#toad patrol

[volleypearlfan]

Canadian Cartoons Are Great

Today, the popular cartoon YouTuber Saberspark uploaded a video talking about the infamous “fart episode” of the 2023 Total Drama series. The comments were filled with hatred and generalizations towards Canadian animation. These terrible comments are not the fault of Saberspark, but it is true that the “big users” in the cartoon community are (mostly) Americans who spread myths and stereotypes about Canadian cartoons. This has bothered me and a few others for quite a while, so here, I’m going to prove why Canadian animation is great, actually, and dispel common misconceptions

All Canadian cartoons are about fart jokes - if you say stuff like this, you clearly have never seen a Canadian cartoon outside of Total Drama and Johnny Test. That’s like if I said “all anime is naughty tentacles” or “all American cartoons are about anvils falling on your head.” And don’t act like your precious USA cartoons and anime are exempt from toilet humor. One example of an anime with toilet humor is Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt - their first episode was about a monster made out of shit. And we all know about the gross out cartoons such as Ren and Stimpy.

Canadian cartoons are cheaply mass-produced because of CanCon - No. What CanCon ACTUALLY states is that a certain percentage of content on a Canadian channel has to be Canadian-made. The policy is about supporting Canadian art, not “mass-producing” cartoons, since this applies to ALL Canadian TV and radio content, animated or otherwise.

Now, let me tell you some reasons why Canadian animation is actually great

Some of your childhood shows, such as Arthur, Franklin, and Little Bear are Canadian in origin.

Some of the most acclaimed cartoons within the cartoon community, such as Ed Edd n Eddy and MLP:FIM, were both animated in Canada and had voice actors from there (same talent pool, in fact - Vancouver)

Inspector Gadget and the Beetlejuice animated series helped keep good animation afloat during the 80s. In a decade full of uninspired and insipid cartoons, these were two of the highlights.

Canada is still a great place to outsource animation, as proven with the works of Nelvana, Mercury Filmworks, Jam Filled, and countless others.

If you grew up without cable, you probably watched PBS Kids and/or Qubo a lot. Guess what - lots of the shows on both of those channels were Canadian. For example: the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch: Timothy Goes to School, Seven Little Monsters, Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse - these shows are all Canadian! Qubo was also home to Jane and the Dragon, Jacob Two Two, Babar, Spliced, etc - they’re all Canadian too.

Because Canada’s censors are far more lax compared to American ones, Canada has made huge strides in teen and adult animation. Such shows include Total Drama, 6teen, Detentionaire, Undergrads, Producing Parker, etc as well as the movie Heavy Metal.

Also because of the lax censors, Canadian cartoons had positive LGBTQ representation far before the United States did. One episode of 6teen has a character stating “I’m gay,” and in Braceface, the main character assists her gay friend in finding a boyfriend. Unsurprisingly, these episodes never aired in the US.

6teen also dealt with periods before Turning Red, Baymax, and Molly McGee did it (again, the episode was banned in the US).

Finally, here are a few Canadian cartoons I recommend, and where to watch them:

Cybersix (it was a Canadian and Japanese co-production). The whole thing is on TMS’ YouTube channel.

Redwall is on Pluto, and there are episodes of it on YouTube courtesy of Treehouse Direct

Toad Patrol (unfortunately you’re gonna have to resort to low quality YouTube uploads)

Silverwing - again, the complete series is on YouTube

Detentionaire- On Tubi and Pluto!

Ruby Gloom is a great show if you like cute gothic stuff; it too is on Tubi and Pluto

The Adventures of Sam and Max: Freelance Police - on Tubi

One of my favorites, The Raccoons. Basically the Canadian equivalent to The Simpsons, and with a banger ending song. The show’s production company has uploaded episodes of it for free on YouTube.

The original Clone High was animated by the legendary Nelvana (if you’re wondering, the new season is not outsourced to Canada 😔) It is on Paramount Plus and HBO Max

Undergrads - yet again on YouTube, in low quality unfortunately. Like Clone High, it was on MTV.

I also recommend watching some short films from the National Film Board of Canada. My personal favorite is the Log Driver’s Waltz.

Tl;dr - American cartoons are not bad because of Allen Gregory, anime is not bad because of Pupa, and Canadian cartoons are not bad because of Johnny Test or fart jokes.

#my animation essays #< new tag #animation #Canadian animation #Canadian cartoons #Canada #clone high #Ruby gloom #inspector gadget #total drama #the raccoons #silverwing #toad patrol #Detentionaire #redwall #Nelvana #6teen #long post

[deepcoraldragon]

Do you know those 2010s tv shows or did I hallucinate them?

So I was going down memory lane the other day, and I've started wondering how obscure/mainstream those tv shows are, so, poll time!

As always, reblog for a better sample size!

