12 Nostalgic Saturday Morning Cartoons Based On Movies - Explored
2,417None of us can really forget waking up on Saturday mornings, rushing to our TVs, and tuning into Fox Kids or NBC to watch our favorite cartoons. The world of cartoons was a blissful place, and it was also a huge money-making industry for the corporate giants of animation. These shows also helped many directors to expand the universe of their films for a much smaller price than offered by a live-action show or an anthology of films. Furthermore, they could show exotic locations and extremely cool technology or gadgets in animated shows, something that was not always possible in other mediums, due to the restraints applied by lack of cinematic technology or adequate funding. Naturally, animated shows were a favorite of viewers, filmmakers, producers, and, yes, a few parents. Most of the Saturday morning cartoons from the 80s and the 90s came with moral lessons for children. I mean, even at this age, if Batman or Ironman came and asked me to do something, I would be more inclined to follow their instructions, though I wouldn’t listen if my elder brother if he asked me to do the same thing. Kids tend to have similar psychology. In this video, we will take you on a walk down memory lane and reminisce about 12 memorable cartoons that you may or may not remember. Just a side-note, there have been numerous amazing animated shows that were adapted from live-action films, but not all of them made the cut on this list. While we have included many classics, we also chose to include a few shows that have been lost in time but deserve to be found and watched. So, you may not find hits like Jumanji, Men In Black, or The Mask here.
0:00 Intro
2:14 Conan: The Adventurer (1992 – 1993)
5:26 Rambo: Force of Freedom (1986)
8:36 Robocop: The Animated Series (1988)
11:50 The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
14:42 Teen Wolf (1986–1988)
16:41 Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988–1989)
18:52 Beetlejuice (1989–1991)
21:54 The Karate Kid (1989)
24:34 Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures (1990–1991)
26:51 Back to the Future (1991–1993)
29:33 Ewoks (1985-1986)
31:36 Highlander: The Animated Series (1994–1996)