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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.

My First Ever Full Length Review! Part 7

This is it, the final part. The monorail ends and the guys get off. Plucky tries to get on more rides, but the family stops him. The dad says they shouldn't ride all the rides on the first visit. So they leave the park as they drag Plucky away. He goes insane and the car drives back to Acme Acres. We cut back to the steamboat and they are beginning a big show with Buster and Babs. Babs tries to sing about their river trip, but Buster knocks her out of it. The male bunny tries to continue, you know, the plot, but Babs can't contain herself. She pretends to be one female singer or another, irritating Buster even more. She finally tell the audience about their trip, until Buster shoots her! Oh no, bunny who will eventually be the voice for Dot is down! Just joking, he shoots her with water. For some odd reason, the audience thinks this is reasonable entertainment. The lights turn on, and every bad guy they saw on the trip is there. The alligator girls, the opossums, and people used for filler. They have a chase around the boat, until Babs and Buster get cornered. Byron is on the boat's top and he sees the bunnies. Using the incredible strength of fat dogs, he flies down and picks up his friends.Who knew he could do that? The banjo opossum follows Buster, Babs, and Byron and they enter the swamp of running gags. The evil animals continue to hunt the bunnies, even showing how cannibalistic they are. As they run away, Babs and Buster meet the hitchhiker with a saw. Again they're cornered, but are saved by the banjo opossum. He starts to talk for the first time, saying he's a nice guy. Also saying he's not like his simple backwood cousin. Not safe, the animals jump off the tree and run. They hope on a mine cart (Coincidence?) and ride off. The chainsaw man rides after them, resulting in a scene so epic, even Lord of The Ring would be sad. Babs, Buster, opossum, and Byron nearly get hacked in half by Hannibal Lector many times. Eventually we fade to Plucky on the drive back home. He starts to get happy when they finally get their and rushes out. He starts to kiss the ground, but realizes it's been fertilized. He starts to actually grow plants on his tongue, but I have an idea. I bet Swamp Thing became himself by doing that too. Plucky tries to run away, but gets brought back in to watch a slideshow that takes away the rest of his vacation. Back to Babs and Buster, they're still avoiding the killer. They suddenly reach a drop off and begin to fall to their doom. But then, they fall into a conveniently placed plot hole, It carries them back to Acme Acres, just as school starts back. Banjo kid walks off to find his fortune, while Babs fusses over no more vacation. He finally confesses that he loved spending time with her, and the video ends. Actually there is more to the film. They just sing another rendition of the theme song, and it ends with Babs finally soaking Buster. Well, that was Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation. I loved it, and it really brought me back to my childhood. I can't find any fault in this, and it makes you want to watch it over and over again. Is it a pure 5 out of 5, no. But I'm giving it 4.9 out of 5, for being just fantastic. This should have been released theatrically, but it's alright. I hope it one day gets a DVD release, and I also hope this show can be brought back. I may not review anything for a bit, since I'm pretty tired from this. Oh well, seeyah.

My First Ever Full Length Review! Part 6

Fowl Mouth runs into a bunch of people in their seats, some looking like people from other cinema. I saw Peewee Herman. The rooster sits down next to Shirley, and starts randomly yelling. Man, I hope he becomes Mcnuggets one day. The commercials roll and we begin a huge joke. The screen suddenly turns as bright as the sun and as loud as an opera singer who got glass in her foot. Tons of people go flying into the air and wind up either dying or being injured. First the Hindenburg, then 9/11, now a movie inside a cartoon. These are the greatest disasters of all times. Oh yeah, turns out it was a THX parody. But enough of that, lets go to the two skunks in the theater. They sit down next to a kid with no clothes and Johnny acts like a jerk again. We get fooled into thinking that the film is starting, but nope, it's a "moronic commercial". Plus Buster and Babs are in it screaming for help. Bet the commercial editors didn't see that when they we're watching it. That ends, and a deep voice yells, "No smoking in the theater!" When I first rewatched this film, I thought maybe Johnny was actually smoking. But nope, a gigantic cigarette on fire is actually in the theater. Oh dear, PSAs!!! This film has been Rated F, not suitable for Fowl Mouth. Wow my friend, you're famous. This film in a film is titled Skunknophobia, a parody of Arachnophobia. Which makes me wonder, isn't that film rated Pg-13? How can kids go to see it? Well anyway, the film parodies that one cut for cut, so I won't bother with it. Soon everyone make a huge shush at Fowl Mouth to SHUT UP! Even Death is there, I guess the devil gives him weekends off. They all toss him into the screen, literally making him go into the movie. He annoys all the cast and they soon kick him out of the movie and out of the theater. Sorry Skunknophobia cast, you're getting an F for breaking the fourth wall. The camera goes over to Johnny, who meets a red colored skunk lady. She basically looks like Marilyn Monroe and J.F.K really did have a child, except it was a skunk. Wow, two jokes like that in one review. I need new material. He grabs a picture of him Fifi had and signs it for the skunkette. By the way, she never makes another appearance. I can only assume Fifi wound up killing her, I wouldn't blame her. Anyway, Le Fume kicks her crush to the curb and he flies into the hands of Elmyra. She thinks he's a kitty and carries him off. Oh skunk, we hardly knew ye. The calender turns to September, with help from Sweety Canary, and we go to the two rabbits. By the way, how long is their vacation? I usually go back at early August. Anyway, Babs is rowing their boat and getting wet in the rain. Buster begins to compliment her, only to say she looks like a drowned rat. Who knew? She calls their adventure, "Downright Twainian in a Hitchcock sort of way." Babs also tries to convey a dramatic moment, but instead tries to kill Buster. They run into a steamboat, literally, and they manage to stowaway. The ship is ran by toads and frogs, who try to toss the rabbits off. Instead they wind up having Babs be part of their big show, and the captain eats the camera. Great, now we're gonna watch Osmosis Jones all day. Nope, we instead cut to Plucky and Hampton (We were just there!). They still have the crazy man with them, wearing a Jason mask. He reveals that he wants to eat duck and pulls out a stinkin' chainsaw! He tries to kill Plucky, and still the parents don't notice! The hitchhiker is tossed out of the car by Father Pig, and gets angry. He chops a phone pole in half, and it smashes his head in. They finally reach Happy World Land, which is supposedly the next best thing to heaven. After getting a dumb, acne infested man to take a picture, they run into the theme park. Happy World Land, where the fun stops at 80 bucks a pop. They get on the monorails and look at the great rides. There's the Happy Go Pukey, Happy Feet, Gargle, Happy Crasher, Happy Centrifuge, Slap Wappy, the Stair Way To Heaven, and the Bullet Train To Heck.

