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(?) · by **Unexpected EOF** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:38 pm

I was thinking about how there's no thread to recommend/discuss shows that may appeal to fans of FiM, so I'm going to go ahead and make one! Did I ask permission? NO, BECAUSE I AM A LOOSE CANNON.

To get the two most obvious ones out of the way first:

Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios and Boulder Media by animator Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls. It first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which led to a series of half-hour episodes. The series currently airs on Cartoon Network and its affiliates worldwide, except in Canada where it has aired on English and Francophone Teletoon networks due to Canadian television ownership regulations. The show finished its run on May 3, 2009 with a total of 79 episodes.

The Powerpuff Girls

The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series about three kindergarten-aged girls who have superpowers. Created by animator Craig McCracken, the program was produced by Hanna–Barbera until 2001 when Cartoon Network Studios took over production for Cartoon Network. The show has been nominated for an Emmy Award five times, in the category Outstanding Achievement in Animation.

I... uh... I can't really sell these shows all that well since it's been a couple years since I've seen either, but they do hold up fairly well today. They're also both kind of available on DVD. The first two seasons of Foster's have been released in region 1, and the entire Powerpuff Girls collection is also available.

Shifting into an ENTIRELY different gear, my personal recommendation is Aria/Aqua.

Aqua and Aria take place in the early 24th century, starting in 2301 AD, in the city of Neo-Venezia on the planet Aqua—formerly Mars, which was renamed after being terraformed into a habitable planet covered in oceans around 150 years ago. Neo-Venezia, based on Venice in both architecture and atmosphere, is a harbor city of narrow canals instead of streets, traveled by unmotorized gondolas.

At the start of Aqua, a young woman named Akari arrives from Manhome (formerly Earth) to become a trainee gondolier with Aria Company, one of the three most prestigious water-guide companies in the city. Her dream is to become an undine, a gondolier who acts as tour guide (see Terms below). As she trains, Akari befriends her mentor Alicia, trainees and seniors from rival companies - Aika, Alice, Akira and Athena and others characters in the Neo-Venezia city. Aqua covers Akari's arrival on Aqua and her early training as a Pair, or apprentice, while Aria continues her training as a Single, or journeyman, culminating in the graduation of her, Aika, and Alice as full Prima undines.

Wow, that's a lot of words. I'll sum it up a bit better, though. Imagine if FiM was targeting an older audience and was also on diazepam. That may not sound like the highest praise, but it's actually a decent show that, for some reason, echoes FiM to me.

Anyway, make your recommendations here. Please. I am too tired but caffeinated at the same time to remain coherent for much ham.

This emoticon is only here because it is the best emoticon: :v:

(?) · by **WhitemageofDOOM** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:44 pm

Unexpected EOF wrote:Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

Terrible, bloo is freaking unwatchable.

The Powerpuff Girls

V
Very good.

(?) · by **Unexpected EOF** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:45 pm

WhitemageofDOOM wrote:Terrible, bloo is freaking unwatchable.

You are so wrong that I actually peed a little.

(?) · by **LemonAIDS** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:36 pm

No reccomendation for Adventure time?? For shame :glare:

(?) · by **Unexpected EOF** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:51 pm

LemonAIDS wrote:No reccomendation for Adventure time?? For shame

THEN YOU RECOMMEND IT, JEEZ.

(?) · by **Warp** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:20 pm

WhitemageofDOOM wrote:Terrible, bloo is freaking unwatchable.

This is the most incorrect thing in the history of things that have ever been incorrect. :rainbert:

Anyways, this has popped up a couple times here and there recently so I may as well officially recommend it, though I'm sure a ton of people here already know about it:

Cromartie High School

Cromartie High School about Takashi Kamiyama, a mild mannered, well groomed and intelligent young man, who for some reason starts attending Cromartie High. Cromartie High is a school infamous for being filled with the baddest of the badass delinquents Japan has to offer, including a gorilla, a robot with a soothing voice who later becomes a motorcycle that shoots missiles due to an unfortunate accident, and Freddie Mercury. Kamiyama takes it upon himself to single handedly try to reform the school, and ultimately better its student body. Naturally, this premise is pretty much immediately abandoned after the first episode once most of the main characters have been introduced, and the show becomes what I can only describe as the anime version of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

There are 26 episodes of the show in total, and each is only 10 minutes long. The humor in the show is a good mixture of funny dialog, amusing sight gags, surreal storylines and metahumor (don't worry there isn't too much of that). There are a few things that get lost in translation, which unfortunately is inevitable with a show like this, but as a whole the series suffers very little from it. The comedy is aided by virtue of the fact that the English dub of this show is fantastic. You can tell the VAs had a hell of a time recording the dialog, and it really shines through in the quality of the dub.

