Nostalgia and Disappointment: 90s Cartoon Failures [1996-1997]

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  • @TheReviewStudios
    @TheReviewStudios  3 місяці тому +82

    Do You remember these?

    • @platinumangel7446
      @platinumangel7446 3 місяці тому +11

      Plenty here I've never heard of. Thanks for sharing these.

    • @JoJo-ie8sl
      @JoJo-ie8sl 3 місяці тому +12

      Hey, C Bear and Jamal was a thing though

    • @TheReviewStudios
      @TheReviewStudios  3 місяці тому +8

      @JoJo-ie8sl It was actually really funny I enjoyed going back and watching it again.

    • @patrickobrien7209
      @patrickobrien7209 3 місяці тому +5

      I have to say every one of these I watch is like a reverse Mandela effect. There were so many times I would talk about shows, and people would look at me like I am crazy. It is nice to know that I did not in fact grow up in an alternate time line like I was starting to fear..

    • @thebatman9628
      @thebatman9628 3 місяці тому +3

      I forgot about road rover, its completely left my memory until now. But i always love quack pack, as a kid i always thought quack pack was continuing the story of duck tales and the ducks were now teenagers 😂

  • @MTTT19
    @MTTT19 3 місяці тому +379

    I rather enjoyed Quack Pack. You have to admit that Donald becoming a Supervillain and threatening to destroy the world unless his nephews clean their room is pretty funny.

    • @toongrowner1
      @toongrowner1 3 місяці тому +32

      same, also remembered when Donald wrote an apology to his boss, why he was late for work, ending with some Alien invasion bs.... only to turn out that the aliens where actual real and even reappeared in a later episode for revenge XD
      Or the one with Donald getting younger and turning into his 1930s version, that was pretty clever if you ask me XD

    • @zainmudassir2964
      @zainmudassir2964 3 місяці тому +8

      Quak, quak , quak pak!

    • @ThootenTootinTabootin
      @ThootenTootinTabootin 3 місяці тому +2

      I like the color coordinated super heros with cool skills

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 3 місяці тому +5

      When it aired, it was just another show for me.

    • @inuyasha989
      @inuyasha989 3 місяці тому +7

      ​​@@ricardocantoral7672pretty much i dont remember hating or liking it myself it was more something to watch cause nothing better is on lol
      That being said re-watching it it has aged like milk tho it screams "cool" 90s lmao

  • @Rromantiq
    @Rromantiq 3 місяці тому +193

    At 32 years old, I am NOT ASHAMED to say I was a Quack Pack enjoyer and watched that cartoon all the time! If you're a fellow Quackpacker in this comment section then come forth and stand with me! 😤

    • @The4Headed_Dragon
      @The4Headed_Dragon 2 місяці тому +22

      I never thought of it as a Ducktales sequel, but as a Goof Troop clone.

    • @Nova7o9
      @Nova7o9 2 місяці тому +7

      @@The4Headed_DragonMe too! And as such it was a lot of fun.

    • @henrytownshend6441
      @henrytownshend6441 2 місяці тому +2

      I'm also a fan

    • @axel18189
      @axel18189 2 місяці тому +11

      I thought it was like Donalds version of Goof Troop too! When I think of comparing shows to Ducktales, the Talespin theme pops into my head 😂

    • @kavidroid
      @kavidroid 2 місяці тому

      agreed

  • @pastpatour
    @pastpatour 3 місяці тому +49

    Felix was so surreal, I loved it. With the Beetlejuice cartoon, and Cow and Chicken, they were the cornerstone of weird animation from the era.

    • @ChillandQuill
      @ChillandQuill 2 місяці тому +10

      ren and stimpy and rocko's modern life id say were more influencial than cow and chicken, at least predating it.

    • @HyenaPaint
      @HyenaPaint 2 місяці тому +6

      The animated Beetlejuice show WAS my childhood. I wanted to be Lydia so badly and wished an other worldly messy ghoul-like man would take me away from the real world and call me babe. I’m 36 now and I’m still waiting.

    • @pastpatour
      @pastpatour 2 місяці тому +6

      @@HyenaPaint cartoon Beetlejuice was so different from the movie! He was fiercely protective of Lydia but in a wholesome way, while the movie version was a predatory scumbag

    • @grandturtle2786
      @grandturtle2786 2 місяці тому +3

      Ah real monsters did it the most for me. I absolutely loved Beetlejuice cartoon.

    • @grandturtle2786
      @grandturtle2786 2 місяці тому

      Also the animation style to me scream rockos modern life.

  • @Rattrap007
    @Rattrap007 3 місяці тому +91

    Love Road Rovers. So one jerk is responsible for it ending? In the words of Blitz "Let the biting of tooshies begin!"

    • @grandturtle2786
      @grandturtle2786 2 місяці тому +3

      I also liked it. Though I also enjoyed battletoads and earch worm Jim. All cut short :(

    • @kianaorr9214
      @kianaorr9214 2 місяці тому

      I'd love it if we could get a remake, but it probably wouldn't be half as good and I don't want to be disappointed....🤔

  • @machomusprime50
    @machomusprime50 2 місяці тому +39

    RIP to Luke Perry.... But that had to be the worst decision for Sub Zero's voice ever. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @OpaqueVisions47
      @OpaqueVisions47 2 місяці тому +8

      That's what I thought too

    • @chrisw5654
      @chrisw5654 Місяць тому +1

      Luke Perry was also Stewart Waldinger in Pepper Ann, himself in Johnny Bravo, Napoleon Brie in Biker Mice From Mars and Rick Jones in the Incredible Hulk. In addition he is He is the father to AEW wrestler Jack Perry formerly known as Jungle Boy (which was also the name of a character in the Johnny Bravo cartoon which originally was part of Cartoon Network's What A Cartoon show).

