Oh Yeah! Cartoons: #12: Magic Trixie

Nickelodeon 

    Previously,  I left my heart in nostalgic days.   [HERE]

                #12 Magic Trixie 

Season 2, Episode 2b 

             Season 2 did have change over all in the series for example, the amount of new shorts kind of drifts to a show with more reoccurring. For example this episode has only this as a new short and with it being flanked by a new "Fairly Odd Parents" short and "Tales from the Goose Lady"  that will be  the trend through this season.   

   

          Magic Trixie was created by  Alex Kirwan, with direction by Rob Renzetti. This short goes with a more retro design again. The thing about 90's cartoons , since this was an era of more original content, and new networks and outlets providing them, the influences of older media would come up as inspirations for many of the time period's ideas. 

                The cartoon also goes for a muted tone where the colors are there but not as bright, giving it a look, only getting brighter when it fits the story.  Our main character doesn't seem to talk, her name is Trixie she's interested in magic. She buys a simple trick from the magic shop. There's a magician, he's flashy and has expensive stuff a contrast to Trixie.   He invites Trixie on the stage and he notices that every time she pulls something from her hat some thing comes out, when he tries it nothing comes out.  

       I get that old "Looney Tunes" vibe with Bugs and Daffy at that moment when the crowd is cheering her and not him. Then  she ends up being an assistant and is able to out do the magician. Oh and she does say words at some point.   

    The magician gets jealous and tries to trap her with some wild animals, where we get a creative sequence of her using magic and getting around his trap.  She has proven herself to have natural talent and  becomes the lead magician while the other one has become her assistant. 

    This one is fun, it's very nostalgic in how it feels like a retro 30's /40's (the 19 ones, for you future readers)  there's a simple fun to it and it's like  a mixture of a silent cartoon and talking one. The short is just plain fun. There's a lot of creativity and a nice little message added in.

   I don't see this one being a good one for a series, the whole concept feels like a complete story told in 7 minutes,  that I'm not sure where a series could go, but that might be limits in thinking about it more than anything else.   Well, check it out!   

   That's it for now, tune in next time, when we turn a goat into an Oldsmobile.