A bit off-topic, but the Droids cartoon also felt like it had tons of episodes too, only 13 though. It's weird how our perception of time is so different as kids
I found a Bucky O'Hare at a thrift store a few years after the show aired. He sits on a shelf to this day, holding a drink umbrella and riding Battle Cat.
"Franchise"? Urgh! No. The cartoon deserved to have been marketted far better and to have been far more popular under the management of a single Production Company who managed it well.
I really wish Bucky O' Hare would see success again. Ironically I was watching someone playing the Konami arcade game. Its interesting how the arcade game gives a proper ending.
the irony i had a plastic toy of bucky, i only just now found out that it wasent a jazz the rabit toy xD, but hey never seen the cartoon nor the comic here in Denmark
As the writer of Bucky O'Hare :Very Different Places (no, we haven't released anything yet, covid kinda caused a 2 year dev hiatus) THANK YOU for bringing more attention to Bucky!
It's funny I don't think I had seen the comics in YEARS. So seeing them now, Golden's artwork was a breath of fresh air. Absolutely electric on the page.
I came across a Bucky coloring book at the drug store in the little town where I went to college. The art was a quantum leap better than anything else. Then, a couple years later when I was in Grad School, I caught a couple of issues at my LCS. The art was AMAZING. But if any of the local stations ran the show, it was always on Sunday morning when I was at church (and, more often then not, preempted by sporting events). So I only saw a couple of episodes when I was too sick to make it to church.
I remember watching this on the BBC after school. The presenter, Andi Peters, would have a sing-a-long the shows theme song before every episode. Good times.
I was a huge fan in the 90's. I actually couldn't get the 5th issue of the comic, every retailer around me had dropped it. Being an upset young'n my mom actually called the publisher to see if she could order it, instead they signed and sent me a hardcover of the graphic novel compilation. They also said that a couple Jenny's were actually made with the first wave of toys, but produced in a small batch and given to them and a few others as gifts. Guess they didn't think it would sell well.
It even says willy in the commercial he included 🤣🤣🤣 Either he's mocking this or did not do his research, or if he hired someone to write the script for him they didn't do their research or wrote Wally wanting to embarrass him. ? Guess we'll know if he responds
I always have a big soft spot for Bucky, I found him when I was 8 on TV in Australia, he deserves to have his mission finished in animated and comic form, so we can see the end of the toad wars #teambucky
@@tigerbread78 They did, but only in the arcade game. The toads were never defeated in the cartoon. So if anything you can consider the arcade game the cannon ending to the show.
I grew up watching the Bucky O'Hare cartoon. Such an awesome opening intro/theme song. Didn't know there were toys comics or video games until years later.
This remains one of my favorite comics to this day, and I looooved the cartoon as a kid. Used to stay up late just hoping MTV would show it on Oddities, or Liquid Television. I was probably way too young to be watching them, and I'm sure they helped shape my love for the weird in my impressionable little mind.
As a fan of both TMNT and Bucky O'Hare, I found the early 90s to be a great time, with so much of both franchises to enjoy. Also: it's Willy, not Wally.
By 1991 I was now on a rural college campus, living in a house with no tv. Saturday mornings were now devoted to rugby practice. I vaguely saw the ads for this property here and there but never got to read an issue or see a cartoon.
I made my own Bucky costume for Halloween as a kid. I drew up a paper mask which was tied to my head, and then drew the yellow belt and trimmings which I glued to a red sweater. In what was literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I played the arcade game, a side-scrolling beat-em-up. It was epic.
I feel a Mandela Effect with a few of Toy Galaxy's episodes. The times -- like in this video -- when I thought you already featured this show way back.
For some reason I loved this as a kid back in the 90's. Still got all the action figures lying around in some box. Also the NES game heavily frustrated my kid gaming skills with its ambitious difficulty.
I have the NES version of the game, too. If only I had a walkthrough of the game via Nintendo Power or a strategy guide booklet, or from an online source, it would've made playing the game much more easier. The most trickier places in the game were Red Planet & Blue Planet.
Yes! Finally! Been waiting for this moment. Toy Galaxy and the bizarre awesomeness of Captain Bucky O'Hare and the Righteous Indignation! What a theme song. Take that COVID!
Zoo Crew was totally legit. I remember reading an issue where Gorilla Grodd traveled to the animal dimension and everyone was shocked because he walked around naked. He was pursued by Beast Boy who also didn't wear clothing in animal form.
@@dariusq8894 CCAHAZC #20. It was great! At one point in the story, Alley-Kat-Abra uses her Magic Wanda to hit Grodd with a spell bolt. It misses him. Grodd says... I had no idea these creatures possessed such power! Anyone who thinks the Crew are lightweights in the power department should check that scene out! That was the final issue of the title, sadly.
