Transformers, She-Ra, etc. childhood memories. What were yours?

[naanima]

Watched the Transformers movie today. Had forgotten why I love Optimus Prime so much. Remember now. The dude rocks. Was in serious need to sniffle when he died *sniffle* But damn, the film is awesome. Already want to re-watch it again.

If you haven't gathered it yet Transformers was one of my favourite childhood cartoon series (it might possibly still be one of my fav series). Beyond it there were several other cartoon series that made my childhood that much more memorable. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Go Shogun, the Wizard of Oz (Return to Oz?) French anime that got down right nasty near the end, the Odyssey (once again, I believe it was French and set in Space), and of course She-ra (kick arse woman, she was so much cooler than He-man, never liked the guy much).

The above series were possibly my most memorable moments from my childhood. They drove my imagination to the point were I was running around the place weilding plastic swords/guns proclaiming I was going to save the world. This, was of course, in between me trying to find my way home (usually Earth), meeting alien races (who always looked like humans), stopping intergalactic wars (by killing the bad guys), and developing friendships that would last me through the age (often with the mentioned aliens). I was a very busy hero. Hmm, if you think about it, I was writing fanfiction in my head and acting them out long before I ever discovered what fandom was.

But yes, they made my life all the richer when Play School (American, Australian or the Chinese equivalent), live hosts for children shows, and people in puppet suit pissed me off. Just because I was four didn't mean I couldn't tell the difference between someone real from a badly made suit, or that someone was purposely speaking slowly to me as if I didn't have the brain capacity of a gold fish. The Teletubies would have met a horrible end if I had ever met them. The only 'educational' show that I could remotely stand was 'Sesame Street' and even then it had to be a very limited amount.

Even as a child I needed the angst, the action, and the over-arching, melodramatic plot-lines that made some of my favourite cartoon series favourite in the first place. So, what are your childhood nostalgic series? And what were your pet peeves? Share.

And a quiz;





What (yaoi) anime pairing are you?

this quiz was made by Eike and Mirai

Don't ask. I don't know. This is like the ultiamte crack couple.

Comments

Ultimate crack couple

[nekomancy.livejournal.com]

Muwahhahahah
Narcissistic are we? kekekek But yeah i went for that couple!!! I like them as a couple its soooo... canon sometimes!!!

I can't believe mangaka wrote Amiboshi? to like Miyako? damn can't even remember the names... only hotohori's name stick in my mind. androgynous hotohori! kekeke

I dont recall Wizard of Oz tho, but do love Transformers i wanna rewatch the whole series!!! My cuz has the whole construction trucks (green) set? that forms a whole mecha, plus the whole dinosaurs set that forms a whole mecha!!! Hmmm wonder if he still has it ... can sell for muchly!

me *hearts* naanima

Re: Ultimate crack couple

[naanima.livejournal.com]

Narcissistic doesn't even come close to the kink that is Amboshi and Suboshi. And yes, Amboshi did indeed fall for -Miaka- which was just bizarre. I seriously thought the manga was in full support of the twins. They kiss, the obsess and they look hot together.

As for their names...I can remember a surprising number of them. Hotohori, Tamahome, Tasuki, Chihiri, Nakago, Soi, Miaka, Yui, Nuriko, etc. This is sort of sad from a self-confessed -hater- of Fushigi Yugi (not the whole series... just most).

Oh yeah, 'Transformers' rocks. I had the dino-bots, and Optimus Prime ^__^ Unfortunately I can't find them anymore. And hell yeah, they would sell for a lots!

me *hearts* nekomancy

Re: Ultimate crack couple

[nekomancy.livejournal.com]

Intrigued now! been a while since i read/watched FY forgot all about the yaoi bits with Amboshi and Suboshi-kuns!!!

hmmm they did 'kiss', wasn't that just brotherly love to help the other drink water? kekeke ooohhhh should go look for fics ^_^

[lacewood]

Teenage Mutant Ninjas! (EVERYONE knows them, right?) Smurfs. And all those Disney cartoons - Ducktales, Darkwing Duck and Talespin, especially, I think. And I still remember bits of the Gumi Bears theme song. Quite liked the SWAt Kats? And used to like Captain Planet (which I now find incredibly cheesy, but oh well...) But I think those were when I was a bit older.

They don't make cartoons like them anymore. ;_:

... Can't remember anything that pissed me off, really.

[naanima.livejournal.com]

I think everyone does. I even remember the live action movies, and I don't care what people say, the movies were good. Ohhhh, and of course, how could I forget the Smurfs. As for the rest... they were a bit after my time and well, I found them sort of boring ^^;;; (except for DarkWing Duck, which was just a hoot). As for Captain Planet, you're so right the amount of cheese he dribbles is just beyond imagining.

