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The [Nostalgia Thread] - In Which 80s/90s Animuus Are Discussed

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  • JAKJAK Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    So glad that this whole 80's Nostalgia thing is reaching the end. I can stop hearing about how the Transformers cartoon was The Odyssey of the modern era.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    does that make Beast Wars the Iliad

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I miss the old Choose Your Own Adventure and Interplanetary Spy series from when I was a kid, some of those were fucking brutal.

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  • thanimationsthanimations Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    The end of the 80's revival just means the 90's is around the corner, and fuck that.

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  • celandinecelandine Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    When I was little I wasn't into "boy stuff" (Transformers, Power Rangers, etc) but oh man did I love that Ferngully. I was basically born an eco-weenie.


    And all the Disney movies, in their 90's heyday. I would see every one of them in theaters, with my best friend Katie, and then we would go out for pancakes at IHOP, and there would be something beautifully sad about watching the rain drip down the IHOP windows while the pop-styled end credits were still playing in our heads. Disney movies really got to me back then.

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  • FrankoFranko Sometimes I really wish I had four feet so I could dance with myself to the drumbeat Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    bsjezz wrote: »

    are you kidding

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    i dare you to tell me you were a child who wouldn't have madly dreamed about completing that collection

    HOLY FUCK YES. <3

    mum would buy me a pack if i was good. oh man...oh man... :cry:

    i had the bumbag, too.

    AND MIGHTY MAX.

    woah we talkin bout monster in my pocket
    finally this thread gets good, had all those fucking cards

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  • preachermeatpreachermeat Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    woah, someone mentioned the lost cities of gold? That was on back when I was like, 8 or so. I remember because I accidentally woke up at 6 in the morning or something and there it was, being all confusing to my tender brainmeats. I honestly thought I'd just dreamed up the whole show, glad to see it really existed. And as for David the Gnome, hell, who doesn't love lawn decorations smoking pipes on nick jr, back before there was a dedicated network for it. Being sick, home from school, watching random little kids cartoons because you're waiting for Ren and Stimpy to come on was awesome!

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  • DeciusDecius I'm old! I'm fat! I'M BLUE!Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20BZID081Vk

    Who's man enough to admit they watched this once or twice when they were little? I had a reason; I had a crush on the neighbour girl.

    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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  • CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    sucks, sucks, sucks, and sucks
    Did you seriously just say that Return of the Jedi sucks?

    Seriously?

    Teefs, this is the line. You have finally crossed it.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Cal have you ever been in an episode of True Life?

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  • CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Also, you all have fucking failed to mention this motherfucker right here... and for that, you all are demonstrably wrong in everything you say and do.


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  • CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Cal have you ever been in an episode of True Life?
    I don't even know what that is.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Ohhmygood Wishbone was the fucking shit.

    Also Aurthur.

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  • CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Ohhmygood Wishbone was the fucking shit.

    Also Aurthur.
    I wasn't so much into Arthur.

    I was more of a Magic School Bus kinda' kid. Because, fuck yeah Miss Frizzle!

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Callius wrote: »
    Ohhmygood Wishbone was the fucking shit.

    Also Aurthur.
    I wasn't so much into Arthur.

    I was more of a Magic School Bus kinda' kid. Because, fuck yeah Miss Frizzle!

    Magic School Bus was kick ass.

    This is widely regarded considered an irrefutable fact.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Magic School Bus was the only show I was allowed to watch during weekdays for a long time.

    I didn't really mind.

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    When I was young, I had a Magic School Bus video game. You were in outer space, and it was awesome.

    Miss Frizzle was the best, guys.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Lizzie being a girl was a shock to me.

    Also that black guy at the end of every episode was cool too.

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Was Lizzie the one who always said that catchphrase when things went wrong?

    What did she say? "Oh man, oh man, oh man?" Something.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I meant Liz.

    Who was the lizard.

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  • CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    You know what's also rad, even though it's past my time and I never watched it? Dora the Explorer.

    Educational shows are the best.

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I thought we were talking about the kids.

    I don't remember much about it.

    I remember what the one with the glasses looked like.

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Wishbone was goddamn fantastic.

    I had a lot of the books. They split off into a bunch of different ones. They had the originals that were half and half, then the ones that were all in the real world, ones that were all in the book world. And maybe some others I forget.

    I only watched Arthur because there was not much else to do at the time.

    Animorphs was also awesome.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Jekyll Jekyll Hyde was a great song!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypOculfrvCY

    Babar was lovely.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0pXnprQvSA&feature=related

    Playdays was too.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CorAJFawkf8&feature=related

    Maid Marion was.... slightly odd.

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    does that make Beast Wars the Iliad

    Wrong order - Transformers was The Iliad, Beast Wars The Odyssey, and the Michael Bay movies are The Aeneid - glorified fanfic with a heavy dose of propaganda.

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I watched a bit of the G1 transformers show recently.

    It was not very good

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Artreus wrote: »
    Animorphs was also awesome.

    That show fucked me up good.

    I was convinced for months that Yeerks were real, and actively trying to get me.

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  • CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    Wrong order - Transformers was The Iliad, Beast Wars The Odyssey, and the Michael Bay movies are The Aeneid - glorified fanfic with a heavy dose of propaganda.
    Oh god I love this post so much...

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Koshian wrote: »
    did anyone else watch the rupert bear cartoon?

    that show ruled

    I remember bits and pieces of it. Nothing too significant.

    Oh, and we can't allow Clifford the Big Red Dog to go unnoticed.

    Good dog, best friend.

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    isn't Babar supposed to be French Apologism for colonizing Haiti or something like that?

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  • CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    GeoMitch wrote: »
    isn't Babar supposed to be French Apologism for colonizing Haiti or something like that?
    Colonialism in general. Mostly the 19th century colonial enterprises, so post-Haitian independence.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    know who was awesome

    ash ketchem

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Indeed.

    Also Digimon and Rouruni Kenshin.

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Koshian wrote: »
    did anyone else watch the rupert bear cartoon?

    that show ruled

    I had no idea what it was until I googled it and I watched this a bunch

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  • FCDFCD Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygrEVnrg3Ic

    Keith David has the most badass voice ever.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Indeed.

    Also Digimon and Rouruni Kenshin.

    I don't know if RuroKen is something that can be classified as something appropriate for kids... o_O

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Indeed.

    Also Digimon and Rouruni Kenshin.

    I don't know if RuroKen is something that can be classified as something appropriate for kids... o_O

    Tell that to me and every other 8-10 year old who drank that shit up.

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  • FCDFCD Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqTZfknDVes

    This pretty much defined the 90s for me, video game-wise at least.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Indeed.

    Also Digimon and Rouruni Kenshin.

    I don't know if RuroKen is something that can be classified as something appropriate for kids... o_O

    Tell that to me and every other 8-10 year old who drank that shit up.

    Well, wait, was it the original Japanese dub, or the English dub?

    Because the English dub had way less blood/nasty shit than the Japanese dub.

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