WHAT'S A BUMPER?!?! Reacting to "Cartoon Network Bumpers" - Nostalgia Critic

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[@peair2000]

12:16 In case you missed it, Wonder Woman congratulates the girls, telling them "You girls are developing into quite the superheroes". Blossom responds, "Someday, we'll be as *developed* as you!" Which is why Wonder Woman covers her chest while everyone snickers and laughs.

[@SapphireDragonDX]

Man, ya gotta love that good old "Getting Crap Past the Radar" trope. ^_^

[@thehonestreviewer7754]

Dude, half the time, we don’t believe you’re real.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

I don’t believe I’m real 100% of the time

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@theduckgoesmoo Yeah

[@ericb9252]

​@@theduckgoesmoo I can't believe you don't know Pepé Le Pew

[@ericb9252]

​@theduckgoesmoo BTW, The Scooby-Doo Project is available in it's entirety on KZbin. It's hilarious.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@ericb9252 Pure Comedy Gold

[@calebgoodman3028]

These bumpers were most prominent during the networks Powerhouse and City era, lasting March 1998 to April 2006. The transition into the City era happening during mid-2004

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Ahhh that makes sense

[@KimFareseed]

The City era is all I can remember. Struggeling to recall a single bumper on the Swedish channel before it.

[@HB-fq9nn]

I love how passionate you are with these Nostalgia Critic reactions. I wish you would rewind though if you feel like you missed a joke. Cool shirt by the way!

[@theduckgoesmoo]

I got it from Zara if anyone is interested! It feels very nice and has a cool design with vibrant colors on the back. It’s a perfect warm weather shirt

[@DieselWeasel]

6:36 - I'm not surprised you don't know Casey Kasem, but I encourage you to look him up. He used to host the American Top 40, and his voice was like melted butter.

[@theLOSTranger234]

Casey Kasem was the voice of the 90s pretty much, even going way back decades, he was the orginal voice of shaggy, but he was did more then few episodes of saved by the bell! too

[@markerikson7423]

14:37 Pepé Le Pew, kissing without consent since 1945

[@jled787]

Which almost always ends with Him losing his scent and stripe and gets chased by Penelope Pussycat to give him a taste of his own medicine.

[@smugsneasel]

08:04 The Smurfs are the size of gerbils. 12:17 HIM is not a crab...he has crab claws for some reason, but still, he's the devil in all but name...except they even say in the show that he's so vile that he's only called "HIM" by people and even that causes the mood to shift to terror. 13:26 You do know Scooby doo was made in the 60s, right? Scrappy Doo in particular came when they were adding new characters to "spice up the formula" in 1979. It...didn't work well. 14:37 That's Pepe le Pew. A skunk from Looney Tunes drunk on romance who constantly chased and made out with a cat, that he thought was another skunk, who hated him for his forwardness, inability to take a hint, persistence AND skunk smell. Let's just say that as certain real life cases became more and more apparent and the implications became worse and worse, Pepe was quietly dropped and isn't represented in the looney tines anymore. 15:20 Some brands do. And honestly, it should be ALL brands but I know some don't. 24:32 That's Ami and Yumi from the Hihi-PuffyAmiYumi Show. A show about two caricatures of a Japanese pop duo at the time. They were the ones that sung the Teen Titans theme song.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

HIM freaks me out

[@ericb9252]

I'm part of the generation raised by tv, so Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon made up my entire week, while Fox Kids and Kids WB had my weekends. That said, I genuinely miss the charm bumpers had. Cartoon Network definitely went the hardest, but even Disney had some good ones, especially during the Zoog Disney era. Nickelodeon also had very creative ones too. I hope Doug eventually covers them. Looking forward to you 100 reaction and like I promised Honest Reviewer, I recommend the Top 11 Funniest Siskel and Ebert Reviews video after Battlefield Earth.

[@tgeFallman]

Its better if he watched the Siskel and Ebert tribute video first.

[@ericb9252]

@@tgeFallman True.

[@sharkfish1231]

The crab from Powerpuff girls is named him and he is not a crab,he is literally the Satan of the Powerpuff girls universe and even the show acknowledged it. Plus I was afraid of him too,so your not alone

[@ChaosBlitzBeta]

AKA His Infernal Majesty.

