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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 Eggy0openstuck on an island cartoon somewhere between 2000 and 2008 Western Animation
Okay, so there was this show where there were some sibling stuck on an island. the sister was definitely a brown canine, and the brother was possibly a dog, but was a total idiot. in the intro, I think there was something about juggling coconuts...? Brandy and Mr. Whiskers! That was it! Thanks!
Edited by GeekyGoatopenSHORT OF CARTOON NETWORK Western Animation
When I was a child, I used to watch this shorts between ads in cartoon network. I remember there was one about a kid in school, his teacher was teaching about the Pythagoras theorem, the kid had a friend that was a pencil. As far as I remember, the kid and the pencil travel around dimensions, I think the reason was because the teacher needed a glass of water, or something like that.
A friend told me that is the same director as KND and Chimpy the monkey, but I am not sure about that info. Please help me! I am gonna die!
openAlternate theme song to Baby Looney Tunes Western Animation
I remember that when I saw Baby Looney Tunes for the first time the show had two theme songs back to back. First this one I can't find, then the usual one we all know.
This first theme song was animated in a completely different style than the show, like the characters had this lucid effect like the Baby Bugs on top of the show logo. The music was completely instrumental and was some kind of carillon tune, and the visuals had the main characters playing in the nursery. But the thing I remember most was that, along with the usual characters it featured Baby Wile E. Coyote and Baby Marvin. The former was shown sleeping and dreaming about chasing Baby Road Runner (and failing), while the latter was giving a bath to Baby K9.
open90's/2000's mime show on treehouse Western Animation
There was a show in the 90s/2000s of a French mime who would draw something that he could touch/that would come to life. I dont remember the title of it. It was on treehouse
openit's driving me insane Western Animation
I'm trying to remember a show or movie, it had a giant lady superhero shows up some ninja with wooden arms that can turn into branches. The main character takes notes on all heroes to study up for hero school I think. He finds out he has no powers which is rare, his mom has the ability to pull things towards her like a weak telekinesis. The school bully appears to have fire/combustion ability through his hands. Mc gets saved by a hero he worships, and as the hero goes to fly away but mc is holding onto his leg. That's all the deets I recall at this time, help me. Please and thank you
Edited by WraithUnbornopenAnimated Show about a guy named zeke who was a robot underneath his skin Western Animation
I'm trying to remember the name of the show where a guy is named zeke but he's a robot. I also remember that one of the main characters was a girl named rojo. That's all I can remember. Can someone help me remember the name of the show.
openAnimated Show with a weird game Western Animation
I'm trying to remember the name of a show where these kids played some weird card game, but the way to get cards was to enter this virtual reality world where all the monsters and types of cards had to have their pictures taken in a certain way in order to use the card. There was also two ways to play the game, with just cards, and where you would take control of your chosen monster in a virtual battle, and the characters would turn into the monster that they're using.
openAn animated show about wrestling/fighting Western Animation
It was a show about fighting/wrestling , the main character was doofus but got serious during fights , he wore blue clothes . I can only remember one of his enemy who looked like a human but was made of water totally and the fight took place in a ring( the kind used in wwe) surrounded by water. I also remember another stage which had hole around it really deep and a fire was burning
Edited by Hv8055openKids show Western Animation
Hello! Please help!! I'm trying to remember a kids show. It's opening scene would be sleeping goblins like that from Sleeping Beauty. Their boss would be in a big chair with stairs going up the side. Then above ground were the good guys and if I remember correctly a character that looked like Merlin? It's giving me a headache trying to remember it!! Thank you all.
opendimension travel artifact/tech Western Animation
I'm trying to remember an animated show from the 90s or early 2000s where some kind of dimension artifact/tech transported at least three people into a weird alien medieval-ish dimension where at least some of the inhabitants were non-human. The main character was Indiana Jones like with a standard hero quarterback build. The other two were a big muscle guy best friend who has above average intelligence for the standard big muscle guy in animation at the time, and he mostly held off the enemies whenever the hero needed time to figure out a puzzle or defeat the bag guy of the episode. The third character was the female action love interest who was capable of taking out a few mooks on her own but fewer than the other two.
