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resolved Chinese Zodiac Warriors Western Animation
There was this series, I think it was on Nickelodeon, where there were some warriors that got power from some armbands that represented the chinese zodiac, and the main character had the dragon armband. But there were also a dark version of each one, and the Big Bad used the protagonist's twin sister as a minion, and gave her the dark dragon armband.
openAlien Videogame Videogame
It was a 3d videogame about alien invaders that converted a lot of earth creatures into bioweapons or weird pieces of technology. Some animals became just warped and crippled, like tiny flightless pterodactyls that were only able to flop on the ground
openHey Jude
It could have been show, movie or book but either way the song Hey Jude was really important to the main character. It had to have been made at least 4 or 5 years ago, but it could have been older. I’m sorry I don’t have much more than that, but this is killing me. I’ve googled, I’ve asked friends (who all remember me talking about this thing but can’t remember what it is), but have so far had no luck.
openNo Title Anime
All I know is that I watched this show when in the early 2000’s and it was an anime or cartoon. There were a group of kids that at times would ride skateboards or bikes to a facility where they would enter tubes and go up white/blue lifts like they were being sucked into a spaceship. They then entered a matrix/cyber world were they had weapons and powers to fight robots or machines. I’m pretty sure there was a red head girl who was in some white or blue matrix that had to solve puzzles or stuff that the others had to protect. Besides that I know nothing else. It was an action show mostly.
openDog Knows Owner is Dating Ghost Literature
I remember a story about a dog that could tell his owner was dating a ghost, and he tried to bark to warn him, but he couldn't understand him. The dog said something about digging up her bones too.
openTrying to find my deleted stories on Wayback
These are ones that I deleted a long time ago, and I don't remember a whole lot about them. I think the easiest way will be to find my old username, but I only know that it had "Gypsy" in it.
The two stories both had the same premise - long lost siblings of the main character show up and have powers. One of the stories was Yu Gi Oh, the other Sonic.
I don't recall what the siblings names were in the Yu Gi Oh fic, but I do know that the siblings in the Sonic fic all had elemental names and were based on the Chaos emeralds, with each sibling representing an element and an emerald. There was a female associated with the cyan emerald and water named Wave, and a male associated with the red emerald and fire named Scorch.
I'd like to try rewriting and reposting at least one of these stories to see how far I've improved since then; I remember taking them both down because I was "flamed"; I use quotation marks because looking back, the person was trying to warn me that they were Mary Sues / Gary Stus and I didn't want to listen.
If anyone has suggestions for finding these, I'd love to hear them.
As a warning if anyone does find them - I'm pretty sure that they are a part of the 90% of drivel that makes up Sturgeon's Law.
Edited by TanglemorphopenPink rectangular tiger-like creatures Videogame
I remember a game with these pink rectangular tiger-like creatures that kept multiplying. At one point, they were on a train. They were called something that sounded like 'dodos' and kept on repeating their species name (an example of Pokémon Speak).
Edited by TheBabyishOneopenTraumatising Japanese Kids Game Show Live Action TV
This is driving me nuts. My Japanese teacher put on this video to the class when I was 6 years old which was a Japanese kids game/quiz show. I'm not sure if it was just a teaching aid or an actual quiz show but the whole show was in Japanese and the kids would awnser the hosts questions which I think were based on Japanese culture.
The fucked up part was when the rounds were over, the lights went out and scary ominous music started playing. Then whoever lost the game would be abducted by these men dressed as ninjas and taken away kicking and screaming. Then after a brief pause the kids were shown to be covered in some kind of slime and the audience clapped and the show ended.
Legit had nightmares for a year but can not for the life of me find it anywhere. What was the name of it?
openMovie about wishing Film
I think I saw it on Disney Channel or Fox Family, 1999-2000ish. There were two sisters, the younger of whom wanted to wish upon a star, but it was daytime. Older sister suggested she wish upon the sun, since it's a star. She does so wearing sunglasses and recites the rhyme "star light, star bright, first star I see today." There was a scene afterward where a high school boy is getting bullied because someone snuck a Barbie doll into the back of his bookbag.
openAnimated Dog Detective Show (1930's setting) Western Animation
Back on ABC Kids (That is the Australian ABC, not the American one) there was this 2D animated show set in 1930s America, where all the characters were anthropomorphic dogs. The main character of the show was a cab driver (I THINK his name was Stanley) who would get roped into various adventures because an accentuate of his, a detective named Casey, would get into a different mishap every episode, and be unable to take the case proper, usually after giving his catchphrase "Casey is on the Case!". There were two main villain factions, one of whom was the Boom Boom Boys (Or Bim Boom Boys, one of the two) and they were a group of four gangsters who would routinely use explosives. Stanley also had a kid sidekick who tagged along with him.
One episode I remember is when there's a ship made called the Top Hat, run by the Boom Boys, who use it to scam gamblers out of their money with rigged games. Stanley tries to sneak aboard the ship, disguised as a gambler, but gets stopped. So he has to crossdress as a showgirl so he and his friends can infiltrate the ship. Another episode was called "Casey Is the Case" where Casey himself is kidnapped by a mobster known for stealing vehicles, and a gang war starts between the two aforementioned factions.
