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Thunder Cats, Thunder Cats!

If there is anything I know about the 80s, it's that cartoons were real big for kids, and companies wanted to cash in on this craze. So we were forced to watch terrible shows about good or bad products. Sometimes, however, they made actually decent cartoon shows. Transformers and G.I. Joe were just two of these selct few. The one show were focusing on today, though, is Thundercats. To those who don't know, Thundercats is about a race of humanoid cat warriors who hail from the planet of Thundera. A group of Thundercats (Thundera nobility) are fleeing their dying planet, only to be attacked by Thundarian enemies, the Mutants of Plunn-Darr. The Thundercats are trying to defend the Sword of Omens, a blade that holds the mystical Eye of Thundera, the cat's source of power. As the ship flies out of control, an elder named Jaga puts the crew in suspended animation and flies the ship to Third Earth but dies while doing so. This ship contains Lion-O, the Thundercat prince; as well as the Thundercats Cheetara, Panthro, Tygra, WilyKit and WilyKat, and Snarf. When they awaken, Lion-O sees that he has grown up accidently and become a child in an adult's body. But all is not well in Third Earth. The Mutants have followed the Thundercats and joined the evil being called Mumm-Ra. This mummified sorcerer hopes to steal the Eye of Thundera and achieve ultimate power. The show would focus on the Thundercats' exploits to beat Mumm-Ra and save the Eye. Really, this show was awesome. I like the deep plot, complex characters, and anime styled animation. Thundercats is one of the best shows in history, and I enjoy it's 2011 remake airing on Catoon Network. Hmm, I smell my next review.

Behind The Voice- Charlie Adler

Hello, this is Cartoon Corner, your place for animation abominations! This is a new segment I thought up a while back. Instead of talking about cartoons, I'm talking about the people who supply the voices. Of course voice actors are essential to making a good cartoon. If Rob Paulsen was a terrible actor, I would never had like Animaniacs. What actor will I discuss today? Well I already said it in the title, this is Behind The Voice for Charlie Adler! You can follow Adler's career all the way back to My Little Pony back in 85. Thank the lord he decided to do better cartoons than that one. He would do things like Rainbow Brite, Pound Puppies, and Rock And Wrestling (Which I already covered). Charlie got a real push when he starred in the Smurfs as Nat Smurfling, one of his recognizable roles. I don't like this character, mostly because he helped make Sassette. Curse the animators who brought her to life! He would also play as Low Light in the GI Joe series, a far improvement from My Little Pony. Then Adler did a ton of more roles, ranging from Rocking With Judy Jetson (Uugh) all the way to Transformers. Yeah, he had ups and downs in acting. He even worked with Tom Ruegger (Who he would also work with on Tiny Toons) in A Pup Named Scooby Doo. Don't remember that show? You're lucky. What really got Charlie Adler on the map was his role as the main character in Tiny Toon Adventures. Plus, that's what I remember him most for. He then did Swat Kats, Bonkers, and even SATAM as Snively. One note about Adler, you can always tell if he's doing a role. At certain times in Tiny Toons, you can here the voice he'll do for Snively. Odd isn't it? He would then do tons of other roles, until present day. Now he's slated to be Skywarp in Transformers and Doctor Octopus in Spiderman. So, what do I think. Charlie Adler is a fine actor who is talented and does good in any role. But there is one downside that I know about. The reason Buster Bunny had a switch in actors during the final episodes of Tiny Toons is due to his anger. He complained that he didn't get a role in Animaniacs, while people with smaller parts did. That's really the only bad thing about him. I give his career so far a 4.5 out of 5, and hope to see him in many cartoons to come.

The Return Of Controversial Cartoon Day

Yep, you may remember this. The annual Controversial Cartoon Day is my flagship review, and I've been neglecting it for awhile. So, it's time for the glorious return of Controversial Cartoon Day, now being uploaded the first Friday of every month. What piece of animation has met my sights now, you ask? It's that stinkin' Disney again! What is up with you Disney? Can you not drop any innuendos in your films? Oh don't you ignore that elephant in the room, I see it. The entire internet sees it. We all know what you've been doing. And frankly, your mother and I are ashamed of you. How could you turn Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a clever and daring film, into the hotly debated topic that it is? How could you put the fantastic Berr Rabbit cartoons into a film we'll never see again? Shame on you. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I'll address it. Song of the South, although critically applauded, was locked away in the Disney vault do to racial issues. And to this day, Disney will never air the movie. It's a shame since the film had great Berr Rabbit clips with Uncle Remus. Then, you have Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a great film, although more mature and dark than other Disney works. But, due to the stupid animators (Curse you!), the internet can't appreciate this film for the great work of cinema it is! Don't you dare try to sugarcoat it like the death of Bambi's mother. You are terrible! Now, most people would expect me to put up a video showing these horrendous clips, but for good taste (And possible backlash), I will instead post a funny video for you to watch.

