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Pixar ran out of ideas for movies about inanimate objects that have feelings and can talk and need to learn human lessons, so we step up and give their tried and true formula a run for its money!

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The Story Boys take a spin on the Pokedex Roulette to see what EGGcelent Pokemon is going on an adventure this week.

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The newest release of Star Wars on Disney+ has Greedo exclaim "Maclunkey!" before he meets his untimely fate at the hands of Han Solo. This week, we dive into what that word could mean...

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We ask the tough questions such as what is death? How does reincarnation work? Can you have vices in Heaven with free will? Note: Some spoilers for Season 1 of The Good Place.

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Why does every movie use a defibrillator to bring someone back from the dead, and can the story boys avoid this cliche? No. No they can't.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/AUK5f0JcHyM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We ask the tough questions such as what is death? How does reincarnation work? Can you have vices in Heaven with free will? Note: Some spoilers for Season 1 of The Good Place.

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Jin gets picked up by his grandma this week as we dive deeper into the background philosophical and theological groundwork of heaven, discover that we have broken all movies and stories irreparably, figure out a better word for grandfather, and Will gives us a piping hot take about his beef with Fast and the Furious 5.

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We arrive at the pearly gates amidst some more worldbuilding around our afterlife, including talking about the Albert Brooks classic "Defending Your Life!"

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Cut to the chase, baby! We lay some theological groundwork for the scenes ahead and talk a bit about why car chases are hard to write!

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The gang makes a clean getaway... almost! We lay some more groundwork for Gin, talk about scenes with phones, and set up for the oncoming chase...

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The heist of a currency exchange kiosk, in all its "montage playing over credits" glory! We discuss the intricacies of a good heist, what important information to reveal when, come up with a good "bad guy" character, and also come up with a good 24 porn spinoff!

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We meet the gang of criminals taking a moment before their heist to pray for good fortune...

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We break the story of Heaven Heist, in preparation for writing the script, scene by scene, every week!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/oflFfQT7rL0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Doctor Mario goes to college!? Also, the Story Boys have a big announcement about the future of Story Break.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/BGLv9pvRCfw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Atari's Breakout has been begging for a 200 million dollar blockbuster ever since it was released in 1976. Well, 33 years later, 3, 30 somethings, take 3 times 20 minutes to finally break a story worthy of the arcade masterpiece.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/7ig0e1Dipy4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We forgo our usual descent into wikipedia, to instead, dive into the wild world of WOOKIEEPEDIA! The #1 source for all things Star Wars. Will the Story Boys be able to craft an intelligible story from 3 random Star Wars articles? Can they craft a mystery so compelling that Hercule Poirot himself would be pulling out his notepad? You don't have to be the world's greatest detective to answer that question. They do... Or do they?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/fNRrGHbrZwc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We tackle another one of the internet's great mystery. Who is the lovable creature known as Geedis? Who will rule The Land of Ta? Can milk power starships? Find out in this groovy episode of Story Break!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/liJp_IYZmWs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Whats the story behind the big guys in all those action movies? You know the ones. They're 7 feet tall. Don't talk. Often bald. The hero always hurts their fist trying to punch them. The villains talk down to them and disrespect them. But they must have their own wants and dreams, right?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/Hk5yxGaflV4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Freddie has not slept. Matt is late because of his new baby. And Will desperately tries to update Shakespeare for a modern, butt-wiping audience.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/S7EufM6YHBQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We try to make a classic Gothic Romance from our vague memories of this pre-Titanic Leo flick. It's not quite as sexy a movie as we remember.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/iDubtj4bxDA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We take something Matt accidentally said and make, yes, a sick weed movie out of it aw yeah!

From the story void, we conjure a tale about man and cats.

We take a random band name and make the most patriotic sci-fi movie of all time...

The Earth is FLAT... and it's up to Bryce and Slarlar of the Darksiders to save their races and inflate Earth with the magma from the Necrosun! Thank you to Bryce for the suggestion this week!

