Yeah, Yeah I use to watch…

In every boys life, when you’re cornered by a “bear” named Brutus, there is a summer of 69.

In every childhood there are certain trends or habits that were formed that you, yes you, thought were cool.

For example there use to be a time where a young man in his 20’s could walk into Wal-Mart wearing a hot pink fanny pack and not be called gay.

There was a time when pogs–you remember those funny little paper discs with pictures–were the it item to have even though you didn’t know what the hell they were for. What, was I suppose to flip the Bill Clinton pog or just let it seduce me with a sax solo?

And yes, there was even a time where Furbys were the number one hot Christmas item.

Now it’s all different.

Walking into some Wal-Marts with a hot pink fanny pack is dangerous in some parts in the country. In some states, it’ll get you ridiculed. In others, you may just die. And in some southern states, you’ll just get slapped on the ass and called hawt by your gay inbred cousin name Jeremiah.

And what’s just as bad as trying to bring back those embarrassing moments or items in your childhood, is actually admitting to have either watched or taken part in this horrid tomfoolery.

Ladies and gentleman, I present to you a personal list of top five embarrassing cartoons I use to watch as kid.

Let’s do it snitches:

Number 5: Mobile Suit Gundam

Through my animation journeys there are certain facts from life I have learned.

Anime is cool.

Giant mechs or robots blasting the shit out of each other is also cool.

Having them piloted by teenagers so that they can connect with the audience is also cool.

So how the hell did this all become f&^#ed up when they decided to combine all three for the Japanese series Mobile Suit Gundam?

Two words…Amuro Ray.

Yes the show’s lead protagonist should have followed every teenage boy’s fantasy after finding his mech, the built Ford tough Gundam, which would have meant engaging in kick ass battles and then getting mad laid by hot newtype chicks. But instead all he does is whine the whole time.

Amuro: “Ewww, I don’t want to kill the enemy, why do I have to pilot this kick ass mech anyway? Why can’t I just put my poofy hair over my eyes and lay in my room in pain. Here, this song understands me.”

*Shuffles Saves the Day song What Went Wrong.*

*…sang a song of sorrow/solely to remember what went wrong/leonard looked like a ghost gave/him a foot massage/molly shook like a fish dangling on a line/walter wore women’s clothes/we sang a song of sorrow/solely to remember what went wrong/we sang a song of sorrow/solely to remember what went wrong/in the darkness/we were all strip-searched/but nothing was found*

Amuro:* weep*

Saving Grace: Luckily for this series, not all of its reincarnations wore guyliner from Hot Topic.

Gundam Wing was and is still considered to be a personal favorite from the series. Don’t be fooled by the Bishojo character animations. This ain’t your momma’s Fushugi Yugi so save the cranberry juice. What Wing had besides slick mech designs and a story that actually does grip you were complex and often times psychotic characters that grew as the series progressed. Heero I’m looking at you…but not in the eye because you’ll snap my neck.

If you’re looking for something less girly looking though when it comes to character design, tried the 0080 series or even the campy G Fighter Gundam.

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