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WATCH!

60’S

• Largest number of recurring characters• Crazy cars

• Stereotypical damsel in distress• Other racers let her pass• Mobsters are good guys

• Evil wins until he cheats, then he loses• Military loves blowing things up

Underdog• Originally made to sell cereal

• Crime-fighting dog• No natural super powers

• Took vitamins to gain powers• Hero is the mutt

• Purebred beauty is the love interest

Jetsons• Life in the future

• People lived in the sky• Robot and talking dogs• Shopaholic mom

• Whiny teen daughter• Moving sidewalks

Top Cat• Con-man

• Scheme’s to get food from people• Ran from police

• Leader in his own right

Jungle Book• Monkey’s wanting to be human

• Jazz music• Broken English of Monkeys• King Louie=Louis Armstrong

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9cWkUhZ8n4

What did this means for the 80’s

• Apple’s sells first computer• Crack is first introduced in Los Angeles

• Game Boy is made• Women are pushed more into the work force

• Women try to appear more powerful• African American music becomes popular

70’s

Hong Kong Phooey• Asian Dog Janitor• Fake Karate

• More robe than an actual Kimono• No hakama is worn• Bumbling hero

The New Adventures of Batman• Bruce Wayne uses is vast wealth his parents gave him to becomes

Batman• Takes in orphans like himself, turns them into side kicks

• Joker—complicated, had a real bad day and was forced into being a villain. One of his back stories says the police killed his wife and

unborn child• Penguin—rich turned poor, loss of money turned him into a thief• Cat woman—based on cat, seen as a soul sucker since that was how

creator thought of cats.• Clayface—always remade, a disfigured actor that becomes addicted

to a cream that restores his appearance for a time. He is cut off after failing to kill guy, when trying to steal some he falls into a vat of it. A chemical from Wayne labs can stabilize him but he fails to steal that

and falls into the swear. The swear water is what stabilizes him.

How did this effect the 90’s

• Economy increased• People felt secure in the central power

• First cloned sheep• More genetically altered crops

• 3rd wave feminism• Level of make-up decreased

Spider-man• Biological testing

• Dangerous of radiology• Women once again portrayed as cats

• Lab test on animals• Lizard man, trying to regrow arm, uses

radiation

Incredible Hulk• Dangerous of radiation

• Russian’s are shown as aliens• A weapon is needed to fight another weapon

• Dangerous of government projects• Also showed us that not everyone is who they

appear to be

Inspector Gadget• Incompetent police• Faithless technology

• A case of do as I say and not as I do

Jem• Female signer/music producer• Has to care for 12 orphans

• Shows a woman balancing two lives and caring for others

• Positive women’s image

Duck Tales• Rich millionaire has to take care of nephews,

while their uncle joins the navy• Rich duck wants more money• Villains continually try to rob him

• Tough business man, seen as kind to his family• Embodies Ebenezer Scrooge

So, how did the 2000’s go

• Economic downfall• People start holding back their money, fear runs

rampant that wealth will be stolen away• Wars, men are sent away from their families• More women with college degree’s, rivaled the

number of men• Women become the primary bread winners in

many households• Stay at home dads are seen more often

Hey Arnold• Various Character backgrounds• Each episode involves a lesson

• Arnold is continually an image of reason and care.

Aladdin• Portrays Arabs as thieves

• Opening song was selected because of the racism is applies

• The main character is very Americanized• Sultan and Aladdin as a prince are dressed in light

colors• Idea that women should break tradition and marry

who they want• Arabs are depicted as being evil—Jafar—dark colors

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkiITQnrAYM

Lion King• Hyenas=Bad=Black People

• Hyenas are second best to the lions• Shows that everyone must grow up

and accept their position in life.

Ren And Stimpy

• Violence• Scams

• Adult humor• Sick jokes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv2LCSJcDaEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEdIf_gx_e0&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Animaniacs• Sexual innuendo• Portrayal of women• Highly ranked show

• Continually thought it was going to be taken off the air

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CG9-SCVc-E0

Sailor Moon• Children in short skirts

• Older men dating younger women• Homosexual relationships

• Transgender • Overprotective male

• Main character is a wimp when she has relationship problems• Sailor says segment

Rugrats• Showed us how children in different situations

felt• Adressed the idea of how a motherless child

would feel on mother’s day• Gave us step families• Positive role models

• A Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa special

So what are we in 2010• We are the people of protest• We are the people of acceptance

• We are also a gerneration of younger people dating older people

• We are the generation of overly sexual people• Thankfully even with some of the movies we watched

giving us what scholars call ‘a white supremeist ideal’ we are a very tolerate generation.

• We are the generation that said if a stupid white guy can be incharge, then what is stopping us from putting a

black guy in charge• In the end we are the generation of our cartoons