nothing like a bad crossover it's time
to expose some of the most shameless
cash grabs and the most
awkward get-togethers that none of us
ever asked for
it's time for the bizarre world of
cartoon crossovers
all these crossovers share that same
magical
universal power the power to make you
slam your head into your desk repeatedly
just from hearing the titles alone
so let's check out the top 6 worst
cartoon crossovers
and just as much as ever if you do like
these cartoons or these cartoon
companies
i'm glad it's just my usual silly
personal opinion
and i'm glad you can enjoy them anyway
let's do this countdown
number six family guy meets the simpsons
this one's at the start of the list
because i have mixed thoughts about this
crossover
i know i attack modern family guy a lot
so i wanted to try and break this one
down as fairly as possible
it's frustrating because some parts of
this crossover are really smart and
self-aware
while other parts feel crude lazy and
unnecessary
it has really clever inside references
to both shows
hey that's no fair i don't got none of
them but it has revolting scenes and
uses shock humor we'd never see in the
simpsons
world say hi to mud flanders it's got
clever jokes that combine material from
both universes
it's dragged out and plays a simpson's
cast up just as nasty as a family guys
was that good
it was okay but it would be a shame to
weigh such great butcher's arms on a
musical instrument
i mean for all the mud we sling at the
simpsons nowadays
it's still hard not to respect the
simpsons creators and the universe
they've made
and i personally think this crossover
does the simpsons a disfavor
i mean think about it when in all 600
plus episodes would you have ever seen a
scene like
this in the simpsons it's just low brow
awkward and visually unpleasant on a
family guy level
i get the feeling that the simpsons
creators had to say no a lot to the
family guy creator's
bad taste jokes in this crossover and we
get other jokes that just feel
too tasteless to be in the simpsons
universe like disemboweled testicle
jokes
yeah i tried to jump over a parking
meter it's just small details like the
creators being a little too happy to
kill off mentally handicapped kids like
ralph
it just ended up rubbing me the wrong
way let's take this line for example
hey hey shut up meg you may have noticed
this line seemed
awkwardly delivered by yearly smith
lisa's voice actor
it doesn't sound quite right does it
this is because lisa's character would
never say that and yerdly smith knows
lisa's character
so well after 600 plus episodes even she
can't deliver the line properly
but hey there's a couple of legitimately
funny jokes in here
and i appreciate how self-aware the
episode is of both shows and the final
fight scene was a visually amazing
if overly long novelty that obviously
had a lot of effort put into it
but i personally would have been fine if
this crossover had never happened
i think you and i are gonna get along
just okay
and for number five the flintstones meet
wrestlemania i mean
the jetsons meet wrestlemania i mean
scooby-doo meets wrestlemania ah hannah
barbera
your undisputed talent to shamelessly
cross promote whatever
flavor of the day drops you a dime is as
predictable as
death and taxes and equally as welcome
while i feel like i'm choosing between
three equally repulsive trash bags
i personally think the flintstones meet
wrestlemania was the
trashiest so let's pick that one the
brilliant mastermind producer of this
film
tony savone states this beautiful film
combines the amazing physical prowess
along with the ultimate drama really
fred flintstone profiteering in his own
wrestling business is the
ultimate drama oh sure we've got the
godfather
citizen kane the empire strikes back i
but no no these are pathetic
inferior dramas compared to the ultimate
drama that is
fred flintstone meets wrestlemania
hannah barbera has truly been writing
the book
on completely irrelevant unnecessarily
sell
out cash-ins for the last 40 years so
where to start this crossover is just as
irritating and loud as a real wrestling
match
the sound effects great on the nerves
and the animation is that cheap
modern cg paper thin kind with zero
personality
it has the usual clunky celebrity
introductions
apparently the world wrestling champions
just happened to be working at mr
slate's quarry
who woulda funk it the story is
basically that fred wants to take his
family on a holiday but can't afford it
so he and barney get into the stone age
wrestling business
now you may think this story sounds
phoned in and cheap but don't forget
it's got wwe therefore that makes it
original
this all new original movie on the plus
side the voice acting
okay and the animation isn't that bad
but why this broken concept could even
exist for
any other reason than to make money is a
mystery to me
and the fourth worst cartoon crossover
is
superman meets the brady bunch
prepare for the most random pointless
premise
in the world the kids in the brady bunch
now
for some reason have lost their parents
so they live in a tree house with a
magic bird and two talking pandas
it's incredible no part of that premise
or even the title
doesn't feel completely illogical
senseless
and plain pants on head stupid and the
story is
somehow even stupider cindy from the
brady bunch meets
superman who helps cindy to paint the
local bank
but the evil scientist wiley tallhouse
ledrick replaced the paint with
invisible paint so they can accidentally
paint the bank invisible
in order to rob the bank that's just
wow how do these second-rate 70s
crossovers keep managing to
top themselves on the ever climbing
stupid scale
even superman seems to be in awe at how
incredibly nonsensical this whole
premise is
it's almost as if he's seen something he
doesn't want to see again
somehow filmation has managed to combine
the worst elements of
every genre of entertainment we have the
pointlessly ridiculous mismatched
crossover
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the garbage sitcom combined with
animation lazy enough to be mistaken for
a seven-year-old's
doodles into a comic book not only that
but filmation threatened to sue
all the bradykids sitcom actors when
they refused to voice a second season of
this
abysmal cartoon well done filmation
you get the golden raspberry for
shamelessly selling out in every
situation that has ever possibly arisen
and the third worst cartoon crossover is
surfs up meets world wrestling behold
sony the only other studio nearly as
good at selling out as hannah barbera
