The Merchant and his Boy

An interesting watercolour I did in college based on two statues I've seen in the Willow Pool Garden Centre and Baron Antiques. It was intended to be a study for a larger scale painting I would make along the way, so here's what I and my tutors consider a vibrant toned piece of resistance.

Top 10 Shows That Never Ended

Hello there, guess what I decided to make another top 10 list but before we can start counting down I just want to explain some thing about television. We all watch tv don't we and there's always a show we watch that becomes apart of our past time, so it's such an inconvinience  when a certain show ends too early. As there are shows that bid the viewers farwell there are some shows that just end without warning or a big season finale, there are even those shows that end on cliffhangers. I have had a grudge with this sort of problem for a long time now which is why I'm counting down the top 10 shows that were left unfinished. Oh BTW I'm not counting Dexter's Laboratory because that show actually had a series finale and a movie; it just that it had 2 seasons afterwards that took place before the finale.

10. Santo Bugito

For those who don't know, Santo Bugito was a cartoon series about a Mexican town filled of talking insects, it revolved around these 2 married bugs called Paco and Carmen. The show was extremley under-rated and only lasted 13 episodes, to be truthful it's a very good show but I can see why it only lasted a few episodes but anyway it's still a forgotten gem worth checking out.

9.Stupid!

Just to let you know this show was from the UK which is where I'm from, so some of you would probably be baffled. The show took place in this mythical world where emotions are controlled by a different monarchs; in this case the main characters were the King of Stupidy himself and his annoying gremlin butler Goober.
The premise of this show was about how King Stupid would control the actions of innocent people using his advance computer system to make them do utterly idioctic things which cut to a series of sketches of the unfortunate victims. For example there would be a girl who think she's a lawer, or a boy who thought he could turn invisable, there was also one were a Scout Master who would make his campers get back at his ex-wife's new boyfriend (or Fancy man as the scout master calls him) and who could forget the Devil Finger sketch where a 11 year old boy thinks his finger is pocessed by the forces of evil. The sketches were either recurring or minor.

This show wasn't really one of my favourites so it doesn't hold up for me but it did have some funny moments right? So why is it on the list? The most controversal episode in my opinion was the last epsiode.
When a young girl actually makes a discovery of king Stupid, the king become concerned so he makes her act silly just to keep everyone from believing her. Later King Stupid transports her to his universe where she records everything that King Stupid does with her phone; with that she tries to mail the data to the news crew but King Stupid fights for the phone and the episode ends with the data being sent to the media leaving the viewers to wait for the next episode. Unfortunetly the show was cancelled after that making this the last episode; what's really annoying about this show is that it ended on a cliff hanger which is another reason why I don't like this show that much. Anyway for a show that lived up to it's name, Stupid was just a show that ended way too soon.

8. Robotboy
  Now I'll be honest this show didn't really leave much an impact on me but when it first aired,it was good to watch right? For some reason not many people liked this show but like I said before it was good when it first aired so it wasn't exactley bad. It was about 10 year old Tommy Turnball who is given the invention of famous scienctist Professor Moshino, RobotBoy to keep safe from the evil scienctist Dr Kamikazi who wants the robot to take over the world (Bison: OF COURSE!)
So it's up to Robotboy to save the world from Kamikazi's crutches.

Now the show's last episode wasn't much of a finale because it was just about Kamikazi seeing his grandma nothing special really; I mean couldn't they've had a big series finale like in Dexter's Lab. But I digress this show didn't last that long and it shows really.

7.Clone High

I've only started checking out this series on You Tube more recently and I got to say it's quite good. The show was about a high school of teens who are genetic clones of famous people in history like Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc and so forth. The series was basically an animated sicom for more older and more mature viewers. It was made by the same duo who would later make the film adaption to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The reason why it's on the list is because it only lasted for one season and it ended on a cliffhanger but that doesn't mean it's gaining a cult following. In case you're wondering why it's so low on the list well like I said I only started seeing it recently and although it's not one I would sink my teeth into; needless to say Clone High is an experiment which would have lasted longer and actually worth looking at.

6.Sonic the Hedgehog (AKA Sonic SatAM)

Unlike the wacky and surreal Sonic cartoon, Sonic SatAM was an edgy gripping cartoon series that put everyone's favourite hedgehog in a more darker post-apocalyptic setting with lots of action to boot. One of the problems this show had was that it too ended too soon on a cliffhanger. I think this sort of thing that happens to most cartoons based on video games but it would later spawn new shows revolving Sonic (although most people don't like the later shows as much) So anyway Sonic SatAM is a show worth checking out even for those who are not Sonic fans.

5. Dungeons and Dragons

I think alot of people remember this show it was about a group of kids who get sucked into the Realm of Dungeons and Dragons by taking a ride on an amusement roller coaster. So it's up to the kids to find their way back to the real world by fighting mystical creatures and going through dangerous quests. The show wasn't much to me but alot people liked it though. The biggest upset to this show is that the children never went back to the real world they just stayed in the realm forever; though there was originally gonna be a forth season and prehaps a big season finale but unfortunetly the show got canned so pretty much the kids got screwed.



4.Hihi Puffy Ami Yumi

 What can I say about this show, it was retro, it was colourful and it was alot of fun. Based on Puffy Ami Yumi the real japenese rock/pop group this show had a variety of style and stories to keep us entertained which made it one of the last good shows on Cartoon Network. However the show was canned after only 3 seasons, there were final episodes made but they never aired them. Despite this Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi was a good show that faced the music too soon.

3.Sheep in the Big City

Sheep in the Big City was about a sheep simply named Sheep for runs away from his home on the farm to live in the surburban city street. While there he faces strange episodes as he tries to hide from the milatary, a little girl and Lady Richinton. This show was filled lots of hilarious gags and was an homage to tthe Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Although the show never had a great season finale to let the series go off with a bang Sheep in The Big City will always be one of the baaaest cartoons of the 2000s, which would have had a better ending.  


2. The Cramp Twins

Again I'm putting the Cramp Twins on my top 10 list but I'm a Cramp Twins fanboy so there shouldn't be any complaining. I already mentioned why I like this show a few times in my blog so it shows. But if theres any thing that ticks me off about this show was that it didn't last very long, there was no season finale to explain any of the aspects that we wanted to know which makes me wonder why shows like this get cancelled so quickly. I quess originally there was originally going to be a finale called "Goodbye to Lucien and Wayne" (or something like that) which would have been a epic episode but nooooooooo! Alike all these other shows Cramp Twins was a show that deserved more respect from the network which resulted in it being layed to rest. I hope people will remember this show for what it was; maybe someday someone will be inspired to create a reamke of this.

And the #1 that was yet to end is.....................................................................................................

 1.Samurai Jack

 Now everyone watched this show at one point in their childhood and enjoyed it and so did I. Filled with action packed thrills, timeless animation, a catchy theme song and a great main character Samurai Jack was simply a show you wouldn't want to missed. Looking back at this show it was top-notch for it's time but if theres anything that this show didn't have; it was a big series finale. When the show got cancelled we never saw Jack return to the past so the fans had to figure that one out on their own. However with a Samurai Jack movie coming out there might be a chance to see the epic conclusion we've been waiting for.

So there you have it, all ten tv shows that were either cancelled in the middle of a climax or just were just canned for no apparent reason. Now I dont think low ratings were the reason for these show ending so soon, I guess it wasprobably due to complications. While I do say out all these shows Stupid, Dungeons & Dragons and Robotboy were my least favourites but even the least likable shows needed a finale or something to set the record straight. Lets hope in the future a show will not end on a cliff hanger or something like that and instead let it end on something to remember.