Bunny Maloney Is The Most Bizarre Cartoon I've Ever Seen

[@sillygooseygirl]

I remember when they used the word “sexy” in this show and I thought it was so inappropriate and scandalous as a seven-year-old.

[@feralcatgirl2169]

feels scandalous to use even as an adult, though that may be because of where I'm from

[@princessriahyokai]

Same I first saw this show at age 13

[@Jhud69]

Sexy and sex appeal appears in cartoons at times. I remember in the Polish dub of Johnny Bravo he actually says "pulsating sex" at some point, but not sure how it is in original.

[@jrsjr1]

that’s how i felt when mordicai said pissed on regular show

[@Zarugoza5969]

I remember when Adventure Time said sexy and I was so amazed on how they were able to get away with it.

[@zombiecharmz]

jean-francois: - blue hair (fur) - big pitch-black eyes - constantly mistreated by everyone around him close enough! welcome back 2-d, lead vocalist of the band gorillaz

[@_.rainydays._]

crying this is so funny

[@spanish2139]

blue? pitch black eyes? mistreated by everybody? Welcome back Tom from Eddsworld!

[@foundationsofdecays]

​@@spanish2139 this is so true

[@IsItGrippy88]

i love gorrilaz

[@galaxxy_step]

​@@spanish2139 probably one of my favorite top ten character archetypes

[@NOT.NEREIDE]

Also "Adultescent" is a loose translation of a french term which basically meant "a young adult that still lives like a teen" , which the show's immature raunchy humor and somewhat absurd world building makes a lot of sense with that target audience. I really don't understand why, the show ended up on a kid's channel but it's pretty obvious it wasn't supposed to.

[@NOT.NEREIDE]

Well now that I think about it, he character of Bunny Maloney is a very good exemple of an "adultescent"

[@mchjsosde]

It seems like the problem wasn't in the creators for creating inappropriate content but the people who rated the show seemingly without even watching it or understanding the dialogue. I suppose maybe they needed to get a rating before they could get funding for the voice acting and translation and so maybe the raters did not get a good enough picture of the content. The content isn't inherently offensive, but showing it kids is harmful and irresponsible of them

[@mchjsosde]

I noticed in your other comment that even French broadcasters originally aired it on a family channel as well before moving it to a more adult channel. I guess the misunderstanding about the content of the show started before they even brought it over to the U.S. I wonder if it was still on the canal+family channel when it was brought over.

[@hippyhopohskippydop5792]

It’s probably because the character designs are very much “children’s cartoon channel” with its cutie vibe But in reality it should’ve been on like adult swim or something

[@blackroses96]

Looks like a modern version of the french raters going "oh, it's an animated show, that totally means it's meant for children" like when they first bought and aired a TON of anime back in the 80's without... actually watching it, I guess. (Back then, the french dubbers also tried to make things like Kenshin the Vagabond sound less violent, resulting in hilarious voice acting.)

[@moonie1488]

the moment i saw charlotte i went “who is this diva…” i am completely enamored by bimbo cowgirl. i am not immune to this shows cute aesthetic

[@amberthesuperfox]

I'm obsessed with Charlotte

[@UniRazzleX3]

CHARLOTTE SUPREMACY REALL 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@Pinkywinkykinky]

Swear I have vague memories of her I'm in LOVEE

[@perijellyfish]

@@UniRazzleX3fr

[@blehh_mae]

shes such a girlboss some might say shes too freaky i say she just girlslays her girlkingdom some might say shes an idiot i say thats true but shes just a girl

[@giantpinkcat]

I don't care how much personality he lacks. John Francois is still the best character, and I've always thought that as a child.

[@ppakk8270]

Jean Francois was my favorite character too! In fact, he was most likely the sole reason I never completely forgot about this show years later!

[@strudelh]

I liked how blue he was idk if that’s just me 😭

[@3UN0144]

real

[@crayonzii]

@@strudelh We love Blue Creatures! 💙

[@Pollito_Con_Papas555]

He's just a silly guy

[@Gafafsg]

Bunny and Candy are the final boss of toxic straight couples

[@sarahkomikofficial]

LMAO

[@not_irlon18]

I've seen videos about "Who is animation's WORST couple?" If there was an answer, it would be them. They make Peter and Lois look tame in comparison, but not lesser; they're still terrible, yes, but not AS shitty as Bunny and Candy. They need therapy. Like Cosmo and Wanda in A New Wish. Or have them break up entirely since they ABSOLUTELY don't deserve each other. Maybe you can have them reconcile, but have them be JUST friends. And I dunno, ACT NICER TOWARDS JEAN-FRANCOIS? He deserves better friends than them. Seriously. I can see him being besties with Modchi since they're the best characters of the series. No questions asked. It's final. Give my boy some justice >:(

[@markanthonyportem3430]

​@@not_irlon18 are you talking about my GOAT🐐🔥 Athena P?

[@not_irlon18]

@@markanthonyportem3430 I meant Lydia Loves Timelines, but she counts as well, so yeah. And yes, she is the GOAT 🔥 🐐

[@AzureLikeSky]

​@not_irlon18 bruh. What a drama heated up

[@galacticglamourgirl]

Bunny Maloney's name is a reference to Bugsy Malone, the titular main character of a gangster musical comedy film, hence why Bunny has an NY accent in the dub.

