Board 8 > Gauntlet Crew Ranks Animated TV Show Movies

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1 in 5 shot and all have been guessed

I too will guess Hey Arnold! The Movie
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Rugrats in Paris is a legit great film.
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20. The Rugrats Movie

Charon: 8
Johnbobb: 10
Genny: 11
JONA: 12
Stifled: 16
Red: 21
Snake: 23
Karo: 24
Scarlet: 24
Inviso: 29

Total Score: 178

Charon: Surprisingly dark and snarky, this film (should have) set the tone for future Nick releases. The songs are fun and seeing the babies react to the even smaller baby is pretty humorous as well. Dil is pretty unbearable in this movie I'll admit, but he needs to be for the plot to work. Despite being toddlers, there are some rifts between the characters you might not expect coming in. Especially when Tommy basically threatens to murder Dil. It's when you almost kill your sibling that they truly come to respect you I guess! It's a fun adventure, and does a good job at keeping the adults that were forced into seeing this movie entertained I bet.

Johnbobb: I loved the Rugrats as a kid, and had fond memories of this movie. Unfortunately, it doesnt quite hold up as much as I wouldve liked. I spent much of the movie preoccupied on how Stu didnt end up imprisoned for child neglect and endangerment. Its a series of petty children squabbles combined with terrible adult decision-making, but at its heart it still has a bunch of fun characters and a simple but powerful message about brotherly love. Hard not to tear up at Dil and Tommy finally sharing the blankie.

Genny: Fun fact: Right before we watched this one both charon AND I got a video in our YouTube recommendations entitled: "The Rugrats Movie is darker than you remember". Eerie right? Well we watched it and I agree. That scene where Tommy is ready to abandon his own brother to the wilds by smothering him in banana baby food is almost scary. I feel for him though. Dill is a terrible, completely unlikable character in the first two acts of this film, and even though he undergoes a bit of redemption by the end, I'm still not a fan. Unlike Angelica, who's undoubtedly a love-to-hate kind of character you enjoy watching for one reason or another, Dill ruins everything in a manner that's not fun to watch, suffers no repercussions for his stupidity, and Tommy's forced into protecting him the entire movie because nobody else will.
My favorite line comes from Phil, in which Chucky's screaming that the monkeys are trying to take Dill, and he and his sister just kind of stand there awkwardly before Phil says, "So?" It's what every kid in the audience had to have been thinking. In a way that makes the movie more relatable to anybody with siblings, but I'm an only child so I still get it, but that dynamic is kind of lost on me I guess. One thing the movie never did explain is WHY Dill is so slow. It makes sense for him to not be on the same level as our Rugrats, who are like one, one and a half, and almost two years old if I recall, but if other newborn infants that are only minutes old can throw together a musical number on a whim and even choreograph in synchronized pee streams, then why can't Dill seem to do anything? Sheesh, no wonder they thought he was "broked"!

JONA: The Rugrats was a fun series and this was an alright movie. Big props to the voice actress of Tommy for the scene with his speech. I wish the majority of the movie wasn't just the kids stuck in the middle of nowhere but it's fine. The Rugrats are fine.
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Stifled: For me, this was the beginning of the end for Rugrats. As I mentioned in the Paris writeup, I had already checked out by then and didnt watch that movie until the present. Well this movie was the reason I checked out. Not because the movie was bad, however. It was quite enjoyable. But the problem was with Dill. I do not like Dill. The show had always dabbled in drool and diaper jokes, but Dill is a 100% constant drool and diaper joke. And I get it. Babies have bodily functions coming out of them 24/7. Ive been there. But when your new character that you built a movie around adds nothing to the group dynamic and only functions to be an annoyance/foil, you have a bad formula. This is especially true when he was added to the show after this movie. It just dragged the whole thing down, at least for me. The first few seasons of Rugrats were magical, but Dill took a big dump on said magic.
That rant aside, the movie isnt bad at all, except maybe for the monkeys. I didnt like them as a plot device and it just added to the silly factor. Little things like Lipschitz having his own hospital despite being revealed to be kind of a quack on the show, and Lil checking out Tommys junk when his diaper falls gave me good chuckles. The real strength of the movie, however, was the babies traveling through the woods in the Reptar Wagon. Their friendships were all tested, and essentially failed and rebuilt during their journey. The babies were typically a tight unit on the show except for a few isolated argument episodes, so this drama was huge for them. And for as hit or miss as Stu has been with inventions up until now, the Reptar Wagon was brilliant. I would have loved to have one as a kid. Well, except maybe switch up the pre-recorded catchphrases. I AM REPTAR, THE PERFECT CHILDRENS TOY! doesnt exactly roll off the tongue.

