I remember this episode so vividly. My mom got it for me on VHS back in the day and I can't imagine how many times I watched it. A part of me misses all those toys too... 😂
I’m right there with you. I came here to rewatch the Swamp Thing cartoon but since they only produced five episodes, I’m going to blow through those in no time. With that being said, there are a few cartoons that I wasn’t able to see in their entirety. So My question is, what cartoon series should I watch next? Mighty Max, the Phantom 2040, Monster Force, Exosquad, or the Inhumanoids?
POV it’s Saturday morning 🌅, you just grabbed your bowl 🥣 of favourite cereal 🥣 to watch the best cartoons ever made. These cartoons made my childhood days special.
Wow... I am very old. I also had this thing on VHS. I'll never forget the cover art. It's permanently seared into my brain. I don't think it ever aired on any of the networks. I watched it nearly every day when I was roughly 6 years-old or so. I had just about all the figures, and even the transducer. I haven't seen this thing in damn near 30 years, but as I watch, everything comes flooding back. Swamp Thing had a cool voice. I never saw any other episodes. My father bought me a trade paperback of the original Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson run of the comics called Dark Genesis, and Swamp Thing was unable to speak in it. It was much darker and much more adult than the cartoon, obviously. I was probably 8 when I first read that. Couldn't go back to the cartoon after. I still have it in a box somewhere.
I remember that the orange-haired kid in the live-action version of Return Of Swamp Thing had grown up to be a filmmaker, and yet I'm working with him on an upcoming 2017 indie horror film.
@@Humiliatusservus_Altissimo They never said anything about watching it when it was still new. I saw some of it when I was a kid but I was born mid-90s.
Man of Muck who'd henceforth devote his time to battling Arcane and his Unmen. Considered only a legend by the locals and thus left alone to his own devices, Swamp Thing operated a hi-tech "TreeLab" to continue his experimentation. 1990 proved to be a big year for Swamp Thing. Along with the launch of the television series, Kenner (now part of Hasbro) had entered into a $6 million deal to produce a line of action figures based on the character. Reed and Brue Shelly pitched an animated series to CBS to promote those figures which largely ignored Moore’s contributions and focused on the original Wein/Wrightson work. When pitching Swamp Thing to Fox, story editors Reed and Bruce Shelley outlined eight potential plotlines, involving such out-of- swamp experiences as space aliens, witches and lost Indian tribes. Five episodes were produced by DiC Entertainment when CBS ultimately turned the show down, leading to it landing at Fox. Only 5 costly half hours were filmed, however; the pilot episode aired on October 31, 1990 on Fox as part of Fox Kids Network programming block, and these were given a trial as a miniseries in April of 1991 as a midseason replacement show for the falied Fox Kids endeavor Piggsburg Pigs!. Swamp Thing eschewed parody for larger-than-life adventure, endeavoring admirably to honor the spirit (and the No matter how hard the DIC staff tried (and this was one of the company's better efforts), it would take more than a talking shrubbery to pry viewers away from CBS’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Though given 2 tries from April to May and reran until early August 3, 1991, Swamp Thing was replaced both times by reruns of Piggsburg Pigs, the very thing it had been assigned to supplant. After Fox gave up, DIC turned Swamp Thing to NBC, which featured the show on Chip & Pepper's Cartoon Madness in fall of that year, The Disney Channel, USA Network, and The Sci-Fi Channel would syndicate it years later. Still, DIC didn’t completely give up on the Leafy One. A caricature of Swamp Thing still occasionally appeared in the studio trade-magazine advertising, keeping company with such certified DIC moneyspinners as Inspector Gadget and Dennis the Menace (both q.v.). And in 1993, the existing Swamp Thing episodes were released to VHS.
Alan Moore didn't create Swamp Thing though. I loved his stint on the comic, but this cartoon series was probably aimed at fans of the original comic created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson than the darker Alan Moore take on the character.
aaah yes thats probably true. i forgot that he was the writer only, and not one of the creators. but all the same, i loved what he did with the character...
I used to watch this on weekends and I must say I prefer this version more than the other versions that came out after it. I have even seen the two live movies that were made in the eighties.
