@@superstarultra That response is necessary when someone's being pointlessly specific about something or just arguing semantics. The OP here was just plain wrong.
@@timeweoyaYes, it was. 1990s cartoons were filled to the brim with dubious jokes that little kids wouldn't get, but parents and older viewers would. Check out any rerun of classic Animaniacs or any 1990s Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network original show. However, a reference to the Rodney King beating does seem like one of those jokes that would only get told once in a kids' cartoon, because all reruns would either ban the episode or cut/alter the joke due to complaints from parents and media watchdog groups. Then again, "Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation" had a quick reference to Paul Reubens' (the guy known for his Pee-Wee Herman character) arrest for lewd conduct in an X-rated theater not long after he decided to end "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" due to exhaustion, so, hypothetically, this wouldn't be too off-base. Off-color, yes, but not off-base.
@@canaisyoung3601 arguably even decades before cartoons always had subtle adult humor like Looney Tunes. Characters saying "Beeeee Ohhhh!" For example was a reference to an old deodorant commercial. They also had some surprisingly risque' moments.
"Why do I have the sudden urge to beat up an LA motorist?" Has the vibe of an Animaniacs line you didn't get as a kid but then shocks you that it got past the censors as an adult.
It's also a bit of a euphemism when you think about it. The LAPD isn't comprised of cop gangs full of murderous bastards because they don't like _"motorists"_
@@NeoTraceman I was thinking of writing a label on it, like "Disney Channel cartoons 1999". Maybe add a few stickers to make it feel like a child owned it.
The robot bad guy would be one of those characters that you knew were designed as a toy first and then the poor animators had to suffer drawing him with all that awesome detail on every single cell. And by this point, that toy would be the most valuable one in the entire Gex line among collectors as it would be huge and have all sorts of clever action features.
@seronymus Rezopolis theme was such a harsh contrast from the fun, spritely levels before, you knew you were in deep serious doodoo, and not in Kansas anymore.
This is unbelivably close to that era of animation, and probably how theyd potray him too, but overall GREAT job man, the attention to detail is impressive
*_Oh hey! There you are, watching cartoons again. See, there's this itch a lot of us have been feeling, and it goes along the lines of "I wonder where Team Neighborhood 5 is-"_* *_It's been a LONG time, dude.._*
The funniest part about all this is that these voice lines are all ripped from the games, where Gex just nonstop spouts references and one liners in a way that just gets annoying, but the instant you take these very same voicelines and put actual expressive animation and context behind them he instantly becomes a more likable character
Really captures the feeling of being a kid in the 90's watching a WB cartoon and being confused 90 percent of the time through waves and waves of references to boxing promoters and silent film stars
I was heavily prepared for it by being a kid in the 80’s watching Looney Tunes and not understanding why they always used telephones from the 1940’s. By the time I was a teenager (still watching cartoons of course), I more or less “got” the references.
loved getting older and finally getting the references like 'oh! that's supposed to be charlie chaplin!' or 'oh! he's doing the voice of the honeymooners guy!'
Yeah. Cartoon Network or Ren and Stimpy-era Nickelodeon would allow that and the line about wanting to mercilessly beat a motorist (and the only way they'd be edited in reruns is if there were complaints about how insensitive/inappropriate the line is). Disney would have killed those lines in their cradles, both back then and now.
The credits claim that this show was produced and copyrighted by Crave Entertainment, with no mention of Disney anywhere. For all we know, this might have been made for syndication or another network, and this might just be the reruns.
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin With respect it should not have. Something like realising 2010 was twelve years ago and being shocked is understandable. However the end of the 1990s (December 31st, 1999) was more than 22 years ago! You and I were literally children back then and now we are literally both middle aged people. (I assume you're either a Millenial like myself or a member of Generation X.) Also countless "remember these 10 things from the 90s" list articlea have been floating around the internet for 15 years or more by now
as amazing as this all looks, im pretty sure these two and a half minutes probably took a year and a half of work to animate to pull off that look as well as they did.
@@SurprisinglyDeep It's all personal frame of reference. As a 90s kid, my idea of retro is the 70s and 80s. Even if it was two decades ago, the 90s can't be retro because I lived through them and I'm still young and kids these days don't know what they're talking about!
I can already see the dynamic between the two. She's a no-nonsense Barbie, skilled in every conceivable area but gets no respect because Gex takes all the credit for any accidental success. And she gets NONE of his references because her parents didn't believe in television
This feels like a concerted effort to troll future historians, who are almost certain to mistake these clips as “proof that there was a Gex animated show in the 1990s.”
The moment internet archaeology becomes a thing future societies are going to baffled as to what all this means in a similar way to how we're baffled by what our stone age ancestors were doing in an underground network huddled together in a circle.
I've never laughed so hard at something Gex-related before. His lines are SO FUNNY when they actually have context instead of being non-sequitur soundbites in a video game. If this show actually existed back then I think it probably would've been one of my favourites!
I was thinking late 1990s/early 2000s Cartoon Network. Or Nickelodeon in that weird middle after Ren and Stimpy went off the air because of John Kricfalusi's foolishness but before SpongeBob became a hit. Back when only good cartoons they had were Kablam! (that animated comic book hosted by two kids named Henry and June), CatDog (which is either a underrated and wrongfully maligned masterpiece or a sign that Nickelodeon was desperate for a hit cartoon), Rocko's Modern Life (which was starting to falter a bit because Joe Murray's first wife died and he was so depressed that he didn't want to work on the show anymore), and whatever was considered popular on "Oh Yeah! Cartoons". Heck, I'll even accept it as a Kids WB or non-Disney ABC cartoon that only lasted a season because of either parent complaints or the executives deciding that it wasn't a good fit, even though its ratings were good.
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee aired on Cartoon Network. It looks more like a Disney cartoon. Actually some people consider it a copy cat of Jake Long American Dragon
1:11 I love that little detail where it looks like Xtra was going to tell gex "really?". a few fractions of a second most people would have skipped out on animating but you went all the way and it helps make these feel like legitimate clips of longer episodes.
Somehow, by some miracle, this person was able to perfectly recreate the look and feel of Saturday morning cartoons from the 90s. Like, he not only managed to make it LOOK like something from a bygone era of animation, but also managed to emulate the writing style and comedy of these cartoon shows to a tee. How that is possible, I will never understand. There must be some witchcraft involved, there’s gotta be!
nah fuck off cartoons from the 90s werent that smoothly animated only during very rare exceptions also wartime cartoons were made in the 40s not the 90s... cringe vid
@danielthelevel100 Not only that much he also managed to capture the standard definition sound quality that was prevalent for T.V.s in the 80s and 90s. So yeah what crazy sorcery is this?
@@DemonicRemption actually recording it on VHS then re-capturing for the latter part, apparently. And whilst you could actually get pretty good audio out of a 90s VCR with digital sound recording capability, the standard analogue sound track is... kinda crap. Like decidedly worse than standard audio cassette.
I'm so shocked! You've turned Gex's cheesy lines into actual comedy just by how beautifully and expressively you've animated him! The jokes LAND HARD and it's so funny! This is amazing!
I like the background hissing noise that was common not just for VHS tapes, but old CRT TVs playing said VHS. I forgot how used to the sound I was as a kid.
The credits scene felt straight out of my childhood, where the backgrounds would always be the show's cast resting after the episodes, feels super authentic
Or just a colorful background with either the show logo or simplistic sketches of the characters, which I do remember seeing on some Disney Afternoon shows and maybe a few non-Disney shows. I also remember that Disney listed the voice actors under the credit: "With The Vocal/Voice Talents of", which was captured here brilliantly (the non-Disney shows usually used "Starring", "Voices", or "Cast", but most did pair the VA with their characters, something Disney didn't do on their TV shows, but did do in their movies).
i love how just... casually fucking NUTS this is??? this is so unbelievably cool???? maaaad freakin props dude, the level of accuracy is downright indistinguishable, everything from the backgrounds to the animation quality to the lighting, legit this feels EXACTLY like a late 90s/almost early 2000s type thing, with the occasional 3D element thrown in, futurama style (at least i assume thats the case with the robot dude?). fuckin love it
Really like Rez's animation. When paused, he almost looks like one of those cel-shaded 3D models they'd insert into animated shows for more complex objects, but when you see him in action, _every frame is hand-drawn._ That in itself is impressive. If you guys ever decide to make a full-fledged show like this, I'll be sorely tempted to watch.
I grew up with the British Gex so I never understood what they were going for with the American one. This animation very clearly shows what they were going for and makes me appreciate the American version more.