Loved Bucky as a kid in the UK! Had almost all of the action figures too. Still has one of the coolest theme songs imo, and a great name for a ship. I was just ravenous for any kinda anthro animation during that era as I also loved biker mice from mars and tmnt. And also to a lesser extent, that shark one I've forgotten the name of...
I discovered Bucky O'Hare via the commercial for the action figures when I was nine years old in 1991. I remember viewing the animated series back in the day as well. The creation seemed really neat through my eyes as a kid!
I was like, obsessed with the Bucky O'Hare cartoon as a kid- and we're talking young enough that I remember basically nothing about it but the themesong now. I gotta get one of those newer figures, the 90s Bucky O'Hare was one of my favorite toys back in the day.
OMG i haven’t thought about “Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!” in YEARS 😱 Was a huge fan of the comic back in the day, moreso than of the average “funny animal book” as they not only had superpowers, but were spoofs of mainstream heroes 😄 Great stuff guys! 👍🏼
I mean... it wasn’t a runaway success but hopefully he retained the rights and got made a little bank of licensing? I agree though, the guy basically made GI Joe what it is.
A big thing I remembered about this cartoon was the guy who voiced Dead eye Duck. Scott McNeil, guy has done a lot of voices over the years. Including an iconic Marvel character Wolverine. Anime characters Captain Harlock, Duo Maxwell from Gundam Wing and many others.
Ah, yes, Bucky O'Hare, together with Jaxxon and Jazz Jackrabbit form the trifecta of space-themed green antropomorphic rabbits who dress in red and shoot guns. It's kind of an oddly specific style of character design. I remember really liking the cartoon and my mouth watered at the sight of some of those comics back in the day, but at some point I just stop hearing about the franchise. Never forgot about it, though. I would love some of those new action figures, but I can't find them anywhere. Curiously enough, the old Hasbro ones are much more common.
I remember buying Bucky O'Hare comics from my local Supermarket, off a spinner rack (God I miss those) and being hooked. Michael Golden was already a God to me because I loved Micronauts, but I loved seeing his more cartoony, anthropomorphic style. He also did Spartan X, a Jackie Chan comic that Topps put out (Remember when Topps made comics?) and I still loved that series. I think I might be the only one...But I just want to say, your love and support or Peter Porker never fails to put a smile on my face.
They can't even be bothered to make more than one Star Fox game....They just keep remaking the same game over and over and over...StarFox 64 is just a remake of the SNES game and every game since is just a variation on that remake .
@@lutherheggs451 yes but when ever they try expanding the universe the fans just complain it is not like StarFox64. Adventures and Assult were good games, but have been torn apart because they are not like the original.
You have done it again. You have reunited me with deep glorious memories of my distant childhood. I did not read the comic, but I found the cartoon and toys totally awesome. Good times. Great video.
I loved the cartoon and the toys. I remember reading that Jenny was meant to be included in the first wave of figures but the toy manufacturers insisted "no one wants the girl toy" 🙄🙄🙄 and as a result, some of the other toys didn't sell well enough for the cartoon to get a second season. I was SO PISSED when I learned this. Rest assured , we wanted "the girl toy."
This is why Boss Studio made sure she was in the first wave of their toys when they brought out the new versions. They wanted to make sure the mistakes of the pass were not repeated
I would love to see that happen one day. Knowing Nintendo though they would make every effort to screw Larry Hama out of any royalties he could possibly receive from his creation though. Seriously, they are really bad about that. They did that to the guy who created Captain N when they ended up teaming up with DiC to make the animated series back in the 90's. Didn't give the guy credit or anything for what he came up.
StarFox is already a spiritual successor to Bucky O' Hare. Just read the 1993 Nintendo Power comic, it has a lot of similar elements. As good as this crossover sounds Imamura, Miyamoto, and Itoh already envisioned what the series was and a crossover is not in sight. Granted its always bothered me when people only look at StarFox from a surface level and never bothered to pay attention to detail pass that. Yes their pilots, partially, though they were intended as mercenaries that played by their own rules and sought payment. Also everything in Dinosaur Planet fits in the StarFox universe.
Usagi Yojimbo, Jaxxon, and Bucky O'Hare just make my goddamn day. There's just something so delightfully absurd and contradictory about warrior bunnies that I will always love.
Thanks for this, Dan. I discovered Bucky O'Hare, through the short lived animated series, in its original run. It has a reallt interesting backstory, which makes me wonder why the series wasn't successful. I had no idea there was a comic series & an NES game, but I do also remember the action figure line, as well. I only had Bucky, himself, though, out of that whole line.
