Super Animal Royale Tonight

Super Animal Royale Tonight (SAR Tonight) is a news program in the game's universe. Videos of SAR Tonight episodes are currently posted to the Pixile Studios Youtube channel, and were posted to the Super Animal Royale "Store page" on Steam. They are presented as five of the standard video trailers used to provide previews of games on Steam.
The format of the SAR Tonight program is that of a live sports news broadcast, such as the ESPN program SportsCenter. The two hosts sit at a newsdesk, with a video monitor on the wall behind them. The hosts are Donk Patrick, a character, and Howl Michaels, a . These two animated characters share the same art style as Super Animals within the game. delivers the news dialog, and provides commentary. Patrick speaks English (interspersed with occasional natural donkey-calls; their occurrence seems to be an involuntary mannerism), while Michaels speaks in unintelligible monkey-like chatters, although Patrick understands him (and, if one listens closely, one can distinguish, in the monkey-chatter of Michaels, the corresponding English syllables of the words that Patrick interprets).
Most of the duration of an installment of SAR Tonight is used to replay a series of video clips of recent SAR matches. These matches feature members of the online-gaming public, and seem to have been recorded by them, themselves, and then submitted to Pixile. Several clips seem to feature segments of the gameplay of gamers who are live-streaming their gameplay, on a website such as Twitch or YouTube.
During their commentary, the hosts of SAR Tonight refer to the in-universe geography, culture, and history of the SAR game world. Patrick often mentions the island, where the game is set, and he describes the closing of one of its main attractions: the Super Animal World Safari Park. A common theme in the series is the ongoing rivalry between the Super Animal Super Resistance and the S.A.W. forces.
== Rewards ==
The following customizations are the rewards for participating and being chosen to be included in an episode of SAR Tonight. The winners may claim a maximum of one winner reward per episode. Players that appear in a featured clip of SART as a member of that person's team whose name appears in the submitted clip are also eligible to win a prize.
=== Legacy Items ===
The following rewards could be selected in the past but are no longer offered to participants.
The following rewards were given for playing roles in certain episodes.
== Season 1 Episodes ==
# 	#	Episode Name	Release Date 	Short Summary
1 	 	SART S01E01 Early Access Begins Tonight
Watch on YouTube	12 December 2018	The hosts introduce SAR Tonight. As the episode ends, the ceiling collapses on the hosts, and the program is interrupted by a screen "cordially inviting" the viewer to join the Super Animal Super Resistance.
2 	 	SART S01E02 Howl Strikes Back
Watch on YouTube	14 January 2019 	The hosts are back. As the hosts are introducing their sponsors, Rebellion members creep around the outside of the studio. Howl grabs an and begins shooting at them, scaring them off.
3 	 	SART S01E03 Friends of a Feather Fight Together/Birds of a Feather (Kill Together)
Watch on YouTube	16 April 2019 	The hosts report from a makeshift studio on a Giant Eagle. They are ambushed by the Rebellion. Donk escapes, while Howl tricks the rebellion members into blowing themselves up with a grenade by jumping off the eagle at the last second. The hosts flee through the S.A.W. Welcome Center, but are surrounded and captured by Rebellion members at the fountain.
— 	 	Teaser: Clip Submissions Open
Watch on YouTube	24 May 2019 	, imprisoned in the Rebellion jail in Superite Mountain, assures the viewers that "the show will go on" despite "recent technical difficulties" and urges the viewers to submit their favourite clips.
4 	 	SART S01E04 The Fight Goes Underground
Watch on YouTube	21 June 2019 	The hosts report from the Rebellion prison in Superite Mountain. Held at gunpoint, they condemn the violence of the Animal Royales. Just as Donk is about to apologise for being a collaborator, a Delivery Mole delivers a mole crate to the hosts, which contains a . Howl uses the Minigun to kill the prison guards and the hosts escape to the S.A.W. forces waiting outside the mountain cave.
5 	 	SART S01E05 Barn to be Wild
Watch on YouTube	27 August 2019 	The hosts are back in the S.A.W. Studio, and are now guarded by guard dogs. They introduce their "embedded correspondent", , who is frightened by all the fighting going on around them. Joe flees from the fighting through Super Animal Farm. Under the assumption that they had won, Joe begins the Default Dance, but gets shot with a from off-screen. As the episode ends, throws a on the hosts' desk.
6 	 	SART S01E06 Hee-haunting Howl-aween
Watch on YouTube	25 October 2019 	Howl-aween has come upon Super Animal World. 's clone reports from the Super Shooting Gallery, but is taken as a target and shot. Rebels sneak into S.A.W. Studios disguised as treat-or-trickers, and detonate the placed on the hosts' desks by CatFive in the previous episode. The rebels chase the hosts, who escape in s with the help of .
— 	 	Teaser: Clip Submissions Open
Watch on YouTube	16 November 2019	The hosts' escape continues as they rush northward through Super Animal World. Donk comments that Hamster Balls are exhausting to use and promises to go on a diet and begin losing weight, prompting laughs from the others.
7 	 	SART S01E07 The Night Before CRISPRmas
Watch on YouTube	13 December 2019	The hosts finally arrive at Thomas's Workshop, and introduce their "new friend", . A Super Penguin Chick peeks out of a gift box, and demands Donk's attention. The hosts check back with Joe's clone, who is at Lake Slippity and is sliding around. The workshop is then filled with the Penguin Chick's "friends". As the hosts check back with Joe a second time, it is revealed that they are surrounded by Super Penguins, who pull out guns and shoot at them. The penguins in the workshop also pull out guns and reveal themselves to be Resistance members. The hosts escape with the help of a rope dropped by Jimmy Talon down the workshops' fireplace.
