The 'Very Special Episode' TV Trope (Part 3) | 10 More Animated TV Shows Explored
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- In Part 3 of our Very Special Episodes series, we dive into another viewer's choice edition, thanks to all the amazing suggestions from you guys over the past week! Today, we’re looking at 10 animated shows that delivered some of the most memorable and impactful episodes addressing serious topics. From the dangers of addiction and prejudice to the struggles of mental health and loss, these episodes took a step outside the usual fun and adventure to tackle real-world issues.
In this episode, we explore Jem - "Alone Again", where the dangers of substance abuse come to the forefront in a powerful and emotional storyline. We revisit Batman: The Animated Series with "The Underdwellers," highlighting issues of child exploitation and poverty. Teen Titans tackles prejudice head-on in "TROQ," while BraveStarr and G.I. Joe explore the devastating impacts of addiction in "The Price" and "The Greatest Evil."
We also dive into episodes like Steven Universe - "On the Run," which touches on the struggle with identity and feeling like an outsider. Captain Planet and the Planeteers’s "Formula for Hate" takes on the topic of AIDS and the stigma surrounding it, while Static Shock delivers another powerful narrative in "Son of the Father," addressing racial tensions and the consequences of prejudice.
Pokémon’s emotional episode "Memories in the Mist!" takes on the sensitive subject of grief and moving forward after loss, and we wrap things up with the banned Tiny Toons episode "One Beer," a controversial take on underage drinking that delivered a hard-hitting message, albeit through a dark lens of humor.
If you didn’t see your suggestion in this video, don’t worry-I’ve got plenty more in store for future parts of this series, so keep the suggestions coming! For those new to the series, the Very Special Episode trope refers to those moments when TV shows take a break from their usual tone to address serious real-life issues, providing a moral or life lesson.
We’re alternating between animated and live-action shows in each part, so stay tuned for more in the upcoming episodes!
That's So Raven had an episode that tackled racism in a workplace: Raven applies for a job at clothing store but her friend Chelsea is chosen for the position instead. Then she has a vision of the manager full on admitting she doesn't hire black people, so she plans to expose her by having her mom record the confession on camera resulting in the woman getting fired
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
This is easily one of the most memorable episodes of That's So Raven.
You know you messed up when Cobra and G.I. Joe decide to team up to take you down
Cobra draws the line at bodily harming others: mind control is one thing, but you don’t physically hurt others!
Agreed, it appears even Cobra has its limits and believes fatal drugs are pushing it too far.
And then with Pokémon Sun & Moon, there’s of course the episode “One Journey Ends… Another Begins” where Stoutland actually dies and it shows Litten’s grief afterwards. Both Ash and Meowth are very sad about Stoutland’s passing and the effect it had on Litten.
Just added to my notes, thanks for suggesting!
Hoo...boy. The early seasons of Pokémon (and the first three films) are *FILLED* with episodes and moments that are super melancholic and serious material.
Stuff ranging from the great lengths Ash goes to in order to protect Pikachu in the first two episodes, Brock's mother having passed away when he was still a young teen and his father being absentee for much of his young life, Misty being the picked-on little sister of her family, Pikachu refusing to give up even when outclassed by Lt. Surge's Raichu, Jessie having a really deprived and harsh childhood, James running away from an exceptionally oppressive and suffocating arranged marriage as a boy, Meowth learning to walk and talk like a human in the misguided hope it would win the love of a female Meowth who instead spurns him as "a walking talking freak", the Ghost of Maiden's Peak, the Lavender Tower episode where Ash and Pikachu almost d!'e and are briefly made ghosts by the ghost Pokémon in the tower, Gym Leader Sabrina being an isolated and mentally split girl who didn't know how to control her psychic powers and struggled with making friends.
And that's before you get to the movies, particularly the heart-wrenching aspect of Mewtwo being lost in existentialism and struggling to understand what he is, what meaning and purpose life has; including his own as an artificial bioengineered lifeform. A special preview short film that accompanied the Japanese version of the First Movie called Mewtwo's Birth even goes into the tragedy of other clones (the three Kanto starters) that were created alongside Mewtwo (including a little girl) dy!'ng before fully gestating in their growth vats. And then the third Pokémon movie centers on a girl named Molly who gets separated from her parents and retreats into a fantasy world created by the Unown Pokémon feeding off her imagination to try to avoid dealing with the hurt of losing her parents.
A lot of this has to do with the fact that the primary writer for the show, Takeshi Shudo (who is also the creator of Lugia) struggled his whole life with alcoholism and dru'g abuse and was dependent on them to help his creativity, but at an obvious hard cost to himself.
