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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.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
openSmall 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. ^^
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 AndarielopenLittle 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
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!
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
open"Shawn Showdown"?? Western Animation
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!
openmartial arts trio? Western Animation
I've been trying to look for this animated tv show for a long time now. It was about a trio of martial art teenagers, I think they were monks from a monastery, that travel around doing stuff. The girl has powers related to water, while the two guys have aura related to a tiger and a dragon when they are angered.
I am most definitely sure that this is not Xiaolin Showdown, the art style is different as well. It may have been aired on either Disney or Cartoon Network (since those were the shows I watched as a kid) but I just cannot remember the name, please help!
openNick Jr Short Western Animation
It was a one-shot short, traditional animation. Possibly UK/AUS origin, aired around 1998-2000 on Nick Jr. It was about a little girl with red hair and a group of animal friends, one was a pig I remember. They were on a beach and trying to get into a seaside shop/snack shack and weren't allowed in, probably b/c of a no-animals policy. They tried to sneak in via the trench coat totem pole. At the end they gorged on snacks (presumably from the shop) and it ended with them being full.
openOld TV show, I think Fox Kids Western Animation
Hi I rememer a old tv show I watched in the bigining of 2000.(in Holland so could be older) I don't know much any more, but what I know is that I tink had somthing with time travel But defenetly a city in the future, maby under a dome or something.
Sorry for my bad English, and I hope you can help me.
openRemember that show with a lady in a house? Western Animation
I HONESTLY DONT REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT IT. I know there was a lady and she lived with either animals puppets. I remember in one episode the were making pancakes and were singing a song about pancakes. This is early 2004-06 i believe. THANKS IN ADVANCE
openArcheology story Western Animation
I just remembered there is a show I can not remember... I saw it few years ago, it was about two boys and their uncles, archeologists. The boys knew a girl, I think she was a ghost or some kind of fairy. They had special amulet/something similar, that, if I remember it well, helped im travel in time. In every episode they found some treasure or other discovery. The main villain had daughter or cousin. She was very agile and allways chewed bubblegum. In one episode, the uncles were captured and did something with chess, they played it and I think, they made something with it, that helped them escape. (I am almost certain with the facts above this, but not with these facts):
The show took place in Egypt or Orient and they lived in the middle of archeological research in tents. I do not know if I can remember the first episode correctly, but I think that: it started when one of the boys came to the archeologists camp to vist his uncle/or he came with him and he hated it at first, he was technical type and then he meeted the second boy and the girl
I would like to know name of the show, so thank you for help:)
Edited by Vicky125openHannaBarbera cartoon with Jeanie Western Animation
There was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon I watched in the 70s that had Jeanie from I Dream of Jeanie and a sidekick named Babu. I looked on IM Db and couldn't find any mention of it. I think it was a mixed show with Pebbles and Bam-Bam as teens. Does this sound familiar?

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.