  • @bloodrunsclear
    @bloodrunsclear 2 місяці тому +110

    90s: We’re edgy and cynical and dark!
    2020s: Remember how innocent the 90s were…?

    • @ironmaster6496
      @ironmaster6496 2 місяці тому +14

      ironically a majority of those EXTREME EDGY CARTOONS were actually tame af

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield 2 місяці тому +9

      90s had both Nirvana and the Backstreet Boys reach their high and lows in the same decade.

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield 2 місяці тому +7

      ​@@ironmaster6496Never forget the Xtreme 2005 series of the Looney Tunes killed the Xtreme era of cartoons altogether.

    • @MarvinPowell1
      @MarvinPowell1 2 місяці тому +7

      No. "Edgy' by 90s standards was Beavis and Butthead and South Park, which would still be tame compared to today's woke, cringe, lame PC culture. The 2000s were the real edgy decade with shows like Drawn Together.

    • @NealCamerlengo
      @NealCamerlengo 2 місяці тому

      @@MarvinPowell1 "Anything that I don't like is woke." Someone needs to get their heads out of their ass.

  • @jessewilley531
    @jessewilley531 3 місяці тому +90

    Road Rovers has fun. The lawsuit was part of it. The other part was that Superman was signed to a three year deal from the get go. Road Rover and Freakazoid were renewed by the year. If WB cancelled Superman, they would have had to produce the episodes anyway. And in the long run, Superman was the logical choice as it is still considered a true classic even now.

    • @keithtorgersen9664
      @keithtorgersen9664 3 місяці тому +4

      There was also The Mighty Ducks TV show

    • @jessewilley531
      @jessewilley531 3 місяці тому +5

      @@keithtorgersen9664 Similar concept yes, but the tones were different. Mighty Ducks was CLEARLY Disney trying to follow the already dead TMNT trend. (IE: Of the many Ninja Turtles clones only two the shows were any good... Bucky O'Hare and Biker Mice from Mars. You can't really count Bucky O'Hare as a TMNT clone since while Eastman and Laird beat it to the comic book racks since Michael Golden and Larry Hama had been toying with the idea since 1978. They had several publishing deals fall apart which kept the property in legal limbo before they teamed up with Neal Adams. They wound up coming out at almost the exact same time.

    • @JeremyCrites-ym7kg
      @JeremyCrites-ym7kg 3 місяці тому +5

      It doesn't surprise me that Superman, the animated series, got pick over freakazoid and road rovers because it's wb golden boy.

    • @jessewilley531
      @jessewilley531 3 місяці тому +11

      @@JeremyCrites-ym7kg Actually, Superman had the three-year deal because of 1. the strength of Batman. 2. Superman had brand recognition. 3. The toy line was doing pretty even before the show launched. They literally cancelled a Superman toy line to create a Superman toy line more in line with the show. Financially, it would not make sense to cancel a show bringing in money on all fronts. Superman was consistently in the WB's top five shows, so they were getting money from ad revenue and merchandise. Since most WB affiliates were owned by Warner Brothers, they weren't losing money running someone else's show. While Freakazoid and Road Rovers had weeks where they did better than Superman... those were flukes. If you look at the episodes airing those weeks, you wind up comparing a new episode of Freakazoid and Road Rovers to a rerun of Superman. Statistically, new episodes usually do better than a rerun.
      BTW: The reason Freakazoid got cancelled was the WB assumed Animaniacs, Pinky and The Brain, and Freakazoid were being watched by 4-8 year olds so they moved Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain up a half hour and gave Freakazoid the earliest time slot on Saturdays. This meant 90% of the people who were actually those shows core audience (14-24 year olds) wouldn't be up to see them. Afterall this was the pre every show got DVD and/or streaming era. I was the one guy willing to be up for Freakazoid at 8AM. But even I, who thought I had seen every episode, found one that I didn't see until the DVD release.

    • @kevinwood5317
      @kevinwood5317 2 місяці тому

      @@jessewilley531 I watched both Road Rovers and The Mighty Ducks, and RR had the edge because it had much more of a sarcastic sense of humor and willingness to nudge the fourth wall and make semi-adult jokes. Mighty Ducks felt like bad sci-fi action, of which there was already plenty of in the 90s. Road Rovers was more action-comedy, which I preferred.

  • @tibedog5629
    @tibedog5629 3 місяці тому +74

    Donald's three nephews, Chewie, gooey, and screwie?
    wtf?

    • @davehedger337
      @davehedger337 2 місяці тому +11

      Yeah, was that a joke?

    • @PHSDM104
      @PHSDM104 2 місяці тому +21

      @@tibedog5629 Right? They're Jet, Turbo and Rebel.

    • @Mikezzz749
      @Mikezzz749 2 місяці тому +6

      Doobop, Berber, and Duflonk.
      When I was a kid I never watched it because the boys came off as such ingrate brats that they didn't seem like the same characters. In Ducktales they may have gotten into mischief here and there and brought some whimsy, they were still massive assets to Scrooge in his adventures. With these twerps, however, I think Scrooge would tell Screwie and crew to screw off!

    • @cashomnitrix
      @cashomnitrix 2 місяці тому +9

      @@PHSDM104”I could’ve been TURBO?!?”

    • @PHSDM104
      @PHSDM104 2 місяці тому +5

      @@cashomnitrix "I told Donald. I even wrote it down in case no one could understand him."

  • @shibumi8
    @shibumi8 23 дні тому +5

    Quack Pack is easier to enjoy when you treat it as its own show and not as a sequel to Ducktales as unfortunately a lot of us were lead to believe.
    I remember how much of a pain it was trying to watch Phantom 2040. You could go weeks without seeing it only to find it again by accident.

  • @michaelsilver253
    @michaelsilver253 3 місяці тому +36

    "Watch with a computer in it"
    Because back in 1996 a smartphone was still solidly science fiction

  • @davidgonzales9039
    @davidgonzales9039 3 місяці тому +31

    "General Parvo" is such a dark, twisted name.