8S	 	SAR Super Special Report: Unidentified, Giant Specimens Spotted on the Island
Watch on YouTube	6 March 2020 	Donk reports that there has been "unauthorised release of valuable company property". Two rebellion members are shown to be opening a cage, releasing a Giant Emu. The rebellion members then ride the emu and escape. Donk advices anyone who has seen the rebellion members to report them to the closest S.A.W. Security Forces office, and also advices that if anyone sees anything like the Giant Emu "not to feed, pet, bludgeon or especially ride" them.
9S	 	Super Animal Royale Tonight: Where are Donk and Howl?
Watch on YouTube	27 March 2020 	A special "on vacation" episode of SAR Tonight. The "hosts", (or rather, a version of Joe) and reports from S.A.W. Studios. They report their top story, which is that Donk and Howl have not been seen since their escape from a rebel gang weeks ago. Just as Joe Cluck, imitating Donk, tries to introduce the "Super-est Kills" segment, he is killed by a giant pot falling through the ceiling. Joe turns into a Chicken Dinner gravestone. The program shows a number of social media posts showing Donk and Howl literally on vacation, visiting several places across Super Animal World. Donk and Howl are shown parachuting from the Super Eagle into the protection of the S.A.W. Security Forces, and they go for a ride on a Giant Emu. The special episode ends with showing Catfive taking a bite from Joe's Chicken Dinner grave.
— 	 	Super Animal Royale Tonight Season 1 Recap
Watch on YouTube	11 November 2020	A complete summary of Super Animal Royale Season 1.
== Season 2 Episodes ==
# 	#	Episode Name	Release Date 	Short Summary
1 	 	The Stage is Set
Watch on YouTube	3 December 2020 	The introduction of the Super animal Super Rebellion and Joe Cluck's kidnapping.
2 	 	How the Finch Stole CRISPRmas
Watch on YouTube	17 December 2020 	While being held for random, Joe Cluck meets a Super chick named Peep who shows their CRISPRmas spirit
3 	 	No Such Thing as a Shore Thing
Watch on YouTube	31 May 2021 	Joe Cluck's ransom gets paid, the rebels go to the beach, and Joe Cluck learns of their replacement Joe Cluck.
4 	 	You Can Never Have Too Mini
Watch on YouTube	25 August 2021 	The SAW forces and Rebels fight on the beach and Dr.Dogna releases a horde of mini animals across the island.
4.5	 	Mini Episode: Howloween Special: Doctor Dogna's Monster
Watch on YouTube	15 October 2021 	In a rush to clone Joe Cluck, the cluckles infection spreads, causing Joe Cluck and Super Animals to become zombie Joes.
5 	 	One Dam Thing After Another
Watch on YouTube	13 December 2021 	The Busy Busy Beavers are shown cleaning up Super Animal World after an Animal Royale, and preparing for CRISPRMas.
6 	 	A Mole Lotta Trouble
Watch on YouTube	24 June 2022 	The story behind Twinkle and the Giant Star Nosed mole's introduction to SAW vs. Rebellion.
7 	 	To Get to the Other Side
Watch on YouTube	23 September 2022	Peep and the Joe Cluck's adventure together come to a conclusion.
== Trivia ==
* The names of the hosts, , and Joe Cluck are allusions to the prominent real-world sports journalists Dan Patrick, Al Michaels and Joe Buck, although the SAR characters do not impersonate their namesakes.
* The in-universe store Earporium sponsored episode 2 of SAR Tonight; the Earporium is a location that players will find in the S.A.W. Welcome Center.
* At least one broadcast of SAR Tonight was violently interrupted by animals who claimed to represent the Super Animal Super Resistance.
* The in-universe factory Super Milk Bar that sponsors episode 5 is located in the Super Animal Farm. This advertisement was used to announce new content (the and its breeds) from the next game update.
* In Season 2, Episode 3. Another Joe Cluck which is Super Black Chicken has been assigned to the beach while the original Joe Cluck notices it and feel in deep sadness wonder why they decided to use another one instead of himself.
** Later in Season 2, Episode 4.5, after 2 Joe Clucks were considered missing when try to reporting(need context to fix grammar) Pixile Port, Howl has forced Dogna to clone another Joe Cluck immediately resulting to a malfunctioned Joe known as Zombie Joe, triggering The Bwoking Dead event.
* Pixile once again teased a Grenade Launcher weapon in Season 2 Episode 5 for the second time after the Steam's GOTY 2020 announcement. The players can see the gun when Thomas does the Elbow Drop to his Penguin Assistant.
** However, Grenade Launcher has been shown in a teaser image on January 14 for the Year of the Super Tiger, but it was changed afterwards to the .
*In Season 2 Episode 7, Joe Cluck finally escape from the island via Tourist Boat that appears once from Season 2 Episode 5. The fate of Joe Cluck is unknown, presumably living with humans outside the island.
* The revamped version of S.A.W. vs Rebellion in Version 1.4 was initially going to be released along with a new episode of SART where the S.A.S.R. and S.A.W.'s conflict would have escalated into a full-on war. However, due to the outbreak of war in Ukraine in real life, this episode was cancelled. Michael released a post explaining the cancellation of this SART episode.
== Gallery ==
File:SAR Tonight Rewards.png|First artwork showing rewards for SAR Tonight participation
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