Scooby Doo & The Alien Invaders

Now that I've found the Cartoon Network/[adult swim] Archives website, I seem to associate this movie with He Man: The Beginning and it airing solely on Cartoon Network straight after this light-hearted movie, which featured the best song sequence in any Scooby movie ever, featuring Scooby, Shaggy and their girlfriends going on adventures, getting married and eventually having kids and puppies together. Shame they're aliens, though. Orko once told us he was an alien wizard, and with his face in shadow, he's so sensitive he could do with a nice, soft hug...

Scooby Doo & The Alien Invaders

He Man: The Beginning

Well, here it is: this legendary website finally got the day the 2002 He Man series out into the public. He was known as the most abusive man in the universe, especially to poor little Orko, who was a constant punching bag to him and Man-At-Arms. But don't worry, Orko's living a happy life now! But I dare you to look at this schedule. If you do, you'll be rewarded with spades, not swords...

He Man: The Beginning

10 Things I'd Talk About If I Were To Attend Today's Lunch Club @ The Auctioneer's

10.Kiburi's majestic entrance to his palace

At the beginning of Our Big Adventure, Kiburi returns home from an outing wearing a golden cloak and an iron helmet. Once through the door, and after comical attempts to pull his cloak out of the doorway, he throws the cloak and helmet off, only to amuse Ua with his mane, which is shaped like a gladiator helmet. Oh, Kiburi, you rascal you!

9.Baby Furaha being messy with her food and making mud pies in the palace gardens

So far my favourite part of Our Big Adventure is seeing Furaha as a baby causing a lot of mess for her brother Orko in hilarious and sweet attempts, such as being messy at breakfast time and getting her food everywhere, or making mud pies in the palace gardens and causing her and Orko to get dirty. Where there's a baby, there's mess, so...look out!

8.Furaha's dream

After Kiburi tells Furaha the story of the City Of Treasure, Furaha has a mysterious dream about following a hooded figure across the forest, while flashes of the City Of Treasure and the Peace Diamond appear before her. This ultimately reveals that she may or may not be the chosen one to bring peace to  both the Lion and Tiger Lands. And you think He Man being chosen to wield the Sword Of Power in 2002 He Man was risky to watch, try watching Lion-O recieve the Sword Of Omens in 2011 Thundercats!

7.The nursemaids calling Furaha a mix of brave, crazy, silly and magical

Who could forget that moment in the first episode of Cushelle's tie in series Koala, when Koala's family gathered to wish him luck on his travels? In Our Big Adventure, Furaha and Orko are told the same things by their nursemaids before they set off on their travels. I'm a mix of creative, funny, drunk and childish - Mum, that's the reason you're annoyed every time!

6.Fanfiction

That's right, I'm finally going back to Fanfiction. Now that Ad Blocker has done its job, I won't be able to see Corny Porny or some other sick twisted anime stuff like that. You can check out my two stories, Meet Furaha & Orko and Our Big Adventure, on my Fanfiction page. They're works in progress, so be sure to tune in for the latest updates should you come back!

5.Our Big Adventure In The Classroom

Bringing Our Big Adventure to the classroom is a piece of cake, just ask the people at Google Classroom - who said it was for teachers? It's for those who want to be teachers too! This lesson sees students write down their own Kujali legend inspired by the war between lions and tigers in the story. Lions! Tigers! Listen up! Only Furaha will bring peace to your warring lands!

4.Sticky Bun Day

Well well well - in England, we think of sticky buns as little bread bits with white icing squidged on tip, but since it's Sticky Bun Day I thought I'd try my hand at home economics - that is, if students love getting their hands all stic-uh oh. Home economics. You know what that means, don't you? SCONES?! SHORTBREAD?! OH NO! BLLLLLEEEEAAAUUUURRRGGH!!

3.The Great Water Quest

Excuse me while I wipe the vomit off my face from the previous entry...

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Right, now onto what I was talking about. This geography lesson incorporates more Cartoon Network into our lives as students design a map to help Furaha, Orko and Optimus find water in the African bush. When there's a drought, all the students of St Duthus and Dornoch Academy would love these types of lessons.

