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openCartoon from early 2000s Western Animation
Does anyone remember the name of the show that the characters would go to this building and they would all be certain characters that they'd battle as, as in they become them in a virtual reality sense, and when they finished they'd go and check their stats on the giant screen, it was in like an anime style but it wasn't an anime, I think it was on the wc and it would play everysaturday and it was the wc kids or something like that, please help me if you can thanks!
openDetective series Literature
A series of detective novels featuring a pair of amateur detectives I'm fairly certain were set in pre-WWII America (but after Prohibition). They're not married, since a Running Gag across the series is the man's efforts to get a marriage licence are constantly foiled. The woman Drives Like Crazy (at one point she's taken hostage and goes from highway speed to reverse in a secodn to escape) is extremely rich, but the man's sense of chivalry forbids him to live off his wife no matter how much easier it'd make his life. There's also a bumbling cop whose every appearance features him talking about his lastest get-rich-quick scheme and dream job.
I think the author's name was Rice, and I'm fairly sure it's not The Thin Man.
Edited by Chabal2openMan exiled after affair, possibly a dystopian, saw it around 5 years ago Live Action TV
There was a show that I saw about 5 years ago where a man was exiled for being found out for the affair he was having. The community was there to witness his exile it was a big ordeal and his exile in that society is as good as death. The planet was earth I believe but I don't know if was set in the present or future. Someone did go to chase after the man after he was exiled that's all I can remember, help please!
openShow similar to "The Happening"
There is a show about 4 or five years old with only 1 season. The show was about 4 people who were part of like this village where nobody could communicate. And there was something in the air that they breathed that would cause suicide. One of those 4 was really depressed and was about to kill himself at the last episode but I don't know if he did it. Well, I'm not sure if it's only 1 season, but after the season finale, I waited for three years for another season to be made, but there wasn't any. Anyways, those 4 people found like a solution to their problem. They were special because they could communicate to each other. And also, this suicide problem didn't affect the whole world, just that village or small city or town. I'm a little shaky on the details, i haven't seen the show in about 4 to 5 years.
openNo Title Live Action TV
This was a kids tv show from the 90's/v.early 00's... All I remember is a girl who would come in from school, throw her bag into her room from the door and go "yesss" when she saw it landed in the right place. Se also got changed really quickly... would walk in and come out straight away. I remember an episode where an invitation to a party got shredded and they put it back together. She ended up wearing very gold clothes instead of very old clothes... I also remember it being a british accent but might be wrong. Can anyone help me? WHAT WAS THIS SHOW?!
openPieces of triangle represent human beings or monsters
This has been on my mind for over 4 years now. Just saying I watched this show probably almost 10 years ago, but I forgot the name and can't find it anywhere. So I start with episode 1. There was a kid playing his xbox or playstation and his character got to the boss but his character died. But so did his character in the 'real world' (got revived). Anyway, his character represented one piece of a pyramid (not a huge pyramid but a kind of triangle on a necklace). While the boss in the game (and so in the real world had some of the other pieces of this pyramid). He also looked a bit skeleton-ish if I recall correctly. This was all during the first episode. The rest of this series is a bit blurry. However I recall a kind of wild boar (who could walk on 2 legs) and he had red and blue boxing gloves (red on one hand, blue on the other), he was also wearing a yellow-red vertically striped shirt. This wild boar represented a piece of the pyramid controlled by this boss from the game. The boy who got also a piece just had regular human beings (first a man, but later in the series he received a 2nd piece and it was a woman), while the boss had monsters. This series was with real people but the 'gaming characters' were animated. I'm afraid that's all I can recall from this series. If someone has any clue please let me know. Thanks in advance :)
Edited by DjensenopenLooking for bokken anime Anime
there is an anime/manga about a boy and his father who has been living in the remote jungle. After receiving a letter to go back to home in the city, the boy tries to adjust to life in the city. He ends up joining the bokken club where he finds interest in. the name in Chinese Pronunciation is "Hao xiao zi" and the author is Chiba Tetsuya. Here is the link to the author's site:http://www.chibapro.co.jp/ So I got everything except the actual name. Can pls help?
openWhat episode of The Smurfs is this? (Still looking...) Western Animation
I hope it's fine if I ask about an episode. Anyhow, I was looking around on the character sheet page of The Smurfs and saw trope entries that mention Gargamel beating the crap out of his godfather Lord Balthazar (who otherwise frightens him) for hurting Azrael, and I want to see the episode where it happens so bad. The page suggests it's the second Christmas special, but I've looked around on the Internet and neither the Christmas specials nor regular Christmas-based episodes (Baby's First Christmas and The Magic Sack Of Mr. Nicholas) even mention Balthazar on their Wikia pages (though it's possible it might be misleading info). I'm not entirely sure where to continue searching without resorting to watching every single episode. Could anyone please tell if they know what episode is this?
