#note that a lot of canadian networks air shows from France/Britain bc we’re closely related to them (kinda)
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Being a child of immigrants and/or spending extended amounts of time in countries outside of the one your family immigrated to is so confusing sometimes, especially with shows. Like, I don’t know what other people have seen or not seen. For example: I watched a LOT of Slugterra bc it was on the Teletoons network (Quebec network), but I’ve met like 3 ppl who remember it. Same with the TinTin movie, Astérix and Obelix, In the Night Garden, Detentionaire, Fangbone, Jimmy two shoes, the deep, are you afraid of the dark, Dragon hunters, etc. Also, having watched many of them in French (which I am very bad at, especially when I was a kid which was when I watched these programs), I have a rlly hard time explaining what actually happens and I only remember stills or the name in French instead of English. Anyways this makes it all sound like a fever dream to my USAmerican friends, i.e. “you know that show where it’s all like puppet 2D animation and the guy is running from his zombie school detention?” Or “remember that show where a bunch of people in weird costumes made noises and there were tiny people who marched outside their home?” Or “what do you mean you don’t remember the show about the big guy and the little guy on floating islands slaying dragons, one of which farted to fly?”
Anyways gotta love being second gen
#greek canadian#french canadian#teletoon#kinda old shows?#I think fangbone is more recent but idk#Canadian tv#French tv#French Canadian tv#if anyone cares#this is from my experience in Quebec#with limited access to cable#note that a lot of canadian networks air shows from France/Britain bc we’re closely related to them (kinda)#tintin#tintin movie#chasseurs de dragons#dragon hunters#detentionaire#fangbone!#jimmy two shoes#slugterra#astérix and obelix#in the night garden#<- that show was a fever dream#it didn’t help that I watched a lot of these late at night
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