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resolved Monster released by sounding a bell Western Animation
As the name suggests I'm looking for a cartoon that I saw in the 90's in the Netherlands that featured a monster sealed in a large bell. I'm pretty sure the monster was released when someone rang it and they recaptured the monster by ringing the bell while the monster was touching it.
It wasn't "When the night bell tolls" from Conan the Adventurer as the monster looked more like a flying humanoid lizard and they didn't destroy the bell at the end of the episode.
Edited by dutchguy1986resolved TV show for kids, black-haired blind girl and sighted blond girl protagonists Western Animation
The protagonists were two girls who were neighbors, and the title was their names, like "Alice & Betty" and one of them was blind. The blind one had black hair and the other one was blonde. I remember vaguely that their names were something like Mimi and Carol, but googling "Mimi & Carol" or "Carol & Mimi" brings no results. I also think that the show was French, but I'm absolutely not sure about it.
Edited by Linfiaresolved Animated show about healthy eating Western Animation
It aired in between shows as a short story, sometimes between commercials, circa 2007-2008 on Playhouse Disney before it was revamped into Disney Junior. I remembered this kid in a superhero costume who had promoted healthy eating. The one episode I remembered was about āsupercharged spinachā, and the kid said it was just what he needed.
It was so long ago, and I couldnāt find any pages on it.
resolved No Title Western Animation
I'm looking for a kids show I used to watch in the early 2000s.
Essentially, a unicorn controlled a land with a magical gate. Some other characters included a tiger and a dragon, but that's all I remember. The magical gate would sometimes appear in the "real" world whenever someone gets into trouble and needs time to think about his problems. He or she would sort things out in this magical land beyond the gate and would return to the real world once he learned a moral lesson.
I can almost recall two episode plots: one where a kid was in a race with a bus and one where a medieval knight had to gain the respect of his friends by capturing a dragon.
resolved Looking for an animated movie about a dog Western Animation
I don't remember the title, but this animated movie aired on Australian television in the 1980s. It revolved around a dog on an American Western farm and was largely narrated by the dog's thoughts, although the animals actively talked to each other. The only scenes I really recall clearly are one where the protagonist dog tries to go after a "monster" at a younger dog's behest that just turns out to be one of the farm's steers (getting him into trouble with the farmer), and another where our protagonist is lured out into the wilderness by a female coyote, who introduces him to her pack who offer to take him in. Does this ring a bell to anyone?
resolved Does anyone know this Beauty and the Beast version? Western Animation
I'm trying to find a specific Animated Adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. I remember that it used the pre-Disney outline of the story - merchant father, three daughters, Beauty being visited by a human prince in her dreams, sickly father, jealous sisters, etc. What I most remember are two specific scenes. The first is when the father dares to pluck a rose from the Beast's garden, whereupon the Beast springs out and screams about how he gave the merchant food and shelter, only for the merchant to steal from him. The second is a dinner sequence between Beauty and the Beast, where Beauty asks the Beast what he does all day, and he shamefully confesses "I hunt. I prowl the woods for prey. I am an animal after all, I must kill for my meat (close up of his taloned paw). Unlike you, I can never eat gracefully." Then he leaves, clearly ashamed, whilst Beauty quietly notes "how sad".
So, can anyone tell me which version of the story I may be thinking of? I remember it had limited animation, but very beautiful, storybook-esque art.
resolved Late 90s Fractured Fairy Tales show Western Animation
I'm trying to find the name of a cartoon from the late 90s (around 1997-2000) that had a Fractured Fairy Tale theme. Here in Australia, it aired as single 5-10 minute episodes with no framing, similarly to how the Canadian urban legends anthology cartoon series "Freaky Stories" was aired, so it may have been related? I can't remember the name, but I most remember it for its really dark episode parodying Jack and the Beanstalk, in which Jack climbs up a magical beanstalk to rob a magical mega-millionaire repeatedly, only to be foiled each time by his poor-but-honest mom, culminating in the millionaire climbing down and cutting them a check if Jack will stay out of his house, only for the episode to end with them no better off than they were and the narrator concluding something along the lines of "principals are a poor excuse for money when you're starving". Does this ring any bells to any tropers out there?
Edited by WanderingBrowserresolved Kids attending an school for Ninjas. Western Animation
All I remember is that the premise of the show was about a bunch of kids that attended an school for Ninjas and that it should have aired in Latin Spanish around 1995-1999. And no, it was not Naruto.
Update: Found! It was Shuriken School!.