[@theLOSTranger234]

they did acknowledged he was satan, but he was only ever revered to as "HIM" also the other big red guy (who was also the devil from cow and chicken, (usually called "Red" but he actually said, "I'm the devil in few episodes, even in the pilot for the show- he took either cow or chicken, cant remember which one to hell,

[@arthurwatson2555]

I actually didn't know the "crab" he was referring to was Him until y'all said something, because I'm pretty sure I remembered an actual giant enemy crab on the show and I remembered Him for way more than his crab claws

[@ytrkhgfd]

I got curious about Velma and Johnny Bravo dating, and here's what I found: Velma is 15. Johnny is 17. I kinda assumed they were both 20s, but whatever I guess

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait Johnny Bravo is ONLY 17?

[@ytrkhgfd]

@@SilverHairedFreak25 Depends. Some say 17, some say 20s... it's all over the place

[@theLOSTranger234]

as for the scooby gang, I think fred and or shaggy were the oldest, and velma being the youngest at around 16 ish-- Johnny Bravo little hard to say, as comments here saying some say 17 while others 20ish-- Johnny IS freshly out of high school though as they did do an "origin story" episode kinda (flashback) where we seen Johnny in high school was actually a puny and scrawny, always got picked on by the buff guys and laughed at by the girls, so he hit the gym to see every one he wasn't a wimp! (kinda see his relationship with Carl differently (the "nerd" that always hanging out with johnny)

[@J0ECRAWF15H]

I _still_ sing along to that Walk around in circles bump to this day. ...will just _bust_ into it randomly. one of those loops that just kind of _sticks_ with you....

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

12:37, Poor Scrappy-Doo. He's Scooby-Doo's Nephew incase you didn't know

[@JohnSmith-jh6ey]

The flinstones takes place in prehistoric times the use of various types of dinosaurs in the place of regular pets vehicles and appliances is like one of their iconic running gags

[@kylemorello4787]

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we just found something this guy knows and loves: Cartoon Network originals from the early 2000s. Good choice. 😊

[@MrLittleGodzilla]

Casey Kasem was the original voice actor for shaggy in the scooby do franchise and often went on to reprise his role for the character multiple times as well as other voice acting roles (transformers, sesame street.) but was most known for being one of thee most popular radio DJ's of his time, he hosted multiple most popular count downs America's top 40, casey's top 40, doing spins off's for country music and adult contemporary, and later went on to be one of the founders for American Video Awards during 84.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

6:33, Who can forget about Casey Kasem?

[@YukoValis]

One thing I wanted to bring up that NC barely touches on is party about the voice actors. These were like 1-2 minute skits placed before or after a completely unrelated cartoon. So the network needed to track down and get all these voice actors in to do these small little scenes. That is a HUGE task for something so short, and it shows to me they wanted to put effort in their network at the time.

[@jayburn00]

We had foodfights at my school, but they were rare. More common were someone setting off stink bombs.

[@BatmanFan76]

Theduckgoesmoo doesn’t remember seeing anything when he was young. What, was he living under a rock?

[@Silvia_Arienti]

Yes

[@LordHypertronUniversum]

No, this is Patrick.

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

He was still in the test tube.

[@hermannmakuta3311]

I thought today was the 100th NC-Reaction

[@PaulW_ftPAULK]

Next week.

[@hermannmakuta3311]

@@PaulW_ftPAULK - I know

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

Josie & the Pussycats was one from the '60s - there was a similar Groovies segment with "Jabberjaw", another '60s cartoon, which laments how their show never clicked while Scooby-Doo took off.

[@dodiswatchbobobo]

Seriously? I’m like 26 and these bumpers were such a fond memory of my childhood! I feel so old now…

[@Trilaan]

For once, I'm not incredulous that Kyle's never heard of something, I'm incredulous that Doug had never heard of Thundarr the Barbarian.

[@0TioDudu0]

These bumpers were mostly used after shorter episodes to line up the programming schedule to 30 min slices. They also gave personality to the channel.

[@empirejeff]

Around 1750, the term bumper became a slang term, meaning something large. It was used to describe large sums of money, high scores in a game or a full flowing river or stream.

[@crcoghill]

If it wasn't for the fact you do KZbin and possibly have a job: JUST WATCH SHOWS!!! seriously, i have never seen such a person in my life be this oblivious to the media of televised media. What was your childhood like? Where did you grow up? Were your parents poor? Did you have any network service? Why are you so unaware of shows, classics even? I'm dying to know!

[@mecha64zilla14]

According to the channel lore, he was born in a test tube or something. That why he's not knowledgeable in pop culture and other stuff

[@connorwood9211]

- Never seen any of these. I didn't have CN growing up. Or Disney channel, Nickelodeon etc. Growing up in the UK with regular television sucked -12:54 Yea Scrappy was introduced in the late 70's

[@brandonfulmore2371]

20:55 seriously? He’s an American rapper who unfortunately died on September 28, 2022. Rip And if that doesn’t ring a bell That’s the dude who made the song "Gangsters Paradise."

