1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,800 This is MJ. I'm an author, I'm an artist, I'm an analyzer. Find all my work at MJMunoz.com. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:11,300 Welcome to Red Panda Report number three, where I'm talking about Red Panda Adventures episode three. 3 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:15,000 I'm calling this episode, Getting Lucky. 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:21,800 And yeah, I'm going to be talking about Rabbit Season, which is again the third episode of Red Panda Adventures. 5 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:27,800 And I'm going to go ahead and read to you a little bit of the details of the show. 6 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:33,800 So Rabbit Season, which is episode three, originally aired November 15, 2005. 7 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,800 It was written and directed by a great tailor. 8 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:41,800 And here is the synopsis or, I don't know, promo, the copy for it. 9 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:48,800 They say the hand is quicker than the eye, but when a baffling jewel robbery proves that someone's hands are quicker than a hundred eyes, 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:54,300 the Red Panda is on the case. And when the culprit adds murder to their crimes, the hunt is on in earnest. 11 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:56,300 And it's Rabbit Season. 12 00:00:56,300 --> 00:00:58,300 That's just so fabulous. 13 00:00:58,300 --> 00:01:03,800 So I didn't like part of the interaction with Kit and Red Panda. 14 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:12,300 It was a little silly to me that she was so upset about her birthday and not receiving gold and jewels. 15 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:17,800 I don't know if she was serious about that or not, or she was just frustrated that he didn't, you know, give her anything for her birthday. 16 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:23,800 Not a card, not a, you know, cake, not a new weapon, which you'll find out later if you keep listening. 17 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,300 She would love a new weapon for her birthday, because that's the kind of lady Kit is. 18 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:33,300 But it seems to me like they've only known each other for a few months, so it seems strange that you would gift somebody for their birthday 19 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:34,800 after only knowing them for a few months. 20 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,800 I would say close to a year. If you've known somebody for nine months, I could see giving them a birthday gift. 21 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:43,800 But for me, it'd be like, yeah, you know, I missed your birthday. We just met. It was your birthday a month after we met. 22 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,800 And I'm going to say happy birthday to you and hope you have a good day. But you're into it. I'm not giving you a gift. 23 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,800 You know, that's when it starts for me. But, you know, maybe there's something wrong with me. 24 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:58,800 I don't know. I really liked Jack Rabbit's line. Again, this is full spoiler. You should go listen to the show. 25 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,800 It's great. It's fun. It's good stuff. It's good times. Good times. 26 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:07,800 Anyway, Jack Rabbit says to, is it Peter? Whatever. The guy she's working with. 27 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:13,800 That the guy she murders and betrays, or betrays and murders after he betrayed her. 28 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:18,800 Anyway, she says, you know, I don't understand you people who do things, who do crimes for revenge, basically. 29 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,800 How do you know when you're done? Because she's doing crime for money. 30 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,800 She's doing it to aggrandize herself for her own enjoyment. 31 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:31,800 And, you know, as she says in the episode, she does bad things because she can. 32 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:38,800 And I thought it was a really interesting concept about not knowing where the line is, not knowing when you're done with your quest for revenge. 33 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:46,800 Because I think that's a little seed being planted for analyzing what Red Panda is doing and why he's doing it. 34 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:58,800 Because while he is not doing what he does for the sake of revenge, he is doing it for something that is perhaps equally nebulous, equally difficult to measure. 35 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:07,800 And it raises the question of, I guess, going too far and knowing when to draw the line. 36 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,800 And I just think that's interesting. I think it's seeding that idea. 37 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:16,800 I don't know for sure that that was Taylor's intention, but it very well may have been. 38 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:25,800 OK, next thing. Squirrel and Panters is fun, except for the birthday gift discussion. 39 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:31,800 I didn't enjoy that, but it was a lot of fun. I don't think it sounded flirtatious, but it just sounded very fun. 40 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,800 It sounded like they have a great rapport, like they've known each other for a while. 41 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:41,800 And it's nice. It's certainly not what you get. Well, anyway, I'm going to keep doing that. 42 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:48,800 It was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed it. And it was very cute and fun and just entertaining to listen to. 43 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:57,800 I like that it seems like Red Panda might have a photography hobby and that that helps him solve this case. 44 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,800 Because there's something that happens with the camera. I won't describe it if you listen to the episode, you know exactly what I'm talking about. 45 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:08,800 But I think that's really cool. And, you know, he's a very capable person. 