Characters that changed when they went into animation

[Wussycat]

Walter the Softie from Dennis & Gnasher: He was a middle-class, well-behaved boy in the original comic, but for the cartoon series he was changed into a rich, spoiled brat.

Flintheart Glomgold from DuckTales: He came from South Africa in the original comic, but he was changed to a Scotsman for the cartoon series. They made this change because of political issues concerning South Africa at the time.

[aalong64]

From what I've heard, Krazy Kat was changed quite a bit when turned into a cartoon, both in theatrical shorts and as a TV series. I don't know too much about it, but Wikipedia has quite a bit of info on it.

[oofadoofa]

DCAU, anyone?

[Gokou Ruri]

Lots of DCAU/X-Men/Evolution/Teen Titans characters we're tweaked from the original comics, but I guess that's assumed.

[SantosLHalper]

The orginal TMNT cartoon was very different from the comic.

[Zeonic Freak]

in the movie "Cool World", Kim Basinger and Brad Pitt were toons.

[dth1971]

In the Hanna-Barbera Richie Rich cartoons: Richie was sported with a "R" shirt and pants rather than a kid like tux with shorts (but he was still wearing the bow tie!)

[Dub]

The biggest one of all perhaps is Mickey Mouse:

(Comics) Scrappy young adventurer with a happy go lucky determined attitude who socks it to the bad guys on repeated occasions became replaced in the cartoons by a watered down namby-pamby happy giggling mascot.

[Dee]

Agent Elle went from being brunette at the end of the film, to blonde in the cartoon. I never figured that one out.

[Greg1]

Beetlejuice is always the first thing I think of when it comes to character changes. Comic villian to sappy antihero.

[Mikintosh]

(assuming we're counting anime) In Pokemon, Misty and Brock are significantly different than they were in the games (or what glimpses were seen of them). Brock was a lot louder and confrontational, I thought (you see this Brock in his first appearance in the Toshihiro Ono comic. Misty also seems to be closer to her sisters in the anime, and less of a tomboy (this is the Misty in Pokemon Adventures, which is probably why she didn't join up with Red like her anime counterpart did). Also, nearly all the gym leaders besides Giovanni had altered personalities when they were animated.

Not sure why we're glossing over the DCAU, but I think Mr. Freeze is significant because they took a character who was literally dead in the comics from disuse and gave him motivation, revamped his look and demeanor, and made him one of the significant villains in the Batman shows.

[langden alger]

Agent Elle went from being brunette at the end of the film, to blonde in the cartoon. I never figured that one out.

i think it's because she ended up going to the same stylist as egon from the ghostbusters.....in the movies he had short, jet black hair which in the cartoon turned into a big blonde thing that looked like he stuck his head in a cotton candy machine.

[Prof. Mecavio]

The biggest one of all perhaps is Mickey Mouse:

(Comics) Scrappy young adventurer with a happy go lucky determined attitude who socks it to the bad guys on repeated occasions became replaced in the cartoons by a watered down namby-pamby happy giggling mascot.

I still wish that someone would do an animated series based on Gottfredson's 'Mickey Mouse' comics. That would be awesome.

[judyindisguise]

I still wish that someone would do an animated series based on Gottfredson's 'Mickey Mouse' comics. That would be awesome.

Yeah, especially if they used the "vintage Mickey" design for the Mouse. That would rock!

[Mandi-chan]

Well...I feel like a moron for asking this but...

I thought Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse?

And what is the Gottfredson's comic like?

[CookieS]

How about some of the celebrity cartoons?


Gary Coleman in "The Gary Coleman Show".....in which the main character plays an angel sent to earth to get his wings!
In the "Punky Brewster" cartoon, she's given this magic gerbil thing that grants wishes.
In "ProStars," Michael Jordon, Bo Jackson, and Wayne Gretzkey all are super hero sports guys.
Andre 3000 of OutKast fame plays a school teacher in "Class of 3000"
The Beatles had a cartoon in 1965 in which a dopey version of each band member went on a weekly adventure.

