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openBug boy or something Webcomic
I am trying to remember the name of a web-based interactive, episodic cartoon. The protagonist was a kid who is part bug (antenna growing out of head) and whose pet roly poly ran (or rolled) away. Each episode represented a different stage in his search. Completing the episode required you click on different things like a point-and-click adventure game. Throughout his search he was followed by a one-armed man in a Napoleon costume and a psionic frog carrying the man’s severed arm in a glass box. The tone of the cartoon was mysterious and surreal. I never saw the end and was always curious what happened. Does anyone remember watching this in the late 90s?
openPiece of Art depicting a yellow field in New York City Print Comic
This was an artistic photograph (found through the service DailyArt), where a woman in white was wandering through a yellow (presumably grain) field outside of New York City. It was mentioned to be made around the 1960s-80s, before that area was turned into housing.
The best way to describe it is that it’s similar to the album cover for Melanie's "Garden in the City". It’s a similar angle and with a similar-looking woman.
openThe Seems Literature
A boy named Becker Drane is recruited to the facility that created the world in order to fix problems, such as a Glitch in Sleep, a Split Second, and a Lost Train of Thought.
openComedic Car Crash Film
It's driving me bananas, but everything I think it might be turns out to not quite be it— I chose film as the medium but it could be a cartoon or something. All the action occurs in one static shot (wide shots are comedy!), the view is of a wide open field and there's a car going out of control off the road for some reason, and it crashes into the one tree in the whole field. It does not cut to the interior of the car at any time during the proceedings. Wide shots are comedy.
openA point and click video game with a vampire girl with a curse and a monster best friend Videogame
Who gives his life to save her/turn her normal again.
Also its an old game. I mean literaly 90s or extremely early 00s at most.
Edited by AegisPopengame i used to play when i was younger Videogame
There was this app I played all the time on my grandma's iPad when I was younger, like 3 years old. I forget what it was called exactly, but it would teach about simple stuff, like living things and weather and numbers. There might have been numerous apps in one series, I don't remember exactly. Anyways, there were a group of characters who would teach you the stuff. There was a female voice over, so the characters were only there for show really. Most of them were children, but the only two characters I remember are this purple furry monster guy (fittingly named Purple), and this African-American girl named Mimi, who had her hair in buns if I recall correctly. I'm pretty sure the characters had like...beady eyes or something. When I tried to search for the app in my grandma's downloaded app history, I couldn't find it anywhere. I'm pretty sure it got taken down. But does anyone know what it was called?
resolved A biopic about Mozart that actually portrayed Mozart and Saleri as best friends like they were irl Film
Hey guys, I am looking for a biopic movie/tv on Mozart which portrayed him and Saleri as best friends like they were in real life and not like Amadeus (1984 film) where they slandered Saleri and painted him in a horrible light? Does anyone know which works of media portrayed him in a good light?
openhorror magic realism
I'm not trying to look for a particular media or anything, I'm just curious—is there any media that is like magic realism, but horror? Horrifying things happen but the characters treat it as a daily occurrence.
openStory where women are hyper-sexual and always seek male attention even putting other women down
Can't remember, am just searching for such
resolved 2000s Disney/Family Channel Movie Film
This movie aired sometime in the 2000s or early 2010s. It was a live-action direct-to-TV superhero movie that followed the oldest kid in a superhero family. The family didn't really have powers; their gimmick was that they protected people by flying these airships around. The ships were definitely bird themed; they might've been called falcons. The branding of the family also surrounded birds.
The oldest kid/protagonist's arc was that some threat happened that rendered his parents unable to fly the ship. He ends up learning to fly it himself and saves the day/becomes a real hero.
openYA anthology Literature
A YA anthology of short stories, the first short story was about lesbian witches I'm pretty sure but I know one of the next stories was a monkey's paw-esque story but its like a plush cat doll and the MC is a musician who chooses to NOT use the magic. please help, I've been going insane for YEARS trying to find it.
resolved Netlix movie about gang who decides to raid pre-Columbian temple Film
Hi everyone, new troper here and this my second query on "Ask The Tropers".
Do you guys know the name of recently released Netlix movie about a gang who hatches a scheme to raid pre-Columbian temple? Because I added this movie to my movie's list, but then our account was deleted, and now (since we have new account) I can't find it. Can you help me?
EDIT: Found it! It's not movie, but a series, and it's called "Bandidos".
Edited by Filip04opencomic with death and murder
i remember a few years ago there was some girl who put on a cat mask and went around murdering people with like plants, but did that because of something that happened to a friend. and also there were spirits involved and one of them looked like a fairy and i think it called itself cherry? there was a theme song around that fairy that played occasionally, and also some lady who could see golden strands of what would be, and another lady from a different faction who talked to demonic crows.
openBanned from movie theater
My friend told me about a comedy show he saw once where someone dressed like a grandpa to sneak into the movie theater because he was banned. What show is this?
Edited by sudrictoonopenDigital Touchscreen Toy
As a kid my sister and I had these cool touchscreen toys with connected stylists. I remember that they were in black and white, had a variety of games, and came in different colors. It was not something like the Game(dot)com; I forget what all the games were, but I know one was a drawing program.
Edit: and to be clear the games were just loaded into it, there were no cartridges or anything as far as I remember
Edited by WarJay77opensheep princess in wolf's clothing Print Comic
adoro esse mangá,queria compartilha-lo nesse site,mas não sei e nem consigo criar medias aqui.
openStory about a man trapped in a casket/cast Literature
Okay so this is my first time trying this feature, hope I get it right
I remember this Italian old story from the 1800s (maybe before that) about a man who was jealous of his friend. So, one day he invites his friend over, leads him to his basement, and traps him in a casket. I don't remember the name, I could have sworn it was trending on Tumblr a while back and also had a page on This Very Wiki. The name was "Casket of Antamillardo" or something. Please help.
EDIT: The Cask of Amontillado
Edited by deerhornsaresopretty
I’m trying to remember the name of the series of game guides from the late 90s. The guides were written from the perspective of a sarcastic, talking buzzard who had a butler and was an archaeologist like Indiana Jones. The guide I remember most vividly was for “Day of the Tentacle“ by Lucas Arts.