The Big Picture: Tooned Out

[RJ 17]

1: I'd argue that Morrigan is more the face of the Dark Stalkers franchise than Felecia.

2: The Night Warriors anime based off Dark Stalkers wasn't too bad. It wasn't great, to be sure, but it wasn't too bad.

3: Ummmm yeah, you wake up to find a voluptuous cat-girl who (at least in the game) has no clothes but rather conveniently placed bands of fur and your first instinct is "GTFO OF MY ROOM!"? Can't say i agree with that one kid.

1. I think Felicia isn't the face of Darkstalkers, but two or 3 other body parts (giggedy).
3. If we're talking 1/2 cat, 1/2 girl, my biggest concern at that moment isn't "AAUUUUGHH!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM?!" but if her downstairs part are compatible with my own.

1. I will give her this, she DOES have the....ahem...."bounciest" fighting stance in the series....
3. She was created in Japan, of course they are.

 

[Mr_Terrific]

Not even gonna lie...watched half of the awful 80s cartoon's and all of the 90s. Even the shows I knew were crap still got watched...like Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. It filled in a spot nicely between Darkwing Duck and Gargoyles...

 

[Hectix777]

Is it the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon? Or is that considered good?

He mentioned that one in an Escape to the Movies once, and the approach was nowhere near as negative as some of the shows he just mentioned.

It's funny that, if you turned pretty much any one of those into an anime, it probably would have been better, because the WTF line is way lower than in the US.

If they turned any of those shows into anime the main character's sack would have te to drop and every female within a 600 mi radius would have a bustline the extended a good 5inches.

Don't look at me like that, you were thinking it too.

 

[Azure Knight-Zeo]

I constently feel left out from late 80's early 90's video game nostogia, this time I'm kind of glad I was born in 1990 and missed some of this stuff.

 

[Paradoxrifts]

I'd tell Felicia to scram too. Not only is the character design dangerously furry, but I can't help but imagine those strategically placed patches of fur as snail trails of hair.

Thanks, but no thank you.

 

[1337mokro]

They actually called a show Pole Position...

I guess innuendo's weren't invented until 2002.

 

[Leonbelmont64]

I have to say bob while Darkstalkers the American Cartoon was retarded, the Japanese Anime short based on it was actually surprisingly good. Also it followed loosely the games story/cannon in how Demitri defeats Pyron, and Morrigan actually is a good guy not a bad guy.

 

[MonkeyPunch]

God I used to love that Pole Position song when I was a kid ^^

 

[TheLastFeeder]

OK now i know why my memories of the early 90s is mostly a blur...

Why did you have to remind me?
And before someone starts, just know that Icelandic dubs are way worse than any thing you can imagine.

 

[Hutzpah Chicken]

I'm really glad I never saw these things. The only one that I remember that wasn't that good was the Sonic one that was on the Disney Channel I believe. Also, who the hell is Bubsy?

 

[Ariyura]

Well now Bob I'm feeling a bit old in the bones since I remember a majority of these shows. I used to really dig Zelda. You're starting to stir up memories to me looking forward to seeing this awesome show called Power Rangers...

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Oh wow, I remember watching Captain N with my brother. We were both super little, and we loved that show. We kept watching it, wondering when a certain character would show up. We were always excited to see which character would get to help out in the adventure. I had completely forgotten about that show.

I also remember watching Sonic Underground. Used to watch it when I got home from high school (shut up, I liked the show and there was nothing else on). I was rather annoyed when it was cancelled, because it had just introduced Knuckles and I wanted to see who would be next. Guess not. Still, the best Sonic cartoon was the one with Sally.

 

[ivc392]

The straight-to-video Super Mario movie will for ever haunt my dreams... along with the Zelda TV show.

Straight-to-video movie? When did that happen?

In the early nineties Nintendo (or someone) released a fringe VHS version of the Super Mario Cartoon here in Argentina. The tape was made by cutting down different episodes from the original cartoon and putting them together to create every fanboys worst nightmare. A tape so god dam disgusting, so hideously undefendable* it still haunts the popular psyche of young men.

It was like that one japanese kid show about the evil dinosaurs, but with more "80's randomness".


Here's a bit from the original show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA2ldRYDjCI



*not actually a word

 

[Vault101]

speaking of Bubsy

I think Bubsy 3d turned out to be as awful as it did because they probably had never made a 3d game before

[snip).

he was a childhood favorite of mine XD....so they did so somthing right in regards to be apealing to kids

 

[Roxor]

Ugh. That voice given to the Audience Surrogate. That was so painful I don't think filtering out the 2-4kHz band would make it bearable.

 

[Doom972]

I loved The Power Team as a kid, but it's probably not as good as I remember.
I tried to watch Captain N again two years ago and it was ruined for me.

 

[xPixelatedx]

I am surprised you didn't mention Mortal Kombat, bob. ...Unless, unless that's what the next episode is about D: I am not entierly sure why that one would deserve a whole episode, but yeah, it was just awful. In fact if I remember correctly Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat were both on the same channel, weren't they? (TNT?) I still have VHS tapes with these shows.