2.Orko The Protector

Tomorrow's story is inspired by the day He Man: The Beginning aired as part of Cartoon Theatre on Cartoon Network. Throughout all of today, I've written down plot points, each ranging from 1-11 just like Little Miss Busy's to do list in Little Miss Busy: Surviving Motherhood. I'm going to do more in the future, but now this story is all about Orko taking care of his little sister for his mother Shani when she dies giving birth to her. I'm also going to add in other characters, like a pride of lions and a group of herons who are the main antagonists, but upon explaining the plot, it's best if I keep my mouth shut when it comes to spoilers.

1.Mylo stories

That's right, I'm doing stories about my dog. My nubbly, jumpy dog who steals knickers, socks, shoes and remotes. Just like Bluey, Mylo lives with his family - his mum, dad and adopted cat sister Mushroom. Mylo and Mushroom can't speak, instead they speak in squeaks and Scooby-Doo-style dog talk. Mylo has a variety of unusual friends - two mice, a teddy bear, a unicorn and a pegasus, based on the things I got from Smyths. Think of Mylo as like 'Kipper' meets Bluey, but with a British twist.

Welcome To The Classroom!

Hey everybody, welcome to the classroom! I've just set up a Google Classroom page so children from Dornoch Academy and St. Duthus can engage in fun and exciting lessons featuring my favourite characters. The first three lessons are based on my recent story, the annual Sticky Bun Day and of course a Cartoon Network themed lesson about making maps. Let's learn.

Our Big Adventure

Sticky Bun Day

Small World Coffee & Cake Chit Chat Club

The Great Water Quest

Our Big Adventure

Once upon a time in the kingdom of Kujali, a beautiful lioness cub with gold fur is born, and she has many adventures with her brother. But their biggest adventure yet is about to begin...

Our Big Adventure

Meet Furaha & Orko

Join Furaha and Orko on their first adventure as Furaha struggles to find out why a 'He' keeps appearing in Orko's mind.

Meet Furaha & Orko

10 Things I'll Talk About Should I Attend Today's Drop In

10.Toons In Danger: Marvin To The Rescue

Before The Dingles ever premiered on Cartoon Network as part of O Canada, there was the 50 Greatest Cartoons Of All Time, which as I mentioned in an earlier post had some pretty weird cartoons. In Toons In Danger, Marvin The Martian uncovers a plot to kidnap all the harmless toons and replace them with weirder toons that'll give kids across the USA nightmares. It's up to our favourite martian to save the world - and his friends - from those creepy toons!

9.Cartoon Network/[adult swim] Archives

Everyone would go head over heels when I tell them about this wiki! This is the best website anyone had ever produced, and provides information on Cartoon Network's past schedules, events and more. It even provides advice on how He Man aired on the channel back in 2003. A true gem!

8.Me, You, And...Double Fun

Well! Everyone is in such a rush this morning, so due to me talking to my mum about telling Gemini about crossover stories and films, I had to halt this story right at the beginning of the story 'Popcorn For Breakfast'. This is a double bill of stories starring Furaha and her two friends Orko and Optimus Prime, who go on adventures in the British countryside and in the jungle. It's all inspired by He Man, The Dingles and Transformers Armada airing on Cartoon Network once upon a time in November 2002.

7.The Dingles Airing As Part Of O Canada

My favourite Canadian short film of all time besides Ludovic and The Sand Castle has once aired on Cartoon Network in the USA when I was 2 years old. And that's NO JOKE! The Dingles is a nice, relaxing short film about a kindly old woman and her three human like cats going about their daily lives. My favourite parts of the short were when the Dingles were having breakfast, and the orange cat was trying to defend himself against popping popcorn, the black and white cat putting a banana through his ears so he can slice it into his cereal and the Siamese cat nervously cracked open his boiled egg and then drank from it using a straw. My other favourite parts in the short included the Siamese cat filling a bath with bubbles, and the ginger cat being disgusted from the bubbles and having a drink from the bath tap. Crazy pussies!

