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NMH Side Issues - Rugrats Comic Adventures

Welcome back to Nick Mag Highlights! And by extension: Welcome back to Nick Mag Highlights Side Issues, the series on this blog where I check out other magazines or comic books that are notably not Nickelodeon Magazine, but still scratch a similar itch. Today we’re taking a look at the very first issue of Rugrats Comic Adventures, based on the iconic Nickelodeon show.

But first, let’s run down the history checklist. This series ran for about three years, from 1997 to 2000, spanning a total of thirty issues housed in three ten-issue volumes. That would put the release of this first issue around the time of the fourth season of the show. In that case, sorry to any Dil fans, as you won’t be seeing him in this issue.

The history and creation of this series is a bit interesting, and although the information available to me disposal is a little scarce, this is my best understanding: you see, Rugrats Comic Adventures was released in America, but it seems like most if not all of its actual content was sourced from an official Rugrats comic book released exclusively for the UK in 1996 (a year earlier than Rugrats Comic Adventures’ release). Said comic was simply titled Rugrats and published by Marvel Comics (yes, that Marvel Comics).

The cover page of issue #1 of Rugrats, published in the UK by Marvel Comics. Credit to Boys Adventure Comics on Blogspot for the image and the information!

As you’ll soon see, the first story in this issue I’m talking about today is the same as the one visible on this cover of UK Rugrats (do all UK comics print the first page on the front cover?) And according to the aforementioned Blogspot source, there were allegedly thirty issues released of this UK comic, which conveniently lines up with the thirty issues released of Rugrats Comic Adventures. A conspiracy? Maybe…

The only problem is I don’t have a scan of any of the Rugrats UK comics at my disposal, so I can’t confirm if the contents between the issues of the UK and US series are the same, unfortunately. So hey, if we’re lucky, there may be content in store for us that was made specifically for Comic Adventures that those British-types just wish they could have gotten. Maybe.

But I digress. As some of you may know, this wouldn’t be the last time Rugrats would enter the world of comics. In 1998 a daily newspaper strip based on the show was launched, lasting until 2003 and outliving Comic Adventures by three years. The show’s sequel series All Grown Up also had multiple comic outings made specially for Nickelodeon Magazine, and in 2017, Boom! Studios began publishing a new Rugrats comic series which totaled to eight issues and three longer special issues. But how did these characters fare in their first foray into comic stardom? Let’s check it out!

Oh, and before we dive in, I’d like to make one thing clear: I am not a Rugrats superfan. I’ve seen my fair share of episodes of course (with how constantly Nickelodeon played it, how could I not?) But I'm just saying I may not catch specific references if there are any, or like if a comic here reuses a plot from an episode of the show, for instance. Though if anyone reading does catch a cool detail I miss, I'd love to hear about it!

You can read the full issue here.

So it looks like it’s five comics on the agenda today, along with two extra pages all about Chuckie and Angelica. That’s not a bad deal! It’s more material than I bargained for, that’s for sure.

I’m pretty optimistic going into this one. I mean, check out that art! It looks just like the show. And while I can't find any credits in the book, Think some employees of Klasky Csupo had a hand in the material here?

So the story goes, Angelica sort of gets left in charge of the babies, thanks to Tommy's mom. And naturally Angelica's quick to abuse her miniscule ounce of power and starts running the backyard like a military academy. A fine premise, and a pretty low-stakes story befitting a quick comic (well, lower than the stakes a show about babies can usually have, anyway).

There are two details that kind of throw me off though, namely being: the dialogue and… Angelica, I guess?

Dialogue-wise, everybody's pretty talkative here and that's okay. Angelica's on point, barking orders in her usual bratty way. But all the babies are rather verbose today, aren't they? I think one of the most memorable details of Rugrats personally is the characters' loose grip on language. Pretty much every line from one of the babies in the show has at least one grammatical error or made-up word, and it's charming! Here though, all the dialogue is written in perfect English, and once you notice it, you can’t forget it.

