History WesternAnimation / NewKidsOnTheBlock

* StockFootage: One of the worst offenders in the medium. Actual concert and interview footage was edited into the series seemingly at random (ie, the cartoon's story would be interrupted by a clip of Jordan talking about his cats). It was as if the producers were saying, "Here, here are the actual New Kids. Are you happy?"
** Fun fact about this: A lot of the random cutaways and effects are due to the animation coming back from Creator/WangFilmProductions with lots of mistakes. There was no time to fix them, so they added all these video effects and cutaways to salvage what usable footage they had, and passed it off as "music video effects" or something. As previously stated, the overall effect is that the show is a WebAnimation/YouTubePoop of ''itself.''

''New Kids on the Block'' was a NotQuiteStarring animated series by Creator/DiCEntertainment based on [[Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock the group]]. It ran from 1990 to 1991, around the time New Kids fandom peaked, and is best remembered as embodying everything wrong with CelebrityToons. [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nkotb+cartoon Episodes]] are usually not difficult to find on good old Website/YouTube, where they can be enjoyed in all their SnarkBait glory. A review of the series, with viewing guide (the author is [[Tropers/TragicTheDragon a fellow Troper]] and lets no trope pass without comment), can be found [[http://madnessmonster.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/nkotb-cartoon-block-party/ here]].

* ActivationSequence: A half-baked one shows up in "New Heroes on The Block" as Sam, the band's driver, starts up the bus. It ends as abruptly as it appears.

* TheFaceless[=/=]TheGhost: The band's tour bus driver Sam, who makes only two appearances in the series. And is shown from the neck down in both of them.

* TheFaceless[=/=]TheGhost: The band's tour bus driver Sam, who makes only two appearances in the series. And is only shown from the neck down in both of them.

** In one scene of "New Heroes on The Block", the animation marker signalling the next cut can be glimpsed for a frame.

!!The animated series provides examples of the following tropes:

* ShoutOut: "New Heroes on The Block" includes homages to ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Literature/RobinHood''.

* OffModel: This was a ''very'' cheap show (It was made by DiC after all). In particular, the episode "In Step, Out of Time" will [[UncannyValley make your eyes bleed]].

** Fun fact about this: A lot of the random cutaways and effects are due to the animation coming back from Creator/WangFilmProductions with lots of mistakes. There was no time to fix them, so they added all these video effects and cutaways to salvage what usable footage they had, and passed it off as "music video effects" or something. As previously stated, the overall effect is that the show is a YouTubePoop of ''itself.''

* ThisLoserIsYou: Personified by the character Fanny, who is basically an incarnation of FanDumb. Other fans were portrayed as being just short of a StalkerWithACrush. Half the plots involved the New Kids looking for their few fans who weren't completely obsessed. If there's a more downright odd place for the StrawFan trope to be applied (you'd ''have'' to be an obsessed New Kids fangirl to like this show), we here at TVTropes would love to know about it.

* TheFaceless[=/=]TheGhost: The band's tour bus driver Sam, who makes only two appearances in the series.
** In "New Heroes on the Block", she appears and disappears to the point of creating [[OffModel continuity errors]].

** In fact, she appears and disappears to the point of creating [[OffModel continuity errors]] when she appears in "New Heroes on the Block".

** In fact, she appears and disappears to the point of creating [[OffModel continuity errors]] when she ''does'' make an appearance in "New Heroes on the Block".

* TheFaceless: The Band's tour bus driver Sam doesn't seem to show her face (or even ''appear'' outside of a few scenes), but we do get see what her hair looks like (it's brown for those wondering).

** In one scene of "New Heroes on The Block", the animation marker signalling the next scene cut can be glimpsed for one frame.

* TheFaceless: The Band's tour bus driver Sam doesn't seem to show her face, but we do get see what her hair looks like (It's brown for those wondering).

* OffModel: This was a ''very'' cheap show (It was made by DiC after all). In particular, the episode "In Step Out of Time" will [[UncannyValley make your eyes bleed]].