I was a child when I was first introduced to this but after further research, the Comics are suprisingly graphic and sometimes even spiritual & philosophical. (One of the best DC Rebirth stories is one where he fights Superman and it's beautifully written.)
This is probably the ONLY DC cartoon ever to be produced by DIC, and Warner Bros. Animation just recently brought Swamp Thing into 'Justice League Action', and 'Justice League Dark'.
Imagine how awesome a video game you could make with Swamp thing and his most unique and interesting abilities, He isnt just like any other hero. That would be kinda neat to explore.
Idk who it was or how I came about watching this as a child in the 90’s but I was obsessed with this! Until I started wanting all the toys my parents were being haters man 😂 I remember I had swamp thing and tomahawk with the bogrover
Broooo the intro to this is sooo much fire 🔥, heard it as a kid never forgot it, it had a similar rhythm to another classic rock song, and its 2024 and i had the urge to hear it again and man did it feel like meeting an old friend .
I'm a big swamp thing fan ,I read the Allen Moore books and he's much more powerful then they depict him even in this cartoon and the movies never did him justice.
22:33 - "Home at last, but not to rest. Journal Entry 935. Today, I have won. Arcane and his Un-Men were defeated. Delbert and J.T., I've won an even greater battle. I've turned their fear into friendship, but my greatest battle still lies ahead. I must find a cure to my growth formula or remain trapped as a monster... forever."
In "The Un-Men Unleashed," The evil Dr. Anton Arcane, whose obsession of gaining immortality turns his three evil henchmen (Dr. Deemo, Skinman, and Weed Killer) into mutant, man-like creatures to attack Swamp Thing. Two kids, Delbert and J.T., along with Tomahawk, Bayou Jack, and Arcane's stepdaughter, Abby comes to Swamp Thing's rescue. The first episode aired October 31, 1990.
I used to get made fun of when I was singing this song in school, people thought I was crazy cause theres a song that's wild thing but this one is SWAMP THING!
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My dad showed me this when i was little...loved every second of it....he has cancer now gunna see him this friday and watch the full series together
You have my well wishes.
Lost my mom to cancer early September. Get in every second you can friend
@@gotohell316 i did...thank you for your support...dont underestimate liver cancer.
@Mostaverse he didnt....but thank you for your support he wasnt alone
So sorry for your loss😢
I remember this episode so vividly. My mom got it for me on VHS back in the day and I can't imagine how many times I watched it. A part of me misses all those toys too... 😂
had the same exact experience you did. word for word.
Dude wtf me too this is awesome
I had the vhsl and glow in the dark toy too!
@@CombatPandaMMAsame here
Here in 2022. Loving these comments. I'm off to continue my path down memory lane with the Batman animated series. Be well my 35 y.o. friends :)
Ha me too. Came here for a nostalgia fix. Now off to find the karate kid animated series.
Hi friend. I remember the theme song and a toy I had
I’m right there with you. I came here to rewatch the Swamp Thing cartoon but since they only produced five episodes, I’m going to blow through those in no time. With that being said, there are a few cartoons that I wasn’t able to see in their entirety. So My question is, what cartoon series should I watch next? Mighty Max, the Phantom 2040, Monster Force, Exosquad, or the Inhumanoids?
Man these cartoons bring back some serious childhood memories. I liked these and the xmen cartoon when I was young. Had tons of vhs
@@dylanbean6728remember the 3 ninjas from the 90s? Lol
That intro is fucking gold.
THIS CARTOON BRINGS ME BACK TO BEING A YOUNG BOY ON SATURDAY MORNINGS.... MOM MAKING ME BREAKFAST AND HAVING NO WORRIES IN LIFE. MISS THOSE DAYS🙃
I've been a fan of Swamp Thing since the 70s and have never seen the animated series. Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas everyone! I'm 36 today and swamp thing was a huge part of my childhood along with toxic avenger! Thank you for uploading this!
Toxic Crusaders!
I have a December birthday, too. The 7th.
POV it’s Saturday morning 🌅, you just grabbed your bowl 🥣 of favourite cereal 🥣 to watch the best cartoons ever made. These cartoons made my childhood days special.
I was in the first grade in 1991. I have vague memories of this, but I clearly remember the opening theme song and the action figures too.
