Emotional moments in Disney Afternoon

[A.Magik]

Any scenes from a DA show that made you feel funny as a kid (in that it was a dramatic moment you usually didn't expect in a cartoon, let alone a Disney one) or recently saw and realized 'Whoa, that was deep!'

Ducktales "Nothing to Fear"
Magica DeSpell creates a spell that shows everyone their darkest fears. It starts out bland enough (the nephews' teacher) but gets dramatic when Huey, Dewey, and Louie are confronted by an evil Scrooge who orders them out of the mansion while Scrooge is confronted by evil nephews who throw him out.

Tale Spin "Her Chance to Dream"
-Becky realizing a decision: Live with her beloved Ghost Captain in romantic forever or break his magical existence for her daughter Molly. Becky makes the right decision, but not an easy one.

Darkwing Duck "Life, the Negaverse, and Everything"
-Darkwing Duck is all-too-ready to leave the Negaverse until he sees Negaverse Gosalyn. Negaverse Bushroot sadly reveals her guardian is Nega-Duck. DW is shocked by the ramifications (there was never a Drake Mallard to adopt her...). His choice is made; "For you, Gosalyn, I'll stay."

Goof Troop "Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp" and "Date with Destiny"
-This is something I recently re-viewed. In the first episode, Max has a father-and-son talk with Goofy about his burden on being a Goof, with Goofy being sympathetic and understanding. In the second ep., a principal feels that Goofy might be an unfit parent for Max. Max stays at the Petes house for the time being. During the night he has a nightmare, which sends Goofy into a mad house-house sprint to comfort his son in a hug. Two sincere moments of father&son love which is a big contrast to the latter part of Goofy & Max's relationship.

Aladdin "Eye of the Beholder"
-Mirage destroys SnakeJasmine's last chance in restoring her humanity. Is this the end of Aladdin and Jasmine? Aladdin turns himself into a snake. Mirage's plan to break them thwarted, the oracle Phasir magically solves the couple's reptile problem and comments about how one day Mirage shall return to him in love.

Gargoyles "City of Stone Part 4"
-The 3 Witches force Demona into realizing all her hatred for mankind has led to further pain and destruction for her clan.

[Tobias]

Yeah, Talespin's 'Her Chance to Dream' was probably the most deeply emotional moment I'd ever seen done in a Disney Afternoon Show. If the show had some feature film animation, it probably would have been tear inducing.

Another moment was 'The Gathering, Part 2' from Gargoyles, when Oberon's about to tear baby Alexander from his parent's lives. I'd never felt an ounce of sympathy for Xanatos until that moment because you realize just how much he'll fight for his family, which is the most unselfish thing he's ever done.

[ahem]

Talespin:

The christmas snow episode.

Darkwing:

The pilot with the Waddlemeyer/Gosalyn/Drake passing.

The death episode, which is both very darkly funny and quite moving at the same time.

[Darklordavaitor]

Any scenes from a DA show that made you feel funny as a kid (in that it was a dramatic moment you usually didn't expect in a cartoon, let alone a Disney one) or recently saw and realized 'Whoa, that was deep!'

Ducktales "Nothing to Fear"
Magica DeSpell creates a spell that shows everyone their darkest fears. It starts out bland enough (the nephews' teacher) but gets dramatic when Huey, Dewey, and Louie are confronted by an evil Scrooge who orders them out of the mansion while Scrooge is confronted by evil nephews who throw him out.

Tale Spin "Her Chance to Dream"
-Becky realizing a decision: Live with her beloved Ghost Captain in romantic forever or break his magical existence for her daughter Molly. Becky makes the right decision, but not an easy one.

Darkwing Duck "Life, the Negaverse, and Everything"
-Darkwing Duck is all-too-ready to leave the Negaverse until he sees Negaverse Gosalyn. Negaverse Bushroot sadly reveals her guardian is Nega-Duck. DW is shocked by the ramifications (there was never a Drake Mallard to adopt her...). His choice is made; "For you, Gosalyn, I'll stay."

Aladdin "Eye of the Beholder"
-Mirage destroys SnakeJasmine's last chance in restoring her humanity. Is this the end of Aladdin and Jasmine? Aladdin turns himself into a snake. Mirage's plan to break them thwarted, the oracle Phasir magically solves the couple's reptile problem and comments about how one day Mirage shall return to him in love.

