The cigarette episode was interesting because it was the one time Ozzy and Drix were completely powerless - no amount of immunity or medical care can kick a habit, Hector had to power through it himself by realising there was something he was standing to lose that he cared more about, that allowed him to override his budding addiction.
I remember the episode but not completely. These days you can't even tackle a subject like that. There's definitely something to be said about shows that try to impart lessons like this rather than shows like now where it's _goofy and random_ Stuff like that is why it was common to say TV rots the mind way back.. it certainly does now.
“Barely remember?” This show (and the movie) was a massive part of my childhood. I even have the entire series on DVD, and I got it when I was an adult!
this movie was the start of my childhood fear of monkeys. i was always afraid that if i went to see a monkey at a zoo it would reach out and put its hand in my mouth and infect me with viruses. i still don’t like monkeys very much... or at least i would rather that they stay up in the trees in the jungle and whatever. away from me.
I specifically remember an episode where Hector’s mom tells him to fully cook some sausage before eating it, and after she leaves he just shrugs and says “eh, seems alright to me” and eats it. Then proceeds to get very sick. The ep is called “The Conqueror Worm”. I was prob 7 years old then (I’m 24 now), and it really disturbed/taught me to fully cook meat!
This show got me off of nasal spray. No joke, I was addicted to nasal spray for 5 years. I didn't know taking it every 30min was the reason I couldn't breath through my nose to begin with. I just thought I had some sort of medial problem. I saw the episode on nasal spray, then decided to get off of it. My body was so used to having it, that when I got off of it, I spent over a month of not being able to breath through my nose and several years to be able to get back to normal. But it was worth it. I can now breath through my nose when I sleep. Thank you Ozzy & Drix!
Never experienced addiction, but the episode of smoking really stood out to me since they really nailed what it does to your body to a point the villain almost made it override Hector's enjoyment of things like ice cream and my only knowldege of why smoking was bad was from the D.A.R.E. visits my school got growing up.
@@HondaBrandy "anime" is a Japanese word, so if you're using it while speaking English, you should be referring to specifically Japanese (or at least Japan-inspired) animation, why else would you use a Japanese word when there's a perfect English equivalent, without the cultural connotation that can easily cause confusion? Obviously you understood what he meant by "cartoon edition," and since language exists solely to convey meaning, you're just nitpicking (and wrong at that)
I remember watching this along side Code Lyoko, Static Shock, Pokemon, and all the other big cartoon network shows on Saturday morning and afternoons with a toonami style block on Saturday mornings. This brought back memories of watching cartoons with my late dad father
I remember Static Shock, he was DC's Answer to Spider-Man as odd as that sounds, but still managed to be a fun character and with unique powers that makes him stand out from the norm, A Living Electro Magnet very cool.
Ozzy and Drix was hands down one of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons as a kid. I loved the creativity and the imagination of my white blood cells acting as Osmosis Jones whenever I got sick. I think if they rebooted this show, the creators could do a lot more plotwise.
That one episode where Hector went camping or something then, I don't remember how, but something entered his body from the woods. Ozzy and Drix fought so hard but they could not defeat the thing that came in. Hector was getting sicker and sicker as the episode progressed then when The detective duo was surrounded everyone in Hector got knocked out. They woke up to the disappearance of the threat because Hector was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Before the episode ends Ozzy and Drix remind the viewer that your body can't handle everything and to seek professional help when needed. That is the most I can remember from an episode.
I really want Ozzy and Drix to make a comeback, either as cameos or another series or something. I'd love that! Also like someone mentioned here in the comments, I'd love to see it come back as an adult cartoon too! 😀
Same. When those aliens returned in one of the episodes that was the first time I saw them and I was confused why the human characters were saying they met before.
Funny, cuz in real life, Ozzy would have been obliterated by Hector's immune system. 😂 ...However it's kinda messed up how they just abandon Frank as a lost cause, considering he's got a daughter who knows it's only a matter of time until she's an orphan.
There's this phenomenon I've noticed where TV shows based on movies tend to return to a premise that's already solved. In the case of Osmosis Jones oh, Frank did get better apparently. I never watched the movie myself because it grossed me out, but that's the impression I get. A TV show based on a movie often seems to return to a sort of status quo to get a clean slate off of. Here they chose to make the movie character disgusting again to have an excuse to leave, when they could have easily just said that he didn't need them anymore.
@@Fairygoblet I would probably say that Frank could easily just go back to becoming a slob in a matter of days considering food in the USA tends to go for cheap.
Talking about leftfield! I remember watching the cartoon after school, but only glimpses. I always found amusing the diversity of the characters, and how the producers thought about portraying some diseases. Then I remember watching the movie after the first season, and I thought it was alright. However, I have no specific recollection of the episodes. It surprises me that I even remember this show at all. Good video, Jordan! Keep the good work up!
i loved the concept as a kid, buddy cops trying to keep a human healthy, mixed with a cop show? kinda genius! i also had a big interest in the smallverse for some reason. Now it's still a good concept i just mostly thought it was boring or cliche. still think it could be real good and educational!
