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Cartoons that were good yet canceled
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themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
I dont know if it was canceled, but this thread reminded me of this show, mainly I remember it for it's kickass intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbVNZ-cghz0
Tornado Condor
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blame space
Banned
Agreeing with Zim and only Zim.
DOOM!
DOOM!
Combine said:
Considering what they were able to get away with in that cartoon, in that era, and in spite of Disney being their overlords, I would consider it nothing short of miraculous. Blood, onscreen gun violence, sexual connotations, violence, racism/xenophobia in action, and this was also the show that truly gave birth to the legendary "Xanatos Gambit". It was the thing of awesomeness. :lol
Again, really, the main failing of the show was that there was allegedly more pressure for Weisman (series creator) to change his vision to accommodate Disney/Buena Vista's wishes, and he wasn't willing to comply, so he left. That's why got "Goliath Chronicles".
But again, I can't stress it enough, if you really want to see what else Weisman had in mind, support the new comics from Slave Labor Graphics. The first Trade PaperBack collection is out now, and, hopefully, the new ones will follow soon this year.
...Then just join me and others in hoping that Disney will stop being a bunch of pussies, and allow Weisman and SLG to continue what they began!
Diablohead
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Galaxy High? Oh shit that's a blast from the past!
What about that cartoon which must have been by the same people, it was a dracula like school with ghouls, vampires and monsters but there was one ordinary american teen there who was one of the main roles, one of the monsters use to surf on a wave through the coradoors.
What about that cartoon which must have been by the same people, it was a dracula like school with ghouls, vampires and monsters but there was one ordinary american teen there who was one of the main roles, one of the monsters use to surf on a wave through the coradoors.
PepsimanVsJoe
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The only thing I remember about Undergrads is one episode where a woman was dressed as Ulala from Space Channel 5. Totally blew my mind at the time. I think it was the same episode where that one dude decided to stop drinking.
Oh god this part:
"I am 21 so drinking is YES"
Youtube has like every episode it seems...Huh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ikkyoFuDWg
Seriously though I'll go with Gargoyles.
Oh god this part:
"I am 21 so drinking is YES"
Youtube has like every episode it seems...Huh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ikkyoFuDWg
Seriously though I'll go with Gargoyles.
The Frankman
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Oh hell YES. This first season where they actually used the robot voice was AWESOME. Plus the music videos they'd occasionally air were great!salva said:
The Lavender Fudge Experience - The Nudist & Mr. Pendleton
Azure Dream
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The best part about Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain was that there was a Tiny Toons episode dedicated to completely fleshing out Elmyra's family and their quirks... and PEatB completely ignored it. :lol
That was a great show for the time, and it's so hard to explain that to people, especially when they knew it came from cheap miniature toys. :lol Surprisingly dark in spots, had more continuity than you would expect, and it had a proper "final" episode with a surprising ending
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Holy crap, I remember that! They ended it in the US with "PLAY THE GAME TO FIND OUT HOW IT ENDS," I don't even think the singular US Dragon Warrior released was the same story. :lol
What were their plans for the next season?
smurfx said:
That was a great show for the time, and it's so hard to explain that to people, especially when they knew it came from cheap miniature toys. :lol Surprisingly dark in spots, had more continuity than you would expect, and it had a proper "final" episode with a surprising ending
that neatly explained syndication in a way
LRB1983 said:Dragon Quest: Dai No Daibouken
46 episodesSailor Moon guilty.
Holy crap, I remember that! They ended it in the US with "PLAY THE GAME TO FIND OUT HOW IT ENDS," I don't even think the singular US Dragon Warrior released was the same story. :lol
Kusagari said:
What were their plans for the next season?
The Blue Jihad
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effzee said:
The Maxx
Or was it three x's...
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ahh Real Monsters wasn't really that good.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
A lot of people are posting shows that got canceled but had a lot of seasons before that happened. That shit doesn't count.
Anyways, Clone High and the PJ's.
Anyways, Clone High and the PJ's.
Hey, fuck you man. The triple E's were alright. I swear to Christ I lived right across the street from the girls the Kanker sisters were based on.KevinCow said:
Those were dark times
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Strike said:
Yeah... except with different directors and such. DL 2000's series felt crap.