    • @pastpatour
      @pastpatour 3 місяці тому +1

      "Parvo" means idiot in Spanish

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 2 місяці тому +14

      @apstpatour I think it's supposed to refer to the canine parvovirus 😟

    • @37Kilo2
      @37Kilo2 2 місяці тому +2

      Amazed there wasn't a Captain Rabies.

    • @grandturtle2786
      @grandturtle2786 2 місяці тому

      @@37Kilo2 or Colonel Cough.

  • @58jharris
    @58jharris 3 місяці тому +100

    Quack Pack should have been an actual follow-up to Ducktales, with Donald being discharged from the Navy and the nephews going back to living with him. That could have been a better show I think.

    • @Mechasonicrocks
      @Mechasonicrocks 3 місяці тому +26

      Actually, that was the initial idea. Concept art dating to around 1993 for this unused “sequel” pitch (titled “Duck Daze”) exists and has been released on the internet (I have personally seen it on Tumblr). Going by some of the concept art from 1993, the teenage nephews and Webby (also now a teenager) would’ve been involved in high school shenanigans along with other teenage stuff. This pitch didn’t make the cut, and instead the team reworked the show into being more in line with the old “Donald Duck” cartoon shorts (humans co-existing with the anthropomorphic characters, no mention of Uncle Scrooge, “scheme/villain of the week” plot structure), as well as slightly adding the “sitcom” setup from 1992’s “Goof Troop” and a heavy dose of 90’s attitude.

    • @user-vi4xy1jw7e
      @user-vi4xy1jw7e 3 місяці тому +3

      It's not a followup?

    • @Mechasonicrocks
      @Mechasonicrocks 3 місяці тому

      ​@@user-vi4xy1jw7eNo. As I previously mentioned, "Duck Daze" was the title of the initial pitch for a follow-up to 1987's "Ducktales" (conceptual storyboards for this pitch exist online; I saw them via a post on Tumblr, and they date back to 1993), with the canon of DT intact (Webby Vanderquack is in the show, Uncle Donald returns from his service in the Navy to pick up his nephews from Uncle Scrooge's mansion, etc). The storyboards showcased the teenage nephews and Webby in high school classrooms (indicating some of the plots/shenanigans would've been based around school and the struggles that can bring to teenagers). That initial pitch fell through, and the writing team reworked the show (removing all ties to 1987's "Ducktales" and adding more elements from the old "Donald Duck" cartoon shorts) until it became 1996's "Quack Pack". Despite being described by Disney+ as a continuation of 1987's "Ducktales", this is 100% false. There's no mention of the characters, events, etc from DT 1987. Only two things could be used as an argument for "Quack Pack" being a follow-up (and both can be dismissed):
      1. A Beagle Boy (one of many offspring of Uncle Scrooge's nemesis Ma Beagle from "Ducktales") appears in one episode of "Quack Pack", but it's merely a dummy that is used as a target for an attack dog. This is most likely an easter egg, as none of the nephews recognize the dummy's appearance (i.e. "Hey, that dummy looks like one of those stooges from the junkyard who were always messing with Uncle Scrooge.").
      2. An episode of "Quack Pack" revolves around Donald Duck owing an extra day of service in the Navy (which is where Donald was during the events of 1987's "Ducktales"), despite a prior declaration that he had completed his tour of duty. This can be dismissed as it is most likely a leftover from the initial 1993 "Duck Daze" pitch, but considering nearly every version of Donald Duck had some type of naval/military background, it doesn't necessarily tie the show to 1987's "Ducktales".
      Separate show, separate universe.

    • @Mechasonicrocks
      @Mechasonicrocks 3 місяці тому

      @@user-vi4xy1jw7e No. As I previously mentioned, "Duck Daze" was the title of the initial pitch for a follow-up to 1987's "Ducktales" (conceptual storyboards for this pitch exist online; I saw them via a post on Tumblr, and they date back to 1993), with the canon of DT intact (Webby Vanderquack is in the show, Uncle Donald returns from his service in the Navy to pick up his nephews from Uncle Scrooge's mansion, etc). The storyboards showcased the teenage nephews and Webby in high school classrooms (indicating some of the plots/shenanigans would've been based around school and the struggles that can bring to teenagers). That initial pitch fell through, and the writing team reworked the show (removing all ties to 1987's "Ducktales" and adding more elements from the old "Donald Duck" cartoon shorts) until it became 1996's "Quack Pack". Despite being described by Disney+ as a continuation of 1987's "Ducktales", this is 100% false. There's no mention of the characters, events, etc from DT 1987. Only two things could be used as an argument for "Quack Pack" being a follow-up (and both can be dismissed):
      1. A Beagle Boy (one of many offspring of Uncle Scrooge's nemesis Ma Beagle from "Ducktales") appears in one episode of "Quack Pack", but it's merely a dummy that is used as a target for an attack dog. This is most likely an easter egg, as none of the nephews recognize the dummy's appearance (i.e. "Hey, that dummy looks like one of those stooges from the junkyard who were always messing with Uncle Scrooge.").
      2. An episode of "Quack Pack" revolves around Donald Duck owing an extra day of service in the Navy (which is where Donald was during the events of 1987's "Ducktales"), despite a prior declaration that he had completed his tour of duty. This can be dismissed as it is most likely a leftover from the initial 1993 "Duck Daze" pitch, but considering nearly every version of Donald Duck had some type of naval/military background, it doesn't necessarily tie the show to 1987's "Ducktales".
      Separate show, separate universe.

