#flex armstrong

[nerds-yearbook]

On September 7, 2018, the final episode of Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters aired ("Doomsday Clock" Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, TV, event)

#nerds yearbook #tv #animation #cartoon #kenner #flex armstrong #kevin burke #victor cook #ogie banks #ricardo perez #keith david #malcom kane #felicia day #erika violette #will friedle #kelly hu #miya kimanyan #scott menville #jake armstrong #kate mulgrew #wil wheaton #toy #stretch armstrong and the flex fighters

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

#ultimate obscure blorbo #polls #round 3 #Johnny Simpson (Bandstand) #Jonathan Rook (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)

[neopuff]

#jakeriya #jake armstrong #riya dashti #ricardo perez #stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #saatff #stretch armstrong #mygifs #the way he says 'i have a goo heart' lives in my brain. so cute

[gritsandbrits]

They would be friends, bonding over rock music & taking on white capitalists.

#wendell and wild #kat elliot #riya dashti #stretch armstrong #saatff #stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #animation #cartoons #woc

[astphny]

saatff fanart

wow sorry for not posting in so long. lifes been busy lately and i havent had much time for art, but here's some drawings and wips. also the last one is the sketch of the first because it just... looks better ugh

not rc9gn tho, sorry because i know like 100% of my followers are here for the rc9gn stuff lol, i've just been thinking about this old show i used to watch and really wanted to draw some stuff for it!

oh and like a ps i just saw i have like, 99 followers?? thats crazy, thanks everybody :]

im planning on making a rc9gn comic as like, a celebratory thing or a thank you so just,, yeah look out for that! but with my track record i can't say it'll be all that soon lol.

anyway, thanks again! have a good day y'all!

#stretch armstrong and the flex fighters

[creepfactors]

thanking my friend carro for putting the curse of 'liking a show nobody else cares abt' upon me

#stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #saatff #johnathan rook #rookane #i dont feel right tagging kane bc hes only a poorly doodled man here but one day... hopefully a rendered piece #the art factor

[whackacole3]

me when rook is exposed to be stretch monster every time i rewatch the show

#stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #stretch armstrong #saatff #satff

[childhoodcreativity]

How to Save a Life (c) The Fray Te Amo (c) Rihanna If I Had You (c) Adam Lambert

#the owl house #american dragon jake long #infinity train #legend of korra #marvel rising #total drama #nomad of nowhere #ducktales #tangled the series #ben 10 #generator rex #buzz lightyear of star command #super robot monkey team hyperforce go #helluva boss #steven universe #invader zim #stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #hazbin hotel #star vs the forces of evil #atla #carmen sandiego #amphibia #rimba racer #adventure time #dc super hero girls #xiaolin showdown #belphegor #voltron legendary defender #vld #the magician

[guardianbee]

I just realized that what sets Netflix's Stretch Armstrong above the rest of contemporary superhero cartoons is that it gave each protagonist a rich inner and personal life, both separate from their superhero identity AND serving as their motivation to become a superhero. Compare Jake, Nathan, Ricardo, and Riya to Marvel's Spider-Man's main protagonists - Peter, Miles, Anya, Gwen, and Harry.

Out of the five MSM protags, only Peter has his personal life consistently explored. Harry's personal life is explored but only in opposition to Peter's, and once Harry's arc concludes in S1, he drops off as a protagonist entirely and becomes a supporting character in S2 & S3. While Gwen gets some personal life development in S1, it is to only forward the villain-of-the-week plotline. Once that resolves, Gwen is hardly given any real character growth except in a few key episodes with Anya. We never see her father or what her life is like outside of Horizon High. Miles and Anya both have a single episode that explores their family dynamics and THEN we only see Jefferson and (a fake!) Maria as poorly-executed villains to add drama to the last half of S3. Neither Miles or Anya organically develops without either Peter or Gwen around.

With Stretch Armstrong, each of the protagonist's family and past are explored. You get the backstory, you get familial dynamics, and you get motivations. Jake wants to be a hero to both escape the confines of the rigid expectations his father places on him AND because he feels like he can finally put all the lessons his dad taught him to use. Nathan wants to be a hero to protect his family and stay close to his friends. Ricardo wants to be a hero because he finally wants to belong somewhere - he wants community, and he wants friends that he doesn't have to leave behind. Riya's primary motivation is avenging her parents and taking down Rook before his corporate schemes go too far. And notice how all their motivations are distinct to their family dynamics and personal ambitions!

Why do Gwen, Anya, and Miles want to be heroes? We don't learn about Miles' desire to protect his neighborhood until S3! What are they motivated by? Just a desire to help? They're just naturally good people and want to make the world a better place? But why? Where does that desire come from? What do their family and community think of them - how are they motivated by those factors? MSM hardly explores that - MSM is primarily in service to the fantastical elements of Peter's life. And, when we do have time to catch up on the protags' personal lives, it is almost always Peter that has these moments. The MSM writers wanted to give Peter a team but then they never explored that team, never gave the audience to care about them other than "they're Peter's friends," while Stretch Armstrong gave Jake a team and THEN chose to develop each protagonist into their own fully-realized character. The show was about Jake but his team was not there to just serve his character and story - they each had their OWN character and OWN story. Had SAATFF been picked up for an S3, I'm almost positive Erika's personal life outside of Nathan would also have been fully explored to the point of being a main character rather than a secondary one.