@@GreyWolfLeaderTW Of course as we see the later seasons also have a lot of emotional moments like “A Cellular Connection” where Squishy (or as it’s called in Japanese Puni-Chan), gets separated from Ash and his friends after they encountered Team Flare in the previous episode. Bonnie is absolutely distraught about Squishy being missing and she’s desperate to find it again, leading to an argument between her and Clemont, her older brother. Also later on in the episode Clemont’s Bunnelby gets injured badly and this causes Bonnie guilt as she feels he got injured because of her. There’s a special flower needed to cure Bunnelby, but it’s out of season and can only be found in a forest full of territorial and very hostile Bug types such as Scolipede. Bonnie goes off on her own to get the flower and Clemont finds her while she’s searching, promising that he doesn’t blame her for Bunnelby getting hurt and that once he’s better, Clemont will help Bonnie look for Squishy again. They do manage to get the flower and Bunnelby gets fully healed. Squishy had also returned at that point, as it had secretly been watching Bonnie after it ran away.
@@cassandraspoelhof3752I still think Squishy becomes her starter once she becomes a trainer.
I don’t know if this really counts but there was an episode of the Proud family where a boy in a wheelchair claims to be in love with Penny. He spray paints love messages everywhere and Penny and her friends are all suspended for it. Even when the real culprit is caught literally all he has to do is say “I’m sorry”. Penny agrees to go out with him because she feels sorry for him but he turns out to be a real jerk. He’s rude to everyone, including her family and even invites himself on their family vacation. Penny feels like she can’t say anything about it because he acts like a victim like “you only don’t like me because I can’t walk”. He gets away with just about everything because everyone feels they have to tiptoe around him (no pun intended)
Thanks for the suggestion, I will look it up and put it in my notes for a future video!
Wow, never knew this shows that not everyone with a disability can be kinder and considerate
Still not sure why in some kids shows there came unfair or hated moments like this
OG Proud Family was good. It's a shame how crappy Louder and Prouder is.
@@LetsRunItBack I'll suggest the Static Shock Christmas episode with Perma Frost
@@CBMOA I think the message is that being different doesn’t give you the right to be disrespectful whether you’re physically disabled, mentally disabled, LGBT+, etc…
One I used to watch every year. Hey Arnold Christmas. Mr. Hyunh tells Arnold that his baby daughter got the last seat on a helicopter to American during the Vietnam war but he hadn’t been able to find her since coming to America.
It's in my notes for a future episode, thanks for suggesting!
My all-time favorite episode. :)
The Underdwellers has a moment that especially underscores how big a deal the subject matter is. Batman TAS follows the traditional depiction of Batman's use of violence - that is, he has a high value on human life, and does not kill, even the most ruthless of criminals. However, the cruelty on display in this story is so severe that Batman proclaims, "I don't pass sentence! That's for the courts! But this time. . . This time I am sorely tempted to do the job myself!" The writers doing an expert job of demonstrating how much of a real-world problem such exploitation is by showing Batman on the edge of his own moral compass, something the likes of even The Joker had not provoked in the series thus far.
I said in a previous video that Batman was not closer to killing a guy than this one
Another BTAS episode is the one where Bruce disguises himself as a homeless guy and gets put into a forced labor camp. While it's not though of much these days, slavery is STILL very much alive today. It also touches on poverty and homelessness due to the amount of homeless people in that episode. Ignoring the amnesia trope, pretty good episode.
I remember that episode. Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
@@lycanthis9963 That’s one of my favorite episodes!
I have a suggestion: Thomas and Friends’ Escape. It’s basically one engine saving another from death/scrapping, which was a big deal when the original story was written in 1968
Thanks for suggesting that, I will add it to my notes now!
I suggest Avatar the Last Airbender episode Appa's Lost Days which depicts animal cruelty in one scene.
Added to my notes for a future video. Thanks for suggesting!
That episode won a Genesis Award from the US Humane Society for its depiction of animals held captive in the circus.
It's likely been suggested but don't forget of course the Mr Hooper episode of Sesame Street in which Big Bird learns about death
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
I'd recommend some more Jem and the Holograms episodes. They had a handful of episodes where they tackle various topics like illiteracy, foster care, abuse, neglect, depression, and death, but I think the more stand out episodes for serious topics are The Music Awards Pt. 1 and 2 (S1E13-14) which deals with abuse, neglect, and runaways, Father's Day (S2E7) which deals with the loss of a father and neglect, Out of the Past (S2E25) which deals with the loss of a mother, and Riot's Hope (S3E11) which deals with an abusive parent. If I were to choose one episode, I think it'd be Riot's Hope. Jem episodes can have a mix of light-hearted (and sometimes whacky) and serious tones, but the tone of that episode was straight up serious throughout the entire episode. I think it'd be a good one to cover, but I'd recommend watching them all (or the entire show. lol).
