QP: Cartoons

[yatcher-/]

At a gaming session on Friday night, I met someone who grew up in
the same town that I grew up in. It was quite odd, as most people
have never even heard of this town. (Saco, Maine, for those
inquiring minds). He was 4 years behind me in school, so we'd never
met, but he used to hang out with a lot of the people I knew from
school. So, we reminisced a bit, and I asked him about this cartoon
I had watched as a kid, but couldn't remember the name of. He
remembered the same cartoon, but also couldn't remember the name of
it.

As a direct result of that conversation, I spent much of yesterday
trying to figure out what that cartoon was. I finally posted a
question about it on my blog, and our own Banana Muncher replied
with some links. One of these led me to the name of the show:
Barbapapa. A google search led me to a quiz that tells you which
Barbapapa you are: http://quizilla.com/users/barbaquiz/quizzes/Which%
20Barbapapa%20Personality%20Are%20You%3F/

Made small: http://tinyurl.com/54ncn

I'm Barbatine.

Now onto the QP:

1. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

2. What is your favorite cartoon now?

3. Who is your favorite cartoon hero?

4. Who is your favorite cartoon villain?

5. Did you watch Barbapapa?

6. If you took the quiz, which Barbapapa are you?

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[Dave and Theresa Vander Ark]

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Made small: http://tinyurl.com/54ncn

Thanks for the small link!

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I'm Barbatine.
1. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

Peanuts until I discovered The Far Side and Bloom County as a young adult

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2. What is your favorite cartoon now?

Dilbert

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3. Who is your favorite cartoon hero?

Snoopy or Opus or Bill. Or a cow.

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4. Who is your favorite cartoon villain?

Ratbert I guess

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5. Did you watch Barbapapa?

Nope

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6. If you took the quiz, which Barbapapa are you?

n/a

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[David Mitchell]

1. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

Johny Quest

2. What is your favorite cartoon now?

Assuming we are talking kids cartoons, Powerpuff Girls

3. Who is your favorite cartoon hero?

Batman

4. Who is your favorite cartoon villain?

Him

5. Did you watch Barbapapa?

No

6. If you took the quiz, which Barbapapa are you?

Barbapapa
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[Phil Alberg]

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1. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

Bullwinkle, followed by Underdog and the Go Go Gophers (whose names,
for you trivia buffs, were Chief Ruffled Feather and Running Board).

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2. What is your favorite cartoon now?

Ugh! I am tortured ad nauseum with Rugrats, Spongebob, and Fairly
Oddparents so much that I've become intolerant of most cartoons. The
Simpsons are still pretty funny, and I like watching the Animaniacs
(although I think they're mostly in sindication now).

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3. Who is your favorite cartoon hero?

There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here!!

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4. Who is your favorite cartoon villain?

Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatalle.

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5. Did you watch Barbapapa?

Nope, never heard of it.

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6. If you took the quiz, which Barbapapa are you?

It was a silly survey, full of choices that were not applicable. In
the end it says that I am Barbibul, which I'm sure it picked because
my favorite color is blue.
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[Edward]

Glad to see that while not immediately evident at times, I can prove to be
useful to have around.onto the QP.

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From: yatcher-/***@public.gmane.org [mailto:yatcher-/***@public.gmane.org]



1. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?



-----I have always been crazy for cartoons, especially the Saturday morning
variety. 6am to at least noon was golden every Saturday, and Sundays had
some gems also. So choosing just one would be impossible. I will try to
toss out the first three that come to mind.

1) anything SuperFriends. Especially Challenge of the SuperFriends,
which featured the Legion of Doom.

2) Rocky and Bullwinkle. Although I might have favored Underdog a little
when young, and in college I went through a big Roger Ramjet phase. But
Moose and Squirrel stick with me.

3) Johnny Quest. Those walking eye-ball things are still wandering
around my memories. Honorable mention to Speed Racer.


2. What is your favorite cartoon now?



----Again, impossible to say. Three that pop into my head.

