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resolved English cartoon Western Animation
I only know it was English because I found info about on the web at one point. Anyway i'm looking for this cartoon that was on during the early 90's in the Netherlands though it probably originally was from the 80's. It was about this group of kids and stray dog who had adventures in the dreamworld, in their dreams all the kids had superpowers and the dog could talk. I think it was named after the stay dog.
resolved [Solved] Halloween movie about a ghost kid Western Animation
I remember watching this movie where these kids were trying to get their friend back to life after he steals a jack o' lantern from an old man. They had to go through different places where stuff relating to Halloween or their costumes. In the end the kids managed to get their friend back.
Edited by Animaltamerresolved [Solved] Traveling cartoon Western Animation
I'm trying to remember the name of this cartoon that I saw on cartoon network, it was about these three siblings, two girls and one boy, where they were camping with their family and the next morning after sleeping in their tent they somehow find themselves in a different world, they try many places that could help them get back home, the oldest sibling carried a diary or a journal, some of the places that they went too included a tribe of small blue gnome, a rock village with Stone golems, pandas who stole fairy wings but gave them back after getting different shades of color.
Edited by Animaltamerresolved Animated movie about the zodiac race Western Animation
It was shown on Disney Channel Asia c. 2006, and the main characters were Ringo the Rat and Oreo the Ox (yes, I remember their names!). It was also a musical.
resolved Seems a good idea... but there's the chance that someone already used it... so let me check first... Western Animation
There was a waterfall that shone the 7 colors of the rainbow and a machine that could convert this special water into gems... but I don´t know if it was a episode in some show or if a there was a show entirely built around this waterfall... I can´t remember any characters that protected said waterfall or the guy that created the machine that converted the water into jewels... and worst I don´t know why the machine seemed something false even if we are talking about an animated show...
My memory is so jumbled that for some time I thought it was a episode of the Disney Alladin series... but ended like the episode was about Yago the parrot and a special group of birds that doesn´t relied on humans and the waterfall was a barrier and wasn´t a rainbow at all... it was something created by refraction, a normal one...
Later I thought it was the Paw Paw Bears... but all the show is about bears and a magical pendant that gave life to a magical totem with bear, turtle and eagle... but didn´t find a rainbow waterfall nor a jewel converter machine... the other wiki doesn´t seems to know anything either...
resolved Some cartoon about kids and weird rocks Western Animation
I remember this show about kids in a fantasy-ish world from around the 2000's where kids could summon creatures from rocks, and each of them had elemental powers, and there dark versions of other creatures... All in all, the more I think about it, the more it makes me think of a Slugterra prototype, except it was in traditional animation.
resolved Aliens Stranded on Earth Western Animation
So I vaguely remember a show from the late 90's/early 00's. It had a group of aliens that became stranded on Earth. They had this chair which allowed them to transform, and a weird transition that was a square spiral.
resolved Animated movie for kids Western Animation
There was this movie that started out with people laughing at their besiegers trying to breach the castle walls, until the besiegers pulled out a really REALLY big cannon. A baby/child was taken away while the castle fell (and was raised by gypsies?). When he was older, at one point he tricked his way past a guard using some sleight of hand with a gold coin. There was a villain who had a tendency to get so ridiculously angry that a cannon's release valve had been fitted to his head, so he could "blow off some steam". I believe at one point he was put to sleep by someone grabbing him and holding the valve open. Anyone remember this?
resolved Dinosaur Story Telling Western Animation
I recall a show about these dinosaur kids and they told stories, usually classic tales. I remember one was the Emporer's New Clothes, another was Rapunzel and another was the Midas Touch. Anyone else remember?
resolved Island, man turning into bull, kids, weird boats. Western Animation
I'm looking for a cartoon I saw in the 90's in the Netherlands, though it's likely older. Anyway it's about this guy who lives on an island with a bunch of kids. Every episode the guy claims to have known someone famous and at least one of the children doesn't believe him. So they all go to a cave where some grumpy old lady gets convinced to give them a boat that references the famous person and they sail into a cave which somehow brings them to said person. Also the guy can turn into a bull when angry.
resolved cat with past life ghost trying to kill him to get into heaven Western Animation
I have already checked Cats Have Nine Lives, but I'm looking for a cartoon about a cat who's past life ghost try to kill him to get into heaven by possessing his best friend. I'm pretty sure either lives of or ghosts of is part of the title.
