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Cooking Show with Animated Host (SOLVED) Western Animation
Does anyone know about a certain cooking show with an animated host that aired on CBC on Sunday mornings in the mid-2000’s? It would show live-action footage of a guy making the food, and there was a whistling tune that played in the background throughout the show.
Edited by MisterToodleooAmbiguously popular 80's disco(?) song Music
Unfortunately I only remember how the music sounded as I've last heard it about 20 years ago and couldn't hear lyrics clearly.
It souded awfuly lot like this track from Double Dragon. It was sung by female singer and the only instrumets used were keyboard(probably) and percussion. Oh and in the 2nd verse the singer chuckled ocassionally.
That's all I know.
Any idea what the song's title might be and who performed it?
some obscure scene from an american show Live Action TV
i have no idea what it's from but i can picture this one scene where these gay guys want a hotel room and the person setting up the reservation says "2 queens?" and one of the guys has a semi-confused, semi-somewhat offended sort of look the other dude holds his hand in front of his partner as to stop him or get his attention and says "he's talking about the beds" and the other guy chills
idk what it's from but all i know is that it's american and live action
Breadcrumbs quote? Film
I watched a movie a couple years ago, it talked about following breadcrumbs, and how breadcrumbs are left on purpose, and are made very obvious so that one could easily follow them. I don't recall the exact quote, nor the movie for that matter. Any help is appreciated! Tia...
reincarnation movie? Film
I watched a movie while back and have been going crazy trying to remember enough to place it and/or remember the name and/or actors/actresses. It was about this guy who meets a woman (on a boat or train, I think), and I might be fuzzy on details, but...he takes her back to this place his father runs, like a home for troubled persons(?). People there are dying, and the woman is the last one shown killed (I think). Near the end, the pair meet again, and the woman reveals that they have been repeating the same cycle over and over again, with the man trying to figure out how to save the woman's life. This is about as much as I can recall, not even sure if entirely accurate...Tia...
sci-fi shooter type flash game with furries? Videogame
This game has been driving me crazy for at least a week. I found it around 2010 and it was one of those platformer-shooter games, like Armor Mayhem or Raze, but it was purely singleplayer and the two main characters were furries. It had a lot of comedic fourth wall breaking moments, like one character telling the other character the controls and neither of them knowing what they mean. The character you played was a male grey cat I think, and I think the second character was a female with red hair, and the second character would talk to the player character through a computer and give advice and maybe hack things?
A movie about immortals Film
I once saw part of a movie about immortal people who live through the ages as warriors. They can be "killed" but moments later they revive and their injuries heal rapidly.
In a flashback scene, one of these immortals was sentenced to death for witchcraft during the middle ages. They tried hanging her, but she lived through it. They tried burning her at the stake, but she survived that as well. Finally, they had a metal coffin constructed (it resembled an iron maiden made of bronze), locked her inside it, and threw it off a ship into the sea. That probably didn't kill her either, but she couldn't escape and would suffer the horrible fate of drowning repeatedly, forever.
I'm not sure whether the movie was being played off a DVD, or being streamed. I'm pretty sure it was not a mainstream cinema production, it was probably a direct-to-video flick.
Edited by pewiegleKids' book about two penguins and one doesn't eat
I need it for a TLP draft. There's these two baby penguin siblings (I think they're both boys; the one who isn't eating is definitely a boy), and one of them isn't eating his dinner, so his brother(?) eats it for him, which results in one being fat and the other being skinny. One other character observes them and doesn't like it, accusing the fat one of being greedy.
Non-licensed GBA platformer? Videogame
So back when I was a teenager and playing gba games on the computer through less than legitimate means and coming across a not great platform game. I feel fairly certain it wasn't a movie or tv show tie-in, I think it had a fairly distinctive english title and it definitely featured a female protagonist. I also recall there being a level called Skyport or something similar, but memories are a bit hazy. So probably an original IP, could have been part of a series. EDIT: I also remember there being a very annoying Mammoth boss
Edited by FirstSnowHomeless man gets suitcase full of money, and also a slow motion bullet Film
My mum keeps talking in the vaguest details about a film she barely remembers seeing. There are only ever two details she mentions:
1. A homeless man (presumably the protagonist) who by accident gets his hands on a suitcase full of money and spends the film trying to get away with it.
