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Scooby Doo- Suspiciously similar to Zombie Island Western Animation
This is an episode or movie of Scooby-Doo my sister and I caught once. It seemed heavily inspired by Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, down to being in Louisiana, having zombies, having the same ferry man character with the same voice, and even some of the same music. Since I watched it I've never been able to find it; Google only directs me to Zombie Island. Any clue what this one could be?
Edited by WarJay77
Real Life example I forgot
There was one story about some U.S. military on a secret mission during which they discovered a local boy had a dangerous foot disease they were able to treat. Due to secrecy requirements, they had to go to his house at night, tie up everybody facedown on the floor at gunpoint, and then give medical care. Next time they came back, the family was ready for them, and even gave them snacks.
I can't remember what trope or page it was on, and I can't find it by searching. Does anyone know where it might have been?
Unknown VHS kids show Film
I’ve asked about this before, and I have little hope i’ll ever find it. Basically, this was on a VHS tape at my old daycare when I was very young. While we were watching this, which seemed to be an episode from a series, I was in time-out and outside of the room, and only was able to catch the beginning and the end. It was in black and white, and starred a young girl, a boy, and a weiner dog (perhaps it was a white dog with darkened ears and a spot or two?) They were detectives, and solved mysteries. The intro theme was sung by a group of children (similar to seasame street) and I remember including shots of the two kids and the dog walking around with a magnifying glass. I also remember the title card being of the dog in a circle (think Porky Pig in Merry Melodies). The dog had a silly name, and was used heavily in the intro. In this particular episode, they were solving mysteries in a circus. I remember a particular shot of them walking from right to left in front of the circus tent, with crates nearby.
If anyone can help me find this, it would be much appreciated as this has been on my mind for decades.
Sax Playing Animal Character? Western Animation
Sorry this is vague but my friend and I got into a discussion about this, and it's bugging us that we can't remember. We're trying to find a 2D animated character (from a TV series or movie, we're not sure) that plays the saxophone or some sort of other woodwind or brass instrument. This character was an animal with a long snout (similar to Mr. Ratburn from Arthur or Brian from Family Guy). They also wore thick, black, round glasses OR round sunglasses. It's not Scat Cat, Louis from The Princess and The Frog, Lisa Simpson, or any of the aforementioned characters. It might be someone from Arthur?
Some weird alien show Western Animation
All I remember is that there was an alien family that lived in some kid's treehouse. It was traditionally animated and probably from 2007-ish. I know it's not Ready Jet Go!.
Kids Radio cassette Radio
I had a cassette tape in the early 2000s. The story was kind of in the style of war of the worlds where a radio show was putting on a fake broadcast, but it also shows the perspective of an older and younger brother who are trying to find their mom. The younger brother has watched a scary alien movie and thinks they are being invaded. I believe it might have been Halloween themed.
Fly or Mosquito in desert tired of work and routine Western Animation
This is an episode in a cartoon from the early or mid 90's. So I'm not sure if this was a mini side story in Rockos Modern Life or Ren and Stimpy; and maybe it was even it's own show. I don't really remember, but the tone and delivery of jokes was similar to those shows I mentioned. Im pretty sure it was on Nickelodeon, but I dunno.
So the episode I remember was about a fly(or mosquito) that lived in the desert and worked at a regular 9-5 job. One day he decides that he is tired of the routine. His routine was pretty much work, come home, watch tv, work, come home, watch tv. He just loses it. He is fed up with his life. And then... well and then I don't remember.
He was a pudgy, rotund fly, and his friend was a tall and slender fly.
In my searches Ive come across various shows with flies as protagonists, but I have not come across THESE flies(or mosquitos).
That episode really left an impression on me when I was a child, so I really want to find it and watch it and find out how it ended lol.
Odd On Demand Cartoon Western Animation
I remember watching this cartoon on the on demand feature of xfinity. It was about this kid who left his notebook on his desk at school, then returning the next day to find a message in it written by an unknown student. The student was supposedly a vampire who sat at the same desk during his school sessions at the same school but at night along with either other vampire students or a school with other monsters. This cartoon also had either very old looking animation or a sort of South Park-ish paper animation style. I remember finding this cartoon around 2010-2012. I thought the company who may have broadcasted it was Kabillion, but i haven't been able to find it on their website. I've stubbled upon this other cartoon called "School for Little Vampires", which for a while I thought was what I watched. But it wasn't close at all to what I remember. "Casper's Scare School" was another possibility, but I clearly remember it being 2D animated, not 3D. I've been looking for this for years with no luck.