1) Home Movies. Loved this show and still waiting for season 2 to
come out on DVD. (And Futurama, the other cancelled great cartoon, although
it is completely out on DVD now)

2) Justice League/Justice League Unlimited. Like Batman and Superman
before this, it is always nice to see super-heroes done right. (Teen Titans
was also well done, as was X-Men Evolutions and almost the MTV Spider-man.)

3) SpongeBob. Can't help it. The little guy is cute.



3. Who is your favorite cartoon hero?



-----I think I would have to say Space Ghost, since he wasn't originally a
comic book character, that costume by Alex Toth was brilliant, he may have
hung out with the Herculoids (with Gloop and Gleep, two of my favorite
blobs), and as an added bonus, you could play Space Ghost with your friends,
by taking Slurpee cups, punching out the bottoms, and sliding them onto your
wrists like his power bands (although slurpee cups may be plastic now, so
that might be more difficult)



4. Who is your favorite cartoon villain?



-----Cartoon villains many times aren't as good, because they don't want to
make them the way they should be. The Joker, while better now and voiced
wonderfully by Marc Hammil, still isn't menacing enough. And that is
probably because they don't want a sosiopathic killer on a 'kids' show.
But.

1) Malificent has always won my heart in the spooky category. And
what a great reason to want to kill our heroine; because you weren't invited
to a party!

2) The Monarch from the Venture Bros. Not sure why.

3) Gargamel from the Smurfs. Hated the Smurfs, so I was really
rooting for him to win.


5. Did you watch Barbapapa?



-----never watched it, although the characters look familiar. Where they
used for greeting cards and stuff?


6. If you took the quiz, which Barbapapa are you?



-----Barbidur, the sporty one, apparently. I think they based this on my
color preference alone, as my other answers don't reflect this. Well,
alright, I did answer that I wanted a Zamboni, but c'mon, who doesn't?



(:8())

----by the way, what about those live action shows on Saturday Mornings.
Arc II, SHAZAM/Isis, Land of the Lost with the creepy Sleestaks, and all the
others. I really got into those for a while when I was a kid, and no one
seems to remember them anymore.Well, land of the lost and SHAZAM/Isis yes,
but Arc II and Jason of Star Command?



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[David Fair]

Post by Edward
----by the way, what about those live action shows on Saturday Mornings.
Arc II, SHAZAM/Isis, Land of the Lost with the creepy Sleestaks, and all the
others. I really got into those for a while when I was a kid, and no one
seems to remember them anymore.Well, land of the lost and SHAZAM/Isis yes,
but Arc II and Jason of Star Command?

Loved those. Especially Isis for some weird reason. I also liked
ElectroWoman and DynaGirl, Lost Saucer (Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi!), Far Out
Space Nuts (Lunch, not Launch), and the Bugaloos.

Thanks,
Dave
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[Edward]

OMG!

You are the first person I have run into who remembers The Lost Saucer.
People look at me like I am insane when I mention the Chickaphant (and its
baby, the Elechick, if I recall)

I have been sorely tempted to get a DVD of ElectraWoman and DynaGirl, and of
Isis (SHAZAM didn't really do it for me, for some reason) Were you aware
that they thought about bringing back ElectraWoman and DynaGirl with Markie
Post playing ElectraWoman? Want to see that unaired pilot.

Bugaloos didn't do much for me, but I was a fan of Lidsville. Another show
that people looked at me like I was crazy when I would mention it, but I
found them on DVD and on a T-Shirt so now they know I am not crazy. Now if
I could just get the voices to stop saying that I am still crazy. But I
digress.

Do you remember the Krofft Super Show with Kaptain Kool and the Kongs? Or
the sappy Kids Are People Too, which spawned Alex and Annie? (or the
uber-cute The Secret Life of Waldo Kitty?)



Sorry, nostalgia banks went into overdrive there for a moment.



