# worst cartoon version of a tv show movie or personality
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 24, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459 "2018-10-24T21:46:38Z")
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### Author:  [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/1 "2018-10-24T21:46:38Z")
any one remember these things ?
At some point in the 70s some one got the bright idea that if a tv show or musical group or even person was popular they needed to make a cartoon version of it for the kids……
Which led to things like the happy days cartoon where for some reason they traveled through time and Laverne and Shirley in the army ….
the beatles and Jackson 5 cartoons which only used the music of the named groups and just hired soundalikes ……
Or when gary coleman was popular kid star and nbc had him guest starring in everything and even made a cartoon called "the gary coleman show "
He was an angel sent to earth to help out a bunch of kids …… the gimmick was if he took off his halo he came back to life …… even "attack of the killer tomatoes " and punky Brewster got cartoons ……
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### Author:  [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/2 "2018-10-24T22:13:56Z")
MUSH - a cartoon “parody” of M_A_S\*H, where all the characters were dogs. Of all the unmitigated crap Filmation ever churned out, this was the nadir. :smack:
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### Author:  [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/3 "2018-10-24T22:50:36Z")
There was _The Robonic Stooges_ which robotic version of the Three Stooges.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Robonic\_Stooges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robonic_Stooges)
How about the worst cartoon version of a children’s toy? I give you:
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Rubik, the Amazing Cube\*
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik,\_the\_Amazing\_Cube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik,_the_Amazing_Cube)
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### Author:  [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/4 "2018-10-24T23:00:32Z")
lol I liked rubik a bit…
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/5 "2018-10-24T23:19:17Z")
There was a cartoon version of The Nanny which lacked any humor at all. For the record, I really liked the live-action series.
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### Author:  [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/6 "2018-10-24T23:55:14Z")
I’m not quite old enough to have seen **Gilligan’s Island** during its regular season evening slot. As a kid though, I saw every episode during its syndicated run.
As part of the Saturday morning slate of cartoons, there was an animated version that I’m pretty sure featured the actual cast returning to do the voices. Based on what I know now, I’m sure Tina Louise took a pass on that one. Anyhoo, even to my less-than-refined standards of quality television programming, that cartoon was unwatchable crap.
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/7 "2018-10-25T00:35:36Z")
> [@minlokwat](#):
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> I’m not quite old enough to have seen **Gilligan’s Island** during its regular season evening slot. As a kid though, I saw every episode during its syndicated run.
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> As part of the Saturday morning slate of cartoons, there was an animated version that I’m pretty sure featured the actual cast returning to do the voices. Based on what I know now, I’m sure Tina Louise took a pass on that one. Anyhoo, even to my less-than-refined standards of quality television programming, that cartoon was unwatchable crap.
The cartoon was _Gilligan’s Planet_. I don’t remember actually watching it but I remembered the name. [The intro is cringlingly bad](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5sGOfWP2bWk).
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### Author:  [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/8 "2018-10-25T01:14:16Z")
Hammerman from the early '90s, starring a cartoon version of MC Hammer as a superhero with magic talking shoes. The animation quality was utterly abysmal.
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### Author:  [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/9 "2018-10-25T01:18:17Z")
[Gwar Babies cartoon](gwar babies cartoon).
granted, it was supposed to be terrible.
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/10 "2018-10-25T05:47:16Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#):
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> [Gwar Babies cartoon](gwar babies cartoon).
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> granted, it was supposed to be terrible.
Your link doesn’t work for me.
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### Author:  [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/11 "2018-10-25T06:02:10Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> Your link doesn’t work for me.
Yeah, me neither. I guess that link doesn’t work anymore. Anyway, [here](https://youtu.be/ZQXnFep_Noc) is the full movie, which is itself terribly awesome…ok, awesomely terrible. The cartoon starts at 13:43.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/12 "2018-10-25T07:32:13Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#):
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> MUSH - a cartoon “parody” of M_A_S\*H, where all the characters were dogs. Of all the unmitigated crap Filmation ever churned out, this was the nadir. :smack:
I had never heard of this show before. But I just watched a few minutes of it on YouTube and I think you’ve won the thread.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/13 "2018-10-25T09:16:32Z")
Star Trek had a cartoon version. I was getting old for Saturday cartoons, but I did like the episode where the women had to take over the Enterprise, and Lt. Uhura was in charge as captain.
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### Author:  [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/14 "2018-10-25T11:30:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I had never heard of this show before. But I just watched a few minutes of it on YouTube and I think you’ve won the thread.
