This Decade Lacked. . .

[Old Guy]

1. Cartoons based on live-action movies
2. Cartoons based on celebrities

I know. I know. You're saying, "that's a good thing" and you're right. Sort of. It's a double edged sword. Kids these days have nothing to laugh at 10 years from now. Yet we can sit back and mock Hulk Hogan's Rock n Wrestling for 30 minutes.

[Sketch]

The decade isn't quite over yet. They might still rear their ugly heads.

[Bloody Marquis]

2. Cartoons based on celebrities

Jackie Chan Adventures says hi.

[Old Guy]

Jackie Chan Adventures says hi.

hahaha. That's right. But it isn't the same. The show was actually decent. It wasn't a Mr. T type show.

[creativerealms]

Movie based cartoons, well there was the Mummy cartoon, and that horrid Spaceballs toon.

But your right there have been less movie and celebrity cartoons this decade. But i don't think that's a bad thing.

[TheTerror]

I am not really a fan much of cartoons based on movies and/or celebrities, but once in a while (Ghostbusters) a cartoon comes along baded on a film and turns out really good. As far as this decade lacking as a whole for cartoons, i'd agree but it's gotten better since 2007.

[Don_East]

Does HiHi Puffy AmiYumi count as a cartoon based on a celebrity?

I think movie based cartoons aren't that bad, there's bigger possiblity that you might find something good from that genre. Like The Real Ghostbusters, MiB, or The Mask, but still you might find something like Police Academy The Series.

[creativerealms]

Ah yes HiHi Puffy AmiYumi that should count. Now I have to try to forget that show. It takes me about two years to forget it's existence.

[Monterey Jack]

What about those Jim Carrey 'toons from the mid 90's, like The Mask and Dumb & Dumber?

[Paul_Cousins]

1. Cartoons based on live-action movies
2. Cartoons based on celebrities

I know. I know. You're saying, "that's a good thing" and you're right. Sort of. It's a double edged sword. Kids these days have nothing to laugh at 10 years from now. Yet we can sit back and mock Hulk Hogan's Rock n Wrestling for 30 minutes.

1. Megas XLR.

2. Total Drama Island.

[Kazuya Prower]

What about those Jim Carrey 'toons from the mid 90's, like The Mask and Dumb & Dumber?

We're talking about cartoons based on celebrities and movies from the 2000's.

What about Class of 3000? Isn't Sunny Bridges based on Andre 3000?

[Silverstar]

What about Class of 3000? Isn't Sunny Bridges based on Andre 3000?

Sunny Bridges was partially based on Sonny Rollins, but he was indeed an animated caricature of series co-creator, Andre Benjamin.

1. Megas XLR.

2. Total Drama Island.

Not the same thing. Those shows aren't based or centered around any living celebrities or personalities. Megas poked fun at a lot of pop-culture stuff and TDI is a spoof of reality shows, but neither show is an animated version of any one specific person, show or movie.

[Paul_Cousins]

Not the same thing. Those shows aren't based or centered around any living celebrities or personalities. Megas poked fun at a lot of pop-culture stuff and TDI is a spoof of reality shows, but neither show is an animated version of any one specific person, show or movie.

You are splitting hairs.

Megas XLR was partly inspired by/based on live action movies; Blues Brothers, Evil Dead/Army of Darkness, Predator too name a few.

And Total Drama Island inspired by/based on reality tv celebrities. Not all celebrities are movie stars.

[joltman]

What about that one with Gene Simmons from KISS. Or was that just by him and not based on him?

[Silverstar]

You are splitting hairs.

Megas XLR was partly inspired by/based on live action movies; Blues Brothers, Evil Dead/Army of Darkness, Predator too name a few.

And Total Drama Island inspired by/based on reality tv celebrities. Not all celebrities are movie stars.

Yes, but neither of them are based on any one specific property or celebrity in the Hammerman, The New Adventures of Gilligan, Jumanji or Hulk Hogan's Rock & Wrestling! sense, which are the type of shows this thread is referring to. Lots of shows spoof or allude to movies or celebrities, but that doesn't make them animated adaptations thereof. Going by your logic, one could say that Family Guy and Robot Chicken are animated spinoffs of several stars and celebrities.

A parody of something or drawing inspiration from something isn't the same thing as a licensed adaptation of it.

[Blackstar]

What about that one with Gene Simmons from KISS. Or was that just by him and not based on him?

You mean My Dad the Rock Star, and the character of Rock Zilla (love that name!) was loosely based on and patterned after Gene Simmons, but was not a direct caricature. Rock Zilla wasn't supposed to be Gene Simmons, per se, but he was clearly supposed to be that type of rock god.

[chdr]

2. Cartoons based on celebrities

What about this?

[Justy]

You mean My Dad the Rock Star, and the character of Rock Zilla (love that name!) was loosely based on and patterned after Gene Simmons, but was not a direct caricature. Rock Zilla wasn't supposed to be Gene Simmons, per se, but he was clearly supposed to be that type of rock god.

I'm fairly certain Simmons was a producer of the series...

[Blackstar]

I'm fairly certain Simmons was a producer of the series...

He was. The similarities between Rock Zilla and Gene Simmons were not accidental, but nonetheless, Rock wasn't supposed to be Gene, he was just a character who distinctly resembled him.

[Racattack!Force]

I'm fairly certain Simmons was a producer of the series...

He was, but My Dad is a Rock Star isn't really what I think of when I think of celebrity-based cartoons. And as for Jstache, the wasn't picked up yet.