SpongeBob Showing Patrick Garbage Meme... AGAIN! But With This Time, It's About Niches.

 Or at least the good kind of niche stuff that I'm into (for the most part).

But before I explain what exactly these things are within the meme, this comment right here gave me the inspiration as to why I made this meme (that I've tried to restate their comment within the first panel):

Like, really? You think Animaniacs is niche?! To me, I really don't think so. And I get it it's not as very popular as it is today compared back in the 90's, but it's still a show that some people (including me) tend to talk about to this very day. And that's also like saying "This [insert popular 90's cartoon here like Rugrats, Tiny Toon Adventures, Ren & Stimpy and etc.] is a niche thing!" compared to other cartoons that also came out during the 90's that weren't as popular or were just forgotten about.

As for the 2020 reboot, though... I think it's starting to age like milk ever since it came out and the more it aged rottenly in my brain (despite wanting to like the reboot at some point). And recently, one of the VAs spoke about it in a negative light:

Man, if this is actually true, then please give me that video footage! Because I so wanna see it if that's really the case.

Plus, there's also this right here:

Yeah, not a great sight to see whenever you have people on a platform that I don't like complain about the reboot to this day.

With that said, let's get on to the rest of the meme starting off...

1.  Punirunes and other virtual pets that aren't from Tamagotchi.

Keep in mind that I'm not talking about the Tamagotchi knock-offs that are the low-quality types, but to focus more of the unique kind of virtual pets like Punirunes as I think it's starting to become less niche than how it was in the early 2020's. But still people would likely find Punirunes to be niche, I guess? Or heck, stuff like back in the late 2000's there was "My Meebas" that's actually more niche than Punirunes as for it's own unique feature out of it was, once it becomes an adult that's too big to fit on the screen, a "surprise plush" will come out as if you help to pull it up on the tube so your friend/pet can get out of there as if it was greeting you in the real world.

And if you want more info about My Meebas, than here's this blog post about 'em done by this guy! 👇

https://rossmadeablog.wordpress.com/2021/01/03/my-meebas-a-valuable-virtual-pet-toy/

Anyway, onto the next section!

2. MC Skat Kat & his Stray Mob

Well, if you're already familiar with the whole "Opposites Attract" song done by Paula Abdul, there's no introduction to be needed there! But what not many people talk about is MC Skat Kat's own crew AKA the "Stray Mob". As MC Skat Kat was getting more popular back in the early 90's, he had more of a crew than just the three members appearing in the OA MV as only Taboo [the cat wearing the yellow shirt], Fatz [the cat wearing the glasses] and Micetro who was the silent one that never sung until the "Skat Strut" music video came out as he was lip-syncing a part of the sampled "Let's Groove" bit as that was Earth, Wind & Fire's song).

As for the other members of the group, there was Leo (the big guy) and the two girls out of the group that are Katleen and Silk.

And if you wanna know more about 'em, well here's this site to guide you as I can move on to the next section!

3. Obscure or "Unpopular" anime from the 2010's!

Believe it or not, I actually got a few of them on DVD as they're "Nurse Witch Komugi R" and just recently "Seiyu's Life!"... As for NWKR, I think it was an alright reboot for what it was (and it was much better than Animaniacs 2020 imo) and as for Seiyu's Life, I haven't gotten able to watch it yet as I was writing this out, but I've heard the songs were good! Aside from watching a few clips as well. And as for the other two things that are also shown in the fourth panel are Hacka Doll and Etotama! As for Etotama, I just realized that all the episodes are up on YouTube as of October 2024! And no one ever told me that. As for Hacka Doll, though... I was able to watch all the episodes once back like in the 2010's that I thought it was decent. Still gotta watch it again someday! Even I don't have to buy any of the expensive Etotama physical media out there (especially on Amazon).

Note: This is my first time talking about Hacka Doll and Seiyu's Life on my blog.

4. Luminary Tears (AKA Mahou no Lumitear)

As for this one, I already explained a bit of it in my "Top 3 Niche Things That I'm Into" post. And like the other anime being previously mentioned, this also had one too! But I didn't get to watch all of them (as I was writing this out), though... At least I find it okay.

5. Lady Unicorn (by Marco Albireo)

Oh yeah, if you want a magical girl who's an adult that also goes by solo, then this is something for you! And hopefully, this can get an English translation someday! Well, if not, if not. Still a great concept, though.

6. Finally, Susumu FREAKIN' Matsushita!

OH YEEEAAAHHH! If you're into characters that aren't in the style of today's cartoons (especially American ones), then take these American-inspired Japanese toons done by this guy! And if you can tell from my blog by now, you can tell who my favorite is. Even I also mentioned his stuff in that one post that I previously mentioned (you know, "Top 3 Niche Things That I'm Into").

P.S. I know I haven't talked about some of the stuff like the anime much that you can probably look that up on your own like on my blog or from other websites. And as for the My Meebas thing, I think the concept was cool, but never owned one at all... Speaking of MM again, I think I saw a commercial on it back in the day (but I dunno on how many times when I saw it as my memory being much younger back then isn't the best at times). Plus, as to why the post's title has the "AGAIN!" part, as I made another version to this prior.