'''''New Kids on the Block''''' was a NotQuiteStarring animated series by Creator/DiCEntertainment based on [[Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock the group]]. It ran from 1990 to 1991, around the time New Kids fandom peaked, and is best remembered as embodying everything wrong with CelebrityToons. [[http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nkotb+cartoon Episodes]] are usually not difficult to find on good old Website/YouTube, where they can be enjoyed in all their SnarkBait glory. A review of the series, with viewing guide (the author is [[Tropers/TragicTheDragon a fellow Troper]] and lets no trope pass without comment), can be found [[http://madnessmonster.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/nkotb-cartoon-block-party/ here]].

* {{Flanderization}}: "So you say Jon is serious, Danny likes to work out, Donnie used the phrase 'ballistic' to mean 'awesome' in a song '''once''', and both he and Joey like to crack bad jokes? Well, [[TheyJustDidntCare there's our research]], let's start writing some scripts!"

* ViewersAreMorons: How else to explain the "interruption" in the middle of "Sheik Of My Dreams", where StrawFan Fanny assures the Jordan fangirls in the audience that Jordan is ''not'' getting married in real life?

* OffModel: This was a ''very'' cheap show (It was made by DiC after all). In particular, the episode "In Step Out of Time" will [[NightmareValley make your eyes bleed]].

* StockFootage: One of the worst offenders in recent memory. Actual concert and interview footage was edited into the series seemingly at random (ie, the cartoon's story would be interrupted by a clip of Jordan talking about his cats). It was as if the producers were saying, "Here, here are the actual New Kids. Are you happy?"

** Fun fact about this: A lot of the random cutaways and effects are due to the animation coming back from WangFilmProductions with lots of mistakes. There was no time to fix them, so they added all these video effects and cutaways to salvage what usable footage they had, and passed it off as "music video effects" or something. As previously stated, the overall effect is that the show is a YouTubePoop of ''itself.''

* HorribleCampingTrip: "Overnight Success" may as well be the type specimen. There is a ''slight'' subversion in that the characters actually know how to go camping, but it even has the requisite [[EverythingTryingToKillYou grizzly bears]]. In [[GhibliHills the forests]] [[MisplacedWildlife outside Boston]] (which ''are'' real, but are lacking in the bear department). ''Sigh...''

* ThisLoserIsYou: Personified by the character Fanny, who is basically an incarnation of FanDumb. Other fans were portrayed as being just short of a StalkerWithACrush. Half the plots involved the New Kids looking for their few fans who weren't completely obsessed. If there's a downright odder place for the StrawFan trope to be applied (you'd ''have'' to be an obsessed New Kids fangirl to like this show), we here at TVTropes would love to know about it.

* DisneyAcidSequence: Not just the songs either. The whole show is presented in [[DesignStudentsOrgasm Glorious Seizure-Vision]]! The thing looks like a YouTubePoop of ''itself.''

* IJustWantToBeNormal: In "New Kid in the Class," Joey entertains the notion of quitting the group so that he can... go to school. [[CursedWithAwesome The hell?]]
* NotFunnyAnymore: It's hard to see producer Dick Scott cast as the show's ButtMonkey in light of his recent passing.

* PoorMansSubstitute: SO many [[HollywoodNewEngland bad Boston accents.]] After a few episodes, they just [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent stopped trying.]] Mercifully. (But see TotallyRadical below.)

* NotQuiteStarring: The New Kids were voiced by professional voice actors. See "Hey, It's That Voice" above.

'''''New Kids on the Block''' was a NotQuiteStarring animated series by Creator/DiCEntertainment based on [[Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock the group]]. It ran from 1990 to 1991, around the time New Kids fandom peaked, and is best remembered as embodying everything wrong with CelebrityToons. [[http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nkotb+cartoon Episodes]] are usually not difficult to find on good old Website/YouTube, where they can be enjoyed in all their SnarkBait glory. A review of the series, with viewing guide (the author is [[Tropers/TragicTheDragon a fellow Troper]] and lets no trope pass without comment), can be found [[http://madnessmonster.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/nkotb-cartoon-block-party/ here]].