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An Animated Adaptation is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: A non-animated work adapted into an animated format.
There was a time when network executives bought into the idea of making animated adaptations for every work under the sun, in order to [[Animation Age Ghetto|expand the market of that work to kids]], no matter how grossly inappropriate that may have been. In more recent years, people are taking [[Western Animation]] more seriously as a storytelling medium, and not as just a way to [[Merchandise
Expect it to actually be called "[[Title: the Adaptation|Title: The Animated Series]]".▼
▲In more recent years, people are taking [[Western Animation]] more seriously as a storytelling medium, and not as just a way to [[Merchandise Driven|sell toys.]] The results are now noticeable, with adaptations that take the prior format and [[Pragmatic Adaptation|reproduce it successfully into animated form.]]
▲Expect it to actually be called "[[Title the Adaptation|Title: The Animated Series]]".
For a video game-specific example of this trope, see [[The Anime of the Game]].
{{examples
== Adapted from Advertising ==
* The Incredible Crash Test Dummies, known first as a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5h2NF2xMYI PSA campaign] on the importance of seat belts, somehow became [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-WgF5jGVdA a Saturday morning cartoon].
* ''[[The Lebrons (
* ''The California Raisins'', adapted from Will Vinton's clay-animated commercials for the California Raisin Advisory Board.
== Adapted from Comic Books ==
* ''[[Batman:
* There have been several ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' animated series produced over the decades:
** Starting with a 1967 adaptation that introduced the famous [[Ear Worm|"Does whatever a spider can"]] theme song.
** ''[[Spider-Man:
** The most recent one, ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', is widely considered [[Adaptation Distillation]], as it used many elements from the original comics, the Ultimate Comics, and the movies, combining them into its own universe.
** The upcoming ''[[Ultimate Spider
* ''[[
** Arguably Bruce Timm's ''[[Superman:
** 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, ''[[
* Several of the Marvel super heroes including [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]], [[
* ''[[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.
** The 2010 series, ''[[The Avengers:
* [[X-Men (Comic Book)|The X-Men]] has had several cartoon incarnations as well.
* And so has ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|The Fantastic Four]]''.
* ''[[Justice League (
* Filmation's adaptations of ''[[Archie Comics]]'' were very popular, starting with ''[[The Archie Show]]'' in 1968.
* ''[[Tintin]]'' has had two Animated Adaptations.
** The first one, originally broadcast in French and produced in the 1960s, keeping almost none of the plots from the comics and [[Bowdlerize|completely removing all references to alcohol or drugs.]]
** The second, English-language series (although a French co-production) from the 1990s was a far better [[Adaptation Distillation]], keeping all references to alcohol and drugs and adapting practically every book very faithfully. Although even here some changes were made ("Tintin In America" had so much stuff removed that it was one of the few stories to be a one-parter rather than two) and the English language version still leaves the street signs and other on-screen writing in French (most glaringly in "The Secret of the Unicorn" when Thompson and Thomson's "real"
* ''[[
* Believe or not, ''[[WITCH (
* ''[[The Smurfs]]''. Of course, [[Adaptation Displacement]] means that few in North America are aware of the original [[Franco
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' made a household name out of what was once a bloody black-and-white self-published comic.
* ''[[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]]'' had two animated series. [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s character designs were a significant departure from the Harvey comics, but the 1990s series reverted to the comics style.
* ''[[Fish Police (
== Adapted from Comic Strips ==
* ''[[
* The comic strip ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', adapted from '''two''' comic strips -- ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'' and ''[[
** And 2009 brought us ''The Garfield Show''
** There were also several specials in the 1980s including an adaptation of the graphic novel ''[[Garfield His 9 Lives]]'' and a [[Christmas Special]].
* ''The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show'' featured shorts in the vein of the ''[[
* ''[[Marvin (
* ''[[
* ''[[
== Adapted from Films -- Animation ==
* [[Disney]] were big fans of this during [[The Nineties]] and early 2000s:
** ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]: The Animated Series''
** ''[[
** ''[[Timon and Pumbaa]]'', which compared to the rest of them had little to do with ''[[
** ''[[Hercules (
** ''[[
** ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]: The Animated Series''
** ''[[
** ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''
** ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Cubs]]'' and ''[[
** ''[[Lilo
** You get the idea. Important to note is that very rarely (Really only with the late nineties/early 2000s series) were [[Off
== Adapted from Films -- Live-Action ==
* The film/book ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' got the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ktE0kjw3zc show] based off of it, just without the violence. Here, Seymour and Audrey are aged down to 13 year olds, and rather from outer space, the plant came from a fossilized prehistoric seed.
