well, they're trying to current sell you on the
things that are currently out. So they're not going to try to
like push anything crazy. Like, I think Thanksgiving was
(09:17):
probably the last time you couldhave gotten that because for
movies specifically, they drop all of these new trailers to be
put out with the Thanksgiving movies and then they don't need
to do anything else until January, so.
But also, like, I feel like no one, no one's paying attention
in December. Like, there's so much fighting
for your attention in December that, like, marketing just isn't
(09:39):
really worth it. I realized I didn't mark her
over any of my personal details here.
Oh RIP. Oh another thing I did this
week. Can't believe I forgot this is
we just released a new EP. I don't know how you almost
forgot. Them well I've been busy doing a
lot of stuff, you know I have like 5 projects but I'm almost
(10:02):
done with this short film. But we did just release a new EP
sophomore year. Part 2, if you go to Jackson
Glass GLAS on Spotify, you can listen to sophomore year Part 2
and it's a really, really bizarre mix of like, like synth
rock, rap, a little bit of country.
So if you enjoy just really bizarre, fun music, go to
Jackson Glass on Spotify. Do you?
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Yes, I think it's time for our gift exchange, the 2024 gift
exchange. How many years have we done
this? Four, 'cause we started in 2020,
I don't know if we did a gift exchange in 2020.
I know we've done like a we did a Christmas episode in 2020.
I don't remember what we talked about.
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Well. Legitimately don't remember
actually now I got to go look. You know I don't 2020 Christmas
was something else it. Sure was a what?
Was that? So I'm learning how to use
CarPlay in my car, right? Right.
And when I didn't know is that when you get out of the car, it
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will continue autoplaying on your phone.
Yeah, that is one of the biggestcomplaints I have about CarPlay.
And it just started blaring the music I was playing in my car.
Also, if you're watching the video, you can see that my gift
is a little mangled and that's because I sent it to my house
because if I send things to the campus post office, it usually
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adds like 2-3 days to the shipping for whatever reason.
So I was just like I'll ship it to my house and get it and then
apparently my mother goes through my mail now and so she
ripped it open and was like wellI asked her.
I was like I think I have a package from Nick and if I could
grab it before we record tomorrow.
She was like oh that's what thatwas.
(11:53):
I was so confused on why you ordered that and I was like what
do you mean you opened it like so It's kind of mangled with
tape now. I really hope I closed.
It up things back in there. I assume she did.
I feel two things. OK good.
Also note is half of Nick's present is not here yet, so
after you open that I will tell you what the second part is and
(12:15):
it'll probably be there in the few days.
Is the second part like connected to this?
Not really. OK, so it's not like a way.
In a way, yes, but not really. OK so real quick so our first
Christmas episode was chatting about Christmas movies by the
Fire December 18th 2020. This was before we started doing
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the year in review, so it was a later Christmas episode.
So that was our last episode was.
It says In this episode, we sit around the virtual campfire
while we chat about Veggie Tales, childhood trauma and
Christmas movies. I gotta listen back to that.
No, the podcast will be on hiatus until January 8th.
Wow we gave ourselves was a three-week break.
(13:02):
Dude, that's crazy. Dang.
We don't do that anymore. January 8th No, the grind never
stops. We live in the.
Kitchen and then the next one. If I go up to 2021, there were
two episodes after this one, TheNerdiest Christmas special.
This was December 13th, 2021. They talk about why The Polar
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Express is objectively the best Christmas movie, their favorite
slash, least favorite Christmas movies, have a gift exchange and
more. And then 2022, writing our own
Christmas movie. We did do that.
They talk about what Christmas movies they've been watching,
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their thoughts on the recent trailer drops, Indiana Jones,
Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Mariomovie, etcetera, and make their
own Hallmark Christmas movie using a mad Lib.
They also talk about their content retreat and the awful
Beauty and the Beast Christmas special.
Oh, that was iconic. That's still on YouTube.
That's like such a good video actually.
And then last year we did. Well, last year we kind of did
(14:07):
too because we did, we read the worst Christmas script ever,
which was yours, And then our top five Christmas movies of all
time, December 11th, 2023. So we've been getting
progressively sooner because we went from the 18th to the 3rd to
the 13th to the 11th to the 11thto the 9th is this one.
(14:28):
So if we keep going, eventually we'll just be in like November.
So in like 3 years it'll be likeNovember 15th is our Christmas
party, everybody, so everyone bethere.
We're just like conditioning ourselves to take a break all of
December, right? Of course that's what it is,
honestly. Ideal, All right.
I mean low key. Well, just listening anyway.
(14:49):
So all right, would you like to go first?
Would you like to open your gift?
I will since mine is not complete and yours is like a
full gift from start to finish if I can hold on.
I didn't. I didn't realize it was like
that. I'm sorry.
He's opening it. Well listen man, it's not your
(15:11):
fault, but it just didn't get here on time.
Well, Amazon likes to lie. No for real, I got all.
Amazon does is lie and eat hot Cheetos.
I kid you not, I got an e-mail on like Tuesday that they were
like, hey, the package is going to arrive earlier than expected
on Wednesday, which is why I texted you.
I was like, oh, it should be there Wednesday.
(15:31):
And then they emailed me again on Wednesday and we're like,
just kidding, it's Friday now, which is later than it was
supposed to be. I was like, what the what the
freak dude? Oh, oh, now that's pretty sick.
OK, now that's pretty sick. Is that the only?
