1 | ''AKA Cult Toons'' was an experimental comedy show that aired on Cartoon Network UK between 1999 to 2000. The show used episodes of old Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons and interspersed them with random clips ranging from blaxplotation films, kung fu movies and other cartoons in a style commonly likened to YouTubePoop, [[UnbuiltTrope years before it hit the Internet.]] The show was hosted by Jackie Potato, a blaxplotation {{Expy}} of Dexter from ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. It also had guest host appearances including the likes of professional wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage and the London Towers basketball team. |
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3 | !!''Cult Toons'' provides examples of: |
4 | * {{Blaxploitation}}: Many clips the show uses derive from the genre. |
5 | * CensoredForComedy: Sometimes, certain portions of dialogue are bleeped in the clips to make it diriter than they originally were (which was done more frequently in ''Funky Phantom Menace''). |
6 | * {{Expy}}: Jackie Potato is [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]] given a {{Blaxploitation}} style with the stereotypes turned up to eleven. |
7 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Usually in the form of combining a Hanna-Barbera character with an outside reference. e.g. Captain Majors Lonely Hearts Club Band. |
8 | * RunningGag: One of the chief sources of humour from the show. |
9 | ** Certain uses of StockFootage (see below) count. |
10 | ** The intro sequence or a brief clip from ''WesternAnimation/TheGaryColemanShow'' playing briefly, only for Andy Lebeau to [[TakeThat invariably get blown to smithereens]]. Sometimes followed by a test pattern accompanied by the words: |
11 | --->[[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties PLEASE STAND BY AS WE ARE EXPERIENCING GARY COLEMAN DIFFICULTIES]] |
12 | * StockFootage: Many clips are reused in different episodes – some more often than others. |
13 | ** From ''WesternAnimation/Birdman1967'': |
14 | *** "'''[[BigNo No!]]'''" |
15 | *** "In the Andes, directly over a tall mountain…" |
16 | *** "Direct hit!" |
17 | ** From ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'': |
18 | *** ''<After a clip is repeated a few times>'' "They've put him in a trance!" |
19 | *** "That's about 200 miles southeast of here." |
20 | *** "Captain Majors!" |
21 | ** From various blaxploitation movies: |
22 | *** "This is HONKY FOOD!" |
23 | *** "FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS!" |
24 | *** "[[PrecisionFStrike DUMBASS!]]" |
25 | *** "Shut up! You want to complain, go put your head in the toilet!" |
26 | *** "Huh, cheeky baby?" |
27 | *** "[[ColdHam …I think you might be right.]]" |
28 | ** [[WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho "Ah, yes!"]] |
29 | ** <[[TheUnintelligible someone speaks incoherently/mumbles/babbles]]> [[WesternAnimation/FrankensteinJr "He's speaking in an alien language!"]] |
30 | ** [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats "Don't touch that!"]] ''<thing gets touched>'' "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" |
31 | ** [[WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo Ew, Scooby! You've got something on you!"]] |
32 | ** A number clips involving [[Film/{{Marlowe}} Winslow Wong]]. |
33 | * ParodyProductPlacement: Each episode is sponsored by a fictional company from Hanna-Barbera/MGM shows (such as Stoner, Stoner and Pyrite Agency, CooCoo Cola). |
34 | * TakeThat: As mentioned under RunningGag, the creators ''really'' have it out for ''WesternAnimation/TheGaryColemanShow''. |
35 | * WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Or rather, We Are Experiencing [[WesternAnimation/TheGaryColemanShow Gary Coleman]] Difficulties, as mentioned under RunningGag and TakeThat. |
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