(:8())



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From: David Fair [mailto:dafair-***@public.gmane.org]

Loved those. Especially Isis for some weird reason. I also liked
ElectroWoman and DynaGirl, Lost Saucer (Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi!), Far Out
Space Nuts (Lunch, not Launch), and the Bugaloos.

Thanks,
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[David Fair]

Post by Edward
You are the first person I have run into who remembers The Lost Saucer.
People look at me like I am insane when I mention the Chickaphant (and its
baby, the Elechick, if I recall)

That was definitely twisted TV.

Post by Edward
I have been sorely tempted to get a DVD of ElectraWoman and DynaGirl, and of
Isis (SHAZAM didn't really do it for me, for some reason) Were you aware
that they thought about bringing back ElectraWoman and DynaGirl with Markie
Post playing ElectraWoman? Want to see that unaired pilot.

Oh yeah, I'd pay money for that. Big money.

Post by Edward
Bugaloos didn't do much for me, but I was a fan of Lidsville. Another show
that people looked at me like I was crazy when I would mention it, but I
found them on DVD and on a T-Shirt so now they know I am not crazy. Now if
I could just get the voices to stop saying that I am still crazy. But I
digress.

Lidsville, Puffinstuff, and Sigmund were not my favorites. I thought that
Jimmy (from Puffinstuff) would've gotten his dumb ass kicked everyday at my
school. Whatta dweeb.

Post by Edward
Do you remember the Krofft Super Show with Kaptain Kool and the Kongs? Or
the sappy Kids Are People Too, which spawned Alex and Annie? (or the
uber-cute The Secret Life of Waldo Kitty?)

I used to love Waldo Kitty, and Lancelot Link. The others I am blanking on.

Post by Edward
Sorry, nostalgia banks went into overdrive there for a moment.

If you can remember this, you will be the first ever:

I used to watch a cartoon after school in the 70's. It was from Japan, and
featured a kid, his friend/girlfriend (a mermaid), a dolphin (Splasher), a
Professor-type who made inventions to defeat the bad guys, and his Dad, who
was the head of an underwater ocean security agency (Dad had a way cool
job!), but it was always this kid who saved the day. It was an underwater
Johnny Quest-esque show. He was able to breath underwater by chewing special
gum (oxy-gum) and he had jet propellers in his boot heels. He wore a red
wetsuit and had a folding sonic boomerang that worked underwater. He had a
submarine with a special chute he could swim in and out of.

What was the name of the show (no fair Googling for it)?

Thanks,
Dave
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"The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden,
Heaven is a playground." - G. K. Chesterton




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[Edward]

Sounds kinda familiar, but cannot even come close to thinking of a name for
this show. Stumped me on this one.



(:8(\)



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* From: David Fair [mailto:dafair-***@public.gmane.org]

I used to watch a cartoon after school in the 70's. It was from Japan, and
featured a kid, his friend/girlfriend (a mermaid), a dolphin (Splasher), a
Professor-type who made inventions to defeat the bad guys, and his Dad, who
was the head of an underwater ocean security agency (Dad had a way cool
job!), but it was always this kid who saved the day. It was an underwater
Johnny Quest-esque show. He was able to breath underwater by chewing special
gum (oxy-gum) and he had jet propellers in his boot heels. He wore a red
wetsuit and had a folding sonic boomerang that worked underwater. He had a
submarine with a special chute he could swim in and out of.






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[Paul Sauberer]

I'll get on the top posting bandwagon...

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/marine.htm

What did we ever do before Google?

Post by Edward
Sounds kinda familiar, but cannot even come close to
thinking of a name for
this show. Stumped me on this one.
(:8(\)
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I used to watch a cartoon after school in the 70's.
It was from Japan, and
featured a kid, his friend/girlfriend (a mermaid), a
dolphin (Splasher), a
Professor-type who made inventions to defeat the bad
guys, and his Dad, who
was the head of an underwater ocean security agency
(Dad had a way cool
job!), but it was always this kid who saved the day.
It was an underwater
Johnny Quest-esque show. He was able to breath
underwater by chewing special
gum (oxy-gum) and he had jet propellers in his boot
heels. He wore a red
wetsuit and had a folding sonic boomerang that
worked underwater. He had a
submarine with a special chute he could swim in and
out of.
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[yatcher-/]

Post by Paul Sauberer
I'll get on the top posting bandwagon...
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/marine.htm
What did we ever do before Google?