[@blehh_mae]

in general the show is a reference to some old gangster comedy series i wanna say but i forgot the name

[@giraffeparty0]

I've never seen a "blue comment" on youtube? like. those tiktok comments where there's a key phrase in blue with a button to search for said phrase? I thought that was a tiktok thing. but this is the only comment I've ever seen to have blue text?? this is so confusing (btw the blue text was just "Bunny Maloney")

[@foundationsofdecays]

​@giraffeparty0 thought it was just me seeing this now, im so vividly confused lmao

[@Stoopid420]

​@@giraffeparty0I literally saw it but when I scrolled down to the replies and the left it the blue text was gone 😢

[@shrimpymcfatten1540]

Are you sure about that? I can't find a source for that, and there is a reggae singer from the late-70s/early-80s who went by the name Bunny Maloney. He was produced by reggae legend Harry Mudie, and some of his songs are extremely well regarded by collectors. If you search for "Bunny Maloney" here on KZbin, adding words like "reggae" or musician (to help filter out results related to the cartoon), you'll find many uploads of his songs. One upload I just saw, for his song "Ethiopia" has over 270k views (my point being that while he's somewhat obscure, he's not so obscure that he doesn't seem a more likely inspiration for the character's name). As a 50-something year old, who is also a huge fan of Paul Williams, I assure you I grew up with and adore 'Bugsy Malone,' but I can't find any evidence that the creators of this show took the character's name from the film.

[@alexjewett7455]

This feels like one of those cases where it was originally supposed to be an adult show, but the people airing it saw pink cartoon rabbits, and immediately thought "this must be for kids".

[@Ihaveagasmask]

It was for adults the original pilot (which is on KZbin) was way more sexual and violent

[@-_flor_-859]

It was absolutely is. This show was apparently televized on canal+ which is kind of an everything chanel which meant it had family friendly shows and movies aswell as adult oriented content, and i'm guessing American TV network saw this show and immediatly assumed it belonged in the children's content cathegory, it was actually aimed at young adults and teenagers which also explains the anime-esque aesthetic since anime and mangas were ridiculously popular in younger audiences since the 90''s which led to the creation of many anime inspired french cartoons since the early 2000's, a notable example being Wakfu and even Miraculous Lady bug in a way.

[@-_flor_-859]

Sorry for the spelling mistakes lol I'm just very passionate about french animation

[@crazypinkwig4813]

​@@-_flor_-859 and Totally Spies

[@tundra4331]

the dub almost becoming lost is crazy because the art style of the show and the models itches a deep part of my brain nothing else can

[@amberthesuperfox]

Me too 😢 I hope it's found

[@Anonymous_Hlollol]

Ngl Charlotte's personality and model looked like it came straight from a NSFW website

[@epicboyo4883]

Hopefully it’ll be found at some point. I have faith it will, the lost media community has had a lot of luck this decade

[@cake_pop7853]

I swear I saw all the episodes on Kabillion. No way are they lost

[@BiscuitNInk]

800th like

[@suneater_zeef050]

this show _looks_ very good. the characters are cute, simple, but still very distinctive, their apartment is so cozy and invokes a sense of nostalgia, the outline around the 3D characters looks great as does the choppy and bouncy animation. extremely pleasing to look at and feels like a unique time capsule of the aesthetics at the time - and i say unique because despite its 2009isms it still looks extremely different from what a lot of other animated shows looked like at the time. love it

[@stickitydoodah]

It reminds me of pucca a bit

[@JG-pt3xe]

It's got that early 2000's-Y2K aesthetic

[@suneater_zeef050]

@@JG-pt3xe yes! it feels more like a modern reimagining of what the 2000s looked like than the actual 2000s

[@cake_pop7853]

It's such a shame how Bunny Maloney is a show with great visuals but lacks with its story and characters. I would love if this show was remade with the same animation style, but different writing

[@kiricappuchin]

The backgrounds and intro are really stylish, cool and retro-futuristic; I love them a lot

[@arsonistnpc]

i only made it 30 minutes in before getting the urge to make an oc. god save us all

[@eggfroggowo]

Lol same and I want to draw the pink and green charlottes as a TV girl album

[@wazzupyuwu]

i have never related more strongly to a comment in my life 😭

[@emmet9857]

Im an hour in and have caved in and already made oc bro I'm in this with you 🙏🏻

[@suneater_zeef050]

@@arsonistnpc you're not the only one!!!

[@mobitrain3359]

​@@eggfroggowoHaha I'd love to see that

[@beachedking]

I laughed way too hard at them assuming Jean Francois was gonna off himself and then when they realize he’s okay and finally make sure he’s safe, THEY JUST HAVE SEX?

[@beachedking]

Ending the video, I definitely watched Sonic X on Kabillion and they advertised Bunny Maloney but I was too invested in Sonic as a kid to care… a blessing.

[@penesitoyummy]

@@beachedking honestly that's so real

[@edanro9787]

Wdym did that happened in the series😦 I didn't saw the whole video

[@mattgroening8872]

@@beachedkingsigma Chad grindset 🥶

[@Gay_gamers78]

Which episode was that from?

[@louisel7518]

I'm a french animator. when you started recaping what this cartoon was about I started thinking "damn this is cringe in a very familiar edgy-weeb kind of way. it sounds like something that could have been created in france somehow" and then I realized you didn't say it WASN'T french, went to check, and was hit in the face with the fact it was in fact, a french animated TV show. Hate being right. (Yes I'm watching this from the studio I work at instead of animating.)

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

What ya working on?

[@louisel7518]

@@Nathan-rb3qpI won't be droping the name but it's a tv show adaptation of an old video game series coming to netflix in 2025.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

@@louisel7518 Omg

[@EngineerMonkeyBTD6]

​@@louisel7518 I'll remember this when a show that fits this description is announced.

[@YE4rt]

First of all, I’m not French but I could also instantly tell it was French too hahaha. The animation, art style, pacing, execution and humour just kinda felt “French” to me. Second of all, a French animator working on an adaptation? Of a video game? I hope it’s Captain Laserhawk season 2 👀

[@litera_cj]

Hearing the premise, seeing the cutesy and highly stylized designs, and taking into account the timing of the show's initial release, part of me wonders if the showrunners were inspired by Pucca.

[@strawberrydoll7042]

It does have pucca vibes!

