Thanks so much for watching! Were you a fan of Motorcity? Would you want to see it return one day? Let me know!

@silverrain99205

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jordan.

@jessetorres8738

Жыл бұрын

Actually no. This is 1 of the rare times you talk about something I don't remember ever seeing.

@ramssesvalenzuela151

Жыл бұрын

I remember this cartoon all because of the style of art

@crownedshyness9656

Жыл бұрын

This was before I was on the internet, so I would try to find this show whenever I could.

@kermitgotthesickkicks4265

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jordan.

Dude I genuinely remembered this show BECAUSE of the art style, it just grabs you and make you want to watch it

@el8901

Жыл бұрын

i watched and liked it

@aquilleswinkler5051

Жыл бұрын

Gorillaz

@slothking5316

Жыл бұрын

Samee I was genuinely amazed by the artstyle but as stated by Jordan due to the episodes not being aired in their correct sequence, I was super confused and didn't understand which made me lost interest halfway

@skylarriddell

Жыл бұрын

@@slothking5316 ya that's the downside of the show and just Disney in general but now that you can (probably) find them online

@ezachleewright2309

Жыл бұрын

@@aquilleswinkler5051 THAT'S IT!!!

This and Tron Uprising truly needs a season 2. They were both so good

@josiahpurtee1156

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but I like Tron: Uprising better.

@jakeilano6821

Жыл бұрын

Motorcity's good too

@TF2Fan101

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Disney seemed to have a vendetta against anything that wasn’t Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, Star Wars, Marvel, and Star VS in the early 2010s.

@LunaP1

Жыл бұрын

Disney screwed us out of these amazing shows.

@samsmith4242

Жыл бұрын

@@TF2Fan101 They definitely screwed over gravity falls as well. It was just the the exception and finished despite Disney hating it

Both Motorcity and Tron Uprising were one of the best well animated show Disney ever had and they cancelled them That’s like finding the biggest gold mine in history, only for your boss to say nah we don’t need it. Disney did both this show and Tron Uprising extremely bad

@TF2Fan101

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Wander Over Yonder.

@barbatosdiablosrex

Жыл бұрын

@@TF2Fan101 yes especially Wonder Over Yonder Thank you

@okjeffy6581

Жыл бұрын

I actually confused both the shows once

@stereokuuji

Жыл бұрын

In hindsight, they walked so Netflix could run 😂

@superherochestsymbol1032

19 күн бұрын

Disney had Tron and Motorcity, Cartoon Network had Sym-Bionic Titan and Thundercats 2011, Nickelodeon had Glitch Techs and Rise of the tmnt, yet they all did these things so dirty, and it makes me mad till this day, like at least let it finish, I just don’t get it.

Even though it was 10 years ago, this was my fav show I ever worked on. Thank you for the thoughtful retrospective!

@bubblemonkeys

Жыл бұрын

you worked on this show?

@mckenziekerman314

Жыл бұрын

@@bubblemonkeys I was an animator on the show and ran the official unofficial Tumblr for the studio. Man I miss that crew! We all knew we were working on something special and loved the fanbase so much :.)

@Hakuru15

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making the most kickass show!

@str8apem88

Жыл бұрын

@@mckenziekerman314 You did a banging good job man!

@catloaff

Жыл бұрын

@@mckenziekerman314 PEOPLEOFMOTORCITY MY BELOVED

This and Tron: Uprising. They’re cancellations were unforgivable.

@BlackstarSI

Жыл бұрын

YEEESSSS 😭

@LunatheLoungeSinger

Жыл бұрын

PREACH ON IT

@legendarylia9954

Жыл бұрын

Tron was the most surprising adaption ever, so good while doing its own thing AND paying homage to its source material

@djjante1993

Жыл бұрын

Preach my brother.