You'd think Tommy's newfound eloquence would have Chuckie trust his plan a bit more.

Now, onto Angelica. Simply put: they made her look insane in this comic! I mean just take a look at the two pages I posted prior and see what I mean. Orrrr… I suppose you could look a this collage I made for the same result:

Yes, these are all from the same comic. Even Tommy’s scared.

This may be my lack of Rugrats knowledge shining through again but I really don’t remember her being portrayed with a huge bulbous overbite like that. Or with that many teeth. Don’t get me wrong though, I can totally get behind some funny off-model art that I bet the artist had fun drawing. That’s what they refer to in the industry as a “win-win”.

But yeah, overall a pretty solid first story, which is either elevated or dishonored by taking certain artistic liberties. Depends on who you ask. I’m on Team Elevated.

Next up is a bio on Chuckie. I didn’t think there was much to share regarding the personal intricacies of a literal two-year-old, and apparently the writers here agreed, seeing as how they had to resort to doxxing the poor kid just to fill their fact quota for this page. 446 “Braintree” Lane? Weird name, but I guess it’s pretty befitting considering Chuckie’s hair looks like his brain sprouted out of his head.

Another cool thing of note here is that all the Chuckie facts listed here are actually references to episodes of the show. As a kid it was always an awesome feeling whenever I understood a reference. It simultaneously made me feel smart and seemingly validated my choice to engage in a piece of media. Thumbs ups all around! Thanks, Chuckie.

Second comic of the evening, and actually I found myself really enjoying this one! The gripes I had from the previous comic have been ironed out, and the setting of the story is pretty interesting and leads to a lot of fun and creative moments. The short and long of it is Tommy and the other babies accidentally end up riding on the baggage carousel of an airport and getting mixed up with all of the machinery. Naturally, instead of getting smushed and ripped apart by the gears and mechanisms like boring real babies would, the gang ends up having the time of their lives, all the while believing they’re actually at a carnival.

Fun it is, indeed! As I said, my issues with the last comic have been effectively taken care of. All the characters are speaking as they should, dropping some funny misspellings for words like “skelitom” for skeleton and “loudsneaker” for loudspeaker. The art here is way less unhinged as well, probably because there’s no Angelica in it. There’s still some funky shots though, like long-arm Tommy here:

A fine addition to the issue in my opinion, and it even comes with cameos from Tommy’s maternal grandparents, Boris and Minka. Boris doesn’t speak a word, but he is sporting his original design that features small dot-eyes, which is a detail that would be dropped later on in the series.

I guess my only question is: why are Chuckie, Phil and Lil here? The obvious answer is because they’re main characters, but they’re not Stu and Didi’s kids, and none of their parents are to be found. I guess the Pickles got stuck babysitting on top of having to pick up the grandparents from the airport. Poor saps.

Oh god, Angelica’s back. At least she’s seemingly sorted out her inflated lip issue from the first story. No, I won't let it go.

Today’s adventure follows the babies as they’re getting their first ever professional photos done. Angelica is there too. These premises have been fine so far, lots of episodes of Rugrats feature the characters tackling normal everyday places they’ve never seen before and don’t understand. A large aspect about the show I also remember however is the extensive imagination sequences. Y’know, where Tommy and the gang imagine the situation they’re in as being way more fantastical than it really is, and their setting and outfits change accordingly? That was always my favorite part of the show and it’s a little weird to see that concept not having made any appearance thus far. I know not every episode had those though, and maybe those imagination sequences were more common in later seasons of the show? I’m not sure. Regardless, that doesn’t degrade the quality of the material, of course. It’s just a thought that came to mind as I was reading.

Like the others I found this comic to be a pretty good time, although the story’s a little all over the place. The art’s nice as well. I actually found some of the art of the characters here to look somewhat cute, surprisingly. That’s not exactly the kind of term I’d usually use to describe the show’s visuals. Not sure what the artist here did differently specifically, but I did notice that Phil and Lil’s gross crooked baby teeth don’t make an appearance, so that probably helps their easiness on the eyes.

