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a weird cartoon Western Animation
it's a show that used to air on the french teletoon, it talks about a group of 3 people, 2 sisters and 1 friend, that went on a vacation camp with the sisters' parents, then when they slept in their tent they got teleported into another world, the plot revolves around these 3 people trying to find their way back, they end up doing that when they find an old man who tells them how to go back, and it's the same way they got in; by sleeping in their tent again. the show sees many unnatural creatures such as dwarfs, flying pigs, genies in soda cans, a kingdom that values fashion above all else and a town that had it's main popular singer who gets outplayed by the sisters when they steal his spotlight by mistake when the older one tries to cheer up the young one by tickling her, making her giggles and laughter a music the people of this town apparently likes. and as i typed that last sentence i just realized how silly and weird that cartoon was.
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Traveling cartoon Western Animation
I'm trying to remember the name of this cartoon that I saw on cartoon network, it was about these three siblings, two girls and one boy, where they were camping with their family and the next morning after sleeping in their tent they somehow find themselves in a different world, they try many places that could help them get back home, the oldest sibling carried a diary or a journal, some of the places that they went too included a tribe of small blue gnome, a rock village with Stone golems, pandas who stole fairy wings but gave them back after getting different shades of color.
flying balls? Western Animation
i watched this probably 6 to 8 years ago. It had some weird balls with helicopter propellars who lived inside a volcano i think. then they would get a mission of some kind every episode, and they'd all fly out the top of their volcano. i think their purpose might have been to save the environment or jungle or something, but i can't really remember
Cartoon Show Western Animation
I watched this show nonstop when I was young. It was about 3 kids, 2 boys and 1 girl. They would go on missions and they would each have 3 different monsters/creatures they would be able to transform into during the mission. There was also tournaments, where the kids fought against others.
Sci-fi anime film with a scene in a space ghost town towards the end Anime
I think it was an anime, at least I remember it was an animated film, so basicly the only thing I remember from it is a scene towards the end of a little girl (I think) that walks through a space ghost town (far west style town) that has probably been abandoned for a long time, and I remember this sequence being dark (like being literally on the moon and seing space, so not that dark but still dark), and also I remeber all this scene being serious and perhaps sad like if the little girl remembered something walking through that town. I also remeber that at some point the girl picks up a teddy bear lying on the ground in this same city, but once she picks it up and has a look at it, the teddy bear turns to dust. So this is it, it's all I remeber and it's very blury so the details may be false but I'm pretty sure the general idea is right, also I think this isn't a very well known anime, plus it's probably quite an old one (1990 to 2000 maybe), and finaly the last detail, it may not even be a true japanese anime (really not sure about that last detail), when I was young and watched it, it was also the time when I watched russian/polish stuff so this is all, thanks in advance
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Name Of Asian Balloon Movie? Film
I watched this movie when I was really young (2008-2010? but the film itself was probably older, it had decent graphics as far as I could tell though and it was definitely in colour) so my memory is pretty vague of it, but here goes anyway. I think it was Asian, possibly Japanese. Might not have been but that's my guess. It was live action, by the way, it couldn't have been an animated one. The plot had something to do with a boy who had a bundle of maybe 20ish balloons and kept losing them over the course of the movie, pretty sure the last scene had him looking up or sth while the last balloon flies into the sky. There was a bicycle scene in there somewhere. Iirc it was a mostly silent film, help would be appreciated.
Name of cartoon similar to Thundercats.(solved) Western Animation
I remember about the same time as the original Thundercats came out that there was a very similar cartoon which I could tell was either by the same people or a rip off of it. Similar team make up, and similar sounding voices. The only other similar cartoon I've found is Silverhawks, but unless I'm just remembering one episode I don't think that's it. The team lived on a floating base on a water world and when they had to go on missions they would dive through a ring that would change their legs into a tail like a mermaid so they could swim underwater. Anyone know what it was called?
Never mind. I Suddenly recalled it was called tiger sharks.
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Animated show Western Animation
I don't remember much of the things that were in there, but I do know that: it was an animated cartoon, there was an episode that happened in winter and I think the characters went skiing? not sure about that... Also, in that episode, they went into a wooden house that had a slide hidden under the floor and the main cast triggered some trap that activated it and I'm pretty sure that one of antagonists made an appearance there. In another episode, the plot had something to do with gravity and/or electricity, not sure which one. Any idea what show that could be?