    • @Mechasonicrocks
      @Mechasonicrocks 3 місяці тому

      @@chaosmachines934 No. As I previously mentioned, "Duck Daze" was the title of the initial pitch for a follow-up to 1987's "Ducktales" (conceptual storyboards for this pitch exist online; I saw them via a post on Tumblr, and they date back to 1993), with the canon of DT intact (Webby Vanderquack is in the show, Uncle Donald returns from his service in the Navy to pick up his nephews from Uncle Scrooge's mansion, etc). The storyboards showcased the teenage nephews and Webby in high school classrooms (indicating some of the plots/shenanigans would've been based around school and the struggles that can bring to teenagers). That initial pitch fell through, and the writing team reworked the show (removing all ties to 1987's "Ducktales" and adding more elements from the old "Donald Duck" cartoon shorts) until it became 1996's "Quack Pack". Despite being described by Disney+ as a continuation of 1987's "Ducktales", this is 100% false. There's no mention of the characters, events, etc from DT 1987. Only two things could be used as an argument for "Quack Pack" being a follow-up (and both can be dismissed):
      1. A Beagle Boy (one of many offspring of Uncle Scrooge's nemesis Ma Beagle from "Ducktales") appears in one episode of "Quack Pack", but it's merely a dummy that is used as a target for an attack dog. This is most likely an easter egg, as none of the nephews recognize the dummy's appearance (i.e. "Hey, that dummy looks like one of those stooges from the junkyard who were always messing with Uncle Scrooge.").
      2. An episode of "Quack Pack" revolves around Donald Duck owing an extra day of service in the Navy (which is where Donald was during the events of 1987's "Ducktales"), despite a prior declaration that he had completed his tour of duty. This can be dismissed as it is most likely a leftover from the initial 1993 "Duck Daze" pitch, but considering nearly every version of Donald Duck had some type of naval/military background, it doesn't necessarily tie the show to 1987's "Ducktales".
      Separate show, separate universe.

  • @KyleMcintoshMAC316
    @KyleMcintoshMAC316 3 місяці тому +75

    Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm was a way better sequel to the 1995 movie than the sequel that eventually hit the big screen

    • @NinjakX
      @NinjakX 2 місяці тому +2

      It was a good series but the art could have been better. Also their travel cycles were a bit much.

    • @keithtorgersen9664
      @keithtorgersen9664 2 місяці тому +5

      I remember the Live Action TV show better than I do the cartoon. The live action series was the same kind of corny acting that was seen in shows like Hercules or Xena but still enjoyable. It was also a prequel series of sorts, featuring Kung Lao as the main star instead of Liu Kang. It also featured the beautiful Kristanna Loken before she hit her stride as an actress.

    • @grandturtle2786
      @grandturtle2786 2 місяці тому +1

      I had totally forgot about it till now.

    • @romaindanze1512
      @romaindanze1512 2 місяці тому

      Come on, they both were terrible in their own ways... And I'm not even talking about the animated movie "The adventure begins" which is... incredible (in so many ways).

  • @OpaqueVisions47
    @OpaqueVisions47 2 місяці тому +14

    The fact that the villain in Road Rovers was named General Parvo was diabolical, what were they thinking?😂

  • @doyleharken3477
    @doyleharken3477 3 місяці тому +36

    it's weird to see phantom 2040 being referred to as a failure. critical acclaim for the mature and complex storytelling and environmentalist focus, managed to end its main arc on a satisfying note, developed a cult following, character designs by peter fucking chung. i watched the shit out of this show back in the day.

    • @chrisw5654
      @chrisw5654 Місяць тому +2

      Phantom 2040 also had live lessons like not taking perfomance drugs (Swifter, Higher, Faster).

    • @jontoland3491
      @jontoland3491 Місяць тому +1

      I agree, even the videogame was a banger!!!

  • @gurvmlk
    @gurvmlk 3 місяці тому +213

    I remember back when Mortal Kombat first started. I watched one episode, didn't see a single fatality, and never watched it again.

    • @RedWizard0
      @RedWizard0 3 місяці тому +27

      It's Kombat Time.

    • @greg.soular
      @greg.soular 3 місяці тому +21

      I watched it every week hoping it would get better and got disappointed week after week

    • @greg.soular
      @greg.soular 3 місяці тому +12

      Defenders of the Realm was bad but had an impressive voice cast. Clancy Brown, Dorian Harwood, Olivia D’Abo, Brian Tochi… plus John Rhys Davies, Kevin Richardson, Neil Ross, and John Vernon also had roles

    • @adamhawkins3036
      @adamhawkins3036 3 місяці тому +20

      You cant take gory video game n make a kids show out of it hahaha..its like turnin Spawn into a babysitter or somethin haha

    • @jaredelizardo201
      @jaredelizardo201 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@greg.soular An Awesome voice cast can't save u from being canceled!

  • @BR-jw7pm
    @BR-jw7pm 3 місяці тому +64

    While I KNEW of some of these (Road Rovers, Mortal Kombat, C Bear and Jamal), the ONLY one I watched was Quack Pack

    • @inuyasha989
      @inuyasha989 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@chaosmachines934 cause like he said it took established characters and crapped on them with edgy 90s cringy cool vibes and aging like milk as it dates itself horribly lol and i grew up watching this and other shows growing up on disney afternoon but unlike the other shows quackpack doesnt hold up like i said its aged poorly lol

    • @BR-jw7pm
      @BR-jw7pm 3 місяці тому

      @@inuyasha989 that’s what I’ve heard but haven’t watched since the 90s so can’t verify myself

    • @DrawciaGleam02
      @DrawciaGleam02 2 місяці тому +1

      I watched C bear and Jamal. The theme song is cool!

  • @jbone2345
    @jbone2345 3 місяці тому +15

    I used to watch c Bear and Jamal every Saturday morning. I totally forgot about that cartoon! 😂😂😂

  • @mutechannel13
    @mutechannel13 2 місяці тому +11

    C bear and Jamal was a hit in my book. I stumbled upon Bruno the Kid at the video store when I was little. I couldn't read and I thought it was Johnny Bravo when he was a little kid. When I popped the VHS tape in I was mad that it wasn't Johnny Bravo. I watched it and grew to like it for the 5 days that I had it.

