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Attention all users,


The internet is in danger, unless you can fight it.  If you want to take action against SOPA, go to links to the petitions in the picture's description at the address below.  That is all.

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This Dragon's Got FANGS!!

Hi there, Rekka Dragon here.  You are aware that Stefan is having issues beyond my control.  Until he gets better, it is up to me to carry on where he left off.  I will do my best to post up as much blogs as I can to keep the dream of bringing balance back to all media by giving animation, especially cartoons the same rights as us common folk.  I still got my Destiny League blogs to do.  As well as the other important blogs, including the current state of the Hub, which is slowing becoming like the other networks, because of Nikki Reed.

If Captain America can fight on against this injustice, so will I.  Until then, stay strong and Godspeed.

And Stefan, if you are reading this.  This Rekka Dragon's got FANGS!!  And I will use these fangs to bring justice for all animation.  I wish you a speedy recovery with you other problems.  Best of luck to you, my brother from another planet.

(Thumbs up) AAAAAAAY!

(Megaman X4 - Zero's Victory Theme Plays)

*Fade Out

Darkstalker Defense

Because I Need to update this blog and I have nothing great to post, I'm gonna be giving you my defense of the Darkstalkers Animated Series from the 1990s.

Someone needs to stick up for this show..and I gotta do it.  So anyway, We all know that the Darkstalkers Animated Series is universally hated by Almost every fan of Darkstalkers and American Animation.

But did you know there were good points to it. Points that many should enjoy. But first,like with my other defenses, I'm gonna list and talk about the Flaws of the show.

Flaw 1: While the Art isn't bad, The Animation has Errors. Each episode has at least 3-5 noticeable Animation errors. Some even have more. There are also minor Animation mistakes.

Flaw 2: The acting in some episodes was pretty weak. there were scenes where the Actors weren't even trying.

Flaw 3: While each Episode starts out good (or at least decent),they progressively get lame and/or stupid. The Final episode (Everyone's A Critic) was a see-saw. It starts out decent, then it becomes lame, then it becomes decent again , and finally it becomes stupid (though funny) at the end.

Flaw 4: The Main Heroes are Lame!!!! Felicia herself is the least lame of the heroes, but that's not saying much. Donovan and Hsien-ko ,however, are more boring then lame.

Flaw 5: Harry Grimore aka Oogtar the Cave Boy's relative. Oy. This dude was a wasted opportunity. Introducing a good wizard to the Darkstalkers to battle the Evil forces was an awesome idea....An awesome idea that was wasted on this little loser. In TV Tropes terms,Harry Grimore would be considered "A Scrappy". The Scrappy's are unneeded and,often times, unliked characters added to a series. 

Flaw 6: The sloppily done fight scenes. 'Nuff Said.

Flaw 7: Some of the dialogue isn't all that great. In fact there are some instances where the dialogue is kinda lame.

I can't think of anymore. So...On With The Positives.

Good Thing 1: The Villains (at least the main 5). I swear those guys are the Only characters that make this show worth watching. They got decent chemistry and they are funny to boot. They may Suck as Super Villains, but they are the most entertaining characters on the show.

Good Thing 2: The Music. The Opening theme is epic (that's more than I can say for the show itself), the music that plays during the show is nice, and the End Credits theme is cool. Bottom line, the tunes are enjoyable.

Well that about wraps up my defense of the Darkstalker Animated Series. I hope you all enjoyed.

Stay Gold!

Disney Destiny League Character Ideas - Wall-E

Hi there.  This one is going to be a short one.  Trust me, I got a lot of things to do in the name of all that is animated, including fixing the Hub, which has since starting to fall apart ever since that Summer Block Party took over the Huboom block and most of our action cartoons have been pushed to the mornings.  I will talk about this another time.  Right now, the next character I will talk about in this Destiny League character blog is one from another universe and that universe is PIXAR.  And that character is Wall-E.

