16; not bad for a non-comic geek, IMHO. - Edit 3
Before modification by Joel at 13/03/2012 11:06:40 PM
Name That Toon
A description follows of a character from a cartoon, comic book, anime, etc… name the character and cartoon.
1: The constant difficulty with a hooligan hare interfering with my use of my Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator makes me very, very angry indeed
Marvin the Martian from Loony Toons/Merrie Melodies. Thanks to imscared for ensuring I never forget that one.
2: I used to fly around space fighting super villains with the aid of my two teen sidekicks and monkey, but eventually I ended up getting a gig as a talk show host seen coast to coast.
Space Ghost. I think he had an eponymous series, but was originally part of one of those '70s variety show cartoons IIRC; no idea the name. Hanna-Barbera.
3: When my former crime fighting colleagues found out about my plans and showed up to stop me before I could implement my harsh but necessary scheme, I regretfully had to inform them they were 35 minutes late.
Ozymandius, from the Watchmen
4: While some people might describe me as coldly manipulative, a megalomaniac, and a mass murderer… though it might be Noted, never under their real name… I saw myself mostly as a crime fighter. Indeed, I even worked on the investigation team trying to track down the most wanted and murderous person of my time, and eventually ended up heading the team after the lead investigator died. To most people I was simply a very smart and talented young man, though I suppose if anyone came across my personal journal they might be a touch unnerved about its similarity to an obituary column.
Hard to believe two Watchmen characters would appear in the same quiz, let alone right next to each other, but that sure sounds like Rorshach.
5: Although I started off as a 90-pound weakling, I’m pretty well known for my enhanced physique, though better known for dressing like its July 4th every day. I originally got my start fighting Nazis, but afterwards I chilled out for a while then came back with a vengeance to fight alongside the planet’s mightiest heroes.
Captain America. Um, I guess Marvel, or the Avengers, if his own comic book is not good enough.
6: As a boy I traveled the world on various quests with my dad, a noted scientist, and our bodyguard, along with my best friend and dog.
Johnny Quest, which I am all but certain was also the name of the show. Um... Hanna-Barbera?
7: After getting fed up with my boss and his crusty manner, I framed him for armed robbery of a convenience store, but was foiled by a bratty kid who became my arch-nemesis. In spite of my felonious past, I am very well known for my courteous and sophisticated manner.
AAAIGGH! SIDESHOW BOB!!!
From the Simpsons.8: Sometime about 10,000 years from now I wander the post-apocalyptic Earth on my cybernetic horse hunting down various monsters, while bringing whole new meaning to the term ‘talk to the hand’.
No clue and no clue.
9: Probably best known for getting bugs in my eye, most of my early appearances feature an utter lack of dialogue or speaking, just me running around as a Stripperific spy and assassin, combating my morally ambiguous nemesis and lover, a totalitarian dictator.
Sounds like Aeon Flux. I thought that another eponymous show; if not, all I know is it was on MTV.
10: “United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru, Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean, Greenland, El Salvador too. Puerto Rico, Columbia, Venezuela, Honduras, Guyana, and still, Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina and Ecuador, Chile, Brazil.”
Yakko Warner, from Animaniacs.
20 possible points, 2 for each question (character and series) and...
Knew there could not be two Watchmen questions in succession, but, having never heard of the correct answer, I lost nothing. And, yes, I am counting Aeon Flux and Johnny Quest despite the character in the first (apparently) only having the one name, and my dropping "The Adventures of" from the show featuring the second.
EDIT: Apparently my memory was partially correct; Space Ghost and the Herculoids were merged in a variety show format after their original independent run. I also misremembered it as including Birdman, but apparently that was always separate.