@sinceredtb3227

Жыл бұрын

@@legendarylia9954 fax when I was younger I looked everywhere for the second season disney really dropped the ball with both of these shows

I regocgized both the "Gorilaz" art style and "Megas XLR" energy and similarities in characters right away I never saw this show or knew it existed. This man has had the worst luck with companies. I t would be amazing to see what he could create if he was given back the rights to all his projects A cross-over between Motorcity and Megas would have been really cool to see too Now I need to find me a way to see these episodes! Thanks for showing us this gem from the past

@pedrohenriquemoraessantos1164

Жыл бұрын

Poor Guy So much talent being wasted

The trifecta of amazingly animated modern action cartoons cancelled after one season: -Motorcity -Sym-Bionic Titan -and Glitch Techs (first season was split into two) Truly a trifecta that deserved more

@erikbihari3625

Жыл бұрын

Glitch techs is sketchy at Best. But think there we're cartoons that could go there! Fangone?

@thebrightdiamondtp7871

Жыл бұрын

@@erikbihari3625 You mean Fangbone? That old series?

@erikbihari3625

Жыл бұрын

@@thebrightdiamondtp7871I heard about it in tv tropes:"vindicated by history"folder. If nothing else it'd probably be more interesting than anything today!

@thebrightdiamondtp7871

Жыл бұрын

@@erikbihari3625 Yeah well I’d add it somewhere if it weren’t for the fact that its tone looks a lot more comedic than something sharp and detailed like the other three mentioned above.

@TF2Fan101

Жыл бұрын

Is Glitch Techs actually cancelled, though? I haven’t heard anything about its cancellation.

original shows like this rarely get the love and respect they deserve

@blaco7933

Жыл бұрын

Shows like this and Thundercats 2011 need of More Respect

@Dejaelvicio507

Жыл бұрын

They rarely saw each other but I liked it

A show that deserves a season 2 and streaming on Disney+.

@levievil9220

Жыл бұрын

I do agree but their main animation for it was the discontinued by today flash which honestly made it look cool and that must be why I loved flash games my favorite show at the time was animated in flash

@mr.x6313

Жыл бұрын

I don’t trust Disney not to screw it up.

@levievil9220

Жыл бұрын

@@mr.x6313 honestly we really need is the original script and try to find a way to make it look the same since it was animated in flash which is now down permanently then we go off from there

@angel_of_rust

Ай бұрын

Disney is more of an insult

Something that really contributes to the Duke's rockstar style is he's voiced by Dee Snider, lead singer of Twisted Sister.

@javiers5599

Жыл бұрын

There are some videos of him recording his lines and he looks like he's having a blast

First time hearing about this, the show seems to be brimming with style and looks like it would have fit better on Adult Swim rather than Disney

@MsAlyssaB1

Жыл бұрын

I'm an OG fan and from what I remember I think Chris. P did want it one adult swim initially, he wanted more adult jokes and themes but unfortunately Disney was the only network that would pick up the show and immediately mistreated it! It's a giant miscarriage of justice for animation.

@Redflier3

Жыл бұрын

I rmbr coming across the unaired pilot for the show on YT before It has a very different setting and vibe as it was originally pitched for MTV or something

Animation, science fiction, cars, Jess Harnell, where has this show been all my life?!

One of my favorite shows growing up, I remember watching it again sometime this year and it still holds up very well even after all these years.

Yeah, when I found out that the creator of Megas XLR (my favorite cartoon back in the day) had another show created, I did seek it out and gave it a watch, and man it was such a blast to watch and such a pain that the creator can't catch a break with these networks.

Seriously how can something like this get cancelled so early. It’s like if MadMax and Hot Wheels had a baby.

the fandom when motorcity came out was so devoted. i was a part of the tumblr scene and so many of us contributed as many fan creations we could, art, crafts, anything we could gather and sent it in a giant package to titmouse. the fandom was one of the best i’ve ever participated in and i miss it and the show dearly and if we were ever blessed with more i’d be so happy. i even have a promo poster of the show that’s signed by some of the staff and it’s one of my most cherished items.

Finally. I been waiting for a larger channel to cover this. Hopefully, if more people talk about it, and get more people aware, maybe we can get a season 2. Titmouse had so much planned for this and this show has so much potential.

