| 2 Stupid Dogs |
| "Love in the Park" [A] - Robot fans might enjoy this one, in which the small dog falls in love with a clockwork poodle, thinking she's real. It all ends sadly when she disappears - actually the big dog has swallowed her. |
| Adventures of Bosco (?) |
| "Forest of Statues" [S] - Princess Apricot is turned to stone after falling into a cauldron of liquid in a trap set by Scorpion and one other character. This is an obscure Nipponimation series, one I found out about while web-surfing... therefore, this episode may be hard to find. |
| Big Guy and Rusty |
| "Birthday Bash" [S] - FoxKids series featuring a superhero in a robot-suit, and his real robot sidekick. In one episode, the company they work for finds an alien device that has the power to combine the atoms of two objects. Rusty, not knowing what it is, takes it to the hero's sister's house for a birthday party. As the kids are playing with it, it activates combining the T.V. with the refrigerator. The hero's sister tries to take it away from her son, but it activates again, this time hitting her and the living room wall with its beams, turning the young woman into a wall relief sculpture. They show her several times before the hero shows up to restore her. |
| Bionic 6 |
| "(Unsure of Title)" [F] - Two of the female family members are partially encased in an amber-like substance. |
| Buttobi CPU |
| [A] - Interesting 90min animated movie on VHS and DVD about a man who buys a computer and finds that the computer comes in the form of a robotic woman. |
| Buzz Lightyear |
| "Speed Trap" [I] {**1/2} This episode features an out of control space ship. The ship is out of control because the robot butler has put the messy crew on ice. As Buzz and his team find the crew, Buzz says, "Look sharp, people. Whatever did this could still be around." And at that second, Mira (the pretty young princess cadet) is hit from behind, and frozen in a block of ice. Unfortunately, that's the last we see of her until Buzz thaws her out. But at least the entire freezing is done on camera. |
| Captain N: The Game Master |
|
"The Fractured Fantasy of Captain N" [S] - In a world based on the Final
Fantasy game, video game related Princess Lana is turned to stone by a witch
after
she is warned not to move. Haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve heard that the
animation
and overall art quality is not all that good.
"Wishful Thinking" [S] {**1/2} Using a genie, King Hippo and the Eggplant Wizard turns Lana (and friends) into gold, but they can still see and speak. Overall, not too bad. Couple good shots of Lana after the transformation. "(Unsure of Title)" [F] - Lana is placed on "pause" and rendered motionless by Captain N. "(Unsure of Title)" [F] - Lana placed in "pause" mode while in mid-air. |
 Card Captor Sakura
(aka Cardcaptors)
|
"Ice Breaker" [I] *
A class ice skating trip becomes a card capture adventure, when Li and Sakura both meet the Freeze Card. Both Li and Sakura have to learn to ice skate in a hurry when they have to capture the card in order to free their frozen classmates.
"Time and Again" [F] - Sakura is frozen by the Time Card while trying to capture it. |
|
Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
|
| [S] - Animated short set between "Pitch Black" and "Chronicles of Riddick". No long shots, but they have many people frozen and turned to statues. Mostly guys but there are women too. |
| City Hunter |
"?" [S] -
This episode appears to have a statue theme. Anyone with details of this show please let me know.
|
| Conan the Adventurer |
| "(Unsure of Title)" [S] {*} In the first episode of the show, Conan’s mother (along with his father and grandfather) is turned to stone by Rath-Amon. It was a fairly short sequence that was replayed several times in flashback features. |
| Cutey Honey |
"Cutey Honey: Volume One" [S] ***
The second episode on this video tape features a
villainess named the Jewel Princess who collects beautiful girls and turns them
into
nude statues. Honey becomes her next target. This is one of the better
statue
animations out there, even if they cut from the transform scene. The blatant
nudity
helps.
"Cutey Honey: Volume Three [S] (?)" - Honey impersonates a golden statue to capture a teleporting villainess. I haven’t seen it, but I’ve heard good things about it. |
| Defenders of the Earth |
|
"(Unsure of title)" [S] {**1/2} In the last part of a five-part
adventure, the
teen children of Flash Gordon, Lothar, and the Phantom (a teen girl named Jedda)
are
turned to stone when they enter the circle of stones at Stonehenge.
