An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn) film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot (even if it is a very short one). This is distinct from the terms "animation" and "animated film," as ...
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How did Smaug know about the habits of Laketown?
In The Hobbit cartoon Bilbo enters Lonely Mountain and confronts the dragon Smaug. Smaug is trying to figure out who he is and where he comes from. Bilbo answers in riddles about his many adventures ...
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Trying to find an episode of “Batman Beyond”
There was this episode in Batman Beyond, which starts off with a bunch of people stuck in some anti-gravitational bubbles, dreaming about a great life (I remember one girl was dreaming of her ...
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1980s robot cartoon. A boy, girl and a baby robot. they were red bodied with white heads
Does anyone remember an obscure short lived cartoon in the 1980s. I remember it had 3 characters, boy, girl and a baby robot. Red bodies, white head, yellow belts and yellow and blue shoes. They made ...
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Obscure movie from 1980s/1990s - Cartoon (maybe anime) with girl
I remember watching a movie as a child, in the 80s or early 90s (I'm 27 now) and for the life of me I can't remember the title (or a lot of details about it). So I'm hoping the few and random bits I ...
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ID this 90's animated children's film about alien invasion to forest
Probably an animated children film from the 90's
small aliens invade earth and land in the forest and evntually defeated by the animals i think or maybe some small other creatures. (the humans never ...
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What is the name of 90's cartoon about valley of whales?
It was broadcast in Israel (and dubbed to Hebrew) in 1995 or 1996 so that makes it probable that it was created between 1993-1996.
The style of drawing suggest french cartoons like "Journey to the ...
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A 80's comic could be late 70's book I read as a kid
I don't remember much about it but I thought it was very cool and strange back in the day.
The details I remember is that it started of with a guy (human) in a funny looking spaceship. It was made up ...
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90s/80s Cartoon with rebel helper robots resembling transformers?
I can distinctly remember watching some 15 years ago a cartoon where in robots were helpers to humans in a futuristic city. A faction of Robots (and perhaps humans, even maybe predominataely humans) ...
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Is the Simpsons a cartoon or live-action show in the Futurama universe?
It is established here Does Springfield still exist in the Futurama future? that the Simpsons is a show in the Futurama universe.
Is it live-action or animated ?
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Do most princesses in Ooo have mind-protecting tiaras?
In the second to last episode of Adventure Time season 2, Princess Bubblegum gives Finn and Jake a mind-protecting head-piece. That's when it struck me: almost all the princesses have one of these ...
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Where do the Adventure Time comics fit with the cartoon?
I've just finished with the Adventure Time cartoon and I've realised how the two series' don't mesh perfectly. Firstly we have that the lich has been destroyed, and that PB is reduced to thirteen ...
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What would happen if two hypnotoads meet each other? [closed]
http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Hypnotoad?image=Hypnotoad-gif
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Why is Star Trek: The Animated Series not Canon?
Seriously, why not? It's good stuff. More aliens on the bridge. Worlds not limited by Special Effects budget. And in episode 4, Lt. Uhura takes command!
Put another way, what in ST:TAS is ...
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Did Scooby-Doo and the original team of meddling kids ever uncover something that was supernatural or real?
Almost every Scooby-Doo mystery was scifi/fantasy until they were debunked in the end. In all of the Scooby-Doo episodes and movies or comics(excluding anything with his nephew in it) is there even a ...
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Late 80s - mid 90s TV show with mechs
I am try to look for a TV show, the main plot points that i can remember are:
The kid (Hero) had a blue scorpion, red ant and a green grasshopper
vehicle
The bad guys and a girl has big animal type ...
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Need help on finding an older SF cartoon series
I watched it a long time ago. I presume it was aired in 80s or 70s.
Facts: The main characters are, humanoid beings. Male and female, and very similar looking to each other. I know they could fly by ...