Thanks for all the great suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos!
@@LetsRunItBack You're very welcome. Love the videos! Keep up the great work!
I have another suggestion: X-Men The Animated Series has dozens of episodes that could count, due to the subject material's connection to themes of intolerance. But one that really sticks out to me is the two part episode, "Time Fugitives," from Season 2. Depicting anti-mutant violence in the wake of the spread of a mysterious virus, it served as a metaphor for the homophobic reactions to AIDS.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
Professor X and Magneto are really supposed to represent MLK and Malcolm X before he started to have a change of heart.
I suggest the Static Shock episode Frozen Out which deals with the struggles of homelessness.
I have it noted, and it will be in a future entry. 😎
suggested this an hour ago on the first video, it’s a good one!
@@LetsRunItBackit’s actually the perfect followup go the episode featured in this video as it directly connects the ending of the racism episode with it
Oh hey,that's the episode I brought up in the previous video, while there are some great gems in modern cartoons, they don't make as many as they used to in the 90's/2000s [which given the rise of bad faith critics, I can see why it would be a challenge]
Hi great video and I'm glad you reviewed the teen Titans episode troq it's one of the reasons Starfire is my favorite character. I also enjoyed how the other titans backed her up without hesitation and their hero worship of val yor disappeared as soon as they found out he was being racist towards their friend. That also proves Starfire's other message that many don't judge others for the way they look or where they're from and those are the people whose words truly matter.
There was an episode of Captain Planet named “Teers in the Hood” that dealt with gang violence.
Just put it in my notes, thanks for the suggestion
The episodes about drug addiction reminded me of a couple from He-Man. One is where Teela’s friend, I don’t remember her name, meets a strange old woman who gives her a potion to be more stronger and energetic. The friend is shy and timid and wants to be more outgoing or something like that, but goes the wrong way. After a few potions, the woman who is actually a bad guy in disguise, tells her to steal something if she wanted another potion. That time, he reveals himself, doesn’t give her the potion, and she faints. She’s found by the good guys and reveals what happened. They used the magic ring the bad guy gave the girl to catch him and defeat him. The other one that came to mind was a similar episode, I think it’s from She-ra. A boy wins boy of the year, but he’s been getting drugs in the form of a flower by the bad guys. He realizes just how bad it is when his brother or friend also gets a dose of the flower. Fortunately, everyone’s okay at the end of the episode. Sorry if it’s vague, I can’t remember all the details.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will look it up and put it in my notes for a future video!
"Transformers: Prime" had an episode called "Stronger, Faster" in which Ratchet uses synth-en and he becomes addicted to it. It clearly demonstrates the physical and psychological effects that a substance can have on someone.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
There was an episode of Punky Brewster where Cheri got stuck in a refrigerator during a game of hide and seek. Also the episode of teen titans where Raven confronts her father and calls him out for being abusive - "You may have created me, but you were never my father! Fathers are kind! Fathers protect you! Fathers raise you! I was protected by the monks of Azarath, I was raised by my friends!"
Thanks for the suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos!
Not a bad choice, but Raven and Trigon's relationship wasn't really the focus of the episode, the fight for survival was.
Got a lesser-known, slightly unconventional one for you- Transformers Animated S1EP4- Thrill of the Hunt. In this show the character Ratchet is a war veteran, and this episode sees him have multiple PTSD flashbacks to a particular event from the war. It's all treated really respectfully. Through the episode Optimus Prime is offering to listen if Ratchet opens up about his experiences- Ratchet refuses at first, but after the events of the episode he has a change of heart and confides in Prime.
In fact, Ratchet's entire storyline through the show is about trauma from his past re-emerging, but this episode is a good self-contained example.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
When you posted the BraveStarr one, it reminded me of an episode of He-Man, where a friend of Teela's gets hooked on a substance.
That will be in a future episode, since it is in my notes 😎
I already suggested that one. 😉
Add this to the list C.O.P.S episode The case of the lowest crime. A drug dealer named Addictum is giving out his designer drug called crystal twist and tried to promote it to Big Boss but denied, but when Berzerko tried to make a heist, he accidentally fell into a box of the drug and overdosed so both the both sides worked together to bring down the dealer.
