The Snark Tank Podcast:

[@seff6533]

Can't believe Sweeney said "I know my girlfriend doesn't actually exist, I'm just trying to gaslight everyone into thinking she is so they become crazy" in sign language

[@than217]

Chris: "I have some friends over there in Eastern Europe." You can just call him Derrick, we know who he is. He's proclivities are well known.

[@Ergomancy]

So goddamn happy to hear it made your week! You guys and this podcast consistently brighten my day with the weekly laughs and chaos. It was absolutely worth the effort to get to brighten yours. Happy 100+ episodes!

[@dumpsterjedi6148]

Dude hilarious animation, your hard work and talent is appreciated 🤟

[@exetone]

Been subbed since the sleepycabin animation, happy you came back lol

[@ffttyjjhgfvdsseedfg]

that animation was gold and i loved every minute. subbed 👍

[@comhaltacht315]

Sweeney, everyone sees non-human characters as their own race. The only time you could say a character would be a certain race, is if they are HEAVILY coded to that race, and the turtles are coded to a stereotypical late 80's early 90's skater dude.

[@jesusobannon8557]

Derrick’s last name is Pilot…I think we found the ghost of kyiv

[@SunkenEgo]

This comment deserves more likes

[@MrBlackNinjaGuy]

The turtles aren’t black, the period that Sweeney is referencing is during the come up of hip hop culture and the fad and normalization of urban culture and influences. Mikey is undeniably a white skater, stoner archetype.

[@frxstbite909]

As a white skater stoner archetype I can confirm

[@kkuatocool6654]

the Ninja Turtles are turtles they just represent young people of the 90s black and white

[@NudeSophist]

@@kkuatocool6654 Raph is black

[@ArkhamJacks]

@@NudeSophist raph is clearly an angry Italian. Leo and Mike are white Donny is black

[@TACKO3D]

the way chris brings up Ninja Turtles. Its just so obvious they had this conversation at least a week before this. And the feeling of anger against the statement is still fresh.

[@bettr2buttr813]

Sweeney signed out the hard R gamer word if anyone's curious.

[@kimorayn1733]

Oh yeah, what I saying right now huh?! You can't see it because I'm signing rn and you can't-oh.

[@NoRegs30]

From what I got he actually signed NICCER with him getting the E wrong

[@bettr2buttr813]

@@NoRegs30 His E was fine, though his G's were kinda retarded tbf. They looked more like a P than a G.

[@Xiggy.hamZzz]

@@NoRegs30 He didnt get the E wrong and there was no C shape. He signed it pretty standard and understandable for a beginner (or maybe someone just taking a glance at fingerspelling)

[@Lastman737]

I'm a 90s kid and was obsessed with TMNT and I always thought the turtles were Italian. Not just the pizza thing because that's more of a NYC thing. For me it's all the gangster movie references.

[@BucioTheZenith]

There are a lot of black-coded characters that no one says out loud are black-coded, but everyone knows. Like Piccolo.

[@supaF]

piccolo can and should say the n-word

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Kratos can. Even if he wasn't voiced by a black man. Would you stop him? Dr. Doom. He doesn't say it with malice, he just thinks it's a synonym for black person, he doesn't know better. Guts. He knows the struggle, he's a brother. He probably wouldn't say it though, he has some form of morals.

[@kimorayn1733]

And he SHOULD. He should make a ROUTINE of it, he SHOULD.

[@forwarddiscipline]

Don't forget merry and pippin from lotr. They were definitely coded.

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

Dude that's fucking racist. Just because Piccolo hits children does not make him "black coded"

[@dhantefranklin336]

Coming back strong with the title.

[@llllllllllllllll1523]

Fun fact about the ghost stories dub : Sometimes the voice actors would make up a line on the spot and the others would have to think quickly for a reply, all in one take of course . Some of those takes made it to the finished product.

[@fateisme]

The Ghost Stories dub is like legit a good adult animated cartoon

[@Jenamphetam1ne]

i understand where Sweeney is coming from, especially the 2012 turtle where they literally never say "cowabunga" once

[@lupusmalum6103]

This just in: The turtles are, in fact, very green.

[@theNOTHINGreview]

1:07:15 You know the "N" in TMNT stands for something different than what most people think it does

[@gabrielglover2649]

They're putting chemicals in the sewers that are turning the turtles black

[@theempire7552]

Talking as someone who's pretty familiar with dungeons and destiny. It's fantastic, but the biggest hurdle is the bookkeeping. It slaps so much new stuff on top of DnD that it'll take a hot minute to figure out.