2. A pivotal scene involving a bullet being fired in slow motion. Now, this could be any number of films with bullet time, but my mum puts a lot of emphasis on that scene, like it's the centerpiece of the film or something. Apparently, depending on who that bullet hits, the film would have a very different outcome.
I know these aren't much to go on, but the "bullet film" has become a massive running gag in our family, and we all - including my mum - would love to finally figure out what in the world that film is.
No Title Western Animation
Okay, so i have fragments
(The show isn't old, I'm 99% sure it was made in the 2010's)
In the first episode, a kid and his friend bought packs of some kind of card game. They were driving home, and the kid's older sister threw out the card decks out of the car window. The cards then turned into the characters who were on them. The main character's friend called him, and he showed him that one of the girls from the trading card game was in his room. At some point a wolf(?) guy showed up who claimed himself to be the protector/friend/guard of the main character and the main character's parents were fine with it, so the wolf guy moved in Also there was some kind of school event at one point, and one of the teachers or the principal was secretly evil
I think the characters on the cards were from another dimension or planet or something
Vinesauce scene
I'm looking for a bit from Vinesauce, from Vinny's streams specifically, where he goes "What the fuck am I looking at...? What the fuck am I looking at??" in response to something very not normal. I think it was in one of the corruption stockpiles, but I'm not sure which one.
episode about taking a sex tape to parents house by mistake
I was not really watching tv but a few minutes of it caught my attention. I have no idea what the show was, who the character was etc, but I want to say the female character was a reporter or something and the parents wanted to see her first big interview or something but they accidentally took a video of her having sex with her boyfriend/husband and somehow the father figured it out and got it back to them before the mother could see it. It has been suggested elsewhere that this is the movie sex tape but I looked up the plot for that and it involved like Ipads or something. This was an actual VHS tape. This could be a movie but I got the sense that it was a tv show. I didn't really care one way or the other when I first saw it or I would have looked it up then and there, but now I really want to find it. Was probably 6 months or less ago when it aired but it could have been a rerun of an older show.
trying to find this show for quite some time
Me and my sister watched this show back when we were kids, maybe back in 2000~2010
about the show, i only remember 3 kids (10~14 yo i think) trying to solve a mystery they worked in a laboratory, i remember them comparing some fingerprints and stuff like that
i can only think about two episodes in one of them the kids were trying to find a missing painting and who stole it
the other one i remember something being stolen and the person left a letter made by magazine letters behind
thats all i know, ive been trying to find this show for so long.
Edited by deandonnaAnnouncement featuring South Park knockoff character on Christian TV station?
So one day I was watching some programs on TCT, a Christian TV station, when some sort of animated announcement appeared during a program break.
I don't remember what the announcement was for, but one detail stands out in my mind: The character in this announcement used a stolen South Park character base. He/she also had a high-pitched voice, vaguely Animesque eyes, and a very crappily animated mouth (read: it's literally a black oval when it's opened). As for other details, all I can remember is that the announcement took place in a room in a house, possibly a living room. The only features of the room I can remember are a window and possibly a bookshelf. Oh, and the camera zooms into part of the room at least once, to allow room for on-screen text to appear, before zooming back out to the South Park knockoff character.
Sorry if this isn't much to go by, the only detail I can remember with certainty is the South Park knockoff. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!
(And yes, I'm aware of the hilarious irony of a Christian channel stealing an asset from an extremely kid-unfriendly show.)
Edited by SparkPlugTheTroperA show called "the mandoran ape" Film
Okay not an ape in Star Wars armor, the movie was about the titual ape being sought by a team who go to Africa to capture it.
Only It Can Think and said ape makes monkeys out of the heroes.
I don't know if I spelled "the mandoran ape" correctly but is was a movie that aired on ABC back in The '80s - when ABC aired cheezy movies and made for TV movies back then.
?? Live Action TV
Hi! So the show was probably around 2000s-2010s and it was real people (not cartoon). My brother watched it and I think it was made more for boys... I have a feeling it was about skateboarding (not Zeke and Luther) or about blowing stuff up/challenges (??)... I do think there were two boys on the show and one of them was definitely named Ollie (or Olly- not sure on the spelling). The boys were probably tween/teens. I also have this weird feeling that it was on a similar channel to Mythbusters/had a similar theme. I know this is super vague but if you have any idea please put it down thank you!!
