The Adventure Zone: Abnimals Trailer

[@bryanlewis5233]

I will be making a fan edit to add the swears back in and you can't stop me

[@Dimloep]

You're the hero we need

[@lukemccoy2295]

Promise?!

[@Penguimancer]

You're doing Fungalore's work! Which is to say, you heard my wish!

[@Keith_Rothwell]

I've collected a few for you. If we make this a community project, we can find even more swears for you to add! I got these from Grandpa. "Fuck", "Shit", "Fuck", "Fuck", "Shit", "Fuck", "Fuck" and he gave me a couple of misspelled ones I figured you could sneak em in: "Fucj", "Cant" (

[@JennyTaylorFromTheBlock]

This is much better, thank you. I was just gonna do a cuss every so often and pretend it came from the podcast and was a bad edit. Your way I won't need to head cannon more toxic workplace pranks on Rachel.

[@ruleofthree99]

"welcome to taz: abnimals where we take your swears and turn them alchemy like into abs"

[@DanielCalwell]

“Accidental Abnimals Swears Compilation” coming to Max Fun Drive donors 2025

[@beaverbicycle]

For those that want the fast facts (you can read an in-depth article in the description): -Travis is DMing, Roger Mooer is Clint, Navy Seal is Griffin, and Axe-O-Lyle is Justin -It takes place in a universe of TMNT knock-off teams, our protagonists have been displaced from their originals, and have formed their own instead to, “exist in this world of heroic teens” -While it is advertised by no swears, Travis is quick to say it’ll be closer to PG-13 than G rated, noting how you can do violence on robots with no moral ramifications -It’ll be using a custom, rules-light system of Travis’ own design -Justin says he will be focusing on keeping the action moving, rather than dwelling on jokes, in an effort to hold the attentions of a younger audience -Clint says it’s about family (as are all TAZ properties), and that’s what’s so powerful about it -It was inspired by listening to podcasts with their own children, and hoping to provide something like that for other families, appealing to all ages

[@wickedly4]

bless u

[@CountSnaqula]

christ.

[@Humblemumble7]

Uhh, thanks Beaver Bicycle

[@UnscaryGhosts]

I’d like to petition episodes are released Saturday mornings for this show.

[@44scotlandstreet87]

Would be SO good

[@wilfredfizzlebang5012]

Give the people what they truly want. An entire campaign in the Charlieverse

[@PandaXs1]

she's a child, that campaign is probably gonna be done in like 3 sessions lol

[@TabletopTeamBuilding]

Mother of God

[@tigercrush2253]

*Moother

[@minerva-2351]

What utter chaos have they created now

[@colecruz6772]

Udder of God

[@nexelray3207]

You said it

[@xyfuras]

D&D based on my childhood.

[@JohannaDeutschman]

I feel blindsided by Roger Mooer being Clint and not Juice

[@GannJerrod]

To me that immediately hit as a Clint joke.

[@JohannaDeutschman]

@@GannJerrod I saw the hair and immediately thought Juice. Too naive I was in that moment

[@Tailsblood141414]

Something about the expression too, like it feels like a Juice Original for sure. Was not expecting the Clint Cow Jumpscare

[@ladyme1116]

It's such a Clint character but they drew it to look exactly like Justin 😂

[@nounsnlies1226]

The image looks like Justin, but the punny name inspired by an actor from a bygone era is Clint through and through

[@mariah9824]

I feel like vs Dracula (or maybe even Steeplechase?) ushered in a less serious and more whimsical TAZ era and I'm so here for that continuation

[@timothylawson1926]

i just finished the arc in steeplechase where justin, unprompted, asked if the gang wanted a saxophone solo and 👏 GAVE 👏 IT 👏 i think they opened the door to whimsy and never closed it

[@mackenziedesire7515]

Yes! I am also loving it, it reminds me of very early TAZ! Not that I haven't appreciated the more heavy/atmospheric series, but I do love me some silly, goofy fun.