Thing in this box. It should be, but they're I
(15:54):
assume not. Unless Amazon like just like
decided to be kind, no. That was.
Never. The second thing.
OK, So what I've gifted Nick is a you can hold it up for the
audience that is a, a lavalier microphone for your phone.
Now here's the thing. I've used this microphone
before, but it wasn't mine. It used someone else's and it
(16:15):
was like bonkers good quality. Yeah, I've seen people like on
TikTok use these. Right.
I've seen people use them on like full YouTube videos.
They're supposed to be like, sounds really good.
Yeah, I've used them before. They're awesome.
So I figured if you're out, likeif you do end up doing like a
vlog at the store or something like it'd be really easy to like
(16:35):
clip to your shirt. Oh yeah, on.
Your phone good for vlogging if you end up if you need to do
just like a quick video for likeInstagram or a YouTube short
that's a great one to just pull out so you can have that of
course so very practical gift. So the second part that has not
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arrived actually can I see when it's going to arrive because I'm
like a little concerned about itnow.
It was one of those items on. Yeah, see, it was one of those
items that was like, yeah, it's prime, but also it's going to
take three weeks to get there. You're like you said, it was
(17:17):
prime, you fool. They're like, yeah, we just said
you didn't have to pay shipping.They didn't say how long it was.
Going to be arriving December 9th to 13th OK, so that's it'll
be there soon literally like anytime next week right they're
like around this time, so I havethe picture to.
Are you just going to text it tome?
(17:38):
That's actually a good idea. Don't worry, I'm just going to.
I was just going to hold it up, but.
I did listen. I don't know if you saw if you
watched the clip or you watched the episode.
I put in extra work to put that picture on screen last time.
I was like, if I'm not lazy and I'll put it up and I threw it up
for the full screen while I was editing and I was like, this
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looks terrible. So then I did like that little
overlay, 'cause I'm like, we're trying to be a little more
professional. We're being a little more
professional. Right now, going into year 6
gonna be a little more. Maybe we're gonna figure it out
eventually. So I I just sent you the text of
the other one. Whoa, hold on.
(18:20):
I got to open it in Amazon. Oh.
What is it? What is?
It it's a reusable notebook, howdoes that work?
So the page is like the materialthat like feels like a page and
you draw on like real pen. But then you can use their app
(18:41):
and scan the note into like yourGoogle doc and then like use a
like a damp cloth and just like wipe the page clean.
That's sick. Oh, that's so cool.
Well, thank you. That is going to be very.
It'll be there. It'll be there next week.
Perfect, I can start planning mymy offseason.
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I figured if you were doing likecontent planning or like sermon
notes or like, you know, whatever you whatever you use a
notebook for. So enjoy that next week.
That is very cool. I feel bad my gifts are not.
One of them is like a joke and the other one is kind of
serious. Well, I'm not serious, but like.
I'm hyped, I'm hyped about. Can I open it now?
(19:25):
Yeah, OK. No, you have to sit and stare in
the Amazon. Bag.
I've been very excited because you said you knew what you
wanted to get me a long time. Ago I did one of these, I've
known I was going to get you like.
Forever. I see a movie.
I see a movie. Guys, guys, it is a 4K Ultra HD
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Blu-ray plus digital copy, my very own copy of Madam Webb.
Everybody, Lord have mercy, thisis going right on the shelf.
What a banger, What a the worst movie of the year is now mine to
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own forever. You'll never lose it so much
I'll never. I get to preserve this forever
because. It's now they can't ever like
just take it away. 4K So when itgoes to like 2 BI can be like
no, no, no, I have no, no, no, no version.
All right, I'm going in for for Part 2.
The other thing, I don't know ifit says what it is on the
(20:41):
outside of the box. Wait, hold on, hold on.
Sorry. I'm going to.
It says but I'm like don't want to get it wrong.
I didn't even tell. I didn't even tell Amy about
this because I didn't want her to hijack this gift idea from.
Her Oh, that's such a that's OK.Oh my gosh, this is brilliant.
Hold on, hold on. I'm trying to get it out of the
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plastic so I can show you. Oh, that's fair.
That's very fair. Plastic is very high quality,
good. I cannot open it.
Good. That means The thing is very
high quality. Oh, he got to get the he got to
get the knife out. Oh my goodness.
A knife, No. What do you have, a knife?
(21:26):
I've seen this before. I think I've seen this before.
This is so dope. It is a it is a camera lens like
thermos cup. Yeah.
So it looks like a camera lens, but it's like, but it's like a a
cup and it comes with like, Oh, there's another one with the
like the little like the little lid.
Oh this is awesome. Yeah, so one of my coworkers
(21:51):
brought that in one day, and I was like, where did you get
that? And this was like back in
August. I was like, OK, I have to get
this for Jackson, 'cause you're a big camera guy and you drink
coffee all the time. The.
Only thing I was told is not to screw on the lid too tight
because it will crack the lid OK.
(22:12):
Cool. That's just like, just like 1
little twist, yeah. And then you're good.
Oh my gosh, it looks like a reallens too.
Like it Really like. And they put like all the
markings on there, all of the like different names and stuff.
24 to 105 Oh my gosh, it's crazy.
That's iconic. It also I lost it.
(22:35):
Oh it for some reason it came with a spoon.
Mixer. It to mix things, of course.
Now you have silly spoon. See, now I can go.
Exactly. Yeah, Yeah, this is a bada Bing
(22:56):
bada boom. Wow, great gifts.
Thank you so much, this is iconic.
