"Conan the Barbarian". Which, I believe, really is the first R-Rated series to be made into a kid's cartoon. The movie was first, beating "First Blood" by six months. Then the sequel "Conan the Destroyer" beat "Rambo: First Blood Part II" by a year. Then the animated series "Conan the Adventurer" beat "Rambo and the Forces of Freedom" by four years.
RoboCop the cartoon, LOL. I still remember the line by the robot at the fast food place "Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders, will behead us."
The Animation was terrible in them too. I was just old enough then to start to recognize differences between good and bad animation and these were awful.
Here’s the thing: yes. They were all terribly animated and made on the cheap. Rambo especially was awful; he looked different in practically every scene. Even TMNT was a mess of errors and mistakes.
Not animated but there was Friday the 13th the Series which ran in syndication starting on 1987. Played in the afternoons too, so its not like kids didn't see it.
Conan had a magic sword that would banish the Serpent Men when he hit them with it. Suitability for kids: assured! Off the top of my head, I want to say that the Police Academy cartoon came after Bobcat Goldthwait's "Zed" character from the second film had undergone an off-screen heel-face turn and come back as a police cadet for the third installment; after that, he's just about a kid-friendly, live-action version of Animal from the Muppet Show in the films.
@@Dani_Reasor Funny enough, the Conan cartoon did have deaths in them as I remembered as a kid. One instance had a lava monster collapse on an evil woman and latter showed her skeleton in the lava, one sorcerer guy fell to his death in some red magic abyss pit, and one sorcerer perished in a melting tower. I gotta binge watch Conan sometime, since it was great and a well written and developed cartoon that wasn’t too toned down. So I wouldn’t underestimate it as a tone down kid’s cartoon. It’s on par with The Pirates of Dark Water which showed around that time. I also need to binge watch Highlander the Series since it looked so ballsy and dark for a kid’s cartoon.
To Be Fair, by the time the Police Academy cartoon came out, the series had been so watered down that the movies had been rated PG since Police Academy 4.
Hey, thanks! The channel has been around for since 2020, but it was more supplemental content back when Space Castle started out as a podcast. Things changed, and I rebooted Space Castle as a TH-cam series, and really started making content in earnest in the Spring of 2023. It has started to catch on since the holidays. I hope you'll hang around and check out other videos! Cheers, friend!
@@spacecastleshow Absolutely. You already exhibited characters/shows I had completely forgotten about but recognized immediately upon seeing them again... I like that kind of thing!
I vaguely remember the Rambo cartoon. Personally I would've loved to see a cartoon based on Commando with Arnold Schwarzenegger (John Matrix would've been a great cartoon character). BTW: during the 80's Chuck Norris also had a short-lived animated series (Karate Kommandos).
A Commando cartoon would’ve been epic! But the immense pressure that would be on the writers to constantly come up with incredible one liners like “Stick around!” and “Let off some steam, Bennett!”
Police Academy was a very close runner up in planning the episode. If I did a part two, Police Academy would be the first one, for sure. Such a weird choice for a cartoon!
@@spacecastleshow You need only look at most of the later PA films to see that it had already become a cartoon and any serious character development, even for a comedy, was out the window by then.
50 Shades of Grey, hands down. Just kidding - I always thought a series based on the 1998 Blade movie with Snipes would've been a rad animated series. We got that anime miniseries, but 65 episodes of inappropriate vampire killing would have been rad.
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Yeah, buddy! Which one's your favorite? I have fond memories of the short-lived Back to the Future cartoon, and the rad Happy Meal toys that came from it.
What cartoons made from R-rated movies did I miss? Let's talk about 'em all!
Highlander Cartoon. Can't really cut heads off in a cartoon for kids. Though that was 1994.
Dude, Highlander was off the chain, too! What were these people thinking back in the day?
@@spacecastleshow there was a wacko Stargate cartoon too. SG-1 had nudity in its early shows so not sure why they thought a kids show was a good idea.
Oh, for sure - and then there was the Starship Troopers cartoon, and that movie's main selling point was boobs and dismemberment. 😆
"Conan the Barbarian". Which, I believe, really is the first R-Rated series to be made into a kid's cartoon. The movie was first, beating "First Blood" by six months. Then the sequel "Conan the Destroyer" beat "Rambo: First Blood Part II" by a year. Then the animated series "Conan the Adventurer" beat "Rambo and the Forces of Freedom" by four years.
RoboCop the cartoon, LOL. I still remember the line by the robot at the fast food place "Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders, will behead us."
Haha! It’s a weirdly great series.
Just imagine a Filmation cartoon that turns _The Incredible Melting Man_ into a superhero. And his supporting cast is all his victims from the movie.
Holy crap, I'm dying. I want this cartoon now.
The Animation was terrible in them too. I was just old enough then to start to recognize differences between good and bad animation and these were awful.
