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openKids cartoon that dealt with 2 robots, similar to edutainment like genre Western Animation
The show dealt with 2 robots, one of them did not have legs, and it was a male and female robot, with the female one asking the questions, and the male one often being the guy having to answer them. I remember the male robot often laughed whenever a drawing of a monkey was shown. It was cgi, and it aired on ytv...
openOld unicorn cartoon
I remember staying up late some nights when I was little to watch this cartoon about this unicorn who went on quests assigned by her father. I remember the show clearly but not the name and its bugging me so much! An example of an episode would be like, her father who would normally assign her a mission was kidnapped by a giant. Now she has to save him.
openWhat show or movie was this kid watching?
Found this. It was High School Musical.
Edited by mimitchi33openYoung teenage girl travels back in time to prevent her family's present day poverty Literature
A young teenage girl, through either mystical or unexplained means, travels back in time, and into her grandmother's life/body from when her grandmother was the same age as she was in the present day. Her grandmother's family at that time is either struggling somewhat financially, or decently stable, but in the present day, they are very poor. While the girl is in the past, she discovers that the reason for their poverty is that her great-grandparents were swindled into selling a particular portion of land that they owned, or possibly just the mineral rights of the land, and it turned out to be extremely valuable. She manages to prevent this, and when she travels back into the present, her family is very well off now.
I believe it was a middle grade novel, and I read it between five to ten years ago, probably closer to ten.
openTV show i can't remember Live Action TV
I remember watching a show that was about a girl who is the only human in a school/town of monsters/paranormal because her dad got a new job. Does anyone know?
openInternet comic strip Web Original
A good illustration for The Chain of Harm: A manager yells at a an employee, who takes it out on his wife, who takes it out on their son, who takes it out on his cat, who stabs the manager.
Anyone know the one?
openThe Sweet: Love is Like Oxygen as space battle music... possibly?
I'm either imagining this or it's from something really obscure but I seem to recall The Sweet's Love is Like Oxygen being used in a movie or book or something as music for a space battle. I thought it was the book 'Armada' but I wasn't familiar with the song or the band when I read that (therefore I would probably not aurally recognise and associate it) and it's not in the provided song list on one of the back pages either. I just have this really strong association with the song and someone flying into a space battle whilst playing it. I'm pretty sure I'm imagining this but if anyone is able to confirm that I'm not it'd be great.
Edited by Automaton120openScottish/British childrens story-book style show that I remember watching from school. Western Animation
I will start by saying that I will be very surprised if any American users will remember, as from what I recall this show was quintessentially British and I can't imagine it being shown overseas.
The TV show is one I have been trying to find for years - it was a different story every time but featuring the same types of characters. It was very Scottish - all set in the countryside highlands and featuring these funny little characters that were short and squat, with big beards and round black eyes.
It wasn't animated as such, it was still frame pictures that illustrated the narration, and from what I remember it was drawn lovingly in a very pastel or watercolour style. The narrator was female and had - and I remember this clear as day - a very gentle, Scottish accent.
Some quick points:
I remember watching this in school during "TV time," when we kids would all gather around to watch it on VHS. Even as a child I never saw it at home. I don't know if it was ever shown amongst the BBC learning shows that played in the 90's during school hours.
I am a 90's child born in 1990, so it would of been around 1994-1996 that I was watching and it did seem of its time, though I would say early 90's generally.
I imagine it was intended for younger children of say, 4-6 years.
If anyone remembers, please help!
Edited by thecatcalledfishresolved Girl's sister attempts suicide and she decides to get revenge - BOOK
So this is in a book I read a while ago, where a girl attempted to commit suicide because of what this guy did to her, so her sister decides to get revenge on this guy. She cuts her hair, dyes it, changes her look, and starts wearing different clothes in an attempt to attract this guy that ruined her sisters life. She eventually gets the guy, but it happens way later in the story, and ends up being a different guy than she thought. Through the story, they go to a mall, almost get busted for shoplifting, hang out on school grounds, etc. I can't remember the exact names of the characters, but that's pretty much the story. I really, really want to read this again, and cannot remember the name of the story, or who it is by. I do remember that I checked it out from the Southwest Arlington Library in Arlington, Texas, and I think It had a girl with black hair on the front. Oh, and there is a scene in which they all are in the hospital with her sister.
