D&D Cartoon's final Episode... your way.

[jester47]

How did the show actually end? I used to love that cartoon.

Um well it really didn't end. The final episode as it was penned can be found above. But the last episode that aired was one where the kids have to help the Fairy Dragons get to their new home. One of the mirrors in their treasure is a gate that will take you to the place you want to go the most. However some evil human king is trying to get the FDs treasure and sends his troops to steal it once he finds out the location of the treasure. So the kids get the fairly dragons and their treasure through and break the mirror. Now the mirror breaking is the important part of the ep. Eric breaks the mirror without a moments hesitation. No Quibbling, no questioning, he just breaks it. This is a mojor developmental part as Eric has finally learned about sacrifice. This is commented on by the DM at the end as the characters exit the right side of the frame. And he says that they soon will be ready to return home...

Aaron.

 

[Nebt Bhakau]

I was, maybe, 4 when the D&D cartoon was still on TV. The only thing I remember vividly is Tiamat. Would be nice if the cartoon had ended with more versimilitude. My suggestions:

1.) Dungeon Master gets a girlfriend, whom he insists should go adventuring with the kids. They get tired of this arrangement and eventually just stop showing up.

2.) Dungeon Master gets annoyed and sends them on a mission to a skull-shaped tomb in the middle of a swamp.

3.) Dungeon Master plays cards every Friday night with Orko. They get into an argument and to resolve it, they have a 'contest of champions.' Result: Kids spitted on He-Man's sword, unicorn eaten by Battle-Cat.

4.)The stupid wizard who can't cast spells can pull anything out of his hat. Thus, he could pull out something able to defeat Unicron. Realising this, Unicron eats the planet on which the cartoon is taking place.

5.) Show is banned after graphic depiction of Eric cutting off his own hand to replace it with Hand of Vecna.

6.) Dungeon Master upgrades to 2nd Edition. Cavalier and Barbarian are no longer legal.

7.) In the course of a duel, Venger reveals that he is Eric's father. It also turns out that Venger serves an even greater evil, a mysterious, dark-hooded figure addressed only as "Mrs. Williams."

8.) Eric is revealed to be the Child of Bhaal. Kids killed by dust mephits in Irenicus's dungeon.

9.-100.) I could fill these slots with lots of gruesome, embarassing deaths for those kids, but I will let someone else have a turn.

 

[Breakstone]

Venger tricks the kids into finding the Head of Vecna.


EDIT: By the way, while I never really saw the cartoon (too young, I am), I know a little about the characters, and that final episode script was just plum awesome! I still remember the final episodes to my Childhood Cartoons... Mighty Max, Reboot, Beast Wars, etc...

 

[CarlZog]

What cartoon in the 80's wasn't? Name one that was actually not a 30 minute comercial for something!

You're absolutely right. All 80s cartoons were infomercials for toys, but I never judged the D&D cartoon relative to other 80s cartoons. At the time, I was just angry that my fairly sophisticated hobby was being publicly reduced to cheesy kiddie-targeted stuff.

It was hard enough as it was trying to explain role-playing games to people without having to explain that it had nothing to do with the cartoon, or the action figures, or the candy, or any of the other D&D-labeled junk that was showing up in the stores every month.

I never would have thought of it as ground-breaking, but I appreciate your assessment. And the number of active gamers today who liked it as kids indicates it probably did succeed in introduing people to rpgs... But I still don't think I could watch it now.