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This show getting cancelled after that awesome last scene is a true crime to animation.

Doug- For a supposed kids show there is a high ass death count in this Me- Oh boy, just wait till you watch Clone Wars

Fun fact: Bruce Boxleitner not only came back for Tron: Legacy and Uprising, he also voiced Tron in Kingdom Hearts 2.

-Dyson: "Tron!? No! It is not possible! I watched you die!" -Tron: "You watched me die? I'll watch YOU die!" ... yikes!

"It might be a slow burn, but it delivers one hell of a beautiful fire" might be the best way to describe TRON Uprising. Also love Joseph Trapanese's score.

I like that they included the Tron world in the kingdom hearts games :)

Alberto Mielgo, who worked as Art Director on Tron: Uprising, was also a director for Love, Death and Robots. He won Emmys for his work on both shows. He also worked on Into the Spider-Verse.

On the twentieth Disneycember, my critic gave to me: Twenty cool characters Nineteen zombies dancing Eighteen warriors battling Seventeen pet actors Sixteen speaking roles Fifteen experiments Fourteen Aliens singing Thirteen X-Men films Twelve Narration scenes Eleven mice-a-squeaking Ten wacky stories Nine cliched genres Eight X-men fighting Seven on IMDB Six Flynn-Fletchers FIVE BLAND NEW PLANETS! Four magic elves Three wasted hours Two best buds And a pigeon in a pear tree

I loved Tron Uprising and was shocked when it was cancelled. GIVE ME MY SECOND SEASON! AND A THIRD WHILE YOU’RE AT IT!

Finally this show gets due attention.

Uprising takes place between the original and Legacy. By Legacy, Tron has been repurposed and now works for Clu as Rinzler, Beck is nowhere to be seen or even mentioned of, which heavily implies (if not out right proves) that the uprising failed, and Beck (and probably the rest of the cast) was most likely derezzed. Now, I’m sure if the series continued the writers probably had a clever back door to explain this, but since the series was cancelled, the horrifying implication is all fans have to go on until Disney continues the franchise. Maybe in the third movie?

This show is probably one of the best things Disney’s animation department ever made. Right up there with Gargoyles and the Ducktales reboot.

I loved this show. It's just crushing that they didnt let it run.

This and Motorcity were the most slickest and stylistic cartoon Disney has ever distributed (mainly thanks to Robert Valley) , it's a damn shame that the company would just can them like that .

this animation technique called Cel-shading, and I freakin love it. It should be used a lot more often.

It’s a crime this show only lasted one season. I loved Tron legacy, and I really got into this show. Damn shame it never got a chance.

Tron Uprising was on the wrong network, Disney XD didn’t care much about this show. And most of us, didn’t have Disney XD when it came out.

"Better than the movie Tron" Doug has spoken the truth

"Don't end the Disneycember before it has a chance to start."

This show introduced me to this franchise and it will be just one in a million shows that deserved so much more from Disney.

The second half of the show probably changed dramatically because the show knew it was ending. The show probably underperformed in it’s first half. So Disney pulled the plug, which meant they didn’t care what the show did for the remaining half that was already green lit. So the show runners did whatever they wanted. That’d be my guess anyway.

This show, Motorcity, and Slugterra were some of my favorite shows during early Disney XD

The characters in this show are 80% legs

"The Disneycember will spread throughout the KZfaq grid when other programs learn the truth. Doug Lives."

I heard the guy who did the art for this is the same guy who did the art style for spiderverse, and that watch dog legion trailer

Im here waiting for the guy singing 12 days of christmas using lyrics related to Disneycember

Here's why the slow first half doesnt bug me. Usually when a story starts off slow and formulaic, it tends to have a bigger impact when the story takes a dark turn.