[@Eepop_stuffs]

FR! Especially with the inexplicable NY accent and absolutely horrible and abusive characters😭😭 (I still love Pucca, but by God did she have NO chill whatsoever) The main villain is also very Tobe-core, lol.

[@Furbtastic817]

​@@Eepop_stuffs as a Pucca fan i can confirm that almost everyone in that show almost or was actually insane

[@Eepop_stuffs]

@thefurbyqueen817 I'll never get over master Soo trying to kill Garu's skeleton because he thought it was a zombie, and wanted to be the only immortal in Sooga😭😭

[@Furbtastic817]

@@Eepop_stuffs and that was one of the more tame episodes

[@RedVanBuskirk]

i wish this show wasn't such a train wreck because I looooooove how it looks. French animators are NOT bucking the being-very-good-at-their-jobs allegations

[@hauntorthegiraffebiscuit]

Agreed, these animators gave they whole ass. That said I have to admit I thought this was expanded lore for the GameStop rabbit when I saw the thumbnail.

[@_.rainydays._]

​@@hauntorthegiraffebiscuitthey put their whole cowussy into this one

[@Lemoncakelover678]

They carry the whole show

[@lifeisadrag7705]

Omg it's Red!

[@remsleeep]

the show is good looking what are you talking about

[@sonamy3]

I kept thinking the whole time how good this show looks and how successful some of the character designs are. The thing that I find interesting about Bunny and Candy specifically is that Bunny has big eyes and Candy has smaller eyes, which is opposite of the typical sexual dimorphism of anthropomorphic cartoon characters, though Candy still has lashes. My big brain idea for changing Candy to be more distinct is to make her a mint green color, so she's both opposite of and complementary to Bunny, which is what their relationship is meant to be like. Theoretically. If you close your eyes and plug your ears.

[@perrilewis180]

This is furry Osomatsu-san. Like the Bunny is Osomatsu and Candy is Totoko. It's so Japanese comedy but because America has this 'animation is for children' thing going on and they saw the main characters were bunnies

[@lispeaks]

i’ve thought several times that bunny is just osomatsu if he had a girlfriend and a glamorous job and was famous while still doing absolutely nothing to earn it

[@theanonymousunknown1949]

This is such a fun take! I love osomatsu

[@fumumi_]

I was thinking the same 😭

[@dudeguy_thebro]

OSOMATSU-SAN MENTIONED 🗣🔥🔥💯💯

[@lianaeli]

I’m flabbergasted seeing someone mentioning this anime again😭😭😭 its presence do creep up on you the moment you expect it the least once in a while

[@moongem4489]

Bunny and Candy are the epitome of "missionary so we can keep arguing."

[@Tama-Hero]

This show would have landed so hard with me in middle school. The aesthetic is so perfectly online flash cartoon (thinking There She Is), the contrast of cute but "edgy" adult-ish humor is just like all the anime I loved. Even the bickering protagonists was a in the wheelhouse of shows I liked. The fact that it was a show being dubbed into English and therefore had the mystique of "changes from the original"! It's a shame they didn't actually watch it before they put it on the air and chose such a baffling network to put it on. It had its wings so clipped

[@noranizaazmi6523]

OMG THERE SHE IS MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️ WHAT’S A CARTOON WITHOUT USING DIFFERENT SPECIES AN ALLEGORY FOR INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS 🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️

[@foundationsofdecays]

i love 'There She Is'!! one of my favorites

[@EldritchKraken]

oh yeah. a little more blood and gore i feel like the REAL target demographic of this would have been edgy newgrounds teens

[@kittykattycat]

the fact that bunny maloney is inspired by Japanese anime made more sense on why its "bizarre" in the first place. bunny is a every unlikeable male anime protagonist (mostly romance anime), candy is violent girlfriend trope (maybe also the childhood friend trope) who always attack on the protagonist, charlotte is Ms. fanservice of the series, And Jean-Francois is the only normal and likeable character than the protagonist.

[@bunny_maloney]

you are totally right with all your statements !

[@EricMoranFilms]

About to watch a 2+ hour video about something I had no idea even existed till now 🎉

[@Thepluhmaster]

Same

[@AuroraArcher652]

@@EricMoranFilms same 😂

[@mintygreendays]

Same

[@Kyumifun]

I've got here because of a short sped up (4 minutes long) video of the Think Extinct episode. It seemed wild but kinda funny. Poor Jean.

[@Thekid.inyourclass]

@@Kyumifunwas it every time something got inappropriate it speed up 2x? If so I was here for the same reason lol

[@rennitogatito]

BUNNY MALONEY I FUCKING LOVE BUNNY MALONEY update: post viewing i have discovered there is a slight chance this show might have shaped my young fragile psyche for the worse. just maybe

[@kelseywashere10]

SAME I LOVE BUNNY MALONEY 2

[@rennitogatito]

@@kelseywashere10 HELL YEAH

[@chocokrispyyy2449]

BUNNY MALONEY FANDOM NEEDS TO RISEEE I LOVE THIS SHOW

[@Youwillseesomething]

@@kelseywashere10 Didn’t know they made a sequel.

[@sillymari01]

YEAAAA

[@AizakkuAnalysis]

I saw part of the pilot with Bunny giving Candy backshots and thought, "maybe this wasn't the best thing to turn into a kid's show."

[@Bicth97]

Did anyone else see it as Candy topping? My screen is too small maybe I was wrong

[@j1j1.awes0m3]

I KNEW I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT SAW THAT💀💀😭

[@theshadowking3198]

@@Bicth97 she was not topping but I wouldn’t be opposed to checking again

[@aboclab6524]

W H A T

[@AnotherAustin-z7b]

Wut

[@Andyv.art.]

French person here, and OMG ??? I accidentally watched this one time, very early on TV when I was a kid and I never found this again after this day, I really thought it was almost a dream ?? Thank you for this video I can now die in peace 🎉

[@MissSun23]

LMAO salut moi j'y connaissais pas j'étais chokbar comme on dit 😭

[@AmineBerhail]

Oh French people, what are these substances that you were taking when you were young? This is crazy, crazy.

