Welcome back to the next issue on my timewarp series.

I hope you enjoy this list of movies and games I have collected was from August 2005.

We start, as always, with August's top 5 monthly winners.

Here is August's top 5:

1. Lord of the Clocks 1-1a A perfect parody of the opening monologue of the Lord of the Rings. It has a Newgrounds slant to it but if you've watched the movies I've sent from previous emails you shouldn't misunderstand anything. It's a high quality submission and Strangeclock is one if my favorite animators. I'm really pleased he got top honors this month. :)

2. Ambush! The "Kirby" Nintendo games are about a pink puffball with a large mouth. Kirby uses it to suck the baddies inside himself and then he gains their powers for a time. In this animation. Kirby finds himself ambushed by a bunch of vilians freom the games he has starred in. All alone, Kirby must beat them all. The entire work is frame by frame animation, and lasts a little more than a minute. There's references to Kirby games all over, in the music, title, character choice, and a really obvious one at the replay screen. Good quality animation.

3. Mutant Ninja Turtles EP03 Raph battles Slash, an old experiment created by the Hand, while Don tries to break him out of his confinement. The Hand also takes this moment to lauch an attack on Leo and Mike. The artist here has a GREAT feel for the well defined characters that are in this animation. The voices and mannerisms are perfect. It's just like a darker version of the cartoon show. A MUST SEE SERIES FOR TMNT fans.
- Mutant Ninja Turtles EP01 Leo, has disturbing dreams. He wakes to find that Raph and Mic had gone out to get some parts at the junkyard. THey get ambushed. THe foot get defeated of course but not without getting some special DNA samples.
- Mutant Ninja Turtles EP02 Don takes the new bike to Ralph, who has gone looking for his he looks for his Sai. Raph is ambushed again. This time it goes badly and Don doesn't get there in time. So Ralph has to get ready to fight a few monsters made special by Shredder.

4. DCK: Oh, Baby! the latest in a series of well animated, adult, stand alone, cartoons. Vallos and Klunk are playing video games when Cycon comes in and tells a joke that leads to some funny trouble!
- Ode to Cigarette In the first episode of the series, Cigarette, a www.go-gaia.com user, claims to be dying of terminal brain cancer. She confesses to Cycon that it is merely a scam to get attention and tells him that he is stupid.
- The Wrong Vagina Klunk has his Cyber romance and they decide to meet, but despite Damien's attempts to prevent disaster, Klunk goes to meet the person anyway. So remember, that "hottie" you're "cyberfuckin" could be an old man.... or maybe not...
- Day in the Life of Cycon this really isn't an episode, more of a tribute to this art style, so enjoy this episode of DCK and all the fun things that goes on in a typical day in the life of Cycon! I enjoyed the song used.
- Monkeyspank this features the legend of a certain "Wonchop" who terrorized a flash community for the better half of fall semester. The story, featured in the actual toon, tells of another online asshole ruining people's day. This is me making fun of that situation. A tad gross but go ahead and enjoy 3 minutes of fun!

5. Cigarette This is an exceptional music video for the song 'Cigarette' by Ben Folds Five. The animation quality is gorgeous and it fits so beautifully with the sad, little song. It seriously touched me when I watched it and I can totally emphasize with the husband in it, though I have never been in the situation. I was so very pleased to see this one make it in the top five. Make sure you read the lyrics as it can be a bit hard to understand while they are being sung. Watch it!

The rest:

1. Gravity based movement GAME! An interesting concept with a very small file size. This started out as an experiment, but that author thought it looked funny how the elements, each having it's own gravitational field, create the illusion of chasing after each other. So he added a few features allowing them to eliminate others, growing stronger with each succesful 'assassination'.

2. A Very Short Western nicely animated short cartoon that is basicly a set up for a one liner joke. Good for a chuckle.

3. Autumn Tree This is, by any measure, an exceptional, serious short. On April 20, 1999, a terrible tragedy took place that cost 13 victims their lives and left many more severly injured. The two responsible, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, turned out to be 2 teenage students themselves of Columbine High. Autumn Tree is a story based on the lives of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Without it being a complete reconstruction, this flash shows the situation before and during the tragedy and does so with uncommon faithfulness to the real event. Not for the squemish but still very worthwhile. Make sure you read all the author's notes in this. You need to know the background to appreciate it fully.

4. Click game GAME! You have ten seconds to click the mouse as many times as you can before time's up. I have played a number of games where I had to click as fast as I could and I would wonder to myself if there was any way I could do better. With this I can. <grins>

5. Doomrunner GAME! This is my favorite game of the month. You have a ship and you must blow up the enemies and collect their refills to stay alive. No end as such to the game but it's basically impossible around level 30 to keep going onward as the enemies become to many to count. The best I did was around lv 20 when the big ships came out. Only part I didn't like is no save feature so you have to start all the way from the start again.