[@stevencooper564]

Steeplechase was a bit of a slow start for me but I absolutely loved it, and Dracula was so good. I really want this one to be good, I love the theme.

[@zachdcm722]

Roger Moore played Bond in the 80s, why would anyone be surprised that this was anyone but Clint?

[@annacollins1837]

Whenever I don't immediately get the joke I assume Clint has blown the dust off some vintage reference from the cellar.

[@mothmansboyfriend8021]

I mean I thought it was Juice cause it kinda looks like him lol

[@jamesgowell7018]

@@annacollins1837 Roger Moore played James Bond

[@horrorfilmkid9910]

@@mothmansboyfriend8021 For this same reason I thought Navy Seal was Clint and Axe-o-lyle was Griffin [giving vaguely pokemon vibes]... shrug

[@RaccoonRevolution]

I'm not sure if "irony" is the right word, but it's something that the season of TAZ that's intended to be the most family friendly is also the one that's going to inspire the least family friendly fan art.

[@OhGodWhatIsThisAah]

MY GUY. Don't put that into the universe 😭

[@entguarde]

OH MY GODDDDD

[@CodfishJoe]

lol yes, irony definitely works here.

[@sylph8005]

I honestly don’t know if the fandom’s big enough anymore to have many furry artists left in it

[@commiemommie9802]

​@@sylph8005 hi furry artist McElroy fan here hehe

[@daphneest-jacques7844]

The AMOUNT of puns this season will have will be terrific

[@zachdcm722]

“Terrific” is indeed a word.

[@Octy_in_Boots]

Terrierific

[@rhymeswithmoose228]

Lyrics as best I can tell: In spite of what you have heard We're at the height of our powers Atop the tallest of towers We stand... (they'll never stop us now!) So take my hand if you trust That we will do what we must Until it's turning out just Like we planned... (we'll find a way somehow!) Yeah the road is long But our mojo's strong And unless I'm wrong (and I'm not!) We're at the height of our powers!

[@kctwirler1]

Excellent!! I heard "but our mojo's strong 0:16

[@rhymeswithmoose228]

@@kctwirler1 Corrected!

[@shockofthenew]

thank you!

[@Phteven865]

My Fungalore wish was heard!

[@andreawesterlund]

This theme song is a BOP. I am jamming like a mofo. So excited for this season.

[@gabigray5939]

Wow! No swears?! In this economy!?!

[@MsDianagentaToYou]

I wonder if the "no swears" is gonna go like Candlenights's "No swears". ;-) Either way, this looks like so much fun! I can't wait!

[@ozymandiousrex7155]

Thet said in the TTAZZ announcement that the no swears is because they want this show to have a Saturday morning cartoons vibe and also be something their kids can listen to.

[@Vitreia]

Justin's kids are literally allowed to curse, this is going to be such a weird listen

[@cheeseblast]

With Travis as DM, yikes

[@marcusdillworth9813]

I think he did a great job with dust

[@BonnieBoestar]

​@@Vitreia I like to think they'll bleep it with cartoon sound effects like that one episode of spongebob, that way they at least don't have to restrain themselves.

[@BonnieBoestar]

​@@marcusdillworth9813 He did alright with Dust, it had a good story and concept but clearly it was overwritten for a short oneshot and Travis had to railroad the party back onto the main plot at the very last second to finish it. I'd say Graduation had higher highs and much lower lows. I am HESITANT but somewhat excited to see what this brings, maybe Travis will excel in a goofier campaign full of punny villains of the week. Or maybe it will be cringey and childish, who knows xkjdjdjjxjdj

[@thecoolbeans]

Jonathan god damn Coulton

[@corinnwestfall]

someone call a doctor my favorite podcast has abs

[@peartreeLeaving]

Idk guys I think they're at the height of their powers

[@tomcove]

Unless you're wrong (and you're not!)...