Just put in my notes, thanks for the suggestion
Holy Snapple I feel seen! Both of my suggestions were on here
Means you made some great choices 😎
I actually suggested the Gi Joe episode
Static Shock did a WAY better job of tackling racism than that stupid unnecessary reboot of The Proud Family.
That's because it wasn't written by far left lunatics.
"Black people can't be racist!"
"Slaves built this country."
Get the fuck outta here with that bullshit.
Hey I noticed that you’ve been alternating between animated episodes and live action episodes throughout the series and I think that’s a great idea I actually have a suggestion for the next time we do a live action portion may I suggest that you tackle the two episodes of zoom that aired following the September 11 attacks America‘s kids respond and America’s kids remember because it really in my opinion helped youth deal with the trauma of events by telling them how to cope with their feelings in a healthy manner and I really think it was groundbreaking considering that those events were so unexpected
Thanks for the suggestion, I will look it up and put it in my notes for a future video!
@@LetsRunItBack Thanks again just so you know these are pretty easy to find just remember their titled America’s kids respond and America’s kids remember Respectably
I just thought of some Sesame Street episodes 1 dealt with the death of the beloved shop keeper Mr. Hooper after the actor who played him Will Lee died,2 the Hurricane where Big Birds nest was destroyed by a storm ,3 the Elmo 9/11 episode where Elmo is traumatized by a fire at Hooper's store ,4 they tackled racism, 5 they addressed the effects of having a parent Incarcerated, 6 they have a muppet with autism
Thanks for the suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos!
In the series Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers, one episode has Gadget give up on inventing after several failed inventions cause issues in the team. Her depression leads her to quit the Rescue Rangers and become the target of a local group called the Cola Cult. At the same time, one member of the Cola Cult is trying to reach out to the Rangers for help and is being continuously silenced by other cult members. It's still pretty light but it is kinda chilling seeing Gadget fall victim to her depression and the cult's false promise of having a place to belong being repeated over and over again to it's unwary members.
Thanks for the suggestion, I put it in my notes floor a future video!
Their theme still lives rent-free in my head to this day.
@@baffledbrandon3132
Saaaame! I love singing along to old Disney cartoons!
There was an episode of Beverly Hills Teens that dealt with crash diets and body image
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First comment! I am doing this cause I love your videos! 💙❤👍
I'm very happy you enjoy my content. Thank you for watching!
The Ed, Edd n Eddy episode, "Dueling Eds" was considered one about cultural sensitivity. Mainly the parts with Rolf being crushed by Eddy's blasphemy, especially the latter's remark of "stupid fishball".
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
The episode of Captain Planet where Wheeler ends up on the street, having lost his memory and doesn't remember he's a Planeteer. This episode tackles homelessness, and poverty among youth.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
I got an idea. How about including adult cartoons in these?
I will get to them. I have several already noted 😎
One good one is Avatar The Last Airbender's "The Storm" which shows both Aang and Zuko's traumatic pasts. Aang has survivor's guilt of running away from the Nomads shortly before the genocide happened and Zuko's past comes back revealing his scar comes from his father burning him for speaking out at a war room meeting.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
One episode that hit me was in Full House. DJ and Kimmy are peer pressured into drinking at a college party. It ends with DJ preventing Kimmy from driving home drunk explaining that a drunk driver killed her mom and that she didn't want the same thing to happen to her best friend.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
For the next live action vid, the old show Ghostwriter had an episode called "What's Up With Alex?" that talked about Drugs.
Or if you want a break from talking about drugs, it also has an episode called "To the Light" which is loosely about homelessness.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
I grew up watching the OG "Ghostwriter". Calling it old is wild to me since I also grew up with TGIF on ABC! 😂😂😂
Outside of that, "Building Bridges" is also a great 4-episode GW arc. It deals with gang violence.
I miss Ghost Writer! That show was soooo good!
I just recently started watching your videos. Among the ones I've seen, including this one, this is pretty good. As for suggestions for future videos on special episodes, I have three: April 9th (an episode of Arthur from 2002 dealing with a school fire), Nancy's New Friend (an episode of Fancy Nancy where Nancy meets Lionel's autistic cousin Sean), and Princesses Soccer Spectacular (an episode of Princess Power where the show's four princesses, mainly Rita, deal with a young blind girl that wants to play soccer).
Thanks for your suggestions, I will add them to my notes to consider for future videos.
I'm have three episodes from "A Different World", "Static Shock", and "The Parent 'Hood"
1. The episode for static shock called ' Flashback' where Virgil dealing with his mother's death. His mother was k*lled by a stray bullet and Virgil has had a hatred for gangs & guns ever since.