partners with world wrestling
entertainment i know at this point it
probably seems like i'm not a big world
wrestling fan and well
i'm not but it's actually pure
coincidence that wwe
happened to be involved in two of the
most abysmally stupid crossovers i've
ever seen
apparently world wrestling originally
approached sony about this cross
promotion
and of course our good old
money-grubbing friends sony were all too
happy to oblige
we've got to have money
because anyone could see how related
these topics are
penguins and world wrestling the sad
part is that the original movie
surfs up was a fairly creative unique
idea that looked like it had some actual
affection put into it world wrestling's
justification for this sad mixture is in
their words
surfs up had a real fun vibe man
it's a natural fit man yeah
it's about as natural as a brazilian
prostitutes bazongas
and otters like fish i just wish you
could milk a fish
oh god i can't unsee it this
probably gives you all the indication
you need to know of the sheer
quality of this animated mishmash of
selling out
and abysmal sony second-rate scripts
and the second worst cartoon crossover
is
cartoon all-stars to the rescue
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i've watched some bizarre animations in
my years
but this is definitely among the most
perplexing pieces of animation i've
watched
our good old buddy ronald mcdonald
brings us the smurfs
alvin and the chipmunks winnie the pooh
the ninja turtles
garfield and al for some reason but why
have this incredible cast of cartoon all
stars
and alf come together they have joined
forces for one singular purpose
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to tell you about marijuana there's also
an
evil marijuana smoke demon in there too
i guess is the antagonist in this
jumbled mess of characters and poorly
conceived ideas
what's this a joint oh no not you too
bugs how did you get started anyway what
do you care
dude that is not the response someone
would give if
bugs bunny walked up to them and started
chatting with them
it's more likely they'd say holy crap
it's bugs money
can i have your autograph sir then
leonardo from ninja turtles
flushes the kid down a sewer which puts
him on a hellish interdimensional roller
coaster with the muppet babies
this is what they do to your brain
michael this all
apparently has to do with drugs he is
then woken up from his
psychedelic drug trip by huey dewey and
louis
then this incredible cartoon all-star
crew and
alf starts singing about saying no to
drugs
well i hope that all made sense to you
because i can honestly say
i have no idea what they're trying to
tell me at this point
like many have said the bizarre irony to
this cartoon is that it looks like this
anti-drug cartoon was created by
people who were high on drugs i give it
credit for having good intentions
but about the only message i was able to
decipher from it was that
drugs are bad maybe
what a nightmare and before we get to
number one
i'd like to give some quick honorable
mentions
say uncle from steven universe in
retrospect
i actually thought this episode was kind
of fun and a good change of pace from
steven universe's usual style
i certainly don't think it's among the
best episodes of steven universe
but for an uncle grandpa episode it was
okay teen titans go
meet powerpuff girls funnily enough i
actually thought this crossover was
better than most episodes of teen titans
go
or powerpuff girls 2016. it was very
self-deprecating and relatively smart
and fast-paced
there's a good focus on all the
different characters and it
actually made me chuckle a few times the
jetsons meet the fledstones
this is going to sound odd but i
actually really like this crossover i
grew up with it as a kid and i kind of
enjoyed watching george and fred's
worlds
interact and with those said here we go
and the number one worst cartoon
crossover
is tom and jerry meets the wizard of oz
aka we can stick tom and jerry in
anything
and you'll still buy it but even quality
voice acting
cannot save the blandness that is tom
and jerry crossovers
taking a nearly 100 year old movie and
sticking tom and jerry in a couple of
scenes in between
the all-new original movie oh yes this
idea is
so original we can excuse
hannah barbera for doing this nowadays i
mean we expect them to cash out they've
been doing it for 40 years it's a joke
at this point
but warner brothers really the animation
studio responsible for the best american
cartoon of all time
made this we've got to have
money and this cartoon is going to be
followed shortly by tom and jerry meet
willy wonka
all the originality get ready for an
all-new original movie
in terms of selling out this franchise
makes space jam look original
intelligent complex and
thought-provoking and just in case you
wanted to
try and appreciate any possible merit
this groan-worthy remake has
well we took care of that too presenting
only the most annoying
in shoehorn sidekicks next to gergie and
jar jar binks
toffee i'm tuffy the munchkin mouse and
i'd like to welcome you to munchkinland
this crossover is just the ultimate in
animation white noise this sad
repeating bland soulless formula that
can be repeated to any franchise the
studios can get their grubby hands on
take any franchise and just stick tom
and jerry in it
plus mix in some of the most uninspired
generic
painful song sequences ever to be
churned out by a studio
and it doesn't stop there oh no we then
have tom and jerry meet sherlock holmes
all new original movie tom and jerry in
the nutcracker
tom and jerry meet robin hood apparently
these shambling reanimated hybrid
horrors are concocted by the same genius
behind a flintstones wwe movie
tom and jerry meets wizard of oz is just
a
soulless shambling empty franchise
without a single iota of thought put
into the premise
wizard of oz was one of the greatest
technical achievements
ever in cinema to insult it like this is
just
cruel and beyond money grabbing four
shame warner brothers for shame
there are certain key studios that are
the main culprits behind these junk
piles
but sometimes two cartoons crossing over
can be brilliant
when a crossover isn't just a sad
cash-in you can sometimes feel the
creator's
excitement behind the crossover and feel
the affection for the material they're
crossing over with and when done with
respect
and thought for both sides i personally
still really enjoy seeing the worlds i
care about
collide and meet in unusual ways thanks
pal
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