[@morganorwhatever]

A few observations: 1. These characters look just like late 2000s vinyl toys. There must have been merch of them, right? 2. A couple of these episodes bear a striking resemblance to Foster’s Home, namely the one where the blue guy becomes famous for repping deodorant, and the one where everyone is obsessed with buying a specific kind of cookies

[@snailart14]

Yeah they remind me of tokidoki collectibles

[@strawberrythefairy]

they look like ub funkeys mixed with the aesthetics of unikitty

[@bunny_maloney]

thank you ! you're totally right, i wanted to make lots of figures, and designed my characters to make it simple to do so, but, i never could do anything but t shirts... that's my biggest regret about Bunny M.

[@ryszardbies]

Out of 67 bunny maloney posts on e621, 52 of them include charlotte so whoever designed her did their job extremely well.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

I can’t wait to see how many new posts get made due to this video alone.

[@supercomputerz]

bro checked 😭😭😭

[@ryszardbies]

@@supercomputerz I use the website anyway, its not hard to check

[@12DAMDO]

same for r34.. 55 results for the show, of which 43 are the cow..

[@JorguinTorpedo-ff5vk]

why whould you check that, like Axioms?

[@vivana1344]

You weren’t kidding with that trigger warning because why did the fish rape joke make me pause and do a lap around my apartment to process what I just saw😭

[@Pollito_Con_Papas555]

the WHAT

[@chop3334]

the huh?

[@mar420.74]

The what now that sounds show left field it might not even be funny it's just because I haven't gotten there in the video yet I don't genuinely want to be triggered I was just trying to figure out what this show was😂😂

[@mar420.74]

Oh I saw it, yeah it's not like south Park where it's funny because they're honest poetic w their dark humor that's actually funny, what was that??! 😂

[@Necoarc556]

the huh???

[@RosieG9012]

56:03 I know Li kind of addresses this later, but I’m like 99% sure this joke is referencing politicians having affairs, not politicians covering up SA. Based on my memories of being a young adult in 2009, the former was something the general public was more cognizant of back then. I don’t feel like the larger public really started to talk about the prevalence of SA committed by powerful people until just a few years before the me too movement really kicked off. Plus, I remember politicians being disgraced due to infidelity coming up *a lot* in the 2000s

[@dogryme6]

Ah so Li's mind just instantly jumped right to a "KZbin apology video" / "Minecraft streamer" situation playing out behind the scenes instead of what the scandal of the day over fifteen years ago would've been. Like I don't blame her but at the same time of course applying today's new j'accusations to old media's innuendos is of course going to come out with the most rotten results you can think of, and that's because at that rate you and the media are talking past eachother with what you both see, not understanding it at it's level because you're somewhere (or when) else. I don't know how to articulate it but I hope you know what I mean.

[@Bicth97]

I agree the joke was probably just referring to scandal, that was the thing back then. We as a society used to care about shit like affairs and cheating, when the important issues were actually sex crimes...

[@steamboatwill3.367]

@@Bicth97 ) you mean weren't?

[@JG-pt3xe]

I watched the pilot out of curiosity, and right after the Bunny-Candy sex scene Bunny gets pissed at Jean-Francois for walking in on them and beats the shit out of him before blowing him up with an RPG. Why does the creator of this show like torturing Jean-Francois so much?

[@CodyIsAGremlin]

Bunny and Candy treat him like absolute shit, that poor guy needs better friends.

[@MustovMusa]

The WHAT scene؟؟؟؟؟؟

[@bunny_maloney]

because it's by far my favourite beloved one !!!

[@growclaxgt]

​@@MustovMusathe one in the pilot

[@NewtonFinnigan]

I was in love with Jean-Francois as a child and my mom was so freaked out by the depths of my obsession she stopped letting me watch the show

[@meimaraa]

HELLODAVPDACPACS

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

🤨📸

[@NewtonFinnigan]

@@Nathan-rb3qp I was like 8

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

@@NewtonFinnigan Ok. To be fair I did have a crush on Princess Ruto from Ocarina Of Time when I was 9.

[@NewtonFinnigan]

@@Nathan-rb3qp same 😔

[@magicmike191v2]

EVERYONE LI IS SPEAKING!!! TAKE YOUR SEATS!

[@kimchieri7960]

I'm sat 🙇🏿

[@Uneconqueambulante-tr7tw]

I'm sit 🪑

[@cyclingcheese623]

GIVE ME MY POPCORN!! AND ILL SIT

[@eggfroggowo]

SEATED

[@Signy8]

Literally

[@wysteria.]

ok the outfit is so adorable!! i desperately want to recreate that cardigan for myself,,

[@DylanRomanov]

I love the star cutout on the shirt

[@unripetheberrby6283]

It is 😊

[@GaryViews]

Fun fact: Kabillion still exists as a OTT on demand service on smart TVs. It's a hollow shell of its former self, its social media pages are like an empty desert field, and its less acccessible, but it miraculously and hilariously enough, still exists. They don't have the rights to the show anymore and they probably won't renew since management/leadership of Kabilion changed and it's too adult for a kids network. It sucks, but it is what it is :(

[@loquita-lostwave]

mediatoon currently has the rights to the english dub afaik, though they don't seem particularly interested in distributing it anytime soon. however there is a password restricted "screening room" for bunny maloney on their website. it's possible that some of the currently lost episodes could be found if someone had the password. that being said i do not have it and i don't know how one would gain it without pretending to be a channel interested in licensing the series, which is definitely fraud

[@theshadowking3198]

@@loquita-lostwave i mean it’s not fraud your just perusing the merch

[@hajaratk5217]

I'm a french viewer and the minute you said it was a show made for kids with weird/suggestive content I knew it was from Canal+. There are multiple french shows from the 2010s like that : Kaeloo, Wakfu, Titeuf... it was a strange time to be a kid here love the video!!