Edited by Eggy0openMovie about post-apocalypse robot run society Live Action TV
I don't remember much, but I think the robots were disguised as humans, with very few people knowing that they were in charge. I think there was one woman who was trying to get close to the leader of the robots. At some point the leader was damaged, possibly it the face, revealing his true nature. I'm also pretty sure the ending had the humans coming out of whatever structure they were living in, into the outside world, and ended there.
openCGI fantasy cartoon Western Animation
I'm trying to remember a cartoon I've seen 10+ years ago. I only clearly remember the villain (Big Bad or The Dragon) - a woman who got cursed and turned into a monster with wings, fish tail instead of legs and snakes instead of hair. She couldn't walk and was always flying. The only other thing I remember is that the protagonist had a tiny talking dragon. Does anyone know this?
openCreepy Stories Show with a raven in the opening
This one's a super vague memory, but my dad once rented this show (or maybe it was an original production or something because I don't remember ever seeing it on TV or anything) and it was essentially a bunch of creepy short stories? I mean, I think they were creepy, but I don't actually remember any of the stories so they might've been more neutral. I want to say none of them were modern and that they were more medieval themed, but I don't think any of the stories were connected. I do really distinctly remember the theme song, which I think was just instrumental, as having a raven flying in it (and I want to say it was either horrible CGI or just very poorly edited and goofy looking) and also maybe a crystal ball? I also feel like the "episodes"/stories were super short. Kind of like medieval Twilight Zone?
openPrison World Literature
It was a '70s science fiction novel, the characters were the descendents of prisoners who had forgotten they were on a prison planet, and the starport and other facilities were protected by laser fences.
openHalloween series with scary stories
This was a short series that only aired at halloween, very recent, in which each episode was a story told by a babysitter. The one episode I remember (i think the first one) had all the people of a town being turned into shrunken head apple dolls.
openNo Title Western Animation
I know it was about Abe Lincoln, I saw this on tape and it was animated in the 80s-90s. The parts I remember are of him speaking at Gettysburg and the White House guards denying Frederick Douglass(?) from entering. I think Turner Broadcasting made it.
openEducational zoo animal show with puppets and animation? 90's VCR? Film
I have searched and searched for the title of this vcr tape and just cannot find it. When I was a little girl I had a tape (I'm assuming it was a show) that I think was an educational show about wild/zoo animals. I remember there being puppets (lions, bears, and whatnot) all positioned in different areas on a rock or mountain and they would sing. There was also cartoon animation and actual filming of live animals as well. I think it was narrated by a woman, but could have also been narrated by a man. Does anyone know what I'm talking about here? I can't remember the name of it to save my life... Thanks in advance!!
Edited by TaylorM98openA movie about a fake university. Film
It's like a film about some peepz who don't go to university and falsificate something so they go to an abandoned hospital, clean it up, and then make it look like an university, so it looks like they're on a university but they are just playing, but then a guy comes up and says that he was accepted, revealing that (about) 299 other people were also accepted for the university so he kinda changes the place, they also take the name of another ACTUAL school and they later get sued.
openLooking for a sci-fi webcomic set at sea Webcomic
There's this webcomic i was fan of in the past but i forgotten about the name of the webcomic. However, i do remember how the story went.
A young boy from modern Earth gets transported to a steampunk like world set in the ocean where he gets thrown off by pirates and gets rescued by a group of sailors where one of the crew members is this large cyborg guy in armor. The boy forms a friendship with one of the crew members, a girl, who he later learns he had meet her before when they were children when the girl somehow ended up transported to his world before returning back.
openA kid movie related to Frankenstein monster Film
There was this movie i once saw as a kid about these two brothers who were close with their dad as they were fans of classic horror movies. After the brothers are caught sneaking in a Drive-in theater and returned home, they learn their dad has just died either due to a heart attack or accident. Missing him, the brothers and their friends try to make a Frankenstein monster to bring their dad back.
When I was very young (in the 90's), I saw an episode of something in which the main characters (I think there were two, but I don't remember what they looked like) were being led somewhere by a giant earthworm, who was digging the tunnel as they went and kept spitting the dirt behind him, in their faces. I think the earthworm had a mustache, but I'm not sure. And I have the feeling that it wasn't really a child-oriented cartoon (by which I mean it had crude humor, though probably not quite on the level of Ren & Stimpy,) but again I'm not sure.
For some reason, I feel like one of the characters was singing "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells", but that may just be my memories getting crossed.
Anybody have any ideas?
Edited by Syssareth