It's About To Go Down!

during this long sequence, rita had murdered the mayor of the city and robbed half the banks

you can recreate this 90's magic at home

the only way this moment got more intense is when the dragonzord didn't show up sometimes and he had to blow the dagger a second time

Then there were Skeleton Warriors, the edgelord 90's high fantasy necromancer Power Rangers-meets-Masters of the Universe

Mystic Knights. Utter nonsense from every historical perspective. But, decently-produced western-hemisphere fantasy Power Rangers. The power-up sequences were a bit different, and included a dragon who would torch everything indiscriminately.
To my knowledge, hasn't had any sort of HD remaster, so watching it on digital devices nowadays is going to be terrible. For best definition, just plug it into a VCR after you find the tapes in a thrift store for 25c.

Oh, and the Mystic Knights do the Multiple Transformations thing. For when your badassness isn't badass enough

Every time the Gargoyles wake up, my spine tingles.

Samurai Jack raced through the formula. Just draw the sword about 2 minutes in and immediately cut 12 people in half.

he's just mocking piccolo, who doesn't have hair

the speaking here is irrelevant, we all know saiyaman is a joke and gohan is a has-been

(Source: Dragon Ball Heroes / "the arcadeverse" of dragonball z, the buu in back wearing the red is the player character)

any show since then has had to do this sort of over the top 'the world is being wrecked with how powerful my transformation is'; for spoilers, I left out frames of this person's face

everytime a ship battle begins, you scramble to sit directly in front of the tv

When the Taker's intro music begins in the middle of someone else's match...

Match intros were sort of the formula on steroids. They still are, I guess, but of course my opinion is that the Attitude Era intros were better. Crushing cans onto people's faces after you chug 3 beers is pretty dope

I actually waited for Mumm-Ra's transformation before getting really into an episode.

I still yell, "Hooooo!" during thunderstorms

half the episode is the Planeteers regretting their ethics bc they can't actually intercede much but then they summon Captain "F the ethics, beat everyone ruthlessly with super fists."

dude was clearly designed to be trendy af with that hair and outfit. the halfshirt was actually a fashion thing for dudes around that time

when the pokemon actually came out of the balls, during a show called, "Pokemon," you had that moment of relief bc you were thinking of calling Nintendo to demand that the show be renamed to, "Ash and His Fellow Annoying Humans"

digimon was like the matrix, dragonball z, pokemon, and monster rancher violently conceived a giant baby

I wish all anime had this high framerate and animation and wasn't the same frames reused for 500x cycles

that moment when the fight transformation has a SECOND FIGHT TRANSFORMATION

if I had a sword that could cut cities in half, I'd never put it down

THIRD TRANSFORMATION ENGAGE

shouldn't she be running at supersonic speed

same question

in Superman: The Animated Series, it was like AWWW SHIT whenever he got angry. then you knew he was gonna stop letting the enemy throw him around until they got tired and gave up

BEHOLD! my super transformation is I age two years, become even more overdramatic (seriously, the pharaoh could have a dramatic flourish for taking a breath), and actually become worse at playing cards than you were previously when you were just a stupid kid with an OP combo in your weakass deck that you didn't even know how to use

Wonder Woman's transformation makes me dizzy. Fighting is so boring for her, she challenges herself by getting super dizzy first, then standing still and blocking every projectile with her only her wrists

the plot arc about the american people resenting a "slutty-dressing" superheroine was pretty on point, though

THX for reading through my late Gen X memories. If you missed out on all this stuff, well, good luck with that sorry excuse for TV you got going on these days.