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🎬 The DCOM Oscars Part 2: Style, Feels & Earworms
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👠 Roll out the red carpet again! In this mini-sode, we’re wrapping up our Season 2 awards with some of the most fun (and chaotic) categories yet: Best Costume Design, Most Nostalgic, Most Cringey, and Best Song.
Expect Cheetah Girls dominance, guilty-pleasure debates, and a dramatic defense of “Strut” as a cultural reset. 🍿
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Introduction to 'Once Upon a DCOM'
00:00:00
Speaker
What's up, everybody? Welcome to Once Upon a DCOM, the podcast where we dive deep into the Disney nostalgia and are on a mission to rewatch every single Disney Channel original movie ever made. My name is Natalie, and this is my
Season Break and Upcoming Minisode
00:00:12
Speaker
co-host, Gabby. Hi!
00:00:13
Speaker
We are currently in the break between season two and season three, so we are coming at you with a few little mini episodes, and today is the continuation of the DCOM Oscars. This will be our last minisode before the arrival of Gabby's baby boy and hopefully the return of season three.
00:00:30
Speaker
So exciting. Our last one. This went really fast. I know, right? But before we like get all mushy because we probably will, um we gotta get started.
Excitement for Final Oscar Categories
00:00:40
Speaker
This is a minisode. Okay, Gabby, what are the final four categories that we are covering today at the Oscars?
00:00:46
Speaker
Oh yeah, guys, I'm excited because if you listen to our last Oscars, I felt like those categories didn't fit with this specific list of movies. But today we are going to figure out who had the best costume design, which movie was the most nostalgic, which film was the most cringy, and what was the best song. Not the movie with the best songs, but like the best song, right? From the movie.
00:01:10
Speaker
Yes. Yeah, from the movie. Yeah. So exciting. And of course, we are only looking at movies that we have watched in season two. So let me run through a list so you guys can remember what we're working with today. Okay. For season two, we have had the blessing of watching Minutemen, Frenemies.
00:01:26
Speaker
That wasn't a blessing. That was not a blessing. Okay. Teen Beach Movie, Descendants, Rip Girls, Quince, High School Musical 2, Wizards of Waverly Place, The Movie, The Luck of the Irish, Upside Down Magic, Den Brother, Brink! exclamation point Now You See It, dot dot dot, the Even Stevens Movie, Zombies 2, and The Cheetah Girls 2.
00:01:48
Speaker
I love it. Okay. We're going to dive straight in.
Best Costume Design Nominees and Winner
00:01:51
Speaker
Let's do it. Who did you nominate for best costume design, Gabby? Okay. I have three. Okay. Same. Oh, exciting. Descendants.
00:01:59
Speaker
because i have to. I think it's so creative. ah Teen Beach Movie. Okay. Also same. Love the homage to the 60s. Oh, you did too. Great. Okay.
00:02:10
Speaker
And finally, Cheetah Girls 2. Okay, that's mine. We all the same three. That's your three? Oh, yay. think there's a clear winner. I think your clear winner is not my clear winner. Really?
00:02:22
Speaker
My clear winner is Cheetah Girls 2. Okay, that's mine. I thought you were going to Descendants. No, no, no. I mean, I love Descendants and I do think their costumes are really creative. This was a tough contest for me. But ultimately, the Cheetah Girls 2 costumes and the second one, like of all three Cheetah Girls, yeah the best. Yes.
00:02:39
Speaker
The yeah best. It's iconic, first of all. And then every single choice that they made for every single girl is so unique to that character.
00:02:50
Speaker
it was just perfectly done. It's perfectly done. I mean, i love I think I had several of the outfits from Strut, that song. And then also at the end, it's so creative what they do and how they have the integration of like Spanish culture into their costumes at the end, like the matador and the lizard. In finale.
00:03:07
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. During Amiga's Cheetahs. So I think that's a clear winner. No contest. Cheetah Girls 2 best costume design. Yay.
Most Nostalgic Film Discussion
00:03:16
Speaker
Okay. Second category is most nostalgic.
