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openOld Children's Cartoon featuring a Train and a Dragon [SOLVED] Western Animation
Hey I'm trying to figure out the name of a really old cartoon I used to watch as a kid. It was really whimsical in tone and I remember liking it a lot, but it's been so long most of my my memories come from disjointed scenes that I was unable to find online, so I decided to try here using a summary of the show...from admittedly an unreliable narrator.
So the story starts with the MC who lives on a super cramped island in the middle of the sea, which was inhabited by like 5 people. It's so cramped the train Conductor is mostly there for entertainment, as his rail line just loops up and around the town square. The MC comes of age, which would have technically given him his own place to stay, but there was quite literally no room left.
Much angst ensures as the kid was feeling a little suffocated by the small island as is. The Conductor, feeling bad for the kid, thinks on what to gift him for his birthday and decides to...and I'm not joking here...jury rig his steam locomotive to be sea worthy and take the MC on a trip to explore the world and figure himself out.
Ok, now onto the main villain of the show. She's a really old and really cranky dragon, who could feel she was dying and was not having it. She was trying to cure herself of this "disease" to no avail, and eventually stumbles over a children's book that tells her "Laughter is the best medicine". Proceeds to kidnap kids to teach her how to laugh to cure herself of death.
Dragon fails to kidnap the MC but he decides to chase after the Dragon in order to free the other kids (including but not limited to a girl he got smitten with on his early travels).
Art style wise the show had some pretty simple designs (think the Flintstones cartoon in terms of proportions). If memory serves MC was dark skinned with a red shirt and had short curly black hair. Conductor was round with thick arms, wearing an old style conductor outfit.
Thank you in advanced for any help provided.
Edited by VictorTheIIresolved Cartoon about Area 51 (SOLVED) Western Animation
It's an American probably western animation series produced sometime between 2000 and 2010 (sorry, no idea the actual date, just when I recall watching it). The protagonist is a... partially successful bounty hunter who got several tips on the job from his late father, yet many of them don't work. Until he tried one of them on a werewolf. The female lead and main love interest is a Banshee who escaped from Stonehenge because she would become a sacrifice, and is now trying to adjust to modern life. The two are recruited by scientists/military in Area 51. I also specifically recall that Banshees have a thing with music (triggers their abilities, I think) and something with a DNA-tracking giant spider robot.
Ring any bells?
Edited by LermisopenA Christmas Carol with gift-box ghost Western Animation
Long story short: today I just touched an old memory of watching Yet Another Christmas Carol - almost certainly on Cartoon Network - with the Ghost of Christmas Present as a literal gift-box with arms. I recall him having an extremely obnoxious laugh, and quite possibly an entire Pungeon Master personality.
Given this was on Cartoon Network, this was probably something produced by Hanna-Barbara or MGM, but a quick search doesn't turn up anything. Can anyone help?
openEarly/mid 2000s Canadian show Western Animation
There was a show my brother and I watched as a child we have vague memories of that we’ve tried to find. It was (at least in parts I remember) animated and Canadian (may have been a Nelvana or Teletoon show). One of the few things I remember is that it took place in a movie theater and a talking Canada Goose was one of the main characters (he may have worn a red beret??). I remember watching it in the mornings at around the same timeslot as Dragon Booster (which aired from 2004-2006), although it may not have been on the same channel. The show likely aired around or before those years since I would remember more details of it was later. I can’t remember if it was an anthology series or not. I think in one storyline the goose directed an independent black and white art house film with a closeup shot of a tear rolling down his face, it might have been about his life. Any help is appreciated It may have been on CBC and there was also a sketch with a haunted scarecrow on a farm!
Edited by ecrutweakeropenEastern-European cartoon about a sucicidal man. Western Animation
In the tropes Bungled Suicide and Happily Failed Suicide, there's a mention on the Western Animation folders that there's an 80's Eastern-European short about "a despondent man trying to kill himself, but when he's faced by robbers, he gives away all of his posession, clothes included, and ends up happy and appreciating life after being spared". I can't find anything about this short on the web, and a twitter account stated that this short is probably non-existant. Anybody knows what the short is called?
open3D children's show about a boy with the plan Western Animation
Each episode was themed around this grade-school or middle-school boy crafting a plan to circumvent a problem or reach a goal. The setting is Like Reality, Unless Noted, and his two friends are The Smart Guy and The Girl.
One problem he tries to solve is his mom cooking a gross lasagna dinner with broccoli. The methods he tries are changing the ingredients of the recipe sheet, and offering to cook dinner himself so that mom doesn't have to.
Another problem is that he fakes sickness to get out of school and stay home, but he winds up bored out of his mind, and so he has to sneak out of the house without being noticed. The episode ends with his mom telling him he's gonna stay at home and rest tomorrow, too, resulting in a Big "NO!" from him.
A third one that I can remember is his little sister making an immense racket around the living room with her new brass instrument. One of his methods is him pretending to have gone deaf from the noise.
That's about all I can remember off the top of my head. Anyone else remember this?
resolved Does anyone know this cartoon character? Western Animation
There's a cartoon that I used to watch, but I don't quite remember the character's name.
The character was a brown dog(?) who wore a pink bathrobe most of the time.
