The family working together to defeat Bedaxtra was a regular episode; Ego Trip had four Dexters working together from different time periods.
F yea dexter's lab on DVD
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All this rage at the new crap has drowned out the memories of the majority of the Cartoon GOLD that CN used to deliver.
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The family working together to defeat Bedaxtra was a regular episode;
Oh God! This episode was my favorite. Everyone having a mech, the Justice Friends showing up, M for Monkey, Crap was gold.
DeeDee: "U-N-I-T-Y! That's Unity!"
LMAO.
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I forgot all about that episode, but I loved how each member of the family got a mech and everything. I used to stalk the TV guide for re-runs of THAT episode.
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"Go, Dexter Family Go!"
Shit was fantastic. Would've been the perfect way to end the series, but they just HAD to bring it back.
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"Last but not Beast" actually was the last episode of the series before it was brought back by Chris Savino (who would later go on to help inflict Johnny Test on the world). Ego Trip was the movie, but the Dexter Family teamup was a series finale in a sense.
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I also loved the silent episode where Dexter changes a light bulb
to think they could make an episode like that and still keep it funny… It was just brilliant
Nowif only My Life As a Teenage Robot would come to DVD, the trinity would be complete
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"Last but not Beast" actually was the last episode of the series before it was brought back by Chris Savino (who would later go on to help inflict Johnny Test on the world). Ego Trip was the movie, but the Dexter Family teamup was a series finale in a sense.
Well, I certainly like to think of it as the last episode of the series. Depends on your POV I guess, but yeah, you could easily discredit the Savino episodes.
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"Last but not Beast" actually was the last episode of the series before it was brought back by Chris Savino (who would later go on to help inflict Johnny Test on the world). Ego Trip was the movie, but the Dexter Family teamup was a series finale in a sense.
When I heard that Savino, McCracken, Tartakovysky, and Rob Renzetti all went to art school together, I suddenly envisioned Savino as the guy who'd show up to parties and be a total buzz kill and just ruin everything, and nobody would call him
and he got his revenge by ruining their shows
the nerdy revenge
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Honestly I don't mind "Johnny Test" personally. (well the first season and bits and pieces of the newer ones) It feels like a more amateurish Dexter but still fun occasionally.
Sometimes the cartoons seemed a tad too hard trying to envoke artiness and pathos and those are probably the ones that ended up being my least favorite eps of the Tartakofsky era. (honestly, I love Dexter's monologue at the end of "The Continuum of Cartoon Fools", but to get to it was rather annoying…and I just thought "Dim" was way too pretentious)
But hey, it was compensated for epic stuff like "Mock 5".
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How is dim pretentious
if by pretentious you mean funny and good, then yes, dexter's lab is very pretentious compared to other cartoons, ESPECIALLY johnny test
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I don't even know what this "Dim" is.
Are you two talking about A Clockwork Orange?
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We're talking about you
SNAP
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Hmmm… Johnny Test didn't have much of an impression on me, even before it came on CN. It was just about a guy doing random and "supposedly" funny things for the heck of it. I just didn't see the connection I was supposed to make with him.
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"Dim" was pretentious in that it just went on and on in trying to be artier than though. I get the whole concept of it but it just seemed rather ridiculous, in particular the whole bit where we literally have to have every single aisle of the hardware store lined out just so we can get a sense of Dexter being lost before he finally finds light bulbs. I don't mind a cartoon that tries to pass itself off as experimental or more artistic, but "Dim" just took it too far.
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@Tokoro:
"Dim" was pretentious in that it just went on and on in trying to be artier than though. I get the whole concept of it but it just seemed rather ridiculous, in particular the whole bit where we literally have to have every single aisle of the hardware store lined out just so we can get a sense of Dexter being lost before he finally finds light bulbs. I don't mind a cartoon that tries to pass itself off as experimental or more artistic, but "Dim" just took it too far.
Guess what is else is dim and just goes on and on.
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Dexters Lab fucking owned to hell and back.
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@Tokoro:
"Dim" was pretentious in that it just went on and on in trying to be artier than though. I get the whole concept of it but it just seemed rather ridiculous, in particular the whole bit where we literally have to have every single aisle of the hardware store lined out just so we can get a sense of Dexter being lost before he finally finds light bulbs. I don't mind a cartoon that tries to pass itself off as experimental or more artistic, but "Dim" just took it too far.