My First Ever Full Length Review! Part 5

We cut to Elmyra tying up all the animals and making a basic classroom. Oh great, I wanted Tiny Toons, not Bad Teacher: The Cartoon. The girl reads a book about carnivorous animals that her parents read to her as a bedtime story. Yeah, I bet her dad is the Tarzan villain. We now get a cutesy scene showing the three lion cubs trying to devour a zebra. No please don't! He's supposed to star in the Madagascar film! OK, after that Elmyra tries to give a gazelle a concussion. We then find out that the most dangerous animal in the jungle is.....her (Dramatic music plays)! All the animals run away after having a spasm, and Elmyra walks off. Then she sings a song so terrifying, it makes the Freddy rhyme seem kid friendly! But little does she know, Bagheera is stalking her. Hey get your own film. I know Jungle Book 2 stunk, but there's always a remake. So this tiger/panther begins to hunt down Elmyra, but instead gets hit by a rock. Uh...fatality? All the animals go to King Simba....hey wait a minute! First Little Mermaid, then Jungle Book, and now Lion King. Red alert, this is a Disney invasion! Simba learns that Elmyra is causing everyone pain, so decides to eat her. She walks up to him and immediately starts to torture him. Yes, she tries to make him look like Bart Simpson if he was a furry! Curse you insane people! By the way, this brings up some questions. Why is every cartoon trying to invade this one? I know Disney is less the fantastic, and everything after Simpson season 8 was terrible, but why? Get your own animated movie that goes straight to T.V. and DVD. The animals hijack Elmyra's car, making me wonder what her parents were doing. I mean did they not notice their only daughter go missing? Wow, bad parenting. They drive off in the car and nearly crash into Hampton's car. Wait a minute, there are animals driving a car like drunks and nearly crashing into other animals in cars? Did I teleport into Crash Racing? Plucky recommends they stop at a gas station, and they do. The pigs put on biohazard suits and head into the bathrooms. It'd be pretty hard to relieve yourself in quarantine suits, guys. As they do their business, Plucky sees a water fountain. Pluck runs to it, but discovers his butt is Velcro and sticks to the seat. Using the 'Tex Avery Rule Of Cartoon Stretching', Plucky nearly reaches the water. Then the pigs come out without their suits and stop Plucky from drinking. He tries to get one sip, but can't seem to do it. They drive off and Plucky pulls out a road map. Apparently Happy World Land is in Florida or South Carolina. Huh, who knew. After a scene cut, we wind up in the middle of a dark and stormy night. We see a hitchhiker who signals for the pigs to pull over. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, this guy is a stereotype. He's a dark, crazy hitchhiker who is prone to becoming Jason every so often. Turns out this guy is actually an escaped prisoner, and only Plucky can tell that. Come on you pigs. He's pale white, jet black haired, and has a ghostly expression. Plus he laughs more evilly than Dr. Insano. Wow, dumb pigs. I bet their house is made out of straw. He puts on a hockey mask and starts to scare the heck out of the duck. Plucky decides to send a letter to Shirley in order for her to help him. Yeah, this was back before cell phones caught on. These mail men are so fast, they literally run over Road Runner. Yeah, all Wile E. needed to do was drive a mail truck over his prey to kill him. A mail dog gets to Shirley and hands her the letter. Before she can read it, Fowl Mouth grabs her and runs towards the movie theater. The line is huge, so we get a cameo of Elymra for a second. She screams and runs off camera to get her paycheck. Then we see Fifi and Johnny, who's acting like JBL and Wilhelmina Slater mated and some how got a skunk child. Fowl Mouth has supposedly seen this flick a hundred times, since his bank account is of course overflowing. Shirley go gets them seat, as the rooster gets snacks. Since all citizens are jerks in television, he ends up getting knocked into the movie room. He find Shirley and walks to her row.

Win Or Lose, This Ends Tonight

Although this isn't a cartoon, I must say goodbye to Harry Potter. Deathly Hallows Part 2 comes out today and ends this legacy. J.K. Rowling's masterpiece will always live in the minds of fantasy fans like myself. Farewell Harry Potter, I tip my wizard hat to you.

My First Ever Full Length Review! Part 4

The film starts to follow Plucky and Hampton, who are still on the road (Spoiler alert! They're riding the entire film!). Hampton's parents stop at a drive thru after Plucky recommends it. Oddly enough, they bring their own food. "Mayo and cheese on white with the crust cut off," Hampton says hungrily. Sorry I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. They leave the drive thru after just getting some small waters. Plucky decides to read comic books in the car, shoving them into his pal's face. If your a fan of Tiny Toons, you'll notice that the comic is Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs. This little parody is the basis of an episode in the series, before this aired. Well anyway, the Mom tells Plucky that Hampton can't read comic books on family trips. The duck thinks she's stupid, but it turns out Hampton gets car sick really bad. He barfs all over the comic, off screen of course, this isn't Problem Child. The camera fades back to Babs and Buster, on a moonlight ride across the river. Good old Babs is steering the boat like a gondola and signing about different kinds of Italian foods. Wow, she's more hungry than Garfield the Cat. And oh yeah, in the moonlight Babs seems to resemble Morry Amsterdam. Who know? Buster spots a southern mansion and they decide to go and knock. Now lets see who the owners of the home are. Hmm, turns out it's the home of big lipped alligators. Wow, who knew. These three alligator mississippiensis (Look it up!) are Big Boo (Make your own joke out of it), Sissy Boo, and Little Boo. Apparently these three sisters are basic southern stereotypes of romantic people. They believe Buster is here to court them (Why someone who allow different species marriage is anyone guess), and fight over him. And for every romantic group of southern sisters, there is the old father. Meet Big Daddy Boo, a man who wants to do nothing but conduct unofficial marriages. Oh, and he also seems to like bigamy. Is this what Tom Ruegger thinks of southern people? Because he's right. So as the dad sets up a wedding, Babs finally decides to go help Buster. She dresses up a man selling fireworks (Why not a woman? I don't know) and manages to blow up the gators. Wow, I never Babs would resort to killing. She and Buster run off and start their river voyage again. They go off screen and we begin another plot, this one with Elmyra. Apparently she lost Furrball by divine intervention (They never explain how the cat got away, so that guess is as good as any), and is now very sad. To calm her down, her parents take her to a Wild Safari Zoo. A man never shown tells people to never exit the car, or Warner Brothers will be sued. Thank you Jamaican voiced man. Elmyra sees a kitty, "or to be precise, a cheetah", and immediately gets out of the car. Yeah, her parents are the worse. She's says she'll die if she doesn't have a kitty, though she'll die if she gets one too. By the way, this girl is so string, she tears animals out of their skin! Plus, showing a cheetah nude for three seconds in worse than showing Dizzy Devil for five. Odd, since like in all cartoons, all the toons show no sign of any gender. Elmyra catches three little kitties, and does terrible things to them. She hugs them so much the camera fades to another scene!

I Have The Power!!

I've taken a break from the Tiny Toon review to do a regular one for once. Does anyone remember the series, He Man And The Masters Of The Universe? Of course you do, and it rocked! Boys clamored for the shows and toys, and even girls were wanted She Ra toys. Still, does this hold up today? Well, let me tell you. First I'll explain a little backstory. He Man started as a comic strip, but evolved into a cartoon show. It featured Prince Adam who, once holding the Power Sword, could shout, "By the power of Greyskull!, I have the power!" He would turn into He Man, the guardian of Eternia. He Man fought the evil Skeletor, a blue skeleton who tries to control the world. Skeletor used tons on minions and magic to fight He Man, but always failed. To help Adam, there is a green (?) tiger named Cringer. The animal would turn into Battle Cat when He Man transformed. Adam also has Man At Arms, an old inventor and Royal Family friend. He develops weapons for He Man and often helps him out. Then there's Orko, a flying creature that looks like a Final Fantasy mage. He's good friends with Adam and uses his magic against Skeletor. Now let me tell you how good this show is really. Well, the animation can be good or bad at certain times. The backstory and characters are rich and full of history. Some certain people may call this show, "awkward". I disagree, and find this show great. I give He Man a 4 out of 5, for having great plot and history, but mediocre animation.

