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Baman Piderman

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  • Awesome Art: Once the beard starts to grow out of Stylistic Suck, the animation looks really good.
  • Can't Un-Hear It: Just try talking about either Batman or Spider-Man without pronouncing the baby-talk version of their names for whom the series is titled. It's harder than it sounds.
  • Cult Classic: While nowhere near as vastly popular as Mondo Media's other less-niche shows, this one in particular is deeply beloved by pretty much every fan of Mondo Media. Probably due to how much it sticks out from the rest of the vulgar, gorey shows that Mondo is known for.
  • Ensemble Dark Horse: Pumkin. The creators have evidently taken note of his popularity, and as such Pumkin's been pretty much the main focus of Season 2 so far.
  • Epileptic Trees: Fans have speculated that the Basement Monsters' Pie Portal is actually a Pumpkin Pie made from Pumkin's innards after he was carved by the Basement Monsters. Jossed, as Season 3 revealed it's actually a pizza pie. Named "Pizza".
  • Growing the Beard:
    • "Guess Da Number" starts it when things become slightly more comprehensible and Baman and Piderman start becoming more distinct, as well as introducing That Guy and The Other Guy.
    • The Christmas Episode, "Happy Winter Friends" is where most fans say that the show gets really good. With the episode having genuine stakes, the introduction of various new characters, kickstarting the whole "Piderman is being haunted" Story Arc, and most importantly, Pumkin getting his body.
    • "Revealations" is another particularly bump in quality. As it introduces genuine Character Development, something that continues for the rest of the series.
  • Heartwarming in Hindsight: As the show went on, the relationship between its co-creators, Alex Butera and Lindsay Smalls developed as well. It's noticable that the first episode listed the credits with Alex's name first, and below it, written "helps: Lindsay Small", then later episodes opened with "Created by Alex Butera and Lindsay Small", until final installments opened with "Created by Alex and Lindsay Small-Butera".
  • Viewer Gender Confusion:
    • Many of the YouTube comments on newer episodes ask if Pumkin is a girl.
    • Squib, too. Word of God says Pumkin is a boy and Squib is... a squib.

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