Don't let the fact that it's an anime turn you off from at least trying it out. These episodes are a pretty good example of what the show is like, and if you want to see more, the entire series is up on youtube in english.

(?) · by **Treehouse Censor** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:29 pm

I can get behind this idea. I was going to ask some people for cartoon recommendations actually, so this looks promising.

I enjoy the funny stuff, personally. It cheers you up.

I'd have to recommend Pinky and the Brain

It's obvious, but oh so good. I hope more people come in with more good cartoons to try!

(?) · by **Opposing Farce** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:31 pm

If you don't like Freakazoid! you are literally less than human. This is a fact.

(?) · by **kefkafloyd** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:50 pm

OpposingFarce wrote:If you don't like Freakazoid! your are literally less than human. This is a fact.

Hey Freakazoid, do you want to watch ponies?

DO I!

(?) · by **Dr.Dinosaur** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:03 pm

plutonic cheddar wrote:Pinky and the Brain

Actually along side this, the show pinkie and the brain was a spin off from was also a fantastic cartoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc

In fact, even though I'm sure we all have seen these, but the original loony tunes has been an obvious influence on MLP.

I'm also going to recommend Samurai Jack, The Tick, and Phineas and Ferb.

P.S. Yes Cromartie is amazing and everyone should give it a shot.

(?) · by **Treehouse Censor** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:17 pm

Dr.Dinosaur wrote:
Actually along side this, the show pinkie and the brain was a spin off from was also a fantastic cartoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc

Yeah I know about that. I never liked Animaniacs as a kid, but I think that's because I just didn't understand it. Now that I'm older and get the jokes, it has become much more amusing. Also that song is one of the best things ever.

(?) · by **Warp** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:26 pm

Dr.Dinosaur wrote:Actually along side this, the show pinkie and the brain was a spin off from was also a fantastic cartoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc

In fact, even though I'm sure we all have seen these, but the original loony tunes has been an obvious influence on MLP.

I'm also going to recommend Samurai Jack, The Tick, and Phineas and Ferb.

These are all great. Although I haven't seen much Phineas and Ferb, I've heard a ton of good things about it. I just never know when it's on :flutterdear:

Going even deeper into the Warner Bros. vault, I'm gonna go ahead and say Hysteria was pretty radicool too. I still remember as a kid being amazed that they were allowed to get "damn the torpedoes" past the censors on a cartoon that aired at like, 3:30 in the afternoon.

kefkafloyd wrote:DO I!

Just watch out for Candleja- oh god no someone help

(?) · by **Paper_Luigi** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:48 pm

plutonic cheddar wrote:I'd have to recommend Pinky and the Brain

I liked the whole Animaniacs show! I never got why Pinky and the Brain got their own show. It was still funny though! :v:

I'm pretty sure Yakko would approve of these Ponies! :3:

(?) · by **Paper_Luigi** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:54 pm

I'm not sure if this has been brought up yet, but Adventure Time is really really funny. :v:

The characters and stories are so random funny. But it's still well animated and great!
So... I would recommend that show, it's got a pretty big fan base :iamapony:

ADVENTURE TIME!

(?) · by **WalrusWhiskers** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:14 pm

Chowder is a really good show.

Cartoon Network's site

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is a good show.

Cartoon Network's site

Regular Show is a good show

Cartoon Network's site

Also you will probably like this video (it features a pony store):
Spend it wisely...
http://vimeo.com/20920853

(?) · by **Majestic bear song** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:20 pm

(?) · by **Momar** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:21 pm

Just thought I'd crosspost Kadjule's awesome Adventure Time / Pony mashups:

And let's not forget SynthOrange:

Because they are too awesome to go unmentioned

(?) · by **KillerJunglist** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:13 pm

Not a show, but I recommend anyone with netflix to watch A Town Called Panic.

It's by Aardman France and it's really funny. The animation is all done with plastic toys, like army men and such. The story is insane, the limitations on the animation due to the stiffness of the toys really adds to the humor and the voice acting is top notch. I suggest you watch it in French with subs as the English sort of looses some of the charm (still good tho).

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY55bTlZJEE

Also the main character is a horse. So, it's kind of pony. kind of.

(?) · by **Numerosix** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:23 pm

Same for Doom, I couldn't stand Bloo after the 2d season. I they used him less more it would have been better.
Killer, you're the man!