[@mikedepue]

"I'm going to watch BET until they say Cowabunga." LMAAOOOOOO

[@IlSharmouta]

that snark tank animated no wonder is amazing he did the awesome sleepycast and oneyplays 5 minute ones that guy's the best

[@TomiPalese]

The Ghost Stories dub is a time capsule of edgy mid 2000s humor, with all the good and the bad that comes from it. Even though some of the jokes could be considered in very poor taste by today's standards, the thing that has aged the worst for me, is that there's a lot of pop culture references of the era that can fly over your head if you're not knowledgeable or haven't lived through it. This is especially true for someone like me, who's not from the US, where things like "Bush bad" or "Lost is popular" are understandable, but some others I had no idea what they were talking about.

[@happysofttm3375]

I remember ergomancy from the sleepycast animated. They're very talented.

[@101Bronson101]

As hip hop culture got more popularized, the exects tried to make them more in line with it. Old white dudes saying they needed to be more urban to connect with the kids these days. They say Kowabunga because its from their history. Its a catchphrase that they had to carry forward.

[@gabewilliams380]

The convo around 40:00 reminds me... Game of Thrones totally yassified tyrion, in ASOIAF he is an actual monster, which kinda justifies the way people perceive him but in the show he is a super attractive man with dwarfism

[@thatguy779]

I need some kind of place to condense all the snark tank lore. I want to spend my life doing fanart of this shit

[@xenos_n.]

Remember to never draw Sweeney's gf. Have him just talking to nobody.

[@thatguy779]

@@xenos_n. bro what gf? You mean that stock photo girl he keeps editing into his selfies?

[@kimorayn1733]

C'mon don't be That Guy. Pretending you watch for the Plot. We see you...

[@prismking3282]

Sweeney when he learns that TMNT came out with the Cowabunga Collection Today.

[@Kainpound]

The only Ninja turtle that you could possibly code black, especially in the 90s cartoon would be Donatello. Because that was the Age of the Nerdy Black Sidekick character, and tell me Donatello dosen't fit right there.

[@DANCERcow]

He just fits the nerd, not sure why race has anything to do with it

[@我的家-j4b]

I love the "Bing chilling" meme because everyone is just saying "ice cream" in Chinese (冰淇淋)

[@kimorayn1733]

gg. That makes me wanna go get some Bing Chilling and be Chilling with my Bing.

[@我的家-j4b]

@@kimorayn1733 hell yeah

[@TheOnlyAchilles]

Yes and Tom Sweeney is off his meds again

[@burgerkingexpress7847]

I just started learning asl and that’s the first word I ever translated, thank you.

[@GamePlayMetal]

Damn, just as I'm working on my Turtles in Time cover that I started 3 years ago, I read the title as "Are the ninja Turtles back?" and I thought, yeah dude, now is the time to do that video! Oh...

[@SolidOcelot]

I like that Sweeney's toilet is in the shot

[@jozh911]

Sweeney: "Black people can say cowabunga!" *proceeds to fuck up saying cowabunga*

[@TGW0115]

In asl when you do the same letter twice you have to sign the letter and move your hand left to right not do it twice.

[@kimorayn1733]

gg

[@LateNightTableCo]

1:37:00 If you are trying to get into racing games for the first time, you gotta check out Burnout 3: Takedown or Burnout: Revenge. They’re quite possibly the last great arcade racers and are super fun to pick up and play

[@kremlindagremlin]

You didn't sign it incorrectly Sweeney, I laughed my ass off the moment you signed the first letter

[@piratemir44]

What did he sign?

[@koullis5404]

@@piratemir44 Probably the n-word

[@kremlindagremlin]

@@piratemir44 the N word

[@kimorayn1733]

Didn't sign it in-correctly. Wow, way to keep the black man down by using a double negative to make up a positive comment. You people make me sick. . . smh, man. Smh

[@kremlindagremlin]

@@kimorayn1733 it’s Sweeney, you have to knock him down every chance you get

[@frxstbite909]

I wish this episode was titled “Derrick Saves Ukraine” with a photoshopped Derrick head on a CoD character

[@GT-qv1gl]

Kingston mentioning every Ninja Turtles iteration, but not one mention in 101 episodes of the Spectacular Spiderman cartoon, the best Spiderman cartoon.