Gargoyles "City of Stone Part 4"
-The 3 Witches force Demona into realizing all her hatred for mankind has led to further pain and destruction for her clan.
I have to pretty much second all of these. Each episode you mentioned here is among my favorites for each show.

[steet]

I have to agree with the list, and they are the episodes that stand out the most too.
You could also include "The Old Man and the Sea Duck" from Talespin, especially the ending. (*SPOILERS* When Baloo discovers that the old man who taught him how to fly and to face his fears, was in fact dead since 20 years...)

Honestly I have rarely seen such emotional scenes in cartoon series. (apart from some japanese anime, which aren't really meant for kids in the first place) And we'll probably not see that again in Disney cartoons either.

[DarthGonzo]

Sorry to bump this thread, but I've seen this particular Bonkers episodes a couple of times recently, I've been running it around in my head and this seems like the best place to discuss it.

Bonkers loses almost everything important to him in the episode "New Partners on the Block" and at the end of the episode gets almost no emotional validation from anyone who should be giving it to him. It's practically heartbreaking. For a good portion of the episode Bonkers believes that Lucky has been killed in an explosion, his grieving process only helped a little by Miranda. This is fortunate since Sergeant Grating is a complete ass to both of them and Chief Kanikfy is unwittingly callous about the whole thing.

Bonkers perseveres, eventually finds and saves Lucky and neutralizes the threat of Fireball Frank's time bomb. You would naturally think there would be some sort of heartfelt reunion between Bonkers and Lucky, right? Almost immediately, however, Lucky is offered a position in the FBI and takes it without a moment's hesitation, leaving Bonkers to only watch heartbroken as Lucky joyfully packs up his office and gets ready to take the next big step. Despite the fact that throughout the series Lucky was slowly warming up to Bonkers and his toon friends, getting a promotion and leaving the Toon Division was always priority number one for Lucky. Here he embraces his good fortune with glee, almost ignorant to the fact that Bonkers is acting like someone is ripping his heart out.

Like a child giving his teddy bear to a relative who may be going a way for a long time, Bonkers gives Lucky Toots to take care of. In rapid succession both Broderick the toon CB radio and Fallapart decide to join Lucky in his trip to Washington DC. In the span of just a few moments Bonkers finds himself losing his own pet, his best friend and his partner. Lucky tells a weeping Bonkers he'll keep in touch...with a card every Christmas. Gee, how sweet.

Outside, Bonkers watches everyone he cares about (including Dil and Marilyn) file past him, say halfhearted goodbyes and climb into a van. When Miranda wishes Lucky goodbye he practically laughs in her face at the thought that she's stuck with Bonkers, a "nightmare" he's finally escaped. When it comes time to say the final goodbye Lucky gives Bonkers his badge, tells him he doesn't want it because it's rusty and dangerous and seems to fight the decision to trap himself in an emotional goodbye. He avoids eye contact, adjusts his tie, says "See ya around" and races back to the car.

Bonkers had a habit throughout the Lucky episodes to blubber and cry at a moment's notice, a stereotypical toon trait. But here the little guy is losing a very big part of his world. He may have just gotten promoted from rookie to junior officer, but he's just lost everything that came with it, everything that seemed to make him complete after losing TV stardom. And in the process Lucky ends up going from a simple grumpy sourpuss to an outright jerk who showed his true colors as soon as career enhancement presented itself. With Miranda's sweetness being presented as sincerely as possible throughout the episode and with Grating providing the on-the-job conflict lost by Lucky's absence, this episode seems to go out of it's way to show that Bonkers is probably going to be better off in the future, away from a so-called "partner" who could barely tolerate him.

And in a karmic way Lucky gets his just desserts anyway. He may be rid of Bonkers, but he's still stuck with Fallapart, Broderick and Toots.

[LDEJRuff]

The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, "Monster Massachusetts".

After Dr. Cagliostro was supposed to turn Pumbaa into the world's most beautiful creature, his Metamorphitron instead made Pumbaa look ugly. Timon made Pumbaa feel better by saying that he's beautiful on the inside. Pumbaa would reflect that saying later at Timon after he turned ugly, but Timon points out that it is the outside that counts saying that his outside is ugly.