My First Ever Full Length Review! Part 3

We cut back to Babs and Buster, who are floating down a bayou river. For whatever reason the river is made of orange juice. Buster's enjoying himself, but Babs is wanting to turn around and go home. They come across a opossum playing a banjo (What? haven't you seen one before?). Babs goes into seductive mode, but it's cut short when they reach a waterfall. As they fall, who should come and save but the Man Of Steel, Super Man!! Yes, faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to reach tall buildings in a single bound! Clark Kent does make a quick cameo (This is Warner Brothers.), saving the toons. However Buster tell him to beat it and they continue falling. Buster and Byron catch a branch, but Babs plunges into the ocean blue. She runs into a Little Mermaid parody and is knocked onto the surface. Now on the ground, Buster tries to save her, splashing her face with water. The three are then surrounded by more opossums and taken away to their house. The opossums start trying to cook Babs, while ever aware Buster plays music with the opossum with before. If you pay attention, the song they play is the Tiny Toons theme song, just through other instruments. The song plays as Babs runs away from the cannbial opossums. Babs finally gets away and she and Buster leaves the opossums. The movie fades to Acme Acres where Furrball runs way from Elmyra. She chases him as we go to Fifi at the Acme Resort Hotel. The skunk enters and tries to find Johnny Pew, but is kicked out of the building. So Fifi tries to disguise herself as Pew's client, but that doesn't work. Fifi yells, "Zhis is not ovar, will zhe fat lady sings!", and it leads to one of the funniest part in this film. Roseanne Barr sings America and falls on top of Fifi, squishing her flat. Le Fume finds herself hiding under a food platter to get back inside the hotel. Instead of finding Johnny, she winds up on a television set. Looking around, you can see Oprah, Conan O'Brien, and others I don't recognize. She rushes out of the hotel and suddenly comes across Johnny Pew. You can tell immediately that he's a brat, and a mean one at that. Fifi says, "I would die for you." Johnny retorts, "I know, but that won't be necessary." He offers her a day with him if she just carriers his stuff. Fifi agrees, and they go off.

My First Ever Full Length Review! Part 2

The water war between Buster and Babs starts to get out of hand, when Babs lets loose a dam. It floods the town, carrying them off on an adventure to last the whole film. With them is Byron Basset, a lazy, fat dog that actually will help them. This is all being witnessed by Shirley the Loon, through her magic glass ball. She's got a summer job as a fortune teller, so can't go off and save the two rabbits. Shirley is constantly pestered by Fowl Mouth, who tries to ask her on a date. Many fans of Tiny Toons do not like this plot, do to the fact of how Shirley is portrayed as cruel. I like it, as it allows for much more slapstick. Near her stand is the French skunk who drives me to awkwardness, Fifi Le Fume. She's trying to find Johnny Pew (not related to Pepe of course), a famous skunk actor. He's played by Rob Paulsen, who I guess is talking in either his normal or fake voice. Shirley tells Le Fume that Johnny's staying at the Acme Resort Hotel, which happens to right next to them. Fifi runs off, and Fowl Mouth comes back into eye sight. He once again asks the Loon on a date, and she refuses again. O.K., let me wrap up that part, Fowl Mouth pesters her again, and she says yes. Plus Dizzy Devil reveals he has a summer shedding problem, and in a second turns fully naked. He puts on a box, and a bunch of people start thinking boxes are the next big look. Yeah, you'll believe a purple Tasmanian Devil, but when I wear a box, I get thrown in jail! We cut back to Plucky, who's busy trying to survive the most annoying thing in the world: car trips where parents won't shut up! But these parents are only 500 times more annoying than that. They sing songs, play spot the car (?), and just act more annoying than they should be.

My First Ever Full Length Review! Part 1

First off, big thank you to mongoloido for putting this on YouTube in such good condition. You've really helped me out. Okay, so we start out with the instrumental version of the Tiny Toon theme song as the credits roll. The camera goes to Acme Looniversity where all the toons are being taught by Bugs Bunny. P.S. Make sure to watch the seating arrangement of the toons, they change all through out this sequence. Anyway, Buster and Babs start singing about summer almost being here. Soon, near all the toons start singing, and it shows how the many plots are gonna go. Buster wants a fun summer, Babs wants to relax, Hampton wants to travel, Plucky wants to go with him (Goodnight Everybody!), Fifi wants to find love, and Elmyra wants a kitty. These are going to be the main plots, so you better like 'em! If you take a look around the room, you'll spot some toons that oddly got left out. Montana Max, Calamity, Lil' Beeper, and Furrball have little to no role at all. Well, it's o.k. I guess. If they had had a sequel, they probably would've included them. Soon, Gogo Dodo, as a clock, lets them all out for vacation. As they run home, all the toons start singing a new version of the theme song fit for summer. After that musical number, we finally start getting somewhere. Plucky and Hampton are walking home talking about what there going to do this summer. Hampton tells the duck he's going to Happy World Land (A joke about Disney World/Land of course).As always, Plucky wants to come along, leading to some funny moments. But of course, Plucky gets to go with them. And on this basic highway to heck (get to that later), Plucky and Hampton are accompanied by Hammy's Dad, Mom, and Uncle Stinky. They drive off, and we visit our other plot, Buster and Babs. Babs is trying to having a nice time relaxing, but Buster won't have it. He starts a huge water fight war between the two, leading to some hilarious moments.

My First Ever Full Length Review! Prolouge

That's right, after a brief hiatus, I'm back and doing a full length movie review! I thought to myself, what better movie to review in the summer than my favorite summer movie? Today I'll be reviewing the made for TV special, Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Summer Vacation. This film was made in 1991, but released in 1992. Yeah, it was near the end of Tiny Toon production, but it kicks butt! The film features many of the main Tiny Toon characters, Buster, Babs, Plucky, Hampton, and Fifi have the main plots. It has, and even jokes, about having more than enough sub plots. Now before I start the review, let me tell you about my relation to this film. When I was a little cancer ravished boy, I would always visit our library and check out films (VHS mind you!). One of the films I would always love to rent is actually this film. I loved every bit of it, and clips of the film were burned into brain and I never would forget them. Fast forward to around a year ago, when I discover how much stuff there really is on YouTube. I put in a random search for Warner Bros stuff, and rediscovered Tiny Toons, and found Animaniacs. That motivated me to starting this blog, and now I'm reviewing this film. Alright, enough history, lets get to the film.

Oh, Dear

It's finally time for my review of the Looney Tunes Show. I actually have no idea what to say about this episode. The writing is terrible, the plot is dumb, and they killed three more classic characters. I can't even review this episode, it's so bad. Just watch this episode and try to like it. The directors made this a PSA about making friends. I hate it. They made evil Gossamer into a 12 year old, Witch Hazel a caring mother, and Speedy Gonzales a chef. I give this episode a 0 out of 5, for being so bad, I can't even review it. Just go and watch it.....you gluttons for punishment.

Attention Everyone!

I have officially decided to stop the weekly holiday of Controversial Cartoon Day. Instead, I'll make the holiday be on the first Monday of every month. The reason, I haven't found any good banned cartoon to review. Plus, this month I'll be doing my first ever full length movie review, so stay in tune to that. Now, I'm also still doing Looney Tunes Show reviews, and the next one will be up soon. Plus, I'm stopping Character Corner and Literature Lovers to make way for new segments. So, yeah, that's whats going on now. So, stay tuned for my next review. Cartoon Corner out.

Happy Summer!

We almost went loony,
from counting days till Juney,
but this afternoony, summer's finally here!
A two month vacation, for rest and relaxation.
Whatever your location, it's the best time of the year!
Visit Acme Acres for a cool time in the sun,
We've got beach, we've got heat, fun for everyone!
We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little loony.
It's Tiny Toon Adventures come and jun the fun.
And now our song is done.

