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opencartoon show around the world
i think the show aired on Teletoon, it's about two kids who go around the world on bike if i'm correct. And in each episode they would be in a different country and we would learn about it's culture. And it was a cartoon show. For example there was an episode about Belgium and they talked about their unique fries and stuff, help please.
openThe tv show I'm looking for is like an iscolation tv show
I keep having this same tv show stuck in my head, it's about this person who takes away people from their family cuz they have been naughty and disrespectful so the person takes them to a place that's in the middle of nowhere, and I think there's zombies there and there was an episode where the water bottle disappears in the back of the van (it's not a magic show) but at the end the people who were taken away get s phone call and when they answer it they pass out, and when they wake up they're back home in bed, and they think it's a dream but it actually happened (this was an actual tv show not like a fake one, it helped the people be nicer to they're family in the end)
openCustody Battle TV Shows?
I'm not necessarily looking for a specific TV show, rather example TV shows that revolve around a parent who just got out of jail trying to get custody of his/her kid since the partner died, but the stepparent is in the way of granting custody. Maybe a hive mind can help? Thanks!!
openi cant remember and its killing me inside Film
There was this one episode where someone was forced to go to their mom's friend's house and the kid played legos with the other kid but before they left, the other kid couldn't find one of his legos and it was the kid's pocket or something. I also remember that the house was far off and the kid was only allowed to have books and legos.
openOld 30s ish Weird Animation Western Animation
I remember VERY vaguely a show which had an animation style similar to that of a 30s cartoon, with it being black and white & the characters having being very cartoonish. All I remember is that what I can only assume were the two main characters were on a train and were coming up to a viaduct. Character one was a generic superhero, with exaggerated chest and biceps, which flew under the viaduct (which had a break in) and acted as the rails for the train to pass over. This character wasn't in any of what else I can remember of the show, which isn't much. There was another character which reminded me of Felix the cat, as I watched the Felix the Cat Movie constantly as a kid. This character was in a lighthouse then afterwards and waving at the superhero character. Shortly after, a voice of what I can only describe as an upbeat version of the voices of these fellas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOThgMfP5rM) came over and I saw video of the Felix The Cat Character in a room with three doors & the announcer said something like "Will (character name) survive? find out next week!" then it went to a cereal advert. I think the Beano was involved as the 3 bears seem to be connected in my mind somehow. the strange thing is, I never EVER watched old shows like this as a kid, (in the early 2000s), so I'm baffled as to why I remembered it. Also, I am English, so that might help. I hope someone can find what cartoon I am talking about.
open60s TV show
There was a TV show that I watched as a kid in the late 60s/early 70s All i remember for sure is it was set in a forest in contemporary times, and the opening sequence showed a red or orange pick-up truck drive up to the gates of a wooden fort. it may have been about forest firefighters, but i am not sure. It may have been in a similar vein to Skippy or Flipper
openLooking for an old Manga. Anime
I'm looking for a manga I read long ago. I only remember a little bit of it and some of the end of the first volume.
This alien king comes to earth and pretends to be a high school kid but his best friend (who is a girl) is suspicious of him because of his personality change. So she and her best friend (who is also a girl) follow him one day and find an alien spaceship. They walk in and discover he is a fake. (I can't remember what happened to the real guy. Kept him in cryo or something.)
Suddenly the alien says to sit down and strap in because they have to leave and people are chasing him. She asks why 'Did he do something? Is he a criminal?' I remember this part very well. He answers 'Because I'm a King.'
I read this several years ago at a library and when I was in another state and have never found it again. If anybody knows anything, please help me! I'm pretty sure it is supposed to be a Het manga. Maybe left to right reading, but I'm not 100% sure.
Thank you!
openZodiac, Medallions and lunar new year Western Animation
It was a show where there were twelve medallions which each had seperate and magical powers the sheep is the only one i can kinda remember it either gave you invisibility or the ability to walk through walls i think the goal was to collect all 12 and put them in a totem, i believe it was on jetix, sadly that's all i know i hope you could help me with this
Edited by OceanicGastropodianopenWas This Real? Live Action TV
So, I remember seeing a partial episode of some show where there is a guy riding a penguin or something and there was someone turning everyone into this girl who was supposedly a model student or something. The main character gets half turned into this student then wakes up I think. It was probably either a disney or nickelodeon show from the early 2000's or was rerun at that time. Please help me find out if it was real.