One highlight of this comic is this small moment of divine intervention where Angelica gets attacked by a bird that comes in through an open window. She didn’t really do anything bad this time to deserve it but, eh.

And of course, the gang manages to pull themselves together to finally get that one perfect picture. I appreciate they saved two pages to make this ending shot so big. It’s a really nice way to end things. Another quality story done! Honestly at this point, the issue’s fitted out a pretty positive track record. I’ll be surprised if we see any stinkers in the second half.

Oh and before we move on, I just want to bring up this small interaction from the beginning of the comic. It might be just me, but this moment just strikes me as odd. I probably won’t be able to explain this properly, but just hear me out: It’s a little weird to see Tommy and Chuckie acknowledge they’re not really talking, right? Like, yeah it’s always been established in the show that the babies are not actually speaking real language ‘cause the parents never hear them, but it’s not something you ever see them bring up and reference. Acknowledging that their form of communication is basically fake… Also the fact that they comprehend what speech is and are aware that what they’re doing isn’t that? I dunno, I might just be overthinking this. It’s too meta!

And up next, it’s what I think miiiiiiight be my favorite comic of the issue? Not entirely sure, it’s a toss up between either this one or the airport one.

The story is as follows: The Pickles are having their whole house repainted. As usual, the kids just can’t bear to keep their noses out whatever is currently going on in their immediate area. So, Tommy enlists the help of the gang to use all the excess paint cans to repaint his entire room with an extravagant picture.

Like the airport comic this one has lots of dialogue between the four kids, and everyone gets their fair share of good lines. Chuckie does kind of come across as a little more whiny than usual here if only for the fact he never actually helps at all, outside of helping Phil and Lil save Tommy from smashing his head on the floor with a blanket.

”We- We’ve been… Greened!” might be my favorite line of the whole issue.

And as one could expect, the group made up of 0-to-2-year olds don’t exactly succeed in professionally painting the entire room. However, they instead manage to mess up in just the perfect way to still achieve the result they wanted. Being serious, this is genuinely a pretty wholesome ending and Tommy’s parents also being happy with the result is equally humorous and sweet.

Yeah, now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure this is my favorite story of the issue. Tons of great lines and gags, a sweet ending, and a major appearance of my favorite character from the show, Grandpa Lou. A good show all around!

Well, after my high praise of the previous post, I guess that means this last comic has something to live up to. And yeah, under that lens, this comic isn’t going to be usurping my #1 favorite spot. Viewed on its own, however, and… eh, still doesn’t really do anything for me.

This one has Tommy accidentally getting stuck on top of his dad’s new custom stunt kite as it gets blown away by a gust of wind, flying him through town. Already that plot is kinda off, to me at least. I know it’s a show about talking babies and everything but the show never really got that cartoonish in its logic, at least to my recollection. Tommy must have to be basically hollow on the inside for the kite to get that kind of air with him sitting on top of it.

On the positive side of things: the art is really good! Each panel sports its own unique camera angle which gives the comic some nice visual variety. The coloring and details on all the backgrounds, likewise, are lovely to look at. Overall this presentation makes for a very extravagant ending for the comic, at least in the art department. And to top it all off, it's even got the return of long arm Tommy:

But again, in regards to the story… Even if you’re willing to accept the weird logic of it all, the actual plot isn’t super entertaining. Tommy flies around a bit, some people see him and are surprised, while Angelica’s down below using Stu’s radio trying to order Tommy to land. It’s just a bit lacking in substance compared to the other stories we’ve looked at. If you’re going to do a story like this, you might as well go all in. Like, have all the babies on the kite and pretend they’re a flight crew. Y'know, some real Snoopy-type stuff.

And of course, Tommy makes it back down to the ground just in time before his Dad can notice a thing (although it’s not like he really had control of the kite anyway, I think?)

