Avatar the Last Airbender

I wanted to go out with a bang, so I’m going out with one of my all time favorites! Avatar the Last Airbender!

This show was the shit. This show featured 5 main characters including (from left to right) Sokka, Katara, Aang, Toph, and Zuko. Avatar the Last Airbender is a show about the divided four nations (Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, Water Tribe, and the Air Nomads) and the avatar’s mission to once again bring the nations back to harmony. The cool thing about this show is that they all have these kick ass abilities (well besides Sokka, who I guess did some cool things with a boomerang and a sword). Katara becomes a master water bender, Toph is a blind earth bender (AS WELL AS DEVELOPING METAL BENDING), Zuko is a pretty awesome fire bender and Aang is the avatar; meaning that he can control all four elements (and go into the spirit realm). Don’t get me wrong, Sokka is pretty cool, he becomes a master sword fighter, eventually. The best thing? They all have these amazing back stories, and they’re ONLY ages 12-16.

 

This show had a 9.210 on IMDb and a 97% of google users like the show. It showed from 2005-2008, with a only 3 seasons. Apparently the directors only signed on for 3 seasons, due to the fact that they wanted a season for each element that Aang had to learn. Since ATLA was such a big success, they made sequel featuring the next avatar in line, Korra. The Legend of Korra, even has some of the old gang in it.

Let’s go for some memes:

 

And lets just talk about how Katara BLOODBENDS????????????????/ GUYS. SHE BENDS YOUR FREAKING BLOOD.  This was the most INTENSE episode for me. I loved Katara though, she was my favorite character.

Here’s the link to the fight she has: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsZ267DRdq4

( WATCH IT GUYS)

Also, here’s a link with some interesting facts: https://screenrant.com/avatar-last-airbender-trivia-facts-secrets/

 

Fun Fact: This one relates to me. I’m such an ATLA fan that I named my kitten after one of the shows main villains, Azula. Azula was Zuko’s sister who was the definition of crazy. She was always fighting for her father’s acceptance  after realizing her mother was never going to chose her over her brother. In doing so turned evil real fast. She was more of a complex character than people give her credit for though.  Here’s a picture of her after she won a volleyball match. You can see what I mean by crazy. 

Turns out that my sweet little baby is the sweetest most cuddly cat I could ask for. Nothing like her namesake. 

 

• Would you watch this show again as an adult?
  • 100% Yes. I loved this show and still occasionally flip to it when I see it on TV.

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show now?
  • I would rate this show a solid 10. It had real character development and background. It’s amazing.

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show when you were a kid?
  • I would still rate it a 10. I watched every episode one summer as a kid and then would still watch it every time it was on. Plus, I remember being a child and pretending I was a waterbender when I took a bath. Lame, but true.

 

ALSO: I originally wrote 20 blogs because I thought that’s how  many we needed, so if you’d like me to continue posting them just let me know in the comments. I have shows including Zoey 101, Wizards of Weaverly Place, My Life As a  Teenage Robot, and a couple others.

Drake and Josh

MEGAN!! 
You know what that means.

 

Good ol’ Drake and Josh. For some reason, this show has never gone away, which will be explained down below. Drake and Josh was a show about two step brothers who are forced to not only move in together, but also share the same room, which leads to some interesting time to say the least. While Josh is the more uptight, type A person, Drake is very laid back and loved girls and music. The show also features their younger sister Megan, who is surprisingly not only very intelligent, but also very menacing. Like every other little sister Megan enjoys playing pranks on her brothers, but has a knack for taking things a little too far.

 

This show ran from 2004-2007 and had a total of four seasons. The show got a 7.7/10 on IMDb and 96% of google users liked the show.

Also, it’s interesting how they used their real names. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.

For some reason, the show greatly influenced my generation because we still keep up with the cast members. I still make Oprah jokes. 

 

At one point Josh was accused of not inviting Drake to his wedding, thanks to Drake’s tweets we were all  in on the drama. Thank you Twitter.

 

You can read about their beef here: http://newscult.com/everything-need-know-drake-josh-beef/

But don’t worry guys! Apparently they recently squashed their beef at the VMAs.

You can read about that at this link: http://pagesix.com/2017/08/27/drake-and-josh-squash-beef-at-vmas/

Let’s get to the memes. (Which I know is why you come to this bog.)

Guys there is a plethora of Drake and Josh memes.

Finally questions:

 

• Would you watch this show again as an adult?
  • While I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch this show, if I saw it on and there was nothing else, I’d end up watching it.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show now?
  • I would rate this show a 5. It’s entertaining and I still refer to the Oprah jokes a lot.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show when you were a kid?
  • I would still rate this show a 7.5. When I was a kid it was a good show, I’d watch episodes when it was on. I was never really  into it or anything, but it was adequate.