  • @JayLew91
    @JayLew91 2 місяці тому +8

    Is it just me or is Cree Summer a voice in every thing. She always got a job

  • @HyenaPaint
    @HyenaPaint 2 місяці тому +5

    I completely forget about Road Rovers but I LOVED it! All the memories came flooding back when I saw this- especially Muzzle

  • @LARKXHIN
    @LARKXHIN 3 місяці тому +16

    I do remember C Bear and Jamal because I had a VHS with 3 episodes on it.

  • @kcbruinmo454
    @kcbruinmo454 3 місяці тому +14

    The opening song of "The Phantom" still lives in my head. I remember liking Bruno the Kid and it would come on before Extreme Ghostbusters before school. C Bear was great as one of those last really for kids shows as I was getting getting older. Now a days those kind of shoes are considered "designer." I loved Quack Pack! There was even an episode where they went to Roswell to film UFOs but they were just camera tricks.

  • @vanzy01
    @vanzy01 3 місяці тому +15

    Are you telling me that the rapping teddy bear was a real cartoon. I thought that was a fever dream.

  • @GrandMasterLynx
    @GrandMasterLynx 3 місяці тому +7

    I grew up with Quack Pack and I absolutely loved watching it I wish it had more seasons

  • @HybridAngelZero
    @HybridAngelZero 2 місяці тому +9

    I absolutely loved Twisted Tales of Felix, and it's really cool to see the kind of surreal absurdness of a lot of rubber hose era cartoons reinterpreted with 90s aesthetics and ideas.
    I also watched Quack Pack and... like... I don't know how to describe it, but it was so mean spirited and cruel and times that it made me uncomfortable even as a kid

  • @eleanorhogan8643
    @eleanorhogan8643 3 місяці тому +18

    I remember Road rovers, my favourite characters were Colleen, Blitz and Exile.

  • @ZeidaraFisher
    @ZeidaraFisher 2 місяці тому +9

    I remember watching Princess Tenko as a kid and oddly preferred the live action segments over the animation. I still even remember a couple of the "you can do these tricks at home" bits.

  • @VicM-xc9zb
    @VicM-xc9zb 3 місяці тому +26

    Quack Pack was my favorite. I've wondered why the show didn't go on longer than 1 season.

    • @djpegao
      @djpegao 3 місяці тому +2

      Maybe because the show was all over the place and was waaaaaaaay too far removed from OG Ducktales for fans to latch on and they made the nephews basically unlikable, luckily the Reboot proved the concept could be done right

    • @VicM-xc9zb
      @VicM-xc9zb 3 місяці тому +6

      @djpegao That's not why I wondered where the show went. I personally had no complaints. I grew up with 2 other brothers my age, and it was cool to see them (Huey, Louie, and Duey) as teenagers as we were also now teenagers and getting into some of our own teenage adventures irl. Shout out to you though for thinking that you know why I wondered exactly why they took a good show like Quack Pack off the air, for me. Lol

    • @cryangallegos
      @cryangallegos 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@djpegao Ducktales was slightly before my time, so catching an episode of the original show was a treat for me. By the time Quack Pack released, I was well into middle school, buying my first Smash mouth CD, so I was absolutely the target audience lol
      I love both shows individually, though I think Ducktales still has better legs, despite my nostalgic love for QP

    • @melon3109
      @melon3109 2 місяці тому +7

      Quackpack is the one show on this list I looked forward to and tried to catch as many episodes as I could. Think its disingenuous to compare it to ducktales since it wasnt trying to be ducktales, but a modern take on the og Donald duck disney shorts where he and his nephews terrorized each other.

    • @PHSDM104
      @PHSDM104 2 місяці тому +3

      ​@@djpegao As an OG Ducktales fan, I beg to disagree. I felt like the brothers had finally grown up with me. I LOVED IT!

  • @LeoMidori
    @LeoMidori 2 місяці тому +3

    Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is honestly one I happily go back and watch here and there. I watched Flash Gordon and Quack Pack, but I'd be hard pressed to say I remember them fondly.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 3 місяці тому +3

    A+ video!
    LOVE IT! Such awesome-looking cartoon series, just incredible what gems keep coming from the 90s!

  • @moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115
    @moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115 3 місяці тому +20

    I just watched and loved Road Rovers, C Bear and Jamal and Quack Pack.
    Also, Donald Duck's nephews are named Huey, Dewey, and Louie. ❤💙💚

  • @alexanderchristiansen1018
    @alexanderchristiansen1018 2 місяці тому +7

    I think Quak Pack was awesome. I was hoping for a new show with Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Max (Goofys Son) and Mickeys 2 twin Nephews Morty and Ferdie as teenagers.

  • @BuckarooBanzai84
    @BuckarooBanzai84 3 місяці тому +4

    I actually remember 'Road Rovers', and enjoying it quite a lot. But what was TRULY strange was how, decades later, I was suddenly reminded of the show when Grant Morrison released his darkly-satirical comic-book-series, 'We 3'. =)

  • @britneyspearsvillarosa
    @britneyspearsvillarosa 2 місяці тому +3

    I love the SNES game Wing Commander (1991) I was 6 and I'd played Wing Commander with my late wonderful dad , He loved NES and SNES.

  • @SamIRIZARRY84
    @SamIRIZARRY84 2 місяці тому +2

    Man, 90s kid and all and there are only 2 of these that I don’t remember. Nostalgia is a helluva drug 😆

  • @chrischagnon5955
    @chrischagnon5955 2 місяці тому +5

    Man, you eviscerated Quack Pack 😂 I loved it as a preteen! But your points on others not liking it because it wasn’t an adventure show like Duck Tales or Darkwing make a lot of sense (and I loved those shows, too). I honestly don’t remember it well, but I remember thinking it was really funny in a quirky way, and also relatable - somewhat rebellious and sarcastic teens figuring out life with a single parent. Though, I am very happy to let it live on in my memory as something I enjoyed and not shatter that by trying to rewatch it 😂

    • @TheReviewStudios
      @TheReviewStudios  2 місяці тому +2

      Thanks for watching and for commenting too!