2. For "A Different World" there was a episode of 'No Means No' that deal with date r*pe.
3. For there a episode called Hood Sweet Hood (part 1 & 2) where T.K. ponders violence after being a**aulted in front of Nicholas. He gets a gUn and threatens to sh**t Stone (De'Aundre Bonds), but Robert talks him out of it.
Thanks for the suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos!
Static shock dealt with date rape? Or was it a different show?
@@anar8343 it's was a different show and it's called A Different World (it's a spinoff series from The Cosby Show).
@@koragray4794 ah ok
About the BTAS Underdwellers episode, this is one of rare/only times where Batman honestly considered breaking his no-kill rule. The Rat King pissed him off that much.
I don’t know if this counts, but I grew up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 2003 and some episodes that stayed with me were “Still Nobody” which focuses on gang violence and the importance of walking away from it and the episode “The Ancient One” where Leonardo had to face his PTSD firsthand and how to let go of his trauma
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8:20 I suggested this one.
For Live Action, I'd like to put in "A my name is Alex" from Family Ties, which was a two parter set in the aftermath of a friend of Alex (played by Michael J. Fox) dying in a car accident and his emotional breakdown in dealing with the grief. The second part is amazingly done with it being set like its on a stage with Alex talking to an off-screen psychiatrist about his thoughts on his friend dying, plus his feelings about things like being smart, his family, and his beliefs.
Also, Home Improvement had some good ones like "The Longest Day" when they think Randy has cancer, but it's actually a thyroid issue and "What a Drag" when Brad is caught with pot and we learn that Jill experimented with pot when she was younger at a Led Zepplin concert and had a bad reaction from it due to it being laced with something, sending her to the hospital and was in jail afterwards due to someone turning her in.
Thanks for the suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos!
Have some more episodes: COPS - The Case of the Lowest Crime (Drug Addiction), Double Dragon - Call to Arms (Dangers of Weapons), also there's CARTOON ALL-STARS TO THE RESCUE (Drugs).
Thanks for the suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos!
Cartoon All-stars will most likely get its on seperate video so I can go more in-depth about 😎
In the last episode, when you were talking about Full House, I expected it to be the one where the eldest girl catches a couple of boys drinking beer at school. When she calls them out, they splash her with it, and then run away as her dad approaches...
And then the dad just starts bitching this poor girl out for smelling like beer without even so much as THINKING about asking her what happened, with no reason shown for him to automatically assume her to be in the wrong, and he never considers any of this to be a mistake on his part until one of the younger girls tells him that the eldest is upset.
I never watched a whole lot of that show but I saw that episode like 5 different times growing up and even back then it made me really mad to see the adult in the situation have a kneejerk reaction, rather than getting to the bottom of what REALLY happened and taking action accordingly. It helped to cement certain unhealthy ideas I had about most adults not being trustworthy and being "out to get" kids for their own satisfaction growing up due to unrelated traumas. When I look back on it as an adult, it makes me think this episode could have been handled a lot better because as it is, it doesn't much set a good example for grownups as to what to do if you find yourself in a similar situation with your children, OR for children that the adults in their lives SHOULD be the ones they turn to if they find themselves in any kind of trouble without fear of punishment.
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I'm not sure if this was already suggested. There is a 2 part episode from Arthur called April 6th that deals with a fire at the school and how different characters feel during and after. This episode was made in the reaction to the 9/11 tragedy.
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TROQ was one of my favorite Teen Titans episodes because in the end it shows people they do matter. There's a few episodes of Batman cartoons that deal with serious issues like Underdwellers. There's an episode about a girl named "Ace" who's not only a danger to herself but a danger to everyone around her. If she were to die she could kill everyone around her (Even though technically this is a Justice League episode it still deals with Batman)
I will look into it and add it to my notes. Thanks for suggesting
When you see someone like Thirty/Thirty being SAD, you know is a hard blow. like when Raph cries when he is looking Donnie's dead body in a TMNT comic
I told you that Brave Star episode didn't pull punches. I also remember that beer episode from Tiny Toons. Think I was among the lucky few who got to see it the one and only time it aired on Fox Kids.
Hi there. I was wondering if you might be able to do a retrospective on Bravestarr? I mean like a documentary all about its origins, the cast and how it's messages helped kids back then, i mean only if you want to.
It most likely won't be anytime soon, but I will consider it for after planned videos are done. I have put it on my notes so I won't forget your idea. Thank you for suggesting.
@@LetsRunItBackThe kid that OD'd on the Bravestarr episode, the Price, his name wasn't Brad, it was Jay, Brad was his friend.
