TV Shows You Actually Pretended You Were In

*ZariusTwo* · 10-30-2016, 05:11 PM

Did any of you do this when you were kids or were at an age where you practised improvisation acting?

I did it for a number of shows and kept it up well into the 1990s. I used to imagine myself as a leading baddie on Baywatch who'd actually arrange all of the disasters on the beach, I even imagined myself as a comedic villain on Hercules and Xena because I wanted to be like Aries so damn badly, but I think the one I was most proud of was 'playing' The Leader in the Bill Bixby Incredible Hulk show. I had an imaginary acting partner who played my sidekick "The Gargoyle" (my brother thought I was weird to be doing this sort of thing and wouldn't play along with me) so it gave me plenty of opportunities to form an invisible double-act. What weirded me out about that was the 1996 Hulk cartoon came about and lo and behold, it had the same double-act!

*snake* · 10-30-2016, 07:07 PM

I self inserted myself in Pokemon to hit on Misty and/or May

I also used to have a star wars rip off universe when I was around 8 or 9 where I was the main character. It actually evolved into a serious project that I enjoy writing about now.

*Powder* · 10-30-2016, 07:11 PM

The hell? No.

I'd play pretend with friends that we were TMNT & wack eachother with broom handles & stuff but that's normal.

*XERO* · 10-30-2016, 08:13 PM

Benvenuto. Nuff said.

~~justforapic~~ · 11-01-2016, 10:39 PM

I used to play Pokémon on the school playground. Does that count?

Iroh · 11-01-2016, 10:42 PM

I used to pretend I was part of the Tranformers, Thundercats, He-Man, Voltron, and Silverhawks storyline.

~~justforapic~~ · 11-01-2016, 11:12 PM

Those are before my time, unless I count the reboots in the 2000's and later. Only 80's cartoons I remember airing new episodes when I was a kid was TMNT and well that's it. Pee-Wee doesn't count because he's live action, but I used to watch that. Cartoon Network used to rerun them, some of the shows you mentioned, so I familiar with them.

10-30-2016, 05:11 PM	#1
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,501	TV Shows You Actually Pretended You Were In Did any of you do this when you were kids or were at an age where you practised improvisation acting? I did it for a number of shows and kept it up well into the 1990s. I used to imagine myself as a leading baddie on Baywatch who'd actually arrange all of the disasters on the beach, I even imagined myself as a comedic villain on Hercules and Xena because I wanted to be like Aries so damn badly, but I think the one I was most proud of was 'playing' The Leader in the Bill Bixby Incredible Hulk show. I had an imaginary acting partner who played my sidekick "The Gargoyle" (my brother thought I was weird to be doing this sort of thing and wouldn't play along with me) so it gave me plenty of opportunities to form an invisible double-act. What weirded me out about that was the 1996 Hulk cartoon came about and lo and behold, it had the same double-act! __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

10-30-2016, 08:13 PM	#4
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	Benvenuto. Nuff said. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

11-01-2016, 10:42 PM	#6
Iroh Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: United States Posts: 546	I used to pretend I was part of the Tranformers, Thundercats, He-Man, Voltron, and Silverhawks storyline. __________________ https://www.youtube.com/yurushiigaming

10-30-2016, 07:07 PM	#2
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	I self inserted myself in Pokemon to hit on Misty and/or May I also used to have a star wars rip off universe when I was around 8 or 9 where I was the main character. It actually evolved into a serious project that I enjoy writing about now.

10-30-2016, 07:11 PM	#3
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	The hell? No. I'd play pretend with friends that we were TMNT & wack eachother with broom handles & stuff but that's normal.

11-01-2016, 10:39 PM	#5
~~justforapic~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: california Posts: 75	I used to play Pokémon on the school playground. Does that count?

11-01-2016, 11:12 PM	#7
~~justforapic~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: california Posts: 75	Those are before my time, unless I count the reboots in the 2000's and later. Only 80's cartoons I remember airing new episodes when I was a kid was TMNT and well that's it. Pee-Wee doesn't count because he's live action, but I used to watch that. Cartoon Network used to rerun them, some of the shows you mentioned, so I familiar with them.