He got better by Samurai Jack.
Let's face it, the earlier episodes of the series were crude and most likely were not the most memorable in the show. But they got better.
As opposed to the 3rd/4th season, where they started off bad and it was tough to determine if the later episodes were better, worse, or of the same quality as the earlier ones.
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There's nothing wrong with that episode let alone pretentious.
Tokoro Ataru is just a hilarious simpleton whose afraid of anything that isn't obvious physical gag humor.
I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT THE SPONGEBOB PEOPLE NEED TO TONE DOWN THE ARTHOUSE STUFF WITH ALL THE LIVE ACTION THINGS THEY SPLICE IN
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JOHNNY TEST IS QUALITY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A DEXTER LAB CLONE BUT ALSO RETARDED ENOUGH FOR TODAYS YOUTH AND ALSO THE MAIN CHARACTER HAS FLAME HAIR AND A TURBO CHARGED BACKPACK
also LOL at Dexter being EXPERIMENTAL
exotic cartoon humor
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JOHNNY TEST IS QUALITY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A DEXTER LAB CLONE BUT ALSO RETARDED ENOUGH FOR TODAYS YOUTH AND ALSO THE MAIN CHARACTER HAS FLAME HAIR AND A TURBO CHARGED BACKPACK
also LOL at Dexter being EXPERIMENTAL
exotic cartoon humor
I would have mentioned it has a talking dog….but....
So did Dexter for an episode. I love that episode.
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All this talk of boy genius cartoons and no mention of Jimmy Neutron?
I thought Jimmy Neutron was actually pretty decent. The thing is, I think it stole more concepts and jokes from Johnny Bravo than Dexter.
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Ah, I liked Jimmy. He didn't have of classic qualities or a design like Dexter, but show itself is decent at best. Can't say that about Test…. That dude was in "in your face" and trying way too hard.
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I didn't really watch it because of its Dexter similarities, but I saw a few episodes and felt they were fairly juvenile in focus. That's not to say some of Dexter's inventions didn't come about for the most petty of reasons, but in Dexter it was exaggerated for laughs while for Neutron things were taken pretty seriously and the laughs were unintended from Neutron's POV.
Neutron being sociable was a nice alternative to Dexter, but his two main friends sucked.
I much prefer Pierre and Scotty (?).
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Jimmy's movie, I loved.
Jimmy's show was okay.
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He got better by Samurai Jack.
Let's face it, the earlier episodes of the series were crude and most likely were not the most memorable in the show. But they got better.
As opposed to the 3rd/4th season, where they started off bad and it was tough to determine if the later episodes were better, worse, or of the same quality as the earlier ones.
Jack did that sort of thing perfectly. A lot of it was his wandering through alien landscape in silence, so it fit there. It didn't work in "Dim": sure it had high intentions but a lot of it felt pretentious.
And BTW: I like arty things, but only when done right. I'm not into simple stupid humor…or else I'd be watching some worse shows on TV.
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pretentious
full of pretense or pretension.
2.
characterized by assumption of dignity or importance.
3.
making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.maybe if the episode was trying to express some kind of higher idea or something, but the fact that it was an entire episode about changing a lightbulb wasn't making any kind of intelligent commentary on cartoons or art or anything like what you think you're seeing there. At worst, it's just simple RANDOM humor, at best it's poking fun at that kind of pretentiousness that you think you're seeing there.
What you're missing is the irony of the episode, and perhaps it's an irony in itself that YOU'RE being pretentious in trying to read too deep into cartoons.
the episode in question for anyone 'in the dark': http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/KwJHdZo6eBQ/
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@Tokoro:
Jack did that sort of thing perfectly. A lot of it was his wandering through alien landscape in silence, so it fit there. It didn't work in "Dim": sure it had high intentions but a lot of it felt pretentious.
And BTW: I like arty things, but only when done right. I'm not into simple stupid humor…or else I'd be watching some worse shows on TV.
Arty things like the California Raisens commercials, Tron, and Wallace and Gromit. Erudite. That's me. Tokoro Ataru.