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90's CGI Showcase Western Animation
There was a showcase of a bunch of CGI shorts we saw in art class when I was in the 7th grade, but I can't figure out its name. It is not The Mind's Eye or Eye Drops.
I can only remember two shorts on it. One of them is a music video for the Pet Shop Boys. The other one, the final one, is about two CGI humans protesting their creator about having to say random phrases without understanding what they mean. The creator finds out he is a CGI human too and discovers he can morph into other people as he feels like.
Edited by ZombieAladdin
A whole YouTube channel
I’m looking for a whole YouTube channel that has all these old news specials, like mini-documentaries from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. One was about interviewing prostitutes on the streets of NYC, one was about segregated schools and the reporter mentioned how he went to one when he was young, and another one was about the state of NYC and how it could be improved (this one was sponsored by a life-insurance company).
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Fakeout Escape Scene
I don't remember where I saw this scene. But it was someone in a prison receiving a book. Later the guards discover that he had escaped by cutting the window bars and enter his cell, but find out that he actually just put a picture of broken bars on his window (which was hidden in the book) and then takes the chance to lock the guards in and escape. I think it was an anime, but I don't actually remember anything else.
YA Sci-Fi Book Literature
I read a book many years ago and I'm attempting to track it down now to re-read it.
Here's what I remember: The protagonist is a woman who works for some sort of agency (I think it's intergalactic) and she's captured by an enemy race. She makes a comment about having her hair cut short when she's imprisoned because in the enemy's culture that is a way to humiliate or shame women, though it doesn't bother her. The part I remember is from her point of view and she continues to tell the story from what she can see/learn while locked up.
That's the most specific thing I recall, but there is also something about her working with another agent, a man who is either inexperienced or has done something disgraceful, making her unhappy to be stuck with him (the story may flip to his point of view for some chapters?). In the end, he takes their ship and uses it to somehow defeat the enemy, I think by self-destructing the ship to blow up their base or city, killing himself in the process but saving the female agent and presumably everyone else...
Any ideas? I believe it is a young adult novel and it may be out of print. Also, I can't promise it was ever published or available outside the United States. Not a lot to go on, I know, but I'd appreciate any titles anyone can suggest. Thanks!
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need help identifying this cartoon
Would anybody be able to identify this cartoon from Thailand
? The one comment on the video mentioning its title got deleted and I'm not good enough with the Thai alphabet to bother finding the title myself.
Weird aside? Videogame
So I believe this was not the plot of an actual thing. I think it was mentioned in a game like Frog Fractions, where the game is comedic and switches between game play sections (Beginning of the game, then swimming underwater, then the courtroom scene, etc., To use frog fractions as an example). It was a joke, I believe on a computer, about the kid of a space trucker docked at (I believe) a space diner. While talking on the CB radio, the other truckers start to talk about what they're going to do to the son (Rape him, fuck him in the butt, etc.). This enrages the father, who leaves the ship and (I believe) attacks, and is killed by, the other truckers. This was from the son's point of view. I believe the son tried to stop his father, but the dad ignored him. This was presented completely serious in the game, but it wasn't supposed to be serious. Either this was a biography, or it was a story in-universe. Thanks!
Animated animal movie
The only time I've ever seen this was when I was a child home with a stomach bug. I missed most of it because I went into my room to sleep and emerged an hour later, so I only saw the beginning and ending. I just remember a bunch of animals backstage at a movie set or play or something. Animated film.
old flash game I've been looking for Videogame
for some reason I got a sudden urge to play some old flash game last week, don't remember much about it but i'll post what i do • sandbox • mostly water • 2D • on kongregate at some point (might not be now) • posted some time between 2006 and 2013 • fairly certain that the main character looked like one of those old diving suits bioshock's big daddies were based off of • crash from space at start of game and damage engine • jellyfish are enemies • four or five items including mining laser glove, oxygen tank, and something that lets you resist more pressure • goal of the game is to get these items to their max level through crafting to combine them and craft an engine and leave the planet
A children’s sci-fi/fantasy novel that was adapted into a movie or TV series Literature
I think it was about a group of kids who, like many other children in the setting’s recent times, mysteriously gained powers and are on the run from the government.
Their powers are Color-Coded for Your Convenience and it’s later revealed that their powers were caused by an experimental chemical being added to the water supply.
