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What A Cartoon! - SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron - "A Bright And Shiny Future"

🕑 Added 2023-11-06 05:00:03 +0000 UTC

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Christmas Ape

I never saw this show when I was a kid, but I was curious enough to check out a bit of it much later. I almost admire how brazenly non-clever the writing can be, and the clips you chose from this episode really highlight that. This time period in TV animation has several shows like this that feel like a bunch of cartoon creators finally getting a chance to work on the kind of superhero action nonsense they were never allowed to make before, and you even see that old school comic fan vibe pop up in stuff like the Disney Aladdin series. I don't think these sorts of shows have nearly as long a shelf life as a more thoughtful series like Batman, but it's interesting to look back on something like SWAT Kats as a sometimes visually accomplished relic of the early nineties.

Jonathon

One of my first forays into creative writing was fanfic of SWAT Kats for an in-class writing assignment in 4th grade. I didn't watch it a lot because I didn't get Cartoon Network in my area until after it was canceled, but I did see a handful of episodes visiting my grandparents and it really stuck with me. I did love jets, so that's probably why.

Aleksander

Loved this show when I was a child. That intro music with the wailing guitar is unforgettable, at least to me. It was so dark and violent compared to other stuff that was on TV where I grew up, which is probably why I remember it so well. Weird it never activated me as a furry, considering all the hot kat-ladies.

16_oz_mouse

Used to watch the Kats a ton while flying Lego planes around my basement

16_oz_mouse

Anybody else think the Metallica's were REALLY similar to Bogge and Quagmire from Eureka's Castle? I know they're a sort of chiche pair but it seems really close in voice and interaction. https://poohadventures.fandom.com/wiki/Bogge_and_Quagmire?file=Moat-twins-eureekas-castle-dnd-5e.png