5 Reasons why Nicholas Merchant is "King Of Drakoloid"

Hello people its Retrograv here today with a new blog. Decided to switch gears instead of doing my usual review of an internet song, album or a show episode in this blog we will discuss "internet stars".  

Since this is my first blog talking about e-fame decided to break it down into a top five category and following under the category of Drakoloid stars specifically. Today's Drakoloid star I am going to blog about is Nicholas Merchant star of High Schooled, Uniquely Normal, Kevin & Alec's Adventures and Bad Influences.  I am going to state the five reasons why he is King Of Drakoloid.


5. He capitalizes on his Drakoloid stardom. 


Nicholas Merchant is one of those stars on Drakoloid who knows "if you want to sell it you have to be it" and this is the case thats all correct. His twitter, youtube is filled with the same content that other twitters for his related Drakoloid content contains. He presents it with confidence and a stage presence that emphasizes "I am a star and I know it". This is what all consumers who want to be entertained are looking for in an entertainer. Its important to use that quality when promoting a product.

4. He is an A+ actor on the network. 

Well what can you say, he is and he has done a versatile amount of characters over the years. From Kevin to Ryan Brahmer to Arthur to so many more. He can do it all. I wish we had more interviews on him and Q&As to find out what are his acting inspirations. Many Drakoloid actors tend to be monotone and can only play one character, which is what I expect from a kids network. When your acting with kids mostly kids only can portray one character they learn. Even from a really young age like other Drakoloid legends he had that talent, that star power there. It only grew as time went on while in others it demised.

3. He creates and writes his own content. 

Nick Merchant is like Drake Vegas in a way where he is always creating. His mind set is to always entertain and to present something that has been worked on with his own touch. Even from a young age and watching Comedy Cubed retro shows "Red and Blue" his ambition to expand was there. He went on to create his own production company called "Comedy Cubed", following that writing, producing, directing many shows to come for Comedy Cubed and now into the Drakoloid realm. No other Drakoloid star has this type of credit or style. The only Drakoloid stars that come close to be on a creativity level like Merchant would be Sarah Kellysen and Matt Parker who did behind the scene work for their own shows. But Nick Merchant did the most out of any of them.

2. He has starred in multiple shows and been acting in more shows than any other Drakoloid stars.

As mentioned previously in this article Nicholas Merchant has starred in multiple shows. He is becoming a powerhouse to Drakoloid slowly but steadily. High Schooled is the number two show on Drakoloid after ARTic. His previous shows that are on Drakoloid in reruns during the school days is Uniquely Normal and Kevin & Alec's Adventures. I hope in the future Drake decides to air Red and Blue and even the shorter one season series Prairie Dog Rules could be the doggy style version of Carter The Cat and Grandpa's Vision.

1. He is the most known male icon to the Drakoloid community. 

Before Nick Merchant there was no real definite Drakoloid male star that would capitalize his stardom on Drakoloid. The waters were tested with the male demographic for Drakoloid finding its "male icon". Matt Parker was the first however his male stardom faded away after 2014 when he departures from Drakoloid, began an independent music career and then went into hiding in Europe afterwards like many former Drakoloid stars. He had potential to be the first Drakoloid male star but that never came through because he was a voice actor on Junglematic, Imperfect Patrick and Swordsmen, we would only see him at the DCAs. Logan Messenger was the second tested he worked on Drakoloid from 2012 to 2017 he guest starred on every "golden" Drakoloid show you could think of Are You Ready To Scream, Junglematic, Imperfect Patrick, Billy & Lily, GirlAGE Band, etc. He played main roles on Diaries Of Alices Bedroom and ARTic. Then went to his staring role "House Of Adopted Adam" which was going to break him into a success.  Cameron Watson was well known in the Drakoloid community in 2014-2016 was a contender for this too, a random picture of him was even placed in the Drakoloid Time Capsule back in 2015 to represent his "alleged power" for the network. He starred in Long Lost and Viral Jenneration which both only lasted season and afterwards he just continued with youtube. Long Lost is currently in reruns on a regular basis even with four episodes and many people love it still. Now as for Nick Merchant it seems like he has the staying power of Sarah Kellysen because he already is scheduled to be on another show called "Bad Influences" another male demographic teen show. His shows will be legendary, I am sure of it. He is the key to the male demographic of the network and Drake Vegas very well knows it. I would be proud to call Nick Merchant "King Of Drakoloid" in the future and I think people have been spreading that word around now.

