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[[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]] was created by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins in the mid-1980s. Both commercially and critically successful, it is considered to have been a critical factor in [[The Dark Age of Comic Books]].

Then, in 1989, an animated series was released by [[Harry Partridge|Happy Harry Cartoons]]. Running one season of 13 episodes, it was considerably [[Lighter and Softer]] so as to appeal to the target demographic. It was mostly forgotten until the [[Theme Tune Roll Call]] was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w&feature=related uploaded to Youtube] and [[Newgrounds]] in 2009; the song became a viral video, and the series became a [[Cult Classic]], primarily due to the series being by and large [[So Bad ~~Its~~ Good]] with the occasional surprisingly well-written moment.

Then, in 1989, an animated series was released by [[Harry Partridge|Happy Harry Cartoons]]. Running one season of 13 episodes, it was considerably [[Lighter and Softer]] so as to appeal to the target demographic. It was mostly forgotten until the [[Theme Tune Roll Call]] was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w&feature=related uploaded to Youtube] and [[Newgrounds]] in 2009; the song became a viral video, and the series became a [[Cult Classic]], primarily due to the series being by and large [[So Bad It's Good]] with the occasional surprisingly well-written moment.

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=== This series provides examples of: ===

* [[Adaptation Decay]]: ''Severely.'' Almost all the characters are nothing like their original selves.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Rorschach began doing this occasionally starting around episode 8.

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* [[Dirty Communists]]: "The Reds", dastardly so.

* [[Disneyfication]]: Of many family-unfriendly aspects of the original story. How does one adapt Laurie's sex scene with Doc Manhattan into a Saturday Morning cartoon? Make a scene of Laurie reading a bedtime story to Manhattan clones!

* [[Five Man Band]]

* [[Five-Man Band]]

** [[The Hero]]: Nite Owl

** [[The Lancer]]: Doctor Manhattan

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* [[Lighter and Softer]]

* [[Never Say Die]]: Surprisingly averted.

* [[Non Human Sidekick]]: Bubastis to Ozy. [[Word of God|The writers have stated]] that Nite Owl was originally planned to have a talking owl, as well, but this was scrapped.

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Bubastis to Ozy. [[Word of God|The writers have stated]] that Nite Owl was originally planned to have a talking owl, as well, but this was scrapped.

* [[Thememobile]]: Jonmobile - the car form of Doctor Manhattan.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Nite Owl and Rorschach.