# worst cartoon version of a tv show movie or personality **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/41 "2018-10-25T18:24:26Z")
I’m remembering a short-lived _Beetlejuice_ cartoon from many years ago. I think I watched a couple of minutes of it, hoping to find some of the original humor from the movie. Nope. It stunk. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/42 "2018-10-25T23:02:29Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “ **The New Scooby-Doo Movies** ” had “celebrity guests” in every episode, from Sonny and Cher to Laurel and Hardy to the Addams Family. If I had to pick the worst portrayal of a character in this series, I’d have to go with the Joker from the Batman and Robin team up ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/43 "2018-10-25T23:07:03Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’m remembering a short-lived _Beetlejuice_ cartoon Not too short–4 full seasons. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/44 "2018-10-25T23:08:15Z")
Maybe not quite what the OP was looking for but the Spike Channel rebooted the Ren and Stempy show as Ren and Stempy’s Adult Party. Most of the episodes were pretty good, but for the last episode the writers (deliberately?) made it as disgusting as possible. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/45 "2018-10-25T23:09:59Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’m remembering a short-lived _Beetlejuice_ cartoon from many years ago. I think I watched a couple of minutes of it, hoping to find some of the original humor from the movie. > > Nope. It stunk. I liked it because it had some really great (bad) puns. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/46 "2018-10-25T23:14:26Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > The Napoleon Dynamite cartoon TV series. If we’re going to get into stuff from this century…[Spaceballs: The Animated Series.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceballs:_The_Animated_Series) Like the movie, each episode is a vague parody of something else, but mostly they felt less like Brooks’ work (even sub-par Brooks) than something from MAD’s rejected ideas file. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/47 "2018-10-26T01:38:54Z")
From Hanna-Barbera’s 70s assembly-line of cartoon production, I give you the animated Charlie Chan cartoon: [The Amazing Chan & The Chan Clan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dweVMviBQ)! ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/48 "2018-10-26T01:50:03Z")
[Fonz & The Happy Days Gang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtW6wS3z97Q) from the early 80s. Fonz, Richie, Ralph, and an obnoxious dog travel through time with a “future chick named Cupcake”. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/49 "2018-10-26T11:55:38Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > [Fonz & The Happy Days Gang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtW6wS3z97Q) from the early 80s. Fonz, Richie, Ralph, and an obnoxious dog travel through time with a “future chick named Cupcake”. This would be the thread winner if the original Happy Days hadn’t been so bad to begin with … and hadn’t “jumped the shark” about 3 years before this show. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/50 "2018-10-26T14:15:22Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > [Fonz & The Happy Days Gang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtW6wS3z97Q) from the early 80s. The best part about that is that they could have drawn the Fonz however they wanted but for some reason chose to draw him as a 40 year old man. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/51 "2018-10-26T16:24:22Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > The best part about that is that they could have drawn the Fonz however they wanted but for some reason chose to draw him as a 40 year old man. By the time Happy Days ended, he _was_ a 40 year old man. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/52 "2018-10-27T20:56:21Z")
In 2017 somebody really wanted to do an animated adaption of the original Gene Wilder “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” movie but needed a gimmick to not make it completely pointless since it’s pretty much a scene for scene straight copy, so we got “Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” so in-between scenes copied directly from the original movie there’s new scenes of Tom and Jerry running around causing mischief. Maybe the most unnecessary animated version ever made, it’s for people who have nostalgia for the original movie but also really wanted to see a cartoon cat fall into a scalding chocolate vat on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/53 "2018-10-27T21:05:38Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’m remembering a short-lived _Beetlejuice_ cartoon from many years ago. I think I watched a couple of minutes of it, hoping to find some of the original humor from the movie. > > Nope. It stunk. Not short lived. 3 seasons, I think. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/54 "2018-10-27T21:28:30Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > By the time Happy Days ended, he _was_ a 40 year old man. Ayyyyyyyyyy, sitcom and cartoon characters never age! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/55 "2018-10-28T00:09:15Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > In 2017 somebody really wanted to do an animated adaption of the original Gene Wilder “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” movie but needed a gimmick to not make it completely pointless since it’s pretty much a scene for scene straight copy, so we got “Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” so in-between scenes copied directly from the original movie there’s new scenes of Tom and Jerry running around causing mischief. Maybe the most unnecessary animated version ever made, it’s for people who have nostalgia for the original movie but also really wanted to see a cartoon cat fall into a scalding chocolate vat on occasion. Actually, the _Futurama_ episode “Fry and the Slurm Factory” was the definitive animated version of _Willy Wonka,_ but it doesn’t deserve inclusion in this thread because it was so excellent. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/56 "2018-10-28T02:38:45Z")
I submit to you [Mission: Magic](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141606/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_52), the Rick Springfield animated show. This was from 1973 when Springfield was a big deal teen heartthrob in his native Australia and producers were sure he would likewise be a hit in the States. (Which, to be fair, he was–six years later.) It was apparently a spinoff fo some Brady Kids animated show, but I don’t think that was essential to its premise. Imagine “Magic School Bus” with the middle kid from Hanson inexplicably popping up to offer tips on heartbreak and skin care, and that’s about what this show was. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/57 "2018-10-28T03:45:59Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > 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. > > 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 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Animated_Series#Voice_casting) Considering Shatner’s well-known dislike of George, this makes sense. And my vote goes to _The 3 Robonic Stooges_, largely because the coining of the word “robonic” still enrages me with its idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/58 "2018-10-28T11:30:15Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > I submit to you [Mission: Magic](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141606/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_52), the Rick Springfield animated show. This was from 1973 when Springfield was a big deal teen heartthrob in his native Australia and producers were sure he would likewise be a hit in the States. (Which, to be fair, he was–six years later.) It was apparently a spinoff fo some Brady Kids animated show, but I don’t think that was essential to its premise. Imagine “Magic School Bus” with the middle kid from Hanson inexplicably popping up to offer tips on heartbreak and skin care, and that’s about what this show was. The Theme music was/is fun. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/59 "2018-10-28T14:14:52Z")
One thing this thread has taught me: if a celebrity or fictional character is not known for playing the guitar, any cartoon that portrays them playing the guitar is gonna suck. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459/60 "2018-10-30T03:56:34Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > In 2017 somebody really wanted to do an animated adaption of the original Gene Wilder “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” movie but needed a gimmick to not make it completely pointless since it’s pretty much a scene for scene straight copy, so we got “Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” so in-between scenes copied directly from the original movie there’s new scenes of Tom and Jerry running around causing mischief. Maybe the most unnecessary animated version ever made, it’s for people who have nostalgia for the original movie but also really wanted to see a cartoon cat fall into a scalding chocolate vat on occasion. that’s not the only t&j remake of an mgm movie …. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459.md?page=4)