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Hey guys, it's Towers-of-Obscure here, back again with another showcase of reviews!

#6 - MP4orce - Uh oh... a bad pun for a show title can never lead to anything good. And it's proven here with this series imported from Germany in 2006! Oh, and you thought the bad pun title wasn't enough for this video-game inspired Code Lyoko knockoff... the character designs are way too generic, the character names are beyond generic for their appearances (their names being Cooder, Kayce, Laylen, and Benny), and to top it all off, the animation style is CRAP!!! It basically tried WAY too hard to be too similar to anime (Other than that, the villain's lame too, he looks like is as if The Tick joined the Red Lanterns...), and it didn't take an expert programmer to figure out that this series wasn't gonna last long. And not even the underrated Toronto voice acting pool could get me entertained through this, and to add insult to injury, the creators that made this would eventually go on to create ReBoot: The Guardian Code! (And you know how THAT reboot went...)

#5 - Adventurers: Masters of Time - Okay, maybe I was a bit too savage on that last series. Perhaps for the remainder of this showcase, starting with this, I'll maybe take a positive approach to- hang on a sec...

This was made by the same company from the last series I covered in this showcase? Okay. Going back to enforcing my right to be savage again. Or do I...? Sure, Adventurers: Masters of Time may come from the same company that did MP4orce, but let's see if this fares any better, starting with this plot: Uploading themselves by way of a time continuum software, Fire, Nevin, Paul, and Kikko, are suddenly whisked back through the ages on a desperate search for their missing computer professor. Unfortunately, they haven't made the journey alone. An evil Hacker is threatening to change world history. The endurance of each intrepid teen will be tested as they weave in and out of time; facing overwhelming perils and thrilling challenges. Alright, similar software elements, but surprisingly no added gadgetry because it has time travelling elements... This series was also made one year earlier than MP4orce, and has a different animation style and writing team... not to mention MP4orce had 13 episodes, this had 26... now for the final question: Is it the better option of the two? All I can say is... it's a matter of perspective. You may think both may suck and this might be the lesser of the two evils. Maybe you prefer MP4orce better. How the hell should I know?! It's your opinion, and no one can sway it. Still, it's best to say to forget both these first two series.

#4 - Producing Parker - Remember when people watched daytime talk shows? Neither do I, even if our parents did! And guess what this 2008 Toronto-based animated adult comedy is themed after! Here's how it goes: Parker Kovach (Kristin Booth) is an independent young woman who works as a producer for Bellamy Broadcasting. Her show in question? "The Dee Show", a daytime talk show allegedly for independent women like herself (Dee herself played by Kim Catrall). That automatically doesn't make Parker a feminist, given her token male co-director, Simon (Aaron Abrams). The problem with all three? [And yes, that includes Dee.] They're overworked, underpaid, and sometimes question CEO Blake Bellamy (Peter Keleghan) if he thinks THEY are making the right choices in upward mobility. And even offset, Parker and co. have to deal with "life problems". Did we mention Parker has a talking dog named Massimo? Just sayin'. It's part of it. Overall, despite its animation looking like an Esurance commercial [or perhaps a prelude to the animation style of Wild Kratts], it managed to pull two seasons out of the clutch and make it to the 26-episode maximum. Doesn't excuse it for being decent all over because of animation, some cases of writing, and basically it was an adult cartoon themed around production of a fictional Jenny Jones parody. Still, it's there if you wanna watch it.

#3 - Zeke's Pad - Phew! What's that smell? Oh wait... it's the CGI coming from this next show. It's not at all "stanky", but the CGI in a way, is... one of a kind, considering. But - we all know it could obviously be better, despite this series originating in 2008 by Bardel. Here's how this series is drawn out, and you'll understand why I said "drawn out" in due time: The leading "loser" of this run-of-the-mill animated sitcom is Zeke Palmer (Michael Adamthwaite), a skateboarding prodigy who's also a talented artist. Other members in his family include his muscle-bound brother Ike (Trevor Devall), his self-obsessed and sassy sister Rachel (Chiara Zanni), his workaholic mother Ida (Tabitha St. Germain), and his slovenly stay-at-home musician dad Alvin (also played by Trevor Devall). Zeke also has a nerdy buddy he hangs with, Jay (Tim Hamaguchi). And by hangs with, Jay also has some skateboarding prowess to him. Got acquainted with everyone? Good. Let's resume. One day, to improve on his drawing skills, Zeke recieves a high-tech phone that's also a drawing pad, PDA, GPS, and MP3 player all in one.
(insert awkward record scratch sound effect)

