The Tags
By Joseph Doyle
REAL
During the 1980's, several animated shows were written and filmed to specific running times, including 30-second long tags at the end. Several shows, like Inspector Gadget (Syndicated, 1983-85) and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, (Syndicated, 1983-85) used these as an opportunity to present morals to each story. Other shows, however, used them as closing skits or part of the show. Below is a list of shows that had these tags and how they used them:
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Syndicated, Filmation, 1983-85): A different character from the show presented Morals to each story in each one. The best of them were surprisingly wise and had strong connections to the story (like "Teela's Quest" and the moral about what makes your parent your parent.) The most infamous one was with "House of Shokoti, Part 1," where Ram-Man tells the viewer not to head-butt things like he does, which had no relation, whatsoever, to the story.
She-Ra: Princess of Power (Syndicated, Filmation, 1985-86): A fairy named Loo-Kee would hide, give the viewer an opportunity to find him and come out before giving the moral in most of the episodes. He appeared in the story of the show a few times.
Inspector Gadget (Syndicated, DiC, 1983-85): The title character, his dog, Brain, and niece, Penny, would give out a moral.
Mister T (NBC, Ruby-Spears, 1983-86): Moral. I never saw the show, so there's not enough info for it.
Muppet Babies (CBS, Marvel and Jim Henson Television, 1984-92): A character from the show would appear with Animal, get in a crazy situation with him and he would say, "Go Bye, Bye" at the end.
Heathcliff and the Cadillac Cats (Syndicated, DiC, 1984-86): Heathcliff would feature Pet Tips.
Kidd Video (NBC, Saban/DiC, 1984-87): A music video performed by the title band in live action would be shown.
More will come soon.
By Joseph Doyle
REAL
During the 1980's, several animated shows were written and filmed to specific running times, including 30-second long tags at the end. Several shows, like Inspector Gadget (Syndicated, 1983-85) and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, (Syndicated, 1983-85) used these as an opportunity to present morals to each story. Other shows, however, used them as closing skits or part of the show. Below is a list of shows that had these tags and how they used them:
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Syndicated, Filmation, 1983-85): A different character from the show presented Morals to each story in each one. The best of them were surprisingly wise and had strong connections to the story (like "Teela's Quest" and the moral about what makes your parent your parent.) The most infamous one was with "House of Shokoti, Part 1," where Ram-Man tells the viewer not to head-butt things like he does, which had no relation, whatsoever, to the story.
She-Ra: Princess of Power (Syndicated, Filmation, 1985-86): A fairy named Loo-Kee would hide, give the viewer an opportunity to find him and come out before giving the moral in most of the episodes. He appeared in the story of the show a few times.
Inspector Gadget (Syndicated, DiC, 1983-85): The title character, his dog, Brain, and niece, Penny, would give out a moral.
Mister T (NBC, Ruby-Spears, 1983-86): Moral. I never saw the show, so there's not enough info for it.
Muppet Babies (CBS, Marvel and Jim Henson Television, 1984-92): A character from the show would appear with Animal, get in a crazy situation with him and he would say, "Go Bye, Bye" at the end.
Heathcliff and the Cadillac Cats (Syndicated, DiC, 1984-86): Heathcliff would feature Pet Tips.
Kidd Video (NBC, Saban/DiC, 1984-87): A music video performed by the title band in live action would be shown.
More will come soon.