6. Strawberry Absinth Aaaawww. The purple wolf Lupie is so cute. Anyway, when you're floating down a river of absinth on a strawberry, everything must be good. It's short but sweet.

7. God's Playing Field GAME! It's good, mindless, murderous fun. Find out what God really does in his free time! (no offense meant towards God or any religion) To start killing people in the game, click the FIST. Use the MONEY you earn to buy new ATTACKS to kill people faster. Use the NUKE the first time to see the ENDING.

8. How to make a cup of tea Just as the title says. This is a cute guide on how to make a proper cup of tea. The instructor is British, naturally and it has a soothing background music.

9. Internet Porn It's not what you would expect, hilarious song about internet porn. The animation is little more then a slideshow which made me a bit reluctant to include it but it was just so darn amusing I decided to save it.

10. London Underground experi Hilarious song slamming the London Underground railway. The visuals suck (just like in the previous one, you'd be better just downloading the song alone if you can find it) but I enjoyed the lyrics so much I am adding it anyway.

11. kenya Another flash I saw for the first time in this month but was actually released in Jan04. Anyway, it's a kind of Tourism advert for Kenya. it's a very short (and cute) looping music video.

12. NormalDayInStickmenWorld Another mass battle of little stickmen. Not bad but I particularaly like the little twist at the ending which is why I added it.

13. Roadkill and Juliet A touching tale of an innocent--yet forbidden--love between a young girl and a chicken hawk. Not joking, the author plays it surprisingly straight for such a silly idea. Not that it doesn't have it's funny moments too. It's actually a music video done to the song "You Get Me" by Michelle Branch. I'm enjoying this author's stuff so far.

14. Sacred Space It's FOAMY! Is there such a thing as Sacred Space and when Germaine tells him about it... Well you just KNOW he will have to put the idea to the test .
2008self: Got blammed somehow. Perhaps iWillPress deleted it himself.
- Foamy: Hurricane Special This was made RIGHT after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. In it he rants about how the reporters are talking and talking but not helping any of the victims. Your probably going to strongly agree or disagree with this one.

15. Software: The Browsers Which is the best internet explorer Netscape, Internet Explorer or Firefox? Find out here. I found it amusing. The animation is interesting looking as well because it is computerized 3-D.

16. Strategy Guide Ep. 1 Everyone's favorite intergalactic space alien, Guido(!) loves old Nintendo games. Unfortunately, he's not very good at them. Watch as Guido reviews one of the classics! If you are an old school Nintendo fan you will love this.
- Series / Strategy Guide Just a great series. Episode 4 came out this month. If you liked the first give the rest of these self contained episodes a look.

17. The Real Mortal Kombat: 2 Come see what goes on in the daily lives of the popular video game characters from Mortal Combat. In the second installment of the popular series. Among the highlights: Sub-Zero takes advantage of a drunk collage girl... and freezes her accidentally, Goro throws a house party at Raiden's house and Scorpion challenges people to Mortal Combat.

18. Taco-man: Hot Coffee Cartoon Newsflash in a commentary style. This edition has the show's anchor, Taco-Man, giving his thoughts about senator Hillary Clinton's crusade against GTA and video games in general. This is the latest in a well done series. If you like opinion pieces. Try these out.
- Taco-Man hates the RIAA This is the earlist Taco-Man cartoon on Newgrounds. This week he reports on the RIAA (Recording Industry of America) and their plans to sue individuals who download music.
- Taco-Man for Governor While doing his report, Taco-Man quits his day job and runs for Governor of California. Will FOXX NEWS ruin his chances of winning? Probably.
*ATTENTION*- Taco-Man hates Saddam I'm marking this one for special attention. You see, this isn't actually a news commentary like most of the others. Instead it's the BEST Loony Toons parody I have seen posted on Newgrounds. The animation is a bit amaturish but he's got the old classic stand byes from the series. If your a fan of Loony Toons you MUST WATCH!
- Taco-Man Halloween No Commentary here either. The author of this series has created other ones as well. In Taco-Man Halloween Special: Taco-Man throws a Halloween Party and all of the Ebolaworld from those other shows stars are invited.
- Taco-Man: Hurricane If you haven't heard, a hurricane named Katrina destroyed New Orleans. In the latest News Flash, Taco-Man discusses the disaster, President Bush's reaction, and gets answers from a Hurricane expert. Praise Jesus. Amen.

19. Tentacle Monsters A lonly stickman is doing a bit if typing when suddenly a little tentacle monster comes out of nowhere to attack him. He dispatches it but more are coming. Will he survive? find out by watching this fun little monster fight movie.

20. Survivor: Hyrule You will love this if you enjoy Survivor and have a decent knowledge of the Zelda series. We are down to the last three contestants. Link, Gannon and Zelda. Who will will the money? Well animated and cleaver. Good stuff.

21. The Little Girl Another creepy one. It's 8-minute animated storybook about a small child who has been forgotten by absolutely everyone. She finds a way to be noticed, all right... but at whaty price? Great stylized visuals and audio.