[Wussycat]

Alexandra from 'Josie and the Pussycats' had magical powers in the original comic, but she didn't have them in the cartoon.

[langden alger]

How about some of the celebrity cartoons?


Gary Coleman in "The Gary Coleman Show".....in which the main

actually, i think that cartoon was based on 'the kid with the broken halo' movies...so even though it's coleman, it was staying pretty true to it's source.



Well...I feel like a moron for asking this but...

I thought Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse?

And what is the Gottfredson's comic like?


he did indeed create mortimur/mickey mouse..i think they're just referring to the comic book adaptations in one particular style.

[Dee]

i think it's because she ended up going to the same stylist as egon from the ghostbusters.....in the movies he had short, jet black hair which in the cartoon turned into a big blonde thing that looked like he stuck his head in a cotton candy machine.


HA! I KNEW IT!

[Jimboroni]

Roger Rabbit. Not a lot of people know this, but Roger was first introduced in a novel. There are 2 main differences in the movie:
1. Roger is an animated character instead of a comic strip character.
2. Roger doesn't die at the beginning

[HannaBarberaFan]

From what I've heard, Krazy Kat was changed quite a bit when turned into a cartoon, both in theatrical shorts and as a TV series. I don't know too much about it, but Wikipedia has quite a bit of info on it.

The print medium version of KRAZY KAT was, for the most part, male..

When the KING FEATURES Animation Division approached expatriate director GENE DEITCH with the plans to make the animated version they prevailed upon DEITCH NOT to retain the KAT's original gender....and EXPUNGE any kind of "homosexual overtones" in the character, and make KRAZY female..

[Darking]

In the Hanna-Barbera Richie Rich cartoons: Richie was sported with a "R" shirt and pants rather than a kid like tux with shorts (but he was still wearing the bow tie!)

Plus he had actual human proportions in the cartoon. :)

[aalong64]

The print medium version of KRAZY KAT was, for the most part, male..

When the KING FEATURES Animation Division approached expatriate director GENE DEITCH with the plans to make the animated version they prevailed upon DEITCH NOT to retain the KAT's original gender....and EXPUNGE any kind of "homosexual overtones" in the character, and make KRAZY female..
That's odd-- I've got a couple of Krazy Kat books, and in most of the strips where Krazy Kat's gender is mentioned, it's usually "she". I read that in the cartoon (at least, the original theatrical ones), it was turned into a male, as well as getting rid of the other characters.

[Prof. Mecavio]

Well...I feel like a moron for asking this but...

I thought Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse?

And what is the Gottfredson's comic like?

Well, Disney created 'Mickey Mouse' and helped write the comic strip which started in 1930 and was drawn by Ub Irwerks before it was taken over in the same year by Gottfredson who remained on it for several decades.

In Gottfredson's comic Mickey went on adventures around the world and battled villains like Peg-leg Pete, Dr. Vulter and The Phantom Blot. The comic strip could be pretty violent; for example in (my favorite of those I've read) Mickey outwits The Phantom Blot' The Blot tries to kill Mickey by hanging the mouse from a rafter (to be on the safe side, The Blot had given Mickey some "harmless sleeping powders" earlier). In an earlier storyline Mickey believes that Minnie has left him for another guy and tries to commit suicide.

Actually, the suicide-thing was Disney's idea. You can read more about it here: http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=ww060906ws

[dth1971]

How about when Tom and Jerry were revived by Hanna-Barbera in 1975 (and became friends and not enimies) Jerry began wearing a bow tie?

[Dudley]

According to the Garfield 25th Annviersary book, Arlene (Garfield's girlfriend), was replaced by some other girl cat.

Also, Heathcliff talks in the cartoons, but not in the comic strip.

[dth1971]

Plus he had actual human proportions in the cartoon. :)

What are actual human proportions?

[JesseCuster]

I guess this was a change that had to be made due to censors and stuff, but Wolverine was govenrment assassin in the comics, but was just a violent brawler in X-Men: TAS and some sort of teacher chump in X-Men: Evolution. He's just not a character that makes a good transition from comics to animation.