I will say, it's not Dog City by Henson. It's a different show entirely. I've been trying to find it for a while, but everything has come up short, and i'd appreciate the help.
openTraumatising Japanese Kids Game show Live Action TV
This is driving me nuts. My Japanese teacher put on this video to the class when I was 6 years old which was a Japanese kids game/quiz show. I'm not sure if it was just a teaching aid or an actual quiz show but the whole show was in Japanese and the kids would awnser the hosts questions which I think were based on Japanese culture.
The fucked up part was when the rounds were over, the lights went out and scary ominous music started playing. Then whoever lost the game would be abducted by these men dressed as ninjas and taken away kicking and screaming. Then after a brief pause the kids were shown to be covered in some kind of slime and the audience clapped and the show ended.
Legit had nightmares for a year but can not for the life of me find it anywhere. What was the name of it?
openDC comics characters
I actually have a picture for this, so hopefully that will help.
I'm basically just curious who the blonde guy on the left in the green costume is, and who the guy on the right with the black beard is. I'm not sure if they're just some obscure characters I don't know of or older designs of characters I do know. For the latter I had assumed it was either an older design for Ra's Al-Ghul or General Zod, but none of the gold or silver age pics I could find of them matched up. Closest I could find for the left guy was Colossal Boy and Zor-El and I'm positive it's neither of them. Anyway if anyone knows, that'd be great, thanks.
open~mid 2000s cartoon with aliens Western Animation
All I can recall from this show is that it involved a kid living with eight or nine aliens, one from each of the planets in the solar system. Only one sticks out to me: the one from Uranus was named Yuri, had a Russian accent, and his head looked like a light blue/teal flounder. Scoured Wikipedia and Google over and over for years and nothing. Sorta had the same animation style as Pet Alien, but...
openKids book about a kid dreaming that he was different animals Literature
I have a faint memory of a book I read when I was 5 years old. I believe it was about a boy dreaming himself as different animals. The only parts I remember was him dreaming that he was a "sad dinosaur" and on the last page was something like "waking up, back to me." Not word for word, but it was something similar to that. I know this is very vague, but any help would be appreciated.
Edited by JamesA807openOld Cartoon Western Animation
There was this cartoon that I remember watching when I was younger. I've literally been trying to look for it for about a year and have absolutely no luck. From what I remember, the cartoon was about a girl who lived in a city in an apartment building. The girl had pink hair that was kind of long and it swirled at the end. It all looked drawn. I've made a post about this before and it wasn't Pinky Dinky Doo, Hihi Puffy Amiyumi, Adventure Time, Trollz, or an Erin Esurance Commercial. It seemed like something that might've been on Nickelodeon. I don't think it was even Western Animation or Anime/Manga style. I swear it was real, but it is definitely possible that it was something I may have came up with on my own as a child. Please help me I've been trying to figure this out for way too long.
Edited by thatsreallycoolopenLooking for a specific He-Man (1983) episode Western Animation
I'm trying to find a specific He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) episode. I can only remember one scene though. The bad guy of the week is attacking, or they think they are anyway, and Adam can't get away to transform. He decides to do it anyway, but only gets as far as "By the..." before things are resolved on their own. Teela then asks Adam what he was going to say, and he claims it was "By the way, have you seen my new jacket" or something like that, and then Teela calls him shallow or something.
Does anyone know which episode that is in? TIA.
Edited by CrypticMirroropenPokemon Film Trailers Anime
Does anyone have Youtube links to these trailers?
From Missing Trailer Scene:
- A trailer for Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys depicted a space battle between Deoxys and Ash riding on the back of Rayquaza, which was nowhere to be seen in the final cut.
- Some of the trailers for Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew show Kid's van being caught in the middle of a geyser field, Lucario dodging falling rocks, Lucario apparently dead, and various other scenes cut from the final film.
I'm interested in the Rayquaza and dead Lucario trailers the most. I can't find any evidence of them.
Edited by Pichu-kunopenTV show about Reincarnation on one of the main channels
There was a tv show that was on briefly (one season) a few years ago. I know it was definitely on one of the main channels, I THINK maybe ABC?
Anyways, it is about someone who solves cases of Reincarnation.
I remember one episode focused on a teenage boy who was the reincarnation of a kidnapped / murdered young girl
And another episode was a couple that was reincarnated three times and ended up together every time they were reincarnated. The first “era” they lived in was the 50’s, then the 80’s, then modern time.
Also, while the couple was existing in the 50’s, their names were Eddie and Paula I think.
openCouple Transfer their souls into younger people in order to live forever. Film
I remember the opening is set in like victorian times maybe? husband is having sex with wifes sister. Quickly we find out the husband is using the sister so he can transfer his dying wifes soul into her sister. I think it then skips to modern times, a old man is investigating this giant house he looks at the window and vagules sees a young black girl but the man that lives there insist the older man is seeing things. Eventually we find out the man living in this house is the man from the opening scene and him and his wife have been using black magic (maybe taught by the young girl) to transfer their souls into new people in order to live forever.
I remember the show being based in England but it may be American i cant remember. I thought it was a movie but I believe it might have been a 1 hour tv episode? I don't know.
been looking for this tv or film for years

I have a vague memory of a live action UK tv kids show, sort of Dickensian London, young girls who says "Oh my eyes!" But with a faked posh accent, "Ho my highs!" There was something magical about a little silver or tin whistle. Maybe a nautical aspect, old ships, sailors etc.