But that’s about all I’ve got to say on this one. Not the great ending one would have hoped for, but it looks nice at least. Come to think of it, Stu could make a killing off that kite considering the amount of weight it can hold. If only he knew…

And last but… not least? It’s a guide from Angelica on how to play house. I was kind of hoping for another character bio like what Chuckie had, since then we’d at least be able to learn her weaknesses and have a chance of vanquishing her evil once and for all. But alas, this is cool too, and it has a mention of her friend Susie, who had been a character in the show for a couple years now by this point but didn’t manage to make an actual physical appearance in the issue.

Bit of an odd way to end the issue, being honest, but eh, it’s a little funny.

And before we wrap it up I’d like to bring up the little legal disclaimer here on the final page, confirming that all these comics were indeed sourced from the origins Marvel-published UK Rugrats issues.

Well, that was fun, wasn’t it? I was a little skeptical going into it, but I think this turned out to be a pretty good choice for another installment of Side Issues. It had a history lesson opportunity, some great art, and a lot to talk about. Everything you could want, at least if you write blog posts about old Nickelodeon-related publications in your spare time, anyway.

And hey, there’s more to this series than what I’ve shown you today, too. Did you know the last issue featured a crossover between Rugrats and Rocket Power, another one of Klasky Csupo’s shows?

That’s pretty cool! And also a little odd ‘cause I thought Rocket Power took place in Hawaii. This also means the only Nickelodeon-owned Klasky Csupo show that Rugrats didn’t cross over with is As Told by Ginger, and to be fair I’m not sure how you could’ve made that work, so I’ll let it pass.

But yeah, if I check out this comic series again, I think I’ll take a look at this issue. Well, actually if I do check out this series again it’ll have to be this issue, since it’s the only other issue on the Internet Archive I could find. That’s a bummer! Hopefully people’ll find and scan more copies sooner rather than later. The internet will only be around for so long, after all.

This would be where I end things, but while I was working on this post, Nickelodeon announced a new Rugrats game of all things.

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It’s a bit of a shock, but I think what’s more shocking is that it looks pretty good! The NES graphics mode does, anyway. The HD drawn graphics you can optionally switch to leave something to be desired. It seems fun! I’ll be keeping an eye on this one. And apparently Nickelodeon’s got a couple more retro-styled games in the works, so I’m excited to see where this goes.

That about does it for this episode of Nick Mag Highlights! I’ll see you all next time, where I’ll most certainly be checking out another issue of the actual magazine this blog is named after. Probably. See you later, and have a good one!

#nmh side issue #90s #1997 #nickelodeon #magazine #rugrats

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djsherriff-responses · 1 month

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I think in a vacuum idolomantises designs and art is decent and I wouldn't blame any of his fans for disagreeing with my criticism regarding it , considering he managed to get his bug comic off webtoon canvas and be "official" (idk exactly how that works or proper terms for it?) , he clearly worked hard for it. Regardless of my personal opinions, anyone who can find the motivation to commit to a long term project and put themselves out there deserves respect for that at the very least

It just my first exposure to him was from his redesigns and criticisms regarding Vivziepop , so I can’t help but compare the standards he sets onto other artists (mostly vivziepop) and than now that applies to his own art

I won’t deny there's some bias on my end when discussing his work. Not because I think Vivziepop is an artistic genius who can't do no wrong (my god has she done a lot wrong) , but it's incredibly fascinating to me how idol is capable of going in depth regarding giving criticism to Vivziepop's work

and then you look up his actual art and writing , and it's not only suffering from similar issues to Vivziepop's work, but it's got even more glaring issues I'm frankly surprised Idol didn't spot before posting?