I thought the movie was super fun. Nostalgia glasses on for sure, but even tho Bill Murray played this gross adult, the concept of seeing how medicine and blood cells work in the human body was enough to carry it on. I think a reboot for a young adult audience would be great right about now. Rather than a kids cartoon, they could tackle much more adult topics. Similar to how they used nicotine and testosterone, that's just the start of a bunch of real adult problems. You could use Osmosis Jones as the protagonist, battling through stuff like nicotine early on, but then maybe a new 18-21 year old character they live in, or just a grown up Henry, starts trying more addicting substances. They could do an episode on mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety. Or rather than stick to Henry, they could do something a bit off book, and make Osmosis Jones a traveling PI who goes from human to human helping cure stuff. I know that's unrealistic, and not how blood cells work, but its better than traumatizing this Henry kid with all sorts of disease, illness, and addictions.
Honestly the characters themselves the way they were written would fit into a kind of adult swim kinda humour as well. I can picture Ozzy dropping the odd swear word, ya know? It would genuinely be perfect for an older audience.
@@pyromaniacalmagpie3198 I agree, this is good foundation for an expansion of it's world (ironic, considering it's microbiology) and an adult theme would fit pretty well.
We love it because its an interesting concept. The closest we ever gotten to a movie like this, was Inside Out. I hope the next Inside Out expands to other parts of the body.
Very underrated show and I would go as far as saying that its quality was on par with the film. Solid voice acting cast. The plotlines also had good messages for younger viewers. However, it was a show that ran at a very bad time. The early 2000s was a unusually competive time for children's programming and the "Spongebob effect" may have caused the stations to have unrealistic expectations of the show, causing an early cancellation.
bro I was so freaking excited when I found this, I was obsessed with osmosis Jones back in 2017 and I found out the show existed only a year later and went FERAL. I binged it in a day, don’t regret a thing and wish there was more content :((
Jordan: I bet you can't name an episode. Me: "Where There's Smoke" Jordan: "Where's the Smoke" 🤦♀️ Joke's aside, I remember this show because I love the movie (Thrax is literally the reason red and black are my favorite colors). Also 'cuz Kid's WB was my jelly back in the day.
My favorite was the one where Hector gets in a snowboarding accident when the teenage doofus decides it’s more fun to off the designated skiing path and Ozzy and Drix fight off hypothermia and a very nasty cold virus that looked and acted more like comic book supervillain.
Yep. Changing to a kid is the perfect way to relate to a younger audience. It's also kind of funny that it's the same guy from the movie that they leave from considering the differences between the two.
There's one specific scene/episode I remember from this show that has stuck with me... it's when Hector has to fart and Ozzy and Drix are trying to stop the fart bubble from coming out so he doesn't get embarrassed in front of the girl he likes. Hector comes up with this crazy scheme to stand next to the compost heap (oh, they're at the school science fair or something, that's why there's a compost heap) and time the fart with a loud tuba. And in the end it turns out the girl did the same thing to mask her own fart.
I remember this exact premise word for word, but I seriously thought it was from something like Jimmy neutron or Fairly odd parents. So, apparently my brain decided to store the memory of the concept, but not the actual show at all lmao
@@ExtremeWreck That's what I'm thinking too. He probably relapsed into his old nasty habits, and his daughter grew up, gave up on him changing his ways, and moved out the house.
I remember being a kid and watching this show when I was dying of a fever, it definitely gave me some weird thoughts about what the hell was happening to me. My cop cells when sleeping on the job!
Just imagine this is a Netflix series where Hector is now like 16-17. The hormones at that time, sexual education, hell what if he smoked a joint and a representation of weed named Mary Jane entered his body?
Osmosis Jones is the reason I know what the Hypothalamus does lol Every med test involving the brain that I've taken, I always remember the virus guy explaining his plan to Jack up Frank's temperature 😂
I LOVED this show and actually think about it relatively frequently. Although, I did have several nightmares about it because a lot of the characters were gooey looking, and that freaked me out. That's probably the whole reason I remember it so well.
being peer pressured by the cool kids? PFFFFT XD I was like a ghost at school. Just passing my way through and avoiding people. Can't get peer pressured if you don't even care about your peers lol
Why do socially inept people always think they’re cool and special for lacking the interpersonal skills to connect with their peers? Actively avoiding every opportunity to develop meaningful relationships doesn’t make you a sigma male or whatever you think it does. You’re only hurting yourself. Most people are actually pretty nice if you give them a chance
@@llamawalrushybrid like, you’re either a boomer who thinks teenagers aren’t capable of being sentient human beings, or you’re also a teenager who thinks they’re one of the rare special ones because you have main character syndrome
I loved the movie when I was little. (Around four or five.) So I was excited very when Cartoon Network started airing the show (I didn't watch public access TV as a kid and I was two when the movie was released (I first watched it with my step brothers a few years later)). Years later and I still have a fondness for this weird franchise.
I remember LOVING this show, couldn’t have told you a dang thing about it other than they were little cell ppl lmao! Thank you for this video! It’s was so fun to remember and I appreciate your content! * new to your channel, been binge watching
I do enjoy how a few doctors iv seen(including one who has a youtube channel) pointed out that osmosis jones was surprisingly accurate to how certain bodily functions worked.
Good video! I never saw the show, only the movie. I enjoyed seeing you on camera discussing the show. Felt more of a personal connection watching you talk about it with your personality and enthusiasm. Really cool you included the video game too, great addition that should be included with each episode, if possible. Each episode is getting better!