 

Current Events Blog

   

Whilst searching for a topic for this blog I came across an interesting article, “Rise in Teen Suicide, Social Media Coincide; Is There Link?”, that related social media to teen suicide. Let’s be honest though, this is no surprise to anyone with a social media account. According to the article, there’s been a rise in teen suicide from 2010 to 2015, which causes concern because for nearly two decades there had been a steady decline.  

 

It isn’t hard to connect the dots and see the trend now that social media consumes a solid chunk of our day. According to another article, “Teens spend a ‘mind-boggling’ 9 hours a day using media, report says’, some 13 year olds check social media an upwards of 100 times a day, which gives teens a very high chance of either being cyber bullied or being targeted by those who share their “perfect” lives.

 

There is a plethora of harmful results stemming from social media, including cyberbullying and the facade of a “perfect” life. These factors cause damage to teens mental health, and can lead to serious repercussions, such as a decline in mental health, suicide, or self injury.

 

In 2017, there is a pressure to have a social media footprint; after all, who uses snail mail?  Social media gives users the ability to whittle away at someone’s mental health in the comfort of their own home. Due to the fact that cyber bullying happens online, teens find some confusion on who to go to for help. Schools often tell students to come to them with cyberbullying, but then students face backlash from their peers for getting help. Teens are terribly judgmental and despite getting help from one problem, they often times create another. Teens also face problems of going to the police. In their minds, once you go to the police it becomes real and it becomes a serious issue that you have to share with your parents, and close friends. Some teens would rather suffer in silence, than admit to what’s been happening.

 

Static Shock

I completely forgot about this show until Facebook reminded me. Thank you Facebook.

 

Static shock was cool as hell. It starred Virgil who due to exposure from a mutagen was given static powers. Despite being high school students (why is it that EVERYONE is in high school in these shows? Totally Spies!, Drake and Josh, Kim Possible, etc.) Virgin and Osgood (who makes Statics gadgets) are able to effectively fight crime and still have time to hang out with each other.

 

This show has a 7.3/10 IMDb rating, while a total of 95% of google users liked the show. There were 4 seasons with a total of 52 episodes.

 

This was a show that I remember watching, but I don’t remember what age I watched it at.

 

While there is a online game: http://www.mofunzone.com/games/static_shock.html, they also made a Static Shock game for the GameBoy.

 

There’s also a fandom blog:http://staticshock.wikia.com/wiki/Static_Shock_(TV_Series).

 

Here’s a video stating that he’s racist (that’s interesting) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLx_tajPn_0.

 

I surprisingly wasn’t able to find that much on the show, I don’t know if it’s because it’s been pretty much forgotten or if it’s due to other factors.

Nonetheless, let’s try to find some memes.

Honestly, I found NO good memes? COME ON STATIC SHOCK. Up your meme game!!!!!

ALSO can we talk about how memes go dirty REAL fast??

Would you watch this show again as an adult?

• • I don’t think so, while it was good when I was a kid, I don’t really feel that into it anymore.  

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show now?
  • I would rate this show a 5. I like some aspects of it, but it wasn’t one of those shows that personally appealed to me.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show when you were a kid?
  • I would say a 6, because I liked the diversity. I was nice to see the white guy be the sidekick for a change.

He’s gonna Catch ‘Em All, Cause He’s Danny Phantom

This has got to take the cake as one of the top catchiest theme songs. Gonna catch ‘em all cause he’s Danny Phantom, gonna catch ‘em all cause he’s Danny Phantom.

I mean just listen to it and tell me you’re not singing along. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA5WEeyL77A

 

Danny Phantom is about a boy who, while messing around in his ghost-hunting parents laboratory, accidentally turns himself half ghost. Meaning he can switch between boy form and ghost form. Eventually his two best friends find out his secret and Danny and the gang are on a mission to stop all the ghosts that come into the world.

 

This show has a 7.1/10 on IMDb and a rate of 97% of google users liked the show. It ran from 2004-2007 with 3 seasons. Sadly, the show was cancelled due to budget issues in 2006, but Nickelodeon allowed the creators to make an hour long finale.

 

This show has some interesting conspiracy theories, involving Timmy Turner (from the Fairly Oddparents) used his last wish from Cosmo and Wanda to turn himself into Danny Phantom. There’s a whole Twitter thread (with picture) that you can check out here: https://twitter.com/nasmaraj/status/876252335886008320?lang=en

 

It helps that a lot of the characters in Fairly Oddparents  look a LOT like younger versions of Danny Phantom characters.

 

Cool things: Someone (I think the original creator) drew the Danny Phantom characters 10 years later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dfk8l97GcM

Here’s a couple games for ya. Does anyone actually watch these videos or play these games? BECAUSE I DO. http://www.dannyphantomgames.net/

TIME FOR THE MEMES:

(Ya’ll these are good)

 

Would you watch this show again as an adult?