WHOA! Hold the phone! Before we advance into the main gimmick of the series, let's run the numbers. This series was released in 2008. The concept of smartphones were just reaching their dawn, and chances are we didn't see the first model iPhone until a few years later after this series ran its 26-episode run. You may think something won't surprise it coming from this series, and that actually makes sense here. Sort of. Zeke's phone comes with a unique glitch that most smartphones never have today - or ever will: Whatever Zeke draws on it becomes real! Typically, it's so that Zeke has to fix his own life problems, but with the standard "Newton's Third Law" in effect for this series, it's often at times that Zeke's drawings manifest in ways that he has absolutely no control over, and he has to deal with these self-made messes. But other than that, life's good for him. The best bet to this series? Again, there if you want to watch it. Personally, it's basic to me (despite Vancouver VAs) and the CGI doesn't help one bit to it. The only difference between this and other iconic shows with similar algorithms is that Zeke is about a few years older than Dexter, Timmy, and Jimmy. But... that's still my conclusion, and you can be feel free to draw your own! (See what I did there? Also, spoilers - each episode title is some sort of art or drawing pun, just a heads up.)

#2 - Bobby's World - Here's one for you: How many of you remember the celebrity known as Howie Mandel? (Other than the fact that he was in that one episode of Harley Quinn and "exploded"...) How many of you know about Howie Mandel's career ASIDE from him being the host of Deal or No Deal? Well, prepare to be enlightened, even if you've seen the Nostalgia Critic's review on it. (I wonder how many has-been celebrities I've mentioned in this showcase? That's three so far, I think, if you count Jenny Jones.) Anyways, back when Howie Mandel hade more variety to his fame as well as a full head of hair, he was a vital part of this cartoon that manifested at the beginning of the 90s. For one, he created the titular character, a kid named Bobby Generic, who despite his last name is anything but. Hard to believe, right? Not only that, he also voiced him, prior to also voicing Bobby's dad, had some scenes where he played himself live action style in a way before Blue's Clues, and was also one of the executive producers of this series! Talk about a man of many talents back then, am I right? Anyways, not much to say other than what I just said. In each episode, Bobby always finds a way to make everyday things extraordinarily imaginative! You know, since he's a kid, and they use imagination. The series itself lasted for a whopping seven seasons before dying out in 1998, and is still one of the most underrated classic animated series to this day!

#1 - Jacob Two-Two - Time to wrap this up with another one of my Nelvana 101 lessons. Personally, I found this series okay, I know, kinda weird to be stating your conclusion before you get into the context of the show... but bear with me. Anyways, this series was released in 2002 by Nelvana (of course) and was based off of the books by Mordecai Richler. The title character, Jacob (Billy Rosemberg), is a boy who is currently establishing his new life in Montreal. His family consists of a caring mother (Janet Laine Green), a story-writing father (Harvey Atkin), two obnoxious middle school grade siblings (Mark McMulkin & Kaitlin Howell), a self-centered big sister (Jocelyn Barth), and a rebellious yet reliable eldest brother (Jeff Berg/Rob Tinkler). Which makes Jacob the littlest in his family. But what doth giveth root to Jacob's weird nickname, you may ask? Well, since he's the littlest... he has a weird habit of saying things twice. He has a weird habit of saying things twice. Call it his "condition" or whatever, but it's usually so people can get his attention. And that habit is sometimes an occasional "excuse", during Jacob's time attending Montreal's infamous Dreary Meadows Elementary, run by a principal with the last name of Greedyguts (Dwayne Hill). But that still doesn't mean Jacob's hopes are crushed, since he's friends with an eccentric boy named Buford (Kristopher Clarke) and a French-accented straightman-type skater girl named Renee (Julie Lemieux). All in all, I find this to be a good series, just not exceptional. Even though it did break that "Nelvana curse" by lasting for an uncanny five seasons. Still, even though this is iconic, I find 6Teen and Ruby Gloom to be more iconic shows than this. Again, that's only my opinion. Who am I to judge? Who am I to judge? [Why did I sound like Jacob at the end...]