I used to watch this all the time! I think it was on cartoon network and it was freaking awesome! Good Job Jordan! I like the parts when you cut from the show, and explain the why it was the way it was.
I remember the hypothermia lady looking more like cold wind monster lady that only turned into a yeti thing near the end of the episode. Her name was Latin for cold, or freezing, or something.
I may have forgotten about this, but I can't forget the ~25-chapter-long Thrax x Jones mpreg fanfic I read in the span of 3 days. I don't know why I did it, but I'm forever traumatized.
If your interested in the "small verse" as you put it, I remember there was an obscure cartoon I watched as a kid called "Nanoboy" which was sort of the osmosis jones setup but with a shrinking superhero
“The New Adventures of Nanoboy” and “Nanoboy Mission Health”; the Singaporean Cartoon by Scrawl Studios right? That series also reminded me of The Atom from DC Comics.
My name is Hector. I was wowed the protagonist was named Hector. Loved the Osmosis Jones concept, and I was like 12 when the movie came out. I still didn’t watch the show for some reason, thanks for reminding me of this.
Great video, excellent editing as always. I remember the show and liked it, didn't know it was based on a movie until I watch your video....guess I gotta add it to my watchlist 😅
In a weird way, Cells at Work is kind of a spiritual sequel to Ozzy and Drix. It's really cool to see, even if a concept isn't being continued by the original creator, someone else will eventually try it out again.
The smoking episode of this show is the one I remember the most, especially the part where Nick O'Teen takes the mic at the Metabolica concert. Oh, and the one where Ozzy keeps turning pink because he's inside Hector's girlfriend.
I remember the movie like the back of my hand. And I remember there being a show but never remembered the name. This channel has made me remember parts of my childhood that I’d long chalked up to hazy childhood nostalgia.
Yeah I think I have like the super slightest memory of this show. Definitely not much of a memory, but it's funny to see how different tv then vs now is. Back then they definitely tried very unique ways of promoting positive things/healthy lifestyles. I agree it would be interesting to see if they ever rebooted it lol
If there's one thing we remember about Ozzy and Drix besides the fart episode and the other with the new female bipolar cop that replaced Drix, it's the theme song.
Episodes that I always remembered are where there is a mayoral race going on and the opposing candidate dumps growth hormones into Hector's nervous system to cause him to growth spurt, which caused Ozzy and Drix's apartment building to go from a regular block of flats, into a Skyscraper. The other being where Hector eats so much junk food that his fat cells have to work over time, while another germ/virus collects the fat cells into Hector's heart, and the only way to save the day was for Hector to start exercising to get the fat blockage free.
I remember one episode that was like, Hector had a concussion or something and everybody in the body could not remember anything except for the main duo because since they weren't from Hector they were not affected and I thought that was cool. Also I remember an episode where they went into his dreams and basically told him about the entire premise of the show.
I don't remember the show, but I do remember the movie. We watched the movie for my science class a few years ago, and the "death" scene literally made me have a crying breakdown in the bathroom, so extreme that that one teacher that helped with mental problems came in to check on me.
I remember my Anatomy & Physiology teacher showed us the movie back in high school and had us take a quiz on the parts of the human body mentioned. Even before that I'd watch the show on Saturday morning line ups. Always liked the show. Great show! "You want Osmosis, you got Osmosis." I think that was the line he'd say lol
I remember two or three episodes. One in which Hector starts smoking and another when Ozzy gets infected or something and "thinks he's having a baby." Others are coming to me. Hector wants a dog, another when he gets a cold and we meet Drix's aunt.
I barely watched the show when I was a kid. The only thing I remembered was when Ozzy turned pink and had a feminine personality. Also, why did you show the egg?! Seeing that makes me want to...(gag) hold on.
@@JordanFringe94 Sorry to remind you, but what about the zit scene where it lands on Shane's teacher's lip? Every time I see that scene I have to block my view when that part happens or else I'll have an urge to cover my mouth as if it would happen to me for some reason. Even thinking about it gives me the urge to cover my mouth. 😆
Oh, that was the the two-parter episode “An Out of Body Experience”, in which Ozzy accidentally winds up in the body of Hector’s crush, Christine. And since he was a cell originally from a male body, he was slowly changing into a female cell as a way of acclimating to Christine’s genetics.
Loved this movie! But in my youth the show lost me. Watching this video makes me want to give it another shot! Loved that “Bill Murray Dont You Eat That Egg” song lol.
I kinda feel like Cells at Work miss on that opportunity , if we would've seen on the human side of perspective, so it would've been abit more understandable on how would the body would react and why is it reacting this curtain way
Honestly my Top 3 favorite shows that nobody remembers was always Osmosis Jones/ Ozzy & Drix, Code Lyoko, and Mucha Lucha. Which I can't wait for you to talk about Code Lyoko and what all it went through back then 💖 New subscriber so I'm on a binge watch today lol
OMG I remember this show 😆 I mean I was 5 years older than you so I should remember more, right? 😅😅😅 Another great trip down memory lane Vid Jordan, THANK YOU 🙏🎬🔥
I actually really loved and still love the movie Osmosis Jones, just watched it last month. My science teacher in high school often showed this movie on movie days bc it was educational, she also showed Nightmare Before Christmas bc it demonstrated the scientific method lol. I never heard of or watched the tv show continuation though.