@@lenarmangum8630 I agree- and I grew up with British Gex. at the time I really liked it, but now looking back it's obvious that the American Gex is more accurate to his character. Don't get me wrong, Leslie Phillips did an awesome job voicing him, but I don't think that was the personality they had in mind. Danny John-Jules voicing him in the UK version of Deep Cover Gecko was closer, but I think Dana Gould comes out on top.
@@Ospyro3em I feel the same way about the Pink Panther; many think of the 1990s cartoon for a "Talkative" Pink Panther, but I feel the voice he had back in the 60s fits the character more. I think of the Pink Panther as an English Aristocrat trying to fit into the world of modern life; the voice he had from Matt Frewer doesn't fit the character, making it feel dated for trying to ride the Jim Carrey Bandwagon (ie cringy fads).
In the British version, Gex was pretty much just a parody of James Bond. He was really good with an awesome voice, but a simple joke. In the American version, they made him into a attention-seeking try hard who constantly spat out one liners just to get some kinda reaction out of the people around him, positive or negative. This awesome short highlights that perfectly. He doesn’t care if he annoys people or pisses them off with his rambling, he just keeps going because he loves the attention he gets from it.
This looks extremely convincing holy shit. Honestly if this was an actual show that aired on TV I would've loved it as a kid. I also really like the sudden tape stops you added to each segment as if these were actual recordings taken from random points in the show's broadcast. It really captures that authentic vhs recording vibe perfectly.
more than likely it would have been a show like Lloyd in Space or Brace Face which flew under the radar. The animation and humor here are on point, but Gex's character design is a bit too basic and "uninteresting" to carry a Saturday Morning cartoon. You'd have to continue to tweek things to really make the show more viable.
The craziest thing is simply that the animation feels too fluid half the time to compare to that era. Which means this is an utterly amazing video and you did fantastic
@@heh_boaner The craziest thing about this video is that it has the there seems to be more frames per second than the cartoons of the era it’s imitating, and as a result the movements feel significantly more energetic and less stiff. And again, means the animator did an incredible job.
Animation had higher budgets in the 1990s though? It depended on what overseas studio got the project. The quality for shows like darkwing duck would literally change from episode to episode depending on who got the assignment. Now most 2d shows are on rigs and looks very stilted compared to the 1990s.
I love how this isn't just one scene and done, it hops around several different scenes, bits of bumpers, and even a whole credits roll. This is fantastic!
I love how you chose to invoke Toon Disney. That was a dumping ground for short-lived forgotten tie-in shows, like Wild West C.O.W.Boys of Moo Mesa, Super Dave and Wish Kid. The Gex cartoon would have fit right in there.
Thats cause those shows (aside from C.O.W.) were developed under DiC and Disney had rights to them at the time, same with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. They even had the rights to some Nelvana shows like Rupert Bear and The Care Bear Family show.
Props to the period accuracy. A lot of VHS found footage online tend to overdo the "VHS filter," on top of keeping the VCR text on-screen at all times and oftentimes displaying at a 16:9 aspect ratio. This legitimately looks like it was ripped from something that got taped over several times. All this on top of the animation being really well-done.
I wouldn't be surprised if they actually dubbed it onto a real tape then ripped it back into the computer... if it IS a filter then it's a more convincing one than any VHS effect I've seen (and heard) before.
@@hambor12 I wouldn't think it'd be that difficult as I've done both of those things before fairly trivially, but maybe it's a matter of already having the right hardware...? (And a half decent deinterlacer plugin) Like ... computer / video card with a TV out socket, VCR with a composite input, put a bit of a black buffer at the start and end of the prepared video, set it playing then hit record on the tape. Rewind, plug VCR composite output into a capture card, repeat the process in the opposite direction. Still, even more respect for actually going all out for authenticity. (or do you mean all the transitions are genuine as well, so multiple passes of seeking and hitting record at JUST the right point, in sync with clips made just a little longer than what we end up seeing? That would be even more dedication...)
Usually these old reproductions of a retro style are easy to see through. It's usually obvious it was done digitally as opposed to cel animation. This one is so freaking close to the real thing, I'd believe it myself only if I didn't know there was never a Gex show. Excellent job! I cannot imagine the amount of time and effort you spent on these two minutes. This is truly something to be proud of.
The only 'criticism' I have is that it's rather too good and smooth. Maybe for the intro it would be this smooth, but the actual show would have a fraction of the in betweens, IMO. In any case, it's a wonderful animation, and overall just nails everything.
@@rickyrodriguez4037 depends, a lot of Disney shows were pretty well animated like this, they weren't feature level but still good, and it's not just the number of rames but also the complexity of character acting and the consistency of solid drawing, the lack of which gives off the kinda cheap melty look of your typical cartoon from the time, American cartoons tried to aim for a consistent 12 or something frames a second always without many freeze frames, in contrast to anime where they'd use a lot of stills and very limited movement if any outside of the mouth during dialogue and save all the time and budget for the few really high quality scenes. Kinda want on a tangent there, but the point is that this video dies pass as a 90's Disney cartoon pretty well.
Never played gex or any of his games but you’ve honestly demonstrated in your amazing talent that he needs a show (shorts or otherwise), so I applaud you good sir and please never stop being amazing
I mean he’s really just bugs bunny but he makes more references and isnt as capable, same with a lot of characters similar to gex that just throw out references and are “jokey” all the time. I agree cool character but gex and bugs bunny are almost identical.
A TV show about Gex honestly doesn’t sound like a bad idea; and it would be an improvement over Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers. So in this video, a Gex Cartoon Series would be about Gex and Agent Xtra (who were a married couple, according to the N64 version of Gex 3) traversing multiple TV Channels of the Media Dimension with the use of a Red Remote to open portals from nearby TVs; most of the stories revolve around Gex having to battle against his arch-nemesis Rez Ranald, who wants to kill Gex for declining his offer to be a mascot for his diabolical schemes of controlling the Media Dimension with cynical programming full of a Bad TV Shows and Z-Grade Movies; but most of all, Gex and Xtra share a love for TV and their team up helps ensure that pop culture stays #1 throughout the Media Dimension.
Well, it's obviously modern animation with modern colors and linework. What had me doubting is everything else, the animation, designs and the crazy effort put into it, amazingly well done!!!
The animation is not nearly stiff or rushed enough to be a saturday morning cartoon. Seriously so good man. I love the mouth movement especially so freaking smooth just wow.
This is a 1990s one. Those actually had good animation...at least at the start of the decade. And it's Disney back when they had The Disney Afternoon, also a good time for TV animation (well, besides The Simpsons showing America that cartoons aren't just for kids, Ren and Stimpy taking kids animation to strange, gross new places, and shows like Gargoyles and Batman: TAS showing that action cartoons can be artistic and not just campy toy commercials).
I bet Gex would work as in modern 3D platformer game it would just need to update the film/pop culture references and make the controls a bit less janky and bada bing bada boom it would work
"Uncle Herman, you promised you went off the sauce! How can I talk to you while you're like this?" God that's such a great line. Why do I not remember that
I completely agree. They’re one of my favorite couples in the ps1 because of how mutually silly flirtatious and the jokes they have with each other. I’ll always love the cutscenes of Gex 3 and the way they manage to push the story forward while also making me really love the characters.
This is a masterpiece that perfectly captures the humor and spirit of the games. And great use of the audio too. You really outdid yourself here. Little surprised you chose Toon Disney as the channel for this. I figured Gex would have been more at home on Fox Kids or Kids WB lol.
@@KittSpiken Gex in the 2000s would have been great. So many new celebrity scandals to reference and make fun of, all the trends he could have roasted, man I wish that were real. And on the Fox Box? That would have been splendid.
Agent Xtra is absolutely adorable, and a surprisingly tasteful adaptation of the original. Never thought I’d find Gex actually funny, but this takes the cake as one of the most soulful and funny homages to source material I’ve ever seen. Put me on the docket of the unironic Gex fan club.
Everything, from the art style, to the animation, the voice acting, even the dated pop culture references... it's all so aggressively 90's! I love everything about this!
Even though the art style is definitely very 90's, I'd say the pop culture references used are pretty timeless. Kids today would probably get it just as much as we did.
Wow, the animation looks so unreal! Like I can't believe how utterly amazing this is! If someone straight up just told me this was an old 90s cartoon I would believe them.
I love how you drew the woman from Gex 3 modestly enough where she could conceivably be the supporting lead on a Disney Afternoon show but just attractive enough that she would 100% be immortalized in Rule 34 by horny millennials.