Hello, i recently joined this channel of yours. And i can't wait for more
Welcome to the channel, I can't wait to continue entertaining you!
I know FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman has three episodes on distracted driving, the PowerPuff Girls has Equal Fights about the right and wrong way to go about gender equality, Super Mario World has Little Learning about bullying, and Yo-Kai Watch had a web exclusive episode about peer pressure and damaging your eyes but it was taken down
Thanks for the suggestions, I will look them up and put them in my notes for future videos!
If you're willing to cover the same show twice, then I'd reccomend "Alone at Sea" from "Steven Universe" as it covers the subject of toxic relationships.
Basically, Steven tries to take Lapis Lazuli on a fishing trip. However, water is a trigger for Lapis after spending months under the water fused with Jasper as Malachite. She starts to let her guard down and have fun, until Jasper shows up and begs Lapis to fuse with her again, promising that "It'll be better this time." And that she's "changed." Lapis puts her foot down and says that what they had wasn't healthy, before knocking Jasper off the boat. It's suprisingly upfront about the subject and I respect that.
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What about Arthur Episode April 9th where its similar to The September 11th Attack where the Students were Scared and Traumatized after what happened i eant to see u do that next Video along with Disney Channel Live Show (That's So Raven, Andi Mack, and many More) that also Tackled Serious Issues.
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Another one I remember watching recently is Batman Beyond, not sure of the name of the episode...but Terry gets contacted by a girl with psychic abilities, but when he arrives to her house, shes not there. The parents tell her their daughter was taken to school for people like her.
Turns out its a child TRAFFICKING thing, as they want to exploit her powers...
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When you started talking about the under dwellers in Batman tas, I thought it was another episode.
I forget what it’s called but Bruce goes undercover and is captured by this slaver that looks like a fat pimp. He befriends 2 of the slaves, and Alfred has a scene of flying thr bat plane. It covers slavery.
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The Pokemon Sun and Moon anime had several episodes where things got really real. Episode 21 'One Journey Ends, Another Begins...' And episode 79 'Showering the World with Love!' both touch on loss and grieving, in different ways. In episode 21 the Stoutland that had been a reoccurring character and mentor for the Litten takes sick and eventually passes away (it's just old age really). Marking, I *think* the first time in the entire series that a (permanent) death happened /in/ the show (as opposed to before, as there's been multiple episodes dealing with ghosts of people who had died in the past) AND one that directly affected the main character. Anyone who has lost a pet can relate so hard to this episode.
And episode 79 the class gets to see a Minior shower (Minior = tiny little meteor like pokemon) and them popping out of their shells and ultimately fading away once no longer protected by their shell. And it's revealed right at the end that no, they're not going back to space, they are dying. This is the final step in the Minior's life cycle. So, more touching on loss and letting go (one of the characters had experienced this before when he was younger but blocked out the painful memory of having to say goodbye to his new friend).
Thanks for the suggestions, I will look them up and put them in my notes for future videos!
I suggest you review Phineas and Ferb Get Busted, Leap Frogs (Rocko’s Modern Life) Boating Buddies, Pickles vs. Pickles (Rugrats), The Island of Lost Dakotas (Milo Murphy’s Law) Homer’s Enemy (The Simpsons), and That’s Life (The Fairly OddParents). Please.
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There's an episode in Steven Universe Future called Volleyball that deals with psychological trauma.
Thanks for suggesting, I put it in my notes for a future video
Not sure if this counts, but there's an episode of Batman Beyond called The Last Resort that focuses on a center for troubled teens that turns out to use abusive and cult-like practices.
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I don't know if this is considered a special episode but I think the Josh is done episode of Drake & Josh could be a good one to cover also the Chuckie's wonderful life episode of Rugrats where Chuckie imagines a world without him is another good suggestion.
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I have another one. Where There's Smoke, episode of That's So Raven. Raven suspects Cory is smoking, so Raven gathers all his friends to talk to him about the dangers of smoking, but finds out it was Cindy (Cory's girlfriend), who was the one smoking, But after hearing all the things they told Cory, she was gonna quit
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How about an episode of the Disney version of Doug that tackles body image head-on?
It's in my notes for a future video,😎
live action special episode- I remember the BIG DEAL that was made out of the episode will smith got shot while he and Carlton were at an atm and it showed him in a wheel chair for a few episodes afterwords recovering
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The entire pokemon franchise deals with death a lot, i was really surprised when watching it with my little brother. In indigo leaug there is an episode where a charizard is waiting for its owner in the rain, but the thing is that the owner abandoned it because he thought it was weak. It amost dies, since it must keep its tail flame lit to survive.