"" [I] - Ming the Merciless had ice-soldiers with freeze guns out the yin-yang here, but aparently never iced any females. |
| Dennis The Menace |
| "Dr. FrankenDennis" [A] - Dennis and his friend, Petey, decide to use a male mannequin, that got just thrown away in the trash, and make it alive by turning him into a robot. a brief dialogue where the mannequin speaks in a monotonic voice. Good shut down scene near the end. |
| Dinosaucers |
|
"(Unsure of Title)" [F] {*1/2} While in China, two of the good’ Dinos’
human
friends, including the blond-haired girl, run into the Tyrannos. While trying
to
escape on their scooters, they are fired on and hit by a Tyranno’s gun, which
forms
a pink bubble around each and immobilizes them instantly. Interesting effect
was
that they could communicate with people outside the bubble, but they could
not move their lips, as if the bubble granted them telepathic communication.
The communication between them sounds kind of forced, which is a decent touch.
"" [S] - The Tyrannos used a "fossilizer" gun every so often that turned living things into stone, but no scenes of note have been found. |
| Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears |
| "The Sinister Sculptor" [F] {**} A sculptor uses a magic powder to turn animals into lifelike sculptures’. He petrifies (no pigmentation change here, they just become immobilized) some of the Gummi Bears, who are in turn given to Princess Calla. After they are freed by Cavin, the sculptor tries to find them again, looking for them in Calla’s room. When Calla orders him out and threatens to call the guards, he uses the powder on her. Cavin nocking on her head (wooden thumps) makes a nice touch. |
| Disney’s Aladdin |
|
"(Unsure of Title)" [S] {**1/2} Mozenrath gains Genie’s powers after
trapping
the big blue guy in a giant crystal. After Jasmine knocks him down, Mozenrath
lunges
and grabs her by the ankles, and turns her to stone. The petrification
effect
sweeping up her body, starting at her feet and ending at her head, makes
this one a lot better, considering the scene itself is so short.
"(Unsure of Title)" [F] {*} A group of thieves Aladdin used to hang with is back, and is much more powerful. They go after Aladdin, who is saved when Jasmine pushes him aside. For her trouble, she is frozen inside a huge crystal. Another short scene. "(Unsure of Title)" [S] {*} Serena, the Sand-Witch (ugh... bad pun), is in over her head when she mistakenly frees two other Sand-Witches. In a scene where she is calling for help to Aladdin at the palace, an image of her appears on the steps to the courtyard. The image turns to sand, which for a moment has a nice statue-like quality to it before disintegrating. |
| Disney’s Gargoyles |
|
"City of Stone" [S] *1/2 Four-part (I think) series in which Demona
casts a
spell over television airwaves, and anyone watching the broadcast as the spell
is being cast turns to stone when the sun sets, opposite the way Gargoyles turn
to stone at sunrise. Fox and Elisa Maza are turned to stone by the spell.
Personally, I was looking forward to this, but it just didn’t catch me when I
finally saw it
[S] During the original five-part mini-series, there are a couple instances at sunset where Demona turns to stone with Goliath and the others, and a few more such instances later in the series, after Angela (Goliath’s daughter from the mythical land of Avalon) joined the Gargoyles. |
| Disney's Hercules |
| "The Golden Touch" [S] - King Midas touches his grown up daughter, accidentally,and a musician-guard, purposely, replacing their bodies with gold statues. At the end, various slaves revert to life when Midas gives up his power. |
| Dragonball GT |
| "" [S] - Pan (a cute black haired teenager) are encased into a stone-iron block in a great surprise position. nice art!) |
| Dragonball Z |
| "King of the Demons" [S] - (US episode 206). Piccolo and Kuririn (Krillin) are turned to stone by the demon king Dabura. Kuririn is a short and funny-looking male human, and Piccolo is a humanoid reptile, so this scene might not have terribly wide-spread appeal, but I'm mentioning it because the quality of the transformation would be regarded by most as very, very good. The transformations last probably close to 30 seconds and almost the entire process is shown. If some better victims had been chosen, this would have been great. The episode is currently available on the "Babidi: Descent" videotape which includes episodes 205 through 207. The next tape, "Babidi: Battle Royal" includes a few "reaction shots" of the statues standing alone on a cliff. |
| Family Guy |
| "Fore Father" [F] - Peter and his wife are discussing their son, when the wife suggests that the son gets a job. Peter says "Whoa, freeze frame!" and his wife freezes as he ponders the idea, in standard sitcom time-stops-while-someone-thinks-something-over fashion. But then, the funny part. After Peter finishes his deliberations, he looks over at his frozen wife as if just noticing her state, edges over to her, observes her for a moment, looks back at the "camera", makes shooing motions, and mumbles ".... umm... go away now. I'm going to do stuff to her...." |
| Fangface and Fangpuss |
"The Stone Cold Dragon of Gold" [S] -
A sort-of Scooby Doo mock-up in which the
title characters become werewolves. In this episode Kim (Fangface and Fangpuss’
companion) is turned to gold in mid-run and carried around by Fangpuss. It’s a short scene, and I don’t know how good it is.