I will say I think Monsters and girls is the better comic compared to Bugtopia , primarily because it’s not meant to be as plot focused and works more as a gag strip collection. I think with that one idol either needs to make the lore of monsters and girls actually relevant to the characters and have the art reflect said lore ,(just look up my post discussing Sera’s design for why) or just throw it all out the window and be more weird with it. Like the looney tunes logic of “who cares so long as it’s entertaining” but it’s lesbians instead of drag queens

With idol’s bug comic however, it flip flops to a story that you’d expect for a young child (like Dot trying to find a cake or a bunch of kids going to school) to discussing the sex life of random characters with no lead way or transition, it just randomly does that throughout

Obviously you can have children characters in stories for older audiences, even ones for just adults. The problem is the tone feels extremely different when idol swifts focus between the characters

It’s like if in the Rugrats the babies had their normal baby adventures, but then we switched focus to the adults and suddenly they’re discussing BDSM and their fetish preferences. It’d just be genuinely bizarre to do, even if said hypothetical Rugrats example was an adult only cartoon

and like I got a lot of problems with the world building but I’m just gonna leave it at this: How come tiny little insects that exist in a world with normal sized animals (and presumably humans) , somehow have human food and objects, such as New York styled cities, that’s insect size? Why isn’t the comic taking advantage of the fact these characters are bugs and using that to make creative environments to enhance the world building/lore (like homes inside of trees or cell phones as TVs?) ???

#rambles #idolomantis critcism #character design #Still amazed they called me a mad hoe for a vague post where #Literally the ONLY way you’d know I was talking about him was the fact I said “webtoon artist with a viv hate boner”#Like yeah I was talking about him but it wasn’t tagged #And there’s millions of artists on webtoon I seriously doubt that he is the only one on the app who doesn’t like viv #But yeah his criticism and art is really fascinating to me to compare #I honestly doubt anyone else has ever considered comparing the two much less make any connection #Because I think it’s a whole other experience compared to someone who reads his comics and not his viv criticisms #Obviously a series on Amazon is drastically different to a webcomic BTW

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dailynicknews · 9 months

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via NickALive!

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dnpanimationstudioclone · 2 years

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About Klemper☃️

Backstory:

https://dnpanimationstudioclone.tumblr.com/post/688965681439457280/klemper-backstory

There's been a lot of criticism of Klemper's portrayal. Many finding it making fun of disabled or the "weird" kids.

I want to keep his motive, wanting to make friends and expand on that. His whole life, he was ostracized for not fitting in due to his disability, and even now as a ghost is lonely. Many of the ghosts avoid him due to his ice powers and since most are from older times, don't understand how to really talk to him.

Klemper's a pretty cool guy, literally. He's very sweet and would love nothing more than someone to just chill and play with him in the snow. With that said due to his undersensitivity to snow and strong powers, most steer away from him, leaving him usually alone and get lost in his own Winter Wonderland. Because he didn't know for a while he was dead and how strong his powers can be, if not careful can easily cause an ice age.

When he meets Danny and gets better support, gets to know the other ghosts better and learns how to control his ice powers better, he's always happy to join in on stuff and see where his afterlife will take him, as long as he gets to do it with friends.

Personality

Sweet, compassionate, warm hearted, cheerful, playful, affectionate, socially akward, honest, starry eyed, loyal, trusting, perhaps way too trusting, timid, insecure, emotional, sensitive and tends to get lost in hid own world.

Facts:

Headcanon VA-Josh Gad(Olaf, Frozen), Eugene Mirman(Gene Belcher, Bob's Burgers), Nancy Cartwight(Chuckie Finster, Rugrats), EG Daily(Tommy Pickles, Rugrats), Brandon Mychal Smith(Rottmnt Mikey), Kate Micucci(Webby Vanderquack, Ducktales), James Corden(Biggie, Trolls).

Is Neurodivergent. Autism♾️

Abilities- Cyrokinesis, can glide place to place, friendly, make and animate snow to his will, can produce a lot of snow and ice and shape it, especially in very low tempature conditions, undersensitivity to cold(can be an advantage and problem), can remove his limbs and body parts, welcoming personality, compassionate, great snow man maker and greater hugger.

Weaknesses- Has trouble controlling powers when emotionally distressed, panicking, tends to get lost in his own world, overly trusting, not good in hand to hand combat, not a good liar, can lose his parts unwillingly, doesn't do well under pressure, has trouble with social cues, reading people and communication, sensitive to things such as noises, brightness, etc, hypersensitivity to heat, will melt and lose his powers.