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Wars]]''
** ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', quite possibly the highest-quality
** ''[[Star Wars:
** In the 1980s, there were also an ''Ewoks'' cartoon and a ''Droids'' cartoon starring C-3PO and R2-D2 (two shows in one). These didn't stand out from the crowd quite so much, though.
** The ''[[Heavy Metal (
* ''[[My Pet Monster]]'' had a movie, and was then followed up by an animated series.
* ''[[Beetlejuice (
* ''[[Godzilla]]'': Done twice: first in the late 1970s by Hanna-Barbera, based on the ''showa'' Godzilla films, and then in the late 1990s, ''[[Godzilla the Animated Series]]'', based on the American movie. Worth noting that as much bile as the American ''[[Godzilla (
* ''[[Men in Black (
* ''Return to the [[Planet of the Apes]]'' was actually ''more'' true to the original novel than the movies were. That's not a recommendation for it over the movies, however.
* [[Jackie Chan]] got a series called ''[[
* ''[[Back to
* Speaking of Michael J. Fox movies, there was also an [[Teen Wolf (
* There was an Animated Adaptation of the movie ''[[Evolution (
* ''[[
* ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]: Dark Fury'' is an animated film that takes place immediately after ''[[Pitch Black]]'' and sets the main cast up for naturally, ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]''.
* The movie ''[[
* ''[[James Bond (
* How about kid-friendly cartoons based on R-rated films, complete with associated action figures? In theory these were intended as [[Gateway Series]] to get children interested in a franchise so they'll watch the original films when they're old enough; in practice, [[What Do You Mean
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Rambo the Force of Freedom]]''
** ''[[Police Academy]]'' (although the cartoon came along when the films themselves had descended into PG territory)
** ''[[Conan the Adventurer (
** ''[[
** ''[[Roughnecks
** ''[[Mortal Kombat (
** Though there wasn't a ''[[Terminator (
* The three movies that built [[Jim Carrey]]'s career, ''[[The Mask (
* ''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure]]'''''s''' continued the basic premise of ''[[Excellent Adventure]]'', with the duo of dudes traveling through history and meeting famous individuals in an attempt to solve various issues in their present day lives. With Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves and George Carlin (as Rufus) all reprising their original roles, the main characters were very faithful to their source material, though their exploits in the past were roughly as historically accurate and about as tongue-in-cheek as ''[[The Flintstones]]''... which ''may'' have something to do with it being a [[Hanna
* ''[[
* ''[[The Neverending Story (
* ''Baggy Pants and the Nitwits''. The first is Charlie Chaplin turned into a silent [[Funny Animal]] cat, and the second is the super-powered version of Arte Johnson and Ruth Buzzi's famous [[Dirty Old Man]] Tyrone and Gladys from ''[[Rowan and
* ''[[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
* ''[[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 (
* ''[[
* An animated adaptation of ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]'' is in release.
* ''[[
* Six episodes of ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'' animated series were produced for UPN in 1997, but the show was cancelled before even airing.
== Adapted from Literature ==
* Any anime series originally based on [[Light Novels]], like ''[[
* Basically the whole ''[[
* ''[[Peter Pan and The Pirates]]'', which was not based on the Disney movie of ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]'', instead being a separate adaptation of the original novel. Actually, it may be the closest an adaptation of ''Peter Pan'' has ever got to the novel. Featuring [[Tim Curry]] as the voice of Captain Hook.
* There's an anime version of ''[[Deltora Quest]]'''s first series, which mostly follow the story with several changes and featured Delta Goodrem's "In This Life" as its third opening theme.
* ''[[Redwall]]'': The Animated Series, produced by ''[[Nelvana]]''. Has been subject to quite some [[Bowdlerize|Bowdlerization]] and [[Filler]].
