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openno title lol Western Animation
I remember it was like 2006 or 2005 it was a cartoon where they were like cavemen but nothing like the Flintstones. One of the charters was like a buff suffer dude and the main character was a little boy where a leopard print tarp
openWolverine & the X Men character page Western Animation
May someone please help me in editing the Wolverine & the X-men character page? Please? I need a lot of help with making the character page for the Wolverine and the X-Men series!
openLittle Hippo Short Western Animation
Ok so when i was young there was this little short i think with a little hippo with a huge nose (big nostrils too), he was grey, he wore clothes, he had friends that were animals too but i cant remember what they were, his body was small, he talked and had a goofy sounding voice, i think the channel was Treehouse or Nickelodeon. Please help. No one else remembers this but me
openComedy cartoon about replacement hero Western Animation
I tried Googling it, I've already checked the parody and replacement tropes and even the lists of shows aired on Fox Kids/Jetix, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network, but nothing looks familiar.
It goes like this: there's a dude who has a business as a replacement hero. For example, if a hero falls ill or gets stuck in a traffic jam, unable to defeat the Big Bad or save the princess or something in time, they call this dude so he could take their place. And every episode is a parody of some well-known movie. I remember Star Wars, Terminator 2, Karate Kid (I think?), and Invisible Man. Each episode had the replacement dude fight the Big Bad (who always looked very Joker-esque with really white skin and green hair and almost triangular face with narrow chin) and try to score with the love interest (who also always looked the same - not the same character but as if she was played by the same actress). The dude was kinda inept though he did always (usually?) defeat the bad guy and he usually had the abilities of whoever he was replacing (like as the Terminator he had a robot hand that he always managed to lose), but he never managed to get the girl, and even if she liked him, the original hero returned just in time to take his place. And I sort-of remember how in the Invisible Man episode (I think?) there was this gun that could make people invisible, but in the end it malfunctioned and the bad guy had some spots on him turned invisible, so he kinda looked like a cheese with a ton of holes. And in the Star Wars episode I think I remember Darth Vader slicing bread with his lightsaber, and the 'I am your father' scene went something like 'I'm your grandfarther's nephew's sister's cousin twice removed'.
I remember so many details but can't find it anywhere. It's been driving me nuts.
Edited by AndarielopenSmall Thing: A giraffe eating a koala Western Animation
It's been bugging me and I'm not sure if I can find any confirmation of this, but I remember a long time ago, on like nickelodeon, there was like a short cartoon, like 15-30 seconds, where a talking koala gets eaten by a giraffe. I think it was an Australian thing.
Anyway, I don't think I'll find it but I just remember it. ^^
openCavemen Western Animation
Late 90s toon that had cavemen in it. All I remember is two of them having a belching contest. It was on a network I never watched, so most likely Fox or Kids WB. It wasn't "Cro". I'd put the date around 1997-98.
openThe show about a spy family? Western Animation
Anyone remember a show about a spy family? The only things I can remember about it were that there was a mom, dad, and two kids, the show had a lineless style, and there was an episode about the kids wanting to throw a party, they get captured by the villain and his henchman, and when the parents call, the villain and henchman act like they're partygoers. It aired on Nick, I think.
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.
opencartoon about a dog and his owners Western Animation
i am trying to remember a cartoon that i THINK aired like 10 years ago and was about a dog and his owners. owners: a young boy and his parents. the dog had mainly white hair and i think he had a black spot in one of his eyes. also the name of this cartoon was the name of the dog, of course. story was mainly about the dog being a douch about something and then later regreting. they get to a dog competition in one of the episodes. the dog used to live in the streets (or in a kennel, idk) before being rescued by his new family, so he loves them alot but is kinda ashamed because of his past. that's all i can remember. also, sorry for the bad english. i am a BRBRHUEHUE
openI Can't Believe It's Not Jim Henson Western Animation
There used to be a show, almost certainly translated, that aired on the Israeli kiddie channel in the nineties. The medium was puppets, at least some of which were of the type that's operated by sticks from below, rather than strings from above. Far as i can recall, it looked remarkably similar to The Dark Crystal. However, i looked through Jim Henson's imdb page, and it's not there. It was about a village of... somethings. One of the main heroes was a fairylike girl who could do magic, though she was the same species as the rest of the village, or at least perceived as such by them. There was some powerhungry type, of a distinct species, living in a cave somewhere outside the village, who either had a grudge against the village, or just wanted to conquer/enslave it for teh evulz.
- One episode had an one-time antagonist enlisting that regular villain's aid.
- In one episode, the spellcasting chick was hiding in a tree, as a lookout for an approaching enemy, but was detected, shot down and captured.
openCartoon Episode with Mind-Control Masks Western Animation
Animated episode shown on television at some point between 1995 and 2000. I remember the antagonists being a tribe of people all wearing Tiki masks. The scene I remember is the tribe surrounding the protagonists and then forcibly putting a Tiki mask onto the face of one of the protagonists, which then caused him to mindlessly turn around and advance on his former friends. None of the examples listed on the Hypno Trinket, Mind-Control Device, Evil Mask, and Mask of Power pages are ringing a bell.
openEpisode of a cartoon with villains performing a concert with deadly music Western Animation
This was an animated episode that I saw on television some time between 1995 and 2000. There was a group of women, or women-like creatures, and they were holding a concert as part of their evil plot. I remember electric guitars and amplifiers. I don't remember if they were singing or not. I just remember this shot where they're playing their music and the protagonists are desperately clutching their ears to try to block out the sound (I forget if it's because the sound was deadly or mind controlling), and there's a close-up shot of the protagonists twisting about in agony as they grip their heads. For some reason, I keep thinking it's an episode of Gargoyles, but if it, I'm not seeing it. None of the entries on the Enthralling Siren, Mind-Control Music, and Musical Assassin pages are ringing a bell.