00:03:19
Speaker
Now, this is most nostalgic for the world, but also for us. Yes. What did have? had to kind of think about other people. Mm-hmm.
00:03:31
Speaker
But I actually have four. This was hard for me because I feel like a lot of them were very nostalgic. Or if it wasn't for me, like it could have been for somebody else. Okay. So my four are Minutemen, Cheetah Girls 2, High School Musical 2, and The Luck of the Irish.
00:03:53
Speaker
Okay. I have three on my list and they were the three on your list. I have Minutemen, Luck of the Irish, and Cheetah Girls 2. Okay. So I guess that eliminates High School Musical 2. Yes. And I am a High School Musical fanatic. So let me defend myself real quick and just say that High School Musical 2 is my least favorite of the franchise.
00:04:13
Speaker
And when I was a kid and watched it, I actively thought that was the worst one. that's the only reason that it is not a huge nostalgic one for me because 10-year-old me was like, this is not the best one.
00:04:25
Speaker
Right. If it was a matter of franchise, I'd say High School Musical Franchise beats Cheetah Girls Franchise. Of course. In nostalgia. Yeah. And for me, High School Musical 2 is the most nostalgic. Not my favorite, but the most nostalgic because it came out during like my prime years of childhood, middle school awkwardness.
00:04:44
Speaker
Fair. Fair. So yeah, but that's okay. We can get rid of that. Okay, so Luck of the Irish, Cheater Girls 2, and Minutemen. Do we want to go based on personal hearts or what we think the world would
Nostalgia in Music and Cheetah Girls 2
00:04:55
Speaker
say? Let's run through and bounce back.
00:04:57
Speaker
So Minutemen first. Minutemen is a movie that um hugs my soul and makes me feel joy. And I feel like when you bring this up in conversation, other people are like, I forgot about that movie, but I love that movie. Yeah.
00:05:12
Speaker
Yeah. And it has lots of actors in it that are in other Disney-related things, which I think adds to the nostalgia. Oh, for sure. For sure. Okay. And then Luck of the Irish.
00:05:25
Speaker
I know you hated it. Well, but not when I was little. I hated it as an adult, but it is I can't deny that it's iconic. It is. And it comes up every year because it's naturally connected to the holiday, you know?
00:05:39
Speaker
Yeah. I feel like this is one that everybody who was a Disney kid knows and remembers. Right. But I basically only remembered the Potato Chip Factory, so I don't know that counts you were the weird one who went to the Potato Chip Factory.
00:05:56
Speaker
No, everyone loved the Potato Chip Factory. Sure, sure. Okay. And then Cheetah Girls 2. mean... i mean Again, I bring up Strut. I bring up Amiga's Cheetahs. Like, you can't bring this movie up without people knowing about it, being excited about it. Like, all the things we've said about Minutemen and Luck of the Irish, but like, all of it relates to Cheetah Girls, too.
00:06:17
Speaker
Plus, it has music. And Minutemen really only has that one Ali and AJ song. ah Right. And it's a great song. But um there's also the Corbin Bleu song, don't you forget. But hello i I do want to say there is something to be said about the fact that like music is so connected to your brain that like it always brings you back.
00:06:37
Speaker
And that's just the Cheetah Girls magic, right? If you play Strut or... step up or amigas cheetahs like a part of your middle schooler brain turns on and goes oh my gosh I remember where I was wearing those gaucho pants and listening to this song you know so yeah based on that alone i kind of feel like that's our winner I agree.
00:07:01
Speaker
Man, Cheetah Girls is dominating and our last category is best song. So yeah, good
Most Cringy Film Nominees and Winner
00:07:08
Speaker
luck. First, first, we got to get to number three. yeah Yeah. The category is most cringy.
00:07:15
Speaker
Please, Gabriella, take it away. all Right. I mean, i think it's pretty obvious that Frenemies is one of my picks. because Yeah.
00:07:25
Speaker
Oh, that movie was cringy, not in any good sense. like No. It was maybe the worst movie on the entire list. yeah Maybe? There's no maybe in that sentence.
