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Universal released an animated ''Jetsons'' feature film in 1990, complete with [[Conspicuous CG]], a [[Green Aesop]] played out with a [[Gang of Critters]], and reuniting nearly all of the original cast members save for '80s pop starlet Tiffany voicing Judy Jetson thanks to [[Executive Meddling]]. The film also marked the last performance ever of noted voice artist [[Mel Blanc]] (Mr. Spacely), who was still recording while in the hospital as he had years before then, as well as George O' Hanlon (George), who by that point had to have the lines read and acted to him before recording, and passed away in the recording booth after his last line. Penny Singleton did not die during production like Blanc and O'Hanlon, but the movie remained her last acting role until her death thirteen years later.
A prospective [[Live Action Adaptation]], with [[Robin Williams]] as George Jetson, was [[Or So
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* [[Aliens Speaking English]]
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Jane and Judy Jetson.
* [[Anti
* [[Art Evolution]]: Look at one of the earlier episodes of the first season, and look at one of the episodes of the last season which has an almost digital art-like quality. This is ''really'' impressive considering they were still using ''cels'' to make the show at the time.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]] Judy's default outfit does this.
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* [[George Jetson Job Security]]: [[Trope Namer]]. Has anyone ever actually tried to count all the times George gets fired throughout the series?
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: The "cheeky" [[French Maid]] robot in the episode that introduces Rosie<ref>Which was the ''pilot'', no less</ref>.
* [[Hanna
* [[Happily Married]]: George and Jane.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Jane, mostly.
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** Also, why would Jane be a [[Stay in The Kitchen|housewife]] in a society with robot maids, automated kitchens and self-cleaning houses?
*** They didn't always have a robot maid. Either way, [[Rule of Funny]] still applies.
* [[Speech
* [[Theme Tune Roll Call]]: Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane, his wife.
* [[Through a Face Full of Fur]]: Common with Orbitty, as he has the special ability to change into various colors, depending on his mood.
* [[Tin Can Robot]]: Rosie
* [[Title Sequence Replacement]]: The '80s series used the same intro animation from the original but the theme tune was re-recorded with (electronic) Simmons Drums, electric bass and some other changes (some de-jazzification?) in an attempt to make it sound more modern. But this new recording was also applied to subsequent re-issues of the original series in some weird attempt at revisionism. The '60s season also gained the 1985 title cards, end credits sequence, and the laugh track was removed to put it in line with the then-new season. Compare [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRyrcpe74Yg this] to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyinD6ZDqeg this]. This was an attempt to "seamlessly" fit the 1962-3 and 1985/1987 seasons into the one syndication package, as if [[Viewers
** The new title cards were commissioned for the '60s episodes because the original title cards incorrectly credited writers.
** The 1990 movie has a completely remade version of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW7Cz4d5E8s the intro animation], which features some [[Conspicuous CG]]. Notably, Jane kisses George instead of taking his wallet.
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* [[Video Phone]]: Fitting with the cartoon's [[Raygun Gothic]] aesthetic.
** Taken to [[Rule of Funny|ridiculous ends]] all the times Mr Spacely is able to reach ''through the screen'' and physically throttle George.
* [[White
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: Jane is thirty-three and Judy is sixteen. One expects Hanna-Barbera didn't intend for Jane to have [[Unfortunate Implications|become a mother at the age of seventeen]]...
** It's not like [[High School]] is that important where jobs consist of pressing buttons.
** She could also be adopted or from a previous marriage of George's.
** Jane might be deliberately fudging her real age, and George just goes along with this.
*** This is [[Hanna
** Or it won't become so uncommon in the future.
* [[Zeerust]]: And how!
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* [[Green Aesop]]: Bit of a [[Space Whale Aesop]] as well.
** The intended aesop is more likely about native populations being exploited when companies go overseas. The solution, after all, is to have the Grungies run the factory and sell the sprockets to Spacely. This applies to the outsourcing analogy much better than it does to the environmental one. This aesop also has a [[Reality Subtext]] as the film itself was animated by [[Wang Film Productions]]. (And ''clearly'' this is a message which kids would understand and appreciate.)
* [[Hey
** [[Everybody Loves Raymond|Brad Garret]] voices one of the Jetsons' neighbors.
* [[High Turnover Rate]]: The vice-president position.
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* [[Tagalong Kid]]: Furgie Furbalow.
* [[Today X Tomorrow the World]]: A variation: Mr. Spacely says, "Today, Spacely Sprockets, tomorrow, the universe!"
* [[White
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Apollo Blue and the Furbalow family.
* [[Zeerust Canon]]: Being made in 1990, this movie is loaded with 1980's pop culture, from music to hairstyles, yet it's still set in the same 1960's [[Raygun Gothic]] future, which sometimes gives a weird combination.
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