That's exactly how well-remembered cartoon girls are. Recognizably attractive but gets past the censors and producers. The original artists knew what they were doing
I'm still in absolute awe of how you managed to give Gex actual funny dialogue from what effectively amounts to random, out-of-context soundbytes, not to mention some new applications from really obscure lines ("I wish these stars looked more realistic" only plays in one level out of the original if I recall right)
The fact that RUclips would rather relegate this excellent animation work to only a small chunk of the site is a crime against the medium as a whole. FDD delivering another gem as usual!
My favorite episode was 'Big Trouble in little chinatown' when Gex and chapstick went on an oriental adventure to find the Golden Eggroll, "Forget it, Gex. It's Chinatown." and "was that Jack Nicholson? I guess he never left" were standout lines!
“Don’t touch that Switch” where Gex and Xtra do the switching bodies trope just when they have to get to the mad scientist movie marathon had me in stitches. But I think we all agree that “Citizen Alfred” was the biggest shock to everyone to be a SERIOUS episode. Made everyone have mad respect for Alfred. If you know, you know 🫶
This is still one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen in my entire life, I would give anything and pay any amount of money possible to see this as an actual show.
I mean as someone who grew up with these kinda cartoons sometimes those cartoons would randomly let their family friendly mascot swear for no reason. I remember even Hey Arnold let in a few technical swears by this kind of cartoon era's standards.
Dude. That’s legit why this show got cancelled. Caused major controversy and Disney shut down the project hardcore. Pity tbh- was shaping up to have a really intense plot. Sad no one ever picked it up 😢
I really wish man, shows based on old popular media never got treated properly in recent years. if that ever happens i could guess that the show writer probably claims never play/knew Gex and that then starts arguing with everyone on twitter
According to Wikipedia there is actually some movement over the past year or so by Square Enix to revive or reboot Gex. I wonder if they were inspired by this animation to do so?!
@@kevinwood5317 Square announced it 7 years ago, I highly doubt they'll make it a top priority over their Kingdom Hearts crap... honestly, I would've loved a Gex Remake Trilogy.
@@Bayofthe91st I agree with Brandon on this, because Fairly OddParents’ Channel Chasers has no fun compared to this. Whereas Gex is like embracing what made TV media great and having fun with it; while Channel Chasers is like hating on what made TV media great and poking fun at it.
I also love how Agent Xtra from Gex 3 is his right-hand partner in this cartoon. It's like that female cartoon character trope that gave kids and young teens in the 90's their "sexual awakening."
The robot guy's eyes doing that little channel change thing while he laughs is such a perfect 90's cartoon detail. If you told me you obtained these recordings through a portal from a parallel universe where this cartoon actually existed, I would believe you.
Honestly? I've been growing a savings account after dealing with alcohol abuse and near homelessness. I'd dump some of it into a kickstarter for something like this or Gex 4 no sweat. That's saying something- I've NEVER thrown any money at a crowd funded project.
@@seronymus Hey there, I'm interested in cartoon styles, and I'd like to hear you opinion on the style of Unicorn Warriors Eternal. It's by the renowned Genndy Tartakovsky, and is a mix of modern and old styles. Basically, do you think it looks great, or is it missing some magic from older styles of one era or another?
@@EtropolisGhost uhhh honestly from trailer, it's not horrid but it's very, let's say, like Calarts did a fusion dance with several 2000s cartoons, and then that spawn got a Tumblr blog for 3 months. It's not very consistent it seems. And to be frank it almost seems AI-generated, like this isn't a world I ever see myself being invested in, and the style can't decide if it wants to be somewhat cute or ugly in a charming way. By standards of the last few years, it looks good and watchable, but so far yeah, not his best work. Sorry. I hope it's a secret gem though maybe
This genuinely feels so authentic to old 90’s shows. I could genuinely see something like this be around something like tiny toons or animaniac. You did a truly amazing job in this 😁
Okay...this is literally incredible. Even more so when you consider the fact that they were probably planning a cartoon at some point. It's almost like looking into an alternate world where Gex actually took off.
This is VERY Authentic to that era of Animation and the jokes, also top tier. The Fact you also got to Animate for the Official Gex Trilogy Trailor is just outstanding, congrats!
Videos like this is the *exact* reason RUclips should be. It already been said that people would pay for this, but I would give my left foot to be even half as good as this. Using Gex 2 and 3, along with adding context in the lines is beyond brilliant. My favorite is the way Agent Xtra blend seemesly with Gex in each level. From her Qi-Po dress to her army fatigues and even dressing like Daphne to match Gex's Shaggy. A extraordinary amount of effort went into this and it's down beautiful. Thank you so much for this.
@@shadekerensky3691 It would have probably been treated like Earthworm Jim, or Project G.e.ek.e.r, cancelled because there weee no educational potential.
I have never hungered so badly for a cartoon that does not exist. Dude if you got a fundraiser for this I would not be surprised if it hit it and then some. The facial expressions are so amazing and the animation is fluid as all hell. This is truly brilliant!
If you would like a real, full blown, animation project based on a video game, then you will love "A Fox In Space" on youtube. Look in up. It is a real StarFox fan animation with 20 minute episodes.
People who can perfectly recreate cel animation digitally are wizards, man, and it makes me want to see people doing it on full shows or movies. I prefer the look of cel animation but the process of inking and painting would be too labor-intensive and take up too much space for most individual creators/small teams, so to be able to recreate it digitally feels like the way to bring it back.
Frankly this is the only type of 2D animation I can bear to watch, the rubbery Flash animation that's mostly seen these days is just so hard to look at in comparison, so basic and no flow.
As someone who’s just starting out on animation, I really want to learn how to make my digital stuff look cel like this in the future when making cartoons. Seriously, I was blown away watching this, even though I didn’t grow up with Gex at all
@@jessragan6714It wasn't short-lived. The show had a pilot episode produced and that was it. If anything, it was more or less a single production and less of a full-blown series.
You genuinely made me nostalgic and desire to watch a show that never existed. The only bad part of this is how much it makes me want more and to actually see something like this. I have no nostalgia for Gex as a character, never played the games, but this is so well done I really love the way you utilized the lines and captured those classic cartoons. It is just... wonderful and I can really see the passion here.
True. I know she was meant to be the love interest with unconventionaly realistic beauty, but (in my opinion) she looks much better with more cartoony and adorable design. Also, what happened with my original comment?
I like to imagine that there is a universe, parallel to our own and not too far out of reach, where this is an actual show and you can tune in every Sat-AM. Not sure why, but it's a comforting thought...
I absolutely love the touch that this is on Toon Disney, it makes this feel like lost media on a water damaged and later restored VHS found in your grandma's basement from when you were 6. I'm in love!
This actually makes me wish Gex was adapted into a Cartoon. The Lore and Concept of Gex and Agent Extra being sent in as secret agents trying to apprehend Rez as he keeps spreading chaos across the Media Dimension, would've opened so many great opportunities for parodies. And it's not like it was limited to one game. Gex had 5 technically at this time, if you count Gex 1, Gex 3D and Gex 3, on top of the Gameboy versions of Enter the Gecko, and Deep Pocket Gecko. So there was plenty of opportunity for concepts and I think the humor would've actually suited that time... The animation quality is spot on, you did fantastic with everything; also love the touch of the Horror scene having Gex and Agent Extra dressed as Shaggy and Daphne. My favorite has to be Rez though; his animation just is so unsettlingly smooth. It really makes me wish Square would stop sitting on this IP and actually put it to use. It has so much possibility.
@@johnbuscher Yeah, I believe since Gex was IP on Crystal Dynamic's side, when they were sold to Enforcer Group (the group that controls THQ Nordic), Gex became one of their vast library of IP to be aquired like Timesplitters and Destroy All Humans!
@@mariopikaman1 If it is on the hands of the people of THQ Nordic then we can rest easy because those people fucking care, those destroy all humans remasters are fucking godtier
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The most accurate "yup, that's a 90's cartoon alright" moment is when he walks into a japanese dojo and orders chinese food.
Sashimi is Japanese. Broccoli chicken could honestly be from anywhere. Everybody's got Broccoli n chicken.
@@TheErikM ☝🤓
@@superstarultra My dude it’s the 2020s, the only way you don’t know that is because you’re too broke to ever eat out.
@@superstarultra That response is necessary when someone's being pointlessly specific about something or just arguing semantics. The OP here was just plain wrong.
@@thainguyen-zk9tw You sure showed me, tubby.
"Why do I feel the urge to mercilessly beat an LA motorist" has got to be one of my favorite quotes. We need this show.