[Dr.Pepper]

(assuming we're counting anime) In Pokemon, Misty and Brock are significantly different than they were in the games (or what glimpses were seen of them). Brock was a lot louder and confrontational, I thought (you see this Brock in his first appearance in the Toshihiro Ono comic. Misty also seems to be closer to her sisters in the anime, and less of a tomboy (this is the Misty in Pokemon Adventures, which is probably why she didn't join up with Red like her anime counterpart did). Also, nearly all the gym leaders besides Giovanni had altered personalities when they were animated.
Yeah aren't Misty and Brock suppose to be adults in the game?

[Blackstar]

Heathcliff talks in the cartoons, but not in the comic strip.

Actually, in the syndicated DIC show Heathcliff and the Cadillac Cats (1984), the cats, dogs and other animals only spoke English when addressing each other. To the humans, it only sounded like "meow", "woof", etc. It was only on the ABC Saturday morning series The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show (1980) that the humans could actually understand Heathcliff when he spoke.

[Dudley]

Actually, in the syndicated DIC show Heathcliff and the Cadillac Cats (1984), the cats, dogs and other animals only spoke English when addressing each other. To the humans, it only sounded like "meow", "woof", etc. It was only on the ABC Saturday morning series The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show (1980) that the humans could actually understand Heathcliff when he spoke.

My point is that Heathcliff is always silent in the comics. But in the cartoon we hear him talk.

[Blackstar]

My point is that Heathcliff is always silent in the comics. But in the cartoon we hear him talk.

I know. Sorry. Just me being a geek again...

[stephane dumas]

Popeye, in the toons done by Paramount/Famous Studios in the 1940s-1950s as well as the KFS one of the 1960s, Popeye keep the marine uniform he had in the WWII cartoons era compared to the comic strips done by Bud Sagendorf at that time. the late 1970s Hanna-Barbara version bring back his old costume but the hawaiin shirt in "Popeye & Son" don't fit well to him.

[Scythemantis]

(assuming we're counting anime) In Pokemon, Misty and Brock are significantly different than they were in the games (or what glimpses were seen of them).


How do you know? They had only a couple of lines in the games, directly pertaining to your battles against them.

[lordsmurf]

The Smurfs were more mischievous in the original comic strips.



What are actual human proportions?
Tiny body, huge head = not human. Pick up a Rickie Rich comic and see for yourself. The cartoon was proportioned normally.

[Silverstar]

The Smurfs were more mischievous in the original comic strips.

Also:

-In the original comics, Baker Smurf and Greedy Smurf were 2 separate characters. They were merged into one entity for the show.

-The comics featured a character named Dim-Witty (or Dopey) Smurf, whose shtick was that he got everything wrong and did the opposite of whatever he was told. This Smurf didn't make it to TV.

-Smurfette didn't live in the Smurf village in the comics.

-In the comics, when Brainy Smurf would start to run off at the mouth, he would get hit on the head with a mallet rather than getting tossed out of the village onto his head.

-On TV, the characters of Johan and Pewit were introduced on Smurfs. In the comics, it was the opposite: the Smurfs were introduced in a Johan and Pewit story.

[dth1971]

Popeye, in the toons done by Paramount/Famous Studios in the 1940s-1950s as well as the KFS one of the 1960s, Popeye keep the marine uniform he had in the WWII cartoons era compared to the comic strips done by Bud Sagendorf at that time. the late 1970s Hanna-Barbara version bring back his old costume but the hawaiin shirt in "Popeye & Son" don't fit well to him.

Also for the Famous Studios Popeye cartoons:
* Olive Oyl switched from boot shoes to high heels.
* Swee Pea sported a baby bonnett instead of a sailor's hat.

[Leviathan]

Snoopy is one of the most severe cases I can think of that hasn't already been discussed. In the Peanuts comic, he can "talk" (via thought balloons, like Garfield), but in the animated Peanuts specials, movies and The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, his only form of communication are grunts and other noises (particularly evident in the latter).

