"Why do I have the sudden urge to beat up an LA motorist?" Has the vibe of an Animaniacs line you didn't get as a kid but then shocks you that it got past the censors as an adult.
It's also a bit of a euphemism when you think about it. The LAPD isn't comprised of cop gangs full of murderous bastards because they don't like _"motorists"_
I was thinking late 1990s/early 2000s Cartoon Network. Or Nickelodeon in that weird middle after Ren and Stimpy went off the air because of John Kricfalusi's foolishness but before SpongeBob became a hit. Back when only good cartoons they had were Kablam! (that animated comic book hosted by two kids named Henry and June), CatDog (which is either a underrated and wrongfully maligned masterpiece or a sign that Nickelodeon was desperate for a hit cartoon), Rocko's Modern Life (which was starting to falter a bit because Joe Murray's first wife died and he was so depressed that he didn't want to work on the show anymore), and whatever was considered popular on "Oh Yeah! Cartoons". Heck, I'll even accept it as a Kids WB or non-Disney ABC cartoon that only lasted a season because of either parent complaints or the executives deciding that it wasn't a good fit, even though its ratings were good.
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee aired on Cartoon Network. It looks more like a Disney cartoon. Actually some people consider it a copy cat of Jake Long American Dragon
@@timeweoyaYes, it was. 1990s cartoons were filled to the brim with dubious jokes that little kids wouldn't get, but parents and older viewers would. Check out any rerun of classic Animaniacs or any 1990s Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network original show. However, a reference to the Rodney King beating does seem like one of those jokes that would only get told once in a kids' cartoon, because all reruns would either ban the episode or cut/alter the joke due to complaints from parents and media watchdog groups. Then again, "Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation" had a quick reference to Paul Reubens' (the guy known for his Pee-Wee Herman character) arrest for lewd conduct in an X-rated theater not long after he decided to end "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" due to exhaustion, so, hypothetically, this wouldn't be too off-base. Off-color, yes, but not off-base.
This feels like a concerted effort to troll future historians, who are almost certain to mistake these clips as “proof that there was a Gex animated show in the 1990s.”
The moment internet archaeology becomes a thing future societies are going to baffled as to what all this means in a similar way to how we're baffled by what our stone age ancestors were doing in an underground network huddled together in a circle.
Yeah. Cartoon Network or Ren and Stimpy-era Nickelodeon would allow that and the line about wanting to mercilessly beat a motorist (and the only way they'd be edited in reruns is if there were complaints about how insensitive/inappropriate the line is). Disney would have killed those lines in their cradles, both back then and now.
The credits claim that this show was produced and copyrighted by Crave Entertainment, with no mention of Disney anywhere. For all we know, this might have been made for syndication or another network, and this might just be the reruns.
The robot bad guy would be one of those characters that you knew were designed as a toy first and then the poor animators had to suffer drawing him with all that awesome detail on every single cell. And by this point, that toy would be the most valuable one in the entire Gex line among collectors as it would be huge and have all sorts of clever action features.
@seronymus Rezopolis theme was such a harsh contrast from the fun, spritely levels before, you knew you were in deep serious doodoo, and not in Kansas anymore.
@@NeoTraceman I was thinking of writing a label on it, like "Disney Channel cartoons 1999". Maybe add a few stickers to make it feel like a child owned it.
@@eliottdeletraz97 a black guy named Rodney king was killed in a case of police brutality in LA of ‘92. It caused a lot of riots and looting. Think George Floyd, but in the 90’s
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin With respect it should not have. Something like realising 2010 was twelve years ago and being shocked is understandable. However the end of the 1990s (December 31st, 1999) was more than 22 years ago! You and I were literally children back then and now we are literally both middle aged people. (I assume you're either a Millenial like myself or a member of Generation X.) Also countless "remember these 10 things from the 90s" list articlea have been floating around the internet for 15 years or more by now
as amazing as this all looks, im pretty sure these two and a half minutes probably took a year and a half of work to animate to pull off that look as well as they did.
@@SurprisinglyDeep It's all personal frame of reference. As a 90s kid, my idea of retro is the 70s and 80s. Even if it was two decades ago, the 90s can't be retro because I lived through them and I'm still young and kids these days don't know what they're talking about!
This is unbelivably close to that era of animation, and probably how theyd potray him too, but overall GREAT job man, the attention to detail is impressive
*_Oh hey! There you are, watching cartoons again. See, there's this itch a lot of us have been feeling, and it goes along the lines of "I wonder where Team Neighborhood 5 is-"_* *_It's been a LONG time, dude.._*
I like the background hissing noise that was common not just for VHS tapes, but old CRT TVs playing said VHS. I forgot how used to the sound I was as a kid.