* Even literature is not immune to the [[Recycled in Space]] syndrome: A [[Mad Scientist]] clones Professor Moriarty in ''[[Sherlock Holmes in
* ''The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda'' was... actually fairly true to the original ''Don Quixote'' novels. It still goes under "flat-out crazy" for turning the main characters into [[Funny Animal
* This was also done to ''[[The Three Musketeers (
** ''[[Sequelitis|Willy Fog 2]]'' shoved the main characters into ''[[Journey to
* ''[[Around the World
* In the year 2000, PBS aired the appropriately titled ''[[
** It's predated a tad by the ''Anne of Green Gables'' series by Nippon Animation from 1979.
* ''The Adventures of Maya the Honeybee'' after the book ''[[
* ''Vicky the Viking'' after the children's book ''Vicke Viking'' by Runer Jonsson
* Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's ''[[The Little Prince]]'' has been the subject of many adaptations, including an [[Anime]] in 1978 ("''Hoshi no Ōjisama: Puchi Puransu''") or an American cartoon by Susan Shadburne in 1979. The latest is a 2010 French CGI series by Method Animation; quite respectful of the original drawings of the author and the spirit of the book, though extending the adventures over 26 episodes. The Fox becomes the [[Talking Animal]] sidekick of the Little Prince, and it has the [[The Corrupter|Serpent]] as a [[Big Bad]].
* [[James Thurber]]'s ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' got transposed into the feline world, to become Filmation's ''The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty''. The framing story involved live action cats, with Waldo getting in a tough scrape and imagining himself to be one of several animated hero cats, each of which was itself an animated adaptation/parody of some other show (e.g., "Captain Herk" of a distinctly Enterprise-like starship). The animation took up the bulk of each episode.
** Unfortunately, Filmation thought they could do this series without involving Thurber's estate - they soon discovered they were wrong, which is why when the show went into syndication the live action scenes were removed and the title was changed (to ''The New Adventures of Waldo Kitty'').
* While [[Lupin III]] is very (very, VERY) loosely based on Maurice
* For the more adventurous viewer, [[Franz Kafka]]'s ''A Country Doctor'' was adaptated into an animated short movie.
* ''[[Arthur (
* ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]''
* There have been two animated short films based on ''[[Who Moved My Cheese?]]'', the old VHS version in 4:3 and the new DVD version in 16:9.
== Adapted from Live-Action TV ==
* The 1973-75 animated version of ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
* An animated adaptation of ''[[
* ''[[
** The canonicity of the material is debatable; there is a long-running battle among fans with some of the most torturous [[Ass Pull]] you will ever see attempting to justify "Scream of the Shalka" as canon. Most fans agree, though, that there's nothing in Series 3/29 that would stop "The Infinite Quest" from being part of official canon; the fact that it was broadcast (on the BBC's official kids' tie-in show) rather than put up on a website, plus its having [[David Tennant]] and Freema Ageyman voice their characters, strengthens its case for canonicity. The character designs and character styles from "The Infinite Quest" were used in the officially licensed Doctor Who Top Trumps computer game.
** An attempt was also made in the 1980s to get an animated spin-off of ''Doctor Who'' off the ground, but they never got past concept art stages. But the interest was still there.
** Also, 2009 saw the CG-animated ''Dreamland'' which, despite not being the most fluidly-animated 45 minutes ever seen, finally ''finally'' gave us a "Doctor goes to Area 51" plot.
* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' as ''The Dukes'', though the General Lee did gain a few wacky ''[[
* ''[[The Flintstones]]'' is regarded by many as a thinly-veiled adaptation of ''[[The Honeymooners]]''.
* ''[[The Gary Coleman Show]]'': loosely based on Coleman's [[Made for TV Movie]] ''The Kid with the Broken Halo''.
* ''[[
** [[The Professor]] finally managed to use [[Bamboo Technology]] to get the gang off the island. By fixing the boat? Nope. He built a ''space ship'' out of bamboo, and promptly got the gang stranded on ''Gilligan's Planet''.
** Before ''Gilligan's Planet'', there was ''The New Adventures of Gilligan'', an animated adaptation of ''Gilligan's Island'' featuring plots that were just like those of ''Gilligan's Island'', only dumber. Oh, and Gilligan had a pet monkey named Stubby.
* ''[[The Little Rascals]]'': not a stand-alone animated show, but part of a 90-minute [[Animated Anthology]] with ''[[
* ''[[My Favorite Martian (TV)]]'': A [[Filmation]] version became ''My Favorite Martians'', with a lot of new characters and Jonathan Harris as the voice of Uncle Martin.
* ''[[
* There was a plan at one time for the 16th ''[[Power Rangers]]'' season to be animated instead of utilising Sentai footage, but for one reason or another, the idea fell through.
* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' as ''[[
** The earlier series was itself a [[Live Action Adaptation]] of a much earlier comic book, with its own
* The Fox show ''[[Sit Down, Shut Up]]'', is based on a live action TV show from Australia.
