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After-School TV Specials from the '90's

best paired with nintendo 64, sugary kitchen creations, and your next-door-neighbor

  • Dragon Ball Z

    Dragon Ball Z (1989)

    Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller

    Five years after the end of "Dragonball", Son Gokû reunites with his friends, bringing along his four-year old son Gohan. Gohan is not like his father; he'd rather study than fight. Raditz, a warrior from space lands on earth searching for someone named "Kakarot". He reveals himself as Raditz of the Sayans, the older brother of Kakarot! And Kakarot turns out to be Gokû! With two other Sayans coming to earth, can Gokû and the Z Warriors withstand the onslaught!?

    TV show - 1989

  • The Drew Carey Show

    The Drew Carey Show (1995)

    Comedy, Drama

    Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.

    TV show - 1995

  • Recess

    Recess (1997)

    Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport

    Comic tales of a group of good friends, 4 boys and 2 girls, during breaks in primary school, as they grow up, relate to each other, and have brushes with authority.

    TV show - 1997

  • Ellen

    Ellen (1994)

    Comedy

    Ellen Morgan is a neurotic, 30-something, bookstore employee who tries to get by life in dealing with her various friends whom include the outgoing redhead Paige, insecure photographer Adam, her unsure-of-himself cousin Spence, coffee shop guy Joe Farrell, the critical and obnoxious Audrey, and most challenging of all, Ellen also has to condent being around her annoying and overbearing parents Lois and Harold.

    TV show - 1994

  • Goosebumps

    Goosebumps (1995)

    Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

    A collection of children's horror stories by R.L. Stine.

    TV show - 1995

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister (1994)

    Comedy, Family

    Tia and Tamera Mowry play twins who were separated at birth and by chance meet each other in a shopping mall. Ray Campbell, Tamera's adopted father, is very different from Tia's adopted mother, Lisa Landry, but the twins don't want to be separated so Ray and Lisa end up living together. The series often focuses on the trouble the twins get into due to their identical appearance and the love-hate relationship between Lisa and Ray.

    TV show - 1994

  • DuckTales

    DuckTales (1987)

    Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family

    When Donald Duck decides to join the Navy, he leaves his nephews, Hewey, Dewey and Louie, in the care of his cantankerous Uncle Scrooge. He is an eccentric and miserly billionare who loves to literally swim in his money that is held in his corporate headquarters/vault known as the Money Bin. While the initial meeting was less than pleasant, events soon have them, along with a newly hired nanny, her granddaughter and Scrooge's stupid but skilled pilot, on countless adventures as the group goes around the world looking for treasure, or defending Scrooge's current assets from enemies like the Beagle Boys or Magica De Spell.

    TV show - 1987

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000

    Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)

    Comedy, Sci-Fi

    When zany mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester and his loopy assistant Frank get bored with their work at the Deep Thirteen research center, they kidnap Joel the janitor and shoot him into orbit on the Satellite of Love. While in space Joel builds wacky robot sidekicks Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot to help him withstand an onslaught of grade 'Z' movies that the mad scientists force him to watch.

    TV show - 1988

  • The Powerpuff Girls

    The Powerpuff Girls (1998)

    Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy

    The straight-laced Prof. Utonium's attempt to create perfect little girls accidentally includes "Chemical X", resulting in take-charge red-head Blossom, blonde sweety-pie Bubbles and ready-to-fight brunette Buttercup. These flying, super-strong, karate-chopping girls with the occasional heat vision race into action to save the city of Townsville (and, we're told, the world) from all sorts of crimes and creatures.

    TV show - 1998

  • Sailor Moon

    Sailor Moon (1995)

    Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller

    The story centers around an air-headed crybaby, named Usagi, and her friends Ami, Rei, Makato, and Minako. Using special powers, they can transform into Sailor Solders. They become Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus respectfully. They fight for love and justice against the evil minions of The Dark Kingdom. To help them in their quest, they heed the advice of two talking cats, Luna and Artemis, and also the mysterious Tuxedo Mask.

    TV show - 1995

  • Doug

    Doug (1991)

    Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy

    11 year old Doug Funnie moves to Bluffington from Bloatsburg. "Doug" follows his adventures as he writes in his journal. He falls in love with Patti Mayonnaise and befriends Skeeter Valentine. They all are in grade 6 in the Bluffington School and Doug tries not to make himself look like a loser in front of everyone.

    TV show - 1991

  • Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice (1989)

    Comedy, Animation, Fantasy, Horror

    Loosely based on the film of the same name, this show features Beetlejuice, a wild ghost from the "Neitherworld," and his mortal best friend, a young girl named Lydia.

    TV show - 1989

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