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[NipplesAndToes23]

There have been a lot of cartoons that have been adapted into movies and a lot have turned out bad, but some have turned out good. Which ones in your opinion are the best and what set them apart from the terrible ones out there?

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Is my number one. I have only seen it once, but it left a great impression on me. This was set in the same universe at the 90s animated series and featured Joker and The Phantasm as the primary antagonists. It was said that this was when Mark Hammil got his iconic Joker laugh. I wish I could say more, but shit, it's been a while since I've seen it.


2. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
This was very different from the BTAS, but Beyond proved to be an enjoyable show. The movie decided to bring some of the BTAS flavor in by having the Joker come back for the big bad of this feature.

A Goofy Movie
I don't think I've seen this since the 90s, but I remember enjoying this thoroughly. This is still pretty much my only exposure to Goofy in the animated realm.

The Powerpuff Girls Movie
This movie delved into the origins of the superhero trio. In the cartoon we find out how they were made, it's in the intro, but we never got what lead to their creation and what their first act of heroism was. That's all in here. Being so young and powerful these girls were highly dangerous and reckless in Townsville. We get to see Mojojo's origin expanded as well and it's just as bit as funny as the cartoon.

The Flintstones
I watched this the most of any cartoon movie back in the day. It's cornball as fuck, but I love it. Barney should've gotten the credit he deserves at the end of the movie. I wouldn't have let Fred get all that credit when he only got there because of him.

 

[Escape Goat]

Saturday morning Cartoon All-Stars

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is probably the best case of "lets finally make a feature film for this series"

 

[Violence Jack]

Transformers The Movie

 

[theWB27]

Space Jam was emmy tier.
Dragonball and Airbender the Last.

 

[One Eyed Willy]

Spoiler

Masters of the Universe (He-Man)

 

[louiedog]

Finally, someone is thinking of Brendan Fraser.

I don't think these really rate though.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Spoiler

Masters of the Universe (He-Man)

I went googling for a gif of this the second I read the thread title. Say what you want about the whole movie, the I have the power scene was is so good.

edit: IS so good

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

The Rugrats Movie was weirdly dark. Rugrats Go Wild was pretty childish. Rugrats in Paris was actually pretty good. I loved that it focused on Chuckie since he was my favourite.

 

[Aaronrules380]

If you're a fan of Gintama, then the second Gintama movie is a must watch

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

The Rugrats Movie was weirdly dark. Rugrats Go Wild was pretty childish. Rugrats in Paris was actually pretty good. I loved that it focused on Chuckie since he was my favourite.

I forgot I saw The Rugrats Movie and I was just listening to Take Me There earlier.

 

[Khaos Kontrol]

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie was good

 

[Heroman]

Spoiler

Masters of the Universe (He-Man)

Best not worst

 

[MattKeil]

Best not worst

MotU is both.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Masters of the Universe was like a less shitty version of the first Thor movie, but this scene used to get me hyped as fuck as a kid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOsHoqhbUIU

 

[Bronx-Man]

Now that we're men
We can do anything
Now that we're men
We are invincible
Now that we're men
We can do anything
Get the crown
Save the town
And Mr. Krabs!

 

[itwasTuesday]

Masters of the Universe was like a less shitty version of the first Thor movie, but this scene used to get me hyped as fuck as a kid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOsHoqhbUIU

1. Skelator KNEEL
2. Zod KNEEL
3. Loki KNEEL

 

[Infernostew]

The Castle of Cagliostro

 

[TheRedSnifit]

This is so much better than it has any right to be.

 

[vypek]

A Goofy Movie is one of my favorite Disney movies. I agree with you on that choice as well as Mask of the Phantasm

 

[HollowCentral]

The Peanuts Movie and Shaun the Sheep Movie are two more recent examples that I thought were great. Speed Racer's pretty awesome too.

 

[Hispanic! At the Disco]

Now that we're men
We can do anything
Now that we're men
We are invincible
Now that we're men
We can do anything
Get the crown
Save the town
And Mr. Krabs!

Its definitely this. I quote this movie almost daily.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

 

[itwasTuesday]

motu score
motu poster

Both are better than so many films released today.

Speed Racer also does not deserve this poster. BUT, I understand.

 

[Txαi]

I like how "The" is inside "B".

Kinda like The King of Comedy.

Can't really remember any decent cartoon-based films off the top of my head.

 

[Bitanator]

Already some of my favorites mentioned. Hey Arnold movie is really good

 

[godhandiscen]

Great movie. I can watch it once every other year and still enjoy it.

 

[zeemumu]

Speed Racer and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

 

[MattKeil]

As much as I like Speed Racer, this may be the most accurate use of this meme yet.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

I don't know how well it holds up as a movie, but the animation in 'The Chipmunk Adventure' is obscenely well-animated. When it came out in 1987, it looked better than the stuff Disney was putting out.

 

[HotHamBoy]

There's a fair amount of good anime films that are based on tv series.

In the West I think you've pretty much got them covered already.

 

[joe2187]

I still dont understand why GAF keeps sucking that speed racer dick so much. It's some sort of meme I guess.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

 

[Fancy Clown]

Speed Racer is the GAFest movie ever. Looks really cool in gifs, but is dorky as fuck, over-long, hyperactive, eye candy overload, weeaboo nonsense.

Like if you're gonna stan for Speed Racer, at least have the good grace to plug The Adventures of Tintin as well, which is like an actually good version of what that movie was trying to do.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Its definitely this. I quote this movie almost daily.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Speed Racer is the GAFest movie ever. Looks really cool in gifs, but is dorky as fuck, over-long, hyperactive, eye candy overload, weeaboo nonsense.

Like if you're gonna stan for Speed Racer, at least have the good grace to plug The Adventures of Tintin as well, which is like an actually good version of what that movie was trying to do.

Preach.

 

[valkillmore]

Yes buddy.

This shit is hilarious

 

[Venture]

South Park, Bigger, Longer, And Uncut is the best, at least for western animation. The title is exactly what you get; a bigger, more epic version of the show and it still manages to be just as funny as the best episodes. It's also a terrific musical on top of everything else.

The Powerpuff Girls Movie
This movie delved into the origins of the superhero trio. In the cartoon we find out how they were made, it's in the intro, but we never got what lead to their creation and what their first act of heroism was. That's all in here. Being so young and powerful these girls were highly dangerous and reckless in Townsville. We get to see Mojojo's origin expanded as well and it's just as bit as funny as the cartoon.

I couldn't disagree more on this one. PPG movie was so dull and serious. The TV show's intro is all you need to know about their origins. Expanding that into a full movie that gets all dark and emotional was a big mistake to me.