History Heartwarming / PlatypusComix

* [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads12.html This volume]] of "The Ancient Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" contains a 1992 news story about Ted Turner planning to start a channel devoted entirely to animation. Peter then recalls how that channel, Creator/CartoonNetwork, nearly fell victim to NetworkDecay in the mid-2000s, and thanks the likes of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' for keeping it on track.

* Heartwarming/{{Mulberry}}
* Heartwarming/ElectricWonderland
* Heartwarming/FreeSpirit2014
* Heartwarming/TrueBelievers

* Heartwarming/FreeSpirit

* The end of the "Island of Mistit Christmas Specials" [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit18.html review]] of ''It's A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special'', which marked the second time that year that Peter reviewed a special that invoked ItsAWonderfulPlot:
-->If you want to watch ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' again, then you'll probably watch ''that''. There are no [[Film/ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie Muppets]] or loud pratfalls in the Creator/JimmyStewart classic, but perhaps that's part of its charm.

* From the "Island of Mistit Christmas Specials" [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit18.html review]] of ''It's A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special'', which marked the second time that year that Peter reviewed a special that invoked ItsAWonderfulPlot:

* [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads12.html This volume]] of "The Ancient Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" contains a 1992 news story about Ted Turner planning to start a channel devoted entirely to animation. Peter then recalls how that channel, Creator/CartoonNetwork, nearly fell victim to NetworkDecay in the mid-2000s, and thanks the likes of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' for keeping it on track.

* In one article, Peter Paltridge admits that a comic book he recently bought at the time had nothing he considered humorous. However, Paltridge never refers to the comic or its cartoonist by name, aside from showing a photo of the cover, to lessen the chances of that person getting his feelings hurt. (We won't link to that article here for that reason.)

* [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads12.html This volume]] of "The Ancient Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" contains a 1992 news story about Ted Turner planning to start a channel devoted entirely to animation. Paltridge then recalls how that channel, Creator/CartoonNetwork, nearly fell victim to NetworkDecay in the mid-2000s, and thanks the likes of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' for keeping it on track.

* The lengths the HappilyMarried Peter and MJ take in "True Believers" to ensure they'll stay together, plus [[spoiler: StanLee and comic characters from all different publishers throwing Peter and MJ [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=11&page=45 a surprise 20th wedding anniversary party]]]].

* [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads12.html This volume]] of "The Ancient Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" contains a 1992 news story about Ted Turner planning to start a channel devoted entirely to animation. Paltridge then recalls how that channel, Creator/CartoonNetwork, nearly fell victim to NetworkDecay in the mid-2000s, and thanks the likes of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' for keeping it on track.
* Readers with obscure interests might enjoy tracing the development of Peter Paltridge's obsession with ''Free Spirit'', from [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads13.html randomly finding and sharing an ad]] in "The Ancient Lost Art of '' TV Guide'' Advertising", to obtaining all the episodes, to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/freespirit.html discovering some potential for great stories]] underneath all the cheese and shallowness. His decision to base the next flagship Platypus Comix comic on this show serves as a testament to his desire to pull Winnie Goodwin out of the demeaning realm of short-lived, seldom-praised TV shows.

* Readers with obscure interests might enjoy tracing the development of Peter Paltridge's obsession with ''Free Spirit'', from [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads13.html randomly finding and sharing an ad]] in "The Ancient Lost Art of '' TV Guide'' Advertising", to obtaining all the episodes, to discovering [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/freespirit.html some potential for great stories]] underneath all the cheese and shallowness. His decision to base the next flagship Platypus Comix comic on this show serves as a testament to his desire to pull Winnie Goodwin out of the demeaning realm of short-lived, seldom-praised TV shows.

* [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads12.html This volume]] of "The Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" contains a 1992 news story about Ted Turner planning to start a channel devoted entirely to animation. Paltridge then recalls how that channel, Creator/CartoonNetwork, nearly fell victim to NetworkDecay in the mid-2000s, and thanks the likes of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' for keeping it on track.
* Readers with obscure interests might enjoy tracing the development of Peter Paltridge's obsession with ''Free Spirit'', from randomly finding and sharing an ad from '' TV Guide'', to obtaining all the episodes, to discovering some potential for great stories underneath all the cheese and shallowness. His decision to base the next flagship Platypus Comix comic on this show serves as a testament to his desire to pull Winnie Goodwin out of the demeaning realm of short-lived, seldom-praised TV shows.

* [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads12.html This volume]] of "The Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" contains a 1992 news story about Ted Turner planning to start a channel devoted entirely to animation. Paltridge then recalls how that channel, Creator/CartoonNetwork, nearly fell victim to NetworkDecay in the mid-2000s, and thanks the likes of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' for keeping it on track.

* In one article, Peter Paltridge admits that a comic book he recently bought at the time had nothing he considered humorous. However, Paltridge never refers to the comic or its cartoonist by name, to lessen the chances of that person getting his feelings hurt. (We won't link to that article here for that reason.)

* [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads12.html This volume]] of "The Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" contains a short news story about Ted Turner planning to start a channel devoted entirely to animation. Paltridge then recalls how that channel, Creator/CartoonNetwork, nearly fell victim to NetworkDecay in the mid-2000s, and thanks the likes of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' for keeping it on track.

* In one article, Peter Paltridge admits that a comic book he recently bought at the time had nothing he considered humorous. However, Paltridge never refers to the comic or its cartoonist by name, to lessen the chances of that person getting his feelings hurt. (We won't link to that article here for that reason.)

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* December 2007 saw two new entries to The Island of Misfit Christmas Specials: ''ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie'' (reviewed [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit17.html here]]), and ''[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special]]'' (reviewed [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit18.html here]]), both of which follow the trope ItsAWonderfulPlot. When the time comes for Peter Paltridge to discuss these specials' falls into obscurity, he comments, "If you want to watch ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' again, then you'll probably watch ''that''. There are no Muppets or loud pratfalls in the JimmyStewart classic, but perhaps that's part of its charm."

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* December 2007 saw two new entries to The Island of Misfit Christmas Specials: ''ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie'' (reviewed [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit17.html here]]), and ''[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures It's A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special]]'' (reviewed [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit18.html here]]), both of which follow the trope ItsAWonderfulPlot. When the time comes for Peter Paltridge to discuss these specials' falls into obscurity, he comments, "If you want to watch ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' again, then you'll probably watch ''that''. There are no Muppets or loud pratfalls in the JimmyStewart classic, but perhaps that's part of its charm."

* The lengths the HappilyMarried Peter and MJ take in "True Believers" to ensure they'll stay together, plus [[spoiler: StanLee and comic characters from all different publishers throwing Peter and MJ [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=11&page=45 a surprise 20th wedding anniversary party]]]].

* Ivy assuring Joan at [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/miscellaneous/index.php?issue=3&page=44&seriesID=7 the end of "Raiders of the Lost Arc"]] that even if [[spoiler: she failed to defeat Bin Laden]], she and her friends would try and wish that she would come back.

* The lengths the HappilyMarried Peter and MJ take in "True Believers" to ensure they'll stay together, plus [[spoiler: StanLee and comic characters from all different publishers throwing Peter and MJ a surprise 20th wedding anniversary party]].