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openWhat is the show called? Anime
What is that old cartoon show called with the two girls, one tall and one short and they had a cat, and they played instruments, flute and violin I think. They have Asian eyes. They would go on adventures. I don't remember anything else past that. Can someone please tell me what this show is called?
openChildrens TV show
Not cartoon. About a girl with an adult friend (that I think is called cookie for some reason). The adult friend has magical powers, similar to a fairy. The girl lives in (what I think is a bakery). I remember an episode where the adult fairy thing places a spell on a cake to see who would steal the cake and the victims teeth would be stained blue... or another one where you could take a pill and you would either put thoughts into another persons head or see what they think (cannot remember which one)... That is all I remember.
Edited by Lollipop09openA kids' show from the late 90's-early 2000's where someone swallowed water
When I was little, I got sick after swallowing pool water imitating something I saw on a kids' show where a character drank water they were swimming in. . What should could I have been imitating? The show aired sometime around 1998 to 2003.
Edited by mimitchi33open[SOLVED] Music video with two women on rollercoaster Music
So, back in around 2007/2008 (I think) I saw a video on TMF (then a Dutch music video station) featuring two women riding a rollercoaster. It might have been from that era but of course it could have been a few years older. I've never seen that video again but somehow it kept bugging me, so here I am now.
Basically, there were two women, one very pale, with blonde hair and all white clothes. The other had curly brown hair and wore red lipstick and a red dress. The video itself was a oner, shot up front, basically a reaction shot of the women as they rode on the attraction. The one in white kept staring motionlessly ahead and didn't show any facial expressions, the lady in red was very animated and screaming (though obviously there was no sound). She also got more and more disshelved over the duration and I remember her actually having to pull up her dress at one point.
As for the song itself, I honestly have no idea. It might have been either electronic or rock (I'm certain it wasn't pop or hip hop) and sung by a male voice. I hope any of you guys can help. (I already did a google and it's not on this list either https://classygallie.com/2012/02/15/list-of-music-videos-at-an-amusement-park-or-carnival-or-fair/)
Edited by ConverseAreCoolopenDocumentary series about exploring sunken ships
I don't remember much but it was a 4 disc documentary about exploring wrecked ships i believe. It came in a steel case like some sort of collectors edition. In the show i remember one part where the crew was in a small body of water next to a water fall, the water was very blue and the ship was not very deep underwater. It was pretty Made before 2006. Any help would be appreciated
openNo Title Film
A movie about aliens looking for a fountain of youth that was hidden away in space, it started with a narration about the story, which ended with a line like "It was never found. Until...now.". I never saw more than just the opening, and even then I didn't actually see it, I only heard it, as I was in another room.
openNeed a name of a cartoon Anime
So I need to know I name of this one cartoon.I will describe it for u.There are monsters,some o them have blue,some if them have red and some of them have yellow energy and when they are tired they return to their tubes. They are in their tubes and when a character says name of a monster SPIN!!!.It comes out.I hope u can help me with this,any suggestions would be awesome, thanks in advance.
openAnime that looks like Bleach Anime
I recall one of the scenes having two guys in black clothes fighting on a lake. The next scene had some person tell a kid to walk into a cave full of monsters. I saw this episode in 2003-2008. It looked like the show was set in a fantasy world.
Edited by muchdead1openAnime tv show Japanese dubbed when I saw it
There's an anime my brother and my family was watching when I was still a teenager.... I'm 29 years old now... the song has stuck with...... it's not about angels but the song tune theme is in Japanese then it has a few English words in it which are star angel... and I love you.....at the end and I remember tit is set at school sometimes.... the kids have crushes on one another something like that but I remember this annoying boy who had major crush on the main character while she wasn't interested I also remember his sister hated the main character n gave her a hard time... it was funny and upbeat.... I remember the boy or girl had Purple hair and glasses too.. I know the tune really well just not the words it's not a lot to go by I know but it's been since then that it's been going around and around in my head n I'm almost giving up trying to find the anime tv series I'm not on speaking term with family for safety reasons It's complicated n this is certainly not worth that risk lol
Edited by Jet88resolved [Solved] Wuxia film
A Wuxia that zig-zag between the serious and comedy, here’s what I can remember:
- The plot was start with the theft of the royal seal (it’s not 14 Blades)
- One of the people sent to investigate may have been an official like Judge Dee. At one point he is shown what happen to other officials like him, one is tall because he was tortured by being stretched, another is short because bandits hit him with hammers, etc
- The official has this Wire Fu move where he floats backwards, hitting away blades with his fingers. Later, he stuck down a hole and admits that he can only do the move when someone is attacking him (so he cannot use it to get out of the hole) and that he learnt it by pointing people to their seats in a theatre.
