Thoughts on the Disney TVA series for Disney Channel/XD

[duckhuefan]

So, what do you all think of the Disney TVA series produced for Disney Channel and XD? Do they got a good line up? Have they been on fire recently with the greatness of Ducktales, Big City Greens, Amphibia, and Owl House?


1. The Proud Family (Channel)

2. Kim Possible (Channel)

3. Lilo and Stitch: The Series (Channel)

4. Dave the Barbarian (Channel)

5. Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Channel)

6. American Dragon: Jake Long (Channel)

7. The Buzz on Maggie (Channel)

8. The Emperor's New School (Channel)

9. The Replacements (Channel)

10. Phineas and Ferb (Channel from August 2007-December 2008, XD from February 2009-August 2010, Channel again from September 2010-January 2014, XD again from March 2014-June 2015)

11. Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (XD)

12. Fish Hooks (Channel)

13. Motorocity (XD)

14. Tron: Uprising (XD)

15. Gravity Falls (Channel for season 1, XD for season 2)

16. Wander Over Yonder (Channel from August 2013-January 2014, XD from March 2014-June 2016)

17. The 7D (XD)

18. Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (XD)

19. Star vs. The Forces of Evil (Channel for the first episode, XD for the rest of season 1-season 3, Channel again for season 4)

20. Pickle and Peanut (XD)

21. Future-Worm (XD)

22. Milo Murphy's Law (XD for season 1, Channel for season 2)

23. Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Channel)

24. Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer (XD)

25. Ducktales (XD from August 2017-December 2017, Channel from May 2018-September 2019, XD again for season 3)

26. Big Hero 6: The Series (XD for the first episode, Channel from June 2018-December 2019, XD again from January 2020 onward)

27. Big City Greens (Channel)

28. Amphibia (Channel)

29. The Owl House (Channel)

[bats]

Not seen all that many of these, but can definitely vouch for Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure. Excellent show, one of the best modern American cartoon series I've seen.

[That Duckfan]

Showing my age here... I grew up with quite a few of these series, and some of them hold up pretty well. It feels a bit weird to talk about these shows without their Nicktoon counterparts (we didn't have Cartoon Network in my area most of the time), but still.

The Proud Family
I've must've seen some of this, at least the Proud Family Movie, but only very rarely. No bad impressions. Seems to have held up well, from what I gathered from Toonrific Tariq.


Kim Possible
Easily one of the top shows of its time. Kim is awesome, Ron is fantastic, and they have such great chemistry together. This show was excellent all-round: great comedy, great action sequences, great character dynamics all around. It had some of the greatest villains of any show: very distinctive, each with their own quirks and genre background. I still think Drakken (voiced by Joe DiMaggio, AKA Bender from Futurama) is underrated. I think he had the bad luck of being in the limelight of both Shego (fans' favorite) and Phineas and Ferb's Heinz Doofenshmirtz, who was cut from a similar mold initially but achieved more lasting fame. I'd love to go back to this show for a marathon/review, because it holds up extremely well.

The only downside of this show is that it was made under Disney's old rigorous syndication scheme, which meant 65 episodes in which no real change could take place. It's only in the TV movie So the Drama and the then-unprecedented fourth season that the characters and their relationships were allowed to grow (and age, literally). Unfortunately, that never made it to my screen.


Lilo and Stitch: The Series
Stitch's 625 'cousins' get spread all over Hawaii, and Lilo and company have to go and catch them to make them good. Excellent premise, decent execution. This is one of those shows I saw before I saw the movie that spawned it. It took some comedic liberties that the movie couldn't, with expanded roles for Jumba and Pleakley, Gantu, Dr. Hämsterviel and 625. They are arguably the most memorable characters in the series.


American Dragon: Jake Long
Cool idea, but I never cared much for the characters. If I needed my Asian mystical mythology fix, I would usually tune in to Jackie Chan Adventures, which was cooler, funnier, and had a better mythology.