|
| Fantasia 2000 |
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" [F] *1/2
This segment of the Disney movie features a CGI ballerina doll. She is frozen in several scenes, and her skin is very shiney.
|
| Fantastic Four |
| "The Diamond of Doom" [S] - The 60’s show which appeared on NBC, also featuring Herbie the Robot. The Invisible Girl is turned into a statue of solid diamond by a woman obsessed with gems. I have reports that this is a fairly good episode. |
| Flash Gordon |
|
"(Unsure of Title)" [F] - 1980's Filmation Version. Dale Arden, in
a harem
outfit, is paralyzed by Ming the Merciless' power ring.
"(Unsure of Title)" [I] {*1/2} 1980’s Filmation Version. Dale, Flash and their little dragon are frozen and taken underground to become slaves. Flash leads a slave revolt to save the day. About the only thing that saves this very short scene is the fact that they actually show the transformation. |
| The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (Animated) |
"(Unsure of Title)" [S] -
While traveling through time, Fonz and the
gang stop
in Ancient Greece and face off with Medusa. A Greek girl named Lumiya gives the
Fonz
a medallion to protect him from Medusa’s gaze, and is turned to stone by
Medusa in retaliation.
|
| Freakazoid! |
| "Statuesque" [S] *** This episode features a villain who has created what he calls the "Medusa Watch", which can turn things to stone. He tries to use it on Freakazoid, but the hero's girlfriend pushes him out of the way and is hit instead. Then the villain escapes, and Freakavoid and his friends spend the rest of the episode looking for him, so they can get the watch and change the girl back. What makes this episode so good is that they carry the girlfriend with them. There are several scenes where she can be seen lying sideways in the back of the hero's car with her feet hanging out the window. In another scene, she is being rolled around on a dolly. And at one point, one of the friends, who is tired of lunging her around, sells her to an art dealer. They even do a pretty good job of keeping her pose consistant. |
| Futurama |
|
"Space Pilot 3000" [I] * In the pilot episode, Fry gets accidentally frozen for 1000 years. Leela is frozen for a short time afterwards in the cryochamber.
"Three Hundred Big Boys" [F] - #416 Fry spends his goverment silk surplus refund check of 300 dollars on coffee. As he drinks each cup he begins to shake more and more. When he drinks his final cup he enters nirvana it seems. He gets a very peaceful look on his face and begins to glow. He is moving so fast that time seems to stand still for him. He rescues all his friends from a fire by picking each one up and putting them on a cart and carrying them outside ala "the girl the gold watch and everything". good shot of Leela frozen in mid air kicking down a door. There was also a good shot of amy. |
|
G Gundam
|
[S] ***
In the last four episodes, the main character (Domon)
goes up to outer space to save his girlfriend (Rain) who has now become the
power unit for a monstrous robot (The Dark Gundam). She appears as a silver statue. Some very good transformation and close-up scenes.
|
| Galaxy High |
"Dollars and Sense" [S] {*}
Futuristic comedy series about a couple Earthers that are sent to Galxy
High as exchange students. A rich alien woos Aimee, and takes her
to a party at his mansion, where he reveals that he’s commissioned a solid
gold statue of her. The gang, after a reference from one of the teachers
to "The Midas Touch", think Aimee is in trouble... and when they
sneak into the mansion, think she’s been turned into a golden statue on
display. Would have been a lot better if it had been an actual
transformation.
|
| Galtar and the Golden Lance |
| "(Unsure of Title)" [I] {*1/2} Galtar’s female companion is frozen over after falling into a trap in a pond. A short scene, but all things considered, you could find a lot worse. |
|
Ghost in the Shell
|
| Various TV series ('Ghost in the Shell: Stand alone Complex') and movie incarnations exist. The main character, Motoko Kusanagi, is a cyborg - about 95% of her body is synthetic. Since the series takes place in the near-future, it's basically robots, Androids and Gynoids as far as the eye can see. In the first episode alone, there's no less than four Gynoid geishas. Unfortunately, they get destroyed, but they're still really attractive.. And 'GitS: Innocence' not only features a homicidal (but sexy) Gynoid in the first couple of minutes, but towards the end, there's a brilliant sequence where Maj. Kusanagi hijacks the body of another Gynoid, and has a heated gun battle against an army of other Synthetiks. |
| Godzilla: The Series |
"?" [I] -
Several people are frozen in ice blocks.
|
| He-Man and the Masters of the Universe |
"(Unsure of Title)" [I] {**}
Teela is frozen by the villain Icer's touch and later freed from an ice block.
