Me and my sister (dutch) passed trough this scene when channel surfing somewhere during our childhoods in the 2000s and it left a vivid trauma memory to this day. I've searched but never found what the scene could be from.
So the scene shows a couple of kids breaking into what i think is the office of the janator, where they find a severed big toe preserved in a bottle. The janator shows up and tells the children how his toe was cursed in some temple, and the show then cuts to a scene of him mowing his lawn and his big toe slowely crawling toward the blades of the machine.
Does anyone recall what show this is from? i would love to rewatch the scene to give some closure to my - terrified - childhood self.
Unfortunately if you Google "janitor with toe in jar" you'll be treated to an image of an actual toe in a glass which is very gross. So searching it will be umm...not fun.
hahah yeah i know googling is terrible. And im pretty sure it wasn't on Nickelodeon since we watched that 24/7 als children and knew everything aired on it. Though sometimes shows are broadcasts on different networks in the Netherlands. I think it was either on foxkids/Jetix or some kidsstation from belgium
Post by GuestVersionOfIndianaGroans on Aug 3, 2020 17:51:50 GMT
It is indeed from the "Moody's Point"segments of The Amanda Show, I think the reason you remember a janitor is because in another Moody segment a janitor who lost his thumb in the war is featured.
It is indeed from the "Moody's Point"segments of The Amanda Show, I think the reason you remember a janitor is because in another Moody segment a janitor who lost his thumb in the war is featured.
I'll be honest with you, it was more of the OPs exact details that resonated with me more than just the toe thing itself, I also don't remember Moody's Point that well to get memories mixed up I think. Also Nickelodeon had a ton of other shows, and a history of being too foot focused, so I dunno if my conclusion was that farfetched.
hahah yeah i know googling is terrible. And im pretty sure it wasn't on Nickelodeon since we watched that 24/7 als children and knew everything aired on it. Though sometimes shows are broadcasts on different networks in the Netherlands. I think it was either on foxkids/Jetix or some kidsstation from belgium
So I found Saban International through this, and looked up to see what they aired. The New Addams Family (a sitcom based on the franchise from 1998) came up, and I wonder if it was this show because something like that would really fit the Addams Family aesthetic.
As others have pointed out, "Moody's Point" on The Amanda Show had a segment where Moody's dad's toe falls off (I don't remember the circumstances of how) and they lose it, and his toe goes on a series of "adventures" almost like the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings. It ends up in the hands of a hobo, who is ecstatic about owning it (it's one of his few material possessions) and sings "I've got a toe/I've got a toe..."
As I recall, other gags include the toe being mistaken for an olive when Moody's love interest is offered a snack (I think he accidentally grabs the toe and, upon realizing what it is, disgustedly loses his grip on it and it flies out the window, which is how it gets lost), Moody's dad constantly falling as he walks because the toe's absence ruins his balance, and eventually he gives up on finding it and he tries to replace it by cutting off the end of a hot dog and gluing it to his foot
Yeah, good times, but if your description of the show is accurate, then I don't think this is the one you're looking for.
Last Edit: Aug 4, 2020 18:38:47 GMT by teridaxxd001
So I did find a similar thread about this subject on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/hcatuc/tomtcartoon2000s_unsettling_cartoon_episode_from/
There are a lot of suggestions for what it might be, but one person suggested Life with Loopy which was a segment on the show Kablam that also aired on Nickelodeon. I watched the segment and it doesn't seem to match this or the reddit description, except for the fact there is a jar full of goop and a toe's giant wart gets removed....but nothing with a severed toe or a lawnmower.
This person's description is also from an international airing, and they said for some reason they were thinking it was from an older Nickelodeon show.
Also, thanks a ton for all the help and replies! I thought this thread had died but checked it again to find people were still helping me search, the fact that someone else remembers this short just makes me really motivated to start a search for this. thank you all a lot!
Also, thanks a ton for all the help and replies! I thought this thread had died but checked it again to find people were still helping me search, the fact that someone else remembers this short just makes me really motivated to start a search for this. thank you all a lot!
Yeah finding that reddit post was reassuring that this specific setup with the janitor and lawnmower is out there, and it isn't just Moody's Point you and I were thinking of. I told a friend and they said the first thing that came to their mind was Ned's Declassified, but I wonder if that's just because the janitor had such a big role? I also thought maybe it could have been something in Pete & Pete but I combed through episode descriptions and nothing jumped out to me. It might not be Nickelodeon like me and the reddit OP are thinking, but maybe another children's sitcom from another channel? I just don't know what though.