Thank you guys for reading my blog today. Do you all agree or disagree that Nicholas Merchant is the King of Drakoloid? Comment below.  😊

Drakoloid Review: November 25, 2017 ARTic, High Schooled & Are You Ready To Scream?

Hello fellow readers of the internet, your reviewer for internet shows Retrograv is back. My apologies for not writing reviews these past few months but I am back now.

Today I will be reviewing the new fall premieres on Drakoloid from Saturday November 25, 2017 ARTic, High Schooled and Are You Ready To Scream? season premieres. This night by judging all three of these shows it seems like Drakoloid was capturing on its "shock value" where plots were left open ended and character development sky rocketed in different roots. Don't know if this theme of "shock" was intentional or not either way it would of worked. Drakoloid's annual fall premieres began later but better late than never. November 26, 2017 will be premiering The Selina Mckay Show, Videotrek and the new season of Rock The Basement  I believe so I will review those separately, So lets begin.

First up is the ARTic season 4 premiere "Transition" part 1 of 2. This is described as the "revamped" show where ARTic seems to be taking a satirical direction with its show in plot, character and lines. Previously ARTic would deal with its topics in a more serious manner, in this premiere they deal with it in a humorous way. Now since this is a complete revamped show three main characters were removed which was Amy Rogers, Bradley Berkowitz and Samantha Vegas taking out of three of the original characters from the beginning. This usually causes a rift when a show removes tons of characters in this case so far so good. Drake Vegas prepared for this because he had already lined up Jennifer, Blake, Kyle and Principal Willy as main characters in the previous season, so it doesn't look like too much of a loss. These characters were mentioned on where their heading mostly hinting out the upcoming "ARTic University" spin off next year.

The plot for this episode was top secret until the very last minute because rumour has it Drake knew Youtube would take it down immediately because it deals with the topic of "gender fluidity". The LGBTQ+ topics are controversial with this audience because it is younger and the parents aren't always open to the idea of their kids learning about diverse sexuality and gender. Smart motive on Drakoloid behalf, leaving a mystery for the audience which resulted as it being ranked as the most watched ARTic above Mixed Masks on the live stream for Drakoloid of all time. It was about how Jennifer wants to change into who she truly is and that is having a flat chest with a breast reduction. Throughout this episode there was plenty of adult humour especially between Jennifer and Blake. Both of them establish that they want to be just friends because Blake has become the Amy replacement in Jennifer's friendship circle, which is the direction the writers want to go. I think they also want to get rid of the shippings because this is now a satire show but I am not 100 percent sure.

Then we have new character Alexa Silver who is a white girl that is planning to be student body president of the school since Bradley Berkowitz left and was the president before (even though we had no plots outside that one episode that revolved around his presidency or even mentions). I feel they are following the footsteps of High Schooled. She is portrayed by Christina Birdsall who is a solid actress already, it seems Drake has hired people that seem experienced did some research she has done of acting experience. I hope she will be in many more episodes and looking forward to see where her characters head. It seems like she's going to be the antagonist of the show since Samantha left.

Another character development aspect in this episode is that there seems to be plot sets up for Kyle where he's going to transform into his own artist, hopefully in part two we see more of that. I also strongly believe there should be a spin off show with Principal Willy and Kyle. Jack Ripoff says that there is more lines in the second part of this episode that he gets than he does in the whole previous season.

My prediction for part two of Transition is that Jennifer will either decide to go through the sex change or not, hopefully she does so its not a waste of an episode. I think the next episode will deal with the school election too Jennifer vs. Alexa which we will probably see more Alexa. Overall this first part of the episode has set everything in place I will give it 9.5/10. Solid superb episode. The acting by Sarah Kellysen, Christina Birdsall, Andrew Bouchahine, Jack Ripoff and Paul Petroskey is solid here too.

Now onto High Schooled "Money Problems" this is the second season premiere and part 1 of 2 for this episode. This is obvious the season premiere their is a lot of growth and maturity shown just in the actors themselves. Derek de Jong has a deeper voice and looks taller than he did in the previous season. This is set in their later years of High School which Derek and Ryan go through. So lets begin.

This episode is based after the first season finale where Derek and Ryan are part of the student council since Derek Lipton is president of the school now. This episode also introduces new characters with Lauren played by Alyssa Russell who is also on the student council seems to be antagonist to this show while before it was Sean who departured in "The Traitor". The direction the show takes in the school is not just the general academic part but the extra curricular's of High School. We only start delving into the shows true premise mid way through the first season and now in the second season its trying to find its ground. There also seems to be more character development on Kenny done by Nikhil Patel where he plays a main part in this plot and seems to be more so the comedic relief in the shows new era.

