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openWeird cartoon about a family and a cow Western Animation
This cartoon stars a human family with at least a mother and daughter, and a dad who is only heard on the phone. They also have a talking cow who likes orange juice. In one episode they meet a bunch of sentient orange juice who accidentally go down the drain and the cow is accused of drinking them. In another episode the girl gets a zit and tries to hide it by painting dots on her face and pretending she has pox, and the doctor comes and accidentally examines the cow instead, causing the family to think she's turning into a cow.
Edited by VTHU243openAnimated Movie I Watched In The 2010's That To One Knows About Western Animation
There was this animated movie I watched with my dad sometime during the 2010s. All of the characters were anthropomorphic animals. The main character was an orphan, he grew up with a dog girl who was also an orphan (they were both still kids during the movie) They were raised by an old cat.
The main character's mom used to be evil and she had a magical black/purple orb. His dad was good and he had a magical white/gold orb. They fought for centuries(?) before they ended up falling in love and she turned good.
But even though she wasn't evil anymore the people of MC's dad's kingdom still didn't trust her.
One day when MC was a baby, her orb started freaking out and doing some weird storm magic(???) when she tried to get it under control, the guards thought she was trying to use the orb to destroy the kingdom so they attacked her. Which made the orb even crazier. MC's dad sacrificed himself to save her but she had to run away since people still thought everything was her fault.
She told MC about all of this and told him she needed his help to resurrect his father. But she didn't tell him that they would need to sacrifice 100 (maybe 1000??) souls. There was this big event happening on a big arena and they would do the ritual there since pretty much everyone in the kingdom would be there. MC and his friends were trying to stop her and all of them except MC had their souls taken and turned to stone (everyone whose soul was taken would go back to normal if they managed to stop the ritual before it was completed. They sacrificed themselves because they believed he would succeed).
As the ritual progressed MC's dad was slowly gaining consciousness and the whole time he was just helplessly looking around as he watched his people turn to stone. MC was about to stop the ritual but his mother didn't let him.
Then there was this scene where the ritual was almost complete. She looked at her husband and saw how upset he was. And he just looked at her and smiled sadly, silently begging her to let him go. She sacrificed herself to stop the ritual and give everyone their souls back.
I can't find this movie ANYWHERE but I KNOW it exists, I know I didn't just make it up. I REALLY want to watch it again so if you could find it it would mean the world to me <3
Edited by Cupid23resolved Adult cartoon Western Animation
I dont remember about this cartoon. Just that it was a parody.
I remember there was a scene with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. And the protagonist ended in their kids' room, one of them turned to be a samurai baby or something like that.
openobscure CGI christian tv show Western Animation
Before I start this, I don't think many people would have been familiar with this show, it's pretty obscure and I think it only had a CD/DVD release.
I think this released around 2007-2013. I think it was Direct to DVD but also had a few C Ds? It was a kids show in CGI that was about the bible, and the characters were a girl, one of those friendly big "monster" characters you see in kids shows, and the girls parents. It was pretty run-of-the-mill, the only thing I remember from it is that it had a few songs, one of them was about grocery shopping.
The only proof I had of this shows existence was finding a DVD/CD of it a few years ago while cleaning (this was a show my younger sibling would see at bible study). If anyone could help me out it would be appreciated, thanks!
resolved Fox Kids - Lab Monkey Shorts Western Animation
Around the late 1990s/early 2000s, the UK version of Fox Kids had these 1 minute shorts in between shows. They were 2D animations about this talking, orange-haired monkey who was a former laboratory test subject. He escapes and befriends these two kids and lives with them. The shorts were sort of focused around gross-out humour.
Edited by DoctorInkresolved Weird Netflix show with 3D animated bears Western Animation
Around 2009-2010 there was a show on Netflix revolving around a family of bears.
The main character, an older sister, was hyped about the trip to the amusement park with her family.
Suddenly, her younger sister becomes completely sick and the trip is forced to be cancelled.
She wishes how she didn't have a sister to worry about anymore. Some sort of being comes to her and tells her how much she'd miss having a sister.
They go over some sorta flashback of all the times she's loved her sister.
Eventually, she gets over not being able to go on the trip and it ends with a happy ending.
openAnimated slice of life show set around the Victorian or Edwardian era Western Animation
There was a cartoon that aired in reruns back when I lived in South Carolina. I don’t remember much other than the setting was PROBABLY around or before the early 1900’s. I also remember the color were brighter than cel-animated shows so it was probably made around the 2000’s, and one episode had the friends forming a secret club behind the back of the school bully (who was blonde and spying on them, analyzing everything they did to infiltrate the club and humiliate them, I guess; “A secret club with a secret handshake...” I remember her saying).
resolved Show about a dog organization Western Animation
There was this show I remember as a kid (late 90s early 00s), where there was this underground base where dogs did stuff. I remember one had to do with water being wasted.
The main dog could also communicate with the big boss via the toilet.
Found it The Secret Files of The Spy Dogs
Edited by LadyJuseopenOld animated shorts done in primitive 2D computer graphics? Western Animation
I remember a couple of these done in a similar distinctive (and slightly uncanny valley) 2D computer graphics style that aired on Nickelodeon back in the mists of history (would've been early '90s). They used a lot of color cycling effects, which looked really weird at high res/frame rate.
