Cartoon Network's most offensive show: CHOP SOCKY CHOOKS (@RebelTaxi)
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Delayed this since I wanted it to be every 2020 vid be as good as it could be. Choose to do this since I had this DVD lying around. I never wrote down who sent it to me but thanks. Reminded me how much I love the style. Next time I can actually do MTV's Undergrads
I REMBA
+RebelTaxi
You got this out on Tuesday at 11:55pm in my time zone.
Damn rebel taxi, i barely remember this from 2008. I was 7 at the time, and it was like one of those things that you arnt shure if it was real or just a weird lucid dream. When is Blinx review?
Hey, I sent you an e-mail yesterday regarding a voice-over narration. Is the yahoo account still active? Sorry If I´m being annoying, I´m experiencing some network issues. Thanks!
I remember that show it was gud
I swear growing up in the 2000s, we had the most experimental cartoons, both good and bad.
And action cartoons. I miss those.
A good time to grow up
While a good chunk of those shows weren't the best, but at least they were memorable in how they failed. Cartoons these days are starting to look way too similar.
@@BP-dn9nv yeah I especially miss old 2000s Nick, it always felt like they were trying to make show for kids that could entertain parents and adults too but now everything they make has someone screaming for no reason (except Loud House that's surprisingly really good because it's not constantly screaming lol)
There are a ton of shows that I remember that only lasted a season or two and were never aired again after like 2011.
This show falls under the category of “came out of nowhere and left without a word” like almost naked animals and scaredy squirrel
What is up with people bringing back dark memories of mine.
Scaredy Squirrel was based on the childrens books of the same name i was in 5th grade reading those books and watching the show
There's also Groj Band and Sidekick.
@@allendepacheco3419 Anything from Canada really.
The only thing I remember from Almost Naked Animals is the Episode where everyone spit in a jar and the octopus drank it
My therapist: Black Dexter isn't real. He can't hurt you.
Black Dexter:
That potatos gonna fry you.
You mean Erwin?
Nixter
p a i n
Black Dexter: T E A
Chop Socky Chooks, aka: that show you swore was a fever dream you had while you stayed home from school with the flu
So trueeee
Except you faked being sick so you could stay home and watch it
This show has literally been existing in the back of my psyche.
I like this show a lot and was always weirded out that they were chickens because it was hard to conceptualize. My mom was definitely in the room for the cracker screen and said “alright now “ lol. Either way I loved the black chicken reminded me of samurai champloo. And loved chick pea bc girl power
7:28 Holy shit that's an unlocked memory for me, I haven't thought about skunk fu even when I watched it
HOLY SHIT I REMEMBER THIS SHOW!! i literally never remembered this until now omfg
Wasn’t expecting Kim Wu’s theme in this video but it’s a pleasant surprise
I appreciate that Pan tried to approach the angle of "Is this offensive?" from a fairly neutral perspective, plopping a few examples of troubling moments from the show but also trying to analyze creator intent. I feel like that's a tough position for a lot of us: we want to be good to our fellow human beings and call out stuff that unfairly stereotypes minorities or disenfranchised groups, but then again, the example of Speedy Gonzales always stays in my head as a stereotype that got embraced by the people it was stereotyping. So, sure, K.O. Joe is a Blaxsploitation stereotype, but he's also a homage to a famous martial arts Blaxsploitation actor (Jim Kelly) that I'm sure people have fond memories of. So, I dunno. I'm a fairly privileged white woman. Any Black, Chinese, and Japanese fans wanna weigh in?
(I also appreciate that *most* of the comments here are *not* a bunch of complaints that "PeOpLe ArE ToO eAsIlY oFfEnDeD" and "NpC Pc SjWs HaVe RuInEd MuH cArToOnS." Stay classy, Taxifans. :D)
SJW ruined the toons
I always approach it from the perspective of the stereotype not being used to make the character less than it's peers makes it ok, though i can't say it's always fun to watch.
Like, there's only so many times i can watch a latin american character be this badass capo type before i get bored with how bland and safe the character ends up being.
Being an albino black girl,the way I see is to understad the authoral intent. Theres a huge difference in what the author wants to show the audience and what indivual audience members will interpert. Its sort of a lose lose situation where your always gonna offend someone intentionally or not. I think that there is sadly a white culture created way back in the past that normalize certain sterotypes that make poc viewers wary, but we cant deny that some elments of sterotypes are real. Like Chuckie chans accent is common for anyone who has english as a second language (Source: My parents are Nigerian). I guess, go into things with an open mind and not immediately think something cultural inaccurate is okay or that we need to crucify and castrate the authors for making something without acknowledging the intent. The show seems more like a parody/homage of chinese karate movies,so I dont think there was any ill intent. But being purposefully offensive does warrant criticism.