openBoy with robot arm Western Animation
I used to watch when I was little. It was about a boy with black short hair who had these robot cell things in his blood that would allow his arm to change into stuff. His sidekick was a talking monkey who would shoot guns and he had a secret agent man watch over him. They would fight bug like monsters while he would search for his father.
openSome old anthology kid's show from the late 90's/early 2000's about a big top? Western Animation
Okay, I'll try my best to relay my memories of this childhood favorite of mine. I remember the opening really well: It showed a hilly, grassy area (all CGI'd very cheaply of course, I mean come on, it was the 90's,) and the intro song was sung to the same tune as the Howdy Doody theme. As the children began singing the song, a big top circus tent (I believe it was blue) began to inflate like it was hooked up to a bicycle pump, along with the appropriate sound. The song ends when the tent finishes inflating and the camera zooms through the door. I don't remember much of the program itself, but I DO remember a segment where two disembodied, gloved hands (think Master Hand and Crazy Hand from Smash Bros.) would show the steps to a simple task, like squeezing orange juice. I also think the show is where 64 Zoo Lane came from, but I can't confirm it.
openMy lost TV show... Western Animation
Hi, Sorry for the length of the post, but this TV show really matters to me.
I saw this TV show around 8-11 years ago as a kid, because of that I vaguely remember some parts of episodes and some other things. I was really moved by this show as a kid and I really wish I could re watch it. I'l try my best to describe it . This TV show is about some guy in the future who works as a part of a company or group I think that travels time using a time machine on his ship. I remember that he had a boss or supervisor or so that If i'm not wrong his "thing" was that he was always chewing on an apple or so. The show begins when the guy travels to the medieval times. His task was just to spectate a wedding I think between some king and a woman. That woman had red hair if I'm not wrong. During the wedding I can recall him sitting on a branch of a tree in a brown hood spectating the wedding or ceremony when something happened and he intervened with it although he wasn't allowed to. This resulted in him escaping with the woman with red hair back to the ship and they then time traveled someplace else. During the show they are most of the time in the future and I can recall them visiting a sort of futuristic city with a lot of different types of aliens and I can recall that in one episode the woman asked one of the aliens if they knew someone from earth and the alien said that he never heard of a planet called earth and he has never seen someone like her ( a human) (I'm not that sure about that last part though). In the end of the series the guy figures out that the present he knew is gone forever I think and eventually they travel back to 19th or so century Paris and the woman decides she wants to stay there and quit adventuring with the guy. Throughout the series the go through many adventures together and they also try to find a way to get back to the guys present because his time machine broke after the first episode I think. To be honest I'm not even sure if its western Animation of Japanese anime but I'm pretty sure that its western. I know that this is a long shot but I swear I remember watching that as a kid. If anyone has the slightest clue what this could be it will be extremely helpful.
Edited by Guy0544openFind a cartoon Western Animation
Please help me find a cartoon: The heroine transform by a pair of shoe. Her costume have a big question mark on it. Anybody know that?
openCartoon that was on an English channel, maybe Citv or cartoon network? Western Animation
The intro always started out on how a good guy turned bad and joined the baddies. I don't even really remember how the fighting was done. Maybe swords? It was kind of futuristic as in the main character basically lived in a flying ship thing with his friends. It was blue vs reds if i remember correctly. Sorry this is so vague
openLate Night Cartoon, Old School Animation, 90s or early 2000 about people on the moon Western Animation
I don't remember the exact years, but it was most likely late 90s, early 2000s. It was for "older audiences" thus only on after midnight. I don't even remember the network it was on, but I do remember it was similar animation to John Callaghan's Quads. I don't remember the premise of the show, expect one episode: there were a small group of people on the moon and, in the one episode I remember, the scientist character (old man) was trying to communicate with his beloved pet fish and makes a mind-reading machine. The protagonist is like the modern Fry from Futurama and in this episode he hears about the dark side of the moon is creeping towards a spot he was suppose to meet the girl love interest who is waiting for him(?). There's a few other side characters, but mainly those three were the focal points. ... The more I describe it the more its starting to sound like Futurama, but it wasn't. I can clearly and distinctly see that stupid pet fish with the mind-reading machine and the image on the computer screen is a farm animal (cow? sheep? duck?).
Thanks in advance for reading that. I've been trying to hunt down this show for YEARS because I actually think I imagined the whole thing....
- UPDATE: after MUCH searching: the TV show is "Captain Star" on Teletoon, 1997-1998! OMG! I'm not insane! I'm not crazy! This has haunted me for YEARS!!!!!!!*
open90's Dog adventure tv series Western Animation
There was this show I used to watch back in the late 90's. A group of dogs are on a journey to get home to their owner, I think he's called Pete. There were 5/6 dogs, two smallish and the other three a bit larger. One of them was a sheepdog. They don't were people clothes and the animation style is similar to "All Dogs Go To Heaven" sorry I can't give anymore information but it has been such a long time since I last saw it. Many thanks in advance if you can help.

I'm trying to find the name of an American kid's show from the early- to mid-2000s. I remember that it was in a very cartoony style, one of the characters' names was Shawn (?) and another was something like Clay, and they were ninjas or samurai or something like that. I also remember the name "Shawn Showdown" for some reason. I'm pretty sure it had a lot of action scenes because I remember it scaring me a bit when I was young. Thanks!