Looking for an old Golden Age Animation short [Found] Western Animation
I'm looking for an old short from what i think was the 1950's-ish If i recall correctly, the short was a musical animation with no or little dialogue, it has a jazzy song and seemed do be in the swing era.
The parts I do remember involved the a high school couple following the female getting ready for the date with her younger sister following her around mimicking her actions, to the point of trying to follow her sister around while she's wearing oversized heels.
When the boyfriend picks her up i think they go to a soda fountain or a dance hall to dance with the music. I thought it was a Merrie Melody or a Silly Symphony short, but if it is, i can't seem to find the right one.
Any help would be appreciated, it's a bit of frustration.
Edited by BunshonokaiThree Christmas specials, and a Flying Dog. Western Animation
Hello, fellow tropers! Today, I've decided to use my account again because I'm looking for four things.
The first one is a Christmas special that I remember seeing when I was young. The art style was like those traditional 70's-80's cartoons. It was about these five colourful, yet slightly unpleasing to look at (?) Gremlins seeking to ruin Christmas. They unfold their plan by keeping all the Reindeer up by making alot of noise; thus they grew weary when it's time for Santa to deliver presents. I don't remember anymore, but it has a good ending (I think they become Elf or something.).
2.) Another (animated) Christmas special. It's about this puppy and kitten that swap places with elves while waiting to perform in a talent show. I think it premiered in the 70's? The moral was the scrappy, drawn out, "most people don't have what you have, so don't be greedy."
3.) Don't remember much. I think it was Italian, 60's, animated—-with the story of these farm animals gaining the ability to talk, so they can spread the word about Baby Jesus. Their judgement is that they should not be like humans, and they they're better than the selfish ways of humanity (not my words).
4.) A CGI show about this dog that flies by using his ears, travels around the world along side a cat (?) and a bird (??).
Any help is welcome ! :)
Edited by RehydratedFortuneNo Title Live Action TV
I'm pretty sure it was a E4 show. The main characters where a awkward guy and a more edgy/gothy girl who loved in a trailer park . The guy liked the girl and it was hinted at the girl like him back. These was this swimmer with lesbian parents who pressured him into swimming. He was also having sex with the edgy girl. In one episode she had to get an abortion and the guy went there with her and she like gave this woman pudding but she complained about it being chocolate. Sorry if this is a mess I only remember snippets
Animated show about 3 kids and a scientist
Does anyone here remember an animated series about 3 kids who went to the skatepark and fought an evil scientist? 2 boys 1 girl Girl - Pink helmet, had a thing with Guy 2 Guy 1 - Was Girl's sister Guy 2 - Black, red helmet, had a thing with Girl In one episode the girl turns to goop and they go in the scientist's body to find antibodies and get attacked by white blood cells
UK Drama Live Action TV
A young person dies of cancer in a small town, the parents believe it has something to do with an electricity pylon being built next to their house. It is later found out that the child had been playing/exploring in a tunnel where a military train had crashed and burned, releasing a dangerous nuclear payload into the surrounding area, this was the source of the child's illness. I also remember some part about an area closed off by the British Army for training purposes, but it was actually them attempting to hide the accident.
Comic about monsters and imaginary friends ( still unsolved) Print Comic
About 10 years ago my family went on a road trip and one of the things we brought along to read was a single issue of an old comic book. The overall plot was about a group of monsters who disguised themselves as humans and tried to live normal lives. In the issue a boy was spying on them at a carnival and gradually saw through their disguises. The thing that stuck out to me most was a scene when the boy was told to grow up.
Boy's imaginary rabbit friend: Don't outgrow us, [name]. *transforms into an eviler-looking rabbit* Let us grow up with you.
Then the imaginary friend tried to kill the monsters and it ended on a cliffhanger with one of the main pair of monsters in danger.
Edited by BobtheBoldore
Does this video have a reference to anything?
A character in Nightmare In Minecraft
is turned into a L 4 D zombie after staring at a bright portal. Is the portal a reference to anything else?
Edited by KingOfStickers