@@eattheasslikeitsgrass5113 forget racism how does the generally negative depiction of albinos make you feel
Aaaand you ruined it at the end
I remember watching this on ABC3 as a kid, honestly thought it was a fever dream until this video
I remember this show, used to watch it as a kid when there was nothing else to watch
some people say that space is lonely,
silent, empty, sparkling, and immense
Ok
If the universe is so big then why won't it fight me?
ok why did i make this comment in the first place?
I remember that this used to air on Teletoon in Canada.
I don't remember *ever* watching this show but this unlocked the primal memory of having a sticker of the big gorilla henchman guy in my mom's old car.
I always thought it was from el tigre or gorillaz or something when I tried to think of it.
Aardman knew Cartoon Network but they collaborated with them for this neat little show.
Never heard of this show but im along for the ride
My gosh, I forgot this existed. I really enjoyed it as a kid
Here's a neat fact: Theres a poster of Chop Socky Chooks on the wall of the girl's bedroom near the end of Arthur Christmas to go with the various other references to Aardman's works.
That's the useless trivia i came to this video for.
MVP
When I read 'Arthur Christmas' I thought about PBS Aruthur.......
I went ahead and screenshot that part, for those who wanna see it: imgur.com/a/EJilfvH
I saw that in theaters one time, and I always thought about that! I was never sure because I never bothered looking for it again!
Aardman's Arthur Christmas was great
The one episode where dr wasabi was extracting the fat from the citizens to put it into burgers, that they then ate again, was the most existentially terrifying thing to child me
Nasty!
That sounds like something that would happen in Mr Meaty lmao
@@alexf0723 Not even Mr. Meaty did that!
Yes I was looking for that comment! This traumatised me for years, I remember the plot and I couldn’t find the series’s title in Google for years.
Now we are trauma bonding 😂
I'd suppressed my memory of that for a long time due to how disgusting it was
"Not ever character has to be bangable to be well-designed." - Pan Pizza
Brave
A lesson more people need to learn
True, but bangable characters helps popularize your content and makes you successful. Sex sells.
Pokemon fans, take notes
Not following the most common rules of what is considered attractive in our culture, will not stop 34 rule artists. Years ago, Daphne in Scooby doo was the hot girl, but now, Wilma is condired more atractive.
7:29 Fun Fact: Skunk Fu was made by the same animation studio that would go on to make Secret of the Kell's and Song of the Sea, both of which were nominated for best animated feature at the Oscars.
Be careful of who you make fun of in high school.
Omg I'm crying 🤚😭
Wait!!!!! You mean the same makers of song of the sea and wolf walkers made this gem of mine!!!!!!!!
Awesome!!!!!!
Holy fuck I had no idea that was them.
Why did Cartoon Network even give that show a chance? lol
As an Australian, I had no idea no one else uses the word "chook" to mean chicken. It's extremely common, and not offensive
same lmao had no clue that it was also an offensive word to Asian people
@@FreddyKruegerTheDreamDemon it's not though, is it?
@@FreddyKruegerTheDreamDemon it's not. Its just very similar to one (take chook and replace the 'oo' with 'in'), so hearing it combined with chop socky kinda invokes you to think of it
@@jaceybella1267 Wrong word. It’s actually because chook sounds a lot like the Southeast Asian slur “Gook”
@@AngelVazquez-vs9xp chook sounds completely different to gook though
I swear to god, I remember that airing like late at night, then just stopped airing without a word. I spent years trying to find it, wondering if it even existed or it was just a show child me had just made up or was remembering wrong.
Me too man, for most of my life I thought it was lost media.
God me too!! I'm so glad to have found it, I've thought about this show consistently for a couple of years now but didn't know how I could even start looking, what would I have even googled? "Weird experimental kung fu cartoon from the 2000s whose artstyle resembles the grafitti I saw on every street corner and google wallpaper at the time"? As if that narrows it down at all hahaha
BRO THIS AIRED AT LIKE 8PM SOMETIMES 10PM AT NIGHT
And there was that one time they aired the Christmas special in the middle of Summer 2016
Al these year I thought that "Socky" in the title meant that they were just stylized sock puppets.
Sock also means punch
I thought it had to do with chop suey
When I was nine, a robber lied that she was my aunt, and put this on. I watched it, completely oblivious as she robbed us and left the house.
At least they didn't harm you- *i hope*
Are you guys okay now? Holy shit
what?
@@TheSlipperyNUwUdle we're good, but my parents NEVER let me live it down lol
@@Starpriz777 she didn't but could've (I guess I was safe due to me being pretty small at the time)
Hearing this show was made with Aardman was like hearing that Bob Ross had an edgy Newgrounds phase
"I meet degenerate goth girls every day, Honey..."
That is... weirdly relatable.
That Asshole in The Comment Section tell me your secrets
Lucky
Woah.
