Scene from a SAR Tonight broadcast.
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 
Super Donkey character, and Howl Michaels, a 
Super Howler Monkey. These two animated characters share the same art style as Super Animals within the game. 
Donk Patrick delivers the news dialog, and 
Howl Michaels 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[ | ]
Prizes to be won!
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.
Special
SAR Tonight Cap
SAR Tonight
Special
SAR Tonight Tee
SAR Tonight
Legacy Items[ | ]
The following rewards could be selected in the past but are no longer offered to participants.
Special
Donk Tee
SAR Tonight
Special
Howl Tee
SAR Tonight
The following rewards were given for playing roles in certain episodes.
Epic
Rebellion Helmet
Level 100
or given to players who played a rebellion member in Season 1 Ep 3
Legendary
SAW Security Uniform
Level 200
or given to players who helped film escape scene in Season 1 Ep 4
Rare
SAW Helmet
Level 50
or given to players who helped film escape scene in Season 1 Ep 4
Season 1 Episodes[ | ]
| # | Episode Name | Release Date | Short Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   |
SART S01E01 Early Access Begins Tonight | 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 | 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  AK and begins shooting at them, scaring them off.
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| 3 |   |
SART S01E03 Friends of a Feather Fight Together/Birds of a Feather (Kill Together) | 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. |
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Teaser: Clip Submissions Open | 24 May 2019 | Donk Patrick, 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.
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| 4 |   |
SART S01E04 The Fight Goes Underground | 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  Minigun. Howl uses the Minigun to kill the prison guards and the hosts escape to the S.A.W. forces waiting outside the mountain cave.
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| 5 |   |
SART S01E05 Barn to be Wild | 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", Joe Cluck, 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  Sniper from off-screen. As the episode ends,  Catfive throws a  Lucky Cat Mine on the hosts' desk.
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| 6 |   |
SART S01E06 Hee-haunting Howl-aween | 25 October 2019 | Howl-aween has come upon Super Animal World. Joe Cluck'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 Lucky Cat Mine placed on the hosts' desks by CatFive in the previous episode. The rebels chase the hosts, who escape in  Hamster Balls with the help of  Thomas Sledison.
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Teaser: Clip Submissions Open | 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  Health Juice diet and begin losing weight, prompting laughs from the others.
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| 7 |   |
SART S01E07 The Night Before CRISPRmas | 13 December 2019 | The hosts finally arrive at Thomas's Workshop, and introduce their "new friend", Thomas Sledison. 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.
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| 8S |   |
SAR Super Special Report: Unidentified, Giant Specimens Spotted on the Island | 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? | 27 March 2020 | A special "on vacation" episode of SAR Tonight. The "hosts", Joe Cluck (or rather, a  Super Orange Chicken version of Joe) and Catfive 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.
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Super Animal Royale Tonight Season 1 Recap | 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 | 3 December 2020 | The introduction of the Super animal Super Rebellion and Joe Cluck's kidnapping. |
| 2 |   |
How the Finch Stole CRISPRmas | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 23 September 2022 | Peep and the Joe Cluck's adventure together come to a conclusion. |
Trivia[ | ]
- The names of the hosts,
Donk Patrick, Howl Michaels 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 Super Cow 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.
- 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
- 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 Big Clucking Gun.
- 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[ | ]
First artwork showing rewards for SAR Tonight participation
