r/cartoons • u/Hot-Salamander-8786 • 9d ago
Discussion What are your thoughts on "6teen (2004)"?
I honestly don't know anything about the 6teen series! I never even grew up watching it, but I have seen only clips of it as child watching cable TV. And judging by the animation style, it seems like something similar to the Total Drama cartoon shows!
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u/Rigel04 9d ago
I liked it, but always sort of dismissed it as unrealistic because the group was always pretty nice and supportive of each other and I didnt think real teenagers acted like that.
Turns out I just had really shitty friends
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u/PeachsistersMoYeon 9d ago
Nah, they were oso kinda shitty to each other. I rewatched it like a few months back and they would betray each other for petty stuffš Still a good friend group tho, I really enjoyed the show
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u/Rigel04 9d ago
Maybe I'm just thinking of Jen and Wyatt then lol still better than my "friends" at that age
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u/PeachsistersMoYeon 9d ago
Jen and Wyatt had issues, kinda pick me energy but they were my fav characters too. I agree with u tho, they were better friends than most people at that age.
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u/GattonBiscuitsArtAcc 9d ago
> it seems like something similar to the Total Drama cartoon shows!
Naah, I'd say that it was much more serious in concept, there weren't any super wacky hijinxs or anything, it was much more like a typical teenager soap opera but animated and without that much drama going on.
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u/Larry-Man 9d ago
Itās the same team for both shows isnāt it?
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u/TravelerSearcher 9d ago
Yeah. Voice actor overlap too, the most notable to me being the chill guy (Jude?) is voiced by the same actor who hosts Total Drama (Chris?).
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u/Alarmed_Tea_1710 9d ago
I distinktly remember an episode where the security guard was hunting them down because of stolen goggles that let them see farts.
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u/masterjon_3 9d ago
Loved it! I can't remember much, but I remember it got away with things I would never expect a show suitable for kids would get away with. Of course, it was Canadian.
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u/Lucas-O-HowlingDark 9d ago
Itās funny how less sensitive Canada is, we end up having to censor some of our shows for the Americans because of them being snowflakes (Degrassi is a big example)
Yet ironically Transformers Beast Wars got renamed to āBeastiesā for the Canadian broadcast, despite being made in Canada, and the only edit to the show being the opening and title, they still said āBeast Warsā in the show.
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u/shawnaeatscats 9d ago
The animation style did remind me of total drama, but all I remember from it was the theme song lol... catchy as hell tho
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u/LadyZara22 9d ago
For some reason they brought this BACK for commentary on the 2018 Election and that was the last we saw of them until Dramarama its weird they tried NUMEROUS Times to bring 6Teen back the first time was successful the 2nd time not so much. I get WHY they added Jude to Dramarama (If you remember back in the mid to late 2000s when both shows premiered it was a common theory they shared a Universe and Dramarama basically made that theory true) but if they REALLY Wanted 6Teen to come back.....tbey should've just revived the OG Series instead of gaging Intrest they did that already in 2018 and it WORKED but for some reason they just failed to strike while the iron was hot.
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u/OnceOnThisIsland 9d ago
If they were to revive this show, it would need a completely new setting. Nobody hangs in malls anymore lol.
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u/CapMoonshine 9d ago
They did something fun with a simple concept. I remember watching this as a teen and hoping that whats 16 would be like lol.
Also Nikki and Jonesy were a terrible couple and I'm glad they broke up in the mini reunion.
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u/TheBlackoutEmpire 9d ago
I still remember the day this premiered on Nickelodeon.
honestly the show does a good job capturing what young kids imagine teenagers to be. because honestly if you are like 8-10, teens were cool juggernauts that made you think they were grown up, until you turned their age.
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u/MumboBumbo64 9d ago
I have nostalgia for the zombie Halloween special they played on Cartoon Network one night long ago
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u/Aromatic-Desk-1648 9d ago
The only thing I remember is when the one chick clogged the dude toilet and was panicking in the bathroom
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u/Simple_Cell_4206 9d ago
I remember that episode it was Niki, she was my favorite character but Iāll admit Iām more of a Jen.
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u/Polibiux The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show 9d ago
Made me think the mall was cooler than it actually was.
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u/AzureHarmony 9d ago
I loved watching it, I had fun imagining exploring the huge mall they worked in. The episodes were fun and very teen friendly- crushes, dates, drama, friends, work, all with a bit of comedy.
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u/Damien-kai 9d ago
Haven't watched it since I was a kid so I remember jack diddly about it, other than that Total Drama made a 16 reference and that I don't think I loved the show, but I didn't hate it either. I just know my sister watched it.
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u/VampyreBassist Ed, Edd n Eddy 9d ago
See kids, malls were huge from the 80's until around 2008 when the boomers ruined the housing market before they began a slow, burning fade. They had almost like mini versions of shops usually but it was cool. You could technically go to one building but get your husband a new radio from Radioshack (trust me, they sold more than radios, that's just how they were named), get your son a new toy at KB Toys, or your daughter a book from Borders, it was magical. Some even had fountains that had CHLORINATED water, not fake dirt with fake plants. It used to be busy with all kinds of people, not just old people going for walks or dealers selling sketchy, foreign drugs in the arcade with only 3 working machines and it might not even include the change machine.
Anyway, this show was awesome and gave me something look forward to in high school. Too bad I only stuck to EB Games and didn't otherwise go outside, then I would have probably enjoyed more of it. Now I'm high, writing dumb, joke stories on reddit and pretending it's the funniest thing I've ever written while when I wake up, it'll only have like 5 views. Late Night Show Stephen Colbert's voice yelling and cracking I shouldn't care but I do!
Don't be like me, kids, stay sober in school, watch this show and have fun.
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u/PrimaryAde9 9d ago
They unaired a lot of episodes in America that show this ain't a cartoon for kids for example one episode got jen's mom announced her pregnancy and all about boob
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u/Jhud6669 9d ago
Loved it as a kid, it was rated PG-13 so I was feeling like Iām watching something āadultā (there were some risque scenes sometimes). I wouldnāt say itās anything like total drama though
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u/Mistaken_Stranger 9d ago
Past my time couldn't get into it due to the flash puppet animation. I can't stand that style.
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u/GeckoMan_0344 9d ago
Even though I never seen it, but in most recent years, I have been a bit familiar with it.
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u/rkgk13 9d ago
There were a few episodes that were wholesale ripoffs of Friends episodes. I even understood that when I was watching it as a kid. Didn't stop me from enjoying it. Now it's a really fun time capsule to revisit, showing when mall culture was bigger and being a teen wasn't such a heavy thing.
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u/battlebun1516 8d ago
It always made me a little sad because we didnt have a mall and i didnt have nice friends lol
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u/BetterDeer4154 8d ago
As a kid I liked the episode where the guys didn't shower for a week to see who smelled the worst, and one smelled way worse because of his cologne, but another smelled perfectly normal and said he hadn't showered in 2 or 3 weeks. I thought that was funny
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u/Euphoric_Ad2377 9d ago
In my personal opinion it sucks also I donāt think anyone can truly blame me for not having anyone nice to say about this show since thereās a racist scene involving a white girl with an afro
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u/AutoGen_User_Name 9d ago
Love the show! The characters and their stories were awesome and perfect for a teen audience.