6.The He Man episode Dragon's Brood being part of NBA's All Star Slam

Yesterday, ladies and gents, I finally found the schedule for Cartoon Network's NBA All Star Slam, and guess what? An episode featuring Orko was on there! Of He Man of course. It was the episode where Orko found some dragon eggs, and at the end during the moral juggled some real eggs only to get splattered by them. What a disrespected little wizard. Give him more respect, people!

5.The Looney In The Bed Goes...

Based on the Baby Looney Tunes version of Ten In The Bed and the song Daffy sings at the beginning of the Looney Tunes cartoon 'Boobs In The Woods', I used to love these kinds of songs, and I used to add some extra lyrics to Daffy's song. Well, in this story, you are about to witness Furaha, Orko and the Baby Looney Tunes add more lyrics to the song! Don't call Daffy nutsy, because he'll flip out otherwise.

4.A Warmly Lit Night

While on the way to Dornoch Beach with our picnic lunch yesterday, I happened to look at the Dornoch Primary school and I saw a dad carrying a little boy who was holding his stomach all the way to the car, suggesting he had diarrhoea or something. This was the basis for this gentle story about Furaha feeling sick during a playdate with Baby Marvin and spending a night tucked up with Orko and Optimus Prime under soft, gentle blankets, drinking soup and hearing Optimus spin stories starring him and his roommates. Such a soft and gentle story, especially after you've found out you've seen the old cottage which you used to stay.

3.Galentine's Day

Girls rise up! This girl power version of Valentines' Day celebrate the women who we cherished in our lives...including ponies like Minty and Zecora. From little girls to beautiful women to beauty models and those who just want to play with their kids, all the girls should celebrate themselves today. Furaha is a girl, a lioness girl, and she should celebrate being this way today, especially as Transformers Armada contains only two female characters, Alexis and Sureshock, and not a single grown female character in sight. Do Alexis and Carlos have mums and dads? Hmmmm....

2.Cheddar Day

CHEEEEESE, GROMIT! Wallace would love this day because it's all about cheese. It's a day for celebrating cheesecake, cheese sandwiches and everything in between - except if your sandwich is hijacked by a Mylo.

1.Pancake Day

Usually someone like an American person would tuck into a good breakfast of pancakes to start the day, but here in my house we'd start off with luscious white bread. You'd find pancakes at Denny's too, the ones who created the adverts featuring the dancing rooster and the screaming chickens who react hysterically at Denny's Free Grand Slam Day-

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Was that a screaming chicken? I'd best not mention that beforehand. In the meantime, here is some music to keep you going while I deal with this poultry screamer.

Welcome To Cartoon Network/[adult swim] Archives

Ooooh look what I've found!

I just found this website while looking at the short Quasi At The Quackadero, which is a biiiit too weird for my taste. And guess what? It prompted many reactions in my brain at the time, like these:

So are you ready?

Are you really ready?

ARE! YOU! SURE?!?!

Good! Then click the link below!

https://cnas.fandom.com/wiki/2002

10 Things I'll Talk About Should I Attend The Drop In At Kilmallies Community Centre

10.Starbucks

When I went there with my support worker, I had a hot chocolate and a brownie. At the time, I saw a creepy advert there with someone pouring milk into a Starbucks coffee, which I found very weird. Lesson of the day, kids: never look at an advert in a Starbucks which features live action footage!

9.Smyths - Winnie The Pooh

Who doesn't love an addition of Winnie The Pooh in your life? When my support worker went into Smyths, she browsed around looking at every toy, being her guilty pleasure, looking at Paddington Bear and Sonic The Hedgehog as always, until she found everyone's favourite bear of very little brain, complete with bee noises and a lovely little rum-te-tum-te tune. Oh bother!

