# Movies Adapted for Kids' TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901 "2014-08-05T22:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/1 "2014-08-05T22:10:07Z")
Nickelodeon is rebooting _School of Rock_ as a TV series! What are some other movies, not necessarily kids movies (_School of Rock_ involved kids but wasn’t really a “kids movie”) that have been adapted for kids’ TV? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/2 "2014-08-05T23:05:02Z")
_Ghostbusters_ spawned a children’s TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/3 "2014-08-05T23:27:40Z")
As did _The Mask_. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/4 "2014-08-05T23:44:42Z")
[And the Rambo series.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo:_The_Force_of_Freedom) And the Godzilla franchise spawned several (2 in the US (one in the 70s, one in the 90s), 1 in Japan (in the 70s)). As did Star Wars (Ewoks, Droids). There was a period when Disney seemed to refuse to put out movies without spinning a TV series out of them. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/5 "2014-08-05T23:58:34Z")
How could I forget _Beetlejuice_? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/6 "2014-08-06T00:11:15Z")
With a lot of desperate effort? (The cartoon was just so wrong…) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/7 "2014-08-06T01:03:55Z")
Robocop was adapted to a childrens’ cartoon. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/8 "2014-08-06T23:32:21Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Robocop was adapted to a childrens’ cartoon. Twice. The first one was actually good. It still had a lot of mature themes. What has Murphy lost to become RoboCop? Can he ever be accepted by society? I recall one episode in which Murphy has to rein in his temper to avoid punching an enemy to death. Robocop-Alpha Commando was thoroughly stupid. He had a weapon in his arm that shot golf balls. The Real Ghostbusters was simply excellent. It had good writing and voice acting. It also dealt with mature themes (I never once saw Filmation’s Ghostbusters deal with issues of death or dying. TRG did that all the time). Peter Venkman was obviously after sex. It produced one of my favorite conversations “So, what’re you guys fighting for? The fate of the world?” “One. Human. Soul.” “You’re doing all this for one soul?” “Isn’t one soul worth all this and more?” Rambo- IIRC each episode starting with Rambo doing some kindness for wild animals. I don’t want to remember more. While it didn’t produce a series the original Alien did get a boardgame (I have one somewhere) and a 12 inch xenomorph archeronsis doll. In the nineties, Kenner released a whole line of toys (Colonial Marines, various Aliens- rhino, snake, gorilla, scorpion, etc) that came with little comic books. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/9 "2014-08-07T02:42:15Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > While it didn’t produce a series the original Alien did get a boardgame (I have one somewhere) and a 12 inch xenomorph archeronsis doll. In the nineties, Kenner released a whole line of toys (Colonial Marines, various Aliens- rhino, snake, gorilla, scorpion, etc) that came with little comic books. Oh! I can’t believe I forgot—all those 90s Aliens toys and comics? Apparently, those were [originally intended as tie-ins for an animated series, “Operation: Aliens.”](http://alienanthology.wikia.com/wiki/Operation:_Aliens) This explains some of the more cartoony, but internally-consistent redesigns of the (now surviving) Colonial Marines in the toyline and comics. Some stills exist, but the full animated pilot has never leaked out, and was likely never completed. Game over, man. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/10 "2014-08-07T03:58:54Z")
Highlander- In a dystopian future ruled by an evil Immortal, a young McCleod is on a quest to gather the knowledge of the other Immortals and free the world. Also there were dinosaurs. I am NOT making this up. Stargate- The movie spawned action figures. At some point (I suspect it was after Stargate SG1 became popular) there was Stargate Infinity. An SG team including a half alien, an Ancient who hatched from an egg the team rescued, a grizzled old vet, and some punk chicks tries to avoid the Tlakkon and get back to Earth. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-adapted-for-kids-tv/694901/11 "2014-08-07T05:57:45Z")
A list of TV shows based on movies: > **[Sort by Popularity - Most Popular TV Series tagged with keyword "based-on-film"...](https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=based-on-film&sort=moviemeter,asc&mode=advanced&page=1&title_type=tvSeries&ref_=kw_ref_typ)** > > IMDb's advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Find exactly what you're looking for! I see: Planet of the Apes (2 separate series) Karate Kid Back To The Future Kung Fu Panda The Odd Couple - (Children’s series - the Oddball Couple) Lilo & Stich Dumb & Dumber Muppet Babies Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures … etc.