Loud Howard's one-shot appearance in the Dilbert comic shows him as having black hair and perpetually closed eyes. In the Dilbert cartoon, he has blond-ish hair and his eyes are usually open

[Undrave]

Disney's Marsupilami was a total travesty. It only had the spots, long tail and name of the original. The original is a fantastical animal that rules over the jungle of fictitious South-American country Palombia, while the Disney version is a ridiculous oaf from...Africa?! He's a scaredy idiot!

Even if he can't talk the original is probably smarter than Disney's... and the original can trash giant bulldozers, is amphibious and scares both Pirhanas and Jaguars!



-Smurfette didn't live in the Smurf village in the comics.


Huh...yes she did...where'd you get that idea??

[Mad Mod 49]

Yeah aren't Misty and Brock suppose to be adults in the game?


Misty was always clearly a teenager in the games, but Brock did seem like he was alot older, at least in his early 20s or so.

[Kazuya Prower]

Popeye, in the toons done by Paramount/Famous Studios in the 1940s-1950s as well as the KFS one of the 1960s, Popeye keep the marine uniform he had in the WWII cartoons era compared to the comic strips done by Bud Sagendorf at that time. the late 1970s Hanna-Barbara version bring back his old costume but the hawaiin shirt in "Popeye & Son" don't fit well to him.

Not to mention he was toned down.

[Silverstar]

Snoopy is one of the most severe cases I can think of that hasn't already been discussed. In the Peanuts comic, he can "talk" (via thought balloons, like Garfield), but in the animated Peanuts specials, movies and The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, his only form of communication are grunts and other noises (particularly evident in the latter).

Originally, when they were planning to bring Peanuts to television, Schulz, Mendelson and Melendez had thought about printing Snoopy's thoughts on the screen, but they realized that small children wouldn't be able to read them. Then, they considered verbalizing Snoopy's thoughts (like they would later do with Garfield) but for some reason this idea was also discarded. Although, we did hear Snoopy's thoughts in the TV adaptation of Snoopy: The Musical.

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-Smurfette didn't live in the Smurf village in the comics.


Huh...yes she did...where'd you get that idea??

In all of the Belgian Smurfs comics I've read, Smurfette just visited the village, shook things up and then left again. I think in the comics' version of Smurfette's origin story, she chose to live alone in the forest because of all the trouble she caused in the village after her creation. But don't quote me on that; it's been a while since I've read a Smurfs comic.

[Undrave]

Then you musn't have read a lot of Smurfs comics. I read all the ones done by Peyo himself and I know she has her own house.

[Silverstar]

Then you musn't have read a lot of Smurfs comics. I read all the ones done by Peyo himself and I know she has her own house.

Fine, OK.

Now I know.


-And knowing is half the battle.


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[Mikintosh]

How do you know? They had only a couple of lines in the games, directly pertaining to your battles against them.

Well, it's more that the cartoon created character traits for Brock that never made it into the games (going crazy for girls, being a breeder...wearing a shirt), and at least the Misty in Gold and Silver seemed to be more guy-focused than her anime counterpart, who was a tomboy who'd probably not wear a bikini to battle as she did in Red & Blue.

Other than that, it's more superficial physical differences. I actually do think they are the same ages in the (original) games as in the show, although I don't buy Misty being 10 and Brock being 12 in either of them.

I think these changes are natural, though, since they took characters that only appeared fleetingly in the original games and made them regular characters.

[stephane dumas]

Could we add also some European cartoons? In the 1990s version of The Adventures of Tintin done by Ellipse studios and Nelvana, one of the characters Captain Haddock, well known to enjoy alcohol, taked not a lot since its introduction in "The Crab with the Golden Claws". The 1960s version done by Belvision got also more change compared to the comics versions like the "Black Island" episode included cameos appearances of Prof Calculus and Captain Haddock when they didn't appeared it all in the comic book.

[dth1971]

Here's another one: Since the Arthur cartoon series based on the books by Marc Brown was launched in 1996, the Tibble Twins and Mrs. Tibble who were humans in a few Arthur books (Arthur's Halloween and Arthur Babysits) became animal characters (Tommy and Timmy Tibble became bears and Mrs. Tibble became a kangaroo).

