And a couple of those 22 episodes were clearly aimed at little kids, even with the occasional adult-friendly mindbender like "Yesteryear" thrown into the mix.
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That's a good point. I guess coming at TAS fifty years later made it much more serious in my head; I had never really thought of it as aimed at kids.
TAS still tells sf (or at least sci-fi) stories that are mostly watchable by adults; for the most part, the tone isn’t that different from TOS, other than not having darker endings like “Charlie X” or implied battle casualties like “Balance of Terror”. Scouts, from the admittedly very (very) brief glance I got of it, attempts nothing at all of the kind. There’s little kids, and there’s little kids…
I guess we just assume that to the extent the world resembles ours aesthetically and/or thematically, its logicality should also increase by the same amount.
That is not the nature of fiction though. Fiction is an agreed upon lie between the author and the audience, willing to participate in the story as presented. If we start questioning the illusion then it becomes more difficult to manage within it.
In my opinion, fandom is best served by things like the Star Trek Concordance or Encyclopedia were it creates fan connections and a wallpapering over inconsistencies to continue the illusion.
The Bat Tire Inflation Spray, of course. On the utility belt right next to the Bat Automatic Radio Spray.
Batman: Good boy, Robin. Good boy. You pumped my tires well. Now for your reward... (winks)
Robin: (excited) My feathers?!
Batman: (licks lips) Let's ruffle them, my little boy...
Speaking of ambitious Gen X cartoons, this is just the opening for the 1980s G.I. Joe movie.
Man, if they only knew…
Great cartoons. I miss that era.
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