Have A Great Summer!

What In Tarnation?

I am so sorry I haven't uploaded this earlier, but I've had a busy schedule. This is finally time to review the newest Looney Tunes Show episode. This episode marks the debut of Yosemite Sam, and is practically mediocre. In this episode, Sam tries to go off the grid. He goes to make his house solar powered, but soon a huge storm comes along. The storm blocks all the sun's rays, thus making his house go blackout. Then, Sam is forced to live at Bugs and Daffy's house. The rain keeps on coming, forcing Sam to live at their house for awhile. This causes all sorts of mayhem to erupt, as Bugs and Daffy tries to make Sam leave. Anyway, this episode has little plot, and more comedic antics. In the end, Sam is forced to leave when the storm goes away. Then, another storm comes and Bugs and Daffy run inside before Sam can. So that's practically the episode. Is it any good? Well yeah it is. It's more like an old Looney Tunes cartoon than the other episodes were. I enjoyed Sam's acting and the plot, but it's pretty boring. Now let me tell you about the Merrie Melodies of this episode. This was one called Chickenhawk, and starred Foghorn Leghorn and Henry Hawk. This episode was just about Henry trying to eat Foghorn. It was odd, but okay I guess. So, the final verdict, this episode is 3 out of 5, for having a classic story line, but just being boring.

Are You Not Wearing Pants?

Sorry I'm late, but it's time for another Looney Tunes Show review. This week I had little hope for the show, after the terrible tragedy of last week. But, I discovered that this one is actually pretty good. It's about Daffy and Bugs getting sent to prison, and the insanity that follows. What happens is Bugs, Daffy, and Porky (Making his debut) go to the Grand Canyon. Daffy litters and is sent to court with the others. First, let me discuss a little running gag that they have. People start asking Porky if he's wearing pants, and he gets embarrassed. It's kind of sad to see a great character be forced to be in pant jokes. Either way, it's actually pretty funny. But anyway, Bugs and Daffy are jailed due to fighting in court. Bugs finds out that he likes jail, since he can insult people without fear of pain. Daffy on the other hand, wishes to get out. They eventually have to run away from the Crusher, and escape prison. Here, the Merrie Melodies comes up. This song is about Yosemite Sam talking about how he always gets mad. It's a mediocre song with almost terrible rhyming. So, the song is pretty lame. Now lets get back to the episode. Daffy and Bugs wind up in a small hotel in the desert. Bugs wants to get home, but Daffy is bent on the opposite. He pours paint on him and Bugs, to disguise their selves. Soon they're caught and brought back to jail. After a measly one year, the two our set free. On the drive back home, thanks to Porky, Daffy litters again. Cops start trying to pull them over, and Porky ask Bugs to hand him some pants. Well, that's the end. Was the episode any good? I think it's actually my favorite one so far. I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars, for at least being better than the second one.

The Darkest Place On Earth

I'm going to continue my look at Disney's dark history for this Controversial Cartoon Day. Today I'll look at the evil that populates the movies The Lion King, Little Mermaid, and Aladdin. Yep, those masterpieces contain some of the worse messages ever. lets take a look at the epic tale of a lion and his pride, first. There's only one subliminal message that I found in the film. In one scene, Simba lays down onto a pile of flowers. Pollen flies off the flowers, and for a second, they spell the other word for mating. Did I mention this was a kid's movie? Now lets take a look at a tale form the Arabian Nights, Aladdin. In this film, Aladdin is trying to escape the princesses pet tiger. When the camera moves away for a moment, you can vaguely hear Aladdin say, "Take off your clothes." And then, they say it again, in another scene. In this moment, Jafar and a man are approaching the lamp's hiding spot. When the sand lion comes up, you can hear a person again say, "Take off your clothes." Again, did I say this was a kid's movie. Now, lets watch the masterpiece of sexual proportions, that is Little Mermaid. On the cover, there is a view of Ariel's castle. One of the pillars seems to resemble a vital part of a man's anatomy. Oh yeah, it looks like that. Then, it gets worse. When Ursala is trying to get married, the priest seems to experience an odd little feeling that I dare not mention. Little weird, isn't it? Well, I think I've said enough for this Controversial Cartoon Day. Until tomorrow's Looney Tune Show review, I'm out.

A Great Failure

Sorry I missed Friday the 13th, I was gonna do a scary cartoon. Oh well, I hope you guys had fun. Saturday I rented the 2010 Yogi Bear movie. Dan Akroyd played as Yogi, and I quite enjoyed the film. Was it perfect? No, now let me tell why. First of all, this film feels so rushed. They give you no explanation to who Yogi or Boo Boo are. The movie no doubt believes that everyone knows who Yogi Bear is. Well, second of all, this movie has real good CGI animation. The actors interact with the animated bears really good. It seems like the cartoon creatures are actually real. Another thing, the film has the worse green-screen effects ever! You can always tell that the backgrounds are fake in certain scenes. Besides these things, the film is good. It has a decent plot, on and off acting, but one of the oddest villains ever. The evil mayor is unbelievably fake and mediocre. His motives are fine, as is his acting, but having an evil politician is a stretch. Plus, they make a love story between Ranger Smith and a new girl. It's half decent, but I wish they didn't include it. Yogi and Boo Boo are really entertaining. They can be funny at times, and always fun to watch. Their two actors do good representing them. so, all in all, the film is a mixed bag. If you can ignore the bad green screen effects and half good acting, it can be good. If you see these things as flaw, you may not like this. I give Yogi Bear a 3 out of 5, for being a mediocre film all the way.

Eight Time's The Charm

Yesterday the second episode of The Looney Tunes Show aired on Cartoon Network. So, how does this episode stack up to the first one? Well, in my opinion, this show is losing steam. Now let me tell you why. In this episode, two plots are involved. In the first plot, Daffy tries to get into a country club. He steals some one's account number and lives in paradise. He invites Bugs to play tennis one day, starting the second plot. During their game, Bugs meets Lola Bunny, the female rabbit from Space Jam. While in the movie she was actually pretty sane, in this she's all out wacky. Lola talks way to much, never stays on topic, and is JUST SO ANNOYING!!!! And her voice just makes it worse. Bugs and Lola go on a date together, showing the rabbit how bad she really is. After the date, Bugs tries every trick to get rid of Lola (He even pulls the old cross dressing routine). Still, every thing he does just makes it worse. The last straw is pulled when Lola actually thinks Bugs wants to marry her. Lola ignores everything he says, focused on marrying him. The female bunny introduces the wedding planner, played by Pepe Le Pew. That caught me attention, but then the show ruined it. They literally have Pepe say that he's been married seven times!! Wow, the show has just killed my favorite character. Well the wedding eventually comes, and Bugs tries to get Daffy's help, to no avail. Then comes the big shocker: Lola is actually in love with Pepe Le Pew. Again, wow, they just killed my favorite character! Then it get worse: Pepe actually says, "You know what they say, eight time's the charm." For the third time, wow, they killed my favorite character! Well, then it turns out that Daffy's fake account number is actually Lola's dad's. So Daffy gets stuck being the towel boy in the bathroom. So, that ends the episode. Actually there's the Merrie Melodies and the new addition, a Road Runner segment. The song is by Marvin the Martian, saying how he's not really bad. That song's very funny; made me crack up twice. Then the Road Runner cartoon is pretty good. It's done in CGI, though I wish it was pen and paper. So, the only bad thing was the real cartoon. Rene Auberjonois did a swell job as Pepe, and Eric Bauza was great as Marvin. The plot was just bad, the method of how they used the characters was bad, and Pepe's attitude was terrible!! I'm giving this episode my first official Stamp Of Lame! Oh yeah, it's that bad.

