Number thirty-seven written, and by now you guys know all I have is the plot bunny. This one can occur sometime in March 2010.

"What's up?" asked Spoony as he entered the front hall, taking off his heavy jacket. From the living room Linkara called out, "Marzgurl gave me some anime last time she came over. I figured you could watch it with me and Iron Liz."

"Sweet," Spoony grinned, kicking off his sneakers. As he slid into the living room he asked, "What did she give you?"

"Furuba, Inuyasha, Ranma ½, and Sailor Moon."

"Okay then," Spoony shrugged, flopping down into an armchair. "Let's go for it. Inuyasha sounds interesting. Let's start there. Um, are these subs or dubs?"

"Dubs," Linkara responded, opening up the DVD case. "This one apparently features a half-demon and time travel and mystical jewel shards."

"Okay… what season is this?"

"The first one," Linkara replied. "These are all first season sets. Marzgurl felt I'd be too confused otherwise."

"Knowing your love of continuity, annoyance might have been the greater concern," Spoony needled his friend. Balancing two giant bowls of buttery popcorn Iron Liz came in from the kitchen. Spoony nodded his greetings but grinned his thanks as she gave him a bowl. She cuddled up next to Linkara on the couch, sharing the larger bowl with him. So the trio watched the first two episodes together.

"Okay, I want to watch the rest some time," Spoony declared afterwards. "But first- I need more popcorn."

"Me too, and you just liked that the scorpion lady's breasts were shown," Linkara sighed at his best friend's immaturity, which was reinforced by Spoony's replying raspberry. Iron Liz nudged him in the ribs. "I liked it."

"Me too, although the theme song confused me… where are all those people?"

"We'll probably meet them later in the season- and do I have to make my own popcorn?"

"Hang on," sighed Linkara, getting up. "Iron Liz and I need more popcorn too. I'll get it this time, sweetie."

"Thanks, sweetie," Iron Liz smiled as Linkara grabbed the bowls and left.

"So yeah, can we watch a few more episodes before moving on?"

"No… let's try Sailor Moon. It's been a while since Linkara and I have seen any of that anime."

"I doubt it's been on TV since like 2000," laughed Spoony. Iron Liz shrugged, grabbing the blanket from the back of the couch. "Probably."

With Iron Liz snug under the blanket Spoony switched out the discs as Linkara finished up making the popcorn. Once he was back, they resumed eating popcorn and watching anime. After the first pair of Sailor Moon episodes they watched the first two Ranma ½ episodes since they still had popcorn left.

"No, just no," went Linkara. "Dudes turning into girls and then turning back into dudes… and men turning into pandas!"

"I thought it was cool," sulked Iron Liz, Spoony nodding his agreement. With a sigh Linkara got up to make even more popcorn. "Well, to each their own. And with all this popcorn we've been eating we won't need dinner tonight."

"What is Furuba anyway?" yelled Iron Liz to her absent boyfriend. He shouted back, "It's the Japanese name for "Fruits Basket"- now that's a transformational manga I get!"

"What?"

"You'll see; "Fruits Basket" is brilliant!" beamed Iron Liz. Dubiously Spoony wished for popcorn. But once Furuba started up, he enjoyed the weirdness. The Shiba family seemed as messed up as the Channel Awesome family, even though the latter couldn't turn into animals from the Eastern Zodiac.

"What is up with anime people's hair?" Linkara wondered. Iron Liz shrugged, "They aren't restricted by real-life rules."

"That shouldn't make as much sense as it does," Linkara sighed, making Spoony snicker.

After that Spoony needed to head home to Arizona to heat up dinner before Miles came home from his shift. As he pulled his jacket back on Spoony thanked his best friend and his best friend's girlfriend.

"Thanks for a… Fantasia afternoon, guys."

"You're welcome, but please. One pun-master is all I need in my life," Linkara informed Spoony seriously, but the grin he flashed at Iron Liz showed he was at least partially teasing. With a mocking salute Spoony left for his own home.