The summary of this episode is about when the financial state of the school's budget is low from Principal Pearson and Derek and Ryan can't use Lauren's ideas for student council. Lauren then recalls for a vote which causes a rift in Derek and Ryan's places on the board. The episode then ends up saying "to be continued". I have to say High Schooled really took notes from ARTic by focusing on plot more here than character, just like how ARTic focused on character this time instead of plot, a reverse role in the Drakoloid show universe.

My prediction for part two of "Money Problems" is that Derek and Ryan may start a fundraiser in order to stop Lauren from having a recall vote but we will see what happens coming up. Overall this episode I would says ranks as 8.5/10 pretty solid and everything seems set up well. The acting by Derek de Jong, Nicholas Merchant, Nikhil Patel, Alyssa Russell and Jason Merchant was well done.

Now onto the final part of the night with Are You Ready To Scream? "A Story About A Cabin Killer" this episode was the season 6 premiere marking it as the longest Drakoloid show to date. It seems like Rocky Palmer has left the writing crew for Are You Ready To Scream, she is no longer the producer or executive producer of the show, now it is Drake Vegas full time.

In the season premiere we see how the direction takes with Drake Vegas as the full time show producer. Drake Vegas shows off that he can still write shows in any genre and in this case the horror in the episode is evident. The episode is about this couple who goes to their grandpa's cabin for the weekend but people start to disappear. It turns out to be a paranormal activity type of filming and incidents that occur. At the end the demon monster jumps out at the camera guy and thats where the story ends after a long time of running.

I think after sixth seasons the show is becoming watered down especially with one of its original creators leaving. I was wondering if this was going to be the last season of the show but maybe with these high ratings it may live on much longer. Overall I give this episode a 7.5/10 could of been longer but still well done.

Thank you for reading my reviews more will be coming soon!

Drakoloid Review: July 29th High Schooled "Derek For President" & Three In A Modern State "Pilot"

Hey guys Retrograv returning for a review. Sorry I have been so busy lately with work and personal life I needed a break from reviewing but I am back because I really wanted to review these two shows been watching Drakoloid a lot during the summer.

Today we are reviewing the 2-parts of the summer special "Derek For President" and Three In A Modern State premiere episode. This year Drakoloid decided to make High Schooled the show of the year where they host new years and are the biggest hyped event in the summer. Last year it was all about the 5 year anniversary and Viral Jenneration.

So lets get into it...

First up High Schooled "Derek For President" so this is a 2 part episode where Derek runs for student body president of the school. This episode arc will be expanding into 3 parts which will be in the season finale "The Traitor" which I will review next week.

Part One Derek and Ryan set up a campaign against Victor, portrayed by Jacob Beiser. I don't know if its the actor or character but I was getting homosexual vibes off Victor and that he has a crush on Ryan, found it very interesting and surprising. I am guessing by the scarf it could be true too. Great to see equality in a Drakoloid show if this fact is proven true. Another thing that surprised me in part one is they used a lot of PG rated language "hell" and "bastard" where used in this episode. For a kids show this is shocking even though they are tame, is the world ready for this yet? In the first part Derek's campaign poster gets stolen from Victor after Ryan shows Victor the idea.

Then heading into Part two of the episode it starts in Derek and Ryan are in Principal Pearson's office which Principal Pearson has a great quote I have seen before "Good artists copy, Great artists steal" I just found this hilarious. Derek and Ryan go to Sean for an idea in a campaign which doesn't go out as planned because Sean had different visions. Victor and Ryan face off in debate when Victor framed Derek's video as an attack ad. Which Derek and Ryan assume Sean did it and it ends their.

For part one I will rate it 8.5/10 It has a great build up and it is the start of this 3-part story arc. The characters were all used for good use. Derek De Jong, Nicholas Merchant and Jacob Beiser shined and their acting was spot on. Then for part two I will rate it 9.5/10 the build up got better and the end result of that really wanted to draw the viewer in to see more. Derek De Jong, Nicholas Merchant, Jacob Beiser and Paul Ingersoll again all great work here and used well.