That open is just...chef's kiss. Who knew that a youtube channel dedicated to toys and forgotten media of a bygone era could be so innovative? Dan Larson that's who.
I still remember the first time I read the Bucky O'Hare graphic novel for the first time when I was a kid and loved it! Needless to say I was really pumped when it became an animated series.
Ah shit! Bucket O'Hare was one of my fav shows for me as a kid! I clearly remember getting my mom to buy me the Bucky toy from Argos (UK store) which was my first toy getting it from there! My bro remember the other cooler team with the bee and their ships has another set of wings!
I watched Bucky O'Hare way back when I was in 1st grade. The most notable voiceovers in the series were Garry Chalk as Dogstar, Scott McNeil as Dead-Eye Duck, & Sam Vincent as Blinky.
I’ve only started combing through the Toy Galaxy videos in the last month but what about SWAT KATS, Fantastic Max, The New Adventures of He-Man, Darkwing Duck and the related Disney shows like Goof Troop, Rescue Rangers, and Duck Tales (oh also new Johnny Quest and Young Indiana Jones)? Although James Bond Jr and The Tick are strong entries I’d love to see too. Loving this channel’s content in any case!
Did you guys not know about the phantom 2040, or Conan the adventurer? Those where both great too. And had writing right up there with shows like gargoyles and mighty max
@@Getwright- Never watched Phantom 2040, but they have a video on Conan the Adventurer another great show. I was in a small boat for that one though, the show came out when I was a kid but I had already watched the Conan movies many times.
You forgot to mention the part where the make or break factor in getting a second season was likely a mishap involving how many of which figure was included in a case, with the toad marshal clogging up store pegs everywhere unsold.
I remember watching this show when I was a kid. The nostalgia overload lol. I'm 35 and I feel old lol. A great show that needs to be brought back and made into the franchise it was supposed to have been.
I loved loved loved Bucky O'Hare as a kid. Almost as much as the Ninja Turtles, which is quite impressive considering how miniscule the run was. Got Bucky and Blinky and was always searching for a Jenny figure that didn't exist. Rented the NES game repeatedly from my local game store but never heard of the Arcade game until a few years ago (when I also discovered the NES game had ballooned in price). I still vaguely remember that awesome theme song and searched for the episode after the last one when Bucky was actually going to fight Toadborg but it was never to be. It deserved ten times the success but it'll always be a favorite of mine.
I always wanted a team up between Bucky and The old school Rocket Raccoon (Rocket used to way more of a dashing buck rogers space adventurer type, as opposed to a grumpy space pirate like he is now). Did you guys mention Rocket in this video? He’s hall of fame as far as anthropomorphic space mammal heroes.
I genuinely loved Bucky as kid. I didn't have many toys, but I remember having loads of Bucky O'Hare stuff like a Toad Croaker, Bucky, Jenny, Deadeye, Blinky and Toadborg. I didn't know about the 2017 line, but G-Dang it, I want that Jenny figure now...
My favourite ever show. The Boss FIght Figures are gorgeous too, desperate to get more but sadly hard to get in the UK fully triggered by "Wally Duwit" instead of Willy though
I appreciate this so much. Bucky o hare was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid and it fit right in there with tmnt but no one remembers it. The toys the games the cartoon. Still love that theme song. I learned so much in this video. Thank you.
I read another reason why Bucky o’ Hare “failed” was because of the toy line. There was some type of distribution and/or manufacturing error that lead to more of the Toad Commander toys being sent out to stores and thus popular figures like Bucky himself were sold out. Most companies back in the day lived and died on the success of the toy line, thus if the toy line was successful, the property was considered a hit (amongst other factors I’m sure). Since the toys were not “selling” because of the abundance of unpopular characters being more readily available, this was seen as the property not being a hit. To be honest, it had all the right ingredients to be a success. Like a commenter down below mentioned, the syndication of it being on Sunday mornings probably didn’t help reach out to the kids either. I was fortunate where I lived that they at least had the show airing before the other popular cartoon blocks on Saturday.
Oops, it was Toad Air Marshal. Here’s the link to the story I got the information from: www.buckyohare.org/toys.shtml . This was a really great retrospective video though and it was a blast to the past just remembering the franchise and its memorabilia. 😊
“Righteous indignation” is still one of the best ship names ive ever heard
I feel there was a Righteous Infatuation ship in the show and it's pretty close...
Really good although The Eternal Crusader is cooler
Nothing beats the noble Quib Quib
Right up there with Defiant
why do I know the other two UAC ships were the Indefatigable and the Screaming Mimi
Like so many animated series from my youth, it amazes me there were only 13 episodes! It felt like this was around for years and years in the UK!