I fucking wish.
Who's the character you're using as propic?
~ Eggboy: _"I meet degenerate goth girls everyday... What makes you special?"_
~ RebelTaxi: *_"EXCUSE ME?!"_*
I wanna meet degenerate goth girls
@@arisenspirit Others would suffice by meeting girls... Heck, even social contact with the pandemic.
What?
Pan:Is it possible to learn this power?
RebelTaxi: All (goth) girls are queens!
Dr. Wasabi: If she breathes... she's a THOOOOT!
"The UK doesn't get as offended."
Me, a Brit: *remembers how Manhunt 2 was banned in the UK for it's violence*
Yeeaaah nah. Somehow we just don't care unless it's about violence.
@Fralorgrafon ah yes i have seen that idiocy as well
@Fralorgrafon
The fuck?
Or call.someone from Northern Ireland British, 50/50 you'll offend someone
@@aidzo5999
I'll drop some education of peeps on how to avoid this. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, not Britain. Britain is the landmass made up by England, Scotland and Wales while Ireland is a separate landmass. If they're Irish they're not British.
The UK doesn't get as offended.
The dinobot Slag would like to have a word with you.
I always thought this show was a fever dream i suffered at my dad's house. But seeing it here unlocked an insane amount of memories 💀
Same
The bad guys in this show look like something straight out of a Phase 1 Gorillaz music video
The art style reminds me of De Blob
Yeah, the whole thing looks like Rock The House
I had such a hard time trying to think of a description for the art style and you just summed it up perfectly, well played
This whole show reminds me of Gorillaz
Everyone look like a gorillaz music video.
RebelTaxi: "Who actually remembers Skunk Fu?"
Me: *slowly raises hand*
Awkward Arie glad I’m not the only one who remembers Skunk Fu.
I remember. I saw it on the WB 4Kids channel, and then on Cartoon Network.
I used to watch it but I only barely remember it.
I shipped Fox and Rabbit
Hey did anybody else find it weird but funny whenever Baboon said "Wasabi!" even though they where in China?
Now THIS is a deep buried memory. I completely forgot about this show but it was one of my favourites.
This cartoon started off my obsession with that flashy japanese aesthetic
Despite the fact that Kung Fu is Chinese 😳
J H yes 🙈
@@JayAreAitch But both countries are from Asia so it counts I guess
@@charlesc.fuentes1033 Not sure how a Chinese person would feel if you called their culture Japanese but sure
@moomin tbf that's kinda what this show does. It's a mish-mash of vaguely oriental aesthetics.
I thought one was ever gonna talk about this show again until today
Mason darden me too
i'm so glad people remember this, it used to air every day late at night on CN UK, after skatoony
IKR! This just feels too surreal. But seeing how Pan is talking about it it makes it less surreal as I’m so used to him talking about obscure shows and movies.
mooood, sometimes even I forget it exists
I thought I imagined this show until pan made this video, I try to look this show up online a while ago and I couldn't find anything about it to save my life.
I saw Chop Socky Chooks and I got flashbacks to when there was a tornado warning and me and my siblings were huddled in basement crying while my dad put this on the TV to try to get us to stop crying while he talked on the phone with our mom who was at work. That's all I remember of this show. Watching it, huddled in our cold basement, crying and thinking we were gonna die and this was the last cartoon we were ever gonna see. (I also remember and watched Skunk-Fu)
O_o
But did you had a good time watching it or not.
@@J-D03 I mean, after the news said that the tornado went another direction, we watched like, 1 episode before turning it back to Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go, the show we were watching before we were ushered into the basement by my dad
Oh god, I hope you guys weren't hurt or anything.
What the hell
Chop Socky’s art style an colour / lighting palette reminds me of the background and NPC designs for the Little Big Planet games. And totally agree, that art style is sick, it’s a shame there weren’t any series I know of that replicated or utilised the same style as well.
STAHP, I miss playing that game 😭😭😭, nostalgia hitting like a truck rn
It reminds me of de blob
i mean, mid 2000s pixar/dreamworks movies
maybe kung fo panda
Chop Socky's art style reminds me of that Wii game called _De Blob._
I have to that show fits the Frutiger Metro category.
"The UK doesn't get as offended."
The UK: *Cuts out half of the Regular Show Halloween Episode*
Hell Regular Show in general was censored quite a bit here in the UK, mainly the swear words but they cut out stuff like the "don't look at our crotches as we syncronise our watches" line in the first episode. It was really weird
Haro Genki TNSG247 i’m surprised how they got away with most of that stuff here in america
True
Cut two women dancing from Steven universe
"the UK doesnt get offended easily"
they literally imprison people for jokes and "wrongthink"
Finally someone acknowledges this show's existence. I remember seeing it back in the day and it falling into obscurity because nobody talked about it. Next time, you should check out Hero 108 or The Secret Saturdays or some of the other forgotten Cartoon Network shows
I remember Hero 108
Omfg totally forgot about The Secret Saturdays
Correct me if I'm wrong but I remember The Secret Saturday's had promotions for the show that lasted for a solid 2-3 years before actually airing the show. The first year of promotions were only accessible on the internet on their website. The show itself was tight though.
