Swamp Thing - episode 2 - To Live Forever, part 1

Swamp Thing: The Animated Series
episode 2 - To Live Forever
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Dr. Arcane & his Un-men travel to the Amazonian Rainforest in search of "the trees that never die", and enslaves a local Indian tribe to harvest their sap. Luckily, Swamp Thing has caught a ride to the rainforest too, and is ready to put Arcane in his place!

[@cowabungadoug]

Batmitey, Thank you so much for posting this fond childhood memory!! I loved this show and wish it had lasted a whole lot more than it did. Well, no one ever will take away these five classic Swamp thing adventures thanks to you, Batmitey!!!

[@mastermonarch]

this show was cool and educational never knew the rain forest was so important

[@SinisterManiac]

That was the 90s for ya! Good times as a kid!

[@WildRoseTransformer]

I have to admit that I'm enjoying this old cartoon very much. It's too bad that Swamp Thing's cartoon didn't get very far, or so I hear.

[@DevilMayCry3162000]

i love how Arcane used like a bit of sap from the xingu tree before tossing the bottle on the ground...."i want every last drop" well shoulda thought of that before you trashed a whole bottle

[@CockyR4]

I didn't know the Swamp Thing had it's own tv show. Wow!

[@2wingo]

@kilkolio Arcane wasn't "mutated" so much as he was "disfigured."

[@Wright805]

@AlphaPiscis Thanks. You make a very good point there about how he resembles the Un-men's default forms. Good observation.

[@ReverendSyn]

At least he's not the hackneyed "Mystic Native American Warrior" stereotype that Spirit on GI Joe was. Weird metaphors like "The weasel has farted in the den of the bear" Or Apache Chief. John Thunder from Centurions was pretty good too. And Bravestarr was pretty decent, I liked that they and Tomahawk were played fairly straightforward

[@Wright805]

My theory; the Un-Men's mutation was more extreme (e.g. Skinman turning into a bat-thing), which made it too unstable so it eventually wears off. Arcane's mutation was comparatively less extreme (he's still basically human-shaped), so it's more stable and so doesn't wear off.

[@Xerock]

@kilkolio Arcane's mutation was not a result of the process that turned his goons into un-men, hence it was not as reversible.

[@MitchLaing]

Does anyone notice that the guy that does the voice of Arcane is the same guy that plays the voice of Sabertooth on the 92 X-Men cartoons?

[@FierceIndian07]

I say my favorite character is tomahawk! because indians are always a smart fighter & hunter & warrior. + Im half cherokee & I go by my indian heritage, and I got the toy figure

[@theforestero]

still a fun show.

[@ReverendSyn]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@2wingo]

Why would a mad scientist keep his step-daughter around?

[@Wright805]

Good question. I've often wondered about that.

[@kingrimjob]

i had all these toys

[@topbluffa1]

"somones coming"

[@theforestero]

The swamp things voice was a little too heroic and exagerated in this show..but still a good cartoon...

[@Medraut00]

window dressing.