I can already see the dynamic between the two. She's a no-nonsense Barbie, skilled in every conceivable area but gets no respect because Gex takes all the credit for any accidental success. And she gets NONE of his references because her parents didn't believe in television
Really captures the feeling of being a kid in the 90's watching a WB cartoon and being confused 90 percent of the time through waves and waves of references to boxing promoters and silent film stars
I was heavily prepared for it by being a kid in the 80’s watching Looney Tunes and not understanding why they always used telephones from the 1940’s. By the time I was a teenager (still watching cartoons of course), I more or less “got” the references.
loved getting older and finally getting the references like 'oh! that's supposed to be charlie chaplin!' or 'oh! he's doing the voice of the honeymooners guy!'
I am very happy to see how well people can recreate something as if it truly came from the 90s. Cel animation does have a beauty to it that's kinda lost these days. I'm not sure what exactly it is, but I do miss it.
The animation is not nearly stiff or rushed enough to be a saturday morning cartoon. Seriously so good man. I love the mouth movement especially so freaking smooth just wow.
This is a 1990s one. Those actually had good animation...at least at the start of the decade. And it's Disney back when they had The Disney Afternoon, also a good time for TV animation (well, besides The Simpsons showing America that cartoons aren't just for kids, Ren and Stimpy taking kids animation to strange, gross new places, and shows like Gargoyles and Batman: TAS showing that action cartoons can be artistic and not just campy toy commercials).
I've never laughed so hard at something Gex-related before. His lines are SO FUNNY when they actually have context instead of being non-sequitur soundbites in a video game. If this show actually existed back then I think it probably would've been one of my favourites!
I'm so shocked! You've turned Gex's cheesy lines into actual comedy just by how beautifully and expressively you've animated him! The jokes LAND HARD and it's so funny! This is amazing!
The craziest thing is simply that the animation feels too fluid half the time to compare to that era. Which means this is an utterly amazing video and you did fantastic
@@heh_boaner The craziest thing about this video is that it has the there seems to be more frames per second than the cartoons of the era it’s imitating, and as a result the movements feel significantly more energetic and less stiff. And again, means the animator did an incredible job.
Animation had higher budgets in the 1990s though? It depended on what overseas studio got the project. The quality for shows like darkwing duck would literally change from episode to episode depending on who got the assignment. Now most 2d shows are on rigs and looks very stilted compared to the 1990s.
I grew up with the British Gex so I never understood what they were going for with the American one. This animation very clearly shows what they were going for and makes me appreciate the American version more.
@@lenarmangum8630 I agree- and I grew up with British Gex. at the time I really liked it, but now looking back it's obvious that the American Gex is more accurate to his character. Don't get me wrong, Leslie Phillips did an awesome job voicing him, but I don't think that was the personality they had in mind. Danny John-Jules voicing him in the UK version of Deep Cover Gecko was closer, but I think Dana Gould comes out on top.
@@Ospyro3em I feel the same way about the Pink Panther; many think of the 1990s cartoon for a "Talkative" Pink Panther, but I feel the voice he had back in the 60s fits the character more. I think of the Pink Panther as an English Aristocrat trying to fit into the world of modern life; the voice he had from Matt Frewer doesn't fit the character, making it feel dated for trying to ride the Jim Carrey Bandwagon (ie cringy fads).
In the British version, Gex was pretty much just a parody of James Bond. He was really good with an awesome voice, but a simple joke. In the American version, they made him into a attention-seeking try hard who constantly spat out one liners just to get some kinda reaction out of the people around him, positive or negative. This awesome short highlights that perfectly. He doesn’t care if he annoys people or pisses them off with his rambling, he just keeps going because he loves the attention he gets from it.
The credits scene felt straight out of my childhood, where the backgrounds would always be the show's cast resting after the episodes, feels super authentic
Or just a colorful background with either the show logo or simplistic sketches of the characters, which I do remember seeing on some Disney Afternoon shows and maybe a few non-Disney shows. I also remember that Disney listed the voice actors under the credit: "With The Vocal/Voice Talents of", which was captured here brilliantly (the non-Disney shows usually used "Starring", "Voices", or "Cast", but most did pair the VA with their characters, something Disney didn't do on their TV shows, but did do in their movies).
I love how you chose to invoke Toon Disney. That was a dumping ground for short-lived forgotten tie-in shows, like Wild West C.O.W.Boys of Moo Mesa, Super Dave and Wish Kid. The Gex cartoon would have fit right in there.
Thats cause those shows (aside from C.O.W.) were developed under DiC and Disney had rights to them at the time, same with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. They even had the rights to some Nelvana shows like Rupert Bear and The Care Bear Family show.