8.Domino's Pizza

I'll never forget that Pizza Day when my support worker took me to Domino's. This time, we had a pizza and a bottle of Coke. It was glad I had my straws with me, or else I would've deliberately disobeyed the dentist. The pizza was so delicious I forgot to do up my seatbelt at first, until I realised and buckled in so I don't experience any unfortunate accidents.

7.50 Greatest Cartoons Of All Time

For a place like Kilmallies, I believe this is an important time to tell you guys about the Cartoon Network event 50 Greatest Cartoons Of All Time. What it's best known for is including the weirdest cartoons no man has dared to produce, including Quasi At The Quackadero, Gertie The Dinosaur, The Big Snit and Bambi Meets Godzilla. Things like Kipper, Teletubbies Everywhere, The Dingles and Percy The Park Keeper might be good substitutes for these creepy cartoons.

6.A Picnic!

Oh what fun I had with my support worker yesterday! Immediately I tucked into a feast of sausage rolls, Babybel, a Kitkat and water while at the dog park in the car. All the while the cartoon short from WWII - Chicken Little - was playing in my head: you know, the ending bit, where Foxy Loxy, the main villain of the short, eats up all the characters and begins sinisterly playing with Chicken Little's cherished yo yo as he insults the narrator. What a bad fox! Call the farmer to shoot him!

5.My support worker's house

Also yesterday I visited my support worker and her mum at her house. On the way inside I saw a beautiful husky that looked like a Wolfie From Canada, and an orange dog. This was also the home of Ginny, a new dog, who was currently out for a walk at the time. My support worker and her mum helped me write Mum's birthday card and wrap up Mum's birthday present. It's a shame her sweet drawer isn't there anymore, but when I come back, I promise...I'm gonna do some baking.

4.Ice Cream!

No exciting support worker trip would be complete without an unexpected trip out for ice cream. As always, my support worker ordered my favourite: vanilla ice cream in a tub with chocolate sauce and a Flake! Yum! It may have ice in it left behind by Jack Frost, but I comfortably enjoyed my ice cream as we made our way home. Yes, they even serve ice cream during Winter.

3.Us & Baby Marvin

One of the stories in 'Disney 365 Bedtime Stories' that I really love is a story about Mickey Mouse, named 'An Uncle Mickey Day', where Mickey takes his nephews to the fair and the baseball game, and has a barbecue. Everything's fun with Uncle Mickey around. This story uses this Mickey Mouse adventure for inspiration, and sees Furaha and Orko go on an exciting day out with Baby Marvin, to the fair, to the baby spa and to a barbecue at Scooby Doo's house. If you've seen Baby Looney Tunes, then you're in for a treat!

2.Get Comfy With Furaha, Orko & Optimus

I know Comfy Day is days away, but this story was meant to celebrate that day, with Furaha, Orko and Optimus getting comfy in places around their house, both in bed and on the sofa. This cuddly story fits such a cuddly day perfectly, and I know Comfy Day is sure to be my favourite day of the year beside Make A Friend Day.

1.Me, You, And...Reverting Back To Its Beach Setting.

Yes, that's right, I've reverted Me, You, And...back to the beach where my characters truly belonged. After a whole night of doubt, finally it occurred to me: I'll bring Furaha and all her family and friends back to the beach where they belonged. Welcome home, Me, You, And...!

Somewhere On Our Island...

Somewhere in the middle of the Hawaiian islands, there is a grand place of tropical greenery and pure clean water. An island, I may put it. On this island, there is enough food to go around - even dessert! And on this very special island, which we can’t forget for the rest of our lives - even the people of Hawaii - there live five very special friends. They, in order of their appearance, are:

Furaha (Pa’ani) - a frisky, playful little soul, always running along the island looking for somewhere to play in. She is allowed complete freedom of the island, even going deep into the jungle, where she finds peace and harmony with all her fine friends. Then there’s Orko (Kilokilo). His magic works perfectly on this island in this story, and he seems a goofy little wizard who always thinks of Furaha as his sister. Being brother and sister, they go everywhere and do everything together. They swing on jungle vines. They swim in the jungle pools. They relax on the warm sand. Whatever happens, these two are never alone together.