- In the end the villains plot involves the emperor's Eunuch using a mask to replace the emperor. The heroes then ask why the Eunuch would replace the emperor (since an Eunuch couldn’t start his own dynasty), he tells that he was announce (as the emperor) that he was going to abdicate to go on a religious pilgrimage and hand the throne to the emperor's brother who promised him more power or something.
openPC (or Mac?) shoot-em-up from the early 90s
I played this in school in the late 90s, but I'm guessing from the graphics it was an early-mid 90s game. It was a standard space-fighter thing with a fairly extensive upgrade system. You could upgrade your main weapon and side pods/armor/etc separate during play. I think the ultimate form of the main weapon was a horizontal beam that was as wide as the screen.
openHarry potter Fanfiction Literature
In the Improbably High iq page, there is a fanfiction mentioned whose author claimed that her mary sue character had 490 iq, then argued that it was not impossible because her friend had 510. It isn't mentioned which fanfic it is.
openLongshot but trying to find either a scene from a movie, cartoon or t.v show.
The description is broad as i'm going off the faintest memory. Basically this is what i remember from the scene: A person is working on a project (or something), the person works very hard to perfect it and continuously asks the boss for their opinion and thoughts. The boss is always try again, without telling the person what is wrong, until the person gets fed up and has a go at the boss, in this moment the person says something on the lines of "I don't care what you think, I like it, I think it's perfect... etc etc.". The boss is then happy and tells that person something like "that's how you should think about your work, if you think it's good, then be proud." (something like that). Anyways basically the moral was if you work hard and think you are happy with it, then you don't need others' approval. I was quite young, I don' remember the show or movie at all but that is what I think/remember happening.
Edited by CaesConopenTiny Pop Anime
I'm 16. I seem to remember a television show (probably on tiny pop), but don't remember when it was on. There were three girls; one dressed in red (the leader of the group), one in green and one in - i believe it was blue, but I may be wrong. One episode included them teaching the audience about patience, and them counting pomegranate seeds. Some 'pandora' figure said they had to get the number right or something bad would happen. My friend and I were trying to figure this out a few weeks ago, so please help! Thank you! 😊
opena Show from My Childhood
This Show had a Orange Haired Girl and Her Brother I Believe The Girl had a Grey Shirt with Some Spots on It
openYou know that show about making a show?
The show was a half hour format, made in Canada, and maybe set in Canada, about the behind the scenes workings of making a television show. The show was awful, but people always came through in the end. It was basically the studio succeeding in spite of itself. I remember it was very funny, but can't remember the name of the show... Would like to see if it's available to watch....
openSci Fi Anthology Book from the '80s Literature
I'm looking for the title of a book of science fiction short stories that I borrowed from my middle school's library in the mid to late 1980s.. I think it was a new book at the time — I remember the school librarian made a point of mentioning it to us. (Though it could just as easily have been a reprint or, since it was a public school library, a much older book that was just in good condition.)
I remember two of the short stories vividly. In one, a family's spaceship crash lands on an uninhabited planet. The parents die, so four siblings have to figure out how to survive. The biggest challenge is food — on Earth, everyone eats processed cubes provided by the government. The end of the story jumps to many years later. The family figured out how to farm, hunt and fish. The younger siblings flourished and grew to be much taller than their older siblings, who are revealed to be just four feet tall. The narrator explains it's because the older siblings had grown up eating the processed Earth food, which was laced with chemicals to stunt humanity's growth. They switched to natural foods too late to reverse the process, but the younger siblings were able to grow to their full potential.
The other story I remember is a first-person story about a boy who is going to meet the robot that determines everyone's role in society. He goes into the room and is surprised how lifelike and grandfatherly the robot is, except for its red eyes. After a brief chat, the robot asks the boy what he wants to do with his life. The boy honestly answers that he desires to kill things. The robot essentially says, "OK," and has someone escort the boy out of the room. The story then ends... the last thing we learn is that the boy sees the robot "power down," and realizes it's nothing more than a machine after all. There's no clue about the boy's ultimate fate.
You'd think with this much detail, there'd be a relevant Trope or Google result somewhere. I'm hoping these stories appeared in other works, so even the title of just one could send me in the right direction.
openKids on a hover scooter thing
When I was little i watched a show about a boy and a girl in this episode they were on a hover scooter thing in the forest. Then girl got mad and went on her own and wondered into a cave in the cave she found a wedding dress and tryed it on them some monster came in saying she was his bride now?
So, there was this tv show I used to watch and it was basically a Woman with blonde hair and usually a yellow top and she would ride a bike to the top of a hill, and there was a castle filled with puppets and there was a princess puppet. One episode the girl got hiccups and they all helped her get rid of the hiccups and thats really all i remember about it, If you know this show, please please tell me because its been driving me crazy!! thanks...
Edited by Bennett2003