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Identify a short cartoon with an alien who goes to earth and tries to fit in
I'm not sure where I saw this cartoon, but I know it's a short skit about a little green alien who goes to Earth and everyone thinks he's a monster, so to hide his identity he puts his antennae on his ...
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How does superman forge a sword?
In the JLU episode Hereafter, Superman is stranded in a future where the sun is burnt out (to a red sun?) and he no longer had his powers. He still manages to forge a very nice sword from a pipe and ...
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Looking for 1980s cartoon with robot champions duelling
I half remember two scenes from an animated series shown mid to late 1980s. Possibly French. Seen on TV and buried on Betamax.
The first memory is of a group of scary looking black and grey robots ...
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When Is Adventure Time set?
In several episodes I've seen, as well in the recent comic, we see glimpses of out present in fossil, disused subway tunnels (both in the recent comic) or as frozen business men:
So does this mean ...
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Is Amazo weak against magic?
In "Wake the Dead" Solomon Grundy is awakened from the dead, and is in part battled by Amazo. Amazo though has to leave as he is unable to effect the magically imbued Grundy.
Is this something that ...
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Which Marvel Comics eras and story arcs does the '90s X-Men cartoon reflect?
I grew up watching the 90s cartoon X-Men, and I'd like to get into reading the comics. I'm faced with a massive backlog of comics if I want to catch up.
I figured where the cartoon either starts, ...
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Batman Cartoon Movie featuring Satellite-based Blast
About 7-8 years ago, I watched a Batman cartoon movie on Cartoon Network in which Joker used an energy blast originating from a satellite. Before each blast, a light beam was projected to target. ...
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How does Spider-Man control his webbing?
In the cartoons, I've seen Spider-Man shoot a variety of webs from his web-shooters. the ones I can name now are:
Globs of sticky webbing
Lines of swinging webbing
Sticky lines of webbing
If these ...
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What are the limits of Energy-bending?
In the finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aang
What are the limits of this power? Could Aang give Toph sight? Could he give non-benders the ability to bend? Could he give a bender the ability ...
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Did the kids in Captain Planet have to be together in person to summon Captain Planet?
In Captain Planet did the kids have to be physically together to summon him, or could they do it from their own countries?
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Could the Planeteers use their rings if Capt Planet was summoned?
In Capt Planet and the Planeteers, once each of the kids uses their powers to call Capt Planet, could they still use their power rings to control the elements (and heart)?
I remember wanting to know ...
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What is the Questworld?
In the cartoon The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest which was broadcast around 1996-1997, there is a virtual reality system called the Questworld. Why was it created? Who were the people who created it ...
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Is the 1984 Series of The Transformers the beginning of the story?
My son asked me about watching The Transformers animated series. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it looks like there have been a lot of different reboots. Is the 1984 series where it all starts and ...
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Help identifying a show I used to watch as a kid
I used to watch a show about a kid (Named Max maybe?) that was given this magic hat that opened portals at specific spots.
He has a fowl friend (a human who evolved into a bird or something) and a ...
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Name of children cartoon with friendly colorful aliens that could create bubbles, tacker and tape
I am looking for the name of a cartoon series in which friendly aliens save the world. Unfortunately I am not able to find good keywords for Google.
I remember (hopefully correctly):
each alien has ...
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What is the inspiration behind Megamind's mispronunciations?
In Megamind, the titular character mispronounces several words, seemingly on purpose (which is actually a bit of a plot element). Examples are "Metrocity", "Spee-ider", "shool". Usually pronouncing ...
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Queen of Mars is in love with Duck Dodgers
In the new version of Duck Dodgers, the queen of Mars seems to be in love with Duck Dodgers. However, in one episode, Dodgers seems to run away from his engagement/wedding with the queen. Why does ...
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Did Captain Power influence The Centurions?
Having read this answer, I watched the YouTube link to Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future.
It reminded me of The Centurions. So much is similar, from the power suits to the cyborg enemy and ...
