Popeye the Sailor (1933)
Popeye the Sailor series: Popeye and Bluto fight for the affections of Olive Oyl. In the mist of the conflict, Popeye is seemingly defeated until he gets his hands on Spinach obtaining super strength to defeat his nemesis.
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Poll: Formulaic Cartoons
It is common for cinematic titles to use formulas, such as third act conflicts, in order to be entertaining. Due to overuse, these formulas develop into clichés and are irritatingly predictable. This over reliance on a specific formula can probably be best illustrated in animation, specifically in cartoon shorts series.
Which of these formulaic cartoon series do you find the most frustrating to watch?
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Make Your Choice
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Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
The Tom and Jerry series: Housecat Tom is tormented by loveable pest Jerry the Mouse. -
Odor-Able Kitty (1945)
Pepe Le Pew series: Prissy black kitty cat Penelope somehow has an accident in which a white stripe is painted on her back which bring her to the attention an amorous French skunk named Pepe Le Pew. -
Fast and Furry-ous (1949)
Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote series: Wile the starving coyote chases the Roadrunner in vain always foiled by the Acme Corporation's sub-standard products. -
Speedy Gonzales (1955)
Speedy Gonzales series: A bunch of Mexican mice are tortured and its up the fastest mouse in Mexico to save them from their tormentors. -
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969)
Scooby Doo series: Someone dawns a costume to appear as a spooky apparition to take control over a usually abandoned location only to be foiled those meddling kids their really hungry great dane. -
Tweetie Pie (1947)
Sylvester and Tweety series: Perpetually hungry cat tries and fails to eat Tweety. Suggested by Mario Jacobs. -
It's the Wolf (1969)
It's the Wolf series: Mildew the wolf's plan to catch and eat Lambsy constantly being folied by Bristle Hound. Suggested by Mario Jacobs. -
Inspector Gadget (1983)
Inspector Gadget series: Bumbling cyborg Inspector Gadget 'successfully' defeats the ruthless Claw with the help of (the real heroes) his niece Penny and her dog Brain. -
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
Jimmy Neutron series: Boy genius invents something to solve a problem. After his invention backfires he has to reverse the effects usually involving another invention or a "brain blast". Suggested by urbanemovies. -
Pinky and the Brain (1995)
Pinky and the Brain Series: A couple of lab mice nightly try to take over the world only to be foiled by their own plan. Suggested by Dan Dassow. -
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969)
Dick Dastardly and Muttley series: Taking to the skies in an attempt to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon, howver tehy are never quite able to "stop that pigeon." Suggested by Mario Jacobs -
The Fairly OddParents (2001)
The Fairly Oddparents: Timmy makes a wish to his fairies that he regrets which he later has to have undone usually learning a lesson along the way. Suggested by Pencho 15. -
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
Captain Planet series: A villain does something to harm the environment. The native population, save for one person finds a perceived advantage and the Planeteers are captured. They summon Captain Planet who vanquishes the enemy and gives them a valuable lesson. Suggested by Pencho 15. -
Dora the Explorer (2000)
Dora the explorer series: A trip in a map with a destination with three subsections including a song and a backpack giving something useful to Dora who asks at the end to the kids what was their favorite part of the episode. Suggested by Pencho 15. -
Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945)
Casper the Friendly Ghost series: A lonely Casper tries to befriend someone only to have the person run off in terror. Casper then meets a small child or animal and helps them. After someone threatens his friend Casper scares off the villain. -
The Frog Show (2003)
The Frog series: The ferret tries to catch the frog but someone catches it first. The ferret then tries to get the frog back and succeeds only to fail eating the frog which gets returned to it's home pond. -
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006)
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey and his palls need to get the Mouseketools in order to solve the adventure of the day. Various repetition of songs and saying such as "Oh Toodles" "We've got ears, say cheers", "Super cheers" and The Hot Dog dance. -
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
Phineas and Ferb series: The boys take on a ridiculously ambitious project, while their pet platypus Perry slips away to fight his arch enemy Dr. Doofenshmitz. -
Special Agent Oso (2009)
Special Agent Oso series: Oso is in training and fails. He is then assigned to help a child. He then returns and completes his training exercise. -
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2019)
Wavier Riddle series: A main character has a problem and they go to the secret museum. The museum presents them with an artifact and they time travel to meet someone who gives them the key to solve their problem and they return to the present. -
Regular Show (2010)
Regular Show series: Character has an issue and initial attempts to resolve the conflict fail and eventually characters trying to resolve the conflict leads to a bizarre confrontation with a supernatural, ultra-powerful and/or over-the-top obstacle or monster.