Fr I was like "Is that a fucking Rodney King reference????" 💀
@@timeweoyaYes, it was. 1990s cartoons were filled to the brim with dubious jokes that little kids wouldn't get, but parents and older viewers would. Check out any rerun of classic Animaniacs or any 1990s Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network original show. However, a reference to the Rodney King beating does seem like one of those jokes that would only get told once in a kids' cartoon, because all reruns would either ban the episode or cut/alter the joke due to complaints from parents and media watchdog groups. Then again, "Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation" had a quick reference to Paul Reubens' (the guy known for his Pee-Wee Herman character) arrest for lewd conduct in an X-rated theater not long after he decided to end "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" due to exhaustion, so, hypothetically, this wouldn't be too off-base. Off-color, yes, but not off-base.
@@canaisyoung3601 The line is taken from the second game. You can thank Dana Gould for it.
@@canaisyoung3601 arguably even decades before cartoons always had subtle adult humor like Looney Tunes. Characters saying "Beeeee Ohhhh!" For example was a reference to an old deodorant commercial. They also had some surprisingly risque' moments.
@@thisisawsome34253212 I never knew Dana Gould voiced Gex! I loved his stand-up stuff.
"Why do I have the sudden urge to beat up an LA motorist?" Has the vibe of an Animaniacs line you didn't get as a kid but then shocks you that it got past the censors as an adult.
It's also a bit of a euphemism when you think about it. The LAPD isn't comprised of cop gangs full of murderous bastards because they don't like _"motorists"_
He didn’t... *actually* say that, did he?
the line that was said in the video was "Why am I in the mood to mercilessly beat an LA motorist?"
@@wildfire9280
He says it in the bonus stage parodying "COPS" in Enter the Gecko.
@@TheAverageGuyTAG Do you mean "Enter the Gecko"? If I'm not mistaken, there wasn't a COPS parody in Gex 3.
Edit: The comment was corrected.
The fact that they chose you to animate the teaser trailer for Gex trilogy is really great
Wait he did?!
Where did you hear this from?
From his Twitter account dude
Had a hunch it was by the same artist as this. Nice!
Yo that's amazing
*I'm recording this onto VHS and hiding it in a Thrift Store so an unsuspecting shopper will think they've found a lost cartoon.*
You mad lad, do it
Wouldn’t the VHS “stop” thing give it away as fake? I’m not versed in VHS, someone please educate me
@@whoisanarnb
Nope, it's a Vhs tape recorded off another vhs tape.
@@YowLife Genius be sure to leave the label off to add more of an air of mystery
@@NeoTraceman I was thinking of writing a label on it, like "Disney Channel cartoons 1999". Maybe add a few stickers to make it feel like a child owned it.
The robot bad guy would be one of those characters that you knew were designed as a toy first and then the poor animators had to suffer drawing him with all that awesome detail on every single cell. And by this point, that toy would be the most valuable one in the entire Gex line among collectors as it would be huge and have all sorts of clever action features.
Ironically, Rez in the Gex game series was noted for having a weird dark contrast to the rest of the characters
Holy smokes, I would kill for a Rez action figure. Immediate centerpiece for a collection.
@seronymus Rezopolis theme was such a harsh contrast from the fun, spritely levels before, you knew you were in deep serious doodoo, and not in Kansas anymore.
He has a pretty badass design tho
Malbolgia anyone?
This is unbelivably close to that era of animation, and probably how theyd potray him too, but overall GREAT job man, the attention to detail is impressive
So how’s the break Greatdictator? We have been waiting for the episode 5. Is it still work in Work In Progress?
Speaking of animations 🤨
Didn't know you watched this channel, good to know one of my favorite animators is here, love your videos man you're amaizng.
Huh? your still active?
*_Oh hey! There you are, watching cartoons again. See, there's this itch a lot of us have been feeling, and it goes along the lines of "I wonder where Team Neighborhood 5 is-"_*
*_It's been a LONG time, dude.._*
The funniest part about all this is that these voice lines are all ripped from the games, where Gex just nonstop spouts references and one liners in a way that just gets annoying, but the instant you take these very same voicelines and put actual expressive animation and context behind them he instantly becomes a more likable character
Yeah I remember the Rodney King reference in Gex 2, they really went all out including that one.
Extremely well done - holy cow. Very natural use of a lot of the game's audio.
Is Gex your hero? Or is it Bubsy? ...Or Wild Woody?
great DingDongs think alike
Is this actually the games audio?!? I thought it was actually recorded by actors but re listening to it I can sorta hear the pixelation
There he is
@@abbycollins If FlippinDingDong ever go all the way with a full cartoon episode, Uberduck might help.
Really captures the feeling of being a kid in the 90's watching a WB cartoon and being confused 90 percent of the time through waves and waves of references to boxing promoters and silent film stars
I was heavily prepared for it by being a kid in the 80’s watching Looney Tunes and not understanding why they always used telephones from the 1940’s. By the time I was a teenager (still watching cartoons of course), I more or less “got” the references.
loved getting older and finally getting the references like 'oh! that's supposed to be charlie chaplin!' or 'oh! he's doing the voice of the honeymooners guy!'
Me when I finally realize who the fuck Lauren Bacall is
I can't believe I feel nostalgia for a show that doesn't even exist. This is quality.
I know right??? It feels so weird 😳
It’s the style that makes you feel nostalgia. But yeah. This is something I can see on Toon Disney at the time. Minus the “Damnit” line.
I think the term is “anemoia”, nostalgia for something you haven’t experienced.
The end credits give me a very warm and a happy feeling, but kind of sad as well
@@frenchfryproductions509 mainly cause we wish this was an actual show
>Gex is on Toon Disney
>”I’m hungry, dammit!”
Yeah. Cartoon Network or Ren and Stimpy-era Nickelodeon would allow that and the line about wanting to mercilessly beat a motorist (and the only way they'd be edited in reruns is if there were complaints about how insensitive/inappropriate the line is). Disney would have killed those lines in their cradles, both back then and now.
I dunno, they did allow one "Hell" in Gargoyles
Damnit someone beat me to it
@@justinbremer2281 Even then, it wasn't used as a curse word, so the producers likely got their one-time "thumbs up," lol.
The credits claim that this show was produced and copyrighted by Crave Entertainment, with no mention of Disney anywhere. For all we know, this might have been made for syndication or another network, and this might just be the reruns.
I love how it _actually_ looks like old retro saturday morning cartoon, and not a modern cartoon with vhs filter. Well done.
Realizing that 90s is labeled as retro was a sock to the gut.
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin
With respect it should not have.
Something like realising 2010 was twelve years ago and being shocked is understandable.
However the end of the 1990s (December 31st, 1999) was more than 22 years ago! You and I were literally children back then and now we are literally both middle aged people. (I assume you're either a Millenial like myself or a member of Generation X.)
Also countless "remember these 10 things from the 90s" list articlea have been floating around the internet for 15 years or more by now
as amazing as this all looks, im pretty sure these two and a half minutes probably took a year and a half of work to animate to pull off that look as well as they did.
Not exactly. The linework, tweening, and character design are out of the modern era.
@@SurprisinglyDeep It's all personal frame of reference. As a 90s kid, my idea of retro is the 70s and 80s. Even if it was two decades ago, the 90s can't be retro because I lived through them and I'm still young and kids these days don't know what they're talking about!
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY well done! I've never seen somebody able to make Gex so freakin expressive!
I know, right? Now this makes me want to make this a real thing.
Hi, Antdude 👋
Just make a whole series of this please!
I would DEFINITELY watch this if it was an actual show
hi Nitro Rad
I can already see the dynamic between the two.
She's a no-nonsense Barbie, skilled in every conceivable area but gets no respect because Gex takes all the credit for any accidental success.
And she gets NONE of his references because her parents didn't believe in television
Brilliant. Hilarious dynamic.
@@invisiblefan2387 And of course, Gex would have the right to reference stuff, because he watches a lot of television.
It's even funnier if you take the ending to Gex 3 into account
@@alchemistofsteel8099 mostly the N64 version, where they got married.
@@robbiewalker2831 it add layers to there dynamic. They annoy each other but deep down they love each other
imagine going from this to animating for a gex trailer.... incredible
Wait, he animated Gex in the trilogy trailer?
@@JNSStudios2yes
@chestermicgun that's amazing
You know it’s an old cartoon when every Japanese person is either a ninja or sumo wrestler.
Or a business executive or a tourist with a camera.
0:10 And some "subuluwa" sounds.
samurai*
Back when stereotypes were our way of understanding something.
Nowadays Internet brats and Karens see it as offensive.
@@philipmarable8698 nowadays i shard the poo poo when the " "
...gh.
hhh
marmbleadel!!