IDK man, it just feels like contemporary superhero shows and comics in general can't balance the fantastical with the average, day-to-day lives of their protagonists. That's why ITSV and ATSV are so revered and stand out - because of that balance. Miles is a compelling character because he deals with and endures all these fantastical elements of his life WHILE having problems with his parents and deciding what his future will entail. Gwen is a compelling character for similar reasons. Their romance is compelling for these reasons - balancing the fantastical with the mundane - Gwen protecting Miles by keeping him away from Spider Society and all of its secrets, but still feeling jealous when Miles eyes Margo; Miles coming along with Gwen to earth-50101 to help her and then slightly panicking upon learning Gwen has been staying on another earth with a dude named Hobie.

If superhero writers have forgotten this, if they can't find that balance and explore it, then we're really in fucking trouble for years and years to come.

#idk i was just remembering that saatf was such a good show #and since i've been watching msm and thinking of how empty it is outside of parksborn #the comparison was bound to come #marvel's spider man #stretch armstrong #stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #saatff #peter parker #jake armstrong #posts on the run #text post

[quietfounder]

Remember this show?

If it got picked up again, would you want it to continue where it left off (new season) or completely start over (reboot)? Any redesigns you would want to make? Any storylines you want explored more or added? 

#saatff #stretch armstrong #stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #flex fighters #netflix #animation

[powerstretcharmstrong]

Blog curated by @a-soft-creature​

#stretch armstrong #バッキュマン #flex fighters #stretch #fetch

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

#ultimate obscure blorbo #polls #round 2 #Jonathan Ben Mordecai (The Roman Mysteries) #Jonathan Rook (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)

[neopuff]

#stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #saatff #riya dashti #erika violette #jake armstrong #ricardo perez #nathan park #mygifs #idk. guys n girls hangin out

[gritsandbrits]

Fixing that one small mistake in SAATFF

Having watched the show when it came out, I loved it! It had flaws but I enjoyed it. It was nice to see a modern show in the style of the 2000s action cartoons I grew up onm So imagine my shock when the season 2 finale pulled a Disney Twist on one of my favorite characters in the show.

See, back in season 1 Malcom Kane was a reformed gangbanger who got his life together and started working for Jonathan Rook (the series Big Bad) as an honest man. In s2 there was some mystery about a militant techno cult/gang called the Tech Men - everybody's so creative - and the heroes trying to figure out who the leader is. In the penultimate episodes They find out that the leader is... Malcom Kane!

Huh? What?

Given what we're told and shown about Kane this twist doesn't make sense. The Tech Men don't even have a connection to the bigger story. Why would Kane, whose motivation hinged on being good, suddenly decide to remove free will and go back to committing crime? The sudden reveal that he never changed at all undermined his arc as if implying that criminals will never truly repent, will always be evil, there's no room for morally grey backstories. You get the idea.

Basically it was stupid and unnecessary.

I legit HATED that twist! It was such a cop out. So, I decided to change it to something that actually made sense.

Instead, Kane actually a government agent working against Rook. It goes along with his past as a reformed criminal, this time it actually stuck and connects him to the overall mystery.

Like in canon, he knew Rook's true identity for quite some time. However, he needed to gather enough information to put the vile CEO away for good.

What you thought the government wouldn't notice the disappearance of one of their planes carrying their top scientists?

Anyways, Kane got a job working for Rook. It was surprisingly easy, as Rook was impressed by Kane's work ethic and take charge attitude. He was also compliant which meant little risk of being questioned. Kane did everything he could to keep Rook's favor, it was the only way he would be able to crack the case.

Over time, Kane managed to decipher his true involvement in the crash. Unfortunately Rook had a lot of connections that made it nearly impossible to properly charge him. One of those connections included the militant group The Tech Men, whose previous leader Kane helped put away years ago.

Kane visited the leader in prison and offered to reduce his parole if he gave him information about the group. Kane had to play his cards right. He joined the N Men posing as their leader, which in turn led him to more information about Rook's ultimate goal. Kane didn't want teenagers to get involved with the investigation. So he acted the part of the cold no-nonsense lackey to try to push them away.

Kane didn't expect their determination to stay. He didn't think a couple of children had the drive to fight for another day. Deep down he had to admit he was proud of those boys - and girls one he realized who Riya was.

Making Malcolm an agent ahows that he is willing to make morally dubious choices for the greater good. In a way it makes him more of a parallel to rook: both suffered losses and didn't have it all good growing up, but one decided to put good out into the world and the other wants to rule it. And it's better to show that people CAN change for the better than that black&white way of thinking.

#malcolm kane #they wasted a perfectly good character #wow havent used that tag in a while #saatff #stretch armstrong #stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #cartoons #rewrite #character arcs #fanfiction

[nerds-yearbook]

On November 17, 2017, a cartoon was released based on the 1976 Kenner toy Stretch Armstrong. ("Confessions of a Teenage Superhero" Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, TV, event)

#nerds yearbook #tv #super hero #november #2017 #1976 #animation #cartoon #stretch armstrong #stretch armstrong and the flex fighters #real life event #toy #kenner #confessions of a teenage superhero #kevin burke #victor cook #ogie banks #ricardo perez #gary cole #mark armstrong #keith david #malcom kane #jon heder #don robertson #kelly hu #miya kimanyan #walter koenig #savic #scott menville #jake armstrong

[treeships]

tried to emulate the saatff style for my self insert lol

#the morals leaving my body when the evil man is hot 👍 #saatff #Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters #selfship #selfshipping #self insert #self insert reference #brennon art