Why ROCKET POWER Is Your FAVORITE TIME CAPSULE | ft. DuskTillShawn

This video tackles Nickelodeon's Rocket Power & its connection with 90s and 2000s extreme sports and punk culture. The show tied in historic moments like Tony Hawk's 900 and the popularity of zines as society approached Y2K.
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[@OongTheLastAirbender]

alot of people hate on rocket power but growing up it made me want to be active an play sports when i wasnt into them.

[@KirbyEatsCake123]

Dude I totally agree!!!

[@keeperofthetale]

It was super influential. Not a lot of cartoons we’re pushing extreme sports like that

[@Sunny10tv]

Speaking as a girl (millennial) I didn't love or hate rocket power. It was ok to watch but I also didn't think it was all that great neither. I was riding my bike, skateboarding, & shooting hoops (basketball) long before the cartoon all through out the 90's. Plus knowing the show is based off California which is literally on the other side of the country from where I live it was hard to relate especially when they talking about surfing, board walks etc. For me it was more fantasy than reality. I'm sure kids who lived in California at the time could relate better to this show but for everyone else not so much. 🤷‍♀️✌️

[@slashbash1347]

Despite being rebellious, Otto and company always wear their helmets, elbow pads, and knee pads. "Push it to the limit but don't be an idiot." Same with how a lot of adults on the show were reasonable authority figures.

[@keeperofthetale]

For an action/adventure cartoon, this show had a lot of adults in it, but they were all cool. Never noticed that until now.

[@slashbash1347]

@@keeperofthetale Indeed. Ray and Tito (and Conroy when he became a teacher), while they had rules and boundaries, were always happy to let the kids do their own thing. Violation of the rules usually led to natural consequences. Even killjoys like Merv Stimpleton had their moments, like where Otto had to be his caddy and the two formed a bond, Merv learning to be more aggressive and Otto learning to be more patient.

[@alicedelgado955]

Otto was still an idiot. remember the Big Air Dare. told many times not to do it and look what happened

[@slashbash1347]

@@alicedelgado955 He's 9.

[@alicedelgado955]

@@slashbash1347 and? The other kids knew better

[@DriedVix]

Rocket Power was one of my favorite shows in the early 2000's. Reggie was was (still is) my favorite character followed by Squid. I learned how to rollerblade after begging my parents for a pair and it was probably the only reason I went outside as a child.

[@keeperofthetale]

Were you doing aggressive inline? I could skate pretty well in regular skates, but trying tricks in aggressive inlines just wasn’t for me haha.

[@DriedVix]

@keeperofthetale Anything that involved wheels off the ground was terrifying for me, but I would jump the steps at our middle school just enough to elicit some 'sick jumps whoa' from the other kids lol. I also liked to race on them and almost joined roller derby because I could get rather aggressive. Ahhhh those were the days 🛼

[@jz-meister5343]

I absolutely loved this show :) I was never into sports or anything like that, but something about this show absolutely drew me in as a kid. :) Your video definitely highlighted things about the show that I never thought about, so thank you :)

[@keeperofthetale]

Thanks, JZ! Im glad you liked it, and I love the feedback!

[@xxProjectJxx]

Something I liked about this show was that the adults weren't losers or out of touch, but they were pretty cool and reliable. I think this studio tended to nail it with the adult characters in a lot of their shows. As Told By Ginger and especially Rugrats also had really relatable adult figures.

[@ShockToYoSystem]

WE ARE RIDERS ON A MISSION‼️💯 squid was my favorite⚡️ born 97 this a og classic🔥

[@iwasinabox]

great video! rocket power is definitely one of my favorite nicktoons!

[@keeperofthetale]

Thanks! Yea, this show got me into skating!