46 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:14,800 I would argue that he's probably he has to be a polymath because he's good at so many things and he has so many interests. 47 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:20,800 He has such a wide area of, if not expertise, then certainly knowledge. 48 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:31,800 And that's I guess that would be useful if you were going to be some sort of sleuth or super sleuth or crime fighter that you need to know a lot or need to know a little about a lot and probably a lot about some. 49 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:38,800 In order to successfully do that. And I just it's cool that his wider interests are factoring into helping him with this this case. 50 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:43,800 OK, I think Taylor did such a good line read on could be squirrel could be. 51 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:53,800 And I don't remember if that's something he said multiple times or if I've just started the show and listened to the first like dozen or so episodes and then dropped it and just done that multiple times over the years. 52 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:59,800 And that's why it's in my head. But I love it. And I every now and then I'll use it at home. 53 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:04,800 Also, in fact, I just said it's somebody last night could be squirrel could be. 54 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,800 And nobody ever reacts that because I just I guess I don't know. 55 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,800 That's the kind of guy I am. Let's see something else. 56 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,800 Jack Rabbit could have killed Red Panda if not for the assist from Kit. 57 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,800 I think that's really cool. It makes Jack Rabbit a threat. 58 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:25,800 It makes it so that Red Panda is not invincible, invincible, invulnerable, perfect, always knows exactly what to do. 59 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,800 And the contrivance there, not the contrivance, just the way the story goes. 60 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:40,800 Because it must that Kit's there to save him solidifies things between them and for them and their, you know, their partnership and necessitates or it shows why she needs to be there. 61 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,800 And if she wasn't there, you know, he'd been Red Panda for some time. 62 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,800 We don't know how long few years, I think. 63 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,800 But we didn't get those stories because that's not how Taylor wanted to do things. 64 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,800 And he wanted to necessitate Kit being there and have her be this crucial part of his operation. 65 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,800 And it's cool. It's cool. 66 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:03,800 Let's see. Again, the birthday thing was like just an excuse to get Kit the marbles. 67 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,800 And I'm not sure I like that, but I do get it. 68 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:10,800 It just strikes me as odd that you would have that be the case. 69 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:17,800 Of course, you know, why would they have marbles in their utility belts or whatever to deal with speedsters? 70 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,800 That doesn't really make sense. 71 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:25,800 You know, I'm trying to think of a different way they could have they could justify them having marbles with them. 72 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,800 But I can't think of anything at the time or at this moment. 73 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,800 So I'm going to let it go and just say, you know, it makes sense. 74 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,800 And it's, you know, a little plot contrivance, but it works. 75 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:40,800 And it's, you know, it was a cute moment for Dr. Chronopoulos, even if I didn't like the overall tenor of things. 76 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,800 And I mean, you could have had him gifting her like Red Panda could have gotten her gift. 77 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,800 And Dr. Chronopoulos could have been happy to get her gift because he's a quirky guy. 78 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,800 And he still could have given her the marbles. 79 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,800 So you didn't need to fight, I guess is what I'm saying. 80 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:53,800 I don't know. 81 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,800 Moving on. 82 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:00,800 There weren't really any gadgets in use except for the static shoes and the flying membranes. 83 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,800 But that's typical by now. 84 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:09,800 And I don't know if I would count the marbles as gadgets, so I'm not going to talk about the villains for a little bit. 85 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,800 Jackrabbit is a fun villain name and a great idea for a speedster. 86 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,800 After all, there is the phrase quick as a jackrabbit. 87 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:17,800 So that works. 88 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:22,800 Jackrabbit proves that there is the possibility of naturally occurring superhumans in the Red Panda universe, 89 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,800 which I hadn't remembered or hadn't realized. 90 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,800 I thought it was all technology based or magic based. 91 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,800 Spoilers for future Red Panda adventures. 92 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,800 But yeah, I guess there are superhumans as well. 93 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,800 Though there aren't that many. 94 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:36,800 There were. 95 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:37,800 There was a couple, but later. 