Another Sealab-style parody? [Archive]

DianaGohan

11-04-2003, 09:29 PM

I don't know a Hanna Barbera show (between Sealab, Space Ghost, Birdman and Aquaman, I think HB is pretty much covered) but I was thinking of another type of spoof show. One that satirized the holy grail of... anime. More specfically, Dragon Ball. More specifically, a sort of Brak Show spoof of the Briefs Family of DBZ. But that's just me.

Sora Takenouchi

11-04-2003, 09:40 PM

I've been saying from the beginning, Captain Planet NEEDS to be parodied Sealab-style. :D

Jaguar

11-04-2003, 09:40 PM

Mynd Hed

11-04-2003, 09:46 PM

How about Herculoids Babies: The Series!

Oh, wait, you were looking for GOOD ideas? Never mind, that was a BAD idea. Forget I ever said that.

(-:

bassist

11-04-2003, 09:50 PM

I think they need to take a Scooby Doo rip-off and redo it. Maybe a Phunky Phantom or Jabber Jaws rip-off. Or, if you're looking for something more obscure, Wacky Races or Yogi's Ark could work well.

Eddie G.

11-04-2003, 10:30 PM

I'd love to see a Super Friends parody.

IWDP Lim

11-04-2003, 11:27 PM

Those were (These are?) the Days. That turn of the century cartoon that has a nice big ensemble cast like Sealab does. That could probbaly work well enough. Or maybe they could even slap together a few different "super hero" shows and make a new team or something.

But if they're gonna do anything with the Herculoids, I want to see how well they could pull off a serious show with the usual WS style animation.

Killtacular

11-04-2003, 11:28 PM

Smurf Park.

Artimus Gigan

11-05-2003, 12:04 AM

Giant Robo Mayhem

Various robots from various shows in odd yet funny bizaar situations.

Sketch

11-05-2003, 12:58 AM

I love that Brief's Family idea! Goku could be the annoying neighbor! Or simply Sea Labing Dragonball or DBZ would be hillarious... but would probably have too many bowel movement jokes.

Captain Planet could work very well. It's such a cory show that it's begging for the Sea Lab treatment.

How about Thundercats? It's great materal for screwing with! There were actually some bloopers released of the actors cussing and saying things you'd never expect in any given seen of Thundercats. They could remaster that and use it with the coinsiding footage.

Mobile Suit Gundam has been brought up in the past, and I'll give my thumbs up for that.

I'd personally love to see them screw with classic TMNT. Middle-aged Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Beat

11-05-2003, 01:04 AM

Mobile Suit Gundam deserves a remake, not a parody.

Someone parody Go-Bots. They could use it to poke fun at anime sometimes.

bassist

11-05-2003, 01:54 AM

Someone parody Go-Bots. They could use it to poke fun at anime sometimes.A parody of Go-Bots would be Cable ACE worthy!

Artimus Gigan

11-05-2003, 02:05 AM

A parody of Go-Bots would be Cable ACE worthy!
Your name should be Cable Ace

Anywas if it was the Go-Bots they should do it like a highschool drama thing....and then kill everyone responcible for the first one and have the next episode be a spin off on Scooter and that stupid kid, where they lead a life on the open road steeling liqiour from liqiour stores and spend their nights in strip clubs....

UberMonkey

11-05-2003, 03:42 AM

For you approval, I humbly sumbit the following:

A GI Joe parody in the style of the Fenslerfilm PSAs (the link escapes me, it's in the depths of the Toonami board last I saw). How this could possibly work for 15 minutes... no idea. If they could make the Joe's wild personalities consistant, and interact with eachother, I'd be pretty impressed.

Snake Eyes would be comedy GOLD. They could make the guy say anything.

Never'd happen, but the idea amuses me so.

Corrado

11-05-2003, 07:18 AM

A Fraggle Rock parody, that is a parody of the cartoon version which sucked.

EightOh

11-05-2003, 08:08 AM

For you approval, I humbly sumbit the following:

A GI Joe parody in the style of the Fenslerfilm PSAs (the link escapes me, it's in the depths of the Toonami board last I saw).Yes! Yes! God, yes!

A Fraggle Rock parody, that is a parody of the cartoon version which sucked.There was a cartoon version?

shoujoaifan

11-05-2003, 08:19 AM

Could WS get the copyrights for Go-Bots? Isn't more or less owned by Hasbro?