This feels like a concerted effort to troll future historians, who are almost certain to mistake these clips as “proof that there was a Gex animated show in the 1990s.”
The moment internet archaeology becomes a thing future societies are going to baffled as to what all this means in a similar way to how we're baffled by what our stone age ancestors were doing in an underground network huddled together in a circle.
We've got to start spreading bullshit like if this was real to troll the other unaware ones like it went with Morbius lol
@@coryfice1881 funny astronaut game is going to be something else to analyse.
It'll be that until someone finds the text in the credits that says "this isn't real and is just a silly internet cartoon
@FlanSweet01 To be fair the scheduling was awful. It would basically only pop up late night after reruns of Bonkers
I've never laughed so hard at something Gex-related before. His lines are SO FUNNY when they actually have context instead of being non-sequitur soundbites in a video game. If this show actually existed back then I think it probably would've been one of my favourites!
Yeah, it's actually amazing like this.
The only thing that doesn’t make sense is calling a sumo wrestler Don King.
This feels like it exists in another time-line, it just feels to good to not exist in any universe.
@@loganreads90 I think that has to do with the sumo's mustache/facial features.
I feel like Gex actually has pretty decent quips and VA, they're just not suited to being spouted at random, incessantly, in the middle of gameplay.
My only nitpick is that this wouldn't be on Toon Disney. This would be more of a Fox Kids show.
I was thinking late 1990s/early 2000s Cartoon Network. Or Nickelodeon in that weird middle after Ren and Stimpy went off the air because of John Kricfalusi's foolishness but before SpongeBob became a hit. Back when only good cartoons they had were Kablam! (that animated comic book hosted by two kids named Henry and June), CatDog (which is either a underrated and wrongfully maligned masterpiece or a sign that Nickelodeon was desperate for a hit cartoon), Rocko's Modern Life (which was starting to falter a bit because Joe Murray's first wife died and he was so depressed that he didn't want to work on the show anymore), and whatever was considered popular on "Oh Yeah! Cartoons". Heck, I'll even accept it as a Kids WB or non-Disney ABC cartoon that only lasted a season because of either parent complaints or the executives deciding that it wasn't a good fit, even though its ratings were good.
If it was a Fox Kids show, ironically it would've aired on Toon Disney years later as part of Jetix.
Maybe Kids WB
I could see it even on the USA Network after Mighty Max before Savage Dragon and Dinosaucers.
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee aired on Cartoon Network. It looks more like a Disney cartoon. Actually some people consider it a copy cat of Jake Long American Dragon
"uncle Herman you promised me you went off the sauce' absolutely folded me lmfao
1:10 "Why am I in the mood to mercilessly beat an LA Motorist?"
“How can I talk to you when you’re like this?!”
folded me like an omlette too
@@Bigb-rj5omwoop-woop-woop-woop-woop
0:04
"Well, hello~! I'll have sashimi and the lady will have the broccoli chicken."
"...Gex!"
"I'M *HUNGRY,* DAMN IT"
I keep coming back to this. Incredible.
pronoun police! gex is getting a great mockup by this!
It's the funny guy !!!!!
The legend himself
Same, I actually do come back to this video every now and then.
Internet funny man jehtt
phenomenal editing in this - great use of the voice clips too!! exactly what Gex would look like as a SatAM show
For real!
Glad you agree
PA! TATO!
Keep making B-team hustle we want more boobs
Oddly fitting for a Sceptile
1:11 I love that little detail where it looks like Xtra was going to tell gex "really?". a few fractions of a second most people would have skipped out on animating but you went all the way and it helps make these feel like legitimate clips of longer episodes.
After 14 years and multiple cancellations, the classic show is back for 2 minutes.
What?
And 36 seconds!
@@nono-jj9rr Can't forget about them
They made this look 14 years older than 2008
Somehow, by some miracle, this person was able to perfectly recreate the look and feel of Saturday morning cartoons from the 90s. Like, he not only managed to make it LOOK like something from a bygone era of animation, but also managed to emulate the writing style and comedy of these cartoon shows to a tee.
How that is possible, I will never understand. There must be some witchcraft involved, there’s gotta be!
We’re actually looking at a video tape from an alternate universe we shouldn’t know about
nah fuck off cartoons from the 90s werent that smoothly animated only during very rare exceptions
also wartime cartoons were made in the 40s not the 90s...
cringe vid
@danielthelevel100
Not only that much he also managed to capture the standard definition sound quality that was prevalent for T.V.s in the 80s and 90s.
So yeah what crazy sorcery is this?
@@DemonicRemption actually recording it on VHS then re-capturing for the latter part, apparently. And whilst you could actually get pretty good audio out of a 90s VCR with digital sound recording capability, the standard analogue sound track is... kinda crap. Like decidedly worse than standard audio cassette.
They must still have their subscription with the book of the Millenium club. What every it is I want a copy.
I'm so shocked! You've turned Gex's cheesy lines into actual comedy just by how beautifully and expressively you've animated him! The jokes LAND HARD and it's so funny! This is amazing!
I agree, especially the first line.
*turns into a cop*
“Why am I in the mood to mercilessly beat an LA motorist?”
I disagree. The lines are still cheesy and painfully unfunny. However, it's still very charming and well made.
@@maxminton7861 At least now they have context...
@@The_Mister_E That's true. They're definetely a lot of fun! They're just not something I'm going to genuinely laugh at.
I like the background hissing noise that was common not just for VHS tapes, but old CRT TVs playing said VHS. I forgot how used to the sound I was as a kid.
The credits scene felt straight out of my childhood, where the backgrounds would always be the show's cast resting after the episodes, feels super authentic
Or just a colorful background with either the show logo or simplistic sketches of the characters, which I do remember seeing on some Disney Afternoon shows and maybe a few non-Disney shows. I also remember that Disney listed the voice actors under the credit: "With The Vocal/Voice Talents of", which was captured here brilliantly (the non-Disney shows usually used "Starring", "Voices", or "Cast", but most did pair the VA with their characters, something Disney didn't do on their TV shows, but did do in their movies).
this is what the internet was made for
That the gift and curse of RUclips.
@@nathanblevins158 How is it a curse.
@@SegaMario RUclips some time can be. Curse…
This and R34…
@@nathanblevins158 That doesn't answer my question.
i love how just... casually fucking NUTS this is??? this is so unbelievably cool???? maaaad freakin props dude, the level of accuracy is downright indistinguishable, everything from the backgrounds to the animation quality to the lighting, legit this feels EXACTLY like a late 90s/almost early 2000s type thing, with the occasional 3D element thrown in, futurama style (at least i assume thats the case with the robot dude?). fuckin love it
hey gomo! the robot dudes name is rez, he's the main overarching villain in gex! :0D
@@RedChestedBird i gotta play those games lmao
Never took Gomotion as a FlippinDingDong enjoyer
Its not 3d but it is cool
The lightning strikes at 0:52, and the overall color theory as a whole, strangely reminds me a lot of Quack Pack.
CONGRATS ON ANIMATING AN OFFICIAL GEX PRODUCT
It’s not official but we all wish it was.
@@hopeonelove4703let's face it, it's only a matter of time before The Gex returns up Nex.
@@eckitronix Yeah, that’s true.
@@hopeonelove4703I thought the trailer was official
@@jaysefgames1155 you mean the trailer for Gex trilogy? I just saw it, I can’t wait.
Really like Rez's animation. When paused, he almost looks like one of those cel-shaded 3D models they'd insert into animated shows for more complex objects, but when you see him in action, _every frame is hand-drawn._ That in itself is impressive.
If you guys ever decide to make a full-fledged show like this, I'll be sorely tempted to watch.
Rez is also legit unsettling and would have terrified me as a kid, yet despite the contrast is somehow not unfit for the series
I grew up with the British Gex so I never understood what they were going for with the American one. This animation very clearly shows what they were going for and makes me appreciate the American version more.
The British Gex voice never really fit the character imo.
@@lenarmangum8630 He was a different character pretty much. I like it because I grew up with it.
@@lenarmangum8630 I agree- and I grew up with British Gex. at the time I really liked it, but now looking back it's obvious that the American Gex is more accurate to his character. Don't get me wrong, Leslie Phillips did an awesome job voicing him, but I don't think that was the personality they had in mind.
Danny John-Jules voicing him in the UK version of Deep Cover Gecko was closer, but I think Dana Gould comes out on top.