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are you dissing the california raisins? blasphemy.
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are you dissing the california raisins? blasphemy.
Br2NI6VKPMMUh you're just reinforcing JD's point there
he was being sarcastic
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I thought the episode where Dexter grew a fake beard and they did a Shaft parody was far too pretentious for its own good.
I mean. A child? Growing a beard?
Preposterous.
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Samurai Jack was decent. It was a good show, but I really got bored with it toward the end.
One show that I feel didn't get enough love was Cow and Chicken.
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Samurai Jack was amazing.
Exactly half the time.
On one end of the spectrum, you'd have an episode where he battles lion bounty hunters through the streets full of intense action… or an episode where jack finds his hometown in ruins and its contrasted with his past childhood in near silence but lots of music, or Jack climbing the mountain, or the one where Jack fights the master of a time portal and loses, and the portal master decrees that Jack can't use the portal, but will in 20 years... or the unparalled ninja episode, where Jack and the ninja fight in sihouette against a white and black background as the sun sets and you can only see one of them at a time! All with some of the finest action choreography, music, and color choices animation can deliver.
On the other end, you have farting Totoro follows Jack, Jack turns into a chicken, Jack runs around naked/as a burglar, Jack carries around a screaming baby, and Jack gets new shoes.
The amazing episodes of jack were... amazing. And the shitty episodes were really bad and hard to watch. And they were like, exactly even in quantity, throughout the entire series run. It was really bizarre. It was an obvious conscious choice, balancing a comedy ep with a serious ep... but the two extremes were so far from one another, its like two entirely different staffs were involved.
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I never watched samurai jack
I bought the first season and watched that but I need to finish the show
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@robbybedfart:
or the unparalled ninja episode, where Jack and the ninja fight in sihouette against a white and black background as the sun sets and you can only see one of them at a time! All with some of the finest action choreography, music, and color choices animation can deliver.
That's certainly my favorite episode of the series and one of my favorite episodes of any show ever. The Princess and the Bounty Hunters would be the runner-up despite the fact that Jack only has about a minute of screentime during the entire episode and not a single line of dialogue.
4 Seasons of Death also had some beautiful moments in it.
Jack turns into a chicken
The really odd thing about that episode is that the premise (Jack gets entered into a battle arena against his will) is largely a remake of a episode from a previous season, but with Jack as a chicken.
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@robbybedfart:
The amazing episodes of jack were… amazing. And the shitty episodes were really bad and hard to watch. And they were like, exactly even in quantity, throughout the entire series run. It was really bizarre. It was an obvious conscious choice, balancing a comedy ep with a serious ep… but the two extremes were so far from one another, its like two entirely different staffs were involved.
Hmm, I'm not sure about that. Yes, Samurai Jack did have it's bad goofy episodes (farting dragon anyone?) but I think the awesome episodes outweighed the dumb ones by a fair margin. What about the one with the blind archers, or the ultra-robots, or The Birth of Evil, or when he fought the minions of Set?
Or, I dunno, maybe my memory's hazy.
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ah. i never got to sit down and watch samari jack. looking at it, i was never sure if it would be for me or not, so i let it slide by. thanks for your description robby. sounds like for the good episodes it's a decent watch, but I'm not crying over missing it.
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The series was spitting rainbows of awesome. When an episode tried to be artsy, or thematic, it managed to do so in a way that was very obvious but didn't lose your attention. Despite being an action series I quickly outgrew the action element and watched it merely for the story, atmosphere, or episode idea.
I didn't see the episode robby and Ubiq are discussing, but I did see the robot gangster one and loved it.
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One of my favorite Jack episodes is that Sparta rip-off one. I also loved the one where Jack learns how to jump good. Any episode with the Scotsman with the machine gun leg was golden.
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The Jack learns to jump good had like the best ending to an episode, ever.
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"You can fly?!"
"No. Jump good"
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The Jack learns to jump good had like the best ending to an episode, ever.
Shame Jack never used that skill again. Series would have worked better with a little more continuity and caried over skill aquisition, I think. Forming a supporting cast was never in the shows blood… but moveset would have been nice.
I mean, he makes some crazy jumps later... but those can be simple crazy animation physics for the most part. A verbal aknowledgment of it just once or twice later on would have been nice.
