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openanimated short and comedy show
Hi, I remember an animated short about a couple that found a lost child and adopted him, took him to school and all, but at the end it was revealed that he was Santa Claus' son.
Also a black and white comedy show where a guy was waiting for someone to come to his house, but he kept getting different guests and he started to hide them in different places of the house so they wouldn't be seen. At the end, when the expected guest showed up, something happened (don't remember what) that caused everyone to run out of their hiding places and flee the house, the dog was biting the pants of one of them xD it's not much, but it's what I remember, I only saw it once
openMystery Show from Like 5-7 years ago
I used to watch this show When I was in like the third grade (i'm a sophomore in high school now) and It hasn't really bothered me until now because a friend showed me a video with the song My Bonnie lies over the Ocean and it reminded me of it. But in the show this girl can see the dead i guess because she can see her mother but her mother is dead and her mother is collecting tears in a little bottle and the girl was determined to find this bottle and at one point she is singing this song My Bonnie lies over the ocean but I can't remembrer correctly but I think instead of saying Bonnie she says Daddy instead
openKid in space forming letters with his body Anime
I've tried to dig this up online a few times over the years and never actually found it, but this snapshot memory has bugged me for a long time. Years ago, probably pre-2000, definitely pre-2005, I ran across this scene on TV, and part of me thinks it was Digimon or another kids' anime, but it may have been a western show.
The scene was pretty surreal, with a blank black or space/stars background, and there was a boy floating around reciting the alphabet while his body contorted into each letter. His voice was flat and echoed a little bit, like a dream sequence or other kind of abstract scene. I believe the other characters needed to wake him up or save him, like he was entranced or possessed by something, but I can't be sure. Anyone else remember this?
openUK Broadcast Anime/cartoon late 90s/early00's Japanese High school Anime
This has been bugging me for a number of years. I have been through lists on Wikipedia of all BBC/CITV shows to no avail. I watched a anime or cartoon, based in a Japanese high school (or just general Chinese high school etc) about monsters being trapped in books or in some book shape item. The teen protagonists in this show would release and capture demons/monsters inside these books. In an episode someone accidentally releases one of these monsters from a book hidden in a library, in another episode one is released during a marathon the pupils are taking through residential streets in what I'm assuming Japan. In another episode they capture a teacher from the school who turns out to be one of these monsters.
This show was shown in afternoons in weekdays on what I guessed was ITV or BBC 1/2 (back when there was just the five channels on TV) but I have not been able to find anything and I have searched pretty long and hard. This makes me think the show was not very popular or successful and never garnered enough attention to have made it to be properly talked about or documented online like the majority of other random cartoons on TV. I am really not sure what else to add but man this has been bugging me really bad.
openComedy Wuxia Film Film
...with some Mel Brooks-esque humour like random anachronisms and homages to films like Titanic, such as in one scene when a female character used an axe to free the male protagonist off a post which he was tied on. Another scene had an attractive woman being filmed on by a bunch of males, with one brandishing what appears to be a modern camcorder. A dubbed version of it was aired on GMA News TV in the Philippines some time ago.
openAdultswim possibly Western Animation
A cartoon show a few years back the episode ended with the one character in the men's washroom going to urinate and saying hi there little dangler. His boss walks in and the character thinks to him self don't look dont look. There was also a scene with him moving like a worm across the floor.
openan animated movie about a lost cat or dog Film
i remember it was lost in a storm on a road trip or something. it was raised by rabbits or some other cut prey animal whose motto was basically "run away!" i remember the opening to it having really sad music. its defiantly VHS old
openBoy from desert tribe that uses leathery-winged hang gliders Literature
There was this book I read when I was little, probably at least 20 years ago, maybe 25. Probably aimed at children or at least young adults. Speculative fiction; I guess you'd call it fantasy. The protagonist was a boy (probably) from a primitive tribe living in a deserty area that is also home to large flying creatures with leathery wings. Coming of age in that tribe involves taking down one of said creatures and either taming it to ride on or killing it and using its wings to build a sort of a hang glider; in any case, hunters from the tribe use them to fly, riding updrafts and whatnot. The protagonist failed his coming-of-age ritual in some way and ended up leaving his tribe and eventually reaching the edge of the wasteland they live in, finding a civilization that is based on some kind of special oil and is under the thumb of some nasty folks that maintain power using some sort of beasts that they control, maybe using that oil. More adventures ensue.