This looks extremely convincing holy shit. Honestly if this was an actual show that aired on TV I would've loved it as a kid. I also really like the sudden tape stops you added to each segment as if these were actual recordings taken from random points in the show's broadcast. It really captures that authentic vhs recording vibe perfectly.
more than likely it would have been a show like Lloyd in Space or Brace Face which flew under the radar. The animation and humor here are on point, but Gex's character design is a bit too basic and "uninteresting" to carry a Saturday Morning cartoon. You'd have to continue to tweek things to really make the show more viable.
@@jessragan6714It wasn't short-lived. The show had a pilot episode produced and that was it. If anything, it was more or less a single production and less of a full-blown series.
Really like Rez's animation. When paused, he almost looks like one of those cel-shaded 3D models they'd insert into animated shows for more complex objects, but when you see him in action, _every frame is hand-drawn._ That in itself is impressive. If you guys ever decide to make a full-fledged show like this, I'll be sorely tempted to watch.
Somehow, by some miracle, this person was able to perfectly recreate the look and feel of Saturday morning cartoons from the 90s. Like, he not only managed to make it LOOK like something from a bygone era of animation, but also managed to emulate the writing style and comedy of these cartoon shows to a tee. How that is possible, I will never understand. There must be some witchcraft involved, there’s gotta be!
nah fuck off cartoons from the 90s werent that smoothly animated only during very rare exceptions also wartime cartoons were made in the 40s not the 90s... cringe vid
@danielthelevel100 Not only that much he also managed to capture the standard definition sound quality that was prevalent for T.V.s in the 80s and 90s. So yeah what crazy sorcery is this?
@@DemonicRemption actually recording it on VHS then re-capturing for the latter part, apparently. And whilst you could actually get pretty good audio out of a 90s VCR with digital sound recording capability, the standard analogue sound track is... kinda crap. Like decidedly worse than standard audio cassette.
As if the censors would let a 90's cartoon get away with saying "Damn it!" I remember people clutching their pearls whenever Shredder would call his henchmen "idiots".
I mean as someone who grew up with these kinda cartoons sometimes those cartoons would randomly let their family friendly mascot swear for no reason. I remember even Hey Arnold let in a few technical swears by this kind of cartoon era's standards.
Dude. That’s legit why this show got cancelled. Caused major controversy and Disney shut down the project hardcore. Pity tbh- was shaping up to have a really intense plot. Sad no one ever picked it up 😢
I love how you drew the woman from Gex 3 modestly enough where she could conceivably be the supporting lead on a Disney Afternoon show but just attractive enough that she would 100% be immortalized in Rule 34 by horny millennials.
That's exactly how well-remembered cartoon girls are. Recognizably attractive but gets past the censors and producers. The original artists knew what they were doing
i love how just... casually fucking NUTS this is??? this is so unbelievably cool???? maaaad freakin props dude, the level of accuracy is downright indistinguishable, everything from the backgrounds to the animation quality to the lighting, legit this feels EXACTLY like a late 90s/almost early 2000s type thing, with the occasional 3D element thrown in, futurama style (at least i assume thats the case with the robot dude?). fuckin love it
Props to the period accuracy. A lot of VHS found footage online tend to overdo the "VHS filter," on top of keeping the VCR text on-screen at all times and oftentimes displaying at a 16:9 aspect ratio. This legitimately looks like it was ripped from something that got taped over several times. All this on top of the animation being really well-done.
I wouldn't be surprised if they actually dubbed it onto a real tape then ripped it back into the computer... if it IS a filter then it's a more convincing one than any VHS effect I've seen (and heard) before.
@@hambor12 I wouldn't think it'd be that difficult as I've done both of those things before fairly trivially, but maybe it's a matter of already having the right hardware...? (And a half decent deinterlacer plugin) Like ... computer / video card with a TV out socket, VCR with a composite input, put a bit of a black buffer at the start and end of the prepared video, set it playing then hit record on the tape. Rewind, plug VCR composite output into a capture card, repeat the process in the opposite direction. Still, even more respect for actually going all out for authenticity. (or do you mean all the transitions are genuine as well, so multiple passes of seeking and hitting record at JUST the right point, in sync with clips made just a little longer than what we end up seeing? That would be even more dedication...)
"Uncle Herman, you promised you went off the sauce! How can I talk to you while you're like this?" God that's such a great line. Why do I not remember that
1:11 I love that little detail where it looks like Xtra was going to tell gex "really?". a few fractions of a second most people would have skipped out on animating but you went all the way and it helps make these feel like legitimate clips of longer episodes.
