# Cartoon that have been turned into live action films or TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-that-have-been-turned-into-live-action-films-or-tv/310128 "2005-06-28T01:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-that-have-been-turned-into-live-action-films-or-tv/310128/1 "2005-06-28T01:52:49Z")
The Flintstones Sailor Moon Guyver (Yuck!) Cashaman Does Super Mario Brothers count? ---
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Inspector Gadget. Garfield. Dennis the Menace. ---
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Popeye ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-that-have-been-turned-into-live-action-films-or-tv/310128/4 "2005-06-28T02:10:36Z")
Scooby Doo Josie and the Pussycats ---
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La Blue Girl. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-that-have-been-turned-into-live-action-films-or-tv/310128/6 "2005-06-28T03:24:35Z")
Mr. Magoo Masters of the Universe (He-Man) ---
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The Tick ---
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch ---
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Fat Albert. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-that-have-been-turned-into-live-action-films-or-tv/310128/10 "2005-06-28T03:33:07Z")
You’re Under Arrest Maison Ikkoku Aim for the Ace! Mobile Suit Gundam George of the Jungle Dudley Do-right ---
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Rockey and Bullwinkle ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-that-have-been-turned-into-live-action-films-or-tv/310128/12 "2005-06-28T04:45:00Z")
I don’t think Sailor Moon counts. There was a Power Rangers style pilot that was produced that had the characters transforming but then going to the existing animation. There was also the stage show but that’s not live action films or TV. Since the “live action” (which was only half live action) pilot never aired and exists only in bootlegs to terrify anime fans I would say it doesn’t count. But to stick to anime: Dragonball City Hunter GTO ---
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> [@Just Some Guy](#): > > I don’t think Sailor Moon counts. … Since the “live action” (which was only half live action) pilot never aired and exists only in bootlegs to terrify anime fans I would say it doesn’t count. [You’re way behind the times](http://www.tsukiyama-sama.net/BSSMLA/). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-that-have-been-turned-into-live-action-films-or-tv/310128/14 "2005-06-28T05:16:47Z")
Shows how much I’ve payed attention to Sailor Moon over the past several years. I may have to dig up an episode or two just to see how it is… ---
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> [@Just Some Guy](#): > > Shows how much I’ve payed attention to Sailor Moon over the past several years. I may have to dig up an episode or two just to see how it is… I saw most of it during it’s original run. (My sister made me tape it for her…then lost interest before I could send the tapes back to the States. Meh.) It had its interesting moments…and its utter crap moments. Still, lots better than that promo that Saban made (and that was with new, “American-style” animation, too). ---
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Tank Girl Sheena Rocketeer (Do “graphic novels” count?) ---
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Are you kidding? If you count comic strips/books (that were ioften does as cartoons as well), this goes _way_ back. (And **Dennis the Menace** is definitely in this bunch) There was an entire series of **Blondie and Dagwood** movies. There was later a TV show in the 1970s There were two **Li’l Abner** movies, one a musical. Columbia (!) made a series of mostly-forgotten Li’L Abner cartoons in the 1940s There was a **Joe Palooka** movie (with Jimmy Durante!) There was a series of not-very-good **Dick Tracy** movies in the 1940s with Ralph Byrd. (I think the same description applies to the more recent Warren Beatty film) Several **Batman** serials before the 1960s TV show and the 1989+ movies Several **Superman** serials before the 1950s TV show and Broadway musical, movies, and two more TV shows. the early Superman was defined as much by the 1940s cartoons as by the comic books and strips. ---
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Well, if you count comic strips, there were silent movies of **The Kazenjammer Kids, Happy Hooligan,** and **The Yellow Kid** – all 1900 and before. But the live action came before any animated version. ---
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There was a live action Justice League series pilot from the late 1990’s. Horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-that-have-been-turned-into-live-action-films-or-tv/310128/20 "2005-06-28T14:35:37Z")
Lessee, Spiderman, X-Men, Fantastic 4 (that was a cartoon at some point, right?) Wing Commander was made into a cartoon, and later made into a movie, but since the movie was decended from the games and not the cartoon, that doesn’t quite count… (The cartoon rocked, BTW, had Mark Hamil, Malcolm McDowell, and Tom Wilson (Biff Tanner) playing their characters from the later games, all done in that early 90’s style of American animation that I fondly miss. Even a crossover plot with Savage Dragon and Mortal Kombat The Animated Series was rather well done.) I want to say GTO (Japanese cartoon about a teacher/biker gang member) might have been made into a TV show, but it could have happened the other way around. Still need to watch that show. I also seem to recall hearing of a Neon Genesis Evangelion movie being made. More later when I can think of it. Oh, and BTW: La Blue Girl? Live action? _twitch_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-that-have-been-turned-into-live-action-films-or-tv/310128.md?page=2)