Likes- Snow, anything snow related, winter, being outside, penguins, the cold, friends, the night, stars, white, blue and pink, Danny, Jazz, Sidney, Ember, Johnny 13 + Kitty, Cheese, smores, Baked Alaska, cartoons, Hannah Barbera cartoons, comic strips, Charlie Brown, ASMR, fondue, houerderves, hot chocolate, peppermint, music boxes, snowglobes, warm hugs and being with someone.

Dislikes- Heat, Ember's fire, yellow snow, loud noises, having to go to sleep, unspecific instructions, looking too deep into tie-dye, road salt, being in crowds, people ruining his snowmen, thinking about his past, people judging him and being mean about him being disabled, seeing his friends hurt and being alone.

His hat was a gift from his grandfolks.

Fav holiday- Christmas🎄

Fav movie-Frosty The Snowman☃️

Only recently found out he was dead.

Doesn't sleep a lot. Has trouble due to his autism.

Like Sid doesn't like to talk about his past too much, especially about his family.

Knew Spectra as kids.

His family was pretty well off💲

Makes snowman to keep him company. He's able to animate them and have them do what he wants but they don't have free will or any sentience. It's something he's sadly aware of hence why he's always looking for real friends.

What do u think? I'd love to know💖

#danny phantom #klemper #dp klemper #dp headcanons #headcanons #phanart #klemper the snowghost

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formyinnerchild-blog · 3 years

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#90s nickelodeon #Nickelodeon #tv #90's #90s tv #comic #book #comic book #comic strip #rugrats #rugrats comic strip #90s #nickelodeon #nick #90s nick #angelica pickles #chuckie finster

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save90snick · 5 years

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BOOM! Studios to Release 'Rugrats: The Newspaper Strips' in December 2019

#boom studios #rugrats #rugrats comic #rugrats comic strip #rugrats comics #rugrats comic strips #klasky csupo #90s nick #90s nickelodeon #nick #nickelodeon

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warlockcrowleyfell · 4 years

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Nanny Ashtoreth/Crowley hangs a new mobile over Warlock’s crib: This planet mobile should help you sleep.

Warlock stares up at the mobile: …

Warlock thinking to himself: How am I supposed to sleep when I gots all this neat stuff to look at?

#good omens #good omens warlock #warlock dowling #Nanny Ashtoreth #nanny crowley #ineffable godfathers #anthony j crowley #crowley #warlock and crowley #source: rugrats #from a rugrats comic strip #incorrect quotes

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ariel-seagull-wings · 5 months

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#rugrats #rugrats comics #comic strips

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stella-so-sly93 · 4 years

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This strip is just the most precious thing ever. X3

#rugrats #comic strip #chuckie finster #kimi finster #dil pickles #susie carmichael #random fun #scan

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enchantingsongdaze · 2 years

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3 More Nicktoon Comics by AreaSixtyNine

YouTuber AreaSixtyNine turned scenes from SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold and Rugrats into comic strips.

#spongebob squarepants #hey arnold #Rugrats

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omniversalobservations · 2 years

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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (2021)

Internet sensation Garfield is the first post-release character being added to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, the devs behind the impressive Smash-style platform fighter announced today.

Garfield is set to join Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl this Thursday, December 9, and will be free for everyone who owns the game.

he short video revealing his inclusion shows that Garfield’s moveset incorporates several familiar items and animations from his comic strip and cartoon appearances, including a tray of pasta, his teddy bear Pooky, a large air attack based on his iconic screaming face, and a grounded move that sees him briefly turn into his vampire alter ego, Count Lasagna.

Hints that the lasagna-loving cat would eventually come to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl have existed since shortly after the game’s October release, when dataminers discovered a stage featuring a Garfield statue and a character slot bearing his name. When they hacked him into the game, the obviously work-in-progress Garfield was represented by a gray SpongeBob SquarePants and a placeholder UI image, but his stage appeared mostly complete.