The Madam Webb thing was a spur of the moment.
That was that was iconic. I think this is.
Which is funny because I told you about it to your face,
right? Well, I thought about getting it
for you and then I thought. About getting the Madam Web,
which was so kind of brilliant, actually, ma'am, Merry
(23:19):
Christmas. I think you've outdone yourself.
I think this is the I think thisis the best gift exchange you've
ever done. Man, now I got to level myself
up next year. I'll have to be competing
against your wife next year. I know right man.
Crazy battle of the be like the thing from Dragon Ball where
they're doing the beams, the beam struggle.
(23:41):
The beam, Yes, and it's like cooking, kid friend.
Cooking get the better Christmas.
Which is so funny because now you have to like coordinate on.
Like what? I had to coordinate with her
last like two years because I'm like, I don't want to get the
same thing you're getting. If this was what you had in
mind, OK, just. Want to the the Madam web that
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says on the thing includes Easter eggs, gag reel and more.
Isn't the whole movie a gag reel?
No, literally. Also, if there's like a
director's commentary on this, like I have to watch, I got it
every second of it. I have to know what they were
thinking because what was your whole thought?
Process here. What were you?
(24:25):
Who hurt you is my question. I'm glad there was a movie that
we could all collectively clown on together this year.
Right, right. And like which we did a whole
episode on if you're interested.What a strong start to the year
that really did set the time forthe whole year banger.
Banger present. Thank you so much.
This is going right on the shelfright now.
(24:46):
Live on the shelf Bada Bing badaboom.
Boo. Yeah.
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(25:08):
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About to put out One Piece videothis week and then in two weeks
on Christmas Day actually, because Christmas falls on a
Wednesday this week year, I'm doing a big like 2024 anime here
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in review of like covering everything that I've watched
that I had like thoughts that I wanted to talk about.
And then I will also be doing anin tandem stream with that
video. I don't know if it's going to be
on the day of yet or if it's going to be a couple days later,
but we're going to do a tier list of all the anime I watched
and like go through all that. So and then also, if you like
video games, I'm over on twitch at Nick with Nokay just started
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Doom Eternal, which definitely is a game that is very fun, but
also very violent. So you can check that out on
Twitch. Everything is linked down below
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Goes hard. We need to get more merch
designs out there, but you know.No, we do.
We'll we'll work on that in the new year, but but also we say a
lot of things we don't do so I don't don't hold me to that
anyway, so onto our main topic for the day.
Are you aware of ChatGPT? Have you heard of this?
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Yes before yeah OK, cool. I.
Use chat on GPT all the time. So AI, what is it?
There's 2 letters A and I, and those two letters stand for
artificial intelligence. Now said Artificial intelligence
can do pretty much whatever you ask it to unless it doesn't want
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to, which is so based. Now we've decided that we're
kind of fed up with Christmas movies.
We want to make our own Christmas movie kind of like we
did a few years ago, but we're going to elicit Chat GPTS help
to write a Christmas movie in a choose your own adventure RPG
role play style. So Mr. Nick, our first prompt is
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I want to write a Christmas movie, but I want to write it
like a choose your own adventurerole play RPG.
We need to start with two characters.
Are we the two characters or is it are we writing some
characters? Well, I feel like it would be
funnier if it was just us, especially if you like threw it
in this really wacky setting of just having like these two dudes
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who were there. So I'm going to go with us
because also I feel like you didn't give me enough time to
make a character. I could have come up with a
really banger if you gave me enough time, even though I knew
this is what we were doing all week.
No, literally. The two characters are named
Jackson and Nick. They are best friends.
Did you spell Nick right? Yes, and I see the two
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characters name Jackson and Nick.
They are best friends and they love Christmas.
Start by giving me three optionson location and pitch the story
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to me for each and I will choosethe best one.
Wow there you go. You can be so like straight up
with ChatGPT. People don't realize this.
It's literally a computer. It's literally a computer.
OK, here we go. To start, our first option is
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the enchanted Snow Globe Village.
Oh no. Jackson and Nick find themselves
transported to a magical snow globe where time stands still.
The village is inside a facing crisis.
The eternal ice crystal, which powers Christmas cheer, has
fractured. The friends must work together
with the quirky snowfolk to solve riddles, battle
mischievous frost goblins, and repair the crystal before
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Christmas Eve or risk losing themagic of Christmas forever.
Option one or option 2. This one sounds baller.
The Christmas Heist at EvergreenMall All right, Jackson and Nick
are closing up on the local mallfor the night when they stumble
upon a gang of bumbling holiday thieves plotting to steal
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Santa's priceless golden sleigh bell, the symbol of Christmas
spirit. The duo embark on a wild Home
Alone style quest to stop the heist, enlisting a help of
oddball store employees and mallanimatronics that spring to life
after dark. No, cut the cameras chat.
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GVT is not trying to write Christmas Five Nights at
Freddy's right now. That is absolutely insane.
Do you even need to hear the third one?
I feel like we're doing that one.
No, we're doing that one, but for the sake of completion.
OK. Let's hear the third.
One third pitch, the North Pole time loop.
While visiting a Christmas carnival, Jackson and Nick
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accidentally break Santa's chronometer.
What the heck is that? A device that Oh, it's about to
tell me. A device that ensures Christmas
is delivered on time. They wake up to find themselves
stuck in December 24th, repeating the day endlessly.
To escape the loop, they must solve festive puzzles, reconcile
feuding holiday spirits and repair the chronometer, learning
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deeper lessons about friendship and Christmas joy along the way.
