BumbleKast for August 5th, 2026

We're starting off with this one from Allison S.: Assume that the crew of The Fortune's Lap has seen Revenge of the Sith.

What do they think of the hilariously bad translation, Backstroke of the West?

These guys live on the fringe.

They don't really have a lot of expendable cash, so maybe Jobal knows a guy who got them a copy, you know, from that back alley over there.

Th- what I'm saying is what they're familiar with is Backstroke of the West.

I was gonna say, it's the only version of Revenge of the Sith they've seen, right? [laughs]

Yeah.

It's only until much later they actually get to see the full version, and Wynn's like, "What is this crap? They ruined it"

[laughs] Uh, yeah.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

The movie's-

Wynn's kinda s-

I think the movie's still in English, though.

It's still got all the audio, it's just a blurry mess and it's got subtitles.

Yeah.

But yeah.

Bourne's sitting there going, "I'm honestly not sure which I prefer" Wynn just toss it to the side, "Do not want"

"Do not want" [laughs] I still say that.

Still say that.

All right, here's one from Andrew D.: In an alternate real world timeline, Mega Man Underground is a cartoon starring Dr. Light's triplets, Rock, Roll, and Blues, but a Time Skimmer incident causes him to see a vision, resulting in him biding his time and lying in wait.

Dr. Wily takes over Monsteropolis, ruling with his two minions, Guts Man and Cut Man.

Who raises the twi- triplets, and how does this show play out? Also, Bass and Treble are on an island watching over the master MacGuffin or whatever it is.

Maybe the motherlode?

Well, if my cartoon experience has taught me anything, Rock has to be raised by an Uncle Chuck who's inexplicably alive in various media incarnations with no actual connection between any of them.

Mm.

We're starting off with this one from Allison S.: Assume that the crew of The Fortune's Lap has seen Revenge of the Sith.

What do they think of the hilariously bad translation, Backstroke of the West?

These guys live on the fringe.

They don't really have a lot of expendable cash, so maybe Jobal knows a guy who got them a copy, you know, from that back alley over there.

Th- what I'm saying is what they're familiar with is Backstroke of the West.

I was gonna say, it's the only version of Revenge of the Sith they've seen, right? [laughs]

Yeah.

It's only until much later they actually get to see the full version, and Wynn's like, "What is this crap? They ruined it"

[laughs] Uh, yeah.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

The movie's-

Wynn's kinda s-

I think the movie's still in English, though.

It's still got all the audio, it's just a blurry mess and it's got subtitles.

Yeah.

But yeah.

Bourne's sitting there going, "I'm honestly not sure which I prefer" Wynn just toss it to the side, "Do not want"

"Do not want" [laughs] I still say that.

Still say that.

All right, here's one from Andrew D.: In an alternate real world timeline, Mega Man Underground is a cartoon starring Dr. Light's triplets, Rock, Roll, and Blues, but a Time Skimmer incident causes him to see a vision, resulting in him biding his time and lying in wait.

Dr. Wily takes over Monsteropolis, ruling with his two minions, Guts Man and Cut Man.

Who raises the twi- triplets, and how does this show play out? Also, Bass and Treble are on an island watching over the master MacGuffin or whatever it is.

Maybe the motherlode?

Well, if my cartoon experience has taught me anything, Rock has to be raised by an Uncle Chuck who's inexplicably alive in various media incarnations with no actual connection between any of them.

Mm.