D&D General Another D&D cartoon reference, do they mean anything?

[Oofta]

Eric always was referred to as the paladin. But "who is the audience?" is always a problem with animated revivals. Do you aim it at 12 years olds like the original, or the 40-somethings for whom it has nostalgia value? Very difficult to hit both targets.

Eric was a cavalier, not a paladin. For the other characters: Diana was an acrobat, Sheila was the thief, Presto the wizard and Hank the ranger.

If they do the D&D cartoon I would assume it would be a complete reboot, so it's own thing with the occasional Easter egg nod to the original show. Seems like it could work just fine, a lo of old cartoons such as Bugs Bunny had a lot of jokes that only adults really got but they were still primarily viewed by kids. Heck, I remember going to the Shrek movie and having some pre-teens in the row in front of us looking oddly at us because of some of the jokes that they just didn't get. It's not an either-or situation.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I don't think a lot of the jokes in Bugs Bunny would be allowed these days! But if you look at their history, they where originally designed for an adult audience, and accompanied movies before the advent of TV.

But you would probably have to restart the D&D cartoon from the start, so everyone was up with the plot, rather than go with "we have been trapped here for forty years without aging."

BTW, did you notice that Disney+ are doing a D&D-with-the-numbers-filed-off reality gameshow?

 

[Oofta]

I don't think a lot of the jokes in Bugs Bunny would be allowed these days! But if you look at their history, they where originally designed for an adult audience, and accompanied movies before the advent of TV.

There are a lot of the old cartoons that would be quite problematic (and rightly so) nowadays.

 

[Jer]

Eric was a cavalier, not a paladin. For the other characters: Diana was an acrobat, Sheila was the thief, Presto the wizard and Hank the ranger.

And Bobby the Barbarian.

Talk about multi-media tie-ins! They were really pushing those UA classes when the cartoon dropped. Half the kids were UA classes!

 

[LoganRan]

My question is, once you're in the Realm of Dungeons & Dragons, why would you want to escape?

Two words: toilet paper.

(Cheese stuffed crust pizza would be a close second.)

 

[James Gasik]

I encountered toilet paper in a dungeon once...I can't remember where. Ruins of Undermountain maybe?

As for pizza, if Elminster and Mordenkainen can pop over to Earth (Elminster in particular is fond of pina coladas), I just need to get high enough level!

Or learn to cast Fabricate.

 

[dave2008]

It deflooks like an archer and an acrobat: I'm not 100% sure yet if it is a slight nod, or central to the product: but I'm feeling it.

It is not just an archer and an acrobat though, they look really similar to Hank and Diana from the show

 

[Oofta]

And Bobby the Barbarian.

Talk about multi-media tie-ins! They were really pushing those UA classes when the cartoon dropped. Half the kids were UA classes!

D'oh! Forgot about Bobby and Uni.

 

[Cadence]

D'oh! Forgot about Bobby and Uni.

I wish I had!

Bought the DVD collection a year or two ago to share with my pre-teen. He liked most of them then... I'm guessing that will fade with age.

On the other hand he still enjoys the 30 or so DVDs of looney tunes we have, and I'm hoping that doesn't fade.

 

[Weiley31]

I don’t fully know if I see it (The cartoon is way before my time), but this is the picture people claimed to see the two figures as cartoon player characters:

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That DOES look to be Hank, the Ranger with the Magic Bow, and the Acrobat chick.

So, it's quite possible that the main "objective" of the starter set is helping the kids through the events of the starter set, ala like an unofficial/official episode of the series. Would be pretty neat if it actually ended with the PCs helping the gang get back home.