This is Optimus Prime (Lopako). He’s like a guardian of this island, and he’s the one who gave our friends the permission to roam the island freely and explore all its tropical surroundings. Gentle and kind, he’s an Autobot of a fatherly nature, always giving our friends advice when they need it - and a hug of course. And last but not least, here are Timon (Uha) and Pumbaa (Momona). These two friends are comical little rascals, a meerkat and warthog who love the island as much as the place they adopted Simba in once upon a time. With a firm appetite for grubs, the two never fail to make the rest of our friends laugh.

As our story continues, let’s take a look at how our friends spend time on this island. Furaha and her friends like to call each other by their Hawaiian names, and they’re going to do exactly that throughout our story and this story only. Without further ado, let’s begin right away…

It was another sunny, peaceful day on the island. Seagulls screeched in the wind, and dolphins were swimming freely in the ocean far out. In the jungle, there was a waterfall leading down to a large lake big enough for everyone on this island. The waterfall is big enough for everyone too, and here are Timon and Pumbaa making their way to the waterfall for a nice long dive into the lake. True to their Hakuna Matata lifestyle, Timon is wearing his yellow swim trunks, which have orange psychedelic flower patterns from the ‘60s on them. “Okay, Momona,” says Timon, jogging on the spot and jumping the sleep out of his legs, “You ready for the big slide?” “You bet I am, Uha, it’s gonna be great!” says Pumbaa. “Last one in’s a rotten grub!” calls Timon, but just as he is about to dive in, Pumbaa grabs him by the tail. “No, I think I’ll dive in first.” he says. The two take a long time to debate over who should dive in first. Before it could turn into an argument…

“WHEEEEEEEE!!” Here come Furaha and her friends Orko and Optimus, diving into the waterfall and sliding down. “Why didn’t you say so?!” laughs Timon loudly, and he whips off his swimming trunks and dives into the waterfall. “Wait for me, Uha!” shouts Pumbaa, and he dives in too. The waterfall was very fast indeed, our friends floated downstream as fast as a water jet, and as they did, Timon clung on tightly to Pumbaa for dear life. By the time they leapt over the waterfall, they had landed altogether with a mighty SPLASH into the water!

When they emerged, they were laughing so loud, and Timon had water up his nose, causing him to choke and splutter. He had to go to a rock and recover for a few minutes while everyone else had fun. They were laughing and splashing each other, some of them were even relaxing. Furaha ducked deep under the water and saw a hippo swimming gently past, in between Optimus’ legs. Furaha thought it was very funny, and went back up to the top to laugh. Optimus was very gentle to animals, and he thought the leathery skin of the hippo tickled him. Orko was lying on top of the water, relaxing, and he didn’t care about what happened to him according to a certain programme about He Man viewers used to watch - he just relaxed and thought about the peaceful parts of the world, where there was no war, violence or suffering.

Bonded By Body & Soul

Optimus Prime was sitting inside his cosy house big enough to fit an Autobot and his furniture. He was sitting in his enormous rocking chair and staring into the fire, when suddenly, he heard someone banging on the door. His attention quickly turned to the someone who needed shelter.

“Alright, alright, I’m coming,” he said as he put the guard round the fire and went to see who answered at his enormous front door. To his surprise, he saw a Trollan wizard named Orko, carrying in his arms a wailing baby lioness cub. “Oh dear, you poor things. Who might you be?” “I’m Orko, and this is my baby sister Furaha.” introduced the young wizard, “We’ve been kicked out of the house because of our drunk father. We’ve tried everywhere but they wouldn’t let us in, so we thought we’d try your house.” Your house? thought the baby lioness cub inside her tiny developing head. When she looked at Optimus, she gave him the first smile she had since her drunk father kicked her and her brother out of their house. Optimus took the two friends gently and cradled them in his arms. “I’m so sorry,” he whispered softly, “Come on, let’s get you inside. For some reason I have some milk in my fridge. It’s a wonder it isn’t spiked with Energon.” “You’ve been saving food and drink for visitors?” asked Orko. “Yes. I’ve saved all of this just for you.”