[@MiffyFullEpisodes]

speaking of french shows and canal+, ever heard of a french show called petit poilu? i was once a fan of it from december 2022 to april 2023. i regret it ngl

[@hajaratk5217]

@@MiffyFullEpisodes i haven’t heard of it before but it seems like it’s available on MyCanal, should I give it a try ?

[@atonedudeatsnotsubscribed8313]

Im gonna rewatch walfu to see how much weird content i was too stupid to see

[@hajaratk5217]

@@atonedudeatsnotsubscribed8313 I rewatched it recently and was amazed at how many dirty jokes they managed to slip in without us kids noticing at the time. Still a good show tho

[@hajaratk5217]

@@MiffyFullEpisodes I never heard of it before but it seems to be available on MyCanal now! do you recommend it?should I give it a watch?

[@NOT.NEREIDE]

I have very vague memory of this show but as a french person I distincltly remember it airing along other adult animated shows, so it's odd that it would air on Kabillion in the us

[@NOT.NEREIDE]

BTW you mentionned canal+ being a family friendly channel, it wasn't exactly true, it featured a few rather risky programs. From what I gathered it was moved from canal+ family to canal + because of the raunchy mature humor

[@ztguy]

@@NOT.NEREIDE And even then, Canal+ Family wasn't really a "family"-friendly channel. It had shows (also aimed at children) that were risqué and inappropriate, some even more than Bunny Maloney itself (Kaeloo, Les Crumpets, OVNI, etc). And ironically from what I heard, Bunny Maloney was intended to premiere on the child-oriented (which aired mentioned shows above BTW) "Cartoon+" block (coincidentally on it's launch date) that was simulcast on both Canal+ and Canal+ Family, but was pulled from the last minute since it was deemed as inappropriate for the block. This is the same block that aired The Simpsons at one point. The series later premiered in June on the Canaille+ block instead (which, ironically, was initially meant for a young pre-school audience back when it launched in 2003), and also later broadcast on a block named "Takaz" (which I guess was meant for a teenage audience, since it aired shows like Kaeloo and Total Drama).

[@roxassora2706]

I remember watching Bobby's World and The Real Ghostbusters.

[@lifeisadrag7705]

@@roxassora2706 Broo same, this with Bobby's World was my jam

[@roxassora2706]

@@lifeisadrag7705 I blame my interest on cartoons about monsters as to why I am into them

[@Pinkscissorspost]

I don’t get why people don’t like ur recaps 😅 I feel like I’m being sat down and having my big sister explain some cool cartoon she watched a few years ago. Plus your voice is very nice

[@CreoTan]

It’s so weird bc it’s just a different genre of video. Some people like recaps or recaps and analysis, and others only want analysis, but then people who want the latter get frustrated when they stumble on the former. Like I’m sorry people like watching KZbin videos about shows and movies they’ve never seen and will never watch

[@ScooterCat64]

I'd rather watch it than be told everything that happens (Wasn't sure what type of video this was before clicking on it)

[@epicboyo4883]

Tbf I only skipped them cause I never watched this show and also I don’t have 2 hours atm lol

[@Danihelmanart]

The shows aesthetic is peak frutiger metro

[@TheOldEverglades]

fr

[@zZzsleepyyy]

I NEED somebody to make frutiger metro edits of this show SPECIFICALLY Jean Francois dancing to his video games

[@Tworandomidiots45]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@Yaboypolly]

The intro gives More frutiger metro vibes

[@DanialTarki]

Don’t insult Frutiger Metro like that But when you right you right

[@KieraWaffles]

not the cowussy...

[@tahfy1615]

Fun fact: charlotte is not a cow, nor a goat, she is a lamb as confirmed by the original creator of bunny Maloney

[@yelhigher]

i feel like i should point out that all of the katakana in the show is gibberish, except for one building in the city which is labeled “konami”. very cool of konami to be a canon part of bunny maloney

[@Goat81093]

This show was not afraid to get dirty wich made me confused on what's it's target audience was. I watched it in french in a channel called game one that was targeted at teens and young adults so

[@NOT.NEREIDE]

Yeah the show wasn't really aimed at children

[@Kokouhaia]

Soldiers having a yaoi moment is truly the highlight of the show

[@shanelocke5504]

As the guy who spent MANY months resurfacing the once lost episodes of the French Dub on my archive channel when it seemed like no one else wanted to (And believe me, I went through HELL getting through DRM and Regional bs) I'm SUPER happy to finally see a video on Bunny Maloney of this caliber! Thank you for this! I plan on eventually compiling all of the found footage of the lost english episodes together in one video. You'd be surprised at the amount of tidbits and scraps people have found over the last few years from Demo reels, old promos, etc.

[@FourEyesYT]

Do you have any plans on uploading the french dub episodes somewhere more easily accessible? It'd be nice if it was available for people who want to subtitle the show into english.

[@candybunny2462]

I remember watching this show a ton back in middle school. You can guess by my username which character I was obsessed with lol

[@j1j1.awes0m3]

this is so cute😭

[@QuintetMagician]

Y’know I gotta say. I’ve never been so displeased to share my last name with a main character. Every time you said “the Maloney household” it completely tripped me up lmao.

[@AnotherAustin-z7b]

If you use 5 different spellcasters you get to clear the board at least

[@ky1ethedestroyer]

my brother got in trouble for learning the word "hell" from El Chavo and he wasn't allowed to watch the show anymore because of that but me, just a few years older, could watch bunny maloney completely unsupervised

[@pinkeatom28]

EL CHAVO?! tbh in spainish and portugese hell is a mild word and not treated as a swear wich dosent translate well into an english dub.