If we're going with licensed HB toons, they could do a combo of the animated versions of Happy Days, Laverne and Shirly, Laverne and Shirly in the Army, and occasionall Mork and Mindy. They could even hire the actors back as VA's.

(That's all I can think of. Fortunately we're spared a Joanie Loves Chuacie toon, although it would be nice to see the live-action once or twice to see what it was like).

As for non-licensed HB toons, how about Josie and the Pussy Cats/Josie and the Pussy Cats in Space? Like Scooby, yet different enough to have its own following and CN wouldn't have to risk "screwing up" the Scoob franchise by making adult material.

(Not that they would actually do that with Scoob, EXCEPT for the one ep of Birdman, and of course they can spoof the Justice FRIENDS but not the Justice LEAGUE.)

Bubblegum Girl

11-05-2003, 08:54 AM

I would love to see another "remixed" cartoon. :D But the question is what cartoon?

RobochangerEX

11-05-2003, 09:00 AM

Go-bots is a great idea !! I'd watch every episode... tape them.... and buy the DVDs when they came out. Go-bots have been long the subject of humor among TransFans.... and a SL2020 styled Go-bots would go over big with me.

It would be great to have cameo's from all the other 80's cartoons... GI Joe, Transformers, ThunderCats, Voltron, My Little Pony, CareBears, Insectors( although not a show, would still be funny ), He-man/SHe-ra, SilverHawks.... all set against Go-bots.

Its comedy GOLD ! :D

I'd say CN/AS/WS would be out of it's mind not to explore this idea.

Kryten

11-05-2003, 10:22 AM

The Impossibles: Behind the Music.

It could happen.

ngrossm

11-05-2003, 11:21 AM

It's a shame we never get new episodes of Birdman. There are plenty of old shows to make fun of. Instead of creating a whole new series, they can just attack each show for 12 minutes in Birdman. They should have plenty of material to fill that short period of time.

Unfortunately, we seldom get new episodes of Birdman and many of the new episodes just make fun of other Birdman characters rather than other HB series.

Beat

11-05-2003, 12:52 PM

shoujoaifan

11-05-2003, 01:31 PM

Oops :sweat: , I thought Go-Bots were actually some dumbdowned Transformers show from the actual people who made Transformers, not a rip-off.

But now they have new toys from Hasbro called "Transformers Go-Bots". Did HB sell the rights, is Hasbro just leasing the name, are they working togther, or something else that I missed?

Beat

11-05-2003, 02:38 PM

Hasbro bought the Tonka, the company that made Go-Bots. That's why Leader-1 is Megs ***** in Armada, and there's a line called TF Go-Bots.

However, they don't own the toon. Hanna-Barbera does. And do you think they'd mind more Go-Bots bashing?

The Landstander

11-05-2003, 03:13 PM

Eh, I think some people are focusing too much on the idea of parodying a show instead of just using the technique to make that show. I mean, sure, Sealab 2020 was a crappy HB show, but that's not why Sealab 2021 is funny.

Really, the show chosen is irrelevant; and if WS wishes to do another cut & paste styled show, I'd say go for it (AS could use some more comedic original material, anyway, which we are luckily getting at least 3 shows in 2004).

Beat

11-05-2003, 03:23 PM

I'm choosing Go-Bots because there's so much to make fun of. The original show, anime, action toons, robots and people, the list goes on...

RobochangerEX

11-05-2003, 05:29 PM

1. Last time I checked, Go-Bots the cartoon was owned by Hanna-Barbera. I'm pretty sure Hasbro wouldn't make any objections to mocking the defeated competition.

2. All those other guys are still active franchises. Can't be spoofed. But there's lots of HB crap to spoof with Go-Bots.

Well here is the thing about paradies... it's all legal. As long as it's done in fun and not out right slander... it's okay to make fun of any show/line, doesn't matter if it's active or not.

Truth is, there's so much funny that comes with Go-bots... I'm sure there is no need for cameos ( except for a TF or two to push them around or just laugh at them ).

I just can't get the picture out of my head of Scooter with the voice of MeatWad. :D

Beat

11-05-2003, 06:18 PM

Those are different toys. We're parodying Cy-Kill, Leader 1, Scooter, and other toys which haven't been sold since the 80's.