• I’d watch a couple of episodes, yes.

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show now?
  • I would rate this show an 8, because it was a good show and I do have fond memories of this show.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show when you were a kid?
  • I would say a 7, because I probably have fonder memories of the show than the show actually was. I remember watching it, but it wasn’t a 100% favorite.

 

Call me, beep me. (Kim Possible)

First off, Kim Possible was a badass.  She managed to not only save the world from foes like Drakken, Shego, Monkey Fist, and Senior Senior practically weekly, keep up with school, be cheer captain AND somehow always had time to hang out with Ron at Bueno Nacho. Ron Stoppable was a create character as well. Granted, he was a more clumsy, not really helpful character, he was loyal. He was also the father to Rufus, the naked mole rat.  Now let me tell you, I watched every episode of this show and Rufus’s song is by far the best. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve made one of my friends swear to watch a the full video and sent them his song on repeat for 10 hours. It’s super catchy.

Here’s the link for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3WdTXS1xd0

So catchy.

ALSO SHEGO IS A TOTAL BADASS. Thank god we had an idiot male super villain and an intelligent female sidekick. I appreciate that. Granted, I think Shego was way better than just fighting off K.P. for Drakken. I do like how we get to see some of Shego’s background in a couple episodes.

This show had a rating of 7.2/10 on IMDb and a 94% of google users like the show. Kim Possible ran from 2002-2007, and was such a success that there 3 movies. Kim Possible: A Stitch in Time (2003), Kim Possible: The Secret Files (2002) and Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama (2005).

Here’s some KP Games: http://disneychannel.disney.com/kim-possible
http://lol.disney.com/games/disneychannel-a-sitch-in-time-episode-3-future

And this one’s my favorite: https://www.gamesloon.com/free-cartoon-26/kim-possible-games-284/kim-possible-bueno-rufus-34853.html

 

Another catchy song for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBnPVbobDX8

MEME TIME:

 

Now our ending questions:

 

• Would you watch this show again as an adult?

• • Heck yes. This is an amazing show and I would 100% watch it now.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show now?
  • I would rate this a 9. I had the ringtone in highschool, and was in love  with this show as a kid. Plus, I just watched like 4 scenes on youtube and I’m still in love.
• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show when you were a kid?
  • Solid 10. I was in love as a kid and watched this show practically every day. No shame.

 

Cat and Mouse (Tom and Jerry)

Today we’re going old school, so strap on your seat belts kids, we’re going for a ride.

Who doesn’t love Tom and Jerry?! I’m not even going to lie, I have no idea how someone was able to make a show featuring a cat and mouse that didn’t talk, that didn’t make me change the channel. That’s some serious talent.

 

This show features Tom and Jerry, a cat and mouse, as they try to constantly one up each other. The show has an 8/10 rating with surprisingly only 78% of google users liked this show. Honestly, I’m confused because I thought Tom and Jerry was pretty well loved by everyone. The show had 164 shorts (episodes), and each one was only about 6-10 minutes long.

 

Here’s some games though: http://www.boomerangtv.co.uk/shows/tom-and-jerry/games and http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/games/tomjerry/index.html.

 

There’s a conspiracy theory that Tom and Jerry is Nazi propaganda. Apparently even the names mean something with Tom (British soldiers were called Tommies) and Jerry (German soldiers were called Jerries). Tom and Jerry also aired the same year as the Battle of Britain, 1940. You can read more here: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/01/top-children-s-tv-show-conspiracy-theories.

 

And of course there’s a fandom: http://tomandjerry.wikia.com/wiki/Tom_Cat

I love the internet.

 

Would you watch this show again as an adult?

• • I could probably only handle a couple episodes, but I could do it for at least 20 minutes. (Who am I kidding? I’ll get sucked in.)

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show now?
  • I would rate this show a 5, mostly just because hello, it’s a CLASSIC.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show when you were a kid?
  • I would say still a 8, because it made me sit through the whole show with only sound effects.That deserves a prize.

Please remember Code Lyoko

The next cartoon is one that not many people remember, and how would I know this? Because I constantly ask people about it, and they never remember it!

Code Lyoko was a cartoon about kids that battle a virus in a virtual universe. It features

Aelita (pink haired lady in the middle), Jeremie (blue shirt), Odd (right, yellow hair), Ulrich (left, on green bike), and Yumi (top right).

 

The show starts with Jeremie who finds an abandoned warehouse, where he discovers the virtual reality that he then shares with his friends. While his friends are in this virtual reality, it acts much like a video game. They have a health scale, that when it gets too low, they are forced to leave the virtual reality through these capsule type containers.  While his friends were in the virtual reality Jeremie is stationed at a very high tech computer, where he then helps his friend navigate the virtual reality and figure out the best way to defeat XANA. While battling XANA, they also make it their mission to not only save their planet but to rescue their friend Aelita.