Edited by Xion_the_Undead-HuntressopenDoes anyone remember this one animesque show about giant arachnids? Anime
I think this was either a dubbed anime or some animesque project. I don't remember which, but I've been recalling snippets of the show. I think. It may have been hallucinations, or dreams, but I'm fairly certain it exists.... I wanna say 'Spider Crusaders', but somehow, I don't think that's quite it....
openWhat episode of Martha Speaks is this? Western Animation
An episode of Martha Speaks with this conversation (I think at a restaurant)
- Daniel (Helen's dad): "Ugh, everyone in this family's bilingual, except me! Even Martha! I bet Martha could translate those dogs!"Martha: "Translate? You mean could I tell you in English what those dogs are saying in Dog?"
openAncient Marco Polo Cartoon Western Animation
This is an odd request, but it keeps nagging me. Way back when I was a kid (between 1987 and 1990), I taped part of an animated film about Marco Polo's travels. The one segment I recorded that clearly stuck in my mind involved the ship back to Europe being damaged by a storm, forcing the crew to take temporary refuge on the Island of Dog-Men, which was inhabited by a Cannibal Tribe who dressed up in dog-pelts (wearing the empty heads as helmets). There was a nerve-racking assault by the howling, torch-bearing Dog-Men before the repaired ship managed to flee, ultimately returning home in triumph.
I have no idea what the show was. Through a final fluke of luck, I think maybe it was the 1972 animated film "The Travels of Marco Polo", as the animation seems to match my very dim memories of the scene I had taped:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zShEOzpI5oo
Thing is, my network is abysmal, so I can't simply watch this video through to the end and see if it has the Isle of Dog-Men sequence to prove it's what I'm after. Can anyone help me find out what the Marco Polo cartoon I'm chasing is?
If it does turn out to be The Travels of Marco Polo... anyone know if there's any place to find it in English? Link is in Turkish, and there's an Arabic translation of it as well.
openWhere did this quote came from? Anime
I am pretty sure it is either an anime or a manga, but which one? All I remember was this quote, it is a bit paraphrased, but the point still stands.
"We are nothing but minds trapped inside a game called life."
That, and it was said by an antagonist. But I really forget the rest, not even the villain's appearance.
openScandinavian movie where family watches Art house film. Film
Some years ago, it might be 10 or 15, I saw a foreign film which I'm positive was Scandinavian where a father takes his children to the movies. However, they go into the wrong movie and see a film where a couple is walking down the beach with their dog. It played out normally until suddenly the woman turns to the man and says " let's eat the dog". The next scene in the movie being watched is the couple sitting or dancing around a fire. The father then takes his children out and demands a refund. It's unlikely but perhaps the encompassing film is famous enough in whichever Scandinavian country it was for someone to recognise it. I'd like to add it to the Art house film as an example of satire.
Edited by Randallw201238openOld british crime tv show Film
Its a pretty long running show, but i have only seen 1 episode. It started out like most crime series with some case that they solve that episode. However t he thing that caught my attention was that at the end of the episode there is a sub plot about theprotagonists partners ex-wifes husband being murderd. And some muddy boots tie the murder to said partner. Thats pretty much all i remember. I will be very impressed if anyone figures this one out.
openShared dream world accessed by playing a specific song on a record player
A guy is able to teleport himself and people in close proximity to a house (dollhouse in another dimension? or possibly a shared dream?) by whistling a specific song, and while there this guy (and no one else) is able to alter reality. He and the others get transported back after a short period of time (apparently because his whistling isn't very effective), but this guy decides he wants to live in the dollhouse forever, and traps these people by setting up a record player to play this song on endless loop. The other people want to escape to reality, but this guy is in control. They figure out that they can exert some control by the power of suggestion, and finally they manage to overwhelm the guy by pretending various horrible things are happening, which freaks him out and causes him to release his control so that everyone can return to reality.
Possible tropes: - Dream World - Trapped in Another World - Shattering the Illusion - Portal Picture, except more like "Portal Song" - Warp Whistle
Media: live-action, probably a TV show (at least 10 years old), possibly a film.
Edited by JoeGaggleropenNative American Chant Music
In school I remember learning this Native American chant (though it could maybe be from somewhere else). It went something similar to this: Gishay Gishay ee manihu x3 Mamuhayha wamatah x3 Gishay Giahay ee manahu Hey Hey Any iidea? Not sure about the spelling, so Google is not much help.
I seen this show when I was a child in the early 80s. It was a live action show, maybe some animation sections but I do not remember, that had a male adult host that had a German accent. I remember the title song had the words "Guess What?" or maybe guess who.
The host was an older man with a very deep voice. I tried to find the title of the show but any searches for Guess What or the like, does not pin point the show.
It was not Mr. Dressup but it was something similar to that.