[@ky1ethedestroyer]

@@pinkeatom28 That word seems to be pretty milder in the english language nowadays but this had to be at least 10 years ago. That's really interesting though!

[@miguelcruz2941]

This and PSWG are shows , whose art direction would be great for notebooks and stationary I think.

[@cet1r1z1ne]

THIS!! They're so bouncy and expressive, I'd love stickers of them...

[@Simplifried]

What’s PSWG?

[@ixsketch]

@@Simplifried Panty & Stocking (with Gaterbelt)

[@Poicyss]

Found this show through a Tumblr blog highlighting "Obscure Blorbos" and was so hooked on the few episodes I could access - I had no idea there were more though! So nice to see such a big video dedicated to this pure eye candy

[@dizzyclown7131]

DAWG NAH THIS SHOW DID IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO MY LIKE, 7-8 YEAR OLD SELF 😭😭😭

[@bunny_maloney]

sorryyyyy..... really sorry...

[@dizzyclown7131]

@bunny_maloney It's not your fault. I just wanna' know why it was on a kids channel though

[@superneonbuck]

I will always appreciate "Spark Notes for Cartoons." I draw for a living and I don't have enough free time to see every tv show i'd like to, but I find it interesting to hear about shows i've never seen before while I'm drawing. Long video essays like this have gotten me through long, productive days !

[@froakiejuju]

I've never _heard_ of Bunny Maloney before, but suddenly I need to figure out how to watch the whole thing. This is absolutely wild.

[@kavve3h]

i found an entire yt playlist that hosts both the english and french episodes

[@Tuna_the_shark]

​@@kavve3hwhere? i want to see all episodes

[@kavve3h]

@@Tuna_the_shark kzbin.info/aero/PL3QpaVCaHaqYaJ5HMc9Rk8EToccNlUEMq

[@kavve3h]

@@Tuna_the_shark pl𝕒 ylist saved on my channel, y𝚝 flags comments w links as spam and automatically deletes it

[@theshadowking3198]

@@Tuna_the_shark search up the bunny Maloney archives click the channel then go to playlists

[@pixlluv]

6:24 the way i can not stop laughing. "WE'VE GOT TO DESIGN A HOT COW THE LIKES OF THIS WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN" is wild and unfortunately definitely what went on in that drawing board brain storming session

[@CrazyUFOKid]

this has the most 2000s art style i've ever seen and i love it

[@KarenDunnsNumber1Fan]

BABE WAKE UP NEW LI SPEAKS VIDEO JUST DROPPED!!!!!

[@CriticalHitRoll]

i think finding out that the show is from france basically answered all of my questions about why it was the way that it was

[@prettypic444]

This is why network executives should always actually watch the show before they decide what demographic they’re going to market it to

[@erinskai4973]

I love that you’re making stuff that you seem to enjoy making rather than sticking to a predetermined box. Every time you drop a video I’m stoked to hear about whatever funky weird thing Li is going to tell me about

[@ClownieFace]

Nearly had a stroke hearing Kabillion Girls Rule again. (#1 Jean-Francois stan over here)

[@pastelcatnip]

I had a dream that this video caused the show to have a huge resurgence in popularity, and I went to some kind of Bunny Maloney baking competition???? The entire random cabin in the woods is was held at was flooded by a huge tsunami before the competition could be held and I had to swim back home.

[@PaintSwatch]

A show with a IRISH DUB??? WOAH

[@PaintSwatch]

oh also thanks for the new hyperfixation

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@PaintSwatch ahh, Disney’s Stitch anime (a spinoff of lilo and stitch) and the Shaman King ‘01 anime were also the only animes with an Irish dub.

[@SeveralGnomes]

I had to pause for a while after 59:56 because the music hit me right in the nostalgia bone and I had to find out where it was from... It's Pokemon Shuffle Boss battle theme 1 btw

[@ootsuki]

THE SALMON RUN MUSICCCCCCCC li you have my heart.

[@xRaiofSunshine]

Salmon run!! 😮

[@doriangrayshusband549]

I literally just finished reading empire of the vampire, I can’t handle another character named Jean-François already

[@0meAcat1]

This ambiguous mammal deserves your attention, he demands you heal. More, Jean franscois

[@bunny_maloney]

Hello everyone ! i'm the hem... the autor and designer of Bunny Maloney, if you have been traumatised by my characters, accept my apologies ! and feel free to ask if you have questions ! (^_^) (sorry for my english, i learned it playing final fantasy old games)

[@EAA-gv8uc]

I have two questions: 1. What was the inspiration for your series? 2. Is there any chance you could revive it one day?

[@bunny_maloney]

@@EAA-gv8uc wow! errr... "inspirations" need 2000 words to answer, but for short i wanted to make the more contrast possible, showing sorts of "sanryo" characters like hello kitty , with real adults concerns, fun and... hem troubles... i was stunned by Evangelion and gainax series at that time, and a lot of anime classics (city hunter, macross, fist of the north stars… even old japanese robotto anime and sentai, from great mazinger to chodenshi sntai bioman, etc.) but in another part of my sick brain, i really loved adult punk french indies comics... so... i tried to melt all of my pop culture inside... 2 , yes, i would like to do everything to produce another season , so i'm on it but be sure that it would take a veryyyyy loooong time...

[@JetSetDman]

@@bunny_maloney hey, quick question! would you happen to be in possession of the lost english dubbed episodes? i feel like if anyone would have them it'd be you lol

[@AJedits65]

Hi first question is this true is there any proof second question what was it like to work on the show was there any scrapped ideas for episodes that never made it Third question is there anything you would change from the show say if you had plans for a reboot comic or something Fourth question would you be interested in seeing a video on my designs for a reboot idea I’ve had

[@bunny_maloney]

@@EAA-gv8uc inspirations are so many, put mainly Powerpuf girls, south park the simpsons… Ebichu…

[@Sashimi_luv]

I NEED you to understand, that these recaps are my life blood. I love the recaps! My ADHD butt is tickled pink every time you put one of these out.