Seems like this had a few fairly good shots of Teela after she had been
iced over.
"Ordeal in the Darklands" [I] (***1/2} Mira is frozen in mid step, fleeing from the evil Tri-Clops, who beams her into his craft. Second sequence repeats the first but with He-Man as the villain in a ruse to fool Mira's father. This is a surprisingly good sequence, especially considering that most Filmation freezes I’ve seen tend to have the victims in a standard "standing" pose, with expressionless faces. Mira is obviously scared and is frozen while fleeing-- in mid-stride. "(Unsure of Title)" [I] {*1/2}
"The Rainbow Explorer(?)" [I] {**}
"(Unsure of Title)" [I] -
"Starchild" [I] - The Starchild’s protector, a blond with a bow, was frozen in this episode. "(Unsure of Title)" [I] -
|
| Iron Man |
| "The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat" [S] {*} From the ’90s Marvel Action Universe series. The Grey Gargoyle uses his petrifying touch to turn a female Stark Enterprises guard to stone. The whole scene was way too short, truthfully. |
| Jabberjaw |
| "" [F] - One episode aparently features a freeze ray. |
| Jem |
"(Unsure of Title)"[S] -
Jem uses her hologram technology to give the
illusion
she and her friends are statues in a museum to elude their pursuers.
"(Unsure of Title)" [S] - At the end of a music video sequence in Greece, Jem’s enemies (not the Misfits) portray Midas and Medusa who turn each other into gold and stone. |
| Josie and the Pussycats |
|
"Chili Today and Hot Tamale" [I] - Valerie, Melody, and Alexander are captured and told they are going to be put to sleep for 100 years. Three glass cones are lowered over them and fill with mist, which frosts up the outside. Josie, Alan, Alexandra (and Sebestian) witness all this. The villain and his henchmen conveniently leave, allowing Josie, Alan, and Alexandra to rescue their friends. Alexandra figures out which button raises the cones, revealing three ice-coated teens. We only see them from behind, no shot of their faces. The three topple over, shattering the ice, freeing them. Alexander immediately thinks 100 years has passed...
"All Wrong in Hong Kong" [F] - The group goes to Hong Kong and the villain there captures Josie, Alan, Alexandra and Sebastian with a paralyzing gas. |
| Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space |
| "(Title Unknown)" [F] - In this offshoot from the Archies series, the gals are frozen by immobilizing beams and carted off like mannequins. They get paralyzed and put on wheeled carts and pushed around like they were mannequins (they could still talk but not move)...later on they were frozen again (Alexandra even frozen in mid leap over a computer console or something) as control of the immobilizer gun was struggled over... |
| Johnny Quest |
| "Heroes" [S] **1/2 Race Bannon and his daughter are turned into stone statues. Nice animation and transformation scenes in that one. Some surface details get lost in the petrification, but the surprised looks and poses on the statues more than make up for that. |
| Justice League |
|
"Legends" [I] - A 50's era superhero named Black Siren is frozen in a block of ice by an equally out-of-date supervillain named Dr. Chill. She's caught in a classic surprised pose; it's brief, but nice.