I loved hero 108!🤣
Yo, who remembers skatoony?
“I meet degenerate goth girls like you every day”
I also can’t believe ytp was invented by Cartoon Network.
Also I remember skunk-fu
Actually it was invented by that edited ww2 film, that pocked fun of the nazis.
@@justinambru8529 "General Adolph Takes Over"
I remember thinking the designs were ugly back then, but can appreciate them now.
I think living through the early, EARLY years of CG cartoons conditioned me to thinking they're ugly and always would be.
I mean CG cartoons are almost always worse than a decent 2d animation, but that could be my cartoon golden age bias showing.
@@thepancakemann i agree though, i hate these CG designs
When you realized that this was produced by the same guys behind Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.
This show feels like a weird fever dream no one else seems to remember.
As a younger person I never liked it..
Same, i just remember it was on tv at random times
I remember it and used to watch it regularly... damn, I watched a lot of crap when I was a kid.
I sort of remember this I remember watching one episode and then instantly forgot about it
I remember the name but that's about it
I remember it well enough to know, I thought it was ok as a kid, didn’t watch it a lot, then again I just watched whatever was on at the time, so I don’t think it actually played that much anyway.
"I meet degenerate goth girls everyday honey, what makes you so special?"
Damn, that's actually a good line.
Are you going to use it in real life?
@@silverdays2909 When's the last time you saw a goth chick?
@@thissisawesome4853 hey man I can dream, Righit?
That was kind of savage...
@@thissisawesome4853 Do they still exist?
The style kinda reminded me of this game “De Blob” that I played around the time this came out
Damn I need to replay that game. But I'll probably get a different version because I don't want to shake a Wiimote to jump
I've always seen it and it's sequel stocked in EB Games but never played it. I might give it a chance if the devs remade it and released it on modern consoles.
@@princegoatcheese9379 It has. Both De Blob 1 &2 have been released on PC/Switch/PS4/Xbox One
@@toonboy2041 Damn! I don't even remember those games getting a Switch port. Thanks!
HOLY FUCK! I remember seeing an advert or something for that game years ago, it look real good but I never picked it up. As years went on I forgot the name but could still remember the look of it. I’ve spent years puzzling over the name of that fucking game.
Thank you for ending this fucking crusade I’ve been on.
i used to abslutely love this show. like I used to wait until 3am to watch this show. i was OBSESSED with it and I still love how absolutely mental it is. Its like watching a fever dream
same here my grandmother used to put it on for me 2015 ish the show is definitely something.
I would watch it rarely because it only aired at like 6am and i was like 7, however i loved the style
SAME HAHAHAHAH
REAL 🗣️
I remember that one episode where Wasabi owned both a fast food restaurant and liposuction clinic. Customers would get fat on the burgers and then go to the clinic to lose the weight. The now thin customers would then go back to the restaurant to get fat and start the cycle over again. If I also recall, the burgers were cooked in the fat extracted from the clinic.
Yeah man I remember that one, it was MESSED UP. Put me off of fast food for a bit.
This evoke memories of this show I had forgot
Huh... Sounds like a much more morbid (no pun intended) episode from the Pucca series, the one with the oil company messing with everyone's diet.
yep they had some interesting and disturbing plots i remember the one episode in side joes dream where he was chased by a giant gumball machine
Ngl that was a solid business practice
This show has such a “lost media” vibe to it. I’ve never seen anyone else talk about it/acknowledge it’s existence other than my brother. It would always come on later on Cartoon Network just as I was going to bed as a kid, so I remember it vividly but never watched a full episode. Weird
Joe Black It really bugs me that Out of Jimmy's Head was legit lost media at one point. I was curious to rewatch the show but couldn't. It hurts more when you have watched full episodes of something and remember it well but can't find it anymore.
An update: Out of Jimmy's Head was finally recovered! Episodes are on TH-cam.
It is from my country Canada. I know all about this show.
I used to watch it because there was nothing else on.
I still think about this show from time to time. I wished it did continue. It was pretty good from what I can remember.
Does super robot monkey team hyper force go count as lost media?
“Who watched Skunk Fu?”
……me?
“No, who remembers Skunk Fu?”
*ME!*
ChocoDoeEyes I do, it was that bad. If I remember it was a dragon mad at a panda for being trapped or something
When i was a kid i thought Skunk Fu was in the same uni as Kung Fu Panda and that Po and Panda were the same character
Yeah i loved it
All the dragon wanted was some damn lotion.