A bit off-topic, but the Droids cartoon also felt like it had tons of episodes too, only 13 though. It's weird how our perception of time is so different as kids
Remember this well on Children's BBC
@@tigerbread78 but for droids every episode also felt like going fotever, so bad written and the drawings from hell.
Right?! To this day, it’s still my fave childhood cartoon. Bought the dvd years ago and gunna introduce it to my nephew later.
@@MrInvinciblewarrior lol, yeah that probably contributed to it, plus the intro was so good, nothing could live up to it
I found a Bucky O'Hare at a thrift store a few years after the show aired. He sits on a shelf to this day, holding a drink umbrella and riding Battle Cat.
If you’re from PA. It may have been mine. My mother was notorious for giving our old toys and clothes away to thrift stores. 😭 😂
This really deserved to be a franchise. It’s so stylistic and filled with great characters.
Awsome cartoon always watched in 1993
"Franchise"? Urgh! No. The cartoon deserved to have been marketted far better and to have been far more popular under the management of a single Production Company who managed it well.
Right
It was a franchise.
They made a cartoon, multiple videogames, comics and a toy line
I really wish Bucky O' Hare would see success again. Ironically I was watching someone playing the Konami arcade game. Its interesting how the arcade game gives a proper ending.
I have NES version of the game.
Yo Eastside! Love your content dude.
the irony i had a plastic toy of bucky, i only just now found out that it wasent a jazz the rabit toy xD, but hey never seen the cartoon nor the comic here in Denmark
That's not irony.
O shit i didn't even know there was a game and i was a fan lol
As the writer of Bucky O'Hare :Very Different Places (no, we haven't released anything yet, covid kinda caused a 2 year dev hiatus) THANK YOU for bringing more attention to Bucky!
Is the arcade ending canon? If so, who are they fighting?
I was a huge TMNT fan as a kid and when this came out I was obsessed. The nostalgia of this show and comic is unreal I still love Bucky and the crew
They are better then the cartoons that they make nowadays. They don't make good shows like that anymore!
Bucky O'Hare was my favorite show as a kid and hardly anyone remembers it! Cant believe I'm finding this video THREE YEARS after it was posted.
Bucky O'Hare has one of the best cartoon theme songs out there.
This show is literally the reason I became interested in space as a kid.
If that means you are now in the aerospace industry that's amazing.
If not it's merely cool 😉
@@Dave0G I'm with Dave on this one
Unfortunately NASA is full of lies.
@@DadaPoopoo you're a flat earther aren't you?
@@fatalgravity I have no idea what shape this reality is. I just have a lot of questions about the veracity of NASA's claims.
Always loved the character design for this series
Dan has gone through more hair and beard styles than Val Kilmer in The Saint
still know the theme song for this, can't remember long division, but you want to know about a parallel universe falling on it face, I got you covered
We remember important things like the theme to Bucky O'Hare, not crap like long division.
Hey, any calculator can do division, but it requires a higher intelligence to know the funky freshness of space rabbits.
@@alucard624 Can I get an Amen?
The comics were just great. Too bad they were so short-lived.
It's funny I don't think I had seen the comics in YEARS. So seeing them now, Golden's artwork was a breath of fresh air. Absolutely electric on the page.
I came across a Bucky coloring book at the drug store in the little town where I went to college. The art was a quantum leap better than anything else. Then, a couple years later when I was in Grad School, I caught a couple of issues at my LCS. The art was AMAZING.
But if any of the local stations ran the show, it was always on Sunday morning when I was at church (and, more often then not, preempted by sporting events). So I only saw a couple of episodes when I was too sick to make it to church.
Yes, the art really stands out in those panels.
The creator made a black and white official manga reprint version of the comic back in 2008 BUT ITS EXTREMELY RARE
@@SecretGalaxyTV Still have my original childhood copies of the single issue Bucky comics, though they are super tattered.
The thing I liked about Bucky, Captain Bucky O’Hare, is that he’d go where no ordinary, rabbit would dare.
I remember watching this on the BBC after school. The presenter, Andi Peters, would have a sing-a-long the shows theme song before every episode. Good times.
This show was MY JAM as a kid. SO many of the shows I loved as a kid never made it far and it's heartbreaking.
Yeah, this franchises run was way too short. It pretty much went into obscurity in the 90's
@@Mister_Oddity This and "The Pirates of Darkwater" are the 2 I miss the most.
Amazing how memorable it is for a short-lived cartoon (that was my only exposure, anyway).
Next do "Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys". Please?
Great show!!!
I love that show! It had a great voice cast and was just so much fun!