Yeah, we got to do the second one.
That sounds dope, but the second?
One. The third one's kind of sappy.
No, no, no. Yeah, The second one involves
like Five Nights at Freddy's andHome Alone in The Polar Express,
in a way because of the bell. Like, no, we got to do that one.
All right, I said. I like the second one.
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All right, great choice. The Christmas heist at at
Evergreen Mall is packed with action, comedy and Christmas
magic. Let's dive deeper.
Ready. All right, opening scene.
Jackson and Nick are part time mall workers covering.
In this economy. Covering in this economy?
Dang, sucks to be us I guess. Covering the late shift on
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December 23rd. The mall is eerily quiet, with
holiday decorations twinkling inthe dim light.
As they finish their tasks, theyoverhear whisper from a nearby
air vent. Peering inside, they discover a
gang of amateur thieves plottingto steal Santa's golden sleigh
bell kept in a heavily secured display.
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Now interactive gameplay momentsExploration Players choose where
to investigate first, Santa's workshop, the candy store, or
the security office to gather Intel on the thieves plans.
Allies. Players can team up with a
quirky mall janitor, a a feisty Maw elf from the photo booth, or
even a malfunctioning animatronic reindeer.
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Each ally offers unique skills and potential pitfalls.
Defense Set up. Players set traps throughout the
mall Home Alone style, using items like giant candy canes,
holiday lights, and gift boxes to thwart the thieves key
conflict. As the heist unfolds, Jackson
and Nick discover the thieves aren't just after the bell,
they're part of a mysterious organization trying to erase
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Christmas magic. Wow.
Players must decide whether to focus on stopping the heist or
unraveling the bigger conspiracy.
Do you want to flesh out thieves, identities, the puzzles
involved, or dive into the finalshowdown?
Well, it's too early for the final.
Show too early for the final showdown.
Too early for that one. I can also, I can literally tell
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it whatever I want. Like we can even just be like, I
don't like those options. I want to hear about the
reindeer or whatever. Lucky.
I kind of want to hear about the.
I really want to. Know about this animatronic
reindeer? OK, I'll say.
Tell me more about this animatronic reindeer.
Let's flush out the. Chuck E Cheese.
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Let's flush out the thieves identities and team up with the
reindeer. True.
Thank you for facing. Sorry, apparently I can't spell
reindeer. REIND EE R.
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Let's flesh out the thieves identities and team up with the
reindeer. All right, it's loading.
Give it a second, it's going to be like the reindeer's name is
Rain last name. Deer.
Oh dear. Last name Deer.
First name Rain. All right, here's a breakdown of
the thieves and your quirky reindeer ally, the thieves.
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Marge the planner Mulligan is a mastermind behind the heist.
He's a grumpy ex mall manager who knows the layout inside and
out. He was this Christmas.
He resents Christmas for ruininghis career and believes stealing
the Golden Sleigh bell will giveher a fresh start.
Signature Skill Expert in disabling security systems and
devising escape routes. Eddie the Muscle Grimes, The
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team's Braun personality is a Jim bro who's more biceps than
brains. Eddie follows Eddie follows
Marge's orders to a fault, but his enthusiasm often leads to
clumsy mistakes. Now Signature Skill is smashing
through barriers and carrying heavy loot.
And then Delilah the distractionRose, the team's distraction
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artist personality. A quick talking, A quick talking
con artist with a flair for the dramatic.
She infiltrates the mall's elf team to create chaos and divert
attention. Signature Skill blending into
crowds and causing Divergent. And then last one, Lou the
techie Vargas roll the tech wizard.
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What a loser personality. A jittery hacker who's terrified
of mall Santa animatronics. And Lou is in charge of
disabling the Bell's high tech vault signature skill hacking
into systems but easily panics under pressure.
OK, we're building lore. We're building like we're
getting there. We're like, this is this is
surprise tool that'll help us later.
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All right, The reindeer ally Rudy, the resistor Rudy
description. This is insane description Rudy
is an animatronic reindeer from the Malls holiday display that's
long been retired to a dusty storage closet due to faulty
programming. Rudy is sassy, slightly
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unhinged, and prone to giving questionable advice.
All Right strength. Surprisingly strong and durable,
Rudy can ram through obstacles. Humor provides Comic Relief and
distracts enemies with malfunctioning holiday jingles.
And glitch power occasionally malfunctions in a way that
unintentionally help or hinder the mission.
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OK, so he's kind of so we could like, play the glitch card if we
wanted to, like, take a risk on him, I guess.
Yeah. OK, How do?
Glitch Trap. Whoa, that's crazy.
All right. How do you see Rudy interacting
with Jackson and Nick? So as someone so this feels very
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reminiscent of like AD and D setup, and as someone who's been
in an active D&D campaign for almost a year and a half, my
instant go to is to always do the most unhinged thing possible
within the parameters of what you can do.
Right. So I really want to stick this
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reindeer on the tech guy who's terrified of animatronics.
Like can we must have traumatized?
Can we be like Rudy's role will be to kill Lou?
Are we going to go dead? Because like I just want to say,
can I just like pull out a Glock?
Just be like, get out of the mall.
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You could. Also be like, we could we also
be like, however Rudy's interacted, we would like Rudy
and Nick to get married at the end.
Like you can say whatever you want I want.
Rudy to give me relationship advice.
OK, cool. Rudy is we will see Rudy's role
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on on this operation is to we'llsay.
Attack, Attack the tech guy and give.