[@Nolitaflat]

I love your channel and videos! I can't wait to watch it blow up. things like Rocket Power and Avril Lavigne made me and my friends all want to skateboard. I never really learned, I got a board for Christmas one year but suuuucked and kept flying off. But it really was the culture. Also I love the chokehold that Klasky Csupo had on my childhood 😂

[@keeperofthetale]

Skateboards had to have been on the top toy list for Christmas in this era haha

[@KirbyEatsCake123]

I just really miss the 2000s lol

[@vincejupiter4749]

Definitely had my parents buying me hockey sticks and skates like I didn’t live in New Orleans 😂

[@keeperofthetale]

This show probably caused a spike in skate sales when it came out!

[@alimushtaq2589]

as someone that watched this as a kid from orange county, i had no idea this show was about us…wow

[@michaelgriffin5304]

Ahhhhhhh the stabbing pain of nostalgia in my chest! So bittersweet. Great channel and very nice editing/professionalism.

[@jhereklast7851]

Great video! I will always believe Ocean Shores is Santa Monica.

[@Cheyenne.b.castillo]

Anytime I see anyone skatebkarding I think about the tennis ball hitting Ottos board making him complete the trick.

[@tronedowd6876]

Loved this man! Keep up the tremendous work!

[@kingdomofmari]

Wow I need to rewatch Rocket Power . I onky remember it being very entertaining to watch in my childhood .

[@kashifbarnes1243]

Literally motivated me to skate. My first board ever was a rocket power board from Walmart 😂

[@Icebot7]

I’m from south Jersey so I like how this was going to be in New Jersey! I like the episode Earnest Otto. That motivates be to be productive.

[@keeperofthetale]

Growing up did you ever see the correlations?

[@Icebot7]

@@keeperofthetale I did

[@youngcity4241]

Maybe cause me and my friends were active kids in the 90s/early 2000s but I loved rocket power

[@FrankiKaye]

When I was a kid, this show really made me want to get into skating, but it wasn't really viable I'm the middle of the woods where I lived, with no roads to practice on. I always loved growing up in nature, but feel like I missed out on a lot of experiences

[@Melville21]

You need more subs. I was expecting to see at least half a million with how much time and effort you put into these videos. You have a great voice and cadence with your voice overs and editing is fresh. Keep it up. You will get there!

[@keeperofthetale]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@blueblousedesigns]

I used to watch Rocket Power as a kid. I was into Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, and Rodney Mullen

[@AAronjr815]

Love your videos! Is your channel name a reference to Gerald from Hey Arnold? They called him the keeper of the tale didn't they?

[@keeperofthetale]

Bingo! Growing up that moniker sounded like a badge of honor. It sounded like they’d chosen Gerald as the neighborhood historian. It stuck with me and I now use it with pride!

[@stevenlisten]

I miss this show

[@keeperofthetale]

So do I. Glad to have had it though!

[@mustpavlovedogs]

Otto's real name was Oswald??? I didn't know/remember that. Also, great video, I love your channel!

[@ThuongNguyen-rn2gn]

I miss all old Nickelodeon shows like rocket power...

[@keeperofthetale]

I do too! Rewatching is always nostalgic!

[@ghoulthedamned5940]

I saw the giraffe and clicked.

[@keeperofthetale]

Yea , Shawn’s awesome!

[@TheBlackScatPack]

I loved this show and the adventures they’d get into. Looking back on it I don’t understand why it gets so much hate nowadays. As a kid tho I did wish they had one episode where they played American Football tho lol

[@crocoshark4097]

Would've been funny if you'd played DuskTilShaun's entrance like you had no idea how he hacked your youtube video. Him: Thanks for letting me jump on your video, I appreciate ya' man! You: Hoooow did you . . . even . . . GET here?!

[@KirbyEatsCake123]

I miss that radical extreme era, I was too young to get to do all the extreme sports (granted I’m too uncoordinated as an adult so who knows…) but I low key kinda miss that cheesy extreme era

[@keeperofthetale]

Gnarly, totally wicked! The slang they used in some shows will always make me cringe just a tiny bit haha

[@KirbyEatsCake123]

@@keeperofthetale I remember the writers seemed to have realized the cringe dialogue and made the *Shoobies using our words* episode to justify the slang in universe as exclusive to them lol (I assume you didn’t mention this, I haven’t seen the video yet still at work lol)

[@Kaltag2278]

I was so sure this was set in Hawaii when I was a kid.