[@emewyn]

Travis definitely is at least

[@CowCowDee]

Love how you can tell which characters are who’s just by looking at them

[@Valtharr]

I dunno, I was completely off

[@Shahelion]

I would have put money on Justin being the bull, but apparently he's the axolotl

[@Bawgle]

@@Shahelion Roger Moo-er does seem like a pun Clint would make

[@n00dlez4Arkv00dlez]

@@Shahelion Justin always has the best character so an axolotl makes complete sense

[@gwardojones]

@@Bawgle I was honestly guessing Clint was Navy Seal. This season's roster has me all twisted up--and I'm loving it!

[@laurenyork6095]

I thought I couldn't be more hype for a TAZ than I was for the Plato's Rave oneshot but as a lifelong TMNT fan I feel like this was made for me specifically and everyone else enjoying it is just a bonus 😭💜

[@erikbrenzen3271]

I just finished the og tmnt re watch run, then THIS was announced. Same bro. Same.

[@cassidycarson2505]

My son is now old enough that I don’t feel great listening to pods with sweats with him in the car, so this is great for us!

[@rileyhunt3987]

Another day, another JoCo banger that will live forever in my brain

[@mothmansboyfriend8021]

when I was listening to the the adventure zone zone and got to the part where Travis said something along the lines of "what's something I could do that only I could do for a theme" my first thought was instantly abnimals and I never felt more vindicated when that's what he said too

[@hpalpha7323]

Navy Seal is straight up a Mega Man X character

[@shybrioche2931]

I am very stoked for this don't get me wrong and I don't wanna be THAT person but Navy Seal is drawn as a sea lion for he has external ears and brown coat! Ross seal coat patterns tend to make them appear as if they're melting away 💧

[@1BlueScreenOfDeath1]

thank you, travnation.

[@cheeseblast]

Never.

[@Sage_the_Turt]

​@@cheeseblast please get a hobby

[@TheKirbyT]

This song is very early Ninja Sex Party coded in the best way.

[@emewyn]

Danny Sexbang singing the theme song for a tabletop game about anthropomorphic animals would actually be very on-brand for him

[@MossTGF]

I love the idea that this is a season that families can listen to together.

[@ardencollins7337]

So glad after all these years the mcelroys are finally giving back to thier furry fans

[@fudgegorilla]

I like that all three are seemingly from completely different animal-people cartoons. One's a Guy But He's A Cow, the next is Some Kind Of Beast-Man Superhero, the third is a firefighter that would probably die if dehydrated.

[@theheathen42]

Thank Travis for Travis! omg this is going to be amazingggggg

[@Thor8151990]

Brennan, Erika, and JoCo? What a collection of talent.

[@alextownsend3808]

I am STOKED for this season! It's going to be so goofy! I really hope there's some sort of allusion to Road Rovers, my favorite abnimal hidden gem. There was no reason why the dogs in ab-suits needed to also be the pets of world leaders. They had no opinions on international politics! They just had accents!

[@minerva-2351]

I like how you can tell exactly which one is Justin

[@Saria121]

My toddler is obsessed with this theme.

[@JonDundas10]

Aw man. I guess we’re never getting more Ethersea. I was hoping they might return to it next.

[@gregohreee]

the arg has all been building to this

[@Spudowski]

I'm stoked I get to hear JoCo every episode.

[@cameronbridger1590]

Jonathan Coulton just killing it again.

[@ironici]

The Abnimals are real... And they're JACKED

[@isabellapoore-furolo4411]

Holy shit I was just thinking yesterday how we haven’t had an abnimals segment on mbmbam lately and how I miss them

[@greeneggsncam13]

Travnation’s main export is Abninals

[@cwalker8578]

IVE NEVER BEEN MORE HYPE FOR TAZ EVER. THANK YOU TRAVNATION

[@9-bitfox]

"Now with No swears" As if they made a Kids show w swears and this is the updated version lol

[@thebadpoet]

The open button on Axe-O-Lyle's pants is actually a crime.