    • @Shilakamea
      @Shilakamea 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah it reminded me of the direction Goof Troop went, a self contained universe with fun plots.
      I enjoyed both as a kid and I felt Quack Pack had better writing than many of the shows he actually treated respectfully.

  • @dominicotero6215
    @dominicotero6215 3 місяці тому +9

    I still sing the theme song for C Bear and Jamal regularly 😂😂😂

  • @Cell2000
    @Cell2000 3 місяці тому +10

    I’ll give USA credit, they couldn’t hit a home run for on them cartoon for anything but they damn sure came to the plate ready to hit a double

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 3 місяці тому +40

    Phantom 2040 should never been canceled in the first place. 😀👍

    • @Healthy_Toki
      @Healthy_Toki 3 місяці тому +8

      A cyberpunk phantom show would be great even today. It had a lot to say with a more mature handling of environmental themes than Captain Planet.

    • @jamesmoss3424
      @jamesmoss3424 3 місяці тому +3

      @@Healthy_Toki I agree. 😀👍

    • @tenchistreams
      @tenchistreams 3 місяці тому +5

      When I was a kid, I was so excited they were making a movie about it. Didn't realize it had nothing to do with the 2040 series until I was sitting in the theater with my mom.😭
      "Where the f**k are the flying cars and gadgets?"

    • @ivanburden4658
      @ivanburden4658 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@tenchistreams same bro same

    • @nathanlittle115
      @nathanlittle115 3 місяці тому +4

      I had knowledge of The Phantom from the Flash Gordon: Defenders of the Earth and I love the cyberpunk genre. Having it animated by Peter Chung of Æon Flux made it a surefire hit in my heart.

  • @squid667
    @squid667 2 місяці тому +4

    I remember that we liked Quack Pack very much back in the day. I watched Duck Tales when I was younger but somehow did not get the connection between the two shows. Because of that we probably went into it with less expectations. I remember liking the more exaggerated tone and setting.

  • @GeBuddy
    @GeBuddy 3 місяці тому +31

    All your videos give me at least one "oh yeah" moment.

    • @TheReviewStudios
      @TheReviewStudios  3 місяці тому +6

      That's Awesome thanks for watching

    • @MsDisneylandlover
      @MsDisneylandlover 3 місяці тому +1

      I agreed lol😂

    • @BR-jw7pm
      @BR-jw7pm 3 місяці тому

      @@GeBuddy his recent video mentioning Sky Dancers reminded me of the toy my sister had LOL!

  • @nanya524
    @nanya524 3 місяці тому +7

    Fun Fact: Mortal Kombat show was the introduction of Quan Chi.

  • @MLaker221
    @MLaker221 2 місяці тому +3

    I am 1987... I only recognize bruno the kid, so I must have been near it. Now of course I've absorbed and learned plenty of these as a retro adult. Thanks for pairing them into their era, I love info videos like this.

  • @doctorbjones2283
    @doctorbjones2283 3 місяці тому +7

    Wing Commander was probably my favorite PC game growing up, I was super excited it had a cartoon.

    • @alfonszitterbacke318
      @alfonszitterbacke318 3 місяці тому +1

      Even as an old Wing Commander Fan, it took me about 10 years to find out that this show existed at all and by this time its short-lived season was already long forgotten. PC-game magazines never mentioned the existence of a TV show , although by the time of 1996, WC-4 (The Price of Freedom) and Privateer 2, Wing Commander was still pretty famous and they could have added this fun fact in their reviews.

  • @maximusprime3459
    @maximusprime3459 3 місяці тому +23

    I remember Quack Pack. My only disappointment with it is that it really didnt followup Ducktales like it should have and went another route. I thought the triplets finally got some character growth which did kind of make its way into the Ducktales reboot.

  • @PHSDM104
    @PHSDM104 2 місяці тому +4

    Quack Pack was my SHOW!!! I used to watch it after school.

  • @franksmith8064
    @franksmith8064 3 місяці тому +8

    Bruno The Kid!!!! I knew I wasn’t crazy 😂 I could hardly remember it and anytime I tried to explain it to someone they never knew WTH I was talking about! 😂😂😂

  • @BuckarooBanzai84
    @BuckarooBanzai84 3 місяці тому +3

    Also, fun-fact; 'Felix the Cat: the Movie' (a childhood favorite of mine) was itself supposed to be a pilot of sorts for a Canadian-produced series that never got made. (And yeah; even as a kid who loved Felix, I remember watching the pilot-episode of 'Twisted Tales' and, even at that age, thought to myself; "Wow, this is pretty messed up for a kids-show.") =O XD =)

  • @KraXoom
    @KraXoom Місяць тому +1

    Road rovers! Memory unlocked 😮 Didn’t even think about this show for over 20 years but I just remembered the entire theme song.

  • @RoqueJohnny
    @RoqueJohnny 2 місяці тому +4

    Quack Pack is the Disney reboot we need during these dividing times.

  • @gw7120
    @gw7120 3 місяці тому +1

    You are one of my favorite channels for that nostalgia review , hidden memories being unlocked

    • @TheReviewStudios
      @TheReviewStudios  3 місяці тому +1

      Thank you for watching and for commenting too!

  • @purplefreak3
    @purplefreak3 2 місяці тому +3

    I grew up in the 90s and Felix and Quack Pack are the only ones I remember, I actually liked watching Quack Pack, so each their own.

  • @atothed84
    @atothed84 2 місяці тому +1

    I loved most of these shows, though I had forgotten about them. Thanks for the reminder.