Nicholas Merchant seems to be directing the show on a topic of voting and campaigning. I think he was inspired from the U.S. presidential campaign last year with Donald Trump vs. Hilary Clinton where those references come in. There was more risk in this episode than any other High Schooled episode.  I am excited to see how the episode ends with "The Traitor" season finale and I am even more excited that it is a Sean centred episode by the looks of it.

Now onto Three In A Modern State premiere this show is about three roommates living together in upstate Network, one is a republican conservative Colton, one is a gay liberal Tyler and the other is a stoner Melanie. Together they have to get along with their different viewpoint ideas.

The premiere episode is about when Tyler is putting on make up to watch his same-sex hook up show and Colton comes in believing that males should not wear make up. Tyler and Colton are at each others throats and waits until Melanie comes home to decide. However they all have to come to a mutual agreement to get along which they decide to get along without getting along.

I will give this show a 9.5/10 because of the ideas behind this show of making it the first ever same-sex based show and what better way then to bring those ideas with conservative based characters. Toby McCulskey, Benny Roark and Nancy Bellany do an excellent job at playing these types of characters they are the most solid cast I have ever seen in a Drakoloid or internet show in general. This show really hits home in a lot of ways where I had similar situations like this since i am LGBTQ+. I am curious to see what other topics are going to be exposed in this season of Three In A Modern State. I hope we see more episodes very soon. Overall great premiere of a great show that I honestly believe will be a new hit.

Drakoloid Review: April 15th ARTic "The Longest Couple"

Hey so here is another review,

This time it is for the ARTic episode "The Longest Couple" which is a very different episode than from other episodes especially recently it is kind of polarized from the others so lets start the review.

The Longest Couple is an episode where Jennifer and Bradley look through Blake's old high school senior yearbook from a few years ago and Jennifer and Bradley not only find out that Blake and Samantha went to the same school together but they were also labelled "The Longest Couple" for senior year. Which leads to Jennifer and Bradley trying to find out the truth.

This episode had great acting performances by Andrew Bouchahine, Alejandra Deleon and Sarah Kellysen but the main objective is Andrew and Alejandra  were the center as far as plot developing goes. I do notice that Rhys Clarke's parts in this were recycled clips and just didn't combine well in this episode which brings down the episode quality a bit. I don't know if Rhys didn't have time to film and they just wanted to release this episode.

Now the episode is about Jennifer (and Bradley) finding out if they were a couple which the confrontation scene is well executed. Alejandra and Andrew played it out really well to be subtle but then switch their attitude when Jennifer leaves. It turns out the plot twist was they were a couple but their both embarrassed by it which makes sense why they hate on each other now since the beginning of the series. This storyline was probably one of the most interesting from the third season.

I will have to give this episode an 8/10 mainly for its storyline and well executed scenes with Alejandra and Andrew in this episode. This would be a 7.5 if it didn't have those aspects. We also are missing several main characters in this episode too so it felt like a shorter cast. But overall well done!

Drakoloid Review: April 8th ARTic "Jennifer In The Middle"

Hey everybody,

Retrograv here for another review on Drakoloid's ARTic. Sorry for being so late been a busy week this week but I am here finally writing the review for "Jennifer In The Middle" so lets start.

So Jennifer In The Middle is about when Jennifer knocks down the new Coffee Shop sign and then has to work as a coffee waitress with guess who? Kyle Willy who returns but not as Remy Esposi but as Jack Ripoff. Remy has once again disappeared from the internet and youtube unexpectedly and he may have quit ARTic again (last time was in November 2014). So Jack Ripoff fits the bill and I have to say he fits the part pretty well. After watching this episode I feel the current cast of ARTic with Kim Lawrence included that the actors are solid and hopefully not too many changes happen throughout season 4 and 5.

This episodes strongest point is on Jennifer's outfit where it revolves around that which Blake thinks its too much. Blake isn't necessarily being shallow but he is realizing Jennifer is trying to be someone she's not. I understand the direction being made in this episode.

We then have the subplot which is a race judged by Samantha to see if Amy or Bradley will get their way on the font project they are working on to get it done while Jennifer is working. Amy and Bradley have a race another high point but its funny how we only see Amy doing work while Bradley sits around which Bradley wins. It was a nice turn of events for a change.

Overall this episode deserves a rating of 8/10 the plot reminded me of something from season one and the acting was a strong point in this episode especially from Kim Lawrence and Jack Ripoff the new comers really shined in this episode.