[@gruntilde]

no swears, good luck brothers

[@pleaseandthankyou708]

So, I'm looking through these comments wanting to know what game mechanics they'll be using this time, not that they ever hold fast to the rules in the past, but it turns out Travis made his own system. From the Polygon article: “When I made up the rules system, I wanted something that isn’t chunky, isn’t complicated so that we don’t have to spend a lot of time explaining or adding up various die. I wanted it to be like, You roll, good, go. So that we could focus more on moving the story forward and doing the action,” Travis explains.

[@paulbunyunn]

My prediction: Roger Moore - Justin Navy Seal - Clint Axe-o-lyle - Griffin

[@HailTheRegent]

It's in the Polygon article in the description: Clint is Roger, Griffin is Navy Seal, and Justin is Lyle

[@paulbunyunn]

@@HailTheRegent yup! Just read it! Wanted to guess prior to reading. Thanks for the heads up! 👏

[@ryanbarham8464]

Oh God, does that mean Travis is dming again?

[@meloncholy428]

​@@ryanbarham8464 It's literally his bit.

[@marcusdillworth9813]

He's evocative

[@merrybandit9265]

This theme song is a banger, I can’t wait!!

[@Abeillebee425]

the merch is going to go hard for this one, I can tell

[@dnlclwrs]

no swears? good luck griffin 😄

[@KLionHeart023]

This show doesn't have Saturday morning cartoon vibes it has Tuesday afternoon blues clues vibes.

[@EuanOLeary]

Infinite seasons. Abnimals, a hundred years!

[@nolen_void]

The Jonathan Coulton theme song get, the very obvious Clint Character, the buff axolotl, it’s all coming together

[@moss_yt]

I’m so excited for the furry season of Adventure Zone

[@brianhawkins8397]

ONLY qualm with this is that there’s already TAZ: Amnesty - they’ve broken their alphabet naming rule 😭

[@huener]

New JoCo just dropped and its the Abnimals theme (probably mostly written by Justin and Eric), gonna add this to my karaoke rotation

[@maccruickshank600]

I cannot get it out of my head that the harmonies sound just like Brian David Gilbert

[@ironichamster8197]

Please please please please give us a Taz vs Dracula trailer too

[@bitrotter]

I LOVED the TMNT TTRPG as a kid, but because I was raised in the middle of nowhere with no kids my age I was never able to play it much. I NEED this season to be amazing, no pressure guys.

[@crash7800]

The TMNT TTRPG is getting a re-release this year!

[@crash7800]

UPDATE - just learned this morning, it will arrive in 2025

[@maevemcmahon583]

I'm still not convinced this is real. I think it's an elaborate prank and this is actually a The War with Grandpa (TM) season

[@zeemyrdin]

I kinda wanted an Ethersea season 2 as they previously said they wanted to come back to that world and the ending kinda hinting at it, a season called Ethersky or something like that, and I get why they go for this as they want to reach out to younger people (most of us who started listening to Taz when it first came out likely are around the age to have young children and want to listen with them mayhaps), but I do still hope they return to that world!

[@CarrotAtHeart]

Theyre doomed to be trapped for eternity in 2015

[@DreadNaut26_XD]

I'm soon hoping for a freaking Swat Kats like adventure that would awesome!! ❤🤔😁

[@kattastic9999]

We are SO BACK

[@tacosandtea]

The 19th is my birthday, what an awesome gift for my ears.

[@VampirePumpkins]

Two great tastes that taste great together

[@seymourglass26]

Abs and cartoon animals? I think we got a whole goulash of tastes up in this piece.

[@davidfalterman8713]

TAZ: ABNIMALS truly we live in the best timeline ✨

[@Atalinay]

I can't believe i misaligned their characters, but to be fair that cow looks like Justin and that Axolotyl has Griffin's guns

[@horbertwast]

glad to see griffin's keeping up his habit of naval stolen valor 🫡

[@arthurroseart]

immediatley obsessed. I feel like I can guess who's who but excited to see

[@chippendaleduo]

Oh my GOD. You've reinterested me in the podcast, good job, lmao!