Background:  An little trash compactor type robot, whose acronym stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth Class. Wall-E was created by Buy n Large (BnL) to clear the Earth of garbage after so many years of pollution.  But when BnL abandons the plan for a clear Earth, they shut down all the Wall-E, except for one who has become self-aware when he stowaway into one of the ships that was evacuating Earth.  Since then, Wall-E had many adventures until he returns to Earth and restores it to its former glory, with the help of the female robot, EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator).

Appearance, Gear and Personality:  Wall-E is a trash compactor type robot that was originally program to clean the Earth of its garbage.  Let's just say he looks a bit like ROB the Robot from the old Nintendo Entertainment System, but a bit rusty, with its box-shaped body, little arms, tank-like treads in the body and its binoculars-shaped eyes.  Wall-E has no weapons, but he is known for collecting junk, including a rubber ducky and a Rubix cube.  Wall-E, despite being a robot, is self-aware and although he is kind most of the time, his curiosity often gets him into trouble.

Backstory: While combing through the ruins of the old BnL factory,Rayjin discovered a deactivated Wall-E.  He took him back, fix him up and turned him back on.  Curious about this new world, Wall-E became a little helper robot to both Rayjin and Tron when helping the team in their mission just like H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot did with the Fantastic Four.

That is all I could think about.  Sorry,  I never got a chance to watch the movie.  Anyway, now if you'll excuse me.  I got some Executive Meddling to fix on the Hub. Until next time.

(Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Block Clear theme plays)

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Joe Ruby on the Mega Man Animated Series

Well,I'm back from that long Hiatus. Though to be honest,I initially planned to get back to work this past Monday. But some things came up. Anyway, I've got an Interesting Interview I found on the net. 

Here is an interview done by a guy named Greg Sepelak. He asks Joe Ruby Questions on the Mega Man Cartoon. 

So here we go.

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When did the cartoon series first begin early production?

JR: 1994

Capcom had said that the series was originally to follow the Japanese character designs from the games. But at the time, test audiences didn’t care for the look, so the character designer was tasked with coming up with several different looks for the main characters. Can you elaborate on this process, and what other styles were tested?

JR: As I recall, the only designs we saw were of the original MegaMan. We felt he was too young for our audience, so we made him a teenager and proportioned him as a well-built athlete type.

Had you started this project, say, a year later, do you think that Japanese animation’s growing stylistic acceptance would have changed the way the series was made?

JR: Not necessarily. The concept was not hard adventure, but a lighter action series with some comedy, done in a retro 1980’s style.

What reference material was used when developing the series? Were you given any of the Japanese comics to look at, or simply the US games and artwork?

JR: There were no comics, but written material about the game and its characters, both present and future. Also, we were given all the character artwork that appeared in the games, and copies of the U.S. games.

MegaMan’s trademark is his ability to use the weapons of his beaten opponents. One aspect of this ability is that he changes color when he uses one of his enemy’s weapons in the games. Was this dropped from the cartoon simply for the sake of the animators?

JR: Yes. Especially with so many characters colored red, black and yellow, it would get visually confusing in animation. What we did is have an animated effect as MM absorbed the enemy’s power into his “power arm."

What prompted the decision to make ProtoMan a villain? Even though he was painted as one in the MegaMan 5 game (which would have been the most recent game when the project was started), it was revealed to be a frame-job by Dr. Wily, the series’ perennial villain.

JR: I don’t recall exactly. But it had to come from Capcom to make him that way, either directly, or from the materials we were given.

You guys developed the most widely recognized canine cartoon star in the world, Scooby-Doo… I have to ask, how much of Scooby is in MegaMan’s robo-pooch Rush?

JR: Well, he didn’t eat Scooby Snacks. Actually, we tried to keep his character as different as possible. But a goofy dog that talks will always be likened to Scooby. Especially if we do it.

A semi-major character from the game series, Dr. Cossack, never appeared in the cartoon. Was this simply to keep the series from getting too complicated, cast-wise?

JR: That sounds right.