"Paradise Lost" [S] - The Amazons (Wonder Woman's people) are all turned to stone by an evil sorcerer, who then blackmails Wonder Woman into stealing things for him. At least one woman is shown de- and then re-petrified. |
| Light Years |
| [S][A] - An alien planet is invaded by "machine men", armed with petrifying rays that they use to turn the inhabitants of the planet to stone. There are only a few actual "flesh to stone" transformations shown, but the ones they show are pretty good. One is a full body shot of a woman with a bunch of men and women in the background also being turned to stone. The other is a close up of a woman's face. Both of these occur in the beginning of the movie. There are also a bunch of scenes that show groups of people (mostly topless women) already turned to stone. Some people also get transported to the future and turned into robots. |
| The Mighty Hercules |
| "Untitled" [S] {**1/2} In an untitled cartoon short from this 50’s series, the beautiful Helena is turned to stone by the villain Daedelus, using the Sceptre of Medusa. This short is contained in the video compilation The Mighty Hercules: The Mightiest Mortal. This is one of the best earlier flesh-to-stone captures out there. The fade sequence is well-done, and there are multiple shots of Helena once she’s been petrified. |
| Mike, Lu & Og |
| "Jujubombs" [S] - While preparing for her "most popular princess" party (not difficult since she's the only princess on the island), Lu demands that her friends Mike and Og supply more and more candy to satisfy her sweet tooth. In the end Mike and Og get so annoyed with her that they dump a potful of sticky candy all over her. The candy sets hard and Lu finds herself the centrepiece at her own party. She can't move, but she can lick the candy from her face. |
| Mork and Mindy (animated) |
| "(Title Unknown)" [S] - Mork creates the Midas touch and turns Mindy to gold. |
| Pokeman |
| "(first and second series)" [I][S] - Jessie (the female member of team rocket) frozen in 3 different episode by the ice ray of 3 different pokemon plus she was covered by cement at the end of an episode. |
| Real Adventures of Johnny Quest |
| "Heroes" [S] ** While in the computer-animated Questworld, Jessie Bannon is turned to stone by Jeremiah Surd, who has made himself look like Medusa. It isn’t half-bad, but a lot of the detail gets lost when Jessie petrifies, and there is no good shot of Jessie’s face. Also, after the initial transformation, there is no other good shot of Jessie in stone. Another case of a good freeze that could have been a whole lot better. |
| Reboot |
"The Medusa Bug" [S] {*1/2}
Hexadecimal creates a virus capable of turning the whole of Mainframe to
stone. Computer animated Dot Matrix is turned to stone by the 'Medusa
Bug.' Not too bad, but would have been a whole lot better with more shots of
her after petrification or any ONE shot of her during it.
|
|
Reign: The Conqueror (aka Alexander)
|
| "" [F][I] - In one of the early episodes of this wonderfully kinky anime series Alexander (a future-world version of Alexander the Great) is frozen, along with his friends, inside giant crystals as they attempt to capture the wild horse Bucephalus. |
| Rose |
"" [S] **
A girl can apparently turn herself to stone at will.
|
| Sailor Moon |
"So You Want to Be a (Super)Star" [I] {**1/2}
(U.S. Title) Sailor Moon is coated in
ice by the villain. She is rescued by Tuxedo Mask, who shatters her icy shell.
I liked this particular scene, even though she only stayed frozen for a few
seconds. The Americanized version has got a pretty cool vox segment during the
scene
where her face is coated with ice. In it Sailor Moon’s dialogue becomes
disjointed and softer as she freezes.
"Little Miss Manners" [S] ***
"Emeraled Bakes Up Trouble" [F] - Sailor moon and sailor mars are frozen in frosting. "(Unsure of U.S. Title)" [I] {*} From the second season of American SM run. Sailor Mercury is challenged in a chess match by Birdee, who partially freezes (ices) her as she takes her pieces. So-so. "(Title Unknown)" [I] - This is from the Japanese series, and may only be available as an import. Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars are partially frozen by a dessert-monster who freezes victims under coats of ice. "It's in the Cards" [F] -
[S] - Rei (Sailor Mars) is dreaming of disaster. They show the same scene several times in the first few minutes; Sailors Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus petrified then breaking apart as a shockwave strikes them. |
| Scooby-Doo |
|
"Scooby Doo meets Cass Russel" [S] {**} Daphne (and the gang) is
entangled in
sticky taffy. While struggling to escape, she falls into a vat of rock candy and
is frozen under a hardened shell. Pretty decent... the glint/shiny effect
to
show they’ve hardened is a nice touch.