[@fishinferangels]

lyle is cool as hell and i love their fire axe. i have many physiology questions bout how they keep moist. spritz bottle? wet towel? /the firehose/? do they work out in a little underwater gym with a jacked amphibious rescue crew? i clocked mr moo-re as a clint mcelroy classic from 40 paces away and am already redrawin bond covers in my minds eye. (please lord let there be a maverick crossover where we get to see them in a cowboy hat.) i love navy too and am wonderin and ponderin how their suit works. big daddy bioshock vibes with the proportions, i dig it! haven't listened to any D&D since ethersea and can already feel myself reaching for my notebooks. go everyone go travis have fun i can't wait to hear all of you soon :D

[@Dimloep]

@@fishinferangels I would love it if it's a stillsuit kinda thing that reuses the moisture he loses. It probably isn't, but I can drean

[@CTATX]

I swear that Cartoon Network ran a marathon of this show when I stayed home with strep back in 1996. There were only 11 episodes ever made, and they managed to squeeze it in between episodes of The Flintstone Kids and A Pup Named Scooby Doo.

[@bagelboy7437]

Yeah I remember too, it was surprisingly deep for a kids show. I cried when Axolyle died. Can’t wait for Dogstar to show up later in the season

[@otherworld_spaceman]

Best trailer to come out today!

[@Wes147]

The irony of Clint choosing a Charolais which are quite literally the meanest cattle I’ve ever been around is great

[@dinkusoninkus]

Loving this concept! Interested to see how this turns out!

[@tcheek2405]

Anybody else unnerved by the obvious villain monologue that is these lyrics???? Shout-out to the backup vocalists reinforcing "You'll never stop us now" 👍 wild

[@moth681]

why did i get suggested crazy frog after watching this

[@beefbastarddd]

IM SO HONKING EXCITED!!!!! OH MY GOD

[@DarthE974]

The thumbnail got me for a second... I thought the TAZ animated pilot had finally emerged... This is something much more interesting though! Excited for this

[@ellieNC10]

Woooo so excited!

[@hannahweaver7292]

THE TIME HAS COME

[@SinisterChris]

It premiers on Talk Like a Pirate day!

[@Crispen96]

Something tells me bleeped swears are gonna be some of the funniest bits this season

[@benjabr0]

we have never been so back

[@nivekeryas]

DM Travis though

[@hatkevtonin]

Folowing Weekly is a fourth mystery abnimal

[@haikumagician4363]

Thank you travnation

[@How-Do-I-Nezzy]

I was thinking not too long ago that we hadn't had an Abnimals segment on MBMBAM in a solid bit, and I guess now I know why

[@Majorasblaze]

I feel like I’ve heard this song before

[@lucasbaker4556]

I CANT BELIEVE IT

[@SuttenPlant]

inb4: roger mooer is juice, navy seal is griff, and axe-o-lyle is clint

[@frost9681]

Navy seal has got to be Clint, no? Axolyle is Griff and yeah, Roger is Juice

[@mcmosfet2856]

Check the article. Clint is Mooer, Seal is Juice, and Axe-o-Lyle is Griff

[@benadrylthundercrotch7144]

@@mcmosfet2856 Double check the article, you've got Griffin and Justin swapped.

[@alchemispark7751]

@@mcmosfet2856 i fucking knew it would be clint

[@donotworried]

So pumped for this!!! After Dracula, I felt a void in me, that was an awesome tale.

[@Srword93]

Excited to see Travis in the dm seat for this one. I know he loves these kinds of shows and it’ll be a good fit for him.

[@zephyratkins-mitra8223]

WE MAKIN IT OUTTA THE 90S WITH THIS ONE 😤😤😤💪💪💪‼️‼️👌👌👌🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️⁉️⁉️⁉️🛫🛫🛫💯💯💯

[@BottleWaterson]

a one or two off podcast bit from more than a year ago is now a whole tabletop campaign, this is great.

[@duck2322]

Oh I am so pumped

[@dianaramos5672]

I love it the seal looks like a mega man character