One of the things that really struck me about the cartoon was its portrayal of MegaMan’s sister, Roll. Her role prior had been little more than stay home, worry about MegaMan, and occasionally get kidnapped. The US Roll, however, jumps right into the action, and does her fair share of dismantling Wily’s robots armed with little more than souped-up versions of common tools. What brought on this change to a more gutsy Roll?

JR: It (excuse the non-intended pun) broadened the show, gave more interplay and gags, and hopefully would attract some girl audience. (Also, it showed were not male chauvinistic pigs as our wives think)

Scott McNeil, who voiced Wily, ProtoMan, and probably a few dozen other characters, had mentioned that originally, Wily was meant to have a British accent rather than the more stereotypical (yet far more fun) faux-German-Slavic accent. Also that ProtoMan was also to be voiced by MegaMan’s actor, Ian Corlett, to play up their “same plans" origins. Are there any other pre-production changes that you can recall in regards to the character portrayal?

JR: Wily’s voice characterization came out of a Japanese MM educational film in which they portrayed him speaking Japanese with a German accent. We had been asked to recast and re-record the film into English and that’s how some of the voices came to be, or followed that theme.

How much say-so did Bandai have in the development of the series? The second season seemed to heavily feature the Wily Robots who had been made into action figures, as well as repeated appearances of MegaMan’s new armors and vehicles, which were slated to be produced for the toy line as well (but never released, sadly).

JR: As I recall, they had an exec that would go over the scripts to insure that the toy villains were being used. The second season, we had meetings with the execs regarding the look, selection, and use of the new toys in the scripts.

Outside of that, what say did Capcom have in which Wily Robots showed up in any given episode?

JR: I believe they went along with the toy company.

The Mega Man cartoon apparently scored big ratings in syndication. Why was the series ended after this second season? Did it have anything to do with the Bandai-made toy line being cut short (a fate it shared with other licenses like The Tick, Sailor Moon, and -for a time- Dragon Ball)? Or was it ultimately Capcom’s decision?

JR: Probably all the above and more, which we were not privy to. Obviously, we were looking forward to continuing the series, which was fun to do, and, had great ratings.

Had the series continued, would we have seen characters from more recent games, or even the Mega Man games that were exclusive to the Nintendo Game Boy?

JR: We were planning on integrating the new Mega X character and game materials into the new shows.

THE RUMOR MILL

Here, there aren’t so much questions, but nuggets of info we had picked up and have always wanted official verification/debunking of. Any of these you can comment on would be VERY appreciated.
Some of the most persistent rumors concerning the cartoon series are about the third season that never happened. According to rumor, the season was cut after only one episode was finished ("Crime of the Century", in which Wily uses remote-controlled toys to pull off heists), but was planned as a full 13-episode run.

JR: Nothing was cut short. It was decided just to make the one additional episode. And that completed the package.

Another big rumor is that this third season would have introduced Bass, MegaMan’s new rival from the game series, who would replace ProtoMan as Wily’s Number Two in order to tie into the current game setup. And following that, Proto would become more the Racer-X to Mega’s Speed Racer, as is the setup in the games.

JR: Guess it was just a rumor. That thinking never reached us if that was true.

Of course, there’s the second-season episode “Mega X", which featured the debut of Capcom’s related Mega Man X series to animation. Again, the rumor mill has it that Mega Man X was to get his own spin-off cartoon (and accompanying toy line), but that too never came to be.

JR: Yes, that was true, as far as I can recall.

Thank you for your time, and thank you for giving us the cartoon!
- Greg Sepelak

Hey! You’re very welcome.
- Joe Ruby
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Well that was interesting. Looks like I have some Corrections to do.

