My last kindertrauma entry was in 2023. Over time, I’ve been recalling little traumas one by one. Some, I’m not sure are worthy, even considered scary by my standards, but they sure do stick out. The Greedy from Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure is a fever dream from when I was little and watching Nickelodeon’s Special Delivery. What is Special Delivery? I’m glad you asked. The Nickelodeon documentaries don’t mention it. They just skip right to the child abuse. Special Delivery was a two-hour special that Nickelodeon aired in the middle of the afternoon every… Saturday? Sunday? I can’t remember. But…
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Why Is There Always a Fashion Girl?
Why does there always have to be a “fashion girl” in every poorly developed marketing plan aimed at young females? I don’t think they have any idea who girls are these days. I feel like they’re just following tradition. I have two daughters. I’ve seen a lot of birthday parties. I’ve seen them and their friends play. I’ve NEVER seen them doing anything close to designing outfits or matching clothes or sewing or anything like what they think. Sometimes they put on princess dresses, but that’s it. And that’s not what I’d call coordinating outfits. Claudia in The Babysitter’s Club. Jade from Bratz (and probably a ton of others). Prize…
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Ace Duck
While doing a little backgrounding for Is There a Right Way to Do TMNT? I came across a forgotten memory/unanswered question of mine. What was up with Ace Duck? He was one of the first TMNT action figures I owned after I got the core set (the core being the primary bad guys and primary good guys). He was released in the second series in 1989 along with many of the secondary recurring characters like Casey Jones and Baxter Stockman (fly version). But he NEVER showed up in the show. Every one of these characters got at least one episode, like Metalhead or General Traag or Genghis Frog. But Ace…