[@masonthemetalhead]

If i may take a note from chrises book. "Lol Nice Reach!"

[@Xiggy.hamZzz]

45:14 So glad sweeny is leaerning ASL- oh wait

[@BrandEver117]

"Hopefully by next week this war will be over" lol

[@hanes2]

ngl. maybe I'm colour-blind, but they seem fairly green.

[@kimorayn1733]

"Where is your mom? How old is your MOM?!"

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Memes are the DNA of the soul.

[@kimorayn1733]

mk

[@nicholatemple9296]

Saying Raphael is "black coded" just cuz he's the angry one is Lowkey racist. Matter of fact, all of that shit where they attribute race to a character just because they act a certain way is racist as fuck.

[@kimorayn1733]

Thought it was the Outcast angle. But yeah, its an archetype, most cartoons are.

[@DANCERcow]

No it ain't, stop capping bro

[@nicholatemple9296]

@@DANCERcow "the red turtle is black cuz he's mad." Rofl

[@Belial289]

6:42 the DNA of the soul of course.

[@RadekLoquendo]

No. They're Italian-Americans from New York, they even have ITALIAN NAMES.

[@clayjack9969]

But that was just Master Splinter being a dork for renaissance artists. It be like a weeb naming his white kid Shigeru Miyamoto.

[@Myriad-Truths]

What an amazing 101st episode title

[@yeshuamcfly1154]

I just recently started watching In Between the Lions again with my kid, and now I think those characters might have been black-coded

[@somecitrus7561]

A Caso Cerrado reskin of Phoenix Wright

[@Timglobal1]

y'all forget about the goat of Univision/hispanic soap operas in general, Rebelde

[@thedragonlady6661]

Can confirm there’s several versions of sweenys gf edited out, there’s even among us variations

[@OwnageMancer]

I got no idea what Sweeney is talking about. The turtles are always green.

[@Unfunniest_Asian]

Don’t mind me, I’m just time-stamping my favorite part: 20:45

[@CoreyHart13]

As far as gaming not blowing up until Halo...its just their age lol, I'm about to be 34 in 2months and the SNES and Genesis were MASSIVE on the news constantly. Pokémon and Gameboy and merch and TV were saturated. N64 was all that was talked about. There were multiple Playstation magazines on shelves selling like wild. It just all consolidated online around the Era they mentioned

[@doomedallweare5014]

aren't ninja turtles specificly italian-coded for all those italian in new yorks

[@datsimplenope]

That Leviathan boss fight in Dead Space wasn’t even that hard though Sweeney 1:24:40

[@hayo_hru]

answer to the title question: yes

[@somecitrus7561]

Oh Sween you're gonna love RotTMNT

[@than217]

Why is no one bringing up that Donatello is literally darker than all the other turtles in this discussion?

[@lornbaker1083]

The turtles were raised by a Japanese rodent Master splinter. If anything I'd say they're Japanese-American

[@rougenarwhal8378]

Puerto Rican Panzer, Melanin M4, Mark V Virgins, no matter who does or doesn't show up of the original three I have a tank to describe it

[@LouisianaBurns]

No they are green..

[@thekingbird0356]

Good to know I've got some viewing material while I heal from a broken hand

[@devinlundstrom4464]

I can’t believe somebody else appreciates shadow of the colossus like I did. Lol

[@Mike-nr9py]

sweeney signed the gamer word

[@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594]

Ghost Stories was actually on Adult Swim for a while

[@Feraligatrfjhgujvgh]

After all Sweeney said the turtles were black, I said they were green. You know, cause they’re turtles.

[@johnchance2375]

ghost stories was bought as part of a group of shows and they only had 2 restrictions the name of the show and the name of the ghosts couldn't change everything else was fair game so that's why they dubbed it because they had to buy it to get a show they wanted

[@oneilone7921]

I love when its just you two

[@kimorayn1733]

Highkey, couldn't agree more.

[@MaximumAaron]

My favorite episode of DragonBall Super was the baseball filler episode. I don't know what it is about baseball filler episodes, but they happen way more often than seems normal, and they are ALWAYS wonderful. Super, Jujutsu Kaisen, even fucking Deep Space 9

[@FinalFantasyFan66666]

I always thought of the Ninja Turtles as being Jewish Italians based on how they act.