Stay Gold

Sailor Moon Crossover Ideas Vol.1

YOWZA, YOWZA, YOWZA!! as Richie Cunningham says. Rekka Dragon here.  And this is my first Sailor Moon themed blog under my new username.  But, before we get started, I got some good news and some bad news.  The good news is today is Sailor Moon's birthday (June 30th).  I know it sounds silly to celebrate a birthday for a fictional character but it's good to celebrate the birthday of the very character who went through a lot for the past several years.  Speaking of which, which leads to the bad news.  We were hoping for a new Sailor Moon anime this summer, but it ended up delayed and we have to wait until next year during wintertime.  That's just great and we were looking forward for Sailor Moon's return to the states.  Toei, I am watching you. Whatever trick you are pulling, it will not work.  You can't keep her grounded in Japan forever. We were looking forward for this and you are not going to take it away from us, just like you did before.  NOT...COOL!!!  Anyway, this new Sailor Moon blog will be about the one thing that is more awesome than one universe alone. I am, of course, referring to the world of crossovers.  For many years, animation and video games had their share of crossovers, from those of He-Man and She-Ra, to those of the Capcom Vs. universe like those of Marvel vs. Capcom.  Sailor Moon, is always in the crosshairs for crossovers, whether it's through fan art to doing fan fiction. I am one of many people who often put Sailor Moon in a crossover story with other characters from animation, whether its from American cartoons or from another Japanese anime.  So, in honor of Sailor Moon's birthday and everything in between, I give you my Sailor Moon crossover ideas. Let us begin.

Crossover Idea 1: Yu Yu Hakusho

This idea is basic and I will tell you why.  What does Sailor Moon and Yu Yu Hakusho have in common? Naoko Takeuchi is married to Yoshihiro Togashi, who created Yu Yu Hakusho, he also created Hunter X Hunter. This is a legit reason to do a crossover since both Naoko-chan and Togashi-san are both married.  Before I talk about the story of the crossover, here is a recap on the story of Yu Yu Hakusho;

Yu Yu Hakusho tells to story of Yusuke Urameshi, a young boy who was very troubled, often gets into fights and gets in trouble for it.  But, his life changed forever when he saved a young boy from getting hit by a car and he gets killed for it.  Later in the afterlife, Yusuke meets a spirit guide named Botan, who provided Yusuke a chance to come back to the real world cause he wasn't ready to die yet.  Initially, Yusuke didn't want to come back because he felt that we wasn't loved by everybody, even his own mother, who was an alcoholic.  But when went his wake and saw everybody mourning for him, he had a change of heart.  Yusuke agreed to return to the real world, but he was provided that he will be a Spirit Detective, fighting against other unworldly monsters and ghosts that invaded the real world.  And that's the story in a nutshell.  Now, here is the crossover idea for this basic one.

The entire planet is starting to be haunted to by spirits of those who tried to destroy the Earth.  Those spirits are those who are Sailor Moon's past enemies from the Dark Kingdom to the Black Moon Clan and the Death Busters.  It is obvious that the gateway between the afterlife and earth have been breached and broke by a dark, powerful evil force.  Sailor Moon tried to fight off the spirits but her fear of ghosts makes her weak and helpless.  Luckily, Yusuke and his friends came to her aid.  Yusuke has heard of the breach between the Earth and the afterlife.  With Yusuke's help, Sailor Moon and the Sailor Senshi pledge to help Yusuke to stop the evil spirits and restore balance to both respective worlds before it will tear the planet apart.

 Crossover Idea 2: Dragon Ball Z

Yep, you knew it was coming.  Two of the most popular anime shows. Two anime icons, together in this one. Anyway, here is a brief synopsis;

Although the sequel to the original Dragon Ball, this follow up became one of the best action anime shows ever made.  Unlike the original, although still funny to a point, it is known for being a bit dark and serious.  Now an adult, and after the defeat of King Piccolo and his offspring, Goku, now happily married and has a son named Gohan.  The Earth was having relative peace until the arrival of the Saiyan named Raditz and this is where the story picks up from there.  Through out the series, Goku had to fight a lot of tough enemies from Vegeta, to Frieza, Cell and Majin Buu, even reaching his peak as a Super Saiyan.  Also, Piccolo went from bad to good and of course, the appearance of Vegeta and Bulma's son, Trunks.  Now, the crossover story idea;