I was a huge fan in the 90's. I actually couldn't get the 5th issue of the comic, every retailer around me had dropped it. Being an upset young'n my mom actually called the publisher to see if she could order it, instead they signed and sent me a hardcover of the graphic novel compilation. They also said that a couple Jenny's were actually made with the first wave of toys, but produced in a small batch and given to them and a few others as gifts. Guess they didn't think it would sell well.
she was held back for wave 2 is my understanding.
Your mom cool 😎
Keeps calling him Wally even as the name Willy is shown in the comic strip. The kid's name was even in the opening theme. WILLY 🐋
Willy Duwitt - will he do it. Funny show 😂
When he started calling him Wally I thought maybe I remembered the theme song wrong but no it’s written right there on the comic page
It even says willy in the commercial he included 🤣🤣🤣
Either he's mocking this or did not do his research, or if he hired someone to write the script for him they didn't do their research or wrote Wally wanting to embarrass him.
?
Guess we'll know if he responds
I always have a big soft spot for Bucky, I found him when I was 8 on TV in Australia, he deserves to have his mission finished in animated and comic form, so we can see the end of the toad wars #teambucky
Didn't they defeat the toads, though? I seem to remember that ending
@@tigerbread78 They did, but only in the arcade game. The toads were never defeated in the cartoon. So if anything you can consider the arcade game the cannon ending to the show.
Discovered on TV as a kid in the 90s and tbh the intro sequence still slaps 😂
Solid writing on that intro. Great episode, Dan.
I never understood why they cancelled it. All the older kids in my neighborhood and school loved that show.
When I found this channel I was surprised there wasn't an episode dedicated to this series... now to press play for some satisfying nostalgia.
I grew up watching the Bucky O'Hare cartoon. Such an awesome opening intro/theme song.
Didn't know there were toys comics or video games until years later.
Can you do one for MTV's The Maxx? That cartoon was crazy and nobody seems to remember it.
That was a comic book first iirc, so if you want more it’s out there too!
This remains one of my favorite comics to this day, and I looooved the cartoon as a kid. Used to stay up late just hoping MTV would show it on Oddities, or Liquid Television. I was probably way too young to be watching them, and I'm sure they helped shape my love for the weird in my impressionable little mind.
It was a Image title before it was on mtv.
It was messed up, I wasn’t sure if it was real or a dream.
Yes please Dan! One of my all-time favorites.
As a fan of both TMNT and Bucky O'Hare, I found the early 90s to be a great time, with so much of both franchises to enjoy.
Also: it's Willy, not Wally.
"Bunny the Hare? You need better heroes" -A kid I remember from way back when. that might have been part of what hampered the brand, I dunno.
By 1991 I was now on a rural college campus, living in a house with no tv. Saturday mornings were now devoted to rugby practice. I vaguely saw the ads for this property here and there but never got to read an issue or see a cartoon.
arsenic the giraffe made me sort milk out my nose for the first time in maybe 10 years
Yeah did a double-take hearing that one XD
I have waited for a long time for Bucky to be recognized as existing.
I loved this show back in the day and the toy designs were absolutely amazing. Toadborg and Dead-Eye were by far my favorite character designs.
I made my own Bucky costume for Halloween as a kid. I drew up a paper mask which was tied to my head, and then drew the yellow belt and trimmings which I glued to a red sweater. In what was literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I played the arcade game, a side-scrolling beat-em-up. It was epic.
This show formed the basis of my Starfinder Campaign and my Mutants and Masterminds Campaign too
How did it go?
I feel a Mandela Effect with a few of Toy Galaxy's episodes. The times -- like in this video -- when I thought you already featured this show way back.
We've mentioned it in videos before, but never dedicated a full episode to it.
...in this dimention.
you are not alone man, you are not alone.
Pixel Dan did a Toyplosion episode on the toyline.
Same here, have they done captain simian and the space monkeys yet?
I loved Bucky O'Hare growing up. The comics, show, NES game...I couldn't get enough. Thanks for the vid!
For some reason I loved this as a kid back in the 90's. Still got all the action figures lying around in some box. Also the NES game heavily frustrated my kid gaming skills with its ambitious difficulty.
I have the NES version of the game, too. If only I had a walkthrough of the game via Nintendo Power or a strategy guide booklet, or from an online source, it would've made playing the game much more easier. The most trickier places in the game were Red Planet & Blue Planet.
I'm always surprised to learn some of these shows only last a few episodes yet I still remember them them so vividly. Awesome Channel!
As a kid I always wanted to see a crossover between: Bucky O'Hare, Battle Toads, and TMNT.
Yes! Finally! Been waiting for this moment. Toy Galaxy and the bizarre awesomeness of Captain Bucky O'Hare and the Righteous Indignation! What a theme song. Take that COVID!
I get the oddest looks when I walk around singing this show's theme song.
The title is right there in the song though!
That intro is rockin'.