Drakoloid Reviews: Teenhood Season Finale + Weekend

Hello Internet,

Retrograv here with a new review that I have been meaning to do for a while which was for "Teenhood Weekend" from March 17-19th on Drakoloid. This weekend had non-stop Teenhood which had all the previous episodes re-running multiple times and then the two part season finale "Too Late To Apologize" and "Most Unexpected Turns".  So lets start.

Lets recap for a minute here of what I think about the first 13 episodes of Teenhood. I think the season starts off with just very shocking revelations in the beginning with Carly being pregnant and then it builds as we go through the season with her revealing she had sex with Cameron at a party when she was drunk behind her boyfriend Alex's back. Then we find out Alex is a smoker (which doesn't get shown) I think Elias Ellis departures from the show after the first part of season one. Then we have another plot with Miranda and Simon's mother has cancer and she is hospitalized throughout this season, again we don't see her mother in the hospital. Then we have Cameron and Simon wanting to start a band and we see them practicing throughout the season. And then we have our villain Britney who has been taking advantage of her best friend Taylor and the new student Stacey. So what does this all dial down too? Well heres what I think.

In "Too Late To Apologize" Carly finally talks to Cameron and tells him the truth about whats been going on. This scene it seemed Cameron was in a state of shock which for his type of personality seems logical and seems over whelming where he doesn't know what to say. I hope in the second season we see his later reaction. Britney then hands in her final project that Stacey created which this leads on to Britney getting sent to the principals office. Its also interesting when Simon stands up to Britney as well as Stacey where there at the point that they have all had enough of Britney. Then we have Stacey and Carly making up which was nice to see since Hazel Woodley's next episode is the last one of the series.

I have to give this episode a 8/10 I mean there could have been more to it but I have to say its a great lead up to whats to come in the following episode which is the season finale. Its also nice to see Miranda making peace with Cameron too so theres resolution here and you can tell this is getting close to the end of the season.

Now the season finale "Most Unexpected Turns" the show takes a 360 here in many aspects Carly confronts Alex and they seem to have a bad break up.  Carly had enough of him and is going to raise the baby himself. That may change the dynamic since Carly and Alex once were the happy couple in the beginning and now there complete enemies. Another drastic change is Stacey gets accepted to a cheerleading school (foreshadowing Viral Jenneration) which was great closure on Hazel Woodley's character especially with her jamming out with Cameron and Simon in the end. Then we have a dramatic change with Miranda and Simon's mother who died from cancer Miranda gets a call from the hospital so we will see who the after math of this erupts in the next season. And then the turn that I am excited about because of personal taste is Britney gets suspended but she is determined to get Taylor back. Britney and Taylor's friendship is over by this episode so I wonder how things will go in the next season. That last scene was fire.

This season finale deserves a 9.5/10 Everything here was spot on the acting, writing, story and even the filming of it was pretty good compared to other episodes. This really ties the whole season together in a bow and I think more people would enjoy the series if they binge watched the whole season and then watch this final episode.

This overall season I would rate it out of ten, 8/10 its classic Teenhood and it will soon be classic Drakoloid in the future. It pushed the idea of virtual collab shows even further after ARTic and Long Lost. Best Drakoloid drama show to date. I hope in the future more Drakoloid drama shows are created. As for the second season I am looking forward for whats to come. Michaela Chandler, Elias Ellis, Meldi SN, Aidan Brown, Kyle Warden, Darragh O' Maonaigh, Madison Desiato, Rachel Jones, Keyara Stamps and Hazel Woodley. You all did great! What a great ensemble cast.

Drakoloid Reviews March 12th: ARTic "Western Week" Teenhood "Hooked On The Fire", Kevin & Alec "The Kevin's" & Uniquely Normal "Broke"

Hello reads of the internet,

Retrograv here with a new review for Drakoloid shows that premiered on March 12, 2017. This is the first time ARTic and Teenhood have been on the same night with the same line up since 2016 on Earth Day (I believe). We are talking about four shows today that will be reviewed from this interesting line up.

First we have ARTic "Western Week", this episode follows Jennifer and Amy trying to come up with a Western Week project because its Western Week at the ARTic. They end up dreaming and heading back to 1855 which they end up having to help Fredrick Remington who is played by Andrew Bouchachine who is also Blake Columbus to save a bar from being taken over by Sheriff Willy. 

