Webkinz vs American Girl Showdown - The Try Pod Ep. 265

The gang is introduced to Webkinz and American Girl.com and come to terms that Kirsten the American Girl pilgrim wasn't really that cool
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[@milesbon1]

I really was navigating the American Girl doll site with gamer reflexes

[@elliottsalibi]

truly

[@MissGhostface]

Miles, you're still sleeping. This is all just a fever dream.

[@charlottearmstrong5752]

I feel like you barely scratched the surface on the dolls you looked at, the Historical dolls all have books with their story.

[@connerolmedo888]

Gamer boy with the American Girlies

[@ariaxion]

Miles please bring back the advice song remixes like this one or your raps like before

[@mchammar416]

Kirsten's friend Marta did not die of cholera for them to slander her experience as a Swedish immigrant

[@Ifyoubelieveme]

AMEN

[@S0upyNova]

FOR REAL

[@5stars3sistersagsms]

FR

[@kaitlynrain899]

"she lost her hand on the assembly line" OKAY BUT samantha did actually witness a child get their finger stuck a sewing machine and that scene scarred me for life😭

[@Idk-eo1dk]

No SAME I’ve been shown how to use a sewing machine since I was a kid and there are modern safety features but that scene still plays in my mind every time I look at a sewing machine or even think about using one

[@gelimacknee6919]

Came here just to say i cannot believe they totally glossed over mollys tragic WW2 story where her dad is off at war and they’re on the homefront rationing food etc

[@elliottsalibi]

well molly was on the wrong side so i can understand why they skipped it.

[@TheShauNanigans]

@@elliottsalibi Lol What? Isn't she an American Girl? How could she be on the wrong side? I know that sadly many Americans are pro-N@zi, but I highly doubt that an American Girl doll was. I've never read the book, though, so I'm interested how this could be.

[@elliottsalibi]

@@TheShauNanigansshe had some racist comments about japanese people in her book and was on the wrong side about the supreme court case korematsu v united states.

[@gelimacknee6919]

@@elliottsalibi I don’t think they would’ve had time to glean all of that…I just thought it was odd how her “about Molly” section talked about her eye and hair color as opposed to the historical part

[@TheShauNanigans]

@@elliottsalibi Damn that is terrible. I had no idea. Much agreed. Screw her.

[@bucket2143]

PLOG AT AMERICAN GIRL DOLL CAFE!!!!!!!

[@hamsterdoingdishes]

THIS

[@elliottsalibi]

WE NEED THIS

[@tomefury]

lollll I loved it when Conan did that. It would be freaking awesome!!!

[@bee1189]

Oh my God yes

[@catlover4319]

YES OH MY GOD YES

[@Bxr12]

“Didn’t she also escape slavery???” …“I would lead with that”. 😅

[@victoria139]

They need to do an episode where Rainie gets to make a Build a Bear

[@lizdegrasse7960]

I need this for their next plog please oh my God lmfao🧸

[@DS-pd2tn]

I really need an ep of Rank King: American Girl Dolls.

[@jessicalee2297]

YES!!

[@awsome8118]

the whole american girl and webkinz segment was one of the funniest pod moments thank u rainie

[@chelsuh614]

Agreed!

[@Nice-ishPodcast]

As someone who was also obsessed with Webkinz, it was killing me every time one of them called the dog's name who runs the Curio shop, Curio. His name is Arte Fact! Get the pun :) Also, Miles saying Addy wasn't really his vibe and then his look of horror when he found out Addy escaped slavery was priceless.

[@arcadiarose3775]

fr they gotta respect mr fact

[@Anna-B]

Ok, just based on the title I’m team American Girl. Not because of the dolls but because of the novels for the historical dolls. The books have a lot of great lessons in them for young girls and they teach history in such fun ways

[@aleks-33]

I learned so much about my body and growing up and manners thanks to these American Girl books my mother thankfully bought.

[@brenna_boop6341]

I really wish they talked about Kit Kittredge and her family going through the Great Depression lmao

[@gamberlane]

Ok, as a very early adopter of American Girl, it started as more of a book series with dolls to match, but the dolls were more popular so it went on from there. But Molly was one of the original three and her story is that she was living during WW2 and her dad was off at war and they talked about rationing and they had a victory garden. She was cool. But yeah, they had whole book series to talk about the girls stories and teach kids history. I don't know if they do that for all of them these days.

[@gamberlane]

Also, I wrote to the author of Samantha's series and she wrote me back and it was thrilling as a kid!