Yeah, it was like Samurai Jack but good. And I would fuck Fox
Coming from someone over here in britain, I remember this very fondly and would watch it all the damn time
I always compare the wii games rabbids go home and de blob to this when trying to describe the artstyles and like no one knows what im talking about lmao
My mom, God bless her, bought me a pen lack with these characters on them because she thought they were "anime." She tried.
Edit: pen PACK
Omg, imagine a world where all anime looked like this and people were just as fanatical/defensive about it? What a strange alternate reality I've created.
She bought you a what?
HAHAHAH
That is so cute and strangely wholesome. I can relate to that mixed feeling of shame and gratefulness when parents try to do something nice for you, but just couldn't get it right.
Imagine Attack on Titan with a 700 foot tall chucky chan.
“Who actually remembered Skunk Fu?”
Me: (Slowly raises hand...)
I did the same thing 🤣
Me too!
I do...
There wasnt so much to see in 2007, until the poin of think that wvery martial art cartoon were like an anime
Same. I don’t even want to know how many obscure cartoons from my childhood are still sitting somewhere in my brain waiting to be awoken.
When I was a child I thought those characters were actually talking chicken nuggets
Your thumbnail gave me a PTSD flashback
I agree dude.
You’ve just unlocked two memories in my brain: Chop Socky Chooks and Skunk Fu
We need to bring back that "vinyl figure late-2000s ipod futurism" aesthetic thing
Epikster45 I feel like that’s a very insanely specific motif with an even more specific niche.
No
You mean "early"? I still remember my uncle has a few posters with similar art style when I was 6.
I'm so sick of tired of people ignoring the 2000's and keep calling it the "early 2000's" I cringed a lot
Agree 100% it felt so fresh and different, way better than the thin-lined CalArts BS we get on the regular
Chop Socky Chooks? More like
Pollitos Kung Fu
The literal best name, no cap
El nombre perfecto.
Ahuevo que si, fuck off with that Australian shiet
Goddamn, i remember that.
i use furry yiff as my profile picture Sabía que no era el único que lo conocía por ese nombre
Fun Fact: The buck tooth, slant eyed, round glasses Japanese character comes from roots in WW2 Propaganda. That Japanese guy is a caricature of Hideki Tojo, the Japanese Prime Minister at the time. "Tojo" became a slur against the Japanese for this reason.
Why did you quote Tojo? I don't see the point.
@@nullno3722 I didn't quote Tojo. I gave a fun fact about where the most infamous Japanese stereotype in animation comes from. At 6:30 Pan puts up a clip from an old propaganda cartoon from WW2 or shortly thereafter. That's why I prefaced the whole thing with "Fun Fact"
neat, dont know why I didnt put the slur and last name together sooner
The only Tojo I know of is Kirumi Tojo from Danganronpa. Is the term still offensive to Japanese people today?
1-800-buttermycrops I mean you shouldn’t really bust it out in polite company (people might look at you confused and vaguely disgusted), but “Jap” held on far longer as an obvious dig at Japanese people. “Tojo” had its brief period in and around WW2 because of the political association to PM Tojo. It’s still a Japanese name, so it’s not exactly something that’ll stay offensive for very long.
Bro this is legit like a repressed memory. Every once in a while I would have weird flashbacks to this show but I never remembered the name of the show or the characters or frankly anything about it but seeing this video the memories just came flooding back. What a weird time that was.
wtf i have the same situation
“Who watched Skunk Fu?”
I feel like I’m the only one who remembers watching these kind of shows.
I remember watching both skunk fu and chop sucky chooks
I think i remember the opening?
I saw it like 3 times at 2pm on a weekday
Nah man, you're not alone. I loved Skunk Fu and remember it pretty vividly, alongside other obscure/short-lived cartoons I watched as a kid.
@@Lion-Mutt And look at you now - you're a furry! Just like me, who also remembers a shitton of those obscure 00s cartoons :B
This was one of those shows that would be shoved with Robot Boy and Skatoony in the late night slots. CN UK doesn't have adult swim.
Hits like 12am and then Skatoony just comes on with the same shows every night.
Yet I still kept coming back.
YES!!!! It was those 3 shows every night from 10pm to 12AM.
@@bogey It was some good stuff...
God I used to LOVEEE skatoony
Yes!
"who the hell watched skunk fu? Who the hell remembers skunk fu?!"
Me: *Sends it to my friend who's OCs were inspired by the show*
I only watched it cause there was nothing else on.
I hate that back in 2008 it was pretty much all I ever watched...