As I recall, MUSH was not a stand alone show but one of the segments on Uncle Croc’s Block, a parody of children’s shows starring Charles Nelson Reilley.
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### Author:  [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/15 "2018-10-25T11:42:16Z")
I still occasionally cringe reflexively over the [Super Globtrotters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_Globetrotters#Super_Globetrotters). Yes, we needed animated versions of the Harlem Globetrotters, with super powers, fighting crime and mayhem…through basketball.
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/16 "2018-10-25T12:02:32Z")
There was a Saturday morning cartoon version of the Odd Couple called “The Oddball Couple” with a cat named Spiffy and a dog named Fleabag. My little sister used to watch it but it was after my cartoon watching days, so no idea if it was any good or not.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/17 "2018-10-25T13:01:23Z")
> [@Baker](#):
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> Star Trek had a cartoon version. I was getting old for Saturday cartoons, but I did like the episode where the women had to take over the Enterprise, and Lt. Uhura was in charge as captain.
The animated version of _Star Trek_ was surprisingly good, easily the best thing [Norm Prescott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Prescott)ever did (that’s the faintest of praise – just about any of his series are strong candidates to appear in this thread). But they had some good writers (notably Larry Niven, who adapted his story “Slaver Weapon,” to _Star Trek_), and overall the stories were solid. They used most of the original actors (at Shatner’s insistence – he refused to appear if they weren’t included) and made an attempt to use the strengths of animation to create more alien effects (though handicapped by Prescott’s cut-price animation).
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### Author:  [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/18 "2018-10-25T13:56:51Z")
> [@minlokwat](#):
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> I’m not quite old enough to have seen **Gilligan’s Island** during its regular season evening slot. As a kid though, I saw every episode during its syndicated run.
>
> As part of the Saturday morning slate of cartoons, there was an animated version that I’m pretty sure featured the actual cast returning to do the voices. Based on what I know now, I’m sure Tina Louise took a pass on that one. Anyhoo, even to my less-than-refined standards of quality television programming, that cartoon was unwatchable crap.
I’ll see your “Gilligan’s Planet” and counter it with the opening to [Partridge Family 2200 AD](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mG2SVyqk8).
There were a few cartoon series based off the Addams Family and, bad as it probably was (I really can’t remember any specifics about it), I have a soft spot for the 1973 version with the [haunted house winnebago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3KkMO_cnSg). As a little kid, I found the idea fascinating.
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### Author:  [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/19 "2018-10-25T14:22:27Z")
> [@dorvann](#):
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> How about the worst cartoon version of a children’s toy? I give you:
> \*
> Rubik, the Amazing Cube\*
> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik,\_the\_Amazing\_Cube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik,_the_Amazing_Cube)
That came out at the same time as a host of horrible video game based cartoons ([Saturday Supercade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Supercade)) that were just awful. Honestly, the 80s just sucked for western children’s TV animation.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/20 "2018-10-25T14:30:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> The cartoon was _Gilligan’s Planet_. I don’t remember actually watching it but I remembered the name. [The intro is cringlingly bad](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5sGOfWP2bWk).
There was also a straight continuation of the show called [The New Adventures of Gilligan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Gilligan). It featured all of the original actors save for Tina Louise and Dawn Wells.
> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> The animated version of _Star Trek_ was surprisingly good, easily the best thing [Norm Prescott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Prescott)ever did (that’s the faintest of praise – just about any of his series are strong candidates to appear in this thread). But they had some good writers (notably Larry Niven, who adapted his story “Slaver Weapon,” to _Star Trek_), and overall the stories were solid. They used most of the original actors (at Shatner’s insistence – he refused to appear if they weren’t included) and made an attempt to use the strengths of animation to create more alien effects (though handicapped by Prescott’s cut-price animation).
Actually, it was Leonard Nimoy who refused to participate. The producers wanted to hire Majel Barret to play Uhura and James Doohan to play Sulu and Nimoy refused to voice Spock unless Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were brought in.
> **[Star Trek: The Animated Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Animated_Series#Voice_casting)**
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> Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS) is an American animated science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired simply under the title Star Trek, subtitled Created by Gene Roddenberry, on Saturday mornings from September 8, 1973 to October 12, 1974 on NBC, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. The second series in the Star Trek franchise, it features mostly the same characters as Star Trek: The Original Series. Set in the 23rd century, the series follows the fu
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