 

The show had 4 seasons, with 95 episodes. It had a rating of 7.4/10 on IMDb and 97% of google users liked the show.  

For this show, I didn’t find any good theories or fun facts. The fun facts I did find contained a whole bunch of spoilers.

 

While I never actually watched all  of these episodes, the ones I did watch kept my attention and were really fun to watch. Plus, there’s some slight romance, so I got hooked on that aspect.

Good ol’ memes:

Now for our ending questions:

 

– Would you watch this show again as an adult?

• • Yes, if I could find a place to watch all 90 episodes.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show now?
  • I would rate this show at a 6, due to the fact that I haven’t seen it in forever and I remember that it was good, but I don’t remember how good.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show when you were a kid?
  • I would rate this show at a 8, due to the fact that I remember loving it as a child and getting annoyed when no one else was watching it.

Totally Spies! (The exclamation mark is in the title)

Now this show is basically a chick-flick on crack.

Totally Spies! was my jam for a couple years.

 

It features (from left to right) Clover, Alex, and Sam who are just your average Beverly Hill girls, that is until they’re needed as spies for the World Organization of Human Protection. Their director, Jerry, sends them on missions all over the world, through some very interesting means of travel. Typically, the girls try to balance being, just that, teenage girls, while also saving the world.

 

This French and Canadian show has a 7/10 on IMBd, with a rating of 92% of google users liked the show. The show had 6 seasons over the course of 2001-2013.

 

There’s a game you can play here: http://www.totallyspies.com/_upload/_module/uk/_complex/gam_mallbrawl/

I’m not even going to admit how much time I wasted playing this game. “Research”, guys, research.

 

Aaaannnnd, there’s a fandom:http://totallyspies.wikia.com/wiki/Alexandra

 

There’s even a youtube channel with all the shows: https://www.youtube.com/user/TotallySpiesChannel

 

Also these girls has cars, a jet, jet packs, and all the spy gadgets. How neat? I wish I had access to that stuff in high school. And can we talk about how often they quit literally got SUCKED out of school? How in the world did they maintain good grades? Were their teachers in on it? Were they paid off? What about their parents? They weren’t curious as to where their teenage daughters were off to??? These are the real questions. 

Now for some memes:

(It was a struggle to find some NOT dirty memes *sigh*)

Would you watch this show again as an adult?

• • I’m not even ashamed to say I did. The whole first season is on Netflix. #noshame.  

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show now?
  • I would rate this show a 8, I love the concept and the girl power. It hooked me.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show when you were a kid?
  • I would say a 9, I loved the show and for a small child Taylor this show was one of those empowering shows that stuck with me.

 

This is….Life with Derek…?

Life with Derek. Now guys this is going to get real….strange.

Life with Derek is a show about what happens when a 15 year old and a 14 year old, who were once the oldest sibling get thrown together in one house when their parents get married. 15 year old Derek (green jacket) and 14 year old Casey (pink sleeves) try to one up each other constantly to show that they’re the top dog.

 

This show ran from 2005-2009  with a 7.6/10 IMDb rating and a 94% google user rating.

 

Now…for the strange part. If you’ve ever watched this show, you’ll understand what I’m about to type. Somehow you found yourself shipping Derek and Casey! Even though they were step siblings. Which is weird! But there was some chemistry that you could literally feel through the screen.

 

Apparently there were rumors that they were dating off screen, but they were later shot down.  Here’s a buzzfeed article from 2015 that discusses just how weird it is. https://www.buzzfeed.com/sydneyscott/what-the-hell-was-happening-on-life-with-derek?utm_term=.thrBnXJ4am#.hn5b3lJZk6.

 

There’s even youtube videos called, Best Dasey Moments.

I wish I was kidding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dwK4mXfUqs

They even managed to make the list of 5 Creepiest Examples of Sexual Tension between Characters on Collegehumor. They made the list at number 2. http://www.collegehumor.com/post/6981609/the-5-creepiest-examples-of-sexual-tension-between-characters

That time of the blog,

• Would you watch this show again as an adult?
  • I’m torn on this one. I feel like if I watch it again I may like it, but I may also be creeped out. We’ll go for a solid maybe.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show now?
  • I would rate it a 4.5. It was interesting, and I’m also interested in all the drama that the whole “dasey” thing.

 

• With a rating system 1-10 (10 being the best) what would you rate this show when you were a kid?
  • I would rate this a 6. I was entertained when I watched it. And I went through a time where I had to live with a boy around my age (granted there was none of the awkward tension).