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Oh wow that was him??

[@brandonfulmore2371]

@@theduckgoesmoo Yes Sir

[@VunderGuy]

The Wonder Twins brother doesn't have a lame power, he has a lame presentation and use of that power.

[@MariuigiKhed]

I do remember seeing the last musical ones, but I'm from another country, it's a miracle if ANY of this was translated at all and we didn't get the usual clip-show from scratch. We did the same thing for cartoon intros, adding a new theme all together. And I'll admit, there is something beautiful and original here and there. I wanna suggest to who is interested to check the Italian version of "Oggy and the Cockroaches" intro. Something similar to the Bumpers we had was, strangely, the telefonic companies episodic commercials: in one we had a commedy trio going on a balloon trip, then end up caught in a tornado and stranded on a desert island. I still remember the first thing the dumber of the three did: "Let's make an SOS" [writes "ELP" on the sand] "Idiot, with the H" "Oh right" [...] "What a cretin" (he wrote "ELPH") "Why? ...is there a second H?"

[@wattsink2009]

Again, keep in mind that there was no internet back then. So these bumpers were the only place that these crossovers and discussions could happen! 😎

[@chrisatd1]

I can vouch for Factor. I had them for most of 2020, and they're meals are the best meal deliver I've had. Granted, I've used two different ones, but they were great! Totally recommend.

[@ChrissaTodd]

also the scooby gang are supposed to be teenagers but a pup named scoob was first and they were little kids then whats new scooby doo is a sequel series to that and they are adults in that one i believe

[@mecha64zilla14]

DUCK how come you do not remember these bumpers, almost all of them are very iconic and well known especially CN City. YOU'RE TEARING ME APART, DUCK!

[@theduckgoesmoo]

This was a little before my time

[@ForgottenHonor0]

"I don't remember seeing any of these!" My man, you're not from a different planet, you're from a different GALAXY!

[@arthurwatson2555]

I think the Bumpers did continue to some extent exist past the City era, although not as plentiful nor on the same scale, a lot of bumpers we see today involves splicing clips from the shows though... I do remember around one of the Network's big anniversaries they had a bunch of bumpers with characters interacting like one with a bunch of monkey characters like Grape Ape, Mojo Jojo and Jake Spider Monkey (and also the Ben 10 alien Spider Monkey) with Mordecai cheering "Monkeys!" before getting told to get out. Not sure if this counts but I also remember stuff like a Finn hat song bumper that involved editing the hat of Finn from Adventure Time on various characters in their shows, so like it would show a Steven Universe or Gumball wearing Finn's hat and such. There was also a time where they were celebrating Scooby Doo with some stuff like recaps of classic episodes or doing unmasking scenes and changing the culprit to a character from a different show like JP from Craig of the Creek.

[@BlahBlahWoofWoof12]

Welcome back to "Try To Guess Why Duck Isn't Real"

[@cassiswyrm8121]

I bought the Soul Coughing album El Oso because of Circles & Rolling in these bumpers

[@lightlati7496]

Josie and the Pussycats, along with shows like Jabberjaw and Speed Buggy, are Scooby Doo clones. Theyre all variants of the "bunch of teens and their X solve mysteries" shows, all made by Hanna Barbera to capitalize on the success of Scooby Doo.

[@james9329]

I remember seeing most of these bumpers/commercials (these were from the late 90s/early 2000s) and even watching most the cartoons on the network. Some that I still remember and some that I haven’t seen again for a long time. My favorite Cartoon Network show has always and forever will be Ed Edd n Eddy.

[@KitsuneCentral]

Suprized he didn't bring up the Scooby Doo "Swearing Fred" bumper. That one is hilarious! Also the Powerpuff Girls music video is pretty neat too! "Signal in the Sky"

[@jled787]

Yeah, I think the Josie and the Pussy Cats along with the Power Puff Girls Music Videos were the last bumpers "creative bumpers" from the CN City Era. They continued the bumpers past it and we can clearly see them use less and less characters from past series.

[@luigikirby000]

My favorite bumper that not a lot of people know about is Ed, Edd, and Eddy being victims of human trafficking. I love how it was originally lost media kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJXboY17bat_jLc

[@Desiremademanifest]

I remember a lot of those bumpers. They were quaint and adorable. Sadly they don't have these anymore which is sad... and I pray for what sanity OS you run off of after reviewing Battlefield Earth...

