Friday, December 14, 2007

Scooby-Doo


Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced for Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the present. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and character designer Iwao Takamoto. Hanna-Barbera produced numerous spin-offs and related works until being absorbed in 1997 into Warner Bros. Animation, which has handled production since then. Although the format of the show and the cast (and ages) of characters have varied significantly over the years, the most familiar versions of the show feature a talking dog named Scooby-Doo and four teenagers: Fred "Freddie" Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.

These five characters (officially collectively known as "Mystery, Inc.", but never referred to as such in the original series) drive around the world in a van called the "Mystery Machine", and solve mysteries typically involving tales of ghosts and other supernatural forces. At the end of each episode, the supernatural forces turn out to have a rational explanation, typically criminal plots involving costumes, latex masks and special effects intended to frighten or distract. Later versions of Scooby-Doo featured different variations on the show's supernatural theme, and include characters such as Scooby's cousin Scooby-Dum and nephew Scrappy-Doo in addition to or instead of some of the original characters.

Hulk


The Hulk (Dr. Robert Bruce Banner) is a fictional comic book anti-hero appearing in publications from Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the Hulk first appeared in The Incredible Hulk vol. 1, #1 (May 1962). He has since become one of Marvel Comics' most recognized characters.

After physicist Dr. Robert Bruce Banner was caught in the blast of a gamma bomb he created, he was transformed into the Hulk, a raging monster. The character, both as Banner and the Hulk, is frequently pursued by the police or the armed forces, often as a result of the destruction he causes. While the coloration of the character's skin varies during the course of its publication history, the Hulk is most often depicted as green. In forty years, he has battled virtually every hero and villain in the Marvel Universe. He has been featured in a number of animated series, a feature film directed by Ang Lee, and a television series with spin-off television movies starring Bill Bixby as Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Pokemon


The word Pokémon is writing letters European Japanese: , which is an abbreviation for Poke tto Mon sutaa (written in katakana , which in turn comes from the English Pocket Monsters, which wants say "pocket monsters". Esto viene del hecho de que los Pokémon se guardan en pokébolas las cuales se pueden encoger con lo que se pueden meter en el bolsillo. This stems from the fact that Pokémon are stored in pokébolas which can shrink so that you can stick in your pocket.

En inglés , la palabra se escribe Pokémon con tilde en acento grave, a pesar de que este signo no existe en el uso habitual de este idioma. In English, the word is written with Pokémon tilde in grave accent, despite the fact that this sign is not there in the routine use of this language. Esto se debe a que al unir las palabras Pocket Monster se obtuvo Poke-Mon. This is because by joining the words Pocket Monster was obtained Poke-Mon. El problema es que, según las normas del inglés, esto se pronunciaría como pouk mon . The problem is that, according to the rules of English, this is pronounced as pouk Mon. En muy pocos otros casos (como maté que se pronuncia /mátei/ y quiere decir mate ) se puede poner en inglés un acento en la "e" para que esta se pronuncie, resultando así el nombre "Pokémon". Few other cases (like maté that is pronounced / mátei / mean and matte) can be put into an English accent on the "e" for this rule, thereby making them the name "Pokémon." En español se puede usar la transcripción romaji que prescinde del acento por razones ortográficas si bien en el uso comercial habitualmente aparece usando el tilde. In Spanish you can use the transcript Romaji that ignores the accent on grounds spelling while the commercial use usually appears using the tilde.

Sobre la pronunciación de los hispanohablantes en el caso de América Latina, por el doblaje del anime que suele ser más cercano al estadounidense, se pronuncia /pokemón/. On the pronunciation of Spanish speakers in the case of Latin America, for the dubbing of anime usually closest to the United States, is pronounced / pokemón.

About Make way for Noddy


Noddy is a character created by British children's author Enid Blyton, originally published between 1949 and 1963. The television show based on the character is the longest running show in British television since 1955, and continues to appear to this day.

Noddy loves driving his friends around Toyland and delivering parcels in his little red and yellow taxi. You can hear him coming by the "Parp, Parp" sound of his little taxi's horn or by the jingle of the bell on his blue hat. Often he uses his airplane to get around to visit all the places in Toyland.

Noddy is kind and honest, but he often gets in trouble, either through his own misunderstandings, or because someone has played a trick on him, like the naughty goblins, Sly and Gobbo.

His friend Mr. Plod catches the mischief makers on his police bicycle, by blowing his whistle and shouting "Halt, in the name of Plod!!" before locking the culprits up in his jail.

About Curious Geroge


Curious George is the protagonist of a series of popular children's books by the same name, written by Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey. The books feature a curious monkey named George, who is brought from his home in Africa by "The Man in The Yellow Hat" to live with him in a big city.

In the UK, George was originally called Zozo — this was apparently done to avoid using the name of the then king for a monkey.

About Bugs bunny


Bugs Bunny is an animated rabbit who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Warner Bros., one of which, 1958's Knighty Knight Bugs, won an Academy Award, hence his standard introduction on his 1960-launched television series, "...that Oscar-winning rabbit...." According to his biography, he was "born" in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York and the product of many creators: Ben "Bugs" Hardaway (who created a prototypical version of Bugs Bunny that appeared in 1938's Porky's Hare Hunt, 1939's Prest-O Change-O, 1939's Hare-um Scare-um, 1940's Elmer's Candid Camera and 1941's Elmer's Pet Rabbit, although billed in the last as Bugs Bunny--the first time that name was used on-screen) Bob Clampett, Tex Avery, Robert McKimson (who created the definitive Bugs Bunny character design), Chuck Jones, and Friz Freleng. According to Mel Blanc, his original voice actor, his accent is an equal blend of the Bronx and Brooklyn dialects. Bugs Bunny is one of the most popular and recognizable cartoon characters in the world.

About Daffyduck


Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Daffy was the first of the new breed of "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye, who were more popular earlier in the decade.

Virtually every Warner Brothers animator put his own spin on the Daffy Duck character, who may be a lunatic vigilante in one short but a greedy gloryhound in another. Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones both made extensive use of these two very different versions of the character.