Hammerman
Oft-used nickname of MC Hammer, also known as Stanley Kirk Burrell.
Hammerman was also a cartoon where MC Hammer was a superhero. He used rap music, dancing, and a pair of magical shoes that he had inherited from another musical superhero who had just recently retired. Ah, the Celebrity Toons of the early 90s. This one debuted in 1991, lasting for 13 episodes.
Really, just watching the introduction should do. Honestly, the cartoon isn't terrible and the graffiti-inspired art direction is kinda fun.
Not to be confused with the animesque Korean animated film Hammerboy.
This here show contained the following tropes:
- And Knowing Is Half the Battle: MC Hammer introduced every episode and called especial attention to its lesson (i.e. don't make fun of short people; don't paint all over the wall unless an adult says it's okay; etc.). Seems the show was directed at very young children.
- Space Whale Aesop: Did we mention that it would be more accurate to say, "Don't make fun of short people because they may shrink everyone so now they will be tallest" and "Don't paint all over the wall because someone might make a spray that makes graffiti come to life and Kill All Humans"?
- Band Toon: Real Musical Person Toon, in any case.
- Expository Theme Tune: Filled with Painful Rhyme after painful, painful rhyme.
- Not Quite Starring: Especially odd, given how few episodes were made.
- The Power of Hammertime!:
- In one episode, the old man dons the shoes again, and it becomes the Power of Soul, or "Soul Power"; the Cool Old Guy becomes Soul-Man, an Expy of James Brown.