Jon has dug up another oddity from the Toonami vault: G.I. Joe: Spy Troops, a 2003 animated movie designed to promote a new line of G.I. Joe action figures (which were meant to be their own continuity).

The G.I. Joe team made new remote control weapons. Alas, Cobra stole them, forcing the Joes to get them back before Cobra Commander can use them to cause chaos.

However, despite its simple premise, this movie is really weird. Several characters (like Snake Eyes) are off doing their own storylines, several Cobra members are just acting weird, and the animation is so early-2000s straight-to-DVD movie it hurts.

Yo Joe!

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Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.

From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.

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Last week, we left Beast Wars on a cliffhanger with The Trigger - Part 1. Can the second part (fittingly called The Trigger - Part 2) capitalize on the hype or will the weird floating island be nothing more than a brief holiday for our Transformer pals?

We also tackle Spider's Game, one of the oddest episodes of Transformers: Beast Wars to date, as the show takes a sudden and unexpected turn into goofy comedy despite this episode also introducing Inferno, the newest member of the Decepticon crew.

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Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.

From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.

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A strange double bill of Cowboy Bebop this week. We start with Wild Horses, an episode that reminds us that space is a dangerous place, where anything can go wrong, forcing Spike and Jet to put their flying skills to the test.

This is followed by the creepiest Cowboy Bebop episode, “Pierrot Le Fou” where Spike comes face-to-face with an evil clown who will stop at nothing to take him out. However, is Le Fou all he seems at first glance?

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Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.

From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.

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