Who watches it? Well Phantomstdrider apparently
Zenythycal oh my god, I loved Skunk Fu when I was younger lmao
[insert fart jokes]
I remember the mermaid episode. In the end, she got stuck in the sewage so I always thought I can actually find mermaid in the sewage as a kid 😅
UK doens't get as offended he says, forgetting that they renamed them "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" Because ninjas are just too much.
and they removed Mikey's Nun-chucks because they're too violent. But Leo's katanas and Raph's Sai are A OK
I would like to go as far as to remind you that it was not the television networks that made that decision but the fucking government.
So in the UK Naruto is My hero Academia?
@@ironmaster6496 oh shit it all comes back around
@@ironmaster6496 Wow a double whammy! A ihateNaruto joke AND a ihateMHA joke in a single sentance. You're such an awesome person.
"Who watched Skunk Fu?"
Bored 00s kids who had way too much free time and spent most of it in front of the TV - so basically, all of your audience, Pan :B
Now, "who REMEMBERS Skunk Fu" is a much more interesting question to raise, because before you mentioned it on this video, I've only seen it mentioned in furry circles - skunk furry circles, specifically. ;P
Don't let Mike from Mike and Melissa know about it.
hey i’m wondering if you remember Ying Yang Yo
I only remember cause the fox was hot
I only remember one scene from it, but not the name of it. Something along the lines of the snake saying he can only smell with his mouth open, and the skunk spraying his mouth making the snake pass out. This was a mid 2000’s kids show, potty and toilet humor is to be expected.
I willingly watched it... and loved it
"Who watched Skunk Fu?"
I watched it it was pre-
"Ok, but who actually remembers Skunk Fu?"
Okay, fair point.
I friggin' LOVE this show's art style. It's so fluid and sleek and stylish.
Reminds me of the de blob games
Reminds me of the band gorillaz for some reason
ehhhh...the characters look like mr meaty designs but slightly less ugly
This cartoon’s art style is very reminiscent of graffiti art and I really dig it
This reminds me off the “Rock the House” Gorillaz video. The look they chose for Del the Funky Homosapien is very reminiscent of this style.
I could've sworn the ninja monkeys were the same digital models as the blow-up sex dolls in that video.
I'd bet you it's a result of some internal rendering software that only existed in-industry. I swear I saw loads of stuff looking like this around this time.
Your third eye is open
i noticed that too, ahwhile ago tbh
Yeah same I got strong phase 1/2 Gorillaz vibes from the whole thing.
I always got “De blob” vibes from this show
Dude, so true
Dooooooood
Jose Gun same
T'was the style of the time.
just like to mention a big plot hole that was never really addressed: how the hell does nobody recognize them when they're off the clock from their hero work? I mean they don't even wear masks or anything, their faces are completely exposed and yet the moment they put a hat on, it's like they become entirely different people.
The sailor moon effect
You'd be surprised. Superman gets away with a suit and glasses, and that in and of itself is enough to throw off many people's perception when comparing bland Daily Planet employee Clark Kent to the larger than life image of Superman, because Superman wouldn't be able to just put on a suit and glasses and act meek to hide all of that, right?
There's even a joke that Lex Luthor is aware of the resemblance, but he refuses to believe that Superman would ever lower himself to the level of Clark Kent because the idea is just too ludicrous to him.
It really depends on the size of the world in question. Even irl there are people who find lookalikes of themselves just because of the sheer amount of PEOPLE that exist.
Perry the platypus is the best example
@@Brutalyte616 Superman has even confessed to multiple people knowing they wouldn't believe it.
The 2000s' sense of style seems fresher and cooler than most of the 2010s had to offer.
I remember feeling like that about the 80s in the 90s, but then I was a kid in the 90s and my grandma had a large collection of taped Saturday morning cartoons from the 80s.
@Death4Metal46 All cartoons are tied to how well they can sell toys.
@@oneblacksun Gundam lol
"Who remembers Skunk-Fu?"
Well, I didn't until a few minutes ago. Thanks, Pan. Man, imagine my surprise when I thought Kung-Fu Panda got a cartoon and then it turned out to be that.
JoJones Kung-Fu Panda did get a GCI show though.
@@BradRLee Yeah, but that was way later. I might be wrong, but I think Skunk-Fu came out a bit after the first Kung-Fu Panda movie, while the CGI cartoon came out some time after the second one.
JoJones Skunk Fu actually released in early 2007, one year before Kung Fu Panda.
@@BradRLee Holy shit! For real? Wow, this almost feels like a glitch in the Matrix. Like, I can't wrap my head around it for some reason.
Foxy is the reason furries exist
I seriously never thought "Chook" was a slur because I was never called that by classmates in school.
That... is a very sad frame of reference.
Shut up, you chook.
I mean it's better than using actual slurs, like the Coolie enemies from Shadow Warrior.
I'm Australian, and I always knew chook meant chicken.
