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Hey Pandas, Tell Us Something You Learned Or Do Now Because Of A Childhood TV Show (Closed)

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I grew up on Disney, Nickelodeon, and PBS. Now, there are tons of things that I’ve learned because of the various shows I've seen on these particular channels.

For example, here's a random fact: Did you know that pineapples can float? I learned that in first grade from a show called Fetch: with Ruff Ruffman! I also make spaghetti tacos on a monthly basis because of iCarly!

Therefore, I'd like to ask you Pandas to share your experiences when it comes to our favorite childhood TV shows.

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#1

I learned that if you run off a cliff, you will keep running in midair if you don't realize you're running off it.

Final score:

39points

charlotte the great

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#2

A lot! In France we had a TV cartoon show called Voici la vie (Here's life). This amazing cartoon explained very easily how the body works. So I know how a vaccine works, how a teeth infection can bring you to death in some case.... Best.TV..Show.Ever....

Final score:

27points

Anaïs Ballestra

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#3

i learned how stupid cartoon characters can be.

Final score:

27points

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#4

I know it sounds super cheesy, but I learned to never give up and to believe in my inner strength from Sailor Moon.

Final score:

21points

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#5

I wasn't a child when it started but Mythbusters taught me a lot. Like how to escape a sinking car, what terminal velocity and that you might be able to fly to space on a big water heater. I am an engineer today because of the show.

Final score:

21points

deletemyaccount

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#6

I learned A G L E T from phineas and ferb

Final score:

20points

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#7

Thanks to Schoolhouse Rock, I learned about the legislative process and how a Bill makes its way to Capital Hill, along with other useful things like grammar: "Conjunction Junction...what's your function?" and science and math.

Final score:

16points

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#8

I learned what touche meant and how mood swings worked from My Little Pony. I also started learning how to draw by trying to copy the characters movements and making comics because I couldn't make animations ^^

Final score:

15points

Sarina Greenhaven

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#9

I used to believe that mouses were highly dangerous creatures and you should never mess with them from Tom and Jerry...

Final score:

15points

BoredPanda is awesome

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#10

I learned that 12 year olds are allowed to have girl/boyfriends.

Thanks, Gumball and Darwin!

Final score:

12points

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#11

I learned that you can start singing a dancing randomly and everyone will join in

Final score:

12points

Dotzilla \_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/

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#12

i learned how to act and copy movement from MHA. i know it sounds weird but if I like a scene from the show I will watch it over and over till I memorized it and then I will copy the movement and the words that are being said. I now cosplay and I love to act. I can even make myself cry on command now. sometimes my friends ask me to just act like a certain character and I will just change my mood and actions to match the character. I can do Deku and Bakugon pretty well.

Final score:

10points

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#13

I learned how to crack my knuckles by bending my fingers backward from one scene in Curious George. Now I bend my fingers like that constantly. I also found out I was double jointed in the fingers that way.

Final score:

9points

A Dumbo Octopus

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#14

I learned from a recent show that me and my little sister watched, the one and only... She-ra and the princess of power... (the new version on Netflix). So I learned,

that im so freaking gay and catra was my idol. PERIODT.

Final score:

9points

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#15

I learned how to memorize all the bones in my body from dancing to the bone dance! :)

Final score:

9points

#16

I interpreted this to mean shows you watched in childhood, not necessarily children's shows. That being said, I learned from Marcus Welby, M.D. (about a kindly old doctor) that if you were bleeding internally then your stomach/abdomen would be rigid like a board. Later, when I was 19 and married, I had an ectopic pregnancy that ruptured. It didn't hurt too much at first but when I realized my abdomen was literally hard as a board, I went to the emergency room. Marcus Welby, M.D. saved my life.

Final score:

9points

Stephanie Did It

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#17

i think it's the concept of justice i saw in all the cartoon i watch when i was a kid. When i saw injustice it just makes me mad

Final score:

7points

#18

Not sure it counts as it wasn't a children's show and I was 17 at the time, but I saw a documentary on the (then) new theory of birds having evolved from dinosaurs. I decided I wanted to be a palaeontologist, and about 5 years later I had a degree in Palaeontology. I then moved on to other things, though. Sometimes I regret it, especially not going into Paleoart. But then again, I could paint dinosaurs all day if I wanted and I don't, so...

Final score:

7points

#19

I learned the barely useful French term, 'omelette du fromage!'

Thank you, Dexter's Laboratory!

Final score:

7points

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#20

Going to date myself here, but Gen X will get it. I learned the elbow trick from Bernadette on ZOOM. :)

Final score:

5points

Kristin Ingersoll

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#21

learned from Spongebob: In Russia it is illegal to lick doorknobs.

Final score:

5points

Steve The Stomper

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#22

I learned that, 2D GIRLS CAN BE PRETTY EFFING HOT AND THAT I AM GAY

Final score:

5points

meowgie catster

#23

I learned alot about femininity and masculinity, feelings, LGBTQ+, friendship and love from steven universe. That show prompted me to ask questions that give me a full understanding of it now. It even taught me to accept myself. I watched steven universe when it first came out and honestly I was very scared of all of those things before I watched it. So, it REALLY helped me become who I am today. Another show is Adventure Time. I just loved that one lol.

Final score:

5points

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#24

I wash my hands lmao

Final score:

4points

#25

I learned that being single happens to everyone lmao

Final score:

4points

#26

The villains are always someone you know. Scooby Doo

Final score:

4points

PersonPersonBlah

#27

Due to Jojo, I pose randomly, and have learned the limits of human anatomy, so that’s cool. Oh, and it also taught me how to do cool hairstyles. I really enjoy wearing josuke’s and Trish’s hairstyles.