[@J3ennife4]

It’s still a little like that!! One of my best friends from undergrad’s mum is a wildly successful children’s author and she was actually asked to write Kavi Sharma’s book (first Indian American doll). As far as I’m aware AG has moved somewhat away from the trauma though 😅 I think it’s now more about making the girls relatable and inspire kids to follow their dreams in the face of more relatable adversity 😅

[@sarahclark3833]

Unlocked a lot of Miles lore in this one

[@CuteyPie1600]

“She lost her hand on the Assembly line” no that was another kid in the samantha movie. FYI scariest part of my childhood

[@emmagalindo4061]

Miles saying that Curio the dog is a naturist who uses bark as deodorant is such a funny ass pun

[@kierstengerard1132]

As a Kiersten who almost never hears my name in media this episode was jarring and absolutely devastating. Loved it

[@kaiyarain9673]

haha i love this, as a kaiya i was prepping myself to hear them say my name when they got to kaya, but sadly we only grazed the surface of american girl doll lore

[@kierstenclifford]

SAME. It was such an odd experience hearing my name so many times

[@kaitlynrain899]

"kirsten: nightmare blunt rotation" was not something i thought i'd hear on this show or ever

[@laurajones1476]

I didn't think until now about how most men don't know about the dramatic stories behind the historical American girl dolls, and that maybe those stories were the reason that we all super dramatic little girls playing pretend through like tragic stories of like people dying and getting various horrible illnesses

[@EleanorBrimblecombe]

Miles killing me with his webpage navigation

[@dottiebalmoral]

(19:23) Keith is on to something, how HAS Miles not written a semi-autobiographical YA novel yet? 😂

[@evil0teacup]

You guys 😂 the whole point of American Girl was to say, these girls went through these things and you are strong like them lololol

[@TheEvansAcre]

Millennial here - as a hardcore American Girl kid I am SO HERE FOR THIS! AG has grown sooo much from when I was little, so much cool stuff now.

[@angryangryalice]

It's INSANE to me that Rainie said Molly was the lame one no one wanted because when I was a kid she was one of the most popular and it was a life changing event for me when I actually got her doll lol

[@kelbimckinley8042]

Hearing them play Webkinz as audio-only was wild, but I knew exactly what was happening 😂

[@rayanagi]

😂 My son was addicted to Webkinz! I was 💀 when Miles said go get your mom's credit card 😂 So many charges for that game

[@donnaokane502]

Raine dying at the American girl dolls 😂😂😂😂

[@damianporter942]

"so people on second try can hear us say c*nt?" "they sure can if thats what theyre here for" i literally switched to the app just to hear it so like, yeah i guess that is what im here for

[@jesseleboeuf2315]

the history girlies know the American Girls were iconic👏🏻 the AG novels to history masters pipeline is so real

[@J3ennife4]

Cut out after a BA but still lmao 😂

[@emmatrahan1804]

Absolutely livid at the Kirstin slander

[@lorithomasscott349]

Came over here from second try to say “ACAB includes Molly” is a goat level comment

[@quanzelle]

as a daughter of an immigrant, american girl dolls are so important for american youth. especially the books. there was also the my america book series that help me so much

[@thelastsplash]

Yes! They talk about so many immigrant stories. I feel like Zach would have loved knowing the doll Rebecca Rubin is an Ashkenazi Jew that immigrates to New York after the Russian pogroms. They even talk about Yiddish, Jewish customs and their struggle to adjust to a new life in America. It made me so interested in the Jewish diaspora and immigration patterns that has become a life-long interest.

[@ralyssa11]

All I did at the beginning of quarantine was listen to old trypod episodes and play webkinz, you just inspired me to log back into my account lol

[@jamesalexanderduncan767]

I am here to cast my vote for webkinz

[@marionpitaro1284]

Yes me too!

[@paigehansen8944]

Absolutely ! It killed me that they didn’t do any of the fun activities like at the Curio Shop & arcade

[@EllieWishesEnterprises]

thank you raine toll for the Webkinz spotlight

[@KynrieFairy]

"We're playing boy style" had me laughing so much

[@dannihertel2659]

Cake maker here! 👋🏼 We had fun sheltering with you guys, terrifying situation aside ahahaha! Come back soon?

[@ZadnoleyaEdits]

As someone who collected american girl dolls for 14 years and was obsessed with webkinz, this episode is so me codded

[@Courtney_J18]

Yes Rainie! Love that you introduced the guys to Webkinz, that game was literally my childhood! 😂💜

[@Homebodylady]

Keith explanation about tornadoes is the best teaching I’ve ever had haha. I live in Florida and NOW I get what they scientifically are LOL

[@briannam3140]

I was hoping the try guys would see that one of the historical dolls is from the ‘90s 😂

[@ElizabethEddelman]

As a Molly girlie this episode dragged me for filth. My dad was a classic *WW2 History Guy* and her dad was a doctor serving in the military in WW2. My Molly doll and I used to sit & watch the documentaries with my dad. The chances of me not loving her were damn near zero.