It's a bit late, but because I keep getting notifications, I want to give some background:
I grew up in Hawaii where in public schools, casual racism is hot amongst kids. Nothing violent, just kids yelling put slurs because it was funny. The slurs however, would get really obscure. Like, names that were originated before Hawaii became a state (I blame my Hawaiian studies teacher :p). The most obscure slur for Chinese people are Pah Keh, which no one outside of my elementary school uses.
Can everyone talk about how badass the intro is for the show. Like god damn I'm about to feel something inside.
American Chuckie Chan sounds like Yoda.
What the hell, i just remembered this show exists the other day lol.
PS: Skunk Fu is also under appreciated imo
PPS: anyone remember Sushi Pack? Some woman at a car boot sale gave me a free giant plushie of the green guy years ago which I no longer have. I’ve never even seen the show, I was just browsing her wares and she just like comes up to me and handed it to me and was like “here take this”.
Oh I definitely remember Sushi Pack being a thing
Guzma, DDubMan of ReviewYaLife already covered Skunk Fu.
Me too
I miss sushi pack and the other ones I can't seem to find.
SHIIEEETT Sushi Pack?! What a memory.
This show reminds me of how cartoons of the early 2000s have thick outlines. A forgotten art style, and a vibe that would probably never be seen again.
Dude, I remember watching skunk-fu. I don't even remember where I watched it, but that was sooo many years ago. I just remember not liking it, cause it had constant fart jokes and nothing really funny.
Also, anyone else hear the high pitch tv static noise at 11:55
The art direction is solid but I hate the character designs.
Honestly they look a little creepy
"The UK doesn't get offended"
Literally anytime an American makes fun of their accents, their response is to make jokes about ppl dying from mass shootings and/or lack of health care.
Shots fired.
Fitting
I would rather get injured in a mas shooting in a mall then die because of I can afford health care than have the worst accent in word so it doesn't bother me
You can also get fined for a joke, too
The brit proceeds to whine about how stereotyping and offensive Americans are, then harasses innocent americans with the same comments unprovoked.
To be fair that is a uniquely american problem.
It looks like fanboy and chum chum animation with mr meaty character design.
This show was gods gift to earth, I used to watch this as a kid and holy hell it was banging! I remember in the Swedish Dub that the afro dude swore once, arguably the best time of my life.
Pan: Who remembers Skunk Fu?
Me: (remembers when I thought the show was a spinoff of Kung-Fu Panda): No one. No one at all.
I remember that show.
Belive it or not
This was my childhood
Me too. It sucked lol.
It actually wasn't that bad. I unironically like the American intro.
I can barely recall, but I think I liked the rabbit or something.
When Splatoon was first revealed, this goddamn show is what came to mind.
Hey, if Xiaolin Chronicles was able to get a mediocre reboot rolling, this show deserves one more shot to shine with a reboot with actual effort. I always thought it deserved more love than it got, and it was gone far too soon.
The minute I heard “Skunk Fu” my eyes lit up, that show was my JAM as a child! And there was even a time before that when I was a huge “Sushi Pack” fan, now that’s a show I wish got more coverage!
Yeah I just thought about sushi pack earlier (I was a big fan) and I had all the characters as plushies. I had a distinct memory of the last time I watched Sushi pack while staring at the credits not knowing it would be the last time I ever saw it
The character designs in this show always reminded me of the designs from the earliest Gorillaz music videos. I wonder if there was a collaboration with the animators of this show. Here's an example: th-cam.com/video/lRlmM88zzbY/w-d-xo.html
This show literally scared the shit out of me as a child. The animation, everything. Gives me chills seeing it in 2020.
The show caused you to poop yourself?
Same, never really got into it's style lol, and not to mention it always aired at around like 1 AM for me.
"Citizen of the BeanBean Kingdom"
I'll pop my chuckle-cola to that.
It really tickled my Tee Hees when he said that.
Mama Mia!
Got the bag of Super Nuts.
Now this is ADVANCED!
This is an intellectual joke only those of Woohoo Hooniversity will understand.
2:51 that's the very first CN bumber I ever saw. Brings me way back
I could never watch this as a kid I always found it so ugly that it made me uncomfortable
same
This and League of Super Evil.
"Mom, can we go watch Kung Fu Panda?"
"We already have Kung Fu Panda at home."
Kung Fu Panda at home: 7:30
i see this as a absolute win
As an Asian american I wouldn't say I personally am offended but I can definitely see why anybody would be since it seems like the show,like a lot of other shows (from this decade especially) think the entirety of Asian is one country. Like how almost every character's names just seem to be just random Chinese and Japanese words are just fumbled together or how a presumably Chinese character painting the eye of a Japanese Daruma simple stuff like this is really noticeable if you know what you're looking at,It would be like a Brazilian Character celebrating Cinco De Mayo.I wouldn't say its overtly racist more so extremely ignorant,but nothing new at the end of the day.
