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openkids cartoon with chain chomp-like robots, bugs Western Animation
So I vaguely remember having a VHS of these characters that may have been bugs of tiny people (I think they were bug things, I remember some of them flying) and the only episode I remember is when the bad guys send these big robot things that I believe resemble chain chomp from mario, with big mouths, but also with two long legs. The good guys eventually do something like spray the robots with pollen or something and the robots start malfunctioning, spazzing all over the place. I also remember big drilling machines... Any ideas?
openAIRED ON AUSTRALIAN CHILDRENS CHANNEL BETWEEN 2000-2010 Western Animation
Hi, I have never used this forum, or intact any other forum before so please be patient as I am learning. I am trying to recall a tv show that aired on either abc 1,2 or 3 between 2000-2008. As I recall it, it was about a girl stuck in a sort of magazine/book where she found adventure tearing through pages each episode. A boy from the real world would somehow open the book she was in and was somehow sucked into the book and they would find adventure in it. Then at the need of the episode the boy would come out of the world and she would be left in the book for another day. I need help remembering the name, its been bugging me for about a month now and i'm at my wits end.
The animation style of the tv show was sort of like collage style where the characters and their surroundings look cut out Thanks for the help guys :) and sorry if this doesn't make much sense, I am not born in Australia
Edited by INeedUrgentHelpopenWow Wow Wubbzy episode/characters? Western Animation
I remember as a kid I used to watch Wow Wow Wubbzy, but when I watched it for too long these zombie-like characters popped up and spooked me. I believe the zombies spoke in Creepy Monotone or something like it. Does anyone know what episodes they were in or what characters they were, for that matter?
openToddler animated shorts Western Animation
I remember watching a series of short animations when i was young that, the animals would always be a hybrid of at least two animals, and, i'm pretty sure each one would be a couple minutes long and be like a music video almost. I'm not sure what channel it would have been on. I found it on comcast's on demand service years ago.
I can't really remember the details of any of them besides one that had a mix of a cat and a bee (i think) in the main focus and i think he was singing about missing a friend or something like that
openCGI Cartoon, probably European, with robots, time travel etc Western Animation
So, there was this CGI show that I saw on German television, specifically the channel "Super RTL", which, as far as I remember, was about a society either in the far future, or another world entirely, in which the government worked together with this AI robot thingy. But then the AI robot thingy kidnapped the main character's father, the king, and the main character had to travel back in time (for some reason) to save him. And traveling back in time also made her physically regress from a young woman in her late teens or early twenties to a little girl, no older than 12 (for some reason). She also had help from a big red robot. That's all I really remember.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I also think it might have been from Italy or France, but I'm not sure about that.
Edited by Walter44openSimpsons Bart comes of age Western Animation
I have this memory of a Simpsons episode I saw as a child (anywhere between 2002 and 2005 I suppose) in which Bart turns a certain age that he considers the beginning of adulthood. He therefore starts abandoning different childish things such as his favorite childhood cereal, and learns to drive, only to end up in prison because of road offenses. I can't seem to find such an episode and am wondering if maybe it was a different show altogether, which seems unlikely.
openThat cartoon where everything was powered by crystals Western Animation
Kind of anime style. Everything was powered by blue crystals and there were a lot of flying machines. It followed a group of teens(?) searching for rare crystals which did different things depending on there shape and colour. One of them was called Finn and they had a sort of gian squirrle as a pet/companion called Radar. It was on a few years ago on a channel similar to Cartoon Network.
openNeed help with a Show's name I can't recall Western Animation
I used to watch children's show around 2003-4-5 something and I can't figure out what it's called! I was about these shapes that lived in a kid's bedroom and those shapes were character with arms and legs. There also was a magic mirror with an old guy that all the shapes went to for help and stuff. One shape I remember is James...a green triangle with braided red hair and a star that wore disco pants. I know the descriptions are a bit absurd, but that's the best I can describe them.
openEdutainment cartoon Western Animation
There was this cartoon that i watched on TV when I was a kid. it was called "The What Now Family" or "The how-now family" or something like that, and the show was always about some family member explaining how something works. There was one guy called Max who explained mechanics and technology, and there was a baby...
Edited by MichaelKatsuroopenThis is a show possibly from Nickelodeon Western Animation
This is going to be a really bad description but there was this show about a boy who found this green amulet that belonged to his dad and decided to go on a huge adventure while to find his dad. The amulet was magic and he could summon different monsters from it I think? (like Ben Ten but fantasy) and he joined this organization where other people had similar amulet things and he met a girl and a professor who decided to help him find his dad. It was such a good show and the title might have had the word "treasure" in it. The opening was just instrumental, and when it got to the title it had golden text and it kinda turned into the frame like the box animation on Google slides. It's funny that I remember all this and NOT the title... If it sounds familiar PLEASE let me now I need to remember this show
openCartoon / animated series with a green old (female?) dragon shown in the 90s Western Animation
I'm looking for a show about a protagonist who is trying to rescue his/her friends (children) from an old green dragon who was probably missing a tooth. The dragon seemed to have kidnapped the children and keeps them in her city/castle. What I think I remember is something about the protagonist riding on a small locomotive or train.. Does anybody have an idea what I'm talking about?