BUCKY
CAPTAIN BUCKY O HARE
That look, is admiration.
Yeah it's weird I only remember that first line, that's it. Bucky, Captain Bucky O'Hare. It's in my brain and it's never coming out.
Bucky O'Hare and Captain Simian were the two cartoons I desperately wanted more episodes of when I was a kid.
Omg I completely forgot about captain simian, I'm on a 90s rabbit hole binge 😂
I still love Bucky O' Hare, Marvel Bunny, and of course, Captain Carrot!
Zoo Crew was totally legit. I remember reading an issue where Gorilla Grodd traveled to the animal dimension and everyone was shocked because he walked around naked. He was pursued by Beast Boy who also didn't wear clothing in animal form.
@@dariusq8894 CCAHAZC #20. It was great! At one point in the story, Alley-Kat-Abra uses her Magic Wanda to hit Grodd with a spell bolt. It misses him. Grodd says...
I had no idea these creatures possessed such power! Anyone who thinks the Crew are lightweights in the power department should check that scene out!
That was the final issue of the title, sadly.
Dude... you keep tackling the shows from my childhood! I wish they could do something cool with this property now
Um...he keeps calling the boy, “Wally”. His name is “Willy”...I think
Yeah, it's Willy
Yeah, they were going for like 'will he do it'
Yeah also its the anniverse not universe i believe.
Ain't Wally a name 4 a Dilbert character, or a title 4 a Pixar movie?
His name is a pun of "Will he do it?!?!"
Loved Bucky as a kid in the UK! Had almost all of the action figures too. Still has one of the coolest theme songs imo, and a great name for a ship. I was just ravenous for any kinda anthro animation during that era as I also loved biker mice from mars and tmnt. And also to a lesser extent, that shark one I've forgotten the name of...
That toyline had so much good stuff coming in the second wave :'( at least boss fight got us a Jenny
I discovered Bucky O'Hare via the commercial for the action figures when I was nine years old in 1991. I remember viewing the animated series back in the day as well. The creation seemed really neat through my eyes as a kid!
I was like, obsessed with the Bucky O'Hare cartoon as a kid- and we're talking young enough that I remember basically nothing about it but the themesong now. I gotta get one of those newer figures, the 90s Bucky O'Hare was one of my favorite toys back in the day.
I used to love the Bucky O'hare cartoon. I still have most of the original action figures.
Bucky O’Hare immortalized itself in my childhood when I was synonymized with him because of my “buck” teeth.
Lol
When I was a kid, I was the only one of my friends who knew what this cartoon was. I think it was on UPN 9 😅
OMG i haven’t thought about “Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!” in YEARS 😱 Was a huge fan of the comic back in the day, moreso than of the average “funny animal book” as they not only had superpowers, but were spoofs of mainstream heroes 😄 Great stuff guys! 👍🏼
I remember having the Bucky OHare toys, my Deadeye Duck was a staple character in my action figure imagination
Poor Larry Hama. Dude makes GI Joe basically from scratch, and then his attempt at making an original property falls flat on its face.
When out of the chaos,
Who else could it be,
But the animal adventurers of S.P.A.C.E.!
Yeah, but at least he had a G.I. Joe character based on him, so it's not all bad.
Could have been worse. his name could have been "Harry Lama".
@@RikoJAmado Ba-dum dum- TSSS!!!! No applause, folks, just throw money😂😂
I mean... it wasn’t a runaway success but hopefully he retained the rights and got made a little bank of licensing? I agree though, the guy basically made GI Joe what it is.
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION --- the ship, the name, the meaning so lit
Jenny was the first cat girl for me, I was just old enough for her to give me "tingly" feelings
@@_DeadEnd_ yeah, I'm sure they did
Same here, but I’ve always been a cat lover. She also introduced me to magickal concepts, which I didn’t get interested in until later on.
A big thing I remembered about this cartoon was the guy who voiced Dead eye Duck.
Scott McNeil, guy has done a lot of voices over the years. Including an iconic Marvel character Wolverine. Anime characters Captain Harlock, Duo Maxwell from Gundam Wing and many others.
One of the best NES games period.
Yeah, one of the best & frustrating NES games 2 play. LoL 😆
Ah, yes, Bucky O'Hare, together with Jaxxon and Jazz Jackrabbit form the trifecta of space-themed green antropomorphic rabbits who dress in red and shoot guns. It's kind of an oddly specific style of character design. I remember really liking the cartoon and my mouth watered at the sight of some of those comics back in the day, but at some point I just stop hearing about the franchise. Never forgot about it, though. I would love some of those new action figures, but I can't find them anywhere. Curiously enough, the old Hasbro ones are much more common.
