Bah! Now I'm mad! I would've bought that shirt on a whim.

That actually threw me because the Gameboy was released in 1989! I was 14/15 in 2004 and had a Gameboy Advance at that point. Of course, I wasn’t a young, criminal father, so I think that might have been not just a way to date the scene but also a way to root the character, economically-speaking.

I thought it made a lot of sense that all Peter and Ned talked about in terms of celebrities were heroes. They’re high school boys! The only celebrities *I* talk about are Marvel superheroes and I’m 28 years old, and they’re *fictional.*

Yeah, it’s pretty disappointing. I know this just television reviews, but it’s still journalism, isn’t it? I come here for insight and professional-grade literary analysis, and this review failed at those things.

Did I watch an edited version of the show? I’m the version I saw, Morty powers up the machine and never saps anyone with it. It’s a fatherly intimidation move, like cleaning your shotgun on prom night.