Excerpt from Bravestarr - Episode 26 - The Price

[huntress1863]

I think I can make the assumption that Raymond Hamada was a young boy who died of a drug overdose due to his addiction; he may have been the son of one of the animators of Bravestarr, or one of the sons of a close friend from Filmation Studios. Either way, it shows what can happen to a youth who becomes addicted to drugs. There needs to be more episodes like this on TV now than sugar coating hardcore topics such as drug addictions, abuse or bullying.

[kidclefspeare]

Whoa. Holy crap. When did this air on TV? That's hardcore stuff.

[deathcatg]

Good news for that robot undertaker from the Bravestarr movie at least.

[killersushi99]

Hope Lohan dosent see this video. She will be looking for a spin dealer all night!

[canaan106]

And thus the wolf thing dealer gets a slap on the wrist.

[xoxLettermanxox]

wow, I love cartoon like this. The ones that don't just tell you not to do drugs because it kills ppl and ruins lives... they show you. We all have that spot inside of us that hurts and we all can relate to a person's death. You know the saying seeing is believing, well I'm believing drugs kill people right now after seeing this,...

[Mangina9000]

@xoxLettermanxox Drugs are really great and fun and I'll take your drugs if you don't want them.

[xoxLettermanxox]

@Mangina9000 ahahha You know, this condridicts what I just said, but I really like people who do drugs, and people who say the are inspiration, thats true (BEATLES my fav group) I just think it's terrible when kids get into them really early and die, a boy i knew died at the age of 15... sad stuff, but ...

[AngeLBarraganJR]

@Shoenin

Sadly your right and I was hoping they would show every episodes of BraveStarr.

This cartoon probably was the most underated from the 80s along with Filmation version of Ghostbuster.

[ElectricPineapple79]

Don't ever buy anything from Loreal...they shut down Filmation and probably caused alot of kids from hearing important messages...fuck them!

[supervenom1]

I'll say this, it gave a much stronger, and less cheesy message to not do drugs, compared to the Cartoon All Stars one.

[newcollector]

The one thing I hated most about this episode was the Dingo Salesman. He practically killed Jay himself and he had the audacity to get upset at being ratted out an put in jail. He just flat out didn't care that someone, and kid no less, wound up dead by over using his product.

[supervenom1]

@newcollector I know what you mean, but really i dont think there are many dealers in Jail now wit the death of their customers on their conscience.

[newcollector]

@supervenom1 You'd be right about that. Which is why I can't stand that Dingo Saleman. He represents all of those low-lives that never even considers the lives they have destroyed for their own personal gain.

[Shoenin]

@newcollector

I think thats the point, that he was total scum <_<

[AngeLBarraganJR]

I don't think Qubo is going to air this episode.

[Shoenin]

@AngeLBarraganJR

Pretty much, theyre just gonna keep showing the same 10-15 episodes <_<

[AngeLBarraganJR]

@ilnaras I guess Filmation wasn't worth it LOL!

But ill say this I remember watching Bravestarr when I was a kid when they were on KTLA 5 and Ghostbuster were good show Filmation came out on top until the company died in 1993.

[ilnaras]

You're right when you say that it was uncommon for people to die on 80's cartoons. In fact, death was always avoided. See "Never Say Die" on the TV Tropes website.

Towards the end, Filmation got very bold with their storytelling. Having been tired of the sanitized, formula-based cartoons coming from Hanna-Barbara and other animation houses, Filmation became my favorite. Had they not been bought and shut down by L'Oreal (yeah, you read right) I have to wonder where animation would be today.

[glitchbreaker]

@ilnaras Are u for real?! A fucking pussy shampoo company??!!!

[ilnaras]

@glitchbreaker Yup. A fucking pussy shampoo company shut down one of the finest animation studios. I think they just wanted an investment.

[rasbudnot]

This is what I called great childhood entertainment. Educational and fun

[ferangas]

Who was Raymond Hamada?

[FarelTheGecko]

@ferangas I also wonder about that

[ralfi085]

i live this show ive been looking on and off online for years i watched this show back in 1995 and i still remember how coll it was and still is

[Browned79]

A "very special episode" that actually made kids think and listen. Not only does it really deal with drug addiction, but has a secondary character (a kid no less) die. Powerful even today. The early 1990s X-men would touch upon lots of issues rarely dealt with in cartoons; the Holocaust, racism, bigotry, oppression, gender identity. They even killed of a secondary character.

[Animate84]

DAMN!

That was powerful. Filmation can really hit home, something we're missing in this generation.

Poor kid overdosed on something a drug dealer gave him. Now cartoons need to take an approach addressing real-life dangers to kids, as like Bravestarr says this can happen the youngsters at home.

It's true that DIC and other companies sread PSAs but Filmation's PSA are always the most powerful and thought provoking.

[markVIIchick]

Damn good show, miss it-

But the last little bit was cut short =(

[garduvino]

Who was Raymond Hamada?

[blacknickelson]

Great episode - cartoon = entertaining. About the dangers of drugs = educational. It ends with the Shaman looking over a very damaged (with psycho's) New Texas, Which leaves me to pose the ultimate question. Who was Raymond Hamada????? Hmmmmm

[Pikachuiscool]

Can somebody post the whole episode?

[FK42]

@Pikachuiscool it has been posted just search for it on youtube, best wishes

[ChibiProwl]

@Pikachuiscool The user Backt2the80sagain has the whole episode.

[leiwolf27]

i know its serious but i was kinda expecting the drugs are bad mmm'kay from the indian

[Jal8919536]

Another shocking episode to see done by Filmation dealing with another controversial subject in their series is the "Teenage Mom" episode in "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" - the only children's cartoon to date to ever bring up that issue.

[garduvino]

Ant too, He-man´s episodes "A friend in need" and "The Eternia flower"

[Crashbee]

There are some 80's European cartoons that had no problem at all showing death scenes or let a character die.

However, this episode of "Bravestarr" is an classic.

Sorry for bad English.

[grimlock047]

the tear at the end was a nice touch

haha strange I don't remember this episode from when I was a kid

[UMTexan76]

Now all we need is a Bravestarr child molestor episode, like that one Different Stokes did with the bicycle shop. . . .

[MasterMoron]

This episode freaked me out as a kid.

[hemanshera777]

This, and the two episodes of He-Man were able to talk about drugs, and how to avoid them, especially in their stories.

I like this episode alot better. ;o)

[Glitcher2000]

This is probably the only Bravestarr episode I recall from childhood, and even as a kid I remember thinking how fucked up and patronising it was. "Winners don't use drugs!" No sirreeeeeee.

[Playboyy1985]

this was my fav episode was looking for it everywhere thanks for sharing

[dobtoronto]

yeah, thanks a lot. fucked me up as a kid

[LaTripleaResistance]

looking for this for a long time, thanks for uploading.

[TheGreatDoon]

Is there any way of getting the entire - or 3 part - episode of "The Price"? I know it sounds stupid to ask because if you could you'd probably already have it....just asking.

It was in my opinion the best episode. Thanks for uploading this.

[MasterMoron]

I think it' s on hulu.

[MasterMoron]

Never mind. It's not on hulu. It lists episodes 1-30 but "The Price" isn't listed as one of them.