Forget about comic books - what if EVERY Disney IP merged together for gigantic multi-feature series? We attempt to visualize what this fan fest might look like! Note: NO Avengers Endgame spoilers here (because we all hadn't seen it yet). Warning: This episode contains Freddie's very bad interpretation of a Cajun? French accent? We're still unsure.

Beth May (@heybethmay) joins us as we pair the adjective "Bad" with a randomly generated profession, ala Bad Santa, Bad Moms, Bad Lieutenant, etc.!

A movie about what happens when the biggest influencer in the world gives his channel away... special guest appearance from Freddie's mom!

We do the sequel to the greatest American action movie ever made!

Fred Durst joins us as we take a human sense and wrangle yet another horror movie out of depriving it!

The sequel to one of the greatest films of all time, no big deal

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We tackle breaks from the first ONE HUNDRED EPISODES we feel deserve a second chance...

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We jump into the Apex Legends feature film, and pitch the story to some unwitting gamers

Matt's triumphant return as we try to break a wiki roulette inside my van parked outside his apartment , with a very special trailer...

Matt tasks us with coming up with a children's book story for his brand new daughter! Warning: This episode is extremely wholesome.

Ahoy mateys! We take on a new pirate movie and even visit the new and improved ride at Disneyland! Yarr!

We tackle a feature film for a kid adventure movie project we're Actually Working On!

The steamy feature film of the Milton Bradley island adventure board game from the 80s!

The first story Will ever wrote when he was 8 years old! It's about dragons!

We turn the Charlie Daniels' classic into a film with a protagonist you might not expect...

Radical! We build a Space Jam sequel based off of a tweet from the Hawkman!

We ALL somehow missed Bird Box, so we attempt to crack the movie based on the poster and marketing materials alone! Films discussed include The Birds, A Quiet Place, Annihilation, and two episodes from our show Dimension 404 - Cinethrax and Impulse!

We tackle a lightning round - this time, random selections from our big internal list of episode ideas that we haven't touched.

We're joined by podcast editor Cameron Covell to break Poopsie Surprise - this holiday season's hottest scatalogical children's toy!

The BOYS ARE BACK so Brian Firenzi, fellow VGHS writer and the funniest man alive, joins us to break Thin Lizzy's The Boys are Back in Town!

A movie about Smash Brothers? With all those characters!? How!? Find out by listening to this episode!

Everyone's favorite(?) quarter suckin' road racin' arcade machine gets the feature film treatment!

General Mills put out the call, and we answer with a movie about everyone's favorite breakfast vampire!

We play Wikiroulette once again, and end up with a movie that combines giant mechanical fast food restaurants in the post apocalypse, Papa Roach, and the final entry Bridget Jones's Diary saga!

We tackle some Australian folklore - a horror film about the terrifying DROP BEAR!

The galaxy's most feared bounty hunter Boba Fett finally gets a sweet movie of his own that's definitely still happening at Disney yup yup!

We have one hour to break FIVE arcade classics in our first ever lightning round episode! On the docket: Frogger, Burgertime, Paper Boy, Donkey Kong Jr., and Ms. Pacman!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/FzB75w4CJ9k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We dive into a bit of obscure internet history and make a movie out of it!

We team up with fellow Friends enthusiast Riley Rose Critchlow, host of HAGS Podcast and star of Anime Crimes Division, to break a totally normal straight ahead movie for 90s sitcom Friends that has absolutely zero video game elements in it.

Against our better judgment, we return to video games to tackle the story of the internet fan art sensation known as Bowsette! The trailer features the vocal talents of Penny Parker (https://twitter.com/snapscube) and Beth May (https://twitter.com/heybethmay)

We team up with our friend Beth May to bring you a horror movie designed to MAKE YOU CRY!

We turn Blake Snyder's classic on screenwriting and turn it into an ill-advised movie!