RobochangerEX

11-05-2003, 06:23 PM

So... what do you guys think if we just put something together our selves ? I'd love to work on something like this.

It'd be fun to atleast try. Maybe involve this whole board.... I'm sure we could come up with some seriously funny $%@#. :D

Title :

Gobots : Mighty Robots, Mighty Vehicles, Mighty Funny

Bubblegum Girl

11-05-2003, 06:30 PM

Here's an idea for a cartoon remix: Any Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Character (i.e Thundarr) or a Robot who works as a Freelance Private Eye. :p

Beat

11-05-2003, 06:34 PM

Even so, Hasbro wouldn't like it if an adult cartoon series and a line of toys aimed at boys 2 - 5 shared the same name. Ain't gonna happen any time soon.

I still say that a Thundarr the Barbarian series would be perfect.

Hasbro would love nothing more than mocking the defeated competition. They could always change the name again. I mean, Gobots is their third name for their kiddie line.

Obi

11-05-2003, 08:10 PM

They could always just change the name "Go-Bots", you know, and make it into something completely different like the "Schmo-Bots" (bad example, I know). People would still know what it is.

(the second thing that came to my mind was the Gay-Bots, but somehow I don't see THAT flying...)

Artimus Gigan

11-05-2003, 08:54 PM

call them the Slo-Bots

Beat

11-05-2003, 08:58 PM

I guess "Blow-Bots" is out then. :p

Random

11-05-2003, 09:02 PM

I think we need a gritty, down & dirty, crime mockudrama starring Inch High, Private Eye. He could even get together with Birdman for some sort of Law & Order parody. Maybe we could ditch his old sidekicks and hook him up with Yuk.

Jeff Harris

11-05-2003, 09:07 PM

How about a "slacker" comedy transformed from the Hair Bear Bunch?

Hair, Square, and Booby in the Wonderland Zoo. The original was already twisted enough (Hair was a cross between Yogi Bear and Top Cat in a zoo tangled up in a big ol' yellow afro), but the character designs were already out there. Peevely and Botch still run the zoo. Just imagine what WS could do with those characters (and they gotta let mc chris voice Booby).

Heck, I'd like to see WS make a comedy out of something that won't further disrespect Alex Toth's contributions to the animation world.

Beat

11-05-2003, 11:57 PM

The best idea in a long time, and no way to pitch it. :(

Anyone00

11-06-2003, 12:42 AM

Trixie and Dixie: Assassins for Hire..... they would get their jobs through the cat from their cartoon (ya' know that one with that actor sounds just like him) and their main opponent would be Secret Squirrel International Spy/Flasher/Mole Fetishist.

Could do alot with the Hillbillie Bears.

As for Thundercats: Lion-o's quest for the blue gem to reenergize the Sword of Omens.

Artimus Gigan

11-06-2003, 03:20 PM

Trixie and Dixie: Assassins for Hire..... they would get their jobs through the cat from their cartoon (ya' know that one with that actor sounds just like him) and their main opponent would be Secret Squirrel International Spy/Flasher/Mole Fetishist.

Could do alot with the Hillbillie Bears.

It's like Dirty Pair...only less.....dirty....and more pair!

Bubblegum Girl

11-06-2003, 03:38 PM

Here's an idea for a cartoon remix: Any Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Character (i.e Thundarr) or a Robot who works as a Freelance Private Eye. :p

I still think my idea would work. :D

Beat

11-06-2003, 03:54 PM

It's like Dirty Pair...only less.....dirty....and more pair!

And it would shut up a bunch of As.com fanboys.

All the action, none of the fanservice! :p

Jaguar

11-06-2003, 05:05 PM

Anime Guy

11-06-2003, 05:06 PM

(the second thing that came to my mind was the Gay-Bots, but somehow I don't see THAT flying...)
There was this topic on the Anime Forum a while ago that was bashing Beyblade, and someone called it Bey(Gay)blade. Someone else said, "What's Bey(Gay)blade? Is it like Beyblade?"

Anyway, I think a Go-Bots parody would be hilarious. Seeing what a great job WS did with Sealab, there's nothing they can't make funny.

Sora Takenouchi

11-06-2003, 07:28 PM

I was just thinking about the "Not for Air" things with Batman and Robin in them, when they bleeped out like every other word they said. If they made that a full time show, I'd go to straight to Williams Street and high-five everyone there.

