Western Animation - Discuss American, Canadian, and European cartoons here (or just bitch about wokeshit, I guess)

  • 🐕 I am attempting to get the site runnning as fast as possible. If you are experiencing slow page load times, please report it.
I also have quite an interest in Russian animation. This one happens to my personal favorite.
Say what you want about it not being western and the animation being wonky, yadda yadda yadda, I personally find it to have a unique charm to it. I also think the character designs and the music especially are gorgeous.
 
I must be the only person I know who loves, utterly loves, the early 30s Looney Tunes. The Fleischer-type surrealism, the hot jazz music as part of the soundtracks (they used genuine dance bands from the L.A. area), the fun pop songs that have fallen into obscurity - what's not to like?

This is one of my favorites, "You Don't Know What You're Doin'!"

 
David the Gnome is one of the most heart warming and comfortable cartoons I've watched.
gnomes need more love.
I wasn't surprised to doscover that the American version was censored because apparently breastfeeding is a no-no
 
Last edited:
David the Gnome is one of the most heart warming and comfortable cartoons I've watched.
gnomes need more love.
I wasn't surprised to doscover that the American version was censored because apparently breastfeeding is a no-no

I own a few episodes of the show on videotape, along with some other Nick Jr. stuff from that era (such as the Japanese Grimm's Fairy Tales show), further confirming my theory that preschool programming was better when nobody knew just quite what it was.


Here's the theme in American. Gotta love how the dad from Happy Days plays David the Gnome...
 
David the Gnome is one of the most heart warming and comfortable cartoons I've watched.
gnomes need more love.
I wasn't surprised to doscover that the American version was censored because apparently breastfeeding is a no-no
There's plenty of things we were denied seeing!

I own a few episodes of the show on videotape, along with some other Nick Jr. stuff from that era (such as the Japanese Grimm's Fairy Tales show), further confirming my theory that preschool programming was better when nobody knew just quite what it was.
Pinwheel was like that all the time. I miss the sudden few seconds of prepubescent nudity I recall seeing in one of those cartoons they aired.


Here's the theme in American. Gotta love how the dad from Happy Days plays David the Gnome...
Not bad for a collaborative effort between the Weinsteins and Cinar, otherwise it probably would've gone to Intersound like they did with the other gnome-related toon and perhaps never got picked up by Nick!
 
  • Like
Reactions: c-no
Not bad for a collaborative effort between the Weinsteins and Cinar, otherwise it probably would've gone to Intersound like they did with the other gnome-related toon and perhaps never got picked up by Nick!

I own a tape of another Spanish cartoon, done by the same company, dubbed at the same place - Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds...

But to get to something else... I don't think any thread on Western cartoons would be complete without what is possibly the greatest episode of any made-for-TV cartoon ever: "Stimpy's Invention."

 
  • Like
Reactions: c-no and AnOminous
I own a tape of another Spanish cartoon, done by the same company, dubbed at the same place - Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds...
I got a Beta cassette of the first episode to another Spanish-Japanese co-pro from the same group called "Around The World with Willy Fog". I first heard of this in the late 90's as I found the VHS edition of the same tape (put out by Sony in '85) at some store down the "Free Kid Vid" section. I think it's a shame Nick didn't pick up this otherwise as it would've been a cool addition next to Danger Mouse and Mysterious Cities of Gold. They were just kinda living off of this stuff before finally getting the nerve to make their own cartoons or buy more domestic product like Looney Tunes.

But to get to something else... I don't think any thread on Western cartoons would be complete without what is possibly the greatest episode of any made-for-TV cartoon ever: "Stimpy's Invention."

No comment here! Reminded of learning the dance part was animated by Mark Kausler who was proud to animate Stimpy's butt like ocean waves in one shot, but John Kricfalusi wasn't sure he could use it for a while until he decided to keep it in.
 
I got a Beta cassette of the first episode to another Spanish-Japanese co-pro from the same group called "Around The World with Willy Fog". I first heard of this in the late 90's as I found the VHS edition of the same tape (put out by Sony in '85) at some store down the "Free Kid Vid" section. I think it's a shame Nick didn't pick up this otherwise as it would've been a cool addition next to Danger Mouse and Mysterious Cities of Gold. They were just kinda living off of this stuff before finally getting the nerve to make their own cartoons or buy more domestic product like Looney Tunes.


No comment here! Reminded of learning the dance part was animated by Mark Kausler who was proud to animate Stimpy's butt like ocean waves in one shot, but John Kricfalusi wasn't sure he could use it for a while until he decided to keep it in.

The cartoon is actually a perfect example of the storyboard-driven process of animation. This cartoon was written by a man who took a premise and sketched out a full episode from it - the great Bob Camp, who wrote some of the best episodes of storyboard driven cartoons in history (aside from this - "In the Army," "Out West," "My Friend, the Smart Banana," "I.R. Pixie Fairie," "Black Sheep of the Family"...)
 
  • Agree
Reactions: Trilby
The cartoon is actually a perfect example of the storyboard-driven process of animation. This cartoon was written by a man who took a premise and sketched out a full episode from it - the great Bob Camp, who wrote some of the best episodes of storyboard driven cartoons in history (aside from this - "In the Army," "Out West," "My Friend, the Smart Banana," "I.R. Pixie Fairie," "Black Sheep of the Family"...)
Cant forget that. Storyboard-driving cartoons were nowhere until he showed up.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Jewelsmakerguy
Aqua Teen Hunger Force is airing its final episode this Sunday. I'm not sure if I'm gonna watch it.
 
  • Feels
Reactions: Morbid Boredom
Been re-watching Justice League and aside from the cgi it holds up really well, and justice lords still have got to be the best episode before unlimited

 
Been re-watching Justice League and aside from the cgi it holds up really well, and justice lords still have got to be the best episode before unlimited

The Justice Lords were far more compelling than the Crime Syndicate of Amerika from the comics. Well-meaning people forming an effective autocracy is much scarier than "evil versions of the main cast".
 
Back