SPC and the Media

[cartoonking10749]

I noticed a Catwoman parody played on Dee-Dee, complete with sultry man-melting voice and vicious whip.
Plus she wears a mask, no helmet.
The most controversial thing about Dee-Dee is that she is based on a erotic model with mask and whip.
Very surprised that the episode she was in was never banned from anywhere, except the U.S.A.
She seems too adult material for an anime made for family viewing.

Plus Sundance's normal outfit is a dead ringer for the hats & panchos worn by Clint Eastwood.

[Tigriss]

I noticed a Catwoman parody played on Dee-Dee, complete with sultry man-melting voice and vicious whip.
Plus she wears a mask, no helmet.
The most controversial thing about Dee-Dee is that she is based on a erotic model with mask and whip.
Very surprised that the episode she was in was never banned from anywhere, except the U.S.A.
She seems too adult material for an anime made for family viewing.

Plus Sundance's normal outfit is a dead ringer for the hats & panchos worn by Clint Eastwood.

She may or may not be based on Catwoman, but c'mon, she's fully dressed and all. So she has a whip and she's "sexy", but hardly too "adult material".

[Violet]

The most controversial thing about Dee-Dee is that she is based on a erotic model with mask and whip.
Very surprised that the episode she was in was never banned from anywhere, except the U.S.A.
She seems too adult material for an anime made for family viewing.

She may or may not be based on Catwoman, but c'mon, she's fully dressed and all. So she has a whip and she's "sexy", but hardly too "adult material".

I've said it before, but; isn't strange how it's always the men here who think this or that is "too sexy".  TV and movies would make you think that it's always women are the ones who complain about someone's outfit being "too revealing" or that being sexy is "degrading to women".  (Not saying Cartoon King was complaining, just a general observation.)

[Daisensei]

See what Big Cheese and Muttley have in common. They are baddies, and they fly with tail.

[cartoonking10749]

See what Big Cheese and Muttley have in common. They are baddies, and they fly with tail.

For the flying tails part, just the same can be said for Miles "Tails Prower of Sonic the Hedgehog fame.
Is it possible that flying scene provided an inspiration for the origins of Sega's favourite fox.
Tails was made for Sonic 2 in 1992 and KNT was made two or one year before and they're both foxes.
 

[Methid Man]

I've said it before, but; isn't strange how it's always the men here who think this or that is "too sexy".  TV and movies would make you think that it's always women are the ones who complain about someone's outfit being "too revealing" or that being sexy is "degrading to women".  (Not saying Cartoon King was complaining, just a general observation.)

Well, most men do actually have a sense of decency contrary to what many women seem to think.

-- Sam the Methid Man

[cartoonking10749]

I've said it before, but; isn't strange how it's always the men here who think this or that is "too sexy".  TV and movies would make you think that it's always women are the ones who complain about someone's outfit being "too revealing" or that being sexy is "degrading to women".  (Not saying Cartoon King was complaining, just a general observation.)
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To teel the truth, I was not really complaining. But I sometimes see things differently than from what other can see. I rubbed people the wrong way than I apologise.

Anyway, trio-based friend group anime seem to inherit a lot of Pizza Cat character traits. Pokemon is a fine example that comes to mind. Picture this:
Ash- Fun-loving, courageous, kid-like, Justice believer (traits of Speedy).
Misty- Independent, argues with main hero, vile-tempered, cute, gentle, kind at times (traits of Polly).
Brock-Cool, bit more mature than hero, effective fighter, lovestruck on site (traits of Guido).

[Violet]

To teel the truth, I was not really complaining. But I sometimes see things differently than from what other can see. I rubbed people the wrong way than I apologise.

No, you didn't say anything wrong, I was just making a general observation.

Anyway, trio-based friend group anime seem to inherit a lot of Pizza Cat character traits. Pokemon is a fine example that comes to mind. Picture this:
Ash- Fun-loving, courageous, kid-like, Justice believer (traits of Speedy).
Misty- Independent, argues with main hero, vile-tempered, cute, gentle, kind at times (traits of Polly).
Brock-Cool, bit more mature than hero, effective fighter, lovestruck on site (traits of Guido).