I think that would get old pretty quick if it were a full time show.

As for that Pixie & Dixie: Assassins for Hire idea.....LOVE IT. :evil:

Mibbitmaker

11-06-2003, 07:29 PM

I agree with using Captain Planet. They really need a riffing... :moon: big time :moon:

I also like the idea of multiple G.I. Joes carrying a show (with some other characters, of course). I can see all the Joes really hating the one with "Kung Fu Grip". :D

wrenchien

11-06-2003, 07:42 PM

i guess, the next up would be the herculoids to have a parody series on.

galaxy trio could make guest stars...

maybe make it akin to a reality show , a herculoids parody?

Artimus Gigan

11-07-2003, 01:10 AM

And it would shut up a bunch of As.com fanboys.

All the action, none of the fanservice! :p
The boobage would kill the rats. Rats have like six nipples, now multiple the standard size x 8 to reach the recomended fan-service size....

Chris Wood

11-07-2003, 01:48 AM

There already exists another great Sealab style parody - The Aquaman & Friends Action Hour. CN Latin America has it, they just need to bring it up here.

Beat

11-07-2003, 02:02 AM

Aquaman and Friends isn't coming untill Justice League gets cancelled. I've stopped watching, so I'm doing my part.

Chris Wood

11-07-2003, 02:47 AM

Aquaman and Friends isn't coming untill Justice League gets cancelled. I've stopped watching, so I'm doing my part.

Ha!Ha! I guess I'm doing my part too. That still strikes me as being a terribly lame excuse for not airing Aquaman though. After all, CN does show Superfriends, which makes a complete mockery of the Justice League.

Artimus Gigan

11-07-2003, 04:13 AM

There is a way though

Make Latin the offical language of America

There we are Latin America

bassist

11-07-2003, 05:09 AM

Make Latin the offical language of AmericaHow DARE you steal my joke (which I, in turn stole countless generations ago)! I already used it in reference to this show in the Aquaman and Friends thread... you're so last thread, now... dated... forgotten... so ha!

Anime Guy

11-07-2003, 06:58 AM

Aquaman and Friends isn't coming untill Justice League gets cancelled. I've stopped watching, so I'm doing my part.

That's just stupid. Aquaman isn't even a regular on Justice League!

Sigma

11-07-2003, 07:22 AM

I would like to see a spoof of "The Hairbear Bunch" or "Thundarr". They could make Thundarr into a dective and he would always do odd jobs for other old cartoon characters sorta like Harvey Birdman, but instead it's Thomas Thundarr: Dective at Large. As for "The Haibear Bunch" I have yet to come up with a lame idea for them yet.

Artimus Gigan

11-07-2003, 12:12 PM

How DARE you steal my joke (which I, in turn stole countless generations ago)! I already used it in reference to this show in the Aquaman and Friends thread... you're so last thread, now... dated... forgotten... so ha!
An you stole that post from Keith Rogers

You made him cry and it will be your fault that the rainforesat will be destroyed.

The Mindtaker

11-07-2003, 01:54 PM

I really think another Harvey Birdman style cartoon would be great. One that deals with the entire Hanna Barberra world of cartoons.

The only spark in my brain is maybe a cartoon about a superhero and his friends (maybe multilple heroes) living in the city, just day to day life. Maybe fighting some crime, doing some laundry, sort-of like "The Tick" except with old HB toons.. Maybe Space Ghost could be the main character, or maybe even a villian instead of a hero. So many to choose from!!

Jaguar

11-07-2003, 03:12 PM

An you stole that post from Keith Rogers

You made him cry and it will be your fault that the rainforesat will be destroyed.
"Zing of the Day!"

bassist

11-07-2003, 05:28 PM

The more I think of it, the more I think we need a "Queer Eye for the Straight Toon" show featuring the fab 5 of Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, Race Bannon, Peter Potamus, and the Funky Phantom... mmm... hilarity...

Oh, and for those of you wondering what other old Hanna-Barbara cartoons are out there to parody/satire, check out this very well done chronology of HB cartoons (http://www.hlla.com/reference/hanna-chron.html).

