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Cartoon Network ran two shows that were unusual: "Cartoon Cartoon" and "Oh Canada." Cartoon Cartoon was failed pilots and random shorts. You likely recognize the Powerpuff Girls, which was one of the only cartoons showcased that got picked up from it. My only other memory of this is a short called 2 Stupid Dogs, which I remember being funny as a kid. Oh Canada was similar, but obviously the source was from North of the border. What I remember was a lot of empty soundscapes. There were some ok cartoons in there and a stop motion Wallace & Grommet style short too. I feel like there were some more unique styles on show in this. --- Also Swat Kats reminded me of Samurai Pizza Cats. A dub of some anime. It beat DBZ to my local networks by a couple years and stood out. I remember this show being funny and until I scare up a dub to destroy my nostalgia, will continue to think of it as such. They were a team of chibi cat people who were probably Voltron pilots because they all wore cyber samurai/power rangery armor. This thread brought back a torrent of childhood memories, thanks.
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Mar 11, 2019 14:50
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 Wild West C.O.W.-boys of Moo Mesa. Sometimes I hate the 90s.
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Mar 11, 2019 14:51
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my favourite cartoon for a while was this really odd Star Trek parody called Captain Star. No one else remembers it or seems to have ever seen it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDRmDk8k5mk
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Mar 11, 2019 14:59
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The first cartoon I remember loving was Bucky O'Hare https://youtu.be/LyKI1CHPMNw Luckily it made me into a space nerd as a child instead of a furry.
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Mar 11, 2019 15:09
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Kak posted:Bible Black lmao if you watched this as a kid, you probably turned out alright. Elevator Screamer posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtyXnr5XV_A This one right here. Best of them all.
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Mar 11, 2019 15:13
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Anyone remember Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys?
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Mar 11, 2019 15:14
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Mr. Bogus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7tGSz0laBU Pro Stars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZRFgEfAOUw STUNT DAWGS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3N81FCFfbs
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Mar 11, 2019 15:20
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There was a cartoon about environmental issues and ecological awareness that I forgot the name of. I think it was a German production. Main character is some weird pink bird with a very typical German name. Always ended on a hopeful note after showing horrible future scenarios of each episodes topic. Oh, and “Iznogoud”, french cartoon (originally a comic series) about an ambitious vizir constantly trying and failing to replace the daft, naive and corpulent Caliph. Not so obscure in Western and Northern Europe but perhaps in the US where most of you are writing from. Does “D’artancan” count as obscure outside of the Iberian peninsula? Watched that one a lot as a child. Falukorv fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Mar 11, 2019 |
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Mar 11, 2019 15:29
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this song still gets stuck in my head occasionally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6blEf9xgFM this show was surprisingly good considering it was based on a toy license bucky (BUCKY!) bucky o’hare was real good too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKI1CHPMNw free hubcaps fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Mar 11, 2019 |
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Mar 11, 2019 15:54
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free hubcaps posted:bucky (BUCKY!) bucky o’hare was real good too Bucky had one of the best show intro songs of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaCzbqdFS24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHLJDs9jAvk
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Mar 11, 2019 15:59
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CPL593H posted:Invasion America was a cool sci-fi miniseries that aired on the WB in 1998. It was about a teenager who finds out his dad was an alien exile who was involved in a war on his home planet because they wanted to invade earth. I remember liking it enough when it came out, but that was probably because it reminded me a lot of the mini-series Red Planet which used to air all the time back on Fox kids. 
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Mar 11, 2019 16:02
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Sex Robot posted:Bucky had one of the best show intro songs of all time. My whole life I believed the monster with an eye patch was called Pirate Ness but it turns out his name is Eyewit Ness 
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Mar 11, 2019 16:08
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Z1yLO9C-Q Now I need to find these episodes online.
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Mar 11, 2019 16:17
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Star Blazers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYd8dC_WDVw
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Mar 11, 2019 16:36
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yo anyone know of anything similar to the Heavy Metal movie? I could use some more of that in my life. 