Can't find this song Music
Often, when I want to find a song I don't know the name of, I try to remember any lyrics of the song and look up those lyrics on Google to see if it can find me the song.
The song I'm looking for here, however, I heard in a restaurant the other day, so I couldn't hear any of its lyrics well enough. What I do remember is that it's a female singer, I think it might be pop music, it sounds like it's a pretty upbeat song, and several parts of the song ended with lyrics in the following order of keys: "A, A... A#, A, G".
Not much info to go on, I know, but any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Nick. Jr Web Original
Now, I remember this thing on Nick Jr. It was a music video, was animated, was on the internet, and it had this robot questioning things about the world. I remember 2 lyrics.
“Is a butterfly made out of butter?”
and
“When you wear a sweatshirt, do you really sweat?”
I think those were the lyrics.
Edited by Playing_with_boy
Some wierd show where young women had magic cell phones or something. Western Animation
I remember there being an episode where they end up somewhere strange, find this little kid, protect the child for a bit, they get back to where they belong and the kid turns out to be evil, and I don't remember anything else about that show, other than a thing before the credits in every episode where they would use their magic on some guy for some unexplained reason, I hope someone tells me what this is called, because then it will stop bothering me.
Some wierd live action show. Live Action TV
There was a part where some character was killed, (I don't remember how but it involved water I think, I don't think they drowned), and the show might have been horror themed, I don't really remember it.
Edited by superkid761
Possibly just an arcade game Videogame
So I remember there was this game at Scandia which I really liked. It was an FPS with a very cartoony feel and I think you could play it against bots or against a second player. It's possible it's just an arcade game with no PC or console version but I am still curious. I think the name of the game started with an R
Unknown Christmas Special (Cartoon) Western Animation
It was a Christmas special. Animated, 2d.
It was about a boy and a girl who lived in one of the more Southern states where snow is rare (I think they might have been in California?). Both of them really wanted to see a white Christmas, but their parents informed them that where they lived it probably wouldn’t happen.
Both of them wrote their letters to Santa and left them on the table for him to read on Christmas eve for some reason.
Sure enough, Santa arrives, but when he sees that they have asked for a white Christmas he is worried. He wakes them up and informs them that he is taking them to a magical land that I cannot remember the name of, but think was in the clouds. He tells them that his magic can’t give them what they want, but maybe someone in the magical land has the right kind of magic for it.
First, the kids ask Jack Frost, but he replies that he can only do frost, not snow. Both Jack and another character that I cannot really remember accompany the children on their journey.
Eventually, the children meet two old men who I think were named “The Wizards of Winter” The wizards agree to make it snow on Christmas day and the children are sent home.
The children wake up in the morning and enjoy Christmas morning outside with their parents, wondering if they dreamed the whole thing because there is no snow. As it turns out, the wizards just overslept. We see them casting a spell, which I think included the words “sun be cold!” The snow begins to fall, and the children get the white Christmas that they always wanted.
I saw this special a couple of times but cannot for the life of me remember what it was called. No one else seems to remember it either, and I can’t find any mention of it on the internet. Does anyone have any idea or even memory of this special? I grew up in Southern Ontario in Canada, if that helps.
Very specific audiobook of Huck Finn Radio
This may be a bit of an odd request: I'm looking for a specific audiobook recording of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, that I listened to as a child (we got it from our local library, sometime between 2000-2008). It was on CD, and each disc ended with a different bit of era-appropriate-Old-South-style instrumental music, to let you know the disc was over. I remember the narrator used a very deep voice for Jim, and I think the deleted "Raftsmans Passage" scene was a bonus track at the very end. It was also uncensored (read: it kept all the book's racial slurs). Thank you in advance!
some weird stop motion thing Western Animation
here's what I remember about it: the animation wasn't exactly stop motion. it was more like someone was manipulating the dolls (they looked like they were supposed to be oriental?) like a puppet. there was no effort to make it seem like they were actually talking, but it looked like someone was holding the legs of the dolls off-screen and was moving them to empathize what was being said and making them 'walk'. I think the theme song kept saying 'we are wind warriors'. and the only real scene I remember was this: character a: *says something about legendary warriors becoming immortalized in the stars* character b: am I one of those warriors? (something like that) character a: you most certainly are not! I saw it at night when I was like 8 or 9. I've been looking for it for years and I cant find anything about it. pleeeeeease let me know if you've seen something like this before. thanks!