Jumping The Shark, In The Future

What are the greatest sitcoms ever? Well you may have your opinions, but me and some others rank Happy Days high on the list. Why? Because it was hilarious! For those who don't know, Happy Days starred Henry Winkler and Ron Howard and friends during the 60s. It was based on their misadventures, much like any sitcom. But this show made history by introducing the term, jumping the shark. Sadly, I have to talk about a miserable mind trauma called The Fonz And The Happy Days Gang. This cartoon catastrophe features Fonzie and his dog Mr Cool being trapped in a time machine by a futuristic girl named Cupcake. First of all...what the heck!? You take Happy Days, an innocent and clever sitcom, and mix it with Back To The Future? Granted that sounds cool, but it amounts to garbage! Secondly, Cupcake? If this was Back To The Future, at least they'd have better names than a party desert! Alright, alright, I'm being harsh. Let me rephrase this rant. In the second season, they added the whole time traveling gimmick. But really, it wasn't any better early on! And I don't care what a reviewer on IMDb says, this is horrible! Sure it has the same actors, or three of them, but it's still horrible. The intro doesn't make any sense, why would someone in the future go to 1957 Milwaukee? Plus, it's has terrible animation. Yeah, that's the icing on the cake of death. The characters barely resemble the actors in any shape or form. Worse part, it ran for 24 episodes! So I guess that means 24 weeks! Wow. But you want to know how this show was made? Hanna-Barbera didn't have the rights to do a Doctor Who show so they made this a sci-fi cartoon. This is an animation abomination if I've ever seen one. I can't stand it when junk like this is made for kids to watch. It insults what little intelligence they have. How dare people give this show a timeslot! You could devote it to a better show, like.....wait a minute, nothing good was on at this time! Scooby Doo And Scrappy Doo was good, except for that little piece of dog meat called Scrappy. My advice: watch the real Happy Days. It'll be better than this piece pixelated puke.

Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog Revisited

Hello, this is Cartoon Corner, your place for animation analysis. If you remember, one of my first reviews was of the cartoon made by Dic, Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog. I was actually too hard on it and I have some different opinions now. So lets spin back to the cartoons of the 90s, and look at Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog. I won't talk about the plot again because I don't feel like doing that. But let me say something about it. It's so darn stupid! I know the game had the same plot, a blue hedgehog tries to save the world from a fat, evil scientist with a two tailed fox, but it's idiotic. The plot is something a kid who think of for a 1st grade story project. ASH did try to add some plot in the later episodes, but by then we were too confused to care. It has no continuity between episodes, except in two-parters. The Tiny Toon like slapstick does some justice, but it makes things way too stupid. Take for example a scene where Dr. Robotnik talks about how he hates Sonic so much. He bares his teeth, that have the word hate on them, and they break in half. That makes no sense, and even in the cartoon world it's impossible. Next, the voice acting. Jaleel White is better in the SATAM show and not this one. Tails is annoying, Robotnik is okay, and the robts are messed up and dumb. Grounder is like an android Patrick from Spongebob, Coconuts is the monkey version of a high pitched guy from Brooklyn, and Scratch is your elementary teacher who won't shut up! All the other cast is hit or miss, with varying degrees of lame. Then the animation is mediocre. Characters are colored wrong, sometimes they freeze, and other times it's alright. The art is different from other things I've seen, and not too bad. Some of the jokes they make are actually funny. Sonic's one liners are terrible, and when he disguises himself it fails, but there are good laughs here and there. Like when sonic tells a robot, "I'm over there" and he gets confused. Plus when Scratch tells Grounder, "Robotnik made me persistent, he made you too stupid to quite." Those are two of the best ones I've heard. Finally, there's Sonic Says. I hate this segment, because it fails at being a PSA. I mean, come on! We just saw robots blow up and fast speeding animals, and now you're trying to tell us a life lesson? Come on! And they fail at every lesson they try to tell us. Share with friends, don't go into washing machines, and people shouldn't touch your body. Ew. This may shock you, but I actually enjoyed this show. I was a fan of Sonic when I watched this, so naturally I liked it. It deserves a 2.5 out of 5, for at least being entertaining and easy to watch.