I'm sorry if it's a bit vague
Edited by martbovopenCode Lyoko Fan Fiction Western Animation
Okay, so this has been years, but I remember the concept of the Fanfiction. Aelita made it into Heaven (literally, I'm afraid). Then Jeremie (having taken a sleep pill) falls asleep, heartbroken that she died. Suddenly he sees her there. It more or less ends with Jeremie entering Heaven as well (only one chapter) and Odd discovering the death of the genius the next morning. (In that fan fic, XANA was already dead.) Problem is, I am having difficulty finding which one it was. All I remember from the ending is that Odd ran down the hallway screaming Jim's name in a Say My Name fashion.
Anyone want to help me out with this?
openPurple mop sidekick character? Western Animation
I'm look for a kids TV show (maybe from the 90's to early 2000's) where there is a purple mop looking monster. I'm pretty sure it was based in a castle and the main character might have been a witch? The only thing I remember was that there was a cute purple mop looking monster with eyes. Please help me find it! :(
openBlue hippo Kids Cartoon Western Animation
I've been trying to remember a children's cartoon show for years, but I remember very few details. If anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it
From what I remember the theme song had lyrics that went, "It's a 'mumbo jumbo' (not entirely sure about those two words) day and anything can happen!" The animation shown during the theme song consisted of a blue (possibly light blue) hippopotamus and his daily adventures with his friends ( a duck is all I remember). During the theme song the blue hippo attempts to inflate a balloon and in the process his face gets all red. And at the end of the theme song, where the lyrics I remember come into play, they watch the sunset.
In an episode I remember, the hippo was showing his friends a magic trick where he rips a napkin, but the trick was that he had wet his hands before attempting to rip the napkin.
That is all I can remember. This is the first time using this site so if anyone has any idea of what the show may be, I will definitely remember if i could find the title and search for a picture or a scene, scouring the internet for a blue hippo hasn't proved fruitful at all.
If any results are found, please email me at noahbarto@hotmail.com
Edited by NebartoopenNetflix show about kids with gems? Western Animation
I remember seeing it on Netflix a few years ago. It was about some kids who got different powers depending on what gemstone they used. Like there was one who had super strength and I think his stone was embedded in his skin, so it made his powers unstable. As well as a girl who won a ton of quiz shows because of a piece of jewelry that was also one of those special stones. I also remember that it began when the villain of the show recruited the main characters before the "good guy" came to recruit them instead. The last thing I remember is that the finale took place in a large house in the middle of the snow, where the villain was doing something with time travel. (making himself immortal?) If any of you know what this is, I'd appreciate it.
openAnimated.tv show from the 90s about secret government facility inside a mountain Western Animation
It's an old TV show.i can't remember the name or what it was about but it was about an secret government facility inside a mountain which dealt with aliens.
openGreen dragon show that was on Tv in Australia(sometime between 1994 and early 2000's) Western Animation
Ok, so I am pretty certain the name of the show was the name of the main character, but I could be wrong.
The main character was a young green dragon with wings and a medallion around his neck that was an orphan. He lived with these small creatures, and was the last of his kind.
I remember two distinct places, one being a cave overlooking a cliff that his father lived in? Or the bad guy? The second is this forbidden(maybe) place that had humans in it. The main character interacted with either one or two human kids.(I believe they found him in snow?)
There was....two henchmen that were trying to capture him, or it might have been the creatures that raised him. One thing I know for certain: It was DEFINITELY 2d animation.
The only show I've found is Dragon tales. But that doesn't fit. The green dragon was a LOT smaller than them, about the size of the two kids. If I had to give an example design, it would be similar to the design of Jake Long from American Dragoon season 1, but the size of his little sister.
Edited by WareisthatshowopenKids Cartoon Western Animation
Kids Cartoon about a red headed girl with a magical amulet that could let her travel through time (or teleport I dont remember which) when she spun it around and she had a tiny dinosaur (or possibly dragon?) friend who she took with her and the little reptile thing could talk? It was from the early 2000's
openadult cartoon Western Animation
adult cartoon, modern in the past five years, an episode is about a science experament gone wrong, the only safe place from the virus is a tube there is a female and male character

Can't remember much about it. Protagonist was a little girl who visited a zoo at night. I distinctly remember her sliding out her window on the neck of a giraffe, but not much else. I think she could talk to them.