Technically, this one is a bit different, more like a fantasy type crossover.  Although the pretty suited soldier of love and justice, Sailor Moon questions her fighting spirit.  Everytime she fights, she backs down like a coward.  One day, while watching the Dragon Ball Z marathon, she fell asleep.  When she woke up, she ended up in the world of Dragon Ball Z, right in the middle of the Android saga.  When the androids attack moonface, out came Goku and his friends, by means of a Kamehameha.  After one fierce battle, Goku helps out Sailor Moon, by helping her gain her fighting spirit back.  Like I said, this is just a fantasy type crossover. Sailor Moon meets Goku in a dream.  That is all for now.

Crossover Idea 3 : Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (Ronin Warriors)

This is a crossover in the making.  Whether its from fan art or through fan fiction, this is one crossover everyone likes to talk about.  Both Sailor Moon and Ronin Warriors were two animes based on the popular Super Sentai shows, which were the basis for Power Rangers.  According to YouTube user Venka21 on her review on this awesome anime, Ronin Warriors was either "a rip-off of Saint Seiya or an all male version of Sailor Moon."  To some, that would be an insult.  But to me, I take that as an complement.  Well, why not.  Let's look up what we know about both shows;

5 Inner Senshi
5 Ronin Warriors (Samurai Troopers)
4 Outer Senshi
4 Dark Warlords (Four Masho)

and 2 dark evil forces from other worlds.

Then, there are the comparisons to the characters.  Everyone had their comparisons, but here are my takes on this.  Let's start with the basic comparisons;

Sailor Mercury/Suiko no Shin (Cye of the Torrent): Both clad in blue, very good swimmers, both trustworthy and both share the power of water.

Sailor Jupiter/Kourin no Seiji (Sage of the Halo): Both clad in green, both know self-defense, and both share the power of thunder. Did I forget to mention that Sage looks a bit like Lita's old boyfriend?  Anyway, moving on.

Sailor Venus/Kongou no Shu (Kento of Hardrock): Both clad in orange, act silly sometimes, have a strong sense of justice and their attacks are light and metal based (Venus Love Me Chain (Venus Love Chain Encircle)/Gen Tessai (Iron Rock Crusher).

Sailor Saturn/Oni Masho Shuten Doji (Ogre Warlord Anubis): Both started evil, sought redemption and both represent the season of spring, the season of rebirth.

Now, here are my other comparisons, but of a different sort;

Sailor Mars/Tenku no Touma (Rowen of the Strata): Although their powers differ, they have one thing in common.  They represent the Yin/Yang concept.  Rowen represents Yin, the light part, which makes him calm in battle and/or in arguments. Raye represents Yang, not evil but misguided.  Although calm most of the time, Raye often loses her temper, especially getting into arguments with Serena.  So the way I see it, Rowen is the Yin to Raye's proverbial Yang.  Yin and Yang, Light and Dark, Good and Evil (though Raye is not evil despite her temper).  And the one other thing they have in commom is their bow and arrow themed weapons (Raye's Mars Flame Sniper and Rowen's Shinku Ha (Arrow Shockwave).

And of course;

Sailor Moon/Rekka no Ryo (Ryo of the Wildfire): Just like Rowen and Raye, Ryo and Serena's powers differ, but they have more in common than you thought.  Both are leaders of their respective groups and both have the power to become their ultimate forms (Kikoutei (Inferno) and Super and/or Eternal Sailor Moon).  Also, initially, I wanted them to be a couple after Serena breaks up with Darien (Tuxedo Mask).  Then, down the road, I realize that both Serena and Darien were meant to be together.  I now think of Ryo as the big brother to Serena, almost like the Fonz standing up for his friends, AAAAY!  One more thing, when I think of Ryo, Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask together, I think of VR Troopers.  Here's what I mean.  I think of Ryo as Ryan Steele, Serena as Katelyn Star and Darien as J.B. Reese.  However, though I think of Ryo as Ryan, his surekill, So En Zan (Flare Up Now) almost resembles J.B.'s Laser Lance attack.  Pretty Cool, huh?  Now, the backstory of the anime itself;

