The Just Enough Trope Podcast

The Just Enough Trope Podcast

Hot nerd on nerd action as hosts Ka1iban and Mikanhana bring you news, reviews and issues from the world of geeky entertainment! Film, TV, music, comics and gaming are our business and Biz. Ness. Is. GOOOD.

Episodes

March 6, 2024 • 94 mins
Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

Some are maybe magical schoolgirls, some may be hardened biker dudes, some may even be your typical cape-and-tights heroes. But we're all familiar with the type of prot...
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Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

It doesn't matter if you don't know it...you do know it. The hidden musical cheat code that laces the foundations of hip-hop and R&B, the source code of popular mus...
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November 30, 2023 • 92 mins
Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

A spider-bite, a lightning strike, cosmic rays...why do so many of our comic book heroes get their start as accident victims? What role does tragedy and happenstance pl...
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November 13, 2023 • 88 mins
Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

It's the world's oldest profession and surprisingly, one of it's oldest stock characters. But why is the cheery sex worker, a.k.a. the "hooker with a heart of gold", an...
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July 11, 2023 • 85 mins
Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

You've heard it...you just don't know it. It's the secret sauce of pop success, the splinter in Paul Anka's eye, the face that stares back from the mirror at every crea...
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June 28, 2023 • 93 mins
Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

In 2023, video games are more impressive than ever, they make billions of dollars, and they're played by people all over the world...so why are they so male and white? ...
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Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

There is something decidely Japanese about the idea of a giant robot, whether it needs a little kid to control it, transforms into an impratical car, or can bring about...
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Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

Every single time that two superheroes meet...they have to fight. Every damn time. But why? Mistaken identity? Establishing dominance? Union rules? It's a phenomenon ge...
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Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

Time loops in media are scenarios where the protagonist is trapped in a day or place and sees the world round him resetting itself over and over again (and again). Some...
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April 24, 2023 • 117 mins
Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all!

On our inaugural episode, we're tackling one of the most recognizable tropes in recent cinematic history. Picture a man, ounumbered by foes, low on ammo, trapped in one...
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March 6, 2023 • 150 mins
Finally, on our last episode, we shatter the hoary ice and get to the warm and sentimental center of the timeless classic "Doctor Zhivago"!

I have such Proof!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
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Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
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Reminisce with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord!
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February 27, 2023 • 60 mins
Our celebration of Black History Month continues this week as our Patreon Producers pick the 1967 Best Picture-winning classic "In the Heat of the Night"!

They call me Mister Sequel!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
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Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
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Investigate with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord!
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February 20, 2023 • 72 mins
This week, we're celebrating Black History Month with Spike Lee's classic civil rights masterpiece, "Do the Right Thing"!

Sic your phant better!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
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Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
http://www.craftdisservices.com

Vibe with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/justenoughtrope
http://www.twi...
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February 14, 2023 • 103 mins
Slip on your goggles and sharpen your shiv 'cause we're going on a sci-fi movie flashback with Pitch Black! Plus, we review this year's Super Bowl trailers!

Off To the Races (Business As Usual)!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
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Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
http://www.craftdisservices.com

Survive with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord...
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February 7, 2023 • 102 mins
We're coming down with something this week as we review the new HBO series "The Last of Us"! Plus, we pitch our own video game adaptation!

Eagle tacos!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor

Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
http://www.craftdisservices.com

Last with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/justenoughtrope
http://...
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January 31, 2023 • 81 mins
This week, we're cozying up to our Patron Producer pick, a chilly little thriller called "Whiteout"! Plus, a review of the butt-saturated new Peacock show, "Leopard Skin"!

Bust one out on the bus!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor

Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
http://www.craftdisservices.com

Scheme with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord...
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January 24, 2023 • 116 mins
It's Chinese New Year and we're celebrating by discussing 4 films by some of China and Taiwan's greatest filmmakers: "Wheels on Meals", "In the Mood for Love", "Better Luck Tomorrow", and "Lust/Caution"!

Let them eat TBD!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor

Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
http://www.craftdisservices.com

Lust with us on Facebook and Twi...
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January 16, 2023 • 73 mins
This week, we're observing Martin Luther King Day by reviewing a the Steven Spielberg civil rights tale "Amistad"! Plus, a review of the super trendy "Skinamarink"!

Whose P is this?!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor

Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
http://www.craftdisservices.com

Be free with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord!
http://www.f...
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January 3, 2023 • 73 mins
A new year has arrived so we're taking the chance to revisit an old classic: Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush!

You never eat the whole shoe!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor

Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
http://www.craftdisservices.com

Prospect with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/justenoughtrope
http://www.twit...
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December 19, 2022 • 89 mins
It's been a long 13 years but we're finally returning to Pandora for Avatar: The Way of Water!

They think they're people!

Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob!
http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor

Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices!
http://www.craftdisservices.com

Whale surf with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/justenoughtrope
http://www.twitter.com/justenou...
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