[@KateKalnicki]

The American Girl discussion was everything to me. Shoutout Rainie for the amazing segment!! 💜

[@selinabailey178]

Miles is a great storyteller - I was getting chills during that tornado story. also - from a fellow Abandoned House Kid, I love hearing about stories about exploring and finding clues!!!

[@EmmaGray13]

miles i could listen to u talk about the abandoned houses u explored as a kid omg please make a video it was so interesting

[@melissamitchell89]

Fun fact: underwater tunnels are actually under the ground. They bore under the ground that’s under the water and build the tunnel like they do under a mountain

[@maxluvsgeese]

Came here to clarify the dog at the Curio Shop is actually named Arte Fact not Curio lol

[@kitchywitchygirl]

I was shouting this at my phone every time they said it 😂

[@thelastsplash]

I'm going to be really sad if Zach doesn't learn about Rebecca. I mean, come on, she's an Ashkenazi Jew that immigrates to New York after Russian pogroms.

[@Emmysn0w]

Now I want an episode where Raine tells them about the sad American Girl backstory’s

[@hank_430]

The American girl doll bit had me on the floor!!! 🤣😂

[@bonnie1303]

18:27 Keith how dare you, the Appalachians end in Maine and Maine is specifically known for having black bears! The UMaine teams are the Black Bears!!

[@aeep0820]

This was the best pod!!! We need a “plog goes to NC” with Miles showing everyone around his old haunts lol. His stories this episode were 💯

[@MayaDT1010]

I remember whenever webkinz starting making everything deluxe, it was tragic

[@annagracecook]

The little trampoline 😭 “this guy sold me a lemon!”

[@annagracecook]

55:05

[@thewritebooks]

PLEASE do another segment exploring webkinz and American girl this was so funny 😂😂

[@bgingerich]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! Please make this into a series for both American Girl Dolls and Webkinz. I NEED to see Miles play the American Girl doll games and see him go through the process of picking the right dolls for Sarah and Julien. 🥹

[@weenie4852]

40:53 American girl doll starts

[@psmashing94]

You guys should do a POD at a haunted location

[@emtoens]

Walking the skyways as Zach calls them a gerbil maze

[@hpdftba]

The best American Girl games were where you could bike around with Molly and sell eggs with Kit

[@Ifyoubelieveme]

the egg game was good, i was obsessed!

[@mollyrejoyce]

My favorite was Josefina’s Santa Fe Market Adventure!

[@blake9033]

I love it everytime the guys gut themselves laughing cause Rainie said something funny/unexpected😂😂😂

[@aeep0820]

We need them to read the doll books. Talk about drama lol.

[@carrieblakeslee3602]

“Nobody wanted Molly.” WE ARE IN A FIGHT, RAINE!!! 🤣

[@madelinebeth674]

Y'all, Josephina is pronounced with the Spanish J, like Jose. That was wild to witness.

[@melodies-in-my-head8252]

I have a really hard time consistently watching any form of media, but I love being recommended the channel, remembering the trypod, and watching a couple to chill out before I sleep or when I’m @ the beach 😌

[@aubreehouston9865]

I didn’t realize finding abandoned houses deep in the woods was a universal southern childhood experience

[@emilykpaige]

It’s also definitely a Canadian prairies thing

[@Red1derer]

Dude Addy's first book is forever inscripted into my brain. She was enslaved with her family, but her brother and father get sold off to a different plantation, leaving her with her mother and infant sibling. Prior to the separation her parents had planned that if they ever got split up they would escape to the morth and find each other again. But before escaping with her mother, they have to leave behind her infant sibling! Who wouldn't survive the trip and woul put her and her mother in danger. They get chased by dogs, have to swim through rapids, got leeches on them! And at one point Addy breaks down and declares she hates whote people (which, is fair). And her mom tells her not to because there re good whote people too. (Like maybe, but Addy definitely has a right to feel like that for at least a night). Anyway, they hid in a house of a white woman who is apart of the underground railroad. She threws their pursuers and they reach freedom.

[@BrittniSR]

Back when webkinz were a big thing I worked at a Hallmark store that sold them and what people would do since the codes were sealed inside the tag is they would come in and rip the tags off and just steal those to get the codes. We were always finding tagless webkinz in my store to the point where there had to be an employee stationed next to them at all times to be a webkinz security guard - we all would have webkinz shifts.

[@dianabeloved]

For anyone else coming from the tiktok clip, the convo shifts to American Girl Dolls around 41:03

[@rusty1411]

As someone from Tornado alley! Keith is right, with modern weather forecasting you know if the ingredients for a Tornado are possible 1-5 days before. Areas prone to Tornado sirens sounds and minute to minute updates are available

[@wxwritermaggie]

As a meteorologist, Keith definitely tried his best describing how a tornado works.