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Template by KingZanderSanchez-i

Hey guys, it's Towers-of-Obscure here, back again with another showcase of reviews!

#6 - MP4orce - Uh oh... a bad pun for a show title can never lead to anything good. And it's proven here with this series imported from Germany in 2006! Oh, and you thought the bad pun title wasn't enough for this video-game inspired Code Lyoko knockoff... the character designs are way too generic, the character names are beyond generic for their appearances (their names being Cooder, Kayce, Laylen, and Benny), and to top it all off, the animation style is CRAP!!! It basically tried WAY too hard to be too similar to anime (Other than that, the villain's lame too, he looks like is as if The Tick joined the Red Lanterns...), and it didn't take an expert programmer to figure out that this series wasn't gonna last long. And not even the underrated Toronto voice acting pool could get me entertained through this, and to add insult to injury, the creators that made this would eventually go on to create ReBoot: The Guardian Code! (And you know how THAT reboot went...)

#5 - Adventurers: Masters of Time - Okay, maybe I was a bit too savage on that last series. Perhaps for the remainder of this showcase, starting with this, I'll maybe take a positive approach to- hang on a sec...

This was made by the same company from the last series I covered in this showcase? Okay. Going back to enforcing my right to be savage again. Or do I...? Sure, Adventurers: Masters of Time may come from the same company that did MP4orce, but let's see if this fares any better, starting with this plot: Uploading themselves by way of a time continuum software, Fire, Nevin, Paul, and Kikko, are suddenly whisked back through the ages on a desperate search for their missing computer professor. Unfortunately, they haven't made the journey alone. An evil Hacker is threatening to change world history. The endurance of each intrepid teen will be tested as they weave in and out of time; facing overwhelming perils and thrilling challenges. Alright, similar software elements, but surprisingly no added gadgetry because it has time travelling elements... This series was also made one year earlier than MP4orce, and has a different animation style and writing team... not to mention MP4orce had 13 episodes, this had 26... now for the final question: Is it the better option of the two? All I can say is... it's a matter of perspective. You may think both may suck and this might be the lesser of the two evils. Maybe you prefer MP4orce better. How the hell should I know?! It's your opinion, and no one can sway it. Still, it's best to say to forget both these first two series.

#4 - Producing Parker - Remember when people watched daytime talk shows? Neither do I, even if our parents did! And guess what this 2008 Toronto-based animated adult comedy is themed after! Here's how it goes: Parker Kovach (Kristin Booth) is an independent young woman who works as a producer for Bellamy Broadcasting. Her show in question? "The Dee Show", a daytime talk show allegedly for independent women like herself (Dee herself played by Kim Catrall). That automatically doesn't make Parker a feminist, given her token male co-director, Simon (Aaron Abrams). The problem with all three? [And yes, that includes Dee.] They're overworked, underpaid, and sometimes question CEO Blake Bellamy (Peter Keleghan) if he thinks THEY are making the right choices in upward mobility. And even offset, Parker and co. have to deal with "life problems". Did we mention Parker has a talking dog named Massimo? Just sayin'. It's part of it. Overall, despite its animation looking like an Esurance commercial [or perhaps a prelude to the animation style of Wild Kratts], it managed to pull two seasons out of the clutch and make it to the 26-episode maximum. Doesn't excuse it for being decent all over because of animation, some cases of writing, and basically it was an adult cartoon themed around production of a fictional Jenny Jones parody. Still, it's there if you wanna watch it.

#3 - Zeke's Pad - Phew! What's that smell? Oh wait... it's the CGI coming from this next show. It's not at all "stanky", but the CGI in a way, is... one of a kind, considering. But - we all know it could obviously be better, despite this series originating in 2008 by Bardel. Here's how this series is drawn out, and you'll understand why I said "drawn out" in due time: The leading "loser" of this run-of-the-mill animated sitcom is Zeke Palmer (Michael Adamthwaite), a skateboarding prodigy who's also a talented artist. Other members in his family include his muscle-bound brother Ike (Trevor Devall), his self-obsessed and sassy sister Rachel (Chiara Zanni), his workaholic mother Ida (Tabitha St. Germain), and his slovenly stay-at-home musician dad Alvin (also played by Trevor Devall). Zeke also has a nerdy buddy he hangs with, Jay (Tim Hamaguchi). And by hangs with, Jay also has some skateboarding prowess to him. Got acquainted with everyone? Good. Let's resume. One day, to improve on his drawing skills, Zeke recieves a high-tech phone that's also a drawing pad, PDA, GPS, and MP3 player all in one.
(insert awkward record scratch sound effect)