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oh and I remember the big deal that was made out of punky Brewsters friend almost dying in a fridge
It's in my notes, thanks for suggesting
Would Cartoons All Stars to the Rescue count as an episode? It includes well-known cartoon characters teaching children about the dangers of drugs, but I don’t know if it’d count.
I will talk about it, but most likely it will get a dedicated video 😎
Okay. As soon as I saw Alvin and the Chipmunks in the first part, I immediately started thinking of this episode, even if it is a massive crossover.
What happened to the underdweller kids in the end of the Batman episode? Were they adopted by parents?
It just shows the kids getting taken out of the sewer by police with a woman. I assume they all get sheltered somewhere by the woman with the financing of Bruce/Batman, but it is never told directly what happens to them.
If I could recommend two episodes of Beast Wars, check out 'Code of Hero" and "Transmutate." Both are in season 2.
Thanks for the suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos!
@@LetsRunItBack "Transmutate" would probably work better in a video like this. The other episode requires a lot of context from previous episodes.
@@Lord_BettyThanks, I will check out both and which ever fits best I will use once I get to a video featuring the show. Whichever I don't cover 1st, I'll save for a later video.
@@LetsRunItBack "The Web" could also work. It does require a little reaching, but essentially Cheetor, the "kid" character disobeys orders, gets scolded by Optimus Primal, the leader and almost a father-figure for Cheetor, and so the moment Primal leaves, Cheetor runs off to the Predacon base to prove himself and gets captured by Tarantulas (pronounced Tarantu-luss). Tarantulas is a sadistic and predatory character who plans to drain Cheetors energy with his web and eat him. Cheetor tries to convince Tarantulas that he won't taste as good as a real cheetah. but Tarantulas insists that he's doing it for pleasure, not nutrition. Like I said, it's reaching and probably not what the writer intended, but you can probably see where I'm going with this.
"The Counselor" Mr. Belvedere
Formula for Hate came out in 1992, I was seven and had already heard a lot about AIDS by then. Drugs and AIDS were the two big PSAs they kept hitting you with, saving the rain forests probably came third. The Mr. Belvedere episode "Wesley's Friend" came out in 1986 and on the DVD commentary the actress who played the mom said she thought they were doing something groundbreaking but by the time it aired, a lot of other shows had already beaten them to the subject.
The counselor episode is in my notes. Thanks for suggesting!
Well I found the Tiny Tunes "One Beer Episode" to be rediculous! Yes, kids shouldn't be drinking! Yes they should know better! But this episode painted beer in general as being bad. Maybe if one of the characters (Hampton) were put-off by the taste then that would have been cool to see two knuckleheads in the car-death sequence trying to be rescued by their sober friend, but still leading to their deaths. Also, it would have nice to see grown-ups drinking responsably!
I believe there was an episode of the show Ozzy and Drix (based on the Osmosis Jones movie) that tackled smoking, not sure if it counts? Also, I believe there was an episode of Arthur that tackled the idea of disabilities as there was a character in the show that George met and befriended who had Asperger's syndrome I think the kid's name was Adam, but I can't remember? Come to think of it Arthur did tackle a lot of issues.
Thanks for the suggestions, I will look them up and put them in my notes for future videos!
@@LetsRunItBack ok .
Arthur has quite a bit of episodes that deal with serious topics.
-“April 9th” deals with coping with disasters and the aftermath.
-“the great macgrady” deals with cancer and the different ways children cope with illness.
-“so long sparky”deals with loss of a pet
-grandpa Dave’s memories deals with grandparents changing with age (leaning more towards dementia and Alzheimer’s)
Thanks for the suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos!
@@LetsRunItBack April 9th is definitely the one I would recommend. It’s been one of my favourite episodes :)
Hey, can you talk about this one episode that was in Fraggle rock called Gone, But Not Forgotten.
Just added to my notes, thanks for the suggestion. I will add it to a future video once I get to it.
@@LetsRunItBack all right 👍
The I remember goldie episode from Harold and the purple crayon!
I have in my notes for a future video 😎
Full House tackles Motherless, Bullying and Smoking
I have a few episodes in my notes. Thanks for suggesting!
@@LetsRunItBack oh yeah The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder tackles generational trauma
I remember the BraveStarr episode, but I remember the kid's name being Jay, not Brad.
Not that you did a bad job on this video, but I wanted to point out that the Tiny Toons episode "Elephant Issues", which contained the "One Beer" segment, wasn't actually banned. That was just a rumor.
It wasn't completely banned, just by some affiliates supposedly. Mine definitely didn't ban it, since as a kid I saw it multiple times.