Is it wrong to think of Tron is “Disney’s Star Wars?” Mind you we know what Disney’s Star Wars is, but it does feel as though the World of Tron is always ripe for spin offs or exploration and yet... it does feel like it can be overwhelming every time we dive into it. Whether if it was the show, spin-off, or even the time spent in Kingdom Hearts (considering how it plays such a big role apparently in the story). It does make me wonder if in the future, they could try and approach Tron once more in the future and explore it kind of like how they have with Star Wars. Try and make it into its own grand world. The show certainly did that and it does feel like they could try it again if the time and resources are thrown at it to make it happen.

Finally! Recognition for one of the most beautifully animated and fleshed out spin-off show. My brother and I love both Tron movies, but he is absolutely in love with this show. He praises the hell out of it. Back when Tron Legacy came out, my brother made the disks each program has and we would have disk battles. They hurt as hell but we had fun. When this show came out, however, we were in our late teens and my brother got into graphic novel art. He's actually a very talented artist. So of course, for months during and after the run of the show, my brother had drawn by memory every one of the characters and their world in his notepad. They are gorgeous. I couldn't draw anything like that. When the show ended and there was no news of a continuation, it bummed out my brother hard. Hopefully now with Disney Plus being available, the cult following will grow and we will have many more amazing stories to follow.

I really enjoyed this cartoon when it came out it is a genuine shame that this never got a physical copy release.

The animation reminds me of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

I am STILL heartbroken this never got to finish it’s story

Man, the animation for this show is amazing!

Beside the visuals that were amazing, the sound design, the mixing and the soundtrack are one of the best I ever saw in a television show.

Tron Lives! I waited a long time for Doug to Review this Show! I think they should get another season!

This series was supposed to get more seasons but Disney pulled the plug rushing the second half and I believe that is why it got good, Disney unintentionally made a slow series into a hit because they were going to do more but they didn't see the numbers of popularity at the time... I believe that this series could see a Reboot. I hope it does

I'm disappointed this never got a Season 2 it had so much damn potential it kind of reminded me of Batman Beyond.

We NEED Season 2 of Uprising. Tron needs more love in general, honestly.

I remember staying up till midnight to watch this! Disney didn’t care for it so they stuck it in one of the worst time slots possible and it still got its audience! Such a shame it didn’t get a second season!

Just you guys wait till he gets to Clone Wars. That. That "Kids Show" has the highest freaking death count to any series I've ever seen! It's an slow burn. An Serious Slow Burn. But when it starts getting to the darker more twisted moments I dare not spoil. OMG.

God I hope this comes back for another season. Maybe if Tron 3, which is being made, is successful enough.

Underrated honestly

One of a few great underrated animated shows (Sonic the Hedgehog, Galaxy High, Pokémon Chronicles, Green Lantern, The Spectacular Spider Man & Catscratch) that got cancelled/ended way too soon.

This show needs more seasons on Disney +

I remember giving Tron Legacy a "it was okay, cool FX" review back in 2010. And I recall watching the cartoon and thinking kind of the same thing. Would still love a third Tron movie that nails it. Of course, I've said that about a dozen franchises and usually regret that they didn't leave well enough alone.

Another big turning point for the show is the introduction of Cyrus, visually amazing yet distinct, opens up a lot of lore and has significant impact on events.

This show REALLY needed a second season!

God this show was so good! It broke my heart when learned it wasn't getting another season.

It really is sad how Disney is letting the Tron franchise fall apart. But what else is new with Disney these days?

I used to love this show when I was younger. The character of Cyrus especially was just so creepy and interesting. And he's voiced by Aaron Paul (Jesse and Todd)!

Tron is a beautiful yet terribly underrated series. Rest In Peace Tron 3...

I will never get over the fact that this show got cancelled it was amazing and I would literally wake up at 3 on Monday mornings just to watch the new episodes

The thing I notice about some of the best cartoons is that they usually try to ease you in before things get amazing. The first parts of the Show are about easing you in a setting expectations before subverting expectations.