@strikefirst9421

Жыл бұрын

Same I want this show to get the recognition it deserves I’ve been a mega fan of this show since 2012 I love everything about this show soundtrack, animation, muscle cars, characters everything this show is just perfect I’m so glad this guy covered it and it got a bunch of likes other then 300 likes on smaller channel and maybe if more larger channels cover it we may get titmouse’s attention and they might renew it either on adult swim, disney xd, disney + etc

Never heard about this show and i'm furious at myself that I've never even knew that this was a thing. It really looks fantastic it shows that shows made in Flash can look fantastic. Aaaand of course Disney wouldn't promote the freaking show and just throw any time slot and see whatever sticks, classic. And yes it sucks how Chris suffered this type of BS not once or twice but thrice...poor guy. I really need to give this a watch someday because it really looks like a show that i would enjoy a ton. Great vid Jordan

@zephaniahdejene1746

Жыл бұрын

I don't think it was made specifically in flash because of the heavy 3D element.

@Demian7times7

Жыл бұрын

@@zephaniahdejene1746 It actually is made on Flash, but with 3-D elements

@AcidiFy574

Жыл бұрын

​@@zephaniahdejene1746 the studio has a demo of it on their channel

This art style is so unique I’m almost 100 percent sure that whoever made this went on to work on love death robots. Theirs two episodes in particular. Zima blue and the Ive whales episodes have the exact same art style. Nice.

@PhoenicopterusR

Жыл бұрын

Actually went to track the guy down because I thought the same thing. Robert Valley ( I think that's him ) is credited as a character designer for Motorcity, and a couple other well known things.

This along with Tron Legacy was some of my favourite shows from Disney

@sakunaruful

Жыл бұрын

You mean tron uprising.

You have no idea what a heartbreak I got when I learned this only had one measely season despite everything this show has going for it. The animation, the premise, the characters, the voice talent, all of it. All the potential in the world, wasted. Good on Chris and Titmouse on bringing this show to life. This and Megas XLR will always be near and dear to me.

@pedrohenriquemoraessantos1164

Жыл бұрын

Same bro

Given what you said about Megas lacking any sort of toys, I still feel that way about Motorcity. It’s about CARS, all visually distinct. Complete with vibrant and unique locations. Confusing considering Disney’s biggest toy moneymaker is about CARS.

I'm actually mad that I missed this one. Partially cause it deserves recognition. Partially because Chris's work is amazing. Partially because it was made in freaking flash. And if I'm being frank, I'm seeing some top tier "teen crush you won't let go of even into your amateur art career". Think of all the fan art we've missed.

I adore this show, my favorite part (besides the amazing art style) was the sound design. I loved that they would use dog barks/growls for Mutt's various sounds, and the music was of course amazing! (as expected from a prynoski project)

I really wish this show had another season. There are very few car-based cartoons that capture your attention with their style alone. But this one had a great world behind it and some fun characters to boot.

This and Megas just hold a special place in my childhood. The ideas were ahead of their time with the hybrid mix of action/sci-fi genre they went for. Great storytelling with phenomenal characters to relate to.

As a gear head and fledgling mechanic I loved this show cars each being a reference to popular cars niches like Hot Rod/Ratfink style, 1960-70s muscle cars, import tuners, and 1970-80s American luxury Land Yatch and monster trucks/ rally trucks

@zephaniahdejene1746

2 ай бұрын

Not to mention European cars

I genuinely didn't even know this show EXISTED and here I am hearing it was great, the artstyle looked incredible and the characters are just my style! What the heck, Disney?! Why not?!

Motorcity was a awesome cartoon with good written characters, kicking soundtrack, great voice cast, creativity episodes and best of all this was all done in flash at the best looking one I've ever seen with a bit of 3d animation for the cars so stylish and smooth the action scenes where heart pounding truly this show was one of a kind I'm sad it never got a 2nd season but I will never forget Motorcity

This show, Scooby Doo mystery incorporated, and Symbiotic Titan always made me upset that they didnt get more episodes. This was one of the best shows from Disney XD.

As a certified toy car collector since 2009 (Hot wheels, Matchbox, etc.), I would have definitely loved this show if I ever seen it

@tomaslopez2940

Жыл бұрын

Think this show could've been the next Highway 35/Acceleracers?