openPlease help
This TV show was a good thing show but can't remember it was about a boy was talking about story's of what happened to him and his friend I think I saw this on Netflix a long time ago and the intro was the kid on a bike riding it in the mist and ride to the bridge and moved to a mummy in his house and there was fog please reply
openPuppet TV special about a kid who won't go back to school Live Action TV
I remember in the late '80s there was a TV special that aired on Nickelodeon every year around Labor Day about a kid who refused to go back to school. It was all puppets. I remember one line where a character says something like "May he rest in Disney Land!" I can't think of the name of this to save my life. Anybody else remember?
openDark TV Program with a Dwarf Film
I've been dwelling on a program that I watched perhaps 15 or 20 years ago. The program was memorable in that it was dark with twisted characters, physically and morally, who seemed to delight in demeaning their dwarf serf. It was very dimly lit and had a medieval locale with castles and whatnot. I believe there was quite a bit of prosthesis use as I recall everyone having a fairly grotesque physical form. I don't recall the overall conflict to the program or whether it was a one-off or series.
It may have been on PBS because I seem to recall a pledge break during the program. The dwarf was the main character of the program and the story centered on him.
All of this is very hazy so particular details expressed above may not be accurate. Dark, serious, medieval program with a dwarf that is treated roughly. Maybe PBS. Perhaps 90s. Maybe very early 2000s. Maybe late 80s.
Edited by wolf_larsonopenSOME SHOW ABOUT ENTREPRENEURS
I recall watching a TV show a while ago about fashion lines which get opportunities to take part in this TV show. Basically they go through the whole pitch, and get to advertise their brands, market it, the whole deal. I remember a brand which I think was called "Indigo" or something which specialized in making their own Indigo dyed denim. It's not Project Runway - Fashion Startup. The one I'm talking about goes into more detail. They had scenes where the creator of a jewelry line, a shoe line and even sunglasses were all competing and would showcase the photos that displayed their brand and would be judged on it.
I have no idea what it was called and it's FRUSTRATING.
Thanks so much for the help!
openPlease help
This TV show was a good thing show but can't remember it was about a boy was talking about story's of what happened to him and his friend I think I saw this on Netflix a long time ago and the intro was the kid on a bike riding it in the mist and ride to the bridge and moved to a mummy in his house and there was fog please reply
openI can’t rwmember this kids show name
Okay so I remember when I was a bit younger maybe around 2010 time I used to watch this show and I cannot remember the name of it for the life of me and I can’t find any trace of it on google.
Basically it started as I think they were like fairy tale super heros in a library and then there would be like a problem in one of the books that they had to go fix and they all had like grammar powers or something where they had to each help by using their power of like spelling or something. I used to really love this show but I really can’t remember much else about it and I can’t find anything online
openMight have been on Netflix
This TV show was a good thing show but can't remember it was about a boy was talking about story's of what happened to him and his friend I think I saw this on Netflix a long time ago and the intro was the kid on a bike riding it in the mist and ride to the bridge and moved to a mummy in his house and there was fog please reply
openI can’t rwmember this kids show name
Okay so I remember when I was a bit younger maybe around 2010 time I used to watch this show and I cannot remember the name of it for the life of me and I can’t find any trace of it on google.
Basically it started as I think they were like fairy tale super heros in a library and then there would be like a problem in one of the books that they had to go fix and they all had like grammar powers or something where they had to each help by using their power of like spelling or something. I used to really love this show but I really can’t remember much else about it and I can’t find anything online
openA YOUNG MAN KIDNAPED TV SERIES Live Action TV
A young man is missing. It turns out a young couple is keeping him in girl's grandmother's basement. They tie him in a chair using tape and give him drugs. Girl works at a drugstore in a mall and she stole drugs from there. Boy works at a music shop at the same mall. He tries to sell the guitar which belongs to the man they kidnapped.
I watched this series recently but i don't remember the name or anything else.
openTV thriller HELP PLEASE! Live Action TV
I remember a man trapped in a metal room with wires attached to his head. he is looking through cards desperate to find the correct number to pay the computer as it is counting down and removing is faculties then eventually his life.
In one scene i recall a wall of safety deposit boxes that are on a lift system so you can cycle through them.
when he moves around the room he has to drag the cables he is attached to.
this may have been a short interwoven into a show where this was not the main theme.
Edited by InquisitiveSoldier
Okay. So I’m not sure if I dreamt this or not, but there was a show or maybe even just a singular episode where there is a girl, she may or may not have been a puppet, but she somehow ended up on a steamboat in the middle of a bayou type environment, on a quest to fight some kind of evil. It was very dark and really trippy.
Edited by StupendousRam