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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 22, 2019 10:31:53 GMT -5
The Kremzeek episode of Transformers has to be up there! Maybe not weird, weird, but nearly every episode of G1 was just Autobots vs. Decepticons. It was kind of nice to have this unusual nuisance in for a change though he was annoying.
Also, the G1 episodes that had very loose crossovers with Jem and the Holograms and GI Joe. The Joe one is debatable even since the villain is only called Snake rather than Cobra Commander (though he is voiced by Chris Latta).
Speaking of GI Joe there was one episode where the Joes are fighting in Vietnam (the country, not the war). There are a bunch of kids there who were the offspring of US soldiers who were stationed there during the war but treated like crap by locals because of it. Not only weird to bring up this real life thing in a cartoon so heavily based in fantasy usually, but one Joe tells the kids some children’s story. The animation is much different in these stories and it looks more like The Smurfs than GI Joe.
Another one is when He-Man literally goes down a rabbit hole and fights a whole new group of enemies that have nothing to do with Skeletor in an alternate world. I don’t think any of these characters ever popped up again. Also, I’m pretty sure the writer intended it to be watched on drugs.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 22, 2019 10:38:47 GMT -5
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 22, 2019 10:43:32 GMT -5
Also, not a cartoon, but whatever the f*** that Perils of Punky story was supposed to be.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 11:39:16 GMT -5
The Joe one is debatable even since the villain is only called Snake rather than Cobra Commander (though he is voiced by Chris Latta). He yells Cobra at the end. Also, Marissa Faireborn's dad is voiced by Bill Ratner. Shouldn't be a stretch as to who he was playing since Flint's last name is also Faireborn. And for THE clear tie that threads together all those Sunbow cartoons officially: Hector Ramirez. Holy smokes, that's the one where the storybook characters somehow come to life and go after Cobra. I remember that part but not the part about the abandoned Vietnam kids.
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 22, 2019 11:50:17 GMT -5
The GI Joe episode where Shipwreck tells the kids a story is actually different from the one about the Joes in Vietnam. Here's a review of that ep "Once Upon A Joe":
And while we're on this, how about the Superfriends ep where Mr Mxypltk turns Superman into a child, a very bratty child (A side of Clark we've never seen!).
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 22, 2019 11:54:07 GMT -5
The GI Joe episode where Shipwreck tells the kids a story is actually different from the one about the Joes in Vietnam. Here's a review of that ep "Once Upon A Joe": And while we're on this, how about the Superfriends ep where Mr Mxypltk turns Superman into a child, a very bratty child (A side of Clark we've never seen!). Oops, it’s been years since I’ve watched either so I guess they got jumbled together in my head. Both are kind of weird though. Morese the Shipwreck episode just because I don’t think the Sunbow series ever experimented with different animation styles aside from that.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 22, 2019 11:58:02 GMT -5
The Joe one is debatable even since the villain is only called Snake rather than Cobra Commander (though he is voiced by Chris Latta). He yells Cobra at the end. Also, Marissa Faireborn's dad is voiced by Bill Ratner. Shouldn't be a stretch as to who he was playing since Flint's last name is also Faireborn. And for THE clear tie that threads together all those Sunbow cartoons officially: Hector Ramirez. Holy smokes, that's the one where the storybook characters somehow come to life and go after Cobra. I remember that part but not the part about the abandoned Vietnam kids. Again it’s been years since I watched those ones. I’ve seen people still debate the Transformers/Joe crossover which is why I wanted to at least throw in the “debatable” disclaimer. Also, since you mentioned him I just wanted to mention that I interviewed Bill Ratner years ago. SUPER nice guy!
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Feb 22, 2019 12:26:03 GMT -5
Galvatron goes to a psychiatrist planet.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 22, 2019 12:31:17 GMT -5
Galvatron goes to a psychiatrist planet. I loved Galvatron in that he was consistently a badass that was more crazy than when he was Megatron. Also, Galvatron got shit done! Like when he immediately killed Starscream.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Feb 22, 2019 14:17:38 GMT -5
The episode of Bionic Six where they go to Cartoon Land (inspired by Looney Tunes and such; may have been the last-ever episode, even)
The Problem With Power....oh yes, it was a legendary episode, but considerably darker than most He-Man eps, for obvious reasons. And yes, the episode with Plundarr (evil pink rabbit) is well remembered by MOTU fans. Possibly for all the wrong reasons.
The Fear from Super Powers Team...not weird weird, and again probably one of the best ever of the Superfriends franchise. But just really weird for its time because of how dark it was (mostly in part to being the first non-comic thing to show MY PARENTS ARE DEADDDDDDDD!)
To the guy who mentioned "Uncle Mxyzptlk" from Superfriends (Legendary Super Powers Show season), how about ANY time Red Kryptonite showed up in the series??? The episode where they have to rescue Aquaman who had been turned into a giant shark? The space circus one where Wonder Woman and again Aquaman are mutated and put into said circus?