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek:
* Several ''[[
** Abbott and Costello themselves later got their own direct
* A CGI animated series was made out of, of all things, the documentary ''[[The Future Is Wild]]'', about how life may evolve in the future. Essentially, the plot of the series revolves around CG, a girl from 10,000 years in the future, sent to scout out various places in time that humanity could colonise to save themselves from a "mega ice-age", who picks up three kids from the modern era and a future squid in the process.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** They get ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' treatment and become spies in ''[[
** Before they became [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRHbuRaN7Zg super-powered], they had an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Gv4_bhIVU&feature=related earlier incarnation] featuring plots that were similar to the classic black & white live-action shorts.
* ''[[The Partridge Family]]'': Shaken, not stirred, with a jigger<ref>or perhaps a pony</ref> of ''[[The Jetsons]]'' to create ''The Partridge Family 2200 AD''. In fact it originated as ''The Jetsons'' a couple years farther in the future, with Elroy in high school and Judy in college.
* ''[[Punky Brewster]]'': Added a [[Great Gazoo|magical friend]], Glomer, from the end of the rainbow.
* ''Emergency + 4'': The paramedics of ''[[Emergency]]'' get extra help in the form of a four-kid ambulance crew, accompanied by a dog, a monkey, and a mynah bird.
* ''[[
* For reasons nobody can defend, Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Terwilliger Thomas was given a Saturday morning cartoon in the early 1990s called ''Little Rosie''. It wasn't based on her TV show, rather it was apparently based on her childhood and gave her magical adventures. Or something, it's like not those who saw it want to spend time admitting it.
* ''[[Mister T (
* ''[[Title: the Adaptation|Mr. Bean: the Animated Series]]'' from 2002: [[Mr. Bean]], but more cartoonish, if you doubted such a thing was possible.
* ''[[Tales
* ''[[Yo Soy Betty,
* ''Tabitha, Adam and the Clown Family'': Instead of a group of ex-Partridge Family-like sitcom characters getting a magical kid sidekick, older versions of Adam and Tabitha from ''[[
* Two entries in the ''[[Ultra Series]]'' were animated. One (''Ultraman USA The Adventure Begins'') was a pilot by Hanna Barbera animated in an [[Animesque]] style, The other, ''The Ultraman'', was a very successful anime by Sunrise.
* In the early heyday of ''[[
* A 1973 stump for a ''[[McHales Navy]]'' cartoon for ABC never got past the pitch stage.
* [[Filmation]] adaptated their 1975 live-action series ''The Ghost Busters'' as ''[[
* ''[[Top Cat]]'' is the animated version of ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]''.
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== Adapted from Manga ==
* Of course, too many anime series to count.
* As of now, the ''[[Astro Boy (
== Adapted from Music ==
* MC Hammer got his own TV show, as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8WYh8uz3pQ here]. It involves MC Hammer getting a magical pair of shoes and fighting crime.
* Remember the ''[[New Kids
* [[The Beatles (
* Sometime later, the Jackson Five and the Osmonds got cartoon shows as well.
* Marc Bolan once claimed that T. Rex were also being considered for an animated show along the same lines as the above, but it never got made.
* [[The Aquabats
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* ''Jim Henson's [[Muppet Babies]]''.
* Another Jim Henson example: ''[[Fraggle Rock]]''. It started the same year the original puppet version ended.
* ''The New Adventures of [[Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons|Captain Scarlet]]'', a reboot of the series filmed in "[[All CGI Cartoon|Hypermarionation"]], with some of the creative talent behind ''Roughnecks: The Starship Trooper Chronicles'' onboard.
* ''[[Thunderbirds Are Go (series)|Thunderbirds Are Go!]]'', which switched to a hybrid approach with physical models for the vehicles and some sets but CGI characters.
== Adapted from Sports ==
* ''[[Pro Stars]]'', featuring Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and Bo "Knows" Jackson as crime-fighting Gadgeteer Heroes.
* ''[[The Super Globetrotters]]'': Five semi-real-life basketball sports entertainers gain super powers. ''Ludicrous'' super powers. Provided with info support by a basketball sputnik. Defeat villains, mostly by challenging them to basketball games. See the Emmy-nominated ''[[
* You might think that the animated series ''[[The Mighty Ducks (
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** The entire purpose of ''Transformers: The Movie'' was to "clear the way for the new toy line". The real reason Optimus Prime and many of the others were killed off? Because their toys had been discontinued by the company.
* The ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' 3 3/4 inch toyline got an animated series made by the same company that animated commercials for the ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' comic series.