Here a some french cartoons that I liked:

"Oggy and the Cockroaches". It's a mix of Ren & Stimpy for the grossiness (even if it's less gross) and the ultra cartoony violence. There's no real plot than Oggy wanting to murder those cockroaches.
The creator also made the most well known "Space Goofs/Stupid Invaders". It's about a gang of aliens stranded in Earth doing silly things.
The characters are fucking silly and they aren't bland.

Zombie Hotel is a recent decent cartoon, it's not great but it's good for kids and the design isn't bland.

One that you should see in french, if you can, is the first season of "Lascars" and there's a great movie too under the same name. It's about youngs living in a french district (cité) doing silly things, it shows well the modern life in France. I think the movie is accessible enough in English.

If you want to discover some old ones:

"The Mysterious Cities of Gold" (yeah it's a bit anime because it's was with a japanese studio but still mostly French). Don't wait for the funny, it's about a big adventure with 3 kids (the spanish Esteban, the incan Zia and a descendant of Mu people, Tao) with some friends trying to find the mysterious cities of gold and Esteban's father. It's a great mix of historical spanish conquest of the new world and mythological elements.

"Ulysses 31" which is done by the same cast of the Mysterious Cities of Gold. Even with the ridiculous plot (Odysseus in... space???), it's still a great old-school adventure show, it's kinda like Captain Harlock but less violent.

Once Upon a Time... The main series is about the World history (with a same cast of characters) but there's a lot of spin-off (mostly one in space and one in the human body). Don't go for the new series, it's horrible even if they corrected things. It's a great educational show for kids and it doesn't pull off the violence, by that I mean there's no gore but it doesn't hide that a lot of people died in gruesome ways. You can think as the french equivalent of but in a most straightforward way.

(?) · by **Jupiter** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:47 pm

Pepper Ann
I think this was another cartoon that got overlooked because of its 'for girls' status. The writing is clever, the characters are relateable, and they fire a lot of jokes way above the heads of the kids to the parents.
(Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CAKiPAjO1A&t=2m55s about 30 seconds in). I've never seen a cartoon where "Vive la Revolucion!" is shouted more, and I love it.
There's no DVD out unfortunately, and a guy with tons of the episodes on his youtube list just went down, but there's Emma84432 and 80s90sicon.
I'll admit, the animation style often leaves something to be desired though. Also the show is very, very, very 90s.

(?) · by **reidransom** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:50 pm

Doesn't have much to do with liking ponies, but Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is awesome and hilarious and everyone should watch it.

(?) · by **Emtu** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:10 pm

reidransom wrote:Doesn't have much to do with liking ponies, but Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is awesome and hilarious and everyone should watch it.

Sure it does. (All of these came from the PSG thread, I didn't actually have them handy.)

Exhibit A: (Twilight and Stocking have similar hair)

Exhibit B: (Panty as a pony - or even better, a "whorse")
Fake edit: I suppose this one could be considered creepy, so click here if you want to see it anyway.

Exhibit C: (The main PSG cast as ponies and a baby dragon - original source here)
Fake edit: I thought way too much about it before actually posting and I came to the conclusion that a couple small details in this one could be considered creepy too, so click the link above if you want to see it.

Well, at least there's significant fandom crossover.

(?) · by **Majestic bear song** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:44 pm

(?) · by **reidransom** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:00 pm

Yeah, seeing those images in the PSG thread was one of the things that got me wondering about ponies to begin with.

There's a proper connection I just thought about though, PSG was influenced by and is sort of an homage to western animation like PPG, which Faust worked on.

(?) · by **Emtu** (?) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:29 pm

reidransom wrote:There's a proper connection I just thought about though, PSG was influenced by and is sort of an homage to western animation like PPG, which Faust worked on.

That's a good point - for the most part, PSG doesn't really look like anime at all... except when they do the transformation scenes, then they shift into "couldn't possibly get any more anime".

(?) · by **Warp** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:23 am

I've never actually seen PSG, but this video definitely makies it pony related :iamapony:

Oh and for anyone who wants to watch Adventure Time or Regular show online, adventureti.me and regularsho.ws are your friends.

(?) · by **Meridian** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 1:12 am

Warp wrote: Oh and for anyone who wants to watch Adventure Time or Regular show online, adventureti.me and regularsho.ws are your friends.

Thank you so much for this. The biggest reason I've been putting off watching Adventure Time is because I figured I'd have to batch download the episodes, and :effort:.