[@keeperofthetale]

They definitely wanted that vibe, considering they had Tito and his extended family and eventually Raymundos wife all from Hawaii!

[@Kaltag2278]

That's gotta be it! It's funny to realize the little things you thought as a kid were totally wrong 😅😂

[@Kaltag2278]

​@@keeperofthetale loving your content by the way!

[@oooh19]

skater culture WAS pretty popular in the 00s though. then scene/emo came in. it all became more mainstream.

[@keeperofthetale]

Yea no doubt! Like I mentioned in the video, the Tony Hawk episode aired in 2001. Skating is still very popular, even to the point of becoming an Olympic sport. I’d just say the era of skating-mania was the 90s to the early 2000s

[@oooh19]

@@keeperofthetale the cheaper by the dozen films have the kids skateboarding and roller blading a lot as well. i knew a lot of kids who did. and roller rink parties were popular growing up.

[@timtimmonsmusic]

As a kid I liked otto but as an adult revisiting the series otto is a narcissistic arrogant person and sometimes cringy, and as a adult I find Tito to be the best character.

[@keeperofthetale]

Yea, Otto had some pretty heavy main character vibes throughout the show.

[@stevenlisten]

Reboot

[@DuskTillShawn]

Thank you SO MUCH for letting my hop on your video, my dude! I really appreciate it! :D

[@keeperofthetale]

Anytime, Shawn!

[@FAlynn92]

Wow, I miss Rocket Power and that era of Nickelodeon. Seeing this video title alone took me back to being 8-10 years old coming home from school to watch.

[@keeperofthetale]

Glad I could give you that shot of nostalgia

[@ashkitt7719]

Hot Take: Rocket Power probably at one point was supposed to take place in New Jersey. They mention shoobies and mischief night in various episodes, which are New Jersey terms, not California terms. Furthermore, the N on Sam Dullard's shirt stands for New York, where Sam was originally supposed to be from rather than Kansas. That and in South Jersey, there are quite a few beach towns that have carnivals on piers, the most notable one being Wildwood.

[@keeperofthetale]

Ooh I like this take! In the 1999 interview with Arlene she talked about Cali, but aside from that, who knows if Klasky Csupo could have been considering Jersey!

[@Venom3254]

I wonder why they changed it

[@aylasaurus]

Man, I loved this show SO much! This was a great video, so many reminders of my own childhood and growing up alongside this show and so many like it, and seeing now as an adult how they helped shape me. Love your videos, keep up the awesome work, I can't wait to see what you come out with next!!

[@keeperofthetale]

Thanks for all the love. I’m working on a Daria video next. Hope you’ll enjoy it!

[@aylasaurus]

@@keeperofthetale ohhhh my GOOOOD I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED Daria is one of my favorite shows of all time 😍

[@Yoyomo124]

One of my all time favorite shows. Great video!

[@fedupN]

Dude, thank you for this. You really hit the nail on the head when you called it a Period Piece. I can't even say Rocket Power defined my childhood, I caught so little of it, but I ADORED the the aesthetics of the late 90s/early 20s. There is a curious mix of optimism and rebellion that made it incredibly interesting. Surge, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Punk Music, Jet Set Radio, etc freaking called to me. The value of authenticity and living life (even if I did mine through vidja games half the time. :D) really sang to us teens that were just figuring out our shite. My friend, Chris D, would do some funny to idiotic stuff, including shaking expired soda cans and smacking em with a rubber mallet (came apart at the SEAMS in some cases) and jumping over a pool...which resulted in a phone call to mummy dearest and a scar I still have. XD TLDR: GREAT video, cool collab, and neat framing of it and its concepts.