[@a_lyssssssa]

“you couldn’t boost me if you tried” 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@KirstenExplainsItAll]

As a KIRSTEN.. yall suck. 😂 Kirsten was the BEST doll! And the BEST name!

[@AnotherWriter815]

They missed the part where Kirsten's bff died from dysentery.

[@LouisaRubyDDD]

"He's the dog in Top Gun" about Artie. Omg.

[@EvitaGlez]

I can't with Keith's congested Kirsten voice asking if she'd like her friend to go look at a sheep with her 😭

[@elizabethconnolly7411]

The tornado in Houston was the worst one in the area since 2017. We don’t usually get them INSIDE the city, just on the outskirts, so the damage was substantial. Some people were without power for nearly a week and a bunch of people have had to find new housing because their apartment/house is wrecked. I’m glad that y’all were OK. Very scary for sure. ❤

[@christinabilyeu5621]

As a meteorologist’s daughter, please don’t refer to Twister for your weather knowledge, lol.

[@2341rumba]

Zach and Keith you guys literally played with Molly the doll and heard her story back in 2018 🤣

[@F8DPrime8]

The way Rainie comes in so hard and deliberately with the most common knowledge or useless facts is crazy.

[@heyitsamanie]

let miles drive every online situation, he was dominating that webkinz segment

[@laureng.3785]

They should start a book club where they read the american girl doll stories

[@jmason1770]

You're on early today! Melody's outfit and hairstyle reminds me of That Girl! (Marlo Thomas). Molly still looks like Zach! (Try Guys Play with Dolls).

[@francis2fly]

Yes Rainie! I do what I call Walk-Jogging. I walk to warm-up, then jog until I get winded and go back to walking and repeat.

[@nolynnoel1032]

I need a episode where they are read the tragic backstory for each doll. They’ve all been THROUGH IT

[@carmendrouen]

Please stop partnering with BetterHelp. Between their horrible track record with patient care & information, and their active partnership with the Israeli government during a GENOCIDE THEY ARE COMMITTING, it's honestly upsetting to still see BetterHelp sponsorships from people I respect as creators

[@pear4253]

Awh, Kirsten was my first american girl doll so I have a soft spot for her! My Swedish grandma got the doll for me as a gift (Kirsten is also Swedish). I however didn’t read any of the books, so I don’t know the lore outside of Kirsten being Swedish. I was more Team Webkinz!

[@kddiddlebug]

As a Kirsten it’s KUR-STEN. Keith was the only one who said it right 😭 but miles saying “no one knows she isn’t worth it” is a clip that I need so I can play it every time someone calls me the wrong name 😂🤣❤️

[@wompwomp90]

I'm Kurstin & it felt weird af to hear Keith say my name lol not common

[@simonsaysism]

I knew a Kirsten who pronounced it Keer-sten. Names are all just made up words, there's always gonna be variation 🤷

[@katiehanson6253]

Joplin 2009... tornadoes are nothing to mess with... ive lived in OK for 20 yrs now.. and we get them so often that a lot of people dont. But my friends went through hell and back. And my grandpa in 99 had to clear 25 cows from his property in the country

[@shelbylynn6434]

I would watch try guys try webkinz where they go pick one out and have the whole experience. Maybe compete for new pets

[@BrookGreening]

Who would win in a fight, a brown(not grizzly) bear with a gun in a dumpster or a tornada?

[@kaitlynnewman4973]

Not the Molly slander. Her family didn’t ration food during ww2 while her dad was deployed for this! Also she loved cherry coke lol

[@excedrinworldwide]

ACAB includes Molly 😭😭😭

[@kirstenk3391]

Really interesting episode to listen to as a Kirsten

[@KirstenExplainsItAll]

I know! So weird hearing my name so many times!

[@heatherfeather1203]

okay but keiths story about the tornado in Houston-tell me why I had the almost exact same experience at that same music venue in Houston last year!!

[@hannahcollins1816]

I had Josefina but read a lot of the stories of the other girls. Decent amount of history in them. I wanted every single doll 😂

[@racer4369]

I'm pretty sure Molly was part if the World War 2 and she missed her dad. I remember had a big school dance thing

[@ElizabethEddelman]

I’m pretty sure it was a dance recital bc she worked hard to get the star role and then got sick but I haven’t read those books in 20 years so I could be wrong

[@saffrons1028]

from porn games to webkins... this podcast has it all

[@alyssasade2227]

I really enjoy your guys podcasts. Thanks for doing these.

[@lexiadams8046]

as a girl who got gifted a kirsten doll im livid but also in agreement cause i wanted julie