"Scooby Doo meets Jeannie" [F] {*} An evil Djinn momentarily renders Jeannie (the animated version, which is a mock-up based on the I Dream of Jeannie’ TV show) motionless, and then does the same to the Scooby Doo Gang, including Daphne. "The Stony Glare Scare" [S] {*1/2} Daphne is turned to stone by the Mask of Medusa in a simulation picture sequence and for real at the episode's end. Daphne turned to stone? Sounds great on paper, and the simulation sequence is promising, but truthfully it turns out to be a botched job-- the part where she actually is petrified is shown only in a wide-angle shot (where you better have a widescreen TV to see the expression on her face) that lasts for about 5 seconds tops. That and the fact that they don’t show the transform sequence at all make what coulda been a classic freeze an "Ehnh" instead. |
| Shazzan |
|
(The Shazzan series,
about a teenaged boy and his sister, Chuck and Nancy, who have magic rings
that enable them to call forth the genie Shazzan, appeared along with some
of the other shorts on NBC’s Sci-Fi Saturday. The show also included Space
Ghost, and the Herculoids, among other shorts.)
"The Idol of Turbana" [M] {**1/2}
"Khan of the North Wind" [I] {*}
"(Unsure of title)" [S] {*1/2}
"(Unsure of title)" [S] {**1/2}
|
| She-Ra |
|
"Magicats" [I] {**} She-Ra finds the lost city of the Cat-People
underground. She is frozen in a block of ice by Catra, using a "freeze fire"
from her cat-mask. Later, she is suspended by force field handcuffs on a stone
slab.
"(Unsure of Title)" [I] - She-Ra frozen in a block of ice floating in the ocean. "(Unsure of Title)" [F] {**} Hordak sends the rebellion a device that stops time within the Whispering Woods. The pose Adora is caught in is rather dull, but Glimmer is caught while trying to throw the device away, with her mouth wide open and everything, which just about makes up for it. |
| Siegfried and Roy, Masters of the Impossible |
|
"" [S] **1/2 King Midas is posessed by the spirit
of Greed, and wishes for the golden touch. After he gets it, his
daughter Estella pulls him away from the window, and he grabs her arm,
which of course turns Estella into solid gold. Even though they cut
from the actual transformation, the slow pan up showing Estella’s golden
form and the ensuing continuity with her statue scenes is some of the best
around.
"" [S] - The heroes also search for Medusa, who ultimately turns to stone herself. |
| Silverhawks |
|
"(Unsure of Title)" [F] - Steelheart is immobilized by a ray beam.
"(Unsure of Title)" [F] {**} Steelheart (along with the other Silverhawks) is frozen by a villain who can stop time (I think his name was actually TimeStopper). If I remember the show correctly, there were a couple decent shots of her, and the switch from color to black and white to denote time stoppage was a nice touch. [I] - I know that there were other episodes... one for instance, I believe, had Mon-Starr using a weather device of some sort, which froze Steelheart. I haven’t listed them merely because I don’t quite remember the particulars. |
| Sky Dancers |
| "Statues" [S] {**} Dame Skyla and the inhabitants of Skyrealm are turned to stone by a drink created by SkyClone. A surprisingly decent episode, considering that this wasn’t a really widespread series. Two unfortunates: some of the multiple shots of the stoned Dame Skyla are just replayed footage, and of course there are three nice-looking Sky Dancers in skintight clothing that miss out on the whole stoning thing (which figures). |
| Sonic Soldier Borgman |
"?" [M] -
This episode seems to have a mannequin theme.
|
| Spice City |
|
"" [A][F] - In one episode of this canceled HBO series, ladies were
installed with microchips and become mindless slaves. They show some shutdown
sequences..really cool. "" [A] - Another story involved a billionaire who has one of his goons steal a fembot (whom is naked thru the whole story) for his pleasures. The one scene that is good in the story is that the fembot is activated until they get into the vehicle and she instantly shut off...really sexy too. |
| Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends |
|
"The Fantastic Mister Frump" [S] {*1/2} A full-time loser by the name of
Mister
Frump finds an amulet dropped by Dr. Doom, which makes his wishes come true for
one full day. As the Spider-Friends (gah! What a name!) are rushing toward him,
he turns them to stone. Firestar is turned to stone, which is a
plus.
The artists look like they kinda half-arsed on the close-up of her though,
which is a definite minus.