Am I allowed to ask more than once? Live Action TV
There was a Filipino TV show about a mother and a daughter who are poor. Then one day they go into this mansion and start living there since the previous owner wasn’t there anyway (I believe he fell off a balcony, and the mom and daughter didn’t know??). So they (think) the mansion is theirs now basically. In one episode, they received an invitation (meant for the original owner) to go to a party. They got excited and wore fancy gowns they found in the closet, only to embarrass themselves because everyone else was wearing beachwear (you know, Hawaiian shirts, flip flops, flower necklaces and all that jazz). That’s about all I remember.
I can’t find it if I tried.
So there was this old TV show from several years ago that used to appear on E-Junior (a TV network from the UAE—we used to live there). I remember it being a very colourful show, and the characters I think, kind of look like mascots but with the build of young children. And there were only 4-5 characters really, and they all lived in this house but they’d also go out to a backyard. At least, that’s what I remember. I also know two episodes. One where they were playing on a see-saw but one or the other was too heavy, so they had a balloon tied to one of the characters to make him lighter. And another episode where they had this segment and recreate the story of The Magic Porridge Pot (poor mother and daughter with a pot that gives porridge). It was a terrible recreation too—they used a freaking beige blanket to be the overflowing porridge. Anyway, I doubt anyone would know what I’m talking about but, I’m hoping for a miracle and someone will answer.
unknown cartoonish movie!! PLEASE HELP Film
This movie is old looking and cartoonish (animated). It’s in color, but it looks likes it’s made in the 1900’s. It is about animals , including pretty sure it’s mostly rats and mice. They are in battle and one side is super evil. The other side In this castle, and there’s some monk looking animal too. He is on the castle side. Hewears a brown robe. There are no humans in this movie. The animals are not exotic animals like lions or cheetahs. They look mostly like regular mice and rats. I think. It also takes place in a woody area. It’s not that well known of a movie. Thanks if you know it !! I Need to know the name of them movie!! Thanks!!
song at beginning of video Music
Can someone tell me what the song at the beginning of this video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDzU7yha8QA
? Soundhound failed to match.
sound clip of a guy probably angry gamer screaming "BULLSHIT"
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2rynk8
used in this video
if it helps the guy who made the video you see here mostly made TF 2 and/or MLP things
Werewolf movie - might be a Howling Film
A couple was caught in a town by werewolves. The werewolves were all in human form in a bad guy circle around the couple. At one point, the male says - we have silver bullets. One of the bad guys says "silver bullets my asssss" - and while he was saying the boast, he transformed into a werewolf. The male shot the werewolf immediately in the face, and it made the rest of the bad guys pause.
Thats all we remember. I know the movie was made before 1992, because at one point we joked about how it is older than my wife. The male looked like he was 25 or younger (they had that 80s movie teen couple vibe).
TV show from New Zealand (Dramedy/Sitcomish) Live Action TV
Hello!
I'm looking for a TV show from New Zealand which used to be on youtube but got taken off and now I have no way of finding it. One of the characters was a single mom and the show kinda focused on her.
She also was dating a very hunky man (very Mr. Fanservice) and I remember in one episode after a date, said guy was in the kitchen naked, and got caught by other members of the family. That's the scene I remember the most vividly.
shortfilm about a scared dog Western Animation
Okay, so I've been searching for weeks and I just cannot find it (I'm starting to think I imagined it somehow). What I'm looking for is a short film (not movie-length but not part of a tv-show either) and I don't remember much but here is what I got:
-quite old (with color and audio but it was on a VHS and the animation-style matches the one in the 40s/50s) -the protagonist is a dog (st bernard??) -there is a mouse in his home that he doesn't know about and it scares him the whole time (no idea if the mouse did it on purpose or not)
-there is only one scene I really remember, the mouse somehow got stuck beneath a rubber glove and then some red sauce spilled on him (jam? ketchup?) and it looked like blood -the dog saw the glove and was terrified; when he ran away the "glove" chased him
I know it's not much to go on but maybe one of you knows what I'm looking for. I'm super desperate, any tip could help :D
80s-sounding song Music
My mom used to play this song when I was a child, and I've never heard it since. All I can remember was one (recurring?) part of the song: a male singer sounding vaguely like Pat Sajak saying "I" and percussion between his vocals (the best way I can describe it in text is "I- (dun da dun) I- (dun da dun)"). I believe it was a slow romantic song, and there may have been a female singer for the verses. It sounded very 80s, though it could be from anywhere up to the mid-late 2000s (when I heard it). I thought it was by The B-52s for a while, but none of the songs on the one album we have match.