#polls #teletoon #tv shows #code lyoko #di-gata #class of the titans #rescue heroes #toad patrol #the secret saturdays

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

#tv series #tv shows #polls #toad patrol #sonja ball #dawn ford #rick jones #2000s series #canadian series #have you seen this series poll

[arainmorn-art]

I found a weird toadstool cartoon's name

I found it. I should have googled it in English, my native languaged Google was scratching its head in confusion. So it was a Canadian fantasy show for a young audience, but due to, ahem, deaths of turning into a toadstool and overall dark themes from time to time it was also popular among teens and pre-teens. I can imagine these teens' embarrassment. Now kids are cool of watching cartoon shows, but back in my days in early 2000s, when you are a freak just for watching anime, ooooooooooooooof. I remember hiding that I really enjoyed Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! show in 13, but at the very least it was intended for teens. But Toad Patrol, gee, that might be brutal :D And for some damn reason I really liked this blond-haired toad boy in my 6-8 years old. Probably because of the hair. My love for messy hair is and was strong.

But holly cow, this cartoon made me afraid of toadstools for some time.

#my post #toad patrol #2000's animation

[feyvagabond]

I'm having thoughts about the Outsider which is the most random character to have brainworms about but i read this and i go AAAAGH!!!!!!!

#toad patrol #toad speak

[eric9794]

Inktober Days 4 to 12 Dodge, Map, Golden, Drip, Toad, Bounce, Fortune, Wander, Spicey

#humphrey the bear #disney #goofy #a goofy movie #sonic the hedgehog #super sonic #scooby doo #mistle toad #toad patrol #tigger #winnie the pooh #amy rose #wander over yonder

[haveyouwatchedthiscartoon]

Toad Patrol (1999)

Propaganda Below

Sent: "I think if this show wasn't some obscure Canadian cartoon that came out before a lot of kids had access to internet, it'd be the kind of show where kids make OCs to roleplay as online. On the surface it looks like some sort of goofy smurf wannabe, but it's actually a fun little adventure series about toadlets trying to survive in the wild.

also three episodes with the original english voice acting are still lost media, including the very last episode, so I need more people to become obsessed with this show so we can either find those last few episodes or at least get english subtitles on the versions we do have"

Google: "The story is about a group of eight young "Toadlet" siblings and their struggle for survival in The Great Forest. The Ancients are quite powerful and knowledgeable in shamanistic like magic. According to legend; they had created Toad Hollow, left many symbols of their existence behind and had eventually disappeared."

#Toad Patrol #cartoon #poll #1999 #tumblr polls

[foundfamilyadoptionagency]

#earth star #toad patrol #no image submitted #no tags submitted #adoption poll

[ingo-in-places-he-shouldnt-be]

Ingo shouldn’t be on his way to Toad Hollow.

#Ingo in places he shouldn't be #Subway Boss Ingo #Warden Ingo #Pokemon #Toad Patrol

[transmasc-wheatley]

hey tumblr does anyone fucking remember toad patrol?? or was that a fever dream of mine. its canadian broučci I swear to god. the poor bastards turn into mushrooms if they don't make it to a destination and their quest overall is to save all tadpoles (i think? i watched it dubbed) from a vague and faceless threat that. turns them into mushrooms. shit was HARROWING to watch because someone inevitably got mushroom'd each episode. and because scheduling is funny here i never saw all episodes

#běželo to snad na minimaxu pro čumblr #česky pulčata #toad patrol #cartoon #cartoons #help it was like #90s-2000s #did anyone else get depressed watchin gthis. #its like being in red mountain and watching everyone get corprus (you included) when youre just trying to kick dagoth ur's ass #čumblr

[cartooongasm]

Toad Patrol (2002)

#toad patrol #cartoons #forgotten cartoons #animation #cartoongasm #cartoon frames #cartoon screencaps #nostalgia

[elekid]

anyone remember the toad patrol butches

these girls were craaaazzzyyyyy

#toad patrol #shh i know the other one isnt actually a lesbian its just better that way in my memory ok #woulda been better if they HAD been bad butches

[anindecisivespirit]

So like. When are we going to get a Toad Patrol reboot? The condition is that it has to be good.

#toad patrol

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

#ultimate obscure blorbo #polls #round 1 #Earth Star (Toad Patrol) #Easydog (Keitai Denjuu Telefang)

[bonefall]

PLEASE let that boy toadstep survive. i like his name. also i dont know if youre keeping lionpaw amd berrypaw's weird little rivalry but if you let toadstep live and be gay as hell with lionblaze their rivalry will be 10x funnier

Berrynose: "HEY LIONBALD"

Toadstep: "ignore him babe he's trying to get a rise out of you"

Berrynose: "Without a mane you know what that makes you??"

Toadstep: "remember he's just annoying and we can't stoop to his level"

Berrynose: "a CATBLAZE"

Toadstep: "...I'll pound if you pounce"

#I could also have Toad get mauled from this #Permanent injury #Hard time hunting and patrolling so ends up in camp a lot #Nerve damage from infection maybe #Better bones au

[feyvagabond]

I might be insane actually (original) (wip)

#toad patrol #toadspeak