[@junpeidaman]

Begging you to watch Kaeloo. It's a bonkers french cartoon (I'd say even more wack than what you described with Bunny Maloney) and the two main characters are definetely not cishet!!!!!!

[@steampunk-llama]

Bro I fucking loved Kaeloo when I was 11, we love a heavily queer coded main cast

[@swimteampie33331]

YES

[@Ugly_Girl_Angel]

Yes !!! Kaeloo slays so hard....shes a genderqueer icon

[@frogfireFantasy]

I could just tell. from the moment that doofinschmertz bit happened. It was gonna happen again. And you'd have to iterate on it. I CALLED IT. I FREAKIN CALLED IT

[@primuffins]

NEW LI SPEAKS VIDEO LETS GOOO 🔥🔥 okay but i remember bunny maloney omg… it was one of the few (maybe??) instances of "how did this air on a kids channel" ENTIRELY

[@eloquentornot]

I knew the Discord logo looked familiar when I first saw it!! Jean Francois!! ...I think most of my memories of this show are from when I watched TV all day because I had a cold, so already not the warmest nostalgia, but I forgot _quite_ how awful the main couple were to each other! No wonder sweet innocent blue was my favourite! And... I think maybe a couple of those episodes never made it to the channel I watched it on lol! (Either Pop or Kix, iirc.)

[@AlienFromOuptagoop]

Can you pls do a video about ruby gloom, growing up creepie (which was also in the kabillion channel), or Lenore the cute little dead girl :3

[@bishielurfer]

Growing up creepie was such a cute show ❤️

[@lethiferoux]

i for some reason had the biggest crush on jean francois when i was a kid and i would get so upset whenever he was mistreated that i would make up a character to be his friend/defend him in my mind to make myself feel better

[@Kaesorbet]

this is so cute

[@kelseywashere10]

THATS ADORABLE

[@mc.gemstone]

I love learning about weird and niche cartoons for 2 hours :> its really one of those cartoons that would of been better if this was put on adult swim or some channel for adults but due to its cute art style somehow they just didn't know any better :/ Also really need to say this but its pilot episode is even more adult I'm not kidding!! It was made back in 2002 and had a more 2D animation style and was even more unhinged than its final version.

[@zathurasunday3535]

OMG!!!! You don’t know how long I waited for someone to talk about Bunny Maloney for decades. That one day I wanted to cosplay this Crazy bunny group🥹🤩

[@supernova78_]

It's so obvious this show would've went crazy on adult swim. Why they didn't do that is so baffling

[@MagicalGirlFia]

I have never watched this show until now and probably never will but I would protect Jean-Francois with my life.

[@Massgloss]

your "lost media voice" bit got me so good

[@Morgan-zb7ww]

oh this is such a fun watch. i ended up drawing charlotte and candy during this lol. this compelled me. the style of this show is soooo up my alley and watching and listening to u go thru it was very enjoyable :) justice for jean francois.

[@0meAcat1]

85% friend and 15% pet is a tag im going to read all of on ao3

[@_.rainydays._]

?? thats a tag?? did i not see where Li put it on screen??

[@CreoTan]

@@_.rainydays._they’re referring to the website archive of our own, which is a fanfiction archive with a tagging system, wherein authors can give works organizational tags like “enemies to lovers” or “angst”

[@Oroborus-s3f]

2:03:30 im glad you mentioned it because i was thinking the same thing, and casually you made an example by showing an edit of Candy with yellow fur, knowing that jean-françois represents blue ofc and bunny represents red (based on his uniform), it would be great if Candy had yellow skin/fur(? and her uniform being yellow, making them blue, red AND yellow, primary colors, would make them stand out by chara design even more and it would make them visually pleasing, idk thats my opinion lol

[@kennydarmawan13]

Bunny Maloney is a show that, tbh, would've succeeded if it was made today. I can see fans of Homestar Runner, Battle for Dream Island, and SMG4 enjoying it a lot for its on-the-wall writing.

[@SUPAchotenchan]

reading the japanese in the clips made me feel like i was going insane i'm quite sure that it's practically all gibberish besides seeing a building that said "konami" near the start which is a very well known company so 😭

Gurl! Please don't stop doing these recaps 💜 I love them. A lot of these shows weren't broadcasted here in LATAM and it's very interesting to see what I was missing out on ✨💜 please keep them coming

[@CosmindArt]

man I remember getting an autograph from one of the creator when i went to a con once (it was probably the Japan Expo in Paris or the other big con in Switzerland i cant recall)... it was ages ago and I prob lost it since XD oops. I haven't been to a con in so long, i kinda miss it.

[@whiteflagsfly]

You just pulled this straight out of the dredges of my abandoned core memories. I remembered liking this show a lot. Thank you for your service o7

[@hippyhopohskippydop5792]

1:27:20 “YOU LIKE GIRLS NOO, GIRLS CANT LIKE GIRLS, GIRLS CANT LIKE GIIIIRRRLLSS 😭” It’s giving off those vibes lol

[@steamboatwill3.367]

Where's that from?

[@hippyhopohskippydop5792]

@@steamboatwill3.367 Madoka Magica, a magical girl anime turned dark, basically I never watched the show but if you just look up “GIRLS CAN’T LOVE GIRLS” you’ll find the audio

[@mun1roe]

@@steamboatwill3.367Madoka Magica

[@PozemiZahhak]

​@@steamboatwill3.367 I believe the line is from the English dub of Madoka Magica, when Madoka's non-magical girl friend thinks Madoka & Sayaka might be dating.