The one I remember the most clearly was one about an elephant who got an opportunity to wish she was a different color, but she waited too long to make up her mind and got stuck gray (though in the end she resolved to paint her toenails red). The thing I remember most clearly is the first line, something like "[morsala zaunt???] / was an elephant" but I have no idea how the name was spelled, only how it sounded (also, "elephant" got pronounced with a funny affectation to make it rhyme, like "ele-phaunt"; in fact, all the dialogue and narration in these rhymed).
There was one other about a girl daydreaming of how she'd change her look ("oh, it's fun to be a glamorous girl!") where her appearance kept changing to match her narration paper doll-style.
There might have been more than these two; I'm not sure? I feel like the elephant got more than one cartoon, to be sure, but again, my memories are foggy.
open"Junior" CGI TV animation Western Animation
A CGI series of gag-based comedy shorts (and I mean SUPER short) from around 1999/2000. I suspect these were French in origin, based on the feel of them, though I could be wrong.
I believe the main character was "Junior"; this Rayman-like guy: Blonde hair, freckles, big eyes, red hoodie, blue sneakers. He had a friend with buck teeth, a blue beanie and a green and white shirt. There was also a girl character with red hair in two bunches at the top of her head and a pink shirt.
If I have the name of this wrong, it could be where I'm missing the mark.
openBlonde Villian vs kids ensemble Western Animation
My friend told me about a show he thinks aired on Disney XD around the early 2010's
It was a about and an enssemble of kids with superpowers that fought against a blonde woman who really liked to wear pink and didn't have superpowers but used technology and machines to her advantage. She also had a minion who was strong but apparently clumsy.
openMalicious jester steals gold from king and frames the street organ player Western Animation
There was this animated series somewhere around 90's of the last century.
One episode was about a medieval fair taking place on a stone bridge. The king himself attended the fair and had some bags of gold hidden behind his throne. The jester stole one bag and hid it in the street organ. When the guards searched for the culprit, they found the gold in said street organ and accused the organ player, who in turn cursed the entire fair using said organ. before finishing the score, he tore the punch sheet and let it go off into the wind. The stone bridge collapses and everybody disappears.
Years later in modern day a young boy finds said organ in his grandfather's cellar (who was a descendant of accused player) and tries cranking it. The score being played rematerializes the bridge and enables the malicious jester to escape into reality. He then goes onto causing rampages all over the town. The boy must chase after him and get back the rest of the torn score sheet. In which he ultimately succeeds and breaks the curse by finishing the score allowing the cursed people to pass on peacefully.
Does this ring any bells?
openArthur Headscratchers Forum Western Animation
There is an Arthur PBS Kids forum online where users post confusing things that happened in the show.
One of them that I remember in particular is how Mrs. Mc Grady didn't notice that the quarters were in the brownies as seen in "Arthur Accused."
openAn animation I watched in school. Western Animation
There is this animation I remember watching in school in either late 2021 or early 2022 that was on DVD that was about these kids learning about the history of American immigration where they travelled back in time to Ellis Island when the island was still used as an inspection and processing station for new immigrants and then when they comeback to class they find that their teacher doesn't exist anymore so they go back in time again to reunite their teacher's ancestors.
Some other things I remember
It was animated with really bad CGI.
One of the main characters is an African American girl and another one was a Chinese boy who mentioned that his family came to the USA during the gold rush but these weren't the only main characters.
Their teacher is somehow related to Benjamin Franklin.
A boy who is one of the main characters (not the aforementioned Chinese boy) lost his hat and as a result caused the ancestors of his teacher to never meet.
One of the main characters might've had a tablet.
openNo Title Western Animation
I vaguely remember it but it was an animation about a little boy (maybe 10) and it was often set in school where his principal treated him like sh*t and his parents also weren't very good but I think he also had a best friends ( or maybe even two).
I watched it when I was really young I think around 2010-2015 and it played on either KIKA, RIC, TOGGO or Nickelodeon
I honestly don't remember much about it except that I used to get nightmares about it, especially about the stairway in their house/apartment and the hallway of their school.
I also think it was a similar animation style to fairly god parents
Edited by Chase235openClarence Episode Where He Kisses His Butt On Fire Western Animation
The show Clarence had an episode with a scene where his butt was on fire and he kissed it. What is the episode's name?
openA jungle cartoon Western Animation
I remember a cartoon that I watched back when I was little on Boomerang (I think?) about a group of talking animals living in a jungle of some sorts, all I ever remember is a ThirdPersonPerson gorilla who ate his boogers one time.
Edited by Typewriterresolved (SOLVED) Simpsons Episode with Giant Robot Itchy/Scratchy Western Animation
My dad told me a funny story about a time he saw one episode of The Simpsons that involved external factors I won't go into here, but to make it simple, he said that the episode featured a theme park ride with a giant robot version of Itchy or Scratchy juggling capsules with people in them. It's not the season 6 episode Itchy and Scratchy Land, just to make it clear. As for the time frame, based on what he said, perhaps somewhere around 2013 or so.
Edited by KingofNightmaresresolved That one 3D animal superhero show? Western Animation
All I remember is that the leader of that superhero group was a wolf (his name probably starting with the letter L). In one scene, the gang are in his old town/city, and he starts howling from nostalgia. I don't remember where it aired on either, but I think it was on either CN, Disney, or Netflix...
I'm doing a trope single definition page and I'm trying to find a source for this cartoon. Do any of you know?