"Crime of the Centuries" [F] - Firestar is sprayed with freezing gas by Kraven the Hunter multiple times. "Seven Little Super-Heroes" [I] {**1/2} The Chameleon traps the Spider-Friends and a few other heroes on an island and picks them off one by one. Firestar is trapped in a freezing room, blasted by freeze beams and frozen in a solid ice block when she and Iceman try to escape their cells (which neither realize are right next to one another until it’s too late.) Later, she’s defrosted by a sun lamp. The beginning sequence also has a couple close-ups of minature statues of her and Shanna the Jungle Queen which are destroyed by the Chameleon in the pre-show villain rant. Overall, not too shabby. "Triumph of the Green Goblin" [I] {*} Firestar, looking for Spidey (who disappeared after a costume party), is sprayed by liquid nitrogen trap set up by the Green Goblin. She gets a flame shield up in time. There is a close-up shot of her torso in profile being partially crystallized, but don’t run out to get this one if you’re looking for a statue shot; it doesn’t happen. "Quest of the Red Skull"[F] - Firestar is stunned by a freeze grenade and trapped in a cylinder. She is also strapped onto a missile with freeze coils and icicles on her body by the Red Skull. "Origin of the Iceman" [I] - Firestar is frozen briefly by Video Man villain. "Spidey Goes Hollywood" [I][A] {**} While in Hollywood so Spidey can shoot the Spider-Man movie, Firestar is decoyed by a robotic actor created by Mysterio, who traps her in an arctic room. She is frozen in a pillar of ice as she tries to fly away. This is one of the best 'ice’ freezes I remember from the show, and obviously, since Firestar got iced quite a bit, that’s a heckuva compliment. |
| Spider-Woman |
|
"(Unsure of Title)" [S] - Spider-Woman is captured by a stone giant and
hit by
petrifying rays. Unfortunately, only her legs turn to stone.
"(Unsure of Title)" [I] - Spider-Woman is frozen in a meat locker, coated with frost and is carried out frozen by some workers. I am unsure of some of the specifics of the episode as yet. "(Unsure of Title)" [F] - Spider-Woman, in her civilian guise, is frozen in olympic track gear by a paralyzing ray. |
| Superfriends |
"Alien Mummy" [S] -
Wonder Woman and Superman are turned to gold by an alien mummy, while trying to assist Mexican hero El Dorado.
"The Darkseid Deception" [S] {**} Wonder Woman is turned into a glass statue by Darkseid. She is carted off by the villains and rescued by the other heroes, eventually being changed back to normal. Decent pan shot just after her transformation. Colorization glitch in a couple short cuts, but otherwise not too bad. "(Unsure of Title)" [F] - Wonder Woman and Rema are paralyzed by rogue warrior women. The amazons of Paradise Island arrive to help and many warrior women and amazons are paralyzed by beams. "Sinbad And The Space Pirates" [F][H] -
"(Unsure of Title)" [F] {*} In a plot concocted by Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman and Aquaman are frozen in a steel mill by a Meson Freeze Ray. They are held immobilie under a molten steel- pouring cauldron. "The Royal Ruse" [S] {*1/2} Wonder Woman, along with the rest of the Superfriends, is turned to stone in a trap set by Darkseid. Halfway decent, but could’ve been a lot better if the actual transformation had been shown and not cut. At least the transformation back to flesh centers on WW, but it’s just her face. "Wild Cards" [F] {*1/2} Wonder Woman and a female Ten are projected from three dimensions to two as they are transformed into giant cards by Darkseid and the Royal Flush Gang. "(Unsure of Title)" [F] - Wonder Woman is paralyzed by a robotic horse's eye beams. Another short sequence. "The Curator" [M] {*1/2} The Hall of Justice is swiped away from the Earth. Wonder Woman is placed in suspended animation for a museum exhibit and dusted off by a robot cleaning droid. Good facial expression on WW, and the whole premise is pretty decent for a 15-minute Super-Powers story, but the shots are too brief and too few (big surprise). "The Lion Men" [F] - Wonder Woman is paralyzed and in danger of becoming a museum piece trophy of the Lion Men. "War of the Gods(?)" [S] -
"Day of the Arthropods(?)" [S] {*} Bug-like creatures plan on using Earth for a base to turn their home planet to stone using a gigantic ray. While the Superfriends try to foil their plan, Wonder Woman and Superman are hit by the ray and are turned to stone. (However, as nice as this sounds, their pigmentation remains normal. I know I was disgusted!) |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| "(Unsure of Title)" [S] - Cute reporter April O'Neil is frozen in a timestop ray, doing a nice struggle before being frozen stiff. |
| Tenchy Muyo |
| "(the 2 final episodes of the third series)" [F] - Sasamy (the young pretty lady Ayeka sisters) and the other female character are trapped into blue crystal cradle by a young demon lady in very spectacular (and detailed) sequences. |
| Thundarr the Barbarian |
| "Island of body snatchers" [S] - This episode dealt with a witch who got the tables turned on her and ended up a statue. |
| Thundercats |
|
"The Mask of Gorgon" [S] - One of the amazon tree warrior's and a villainess'
body is turned to stone by the Mask of Gorgon. Their clothing remains normal.