That's true.  I don't think it's so much that they copied KNT, but it's probably more that these are "typical" anime characteristics.  Although the combination of the same 3 "types" makes me wonder...

[The Catatonic]

If your one of the few people that actually watched the Catwoman movie youd have noticed a SPC refrence.

Would you chase a cat out a window?
Only if it was carrying a Pizza.

A conversation between 2 cops fairly early in that horrid movie. Yes a saw the movie, but I saw it for free.

[The Catatonic]

Also another one that only you in Canada probably saw, in the christmas episode of Corner Gas theres a "Chew Bot a goat that transforms to a giant robot"  that bears a distinct likness to the cataonic action figure.

[Daisensei]

Bringing this almost forgotten topic back to life again. 

There are some cartoon characters wich behaves like :
Johnny Bravo, Brock (Pokemon), ...
Poor guys! Always hunting girls, but never being succeded!

Does anyone remember more characters like him?

[usagisailor]

Two guys, a girl, and a pizza place.  'Nuff said.

[littlebadwolf]

This is from a few posts ago, but I'm pretty sure that Walt Disney was a little involved in the creation of Mickey Mouse, also, although Iwerks probably doesn't get as much credit as he deserves.

However, Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat were both around even before then, and in Europe, Japan, and other places, the idea of personifying animals with human or supernatural traits dates back centuries.

[EdK]

Goerge of the Jungle 2 was on the tv the other day and I noticed the narrator is pretty much exactly the same as the SPC narrator. Not only is the his delivery almost exactly the same, but he keeps referencing the first movie and that Brendon Frasier isn't in this one.

When the new George first appears on screen the narrator pretends to not know who the guy is then says something about the studio not being able to afford Frasier this time. I beleive there's also references to the writers and so forth.

It makes me wonder if the people who made the movie were bg SPC fans, because the resemblance is uncanny.

I'd recomend checking it out. Even though the movie is really bad you don't have to watch the whole thing because you'll see what I'm talking about in the first ten minutes.

[Takila]

Another SPC refrence:

http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=9424

No where near the strength of the real sword, though.

[SteC]

There are some cartoon characters wich behaves like :
Johnny Bravo, Brock (Pokemon), ...
Poor guys! Always hunting girls, but never being succeded!

Does anyone remember more characters like him?

There sure is! A book that I spent all summer reading has a character that behaves just like Guido: 'Don Quixote', the title character, always attempts to woo beautiful women but he usually fails - all the time. He too wears a helmet like the Pizza Cats, but his helmet completely wears out from many moments of abuse in his misadventures. Just like Polly picking on Speedy and Guido! 

Don Quixote, the deluded Spanish wannabe knight, as shown as a hopeless romantic from time to time. That got me thinking that even Guido could match this description. Sort of, though Guido ain't Spanish nor he ain't a knight! 

[Daisensei]

Did you hear about Ultraman and the other heroes of Ultra series? This Japanese TV series was very popular in my childhood, at mid 1970's. Ultraseven, perhaps the most popular of them, did a brief appearance in the KNT31 - Tsuraize Karamaru! Ninja no koi episode (whose SPC counterpart is All you need is love). Ultraseven is the one at the center.

[felineki]

Huh, very interesting observation! I haven't watched any of the Ultraman shows myself, but I have heard about them (mostly because a character in one of my favorite video games has a design that is based on an alien from an episode of Ultraseven).

[felineki]

Sorry to double-post, but I found another Ultraseven reference, in Nyagoking/Catatonic's production drawings.

One of the head drawings has the text "Eye Slugger?" (アイスラッガー?) written on it, with an arrow indicating the "mohawk". The Eye Slugger was one of Ultraseven's weapons, the fin on the top of his head (which can be seen in the screenshot Daisenei posted above) which could be removed and thrown like a boomerang.

[Iván el Terrible]

Is it me, or Sanji (One Piece) is exactly like  ?