WHOA! Hold the phone! Before we advance into the main gimmick of the series, let's run the numbers. This series was released in 2008. The concept of smartphones were just reaching their dawn, and chances are we didn't see the first model iPhone until a few years later after this series ran its 26-episode run. You may think something won't surprise it coming from this series, and that actually makes sense here. Sort of. Zeke's phone comes with a unique glitch that most smartphones never have today - or ever will: Whatever Zeke draws on it becomes real! Typically, it's so that Zeke has to fix his own life problems, but with the standard "Newton's Third Law" in effect for this series, it's often at times that Zeke's drawings manifest in ways that he has absolutely no control over, and he has to deal with these self-made messes. But other than that, life's good for him. The best bet to this series? Again, there if you want to watch it. Personally, it's basic to me (despite Vancouver VAs) and the CGI doesn't help one bit to it. The only difference between this and other iconic shows with similar algorithms is that Zeke is about a few years older than Dexter, Timmy, and Jimmy. But... that's still my conclusion, and you can be feel free to draw your own! (See what I did there? Also, spoilers - each episode title is some sort of art or drawing pun, just a heads up.)

#2 - Bobby's World - Here's one for you: How many of you remember the celebrity known as Howie Mandel? (Other than the fact that he was in that one episode of Harley Quinn and "exploded"...) How many of you know about Howie Mandel's career ASIDE from him being the host of Deal or No Deal? Well, prepare to be enlightened, even if you've seen the Nostalgia Critic's review on it. (I wonder how many has-been celebrities I've mentioned in this showcase? That's three so far, I think, if you count Jenny Jones.) Anyways, back when Howie Mandel hade more variety to his fame as well as a full head of hair, he was a vital part of this cartoon that manifested at the beginning of the 90s. For one, he created the titular character, a kid named Bobby Generic, who despite his last name is anything but. Hard to believe, right? Not only that, he also voiced him, prior to also voicing Bobby's dad, had some scenes where he played himself live action style in a way before Blue's Clues, and was also one of the executive producers of this series! Talk about a man of many talents back then, am I right? Anyways, not much to say other than what I just said. In each episode, Bobby always finds a way to make everyday things extraordinarily imaginative! You know, since he's a kid, and they use imagination. The series itself lasted for a whopping seven seasons before dying out in 1998, and is still one of the most underrated classic animated series to this day!

#1 - Jacob Two-Two - Time to wrap this up with another one of my Nelvana 101 lessons. Personally, I found this series okay, I know, kinda weird to be stating your conclusion before you get into the context of the show... but bear with me. Anyways, this series was released in 2002 by Nelvana (of course) and was based off of the books by Mordecai Richler. The title character, Jacob (Billy Rosemberg), is a boy who is currently establishing his new life in Montreal. His family consists of a caring mother (Janet Laine Green), a story-writing father (Harvey Atkin), two obnoxious middle school grade siblings (Mark McMulkin & Kaitlin Howell), a self-centered big sister (Jocelyn Barth), and a rebellious yet reliable eldest brother (Jeff Berg/Rob Tinkler). Which makes Jacob the littlest in his family. But what doth giveth root to Jacob's weird nickname, you may ask? Well, since he's the littlest... he has a weird habit of saying things twice. He has a weird habit of saying things twice. Call it his "condition" or whatever, but it's usually so people can get his attention. And that habit is sometimes an occasional "excuse", during Jacob's time attending Montreal's infamous Dreary Meadows Elementary, run by a principal with the last name of Greedyguts (Dwayne Hill). But that still doesn't mean Jacob's hopes are crushed, since he's friends with an eccentric boy named Buford (Kristopher Clarke) and a French-accented straightman-type skater girl named Renee (Julie Lemieux). All in all, I find this to be a good series, just not exceptional. Even though it did break that "Nelvana curse" by lasting for an uncanny five seasons. Still, even though this is iconic, I find 6Teen and Ruby Gloom to be more iconic shows than this. Again, that's only my opinion. Who am I to judge? Who am I to judge? [Why did I sound like Jacob at the end...]