Ok no ... I am gonna stop you there ..they don't think Asia is one country .It's just fictional place in the show . These characters are chickens at the end of the day , not even Asian humans. They are just fictional characters with Asian inspiration when it comes to fighting style . It doesn't take place in Asia. It's like me , a Romanian, being angry at vampire shows cause it's stereotypical or it does not even take place in Romania, when the whole point of those shows is to have a vampire and not to honour my country . Same for this show , it's just a gimmick based on action films .How is it ignorant . When I was a kid and I watched this show ,I thought it was badass. I never even thought it had asiatic inspirations lmao
@@dragonbullets2763 Yeah,I'm aware theyre chickens and that it doesn't literally take place in Asia. Taking inspiration isn't a problem,what I'm saying is that meshing two cultures together and treating them as if they were the same is rather ignorant especially when there are some tensions between those cultures,and I wouldn't blame someone if they were offended. Again taking inspiration from a culture isn't a problem "Samurai Jack" is an example of a show that does it wonderfully the "problem"(it's not really that big of a deal) here more lies in the misrepresentation of said cultures. Just because it is "gimmick" does not mean it can't be offensive,nor does you not finding it offensive. All I am saying is though I personally am not offended could easily see why anybody would be because of the way it uses it's inspiration is kinda questionable and kinda ignorant. A Spanish character named Pope Bagette Spegetti would still be questionable even if your shows gimmick/inspiration is Europe, not everyone may find it particularly offensive but would still probably deem it rather questionable if it wasn't for a joke(though I don't think anybody would actually find that one offensive) it's the same idea.
@@pixelatedmess9269 I get what you mean . As I said i do understand this to an extent since there are so many vampire parodies where their accent could be seen as offensive , and their names are just a variation on Vlad and Dracula , Dracula being a old leader in Romania. Having the name of an respected national hero of my country be transformed in to this parody joke , with a variation on the name ,failing to showcase places such as transylvania successfully.. is something I could cry and bitch about , but they never intended to showcase that country, most of them wanted to pay homage to an old horror character lightly based on old myths from around my country . Getting back to the point , they are trying to pay respect in a way to action movies with a more cartoonish approach.. they are not trying to pay respect from the country the movies come from , just like Dracula parodies. People that would get offended don't understand the point of the show . It tries to mimicking a intentionally fictional world , such as the one seen in those old movies which is not exactly a accurate showcase of asiatic cultures either. I get why it would be offensive too , but it's not like they wanted it to be .it's not ignorance, it's just that they didn't research Asia as much as the movies from there , wanting to create a wacky non-serious show ,not a samurai Jack style show
@@dragonbullets2763 Dragon Bullets yeah, I fully understand that the intent most likely wasn't to offend but it is still literally by definition is ignorance, A lack of knowledge/understanding or awareness. Im not saying they are bad people because of it but I am saying by definition it is still ignorant because while yes you could argue that they are being inspired/parodying movies from these cultures(which I disagree with considering that if this where the case we would see alot more of their tropes)I would argue that movies are definitely a representation of culture.Knights in a western would still be weird and would probably piss off someone who owns a gun so would professor Hamburger Texas the true American Patriot.And I don't think (and I may be wrong) that anybody really thinks all Romanian people are like Dracula,Im pretty sure anybody that stupid doesn't know that Romania is a country and if they do probably would associate Romanians with like Nico from GTA4 who I don't even think is Romanian,I do however know from personal experience that it is extremely common for people to think that every eastern Asian country is part of China.Intent at the end of the day is kinda irrelevant.
Also I thought Dracula was based off of Vlad the Impaler, please correct me if I am wrong.
STFU
I remember watching this show alongside Hero 108, I really liked it. My dad thought Wasabi was an alien instead of a piranha fish. I think we argued about it when we were watching the Christmas episode of it. Good times.
Holy crap I have spent years trying to remember what hero 108 was called, man this whole comment section is one blast from the past
I showed this to my sister
"What are they supposed to be?"
"Uhh... stereotypes?"
This show's aesthetics is peak early 2000s
late 2000s
13:37 top right guy doesnt even have a chair. he's just floating
He could just be so fat that the chair is blocked by him.
1:48
Taxi: sorry to pry this one out of your repressed memories
Me: I REMEMBER THIS SHOW- oh god, that’s the theme song....still looks cool
"This bison is fresh. Shall we rub some on?"
A line from this show I will always remember and never understand.
this sounds like some riddle your drunk grand father would say
"Who actually remembers Skunk Fu?"
Fondly remembers the episode where Skunk finds a magic jade rock and Rabbit dons Mickey's Sorcerer's apprentice costume so he could conjure infinite carrots with it.
i have a few on dvd, i remember the one where the skunk learns a "special move" that either paralyses the person or puts them under their control- dont remember how it really went though lmao