Edited by megagutsmanresolved the world around you is not what it seems Western Animation
I'm looking for the intro of a cartoon that either starts with the line "the world around you is not what it seems" or "the world around us is not what it seems" and might end the second line with dreams. I know that is not a lot but it's all I got
Edited by dutchguy1986resolved Cartoon where a girl and a dragon get something stolen every episode Western Animation
Once they realize something is missing, they summon a wizard who shows them a bunch of magic doors. They go though these doors until they find something that's like the thing that was stolen from them except infinite. They give that thing to the person or creature who stole from them to get all their stuff back. In one episode, all their drinks are stolen by an infinitely thirsty guy, and they give him a bottle of water that automatically refills itself. In another, their strings and ropes are stolen by a creature that tries to build a massive ball of string, and they give it an infinite ball of yarn.
Edited by Hqamiresolved Orpheus and Eurydice animation SOLVED - Prophet and Lo$$ Western Animation
This is a 2D cel animated cartoon that was shown several times late at night on Channel 4 in the UK. This would be late '80s/early '90s, back in the days when they used to commission and show original animation.
It was a modern take on the Orpheus and Eurydice/Orpheus in the Underworld story. The animation and characters were very stylised and it took place in a modern city. The art was black and white (though the cartoon was probably made in the late 1980s). There were a number of repeated loops in the cartoon - I remember a crane carrying girders at the top of a tall building repeating.
The characters were also stylised. Orpheus wore a porkpie hat and Eurydice had spiky hair. Hades was represented by a machine that made a noise a bit like a factory whistle.
There was no dialogue, but there was a catchy soundtrack featuring a bass guitar line. A harp was heard whenever Eurydice appeared.
I think a shortened version may have been shown on MTV.
I've tried searching for this, but keep coming up with other animated versions of the Orpheus and Eurydice story.
Edited by Aspectiferresolved superhero who was also the villain solved Western Animation
I'm looking for a racing or other competition themed cross over cartoon with an oc superhero character. Secretly the "super hero"was also the villain of the show and had a dog sidekick for one identity that turned into a cat sidekick for his other identity.
it was yogi's space race
Edited by dutchguy1986resolved Drawing Faces... (Solved!) Western Animation
An episode/story of a children's show, targeted at young audiences, most likely western animation though there's a slight chance it might have been a puppet show. The main character goes to a class to learn how to draw something, pretty sure it was faces. However, when he starts attending the class, he is confused and frustrated because the teacher isn't having the class draw faces, just shapes and stuff, and even says something like "I don't want you to even think about drawing faces." After several weeks of this, he gets annoyed to the point that he almost wants to quit the class. However, the teacher eventually does have the class start drawing faces and he realizes that the fundamentals he learned in drawing the shapes and everything were necessary in order to be able to draw the faces. I think he may also end up applying this to a kid he's trying to coach in baseball, helping that kid to see that they need to learn the fundamentals before they can start hitting homers.
Edited by JMQwilleranresolved Sensor-Autodog Western Animation
What comic is this panel from?
It looks like a regular Silver age panel in setting, but the inking is a bit too well-done for that era, the robot design is more sophisticated than DC, and the "big leg in foreground" layout didn't seem to be too common back then, either.
Google images won't help.
resolved Dinosaur SWAT Team? Western Animation
I remember a cartoon from around the mid nineties, about a trio of dinosaurs that had SWAT-like equipment and weapons, including a van. It was a comedy, with cartoonish designs for the characters and Amusing Injuries, so not your average Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats show. One of the dinosaurs was a green Parasaurolophus (with the Elvis-like crest) and the others likely a purple triceratops and red T.Rex. I don't remember the villains, though.
This thing has been driving me insane, I'm kinda worried I imagined it or dreamed about it when I was a kid.
resolved '90s Goofy short Western Animation
Looking for a Goofy short from the Micke Mouse Works/House of Mouse era where Goofy is told on what was trendy in The '60s, The '70s, The '80s, and The '90s before being told on what is trendy at the then-present day.
Asking as that episode would fit into the Progressive Era Montage.
resolved mystery cartoon Western Animation
I'm looking for a cartoon about I think a smalltown reporter who solved supernatural mysteries with the help of three comedy relief ghost sidekicks. I remember the ghosts being afraid of water because they apparently suffered from wicked witch of the west disease and would melt.
resolved hunchback of the notre dame Western Animation
Back in the 90's there aired a cartoon based on the hunchback of the notre dame in the Netherlands. It wasn't based on the disney version and in fact had a more darker artstyle. I remember Quasimodo quoting something his mother used to say about how the twisted oak grows the strongest. I hope this is info for something to find what I'm looking for
I'm looking for an animated series about a child superstar. He had red hair. I don't know if his name comes with "Spectacular" or something.
I can't tell if it was a Nicktoon or a Canadian show, but it was aired on Nickelodeon Southeast Asia at around 2005-2007.