So I've recently started to rewatch these shorts, and as someone who grew up during the 90s watching Cartoon Network, these rewatches really brought back several childhood memories. Some of these shorts aren't as good as I remembered them, but others are still great cartoons, and I'm still disappointed some of these didn't become full series. Then again, I also wonder if some of these shorts would have had material for a full series, as good as the pilots were. I don't think I can name one favorite, but if pressed I could narrow a list to "Help!", "The Fat Cats", "O. Ratz", "Awfully Lucky", and several others I think are great. "Help!" in particular is one of the most gorgeously animated cartoons I've seen to date, but I'll get to detail when I review it on my blog (shameless plug). So, I figure we could talk about these shorts a bit. Favorites? Least favorites? Some of which should have never been made? Remember not to simply post lists, but let's try to encourage some good discussion. I literally have not watched most of these since they first aired waaaay back, so a lot of these will be off the top of my head. I'm frankly surprised I remember as much as I do. Let's see, I love both Powerful Girls and Dexter's Laboratory shorts. I remember these quite vividly and I'm pleased that they age really well and are still a joy to watch. Bubbles' fight scene with Fuzzy Lumpkins is still inspired as is the last act of "Changes" when Dexter and DeeDee goes crazy with the remote control. They're both frantic and intense, keeping me on the edge of my toes. Oh, also "Big Sister" I love purely because of Dexter's robot and that fancy suit he wears to pilot it. I remember enjoying Shake & Flick: Raw Deal in Rome just because it was a cat and mouse (er, well, dog and flea) spending ten minutes one-upping each other and increasingly getting bigger and bigger (that I remember.) I think I only liked O. Fly: Rat in a Hot Tin Can because I felt sorry for the poor rat. LOVED the Pfish and Chip shorts because Little Me loved stupid bomb jokes, especially the one near the end of the first short ("Fat Bomb!' "Ugly Bomb!") Fat Cats: Drip Dry Drips is just mad hilarious as it's one massive failure after another and the sheer frustration on the little guy is hilarious. I'm not sure I would love Yoink! of the Yukon if I watched it now, but I liked it a lot as a kid because Yoink's design really fascinated me. Mina and the Count because I adore the visual style and it's super cute. Podunk Possum: One Step Beyond because I like the spooky, almost macabre tone of it. Same reason for the Courage the Cowardly Dog short. Gramps because I enjoy elaborate and exaggerated tall tales told by others. And yes, Larry And Steve got a huge chuckle out of me. The mounted police of the Yukon has its uniforms stolen by a grizzly bear planning revenge on them when they skinned his animal friends. I mentioned this before, but my favorites: I should consider a rewatch of the What A Cartoon! shorts, especially now that I'm old enough to appreciate certain nuances I likely missed as a child. Sledgehammer O'Possum: "What's Going on Back There?" and "Out and About", two wacky throwbacks to the fast-paced surreal humor that Tex Avery excelled at. There are some creative gags in these cartoons, too. Fat Cats in Dry Dry Drips: It's StarToons. Strange Things: Mainly for being the only CGI short, thus standing out a lot. Larry and Steve: Prototype Family Guy, mixed with goofy cartoony humor. What more needs to be said? "Hi, uh, I'm a dog, in case you're. Malcolm & Melvin, Babe, He Calls Me: These two Ralph Bakshi shorts are just plain fun to look at. Help!: Probably my favorite WAC short, gorgeously animated by Bruno Bozzetto and his team, and with some memorable set pieces and a scene-specific soundtrack. Tales of Worm Paranoia: Kinda reminds me of Ren & Stimpy. No surprise, since Eddie Fitzgerald directed it. Rob, who voices both Farflung and Yoink, and is perhaps better known for his doing the voices of Raphael ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Yakko Warner ( Animaniacs), was a guest at Anthrocon 2007.Buy One, Get One Free: Also reminds me of R&S, naturally because it used some of that show's former crew. When the perpetrator, called "Noof" the bear by the mounties, shows up and makes a demand to get the animal's furs back in trade for the stolen uniforms, they call in Yoink and Sergeant Farflung to find the bear and get the uniforms back.Ĭharlie Adler and Rob Paulsen provide the voices for most of the characters in this show. In this short cartoon, a Canadian RCMP base is broken into by a shadowy figure and wakes at dawn a few hours later to line up in their pajamas, much to their commander's dismay. It featured Cadet Yoink, an anthropomorphic animal, and his human superior officer, Sergeant Farflung. Aired on 30 July 1995, Yoink of the Yukon was a Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network collaboration which had only one known episode which was seen on Cartoon Network's "What A Cartoon" show.
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