What got me a little emotional is when Timon said to Torgo, Dr. Cagliostro's assistant, that he is to be replaced, and when Torgo turned beautiful at the end of the episode and Dr. Cagliostro asked Torgo to marry him.

[kaseykockroach]

"Trust me".
-Bonkers, from Basic Spraining. Nuff said.

[O-chan]

Sorry to bump this thread, but I've seen this particular Bonkers episodes a couple of times recently, I've been running it around in my head and this seems like the best place to discuss it.

Bonkers loses almost everything important to him in the episode "New Partners on the Block" and at the end of the episode gets almost no emotional validation from anyone who should be giving it to him. It's practically heartbreaking. For a good portion of the episode Bonkers believes that Lucky has been killed in an explosion, his grieving process only helped a little by Miranda. This is fortunate since Sergeant Grating is a complete ass to both of them and Chief Kanikfy is unwittingly callous about the whole thing.

Bonkers perseveres, eventually finds and saves Lucky and neutralizes the threat of Fireball Frank's time bomb. You would naturally think there would be some sort of heartfelt reunion between Bonkers and Lucky, right? Almost immediately, however, Lucky is offered a position in the FBI and takes it without a moment's hesitation, leaving Bonkers to only watch heartbroken as Lucky joyfully packs up his office and gets ready to take the next big step. Despite the fact that throughout the series Lucky was slowly warming up to Bonkers and his toon friends, getting a promotion and leaving the Toon Division was always priority number one for Lucky. Here he embraces his good fortune with glee, almost ignorant to the fact that Bonkers is acting like someone is ripping his heart out.

Like a child giving his teddy bear to a relative who may be going a way for a long time, Bonkers gives Lucky Toots to take care of. In rapid succession both Broderick the toon CB radio and Fallapart decide to join Lucky in his trip to Washington DC. In the span of just a few moments Bonkers finds himself losing his own pet, his best friend and his partner. Lucky tells a weeping Bonkers he'll keep in touch...with a card every Christmas. Gee, how sweet.

Outside, Bonkers watches everyone he cares about (including Dil and Marilyn) file past him, say halfhearted goodbyes and climb into a van. When Miranda wishes Lucky goodbye he practically laughs in her face at the thought that she's stuck with Bonkers, a "nightmare" he's finally escaped. When it comes time to say the final goodbye Lucky gives Bonkers his badge, tells him he doesn't want it because it's rusty and dangerous and seems to fight the decision to trap himself in an emotional goodbye. He avoids eye contact, adjusts his tie, says "See ya around" and races back to the car.

Bonkers had a habit throughout the Lucky episodes to blubber and cry at a moment's notice, a stereotypical toon trait. But here the little guy is losing a very big part of his world. He may have just gotten promoted from rookie to junior officer, but he's just lost everything that came with it, everything that seemed to make him complete after losing TV stardom. And in the process Lucky ends up going from a simple grumpy sourpuss to an outright jerk who showed his true colors as soon as career enhancement presented itself. With Miranda's sweetness being presented as sincerely as possible throughout the episode and with Grating providing the on-the-job conflict lost by Lucky's absence, this episode seems to go out of it's way to show that Bonkers is probably going to be better off in the future, away from a so-called "partner" who could barely tolerate him.

And in a karmic way Lucky gets his just desserts anyway. He may be rid of Bonkers, but he's still stuck with Fallapart, Broderick and Toots.

Unfortunately this was more a result of Executive Meddling (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExecutiveMeddling)since the Miranda episodes of Bonkers were produced first (done by the Japan studio) and the Lucky episodes were produced after (done mainly by the Australia studio) and this episode was a sad attempt to reconcile the two continuities. As a result we get the above...sadly, I don't think I can watch those episodes again without wishing Lucky really did die thanks to that description.

O-chan

[A.Magik]

With that favorite DA show thread, I thought it right to revive this thread.


"Trust me".
-Bonkers, from Basic Spraining. Nuff said.Lemme guess...Is this the one where Bonkers and Lucky are up against a wall about to get rammed/crushed by a baddie, then Bonkers uses his toon abilities to go through the wall, and then convincing Lucky to do likewise?