His his weakness and give Nick relationship advice.
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OK, so that's his role. What's our next like move
though? I think when you said Marge, do
you say like, I thought about Marge Simpson, but then you were
like, it's a dude. And I was like, OK, so it's just
a dude in like a really bad Marge Simpson cosplay.
Yes, like with the hair and everything.
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Yes, so Marge. Is dressed like Marge Simpson.
The thief to the The thief is dressed as Marge Simpson and
uses. Her voice.
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Now we're getting somewhere. And then do we say like the
thieves have just broken into the mall start the scene or
something like that? Yes, TH.
They're going for the Lego store.
Are going how dare they for the Lego store start the scene.
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And start. All right, all right.
Rudy's role in this operation isto attack Lou, since that is his
weakness, and give Nick relationship advice.
Marge, the thief, is dressed as Marge Simpson and uses her
voice. The thieves are going for the
Lego store. Start the scene.
All right, the scene opens in the dimly lit Evergreen Mall,
the colorful Lego store at its heart.
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The storefront is a glow with light displays of holiday themed
Lego sets, Santa's workshop, a Christmas train and a towering
Lego Christmas tree. Jackson peering out from behind
a giant candy cane in display. OK, explain this to me again.
Why would thieves target a Lego store?
Nick whispering. Nick whispering.
Limited time, limited edition holiday sets.
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Dude, these things sell for thousands online.
Look at the giant Christmas tree.
Probably priceless Rudy rolling up, wheels squeaking.
And let's not forget the real prize.
Emotional scars. That's what Lou's taking home
when I'm done with him. Ho ho, horrible Christmas, Lou.
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It's so bad, it's kind of good. Horrible Christmas.
Let's not forget the real prize,emotional scars.
Watch as the thieves arrive. Marge, dressed in her uncanny
Marge Simpson outfit, leads the way, speaking in the Naze in the
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nasal tone. Marge to the group.
Come on homies, let's get this way before someone notices we're
stealing blocks, not time, all right?
Eddie flexes and stretches dramatically before lifting a
large crowbar. Delilah, in an elf costume,
keeps a lookout, spinning a candy cane like a baton.
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Lou nervously fumbles of the tablet, typing furiously.
Lou shivering. This place has animatronics,
Marge. Animatronics.
What if they're still active, Marge?
Lou, quit whining. Rudy's been broken for years.
Besides, you're a tech genius. Fix, fix your fear glitch and
keep hacking. Nick and Jackson and Nick
exchange a look. Jackson, that's our cue.
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Rudy, you're up. Rudy snorts mechanically.
Oh. Lulu won't know what hit him,
but first. But first.
Rudy's. But first.
Rudy swivels to Nick, lights in his antlers flickering.
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Before I charge into battle, Nick, remember.
Before I charge into battle, Nick, remember.
She won't notice you until you notice yourself.
Confidence, my boy. Now on to the terrorizing.
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She won't notice you if you don't.
Notice yourself to the terrorizing boy.
Confidence, my boy. Oh my goodness.
OK. Rudy screeches into action, his
holiday lights flashing deck thehalls, blasting at top volume.
Lou freezes as Rudy charges. Lou screaming.
Not the reindeer, Not the reindeer.
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Chaos erupts as the other thieves scramble to defend Lou,
and he swings his crowbar clumsily but ends up tripping
over a stray Lego. Delilah starts throwing candy
canes at Rudy, but they bounce harmlessly off his metal frame.
Nick grinning. This is going better than
expected, Jackson. Let's just hope Marge doesn't
figure out we're here. But Marge, mid impression,
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swivels her head towards the commotion.
Her eyes narrow. Oh, for the love of Homer.
Who's messing with my eyes? For the love of Homer, OK, this
is. This is awesome.
Average Simpsons Average Simpsons episode.
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All right, what happens next? Do Jackson and Nick reveal
themselves or do they keep the chaos going to stall the
thieves? What do you think is the next
best move here 'cause we got Rudy?
What is taking out Lou? Taking out Lou Be.
Able to hack stuff. He's clearly got the other two
like also occupied preoccupied. So I think we need to pull out
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like a tranquilizer dart or something just like pop over our
disguise just. Yeah, just like blow dark.
Knock him out and then we just. Have which one?
OK, we could also pull in another ally from earlier if you
wanted to. Oh.
This is true. Let's see, we could pull in a
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feisty Maw elf from the photo booth.
OK, what if we did like the ancient elf elf?
Call for the feisty mall elf to come attack Marge.
True, I'm OK. Jackson and Nick decide to sing
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the. Ancient Elf.
Barg, ancient elf. Barg.
No, the ancient elf. Ancient Elf.
The Ancient Elf Sea shanty to call in the feisty Maw elf from
the photo booth to go after Marge.
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Meanwhile, Rudy starts traumatizing terrorizing Lou,
but with. Like meanwhile.
Very specific, reads like pinpoint accuracy.
It's just verbal harassment, that's all it is.
Starts. It's not physical at all.
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It's just you're scrawny, you got no hair, you got no
girlfriend, you're a tech. Loser.
I'm really, I'm really picturingLou is like Hal from Megamind
where he's just like the like goofy nerd with like bright red
hair. Oh, and kind of like an in cell.
Yes, just a little bit. Meanwhile, Rudy is terrorizing
Lou with very specific scenes from his childhood.
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Oh, yeah. Then you can build the back
story of like, maybe Lou came here as a child and Rudy's just
been watching this whole time, and he's like, I know everything
about you. I know your Social Security
number. I know.
