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openGenie and a boy Live Action TV
This series was about a boy that was not so popular at school and this genie or ghost man came around and he had to make the boy the most popular at school it was on Nickelodeon
openAnyone remember this show?
I remember this show from about 10 years ago about 2 small creatures that lived in the vents and the bad guys were humans. I vividly recall an episode where they used their cars to leave the vent and go to this place filled with cheese. One of the creatures was tall and blue.
openWhat's an X without a Y (song?)
"What's an A without a B / what's a B without a C / what's a C without a D..." No idea where it comes from, but it's driving me round the bend. Song, maybe? What's the correct quote, and where did I get it?
ETA: Found it! I'd remembered the pattern but not the exact words. "What's a mob to a king / what's a king to a god / what's a god to a nonbeliever" (No Church in the Wild)
Edited by LongLiveHumouropenmini-show about ghosts or so
its a mini-show of 3-4 episodes, there is a "ghost" or "spirit" attacking a little girl, she sleeps in her room with her sister, her mother call people to help them, they put cameras and stay on a room next to them with screens and watch what happens, the spirit keeps "attacking" and those guys help the girls... there is also an old man who helps them, that man has a wife and had a son who die in a car or motorcycle accident iirc...
some scenes i remember: at the start of 1st episode the girl is playing outside on what iirc is a grave, and an old man appears (i dont remember if its same man)
there is also a scene where the old man takes the girl to outside of an airport, where they yell to the airplane noise to relief stress/anger with the girl.
also a scene where the old man is with the girl on a graveyard and the girl sees something weird with the old man (that later on is related to his dead son)
really appreciate if someone knows anyhing, been looking for this for months
Edited by aversirecuerdojajaxdopenOld tv series shown maybe 10 years ago
All I remember was that there were 4 or 5 friends with (I think) super powers, once they lose their powers and ask some special guys with red, white and black costumes to return them, but they do not agree. Then those people just fight without powers and when those special guys see that they return their powers. Sorry, I almost cannot remember these series, however, they fragments of it usually appear in my head so I just want to find out what are these.
openCartoon with African American kid wearing white tracksuit and a girl who fight bad things??
So there is this cartoon that me and my sister watched when we went abroad, it was either Spain or Greece, i can’t remeber the holiday, I can’t even remember if it was subtitles or in English.
So there was an African American kid in a white tracksuit and an Afro I think, and a girl that had either red or black hair (not Kim possible!) and then I think an Asian guy or maybe a few other kids. They had like powers, or at least they fought bad guys.
I remember this one episode where she tries to leave the town or something but she can’t cross the line as she has powers and needs to stay to fight the bad things??
I remember seeing camp lazlo and my gym partner is a monkey at the same time on the tv
I know this is a really bad account of what it is, but it is killlingg me, I have wanted to know what this was for years!! Thanks!
Edited by LilystaropenAndre 3000 looking dude Western Animation
It was this show about this Andre 3000 looking dude and he came to this town solved a problem with giant Rats I think and then convinced all the kids to come with him to this weird cave mansion where he can make anything appear out of thin air. At one point they are surfing on lava, and from time to time there’s singing and two kids try to escape
openSteamboat puppets in a swamp. Live Action TV
Okay. So I’m not sure if I dreamt this or not, but there was a show or maybe even just a singular episode where there is a girl, she may or may not have been a puppet, but she somehow ended up on a steamboat in the middle of a bayou type environment, on a quest to fight some kind of evil. It was very dark and really trippy.
Edited by StupendousRamopencartoon show around the world
i think the show aired on Teletoon, it's about two kids who go around the world on bike if i'm correct. And in each episode they would be in a different country and we would learn about it's culture. And it was a cartoon show. For example there was an episode about Belgium and they talked about their unique fries and stuff, help please.
openThe tv show I'm looking for is like an iscolation tv show
I keep having this same tv show stuck in my head, it's about this person who takes away people from their family cuz they have been naughty and disrespectful so the person takes them to a place that's in the middle of nowhere, and I think there's zombies there and there was an episode where the water bottle disappears in the back of the van (it's not a magic show) but at the end the people who were taken away get s phone call and when they answer it they pass out, and when they wake up they're back home in bed, and they think it's a dream but it actually happened (this was an actual tv show not like a fake one, it helped the people be nicer to they're family in the end)
openCustody Battle TV Shows?