[@kcx94]

Wasn’t rocket powers episode of tony hawk the very last episode ? The secrete skate park always reminded me of a member in the tony hawk pro skater game

[@keeperofthetale]

I think it was the first episode in season 3. That skatepark was sick!

[@rappsface]

Another banger!! You are really outdoing yourself here. I love clasky-csupo but I could never get into rocket power as a kid because I wasn't into sports, I much prefered ATBG. But your video has really given me a different perspective on the show, I'm really interested to give it another try now. Great to see you collaberating with Shawn too! His videos are also awesome, you two make a great team!

[@keeperofthetale]

Thanks, Rapps! ATBG is one of my favorites as well. It had such a mellow somber feeling. The vibe was captured really well in the theme song. I want to do a video about it someday, but I feel like I’ll have to wait until the channel grows some since the show is pretty niche.

[@rappsface]

@@keeperofthetale Honestly, it really sucks how much that show flew under people's radars. I think a lot of folks wrote it off as a "girl's cartoon" and didn't really give it a chance. I hope you'll be able to do a video some day, but for now, keep feeding that algorithm, lol.

[@PunmasterSTP]

Oh man this takes me back, and it's crazy to think that this show is now a quarter of a century old! I never did extreme sports and never got super into Rocket Power, but I remember watching it fairly regularly after school at some point. It was fun, and makes me wish for those days to come back.

[@danielleb7251]

Just found your channel and absolutely love it! Keep it up bro!

[@keeperofthetale]

Im so glad you’re enjoying these!

[@marcwhitlock5002]

The show didn't age well but was perfect for me being a teen skate boarder/hockey player my age matched right with the characters and this was also at the peak of tony hawk skateboarding video games if you were more into that.

[@keeperofthetale]

Yea, i agree that its not a show that watches well now for me. Not to say that I don’t love it. But compared to other shows of its time.

[@marcwhitlock5002]

@@keeperofthetale I can still watch it but it's not the same, I just don't like newer content creators talk super negative about it that weren't alive or old enough at the time to understand what made it a great show when it aired.

[@alicedelgado955]

Watching the show after so many years, I never saw how much of an asshole Otto was. Everything had to be his way and if he lost, he'd throw a fit and blame everyone else

[@keeperofthetale]

I’ve been seeing this take a lot lately. It seems the verdict is that Otto was a POS for the most part. Its funny, because he was probably the favorite for the little dudes back in the day.

[@alicedelgado955]

@@keeperofthetale funny how our views change once we become adults

[@Silly_Sulky_Seli]

I'm from belgium and never saw anthing like this show irl so it looked like they made up the coolest chill place imaganable that could be a reality if kids and adults could just chill outside having fun with sports and these places (seeing arcades was also like this for me, even if we had some I never knew about it)

[@keeperofthetale]

I never thought about how people outside of the states viewed this show. Since so much of the show derived from pop culture, you must’ve felt detached from the concepts right? And i love arcades. Now days they have arcades for adults where you get beer or wine poured from a wall of taps and play old school cabinet games.

[@charlesbennett7484]

🎶 He was a s8er boy, she said "see you later boy. He wasn't good enough for her 🎶

[@joshuaadams-parker5515]

Thank you for the video essay. It brought back so many memories growing up.

[@keeperofthetale]

Thank you for showing appreciation. That means a whole lot to me!

[@joshuaadams-parker5515]

@@keeperofthetale you’re welcome! Keep up the great work!

[@kadypilar2436]

I love this channel!!!! Can you review Doug next ?!?

[@keeperofthetale]

Yea I’ve been wanting to. It’s based on my city so ive been trying to think of a way to approach it

[@lizzietizzy]

Great thoughts!

[@keeperofthetale]

Why thank you!

[@huntergaming1993]

Great video I found you a couple days ago and I subscribed you are going to be big one day

[@keeperofthetale]

Thanks for the words, Hunter! Im glad you’re enjoying so far.