These same data-mining efforts also uncovered assets that point to characters like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Shredder, Avatar’s Zuko, Rugrats’ Tommy Pickles, Jimmy Neutron, and many more Nickelodeon favorites possibly being in the works as well.

Source: Kotaku

(images via YouTube)

#video games #Garfield #SpongeBob #Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #Last Airbender

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adultswim2021 · 3 years

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Ephemera Week (2002)

Now is the time when I go back and look back at all the stuff I skipped for not specifically being an episode of an Adult Swim comedy original. Welcome to Ephemera Week. First off, I'll note that Captain Linger debuted new shorts in the early part of 2002, but I won't detail them here because I already covered Capt. Linger in the 2001 post. Let's get into it: WHATS NEW AND WHAT'S GOO IN '02:

Baby Blues (originally aired on WB, 2000)

Where were you on January 6th? I was giving Baby Blues another shot on Adult Swim. I'd caught it once on the WB or whatever channel it aired on and simply thought “not for me!”. I never thought this was the worst by any means.

Baby Blues was based on the still-running comic strip of the same name about young parents raising their first newborn child. It wasn't the best fit for Adult Swim; it's a pretty standard family sitcom focused on parenthood, and the humor is fairly innocuous. I’m not sure how much came from the comic, but in the show they have workplaces to go to and differently classed neighbors who come over and a regular baby sitter, and they mostly lead a normal suburban existence.

Sounds boring? It was. I mean, at the time I wasn't particularly against Adult Swim expanding into different “adult” arenas per se. But, at the time I was hoping for this idea to be expressed with a late-night block of classic animation with the racist stuff not edited out. A young edgelord can dream.

But yeah, this was basically a family show that was maybe slightly more sophisticated than a TGIF sitcom. Who needs that? I'm trying to watch a hot dog smoke a freaking cigarette or whatever happens on the GOOD Adult Swim shows.

Anyway, here's how the series ran; they all aired at 10:30PM after Home Movies (ones in bold were originally unaired and officially premiered on Adult Swim):

Jan 6: Rodney Moves In Jan 13: World's Greatest Dad Jan 20: Wanda Proof Jan 27: The Bad Family Feb 3: Teddy Cam Feb 10: God Forbid Feb 17: The Bitterman Hillbillies Feb 24: A Baby Blues Christmas Special Mar 3: Hurtin' Inside Mar 10: Wanda Moves Up Mar 17: Bizzy Moves In Mar 24: Ugly Zoe Mar 31: Rodney Has Two Daddies

At one point I was skeptical about the long-standing rumor that there currently exists an entire second season of an additional 13 episodes of Baby Blues that never aired, because it seemed to be entirely attributed to a single tossed-off quote from the Baby Blues website FAQ saying that an entire second season was “produced”. I assumed that fans jumped to the conclusion that entire episodes were completed and ready for air. It's a pet peeve of mine: people tend to say something was “unaired” when it was never completed in the first place. This is further confused by the fact that on a lot of episode guides list the 5 previously-unaired episodes that premiered on Adult Swim as “season 2”, so there's a glut of people out there who think they somehow discovered the mythic second season hiding in plain sight via YouTube uploads labeled S02.

That's all to say that I was wrong. Apparently season 2 of Baby Blues is in a more-complete-than-not state according to the linked article, requiring only a revision to the temp music tracks of each episode for them to be finished. I'm stunned! I just got very used to the idea that fans of bad cartoon shows were full of shit! I mean, have you read this blog?

Season 1 isn't on DVD or streaming anywhere that I can tell. Coulda sworn a “complete series” DVD came out at one point, but all I find are bootlegs. I can even picture what the cover looked like, even. Mandella effect? Oh well. No big loss. Show sucks. But I wonder why they don't just finish the other 13 episodes and throw all of these up on HBOMax? I'm sure a few weirdo baby-likers would sub just for it. Paramount+ made a whole CGI Rugrats just to please those sickos.

#adult swim #adultswim2021 #ephemera #baby blues

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