What The Folklore?

There's never been a Pokemon game that takes place in REAL America, so we're pitching Gen 9: Pokemon Stars & Pokemon Stripes. Note: we're touching on some serious issues here, and just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that although we are making jokes, this is all satire and we take these issues with gravity they deserve. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

It's that time of year again, everyone. The d'Aulnoy train has been speeding toward us for a year, and it has finally arrived. We're reading "Gracieuse and Percinet" this year, which involves a surprising number of twists and turns for a chunk of story in which nothing really happens. Suggested talking points: Waffle House Valentine's Day, public podcasting, jam consumption, royal anatomy, Grognon.0, camel drinking mechanisms, John Woo bird metrics, Scooby Doo hot take, Harry Potter spell slots If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

What is the first space force even going to do up there without anyone to play with or fight? We're also continuing what is apparently a whole series about art, and our relationship to it. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

A content warning: this story kinda involves sex trafficking. We have agreed that we have to talk about the daughter in question as an adult, and the trafficker is a magic bear prince, but it's still a little uncomfortable at moments. We're finally reading "East of the Sun West of the Moon." For a foundational fairy tale, it's got a lot of problems. This story makes a lot more sense when you think of it as a reality show run by a troll in the background. Just trust us, you'll see it by the end. This episode brought to you by executive producer Ashton, Aarne-Thompson type 1558, "Clothes Make the Man" Suggested talking points: Team Rocket acting class, Larry David clicks, barky jorts, child hyper beam, momtech, daybear, crag hags, curse regulations, knuckle nose If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the

The best animated feature Oscar is a rough scene, but you know what was great? The original Steel Battalion. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

"Momotaro the Peach Boy" is truly Japan's Number One Momotaro, in that he's absolutely unstoppable. We might need to slow this sweet peach boy's roll a bit. This episode brought to you by executive producer Dave, Aarne-Thompson type 1540, "the Man From Paradise" Suggested talking points: objective comedy, fruit-based gentlemen, Cherry Man Catan, the butt families, Oni ecological breakdown, Papa Folklore, the Galapagos demons, science fience If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

How do we wrest control of society from morning people, and equalize the playing field? Is the answer a cyberpunk future? If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Apologies for the audio on this one gang, we had a microphone cord fray over the course of recording and it sounds like we've got an open lightsaber on the table between us. This story, though, has a lot going on. We're reading "the Barber's Clever Wife," and she gets into some wild stuff. Suggested talking points: the scientific method, a Sweeney Clod, Kingdom Hearts additions, as thicket as thieves, crimewatch, cherry corn rice, conga line of thieves, fire: the catchall pesticide, 8 servings of gold, GMOut the ass, the thicket women, spaghetti mustache trick, vegetable genders If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Like, what is art even? We're sharing some of the things that draw us to particular movie, shows, music, whatever. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We're re-visiting our favorite shitbird with two different versions of "How Raven Stole the Sun." He's the same Raven that we know and love, and not just because he's given rise to the Cloaca Rangers. This episode brought to you by executive producer Mairzy Marzipan, Aarne-Thompson type 751a, "Peasant Woman Is Changed Into a Woodpecker" Suggested talking points: straight to shoebox, ham scaffolding, Kingdom Hearts lore, fetish count, the Donne Darko timeline, science points, decorative beaks, Schrodinger's hottie, cloeyecha, your house is dragons, the Cloaca Rangers, the Fern Gully cinematic universe If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We're talking about the Big Game. You know the one. The BIG game. We also reinvent a sport. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We're back from hiatus with an Irish story called "Jamie Freel and the Young Lady." Lady only describes one of her forms though, which also include a sack of wool, and a dog maybe, we dunno it gets weird. Suggested talking points: strong arms rowin', scooping mad water, crocheting steel cables, off-brand Popeye, the worst Arby's slogan, yin and yang of the dank herb, poop freedom, horse flying methods, nut classification, moonwine, sentient 'tatoes, dead stick daughter, digging for buried lady, boat justifications, rush hour dunks If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Maybe all Robin Hood needs is a fresh new genre to get that blockbuster success he deserves. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Due to varying levels of wellness (and maybe a robot-related incident), we were unable to record an episode for you all this week. Thankfully, our past selves recorded like a whole bunch of episodes, so it's time for another clipshow! contains clips from: Mermaidsploitation, Blitz My Son, A Brief Downstairs Kiss, Mother of a Saltless Race, Pumpkin Mice Latte, and Brought To You By the Letter D If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Eastern Europe always treats us so right, and "Youth Without Age and Life Without Death" is no exception. We're into beta-testing of Big Rock, and early results are looking good. This episode brought to you by executive producer Pyris, Aarne-Thompson type 330B, "The Devil In the Sack" Suggested talking points: boatwatch opportunity, old man baby magnet, cotton-eyed baby, anime pratfall into death, sores horse, yonder-forest, a little bit woodpecker, scorpion witch, a kibble situation, Monster Hunter: Katamari, weird time, big rock implementation If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We're a little late to the party on this, but gang, we have to talk about wizards pooping themselves. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We've got a short, sweet nugget of a story this week in "The Slaying of the Tanuki," but there's juice in this nugget. And some of that juice is a solution that could fix many, many plotholes for many fairy tales. This episode brought to you by executive producer The Day Dude, Aarne-Thompson type 898, "Daughter of the Sun" This episode sponsored by "The Legend of Griff" by Richard Sparrow, available now Suggested talking points: new year's resolution, hare wife, tanuki schacks, what animal friends are, the folklore restaurant, culinary vore, ointment purposes, hatchet walks, the OG sick burn, common law hare marriage, get you a bunny who does both, woods murder jazz, big rock solutions, big big rock If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

It's a brand new year! Our holidays were filled with Spidermen, new TV adventures, and gun almost-whoopsies. Our post holidays are filled with the candy and treats that were sent to our P.O. Box. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We're finishing off "The Story of the Hard Nut" this week. If you were hoping for answers, maybe stop holding your breath now. Suggested talking points: breakfast stats, mouse joker, famous nuts, Shere Khan Tony Jay Aladdin, Tony Jay's song rider, seven crowns mice king If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

"The Story of the Hard Nut" is rightfully cut from many Nutcracker adaptations. It's a story within a story (within another story) about some sausages and mice or whatever and it's only kinda related to the Nutcracker. Suggested talking points: returning babies, universal sausage making, a mountain of pigs, how the sausage is made, spicy dreams ballet If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.