We NEED it back. I've never seen it when I was a kid, but now, I want to watch it fully and really want it to comeback. AMAZING artstyle! And the cars....dude...those were some sick rides!

AHHHHH!!!! Omg I have been asking for someone to talk about Motorcity, I have been absolutely obsessed with the show the last year and finally someone covering it makes me feel so happy! Thanks for reviewing on it

I REALLY loved this show as a kid! While I don’t remember a lot of the episodes the one I vividly remember was the Zombie Halloween special haha.

Motorcity is literally one of the best shows to ever air on disney xd It's so visually and stylistically sharp. I love the characters and the story. Everything is so well done. And the acting in the show is great

This was a good show. Thanks for doing a video on it.

@JordanFringe94

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I still love this series to this day. My animation career started because of this show.

@javiers5599

Жыл бұрын

Yo I loved your motor city art on tumblr

Man what an amazing and unique artstyle, definitely reminds me of Redline in terms of unique artstyle and setting. Definitely needs more recognition

The entire show is on the Internet Archive because this show is not on Disney+

Look at that artstyle!! It's so appealing to the eye,look at that animation! With that alone I want more!!

I’ve never seen this, but looks like something that would right up my alley. Reminds me of watching Highway 35 and Acceleracers, which no one really covers and has only just gotten some of the attention it deserves by some cars being included in Hot Wheels: Unleashed and the Deora II being a main car in FH5’s Hot Wheels DLC.

@ileutur6863

Жыл бұрын

Man its just sad that car actions shows always fail like this. Hot wheels, motor city, megas, nascar racers, ATOM... As a kid obsessed with cars I remember being bummed how my favorite shows always had so little popularity

@pedrohenriquemoraessantos1164

Жыл бұрын

Always good to see an aceleracers fan

@ytfisthisathing

Жыл бұрын

funnily enough, Titmouse did work on a Hot Wheels cartoon like, 2 years later

I still think this is one of the best looking shows ever, and the car designs were so cool it boggles the mind they didn't get a chance to have toys. All I want is a scale model of Mutt.

I vividly remember starting this show strictly because how absolutely *HARD* the intro went.

Man i loved this show, it pops up in my head every once in a while and i think how i wish it went on more, the voice cast was really good and i always loved the animation style and thought the green power staff thing was really cool

This deserved so much better

@silverrain99205

Жыл бұрын

You ain’t even finish the video bro😂

I never even knew this show existed! wow, I mean I really didn't watch a whole lot of Disney's channel lineup after a certain age, but I was (and am) obsessed with cars and collected everything Hot Wheels... this show would have sat nicely alongside Hot Wheels World Race or Acceleracers...if i knew about it back then i would have totally loved it. Those cars look so cool and a good plot narrative and likeable characters makes it even better.

@T3N5H11

Жыл бұрын

Watch it right now it has a lot of mature themes

@tomaslopez2940

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, Disney should sell the show to Mattel so they can bring it back.

@jasper_saberwolf

Жыл бұрын

@@tomaslopez2940 I can see that being plausible, I mean Mattel has always been good at adapting in other franchises into their toy lines like Hot Wheels, they could have a special series of their hot wheels cars be the specific cars from Motorcity and have it as a sort of in house brand like Acceleracers and sell the toys of the cars like those did. Would be pretty cool, especially if they like did a crossover to their other series, like World Race or something so it makes sense they’re all hot wheels cars. Just thinking of how it could work for Mattel lol

@ytfisthisathing

Жыл бұрын

@@jasper_saberwolf Oh right, speaking of Hot Wheels, the studio who worked on this did do a Hot Wheels cartoon 2 years later, weird how no one talks about that, unless there's a negative stigma on it and people just try to pretend it doesn't exist, LOL.

I think my favorite piece of Trivia from Motorcity is that the main theme was composed by none other than Brendon Small! Such a distinct and iconic tone with his guitars, and this was arguably at the height of his popularity with Dethklok. I hope one day that the full theme can get released. At least we have Galaktikon I & II, and the new Metalocalypse movie coming still!

Thank you for reviewing this spectacular show. I enjoyed the visuals on screen, the characters in the show, and the story that was being told. I hope this video gets a lot of views.