Other sources:

1. https://x.com/hassledvania/status/2046207716427723070

(I know I think I already stated that I wasn't gonna post anymore Twitter links on my blog, but here we are in a rare case that probably I'm not gonna post anymore Twitter links again... Until another rare moment again).

2. The one fanart made by Annalise Becerra (that you gotta go down to the comment section to see on where I screenshotted).

What If Famitsu (HDN) Was Drawn in Susumu Matsushita's Art Style?

 Seriously, no one ever thought of this? Especially that the fact that she's been based on Necky the Fox?!? Oh, come on people! This is when that I've tried to find fanart of the HDN character as I could online. And as for the many characters that appear in second pic, that's from the back cover from the "oldies but goodies: Susumu Matsushita 50YEARS OF ART" art book showing many examples on what he can do! Yeah, as you can see, he can do both humans and anthros. Plus, I should draw Famitsu in that kind of art style someday.

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P.S. Not gonna do every label tag on where all these characters came from since many of these characters aren't that well talked about.

Top 3 Niche Things That I'm Into Meme

 While these things are more popular in Japan (especially with Famitsu's mascot named: "Necky the Fox" who's still appearing on the magazine covers to this day), outside of its home state are qualified to be "niche" as you'll see why.

3. Luminary Tears (AKA Mahou no Lumitear) is something like when you put cutesy magical girls with Precious Moments together and you'll get something like this! And honestly, I don't see people talk about this or  having an active fandom around with a decent amount of people in it. But too bad if anyone's missing this out! Especially if they're already into kawaii pastel stuff and magical girls. Even I've been a fan of Luminary Tears for some years now (despite it would've been nice to get some merch, but that's likely not easy to get these days)

2. Monkey Magic & etc. that's also from Susumu Matsushita!

Before I go into No.1 (as Matsushita-san is also the artist for Necky and his crew), he did other stuff like Monkey Magic as that was a short-lived anime series that does have a bit of a fanbase that grew up with the show back in the day or played the PS1 game. Even he did other stuff like designing the cast for Space World in which that was a theme park in Japan that no longer exists alongside on creating a mascot for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan that became unused/an potential candidate as that was Snowple the Stoat/Weasel to say a few.

1. Famitsu... But it's just the mascots that I'm talking about.

Yeah, despite I'm not into gaming journalism or have read any Famitsu magazine, I think these mascots are so cool that I think also these guys deserve so much more! Like having a fandom of their own that could have fans just loving the characters themselves without reading or actually reading Famitsu! Even it would be cooler to see Arnold the Armadillo, Baby Necky the Fox, Baggy the Bat, and Savvy Squirrel reuniting with Necky again if that'll ever happen someday (since Necky had a slight redesign in the 2010's that I've noticed as he has longer fur cheeks than shorter ones and his head is a bit more thin than thick). And as to why I didn't mention the Penguin Bros. is because they already reunited with Necky in one of the Famitsu specials back in 2018!

So, here's hoping that the rest of the All Star crew will be back again! After all, it's been so long without those guys... Seriously!

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trying to find the Monkey Magic fandom requires LITERAL detective work meme

 And I'm mainly talking about the late 90's anime/cartoon aside from that other show (as it's non-animated btw) with the same name (as it's referred to in its opening theme) that came out in the late 70's that was also an adaptation to the Chinese novel called: "Journey to the West".

Even I just think the show's fandom is mainly on YouTube on where I can find them the best aside from other places for the web (when it comes to the most active spot around... especially for an obscure series, that is). Plus, I still have to watch this show someday sooner than later.

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What If Monkey Magic Had a Revival or Reboot?

 Since I recently heard about this anime lately as I was diving more into Susumu Matsushita's stuff and this caught my eye! Instead of talking about the PS1 video game, I'm talking about the short-lived anime in this case. As I didn't watch the anime as of yet, I recently watched rangerreview's "Forgotten Television" video on the anime to get a bit of a taste of it on how the anime was like for someone else alongside on talking about both English and Japanese dubs on how it's like they actually coexist with each other for a bit (as it was one of the better parts of Monkey Magic's existence, I'll admit). But whenever I get to watch this anime, I wanna see both of the dubs rather than just the English dub alone!

And speaking of the English dub, there's somebody quite familiar from my childhood who actually voices the main character AKA "Kongo" as he's called within the dub, as it's no other than Sam Vincent. Even I wanted to form more of my own opinion about this show despite already hearing on a few other's opinions like rangerreview's video that I  mentioned earlier. Plus, while I'm not fan of how reboots are lately, I think Monkey Magic totally deserves one to have a second chance to really flesh-out its story (as the original anime unfortunately had to cut short on its episodes) alongside on having more cool art done by Susumu Matsushita.

P.S. And I'll talk more about Monkey Magic soon!

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