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THE 80′S
When you can have a cartoon that heavily features rainbows without people thinking the main character is gay.
(Orin and Rainbow Bright)
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FIRST!
SECOND?
THIRD!?
To answer your question: No.
Well, I’m not sure about the time line of when and where, but gay was a term used to express something that is happy and light-hearted, in the 80s though I think gay was translated to “lame” though. Ex. “That’s so gay” = “That’s so lame”
Apparently it means homosexuality now.
You really think that “gay” has been used like “lame” for that long…?
If not the 80s, then the 90s, b/c I remember gay as a slur (like, ‘oh my god, you’re so gay’, meaning lame or stupid, as above) from HS, and that was 15 or so years ago.
That usage coming into popularity in the mid- to late nineties makes a lot more sense to me than the 80′s. Ten years can make an awful lot of difference when it comes to slang. I stand by my comment.
Actually, that’s not Twink. That’s Orin, the old sprite from the movie, Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer. I saw it when I was about 6 in the theater, and it was such a magical experience that in later years I almost doubted it ever happened. –Yep, I’m a child of the 80′s.
I was gonna say that, but you beat me to it! Yay children of the 80s!
Same here! I remember that movie too.
I even still have a Twink plushie somewhere around here. <3
And who of you turned out to be gay because of this show?
And who can barely use proper grammar and is a biased fool because of this show?
This is true, these days the first thing mentioned would be that Rainbow has 8 female helpers and 2 male ones- and how that has to mean something.
Also thank you for using this picture, seeing it load up on my screen made me feel especially cheerful all of a sudden! (“Colours make people happy!”, I guess)
He may be bisexual
)
The main character is Rainbow Brite – the GIRL, not Orin, the fuzzy guy to her side.
Fail!
I thought it was totally gay. But then again, I was a little boy who used that word to describe anything I hated and my sisters liked. Transformers and G.I. Joes!!! Yay!!!
o gods i am so happy jsut seeing that pic i now have to find my doll ! yes im that sad i still have teh doll some where
clearly made on drugs
Paving the way for the candy-ravers of the early 90′s…
hah, I squeaked in just enough 80s time to have Rainbow Brite as my first birthday cake…..awww, nostalgia
damn… this made me nostalgia
And the character can be a little chubby girl instead of the skinny ho they’re turning her into: http://www.rainbowbrite.com
My childhood was just molested by that website.
Hold me.
She’s turned into a Sailor Moon knockoff.
DO NOT WANT!
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE????
*shakes fist* CURSE YOU HALLMARK!
Child of the nineties, but had some of the books as hand-me-downs from an older cousin.
*kicks whoever’s idea THIS was in the groinitals.*
Gah! That site’s like a carwreck, so awful but I keep wanting to look… How did they manage to make animations that look more rubbish than the ones they made 20 years ago?
Also: “Twinkle”? They’re calling Twink “Twinkle” now.
At least the girl on the left is supposed to be Moonglow, and not Stormy as I originally thought.
(wibbles)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
That’s… that’s…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
…the hell?!
LOL – I get it. Being gay is bad. Ha-ha. Stupid gays and their stupid gayness. I’d hate people to think I was gay. That would be… you know… kinda gay.
I think the implication is that childhood programming should have no references whatsoever to sexuality or political agendas. You know, except for that Nazi b***h Sailor Moon.
the point is that rainbows have nothing to do with gayness, you oversensitive twit
Wait, Rainbow Brite was straight?
She was my first gay fantasy. ^_^
hehehehehehe… have a cookie for the lols you have supplied.
speak for yourself
it’s too bad she wasn’t gay that would’ve been hot
…
She’s five.
dunno why, but… win.
Umm, I haven’t seen this show, but as I understand it, it had a character named Twink? The joke is SO on you
Pff, she was so gay. I would be gay if my best buddy was Moonglow. Plus they have characters called Tickled Pink and Twink. Plus rainbows. Gay, gay rainbows…
But i only realise this in hindsight. Except for the moonglow thing… hot, hot moonglow. It was ok to fancy her when i was young, i was young too. Once.
Rainbow Brite is not gay, nor is Twink or any of the other Sprites.
Starlite, the most wonderful horse in the universe…. totally gay.