@@Ospyro3em I feel the same way about the Pink Panther; many think of the 1990s cartoon for a "Talkative" Pink Panther, but I feel the voice he had back in the 60s fits the character more. I think of the Pink Panther as an English Aristocrat trying to fit into the world of modern life; the voice he had from Matt Frewer doesn't fit the character, making it feel dated for trying to ride the Jim Carrey Bandwagon (ie cringy fads).
In the British version, Gex was pretty much just a parody of James Bond. He was really good with an awesome voice, but a simple joke. In the American version, they made him into a attention-seeking try hard who constantly spat out one liners just to get some kinda reaction out of the people around him, positive or negative. This awesome short highlights that perfectly. He doesn’t care if he annoys people or pisses them off with his rambling, he just keeps going because he loves the attention he gets from it.
This looks extremely convincing holy shit. Honestly if this was an actual show that aired on TV I would've loved it as a kid.
I also really like the sudden tape stops you added to each segment as if these were actual recordings taken from random points in the show's broadcast. It really captures that authentic vhs recording vibe perfectly.
more than likely it would have been a show like Lloyd in Space or Brace Face which flew under the radar.
The animation and humor here are on point, but Gex's character design is a bit too basic and "uninteresting" to carry a Saturday Morning cartoon.
You'd have to continue to tweek things to really make the show more viable.
The ending credits was the icing on the cake.
The craziest thing is simply that the animation feels too fluid half the time to compare to that era. Which means this is an utterly amazing video and you did fantastic
I dare you to rewrite this comment without the word fluid or smooth.
@@heh_boaner The craziest thing about this video is that it has the there seems to be more frames per second than the cartoons of the era it’s imitating, and as a result the movements feel significantly more energetic and less stiff. And again, means the animator did an incredible job.
@@ClumsyReaper cool
@@ClumsyReaper damn dude you demolished him
Animation had higher budgets in the 1990s though? It depended on what overseas studio got the project. The quality for shows like darkwing duck would literally change from episode to episode depending on who got the assignment. Now most 2d shows are on rigs and looks very stilted compared to the 1990s.
Absolutely insane
love your content noodle!
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Hey it's funny car go vroom man from famous podcast please stop talking!
No way is that jared leto as Morbius
Don't you have a car video you need to be doing or Halo video? 🤣
I love how this isn't just one scene and done, it hops around several different scenes, bits of bumpers, and even a whole credits roll. This is fantastic!
I really liked that too. Really helps with the suspension of disbelief.
Takes me right back to my youth and how frustrated I’d feel to tune into a show I was interested in just to be met with the credits rolling lol
"You know what I like about Gex? Consistency." - Jeb from Scott The Woz 2020
I love how you chose to invoke Toon Disney. That was a dumping ground for short-lived forgotten tie-in shows, like Wild West C.O.W.Boys of Moo Mesa, Super Dave and Wish Kid. The Gex cartoon would have fit right in there.
And don't forget fellow video game character, Sonic.
Please. This clearly would've gotten at least nine seasons and a spinoff film franchise.
Yep. This definitely sounds like a "we just bought ABC and DIC and now have a bunch of filler shows for our network" situation.
Thats cause those shows (aside from C.O.W.) were developed under DiC and Disney had rights to them at the time, same with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. They even had the rights to some Nelvana shows like Rupert Bear and The Care Bear Family show.
More than likely it would have been in a FOX Saturday Morning lineup
Props to the period accuracy. A lot of VHS found footage online tend to overdo the "VHS filter," on top of keeping the VCR text on-screen at all times and oftentimes displaying at a 16:9 aspect ratio. This legitimately looks like it was ripped from something that got taped over several times. All this on top of the animation being really well-done.
I wouldn't be surprised if they actually dubbed it onto a real tape then ripped it back into the computer... if it IS a filter then it's a more convincing one than any VHS effect I've seen (and heard) before.
@@markpenrice6253 incidentally that’s exactly what he did, with great difficulty
@@hambor12 I wouldn't think it'd be that difficult as I've done both of those things before fairly trivially, but maybe it's a matter of already having the right hardware...? (And a half decent deinterlacer plugin)
Like ... computer / video card with a TV out socket, VCR with a composite input, put a bit of a black buffer at the start and end of the prepared video, set it playing then hit record on the tape. Rewind, plug VCR composite output into a capture card, repeat the process in the opposite direction.
Still, even more respect for actually going all out for authenticity.
(or do you mean all the transitions are genuine as well, so multiple passes of seeking and hitting record at JUST the right point, in sync with clips made just a little longer than what we end up seeing? That would be even more dedication...)
Just a shame it wasn't uploaded in one. As RUclips allows that sort of thing.
It is!, that's a real VHS when I see it
For a character obsessed with Television, making Gex in the style of a cartoon you’d watch on TV makes the most sense.
The fact that this will never be a real cartoon has created a Gex shaped void in my heart that will never be filled
Usually these old reproductions of a retro style are easy to see through. It's usually obvious it was done digitally as opposed to cel animation. This one is so freaking close to the real thing, I'd believe it myself only if I didn't know there was never a Gex show. Excellent job! I cannot imagine the amount of time and effort you spent on these two minutes. This is truly something to be proud of.
The VHS effect distortion and low resolution do a lot to help cover any trace of digital work.
Wait ter was not a show damm
The only 'criticism' I have is that it's rather too good and smooth. Maybe for the intro it would be this smooth, but the actual show would have a fraction of the in betweens, IMO.
In any case, it's a wonderful animation, and overall just nails everything.
@@rickyrodriguez4037 depends, a lot of Disney shows were pretty well animated like this, they weren't feature level but still good, and it's not just the number of rames but also the complexity of character acting and the consistency of solid drawing, the lack of which gives off the kinda cheap melty look of your typical cartoon from the time, American cartoons tried to aim for a consistent 12 or something frames a second always without many freeze frames, in contrast to anime where they'd use a lot of stills and very limited movement if any outside of the mouth during dialogue and save all the time and budget for the few really high quality scenes.
Kinda want on a tangent there, but the point is that this video dies pass as a 90's Disney cartoon pretty well.
@@rickyrodriguez4037 I agree with you here. I think the frames were 24/sec back then? This looks 30+/sec.
Gex's one-liners work so much better within the context of these scenes.
And now, because of this, people are going to demand an actual Gex animated series, and I'm ok with that. xD
Mainly Scott the Woz fans, mostly.
@@KatexNebula Nitrorad too
He desperately needs a new game first
@@KatexNebula Oh man, I love Gex!
i freakin love gex
If this Gex Trilogy release works out, this might just have a slight chance of being reality.
Never played gex or any of his games but you’ve honestly demonstrated in your amazing talent that he needs a show (shorts or otherwise), so I applaud you good sir and please never stop being amazing
His games are themed around spoofing primetime television, so it's surprising he never got his own show.
@@CrizzyEyes probably because he was not that popular
I mean he’s really just bugs bunny but he makes more references and isnt as capable, same with a lot of characters similar to gex that just throw out references and are “jokey” all the time. I agree cool character but gex and bugs bunny are almost identical.
A TV show about Gex honestly doesn’t sound like a bad idea; and it would be an improvement over Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers. So in this video, a Gex Cartoon Series would be about Gex and Agent Xtra (who were a married couple, according to the N64 version of Gex 3) traversing multiple TV Channels of the Media Dimension with the use of a Red Remote to open portals from nearby TVs; most of the stories revolve around Gex having to battle against his arch-nemesis Rez Ranald, who wants to kill Gex for declining his offer to be a mascot for his diabolical schemes of controlling the Media Dimension with cynical programming full of a Bad TV Shows and Z-Grade Movies; but most of all, Gex and Xtra share a love for TV and their team up helps ensure that pop culture stays #1 throughout the Media Dimension.
I legit believed this is 90s cartoon. Great job!
its so well done I honestly had to do a double take on if it was a real show or not 0_o"
I had to straight-up Google it.
It LOOKED real, like it actually existed on TV at one point.
Great job, they certainly had me fooled and that's not really easy.
Well, it's obviously modern animation with modern colors and linework. What had me doubting is everything else, the animation, designs and the crazy effort put into it, amazingly well done!!!
I believed it as well, until I looked at the comments.
you never cease to amaze me holy shit
Took the words right outta my mouth.
I love seeing you in the comments sections of videos I watch!
@@Rubberman202 I take it that's a bad thing?
@@ottagol1985 What are you talking about? Why would that be a bad thing?
@@Rubberman202 I'm unsure of whether my comments would be used against me or if you agree with my comment.
The animation is not nearly stiff or rushed enough to be a saturday morning cartoon.
Seriously so good man. I love the mouth movement especially so freaking smooth just wow.
