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An Urgent Question About ‘FernGully’

July 2, 2019March 21, 2020 Charlotte DowComments Off on An Urgent Question About ‘FernGully’

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

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Watch ‘Varmints’ and Let Jóhann Jóhannson Make You Sob

February 12, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Watch ‘Varmints’ and Let Jóhann Jóhannson Make You Sob

People and climate change and industry are evil, but the late Icelandic composer is a melancholy blessing forever. May he rest in peace.

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25 Years Ago, ‘FernGully’ Taught Us to Love the Earth

April 10, 2017September 7, 2022 Bruce BohriComments Off on 25 Years Ago, ‘FernGully’ Taught Us to Love the Earth

This movie is still a magical thing.

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Why Eliza Thornberry Was the Perfect Champion for a Greener Future

August 19, 2016May 9, 2019 Kelsey AmenttComments Off on Why Eliza Thornberry Was the Perfect Champion for a Greener Future

The Wild Thornberrys never questioned its heroine’s competence based on her sex, and that made its environmental message all the more powerful.

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Which SpongeBob Character Would Survive the Oil Spill?

August 15, 2016May 9, 2019 Katie Van BruntComments Off on Which SpongeBob Character Would Survive the Oil Spill?

Is Bikini Bottom ready for a disaster?

EDITORS PICKS

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8 Reasons ‘Space Ghost Coast to Coast’ Is One of the Most Influential Cartoons Ever

By Sean Torrie

How one—very weird—cartoon changed the course of history.

Ask Scratchy: My Grandpa’s an Abusive Alcoholic Space Criminal

By Dr. Scratchansniff

Morty of ‘Rick and Morty’ needs some advice, and our house head shrinker, Dr. Scratchansniff, is here to help.

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Freaknik’s Back, Baby

By John Maher

A who’s who of 2009 talent—half of which is, somehow, still around!—made an absurd animated musical sing…sort of.

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An Oral History of the Phrase “Get Shrek’d”

By Dan Powell

The secret story of one of the greatest, dumbest animation-referencing jokes of all time.

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A Tale of Two Space Cowboys

By Nicholas P. Garcia

Love Spike and hate Andy? We got bad news for you, pardner…they’re basically the same person.

It’s Steven’s Universe After All: A Spoiler-Free Finale Review

By John Maher

Nothing is perfect but everything matters in a finale—but maybe not THE finale—that brings it all home. (No spoilers, promise!)

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How ‘BoJack’ Season 5 Humanizes Opioid Addiction

By Adryan Corcione

Whether he’s BoJack the horse or BoJack the actor, he’s still a BoJack suffering from addiction.

Words That We Didn’t Write

By The Dot and Line

We wrote a lot of words on the Dot and Line. But it could have been so much worse. We could have written these.

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