Disney's Dark Side

Believe it or not, The Happiest Place On Earth, has a bad side. Yep, Disney is actually pretty bad. They have a track record of innuendos and references. So, let me dive into the bad side of Disney. The first, and most debated, controversy was Donald Duck in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. What happened was Eddie, the boozing detective, went to a club ran by toons. The main attraction was Donald and Daffy Duck going all out war on the piano. Given Donald's speech impediment and high temper, this scene caused fans to go, "what?" For one moment, after Daffy says "your despicable", Donald mutters something incoherent. What did he say, well the fans and historians have an answer. They believe that Donald say two cuss words, one bad and one very bad. What do I think? I believe them, given the rest of these controversies. The second one comes from the same movie. In this scene, Jessica Rabbit and Eddie are sent flying through the air. Eddie's flying like a person, but Jessica's going comical. She's spinning around, making her dress have some odd motions. Then, if you freeze frame and zoom in, you can see Jessica's main part of her anatomy. That case is now close. Plus, just look up Disney's Little Mermaid moments. The movie's called Little, but the references are adults. Now, I can't go into more detail from there. So if you want to see more Disney controversy, comment on this post. I'll go into detail later.

Take It Easy

I am a reader of blogs as well as a writer of them. One of my favorite blogs to read is Familiar Faces. It is a video blog done by Chad Rocco, focusing on minor characters of media (No I didn't copy Character Corner from that). One of the last ones he did was for the Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel Bunny. After watching it, I got the urge to write a post on that. So yes, I'm doing this post on a product commercial. But thankfully, the commercials for these candies were in cartoons. So thank goodness I got something suitable for writing about! Okay well, I'm actually not posting about the candy, more the mascot, and very soon you'll see why. No, don't be baffled by reading this. This is technically an awkward post, my second in fact (The first one being the Fifi Le Fume post). Why is it very odd? Well lets dive into it. Now, let me sum up the history of Cabury. It was a candy company that is still going today. They produced caramel goodies that make your mouth water. Now, these candies are only sold in Europe, so I'm going off description of taste. But what really got you wanting to buy these things, were the commercials. Here comes the Caramel Bunny. This bunny was just a low voiced, seductive female rabbit. She was played by Mariam Margolyes, the actor of Professor Sprout in Harry Potter. Caramel Bunny would go around handing out caramel to other animals, telling them to "take it easy." Now, your parents will tell you not to take things from strangers. Obviously these animals don't listen to their parents. Anyway, this bunny was as seductive as they come (But I still enjoy French accents). This bunny is still big in Britain, having another line of candy being made. And now look,a British newspaper named the Caramel Bunny the Number Three Sexiest Cartoon Character Ever, right below Jessica Rabbit and Betty Boop. Now, I'm not able to upload a video to this post (My computer's a jerk), but the commercials are on youtube. So, anyway, I don't really know how to score this, so I just won't. So, that's all for now. P.S. I told you this was an awkward post.

Character Corner- Fan Boy

Freakazoid is never alone in his quests. He's backed up by sidekicks, including Hand Man, Foamy the Freakadog, and more. One of the most hilarious one is Fan Boy. This kid is ever celebrity's worst nightmare. An over excited fan who won't shut up! He constantly begs for autographs and asks questions. Yes, this kid, although good-natured, is a bad guy in Freakazoid. In the episode, "And Fan Boy Is His Name", Freakazoid is constantly irritated by Fan Boy. This kid wants to be a super hero. Sure every kid dreams of that, but he goes too far. He puts Freakazoid's torn up mind to the limit. How can he escape something that literally knows his every move? Well he simply show that little Fan Boy someone even cooler than Freakazoid! Who is that person? Well, drum roll please....it's MARK HAMILL! That's right. The actor of Luke Skywalker actually cameos in this episode. Do you hear that? It's the sound of your inner fan boy wanting to come out. Oh well, Fan Boy was a good soul. No doubt an insane soul, but a good one. All he wanted were friends, but his stalker like behavior is frightening. But anyway, Fan Boy will always be in my memory, as the person who scared the Joker (Mark Hamill joke). Even though Nickelodeon has a Fan Boy, there will always be just one Fan Boy. Let actors everywhere fear his name.

What's Up, Doc?

Looney Tunes is my favorite cartoon series ever made. It combined killer comedy to great animation and voice work. It will never be replaced, not even in a million years. Ever since Tiny Toons was over, people have wanted a good Looney Tunes show. Sadly, things like Loonatics or Baby Looney Tunes haven't worked out. Then, I heard some brilliant news. Someone was making another Looney Tunes show! It had Maurice LaMarche, Kath Soucie, and some other great actors. Well, did it live up to the hype? No it did not. The Looney Tunes Show is an insect compared to the original thing. Well, is it even an entertaining thing to watch? Defiantly, but not as good as the real show. Let me review the first episode to tell you why. Before I start, let me tell you some other things. Kath Soucie was actually supposed to play Lola Bunny and Sniffle, since she played them in Space Jam. But then, she was taken off the show. That flat out stunk for me. Kath is one of my favorite actresses. But let me stop there, here is my review for The Looney Tunes Show. The first episode has Bugs and Daffy living together as roommates. Daffy wants to win a game show, so decides to go on a game show about your best friend. Sadly for him, he doesn't know one thing about Bugs, despite being best friends. Anyway, they go on the game show to compete against the Goofy Gophers. The gophers beat them and win a cruise around the sea. Bugs gets angry and tells Daffy he's not his best friend. After that, the show cuts to a musical segment called Merrie Melodies. These are small songs made by the writers. They're comical, and original. This one was called Grilled Cheese, and featured Elmer Fudd. He basically sings about his love for grilled cheese. Are these segments good? They are okay I guess. But lets get back to the episode. The next day, Daffy meets Speedy Gonzales in his house. Speedy tells Daffy that to win Bugs back, he must become a real friend. So, Daffy gets them to go on a cruise and try to have fun. Well, after some stalker like minutes, Bugs tells Daffy that they're friends again. When the cruise ends, Bugs asks Daffy how he got the cruise. Daffy tells him that he used his credit card to pay for it. He goes off telling everyone Bugs' credit card number, but the rabbit stops him before he can finish. And that's the end of the episode. Now, let me give you my observation. The artwork is very distinct, and it looks good. The voices are okay. Speedy and the Gophers are good, but Bugs and Daffy are a little off. Then, the plot is pretty good. I just wish it had more funny moments. Well, let me just say that this show is a good thing to watch. Is it a good replacement for the real thing? Not at all, but it's good. So, I give The Looney Tunes Show a 4 out of 5, for being a just good show.

I'm Back!!