(?) · by **Dr.Dinosaur** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:28 am

How could I forget Invader Zim?
Invader Zim is amazing, one of the few cartoon shows I own on DVD.

And now back to catching up on adventure time.

(?) · by **Wulfolme** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:07 am

WalrusWhiskers wrote:Also you will probably like this video (it features a pony store):
Spend it wisely...
http://vimeo.com/20920853

Hey, Yotam Perel. Thought I recognized that voice.

(?) · by **G&PTrixie** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:51 pm

While I guess this is really just a "post cartoons you like" thread here is something FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION!

Batman: The Brave and The Bold

While DC superhero cartoons have a long, illustrious history of being excellent BATB is a slightly different beast that I think hits a lot of the same points people dig in MLP. Lets run down the list:

1. Is fully aware of how silly the premise is
2. Nods back to both the fandom and the history of the property
3. Well animated and voice acted

Just watch this one from the newest season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMbAxjr7us

It's not the old dini cartoons and doesn't even try to be. It's something completely unique.

(?) · by **Opposing Farce** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:57 pm

Wait, there's a new season of The Brave and the Bold? Fuck yes!

(?) · by **G&PTrixie** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:01 pm

And the final one too, alas. Canceled to make way for a new "more serious" show.

(?) · by **Opposing Farce** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:06 pm

G&PTrixie wrote:And the final one too, alas. Canceled to make way for a new "more serious" show.

Yeah, but I thought it ended after the second season and three is at least better than two.

(?) · by **Snofeld** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:34 pm

G&PTrixie wrote:Just watch this one from the newest season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMbAxjr7us

Oh my god, it's Superdickery: the Episode! :awesomedash:

(?) · by **Meridian** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:00 pm

G&PTrixie wrote:Just watch this one from the newest season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMbAxjr7us

Ahaha, I might need to watch this, just judging by the first couple of minutes. 'Sorry, Pharaoh! Our wrappings are coated in buttermilk- the only thing that repels Pharaoh rays!' :lol:

(?) · by **Opposing Farce** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:21 pm

Also I just realized that Brave and the Bold Robin is played by Finn.

(?) · by **Redeye** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:39 pm

OpposingFarce wrote:Yeah, but I thought it ended after the second season and three is at least better than two.

Three is enough for syndication, if I'm not mistaken.

(?) · by **Warp** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:20 pm

G&PTrixie wrote:While I guess this is really just a "post cartoons you like" thread here is something FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION!

Batman: The Brave and The Bold

While DC superhero cartoons have a long, illustrious history of being excellent BATB is a slightly different beast that I think hits a lot of the same points people dig in MLP. Lets run down the list:

1. Is fully aware of how silly the premise is
2. Nods back to both the fandom and the history of the property
3. Well animated and voice acted

Just watch this one from the newest season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMbAxjr7us

It's not the old dini cartoons and doesn't even try to be. It's something completely unique.

This is on youtube? Awesommmmme :awesomedash:

I've only been able to see a couple episodes on CN and they were pretty great, so thanks for this.

(?) · by **Captain Dinky** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:32 pm

G&PTrixie wrote:While I guess this is really just a "post cartoons you like" thread here is something FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION!

Batman: The Brave and The Bold

While DC superhero cartoons have a long, illustrious history of being excellent BATB is a slightly different beast that I think hits a lot of the same points people dig in MLP. Lets run down the list:

1. Is fully aware of how silly the premise is
2. Nods back to both the fandom and the history of the property
3. Well animated and voice acted

Just watch this one from the newest season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMbAxjr7us

It's not the old dini cartoons and doesn't even try to be. It's something completely unique.

Ugh.... I.... I cant stand this show. As someone who grew up on and loved Batman: The Animated Series, which takes itself seriously, this just... feels like an embarassment to the franchise.

That said, its a really really good show for those who dont mind its silliness.

Seriously, "BUTTERMILK: the one thing that repels pharaoh rays?"

(?) · by **kefkafloyd** (?) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:36 pm

Captain Swiss wrote:Ugh.... I.... I cant stand this show. As someone who grew up on and loved Batman: The Animated Series, which takes itself seriously, this just... feels like an embarassment to the franchise.

That said, its a really really good show for those who dont mind its silliness.

Seriously, "BUTTERMILK: the one thing that repels pharaoh rays?"

B:TAS was a great show, but there are other interpretations of Batman besides ultra super serious. Besides, the show can be both serious and humorous at times - watch Chill of the Night, for instance. It's basically one giant homage to silver age superheroes with a modern twist. What's wrong with that? :pinkieshrug:

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