Sound familiar to anyone? That's pretty much all I remember, other than a scene involving an aerial chase between the protagonist and maybe an evil relative of some sort, circling around above a volcano or something using their hang gliders.
open90's horror animated series for kids
A series that tell stories to kids that what would happen if they do naugthy stuffs. Slight horror because it has no happy endings.
openLive-action cartoon hybrid sorta like but not Roger Rabbit Film
The most I remember is that it's about a boy talking to cartoon characters only he can see because of some brain transplant(or something). Help?
openLove triangle. Hypotenuse sold and dies at the end. Anime
There's a fight scene with the seasons changing.
open80s/90s Children Educational Film Film
So it's got this puppet monkey and a nonfiction guy and the guy is teaching the monkey about sharing and the monkey continues to say, "I. don't. know." It sounded like the way I typed it with the punctuation. Any of you guys possibly know what I'm talking about? It has been aggravating me for years cause I have yet to find it. Thanks !
openNo Title Literature
A children's/young adult book I read pre-1998 that I'm pretty sure was part of a series. A dad and son are inventors that created a virtual reality machine that does some kind of brain interfacing and also dilates subjective time. This machine has problems specifically related to the "fuzzy logic circuit", which causes surges that can disrupt the users' sense of identity. The dad wants to scrap it, the son doesn't.
There's a video game in this book that involves two teams fighting over control of ancient artifacts that could conquer/destroy the world. One side represents some Doctor Robotnik-type with a robot army while the other is a ragtag group of rebels (led by some guy named "Tinker" that has an all-purpose gun modified by shape cells). Robot Overlord needs two keys to activate the artifacts while the rebels only need one to destroy them, but have to get past the robot army. Inventor kid and his friends play as the rebels in a tournament, but they need more practice.
Inventor kid gets the bright idea of trying this game out in the virtual reality machine, but a surge causes him to believe himself to be Tinker. He has an adventure that ultimately ends with everybody dying. The machine lets him out when the game ends.
At this tournament, inventor kid wins by simply destroying their key. By doing that, Robot Overlord cannot activate the artifacts.
openMystery Series Literature
I'm pretty sure that's what it is, anyway. The one I read was about the main kids (2 boys and a girl) and a little sibling go to visit the uncle of the girl, who lives by a cliff, and go searching for treasure.
openThe music played in the future on Bill and Ted (1989)?? Music
Anyone knows what is the music played in the future on Bill and Ted (1989)?? Any similar?
openSilent short
d seeing a silent short on tv between shows. It was late at night probably between 1-6am. It was I. The early to middle 2000s. It was completely silent other than some grunts. It was the abominable snow man(best description I can think of) and some time his son was with him. They would go on little adventures. I only ever saw it once or twice. No one every knows what I am talking about and I have tried googling it a hundred times. I think it was on nick Jr. But not for sure.
openVampire Light Novel Literature
I am trying to find the name of japanese light novel, I don't remember any character names but I do remember that it was originally written in Japanese which led it to be translated on Baka Tsuki. The basic plot is that the main character can not die/heals very quickly, this comes up then when he meets a girl who is a vampire ancient who has been sleeping until recently and has no memory of her past before her recent awakening. The guy had a stepmother who was also a vampire, however she has been missing for some time so the new guest takes up residence in her room as it had conditions perfect for a vampire. Eventually he starts to form a small harem. One of the plot points is that vampires enjoy wine as well as blood, which is shown by the step mother having kept a collection of wine in their cellar. Eventually the girl goes into the cellar and brings up a wine, however she breaks it by accident and spills it on the floor. The protagonist gets upset by this as it was a wine from his birthyear and his stepmother had promised to share it with him to celebrate his 18th/21st birthday when it came around. Also as his birthyear had been one of a poor harvest, it is unlikely he will be able to get another version of it. The reason for his condition gets revealed in the final light novel, where it is revealed that his step mother gave him her heart in order to save him from dying a while ago. Anyone recognise this?
openrpg where combat is really complex
This is a tabletop game but there is no option for that. a long time ago (circa 2003) I was reading some forum about rpgs and somebody mentioned one where the combat system is so complex it took hours to do a single fight. He said the name obviously but I sure as hell don't remember it now. Any ideas?
openChildren's TV programme with rat puppets Live Action TV
I have this memory of a children's TV programme that was broadcast in the UK early 90s (although the characters speak with an American accent). The tone is sort of L.A. Confidential / mystery / crime / thriller and the characters are all rodents. It's live action puppets (like Jim Henson). The theme music has a line that sounds something like "Akeela's just a rat" and a clip of the antagonist, Akeela (or whatever the name is) is shown in the background.
Guys I suck at describing but we have been trying to know this for a while now lol it's a cartoon show about a man I think in scout not sure he wears a long coat and a hat he have like a super power where his legs can get soo long and his glasses can see what he want if any one knows the name or even remembers anything about the show it'd be do helpful thx