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openNo idea Live Action TV
There was this dancing elephant with a really long trunk it was a kids tv show and there were flashing lights and music. It’s not animated. Help!!!
openYaoi Manga Anime
Which manga is this? It's about a boy in kendo who falls for an archer.
Edit:
Found it. It's Rin.
Edited by Pichu-kunopenKid's Movie or Show Where Girl Breaks a Mailbox
I have very vague memories of this... it was a kid's movie or TV show on VHS, we might have recorded it from the TV or it might have been sold that way. It's live-action, and I believe everything is brightly colored and the people wear brightly colored costumes and maybe wigs.
A girl thinks she breaks a mailbox when she accidentally knocks the top off of it, so she puts it back on top loosely and walks away, pretending she didn't do it. Later it is revealed that someone else broke it, probably the owner. At the very end of the tape, I seem to recall an advertisement featuring a Disney parade.
I know this is a tough one... if someone gets it I will be amazed.
openWhich Teen Titans Go! episode had this? Western Animation
Found this: it's Titans Saving Time.
Edited by mimitchi33openGirlfriend in guy’s head Live Action TV
I’m pretty sure this was just one episode. I thought it was Black Mirror, but it turned out it wasn’t. The premise is there’s a couple who just had a kid. The mother gets sick and goes into a coma. The boyfriend is approached by a dude in the hospital who proposes a new technology that would put her in his head. That way she would be able to talk to him and see everything through his eyes. He eventually gets tired of her nagging and has a mute option installed so he can shut her down for however long he wants. He finds a new girlfriend and his dead girlfriend becomes jealous and annoys him to the point that he wants her out of his head. He has her essence put into a stuffed teddy bear instead so that she can still see their son, but can no longer speak or interact. Help me! This has been nagging me for a while.
openTrying to recall an old game I played Videogame
I'm trying to remember an old game I played a little bit a long time ago.
It either starts out with you as a divine being stripped of your divinity and sent to the mortal realm, or a mortal gaining limited divinity (wanna say it was the former, can't remember). The overall gameplay style and look was similar to Ultima 9; Open-world medieval-themed RPG with a third-person camera (might've been first-person, but I seem to remember it being third-person). You'd start the game on a pier in a small village, getting some initial exposition from some god or somesuch, and then you'd be on your way. I wanna say you also were stuck playing a female character, you did not have a choice between playing a male avatar or a female avatar.
You could play a demo version of the game up to a specific point and, if you wanted to play further, you had to buy the full version on the developer's website.
Edited by EradrazilopenYA Science Fiction novel, probably. Literature
the main characters are teenagers i think, they somehow end up in the universe that came before the Big Bang, and some or all of them wind up on a planet with carnivorous tree stumps the thing that got them there is either a spaceship or an AI ...maybe both a spaceship and an AI
openFan made webcomic about video game villains (SOLVED!) Webcomic
Ok so there’s this webcomic about video game villains, I think the main premis was for the villains to get rehabilitated so that they can live normal lives in modern day, but of course it doesn’t go so smoothly most of the time.
The artwork was pretty well done. And I think Gannondorf was a frequently shown character.
I can’t remember the name! If anyone knows, I’d really appreciate it!
Edited by PoshDemonresolved You won't even believe all of the hijinks that he did Web Original
So I'm looking for a themesong (I think) for something web orginal. Literrally all I can remember is the line "You won't even believe all of the hijinks that he did". Can anyone help?
Edited by dutchguy1986openA movie about a boy and his grandfather trapped in a house Film
I'm trying to remember a movie I saw a long time ago with my own grandfather.
It's about a boy who likes to dress up like a commando who lives with his mother and grandfather in a big house or mansion.
One night someone breaks in and it's just the boy and his grandfather trapped inside.
At one point, the grandfather hides inside a suit of armor and at another point, IIRC, the boy tries to kill the home invader with a stick of dynamite hidden in a toy train.