Artimus Gigan

11-08-2003, 01:43 AM

Gary Coleman

Corporate Defender

RobochangerEX

11-08-2003, 08:49 AM

herbkir

11-09-2003, 02:01 AM

Another vote for using Thundarr. It's got a lot to work with for skewering just about anything, with a fairly large cast to give voice to. It was so bad that it deserves the AS treatment. Because it's vaguely anime-ish, a Thundarr show might even draw the anime fans' attention to the AS comedies. (^_*)

bassist

11-09-2003, 03:20 AM

Replace Funky Phantom with The Larry 3000 and you have a winner there.I dunno, there's something about having the Funky Phantom in there that really works for me:

FP: "Now, listen, we need to tooootally revamp your wardrobe. I'm thinking go retro, cause retro is in. See now, a nice colonial hat, and the look is complete! Fabulous!"

randomguy

11-09-2003, 04:04 PM

The Justice League/Superfriends thing bothers me. Justice League does a pretty good job of embarrasing itself.

stormy24

11-09-2003, 06:44 PM

Ive got it, a johnny quest parody. with like race and johnny are ambiguously gay hahaha. email if you want to hear more.

bassist

11-09-2003, 06:47 PM

Ive got it, a johnny quest parody. with like race and johnny are ambiguously gay hahaha. email if you want to hear more.Hmm, I wonder if Harvey Birdman though of that before... hmmm....

stormy24

11-09-2003, 06:51 PM

you know what i don't recall, and if he did i apolgize. but it would be a very good parody. make them all plane attendents, like captains and such. or even better, place them over the LOVE BOAT. now thats an idea. and it really does sound like something birdman would be involved in.

Duke

11-09-2003, 10:21 PM

I wouldn't mind them parodying the Mr. T show (with respect, as Mr. T is simply AWESOME!) in Aqua Teens or something.

EightOh

11-09-2003, 11:58 PM

I wouldn't mind them parodying the Mr. T showHow can you parody something that's already so funny?

Emu of Terror

11-10-2003, 12:16 AM

How can you parody something that's already so funny?

Let's not forget about Yakov Smirnov. The man is a parody of himself and let's face it, we used to laugh...at him. Now, he's based in Branson, Missouri. That my friends, is no joke. The truth hurts, eh?

EightOh

11-10-2003, 12:30 AM

In Branson, Missouri, jokes tell YOU!

Duke

11-10-2003, 01:56 AM

How can you parody something that's already so funny?

You can ALWAYS parody Mr. T. Just ask online photo-manipulators.

bassist

11-10-2003, 02:04 AM

You can ALWAYS parody Mr. T. Just ask online photo-manipulators.Parodying Mr. T is like parodying Yakov Smirnov. As they said at somethingawful.com, Smirnov is just a relic of the cold war... he's just not funny anwymore...

Duke

11-10-2003, 02:06 AM

Parodying Mr. T is like parodying Yakov Smirnov. As they said at somethingawful.com, Smirnov is just a relic of the cold war... he's just not funny anwymore...

I beg to differ. (http://www.mrtvseverything.com/)

(My personal favorites are vs. Escaflowne & Slayers.)

shoujoaifan

11-12-2003, 03:22 PM

Sorry if the Go-bots thing has been done to death, but I had a few more questions:

1. So was it like every other toy line-based cartoon where the toy company gets a studio to make this, or did Hanna-Barbara come up with the show itself and merchandise soon followed? I'm assuming its the first since the toy company sold the rights for the toys to Takara.

2. If that's the case, and as Beatdigga says, HB owns the toon, something with the deal the 2 parties formed, would that mean its something like how they can make all those Justice Friends spoofs in the commercials and in HarveyBirdman, or is it like the parodying in FG, or am I being a complete moron and missing something else?

3. If they did have to rename it, which considering how Sealab 2020 was a 1-season flop that few knew of before 2021, and the mainstream isn't going to know or care what a TF-ripoff is called, giving them new names shouldn't be a problem, wouldn't they still need the rights to the way the robots look, or was that part of the contract?

Thanks!

MEANWHILE, back at the not-really-Justice House, shoujoaifan started the epic quest that would be certain to secure 2 sequeals, the search for information on U.S. and international copyright law!

shoujoaifan

11-12-2003, 04:49 PM

Thanks! Man, I was afriad of that. BTW, what is the differences between parody and satire as seen through the courts' eyes? The way things are, I can imagine it would be argued either way. Once again, thanks!.