Final score:

3points

FunFactBot Requiem

#28

I learned how to swear.

Final score:

3points

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#29

I learned about animals from Zoboomafoo (who remembers that show lol?). Specifically, I learned about anacondas and, well, lemurs. I think there was also an episode about kangaroos which FASCINATED me. I thought it was awesome that they could carry their babies in a pouch. I would pretend to be a kangaroo for years afterwards.

Final score:

3points

Harlø-Banditø

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#30

From The Time Tunnel: I always remembered the episode about the Titanic. It was the first time I had heard of the shipwreck.

Final score:

3points

#31

I learned a line of the Cheers theme song from Adventure Time. I remember once my parents brought up Cheers for some reason, and I responded by singing the line. I felt so proud that I had learned about a classic sitcom from way before my time from a cartoon my parents hated.

Final score:

3points

#32

I, like many generations, learned about manipulation. Whaaaaat?!?!? Don’t believe me? Example: Duck season, rabbit season, rabbit season, duck season FIRE!

Final score:

3points

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#33

I learned that cartoon characters have magical teleportation powers

Final score:

2points

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#34

I learned from wild kratts that platypuses have a sixth sense!

Final score:

2points

#35

I learned that no matter how grievous the injury, in the next scene, you'll be completely fine :D

Final score:

2points

Christian Bradshaw

#36

That main characters will ALWAYS be dumb and stupid, while they’re side kick is correct (but ignored). Sooooo... be the side kick who demands attention by the main character and you’ll get ahead in life!!! ;)

Final score:

2points

#37

Well, put cheese on a mouse trap for it to work...perhaps nuts work better, just saying.

Final score:

2points

#38

Around 80% of all knowledge of animals came from David Attenborough’s many documentaries, Wild Kratts and Octonauts.

Final score:

2points

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#39

I learned that no one can give you your honor. It is something you earn yourself by choosing to do what's right.
I also now do a lot of meditating and dragon dancing. It soothes the soul.

Final score:

2points

Noelle (he/fae/xe)

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#40

The villain is always someone you know. -Scooby Doo

Final score:

2points

PersonPersonBlah

#41

I learned to be myself love my skin fight for what's right and respect everyone

Final score:

2points

#42

fRieNdsHiP iS maGiC

Final score:

2points

#43

I learned that even though you are underwater you can still make fire. (Spongebob)

Final score:

2points

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#44

I have a life long love of astro-physics thanks to Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Nova. I'm just an amateur but looking at the stars with wonder and curiosity has been a salve on many a dark and lonely night.

Final score:

2points

#45

I learned how to parallel
park from an old educational Goofy cartoon

Final score:

1point

#46

I learned from impractical jokers, no one will question you if your confident. Lol

Final score:

1point

Bored Little Panda

#47

I learnt that eating spinach is best muscle gainer. I still eat it whenever i have chance, but preparing the dish is no A B C.

Final score:

1point

#48

When I was 10, I watched shoot'em up and realized Money makes the world go round, If you have fire and bullets, you can fix bullets between your fingers and shoot em up. AND you can kill people by carrots.

Final score:

1point

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#49

I watched Dora when I was little. So sometimes I'll just remember the spanish word for like bush or something. My friends think Im nuts. Also whenever someone says backpack. I have, HAVE to say 'backpack backpack!!' in a childish voice, and then I run off laughing. As well as every monkey I see is 'boots'

Final score:

1point

#50

Thanks to Schoolhouse Rock, I couldn't recite the Preamble to the Constitution in middle school without singing it. Still can't.

Final score:

1point

#51

I thought if you get crushed by something, you will look like a 2D person (since you body will be flat like a pancake)...

Thanks a lot Tom and Jerry

Final score:

1point

BoredPanda is awesome

#52

"Believe It!" -Naruto Uzumaki o-o

Final score:

1point

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#53

I didn’t learn anything, I would act like the characters! 😂

Final score:

1point

#54

Play the flute, after I watched a person play the flute on Sesame Street.

Final score:

1point

#55

I watched Sesame Street. When my husband is upset about the pigeon poo anywhere, I remind him that bert loves pigeons and so do I because of that show. Plus it makes great fertilizer for my calla lillies!!

Final score:

1point

#56

The villain is always someone you know. -Scooby Doo

Final score:

0points

PersonPersonBlah

#57

i learnt how to waste my time

Final score:

0points

あんぱんまん

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#58

that super mario tv show taught me that if you overeat you grow wings and turn into a chicken. AOSTH taught me that you hang in midair for a few seconds after running off of a cliff.

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#59

I learned from "Tom & Jerry" that cats are jerks to mice and mice like causing cats pain

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#60

Infinity train taught me how to escape from a bad situation

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#61

From watching road runner I have learned that explosives can not blow you up.

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#62

i learned that older siblings are snitches from phineus and ferb

Final score:

0points

yang jungwon stan <3

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#63

i relied if you run off a cliff and dont look down you wont fall >XD

Final score:

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Mari

Hello! I am Marianna, but you can call me Mari! My pronouns: she/they

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Diana Lopetaitė

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

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I learned that Japan has a major lizard reptile problem (thank-you Godzilla)

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Henry Saravia-Melara 3 years ago

I learned that roadrunners are so fast,they make curved roads staight.And to defeat a guy with eyes on his hands,throw a catus that him

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I learned that Japan has a major lizard reptile problem (thank-you Godzilla)

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