ABitFrank did a video about how Jack wasn’t using the microscope properly and everything. Though the chemical reaction he makes appears to be a chemical oscillator which is very interesting.
If you're looking for what could be considered a spiritual successor to this, Cells At Work does this exact same concept but follows a red blood cell instead of a white blood cell. It scratches the itch of wanting to see the human body as a micro world for me.
I wish ozzy n drix had a reboot. I just think anthropomorphic cells as a concept is pretty cool. It keeps me fascinated with medicine and learn to take care of yourself cuz there's little living beings who's only job is to keep you alive
Ozzy & Drix always aired an inconvenient times for me, but I loved it every time I could see it. The episodes with nicotine and with dog saliva (and Ozzy's four-armed twin?) stuck to me the most.
The cigarette episode was interesting because it was the one time Ozzy and Drix were completely powerless - no amount of immunity or medical care can kick a habit, Hector had to power through it himself by realising there was something he was standing to lose that he cared more about, that allowed him to override his budding addiction.
Huh what episode
@@pokepoke1889 Episode 8 of season 1, "Where there's Smoke"
I remember the episode but not completely. These days you can't even tackle a subject like that.
There's definitely something to be said about shows that try to impart lessons like this rather than shows like now where it's _goofy and random_
Stuff like that is why it was common to say TV rots the mind way back.. it certainly does now.
That episode is the sole reason why I dont smoke
“Barely remember?” This show (and the movie) was a massive part of my childhood. I even have the entire series on DVD, and I got it when I was an adult!
IKR? THis show was great. It's a shame it didn't get more attention apparently.
It is a classic with crazy sequel potential
i vividly remember watching this on cartoon network
Where did you find it on DVD?
@@DudeOnFireee Amazon
I forgot about the egg. I didn't want to remember the egg.
Sounds like a rotten egg to me.
this movie was the start of my childhood fear of monkeys. i was always afraid that if i went to see a monkey at a zoo it would reach out and put its hand in my mouth and infect me with viruses. i still don’t like monkeys very much... or at least i would rather that they stay up in the trees in the jungle and whatever. away from me.
That was the movie.
I just read that sentence and now I'm reminded of that.... Why did you do this to me?
Dude the pimple was way more traumatizing
I specifically remember an episode where Hector’s mom tells him to fully cook some sausage before eating it, and after she leaves he just shrugs and says “eh, seems alright to me” and eats it. Then proceeds to get very sick. The ep is called “The Conqueror Worm”. I was prob 7 years old then (I’m 24 now), and it really disturbed/taught me to fully cook meat!
Ozzy and Drix walked so Cells at Work could run
Ozzy and Drix was the contractor. Cells at Work is a full time employee.
Ozzy and Drix is individualism, Cell at Work is collectivism.
This show got me off of nasal spray. No joke, I was addicted to nasal spray for 5 years. I didn't know taking it every 30min was the reason I couldn't breath through my nose to begin with. I just thought I had some sort of medial problem. I saw the episode on nasal spray, then decided to get off of it. My body was so used to having it, that when I got off of it, I spent over a month of not being able to breath through my nose and several years to be able to get back to normal. But it was worth it. I can now breath through my nose when I sleep. Thank you Ozzy & Drix!
same with chapstick lip balm. they were always chapped BECAUSE of the stuff.
Nikkas like you are the reason the big medical industries gotta actually work hard to get y'all addicted to silly stuff like nasal inhalants and etc.
I'm having that issue too. How did you get started?
There's a lot of corruption going on in that industry. I prefer avoiding it.
Never experienced addiction, but the episode of smoking really stood out to me since they really nailed what it does to your body to a point the villain almost made it override Hector's enjoyment of things like ice cream and my only knowldege of why smoking was bad was from the D.A.R.E. visits my school got growing up.
Ozzy and Drix : Aka Cells at work before Cells at work.
Ozzy and Drix is cells at work cartoon edition
Dont forget "il etait une fois la vie" (once upon a time Life). T'was an old french cartoon
@@HondaBrandy "anime" is a Japanese word, so if you're using it while speaking English, you should be referring to specifically Japanese (or at least Japan-inspired) animation, why else would you use a Japanese word when there's a perfect English equivalent, without the cultural connotation that can easily cause confusion? Obviously you understood what he meant by "cartoon edition," and since language exists solely to convey meaning, you're just nitpicking (and wrong at that)
@@HondaBrandy anime has tropes cartoons will never to touch its easier to put them own in their own labeled box
Cells at work, but it's a buddy cop cartoon
I remember watching this along side Code Lyoko, Static Shock, Pokemon, and all the other big cartoon network shows on Saturday morning and afternoons with a toonami style block on Saturday mornings.
This brought back memories of watching cartoons with my late dad father
I'm liking bc you said Code Lyoko. Still one of my fav shows of all time. Sadly never got the attention it deserved
I remember Static Shock, he was DC's Answer to Spider-Man as odd as that sounds, but still managed to be a fun character and with unique powers that makes him stand out from the norm, A Living Electro Magnet very cool.