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Mar 11, 2019 16:39
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Fiddler on the Reef posted:yo anyone know of anything similar to the Heavy Metal movie? I could use some more of that in my life. Heavy Metal 2000 is awful, so here's a movie that's not great but not awful. 
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Mar 11, 2019 16:47
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FlimFlam Imam posted:Heavy Metal 2000 is awful, so here's a movie that's not great but not awful. the animation is amazing but the story is pretty bad.
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Mar 11, 2019 17:00
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Captain N obviously
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Mar 11, 2019 17:05
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Bucky o’hare, the 80’s and 90’s was full of anthropomorphic cartoon characters https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Mh7hhaqhk
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Mar 11, 2019 17:07
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Elevator Screamer posted:My whole life I believed the monster with an eye patch was called Pirate Ness but it turns out his name is Eyewit Ness Oh my god 
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Mar 11, 2019 17:08
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Ovide and the Gang (aka Ovide Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8gKkiAry4U I don't think I knew anyone who saw this and it was delivered to us on some "For Kids" VHS service like Feature Films for Families.
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Mar 11, 2019 17:42
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Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983) This might've been the most bizarre Saturday morning cartoon aired during my childhood. A cursed rubik's cube falls off of an evil magician's horse-drawn stagecoach and is picked up by three kids (Carlos, Lisa, and Reynaldo Rodriguez). When the cube is solved, it comes alive and helps the kids by using witchcraft. The kids had a habit of dropping Rubik and knocking the sides out of alignment when they needed him most, so Carlos would have to frantically solve the cube to bring Rubik back to life to use its twisted magic to get them out of trouble. Also, Rubik was voiced by Ron Palillo (Horshack in Welcome Back Kotter; Frankey in Skatetown USA). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYs_GCy9PRk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jhQnrUrN8A
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Mar 11, 2019 17:49
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RossMan4Life posted:
Apparently the VO artists doing the dub didn't even get a translated script and just winged it? Not sure if true but it would explain so much...
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Mar 11, 2019 17:50
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Zeta Project - a spin off of batman beyond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrlYxTA0Wn4 Spicy City- cyberpunk stories animated by ralph bakshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSlrv2bQPhI
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Mar 11, 2019 17:50
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 Toxic Crusaders Year: 1991 Seasons: 1 Much like Rambo: Force for Freedom, this was another cartoon based off an r-rated source material that some coked-up exec inexplicably green lit. It was like a weirder looking Captain Planet, Toxie and co. wanted to keep Tromaville free of polluters, and do a little community service on the side.
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Mar 11, 2019 18:19
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Mar 11, 2019 18:21
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Is 15 years ago old enough? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAMuLNDiWHg I'm a fan of Megas XLR. It had two seasons, it was pretty cool.
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Mar 11, 2019 18:32
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RossMan4Life posted:Also Swat Kats reminded me of Samurai Pizza Cats. A dub of some anime. It beat DBZ to my local networks by a couple years and stood out. I remember this show being funny and until I scare up a dub to destroy my nostalgia, will continue to think of it as such. They were a team of chibi cat people who were probably Voltron pilots because they all wore cyber samurai/power rangery armor. Also, the entire dub is up on Amazon Prime if you want to relive it. I guess the joke was they had Gundam armor but just led mundane lives? Never clicked with me. SilvergunSuperman posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWKv9QS2tJA Iirc, a mutagenic comet somehow raised a giant mesa bluff and created humanoid versions of the prairie life? Got a decent NeoGeo game tho. My picks: Ronin Warriors the power's in the armor! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvfX1JJpxF0 Air Date: Summer 1995 Seasons: 1 (40 episodes) Network: Syndicated Talpa, the demon lord of the Netherworld, is bent on conquering the mortal world. Standing against Talpa and his four Dark Warlords are the five Ronin Warriors, each in possession of mystical armor and weapons that are part of Talpa's original body/powers. They are assisted by Mia Koji, a young student-teacher, and a mysterious warrior-monk known only as The Ancient. Toys were produced but who knows if anyone bought them. BONUS AWESOME SONG/SERIES King Arthur and the Knights of Justice It's the good version of what Mystic Knights of Tyr Na Nog was going for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25U7m1GpKfw Air Dates: Sept 1992 - Dec 1993 Seasons: 2 (13 eps each) Network: Syndicated The fabled King Arthur and his Round Table knights are captured in the Glass Cave by Morgana's treachery. The wizard Merlin, unable to free King Arthur and the Knights himself, searches the timeline for replacement Knights. He finds the quarterback of the New York Knights football team, Arthur King, and transports him and his teammates to Camelot after one of their football games. He appoints Arthur King as their leader, with his teammates as the new Knights of the Round Table, and assigns them the task of freeing the true King and Knights. To do so, they must find the Twelve Keys of Truth, one for each knight that only the knight in question can initially touch. Once all the keys are found, the real knights will be free and the team will return home. In the meantime, they pledge "fairness to all, to protect the weak and vanquish the evil". The Knights are armed with special armor and are able to summon their respective creatures at any time when in battle armor. These animals, such as King Arthur's dragon, are emblazoned on their shields. The series had a progressive story with both sides advanced towards their goals. Continuity was also established in the episodes which would be brought up in later episodes, along with some repeat minor characters, character relationships, and previously overcome weaknesses of the Knights. Despite the continual movement towards a resolution, the series is incomplete and ended abruptly during the second season. It's the closest thing to a GOOD America tokusatsu series I've ever seen and the pure buttrock theme is one of the best ever made.
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So everyone always poo poo-talks the very weird choices made with the character in the show (why is Mega Man a midget? Why does Pitt/Icarus have a weird speech impediment? Why is King Hippo colored like a drowning victim?). Apparently there was enough question whether the series was just an extended Toy Commercial that the series artists were essentially asked to backwards engineer the characters after some general outlines were given to them. That way, the cartoon entities were distinct enough that they could say there was sufficient daylight between the cartoon and the games.
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Mar 11, 2019 18:39
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Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys was actually pretty good (from what I remember, of course) Tons of weird references and ripping on sci-fi tropes. With apes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLFqxjpACeg 
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Mar 11, 2019 18:39
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSGTZttGV7E I don't remember much about Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders except that I watched it with my little sister, and that it was the girliest girly cartoon to ever girl.
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RossMan4Life posted:Cartoon Network ran two shows that were unusual: "Cartoon Cartoon" and "Oh Canada." Also Johnny bravo, cow and chicken, dexter lab, kids next door, mike lu and ogg, Billy and mandy. Technically anime, but I always loved monster rancher. Kid gets sent to a magic world of monsters with nothing but his rollerblades. The thing that made it better than pokemon or digimon was that the kid actually fought alongside his monster friends. Like a monster would be shooting laser beams and hed just skate on up and kick it.
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Mar 11, 2019 18:56
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Yeah man. Cartoon Cartoon was a wildly successful talent incubator. Also one of the last big sources of original series before the Anime wave hit.
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CPL593H posted:Invasion America was a cool sci-fi miniseries that aired on the WB in 1998. It was about a teenager who finds out his dad was an alien exile who was involved in a war on his home planet because they wanted to invade earth. Invasion America ruled, you're not alone there. It's not quite obscure but I really liked Real Adventures of Johnny Quest, too.
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Mar 11, 2019 19:35
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Oh my loving god this unlodged memories thank you!!!
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Mar 11, 2019 19:39
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Rick Moranis in Gravedale High https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StRffETNzyk I distinctly remember one episode where they were having an inspection and the guy had to climb a roof with white gloves to find a smudge, and therefore condemn the ghoul school.
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Mar 11, 2019 20:17
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Tenko and The Guardians of the Magic Year: 1995 Seasons: 1 Channel: Fox (?) Produced by Saban, it was an American entry into the 'magical girl' genre. And in the mid-90s, who did little American girls love more than... real-life Japanese magician Princess Tenko?!  Honestly, the best part was at the end of every episode Princess Tenko would be shown performing a cool magic trick.
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snackcakes posted:Sometimes the theme song gets stuck in my head. I think it aired around the same time as Creepy Crawlers, which I would post a synopsis of if I weren't phone posting on my way to work Same. I don't think I ever watched it, but I can recite the entire theme song in my head 30 years later.
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