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart critic. I fell in love with tron when Legacy came out. Everything form the striking visuals to the pulsing score. So when Uprising was announced I was hyped. I was also equally bummed out when it wasn’t renewed for a second season. Thank you for covering this show. It holds a special place near and dear to my heart. Thank you critic 😊👍🏻

I love Tron Uprising so much. I definitely the style alone sets it apart from many others and I think the action/choreography and shots of scenery are quite amazing. I don't think I've ever seen anything that has touched upon anything similar to the style. I still wish there was more episodes!!

The fact this show was cancelled is one of the many reasons why I despise Disney with a passion

Fun fact: This show's art style was from Alberto Mielgo, the original art director for Into the Spider-Verse.

I absolutely adore this show. It's a damn crime that it was cancelled after only Its first season.

If only this got a season two☺️

I appreciate you touching on the death count because yo, the way Dyson ices that guard when reporting to Clu still stands as one of the coldest things I've seen on tv let alone animation.

This show was sweet. Great action and some very stylistic and beautiful visuals. It even had some big voice talent behind it.

Thanks for doing Uprising. I loved this show when it aired, knew few who saw it, and was so disappointed when it didn't come back. Glad you liked it too

The show was designed by Robert Valley. His look has been in many amazing places. I keep meaning to watch this show as I'm a fan of his

I freaking love this show. I'm glad it's still getting some attention.

If anyone's curious, the name of the Artist is Robert Valley. He did animation work for several Gorillaz music videos, the opening and ending animation of Beatles Rock Band, he did all the character designs for Tron Uprising and also contributed on Motorcity as well as animated Zima Blue in Love, Death & Robots.

The visuals are so good that all i have as desktop backgrounds are backgrounds of Argon city, Tron City and random concept arts for enviroments in Legacy, Evolution and Uprising. Man as a huge TRON fan this show is really something else, yeah is a pretty slow burn and takes its sweet ass time to get to the good stuff, but when it drops, it drops *HARD* and fast, is like every episode you are at the edge of your chair just trying to get as much as possible of the episode because you know things are going to happend and happend in a grand way. Whenever a character dies, whenever Beck thinks he has the upper hand something happends that changes that mentality, Beck its not just your typical hero of the week protagonist, he is deep into something else that's bigger than him and i think that's why you see more of a slow progress in the first half of the season than the rest of it, they are trying to stablish how big, treatening and impossing that world is, and how hopelessly small and powerless Beck feels about everything surrounding him, they show his day to day life and how a single stuff affects this forever and slowly you can see him being more and more sorry for getting into this crazy idea of him making things "right" because Beck at first was fueled by the unfair death of his friend Bodie, but then surprizingly you see Beck trying to backing out at every moment whenever things gets out of hand and TRON "laser" focused on starting the revolution and dethroning CLU 2.0 but cleverly enough the show doesnt quite wants you to know all the full details of why TRON is so focused on doing that whenever that implies if he has to do it alone or with the help of Beck, because TRON knows if he tells Beck all the truth behind his "obsession" he might just desert him and he has to do it all alone, this conflict and secretcy is what makes TRON Uprising so exciting to watch because the show activedly hides things from both the characters and the viewer, making you wanting to unveil things alongside Beck. Alongside the visuals this show its too good for Disney let alone for Disney XD, and its a shame that because idiocy of Disney execs of not knowing how to market this show properly or giving a more reasonable access to it or letting this show on a fixed time schedule and not doing the old thing of "rabbit jumping" the show from time frame to time frame made this show being canned because "low ratings" that Disney blame it more on "it doesnt sell enough merchandising" to "we are the idiots that didnt let a show to have a chance before blaming it on it doesnt sell enough toys"

I remember watching this show back in the day. Can't believe I forgot about it, though the notification brought a lot of it back to mind.

You're right Tron Uprising was ahead of it's time. And while we may never get that season 2 season 1 is still a good time capsule of what was.

I like that nostalgia critique actually likes this and isn't getting mad at jokes that go over his head. Good job

very underrated show that I wish that lasted more then one season the animation to Tron Uprising is beautiful

Holy cow Elijah Wood is in this?! I have fallen in love with his voice acting ever since Over the Garden Wall! I totally got to see this! Additionally, the artwork and character designs are absolutely stunning! I'm sick to death of the recycled character designs that Disney has so I'm definitely going to check this out!