The Emperor's New School
Wonderful budget Kuzco. Many of these TV series struggle to capture the same atmosphere as their progenitors, but The Emperor's New School could never be accused of that. Is it contrived? Overly self-referential? No character development whatever? Yup. It's Kuzco The Series, what were you expecting?
This show's success was given a massive shot in the arm by the return of Patrick Warburton and Eartha Kitt as Kronk and Yzma (the latter's last role before her death in 2008).


The Replacements
Two orphans get a phone with which they can replace any person in their life, as well as two parents: a super spy mom and a daredevil dad. Honestly, this show never lived up to the hype its opening sequence promised. Every episode was the same old basic 'kid learns lesson' plot. The parents were decently funny.


Phineas and Ferb
Probably THE defining show of its era. I seem to be in a minority in preferring its earlier seasons, when it still slavishly held onto its rigorous formula, over its more 'out there' third and fourth seasons. The early seasons, when Phineas and Ferb built things that actually exist in the real world, felt more grounded to me. I did expect more maturity from the characters over time, especially Candace and to a lesser extent Doofenshmirtz, as they become increasingly well-versed in the machinations of their world. Instead, these characters turned into increasingly pathetic versions of themselves with failure after failure.


Kick Buttowski: Suburban Devil
Cartoon about a kid who tries to become the Evel Knievel of skateboarding. Not worth your time.


Fish Hooks
It's about... uhh... fish... hooks? This was the first of the Gumball-esque shows on Disney Channel, focusing more on comedy and slapstick and less on character. This show signaled that I was growing out of children's cartoons.


Milo Murphy's Law
Made by the people who gave us Phineas and Ferb, but it's not Phineas and Ferb, it actually tells a larger story within its episodic structure, and it's such a breath of fresh air. Third season is looking increasingly unlikely, which is a shame. I guess the Phineas-and-Ferb-well isn't dry enough yet...

[Minotaur]

I have only watched Gravity Falls, the first season of Milo Murphy's Law and a few episodes of Star Butterfly vs. TFoE.

I love Gravity Falls. Great story, great characterization. When I was little I was such a no-nonsense child that a show like this would traumatize me to no end! Even now I watched it as an adult some sences still gave me creeps, but I have learnt to appreciate this style.

Murphy's Law has some great action moments and I really like how Milo being chill all the time. I'd like to watch the second season if I could find it available somewhere.

[duckhuefan]

Nov 25, 2020 14:27:07 GMT Minotaur said:

I have only watched Gravity Falls, the first season of Milo Murphy's Law and a few episodes of Star Butterfly vs. TFoE.

I love Gravity Falls. Great story, great characterization. When I was little I was such a no-nonsense child that a show like this would traumatize me to no end! Even now I watched it as an adult some sences still gave me creeps, but I have learnt to appreciate this style.

Murphy's Law has some great action moments and I really like how Milo being chill all the time. I'd like to watch the second season if I could find it available somewhere.

Milo Murphy's Law is on Disney Plus and if ya want it for free then just to to Watchcartoononline for the show.

[Minotaur]

Dec 3, 2020 3:30:04 GMT duckhuefan said:

Nov 25, 2020 14:27:07 GMT Minotaur said:

I have only watched Gravity Falls, the first season of Milo Murphy's Law and a few episodes of Star Butterfly vs. TFoE.

I love Gravity Falls. Great story, great characterization. When I was little I was such a no-nonsense child that a show like this would traumatize me to no end! Even now I watched it as an adult some sences still gave me creeps, but I have learnt to appreciate this style.

Murphy's Law has some great action moments and I really like how Milo being chill all the time. I'd like to watch the second season if I could find it available somewhere.

Milo Murphy's Law is on Disney Plus and if ya want it for free then just to to Watchcartoononline for the show.

Thanks, I will check that.

[mousemaestro]

Emperor's New School was awesome. Season 1 was magnificent. Season 2 was solid.

Kim Possible was a true classic.