Tag: Furry Waves

Ready To Learn Your ABCs?

Welcome back, everyone. Happy summer!

Today, we’re going to take a look at ABCmouse. If you’ve been on the internet at all in the past 10 years, you’ve no doubt seen it on a banner ad somewhere.

It’s basically an early learning website owned by Age of Learning Inc. with a ridiculous amount of early learning content geared for the 2-8 set. So much so, that’s they’ve actually received some criticism for having too much content from some critics.

Anyway, ABCmouse is the mascot for this brand, and he has two friends that will also show up in these pics today, Do-Re-Mi (Wears a beret), and 123mouse, both girls.

This kid is in big trouble someday…

Alright, before I get to the big set, here’s a couple of ads that I’ve found…

You, know, especially in that first pic there, I love the detail on the gear here. Very nice.

By the way, if anyone has anything from the website itself behind the paywall, feel free to send it my way. It’d be appreciated.

Now for the main event. Last year, the franchise released an animated series titled ABCmouse Search and Explore, where the trio explore various international landmarks, and this time, we’re looking season 2’s Great Barrier Reef.

Like most of the episodes, we begin in a classroom. Unlike most of the episodes, it’s outside the fish tank, where the girls are waiting for ABC, and he soon finds them…

Turns out ABC is a fish fan, and it’s soon decided to travel the the Great Barrier Reef to indulge this more.

So, how do they do this?

Through the internet, of course. They have the power to go through the internet and basically pop out of a search result to their destination. It’s kinda nuts.

There totally needs to be an ‘ABCmouse VS The Firewall and IDS’ episode.

So, jokes aside, they end up on a tour boat prepping for the start of the touring season the following day. One thing leads to another, and ABC, as is his way, wants to jump right into the water, but is stopped by the girls when they hear that the water may have sharks.

He’s actually a dangerously impulsive kid.

Anyway, the boat eventually gets stuck on a shallow wreck, and guess who’s the only one small enough to get in the to free the boat?

And there we have it.

The entire series is available for free on TubiTV’s kids section, if you wanna take a look.

Well, that’s all for this time, everyone! See you next time!

Return of the Doo

Welcome back, folks!

Today, we’re looking at a single episode of ‘Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?’, which is the currently running Scooby-Doo series with celeb appearances, in the vein of ‘The New Scooby-Doo Movies’.

Today, we’re checking out ‘Cher, Scooby and The Sargasso Sea!’, and no prizes for guessing the guest star. It’s Scooby’s birthday, and Cher is taking him and the going on a cruise, but sharkmen show up, and those ALWAYS screw up birthday cruises.

Anyway, eventually, they decide to investigate some sunken ship connected to these guys, and the pics begin.

OK, shall we actually go inside now?

Pretty ugly figurehead, huh?

We’re not done yet…

I don’t think I like that look on Cher… looks like she’s got something up her sleeve… or something.

And that’s all she wrote.

I think this is the first time Scooby’s been in a full face mask in a cartoon in decades.

Anyway, I’ll leave it there, and I’ll see you all next time!

To the Beach!

Kangaroo Beach, that is!

Welcome back, everyone! Today, we’re taking a look at, well, Kangaroo Beach.

Airing its first 26 episode season this past January in Australia, this preschool show follows four junior lifeguards in training as they assist their adult trainers in various beach rescues on Kangaroo Beach. They are…

Pounce: The enthusiastic kangaroo who is the de-facto leader of the group. Aspires to be like his hero Bondi, who happens to be one of their trainers.

Genma: An athletic ocean-loving platypus.

Neville: An inventor wombat, and probably the least outgoing of the group.

Frizzy: A dramatic koala with dreams of stardom.

And the trainers…

Bondi: Kangaroo Co-Chief lifeguard of the beach. Named after Bondi Beach in Australia.

Sandy: Another kangaroo who shares head lifeguard duties with Bondi.

Big Trev: An elderly koala who’s the chopper pilot and has served for half-a-century.

There’s a few other characters outside of these groups, of course, but these are the main ones.

This is a show that focuses on water safety, and actually consulted extensively with legendary Australian lifeguard Bruce ‘Hoppo’ Hopkins, of Bondi Rescue fame, along with Craig Riddington of Surf Educators Australia.

Alright, jumping with the biggest set today, these are from ‘Stay Calm and Snorkel’, wherein Genma, normally an enthusiastic oceaneer, learns snorkeling, and has a pretty surprising amount of trouble with it. It doesn’t exactly help that Frizzy is being a distracting presence.

Alright, I want you all to take a look at Bondi here…

Look at that chin! It’s like Jay Leno died and came back as a kangaroo. Kinda looks more like a lion than a kangaroo if one just looked at his face. Just not feeling it.