This episode has a pretty solid storyline as it all flows through smoothly from beginning to end. Drake Vegas executed the writing of the famous bar/coffee shop fight scene well and will probably be remembered in best ARTic moments for the third season. The costumes for this episode were magnificent and they were styled differently for everybody. The country/western accents especially in Andrew and Paul's voices were noticeable and just adds an extra touch to the western theme.

If I was to rate this episode it would be a solid 9/10 The only thing I wish there was more of was Bradley Berkowitz (Rhys Clarke) he only had two lines which is okay because the rest of the cast was funny but its always nice to see Bradley's bubbly eccentric personality added to the show. But that fight scene between Andrew and Paul was a winner. 

Just want to Congratulate ARTic on a two season renewal it deserves it and I am glad you guys decided to continue your show is the first of many that came for its time. It deserves to keep going until everyone knows and loves it. 

 Now onto the continuing Drakoloid High School Soap Opera Drama Show "TeenHood" Hooked On The Fire. This episode follows Carly trying to confront Alex in her room which is played dramatically well by Michaela Chandler once again. The other plot being Cameron wants to ask Britney out but Britney rejects him.

The acting in this episode was on point with everyone even the more weaker actors in the show. The way Meldi SN films herself in this episode I think is the way she should film every episode that way we can see whats around at least and not just facial closes up, Major improvement on her half. I think if Aidan Brown did the same thing it would definitely benefit the show. Although with his on point acting that isn't as noticeable. As for Madison Desiato, Kay Stamps, Hazel Woodley, Darragh, etc. All well done again with what has been executed here leading us onto the last two episodes next week.

This episodes gets a 9/10 really well way to hype us up for the finale and what could happen. Especially with that whole Taylor and Stacey plot where something bad may happen to Britney hopefully we see it in the finale. The show's plot has become interesting and has been developed enough to bring the audience in.

I will be reviewing "Teenhood Weekend" I am going to even record the bumpers and commercials just to archive if Drakoloid doesn't upload them to youtube, I will.

Now onto "Uniquely Normal" School Project episode which was about Arthur and Charles having to make a project about "What makes America great?". Mind you this episode was made in 2013, Its so funny they say that only a few years before we hear "Make America Great Again" gets thrown around by President Trump. Charles gets his project done at the end of just building monuments in America.

What else is really funny about this episode is the intelligence level of how divided Americans are currently now and this foreshadows it bit in some ways to our reality. Arthur wants to know what Charles thinks makes America great. Charles doesn't have an answer maybe he is a Trump supporter? Arthur however knows whats going on in America. Two sided polarizations shown here.

I have to give this episode a 9/10 mainly because the topic is a relevant question to today's world. The show seems to gradually improve this week as for last week. You could tell Nicholas Merchant was still experimenting and learning about filmography during this time. Well done.

Then the other Uniquely Normal "Broke" which was even shorter it was about what Arthur and Charles could do when they don't have money.

This one I like that it got to the point but it was kind of too short to really get into enjoying but I did enjoy the bleeped obvious F-Bomb put in here. Shows Drakoloid's risqué side is still there in other shows other than ARTic. This episode I would have to give a 6/10 and probably is my least favourite episode so far from this series.

And finally we have "Kevin and Alec's Adventures!" with the episode "The Kevin's".  This episode is about when Alec comes over to Kevin's house and hangs out with Kevin Jr. during a Tornado siren.

This episode was just well scripted from what we saw with the comedic timing, acting and just the fun vibe off it of things you would do at that age. I adored just the fort making because I remember myself doing that with my bed and turning everything upside down. I only wish this episode could have been much longer.

This episode in my opinion I would rate it 8.5/10 overall with the acting and the script writing young Nicholas Merchant was really gaining experience at this point with filming. Especially that whole fort making scene.

Since I am releasing this on March 14th which is "Pi Day". This throwback to "Pi Day" Song done by High Schooled star Derek De Jong shall be reviewed. This song is really well constructed and just something I would declare as the National Pi Day anthem. I think Derek De Jong should go into music but maybe as a comedy album. This song reminds me of songs that Leila Stroud (who played Amy in Season 1  & 2 of ARTic) has made such as Peace, Love, Kittens, Holiday Song, Math Song. This song gets a 4.5/5 for comedy and lyrically well constructed don't know if Nick or Derek wrote it but its flawless.

Next week stay tuned for my review on "Teenhood Weekend".

Drakoloid Reviews: March 4th 2017 TeenHood "Runaway From The Smoke", Uniquely Normal & Kevin & Alec's Adventures!