Hmm, there's got to be something REALLY out there which they could use.

Hmmm.Hmm-hmm-hmm-wait, I've got it!

HONG KONG PHOOEY, PANREFRIC!

Phooey is so dimwitted and with Spot, his striped pet cat, as well as the rest of the supporting cast, how could you lose? :D

"Hong Kong Phooey, number one super guy! Hong Kong Phooey, faster than the human eye..."

Viceroy

11-12-2003, 05:15 PM

A parody of Go-Bots would be Cable ACE worthy!

Yes, but Hasbro owns Go-Bots now (marketing it as Playskool Transformers with clumsy ), and they probably wouldn't give permission

ohmrbill

11-12-2003, 05:22 PM

Parodying Mr. T is like parodying Yakov Smirnov. As they said at somethingawful.com, Smirnov is just a relic of the cold war... he's just not funny anwymore...

Mr. T parodies are like fine wine, in that they become better with age. Primarily because it becomes harder and harder to believe that there was a time when people actually took the guy seriously.

Beat

11-12-2003, 06:38 PM

I see some name changes, (Go-Bots will be changed) but the title, characters, and the like belong to Hanna-Barberra. The majority of the Go-Bot names (save for Leader-1, Gobotron, and probably a few others) have had their rights expired, meaning that they're fair game.

Besides, Hasbro would see this as mocking the vanquished competition.

shoujoaifan

11-12-2003, 07:43 PM

Thanks again :D Hmm, seems like there's a slim chance, but I doubt WS would bother or even want to use something like that, since they prefer to make SGC2C/Sealab style of shows of characters they remember as kids.

Here's another idea:The Banana Splits!

SERIUOSLY, think about it for a moment. They can have the WS gang in suits (or have their voices put over them while some intern gets stuck wearing them), doing AS-style skits. Instead of producing new cartoons to make up the meat+potatoes of the program, they could use the other WS shows. ALTHOUGH that would mean they would have to be trimmed down.

On the other hand, they could be used to replace the black+white cards, which HOPEFULLY never happens or at least not for a very long time :(

OR the BEST scenario would be instead of making it an actual show, more or less have them wear Banana Split costumes in some of the b&w cards.

Yes, its live action, but so is the Blair Witch-homaging commercials, the puppet shows, misc stuff like the Expo awhile back, and the new lame thing on Friday. Plus, its the Banana Splits! They're classic, random insanity. A bunch of guys stuck in a lame costumes, telling lame puns, defying the laws of physics or logic, AND riding around in go-carts at the same amusement park the Bradys went to! Could we ask for more? :p

rmarti3926

11-13-2003, 05:36 PM

How about a newly-written, comedy-oriented dubbed Ultra Seven show full of in-jokes of present-day pop references in the vein of Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (on Spike TV) and Lupin III. That might work.

shoujoaifan

11-15-2003, 04:13 PM

Okay, I actually have a good question this time ( well, either that, or its not and I'm an idiot again :p ):

Now, you've all graciously explained parody, satire, and all that ( thank you! ). One thing still puzzles me. That Aquaman show in Latin America that CN thinks will destroy the Justice League show's image, as if it could ( and they have had all those commercials that parody it, and the VERY adult ep of Birdman ).

ANYWAY, the question I have is this: Obviously its not parody or satire in the sense that theyu would have to get permission form D.C. to do a whole series. Did they have to get a new license ( which I'm assuming is the correct answer ) and set up the whole payment/royalities/whatever, or is it because of the old contract that may or may not be extended or renewed

(All those HB Justice League, Batman + Superman cartoons, Aquaman, ASD those "censored" Batmans on AS that they use to show until recently obvioulsy means those shows were still allowed to be shown back then)

If its some kind of deal that extends from old contracts or some new deal regardless that can benifit both parties, would it be too hard to make new SGC2C/Sealab style shows of other D.C. parties?

Or for that matter, what about old Marvel cartoons if they had a similiar deal? THEN again, I guess this must be separate case, since we could assume the same for ANY show based on another company's works, which would REALLY be pushing it!

( You can tell I know diddly-squat about legal affairs :sweat: )

Still, would be cool to SGC2C/SL2021 that old Thing cartoon where some geeky, teenage, human Ben Grimm has to use a magical ring to become the Thing :anime:

"Thing Ring, Do Your Thing!"