Buff as hell, though.

Here, Genma, who normally is at home in the water, is actually panicked by the snorkel, and Sandy basically decides to take the opportunity to teach everyone how to chill.

Genma later tries the snorkeling thing again, and, well, let’s just say it could’ve gone better…

Following this, they do a little bit of snorkeling together, and happy endings abound.

So, there are two more sets, much shorter ones. This one, from ‘Trash Pets’, is just a pair.

And finally, this is from ‘Neville’s Shark Drone’, and has Gherkinn, a river otter who is a fairly frequent subject of rescues.

Well, that’s all from this show for now, everyone. If there’s another season, I’m sure we’ll be back.

Until next time!

Swim Into the Holidays

Hello, everyone! Long time no see!

Yeah, took a bit more time off than I expected, but I kinda needed it. Hell, I still do. However, I decided that I should make at least one entry before the end of the year, lest y’all forget about this place, so here I am!

I don’t really have a unifying theme today, so we’ll treat this as a Random Day. Let’s go to the first set, shall we?

Just over a year ago, we took a look at Kangoo Juniors, but now, we’re taking a look at the adult versions that proceeded them. Specifically, this set is from ‘Les Kangoo Aux Jeux’, a special 20 episode series in 2000 where they basically complete in the Olympics against the villains from their mainline series.

This set is from ‘Panique sur la village’, and at the start of the episode, there’s a free diving competition. One of the villains, Janus goes first, and reaches the 120 mark. Napo goes next, but there’s suspicious doings….

With the cameramen in the water out of commission, Janus’ henchmen begin their work…

With Napo unable to free himself, he sends out a distress call with a transceiver he had in his pocket, presumably in case something like this happened.

Kevin, after saving the cameraman that got taken out, reaches an unconscious Napo, and tries to revive him, but it doesn’t look good at first…

… of course they’re not gonna let the leader snuff it, especially not like that. They take care of the henchs on the way back, and reach the surface. End scene.

This scene was fairly quick, but pretty action packed. Kevin’s gear wasn’t exactly eye popping, but it looks good for what it is; no glaring flaws from what I can see. The henchmen’s are a bit different though, which I appreciate.

Here’s the episode on YouTube.

Next up, we have Ranger Rick making another appearance. These are from November/December 2020’s issue.

Eh, still not a fan of this style, honestly, though I may have softened towards it just a bit.

OK, next up, we have a set from the animated version of Prezzemolo, and cartoon starring a dragon who travels with his friends to defeat an evil witch. He actually is the mascot of Gardaland, an Italian theme park. He’s had comic books as well.

This sets comes from the episode ‘Il ritorno di Aurora’. His friends Mousely and T-Gey join him here.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a video clip presently online of this.

Finally, ending today, we have a series from Maisy. This is based on the books by Lucy Cousins. These are from the ‘Dolphin’ episode.

Thanks to TheEvstar at DeviantArt for letting me know about this one.

Here’s the video. You know, her vocalizations make it sound like she’s struggling the entire time she’s down there…

Alright, that’s all for this time, everyone.

Please note that there will no longer be regular updates to this blog; I will post when the mood strikes me, basically. Could be a week, or months. If you haven’t already, consider subscribing to receive notifications of new posts.

Thanks for looking, and I’ll see you next time, whenever that is. Oh, and Happy Holidays!

Big Dog, Little Dog

Welcome back, everyone. This time, we’re taking a look at Gui and Estopa.

I actually don’t have a ton of information on these two. They were created by Mariana Caltabiano and their show aired in Cartoon Network Brazil and Boomerang Latin America.

OK, with that, let’s just jump right into the pics. This first set is from ‘Raia’. All the sets are from the show’s second season, by the way.

The small white dog here is Gui (or Iguinho), and the lady is Cróquete, his girlfriend.

As you can see, gear wise, there isn’t really much to speak of. That goes for this whole series, actually.

Also, a starlet starfish. Yup.

The episode:

This next bit is from ‘O Polvo’.

Here we have Estopa, Gui’s best friend.

This is why you don’t shake hands with an octopus. You end up with a little more than you like.

The episode:

So, this next set is from Aquário Natural, and introduces Pitiburro, something of a frenemy of Gui’s.

The episode:

Finally, we have Cidade de Arrecife.

The episode:

And that’s all we have for today, folks! The characters are definitely cute. I wish this was in English somewhere.

Finally, an announcement.

I’ll be taking a break from the Furry Waves for a while, as I’m just not feeling this as much as I used to, and I just rather do other things right now. I fully expect to return, but it may not be for over a month.

Apologies to anyone that this disappoints.

See you next time, whenever that is.