Hey fellow people of the internet,

Retrograv here for another great review again on Drakoloid. Going to try to diversify my blog sometime soon with new reviews but for now I am going to stick with Drakoloid shows.

Tonight I am going to review March 4th episode content on Drakoloid which is TeenHood "Runaway From The Smoke" and the Drakoloid premiere of Comedy Cubed's productions Uniquely Normal and Kevin & Alec's Adventures!


So the new Teenhood "Runaway From The Smoke" tonight had a lot of revamping, plot twisting and character development throughout. Lets start with talking about the revamp of the show. In the opening credits it is now changed to just clips of upcoming episodes in the show of characters walking around with emotions, anger, happiness, silliness instead of as a traditional opening with the cast listed. I think this is a much stronger opening especially because the cast could get changed again so this is better for the show.

The episode is about when Carly finds out Alex her boyfriend is smoking and she has to figure a way to confront him to stop before she has the baby. The first thing i'd like to say is Michaela Chandler who plays Mikayla Wild and Natalie Sanchez on Viral Jenneration. She is now the replacement and I have to say this was the best decision none of the other Carly's brought the emotion that was needed for this soap opera. This is a soap opera drama show and some people in this show are able to show the emotion but some can't at all where their acting is laughable. Michaela Chandler presents a wonderful dramatic Carly in distress here and it may be because of her drama/theatrical background. That really captures this and that solo scene at the end was brilliant of her trying to tell Alex whats going on.

Then the subplot is Britney trying to get Miranda to see her and Cameron together in his basement which it worked she did which leds to interesting continuation for the next episode of what will happen? And then we have the third plot developed with Stacey and Taylor where Taylor tells Stacey that she has a plan to destroy Britney once and for all. She convinces Stacey to be part of this which shall lead to some juicy things happening with Britney in the next few episodes.

We are left in our seats because this plot is reaching the climax of the season where "all hell is going to break loose" and it shall be interesting to see what it unleashs. You can tell this was still during Season 1 Production when these episodes were filmed and written. Three more of these "Season 1 Produced" episodes left to go. This episode was a solid episode it definitely is one of the best by far from the series and it deserves a solid 9/10.

Now for our next two shows on the list we have the Drakoloid premiere of the two Comedy Cubed acquired series "Uniquely Normal" and "Kevin & Alec's Adventures!".

Lets start with Uniquely Normal, this show is a show about a kid named "Arthur" played by Merchant himself who does video documentation on his life at a middle school that is a boarding school with his friend and neighbour Charles played by Anthony Devera.

This show is very short but makes it very unique, the reason being it short is because this was made back in 2013. In 2013 Youtube Shows weren't really around in a full length of what Drakoloid presents. Uniquely Normal presents a typical youtube series that usually have a short length of 1 or 2 minute episodes. We got three different ones, "Arthur", "Roller Coaster Day" and "The Robbery". My favourite would probably be Roller Coaster Day because it was nice to see Arthur and Charles just having a fun time outside and playing Tag as a simple solution to have fun.

And then after was the premiere of Kevin & Alec's Adventures with the episode "Accidental Success". Shows Kevin and Alec as project partners creating a website of "Everything Awesome" really funny because in the end they can't use computers but the website gets a bunch of buzz.

Again this really short like Uniquely Normal but was made in the later part of 2013. The episode Accidental Success gets I would say about a 8.5/10. While Uniquely Normal gets 7/10 for its three shorts. Well done work and it was also pretty cool seeing Nicholas Merchant in other acting projects other than Ryan Brahamer on High Schooled.

Drakoloid Reviews: February 25th Teenhood "Almost Asked" & High Schooled "The Guinea Pig Funeral"

Hello fellow readers,

Retrograv here with another review on Drakoloid shows we are reviewing the triumph return of Teenhood "Almost Asked" and High Schooled "The Guinea Pig Funeral". So here  we go..

TeenHood Almost Asked is the first episode in 10 months since we had this show people are saying this is season 2 but this was filmed with season 1 episodes. This episode was about Brittney confronting Taylor on her negative attitude. In this episode we see Taylor starting to become irritated with Brittney which I predict sometime in the future Taylor will dump Brittney as a friend maybe in the next episode or the episode after? We will see what happens. But then we have Miranda and Stacey both confronting each other for the first time in a while. Miranda explains that she wasn't talking about Stacey behind her back and they sweetly make up. A nice wrap up on Stacey right there.  :)

I have to say this episode felt very short and we were missing a few characters Carly, Alex, Cameron, Simon but I did enjoy it. This episode gets a rating of 7.5/10 not the best but not the worst just in the middle.

