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openSong in a video of a crow in a stadium Music
Here's the video in question: https://youtu.be/qsVcEqf2HP4 The song's rather nice but even though millions have seen it and has been on multiple sites, no one has commented the origin of the song...
openTwo old and badly animated cartoons. Western Animation
Okay, these I remember were very low budget and I remember a little but not a whole lot.
The first is a man who is constantly visited by an alien. This alien considers him a friend and tries to help him out but also gets him in trouble for it. As I recall, the alien flew a generic flying saucer and could transform into different forms. The most prominent form that he would take was that of a blue dog. The human had a boss called "Mr. Smiley," or "Mr. Nicely" or something like that (the alien even mentions whoever named him had "some sense of humor"). At the end of each show, the alien would say, "Poor Earth creature!"
I only remember two episodes, one the man wanted to play golf but was not allowed. This led to the alien trying out the game indoors and stating that the man was brave for playing the game without a helmet. However, he takes the form of the man and takes over the job for him so that his friend can play golf.
The second episode I remember is that the alien turns into a dog but due to the gadget that allows him to transform being undercharged, he's stuck as a dog. Some boy finds him and carries him off. To make matters worse, the father of the boy likes dogs too and is something of a bully (stating later that he must've knocked the guy a mile away) and won't give back the alien.
Now... the second cartoon is about a man who's boss is a jerk and a rich man. The boss throws his dog out of the house and the dog takes a liking to the main protagonist. During this time, a fairy (she's more like the fairy godmother from Cinderella in size and appearance) gives him a golden whistle. This whistle sends him back in time. Through the series, he's given several whistles that send him back to different periods in time. The dog goes with him in these adventures as well and even blows the whistle himself thinking that his new friend was going to go back in time without him (the man actually didn't intend to go back in time).
The one episode I remember and detail from is when they end up getting to Snow White's cabin where she leaves them to clean the place up. Of course, when the Wicked Queen shows up, she gives the dog the poison apple thinking he's Snow White. The journey continues and the queen actually goes with them using several poison apples on others such as a camel.
Anyway, I can't find these using the plots and they are pretty obscure, so if you know either of them, please let me know.
openSci-fi/Video game-based horror film Film
My overall memories are vague, but there are a few particular things I think I'm remembering correctly. The movie itself was about a young man who buys/receives a new video game that slowly almost ruins his life. I think the game was requiring him to complete tasks in real life, or maybe there was just some evil entity convincing him to do shady stuff. He might've been stalking his crush at her party, for example. Point is that his personal relationships were deteriorating because of his behaviours, and it involved the game making him do those things. The only really specific detail I definitely remember was the falling out he had with his best friend. Friend might've been criticizing the main character for whatever crap he was getting up to, which led to an argument that ended with the friend leaving. Very specifically, when the friend left he was walking away from the house. The main character shouted one last thing after him, and all the friend did was flip him off with both hands without turning around. I suppose I remember exactly that because I found it weird that he did it over his shoulder, which I guess I found funny in some way. Not really sure why that part stuck out in my mind as much as it did, while I don't really remember anything else detail-wise.
As for chronology, I'm fairly sure the movie was from the mid-90s. I don't know that for certain, as I definitely would have watched it about ten years ago, and I only would've seen it the one time. If there is anything else I remember particularly about the movie, it was just how much it felt like it fit well with other 90s movies that covered basically the exact same ground. Makes sense seeing how huge video games were getting at the time that they would be so prevalent in popular culture, but it doesn't mean any of those movies were good, and I'm fairly certain the movie I'm thinking of wasn't anything special either. I definitely watched it at home on my TV. It was a time where I was particularly interested in horror films, and would basically watch anything that sounded interesting from Comcast's on demand library. Fairly certain a lot of stuff on there was no good anyway, but I was young and not very picky.
Can't say for sure if there are any more details I can provide, other than starting to list other movies/other media that definitely aren't what I'm thinking of. If this isn't enough though, I'll see what else I can do.
openChildrens TV show pre 90s Western Animation
My sister and I can both remember a childrens TV show that was stop motion animation about a bunch of animals and its driving us mad that we can't remember.