I'd nominate MANY of the World's Greatest Superfriends episodes, but that was 1979...come to think of it, the eps. with Aquaman mutations were pre-80s too...
'60s but what the heck, it was seen frequently in the 80s on local TV: there was one KFS Popeye episode which centered around Popeye having to deliver a letter or something? It ends with Brutus or someone punching him in the face upon getting said letter, and Popeye delivers the last punchline with a freaky looking black eye (black circle with a RED pupil). Just that put it over to 7 year old me.
Garfield. His 9 Lives. That is all.
Nightmare on Mother Brain Street on Captain N. The cheater episode with flashbacks to older episodes...only because of the goofs said episode contained (it only consisted of the narrative dialogue. The rest was silent.) Speaking of Nintendo cartoon goofs causing weirdness: two words...INDIANA JOE.
Fat Albert Scared Straight episode.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Feb 22, 2019 22:42:02 GMT -5
Alvin and the Chipmunks team with Mr. T, then Dolly Parton, then Michael Jackson...sort of.
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Post by Paul on Feb 22, 2019 22:46:22 GMT -5
Alvin and the Chipmunks team with Mr. T, then Dolly Parton, then Michael Jackson...sort of. I need to know more about this. Please explain.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 22, 2019 23:11:58 GMT -5
Kind of cheating with this one, but it technically started in 1989, the DIC run of GI Joe was much sillier in general than the Sunbow run. Accordingly it had a bunch of ridiculous episodes.
I just watched one that began with Sgt. Slaughter visiting his sister in New York. He hears Cobra setting up a base in a sewer conveniently located right next to his sister’s basement. The Cobra members were talking football as one of them had played for Toronto at university and had even faced a Joe in one game. So Sgt. Slaughter and the Cobras agree to have a football game. Seeing Cobra Commander rundown the field looking for a touchdown sure was something.
Cobra is losing so as they get ready for another play out of nowhere all the Cobra’s battle vehicles are on the field. Slaughter gets bound and kidnapped. He looks like a complete nothing as the Joe’s have to rescue him. Eventually Slaughter and another Joe escape by tying a cable around the torch of the Statue of Liberty when they are dangling from a Cobra helicopter.
The episode ends with Cobra Commander trying to get into a Studio 54 nightclub parody creatively titled Studio 55. The doorman says he can’t come in and let’s Slaughter come in instead. The episode ends with Cobra Commander cursing that he couldn’t get into Studio 55.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Feb 22, 2019 23:47:13 GMT -5
DiC Joe hits just keep on coming. The one where Cobra Commander is bested by kindergarteners.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Feb 22, 2019 23:48:32 GMT -5
The Smurfic Games was a bit trippy. I keep forgetting that Gargamel and Papa Smurf are legitimate sorcerers, which played a role in that special. Plus, the village is destroyed, the forest is flooded AND on fire, and the worst part is Bigmouth the Ogre’s underwear is a part of the plot.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Feb 22, 2019 23:50:25 GMT -5
Alvin and the Chipmunks team with Mr. T, then Dolly Parton, then Michael Jackson...sort of. I need to know more about this. Please explain. Three different episodes. One was where the boys get T's help to stop school bullies. The other has Alvin wanting to win a contest where he can meet Dolly, who voices an animated version of herself. Last one was a cheater, involved Alvin being superimposed over MJ concert footage.
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 23, 2019 0:08:47 GMT -5
DiC Joe hits just keep on coming. The one where Cobra Commander is bested by kindergarteners. I get the feeling DIC wanted to make a more lighthearted action cartoon like Ninja Turtles, or their own Super Mario Bros. Super Show (which also had Slaughter in a guest star appearance). Fun fact is that Slaughter was in Season 1 of DIC, which aired around the same time that he had just started the Iraqi sympathizer gimmick.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 23, 2019 3:30:39 GMT -5
DiC Joe hits just keep on coming. The one where Cobra Commander is bested by kindergarteners. I get the feeling DIC wanted to make a more lighthearted action cartoon like Ninja Turtles, or their own Super Mario Bros. Super Show (which also had Slaughter in a guest star appearance). Fun fact is that Slaughter was in Season 1 of DIC, which aired around the same time that he had just started the Iraqi sympathizer gimmick. At the time, the GI Joe toyline itself was veering more into fantastical and outlandish stuff and away from strictly military-based toys and vehicles, which led to things like the Ninja Force and Eco Warriors subsets.
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Post by EyeofTyr on Feb 23, 2019 3:45:20 GMT -5
This is more in hindsight and with awareness of another cultural phenom that rose since the 80's but...
The Gen 1 Transformers episode where Megatron gets a Pikachu.
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 23, 2019 8:04:15 GMT -5
This is more in hindsight and with awareness of another cultural phenom that rose since the 80's but... The Gen 1 Transformers episode where Megatron gets a Pikachu. That's actually the first episode mentioned in this thread!
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