Well, after a rough week, I am back. And what better way to come back, than to do it on Controversial Cartoon Day! Now, I bet you think you know what cartoon I'll do. You think I'm gonna do a WWII cartoon, don't ya? Well, your wrong. I'm gonna do an actual bad cartoon, one that deserves controversy. This comes from one of the wackiest shows to be hallucinated. That show is, or was, called Ren And Stimpy. To understand it, go to a video store. Buy a DVD of this show, then drive to a drug store. Buy whatever you find then drink it. Once you're drunk, watch the show. Then, and only then, will you understand Ren And Stimpy. Now, while all of this show was mad, sometimes certain points broke your mind. Why did they drive you to insanity? Because these moments combined adult concepts to the edgy, insane show. Combined together, these moments overloaded your braincells. But what if they actually made a whole episode like this? Well, they did, and that's what I'm reviewing. So, this is "Man's Best Friend." The episode begins with a man named George Liquor buying Ren and Stimpy. He takes them home and lets them stay in his fishbowl. George then puts the two into rough training programs to house train them. That's where this gets disturbing. The man starts to make the two lay their waste on a newspaper. Next, he tells his pets not to sit on his couch. And to enforce the message, he makes them sit on it. It then rolls down the large mountain to psycho town. He give Ren 40 bucks as a punishment. Then, George trains Ren and Stimpy on guarding the house. He commands them to beat the man up. While Stimpy says no, Ren is all to happy to oblige. He beats up his master with an oar for all the verbal abuse he's gone through. When George Liquor recovers, he tells the pets that they past his test. So, the show ends happily, as the trio chew on lawn cigars. Well, what should I say about this? Once I watched it, I felt mentally disturbed. It's odd, crazy, but lets talk about the controversy. This was banned on Nickelodeon for George's verbal abuse and Ren's violent attack on his master. Personally, I agree. The attack was very brutal and descriptive, and I always thought George was just about to kill his pets. So, I give "Man's Best Friend" a 2 out of 5. If you enjoy seeing drunken images, I recommend it. If you enjoy people getting beat down and animals getting horrified, I recommend it. For anyone who is sane, steer away from this.

Nice DAy For A Pic-A-Nic!

Who is the ultimate king of cartoons? Well of course it's Warner Brothers, but who's the prince of cartoons? It's Hanna-Barbera, no doubt about it! If you don't know who this company is, do you live under a rock? This company created Smurfs, the Jetsons, the Flintstones, Yogi Bear, and Scooby Doo. Hanna-Barbera was formed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. They made various ways of making cartoons cheaper, while maintaining funny material. Their most popular cartoon is no doubt Yogi Bear. I mean, who doesn't love the misadventures of the hungry, smart-witted bear? Him and Boo-Boo Bear have etched their names into the pantheon on cartoon greats (I'm going to make one of those later). Their picnic basket stealing business and escaping Ranger Smith is legendary. I can't find a single way to criticize this show. Sure, maybe the animation is rather old and bad, but it was the 60s. If you just look past the aged animation, you'll find an immortal treat. It's funny, cool, and just as good as people say it is. I give Yogi Bear a 5 out of 5, for being one of the greatest shows of all time.

You Fools, I'm The Great Michelangelo

It's finally time for my Number 1 favorite Animaniacs cartoon. Which work of art will win my Number 1 spot? My favorite episode is Hooked On A Ceiling. This episode has everything. It has comedy, slapstick, parodies, and the greatest twist ending of all times. In this cartoon, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot go to the Sistine Chapel. It's during the Renaissance period, where everything changed in society. The trio discover that Michelangelo is struggling to paint his famous painting there. After much persuasion and pain, the artist lets the Warners help. They soon become disgusted that they will have to paint naked people. Michelangelo (Played by Maurice LaMarche) goes out to get some things, and he later returns. When he goes into the church, he's horrified to see the Warners painting the wrong things! Michelangelo asks them why they didn't paint what he wanted, and they say they didn't want to paint naked people. So eventually Yakko, Wakko, and Dot repaint the chapel for Michelangelo. Soon the artist's boss gets to the chapel, but the heroes aren't done yet. Michelangelo goes to met the boss, while the Warners try to finish the painting. The boss and artist look over the finished painting, but Michelangelo gasps at what he sees. The toons painted E.T. reaching out to Elliot, parodying the Creation Of Adam. But all turns out well, as the boss is revealed to be Steven Spielberg (Played by Himself). Yakko turns up and says to the audience, "Painting is like a cartoon, you have to know your audience." Well, I love this cartoon. It's my favorite Animaniacs cartoon, and it should be. It's beautifully animated and cleverly written. I don't need to say anymore. I give Hooked On A Ceiling my Number 1 spot on Cartoon Corner's Top 5 Favorite Animaniacs Episodes. P.S. You expect us three innocent children to climb a dangerous scaffolding and paint naked people all over a church? We'll do it!

I'm Not As Good As You, Yoda

We're nearing the end of my Top 5 Favorite Animaniacs Episodes. I've reached my Number 2 spot, leaving 1 spot left. Well, let's start this already. My 2nd favorite Animaniacs episode is Space Probed. In this, the trio are abducted by aliens. These aliens wish to dissect the Warners to discover what earthlings are. What follows the abduction is a brilliant display of comedy and parodies. Take for example the fact that the aliens speak an extra-terrestrial language. Instead of words, we get to read subtitles. Now since the Warners constantly break the fourth wall, they see the subtitles. From there they quote Japanese, Swedish, and other languages, which are translated for us. Now, if that's not funny, I don't know what is. They also parody Star Trek, Alien, and even Star Wars and the Jetsons. The toons escape being dissected, and run around the UFO. Dot meets an alien pig and introduces him to her pet Alien (Yes that Alien). Wakko runs into a training facility and has to run a treadmill. When he does it wrong, an alien shows him how to, but ends up turning into George Jetson. Yakko goes to the pilot area, and starts to steer the UFO. In the end, all the toons get kicked off the space ship, ending the cartoon. So, that's Space Probed. Not only is it one of my favorite episodes, it has the most parodies I've ever seen. So I give Space Probed the Number 2 spot on Cartoon Corner's Top 5 Favorite Animaniacs Episodes. P.S. I'm sorry Yoda, it's my reflexes

Your A Good Dog, Rita

It's time to announce my Number 3 Favorite Animaniacs Episode. What will it be? Well, let me tell you right now. My Number 3 Favorite Animaniacs Cartoon is Les Miseranimals. If you can't tell, it's a parody of the classic Les Miserables. The main characters in it are Rita and Runt. These two toons were like Abbot and Costello. They were inseparable and best friends. Rita (Played by Broadway queen, Bernadette Peters) was a singing cat looking for a home. Runt (Played by Frank Welker) however, was a dog who thought Rita was a dog. He followed her around everywhere. In this episode, Runt was a rebellious dog who broke out of the pound. He is followed by a guard dog hoping to catch Runt. The dog searched the city for his pal Rita, whose trapped at a baker's house. The baker is starting to cook cat pies since he's out of supplies. Runt and Rita attempt to escape the baker, and succeed with the help of poodles. In the end they all run towards the bright city of Paris, singing the greatest ending song I've heard in years. Well, that's basically the episode. I enjoy it because i love Rita and Runt. Bernadette is one of the greatest people on Broadway, and plays Rita perfectly. I love the songs of this, and I love how it's a parody of a classic play. So, I give the Number 3 spot on Cartoon Corner's Top 5 Favorite Animaniacs Episodes to Les Miseranimals. P.S. Yup, you're a good dog.

Would You Like An Apple?

For my Number 4 entry of my Top 5 Favorite Animaniacs Cartoons, I'm putting a Slappy Squirrel cartoon in. For those who don't know, Slappy was a character who was supposedly a retired toon. She knew every cartoon star, whether it be Betty Boop, Scrappy Doo, or anyone else. Slappy was played by Sherri Stoner, who also wrote for Tiny Toons and Animaniacs. So anyway, Slappy is one of my favorite characters, so I thought I should include one of her cartoons. So lets not waste any longer, this is Guarding The Garden. This is one of many Animaniacs episodes to have religious elements in it. The title refers to the Garden of Eden, where this takes place. In the episode, an evil snake tries to get an apple. His master plan is to tempt Adam and Eve (Who are nude, but never truly exposed). Sadly for him, Slappy is there to stop him. The snake tries nearly every trick in the book. He uses bombs, dynamite, and just old fashioned cleverness. Still, he fails at his task and is beaten by Slappy. It's been awhile since I've seen this episode, so I barely remember the ending. I believe Adam and Eve actually eat the apple, staying consistent with the Bible. Well, what should I say about this cartoon? For one thing, it's brilliant. I love the religious factor in it, and the humor. It doesn't become too biblical, but stays true to Christianity. So, I give the cartoon the Number 4 spot in Cartoon Corner's Top 5 Favorite Animaniacs Cartoons. P.S. Now that's comedy!