Your Social Security number. I know you're.
Your name all right, Jackson andNick decide to sing the ancient
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elf sea shanty to call in the feisty Maw elf from the photo
booth to go after Marge. Meanwhile, Rudy is terrorizing
Lou with very specific scenes from his childhood.
All right, it's it's all right scene, the sea shanty and the
showdown. Jackson and Nick Crouch behind
the candy cane display as the chaos with Rudy escalates.
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Nick pulls out a tattered book titled Secrets of the Maw Elves.
Excuse me, Secrets of the Mall Elves flipping to a dog eared
page labeled The Summoning Shanty.
The summoning shanty. This is giving big like the
Santa Claus lore type type beat.OK Jackson nervously.
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You're sure this will work? I mean, sea shanties aren't
exactly Christmassy. Nick, trust me, elves are weird.
They love this stuff. Ready.
Trust the two. The two start singing, singing,
their voices low and rhythmic, echoing eerily through the mall.
Jackson and Nick singing Oh the Jingle and the Sails and Hoist
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the Tree for the Elf of the Mallwill come to thee through the
photo booths and the candy sleigh to have Christmas on this
holiday day. The air around, oh the air
around the photo booth grows hazily with sparkling green
mist. Suddenly the booth's curtain
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whips open, revealing the feistymall elf still in costume but
armed with candy cane staff. She points dramatically towards
the Lego store. Feisty mall elf with Boiming
with Boiming booming voice who dares to file the sacred holiday
ground. Marge caught mid yell at her
team freezes Her painted yellow faced as arm an homage to Marge
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Simpson contorts in surprise. That is so funny.
Like just you really wearing a ski mask on you just.
Paint your face yellow. It really ran with the cosplay
like it. It is very clearly like it is a
cosplay. Her painted yellow face, an
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homage to Marge Simpson, contorts in surprise.
Marge. Oh for crying out loud, I didn't
sign up for Christmas magic nonsense.
Feisty maw elf charging towards her, prepared to feel the might
of Santa's helpers. Union Naughty list scum.
Man. This is this is bars.
That was a. Lot of words.
Meanwhile, Rudy's tactics. Oh, here we go.
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Rudy looms over a trembling loo,his antlers flickering in rhythm
with a mechanical voice. Rudy accessing Lou's childhood
archive, initiating Worst day ofThird grade.
Rudy projects a grainy hologram of Lou as a child, standing
frozen in fear during a school play, forgetting his lines.
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The thieves around him burst outin laughter, Lou sobbing.
No. How did you stop this?
Rudy Loading that one time at the water park, Shall we?
The hologram that one time at the water park is like the most
traumatic triggering memory of any childhood in history.
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All right. The hologram shifts to Lou,
slipping off a water slide and landing in a kiddie pool.
Lou. Lou screams, curling into a ball
as Rudy's jolly yet relentless narration continues.
Oh my gosh, that's brutal, Jackson.
And should we give them like an enemies to lovers thing or they
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no OK. Jackson and Nick With Mars
distracted by the feisty elf andLou incapacitated by Rudy,
Jackson and Nick regroup behind the display.
Jackson, this is working way toowell.
Should we make a move for the bell?
Nick watching Rudy torment Lou. Let's give Rudy a few more
minutes. He's almost.
Through they actually do something I would say.
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Let's give him a few more. Minutes.
Hold on, let him cook. Let him cook.
Give him a minute. We're we're halfway through the
water park. All right, give him a second.
They exchange a grin as the scene descends further into
festive chaos. All right, do Santa.
And do Jack and Nick attempt to retrieve the golden sleigh bell
themselves, or do they set another trap to stall the
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remaining thieves? What's the next?
I feel like we need a little more conflict, like we're
winning a little too hard in this story.
I think we need some like, I think we should go for the bell
and then when we do, you have like that final boss moment
where like I was all part of theplan.
When the bell is removed, the boss can come out.
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Who's the boss? I don't know.
Jackson and Nick grab the. I'm thinking of like a massive
final bot, like I'm destroying the whole building as I come up
from underground type. Do I say what the boss is or let
it like construct 1? You could let it construct one
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but give it the the the prompt of massive like giant
destructive final boss. Jackson and it grabbed the
golden sleigh bell. OH.
Because then because then we canlike take the final the the, the
bell and like when all of hope seems lost because this thing
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like wipes the Rudy away or whatever, then we can very
cliche, kind of like the Mario movie where they both take the *
and then they fight Bowser. Like with the power of take the
bell and with the power of Christmas, we'll knock this guy
out. That's where, that's where we
Nick. Grabbed the golden sleigh bell,
but it was a trap. A giant should.
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I'll say final boss. A giant final boss.
Appears from inside the Lego store.
Three times the size of the Mallof the Mall Appears in the Lego
Store appears in the Lego Store.This is This is the the biggest
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and baddest Christmas boss of all time.
Good. Should I say like Should I say
like? Select one character for the
boss to kill. Yes.
Select one character. That isn't Jackson or Nick.
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Character that is not Jackson orNick for the boss to kill.
Imagine the boss just turns Marge into a fine red mist.
With a heartbreaking dying monologue, select one character
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that is not Jackson or Nick to kill the final boss.
With a heartbreaking final monologue Is it the final
monologue? Does it say to?
Kill the final boss or for the final boss to kill.