Now over onto High Schooled The Guinea Pig Funeral is about when its Derek birthday and Amanda  makes Derek and Ryan stay with her for the funeral of "Muffin", Amanda's Guinea Pig. I have to say this episode was quite surprising and was perfectly executed in writing and acting. The plot flowed all together smoothly. Nicholas Merchant writing and directing shines well with this episode. Its almost as strong as what was written in older Drakoloid shows such as Diaries Of Alice's Bedroom, Are You Ready To Scream, Carter The Cat and early episodes of ARTic, it can even be placed in the same league as Junglematic & Imperfect Patrick Season 1 & 2 episodes category that had similar yet original plots. There is also the joy of the iconic "Oh Muffin" song 😀. The heart warming yet comedic end with Amanda and Derek making up by Amanda ripping up his laser tag tickets was purely great.

This episode was the strongest of the series so far and makes me look forward to the next episode. This episode gets a rating of 9.5/10 or even a 10/10 in some ways when looked at it.

Thank you all for reading this review!

Drakoloid Review: February 11th ARTic "Mixed Masks" Drakoloid Changes to LGBTQ+ Supportive

Hey fellow blog readers Retrograv here for new blog review,

Today I am reviewing a special episode of ARTic that really touched my heart and made me over the top excited for Drakoloid. Yesterday February 11th Drakoloid decided to change its history and become an LGBT supportive community. Some fun fact information is that the network use to not ever allow their writers to go to those sort of topics but now they can. It is weird to believe that Drakoloid was once a conservative network and not to mention a kids/teens network. It still remains as a kids/teens network which is very interesting because no other kids/teen networks on Television or on the internet never talk about same-sex relationships only briefly or under the cover.

Let me start the review to see where they hit the main points on this episode of ARTic.

This episode of ARTic called "Mixed Masks" was written by the network owner Drake Vegas himself. ARTic does a 360 in this with its casting, opening because Leila Stroud and Pat Kizer are no longer included in the opening of the show. Now we have Alejandra Deleon as Samantha Vegas added into the main cast. We also have Andrew Bouch as our new and possibly last Blake, Kim Lawrence our new and possibly last as Amy Rogers and Jack Ripoff as our new Kyle. Now with those big changes if they stay for at least the rest of the series it should stand well. Andrew Bouch and Kim Lawrence really know how to act well. Kim Lawrence reminds me of Leila Stroud the most out of any of the Amy's.

The main plot is Jennifer, Amy and Samantha where Samantha helps Jennifer finish her Mask for her Mask week project however when she tries it on with industrial glue it gets stuck. What also then twists this plot is Jennifer goes out with a guy named "Trevor" played by Mex Nov and he doesn't ever get to see her face. It really is humorous to watch and see it all unramble as the show goes on. Later Jennifer gets the mask off but it gives her a rash that Amy searches up on Trevors profile that he hates people who have them. Later Jennifer gets attacked by a spider in a hula skirt and then she runs off and her mask comes off. Trevor then confronts her saying that he is already dating someone and the plot twists even further into the next plot.

The sub plot is Blake showing around this new kid "Dillon" who is played by a dragged version of Sarah Kellysen. Blake finds an attraction to him throughout the episode and it becomes obvious. He finally confronts his feelings and his sexuality as being "bicurious" from my POV. When Blake asks Dillon out, Dillon already has a boyfriend. Which Dillon is dating Trevor Jennifer's romantic interest in this episode. Amazing plot twist ending that takes a while to process. In the final scene where Dillon explains bi sexuality it is explained in a way where everyone can understand what that is so young audiences are educated on the topic. That was the primary goal and the introduction to Drakoloid's LGBTQ+ movement. What a well done execution to it.  Mixed Masks in my opinion gets a solid 9.5/10 it was perfect in every aspect except I wish there was more equal amounts of Bradley. But It was also different to see Jennifer and Blake get screwed over instead of Bradley always getting screwed. This episode brought so much character development that I hope is developed further in the episodes to come.

As we move further Drakoloid will be having more LGBT upcoming episodes and shows such as Three In A Modern State. I am really touched and happy that to watch Drakoloid because most of these shows are relatable in many different aspects. I am going to be looking forward to what Drakoloid brings in the next few months and year towards the LGBT community and just content wise.