resolved (non anthropomorphic?) dogs Western Animation
During the 90's I used to watch a show about, I think non anthropomorphic dogs, which could of course talk to each other. I don't think humans could understand humans could understand them though. In one episode in particular the leader got the idea to show that a diamond was fake by having all the howl high enough to break glass which of course caused it to shatter. It's possible the show is actually older since I saw in the Netherlands and it was definitely subbed
Edited by dutchguy1986resolved animated shorts, a moose getting sick Western Animation
trying to figure out a cartoon short i saw when i was a kid. i think the animation style was claymation, but i’m not positive. i remember a moose was playing catch with (i think) a raccoon. the raccoon has a cold though and the moose got some germs in him while playing. there might have been a scene with the germs singing. anyways, the moose got sick. for some reason, he went to a junk yard where some other animal was that tried to help him rest to get better. i think the moose mad a joke about not wanting to lie on a bed because he always tells the truth. i think this might’ve been part of a compilation of shorts because i remember a few details of different stories too... the other things i remember is a short about a boy caveman who was made fun of because he invented utensils and a story about someone locking death/the grim reaper in a chest so no one died. thanks in advance!
Edited by donatello-is-the-fellowresolved Chinese Zodiac Warriors Western Animation
There was this series, I think it was on Nickelodeon, where there were some warriors that got power from some armbands that represented the chinese zodiac, and the main character had the dragon armband. But there were also a dark version of each one, and the Big Bad used the protagonist's twin sister as a minion, and gave her the dark dragon armband.
resolved A show about robots Western Animation
The premise is that in the future Earth has world peace and conflicts are resolved via robots having wierd contests on an alien planet(mostly involving water pistol fights, which electrocutes the robot and stuns them), the Big Bad was a human scientist who worked with another scientist who created the robot protagonist, the Big Bad decided his partners non violent problem solving was a terrible idea (mostly because his partner and the other humans became annoying manchildren and he felt Surrounded by Idiots) so he wanted to use his partners robot technology to bring back war, but his partner sent the robot protagonist to the contest planet, now the Big Bad wants to catch him to get a part that is vital to his plan.
resolved 1990s cartoon about pirate rats Western Animation
I saw it in the 1990s in the USA. I think it was on HBO, Showtime, or one of those other premium cable channels. It was about anthropomorphic rodents, rats mostly I think, but maybe also others. Mostly it was about pirates in the age of sail. I didn't really watch this show, so I don't know much specific about it. I thought it was called "Treasure Island" but I can't find it when searching the web. I remember watching it thinking, "this isn't very much like the book Treasure Island. It must be a very loose adaptation." There were some pirates who were using some kind of magic, like dark arts to curse someone. Another time, someone was shocked and terrified to receive a note with only a black inkblot, which they called The Black Spot or some such, which was basically interpreted as a death threat. I considered the subject matter of the show to be dark and edgy, but I was pretty young at the time. It appeared to be a series or mini-series, but it's possible that it was a feature film. I'm quite certain that it was not The Pirates of Dark Water.
Edited by FerrousFaucetresolved Descendants of Greek Gods Western Animation
Someone remembers a cartoon about a bunch of teens where each was the descendant of one Greek God? I don't really remembers much besides that, except that one is the descendant of Narcisus, and is a guy too full of himself.
resolved Animated movie I watched when I was little Western Animation
It started with a bunch of duck eggs hatching and their parents giving them names. Then one of them turns out to be mute and the father duck is disappointed. At some point some other bird steals money from the humans. Then the mute duck gets taken in by humans for a while and learns to write. When he gets back to the other ducks, he writes "Hi everybody" on a rock or something and draws a heart around it, but the other ducks don't understand it. Later the birds give the humans back their money and the mute duck gives a girl duck a heart-shaped rock and she doesn't get it.
Edit: It's an adaptation to the Trumpet of the Swan. I misremembered some details, though.
Edited by Hqamiresolved Animated Short about Office Dog and Robot Worker Western Animation
I remember seeing a short about a sort of white office where slowly the dogs in the office who are working are replaced with robots on balls holding pencils, and it gets so absurd eventually the boss himself is replaced. The remaining dog then proceeds to kill off the robots until one is left.
Supposedly it was animated by a similar team that worked on Tron, anybody remember what it is called, if it exists at all?

I saw this as a kid and it was weird, the kid's gadgets were of course based off of toys. And from what I can recall it was just called "The Boy".