Many more amazons are frozen in ice by the villainess.
"(Unsure of Title)" [S] - A giant robot attacks the Cats’ Lair, and after tearing its way in, sprays some of the Thundercats (including Cheetara) with a grey substance that coats them, freezes them, and generally makes them look like statues. "Thundercats, Ho!(?)" [I] {*1/2}
"The Touch of Amortus" [S] - This episode happens after the addition of the three new Thundercats. On one of the planets the TC's visit, the blind Thundercat, Lynxo, finds a cave full of statues of older Thunderrans. A tentacled monster attacks him and begins to turn him to stone. Other Thundercats arrive (including Cheetara) and are subsequently petrified. |
| Totally Spies |
|
"" [F] **1/2
The girls got hit with immobilizing "stun-tan lotion" by the bad guy.
They stay frozen in mid-run with panicked looks on their faces, and their color fades to sort of a monochrome look (except for one scene where the animator messed up). "Child's Play" [M] - The female secret agents disguise themselves as "little anne" dolls (pink dress, kneesocks, ribbons, bows, sausage curls and facepaint) in order to sneak into a toy factory and get the bad guy who is hypnotizing people into acting like kids. |
| Underdog |
|
"The Silver Thieves" [S] {*1/2} Living clouds are stealing all the
nation’s silver.
Sweet Polly is 'lightning-jolted’ by the Cloud King, which immobilizes her and
turns
her pale white, like a statue. In a couple of the cut scenes, she even
had the pupil-less eyes. You know you’re a hardcore statue-hunter
when you find yourself tracking down stuff like this.
"The Meteor Men(?)" [S] {*} Two aliens from Planet Granite are sent to Earth to capture a dozen slaves to work their mines. Using the Granite Gun, they turn a dozen Earthers to stone (which turns out to be really just a coating), including Sweet Polly. Most of the end effects of these stoned people are pretty lame, though. Go figure, huh? |
| Vampire Princess Miyu |
| "At The Next Station" [M] ***1/2 #2 Women are going missing from the subway. At the end they are all revealed transformed into mannequins. One scene shows the villain dressing his newest acquisition. |
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Wondrous Myths and Legends
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| "?" [S] - Nick is turned into a golden statue by king midas, also king midas' daughter turns to gold when she touches her father. The spell is reversed when king midas gives up his golden touch. |
| X-Men |
|
"(Unsure of Title)" [F] - Rogue is encased in an amber block. This
may
be part of the "Dark Phoenix Saga."
"Family Ties (?)" [F] - In this unrelated episode, Scarlet Witch is partially encased in an amber-like substance. "(Unsure of Title)" [F] {*} Rogue and Storm are captured by Mojo and forced to participate in television shows that ultimately end in their 'deaths.’ When they 'die’, their bodies are imprinted onto giant overhead plates, which gives the appearance of them being 2-d. Not bad, but certainly not anything to write home about, either. Where the hell is the acolyte Chrome throughout this series? |
| Yatterdettaman (Time Bokkan series) |
|
"" [I] - Mrs Dronio (a blonde masked lady wearin a black fetish and very sexy costume) is frozen and completely encased in a block of ice in a nice movement pose by a frozen wind.
"" [S] - Janet, the female main character turn to a statue by a cement projectile. lovely pose and expression before her "entrapment". |
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Yu-Gi-Oh!
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"The Gauntlet is Thrown " [F] - #2 Around half way into the
episode, Yugi gets involved in a duel with a video of Pegasus, and they
battle in the Shadow Realm, meaning all those without Millenium items are
left outside. All of Yugi's friends, including Téa, appear frozen, when in
fact its more like Yugi is just moving a lot faster than the rest. There are
a couple of close ups and the whole group is seen in the background a couple
of times.
"Freeze Play 1 and 2" [I] - #102/103 Téa gets into an icy duel with a penguin, and whenever she takes damage a part of here body freezes. She gets close the complete thing, but, of course, it doesn't happen. Such a nice title too... "10000LP Vs. 100LP" [S] - #118 Yugi duels a kid called Noa, and every time Yugi takes a turn one of his friends turns to stone, and this includes two of the girls. More background stuff, and there's always a close up if I remember correctly. There was a male petrification in the previous episode. |