  • @GanonGhidorah
    @GanonGhidorah 3 місяці тому +9

    Wait...Bruno the Kid was _real?_
    I thought it was a fever-dream that I had when I was home sick from school.

  • @HARBRINGERZERO
    @HARBRINGERZERO 2 місяці тому +1

    The only shows here I remember are C-Bear and Jamal and Quack Pack. Well done and informative video.

  • @lirpa5
    @lirpa5 2 місяці тому +3

    As a kid, I hated the Phantoms animation, like elongated limbs, but now I admire the unique look they were going for.

  • @dalmatianssajak
    @dalmatianssajak 2 місяці тому +2

    Oh boy, I LOVED Quack Pack as a kid, as well as the “strange vibe/look” it had. The humor of the show reminded me of the Timon and Pumba spin-off series and the aesthetics were as 90’s as the Goofy Movie.

  • @BaiLong45
    @BaiLong45 3 місяці тому +3

    Aside from Bruno The Kid, I have fond memories of all of these cartoons. Sometimes these were Sunday morning shows or at 6 something in the morning on a weekday. All of them were great in their own ways.

  • @fyrman757
    @fyrman757 6 днів тому +1

    Mortal Kombat and C-Bear and Jamal were my jam!!! Loved both🤘🤘🤘

  • @keithtorgersen9664
    @keithtorgersen9664 3 місяці тому +3

    You forgot the Silver Surfer cartoon. It delved into the origins of Norin Radd. I don’t remember what his original career was, but he offered to become the cosmic vassal of the planet eating entity, Galactus, in order to spare his home planet from that cruel fate. It was not long before he made his way to earth and had compassion on the people. He wound up turning against Galactus and became a space nomad. This series was another that ended on a cliffhanger and no explanation was given.

  • @bloodrunsclear
    @bloodrunsclear 2 місяці тому +2

    Interestingly that warrior king voiced by Micheal Dorn? He was in EVERY action extreme show and tied them together! In episodes of Street Fighter, Savage Dragon, Mortal Kombat and Wing Commander the king and his mystic green orb served as a cross universe plot spanning the shows. He even looked a little different in each show to match the art style!

  • @mattchalucha894
    @mattchalucha894 3 місяці тому +3

    I loved Road Rovers and Felix. Such a great time for cartoons.

  • @clearspira
    @clearspira 2 місяці тому +1

    The Phantom was awesome. It was basically Batman Beyond before Batman Beyond. Interesting green message to it too, you did not get a lot of that back then.

  • @melon3109
    @melon3109 2 місяці тому +4

    Never thought of quackpack as a ducktales spin off. More like a 90s teen take on the original Donald duck and nephews disney shorts, like the one Donald is watching on projector in the opening. Which the opening set that expectation for me. But I suppose audiences watching disney duck TV shows would have an expectation of being related to ducktales.

    • @ComeliaO7
      @ComeliaO7 2 місяці тому

      As a kid, of course I never put that together. as an adult that never even crossed my mind that was supposed to be a spin off. Until now I literally just thought it was a modern day version of the three nephews and Donald. I think this is what people are talking about when they say this was meant for that generation at the time. Like the new version of rugrats that is currently out. I’m never gonna watch that because that’s clearly not for my generation who grew up on the original.

  • @tredee6951
    @tredee6951 2 місяці тому +1

    I definitely remember some of these. Road Rovers was definitely a favorite of mine back then. I remember not liking Quack Pack too much but can't recall it being that bad either

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 3 місяці тому +28

    My childhood was fueled by *GET OVER HERE!*

    • @woodside4life
      @woodside4life 3 місяці тому +1

      Same! 😂

    • @veronicado1016
      @veronicado1016 3 місяці тому

      😂😂😂

    • @kidcoyoteanarchy
      @kidcoyoteanarchy 3 місяці тому

      I was more of a street fighter kid. I tried my but they control were horrible and the gore wasn't enough to hold me, I did enjoy the lore and the character design though.

  • @mojavefry2617
    @mojavefry2617 2 місяці тому

    Holy crap, I remember Road Rovers! Thank you for helping me remember the title! Time to rewatch!

  • @DocDelray
    @DocDelray 3 місяці тому +4

    I have watched ALL of these cartoons when they were on TV.

  • @chrissiqueira6966
    @chrissiqueira6966 Місяць тому +1

    I remember watching Mortal Kombat, Felix, and Quack Pack. It was pretty popular here in my country when I was a kid.

  • @comic_book_guy
    @comic_book_guy 2 місяці тому +3

    CC Bear and Jamal eventually got two full length Hollywood blockbuster films under the title Ted.

  • @Alicious_Al
    @Alicious_Al 2 місяці тому +1

    Loved Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat. Had a VHS with Space Time Twister. Good memories.

  • @tylerrubchinuk6778
    @tylerrubchinuk6778 3 місяці тому +5

    1996 had a lot of great cartoons drop and some that were good that just didn’t land with everyone

  • @maxordman4100
    @maxordman4100 18 днів тому +2

    Shows I remember most are C-bear and Jamal, Bruno the Kid and Quack Pack. This show had some memorable moments and a few standout episodes but it was never as good as Ducktales.

  • @blackhatfreak
    @blackhatfreak 3 місяці тому +24

    The Quack Pack was so good.

    • @mew10521
      @mew10521 2 місяці тому

      That show sucked

  • @pathkeepers
    @pathkeepers 2 місяці тому +2

    I remember even as a 9 year old being frustrated at never knowing then the phantom would be on. I REALLY wanted to be into that show.

  • @whimsicalhamster88
    @whimsicalhamster88 3 місяці тому +3

    So Biff from Back to the Future has a Richard Simmons impersonation? I have to see that now.

