# Spike And Mike's Animation Festival is back **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [October 30, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431 "2025-10-30T18:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/1 "2025-10-30T18:37:29Z")
I used to go to these back in the early 2000’s, where I was introduced to “No Neck Joe”, “Happy Tree Friends” and so many other twisted/interesting animations. I found out that Regal Cinemas is having a special brand new “Spike And Mike’s Animation Extravaganza 2025” this weekend, and I’ve got my tix. Anyone else been to one of these in the past? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/2 "2025-10-30T18:43:08Z")
Yeah, my dad and I used to go, back in the day. Both the regular and the “Sick and Twisted” versions of the festival, which is where I first saw Beavis and Butthead before they got picked up by MTV. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/3 "2025-10-30T18:45:04Z")
I used to go to the Sick and Twisted festival in NYC. Saw Bevis and Butthead hit frogs with bats at one of those. That was many, many moons ago. Many. Wow. So many. . .. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/4 "2025-10-30T18:48:35Z")
I used to go a lot in the 80s. I’m pleasantly surprised that it’s still going on. They did promotions at the campus radio station where I worked and my friend group became good and lasting friends with Spike and the rest of the crew. A few of my friends ended up working for Spike for a while and one is still in the industry. The last show of the run used to be an extra midnight show where they showed some of the regular tour and also stuff too spicy for kids. Even better, I got to go to a few private showings where he’d show things from his private collection like the banned Warner Brother films like Black Coal and a Betty Boop meant only for insiders. Any of that can be found on line now but back then it was nearly completely unavailable. If it’s anything like the old days, it will be a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/5 "2025-10-30T18:50:37Z")
Well, they promised a new “No Neck Joe”. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/6 "2025-10-30T20:11:42Z")
I was a regular at the “Sick & Twisted” versions in the early ‘90s. The one where the guy runs out of toilet paper really lived up to the theme. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/7 "2025-10-30T20:14:44Z")
This isn’t the most “sick and twisted” animation by far, but one of my favorites: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/90hBHUWxG6c/hqdefault.jpg "Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted - Pound Dogs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90hBHUWxG6c) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/8 "2025-10-30T20:20:42Z")
SUMUNABISCH! has a permanent place in my vocabulary. (Lupo the Butcher) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/9 "2025-10-30T22:39:32Z")
And here in Chicago too! Thanks for letting me know! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/10 "2025-10-31T00:35:20Z")
I just checked and there are six movie theaters within thirty miles doing this festival. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/11 "2025-10-31T00:56:41Z")
Thirty miles of me, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/12 "2025-11-02T04:05:39Z")
I just got out from the showing, and it was great! The fact that I just got on the MAX train and am sitting next to a couple of young people dressed as The Fairy Oddparents is the icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/13 "2025-11-05T00:37:12Z")
That’s great! I used to go to Sick and Twisted in Seattle in the late 90s…and then would go to the screenings at SDCC in the 2010s. I had totally forgotten about No-Neck Joe until I saw the event poster at a Regal theater a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-and-mikes-animation-festival-is-back/1024431/14 "2025-11-05T01:33:14Z")
I went to this. I was disappointed. I didn’t think it was very good.