I'm not necessarily looking for a specific TV show, rather example TV shows that revolve around a parent who just got out of jail trying to get custody of his/her kid since the partner died, but the stepparent is in the way of granting custody. Maybe a hive mind can help? Thanks!!
openi cant remember and its killing me inside Film
There was this one episode where someone was forced to go to their mom's friend's house and the kid played legos with the other kid but before they left, the other kid couldn't find one of his legos and it was the kid's pocket or something. I also remember that the house was far off and the kid was only allowed to have books and legos.
openOld 30s ish Weird Animation Western Animation
I remember VERY vaguely a show which had an animation style similar to that of a 30s cartoon, with it being black and white & the characters having being very cartoonish. All I remember is that what I can only assume were the two main characters were on a train and were coming up to a viaduct. Character one was a generic superhero, with exaggerated chest and biceps, which flew under the viaduct (which had a break in) and acted as the rails for the train to pass over. This character wasn't in any of what else I can remember of the show, which isn't much. There was another character which reminded me of Felix the cat, as I watched the Felix the Cat Movie constantly as a kid. This character was in a lighthouse then afterwards and waving at the superhero character. Shortly after, a voice of what I can only describe as an upbeat version of the voices of these fellas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOThgMfP5rM) came over and I saw video of the Felix The Cat Character in a room with three doors & the announcer said something like "Will (character name) survive? find out next week!" then it went to a cereal advert. I think the Beano was involved as the 3 bears seem to be connected in my mind somehow. the strange thing is, I never EVER watched old shows like this as a kid, (in the early 2000s), so I'm baffled as to why I remembered it. Also, I am English, so that might help. I hope someone can find what cartoon I am talking about.
open60s TV show
There was a TV show that I watched as a kid in the late 60s/early 70s All i remember for sure is it was set in a forest in contemporary times, and the opening sequence showed a red or orange pick-up truck drive up to the gates of a wooden fort. it may have been about forest firefighters, but i am not sure. It may have been in a similar vein to Skippy or Flipper
openLooking for an old Manga. Anime
I'm looking for a manga I read long ago. I only remember a little bit of it and some of the end of the first volume.
This alien king comes to earth and pretends to be a high school kid but his best friend (who is a girl) is suspicious of him because of his personality change. So she and her best friend (who is also a girl) follow him one day and find an alien spaceship. They walk in and discover he is a fake. (I can't remember what happened to the real guy. Kept him in cryo or something.)
Suddenly the alien says to sit down and strap in because they have to leave and people are chasing him. She asks why 'Did he do something? Is he a criminal?' I remember this part very well. He answers 'Because I'm a King.'
I read this several years ago at a library and when I was in another state and have never found it again. If anybody knows anything, please help me! I'm pretty sure it is supposed to be a Het manga. Maybe left to right reading, but I'm not 100% sure.
Thank you!
openZodiac, Medallions and lunar new year Western Animation
It was a show where there were twelve medallions which each had seperate and magical powers the sheep is the only one i can kinda remember it either gave you invisibility or the ability to walk through walls i think the goal was to collect all 12 and put them in a totem, i believe it was on jetix, sadly that's all i know i hope you could help me with this
Edited by OceanicGastropodianopenWas This Real? Live Action TV
So, I remember seeing a partial episode of some show where there is a guy riding a penguin or something and there was someone turning everyone into this girl who was supposedly a model student or something. The main character gets half turned into this student then wakes up I think. It was probably either a disney or nickelodeon show from the early 2000's or was rerun at that time. Please help me find out if it was real.
openPlease help
This TV show was a good thing show but can't remember it was about a boy was talking about story's of what happened to him and his friend I think I saw this on Netflix a long time ago and the intro was the kid on a bike riding it in the mist and ride to the bridge and moved to a mummy in his house and there was fog please reply
openPuppet TV special about a kid who won't go back to school Live Action TV
I remember in the late '80s there was a TV special that aired on Nickelodeon every year around Labor Day about a kid who refused to go back to school. It was all puppets. I remember one line where a character says something like "May he rest in Disney Land!" I can't think of the name of this to save my life. Anybody else remember?
There's a video game, on the computer if I'm correct, about a child and her (I cannot remember what the kid's gender is, but I'm pretty sure it's a girl) father. And I'm sorry, but I only remember details about it, and most of them are spoilers, so I'm sorry if you know the game and I spoil it for you.
The two are on the road when the car breaks down, and they go into this creepy mansion. The father goes first, but the child gets worried afterwards, and goes in after him. She is accompanied by a small toy, that she can hear speak, and if I'm not mistaken, the toy is quite mean. Later on in the game, the girl finds she's been followed by a man who can turn invisible, then she confronts a woman and uses her fear against the woman, and gets away, only to be knocked out by the man who can turn invisible. This is all I remember from the game, but I'd really appreciate it if somebody could help me, give me a name of sorts, or at least let me know that you know about it too. Thank you.
Edited by PoeticInjustice