  • @luzelenaroli6787
    @luzelenaroli6787 2 місяці тому +2

    I dont even remember the flash gordon one existed.
    BUT it made me remember that i looooved James Bond Jr. Im pretty sure that was also 90s but i have never heard of anyone else mention they watched it

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku 3 місяці тому +3

    As an Aeon Flux fan, I am getting big Peter Chung art vibes from Phantom 2040.

  • @Kos4Evr
    @Kos4Evr 2 місяці тому +2

    Phantom 2040 was up there with aeon flux for hard to follow but worth the effort.

  • @BuggyBoy-gv6xn
    @BuggyBoy-gv6xn 3 місяці тому +15

    Road Rovers needs to become a live action computer animated movie.

    • @Onimusashi85
      @Onimusashi85 3 місяці тому +8

      "Live action computer animated" is an oxymoron.

  • @hanadunn7297
    @hanadunn7297 27 днів тому +1

    I remember watching a few of these shows while growing up in the 90’s but oddly enough this video reminded me that “Quack Pack” existed…i guess I wasn’t the only one who forgot it existed.

  • @ottofifita2914
    @ottofifita2914 3 місяці тому +3

    Flash Gordon Cartoon and Phantom 2040 is what introduce to the characters.

  • @hocuspocusfocus6229
    @hocuspocusfocus6229 2 місяці тому +2

    Twisted Tales of Felix... the first time I watched this show I was bedridden with high fever and for some reason they were doing a marathon on Cartoon Network... so I watched a show that already felt like a fever dream while having fever. I even fell asleep a couple of times and dreamt about the show.
    What a horrible experience.

  • @lukelyons4099
    @lukelyons4099 3 місяці тому +4

    Holy shit … CJ and Jamal!

  • @twall91
    @twall91 3 місяці тому +2

    Until a couple months ago I’ve had one specific scene/joke stuck in my memory for close to 30 years from the Felix show about the butcher making a mistake on his wording of “make me a weenie!” And getting turned into a hotdog.. finally found out that the whole show is here on UA-cam and it turns out… not only did I remember that scene remarkably well, but the show is actually really good!

  • @michaeljanis879
    @michaeljanis879 3 місяці тому +3

    I watched quack pack. I liked it I felt like it was a continuation of duck tails .

  • @charlottecorday8494
    @charlottecorday8494 3 місяці тому +2

    Definitely remember Mortal Kombat, heck that might have been one of the last cartoons I ever watched before I was too "cool" for them as I was growing up.
    Those USA cartoons were so bonkers in that era, I did love when they had crossovers with each other. That was always so cool!

  • @PikaLink91
    @PikaLink91 3 місяці тому +4

    30:35 It wasn't SUPPOSED to be DuckTales, and personally, AS a DuckTales fan, I liked Quack Pak as a more teen edgy "alternate universe" to the original show. It was different, and I liked different.

  • @shikishinobi
    @shikishinobi 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for including Tenko, as my friends and I enjoyed that show. It really deserves a reboot and to have a fully fleshed out story.
    I remember some of these, and some are total mysteries. Mortal Kombat was atrocious, and I want to find Phantom 2040. Then I want to cross it over with Knight Sabers (Bubblegum Crisis 2040).
    Keep up the awesome work.

  • @pastpatour
    @pastpatour 3 місяці тому +8

    Quack Pack was so bad they mocked it in the Ducktales reboot!

  • @duhdeedee
    @duhdeedee 3 місяці тому +2

    I watched a handful of these (C-Bear, Quack Pack), others I was vaguely aware of

  • @pr0t34n
    @pr0t34n 3 місяці тому +6

    Honestly who are these executives who are like "you know what kids love? Felix the cat and Flash Gordon."

    • @kidcoyoteanarchy
      @kidcoyoteanarchy 3 місяці тому +1

      Ones that think kids stay the same since when they grew up.

    • @UkyoKuonji2010
      @UkyoKuonji2010 3 місяці тому +2

      ... I actually loved the 90s Felix the Cat show...😅

    • @AdamYJ
      @AdamYJ 2 місяці тому +1

      Makes about as much sense as continuing to use Batman and Superman.

  • @britneyspearsvillarosa
    @britneyspearsvillarosa 2 місяці тому +1

    As a 39 year old I will admit that I loved Quack Pack, Freakazoid, Mortal Kombat : Defenders Of The Realm.

  • @BJWanlund
    @BJWanlund 3 місяці тому +5

    Oh I remember Quack Pack because I remember it from I think either 1 Saturday Morning or it’s ill fated followup. I’m a HUGE Donald Duck fan, but even this was an unforced error of a program.

    • @TheReviewStudios
      @TheReviewStudios  3 місяці тому +2

      Definitely

    • @PikaLink91
      @PikaLink91 2 місяці тому

      No it wasn't. It was an interesting alternate take on the kid friendly shit we were used to. Like what Loonatics was to Looney Tunes.

  • @smrii2487
    @smrii2487 3 місяці тому +2

    I was obsessed with the Phantom 2040 video game when i was 10 and wanted to watch the cartoon so bad, but it only came on Saturday at 430 in the morning. Ridiculous

  • @Teddy-ev1zo
    @Teddy-ev1zo 2 місяці тому +5

    What about the mighty ducks? You forgot that one.

    • @TheReviewStudios
      @TheReviewStudios  2 місяці тому

      It's going in either the next cartoon video or the one after that. Thanks for watching and for commenting too!

    • @grandturtle2786
      @grandturtle2786 2 місяці тому +1

      Loved that show.

  • @mikehall962
    @mikehall962 2 місяці тому +1

    Phantom 2040 was so good! I loved it and when the movie came out with Billy Zane, it was so awesome to see!

  • @Thats_my_Point
    @Thats_my_Point 2 місяці тому +1

    Road Rovers was immaculate. I have remembered it monthly since it aired. I thought it had a huge book of well done jokes. I’ll have to watch it again to see how it stacks up