Hot Water

I think Pirates of Dark Water was Hanna-Barbera’s unexpected flex. Its animation looked like it had wandered in from the Disney lineup, and the whole show was rich, creative, and detailed—a huge leap from the studio that brought us Quick Draw McGraw. The story was a little heavy for Saturday morning fare, too. It was about a quest to stop an evil ooze (AKA the Dark Water), so it leaned hard into environmental themes...which naturally became a bit preachy. So yea, for a brief moment, Hanna-Barbera almost out-Disneyed Disney.

Anyway, for #throwbackthursday I put a reasonably accurate Tula up on my X account.  But if they had wanted that show to get another season, she would’ve looked a lot more like this. Cheers.