Usually these old reproductions of a retro style are easy to see through. It's usually obvious it was done digitally as opposed to cel animation. This one is so freaking close to the real thing, I'd believe it myself only if I didn't know there was never a Gex show. Excellent job! I cannot imagine the amount of time and effort you spent on these two minutes. This is truly something to be proud of.
The only 'criticism' I have is that it's rather too good and smooth. Maybe for the intro it would be this smooth, but the actual show would have a fraction of the in betweens, IMO. In any case, it's a wonderful animation, and overall just nails everything.
@@rickyrodriguez4037 depends, a lot of Disney shows were pretty well animated like this, they weren't feature level but still good, and it's not just the number of rames but also the complexity of character acting and the consistency of solid drawing, the lack of which gives off the kinda cheap melty look of your typical cartoon from the time, American cartoons tried to aim for a consistent 12 or something frames a second always without many freeze frames, in contrast to anime where they'd use a lot of stills and very limited movement if any outside of the mouth during dialogue and save all the time and budget for the few really high quality scenes. Kinda want on a tangent there, but the point is that this video dies pass as a 90's Disney cartoon pretty well.
Well, it's obviously modern animation with modern colors and linework. What had me doubting is everything else, the animation, designs and the crazy effort put into it, amazingly well done!!!
I love how this isn't just one scene and done, it hops around several different scenes, bits of bumpers, and even a whole credits roll. This is fantastic!
I legit thought this was part of the games cutscenes or something in Gex 3. If you look closely at 0:30 he says "Oh, its tail time" and it seems like the end of a cutscene and start of a new map or something.. Though, finally understanding its animated by the talented FlippinDingDong, I was legit shocked on how well they did with the whole vide of this thing.. Its also got me wanting to see a real animated series like "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"..
I completely agree. They’re one of my favorite couples in the ps1 because of how mutually silly flirtatious and the jokes they have with each other. I’ll always love the cutscenes of Gex 3 and the way they manage to push the story forward while also making me really love the characters.
This is VERY Authentic to that era of Animation and the jokes, also top tier. The Fact you also got to Animate for the Official Gex Trilogy Trailor is just outstanding, congrats!
Either later airings would change it to ”darn it” and/or uncensored episodes were dumped on other channels (the og Ren & Stimpy was heavily censored for Nickelodeon but aired more or less uncut on MTV).
I really wish man, shows based on old popular media never got treated properly in recent years. if that ever happens i could guess that the show writer probably claims never play/knew Gex and that then starts arguing with everyone on twitter
According to Wikipedia there is actually some movement over the past year or so by Square Enix to revive or reboot Gex. I wonder if they were inspired by this animation to do so?!
@@kevinwood5317 Square announced it 7 years ago, I highly doubt they'll make it a top priority over their Kingdom Hearts crap... honestly, I would've loved a Gex Remake Trilogy.
@@Bayofthe91st I agree with Brandon on this, because Fairly OddParents’ Channel Chasers has no fun compared to this. Whereas Gex is like embracing what made TV media great and having fun with it; while Channel Chasers is like hating on what made TV media great and poking fun at it.
My favorite episode was 'Big Trouble in little chinatown' when Gex and chapstick went on an oriental adventure to find the Golden Eggroll, "Forget it, Gex. It's Chinatown." and "was that Jack Nicholson? I guess he never left" were standout lines!
“Don’t touch that Switch” where Gex and Xtra do the switching bodies trope just when they have to get to the mad scientist movie marathon had me in stitches. But I think we all agree that “Citizen Alfred” was the biggest shock to everyone to be a SERIOUS episode. Made everyone have mad respect for Alfred. If you know, you know 🫶
The animation is so good in this, I had to make a quick Google search to double check and see if this is an officially made cartoon or not. This is GOLDEN. If this person isn't already, they need to get into the animation industry IMMEDIATELY. This is more funny and better animated than 90% of cartoons out there, and if Sonic Boom and Earthworm Jim weren't things, I would say this is the funniest video game cartoon I've seen!
Agent Xtra is absolutely adorable, and a surprisingly tasteful adaptation of the original. Never thought I’d find Gex actually funny, but this takes the cake as one of the most soulful and funny homages to source material I’ve ever seen. Put me on the docket of the unironic Gex fan club.
Everything, from the art style, to the animation, the voice acting, even the dated pop culture references... it's all so aggressively 90's! I love everything about this!
Even though the art style is definitely very 90's, I'd say the pop culture references used are pretty timeless. Kids today would probably get it just as much as we did.
Since the Gex Trilogy is coming, and you did work on the trailer, I am going to do everything in my power to have Disney+ greenlight an actual Gex cartoon!