@@emmypersonal4033 the best show
This made me cry
That was the miguzzi era of cartoons. Miss that era sometimes.
Ozzy and Drix was hands down one of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons as a kid. I loved the creativity and the imagination of my white blood cells acting as Osmosis Jones whenever I got sick. I think if they rebooted this show, the creators could do a lot more plotwise.
That one episode where Hector went camping or something then, I don't remember how, but something entered his body from the woods. Ozzy and Drix fought so hard but they could not defeat the thing that came in. Hector was getting sicker and sicker as the episode progressed then when The detective duo was surrounded everyone in Hector got knocked out. They woke up to the disappearance of the threat because Hector was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Before the episode ends Ozzy and Drix remind the viewer that your body can't handle everything and to seek professional help when needed. That is the most I can remember from an episode.
was that the frostbite thing?
@@metazoxan2 I think it’s the episode where his appendix nearly ruptures
Wait isn’t that the one where the bad germs was Thrax’s brother or something like that?
That episode when they got stuck in a girl body and Ozzy started transforming into a woman 😂 fave
That was a two-parter, actually.
Absolutely my FAV episodes!
Is that same episode where Ozzy was “having a baby”? Lol
@@iuliabalaie7715 No, that happens inside Hector.
Who is that in your pfp
I really want Ozzy and Drix to make a comeback, either as cameos or another series or something. I'd love that! Also like someone mentioned here in the comments, I'd love to see it come back as an adult cartoon too! 😀
Ozzy and Drix was rebooted in Japan as Cells at Work.
Cells At Work was better (imo)
@@imafemale4365 well obviously
@@imafemale4365 not a fair comparison
Did jordan ever watch it ?
I didn't even know Jimmy Neutron started as a movie before being a show, well Damn.
Oof I guess that shows your age. The movie was pretty popular and heavily marketed
Yeah it was on in the theaters I say it on release
Same. When those aliens returned in one of the episodes that was the first time I saw them and I was confused why the human characters were saying they met before.
That’s kind of depressing to hear cause I remembering being young enough to watch the movie and the first episode.
Huh well that's what ok^^i kinda grew up with the movie Alot more then the tv show but that's just me:)
Funny, cuz in real life, Ozzy would have been obliterated by Hector's immune system. 😂 ...However it's kinda messed up how they just abandon Frank as a lost cause, considering he's got a daughter who knows it's only a matter of time until she's an orphan.
There's this phenomenon I've noticed where TV shows based on movies tend to return to a premise that's already solved. In the case of Osmosis Jones oh, Frank did get better apparently. I never watched the movie myself because it grossed me out, but that's the impression I get. A TV show based on a movie often seems to return to a sort of status quo to get a clean slate off of. Here they chose to make the movie character disgusting again to have an excuse to leave, when they could have easily just said that he didn't need them anymore.
I think it's been commonly agreed that this is some alternate continuity and isn't tied in with the movie.
@@Fairygoblet I would probably say that Frank could easily just go back to becoming a slob in a matter of days considering food in the USA tends to go for cheap.
They could have just put them in hector In the first place and avoided frank altogether.
@@chrisossu2070 If that were the case they wouldn't literally reference being from 'The City of Frank'
Talking about leftfield! I remember watching the cartoon after school, but only glimpses. I always found amusing the diversity of the characters, and how the producers thought about portraying some diseases. Then I remember watching the movie after the first season, and I thought it was alright. However, I have no specific recollection of the episodes. It surprises me that I even remember this show at all.
Good video, Jordan! Keep the good work up!
i loved the concept as a kid, buddy cops trying to keep a human healthy, mixed with a cop show? kinda genius! i also had a big interest in the smallverse for some reason. Now it's still a good concept i just mostly thought it was boring or cliche. still think it could be real good and educational!
I thought the movie was super fun. Nostalgia glasses on for sure, but even tho Bill Murray played this gross adult, the concept of seeing how medicine and blood cells work in the human body was enough to carry it on.
I think a reboot for a young adult audience would be great right about now. Rather than a kids cartoon, they could tackle much more adult topics. Similar to how they used nicotine and testosterone, that's just the start of a bunch of real adult problems.
You could use Osmosis Jones as the protagonist, battling through stuff like nicotine early on, but then maybe a new 18-21 year old character they live in, or just a grown up Henry, starts trying more addicting substances. They could do an episode on mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety.
Or rather than stick to Henry, they could do something a bit off book, and make Osmosis Jones a traveling PI who goes from human to human helping cure stuff. I know that's unrealistic, and not how blood cells work, but its better than traumatizing this Henry kid with all sorts of disease, illness, and addictions.
They already made a series like that called Cells at Work: Code Black
Honestly the characters themselves the way they were written would fit into a kind of adult swim kinda humour as well.
I can picture Ozzy dropping the odd swear word, ya know? It would genuinely be perfect for an older audience.
@@pyromaniacalmagpie3198 I agree, this is good foundation for an expansion of it's world (ironic, considering it's microbiology) and an adult theme would fit pretty well.
We love it because its an interesting concept. The closest we ever gotten to a movie like this, was Inside Out. I hope the next Inside Out expands to other parts of the body.
The kid name isn’t Henry it’s Hector.
