The Gayest Saturday Morning Cartoon Episode Ever

"Odyssey of the Twelfth Talisman" (September 28, 1985)

Once upon a time, there was a Saturday morning cartoon based on Dungeons & Dragons, and in its final few episodes it had one of its male characters hit it off with a one-off NPC who was witty and matched him, insult for insult. This one-off also happened to be male, and whether by accident or whatever, the resulting episode plays out kinda like a male-on-male romcom that just happens to be situated in medieval fantasy setting. Don't worry if you've never experienced a Dungeons & Dragons anything; Glen and Drew will walk you through it.

Cartoons That Made Us Gay, the 1980s cartoon episode that inspired this episode:

Matt Baume's D&D podcast, Queens of Adventure

Critical Role, the D&D podcast starring Ashley Johnson

Nasim Pedrad looks like Jill, Kermit's co-worker from Muppets Take Manhattan

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This episode's outro track is "Lancelot" by Valerie Dore.