Would Ya Like To Take A Survey?

Awhile back, I did my first ever Top Ten List. Well now, I'm gonna do another list, but only have 5. What will I list on my Top Five? I will show my Top Five Favorite Animaniacs Episodes. So now, let me begin Cartoon Corner's Top Five Favorite Animaniacs Episodes. My Number Five favorite is the episode, Survey Ladies. This was the first recent Animaniacs cartoon I had seen. It starred Yakko, Wakko, and Dot as they searched a mall. It starts off with them singing that their gonna get Dr. ScratchAndSniff a present. The Warners go into the mall and label off all they see. It contains a brief joke at the show, 90210, combined with the Hello Nurse joke. The trio go up an escalator and meet two survey ladies. This is where it all gets good. The ladies ask all these strange questions, mostly about beans and George Wendt. The Warners run away from the ladies, heading into local stores along the way. They reach a place called Fifi's Perfumes (Yes the skunk Fifi). She tells the Warners all of the perfumes she has, to which Dot replies, "Got anything for beginners?" The survey ladies show up again and Yakko, Wakko, and Dot run away. They find an elevator, but the ladies are there too (Dang they're persistent)! Again the Warners run away, leaving the ladies. Then Baby Plucky from Tiny Toons (Played by Nate Ruegger, voice of Skippy Squirrel) goes to the ladies. The two ask him if he wants to take a survey, but he says no. He then closes the elevator and causes the ladies to go down. Baby Plucky then says he famous catch phrase but with a twist, "Elevator go down the hoooole." Well, that's practically the episode. Though it may sound repetitive, it's really good. So for great cameos and brilliant jokes, I give Survey Ladies the Number 5 spot on Cartoon Corner's Top 5 Favorite Animaniacs Episodes. P.S. Do you eat beans at George Windt movies?

Making Guns, Making Guns

It's that time again. What time you may ask? Well it's time to encourage kids to send me candy, stuff pickles in my ears, and review a controversial cartoon. That's right, it's Controversial Cartoon Day! I'm going back to WW2 cartoons, simply because there are dozens. This one is a Donald Duck cartoon called The Spirit Of 43. It was another propaganda cartoon that blamed the Nazis and Italians for this. The plot revolves around Donald earning his pay and going home. When he walks off though, two separate personalities come out. One is a kind old duck, telling Donald to save the money. The other though, tells him to spend it at the store. Once again the saver tells Donald to keep the money, due to taxes. Then he actually blames the Axis Powers for making the taxes higher. Now I know that the war did increase taxes, but to blame it all on the enemy? That's a little harsh I'd say. After that crude blame, the two personalities start pulling the duck in different directions. Soon Donald must make his decision. Will he "Spend for the Axis, or save for taxes?" Well, he goes to the spender (Who now resembles Adolf Hitler) and punches him hard. I won't talk of the rest of the plot, because then it just labels what money does for the war. Well, what do I think of it? To be honest, I don't like it. It practically just uses Donald as a mascot. Once he's gone. the thing gets boring. So, I give The Spirit Of 43 a 2 out of 5. I hope it will just remain a spirit.

Character Corner- Mr. Director

In the work of masterpiece called Animaniacs, Paul Rugg did the voice of an odd character. He played as the Jerry Lewis parody, Mr. Director. This person was the target for Warner Brothers abuse, often going crazy. Paul did a brilliant job on this guy, he portrayed both the sane and mad side of him. To Mr. Director, comedy was unexpected things and made up words. He constantly sprouted words like froynlaven, and random phrases of words. Strangely enough, a person called the Clown sounded like him on Animaniacs. To discover why this occurred, see the Nostalgia Critic's Animaniacs Tribute (Fair warning, it's one hour long). Anyway, Mr. Director has never made any movies, even though directing is in his name. I think he won one of those anti-Emmy awards one time. It may have been for longest time spent making a movie. Well, I don't know. Back to the subject, this guy is brilliant. If they remake Animaniacs (Which I hope they do), they have to have Mr. Director. He's one of the only people to not know he's in a cartoon. That fact leads to a joke of him asking the Warner Brothers who they're talking to. So, check out this guy, see if he's made a movie. If he has, I'll be amazed. P.S. Froynlaven!

The Fourth Wall Is Down!

In cartoons, things are often broken. Heads, bones, and glass are common things to be destroyed. But the biggest thing to ever be broken in cartoons, is the fourth wall. For anyone who doesn't know, the fourth wall is a term used in media. When it's broken, a character acknowledges he's in fiction. The person could talk to the audience, or make a clever pun on the situation. In some cartoons, the fourth wall remains firm and unbroken. But if you watch Tiny Toons or Garfield And Friends, the fourth wall is obliterated. The cast of those shows talk to their creator, talk about the shows plot, or complain about their roles. Breaking the fourth wall is commonly used for humorous effects. Take example the Freakazoid episode, "Candle Jack." In the middle of danger, the hero asks for a break to praise the animators, writers, and other working cast. He then proceeds to restart the scene, once again in danger. In Garfield And Friends, the fat cat will moan and whine about how bad the script is. He also makes references to an annual episode on the show, Garfield's Tales Of Scary Stuff. In other times, a character may meet his actor, causing for an odd moment. In Tiny Toons, the characters occasionally meet Steven Spielberg, and know that he created them. If there is a narrator in a cartoon, a person may talk to him for a second. Well, I enjoy having toons know that we are being entertained by them. But that's my opinion, what is yours? P.S. Comment on what I should review.

Cartoon Physics 101

If one thing doesn't stay the same in cartoons, it's physics. The laws of reality differ in any cartoon you see, hear, or dream. Sometimes a mallet to the head will lead to a cracking skull, or sometimes an accordion effect. In one cartoon a character will die from a falling piano, but other times they'll be fine and fit. So I've decided to look into the very center of cartoons: the physics. If you've seen as many Road Runner cartoons as I have, you know anything can happen. There is one thing that the series spawned for other cartoons. Say the Road Runner is going as fast as possible. If he encounters a tunnel painted on a cliff, he can simply enter and exit it with ease. But if Coyote goes into it at his top speed, he will encounter the real life physics. He'll meet head on with solid rock cliff. Another thing is how a character can go off a cliff and stay in the air for a period of time. This conflicts with the laws of gravity as we know it. So in cartoons, the physics become this: The laws of gravity are null and void until a character realizes it. Now onto the enormous damage a character can take. Sweet and simple, a toon can endure multiple inflictions of incredible pain and live. A cat can survive being chopped in half, having a battleship dropped on him, and being hit with a bowling ball. Any act that is simple and small, or unrealistic and galactic, a toon can endure. All these things, and more, make up the loosely tied collection of cartoon physics. Now lay down, my head hurts.

