The Exciting Eighties Part II

I am soOoo happy!

I need to shout.

I am soOoo happy!

After blogging last night, I went on to surf for more:

The heros in a half shell…

Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart..
By your powers combined,
I am (the ugly but environmentally friendly) Captain Planet!
Gummie Bears… Bouncing here and there and everywhere
Then there’s Prince Adam who becomes He Man, when he airs his armpit and shouts, “By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!” Not forgetting his twin sister Adora.. Who’s really quite pretty, until she tries to shout in a manly voice, “For the honour of Grayskull, I AM SHE-RA!” Biangz.

For the 80s cartoons fanatics like me, you’re so gonna love me as I present to you this URL I found:
This contains an almost complete listing of the cartoons we’ve seen in Singapore in the 80s!

Woohoo!

Kitty was extremely thrilled to find her Strawberry Shortcake. Another big Wah Biang here. You mean her friends are all named after confectionary items? What Blueberry Muffin, Raspberry Tart? What do they do in the show? Compare who smells nicer or who’s more tasty? And is there a Cheesy Chicago to remind them of how orbit their names are? Hahaha..

Later, I tried to describe this cartoon to Kitty:

“You know this show where 5 big cats- I duno if they’re tigers, leopards, cheetahs, panthers, pumas or whatever.. They can combine to form this huge robot.. Any idea what’s it called?”

The Strawberry Shortcake fan had no idea.

So I had to plough through the entire list and click on sci-fi titles in alphabetical order.

When I reached V…. I finally found it. Woohoo!

VOLTRON- DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE

This is a made-in-Japan series which broke into the US market.

Five people operate the mechanical lions. When they meet trouble, usually in the form of a gigantic, hideous robot, they’ll always panic and look as if they’re all going to die. Then the five lions merge to form Voltron- Defender of the Universe, who never fails to destroy the predator in five seconds.


Yup, you waste five minutes to see the bad guys wrack havoc.
Another five to see the big bad thing harassing the five lions.
Four minutes for the lions’ feeble attempt to defend themselves.
One minute to panic.
One minutes to assemble Voltron.
And five seconds to kill the beast.

Chey.

Make me so gan jiong when they could have just assembled Voltron right from the start. Hahaha

But I was really happy last night. Each time I saw something familiar, I wanted to shout and scream.

Can someone invent a time machine before I die?

…So that I can enjoy these cartoons without the adult inside me, asking redundant questions like “Is Xena related to She-Ra? / Is Gummi Beary Juice some kind of controlled drug like Ecstasy? / What happens if it rains.. Do the Transformers get rusty? Is Gargamel some kind of pedophile? Where did all the Smurfs come from? We have Papa Smurf and Grandpa Smurf… Where’s the Mum?”

Last question: Who came up with Strawberry Shortcake? Why?!

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