96 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,800 So I guess that's why I wasn't thinking about it. 97 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:40,800 Let's see. 98 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,800 Oh, Erskine. Peter Erskine, I believe is his name. 99 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:48,800 His plot was clever to trick all his friends into giving him his stuff so he could steal it and then sell it off. 100 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,800 And he's a bad man. 101 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,800 I'm not saying he deserves to die, but you know. 102 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:56,800 Sometimes you get what you richly deserve, right? 103 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:57,800 All right. 104 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,800 It's a little scary that Jackrabbit was able to slap a man to death with her super speed. 105 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:01,800 That's grisly. 106 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,800 I'm sure that looked brutal. 107 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,800 And I don't know. 108 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:06,800 I don't know. 109 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,800 Does that mean her hands? 110 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:15,800 Does she have some sort of some form of super strength for her hand to handle slapping into somebody with that much force? 111 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,800 Because, you know, the faster your hand is moving, the more force you hit it with. 112 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,800 And I would imagine that. 113 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:23,800 I don't know. 114 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:24,800 I can only do so much for you. 115 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:25,800 Anyway, I don't know. 116 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:26,800 I'm not going to get into the physics of it. 117 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:27,800 It's a radio show. 118 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:28,800 We didn't see it. 119 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:29,800 It's fine. 120 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,800 Just the idea of it's kind of gross. 121 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,800 She would have pummeled this guy really, really badly. 122 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:45,800 Last thing I want to talk about is the admonition to never explain your powers to the bad guys is so great, especially with how Red Panda was able to use the vagueness around his abilities to trick Jackrabbit. 123 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:50,800 And again, I know you've probably hopefully you've listened to the episode, but I just I got to say this. 124 00:08:50,800 --> 00:09:04,800 It's so cool that he used the fact that he doesn't explain his powers to hypnotize Jackrabbit into thinking that she was using her super speed when she so that she wouldn't do it. 125 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:10,800 She thought she was using her super speed and she thought he was matching her super speed or exceeding it because he was faster than her. 126 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:17,800 Because I guess Red Panda at his natural level of speed is faster than Jackrabbit is at her natural level of speed. 127 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,800 And that's really cool. 128 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,800 That's a great conceit. 129 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,800 And I was thinking I was wondering how he was going to beat a speedster. 130 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:32,800 But if he thought he made her think she was going fast, like that's I guess that's all he needed, which is pretty cool. 131 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:37,800 And he talks about he reminds Kit how the human mind is a very powerful thing and it is. 132 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:48,800 And it kind of sparks in my mind the thoughts of, well, how else is he going to creatively use this power of hypnosis on enemies in the future? 133 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:56,800 And I believe it's something Taylor does a pretty good job of exploring and touching on, you know, a lot. 134 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:02,800 So that'll be fun to kind of track as we go through the rest of the series together. 135 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:03,800 But that's it for now. 136 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,800 I'm going to encourage you to go to mjwindows.com and check out everything I have going on there. 137 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:15,800 I have officially launched the Red Panda Report podcast in an audio only feed, 100 percent official, not bootstrapped anymore like I used to do. 138 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:22,800 So I will eventually pull the files off of mjwindows.com and I'll keep the backups for them and then I'll have them hosted elsewhere. 139 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:27,800 But it's integrated and linked on mjwindows.com so you can just click every episode. 140 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:37,800 You know, when you load the show notes in for an episode, you'll be able to see them there and I'll have links there for you to be able to subscribe to wherever you want to with an asterisk. 141 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,800 I'm working on getting everything added. 142 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:45,800 But once it's all there, you'll be able to subscribe wherever you want by going to mjwindows.com and finding Red Panda Report episodes. 143 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:51,800 And then also from the Red Panda Report in your podcast feed, if you found this on the podcast, you can see the full show notes, 144 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:59,800 which should have more information than the little bit of the snippet of show notes on the podcast app that you're using. 145 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:06,800 And you can pull through to the website and get more information, find the other stuff I do, find my writing, find whatever it is you want to find there. 146 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:11,800 So I encourage you to do that. 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