Wow... I am very old.
I also had this thing on VHS. I'll never forget the cover art. It's permanently seared into my brain. I don't think it ever aired on any of the networks. I watched it nearly every day when I was roughly 6 years-old or so. I had just about all the figures, and even the transducer. I haven't seen this thing in damn near 30 years, but as I watch, everything comes flooding back. Swamp Thing had a cool voice. I never saw any other episodes. My father bought me a trade paperback of the original Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson run of the comics called Dark Genesis, and Swamp Thing was unable to speak in it. It was much darker and much more adult than the cartoon, obviously. I was probably 8 when I first read that. Couldn't go back to the cartoon after. I still have it in a box somewhere.
i used to watch this constantly all the time when i was a kid. pure classic.
I suddenly have an urge to purchase action figures and accessories
I got em if you want em..vehicles as well
Antony Andre' still got them?
Sean G Lmao
I remember the toys. Phew.
I had a few of 'em. good times back in the day.
I REMEMBER THIS WHEN I WAS A KID, GOOD TO SEE IT AGAIN.
The Golden Age of cartoons 85-95, had to be there to experience it. Times will never be that good again
I miss this I used to watch the VHS every day growing up!
I remember that the orange-haired kid in the live-action version of Return Of Swamp Thing had grown up to be a filmmaker, and yet I'm working with him on an upcoming 2017 indie horror film.
Tomahawk was voiced by the same actor who was King Koopa in the Mario Bros animated series, and Sam from the Sam and Max: Freelance Police series.
I used to watch this all the time as a kid brings me back to when I was 8 years old ahhh great times
Odusevila sam se! Jedan od omiljenih crtanih serija mog detinjstva!
Farewell Len Wein You will always be remembered for Swamp Thing
9:33 Jem is that you?! :D 17:11 oh my word all the hero vehicles! XD Oh my word the giant arrow Tomahawk fires, just like the toy. Wow. Just, wow.
The voice of Arcane was sabretooth and swamp thing was senator Kelly in X-Men
I am so happy i have found this, I watched this so many times when i was young
My Dad bought me this in probly 91, in a toy store! Looked this up to show my kids...hilarious! And that Indian guy is totally an homage to Predator!
Holy shit i haven't watched this since I was six.
You must be thirty something
Joki Poki I wonder what it looks like when Swamp Thing takes a shit
@@greenlantern6662 like a sewer thing by 😅😂😂🤣🤣
@@Humiliatusservus_Altissimo They never said anything about watching it when it was still new. I saw some of it when I was a kid but I was born mid-90s.
I can't believe how much of this I've forgotten,yet how much I remember
I recently discover this and I'm loving the Wild Things parody theme song
Also Jesus Christ that bat creture screech is so ear blistering
Man of Muck who'd henceforth devote his time to battling Arcane and his Unmen. Considered only a legend by the locals and thus left alone to his own devices, Swamp Thing operated a hi-tech "TreeLab" to continue his experimentation.
1990 proved to be a big year for Swamp Thing. Along with the launch of the television series, Kenner (now part of Hasbro) had entered into a $6 million deal to produce a line of action figures based on the character. Reed and Brue Shelly pitched an animated series to CBS to promote those figures which largely ignored Moore’s contributions and focused on the original Wein/Wrightson work. When pitching Swamp Thing to Fox, story editors Reed and Bruce Shelley outlined eight potential plotlines, involving such out-of- swamp experiences as space aliens, witches and lost Indian tribes. Five episodes were produced by DiC Entertainment when CBS ultimately turned the show down, leading to it landing at Fox. Only 5 costly half hours were filmed, however; the pilot episode aired on October 31, 1990 on Fox as part of Fox Kids Network programming block, and these were given a trial as a miniseries in April of 1991 as a midseason replacement show for the falied Fox Kids endeavor Piggsburg Pigs!. Swamp Thing eschewed parody for larger-than-life adventure, endeavoring admirably to honor the spirit (and the No matter how hard the DIC staff tried (and this was one of the company's better efforts), it would take more than a talking shrubbery to pry viewers away from CBS’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Though given 2 tries from April to May and reran until early August 3, 1991, Swamp Thing was replaced both times by reruns of Piggsburg Pigs, the very thing it had been assigned to supplant. After Fox gave up, DIC turned Swamp Thing to NBC, which featured the show on Chip & Pepper's Cartoon Madness in fall of that year, The Disney Channel, USA Network, and The Sci-Fi Channel would syndicate it years later. Still, DIC didn’t completely give up on the Leafy One. A caricature of Swamp Thing still occasionally appeared in the studio trade-magazine advertising, keeping company with such certified DIC moneyspinners as Inspector Gadget and Dennis the Menace (both q.v.). And in 1993, the existing Swamp Thing episodes were released to VHS.