[dth1971]

And who can forget updated outfits for:
* Chip 'n Dale in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
* Goofy in Goof Troop.
* Donald Duck and Daisy Duck in Quack Pack

[dth1971]

And I can add: When the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic book was launched in 1992 Princess Sally was pink with black hair and for the Sat AM series Princess Sally was brown with brown hair.

[Silverstar]

And I can add: When the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic book was launched in 1992 Princess Sally was pink with black hair and for the Sat AM series Princess Sally was brown with brown hair.

The SatAM comic book series came after the TV show, so technically that doesn't count.

[Anwar]

And in the comic book afer several years they did a story that explained her different colorings throughout her existence.

[zoombie]

Blackfire from Teen Titans, she was a cripple (for her and the Tameran standards anyway because she couldn't fly) who was obcessed with ruling her planet and getting what she felt was owed to her, and was more of gray character that has a sympathic backstory. On the cartoon, she could fly, and she was just a bratt that hated her sister for no reason, and just did things for fun at her sister's expence. In "Betronted" she said she took over Tamaron for kicks, in the comics ruling Tamaran was an oppsession for her.

[dth1971]

Also in Popeye: In the Max Fleischer and Famous Studios and Hanna-Barbera produced Popeye cartoons Brutus (from the Popeye comic strip) was renamed Bluto.

[cyde]

Also in Popeye: In the Max Fleischer and Famous Studios and Hanna-Barbera produced Popeye cartoons Brutus (from the Popeye comic strip) was renamed Bluto.There's a reason for it--to avoid confusion with Disney's Pluto--or is it the other way 'round?

[Manhunter]

Black Lightning. He wasn't even Black Lightning anymore, he was Black Vulcan.

[Toon Capone]

Alexandra from 'Josie and the Pussycats' had magical powers in the original comic, but she didn't have them in the cartoon.

She did?

That's interesting I never knew that but I never read the comics I only watched the cartoon.

[Silverstar]

Black Lightning. He wasn't even Black Lightning anymore, he was Black Vulcan.

Black Vulcan and Black Lightning were not the same character. Black Vulcan was an original H-B creation who was added to Superfriends when H-B couldn't secure the legal rights to use Black Lightning on the show.

[dth1971]

Black Vulcan and Black Lightning were not the same character. Black Vulcan was an original H-B creation who was added to Superfriends when H-B couldn't secure the legal rights to use Black Lightning on the show.

Also created for the Superfriends: Wendy, Marvin, Wonder Dog, the Wonder Twins, Gleek the Monkey, Apache Chief, Samurai, El Dorado, Rima the Jungle Girl, Toroman, and Giganta.

[Silverstar]

Also created for the Superfriends: Wendy, Marvin, Wonder Dog, the Wonder Twins, Gleek the Monkey, Apache Chief, Samurai, El Dorado, Rima the Jungle Girl, Toroman, and Giganta.

Actually, Rima and Giganta were originally from the comics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rima_the_Jungle_Girl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganta

[Hotstreak]

Hey correct me if I'm wrong, I'm just not too familiar with this one, but aren't Heathcliff and Garfield the same cat??? I mean, they sure LOOK alike. I'm REALLY CONFUSED..:(

[Dr.Pepper]

Hey correct me if I'm wrong, I'm just not too familiar with this one, but aren't Heathcliff and Garfield the same cat??? I mean, they sure LOOK alike. I'm REALLY CONFUSED..:(
They are two cats that look alike.

[veemonjosh]

They are two cats that look alike.

Except Heathcliff won that smackdown.

[Silverstar]

Funny, some of my cousins couldn't tell Heathcliff and Garfield apart either, but they never looked anything alike to me. Go figure....

[SAMaine]

Yeah, Heathcliff and Garfield are different characters, just the same BREED of cat... Orange or Classic Tabby

[Bones Justice]

Agent Elle went from being brunette at the end of the film, to blonde in the cartoon. I never figured that one out.

I always wrote it off that she dyed her hair.