A 1,000 years ago (sounds familiar), a demon emperor named Arago (Talpa) threatened to destroy the human world until a monk named Kaos (The Ancient) defeated him.  Though he can't destroy Arago's armor, he split them up into 9 separate links, each based on the elements and seasons and its linked with their respective virtues. When Arago's spirit returned, he grabbed the four seasonal armors and give them to four troubled souls, which in turn, became his Masho (Dark Warlords).  Luckily for Kaos, he saved the other armors and ended up with 5 pure hearted warriors, which became the Samurai Troopers (Ronin Warriors).  1,000 years later, Arago came to the mortal world and launch an attack on Tokyo. It is up to the Samurai Troopers to stop the demon emperor and his armies of darkness to save all humanity. When the anime came to the states, to avoid lawsuits by both Saban and DIC (now called Cookie Jar) with both VR Troopers and Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad, they renamed it Ronin Warriors.  Despite the name of the title and some of their characters' name, the English dub stayed true to the original Japanese version.  Enough talk, let's get to my ideas.

 I got so many ideas, including making Jadeite (Jedite) Arago's (Talpa's) apprentice and both Sailor Senshi and Ronin Warriors and Dark Warlords unite fighting King Glames from Valis III.  But here is one idea that was in the back of my mind.  Remember the episodes from Batman: The Animated Series, "Perchance to Dream" and "Over the Edge"?  This story is based on those episodes but of a different sort.

A deranged mad scientist created a machine that emulate dreams from the mind of its subject.  Unfortunately, his prototype cause his test subject to be in a catatonic state. When the police got a hold of this, they arrested the scientist and shut down his operation. Many years later, the scientist escapes and resume his experiments, which he has perfected, insuring that all humanity will be asleep forever. He became aware of the Sailor Senshi, the Ronin Warriors and the Dark Warlords and decided to test his new machines on them.  By sending his robot minions to abduct them, the mad doctor placed them into every single dream machine, with a Ronin Warriors/Dark Warlord, sitting side by side with a Sailor Senshi.  

Crossover Idea 4: Maleficent's Death Curse/Saving the Mind of Jodi Benson!

This crossover is very special.  Although it is loosely based on Turtles Forever, but this is totally different.  Here is the synopsis;

After winning tickets to go to the San Diego Symphony, Rini invited Sailor Moon and the Inner Senshi go along wih her.  Why the San Diego Symphony, you ask? Because Jodi Benson was going to be there and Rini likes watching The Little Mermaid.  However, their fun time there was interrupted by the appearance of the evil witch queen from Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent.  Maleficent placed a death curse on Jodi, causing her to be a deep sleep, never to be awake.  It is up to the Sailor Senshi to save Jodi's mind and stop Maleficent, but not alone.  In their adventures, the senshi team up with other characters like Tula from Pirates of Dark Water, P.J. Sparkles, Helen of Troy from Hercules, Barbie from Toy Story 2 & 3 and Aquagirl from Batman Beyond, to stop Maleficent from destroying the life spark of Jodi Benson herself, the witch queen's true target, Ariel the Little Mermaid.

There, that's a lot of ideas. There will be more ideas in the future but I need a lot of help for this.  Until then, Stay Gold and Godspeed for now.

(Sailor Moon English Theme Instrumental plays)

*Fade Out

Disney Destiny League Character Ideas: Aladdin

Hi folks, Rekka Dragon here.  And since me and Stefan are bringing the fight to Disney, I figure I resume our joint ideas of the Destiny League fanfic story.  Today, our character we will talk about is everyone's favorite street rat, Aladdin.  Let us begin, shall we?

