I mean there's lots of reasons why I should go to jail but being a Minerva fan is probably not one of them.
G1 Transformers Size, Power, and Mass
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Lemme guess. You returned a VHS tape to the library without rewinding, again.
You bite your damn tongue.
Much as I love the Protectobots, Rescue Bots ooze personality by comparison.
Not to mention, they occupy an entirely separate place in the Transformers world.
Nah, nah, I'm not done here yet...
Here's a favorite of mine:
(Eh, that's sort of a lie. They're all favorites.)
Maybe High Tide is a bot you'd appreciate:
And here's one of my favorite scenes/episodes in general.
Here's a favorite of mine:
(Eh, that's sort of a lie. They're all favorites.)
Maybe High Tide is a bot you'd appreciate:
And here's one of my favorite scenes/episodes in general.
You want to blow your mind about children's programming? Look for "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" (or even New Captain Scarlet, though it is seemingly more adult-aimed). Something is destroyed, and people are killed (usually on-screen!) literally every episode. In fact,
the Captain Scarlet at the beginning of the series dies in the first episode. The indestructible Captain Scarlet throughout the rest of the series is actually a Mysteron duplicate that breaks free of their control.
I'd also throw in Exosquad. Most of the main characters have plot armor, but I recall there being a lot of E-frames being blown up, and given they're basically power armor, there's not much room to escape.
It also toys with the implications of humanity basically making a sapient slave race. Though they're technically freed before the show begins, a lot of the conflict is still caused by that, rather than glossing over it like other kid shows might have back then. There's even a couple hints that the E-frames themselves might be developing their own minds from their tight integration with human minds(as they're run by direct neural connection) but the show didn't run long enough for them to do anything with it, if they were planning on following that up.
It also toys with the implications of humanity basically making a sapient slave race. Though they're technically freed before the show begins, a lot of the conflict is still caused by that, rather than glossing over it like other kid shows might have back then. There's even a couple hints that the E-frames themselves might be developing their own minds from their tight integration with human minds(as they're run by direct neural connection) but the show didn't run long enough for them to do anything with it, if they were planning on following that up.
If we're talking cartoons that are somehow both family-friendly and uber violent at the same time, nothing tops The Legend of Prince Valiant.
Lotsa deaths happened all throughout that show, with even the bodies shown onscreen. They got away with so many onscreen (and a few off-screen) murders and war casualties all because they refrained from showing any blood or gore.
It also had more language freedoms than most kid cartoons at the time, in that it was allowed to frequently take the Lord's name in vain and occasions refer to "Hell", "Satan", and "the Devil". There was even a medieval analogue for the KKK as a villainous organization in its second season.
And it originally aired on channel known for its squeaky-clean programming, even: The Family Channel (long before it became Fox Family, then ABC Family, and now Freeform). A whole year before Batman: The Animated Series first hit the airwaves!
As an added bonus, it's shockingly one of the few times Tim Curry was part of the main cast of the series and didn't play a bad guy.
Lotsa deaths happened all throughout that show, with even the bodies shown onscreen. They got away with so many onscreen (and a few off-screen) murders and war casualties all because they refrained from showing any blood or gore.
It also had more language freedoms than most kid cartoons at the time, in that it was allowed to frequently take the Lord's name in vain and occasions refer to "Hell", "Satan", and "the Devil". There was even a medieval analogue for the KKK as a villainous organization in its second season.
And it originally aired on channel known for its squeaky-clean programming, even: The Family Channel (long before it became Fox Family, then ABC Family, and now Freeform). A whole year before Batman: The Animated Series first hit the airwaves!
As an added bonus, it's shockingly one of the few times Tim Curry was part of the main cast of the series and didn't play a bad guy.
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Somebody introduce this guy to Don Bluth. I want to watch this.
"Y'ever just... feel bad for Robot Satan? I know I do!"
I mean in fairness this version is more just Sapient Death Star.
"Y'ever just... feel bad for Robot Hitler? I know I do!"
I mean, he kept the Astrotrains running on time.
Nope. Powermasters exist in Japanese G1 as a separate concept from Godmasters, even if their toys use the same gimmick function.
Optimus Prime became a Powermaster in Japanese G1 named "Super Convoy", separately from the Godmaster Ginrai. And Super Convoy's Powermaster form was coated in a protective shielding colored black:
The word "god" has very different connotations in Japan from those it has in the Western World.