Not Just Tentacles

It's the second Pride Month episode of 2025!Rachael and Ruth review two yuri anime, If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die and Yuri Kuma Arashi (Lesbian Bear Storm).One is a romcom about a fan falling for her idol; another is a metaphor for homophobia and depictions of lesbians in Japan. Expect the usual singing, impressions, tangents etc.

In 2025's first Pride Month episode, Rachael and Ruth discuss Bumbleby, the slowburn sapphic romance between Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long of RWBY fame.Includes repeated use of the word "nonce," dated pop culture references and bickering about AI.

It's Not Just Tentacles' YouTube debut, shared with you lovely listeners! (It was originally the third May episode).Rachael and Ruth discuss fan content and fanons, namely head canons shared by a large number of fans.Contains strong language, flappy hands and an ironing board.PS: Rachael thought Ruth said Koichi and Pop Step were getting together, NOT him and Knuckleduster 🤦‍♀️

Rachael and Ruth review the recent Netflix adaptation of Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight.Rachael has grown up with Goscinny and Uderzo's classic French comic series; it's passed Ruth by. Will she convince her co host to watch it?Includes millennial songs, random fangirling and puns.

Rachael and Ruth reminisce and review Shrek, the influential film series about a moody ogre, his unlikely romance with a princess, and a heck of a lot of pop culture references and fart gags.Contains singing, impersonations and Donkey noises. You should know by now.Also: which star did our hosts randomly meet in Liverpool?

Rachael and Ruth discuss the recent Helluva developments at LVLUP 2025.Includes impressions, tangents and ... frog noises?

Rachael and Ruth discuss the shows they've started watching for Spring 2025: Once Upon A Witch's Death, Your Forma, Go Go Loser Ranger Season 2 and My Hero Academia: Vigilantes.Since they're Whovians, they also have to review Lux, the recent live action/animation episode of Doctor Who.It's a completely un-Eastery Easter episode!

Rachael and Ruth cover indie darling Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to Be a Magical Girl, the Indigo reboot, and Netflix donghua No Doubt In Us. It's clearly the right time for supernatural fantasy with sapphic overtones!Includes misnomers, mispronunciations, David Attenborough and the Road Runner.

Rachael and Ruth review Spy x Family: Code White, the 2023 standalone film.There's no such thing as an ordinary day with the Forger family, and certainly not an ordinary holiday. What will our favourite spy, assassin and telepath do when they accidentally threaten world peace?Rachael is a firm fan of the series; Ruth has never watched it. How will they rate the movie?You know the drill: tangents, impressions, and whether or not a scientist looks like a member of Take That.

In this mega long episode, Rachael and Ruth wonder why the films of the Disney Renaissance exert such a hold over millennials. Are they as good as we remember, or is it the nostalgia speaking?Includes singing, digressions and cussing. Ruth couldn't resist reviewing The Emperor's New Groove because 1) she watched it recently and 2) just because 🤦‍♀️