My favorite part was when he says "You can't mutate a mutant".
Hahahahahaha!!!!!
The new Ninja Turtles series proved that wrong lol....they do it all the time.
Thats false though
Collecting My Thoughts no, they were regular turtles before they got mutated. plus Be-Bop and Rocksteady were human before, not mutants.
I was 3 year's old when this aired and I ALWAYS remembered it. I had the tiger electronic game of this too. Ah the good ol days
I remember watching this cartoon when I was kid on tape. Brings back happy memories
How were you a "kid on tape"? Are you an SCP? An MTF will be along shortly. 😂
No, seriously, you just inspired me, though.
The toys to this show were awesome
had this on VHS when i was little, used to watch it all the time, but only this episode
Brate svaka ti cast na ovome, vratio si mi detinjstvo pred oci
I vaguely remember this cartoon. I remember the Wild Thing song being involved with Swamp Thing and that stuck with me for years.
This brought me back to when I was 6-7 years old 😭
I always loved the Transducer, both in the show and the action figure.
one of my all time fav cartoon theme songs, also the second one they used.
no wonder Allan Moore's so jaded...
Alan Moore didn't create Swamp Thing though. I loved his stint on the comic, but this cartoon series was probably aimed at fans of the original comic created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson than the darker Alan Moore take on the character.
aaah yes thats probably true. i forgot that he was the writer only, and not one of the creators. but all the same, i loved what he did with the character...
It's not "probably true." Even in the credits for this cartoon it clearly states who created the character of Swamp Thing.
i meant "its probably true that it was aimed at the fans of the original comic." sorry I wasn't clear on that
Doodlebugdude But at the same time, it was Moore's work that made the character as popular as he was.
used to own this on vhs and watch it all the time glad its on youtube
Just like that it's 1990 and I am 7 again. Great trip down memory lane.
Damn Bro, I was -2
I used to watch this on weekends and I must say I prefer this version more than the other versions that came out after it. I have even seen the two live movies that were made in the eighties.
This is my first time watching this and already I love it
Why were they all so enthusiastic about becoming Un-Men?
Fuck that noise.
I was a child when I was first introduced to this but after further research, the Comics are suprisingly graphic and sometimes even spiritual & philosophical. (One of the best DC Rebirth stories is one where he fights Superman and it's beautifully written.)
Strider Reborn that's vertigo comics for you. Antone Arcane seriously makes my skin crawl.
@@ritals52 Arcane is Dio Brando levels of fucked up...
Man this brings back memories. I had the toys and everything
Man this cartoon was cool. So we're the toys.
You're the toys?
@@breatheinthepinkair😅😅
This is probably the ONLY DC cartoon ever to be produced by DIC, and Warner Bros. Animation just recently brought Swamp Thing into 'Justice League Action', and 'Justice League Dark'.
Was all that 7+ years ago?
@@pyroteknik664 Yes.
Imagine how awesome a video game you could make with Swamp thing and his most unique and interesting abilities, He isnt just like any other hero.
That would be kinda neat to explore.
I had a VHS of this when I was little. I never knew he was in the same universe as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc.
And yes I came from that trailer thing
I remember having that skull staff as a toy as well as the vampire guy and Swamp thing himself.
the should make a darker re-vamp kinda like the spawn animated series.itd be killer
you got your wish
Agreed.
Idk who it was or how I came about watching this as a child in the 90’s but I was obsessed with this! Until I started wanting all the toys my parents were being haters man 😂 I remember I had swamp thing and tomahawk with the bogrover
Yoooo why does the intro song slap so hard 😂🔥 “nasty” 😂😂
my favorite cartoon show, love his theme.