The little clay animals put on a show and it all goes wrong when the stage sets fire or something breaks. Its got a crocodile who wears a mask and a cape and he has a really annoying cackle type laugh. Theres also a part or a seperate episode where some different animals go ice skating arm in arm and their legs don't bend. We can also remember there is an elephant that blows bubbles and another animal cuts the lawn in perfect stripes.
It might have been a film or a short that we had on VHS. Possibly dubbed from another country? Would have been pre '95. Please save our sanity.
openSeven sense guys?
I don't know where it was from but it had these 5 sense guys, nonsense guy, and a leader guy. I think one of them was Lunaboory or something? They had adventures and it was a little kids show.
Edited by FriedBakaopenFantasy Anime/Western Animation Anime
I have clear as day memories of certain scenes and pieces of dialouge, so here we go.
I remember in the first episode or two, a small boy showing his grandpa a drawing of what seemed to be some Pokemon/Digimon creature, like his own OC. He then gets transported to another world where his OC is alive and needs his help. I remember his OC looking like a bulky kind of wolf, with a white and blue color scheme. Soon there's a girl chasing after him because of some kind of mix up with a thief or something, and they're running through tall blades of grass. The girl soon joins his team with her own weird furry Digimon/Pokemon cross over animal. We then have another character who is a male join their crew with his own monster thingy. The new male was probably a thief/bandit and collected relics, which could make their monsters have even more powers. In one episode, the main character is trying to convince his monster to fly despite the monster's fear of heights to defeat a bad guy with a relic that gives your monster wings. Soon we find out that the main character's furry monster once belonged to his grandpa and his grandpa had many journey's like his own. From then on it's pretty fuzzy, but I do remember some kind of big tree. I'm thinking the show was released somewhere around 2000s-2010. All in all, it's about this kid and his furry monster with his two friends who also have furry monsters fighting evil. Any kind of hints/ suggestions will be very helpful!
Edit: The show was also on Netflix around 2010-2013!
Edited by kermitsewagesighopenNo Title Live Action TV
I'm looking for an Animal Planet show where Mother Nature would narrate over stock footage of animals.
openTrying to remember show from when I was younger
It would have been sometime in the earlier 2000s that I saw but I don't remember seeing it that often like it wasn't as popular maybe? I remember there being maybe like three rooms and the main one was a living room with a couch and a big window and maybe a toy chest or something like that not exactly sure about the chest though. possibly two main characters that were guys and they would go into the other rooms surrounding the living room and it was kinda a weird show. sorry it's such a vague memory but it's bugging me now.
openShow from the 90’s Live Action TV
I’m trying to remember a show/movie from the 90’s. I keep remembering two scenes. One where a girl floats at night in a row boat, maybe in a storm? Another scene she inherits her moms old doll and lives in her room. It might also be a movie.
openGOOSEBUMPS-ESQUE SHOW - EPISODE WITH 2 BROTHERS, PARENTS GO OUT OF TOWN... Live Action TV
I'm looking for an episode of a show—I think "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" or "Goosebumps," but I have looked through episode synopses for those series to no avail. There is a pair of brothers whose parents are going out of town for the weekend. The parents hire a nanny/babysitter—an old lady. But once the parents have left, the older brother draws red chicken pox-like dots all over his arm and, when the old lady arrives, pretends to be his father and tells her they're sick, they have canceled their trip. She goes away so the brothers have the place to themselves. Then turns out there is a monster in the house. Please help!
openHellpppp
I have two queries, one is a cartoon about a guy where the episodes start off as him talking to a princess up in a tower and she tell him what she wants and the rest of the episode if him and his wizard friend going to find it... it could have been on English channels or American not sure??? ...... the other one is a movie which I can’t remember if it cartoon or not and it has a dragon or something and children and the children go on rollercoasters through this huge place and one is sick or something and at the very end they’re at a park???? I hope someone know either of these I’m dying to know!! X
openWhat is the name of this show??