Very underrated show and I would go as far as saying that its quality was on par with the film. Solid voice acting cast. The plotlines also had good messages for younger viewers. However, it was a show that ran at a very bad time. The early 2000s was a unusually competive time for children's programming and the "Spongebob effect" may have caused the stations to have unrealistic expectations of the show, causing an early cancellation.
bro I was so freaking excited when I found this, I was obsessed with osmosis Jones back in 2017 and I found out the show existed only a year later and went FERAL. I binged it in a day, don’t regret a thing and wish there was more content :((
Jordan: I bet you can't name an episode.
Me: "Where There's Smoke"
Jordan: "Where's the Smoke"
🤦♀️
Joke's aside, I remember this show because I love the movie (Thrax is literally the reason red and black are my favorite colors). Also 'cuz Kid's WB was my jelly back in the day.
Thought of that episode as well. But I also remember the show better than the movie, and definitely enjoyed it more on rewatch.
My favorite was the one where Hector gets in a snowboarding accident when the teenage doofus decides it’s more fun to off the designated skiing path and Ozzy and Drix fight off hypothermia and a very nasty cold virus that looked and acted more like comic book supervillain.
Yep that was the episode that came to mind for me too. It was cool how Hector saved them for once in that one.
Tim Curry as Nick O'Teen = Classic
Yep. Changing to a kid is the perfect way to relate to a younger audience. It's also kind of funny that it's the same guy from the movie that they leave from considering the differences between the two.
There's one specific scene/episode I remember from this show that has stuck with me... it's when Hector has to fart and Ozzy and Drix are trying to stop the fart bubble from coming out so he doesn't get embarrassed in front of the girl he likes. Hector comes up with this crazy scheme to stand next to the compost heap (oh, they're at the school science fair or something, that's why there's a compost heap) and time the fart with a loud tuba.
And in the end it turns out the girl did the same thing to mask her own fart.
I remember this exact premise word for word, but I seriously thought it was from something like Jimmy neutron or Fairly odd parents. So, apparently my brain decided to store the memory of the concept, but not the actual show at all lmao
Probably the best fart joke in history.
I still remember a few of the episodes, but I don't remember that existing until now.
I remember this scene too and you perfectly described it .
This was one of the funniest episodes I remember it well 😆
This was a great show! It was educational as well as entertaining. And honestly I wished it kept going. Especially in the 2020s
I am assuming the tv show is an alternative timeline considering the fact that at the end of the movie Frank was getting healthy again
Yeah, I always figured that too.
Yeah, same here.
I would probably assume Frank was only healthy for like... a week, or 2, then he just went back to being a slob like nothing happened.
@@ExtremeWreck That's what I'm thinking too. He probably relapsed into his old nasty habits, and his daughter grew up, gave up on him changing his ways, and moved out the house.
@@sissysovereign1294 Yeah, I can definitely see the daughter moving out the house.
R.I.P. Ozzy & Drix (2001-2004)
I actually remember seeing the show first before knowing about the movie's existence , felt pretty jarring to me as a kid.
Same
I remember being a kid and watching this show when I was dying of a fever, it definitely gave me some weird thoughts about what the hell was happening to me. My cop cells when sleeping on the job!
Just imagine this is a Netflix series where Hector is now like 16-17. The hormones at that time, sexual education, hell what if he smoked a joint and a representation of weed named Mary Jane entered his body?
Bruh..... get that Netflix money.
Not every Netflix show is Big Mouth
@@buttonsfan oh hell no, I don't want this to be anything like Big Mouth
@@TubezThe1 that's literally how you described it
@@TubezThe1 that's exactly what you propose - a vulgar show about teenagers.
This show can definitely make a comeback now a days ,especially with everyone so health conscious & sensitive. I loved this show and still do.
Osmosis Jones is the reason I know what the Hypothalamus does lol
Every med test involving the brain that I've taken, I always remember the virus guy explaining his plan to Jack up Frank's temperature 😂
Same/
I enjoyed the show! I got the complete series! Whenever I got sick I would watch it and pretend they were fighting the germs in my body lol!
"A pup named Scooby Doo was better, there I said it you cowards" FACTS!!
A pup named scooby doo was indeed the superior series. Damn, that’s a throwback right there!
That time Hector got stupid high on nasal decongestant spray, DARE wasn’t even able to instill that kind of “use only as directed” mentality into me.
I LOVED this show and actually think about it relatively frequently. Although, I did have several nightmares about it because a lot of the characters were gooey looking, and that freaked me out. That's probably the whole reason I remember it so well.
being peer pressured by the cool kids? PFFFFT XD I was like a ghost at school. Just passing my way through and avoiding people. Can't get peer pressured if you don't even care about your peers lol
Nobody cares about you either 👍
Why do socially inept people always think they’re cool and special for lacking the interpersonal skills to connect with their peers? Actively avoiding every opportunity to develop meaningful relationships doesn’t make you a sigma male or whatever you think it does. You’re only hurting yourself. Most people are actually pretty nice if you give them a chance
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@@llamawalrushybrid this is almost as cringe as the main comment
@@llamawalrushybrid like, you’re either a boomer who thinks teenagers aren’t capable of being sentient human beings, or you’re also a teenager who thinks they’re one of the rare special ones because you have main character syndrome
The best fucking show ever its what got me into biology and i am a RN now
Like Batman the animated series and My little Pony, theres more you can do with story telling on a TV show rather than a Movie.
