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** The very first animated adaptation of ''Superman'' was a series of 7-10 minute shorts produced by the Fleisher studios in (and later Famous studios) in conjunction with Paramount from 1941-1943. While sparse on characterization, they were way ahead of their time with a style that influenced the Batman series fifty years later. The first installment, "The Mad Scientist" (also known as Superman no. 1) was nominated for an Academy Award for animated short subject.

** In 1966, another Superman animated series, ''[[The New Adventures of Superman]]'', put Filmation on the map, and while hardly epic, serve as a very faithful adaptation of the Silver Age comics.

* ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'', a comic starring most of these heroes, had two cartoon incarnations.

** The 1999 series, ''The Avengers: United They Stand'' is a rather forgettable short-lived series that gave the Avengers Power Rangers-esque [[Powered Armor]] transformation sequences, and relegates the "big name" Avengers to special guest appearances.

* ''[[Highlander the Animated Series]]'' (with yet ''another'' McLeod). Set on a [[After the End|post-apocalyptic Earth]], though this would probably not count as a substantial mangling of the original premise if not for the fact that, being children's television, the entire aspect of decapitation was removed. Except for the [[Big Bad]], the other immortals served as [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]] that the protagonist [[Gotta Catch Them All|needed to find]], so they could pass on their Quickenings to him -- willingly. The fact that the new McLeod was immortal did not end up coming up much, since they couldn't even show him momentarily-dying. There were, however, a few off-screen deaths that someone familiar with the series could identify as decapitations, including that of Connor McLeod himself.

* ''[[Clerks]]'' was remade as ''[[Clerks the Animated Series]]'' by Kevin Smith and a team of capable writers and artists. Although it featured no space travel or wacky animal characters, it was intentionally a massive departure from the movie and featured numerous elements of fantasy (including Blofeld-like villains and evil Egyptian slave drivers). Sadly, it was [[Too Good to Last]] (Smith claimed it would be cancelled after two episodes. He was right).

* A cartoon based on ''[[Problem Child]]'' got made and aired on the [[USA Network]]. Lord knows why.

* ''[[Fantastic Voyage (film)|Fantastic Voyage]]'' had an adaptation produced by [[Filmation]]; the [[Expy]] of the hero picked up an [[Eyepatch of Power]], Raquel Welch's [[The Chick|counterpart]] got a ponytail, and they were joined by a Sikh(?) mystic and a [[Child Prodigy]] who created the [[If It Swims, It Flies|flying sub]] they traveled in.

* A brief "animated tribute" to the webcomic ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyFRBjhqZRg fan-produced] and put on [[YouTube]].

* The newer series of ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' has a combination of regular machinima and animation (by the animator of ''[[Haloid]]''). At a convention, Rooster Teeth screened an experimental short featuring the ''RvB'' guys animated in pencil-and-paper 2D. Whether this was to be a separate project or if bringing in Monty Oum is the realization of a modified form of it is unclear, as nothing much has been said about it since.