Honestly Captain Planet special episodes like the overpopulation one failed in a lot of ways.
The problem with Troq is that they ended it on…the absolute worst way to handle a racist starting to come around. The way the Titans handled it only ensured he was going to not only double down but start resenting Earthlings too.
Rescue Heroes Storm of the Century teaches a lot about not severing family ties.
I will look into it and add it to my notes. Thanks for suggesting it.
Nice
The episodes with drugs really hit home for me. Two of my uncles died of overdose, and it still hurts to think about it.
Man, Static Shock is so criminally underrated that it's not even funny.
Kickin' it off with Jem? Noice. Im a huge Jem fan and this episode hit like a truck.
I remember that episode of Bravestar so well!
I think the Teen Titians racism episode was better than the Static shock one.
There were two episodes of He Man that dealt with drugs
Thanks I'll look into them at add them to my notes
Glad to see two of my suggestions featured. 😃
Thanks for the ideas!
Now this is podracing!
I don't have any suggestions this time, just want to say, good luck. The algorithm seems to have hit you with a big one, and I love to see it
Thank you for the kind words and support. I truly appreciate it.
@@LetsRunItBack You got this, man. Keep it up
I don't remember the teen titans episode and i was a teen titans fan
the underdelwes was so sad
Another great video! 👍
Thank you, I'm happy you enjoyed it!
I never drink alcohol in my life.
Me neither
@@joshuamountz6891 that's great. 😀👍
I caught it! I love this series is that bad?
I love, that you love it! Thanks for watching.
@@LetsRunItBack 👍
The Punky brewster episode unhooking Henry is about Henry developing an addiction to pain killers
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
Hi, how about doing a video on music stars and Saturday mornings? Like music acts like:
The Beatles, The Monkees, The Hardy Boys, The Archies, Jackson 5, The Osmonds, Bay City Rollers, Rick Springfield, Menudo, Kidd Video, Kid 'N Play, New Kids on the Block, MC Hammer (Hammerman), Andre 3000 of OutKast (Class Of 3000), HiHii Puffy AmiYumi
That's a awesome idea, thanks for giving it to me. I just put it in my notes so I can do it someday, hopefully soon.
I was gonna suggest the Bravestarr episode "The Price" But since you covered it and it was not in the part 1, While its not part of any one series, "Cartoon Allstars to the rescue"
I plan to cover "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue" in the future. Thanks for suggesting 😎
@@LetsRunItBack Then how about the captain planet episode "Population Bomb"
Just put in my notes, thanks for the suggestion
@@LetsRunItBack Out of all the captain planet episodes that is the one I always remember first and sticks with me
I come back to your videos not just for the great content, but for your lovely voice. Very gentle and comforting, and rather similar to Kevin Michael Richardson (although I'm sure you get that a lot lol)
Great video!
Thank you, I'm happy you enjoy my content!
Im not sure if this would count but in the Sym-Bionic Titan episode "the Phantom Ninja" Lance (the former soldier character) struggles to adapt into earth society and ends up becoming a vigilante beating up criminals and the moonlighting double life takes a toll on him and almost gets his friends killed when he reveals his alien tech in front of earthlings, its a good lesson about believing in others laws and not taking the law into your own hands, theres also the episode "Shaman of Fear" which tackles loss, trauma, guilt, and phobias through a villain that attacks through nightmares and the characters of Lance and Ilana go through the pain of having lost both of their parents and find it hard to fight back against fear. Ultimately it shows that while fear is powerful and things seem scary, believing in yourself and having courage is how to overcome loss and tragedy
Thanks for the suggestion, I have it in my notes for a future video!
I'd say that
1. 1/4 of Steven Universe is Very Special Episodes, including ones dealing with PTSD, racism, familial abandonment, grief, and more. You could probably do a full episode on the series without much difficulty.
2. Even early Pokemon had an area dedicated to dealing with loss of loved ones by having the ghost Marowak fight in Lavender Town. So the anime having episodes dealing with that matter makes sense.
Thanks for the suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos! That's a good idea btw to do videos like that for just 1 serious.
The Jem episode Alone hits close to home especially since I have lost family to drug addiction & overdose, I even the Captain Planet AIDS episode great work on another emotional video.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Here are some idea's Young Justice Phantoms Superboy's Death where Garfield "Beast Boy" goes into a spiral drug addiction, Batman Beyond where the episode about portable Venom not the spiderman villain/Anti Hero Venom The Steroid substance, The New Batman Mad Love Harley Quinn's Weird Abusive relationship with the Joker
Thanks for the suggestions, I put them in my notes future videos!