Background: A clever, street urchin from the desert kingdom of Agrabah. Aladdin spends his life, living in the streets, stealing stuff to survive while outwitting the Sultan's guards.  Then one day, he meets and falls in love with the Sultan's daughter, Princess Jasmine, who is against arranged marriages and wants a live outside the palace (that sounds familiar).  He was later used as a pawn by the Sultan's royal viser, Jafar, to find a magic lamp at the Cave of Wonders.  With the possession of the lamp, Aladdin summoned the Genie from that lamp and granted him wishes, including being a prince because he was afraid that if he told Jasmine about him, being a street rat, she would flatly reject him.  Jafar later gained possession of the lamp to seize control of Agrabah, but was thwarted by Aladdin, by making Jafar an all powerful genie and imprisoning him in his own lamp.  With his third wish, Aladdin grants Genie his freedom and admits to Jasmine that he is not really a prince. But it didn't matter to her because she loves Aladdin for who he truly is.  Later, with the help of Iago, his former lackey, Aladdin defeated Jafar, once and for all and Agrabah enjoyed relative peace.

Appearance, Gear & Personality: When thawed out, he was wearing his default outfit, a purple vest, baggy parachute pants ala M.C. Hammer and a red fez on his head and he was barefooted.  To adjust to this dark world, Aladdin wears a futuristic style of arab-style clothing, colored in silver and gray, almost straight out of Prince of Persia, wearing arab-style boots (with the curled tip in front) and a small, silver cape, very sheik, I mean chic (don't care what Edna Mode says, capes are awesome).  His weapon of choice is a standard scimitar and has the magic lamp that contains Genie, although freed from his 10,000 year imprisonment.  For his mode of transportation,  he has his magic Carpet. And above all, since he had the personality of a thief, he is very athletic, so athletic he could outwit and avoid his enemies.  Although born a thief, despite his shortcomings and not pretty good with being royalty, Aladdin is a kind, caring person who will give is life to save his friends, including his brother in arms, Hercules.

Sidestory: After being thawed out by Rayjin, Aladdin was de-briefed about what happen to Agrabah and it became a world of hatred, suffering and death.  Wondering about his friends, Aladdin went to Agrabah against Rayjin's concerns. To Al's horror, Agrabah was in ruins, now ruled by a group of Arabs who are followers of Jafar, who want to rule Agrabah with an iron fist and destroy those who don't follow their way of life.  To make matters worse, these anti-social psychopaths are lead by Nasira, the sister of Jafar, who wants revenge on Aladdin for his death.   While in hiding, Aladdin was taken in by a nice elderly man and his family, told him the horrible story about Agrabah's downfall and Nasira's rise to power.  And to make it worse, the Sultan, Jasmine, everybody close to Al has since passed on, all wiped out by Nasira.  Without Aladdin, Agrabah became a world of darkness. But, the elderly man hoped and pray that one day, Agrabah will be free from Nasira's rule and it will be free for all nationalities.  With determination and renewed strength, Aladdin vows to free Agrabah and stop Nasira.  Aladdin, scimitar at hand, singlehandedly fought against Jafar's disciples and against Nasira.  Although defeated, Nasira vowed vengeance when she retreated back to the shadows, along with her followers.  Afterwards, the spirit of Princess Jasmine appeared before Aladdin. Al apologizes to Jasmine for not being there with her when Agrabah fell.  Jasmine sympathizes with him, knowing that they can't be together anymore.  But, before vanishing, Jasmine states that she will always be there for him and kisses him goodbye.  Afterwards, Aladdin returns to Rayjin and he is ready to fight alongside him.  Rayjin knows that he can't bring back his friends, including Jasmine, but he has salvage not only Carpet, but also the magic lamp, containing Genie.  Although Al will feel alone, but as long as he has both Carpet and Genie, he will not feel alone.  As long as Jasmine is here in spirit, Aladdin will never falter.

And that is it for today. Now, if you'll excuse me, I got some campaigning to do to give justice to Disney.  Until next time, stay gold and Godspeed.

(Arabian Nights plays)

*Fade Out