For the final boss to kill. OK with a heartbreaking what's
the the monologue needs to be like with a dying monologue, but
the monologue has to include theword like cheese or something
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like I'm not putting Sigma. Sigma do it.
Do it on. Skibity.
But the can I say like but the final monologue is all Fortnite
terms. Yes, yeah, it's that's even.
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Better it's all Fortnite. How has there not been like a
genre on YouTube of people like ChatGPT generating these really
stupid scripts and then paying real people to animate them?
No, literally. Like I would watch that genre of
YouTube. Oh for sure, I would watch this
like I would watch like. Ironically, it's kind of funny.
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All right. Jackson and Nick cautiously
approached the glowing golden sleigh bell now unguarded as
chaos rages around them. Nick gently picks it up.
For a moment, all is quiet. Jackson nervously.
Why is it so easy? Shouldn't there be?
A low rumble shakes the mall as the lights flickers.
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Suddenly, the Lego store erupts in a blinding flash of red and
green light. Pieces of Lego swirl around
together like a vortex, forming a colossal Christmas
monstrosity. Towering three times the height
of the mall, the creature is a grotesque fusion of holiday
cheer and destruction. Candy cane, Candy cane claws,
glowing coal eyes, and a wreath crown atop its fiery head.
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This is some real revelation, That stuff.
I mean like we're about to be raptured.
Bro, we're about to be raptured right now.
Nick screaming. This is not in the instruction
manual. Is that a Lego Movie reference?
That's insane. The boss lets out a guttural
roar. You will not steal the spirit of
Christmas from me. The boss slams its massive claw
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down, scattering Jackson and Nick.
Rudy rolls into the phrase, his ants are sparkling wildly.
Rudy shouting. Run my jolly fools, I'll handle
this Holly jolly nightmare. Rudy charges at the boss, his
mechanical frame glowing like Rudolph's nose.
He slams into the creatures knee, temporarily stunning it,
but the boss grabs Rudy in one massive claw.
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Lifted him off the ground. Jackson panicking.
Rudy no Rudy glitching and sparks flying.
It's OK. Hey kids, remember I was built
for this moment. And Nick Oh no, nothing will
prepare you for what he's about to say.
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I didn't get post myself. I can't say this straight for
this moment. And Nick, believe in yourself.
And also don't forget the battlepass resets next season.
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I just picture like this animatronic being held about to
be crushed and it's like never forget, don't just be yourself,
don't forget, but also. The battle pass resets next
season. Next season, Rudy begins to
short circuit as he continues. I'm, I can't say it.
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I'm, I'm cranking 90s in heaven now.
I'm, I'm cranking 90s in heaven now.
Tell Santa I'm cracked, but I'm hitting that victory.
But I'm hitting that victory Royale for you guys.
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Oh, that's. So good.
Oh my God, OK. With one final shudder, Rudy
explodes in a brilliant display of Christmas light, taking the
boss down to its knees. Lego pieces rain down like
confetti confetti as Rudy's heroic sacrifice reverberates
through the mall. Nick tearing up.
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He, he really was the goat and, and he's not even a bot.
He's not even a bot, Jackson determined.
Deep cut reference. He's not even a bot.
Jackson determined. We have to finish what Rudy
started. The two picked themselves up,
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holding the golden sleigh bell, ready to face the final
challenge in Rudy's honor. OK.
What's our not to take in there?What's our mix tape that's
playing while we fight the finalboss?
Oh my gosh, such a good idea. This says Should the battle
involve another clever Christmasthemed trap or will Jackson and
Nick need to face the boss head on in an epic showdown?
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They got to face him head on. Yes, it's our it's our time to
shine. Jackson and Nick.
OK, what about the thieves? Like, can we like bring them in
somehow? Like are we all like, are we
like using the power of friendship to like, team up with
the thieves? Or are we like?
Or are we like? Screw them.
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I screw them. OK, we don't need a.
Simpsons cosplayer on our We'll say Jackson and Nick need to
face the boss head on in an epicshowdown and the final boss the
goods to need to absorb all the thieves and use all of their
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individual skills. Please is Jackson and Nick need
to face the boss head on in an epic showdown and the final boss
needs to absorb all the thieves and use all their individual
skills in his combat. You got to put my anime in there
somewhere. You got to do what?
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Oh hold on, this goes crazy. I looked up a dubstep remix of
All I Want for Christmas Is You.There's combat.
Do we, do we have like Mariah Carey, like come like, help us
as like? Just Mariah Carey appears.
Yes, Mariah. Mariah Carey appears to help
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them fight this final boss. Mariah Carey appears to help
them fight this final boss. After hearing about about Rudy,
should we say like Mariah also gives Nick relationship advice.
Yes. Mariah also gives Nick
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relationship advice. Anything else?
What do you have so? Far I said Jackson and Nick need
to face the final boss head on in an epic showdown, and the
final boss needs to absorb all the thieves and use all of their
individual skills in his combat.Mariah Carey appears to help
them fight this final boss afterhearing about Rudy.
Mariah also gives Nick relationship advice.
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Can Mariah Carey give us super cool like Christmas weapons and
like outfits? Let go the full fantasy like
video game route where we each like Mariah Carey shows up,
gives us these gifts through thepower of Christmas me
relationship advice and then like I have a sword or something
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and we just go crazy. Yes, Mariah decks them out in
full. I don't need a dubstep remix.
I need like epic. Decks them out in full Christmas
themed. How did I know that this
existed? Armor and weapons.
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Mariah decks the mountain. Full Christmas themed armor and
weapons. What's playing?