There was at least one episode where they had to fight in a gladiator arena and another where there was a big evil tower that they needed to infiltrate/fight there way up where a high up bad guy was. The show goal was trying to find away home and maybe understand some of the ancient artifacts/tech from a long lost civilization.
I think maybe the season/series finale had them getting home with a shot of the three (or more) characters standing in a room with lots of glass windows (some broken) with a rainstorm outside and one character stating that they were back home in the exact room where they were originally transported.
openChalkZone Episode Western Animation
I'm trying to remember the name of a certain episode of Chalk Zone. It's the one listed in the Nightmare Fuel section that says "Rudy being forced to have a dirty diaper put around his head."
openTv Show in 2000s Western Animation
This was a tv show aired sometime in the 2000s-2010 probably later on in 2000s about the adventures of people who had kind of familiars who would come from like amulets or something, kinda similar to pokemon but not, it might have originally been anime but pretty sure it was western animation, would be really great if anyone knew what this was at all
openScifi puppet show that ran on Cartoon Network Western Animation
Im trying to find a show I watched as a kid on CN. It was centered on an old man that had a living cane with a nose and traveled across the stars with his crew looking for a castle made of light. Anyone knows it?
openGumby episode Western Animation
I remember seeing this an episode where a boy plays a piano I think on the moon and he turns into a vampire. That is all I remember. He was singing to a girl, I believe. Does this seem familiar to anyone?
openCartoon show with almost the same premise as Jimmy Two-Shoes Western Animation
So, this was a show from either the late 90's or early 00's, where a family of ordinary human folks who moved to a city populated by demons, undead and other monsters, ruled over by a Big Red Devil type. Most of the stereotypically normal family was blithely oblivious to the weird stuff all around them, despite having triffids in their garden and having gotten themselves a three-headed talking dog for a pet. I just can't seem to remember the name...
openCartoon, 80s or 90s. Ewok-like characters but not the Ewok show Western Animation
Arlight so this one really frustrates me because I can't for the life of me remember the name of it even though I could hum the damn theme song. I know for a fact it's not the actual Ewok animated show that was on at one point, this one was a bit darker. Had some kind of giant black bird-dinosaur-demon-bat thing.
Anyways, giant forest, cartoon, not ewoks. Kudos to anyone who can figure this out...
openChildren's Show//I'm just stumped, and have been for years.. Western Animation
Hi. Watching this show has always been apart of my earliest memories, which was the late 90's. Whenever I think back to being a child the same set of memories playback, this show being a very clear and prominent part in the lineup. The art style is 3D animation, and it may have played on the same channel as Rugrats. It centred around a Michelin Tire-like guy that didn't talk and his pet that rode in a convertible down a railing in space. There was no scenery, just vast darkness and the premise of the show was that the car had many functions. After showing the Michelin guy work with a lot of fancy gadgets in the car, the show would always end when he/she reached the end of the track leading into his home. He'd/she'd get out of the car with their pet and get ready for bed. Their home and room is very bleak and everything is white. I'm not very sure if teeth had anything to do with the show, maybe a scene of them brushing their teeth is engrained in my mind, but I'd really love it if someone could help me relieve this memory that I've been holding onto for so long. It feels like I have an unresolved problem.
Thank you!
openThis has been bugging me for years Western Animation
I used to watch a kids video all the time it was about 20 years ago, but the video could be from 80's/90's. It was about some little carnival/funfair rides that fall off a road/cliff of somesort whilst they're travelling, then they all make a little town and various other things happen. There was a little plane, a fire engine, a purple truck of some sort and that they were scared of a train in a tunnel I think and thats all i remember! Does anyone know what I am talking about?! Everyone thinks I'm mad and i can't for the life of me remember what it is called! It may even have been a film rather than a tv show haha!

Both me and my sister remember a TV show about a boy who was somehow pulled into a magazine, and a girl from the magazine world that wanted to leave it and go into the real world. Does anyone know what the show was called?