Does this ring any bells, fellow tropers?
openAnthro cat western picture book Literature
I remember trying to get this book at the library for this reading thing my daycare was doing, but one of the older kids snatched the book from me and claimed it for themselves, saying I was too young to read it.
From what I remember about the book, it was a bout an anthro cat in Mexico (it’s not Skippy Jon Jones) who was like, the town hero or somthing, he was an orange tabby. He had this girl cat that liked him and there was an outlaw in the town as well. He and the outlaw have a fight and the orange cat gets really hurt and the girl cat thinks he’s dead. I think he comes back tho and saves the day.
If anyone can find what this book is, I’d really appreciate it!
openAwful-looking animated Christmas special Western Animation
I haven't seen this before, I just walked in while it was airing on television and want to know what it was. It was really crappy-looking animation with creepy "cute" elves (the closest-looking thing I can think of is The Christmas Tree) and the scene I saw was a musical number at the North Pole by the elves. At the end, Mrs. Claus wished Santa a merry Christmas before a commercial came on. It felt like the very end of the special, but I don't know, as I had to leave and didn't stay past the commercial break to find out.
openATLA Fan Comic Webcomic
Does anyone know which comic this is? It's an AU where Aang woke up 10-25 years later than in canon and it was on Deviantart. I can't find it anymore.
Edit: It's Alternate History.
Edited by Pichu-kunopenBrackets kid (Western Animation)
A Western Animation a few years ago that looked Canadian or something about a kid that gets brackets (as in braces) that are a super tech gadget. They include a Hologram Butler and the kid’s grandpa is a Secret Keeper.
Edited by JTTWloveropenROALD DAHL STORY PERHAPS Literature
I thought this was from the Tales of the Unexpected short story collection by Roald Dahl, but I am not entirely sure. I remember reading a story, it was not scary, about a young boy traveling on a train with his mother. Adults would pass by and talk with him to keep him preoccupied. I thought the story begun with a V, but I do not know. Does this ring any bells for anyone? Please help, thanks.
openGuy takes peoples junk Live Action TV
All i remember is some guy and his friend drive around and take people furniture/trash they threw out. they then upgrade said furniture/trash and return it to said person who threw it out.
openMan 'freezes' girls, displays in cases, ends up in his own machine Live Action TV
Saw in 1970s, might date back to 60s? A man has a machine in which he puts beautiful women and freezes / preserves them in a sort of glass case / ice block. The display cases are then brought out on an overhead conveyor machine so he can admire his collection. Hero thwarts him and the bad guy ends up in his own machine, joining the girls on display. (Don't remember much else - might be a film??)
Solved - it is a film - "Kiss the Girls and Make them Die" - just had to look a bit harder :-)
Edited by Jd428openBlond idol singer??? Anime
I remember watching a clip on of an actiony anime about a bunch of teenagers fighting other teenagers with weapons like katanas and stuff and they wore like white uniforms or something, I do remember like one of the background characters saying "You Kyoto/Tokyo bastards!" And then there was this blonde girl who suddenly singed and then her teammates injuries healed I think?? I also remember a Dark Haired Aloof Girl as one of the main characters and I think she was called "Commander".
openOld Cartoon Western Animation
There was this cartoon that I remember watching when I was younger. I've literally been trying to look for it for about a year and have absolutely no luck. From what I remember, the cartoon was about a girl who lived in a city in an apartment building. The girl had pink hair that was kind of long and it swirled at the end. It all looked drawn. I've made a post about this before and it wasn't Pinky Dinky Doo, Hihi Puffy Amiyumi, Adventure Time, Trollz, or an Erin Esurance Commercial. It seemed like something that might've been on Nickelodeon. I don't think it was even Western Animation or Anime/Manga style. I swear it was real, but it is definitely possible that it was something I may have came up with on my own as a child. Please help me I've been trying to figure this out for way too long.
Edited by thatsreallycool
I only remember that it was an early 2000 or late 90's mecha anime. I don't remember the plot much, but there is a pilot who falls on earth(he's probably alien) and meets a girl who cures his wounds, but he's really cold to her.