Something About Many American Kiddie Shows in My Childhood

I remembered watching a LOT of American kiddie shows and decaying my head back then. Well then, I guess I'll just have to talk about how American cartoons are... mostly that is. Unlike in Japan where most of the shows usually get proper send-offs even for a very LONG one like like Dragon Ball or Yuu Yuu Hakusho, most of them DON'T get a proper finale. True there is the cool storyline but it gets spoiled because things don't come to a FULL CIRCLE. Some of these shows I can remember are:
  • Wizard of Oz by DIC. After 13 episodes, we never see the protagonists beat the witch.
  • Galtar and the Golden Lance- Tormac never got thwarted. So where's the prophecy fulfilled?
  • Thundarr the Barbarian- Well no finale either.
  • Penelope Pitstop- Poor her. She'll have to deal with the Hooded Claw for the rest of her life in our heads.
  • Lion Voltron- When can they beat Planet Doom? You should watch Golion instead!
  • Vehicle Voltron- One episode left hanging. Uh oh... watch Dairugger!
  • X-Men and other Marvel-related shows- No full circles either. In fact, I don't even want to rewatch X-Men at all.
  • G.I.Joe- After four seasons of battles, only Serpentor got thwarted in early season three at the hands of Cobra Commander. When Cobra Commander resumed leadership, he never was thwarted for good.
  • Conan and the Young Warriors- The LAME sequel to Conan the Barbarian never had a proper finale compared to the first season. It was even dumber than Conan the Destroyer.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- Only the 2002 version had a real finale where Shredder turned out to be an Utrom named Chrell (should have been named Krang instead).

Sadly Japan adapted this concept into Pokemon. Digimon on the other hand, is way different. Ever wonder why most of those childhood shows numbed your brain? In fact, like how Wizard of Oz was repeatedly broadcast even when the 13th episode (which was the last) was shown.

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