Mine too.
NBC aired this 1991 series until they decided to kill off their Saturday Morning Cartoons Line-Up!
Broooo the intro to this is sooo much fire 🔥, heard it as a kid never forgot it, it had a similar rhythm to another classic rock song, and its 2024 and i had the urge to hear it again and man did it feel like meeting an old friend .
Oooh... my goodness.... my childhood jumped out in this episode. Wow
Fond memories for the best DC character of all time.
Also Tomahawks bike was definitely made to sell toys lol 🤣
I love how in the intro the bat makes a crunching sound when biting swampthing
Thanks for the upload :)
Thanks for the post !!!
Sabia que existía esta serie animada pero es la primera vez que veo un episodio. Swamp Thing fue uno de los personajes mas populares de DC en los 80
this brings back memories of the 90's
Seems this version of Swamp Thing is more like those kind of 90s cartoon heroes like the Extreme Dinosaurs and Street Sharks
Swamp Thing: Making Captain Planet look like a wuss since forever
You made a guys day in 2024 🤣
I'm a big swamp thing fan ,I read the Allen Moore books and he's much more powerful then they depict him even in this cartoon and the movies never did him justice.
The episode where swamp thing finds his own corspe is hilarious.
"Nice trick dr demo but I know a better one"
"Moving the fucking net"
Swamp thing be all like 'If I turn brown, I'm invisible".
In America, yes.
John G. Schmidt Exactly. If you're brown then you get away with everything.. Its bad when even the rappers realize that
John G. Schmidt Hahaha, spot on!
Funny cause it's True!)))
Cain, you're an idiot. Samson knows what's up.
If anything made him stand out more lol. That tree looked more purple and grey.
Though very few episodes it has pretty nice animations.
22:33 - "Home at last, but not to rest. Journal Entry 935. Today, I have won. Arcane and his Un-Men were defeated. Delbert and J.T., I've won an even greater battle. I've turned their fear into friendship, but my greatest battle still lies ahead. I must find a cure to my growth formula or remain trapped as a monster... forever."
This makes me so happy :)
Its like Saturday Morning WATCHMEN
My childhood right here omg, I loved the animated series and had ALl the action figures and playsets
In "The Un-Men Unleashed," The evil Dr. Anton Arcane, whose obsession of gaining immortality turns his three evil henchmen (Dr. Deemo, Skinman, and Weed Killer) into mutant, man-like creatures to attack Swamp Thing. Two kids, Delbert and J.T., along with Tomahawk, Bayou Jack, and Arcane's stepdaughter, Abby comes to Swamp Thing's rescue.
The first episode aired October 31, 1990.
You shall be locked in the attic FOREVER!
Not sure if that is the best or worst punishment in a 90's cartoon ever lol
This brings back memories
I just love that intro song ...swamp thing pampampam...XD
Starscream was all like "The steering wheel! Nooooooooooooooo."
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My childhood!
I had the one where you pull his arm and all his limbs falls out.
How's that theme song go again? Oh, right. "Buy all our playsets and tooooyss!"
I used to get made fun of when I was singing this song in school, people thought I was crazy cause theres a song that's wild thing but this one is SWAMP THING!
Swamp Thing vs. Predator. Now that would be a good fight.
anyone notice at 22:29 the sound effects sound like the same sound effects used in the sewers in jak 2
So well made.
This is like what would happen if Captain Planet and the terrible 90s Ironman cartoon had a baby. And then that baby had a bad acid trip.
90's Iron Man was great.
Earned a sub brother
At 7:41 he looks like Marvel's Man-Thing mid-transformation.
Isn't the theme song wild thing from jimi hendrix ?
"FIRE THE MUTATION TORPEDO!"
I used to randomly say this and people had no idea what I was talking about.
This cartoon series was better than that second Swamp Thing movie
Definitely.
Lol i remember the day this was released..I was excited to watch it..
8:51-8:54, Abby is so adorable.
Is the guy on the hovercraft the same voice as star scream?
The music is so loud I can barely hear their voices 8:10