What is the name of a show that has two older brothers. They always wore suits. One brother had glasses. They were both good looking. In the first episode they kidnapped two children and their father. The kids stayed with them through the entire show. One brother could hear voices talking to him in his head. Some people had powers and their were mythical creatures The brothers didn't have any powers.
openScooby Western Animation
Has Scooby and the gang ever went up against a villain who hasn't put them in danger?
openOld spooky cartoon
I remembered this show, where this boy sneaked into a barricaded house. Which was haunted. He meets skeletons dressed in 1800th clothing. They all sit around a table talking and so on, they tell him about the curse of the house and such. I saw it when i was young and in russian.
openCooking show Live Action TV
it was either on cbbc/cbeebies or city but it was a cooking show that was maybe in space? there was a large creature that lived in a cave that either helped cook or had to be fed
openChildrens progam with purple dragon pls pls pls help me
Hi. I'm looking for a old childrens program that aired prob sometime between 2000-2009 in Sweden. I can't remember any names, characters (except one) or titles. I can only remember one character and a sentence he/she said in one episode. I know it isn't much to go on but I clearly remember the character being a dragon. There was ofc other characters too, kids, but I can't remember anything about them. I think the dragon and the other characters were animated. If not, at least the dragon was. But I favor the former. It was purple (and no, it isn't Spyro), light purple I think and it's belly was either pale, light purple (lighter than the rest of the body anyway) or very light yellow. Its voice was light, somewhere between normal and high-pitched. And I think it had white, pale or yellow horns. The horns pointed upward and was small and blunt. Or at least not (very) sharp. It was big, like the red dragon Sparkie from "Mike the Knight". Somewhere around that size I believe. That's all I remember about its apperance. I don't remember if it was a male or a female but it sounded like a female. It spoke in human tounge. The sentence it said that I remember was in swedish. It said "Ta det lungt. Min mage är ingen berg- och dalbana". Roughly translated, "Take it easy. My stomach isn't a roller coaster". In the episode where it said this, the dragon was ill. So the kids somehow shrunk themselves, ventured into the dragons stomach and made the bacteria/virus go away. And that's all I remember. Does anyone recognize this? Pls help.
UPDATE:I found it! For those who are interested, the show was Henrys World, episode "Fire's Out". Thanks for all the help!
Edited by Pepsilovin-pikaopenHowie Mandel from Little Monsters looking guy Live Action TV
I've been searching the internet for this show for years to no avail. I don't remember if it was a pilot to a now failed TV show or a made for TV movie. It could have been one of those social awareness things that used to come on TV too. I really don't remember much, but it came on channel 36 between 2000-2004 along with animated shows like Static Shock, Jackie Chan Adventures, and The Batman.
Had a guy in blue makeup with funky red hair, fixed up in a weird braid. I think he had some piercings too. Kinda looked like Howie Mandel in Little Monsters. He was supposed to be an alien, but none of his friends new or thought anything about his strange appearance until they were told he was an alien.
I don't remember the story, but I know he died at the end and went up to the stars or something symbolic like that.
Edit: It might have been an episode of another TV series at the time. I've been going through every show ever to be aired by WB, and am stumped.
Edited by StoolopenDare Movie? Film
Movie trailer about an online 'Dare' game, where completing a dare gets you money. Boy and girl get roped into Daring together, and at one point, while trying on clothes, their OWN clothes are stolen, because they are now being dared to Leave Without Paying. They sneak out in their underwear, instead of stealing. At the end of the trailer, they are in an arena, and one of them must shoot the other to be let go.
Edited by FortunateKitsune
School kids that were absorbed into a game or something in a school computer. They were later found out to have been absorbed by a few of their classmates and those classmates went in to try to find them. One episode they were in an old time jail and after escaping at the end the jumped off a pier into water. They had to overcome a few obstacles to get around. I was shown this as a kid in class several years ago.
I also think the show was British.
Edited by ShiroNekoChi