I loved the movie when I was little. (Around four or five.) So I was excited very when Cartoon Network started airing the show (I didn't watch public access TV as a kid and I was two when the movie was released (I first watched it with my step brothers a few years later)). Years later and I still have a fondness for this weird franchise.
I remember LOVING this show, couldn’t have told you a dang thing about it other than they were little cell ppl lmao! Thank you for this video! It’s was so fun to remember and I appreciate your content!
* new to your channel, been binge watching
Thanks so much! I truly appreciate that!
I do enjoy how a few doctors iv seen(including one who has a youtube channel) pointed out that osmosis jones was surprisingly accurate to how certain bodily functions worked.
Good video! I never saw the show, only the movie. I enjoyed seeing you on camera discussing the show. Felt more of a personal connection watching you talk about it with your personality and enthusiasm. Really cool you included the video game too, great addition that should be included with each episode, if possible. Each episode is getting better!
Oh hey, it’s that cartoon that pops up in my memory every once in a while.
I used to watch this all the time! I think it was on cartoon network and it was freaking awesome! Good Job Jordan! I like the parts when you cut from the show, and explain the why it was the way it was.
It was originally on Kids WB
the hypothermia and lead posioning episode stand out with me especially with hypothermia being a giant yeti looking thing
I remember the hypothermia lady looking more like cold wind monster lady that only turned into a yeti thing near the end of the episode. Her name was Latin for cold, or freezing, or something.
@@Popcultureguy3000 Cryo,that was her name.
I may have forgotten about this, but I can't forget the ~25-chapter-long Thrax x Jones mpreg fanfic I read in the span of 3 days. I don't know why I did it, but I'm forever traumatized.
Did you know there was an mpreg episode of Ozzy & Drix where Osmosis Jones got pregnant with a parasitic virus?
@@Popcultureguy3000 I do, but this was oh so much worse
Ozzy: who are you?
U-1146 neutrophil division: I'm you but better....
I remember it usually being a good day when our Health teachers would pop this bad boy into the dvd player.
Finally, someone said it. A pup named Scooby doo IS better
If your interested in the "small verse" as you put it, I remember there was an obscure cartoon I watched as a kid called "Nanoboy" which was sort of the osmosis jones setup but with a shrinking superhero
“The New Adventures of Nanoboy” and “Nanoboy Mission Health”; the Singaporean Cartoon by Scrawl Studios right?
That series also reminded me of The Atom from DC Comics.
My name is Hector. I was wowed the protagonist was named Hector. Loved the Osmosis Jones concept, and I was like 12 when the movie came out. I still didn’t watch the show for some reason, thanks for reminding me of this.
"aunty histamine" has lived rent free in my head for two decades
Bro I totally forgot about Nick-O-Teen!! When I was kid he scared the shit outta me cause my grandma smoked like a train back then 😂😂
Great video, excellent editing as always. I remember the show and liked it, didn't know it was based on a movie until I watch your video....guess I gotta add it to my watchlist 😅
I didn't know it was based on a movie until last year. 😆
I think it deserves a reboot especially with all the kids living through a pandemic caused by a virus. The timing is perfect.
In a weird way, Cells at Work is kind of a spiritual sequel to Ozzy and Drix. It's really cool to see, even if a concept isn't being continued by the original creator, someone else will eventually try it out again.
A good but forgotten piece of cartoon treasure. I will always cherish memories of this series.
The smoking episode of this show is the one I remember the most, especially the part where Nick O'Teen takes the mic at the Metabolica concert. Oh, and the one where Ozzy keeps turning pink because he's inside Hector's girlfriend.
I remember the movie like the back of my hand. And I remember there being a show but never remembered the name. This channel has made me remember parts of my childhood that I’d long chalked up to hazy childhood nostalgia.
I watched this during work and it kept focused, dude your good 👍 Appreciate you much
That means a lot, thank you so much! 🙏🏻
I've been thinking about this show for so long now, thank you for giving me a big wave of nostalgia.
I fondly remember this show,every Saturday I would watch it.
This channel is like the perfect time machine thanks for all the reminders.
Yeah I think I have like the super slightest memory of this show. Definitely not much of a memory, but it's funny to see how different tv then vs now is. Back then they definitely tried very unique ways of promoting positive things/healthy lifestyles. I agree it would be interesting to see if they ever rebooted it lol
I am glad that Static Shock got an honourable mention
If there's one thing we remember about Ozzy and Drix besides the fart episode and the other with the new female bipolar cop that replaced Drix, it's the theme song.
Episodes that I always remembered are where there is a mayoral race going on and the opposing candidate dumps growth hormones into Hector's nervous system to cause him to growth spurt, which caused Ozzy and Drix's apartment building to go from a regular block of flats, into a Skyscraper. The other being where Hector eats so much junk food that his fat cells have to work over time, while another germ/virus collects the fat cells into Hector's heart, and the only way to save the day was for Hector to start exercising to get the fat blockage free.
This definitely needs to make a come back but on HBO max
It was the early 2000's version of the anime Cells at Work.