He is not Hong Kong Phooey.
SOLVED! I just found my answer: It was Master Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987). And apparently he's a rat, not a dog.
Edited by ReconDeconopenAnimated show or game featuring a blue critter and a demon Western Animation
My sister apparently saw an animation of this description while it was trending on Tik Tok. She asked me about it while we were browsing shows to watch, but when she tried to pull up examples, she couldn't find any. The reason I say "show or game" is because she is not sure which medium it's from other than it's animated, though I think it's from a show.
From what she described, the protagonist is a blue critter with bunny ears and a wolf face. There was another character that my sister described as being tall, mostly black with horns, and wearing a tuxedo, similar to a demon. The show takes place in some demon world.
She also described two clips she saw. In one clip, the demon says that the blue critter must be here for his party, to which the critter says that they don't want to be at their "stupid party". In another clip, the blue critter is running away from the demon, who has apparently turned into some sort of wall creature and is singing.
I've never seen a show or game of this description before, but I am curious what it's actually about, if it has any sort of fandom, if it might be fun to watch, and most of all, what it is even called.
openCartoon that aired in Arabic country Western Animation
a cartoon about weird animal things that curl into balls like an armadillo but they are not armadillos. aired in Tunisia (spacetoon, mbc3, other) cannot renember the network. there is this one scene (i believe in the intro) where they curl into balls and go on rails. might be Bakugan or zoobles but might be original aswell
I do not know if this is a Western Cartoon or an Anime
Animated with CGI 3D probably, aired around 2014-2021, main characters were not dinosaurs
Edited by XYLOproductionsresolved Someone please tell me! (SOLVED) Western Animation
There was this Martha Speaks episode and I have absolutely no idea which episode it was, but there was this really catchy song at the end of it that I absolutely loved and I can't find it on You Tube anywhere but I do remember the lyrics. It was comparing greed and generosity and the song was so good but I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know what episode it was???
Edited by lunaloud45openBoy with superpowers from eating jelly beans Western Animation
Stop motion from the 90s or early 00s about boy who would transform into a hero by swinging around on a hills hoist and gained powers from eating jelly beans with different colours giving him different powers.
He wore various pouches containing the different types of jelly beans. There's a bit when he is Strapped to a Rocket and has get a jelly bean out whilst his arms are bound.
Pretty sure it's Australian
Nothing to do with A Boy and His Blob
resolved Promotional magazine cover for "The Simpsons Guy" Western Animation
Years back when the Family Guy / The Simpsons Crossover "The Simpsons Guy" was about to premiere and was being heavily hyped, I remember one magazine had a promotional cover for the episode that depicted Meg playing Lisa's saxophone while Lisa looked on in shock. The problem is I don't remember which magazine had that specific cover. Could anybody tell me which magazine it was?
openMagical show about a brownie(the fey kind) girl Western Animation
The proaganist was a brownier, a furry fey who are notable for cleaning houses. She acted as a magical guardian/representative been the world of faeries and the human world. As I recall she could switch between a more humanesque form and a furrier form. I unfortunately recall little else
Edited by laetraopenTwo French cartoons Western Animation
There are two french cartoons I don't know the names of: one is am anthropomorphic lion who wears a red cape and has a tiny chihuahua as his best friend; the other is a white cat with a Smug Smile who loves to play pranks on others. My only knowledge from those shows was from a user called "Sibada The Toon Lord". Have any of you seen these shows before and do you know what they're called?
Edited by ToonAbbyopenCartoon with bug(?) swallowing a dog whole. Western Animation
I remember an indie cartoon where a cartoon dog was swallowed whole by some sort of bug or something. I can't remember for the life of me what the title was (I have an impossible time remembering names as well as titles), do you know what the title of the cartoon might be? Searching on google, even an advanced search, comes up with nothing because the stupid site tries to get me to look at if it's safe for dogs to eat bugs.
openSeal/Mermaids welcome family on boat to their cove/lagoon Western Animation
I only seen a trailer of this show on a rented VHS movie but I can't for the life of me recall what it is despite its vividness. A 2D animated cartoon where iirc kids and their parental guardian visit a cove/lagoon and meet colorful seal/mermaids that sing and dance, with some wearing outfits like hats, glasses, and mustaches. I think its animation style was around late 1990s-early 2000s and had crisp lines, solid colors. I think it has a "villain" of the same species as the cove/lagoon inhabitants which I think was purple and had "minions", but again I only seen the trailer so this part is just my interpretation from the trailer.
opencat superhero short Western Animation
A series of shorts from something like oh yeah cartoons about a girl who has a cat themed alter ego who doesn't have a tail but a cap. she also has a male friend who tries to find the secret identity of the superhero not know that his friend is the superhero. 1 episode she transforms in front of him and she just gaslights him into believing that he was just seeing things.
resolved That show with the ghost girl who's name is Sorry. Western Animation
It was a TV show where one of the characters was a ghost girl who's name was Sorry and she wore a bedsheet over her head. That's all I can remember about it.

It's About 2 anthro boys who travel the world on their bikes where meet a kid from the country thier visiting. I remember there was an episode about Australia and an episode about Brazil that focused on football and had this cool tv Goldberg thing to fix the antenna.