This is one of those shows i've heard about, but never watched. Thanks for the video, i need to check this out!

YES!! I’m so glad you’re talking about this. Motorcity has always been one of my favorite shows, I even own all of it on AppleTV and watch it from time to time (along with Generator Rex). If this ever came back one day, I know I wouldn’t complain.

I love Motorcity so much! I really hope it comes to Disney+ someday so that more people can see how much passion and effort went into every aspect of this show.

The show was quite inspiring to me as an animator. Loved all the techniques they used.

I saw this show literally 10 years ago, it is the most unique show I ever watched 🔥

Motorcity reminds me a lot of Hotwheels Battle Force 5. The art style and themes are very different, but they both are action racing shows with a surprising amount of genuinely interesting world building despite the targeted audience. I would love to see Hotwheels BF5 on this channel as it hasn't exactly finished its entire story. It finished it's first major story ark with a satisfying ending, but left a teaser for the next one. Development had already started for the next major story ark, infact you can find the first one or two episodes of it. Unfortunately It just kinda vanished without any announcements that I know of.

I still remember the episode of this show that completely sold me on it. It was the zombie episode, and to see this show not only give full on episodes of time to other main characters beyond the leader as well as pull off a really good genre episode (and mix in the amazing style) I wanted to see more of it. Then I never did, and was always curious why it never showed back up again. Glad to see it’s left of solid mark, and will definitely need to watch/rewatch this show

Wow, I’ve heard of this series but never knew it was made by the guy of Megas XLR. This poor man just can’t catch a break on making a series that reaches its own ending.

Damn, Prynoski CANNOT catch a break in this industry! The worst part is that he and Titmouse can't even get his own creations back thanks to corporations and copyright laws. Here's to hoping he can get his IPs Downtown, Megas XLR, and Motorcity.

I’m glad I finally watched Motorcity all the way through.The episodes were entertaining,the characters were well developed and the cars were solid metal awesome.Really can’t recommend the show enough.

i totally forgot about this show until now, it was a favorite of mine growing up and catching all the reruns until they stopped showing it was a treat back then. Man i miss it and it’s a shame nothing more ever came of it.

I can’t get over how beautiful the animation style is!

This show was so great and my rage at it's cancellation has been renewed now if you'll excuse me I need to go find an empty field to scream in

this show was totally a treat for me as a car person because we rarely get any car related action cartoons anymore (even if done there were primarily just toy commercials) i really liked the artstyle and the whole rebellion against dystopian society plot but primarily i kind of was in for cars at first, especially mike's car which is a mix of hotwheels twin mill but with a muscle car style design.

Not only do I love this show, I have saved concept art and character turnarounds on my computer for stylized art reference. It's just that good!

"Uniquely styled Action/Serialized cartoons disrespected and sent out to die by big wigs" is an exhaustingly common story of some of my favorite childhood shows

I totally wanted the show to have some resolution to things like Julie’s crush on Mike, and even red to understand how much of a hypocritical moron he was being by blaming the wrong person and working with the direct cause of him losing his home.

@tudorflorianstoica6076

Жыл бұрын

I read a theory that Red i actually Mike's former partner and he claims he is from that house to mess with Mike

@sunnybloom7272

Жыл бұрын

Yeah there are so many things that need resolution. Just Julie’s entire dynamic and identity reveal subplot would warrant some time, Dutch and his family reuniting, Red either getting redeemed or defeated, even just more on all the Burners families would be so cool! It’s a shame the show was cut short and the fandom is so small. Finding content for it is like searching for a needle in a haystack full of needle shipped hay!

I'd never heard of this show before today. I'm really impressed! Count me in as a fan.

I didn’t need a reminder for this show. So much epic potential and Disney gives it the shaft

I remember thinking the art style was so unique as a kid

I always wondered what the relationship might be between this show and Redline. Their artstyles are very similar, but I forget which came first; if Redline did, it may well have inspired this.

I'll always love the Bromance between Mike and Chuck. No matter how crazy the Plan Chuck was there for Mike and no matter what Mike was always there for Mike like when he had a problem with his Larping Group.