While Orko tucked into a piece of freshly cooked turkey, Optimus fed Furaha a nice bottle of fresh milk which he held in his gentle hands. The two friends knew Optimus was going to adopt them, and he didn’t even have adoption papers to fill in, because Autobots don’t use adoption papers themselves. Instead, they just take them in to become their housemates. And that’s exactly what happened to our friends.

Years later, in 2002…

In 2002, Furaha had grown up into a healthy and active young lioness cub with a nose for adventure and fun. Beside her were Optimus and Orko. Orko seemed more like a protector than a brother these days, and Optimus was still there to protect the both of them. The three friends spent their days playing and sharing in all of Earth’s gentle wonders together, sometimes going outside and playing together when it’s nice and warm. They were like family to one another, always there during tough times.

This observant story takes place during Autumn and Winter 2002 and 2003, when a certain string of events happened that proved even those who were Transformers and Masters Of The Universe - except for He Man and his friends, because they don’t deserve to star in this story - can live a simple, gentle life.

November 4th

Our story begins one rainy, dark day in November. The rain was tapping wildly like a thousand feet on a city pavement on the large window as Orko and Furaha were snuggled beside Optimus in his big, soft bed, dreaming the most pleasant dreams they could imagine. Optimus was wondering something inside his Cybertronian brain. “I wonder if rain really does sound like human footsteps? I wonder if human feet make the same noise as rain and thunder?” Inside Orko’s head, a different thought was rising inside him. “I’m so happy to be a part of this family. Who knew an Autobot would raise me? Someday, I bet I can find my magic useful to him as it would be to the whole world. Hmmmm…maybe I could be a world famous children’s entertainer when I grow up! Maybe my shadowed face would be too spooky for the kids. Furaha doesn’t mind, though. She loves a person with a shadowed face.” Furaha’s thoughts were of soft things like rabbits and marshmallows and warmly washed blankets.

Optimus pulled the duvet over him and his two friends and wished with certainty that the rain would fill a fish pond somewhere in town so the fish would survive. Orko was wondering if fish ponds run dry during droughts, and what the fish would need to survive, and why people need their fish to live in water. Furaha’s head was still filled with all the good things in life, and she stroked Orko’s cloak like it was a velveteen bunny rabbit.

Furaha also reached out to make sure her robotic guardian was there. To her relief, he was.

[There'll be more of Bonded By Body & Soul soon! Stay tuned...)

50 Greatest Cartoons Of All Time

Before Teen Titans Go clogged Cartoon Network's schedule drain, in 1998 the network hosted the most obscure event ever - a countdown of 50 greatest classic cartoons of all time! However, as well as familiar favourites like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Tom & Jerry, there are also some really weird cartoons no man has ever produced, or dared to produce before. Those include:

Quasi At The Quackadero

Peace On Earth

Gertie The Dinosaur

The Big Snit

The Cat Came Back

Bambi Meets Godzilla

Bob's Birthday

Well, before you click the link below here are some recommendations on what to watch instead of those weird acid trip inducing cartoons:

Kipper In 'The Fair' (instead of Quasi At The Quackadero)

The Snowman (instead of Peace On Earth)

Teletubbies Everywhere (instead of Gertie The Dinosaur)

The Dingles (instead of The Big Snit)

Ludovic and The Sand Castle (instead of The Cat Came Back)

Percy The Park Keeper specials (instead of Bambi Meets Godzilla)

The Little Matchgirl (instead of Bob's Birthday)

And just a word of note: all the Mickey Mouse cartoons included in the original book didn't make it due to Disney's dreaded copyright issues. Find out more about this brain-scratching event here!

50 Greatest Cartoons Of All Time

Make A Friend Day

By now, you've mostly heard that my stories are about friendship and family, so, I think Make A Friend Day happens to be my favourite day of the year. It means I'm going out with someone new! As well as that, I'm presenting the National Day Calendar page on how the day originated.

Make A Friend Day