[@mr.protagonist5639]

Man a lot of these bring me so much nostalgia

[@otbaht]

they were basically adds for shows on the same channel which many do and by making them they could make ones to fit gaps that were in commercial breaks.

[@The-Rguy]

Count and chicken was a show about a mother and father who were just legs having a cow and chicken, and when I say that, I don't mean they got some from a farm the mother gave birth to them. That was the premise they just did weird stuff had weird Adventures. They also often dealt with a red devil like man (the guy who said to go sit with the freaks in the cafeteria) who never wore pants and changed his name every episode. Every name often references his big red ass, like Mr. Hiney or Dr. Butts, or the one time he wore pants which also served as his origin story of why he doesn't wear pants, Major Wedgie It was a episode of how mom and dad met during their time in the military back then being called private dad and private mom

[@KimFareseed]

I guess that most of these bumpers were exclusive to north america? Though the bumper at 23:10, and others of that line did end up dubed over here in Sweden.

[@HeartlessAlchemyst]

Next up on the channel: “I’ve never heard of Apples before! YOU EAT THEM?!”

[@justsortathere540]

Yo. New Lythero video just came out

[@TnT_F0X]

Typically Ads send you stuff to put in the ad... and They'll probably send you the best rated recipe so you are genuinely happy with the product you're reviewing. I keep getting emails for meal prep things... no... I know how to cook lol. If I tried one it would be exotic foods... like curry, REAL mexican foods, middle eastern dishes, european dishes... So many potato and cabbage recipies no one in America ever heard of lol

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Most of the offers I get just want to buy a spot in a video. If factor wanted to send me some to try before I agree to a deal I’d be down to promote them if I actually approve of the product

[@theLOSTranger234]

@@theduckgoesmoo you'd would for sure enjoy the product from thou, thou.. to be honest, I never actually tired or heard of Factor til now, only Blue Apron or hello Fresh (all technically the same thing-)

[@darkforce2787]

So duck, which cartoon network show did you like the most

[@angrybrony]

jossy and the pussy cats was actully about as scooby-doo. made to catch that lightening in bottle that was scooby like a whole bunch of other shows back then...mostly by just being scooby-doo but with like a talking car or a cave man ect. the pussy cats was actully a bit more original being a band.

[@wattsink2009]

10:31 (insert Netflix Velma joke here) 😅

[@calebgoodman3028]

Answering the question before the video even starts, a bumper is what is shown right before a commercial break. The thing that goes we’ll be right back and stuff like that.

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

If there's two bumpers that live rent free in my head, it's the one where Prof. Untonium locked himself out of his car, and one of the music videos for Jabberjaw, sung by Pain.

[@michaelaburns734]

...Okay friend, we need to educate you on Cartoon History 101 back in 1990's.😅 THESE BROUGHT THE CHARACTERS TO LIFE.

[@duduteixeira7736]

Wow this is really nostalgic, I remember a good portion of these. My favorite been the one Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo and Blossom

[@danielthenorwegianguy]

Its one Thing to live under a rock. Half the time people check out your videos, you must’ve lived under a rockslide

[@DieselWeasel]

Kyle got the DRIP in this episode.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Haha how so?

[@DieselWeasel]

@@theduckgoesmoo You got that nice shirt and those necklaces on, lookin' fancy! ;)

[@ChrissaTodd]

my parents talk about food fights happening at their school

[@SuperMandibleclaw]

Duck they are actually rebooting foster's home for imaginary friends but for pre-schoolers

[@hanon2012]

i really missed these bumpers

[@chrismanning2888]

Fun fact the Wonder Twins appear in an episode of Teen Titans Go. Thats how i found out about them

[@theLOSTranger234]

remember that episode- and basically ended up the same way as that bumper lol

[@theLOSTranger234]

Nickelodeon of the time had some bumpers too, though theirs werent as "in-depth" world building as some of cartoon network's bumpers, where all the cartoons from different shows basically interacted with each other, Kids WB on saturday mornings in the 90s and early 2000s had some really good bumpers and promos too that felt like a side show inbetween shows but also hosted the whole line up, telling what was coming on next! kids wb even got Lou Bega to guest star once.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Has he done a video on them yet?

[@theLOSTranger234]

@@theduckgoesmoo I know he has done a more then a few things for nickelodeon, back in 2016/2015 (Snick, Nicktoons, and lock back at Nickcoms (the live action nickelodeon shows)

[@rangerghost2474]

The only reason I know what a “bumper” is is because of Jordan Fringe

[@naythonmeadows]

You definitely need to try to watch more 90s and some early 2000s cartoon network things whenever you get a chance to cuz you've missed out on a lot of great things.