SonicMegaDrive
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Gagaman said:
Yeah, John K definitely did character designs for the show. If you sit back and watch it, there are tons of alien characters that have his design quirks in them. Also, there's sketches and whatnot on the internet that he did for the show.
SundaySounds
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rezuth said:Thankfully there is a movie coming
WAT?????IZ U SERIOUS?!?!?!?!
fullmetalht
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viakado said:
King of the Hill is a good show, man.
I'll say Rocko's Modern Life, Mission Hill, Clone High and for a children's cartoon show, Camp Lazlo was pretty badass, but that ended alot earlier than I thought it would. Not sure if it was cancelled as it did have a last episode, but w/evs.
klownboots
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Loudninja said:
As much as I want to agree, this was not so much canceled as it was... "evolved" into the craptastic Beast Machines...
But yeah I have the first 2 seasons and cannot for the life of me find the 3rd (other then paying way too much on ebay...)
EraldoCoil
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not one mention of "3-South" in this thread makes me sad.
such a great show
such a great show
BigAT said:I can't believe I forgot this but:
Batman: The Animated Series
Incredibly dark cartoon that I loved as a kid, and really still do enjoy watching to this day. I know it changed names and existed in one form or another for a while, but to me the original first couple of seasons were the best and some of the stuff that spun off it (The New Batman Adventures, etc.) just didn't measure up to the original.
How does that equal being cancelled?
The show in one form or another lasted for over a decade and even had like 2 proper conclusions. :lol
Undergrads for me, I wanted to see sophmore and junior and senior year.
Rocko's Modern Life wasn't canceled. I'm almost positive that the creator of the series had to stop for personal reasons, and they weren't willing to go on without him.fullmetalht said:
Also, a show not mentioned yet was Galaxy Rangers. Pretty cool sci-fi show for its time, and most of the episodes still hold up today. Got good ratings, but couldn't secure a toy deal in the US which doomed a second season.
klownboots said:
Beast Wars I though ended and had a finale where
Dinobot discovers humans and sacrifices himself while also teaching the humans how to use tools
Beast Wars was awesome though. I remember rushing home from school everyday to make sure I get to see it.
Whatever else it transformed into when they went back to their planet was pure crap. I tried to watch the first few episodes but it was beyond boring and the only thing they were banking on was the new look/animation.
Nope, it was pretty damn obvious even to a kid you could cut that tension with a damn feather :lol . I think they even finally kissed in the last episode of the regular series (before that Goliath Chronicle abomination).effzee said:
I remember one of the last episodes where the girl cop was about to get romantic with another cop but she stopped herself because it felt like betrayal. Good thing she did too because I remember Goliath actually watching them with a seriously pissed off look on his face.
Azure Dream
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Extreme Ghostbusters had an awful name, terrible TV commercials, and a lot of malice from watchers like me who hated the idea of the Ghostbusters being replaced by what seemed like a generic "let's appeal to every demographic" group of kids. Despite all that, the show was a lot more faithful to the Ghostbusters than you'd first expect, they did have Egon going out in the field at first and showed in detail why he becomes a mentor, instead of just shoving him into the role in the very first second of the series, and the characters had some depth and decent writing at times. Plus, there was an episode with a moment of sideboob. :lol Peter Griffin would've been proud.
Ghost designs were pretty weak though, the same generic "stringy demon" look for most of them, just like the problem the Men in Black cartoon had. Slimer's design was terrible as well, as you can see in the picture.
APZonerunner
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Ganondorfo
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I don't know the name of this cartoon
It's about a blonde young kid with a red hat and a smart chicken and a conan barbarian kinda guy. They must fight against evil in every episode. I think it was called max and something, dunno anymore.
It's about a blonde young kid with a red hat and a smart chicken and a conan barbarian kinda guy. They must fight against evil in every episode. I think it was called max and something, dunno anymore.
Ganondorfo
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Shard said:
That's the one, thx.
I also loved this
kid icarus, belmont, megaman in one cartoon, what do you want more? lol
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