Hmm, I'm not sure about that. Yes, Samurai Jack did have it's bad goofy episodes (farting dragon anyone?) but I think the awesome episodes outweighed the dumb ones by a fair margin. What about the one with the blind archers, or the ultra-robots, or The Birth of Evil, or when he fought the minions of Set?
Or, I dunno, maybe my memory's hazy.
Your mileage may vary. But when looking at the season sets, I just wanted certain episodes, and looking at the episode lists, in all 4 seasons I ket going "yeah, that episode is great!" "Oh, but that episode was shitty." I personally did not like the Jack and the Rave episode for instance, but others might have liked it.
There were of course middle of the road eps that were neither extreme like Jack is Space or Underwater, which were just… off. Not in the heinous bad way of some episodes, but not really good either.
Also, I had merged the farting dragon and Totoro in my head. That was actually two distinct bad episodes Maybe the BAD episodes just stick out more in my memory, or syndication reruns had some really bad happenstance going on. I know theres a few eps that only aired once, while some episodes seemed to be on every time I turned the tv on.
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You know, I recently started taking interest to marathon the series. I would not mind a lack of consistency when it comes to skills since I already went through that with my recent marathon of Megas XLR. You see the thing with seeing an awesome new skill makes an episode all more powerful or memorable. It also creates a bit more intensity when faced with new enemies(as in you are not expecting instant overpowering in every battle).
Can't wait to start.
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@robbybedfart:
Shame Jack never used that skill again. Series would have worked better with a little more continuity and caried over skill aquisition, I think. Forming a supporting cast was never in the shows blood… but moveset would have been nice.
There was a further reference one time. After Scots guy (I need to remember his name><) saved Jack from the sirens, they had a bunch of contests to see who would row the boat. One of them was a jumping contest and Jack easily won and he told Scots Guy because he could jump good. That contest was only like two seconds long but it was a cute reference.
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What happened to that movie that was supposed to happen
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Search results keeps pointing at 2011. Not sure if it's true or not.
Edit: Yeah, it's true…. I think.
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@robbybedfart:
Your mileage may vary. But when looking at the season sets, I just wanted certain episodes, and looking at the episode lists, in all 4 seasons I ket going "yeah, that episode is great!" "Oh, but that episode was shitty." I personally did not like the Jack and the Rave episode for instance, but others might have liked it.
There were of course middle of the road eps that were neither extreme like Jack is Space or Underwater, which were just… off. Not in the heinous bad way of some episodes, but not really good either.
True. Everyone has different opinions/preferences. The Rave episode? I think I may have to rewatch that episode, but from what I can remember I don't think it was half bad. And on that note, allow me to present my opinions of every episode of the first season.
The Beginning- Awesome. Excellent pilot episode for the series.
The Samurai Called Jack- It was okay, but those talking dogs were annoying as fuck.
The First Fight- Friggin' epic.
Jack, the Woolies, and the Chritchellites- Pretty bad.
Jack in Space- Decent.
Jack and the Warrior Woman- Decent.
Jack and the Three Blind Archers- Pretty darn awesome.
Jack versus Mad Jack- Okay, but I felt it could've been a lot better.
Jack Under the Sea- Decent.
Jack and the Lava Monster- Pretty darn good.
Jack and the Scotsman- The Scotsman is awesome. 'Nuff said.
Jack and the Gangsters- Decent.
Aku's Fairy Tales- Yeah, pretty bad.So there ya go. Oh, but when did this become the Samurai Jack thread? ^_^;
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I like how Jack was so stylish and daring when it came out, and now it's like every other cartoon on tv looks like it
I wish it came out later though
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I also loved the silent episode where Dexter changes a light bulb
to think they could make an episode like that and still keep it funny… It was just brilliant
lol, the way Dee Dee raised her eyebrow afterwords.
Aku's Fairy Tales- Yeah, pretty bad.
Maybe, but I fucking laughed at Evil Jack in the three little pigs story. And there was something else I recall, the story about the three bears?
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I think the real question on everyone's mind is… Do any of the Dexter's Lab DVDs contain the music video for Prince Paul's magnum opus, "Back to the Lab?