22. Transitions Episode 1 Part 1 of a possible new Jedi parody/action series. Takes place right at the end of Star Wars: Episode 3. Fearing that Anakin Skywalker's emotional instability will shortly lead him to the dark side of the force 2 Jedi are sent to shadow him. While Ani and Obi-Wan seek to rescue Chancellor Palpatine. The animation starts at this point. Another exceptionally well animated short.

23. Become Very cool looking. What this is, is the building of a full clay person set to music. It starts with just wire and goes from there. I had wondered how you fixed a clay person up.

24. What's on TV?! Wario (of Nintendo's Super Mario Brother's fame) relaxes from a had day at work and watches a bunch of funny commercials for various things.

25. Aliens from Planet Dave GAME! A delightful and creative mix of live action, cartoon and choose your own adventure style game play. The story is that aliens from Planet Dave have landed and they're after your biscuits! In this live action adventure, guide the author (who is also the hero) through his house, click on objects, find weapons, kick some alien arse!

26. Over There: Segment 1 big series First part of a 5 part full length claymation. a HUGE amount of work must have went into this. The story is that our hero and his girlfriend have been placed on opposite sides of their owner's workroom. Now Trip must save Nita from being on top of the bookcase. Unless she saves herself.
- Series / Over There Make sure you got some time because watching will take awhile. This may very well be the best claymation on Newgrounds. Don't pass this gem by.

27. Defend Your Computer GAME! You must defend your computer against viruses, spyware, spam popups and many more! Every kill gets you $7 for you to buy new upgrades. Mouse to aim, click to shoot. Watch your heat gauge, if it reaches the end your computer must reboot and you will become immobilized for a couple seconds. I found it a lot of fun. Few tips, the laser upgrades arn't too useful, go for health after getting the add ons. IF you are really stuck type "gog" at the title screen for unlimited money.

28. The last debarkment There is a theory, that just before you die your life flashes in front of your eyes. Very different. It shows a series of black and white still images (almost photos) that represent the life of a single individual before his life ends. I got a chill while watching it.

29. Megaman vs Geminiman As I stated in issue 004, I enjoy the "Mega Man" video games by Capcom. This animation was inspired by "Mega Man vs. Quick Man" but it's a by different author and he has no connection to that flash. Other then a love of it that made him want to do the same theme. Like the Quick Man battle flash, it's a pure fight, animation. Mega Man has come to the lair of the Robot Master, Gemini Man. Now the two must battle to the death.
- Megaman vs Snakeman The author also made another one. This time Mega Man fight's Snake Man. They are both from Mega Man 3, if you are interested. This author is almost as good as the man he is imitating. Kudos to him.

30. A Tribute to the Tribute Newgrounds has been around for ten years now. A group of artists that submit to it decided to do a massive collaboration to celebrate the occasion. This flash is the prologue to it. So watch this and then watch the Newground tribute if you want.
- Newgrounds 10th Tribute The actual tribute. To be honest, it's pretty boring. One hundred flash animations of varying quality count to 10, ten times and you see a birthday cake that eventually get's 10 candles. There is no real payoff for slogging though the cartoon. I'd give it a pass. I did like the prologue however.

Normally I put in older animations here but this month was Clock Day. Happy Clock Day 2005! August 15th, 2005 marks FOUR YEARS since Strawberry Clock submitted "B" to the Newgrounds Portal and beban the revolution known as the Clock Crew.

Newgrounds received a record number of flash movies. Around 2000 thousand I believe. Unfortunately, many of them were crap submitted by wannabes trying to ride the popularity of Clock Day. The better ones were gathered up to make a collection though. I will post 5 of my favorites from it.
2008self: I make this a habit for all the months with a major occasion (Christmas, Pico Day...) later on.

*** Collections /Clock Crew/ Clock Day 2005 ***

1. SBC plots for Frontpage! SBC makes a movie to get on the frontpage, will he succeed?

2. D is for DurianClock Music video set to John Lennon's hit, "Imagine". Fanciful artwork gives this submission a unique look!

3. '05 'o Clock Another music video. Bit of a story to go with it though. Strawberry clock is walking back to get to his hometown, Clocktopia for Clockday20005. Animation is set to the ENTIRE theme song, "Where Everbody Knows Your Name", for that wonderful 90's comedy. "Cheers". I've never heard the entire song before. If you don't know the show. It's a nice, soothing, feel good song.

4. Strawberry's Gym Nice, lenghty animation. Strawberry clock is in trouble. His flourishing casino business has been closed down and his name is dirt. But then, with the help of his friends, strange and turd, he gets a great Idea. To build; "strawberry's fitness and leisure center!".

5. GoodBye ClockDay As Clockday comes to an end, Sir Clock re-enters the portal to deliver a final speech for Clockday 2005.

And that's it for August 2005. Hope you found some flashes that you enjoyed.

Till next time,
Toma O'Two Tatel

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