** [[Action Man]] (Action Force in the 1980s) was originally the U.K. version of [[G.I. Joe]], but received a retool as an extreme sports hero who later had his own cartoon.
* The ''[[He
* ''[[Hero Factory]]'' is struggling to keep one up, perhaps in part because it barely has a story to speak of (very much unlike [[Bionicle|its forerunner]]). The first season, ''Rise of the Rookies'', was a 4-episode [[Miniseries]], while the second, ''Ordeal of Fire'', had to be [[Compressed Adaptation|compressed]] into a ''single'' episode (though the pacing greatly benefited from this). Season 3, titled ''Savage Planet'', became more of a legitimate mini-cartoon again (though only two episodes long), with ''Ordeal'' being reduced to a simple [[DVD Bonus Content|bonus for its DVD release]].
* Speaking of LEGO, ''[[Ninjago]]'' has a show of its own too.
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== Adapted from Video Games ==
* Any example mentioned in [[The Anime of the Game]].
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has had four [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
** While the others were in their own continuities, ''Sonic X'' specifically adapted the stories of the ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' series.
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'' has had several animated adaptations. The [[Street Fighter (
* ''[[Mega Man (
** In the early 00's, ''[[
* ''[[Dead Space (
* ''[[Super Mario Bros. (
* Along with the ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'' aired ''[[The Legend of Zelda (
* The ''[[Pac-Man (
** A new 3D CGI series is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120817050021/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118020718 in the works].
* ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]'' was going to get a CGI animated series on FOX, produced by the producers of the ''[[
* ''[[
** A ''[[Donkey Kong Country (
** And in the early '80s, Donkey Kong and Mario starred in the [[Saturday Supercade]], along with Frogger, Q* Bert, and Pitfall Harry.
* Speaking of [[Saturday Supercade]], the second season also incorporated ''Kangaroo'' and ''Space Ace.'' {{spoiler|Sadly at the cost of Frogger and Pitfall Harry; Q* Bert was promoted from every-other-weekly to weekly though.}}
* ''[[
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (
* ''[[
* Ditto for ''[[Bubsy]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* The American ''[[
* And let's not forget (however much we might wish to) ''[[Captain N:
* By its sheer popularity it would seem natural that ''[[
== Web Animation ==
* A brief "animated tribute" to the webcomic ''[[
* The newer series of ''[[
* Was attempted with ''[[
=== Literature ===
* At the end of the book ''Relic'', an animated show about the Museum Beast is mentioned as being canceled before it was produced. Considering that the Museum Beast is the perpetrator of several hideously gruesome murders in the book, it isn't surprising why a show about it never aired.
=== Live-Action TV ===
* ''[[
** One TV Funhouse short involved Dennis Haysbert introducing several short-lived cartoon shows for Black History Month, including ''[[Driving Miss Daisy|The Hoke & Daisy Show]]'' and ''Ladysmith Black Mambazo [[Recycled in Space|In Outer Space]]''.
** Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush and Ronald Reagan as ''[[The X-Files
=== Sports ===
* The Detroit Pistons, for a few years, had a short cartoon as part of their pre-game videos, spoofing the Super Globetrotters concept. The then-current Pistons were kidnapped by aliens, and the "Bad Boys", the starters from the 1989 and 1990 championship teams, had to go into space to rescue them... by ''frightening the aliens with their really short shorts.''
=== Web Original ===
* ''[[
** It's made fun of this phenomenon in the Strong Bad E-mail [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail126.html best thing]. Strong Bad claimed that the best thing he'd ever seen, done, or eaten was his copy of the aired-only-once pilot for a cartoon about his favorite hair-metal band, Limozeen, called "''Limozeen: [[Recycled in Space|But They're in Space]]!''"
** Parodied again in the Strong Bad Email "[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail181.html webcomic]", in which he shows off what would happen if Secret Collect (a maze game with blocky Atari graphics) and Thy Dungeonman (a text-based adventure game) got animated adaptations in the vein of ''[[Pac-Man (
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w When trouble's about, you'd best watch out for the WATCHMEN!]" This parody appeared in 2009, and highlights what may have been a (damn good) reason why ''[[Watchmen (
* [[TV Go Home]] has ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130928035836/http://www.tvgohome.com/190399.html Krueger Jr.]'', a fictional
* [[Topless Robot]] brings us [https://web.archive.org/web/20130624141838/http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/03/ill-advised_cartoon_spin-offs_and_the_winners_are.php#more Ill-Advised Cartoon Spinoffs].
=== Western Animation ===
* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (
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