I remember one episode that was like, Hector had a concussion or something and everybody in the body could not remember anything except for the main duo because since they weren't from Hector they were not affected and I thought that was cool. Also I remember an episode where they went into his dreams and basically told him about the entire premise of the show.
I didn't forget. There was a tv series too where they somehow were able to survive jumping to another human host without dying.
A COVID-19 special would be awesome!
Maaaaan I miss the hell out of this show!! Amazing video as usual Jordan.🔥🔥🔥
I don't remember the show, but I do remember the movie. We watched the movie for my science class a few years ago, and the "death" scene literally made me have a crying breakdown in the bathroom, so extreme that that one teacher that helped with mental problems came in to check on me.
I remember my Anatomy & Physiology teacher showed us the movie back in high school and had us take a quiz on the parts of the human body mentioned. Even before that I'd watch the show on Saturday morning line ups. Always liked the show. Great show!
"You want Osmosis, you got Osmosis." I think that was the line he'd say lol
I remember two or three episodes. One in which Hector starts smoking and another when Ozzy gets infected or something and "thinks he's having a baby."
Others are coming to me. Hector wants a dog, another when he gets a cold and we meet Drix's aunt.
So basically going from Cells at Work Code Black to original Cells at Work, hehe.
I barely watched the show when I was a kid. The only thing I remembered was when Ozzy turned pink and had a feminine personality. Also, why did you show the egg?! Seeing that makes me want to...(gag) hold on.
Lol if I had to suffer the egg scene, everyone must suffer the egg scene!
@@JordanFringe94 Sorry to remind you, but what about the zit scene where it lands on Shane's teacher's lip? Every time I see that scene I have to block my view when that part happens or else I'll have an urge to cover my mouth as if it would happen to me for some reason. Even thinking about it gives me the urge to cover my mouth. 😆
@@AprilTheSimmer Bro, that whitehead zit being a vibin’ seedy nightclub was the best gag in the movie.
Oh, that was the the two-parter episode “An Out of Body Experience”, in which Ozzy accidentally winds up in the body of Hector’s crush, Christine. And since he was a cell originally from a male body, he was slowly changing into a female cell as a way of acclimating to Christine’s genetics.
I can’t believe you referenced a villain I remember, Nick O‘Teen.
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I remember the episode where Hector started to over use anti histamine and that was Drix's auntie histamine
Loved this movie! But in my youth the show lost me. Watching this video makes me want to give it another shot! Loved that “Bill Murray Dont You Eat That Egg” song lol.
I kinda feel like Cells at Work miss on that opportunity , if we would've seen on the human side of perspective, so it would've been abit more understandable on how would the body would react and why is it reacting this curtain way
You said Cubix and I had a massive flashback to my childhood. It's like some sort of dream I had and I wasn't sure it existed...
"A pup named scooby doo was better"
Me: Agreed
Honestly my Top 3 favorite shows that nobody remembers was always Osmosis Jones/ Ozzy & Drix, Code Lyoko, and Mucha Lucha. Which I can't wait for you to talk about Code Lyoko and what all it went through back then 💖 New subscriber so I'm on a binge watch today lol
The only episode I've remember after all these years is the episode where the kid has school photos and they fight his zit with toothpaste.
OMG I remember this show 😆 I mean I was 5 years older than you so I should remember more, right? 😅😅😅 Another great trip down memory lane Vid Jordan, THANK YOU 🙏🎬🔥
I actually really loved and still love the movie Osmosis Jones, just watched it last month. My science teacher in high school often showed this movie on movie days bc it was educational, she also showed Nightmare Before Christmas bc it demonstrated the scientific method lol. I never heard of or watched the tv show continuation though.
Both movies hold a very special place in my heart
ABitFrank did a video about how Jack wasn’t using the microscope properly and everything. Though the chemical reaction he makes appears to be a chemical oscillator which is very interesting.
If you're looking for what could be considered a spiritual successor to this, Cells At Work does this exact same concept but follows a red blood cell instead of a white blood cell. It scratches the itch of wanting to see the human body as a micro world for me.
I recently watched osmosis Jones for the first time. Such a great movie. Haven't see this TV show though.
I’m 9 months into medical school and I cite this show as one of my primary interests why I find medicine fascinating lol
I have good old days remembering is was little kid Ozzy and Drix
Okay the smoking episode really stuck with me growing up so I'm glad you mentioned it.
The episode that stuck with me was Ozzy ending up in the body of the Love Interest of Hector.
ozzy & drix would sometimes reuse footage from the movie in some scenes
I wish ozzy n drix had a reboot. I just think anthropomorphic cells as a concept is pretty cool. It keeps me fascinated with medicine and learn to take care of yourself cuz there's little living beings who's only job is to keep you alive
In my mind, this show always aired super early or way late for the program block
Fun fact: Nicotine is named after Jean Nicot de Villemain. Who brought the first tobacco seeds to France.
I wish they kept the Adult tones during the film's production instead of being family friendly at the last minute.
Ozzy & Drix always aired an inconvenient times for me, but I loved it every time I could see it. The episodes with nicotine and with dog saliva (and Ozzy's four-armed twin?) stuck to me the most.
this was SICK... but reallyI barely remember ozzy and drix reminds me of the mib cartoon though