[@abelmantor7557]

R.i.p. old cartoon network 1992-2004

[@EdwardHoraceChristensen]

I had a friend get sponsored by factor and he got me and my brothers some meals and they was actually pretty good

[@smugsneasel]

22:58 Maybe you should do a reaction to all the music bumpers...Then again, even though it barely makes sense to do this, I wonder if copyright might apply.

[@angelinacamacho8575]

A bumper is a station ID

[@reymirodriguez273]

I remember I heard there was a Dragon Ball Z episode narrated by Johnny Bravo

[@miciso666]

Powerpuff girls once did a race... it ended up them time traveling.... i wanna see wonder woman do that. Not even superman can time travel.

[@jameskarg3240]

...yyyeeeaaahh, avout thaaaaat...

[@thabigben1]

Your next reaction should be reviews by thabigben1 like his new Darci Lynne review. Both really funny and heartwarming at the same time.

[@jayburn00]

Saul goodman is from breaking bad and better call saul.

[@ChrissaTodd]

also casey casum was a radio guy who was the first voice of shaggy he was vegetarian though so at one point he stopped being shggy until they promised to make shaggy vegetarian too, so that's why now shaggy doesn't eat meat anymore.

[@PaulW_ftPAULK]

At times Shaggy doesn't. Casey became a vegetarian after the first season of the original Scooby-Doo series, so they changed Shaggy to be a vegetarian. (his Super Shaggy Sandwiches sometimes have lots of different meats in them)

[@Archive_7802]

You remember the song Gangster’s Paradise? Coolio sang that.

[@VendettaProduction01]

The bumpers stopped because Ted Turner sold turner broadcasting and AT&T cut him out and pretty much killed Cartoon Network budget.

[@funny9able]

I remember the "Cartoon Network City" Bumper I really like that one and the music video Ed Edd N Eddy Dexter Laboratory. The Project Scooby Doo was scary as a kid

[@EditDeath]

The skunk he talked about getting cancelled is Pepe Le Pew, from Looney Toons. He has a French accent, and his whole gimmick is trying to seduce a black cat who accidentally gets a white stripe painted down her back. Follows her everywhere, plants unwanted kisses on her whole she struggles to get away. If he were real he'd be on ALL the lists

[@freakazonestudios7979]

As funny this video was it disappoints me that he doesn't know any of these all time classics.

[@empirejeff]

You do not have to walk around in circles

[@jameshiggins2095]

24:10 Well I have some good news for you, Foster's Home is coming back - on Cartoonito

[@theduckgoesmoo]

It’s not going to be good is it…

[@jameshiggins2095]

@@theduckgoesmoo the original creator, Craig McKraken (?) is returning to make it, so I have some hope

[@Silver5kull]

who's coolio? uh Gangsta's Paradise

[@H4L0GUY117]

day 81 of asking for a martincitopants reaction

[@mulityman3768]

After battlefield earth you should watch is review of alone in the dark which he did with two other reviewers

[@Gamerguy-ud1zo]

I want to see his reaction to the review of demolition man. Can he solve the mystery of the three sea shells?

[@orevaorumaakufie5080]

Velma is 15 years old

[@KEEPTALKIN8215]

I'd love to see your reaction to Rebeltaxi

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

Do his Toonami video next.

[@Ponyman-1997]

Hello

[@ThatSexyNerdReacts]

Dude your way too young to be watching nostalgia critic lol how did you not know what a bumper was lol

[@theduckgoesmoo]

I’m almost 26

[@crystal95405]

So, velma is 15. Yikes

[@qsings8674]

Do you watch…ANYTHING????😂😂😂😂

[@Addisen64]

you never know anything! staph it.

[@kingdevin66]

Cn 90s and 2000

[@Ardomew]

You know television is dying when the new generation doesn’t know what a bumper is.

[@ImTheGuy]

Day One Hundred and Forty Three of asking for a reaction to Max0r's "An Incorrect Summary of Metal Gear Rising"

[@drakeware655]

If it makes you feel better, I haven't seen a majority of the ones he's talked about in this video 😅

[@juozasgedgaudas4369]

day one hundred seventeen of asking to react to super mario bros z original 1-8 episode and reboot 1-2 episode by mark haynes

[@esupton783]

I don't know if you could react to them because of copyright, but CN groovies slapped and should be remembered