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INTEREST: As CW's Vortexx Block Disappears, So Does Saturday Morning Cartoons

The question is now what becomes the new Saturday tradition...

I know what ruined it, SH!TTY DUBS! (95%) their pronunciation is horrible and they're getting paid for this, they should be in jail.

Saturday Morning Cartoons died because there is no point for them to exist. Multiple channels run cartoons 24/7. What is so special about waking up on a Saturday morning to watch cartoons when they come on 24/7?

Saturday Morning Cartoons didn't die by us, they died because their Licensors don't care.

Don't forget that TPCI also freezes the "To Be Continued" screen (aka the final scene of an episode) by a few seconds, something that's never done in the original version of the Pokemon anime.

As a young child, my Saturday mornings began with KidsWB and Foxkids(Also, on ABC with Megaman, Sonic, etc., but my mains were KWB and Fkids). I remember Power Rangers(MMPR and after), Spiderman, The Tick, X-Men, Carmen San Diego, Digimon(FoxKids even had a Digi-bowl for 1 day), etc. on FoxKids while I watched all the Warner shows, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Megaman, Xaolin Showdown, etc. on KidsWB. The list can just go on and on. I couldnt choose between the two until Foxkids ended.

I remember when they were both on the weekdays, and I would rush home after school finished so I wouldnt miss anything. I remember when FoxKids stopped showing on the weekdays(I later found Digimon airing on UPN by luck), then KidsWB became my #1 favorite after school(not including Toonami since thats cable). I remember when Pokemon aired on the weekdays...from Indigo to Hoenn. I remember when Yu-Gi-Oh! aired on the weekdays. They showed new episodes(and mainly just caught up to the newer episodes that showed on Saturday). They had Dungeon Dice Monsters week, etc. The afternoon block unfortunately ended.

I remember when FoxKids was ending, and they showed all those commercials about the FoxBox coming. Then when it came, it showed shows like Ultraman and Ultimate Muscle(wasnt used to them at first, but they grew on me). Shaman King was the best from the block. Sonic X was good(at least what my young pre-teen self thought). I didn't like it as much as Foxkids. I do remember that "Rocketman" segment till this day.

I remember when Pokemon moved to Cartoonnetwork. There was a feeling of sadness because when I watched the first CN Pokemon episode, there was no epic opening song, and the voices changed. That was a big WTF. Then skip to 2006, Yugioh ended days before I graduated junior high. That hit me hard(because GX aired on CN in fall 2005, and it sucked to me). At the time, I stopped watching Fox, due to 4KidsTV. I knew what shows aired on it, but NOPE! I watched it sometimes from when it started in 05-06, but it was rarely. I do remember that one week when Mew Mew Power and The Batman had the same episode title called "A knight to remember(The Batman)" and "A night to remember(Mew Mew Power)". That summer after Yugioh ended, Yugioh Capsule Monsters aired, but I had already watched the episodes online before(Golden and olden days of Youtube).

Then came the last day of KidsWB, it ended with Megaman(if I recall), and that was it...I stopped watching Saturday morning cartoons for good. I was only in my 1st semester of high school at the age of 13(I was already watching anime on Youtube in 05). I still checked once every couple months to see the changes afterwards so I could be up-to-date. Skip to 2014, I saw a livestream of the last day of Vortexx with Yugioh Zexal. I felt something(nostalgia), yet at the same time, I felt nothing(gave no F's for Vortexx). I simply said "It's over," and recalled the good old days.

I can't believe I typed all this. Must have been the kid in me wanting to turn back time.

ReNellGlover wrote:

Don't forget that TPCI also freezes the "To Be Continued" screen (aka the final scene of an episode) by a few seconds, something that's never done in the original version of the Pokemon anime.

Can I ask exactly what is troubling about the last frame of each episode being frozen for a few extra seconds? You are the first person I've actually seen complain about it.