Help me please! Western Animation
I’ve been looking for this kids tv show about dogs and cats. It’s animated and I’m pretty sure it’s newer. There’s a girl who can talk to them and I think the main dogs name is magic. There’s magic in the show and I can’t remember the name. I don’t remember much else about it tho. The main dog had brown fur
An anime, I think about three kids that are on a adventure Anime
One of them either can transform into a frog and cannot control it or he was a frog from the beggining. There’s a magical creature that keeps control on them.
Balloon Movie. Live Action TV
Hi. I was hoping someone could tell me the name of this film. It's about some sort of Magical average Joe that befriends a little girl. Everything about the guy is ordinary except for the fact that he literally grows balloons as if they were plants and can accomplish feats by "Just using what he has." At one point he makes a Pecan pie using only a single Pecan and gives said pie to a police officer who was going to Repo his vehicle. The Balloons he grows also have some measure of sentience and at one point everyone in town gets one. The guy with arthritis feels better after the balloon he got brushes up against his knuckles. A portly woman ends up chasing hers around the house and loses weight. Everyone is content with their balloon but the town ends up going through a really bad drought which means that the balloons can't grow anymore. They all blame the farmer that grew them and the little girl teams up with her balloon to grow more but ends up using a large amount of the town's water supply. I don't know how it ends. Any help is appreciated. It was a live action production.
Crime show with crazy twists Live Action TV
So the show was about why the criminal committed the crime and there's always a huge twist with a different story every time. The only episode I remember really well is this pilot was a passenger on a plane sitting next to this girl and she was really nervous about flying. He held her hand and was really nice to her, and it was like he was trying to flirt and sleep with her. In the show, you could see he had another girlfriend and he was trying to keep her from finding out about the girl on the plane. It all seemed as if she was "the other women" and that he was cheating, but in the end, he ended up killing her and we find out she was really a crazy stalker. He was just being polite on the plane and she took it too far and wouldn't leave him alone. It was awesome! I really want to watch more of it because the episodes always had crazy twists like that and I loved it! Please help! Thanks!!
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Help with an episode of some kind?
I remember it being an episode to an animated show. Here is a list of what are things I Definetly remember and things I might be getting wrong Definitely: At the beginning of the episode there is an opening scene where a male person breaks into someplace, he looks straight up evil and steals this straight up evil looking weapon that can only be wielded by the pure of heart. He can wield it because he is pure evil. He killed his own sister to be pure of heart. Maybe: The girl returns as a spectre who can only say one thing that connects with her death and helps two superhero women to stop her brother
An old educational show. Live Action TV
I remember watching a science show when I was very little (so around 2006 or so). I'm pretty sure those were reruns and the show was older than that, because before starting the commercial break the main presentator said "And after the break, we'll show the phone number you can call to send us your questions!" (paraphrasing), but the actual number never appeared. It might've also been because I was watching it dubbed into Spanish, though. There were three presentators: a guy in a rat suit who played the lazy fool, the main guy who looked like a typical mad scientist (spiky brown hair and a labcoat) and a redheaded woman with curly hair in a ponytail and, I think, blue overalls. Each episode was dedicated to answering questions about science, supposedly sent by the viewers. I think it was several questions each episode (maybe one before the commercial break and another after?), but I'm not sure. The segments I remember are about how it's especially important you wash your teeth after dinner because the bacteria reproduce best when you're asleep, and one about why birds don't get electrocuted when they sit on cables, with an explanation on how electricity works in general (path of least resistance and such). I remember in the last one there was an illustrative cartoon showing that a bird sitting in a single cable would be fine, but if it had each leg on different ones it would die (with the dead bird being depicted as a cooked and plucked chicken, like you'd find in a dinner table).
Cursed cabbages?
An animated show featuring a scene where a young man comes across a cabbage patch, eats one of the cabbages and turns into a donkey because of a curse or spell put on the cabbages to punish people who eats them without asking.
I remember a shot of the guy dropping the cabbage because his hands turn into hoofs.
I vaguely recall seeing it on Nick Jr. This was during the early 90s. It was also probably a standalone story.
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early 2000s show about three kids entering a strange new world?
Was on television in early 2000s in Australia. Can't remember many details but it was about three kids, one with short blonde hair and a red shirt (can't remember if it was a boy or a girl) with a younger sister and a (probably) nerdy male friend. They went out camping and when they left their tent the next day they were in a new world. The main character and sister wanted to explore but the friend wanted to stay at the tent until their parents found them. Might be a bit vague, it's been bugging me for a while. It was on cartoon network if I remember correctly.
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