This is a 1990s one. Those actually had good animation...at least at the start of the decade. And it's Disney back when they had The Disney Afternoon, also a good time for TV animation (well, besides The Simpsons showing America that cartoons aren't just for kids, Ren and Stimpy taking kids animation to strange, gross new places, and shows like Gargoyles and Batman: TAS showing that action cartoons can be artistic and not just campy toy commercials).
It's beautiful. I've been staring at my screen for two hours now.
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I'm giving you a hug every time I run into you on random videos x3 Hope you've been doin well Digby!
I bet Gex would work as in modern 3D platformer game it would just need to update the film/pop culture references and make the controls a bit less janky and bada bing bada boom it would work
@@The_Blue_Otaku he would be wearing a dress unironically
Yeah, that scene where he's tied to the pole is pretty hot isn't it?
"Uncle Herman, you promised you went off the sauce! How can I talk to you while you're like this?"
God that's such a great line. Why do I not remember that
Honestly, a Saturday morning show about Gex and Xtra going on adventures while also being a cute and awesome couple would be such a fun experience!
I completely agree. They’re one of my favorite couples in the ps1 because of how mutually silly flirtatious and the jokes they have with each other. I’ll always love the cutscenes of Gex 3 and the way they manage to push the story forward while also making me really love the characters.
The show you never knew you needed,
I agree I would watch it
Just checked your Twitter.
I knew the new Gex trailer's animation style looked familiar.
Congrats, man.
Your efforts deserve recognition. 💪🏻
This is a masterpiece that perfectly captures the humor and spirit of the games. And great use of the audio too. You really outdid yourself here.
Little surprised you chose Toon Disney as the channel for this. I figured Gex would have been more at home on Fox Kids or Kids WB lol.
Same! Expect for the end credits music, that feels like something Disney would definitely choose to play lol
@@willbrown6298 it is now that I think about it.
Gex on the Fox Box
@@KittSpiken Gex in the 2000s would have been great. So many new celebrity scandals to reference and make fun of, all the trends he could have roasted, man I wish that were real. And on the Fox Box? That would have been splendid.
@@willbrown6298 well a few of the gex music was remixed for Walt Disney world quest magical racing tour which is ironic
Agent Xtra is absolutely adorable, and a surprisingly tasteful adaptation of the original. Never thought I’d find Gex actually funny, but this takes the cake as one of the most soulful and funny homages to source material I’ve ever seen. Put me on the docket of the unironic Gex fan club.
Welcome- been here for at least 20 years. Also glad they went the extra mile with that.
@@evan2902 “I haven’t had a party this dull since the 10th annual meet up of the Gex fan club.” - Gex, in Gex 6: Exit the Gecko
Seeing both Xtra and Gex animated together feels a lot more natural than seeing a photorealistic model next to a cartoon gecko
Love her Daphne Cosplay.
Yeah, the kind of "tasteful" that really inspires NSFW artists lol
Everything, from the art style, to the animation, the voice acting, even the dated pop culture references... it's all so aggressively 90's!
I love everything about this!
Even though the art style is definitely very 90's, I'd say the pop culture references used are pretty timeless. Kids today would probably get it just as much as we did.
@@Christoffer13 The art style looks more early 80's than 90's, tbh.
@@RokuroCarisu well I'm from Denmark and we'd always get American cartoons way later on tv lol.
This aged like fine wine with the Gex trilogy remake announced
And the guy who animated this animated Gex in the reveal!
@@y3ldarb2
😐
You’re making that up.
@@rodrickgoldberg2324 Nope. He even talked about it on his Twitter page.
Wow, the animation looks so unreal! Like I can't believe how utterly amazing this is! If someone straight up just told me this was an old 90s cartoon I would believe them.
I love how you drew the woman from Gex 3 modestly enough where she could conceivably be the supporting lead on a Disney Afternoon show but just attractive enough that she would 100% be immortalized in Rule 34 by horny millennials.
Gex getting some bitches tho
after what happened to trailer Annie, dont give people more bad ideas.
To be fair the degenerates would ruin her REGARDLESS of what she looked like originally
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 where rule 34 fails, rule 35 is always there
That's exactly how well-remembered cartoon girls are. Recognizably attractive but gets past the censors and producers. The original artists knew what they were doing
I'm still in absolute awe of how you managed to give Gex actual funny dialogue from what effectively amounts to random, out-of-context soundbytes, not to mention some new applications from really obscure lines ("I wish these stars looked more realistic" only plays in one level out of the original if I recall right)
I actually thought this was a real lost Gex cartoon for a second. It's honestly amazing how convincing this is. Great job man.
The fact that RUclips would rather relegate this excellent animation work to only a small chunk of the site is a crime against the medium as a whole. FDD delivering another gem as usual!
My favorite episode was 'Big Trouble in little chinatown' when Gex and chapstick went on an oriental adventure to find the Golden Eggroll, "Forget it, Gex. It's Chinatown." and "was that Jack Nicholson? I guess he never left" were standout lines!
“Don’t touch that Switch” where Gex and Xtra do the switching bodies trope just when they have to get to the mad scientist movie marathon had me in stitches.
But I think we all agree that “Citizen Alfred” was the biggest shock to everyone to be a SERIOUS episode. Made everyone have mad respect for Alfred. If you know, you know 🫶
@@dericanight861 That episode still makes me tear up. Gex’s reaction was too realistic.
@@whoisanarnb I know the show nearly got canceled for it.
What? Everyone is complimenting the animator on their work and wishing thus was real. Why are you making references to something like it actually was?
@@soscobra um
Cause it WAS real?
Psh. Look at this guy 👆🏻acting like it never happened, like he came from a dimension it wasn’t greenlit
"This is like living in an alternate timeline where my games where successfull enough for a saturday morning cartoon in the 90's"
This is still one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen in my entire life, I would give anything and pay any amount of money possible to see this as an actual show.
The only thing wrong with this is that Gex says "damn it" on Toon Disney. Other than that, this is flawless!
How about dinosaurs tv show in Disney?
I mean as someone who grew up with these kinda cartoons sometimes those cartoons would randomly let their family friendly mascot swear for no reason. I remember even Hey Arnold let in a few technical swears by this kind of cartoon era's standards.
Eh, it was a different time
Dude. That’s legit why this show got cancelled. Caused major controversy and Disney shut down the project hardcore. Pity tbh- was shaping up to have a really intense plot. Sad no one ever picked it up 😢
No to mention the L.A. mortorist comment
Holy shit it’s always worth waiting for months on end for your animations they’re so good .
Being born in 1991, this takes me back. All that was missing is “Transmitido en español en SAP” that most 90’s cartoons said in the intro.
I'm 25. How's it feel to be 32?
Yeah, but it's not like we got the opening sequence, where it'd probably be.
@@seronymus I'm 38, and the answer is "Really, about the same except when people inadvertently remind you that you're old."
@@seronymus In a few years, you'll be there yourself before you know it bud!
@@klaytonmayeaux8966 nah i'll simply stay young forever
If adult animation had been as accessable and understood as it is today back in the 90s, this would have been such a hit in prime time or late night.
This is awesome... It actually shows the potiental Gex had...
And It's good to have you back.
Gex needed his own show, considering his gimmick and aesthetic. It’s beyond perfect.
I really wish man, shows based on old popular media never got treated properly in recent years. if that ever happens i could guess that the show writer probably claims never play/knew Gex and that then starts arguing with everyone on twitter
According to Wikipedia there is actually some movement over the past year or so by Square Enix to revive or reboot Gex. I wonder if they were inspired by this animation to do so?!
@@kevinwood5317 Square announced it 7 years ago, I highly doubt they'll make it a top priority over their Kingdom Hearts crap... honestly, I would've loved a Gex Remake Trilogy.
@@Bayofthe91st I agree with Brandon on this, because Fairly OddParents’ Channel Chasers has no fun compared to this. Whereas Gex is like embracing what made TV media great and having fun with it; while Channel Chasers is like hating on what made TV media great and poking fun at it.
@@robbiewalker2831
As much as Gex 4: Return of the Gecko
This is unbelievably well made, you always do fantastic work!
Yo, cool to see you around here
I also love how Agent Xtra from Gex 3 is his right-hand partner in this cartoon. It's like that female cartoon character trope that gave kids and young teens in the 90's their "sexual awakening."
You absolutely nailed the aesthetic of late 90s Toon Disney stuff.
@2010sFlashKid
Yeah, if it existed then it probably would have released alongside Deep Cover Gecko in about March of 1999.
Pure perfection, just everything is perfect. Hell if this has been a real show I'd know my kid self would have loved it so much, I'd go "GEX IS ON!".