J was a white guy in the original comics. K was more of a typical government "spook" that you did not want to mess with. They never showed Zed in the original comic series, either; he was just a voice from an intercom.

Well, J got changed to a black guy (Will Smith) for the first movie. By the end of the movie, J was acting like an old pro, which I didn't care for all that much. But in the animated series, J makes rookie mistakes throughout the entire first season, gradually gaining proficiency. By the end of the first season, he earns a small amount of respect from K but still has a long way to go with his training. (I know that the show continued for several more seasons but I never saw past the first one since that's all that was released -- never saw the show on television, unfortunately.)

Anyways, I really appreciated the changes made for the animated Men in Black. Season one is far better than the movies, in my opinion.


In Gottfredson's comic Mickey went on adventures around the world

I've never really been "into" those kinds of comics. But I picked up Mickey Mouse this year on FCBD, mainly because it had Robin Hood on the cover. I was amazed at how different this Mickey Mouse (by Gottfredson) was! In this, Mickey not only went on adventures, he beat people up, had attitude, and a sense of humor. If Mickey Mouse had been like this when I was growing up, I would have liked him better than Bugs Bunny for sure.

I'm not an expert on the show but I think on Spider-man: TAS, Hobgoblin was introduced before the Green Goblin, which is backwards from the comics. They made quite a few changes to Marvel Comics continuity -- they totally jacked up Captain America's story as well as Secret Wars, for example. I could go on but I won't. :p

X-Men: Evolution changed a lot of the main characters ages. True, the X-Men were just kids when they started but Storm was not one of the teachers, for example. Actually, I think this is a great show despite the changes they made.

In Mutant League, Bones Jackson from the videogame Mutant League Football was changed to Bones Justice. Originally, the character's name was satire of the real football/baseball star, Bo Jackson. I do not know if the television show had any legal trouble and had to change the name or not, but they didn't change some of the other names, like Dark Star (ie, Bart Starr, another famous football player); then again, they didn't use other characters at all, like Scary Ice (ie, Jerry Rice) or Coach Bricka (Coach Ditka). Electronic Arts, creators of the videogames and producers of the show, had recently had a legal battle with ESPN over their fictional EASN logo for their sports videogames; the suit was settled out of court and EA changed their sports logo to the now famous EA Sports brand.

Also, Coach McWhimple coached the Sixty-Whiners in the videogame while in the show, he was head coach for the Monsters instead of Coach Bricka. I think they made this change mainly because Bones was the real team leader both on and off the field. McWhimple was too wimpy to give orders to anybody!

[Wussycat]

In the Teen Titans comic, Jericho was Deathstroke/Slade's son. There's no mention of this in the show.

[Silverstar]

X-Men: Evolution changed a lot of the main characters ages. True, the X-Men were just kids when they started but Storm was not one of the teachers, for example. Actually, I think this is a great show despite the changes they made.

Keep in mind that X-Men: Evolution wasn't a prequel to the Fox series, or even the comics; it was set in its' own universe with its' own separate continuity. If it had been a true depiction of the original X-Men, it would've only featured Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Jean Grey, who was then known as Marvel Girl. Storm, Wolverine and Nightcrawler were on the 2nd X-Men team (along with Thunderbird, Banshee and Colossus) which was formed after the original X-Men (except for Cyclops) were seemingly killed on a mission. (It turned out they weren't dead, but were in the clutches of a living island-don't ask, long story.)

[Tinytooncrazy]

attack of the killer tomatoes chatacters changed a lot chad got turned into a 10 year old and Tara got allaric to salt

[Silverstar]

attack of the killer tomatoes chatacters changed a lot chad got turned into a 10 year old and Tara got allaric to salt

Tara's aversion to salt was from the movie (specifically, the sequel, Return of the Killer Tomatoes). Tara was actually a tomato, and being sprinkled with salt would turn her back into a vegetable.

The only real changes made in the Fox cartoon were that Chad and Tara were remade into kids, and Chad's lecherous best friend from the movie was dropped altogether.

[Tinytooncrazy]

you sure because in the fikm it was music that turned her into a tomato namely beathoven