Oh, hey... is that where Marino (from the Bust-A-Move games) gets
his name?

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[David Fair]

Post by Paul Sauberer

Post by Edward
Sounds kinda familiar, but cannot even come close to
thinking of a name for
this show. Stumped me on this one.

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/marine.htm
What did we ever do before Google?

Marine Boy, the kid with no real name (always was called Marine boy, but dad
sometimes called him "Son"). I used to love that show. No one remembers it
though, it was great. One of these days, the world will remember and someone
will sell a DVD of all Marine Boy episodes. I can hardly wait.

Thanks,
Dave
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[yatcher-/]

Post by Edward
Sounds kinda familiar, but cannot even come close to thinking of a name for
this show. Stumped me on this one.

I'm with you on that one, Edward... it sounds quite familiar to me
as well.

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[Eric Landes]

Post by David Fair

Post by Edward
Do you remember the Krofft Super Show with Kaptain Kool and the Kongs? Or
the sappy Kids Are People Too, which spawned Alex and Annie? (or the
uber-cute The Secret Life of Waldo Kitty?)

I used to love Waldo Kitty, and Lancelot Link. The others I am blanking on.

Wow. The only people I've ever seen that remember Waldo Kitty.
Definitely a favorite of mine growing up.


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[David Fair]

Post by Eric Landes

Post by David Fair
I used to love Waldo Kitty, and Lancelot Link. The others I am blanking on.

Wow. The only people I've ever seen that remember Waldo Kitty.
Definitely a favorite of mine growing up.

It was great how they would go back and forth from real problems to
imaginary ones, and Waldo would learn from his imagining to be Tarzan, the
Lone Ranger, whoever. I loved it. It validated my lust for reading, and
didn't make me feel weird for always doing pretty much exactly what Waldo
did (spend most of my time in imaginary places).

Thanks,
Dave
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[Mark J. Edwards]

Post by David Fair
Loved those. Especially Isis for some weird reason. I also liked
ElectroWoman and DynaGirl, Lost Saucer (Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi!), Far Out
Space Nuts (Lunch, not Launch), and the Bugaloos.

Ahhh those were the days. What the hell was the name of that horse
thing in Lost Saucer? Nevermind, I looked it up, "The Dorse". "The
Bugaloos, the Bugaloos, here and there and everywhere... flying high,
flying loose, flying free as something something be". I loved HR
Puff'n'Stuff too. The people who made that and Lidsville were into
mushrooms, acid or something. I can't believe we watched some of that
stuff. I grew to hate Sigmund the Sea Monster.

Anyone remember that there used to be "Preview" shows for Saturday
cartoons prior to the new season in September? Saturday cartoons were IT
back then.

Also one of my faves later on was Flash Gordon and later yet (I was in
high school by then) Thundarr the Barbarian. In college it was Danger
Mouse and then Thunder Cats. But just to date myself, I grew up with Under
Dog, the moose and squirrel, Fractured Fairy Tales. I still have vague
memories of Kimba the White Lion and watched Speed Racer religiously as a
kindergartener. I even remember those horribly animated Marvel hero
cartoons, "When Captain America throws his mighty shield, all those who
oppose his mighty shield must yield, for the red and the white and the blue
come through"... or something like that. I'd probably have to pick Scooby
Doo as my favorite from those years tho.

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[David Fair]

Post by Mark J. Edwards
Ahhh those were the days. What the hell was the name of that horse
thing in Lost Saucer? Nevermind, I looked it up, "The Dorse". "The
Bugaloos, the Bugaloos, here and there and everywhere... flying high,
flying loose, flying free as something something be". I loved HR
Puff'n'Stuff too. The people who made that and Lidsville were into
mushrooms, acid or something. I can't believe we watched some of that
stuff. I grew to hate Sigmund the Sea Monster.