What song is playing while we'refighting?
All I want for Christmas is you,specifically this version, but I
can't send it, I can't play it in the episode.
I'll say epic version is playingin this fight all right, this is
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a beefy prompt. We're nearing the end of the
story, so this might be like thefinal final battle man.
It is thinking on this one. It is like what on?
Earth are we? Trying.
What on earth are you trying to do?
Seen the final showdown? The mall shakes as the towering
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Christmas boss absorbs the thieves 1 by 1, their forms
melting into its swirling mass of holiday themed destruction.
Boss, you thought Christmas could be saved?
Foolish mortals and now wield atthe cunning of Marge, the
strength of Eddie, the distractions of Delilah, and the
tech of Loo. Your end is nigh.
The boss grows larger it's candycane claws now crackling with
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electricity and it's coal eyes blazing like twin sons Jackson
and Nick brace themselves the determination wearing as their
overwhelming fight of the as theover looming figure looms closer
just as is the boss raises a massive claw to strike A
shimmering light fills the mall.A figure descends from the
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skylight in a cascade of glittering snowflakes.
Jesus Mariah Carey herself dressed in a flowing red and
white gown. Mariah dramatically not on my
watch. Rudy give gave his circuits for
Christmas. It's time to finish this fight
for him and for all of us. With a wave of her hand, Mariah
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summons an an epic Christmas anthem.
A heavy orchestral mix of All I Want for Christmas Is You.
The music reverberates, filling in Jackson with newfound
courage. Mariah conjures glowing armor
and weapons for the duo. Jackson is decked out in a
shimmering peppermint striped chestplate and armed with a
candy cane claymore. Nick Dons golden tinsel armor
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and wields The Nutcracker Blaster, which fires explosive
ornaments. Mariah to Nick, remember love is
like Christmas, messy but magical.
Don't be afraid to put yourself out there.
Now go. The battle is a dazzling display
of lights, music, and chaos. Jackson charges Ford, slashing
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at the boss's candy cane limbs. When Nick uses The Nutcracker
Blaster to target weak points, Mariah hovers above her, voice
resonating like a magical force field, shielding them from the
boss's attack. Marge's skill.
The boss deploys holographic decoys, forcing the team to
distinguish between real and fake targets.
Eddie's strength. It smashes the ground, sending
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shock waves that Jackson must dodge.
Delilah's distraction. The boss's unleashes clouds of
glitter to obscure the vision and lose tech.
The monster hacks into the mall system, turning animate, turning
animatronic decorations into hostile drones.
Oh my God. As the song crescendos, Mariah
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directs Jackson and combine their attacks.
Nick fires an explosive ornamentat the Boss's chest while
Jackson delivers a powerful strike with the candy cane
claymore. The final blow causes the golden
sleigh bell to admit to emit theradiant burst of light engulfing
the Boss. Boss, no, Christmas cannot be
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this strong. The mall quiet as the Boss
disintegrates into harmless Legopieces.
Mariah lands gracefully besides the duo, smiling warmly.
You saved Christmas. Rudy would be proud.
Mariah. Or Nick, sheepishly.
And about that relationship advice?
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Mariah winking. Just remember, it's not about
the gifts, it's about being present.
Now go tell her how you feel. With a final flourish, Mariah
disappears in a swirl of glitter, leaving Jackson and
Nick victorious, ready for whatever Christmas throws at
them next. Wow.
(01:06:39):
That was incredible. Also, the line it's not about
the it's not about the gifts, it's about being present is kind
of a bar because it's like present, Dang.
Kind of goes crazy. OK, is at the end, do we need
like an epilogue or? I don't know, I feel like.
(01:07:03):
I don't know where it would go. I feel like this is a good like
ending like final battle. Like holy cow, what a good
story. What an emotional roller
coaster. What an emotional roller
coaster, Rudy. Like Rudy, Loki was like goaded.
He was the best sidekick we could have asked for.
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I really, I really don't think we will ever top.
Believe in yourself and also don't forget.
The battle pass next month. That is, I'm cranking 90s in
heaven now to say I'm cracked. Guys, thank you so much for
(01:07:47):
joining us on this journey, thisabsolute journey of an episode.
I, I feel like this was really fun.
I would love to do this again. I would love to do this again.
And so if you liked this episode, please let us know
because it's the best way for usto know what, what we want to do
and what the best, what, what the best content we can give to
you. Check your check your local
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cinemas for what's this story called?
What are we? Are we, what are we?
Oh OK, I'll here's what we do. Give me 5.
I'll say that is the end. Give me 5 potential titles.
Titles for this? Crankin 90s in heaven now.
(01:08:32):
Crankin 90's The Christmas Heist, Evergreen Mayhem, The
Great Christmas Battle at Evergreen Mall, Rudy's
Redemption or Yuletide Showdown.Yuletide Showdown goes kind of
hard. Yeah, I was going to say, I
really like that one. Other ones feel a little too on
the nose, right? That is the end of Yuletide
(01:08:53):
showdown. Thank you all for joining us.
Unless you have anything else tosay, I got nothing.
I think we can wrap up here. Hey, thank you so much for
listening to this episode of theUnderneath podcast.
We wish you a very, very miss. Merry Christmas to you and your
kin. We will be back for one to two
more episodes this year, so makesure you stick around next week
(01:09:14):
for our Year in Review 2024, ourbiggest episode of the year
always is always so much fun. We cannot wait.
Merry Christmas, we will see younext time.
Until then, bye.
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