YEEEESSSS I've been waiting for this. Thank you, I kinda saw this show as Batman Beyond but in the World of Tron they're by no means the same, but it does have an old mentor having to pass on their mantle to a younger generation and both were cancelled way too soon.

Currently rewatching this with my dad, it’s fantastic

My favorite moment in the show would have to be this: *Beck chases down some guy* *A car hits Beck* Driver: It wasn’t my fault!

This show should have never ended and they need to bring it back.

I perked up big time when I saw a clip of this in the Disneycember 2020 preview.

I still rewatch this show, I feel it would be bigger if it was brought out now. The style, the characters, the unapologetic body count. Please Disney, season two it!

glad you finally watched this doug. Loved this show, watched it when it aired

Remember watching it as a kid when I used to go annually for family Good times man

I sat through the Tron movies. I was entranced through Tron Uprising.

Funny enough, the lead artist behind the show also did Tone Blue. His name is Robert Valley and has this style all over his stuff. He even did the designs for another Disney show at the time, Motorcity.

The tron world is one of the most interesting and unique worlds in sci fi But ever since star wars disney refuses to ever touch it again

For anyone who didn't already know, Robert Valley, the character designer, was greatly influenced by Peter Chung when he worked on Æon Flux in the early 1990s.

Paul Rubens’ character is sounding like Starscream.

Doug, the artist behind this and the shorts you mentioned is a guy called Robert Valley. This is his personal style. If you enjoyed this, next Disneycember you should definitely watch the Disney XD series Motorcity, another "one season" Disney action cartoon from the same artist. One of Disney's lesser known, but way underrated action shows. Check it.

I could be wrong but this style of animation is called cell shading. It's used to make 3D look hand drawn. Okami used it to great effect, Star wars Resistance used too, Abzu and Journey used it.

3:31 - 3:55 Another movie I recommend you see with this animation style, Doug, is 2011's Redline. I just saw it before the New Year, and my God, I was blown away, and can't believe it took me 12 years to check it out.

I just finished “Tron Uprising” not too long ago. It’s good to see someone review it.

yeah! i LOVE that art too! its like a more "realistic" American "imitation" of anime, its got the thick lines, that all seem to be straight, yet can still bend and curve, the exaggerated head/eyes, but its done with a more "western" kind of "comic book" style of exaggeration, and the general body preportions seem like the exact proportions that everyone has in "sailor moon" and other "shojo" anime, and the backgrounds have a nice balance of being detailed, yet not too detailed. everything is angular, yet...somehow, "natural"....its some exceptional artwork.

Now I have a new show to check out after the holidays.

I loved this show growing up during my childhood watching it on Disney XD

The style of this show is the style animator Robert Valley. He also was the animator for Zima Blue.

I remember watching this show on Disney XD and Netflix, and I absolutely ADORED this show for taking so many chances. But one of the things that helped it stand out for me, in a morbid sense, was the death count. That, along with its sense of govenment corruption, actually resulted what I feel was some of the grizzliest moments I've ever seen from anything under the DIsney umbrella. One particular moment I remember well from the show was one scene where two friends are walking on 'derezzed' particles, resulting in this banter: Friend: Moog, what are are we walking on? Moog: I think you mean, WHO are we walking on? A FAMILY show!

I remember seeing trailers for this all the time.

Surprised you didn't talk about the music in this, which is amazing and worthy of the franchise.

Ive been waiting for this for years

My favorite cartoon show. I bought the whole season on Itunes and have it downloaded on my phone just to rewatch when im bored.

I remember this show was EVERYWHERE a few years back, but I don’t remember anyone I know watching it. Maybe I’ll give it a watch

That art style is from a singular artist named Robert Valley. All of those projects you referenced were his as well. He even did a wonder woman short for DC as well.