I apparently had some Bucky O'Hara figures. For years, I assumed they were random figures in the Ninja Turtles line.
I remember buying Bucky O'Hare comics from my local Supermarket, off a spinner rack (God I miss those) and being hooked. Michael Golden was already a God to me because I loved Micronauts, but I loved seeing his more cartoony, anthropomorphic style. He also did Spartan X, a Jackie Chan comic that Topps put out (Remember when Topps made comics?) and I still loved that series. I think I might be the only one...But I just want to say, your love and support or Peter Porker never fails to put a smile on my face.
One thing I have always been surprised by was Nintendo never doing a StarFox show
They can't even be bothered to make more than one Star Fox game....They just keep remaking the same game over and over and over...StarFox 64 is just a remake of the SNES game and every game since is just a variation on that remake .
@@lutherheggs451 yes but when ever they try expanding the universe the fans just complain it is not like StarFox64. Adventures and Assult were good games, but have been torn apart because they are not like the original.
I remember watching this as a kid, I had several of the VHS cassettes
I feel like in this age of high quality reboots, remakes and adaptations, we could get a really good reboot of Bucky O'Hare today
You have done it again. You have reunited me with deep glorious memories of my distant childhood. I did not read the comic, but I found the cartoon and toys totally awesome. Good times. Great video.
Yaaaay! You made one on Bucky O’Hare!
That intro song is awesome!
I loved the cartoon and the toys. I remember reading that Jenny was meant to be included in the first wave of figures but the toy manufacturers insisted "no one wants the girl toy" 🙄🙄🙄 and as a result, some of the other toys didn't sell well enough for the cartoon to get a second season. I was SO PISSED when I learned this. Rest assured , we wanted "the girl toy."
This is why Boss Studio made sure she was in the first wave of their toys when they brought out the new versions. They wanted to make sure the mistakes of the pass were not repeated
I adore Bucky ohare! Thank you so much for highlighting Bucky on TG! I appreciate your channel and this made it even better
Nintendo needs to buy the rights to Bucky O'Hare, merge it with Starfox, and bring us an epic Aniverse franchise :p
Yes...
The Coin-Op beat em up was a lot of fun. I'd dig more games. Any style
I would love to see that happen one day. Knowing Nintendo though they would make every effort to screw Larry Hama out of any royalties he could possibly receive from his creation though. Seriously, they are really bad about that. They did that to the guy who created Captain N when they ended up teaming up with DiC to make the animated series back in the 90's. Didn't give the guy credit or anything for what he came up.
StarFox is already a spiritual successor to Bucky O' Hare. Just read the 1993 Nintendo Power comic, it has a lot of similar elements. As good as this crossover sounds Imamura, Miyamoto, and Itoh already envisioned what the series was and a crossover is not in sight. Granted its always bothered me when people only look at StarFox from a surface level and never bothered to pay attention to detail pass that. Yes their pilots, partially, though they were intended as mercenaries that played by their own rules and sought payment. Also everything in Dinosaur Planet fits in the StarFox universe.
So ok why did they just licensed this series and turn it to starfox
At least this gem will never be defiled by Michael Bay.
Usagi Yojimbo, Jaxxon, and Bucky O'Hare just make my goddamn day. There's just something so delightfully absurd and contradictory about warrior bunnies that I will always love.
Dont forget Plundor from MOTU
Jazz Jackrabbit?
Thanks for this, Dan. I discovered Bucky O'Hare, through the short lived animated series, in its original run. It has a reallt interesting backstory, which makes me wonder why the series wasn't successful. I had no idea there was a comic series & an NES game, but I do also remember the action figure line, as well. I only had Bucky, himself, though, out of that whole line.
All I remember is that sick ass intro song to the cartoon.
That open is just...chef's kiss. Who knew that a youtube channel dedicated to toys and forgotten media of a bygone era could be so innovative? Dan Larson that's who.
My high school vice principal was nicknamed Bucky by the student body. I used to sing the theme song to this, and nooooobody got it. It made me sad...
I still remember the theme song! So good . . .
Did he go where no other Vice Principal would dare?
@@chefexcellence322 He did not. He was a tool bag
I still remember the first time I read the Bucky O'Hare graphic novel for the first time when I was a kid and loved it! Needless to say I was really pumped when it became an animated series.
Ah shit! Bucket O'Hare was one of my fav shows for me as a kid! I clearly remember getting my mom to buy me the Bucky toy from Argos (UK store) which was my first toy getting it from there! My bro remember the other cooler team with the bee and their ships has another set of wings!
I watched Bucky O'Hare way back when I was in 1st grade. The most notable voiceovers in the series were Garry Chalk as Dogstar, Scott McNeil as Dead-Eye Duck, & Sam Vincent as Blinky.