Gotta agree with you there, cartoons were much better back then... mind you considering the fact that only one out of the list of cartoons I liked were true American I suppose it's sort of debatable ^^;;;

It's good you can't remember anything that pissed you off. You had a nice childhood ^^

[lacewood]

Drakwing Duck was a SCREAM. XD And hey, Talespin had, like, air pirates! And all those truly cool old-fashioned planes! *grin*

Even from the beginning, you were destined for anime. XD

And nice childhood... actually, I could just be suffering from selective amnesia. I certainly remember being quite a wimp/crybaby... *looks sheepish*

[naanima.livejournal.com]

It was. I remember laughing my head off watching that series. What made it cooler was that I'm a Batman fan and the amout of jokes pointed toward that direction was great ^__^ I never actually saw an ep of Talespin so I can't really say anything.

Ohh, 'destined for anime' sound good. I like. Me think that's an icon waiting to happen.

Is alright, everyone does it. Hell, I can't even what happened to me four days ago ^^;;

Hey thanks Lilack

[parttimepimp.livejournal.com]

Hey hey!! *hugs* Me miss you muchly you silly girl. ^_^ Thanks for all the fic recommendations. The weather has been sooo hot lately that I didn't go out today...so I read those fics instead. The PoT stuff are really good!! Wah...I wish you were here with me...then we can go mad over the PoT doujinshi stuff together. ;_; That and Naruto are the most popular stuff right now...my wallet is crying to me. ;_; Went to Tokyo Tower and Shinjuku yesterday and that was fun. ^_^ Sorta tempted to go to the Diet building and look for the Shinigami section. HOHOHOHO. I am so lame. x.x; Ok I am tired...gotta go to sleep soon...I have been writing insane long blog rants lately and my shoulder hurts from typing. x.x;; Ja ne!

Re: Hey thanks Lilack

[naanima.livejournal.com]

Miss you too *huggles* I'm so glad you like the fic recs ^^ I'll be hopefully posting more up in the next few days. And I want to go mad over the PoT doujin with you too. No one I know seem to have reach the level of liking PoT like I do. Ohhh, so many wonderful places.

You're not lame. You're obsessed, there's a difference ^^ Go and sleep. I'll try to read your blog entries ^^ It's nice to hear from you *huggles* go and have fun ^^

[dreamlessness]

i miss the transformers movie! loved it so much when i was a kid, i memorized the dialogue. all i remember from it now is prime saying "all we need is a little energon (sp?)...and a lot of luck."

i felt sorry for ultra magnus >P

is the odyssey = ulysses? the one where ulysses and telemachus are wandering around trying to find their way back to earth?

IIRC, telemachus' best friend was a cute little blue girl. her sleeping big brother was studly >:D

[naanima.livejournal.com]

I love it too *huggles* I swear Optimus Prime is the coolest hero ever. Love the dude. Hmm, I think you remember correctly. Wow, you've got one awesome memory.

*nods* Ultra Magnus got the bad deal.

YES, the Odyssey is Ulysses (can't even remember the name straight, shame on me) YES. YES. YES. They were indeed trying to find their way back to earth. God yeah, her brother was just gorgeous. I'm so glad someone knows what I'm speaking of.

[amei.livejournal.com]

HotRod sucks cock. No shit ay. Roddus Prime MY ASS. Or his ass preferably. PRIME 4 EVAhhhh!!!111 (Ultra Magnus is teh cool, he's on my brother's dinner mat, still is as a matter of fact, but he's no leader unfortunately)

But Transformers. Yeah, it was -all- about Transformers. And you are right, the movie was awesome. I love Unicron's Theme, if I run into you at uni, you'll probably hear me mumbling doododochhchhchhdoododo..., all the while pretending I am a giant robo planet HUNGERING for the food that is other robot planets.

Look you, there's nothing wrong with He-Man. His lioncloth and his mullet are quite charming in fact, and his cat Cringer...RAWR! I have the POWER! (though admittedly She-Ra could kick his ass.)

I still know the Turtle's theme song. (not this new shit, the old deal yanno.) Will demonstrate along with unicron's theme. Raphael was TEH COOL.

Yanno, I always liked Fat Cat, adored him daresay, but could not stand Humphrey. Humphrey was a ponce anyways, he had an letter for his middle name. He had a middle name period. Fancy that. Duhr hur...=D

[naanima.livejournal.com]

HotRod is pink themed. That's like, a cry for help already. Although you've got to admit he did get better with time (altho the angst was really laying it thick). And yeah, Ultr Magnus is cool, just not the leader material. 'Cos you know PRIME 4EVAH!

Man, the opening with the Unicron devouring that planet was fucking awesome. I was practically drooling at the concept and design. The design is fucking awesome, the whole sequence is just beyond cool.

There's so much wrong with He-Man, he wears a loin cloth as you pointed out, and teh cat was a wuss.... but okay, the mullet was sort of endearing and he had his moment. But She-Ra RULES!

I don't remember the theme but I so would recognise it if you hum it to me ^^ I liked all of them. They all had their unique quirks.

Didn't get enough of FatCat and Humphrey is so gay. On second thought, he isn't gay, he gives gay people a bad name. He just sucked and let's leave it at that.