Jordan, in this past few months you have become in my top three fav KZreadrs. keep up the great work, dude

The only thing that ever made me proud of where I lived.

This and Tron Uprising were some of the best cartoons of the era that got screwed by Disney at the same time

One of the coolest animated kid shows of Disney ever made. Frankly I couldn't see that for myself since I was still young at the time, but now that I've gotten older I finally see what motorcity is all about. I love this show along with Tron: Uprising.

@jakeilano6821

Жыл бұрын

Beck and mike are one of greatest heroes there well more likely anti fascist heroes but still great heroes.

It was 2012 you had all the hotwheels and matchbox you put it together in front of your television while you watched this incredible series. and i still love it

Please review Tron:Uprising! Another disney show that was brilliant, yet so short lived

This would’ve been a banger on Netflix damn. It feels too adult for Disney

I loved this show bit specifically remembering the reason I couldn't get into it being the order of them airing it, as you mentioned. The art style and character design dragged me and so many others in, but then you start watching and realize you have no clue what's going on, and kids don't have the best attention span. So at the end of the day, the art style was the only thing I did remember, and I couldn't tell you a thing about what the show was about except cars.

I was deep in the fandom when this show aired, even winning a Mike Chilton Funbuck signed by the crew from a sweepstakes one of the animtors ran through their Tumblr. The final episode aired at MIDNIGHT which is just WILD and it was so sad seeing how obvious it was that Disney was sabotaging this show. Even after all the see years, I'd love to see it come back, even after reading through all the planned content Chris had for the show.

It's kinda funny that the big corporation guy banned private transportation in order to assert control when in reality that's exactly the opposite of what real life corporations do to assert control, promote private over public transportation making less space as roads are massive + making it harder & more expensive to travel as you have to learn to drive, pay for gas and car insurance etc.

@mystic-malevolence

Жыл бұрын

Yeah... I'm coming to realize that I agree with the villain here... scary stuff.

They also had Kel from Kenan and kel

@matthew24153

Жыл бұрын

Yes, he was the voice actor for Dutch.

I just watched the full series on drive TODAY, and you just uploaded the video omg

I want the series back, but we've all been asking for it for many years, I don't see that it can come back, especially since they cut Disney XD, but it's not bad to hope, I always hope that they can put it back on another channel on TV

I was obsessed with this show as a kid.

Wait Kane was voiced by Mark Hamel?

Well said. Could not have summarized it all better myself. I often spread the word of this great show and long for it's return. It truly was an absolutely fantastic and unique show that I hold out hope for a season 2. Even if it may seem unrealistic. Love this show to death. I still plan to get a Burner or Mutt tattoo.

The Duke of Detroit in my opinion was the best character in the shoe the flare of his introduction to some of the wacky things he did mad him the best secondary villan in my eyes

Disney XD The EA of animation

TEXAS-IFY IT!

This is truly one of my favourite shows of this type. The characters, the story, the animation 😙👌

with as often as this has happened, it feels like someone 'upstairs' has a vendetta against chris.

He bad timing established titles not looking so good rn lol

Realy loves this show. Very well designed. I still hope it continued.

Motorcity has some of my favorite worldbuilding in nearly any show. Thanks for covering this.

I was waiting for this I remember seeing this in a very old National Geographic catalog and I thought it looked cool so much when I looked it up I instantly loved it

Chris Prynoski can't seem to win. I genuinely feel for the guy, and honestly hope that one day he gets the opportunity to create new seasons of all his shows. Or at least Megas and Motorcity as idk if Downtown would hold together as well today as it did then.

This is easily better than most modern Disney shows right now, simply because it knows what it does well (animation, art style, action, music) and it perfects these aspects to the fullest extent. This laser-focused approach towards making the watching experience as fun as possible is rarely seen nowadays. Disney has no idea what they're doing right now, and it all started when they cancelled this magnificent show.

It’s funny you have this video because I started rewatching motorcity a couple weeks ago

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SHOW FOR YEARS AS I COULDNT REMEMBER THE NAME AND HERE IT IS, FINALLY!!!!