00:07:36
Speaker
Yeah, it's pretty bad. But when I think of cringey for an award, I don't just think of like, oh, it was just bad. I think of like, it made my insides turn to watch it. And Frenemies was like, I just want to turn it off. I wasn't cringing in the right way.
00:07:54
Speaker
Yeah, I was definitely making a cringing face the entire time I was watching it. It's like when they give that award for like the worst movie of the year, where I feel like it needs to have some kind of like oomph behind it.
00:08:11
Speaker
This feels like Frenemies was a whimper. Yeah. And so it doesn't deserve to win even the most cringy category. Even the most cringy. It can win worst movie overall, which is not a category. But that doesn't get an Oscar. So what's your next nomination?
00:08:25
Speaker
Yeah. So my other two nominations are more of the like, oh, I'm so watching a DCOM cringy, but you kind of smile while you say it. So for those I have, for me, The Luck of the Irish, Don't Kill Me, and Zombies 2.
00:08:43
Speaker
Gabby, I had the exact same two. Did you? I thought you were going to be mad at me. We're so in sync on these Oscars. We are. We are. Okay. um But we won't be in sync for best song. I know it.
00:08:56
Speaker
But anyway, back to this most cringey real quick. So um I agree. Luck of the Irish is so cringey. I freaking love it. Zombies 2 is actually so cringey watching it that it makes me feel uncomfortable. Yeah.
00:09:12
Speaker
And i don't know which one deserves to win because those are two different types of cringy. Yeah. I would say the way that the werewolves make me feel when they howl is like what really set it over the edge for me. But Love for the Irish has that like, I love it for the nostalgia.
00:09:30
Speaker
And I think that puts it over the edge of like winning this category for me. Because I'm like, you're still a good movie. But oh my gosh, I don't want to be caught watching you on a plane. Yeah.
00:09:41
Speaker
I would love to be caught watching that on a plane. Someone else would be like, oh my gosh, is that Luck of the Irish? And be like, heck yeah, it's Luck of the Irish. You know, the cringiest decom. It's got to be like a guilty pleasure. And that's what Luck of the Irish Oh, I'm not guilty. Whereas Zombies 2, I'm like, you're not a pleasure.
00:09:57
Speaker
You're just guilty.
00:09:59
Speaker
I'm guilty and you're not a pleasure. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
00:10:05
Speaker
Okay. So Luck of the Irish? ah Luck of the Irish. Yeah. Most cringy. Love And you know what? I'm not ashamed to give you that award, Luck of the Irish, because you deserved it. But I love you so much.
00:10:16
Speaker
Yeah. Aren't you glad you didn't win most nostalgic so you could win most cringy? Congratulations. Somehow both can be true. Okay.
Debating the Best Song
00:10:26
Speaker
Last one Best song.
00:10:29
Speaker
i have one, two, three, four, five, five song nominations. I have one honorable mention. And then I have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
00:10:41
Speaker
seven nominations well surely we've got some crossover here so oh we take it away crossover okay i want to start with my honorable mention because i don't it doesn't count because it's like incidental music it's like not in a musical and i try to just focus on the musical songs right okay but um ah for your consideration if you will allow me run it back again by corbin blue played during minute men when they're in their montage Oh my gosh. Okay. I put Like Whoa from Minutemen as one of my genuine mentions.
00:11:13
Speaker
And I respect that. Okay. But I see what you're saying. Yeah. Yeah. i I kind of just feel like she doesn't count, but like that's moment in that movie. Yeah. So we can acknowledge that Minutemen has a great soundtrack, yeah not a musical though. So we're going to scratch it.
00:11:29
Speaker
Unfortunately. Okay. Okay. All right. um Shout it out when you have some that are similar, okay? So first nomination. The Party's Just Begun, Cheetah Girls 2.
00:11:40
Speaker
Nope. Okay. I know it's a song that I love that you don't because we already discussed this. It's not that I don't love it. It's just that I don't think it deserves best song. um That's the one that will rile me up the most. so So it hurts that you say that, but okay.