Heroes In A Half Shell

If there was one franchise that ate parent's money and made children scream with excitement, it wad Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This was originally a serious comic book that parodied most other comics. It was one of the most idiotic things ever made, but everyone loved it. Kids rooted for Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. They wanted to buy anything that even mentioned their Number 1 heroes. Most kids were introduced to the Turtles by the 1980 cartoon show. That show blew the minds of every little, and old, child that watched it. The action, the corny jokes, the character, the campy plot, everything was great! So, let me stop my ranting and tell you the plot. The plot revolves around four teenage turtles that fight the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan. The turtles were created by toxic waste exposed to them. It also turned a man, Hamato Yoshi, into their rat sensei, Splinter. Together the turtles fought to stop Shredder from destroying NYC with his mutants, Bebop and Rocksteady, and alien partner, Krang. Yeah it was weird, but we loved it. It had an action packed theme song, and interesting story. The mutant turtles fought robots, cross dimensional beasts, mutant animals, and other cool baddies. The show was so popular it spawned three movies, video games, toy lines, and even a rock concert! I loved this show then, and I love it now. I'm giving it 5 out of 5, for brilliance in story telling and perfect attitude. P.S- There really was a concert for the turtles!

Character Corner- Beaky Buzzard

This character is a small gem of the Looney Tunes cast. His name is Beaky Buzzard, though he resembles a vulture or condor. He first appeared in Bugs Bunny Gets The Boid, an average Bugs cartoon. He's shown as the runt of his litter, being dumb and lazy. Beaky is very incompetent, repeatably saying, "Nope, nope, nope." The bird was based on Edgar Bergen's puppet, Mortimer Snerd. Both the puppet and buzzard share speech patterns and personalities. No matter what he does, Beaky never captures Bugs, like the other villains. This character is actually one of the few people not voiced by Mel Blanc. Instead he is done by Kent Rogers. Beaky is now forced into small cameos, instead of main character work. In the small Looney Tune comics, he usually paired up with Henery Hawk. He also made a few appearances on Tiny Toons, as the mentor of a condor. He's also been in Looney Tunes Back In Action and Space Jam. Well, this character is defiantly one of my favorites. He is a good, hapless villain who should be seen more often.

Well, It's One Of Our Folks

It's time for another Controversial Cartoon Day, and I'm going Loony. That's right, I'm reviewing a Looney Tunes cartoon. This was called Southern Fried Rabbit, and stared Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. This cartoon was banned due to a brief scene that was racial stereotyping. So anyway, the plot is that Bugs goes down South to get some carrots. There he meets Sam, who plays a Confederate general who still fights. Sam won't let the rabbit cross over, so Bugs declares war. Bugs tries to get past Sam by pretending he's a black man. He plays a banjo and sings a song, which must be racist considering they banned this cartoon. What must be the racist thing is that Bugs pretends to be whipped like a slave. Anyway, it's more funny than racist, and I laughed at it. So what happens after that is Bugs tricks Sam some more. He ends the cartoon telling Sam that the Yankees are in Chattanooga. But the punch line of the joke is that the base ball Yankees are there, causing Sam to threaten them. Well, I enjoyed this cartoon. It may contain a brief history joke, but it's quick. The other jokes are hilarious, and the cartoon is entertaining. So, I give Southern Fried Rabbit a 4.5 out of 5.

Might Solve A Mystery

If you remember from my theme song post, I said Duck Tales had the best opening song. Naturally I am right, and whoever thinks different is wrong. But now I've decided to give other reasons to why this show is amazing. So the plot revolves around Scrooge McDuck and his nephew, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. They have a series of adventures, mostly involving wealth and treasure. Scrooge is sometimes threatened by evil villains like Magica De Spell, Flintheart Glomgold, and the Beagle Boys. All the villains have separate motives, but they all have some connection to Scrooge. Well, anyway the show is spectacular. I love the characters, the plot, and the humor. It was a large part of my childhood, so it's nostalgic. Not only do I enjoy the show, but others do to. IGN placed it as the 18th best animated show, and the Nostalgia Critic (An internet celebrity) placed it #9 on his top eleven animated shows. Even if I never watched the show as a kid, I would still like it. So, I give Duck Tales 4.9 out of 5, for being just shy of perfect. P.S. Did you know that Donald actually joins the stinkin Navy?!

Hulkamania Lives Forever!

Hulk Hogan is no doubt one of the greatest wrestlers of all times. He's has lasted decades against the ferocious power of his foes. My dad watched him wrestle, and people today still watch him wrestle! He spawned Hulkamania, a fan cult that lasts till today. Hogan is a fan favorite, and a killer of merchandise. He has been on toys, documentaries, meet and greets, and even a cartoon. This cartoon was called Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling. It lasted 26 episodes, and focused on Hogan and other wrestlers. He led a heroic group of wrestlers against some rebels, led by Roddy Piper. The show had a predictable plot: Heroes defeating villains in wacky situations. Another odd thing is that voice actors played all the wrestlers, not the true people. Roddy was played by Charlie Adler, of eventual Tiny Toons fame. Hulk Hogan wasn't even played by himself, he was played by Brad Garrett, a star of Everyone Love Raymond. Well, I have to say that the show is terribly animated. The plots were idiotic and odd, the wrong kind of odd. It's undeniably goofy, like the old TMNT show. But while that was cool and funny, this is dumb and frightening. I have to give it 2.5 out of 5 for having good voice actors, but terrible plot and animation.

Who Ya Gonna Call?

Ghosts running wildly around NYC, and only four people can stop them. Combined with their brave courage and high tech weaponry, the four will stop at nothing to clean the city. Does that sound familiar to you? Well it should be, since it's the premise of Ghostbusters The Movie. Released in the 80s, Ghostbusters was an instant classic. It was a comedy that could be scary when needed. The audience loved it, and it spawned a huge franchise. A cartoon was based on the film, titled The Real Ghostbusters. It had new actors, different looks, and had different story elements. Lorenzo Music played as Peter Venkman, Maurice LaMarche played as Egon Spangler, Frank Welker played as Ray Stantz, and Arsenio Hall played Winston Zeddemore. I loved this cartoon! It was a joy to watch it, and it's very nostalgic to me. It considered one of the best cartoon series of all times, literally! The cast was superb, the animation colorful, and the humor incredible. It launched a long running toy line, a sequel show, and a popular fan film. The ghosts were incredibly scary at times and very creative. It's a joy to watch, and I recommend you to. So, I give The Real Ghostbusters 5 out of 5. Now answer this question: Who ya gonna call?

Literature Lovers Ep. 1

Let me give you the backdrop for this new segment I've made. I realized yesterday that there are books about cartoons. Some can actually be compared to true books like Harry Potter, some can be better than Harry Potter. Anyway, I'm devoting a series of posts based on this stories. So sit back and enjoy my first literature review. So my first one can be found on the website, Fanfiction.net. It's a writing sharing website that people post their own work based on existing things. I discovered this while searching for Looney Tunes fan fiction. It's titled, Le Pew Tails: Love at Many Sights and Scents (Wow, a long title!) Now before I say anything, I must admit one darn thing. I hate romance novels (I'm a guy for starters) and this was the first one I read. I only read it since it had somethings to do with cartoons, a good enough example for me. So if the title didn't give it away, this story features Pepe Le Pew. He, of course, is accompanied by his love target, Penelope Pussycat. The story stays true to Tex Avery's creations as good as it can, while being creative as well. Pepe tries to find love, but his odor always betrays him. The plot is a great combination of Looney Tunes characters in a much more mature setting. In the end, the skunk and Penelope are separated, leading to the sequel. So, all in all, I loved it! The story is realistic (As realistic as talking animals can be), and the characters complex. I recommend it, so go and read it!