[@macaronnotmacadamia222]

I've literally been waiting for this since you started posting clips on Twitter. I can't wait to see how crazy this series gets As someone that frequented (US) Kabillion (Girls rule, Boys Rule, and Kids) this was genuinely crazy to me. The most mature on there I had seen was Bratz. I think that all your criticisms read well and I agree this should have just been an adult animated sitcom. I feel like the age demographic they "tried" to hit as well as the time crunch didn't allow them to go as deep as they wanted. Overall good video I really enjoy these recaps especially for shows I never had the chance to watch.

[@wigwumpwormwood]

Bunny and Candy are perfect for each other and I mean that in the worst possible way

[@wigwumpwormwood]

(i mean it in the way that I don't think anyone else deserves the terrible fate of being with either of them)

[@dingola_]

I think it's better to say they *deserve* eatch other

[@UnfortunateB1rd]

FRENCHY HERE: OH MY GOD THANK YOU. I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS SHOW AGAIN!! I remember having the Army episode on my old lexibook tablet when I was a child! thank you so much RAAAH!!!

[@hiimnew9682]

when i was maybe 9 or so, i used to watch kabillion pretty frequently. i remember liking this show a lot, but then my mom came in while i was watching it. specifically during some bit about a woman shooting lasers from her nipples? kabillion was banned in our house after that.

[@theshadowking3198]

I don’t remember that episode 😆

[@Grayalloy337]

I watched this whole video, and my autistic ass already came up with a reboot, that fixes some of the issues, while expanding on the source material. That has multiple seasons, each with a little arc. With a more varied cast, and an actual rogues gallery. And it will only exist in my mind cause I don’t have the time, money, following, and directing skills to make it a reality.

[@StafyFan]

Aw man :(

[@AJedits65]

Oh no way me too did you also include like a duo of evil bunny’s that then later join the team like the thunder rangers from ninja storm

[@markanthonyportem3430]

​@@AJedits65 THUNDER RANGERS MENTION!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@AJedits65]

@@markanthonyportem3430THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT THAT’S WHY THERE THE GOATS THE GOATS🔥🔥🔥

[@MsNefertriri]

I think this show further proves my belief that we need teen oriented animation and animation networks. This sort of "too adult to be for kids but too childish to be for adults" thing feels like it might work without too much tweaking if its target audience was 14-17

[@cake_pop7853]

I don't think I'll ever forget Bunny Maloney, nor will I ever stop talking about it. I remember the first time I watched it was when I was 9. It was in the Kabillion:Girls Rule on demand. I saw it bc the animation looked cool, and I had nothing else to watch 😭 I didn't know how inappropriate it was until now

[@mesousagaby740]

I saw this show and ironically, I recall not watching this show until like...2011 or 2012, and I thought it was an attempt to make a TV-PG show in the same veign as Adventure Time and Total Drama Island (this show even hired one of the latter show's writers, Erika Strobel), but it premiered before AT, but during the period where Total Drama was doing pretty well in CN. Another factor why this show has sexual jokes at times; it's from the same production group who did Code Lyoko, MoonScoop, a French animation company. Code Lyoko also had rather weird out of pocket moments like seeing SIssy in underwear and seeing half of Yumi naked. French cartoons just have this odd tendendy to be unashamedly horny on main at times. The only exeption being Miraculous Ladybug, and ironically, it's probably the BIGGEST cartoon they've ever made.

[@Ma_ChaDraws]

In France this cartoon was for teen and up, I watched it when I was in high school. I honestly think that, when it arrived in the states, the guy that had to decide the target audience did a ''France with anime in the 1980 '', took one look at it and said :"yeah, that looks like a kid's show ! " Without checking the contents.

[@fruitylooney348]

This video genuinely makes me so happy cause I loved this show as a kid and feel like its so underated 😭😭

[@emmagrace8938]

1:31:28 THE WAY THAT “sorry, that was my producer reminding me that if I don’t get on with it, they’re going to confiscate my insulin” TOOK ME OUT AT THE KNEECAPS OH MY GOD LI 😭😭😭💀💀💀💀💀

[@danceingspelledwrong]

Random idea that came to me while at work In this hypothetical Bunny Maloney remake, Charlotte could double as a deuteragonist and second antagonist alongside Debilla- whatever his name is Taking her crush on Maloney and shifting that to a sorta Credulla de Vil situation, instead of wanting to date him, she wants him for his fur But she's not pretending to be nice, it's actually an alter ego (like a Jykell and Hyde situation), she's still the airheaded "bimbo" character but sometimes she'd snap into a sorta mad scientist fashionista Just a random idea to add more villains to the show

[@sunnysideup1228]

WAIT HIS NAME IS JEAN FRANCOIS?????? I FR THOUGHT IT WAS TRUFFLESWA FOR SO LONG 😭 HOW DID I FUCK UP THAT BAD

[@Felix-sw8vp]

You should totally make a video on YooHoo and friends!! It’s like insanity because it’s a show promoting a bunch of plushes but it was created by the same guy who created cow and chicken and two art styles are so difference between each other!

[@Pollicina_db]

WHAT??????? Its the same guy that made COW AND FRICKING CHICKEN???

[@Felix-sw8vp]

@@Pollicina_db yeah, the art styles do not match!!!! It’s just like that meme of when two artist mutuals, make a collaboration art and they got drastically different art styles lol

[@Scaredy_balloon]

I looovvee Yoohoo and friends! I'll love a video just dedicated to its insanity

[@pinkeatom28]

if im not mistaken it was originaly a pretty normal corean show with a younger audence in mind but they though it woudlnt do well in the us and changed up everything

[@Felix-sw8vp]

@@pinkeatom28 It’s still insane of all the animators they would choose They choose him lol

[@kardamonn1115]

Bro I’m so glad you’re covering this weird a$$ show. Thank you kabillion for airing this, bratz and code lyoko Jean Francois was the best character I think of the voice actors voiced in the first couple seasons of wakfu too. Eva and Dally’s voice actors it sounds like.

[@alicetrentin7546]

We should've had an episode fully focused on Jean-Francois