We tackle (YES THE PUN WORKS FINALLY) Warhammer's take on American football - Blood Bowl! Plus a new ending segment - an audio trailer of the movie!

We tackle the original button masher - Hungry Hungry Hippos AND debut a new elevator pitch format!

We finally tackle time travel, and we're gonna try and kill Hitler!

Ain't no rule says a kangaroo CAN'T play tennis!

We break the most ridiculous heist movie ever, which came from a side idea generated while writing a script for an actual project. This one's an original!

Matt and Will lead a bewildered Freddie along the path of what a Frasier reboot might look like!

The team cultivates the seed of an idea that was planted when Freddie and Matt walked by Autopia at Disneyland last weekend.

I can't believe we are attempting the insane JRPG/Disney mashup that is Kingdom Hearts. Also, enjoy our new segment "Matt Explains Things to Moms!"

Oh yeah! Everyone's favorite sentient glass jug of refreshing high-fructose corn syrup soft drink gets his own movie! Oh yeahhh!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rocketjump/story-break/~4/TeTAwFBTbG8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We take the internationally beloved game of rock, paper, scissors and make a movie out of it!

Wahhh! It's Luigi's... brother? Alter ego? Frenemy? Wahhh!

This is the sequel that literally everyone wants and is asking for all the time both in real life and online constantly.

We grizzled veterans take on the fire safety mascot Smokey Bear! Movies discussed and referenced include Paddington (both of 'em), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Serious Man, and Take Shelter

We extract a beautiful, heartwarming story of love and loss out of a very boring board game.

If you're looking to school your friends in Guess Who, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRlbNOno5VA

We somehow make sense of the raw insanity of the world's most popular video game Fortnite! Everyone and their mother plays this game so I guess we should definitely do a podcast episode on this huh? Gotta get them clicks!

The team tackles an always difficult horror movie and come up with something mega creepy and mega crawly based off the hit latex bug baking toy!

We draw from our list of ideas to break the story for an action thriller set... during MOVING DAY! Also don't forget to check out Freddie's guest appearance on Who Shot Ya? this week as well!

The thrilling YA feature film adaptation of the audio-based perceptual internet craze that's setting the internet ablaze! Follow these righteous teens as they rebel against society for love and stuff!

Warning: Infinity War spoilers abound! But if you want to know how the next Avengers will end, look no further as we crack the story for Avengers: Infinity War 2! Marvel Babies! Maybe. We're working on that title still.

We get deep into the MCU and Infinity War on this one!

We adapt Mr. Clean, everyone's favorite bald cleaning dude, into a feature film! Discussions include thoughts about arcs for magical characters, the Disney classic Mary Poppins, and deep philosophical musings on the nature of cleanliness.

The team summits yet another mountain - this time, the snowy slopes of classic 90s Windows survival horror masterpiece Ski Free.

This week the team breaks the story behind the best theme park attraction you'll never see: Space Mountain!

The team is joined by Elyse Willems to discuss the most important question: where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

We kick off MaxFunDrive 2018 with an attempt to summit the Aggro Crag of story adaptations: Beloved 90s Nickelodeon game show GUTS! We delve into the mechanics of teen "coming of age" stories and the "Jumanji" archetype.

The team attempts to break the story behind the incredible stretchy-man figure.

This week the team is joined by voice-actress-extraordinaire Ashly Burch to break the story behind the everyone's favorite living vacuum cleaner, Kirby!

The team starts with Steven Spielberg's scrapped E.T. 2 pitch and try to make a sequel out of everyone's favorite bicycle-flying alien.

What happens when Buried meets Cabin in the Woods? This high-octane slasher film that takes place entirely in a limousine!

After getting a split-result on a poll, the team blends the story of two of today's hottest games: Stardew Valley and Monster Hunter: World!

