#Animated TV

[doragonlw]

Showed my fiancé Over The Garden Wall for the first time, and he really enjoyed it!

Also rewatching the show reminded me of how much I loved this show, and it got me into the mood to make some fan art

[alfredstvthoughts]

The Ghost and Molly McGee - Festival of Lights/ Saving Christmas (Season 1 Episode 10; 27 November 2021)

This episode of Disney Channel's The Ghost and Molly McGee, about the young girl Molly McGee and her family moving into a house haunted by the ghost Scratch takes advantage of the usual 2 segment format in a rarely used manner, to celebrate not just Christmas but also Hanukkah.

Hanukkah is to the best of my knowledge rarely acknowledged in holiday specials, with perhaps the most familiar example to me being the Rugrats Hanukkah special which featured a good retelling of the Hanukkah story.

Festival of Lights therefore is a welcome example of a rare Hanukkah special. The McGees have been invited to spend Hanukkah at the book store owned by the mother of Molly's best human friend Libby Stein-Torres but a power cut occurs forcing the use of a backup generator which seems not to have enough fuel to last the night (the way this is resolved neatly reflects the actual Hanukkah story).

From there the story is neatly divided into a number of sections depicting what happens over the course of 8 hours including Scratch enjoying greasy Hanukkah food, various Hanukkah games (including dreidel) and Libby telling the story of Hanukkah.

Perhaps the best and most emotionally affecting of these is what happens in the 7th hour as Libby's mother explains the history of her family's menorah with her ancestors having to flee with it from an anti-Semitic riot before showing how the menorah has always been there through the generations as a symbol of hope in difficult times.

Overall, Festival of Lights is an extremely strong Hanukkah special that nicely blends fun and emotion while also explaining the importance of the holiday for the uninitiated.

Saving Christmas is a much more traditional Christmas episode featuring a town festival and a riff on A Christmas Carol. When the annual Snowflake Celebration ends up being cancelled due to all the Christmas decorations being destroyed, Brighton ends up losing it's Christmas spirit and Molly is determined to bring it back. She tries to get Andrea Davenport's father to help fund a restored Snowflake Celebration but he refuses and so with Scratch playing all the ghosts, he experiences his own version of A Christmas Carol though he is not so easily swayed into changing his ways...

It would have paled anyway compared to the excellence of Festival of Lights, but in my opinion Saving Christmas is a very weak take on A Christmas Carol and it's not particularly helped by the fact Andrea's father is extremely unlikeable and even his redemption is sabotaged by his unbearable ego.

There is a nice festive ending but ultimately Saving Christmas is much the weaker of the 2 holiday specials in this episode. Nevertheless, this unique pairing of holiday specials is worth a look to celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas, with Festival of Lights a particularly outstanding achievement.

[movies-tv-more]

BOB'S BURGERS 14x01 "Fight at the Not Okay Chore-ral" airs tonight at 9pm on FOX

[miss-eli-starfleet]

Promo trailer for My Adventures with Superman 2x04 "Two Lanes Diverged"!!

Gotta make a note on 2x03...

Ok we got Irons/Steel, we got Hank (Cyborg Superman), we got Clark's TTK which is basically never shown in animations...

WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET SUPERBOY AND HIS TTK HUH. LEX DO YOUR CLONING THING.

[batsifer]

[thetreaclepeople]

The Treacle People are back, lovingly remastered! Subscribe now to get stuck in to the full BAFTA-nominated series from the writer of 'Danger Mouse', every Saturday at 5PM UK time on YouTube!

As the story starts, times are hard for The Treacle People. The once great treacle mines of Northern England are running dry and the treacle industry is in trouble. Things look bleak for Professor Baines-Pilling, inventor of the world's first treacle-powered engine and all the others who depend on the sticky stuff for a living. That's until Rosie and Wizzle, the local youngsters, enter the scene. Armed with nothing but a simple treacle-divining stick, can they save the village, or will the Treacle People come to a sticky end? Tune in to our YouTube Channel every week and find out for yourself!

The Treacle People is a British comedy stop-motion animation from Fire Mountain Productions. Full of heart and packed with jokes for both kids and adults, this wholesome show is suitable for viewers of all ages.

“Funny, beautifully made. For grown-ups too.” - THE DAILY MAIL (5 Stars)

"It is impossible not to fall for the sticky heroes." - THE DAILY EXPRESS (5 Stars)

"Adults should find it just as appealing as their children do." - EARLY LEARNING (5 Stars)

Starring Caroline Bernstein, Jim Norton, Jim McManus, Alec Bregonzi, Glynn Mills and Brian Trueman. Written by Jonathan and Brian Trueman. Based on an idea by the Dewhurst family. Executive Producer Penny Lent. Director Mike Furness. Producer Iain Russell. Distributed by Fire Mountain Productions Ltd.

Join The Treacle People on YouTube and be... sticky like us!

[lillianforest22]

Jack and jacks father make me happy cause I grew up undiagnosed audhd be try more adhd presenting and I was just the kid in the way. The way jacks dad looses track of where he is and is just semi all over the place make 17 year old me feel great and jack heals my inner child cause that how people would interact with me. Some people wouldn’t even care. But other show it and try to pretend. I love bluey so much

[reptussanctus]

Going live here on Tumblr in about 30 minutes for about an hour talking about food, gaming, music, whatever

[astrogirlythings]

I am Diane Nguyen.

[we-are-all-nobodies18]

Damn right we're gonna get blueberry slushy .

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[alfredstvthoughts]

My Life as a Teenage Robot - A Robot for All Seasons (Season 2 Episode 5; 8 December 2004)

My Life as a Teenage Robot, about the world saving adventures of robot XJ9, who has the personality of a teenage girl and prefers to be called Jenny may be one of the slightly lesser-known Nicktoons of the 2000s but it's perhaps my favorite one of that era and this Christmas themed episode is among my favorite episodes of this show.

After successfully taking over from an injured Santa one Christmas, Jenny returns to Tremorton with her friends for the post-Christmas sales. While there she meets a miserable boy called Todd Sweeney who she takes pity on and is eventually brought back to his house where she falls into a trap and is deactivated. When she reboots and escapes Todd's house, she finds everyone including her friends Brad and Tuck as well as her own mother have turned against her and also that she's a fugitive on the run from the law for reasons she doesn't know.

Sheldon is the only one willing to help her and soon she learns it's been almost a year since the previous Christmas and unknown to her, she had been seen destroying all the holidays since then and now will Jenny ruin this Christmas and can Todd be taught the true meaning of Christmas?

This episode has a very festive atmosphere particularly in the early Christmas scenes and even the theme song has been reworked to sound more Christmasy. The plot with Jenny apparently having become villainous without her knowing is also extremely interesting, there are many fun moments and there is also a wonderful season-appropriate ending too.

Overall one of my favorite Christmas specials and one I am always happy to see, there is so much to enjoy here and always will help me feel in a festive mood.

[miss-eli-starfleet]

These posts get me everytime.

Welcome back Pidge from Voltron

[movies-tv-more]

the final season of DISENCHANTMENT is now available on Netflix

[animusrox]

X-Men (2000) dir. Bryan Singer X-Men '97 S01E09 "Tolerance Is Extinction, Pt. 2"