Here’s the thing: yes. They were all terribly animated and made on the cheap. Rambo especially was awful; he looked different in practically every scene.
Even TMNT was a mess of errors and mistakes.
I think my friends and I would watch Rambo just to laugh at how bad it was.@@spacecastleshow
It's still hilarious. Rambo is SO BOISTEROUS.
I guess it was cheaper than therapy.@@spacecastleshow
Not animated but there was Friday the 13th the Series which ran in syndication starting on 1987. Played in the afternoons too, so its not like kids didn't see it.
Two that I was very fond of were Conan The Adventurer and Highlander the Animated Series. Also Police Academy...that one is just weird as hell too.
Conan the Adventurer's theme song is an ear worm - I still remember it! Police Academy... was a choice, for sure. Weird as hell, absolutely.
@@spacecastleshow Oh yeah. That theme song is awesome.
Conan had a magic sword that would banish the Serpent Men when he hit them with it. Suitability for kids: assured!
Off the top of my head, I want to say that the Police Academy cartoon came after Bobcat Goldthwait's "Zed" character from the second film had undergone an off-screen heel-face turn and come back as a police cadet for the third installment; after that, he's just about a kid-friendly, live-action version of Animal from the Muppet Show in the films.
@@Dani_Reasor Funny enough, the Conan cartoon did have deaths in them as I remembered as a kid. One instance had a lava monster collapse on an evil woman and latter showed her skeleton in the lava, one sorcerer guy fell to his death in some red magic abyss pit, and one sorcerer perished in a melting tower. I gotta binge watch Conan sometime, since it was great and a well written and developed cartoon that wasn’t too toned down. So I wouldn’t underestimate it as a tone down kid’s cartoon. It’s on par with The Pirates of Dark Water which showed around that time. I also need to binge watch Highlander the Series since it looked so ballsy and dark for a kid’s cartoon.
To Be Fair, by the time the Police Academy cartoon came out, the series had been so watered down that the movies had been rated PG since Police Academy 4.
Well made vid, did you just start this channel? Content deserves wayyyy more subs.
Hey, thanks! The channel has been around for since 2020, but it was more supplemental content back when Space Castle started out as a podcast. Things changed, and I rebooted Space Castle as a TH-cam series, and really started making content in earnest in the Spring of 2023. It has started to catch on since the holidays.
I hope you'll hang around and check out other videos! Cheers, friend!
@@spacecastleshow Absolutely. You already exhibited characters/shows I had completely forgotten about but recognized immediately upon seeing them again... I like that kind of thing!
Happy to be of service, friend! 🤝
Where's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?
In a four-hour cut of the video, haha. I may have to make a part 2!
I vaguely remember the Rambo cartoon. Personally I would've loved to see a cartoon based on Commando with Arnold Schwarzenegger (John Matrix would've been a great cartoon character).
BTW: during the 80's Chuck Norris also had a short-lived animated series (Karate Kommandos).
A Commando cartoon would’ve been epic! But the immense pressure that would be on the writers to constantly come up with incredible one liners like “Stick around!” and “Let off some steam, Bennett!”
Ugh. The Chuck Norris cartoon.
MOVIES that became TV SERIES
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ROBOCOP
HIGHLANDER
FOREVER KNIGHT
FRIDAY the 13th
A NIGHTMARE on ELM St
CHILD'S PLAY
No mention of Police Acadamy? Of course by the time the cartoon series aired the franchise was already PG.
Police Academy was a very close runner up in planning the episode. If I did a part two, Police Academy would be the first one, for sure. Such a weird choice for a cartoon!
@@spacecastleshow You need only look at most of the later PA films to see that it had already become a cartoon and any serious character development, even for a comedy, was out the window by then.
Oh, for sure. The latter Police Academy movies became pretty ridiculous. 👍
If cartoons based on R rated movies were still made today what movie do you think would make for a great or interesting cartoon?
50 Shades of Grey, hands down. Just kidding - I always thought a series based on the 1998 Blade movie with Snipes would've been a rad animated series. We got that anime miniseries, but 65 episodes of inappropriate vampire killing would have been rad.
@@spacecastleshow A Superbad animated series wouldn't be a bad idea either
I'd give it a try! I'd be worried it would turn out like the Napoleon Dynamite series though, and totally miss the mark.
I'm thinking the Expendables or Dredd
Oh, dude. If DREDD had come out in the 90s, they definitely would have made a cartoon and action figured the heck out of it!
live action to cartoons
BATMAN
BACK TO THE FUTURE
ROBOCOP
GHOSTBUSTERS
TOXIC AVENGER
TALES FROM THE CRYPT
CLERKS
BEETLEJUICE
ADDAMS FAMILY
MUNSTERS
HIGHLANDER
Yeah, buddy! Which one's your favorite? I have fond memories of the short-lived Back to the Future cartoon, and the rad Happy Meal toys that came from it.