[@siranimator9514]

Run like there's a big black man chasing you

[@jarrettlowery2802]

Ghost Stories?

[@siranimator9514]

@@jarrettlowery2802 yes

[@johnguidoiv6431]

I’VE BEEN SAYING DBZA IS THE BEST DUB FOR YEARS!!!!!!!

[@moondodger5952]

Sweeney, if the turtles are black why did they get down with VANILLA ICE?

[@kimorayn1733]

Bc teenagers do dumb shit.

[@bd6028]

Sweeney's fuckin' wild. The Ninja Turtles are not black, they're fucking turtles.

[@mysticpimp9486]

On my fourth watch through and realizing what sweeney did 🤣🤣🤣

[@mycology5242]

I think they are green

[@thatoneguyUknow]

I think they may be green but I can’t be sure.

[@mechanicalmoses9387]

Krillin in the og series is 9 and Raf is black 67 percent of the time

[@KEEPTALKIN8215]

The only one i headcanon as black is Donnie which coincidentally is my favorite.

[@Machamp-ps7wx]

Started playing halo infinite, tis good shit. Nuff said

[@Zanazar]

The turtles are turtles.

[@halocia117]

45:00 BRUH

[@BrandEver117]

The turtles are based on white surfer/stoner dudes

[@Dayman420]

I’ve not seen anyone on Russias side but a girl from my home town think it’s just straight up fake which makes me lose any faith I had left in humanity.

[@kimorayn1733]

Hey Lilith! I loved you in Count Chocula for the PS2!

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Bro, Ninja Turtles not saying Cowabunga is like Cyborg not saying Booyah. They are not black.

[@normallyscott]

Don't watch Threads. Been in a bad mood for a few days now. But now I know that the first thing to do is holdup from nuclear fallout. And fill bins with water.

[@ryley4457]

On an off topic thing, I think you guys would like solidjjs vids. He just made a shot uncle Ben one

[@TintelFruit]

The turtles are clearly Italian American.

[@kimorayn1733]

They were always fighting with a Shredder.

[@Praefetus7]

Sweeny trying this hard to justify the TMNT as black is concerning to me. Only because its that trend I've seen of people who NEED to see their skin color/culture on screen to feel validated.

[@kimorayn1733]

Yeah but we all do that. You should be CONCERNED that he still thinks his girlfriend is real, and Chris is too.

[@matts2436]

hate to say but seeing ukraine on the news kinda just made me want to play modern warfare campaign lol

[@hFactorial]

Obviously cussy is the adjective for cussing

[@Ryzawa]

Guess that means the King died 😔

[@ellogovna6223]

Derrick is the ghost of Kiev

[@charlesbackstrom6571]

i have seen a shacking amount of comments on social media of people supporting russia or saying stuff like "ukraine deserves it" and bullshit like that. reminded that humanity isnt worth having hope in.

[@xenos_n.]

I think most of those people are tankies and the far right. Normal people realize invasion bad and don't want innocent Ukranian civilians dying, but not everyone is normal.

[@kimorayn1733]

Don't know what you said but that profile picture deserves my Like.

[@Ryan-li8qc]

No their green

[@CoreyHart13]

So hilarious hearing these 2 colossal nerds so devastated about a game not running at 60fps 😂 as someone who only JUST bought a base level ps4 it's a non issue for me. I'm still used to ps3 hahahahaha I get it tho, I love tech too and once you upgrade to that Samsung HDR OLED it's hard to go back to a 720p RCA lol

[@chillinsquirtle]

Same, I only notice framerates when there is lag or something in the distance is moving at a low framerate to save processing power.

[@FailingDuke64]

I was in a similar boat. Finally got a PS3 after the ps4 and xbone were on shelves for a year or two.

[@MarcusTrinnias]

Yeah, I'm used to things running sub-60, mostly. My PS5 seems to stay at around 55 or so, but occasionally dips down to bloodborne levels... which I don't mind, because I still frequently play bloodborne.

[@birdflox1337]

The problem with Elden Ring isn't that it's not 60 fps, it usually is, it just randomly suddenly drops a ton of frames and slows down which can really mess you up during bossfights. It doesn't seem to be a graphics issue, it feels more like a bug.

[@KCoutoVA]

Maybe the ogs are more black. But not the 2000’s one lol

[@kimorayn1733]

He spelled gamer with a hard r.

[@fcohex6148]

Yo hold up. Why ain't Sweeney makin D&D content?