[Tinytooncrazy]

How about Gosalyn lullibie Little girl blue the first time she meet Dw I still get misty eye watching at scene.

Also Gosyln shocked at Darkwing supposly killiedwhen the ramrod expoleded and she back in the orphange heartbroken because she the the one peroson who connected to her since her grandfather died. Seeing the joy at him coming and he going to adpot her.

In chip and dale resuce rangers how about when Gadget metions her dad is no longer with her. She doesn't say she died but it pretty much impies he has

[Martin Juneau]

Sorry to bump this thread, but I've seen this particular Bonkers episodes a couple of times recently, I've been running it around in my head and this seems like the best place to discuss it.

Bonkers loses almost everything important to him in the episode "New Partners on the Block" and at the end of the episode gets almost no emotional validation from anyone who should be giving it to him. It's practically heartbreaking. For a good portion of the episode Bonkers believes that Lucky has been killed in an explosion, his grieving process only helped a little by Miranda. This is fortunate since Sergeant Grating is a complete ass to both of them and Chief Kanikfy is unwittingly callous about the whole thing.

Bonkers perseveres, eventually finds and saves Lucky and neutralizes the threat of Fireball Frank's time bomb. You would naturally think there would be some sort of heartfelt reunion between Bonkers and Lucky, right? Almost immediately, however, Lucky is offered a position in the FBI and takes it without a moment's hesitation, leaving Bonkers to only watch heartbroken as Lucky joyfully packs up his office and gets ready to take the next big step. Despite the fact that throughout the series Lucky was slowly warming up to Bonkers and his toon friends, getting a promotion and leaving the Toon Division was always priority number one for Lucky. Here he embraces his good fortune with glee, almost ignorant to the fact that Bonkers is acting like someone is ripping his heart out.

Like a child giving his teddy bear to a relative who may be going a way for a long time, Bonkers gives Lucky Toots to take care of. In rapid succession both Broderick the toon CB radio and Fallapart decide to join Lucky in his trip to Washington DC. In the span of just a few moments Bonkers finds himself losing his own pet, his best friend and his partner. Lucky tells a weeping Bonkers he'll keep in touch...with a card every Christmas. Gee, how sweet.

Outside, Bonkers watches everyone he cares about (including Dil and Marilyn) file past him, say halfhearted goodbyes and climb into a van. When Miranda wishes Lucky goodbye he practically laughs in her face at the thought that she's stuck with Bonkers, a "nightmare" he's finally escaped. When it comes time to say the final goodbye Lucky gives Bonkers his badge, tells him he doesn't want it because it's rusty and dangerous and seems to fight the decision to trap himself in an emotional goodbye. He avoids eye contact, adjusts his tie, says "See ya around" and races back to the car.

Bonkers had a habit throughout the Lucky episodes to blubber and cry at a moment's notice, a stereotypical toon trait. But here the little guy is losing a very big part of his world. He may have just gotten promoted from rookie to junior officer, but he's just lost everything that came with it, everything that seemed to make him complete after losing TV stardom. And in the process Lucky ends up going from a simple grumpy sourpuss to an outright jerk who showed his true colors as soon as career enhancement presented itself. With Miranda's sweetness being presented as sincerely as possible throughout the episode and with Grating providing the on-the-job conflict lost by Lucky's absence, this episode seems to go out of it's way to show that Bonkers is probably going to be better off in the future, away from a so-called "partner" who could barely tolerate him.

And in a karmic way Lucky gets his just desserts anyway. He may be rid of Bonkers, but he's still stuck with Fallapart, Broderick and Toots.

I remember of that episode myself and that is not a very good episode neither. Probably one of the reasons why i never want to watch that show again. That idea of reconciling those continuities in the same episode always made me out of the place. I think recognise Miranda's cameo in a Bonkers/Lucky episode but forgot the episode's name. And when i watch Bonkers, i prefer the Lucky episodes and skip the bland Miranda and three-shorts episodes they made.

[Den-Of-Earth]

[QUOTE=Tobias;3701518]Yeah, Talespin's 'Her Chance to Dream' was probably the most deeply emotional moment I'd ever seen done in a Disney Afternoon Show. If the show had some feature film animation, it probably would have been tear inducing.
[QUOTE]

Yes that episode made me emotional when i first saw that at 9.