The robot guy's eyes doing that little channel change thing while he laughs is such a perfect 90's cartoon detail. If you told me you obtained these recordings through a portal from a parallel universe where this cartoon actually existed, I would believe you.
I would pay a big bucks to see this turned into a full 2022 series with the 90s aesthetics
Honestly? I've been growing a savings account after dealing with alcohol abuse and near homelessness. I'd dump some of it into a kickstarter for something like this or Gex 4 no sweat. That's saying something- I've NEVER thrown any money at a crowd funded project.
PLEASE with warm cel animation, not modern lifeless BS
@@seronymus Hey there, I'm interested in cartoon styles, and I'd like to hear you opinion on the style of Unicorn Warriors Eternal. It's by the renowned Genndy Tartakovsky, and is a mix of modern and old styles. Basically, do you think it looks great, or is it missing some magic from older styles of one era or another?
@@EtropolisGhost uhhh honestly from trailer, it's not horrid but it's very, let's say, like Calarts did a fusion dance with several 2000s cartoons, and then that spawn got a Tumblr blog for 3 months. It's not very consistent it seems. And to be frank it almost seems AI-generated, like this isn't a world I ever see myself being invested in, and the style can't decide if it wants to be somewhat cute or ugly in a charming way. By standards of the last few years, it looks good and watchable, but so far yeah, not his best work. Sorry. I hope it's a secret gem though maybe
@@seronymus I gatcha. And can you list some of your favorite cartoons for their visuals? I might want to compare the styles.
I love how you used Gex's lines, like how you reworked Gex's "Uncle Herman" line into a Herman Munster reference, LOL
This genuinely feels so authentic to old 90’s shows. I could genuinely see something like this be around something like tiny toons or animaniac. You did a truly amazing job in this 😁
The art style definitely gives me Buzz Lightyear Star Command vibes
I really want an entire series out of this now. Gex just works as a 90’s cartoon, his attitude and everything.
Okay...this is literally incredible. Even more so when you consider the fact that they were probably planning a cartoon at some point. It's almost like looking into an alternate world where Gex actually took off.
This is VERY Authentic to that era of Animation and the jokes, also top tier. The Fact you also got to Animate for the Official Gex Trilogy Trailor is just outstanding, congrats!
Videos like this is the *exact* reason RUclips should be. It already been said that people would pay for this, but I would give my left foot to be even half as good as this. Using Gex 2 and 3, along with adding context in the lines is beyond brilliant. My favorite is the way Agent Xtra blend seemesly with Gex in each level. From her Qi-Po dress to her army fatigues and even dressing like Daphne to match Gex's Shaggy.
A extraordinary amount of effort went into this and it's down beautiful. Thank you so much for this.
Seeing this whole thing now makes me wonder what humanity did for God to deny us an actual Gex TV show of this quality.
@@shadekerensky3691 It would have probably been treated like Earthworm Jim, or Project G.e.ek.e.r, cancelled because there weee no educational potential.
I didn't realize that they were going for Shaggy and Daphne
@@shadekerensky3691DreamWorks planned a film adaptation in the ‘90s but the pitch wasn’t picked up.
I have never hungered so badly for a cartoon that does not exist. Dude if you got a fundraiser for this I would not be surprised if it hit it and then some. The facial expressions are so amazing and the animation is fluid as all hell. This is truly brilliant!
Well, it would most likely have to be a Kickstarter or an idea brewed with Gex's IP owners (Enforcer Group/THQ Nordic)
If you would like a real, full blown, animation project based on a video game, then you will love "A Fox In Space" on youtube. Look in up. It is a real StarFox fan animation with 20 minute episodes.
@@RocketRoosterFilms oh Fred? Yeah i know him and his project! Hes honestly rly heckin talented and a sweet heart. I cant wait for the next ep ^^
When the credits rolled I honestly felt that I am a kid again and it made me subconsciously sad that the saturday morning cartoons are now over
People who can perfectly recreate cel animation digitally are wizards, man, and it makes me want to see people doing it on full shows or movies.
I prefer the look of cel animation but the process of inking and painting would be too labor-intensive and take up too much space for most individual creators/small teams, so to be able to recreate it digitally feels like the way to bring it back.
Frankly this is the only type of 2D animation I can bear to watch, the rubbery Flash animation that's mostly seen these days is just so hard to look at in comparison, so basic and no flow.
@@Benjamillion flash animation? Are we talking newgrounds, or have actual television channels had cartoons that were made using Adobe flash?
@@Mortal2064 I dunno, I don't keep track of that.
@@Mortal2064 Anything that looks cheap
As someone who’s just starting out on animation, I really want to learn how to make my digital stuff look cel like this in the future when making cartoons.
Seriously, I was blown away watching this, even though I didn’t grow up with Gex at all
GEX lowkey reminds me of Rob Paulson, with how his voice is done here. Animation is A-Grade faithful to stuff of the time, good stuff all around!
Paulsen actually did voice another obnoxious cartoon mascot, Bubsy, for his short-lived cartoon series.
@@jessragan6714It wasn't short-lived. The show had a pilot episode produced and that was it. If anything, it was more or less a single production and less of a full-blown series.
You genuinely made me nostalgic and desire to watch a show that never existed.
The only bad part of this is how much it makes me want more and to actually see something like this. I have no nostalgia for Gex as a character, never played the games, but this is so well done I really love the way you utilized the lines and captured those classic cartoons. It is just... wonderful and I can really see the passion here.
Gotta protecc Toon Agent Xtra, she's so friggin' cute!
Congratulations for the incredible work!
@@Nicksterski543 you can say that again
True. I know she was meant to be the love interest with unconventionaly realistic beauty, but (in my opinion) she looks much better with more cartoony and adorable design.
Also, what happened with my original comment?
She's like the feminine character trope that game kids and young teens in the 90's their "sexual awakening."
@@Nicksterski543 Agreed. Reject horny, embrace cuteness
@@Nicksterski543 youtube auto delete moment
I like to imagine that there is a universe, parallel to our own and not too far out of reach, where this is an actual show and you can tune in every Sat-AM.
Not sure why, but it's a comforting thought...
I choose to believe that this is straight up a leak from an alternate universe where this was a 90's morning cartoon.
The fact you went through all of his lines and made them work together in scenes is remarkable. God speed sir.
I absolutely love the touch that this is on Toon Disney, it makes this feel like lost media on a water damaged and later restored VHS found in your grandma's basement from when you were 6. I'm in love!
Making it look like a VHS recording, even with a few seconds of commercial bumpers, is the cherry on top. Absolutely beautiful 🦎
Love that you put Dana Gould in the credits. Wouldn't be a 90's tv show without him.
this is amazing what! could have fooled me to believe it actually existed, amazing job to everyone involved!
I know I had to do a double take - insanely good work right there
Fancy seeing you here lightsen! I remember you from one of the Sonic message boards, but I honestly cant remember which one. XD
@@rattis probably ssbm as I remember hanging around there for a while, nice to see someone from there :D small world!
I actually played the second one on N64 and thought this was a real show for a second
It actually fooled me for a sec.
This actually makes me wish Gex was adapted into a Cartoon. The Lore and Concept of Gex and Agent Extra being sent in as secret agents trying to apprehend Rez as he keeps spreading chaos across the Media Dimension, would've opened so many great opportunities for parodies. And it's not like it was limited to one game. Gex had 5 technically at this time, if you count Gex 1, Gex 3D and Gex 3, on top of the Gameboy versions of Enter the Gecko, and Deep Pocket Gecko. So there was plenty of opportunity for concepts and I think the humor would've actually suited that time...
The animation quality is spot on, you did fantastic with everything; also love the touch of the Horror scene having Gex and Agent Extra dressed as Shaggy and Daphne. My favorite has to be Rez though; his animation just is so unsettlingly smooth.
It really makes me wish Square would stop sitting on this IP and actually put it to use. It has so much possibility.
Wasn’t this part of the Eidos acquisition too? So it’s not owned by Square Enix anymore, I don’t think.
@@johnbuscher Yeah, I believe since Gex was IP on Crystal Dynamic's side, when they were sold to Enforcer Group (the group that controls THQ Nordic), Gex became one of their vast library of IP to be aquired like Timesplitters and Destroy All Humans!
@@mariopikaman1 If it is on the hands of the people of THQ Nordic then we can rest easy because those people fucking care, those destroy all humans remasters are fucking godtier
I think you really did cross over into an alternate reality where Gex was a cartoon series, recorded some episodes and decided to share it with us. xD
This looks so real! You perfectly know how to replicate the art style of 90's cartoons!