YES! now I'm hoping for James Bond Jr and the Tick... beyond that I think we might have the 90s covered on cartoons
I’ve only started combing through the Toy Galaxy videos in the last month but what about SWAT KATS, Fantastic Max, The New Adventures of He-Man, Darkwing Duck and the related Disney shows like Goof Troop, Rescue Rangers, and Duck Tales (oh also new Johnny Quest and Young Indiana Jones)?
Although James Bond Jr and The Tick are strong entries I’d love to see too. Loving this channel’s content in any case!
Did you guys not know about the phantom 2040, or Conan the adventurer? Those where both great too. And had writing right up there with shows like gargoyles and mighty max
@@Getwright- Never watched Phantom 2040, but they have a video on Conan the Adventurer another great show. I was in a small boat for that one though, the show came out when I was a kid but I had already watched the Conan movies many times.
You forgot to mention the part where the make or break factor in getting a second season was likely a mishap involving how many of which figure was included in a case, with the toad marshal clogging up store pegs everywhere unsold.
The NES game has one of the best OSTs on the system.
Hell yeah!
In another dimension, another time and space! Man I loved this show as a kid and I still find myself singing the theme song at times!
I remember watching this show when I was a kid. The nostalgia overload lol. I'm 35 and I feel old lol. A great show that needs to be brought back and made into the franchise it was supposed to have been.
I'm 37. I feel old, too.
I loved loved loved Bucky O'Hare as a kid. Almost as much as the Ninja Turtles, which is quite impressive considering how miniscule the run was. Got Bucky and Blinky and was always searching for a Jenny figure that didn't exist. Rented the NES game repeatedly from my local game store but never heard of the Arcade game until a few years ago (when I also discovered the NES game had ballooned in price). I still vaguely remember that awesome theme song and searched for the episode after the last one when Bucky was actually going to fight Toadborg but it was never to be. It deserved ten times the success but it'll always be a favorite of mine.
I always thought Starfox was a ripoff of Bucky.
I'll bet someone at Nintendo watched an episode of Bucky and went from there.
YES! I have been waiting for this since I discovered the channel!!!!
I always wanted a team up between Bucky and The old school Rocket Raccoon (Rocket used to way more of a dashing buck rogers space adventurer type, as opposed to a grumpy space pirate like he is now).
Did you guys mention Rocket in this video? He’s hall of fame as far as anthropomorphic space mammal heroes.
I had both a Usagi Yojimbo and a Bucky O'Hare action figure I thought they(specifically bucky) were Jazz the Jackrabbit toys.
Would love to see an episode on Starcade!
I genuinely loved Bucky as kid. I didn't have many toys, but I remember having loads of Bucky O'Hare stuff like a Toad Croaker, Bucky, Jenny, Deadeye, Blinky and Toadborg. I didn't know about the 2017 line, but G-Dang it, I want that Jenny figure now...
My favourite ever show.
The Boss FIght Figures are gorgeous too, desperate to get more but sadly hard to get in the UK
fully triggered by "Wally Duwit" instead of Willy though
I found the figures on big bad toys they ship to the uk 👍
And also yeah with the Wally what’s up with that! 🤣
Glad I'm not the only one who caught that it was bugging me too lol
That’s kinda sad
I appreciate this so much. Bucky o hare was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid and it fit right in there with tmnt but no one remembers it. The toys the games the cartoon. Still love that theme song. I learned so much in this video. Thank you.
Oh. I’m early. Um. Do you need help setting up chairs or something?
Man, I'd give anything for a Bucky O'Hare movie. Have the same guys that did the Sonic one do it. 🔥
Does it actually say "toadal domination" in your script?
We had a VHS tape of one of the episodes that I used to watch a lot. The theme song is an absolute banger!
Bucky Barnes?
I read another reason why Bucky o’ Hare “failed” was because of the toy line. There was some type of distribution and/or manufacturing error that lead to more of the Toad Commander toys being sent out to stores and thus popular figures like Bucky himself were sold out. Most companies back in the day lived and died on the success of the toy line, thus if the toy line was successful, the property was considered a hit (amongst other factors I’m sure). Since the toys were not “selling” because of the abundance of unpopular characters being more readily available, this was seen as the property not being a hit.
To be honest, it had all the right ingredients to be a success. Like a commenter down below mentioned, the syndication of it being on Sunday mornings probably didn’t help reach out to the kids either. I was fortunate where I lived that they at least had the show airing before the other popular cartoon blocks on Saturday.
Oops, it was Toad Air Marshal. Here’s the link to the story I got the information from: www.buckyohare.org/toys.shtml .
This was a really great retrospective video though and it was a blast to the past just remembering the franchise and its memorabilia. 😊