The team randomly pairs a former U.S President with a monster in honor of President's Day and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

In honor of Valentine's Day, the team takes a name from a list of computer-generated harlequin romance novel titles.

The team is joined by the creator of @SuperMarioFact, Alex Lemley, to break the potential story behind the upcoming Mario movie!

In honor of The Purge, the team attempts to break the story of THE SPLURGE! For 12 hours only, all shopping is FREE!

This week the team attempts to break the story of gaming's beefiest boy: Duke Nukem!

The team tackles the greatest board game that involves an 8x8 board and little horsies - Chess! Thanks to @ LordKyler and @thanksmitchell for sending this in!

The team tries to break the story behind the controversial mascot of smoking: Joe Camel!

The team starts asking the real questions this week: why DID the chicken cross the road?

After watching The Last Jedi, the team tries to break the next movie in the Star Wars universe!

The team rolls the story cubes and must develop a story based on Christmas! Get ready for Sleighrunner (Bourne meets Jingle All The Way)!

This week the team is tasked with writing the third movie in the Jurassic World series!

This week the team attempts to break the story of the game that has been known to "break" lesser players.

This week the team tries to break the story behind a dream Freddie had!

In honor of our start on Maximum Fun, the team attempts to break the story of the Burger King Kids Club!

The team attempts to break the story of the legendary and slightly terrifying children's entertainer: Chuck E Cheese!

The team deep dives on Aunt Beru (of Tatooine fame) and breaks a new feature-length film in the Star Wars universe!

The team is tasked with breaking the story behind a random Wiki entry: 'garlic salt'. A spooky yet tasty romance ensues!

The team joins forces with director Duncan Jones to break the story of the classic strategy game franchise: XCOM.

Taken. The Foreigner. Nothing is scarier than a father wronged. The team attempts to break the story of a dad on a mission.

You all know the story behind the debonair secret agent. Now feast your ears on his origin story!

The team cracks one of the largest and most popular franchises in history: Star Wars!

Take a ride with us on our "future" keyboard as we take on the evil V.I.R.U.5!

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Come take a ride with us as the team tries to crack the twisty-turny story behind Crazy Taxi!

The team takes you behind the scenes of the 100% faithful adaptation of Steven King's I.T.

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The team attempts to break the story of the incredible insurance legend: Flo!

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The team takes a crack at breaking the story for the intergalactic transport industry.

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The team tackles one of the world's most important question: Where is Waldo?

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The team attempts to crack the story of everyone's "favorite" speedy hedgehog.

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The team selects random topics from the world's favorite wiki and combines them into a coming-of-age film!

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The team tackles the story behind the latest craze in gaming: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS!

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The man. The myth. The legend. After weeks of suspense, the team finally unboxes the story behind DIRTY DAN!

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The team sits down with the brother-extraordinaire, Jimmy Wong, to break the story behind Magic: The Gathering.

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The team breaks the story around a beloved board game series. You won't believe what happens next!

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The team rolls the dice and gets to work breaking a story based on the results!

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We play ARMS for the first time and try to break it's story using the "rich" lore provided by Nintendo!

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We try to crack the story of the newly announced Metroid game!

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The challenge: crack a story that's trending on Twitter. You won't believe what happens next!

We give our pitch is for Fast & The Furious 10: Fast Forever!

We give our hot take on what we believe The Boss Baby is about based on just the name and the trailers.

We tackle a feature film based on everyone's favorite Microsoft Office assistant: Clippy, the sentient paperclip.

We tackle a feature film based on Hasbro's Monopoly, the beloved board game that nobody ever plays right.

Where we lay the foundation for numerous feature films and Netflix series set within the Kellogg's cereal cinematic universe.

Where we attempt to crack a story for Jumper, a movie from 2008 about a teleporting teen.

Where we single-handedly turn one of Star Wars' most hated characters into the greatest hero who's ever lived a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

Where we finally answer what a show based on Nintendo's classic The Legend of Zelda might look like.