Editing Approved Cartoons (section)

== Unapproved, But Mineable ==
Any cartoons that have /tg/-worthy subject matter, but it's not like fa/tg/uys opinions really matter anyway.

*'''[[BattleTech]]:''' Yes, BattleTech had a cartoon series. It talks about a Adam Steiner and the 1st Somerset Strikers. It wasn't that good. Its production value was lacklustre and being forced into the animation age ghetto did not help. Its notable for its early use of transiting between traditional cel-animation and computer-generated imaging. While not godawful it was at best a slightly above average Saturday morning cartoon that's inappropriate to it's subject manner. What's even more notable is that the show exists in the BattleTech universe. You read that right, this cartoon that depicts BattleTech actually exists in the BattleTech universe. Can give inspiration on how the actions of a party can be distorted or changed to fit a different narrative. Also attracts much [[rage]] from fans of [[The Clans]] because the series is based around Inner Sphere protagonists, and thus the Clans are shown as a bunch of lunatics who just randomly showed up and invaded one day. So of course, CGL retconned the cartoon to be an in-universe propaganda cartoon made by the Inner Sphere, and the actual events of the show required a much larger army to accomplish than our plucky band of heroes, fighting against second-line Clan garrisons rather than the elites of the first invasion.
*'''Men in Black: The Series:''' One of numerous 90s projects to turn successful blockbusters into Saturday morning cartoons. It has a simple enough premise: Agent Kay didn't retire after the events of the first movie, so he's still Jay's partner and they work cases together. Police procedural for kids, just with aliens, superheroes and all the other weird shit the writers could get away with. Quality is all over the place (which is why it's borderline unapproved), but a good source of ideas for your Laundry Files and Delta Green campaigns.

*'''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]] AKA Sonic SatAM''': A animated adaption of Sonic the Hedgehog. Well regarded by fans as something of a cult classic. Do be warned it is full of 90's cheese, it was a Saturday morning cartoon meant to make money off of a cartoon character after all. One special note is Jim Cummings in one of the scarier depictions of Dr. Robotnik. Also features one of the better depictions of nature vs industrialization, less green Aesop and more freedom from slavery (most of the time). Mineable for concepts and a good villain. [[Chris-chan|Possibly even watched by the]] [[If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device|God-Emperor of Mankind.]] The Archie comic is also of note since it does technically continue the story, though do be warned of Ken Penders. He is considered the Matt Ward of the Sonic Fandom ([[What|except somehow much worse]]). 

*'''World of Quest:''' Think ''He-Man'', but without any toys to sell or Twitter drama to follow. Also think: late 00s "le funny nerd stuff parody", so it's crude, formulaic to a fault and with humor that's hard to take even when drunk... but the series still crams 50 basic campaign ideas (almost all episodes are double stories) for a kitchen-sink fantasy setting without even trying to pretend it's not about mindless fun. In fact, the set-ups are so basic, you can literally pop any given episode 10 minutes prior to the game you "forgot" to prepare for your group and still get a comedic scenario for them by the time they arrive.

[[Category: Approved Media]]