Huge amounts of mind-altering chemicals were consumed on the Kids-TV lots in
the 70's. They used to bring in the mescaline by the trainload, I'm
guessing.

Post by Mark J. Edwards
Anyone remember that there used to be "Preview" shows for Saturday
cartoons prior to the new season in September? Saturday cartoons were IT
back then.

Oh, yeah. Those were great.

Post by Mark J. Edwards
Also one of my faves later on was Flash Gordon and later yet (I was in
high school by then) Thundarr the Barbarian. In college it was Danger
Mouse and then Thunder Cats.

I remember watching ThunderCats while hungover in my frat house. Thundarr
was cool. Oogla the Mach and the girl, what was her name.... Princess Ariel?
I loved Thundarr. I loved the idea of the catastrophe and a new world rising
out of the old one. I remember writing a SF/Fantasy novel for almost a year
around the same idea.

Post by Mark J. Edwards
But just to date myself, I grew up with Under
Dog, the moose and squirrel, Fractured Fairy Tales. I still have vague
memories of Kimba the White Lion and watched Speed Racer religiously as a
kindergartener.

Speed Racer was the best:
"IamgoingtorunintheraceandIamgoingtowintheraceandIwilltellyouwhyIwillwinther
aceItisbecauseIamthebestandnoonecanbeatmeorevenhearmepausewhenItalkthatiswhy
Iwillwintherace"

Post by Mark J. Edwards
I even remember those horribly animated Marvel hero
cartoons, "When Captain America throws his mighty shield, all those who
oppose his mighty shield must yield, for the red and the white and the blue
come through"... or something like that. I'd probably have to pick Scooby
Doo as my favorite from those years tho.

That was pretty over the top. I loved Super Friends, but the only Marvel
cartoon I remember was Spiderman, and even "Spidey, and his Amazing Friends"
with the cool apartment that turned into a crime lab.

Thanks,
Dave
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"Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch life from the side
lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single
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[Ronald Tin]

Actually I am sort of new here. What is "QP"?

Post by yatcher-/
1. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

Most of us in Hongkong grow up watching Japanese cartoons like Dragon
Ball, Gundam, Macross, etc. If there were a favourite mein would be
Macross.

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2. What is your favorite cartoon now?

Seldom watch cartoons now so I can't tell. Hmm... do you count Shrek
as cartoon? I love most of DreamWorks' cartoon movies.

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3. Who is your favorite cartoon hero?

None :)

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4. Who is your favorite cartoon villain?

None :)

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5. Did you watch Barbapapa?

No.






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[Jon Theys]

Time for a youngin' to weigh in on this vital topic... :)

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1. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

Thundercats. No, G.I. Joe. Err, Transformers. MASK! Voltron.
Robotech. etc. etc. etc.

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2. What is your favorite cartoon now?

(animated series) The wife and I are currently working our way through
Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex season 1 on DVD. Good stuff. I
LOVED Lain, though. The wife's enjoying Haibane Renmei, as well. For
crazy fun, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi takes the cake. And for
pure craziness, FLCL. Stateside, Batman (and Gargoyles) really wowed
me back in the 90's.

(movie) Nearly everything I've seen from Studio Ghibi has been
absolutley beautiful. And Grave of Fireflies is next on the "to
watch" list. Nemo is the most-watched movie in the house, however,
thanks to my 2-year-old.

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3. Who is your favorite cartoon hero?

Cheetarah. Rowr.

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4. Who is your favorite cartoon villain?

COBRA. The whole damn crew. Except for Cobra-la (lalalalalala).

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5. Did you watch Barbapapa?

Uhhhh....no.

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6. If you took the quiz, which Barbapapa are you?

Barbatine. Is that a good thing?


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