00:11:54
Speaker
Next one sorry you do have. It's Strut, Cheetah Girls 2. That's my number one. Like, in my opinion, I think that wins already, but keep going. um Nomination number three, Cruisin' for a Bruisin', Teen Beach Movie.
00:12:07
Speaker
Fun! considered that. I chose a different Teen Beach Movie song, though. Okay. That one for me is just so catchy, and I feel like that's the one that comes two people's minds when you're thinking of Teen Beach Movie.
00:12:19
Speaker
Correct. Yes. Okay. Nomination four, Set It Off from Descendants. oh the finale song that's the only good song from the first movie and i will fight anyone on that i actually didn't put any from descendants because i agree with you that's fair movie doesn't have as good of songs as the second one so listen yeah i debated so hard putting ben's stupid song in this because i love it but it's not the best song it's not the best song but it is glorious absolutely not but it is so fun to watch okay
00:12:52
Speaker
And then ah for my um five through seven, i just put the entire soundtrack of High School Musical 2, but most especially Fabulous or You Are in the Music and Me or Bet on It or I Don't Dance. Oh my gosh.
00:13:07
Speaker
ah Okay, here, I'm just going to go down my list, basically. Okay, okay, okay. So we've already eliminated Like, Whoa from Minutemen, but that was one. Strut from Cheetah Girls 2 is the same.
00:13:19
Speaker
From Teen Beach Movie, I chose Like Me, which is the slumber party guys night song. It's not as popular. I cannot even recall. Yeah, I can't even recall that song. Oh, it's so fun. It's just the most fun. And it has so many payoffs from old musical movies. And there's just a lot of creative ah costuming and set development. And I was like, this is just such a great song because of the way it's been put together.
00:13:45
Speaker
Maybe not the music itself. And it is catchy. So anyways, I don't think it's going win. But I just wanted to get my two cents in there that, like me, is a fantastic song. You know, just to be nominated is an honor.
00:13:56
Speaker
Of course. Of course. And then finally, i had... from high school musical to both bet on it and fabulous i left out i don't dance because i just didn't think it had the same like stamina and reputation as the others can respect that the whole soundtrack for high school musical 2 is amazing yeah that's why i came out here and said the nomination is the entire soundtrack We gotta pick a song.
00:14:26
Speaker
And I am really stuck between Fabulous and Strut. I think those are the two my heart wants. I think... If we are going on what the rest of the world will want us to say, i think it should be Strut Cheetah Girls 2.
00:14:43
Speaker
ah Because again, in Anthem, right? People rise from their graves when this is played. People snap to attention everywhere. Wars stop.
00:14:55
Speaker
Traffic stops. Pigeons stop flying when this song comes on. And I just think that that cultural impact can't be ignored. You're not wrong. It's dread.
00:15:06
Speaker
Congratulations, Cheetah Girls 2. You win again. you won three out of four categories. Who's surprised? Not me. And the only one they didn't win was most cringy. We'll save that for Cheetah Girls 3.
00:15:16
Speaker
Yeah. It's been a while since I've seen that one.
Upcoming Episode and Future Plans
00:15:20
Speaker
Anyway, speaking of movies we have yet to see, yeah can you take us through this outro? Oh, yeah. So coming back for our next episode will not yet be season three. i know. i know. we want it so bad. So do we.
00:15:34
Speaker
But we have one more week and we are doing something so special. We're bringing back one of our favorite episodes from the podcast. We are going to talk about Smart House. So this is not going to be a new recording. It's going to be a re-release, but it's going to be glorious and fantastic and you're going to love it. So we're going to revisit the impact of AI and how grief affects the family. It's going to be such an uplifting time for us all.
00:15:56
Speaker
Then, hopefully, two weeks after that, we will be returning with season three of Once Upon a Decom. her brown And at the end of the re-release of Smart House, we are going to come back on and choose what we will be watching for the first episode of season three. So get excited for that. We will see you in two weeks to talk about Smart House and find out what season three is going to start with.
00:16:19
Speaker
I'm so excited. Me too. See guys then. Bye. bye