Traviss Opinion: Travis checked out of the movie and played an ice cream game on Mommys tablet. Its a shame because I think he would have gotten a kick out of the Reptar Wagon.

Red: The Rugrats needed a new character so it was movie time. Also none of these parents should be allowed to have children. All the tension this movie had is gone almost immediately as Tommy realizes he is fine with his new brother while the other kids randomly ignore him and then repeatedly attempt to kill the new baby. Everyone almost dies because their idiots they magically find each other everyone survives hurray(not really).

Snake: Also known as Contant Yelling: The Movie. Childish storytelling and overall boring characters, like many films on this list. Starting to sound like a broken record. I had a headache about half way through, which is never a good sign.

Karo: The Rugrats are a group of babies who are the result of E.T. impregnating several human females during his stint on Earth. These deformed little monstrosities constantly mispronounce and misuse words because this is apparently supposed to be 'cute', but honestly I dont think Nickelodeon understands the concept of cuteness, or even the definition of the word.
This movie adaptation starts out about Tommy getting a new baby brother, which wasnt too bad, but unfortunately things quickly degrade into bizarre randomness such as a monkey train hijacking, the kids trying to return Tommy's new brother to the 'baby store', and musical numbers that are truly atrocious beyond belief.
Much incompetent parenting results in the babies getting lost in the forest, and unfortunately they arent all eaten by wolves and Tommy learns a predictable lesson about brotherly love.
The only thing that makes this even watchable is the antics of the kids' parents. To hell with the damn babies, make a show about the adults already.
It's not the worst nicktoon movie that has been inflicted upon existence, but that is a bar so low that a fucking ant could jump over it.
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Scarlet: You have to wonder why Karo thought a list of films featuring characters in diapers was worthy of the time of Gauntlet Crew. Especially when you find yourself considering how many of these characters appear to be in need of something to rein their waste excretions and yet are able to participate in a host of much more complicated diversions. Babies, however, prove to be the most uninteresting protagonists time and time again. The Rugrats add a movie that is the equivalent of the Look Whos Talking of this list, and characters like Dil completely destroy any semblance of intelligence in the movie with babbling incoherence. Much like the Star Wars Holiday Special, any character that spends the majority of a movie speaking in a nonsense language earns its film no points. May God have mercy on the soul of anyone who ranks this tsunami of toddler tepidness above 20.
Rating: 13/100

Inviso: So weve finally reached the section of the list featuring movies based on shows I actually WATCHED. And Jesus fucking CHRIST this was terrible. Rugrats itself was not a great show, but at least it was cutesy for the most part. This movie was just a bunch of jokes about bodily functions, an exceptionally illogical plot, and some fucking RANDOM bullshit like a flock of monkeys escaping a zoo. For fucks sake, theres a musical number in which a bunch of adult-voiced newborns sing about life in the world and unleash a shower of piss streams. Yeah, no. Fuck that noise. The ONLY thing that keeps this above the bottom spot is the fact that it at least TRIED to tell a solid story about a brother having his life usurped by a new addition to the family. It tells it BADLY, because its still fucking RUGRATS. But whatever.
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I can't believe people guessed that Paris was a worse movie than this garbage. Like, I can understand liking both or hating both, but in no universe was this shit BETTER than the sequel.
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PrinceKaro posted...

(from Gen's write-up)One thing the movie never did explain is WHY Dill is so slow. It makes sense for him to not be on the same level as our Rugrats, who are like one, one and a half, and almost two years old if I recall, but if other newborn infants that are only minutes old can throw together a musical number on a whim and even choreograph in synchronized pee streams, then why can't Dill seem to do anything? Sheesh, no wonder they thought he was "broked"!

They actually do go further with this in the TV show. There's an episode where Didi and Stu are trying to fill Dil's baby book and it's made clear that he is hitting his milestones much later than Tommy did. Also in the "All Grown Up" series that takes place 10 years later, Dil is.... we'll call him "eccentric."
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Outlier:

Karo: 92
Genny: 65
Stifled: 62
Red: 62
Scarlet: 60
Snake: 55
Johnbobb: 53
Inviso: 47
JONA: 42
Charon: 42

Hint for 19: has the highest total deviation between two rankings thus far
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Either Chipmunk Adventure or Yogi Bear.
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Underleveled posted...

Either Chipmunk Adventure or Yogi Bear.

I don't think it will be Yogi Bear for obvious reasons.
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Gonna guess Chipmunk Adventure.
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Oh Yogi Bear already showed up huh, guess I missed that one.
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Maybe then there's somebody who really loves and really hates Flintstones?

But it's probably Chipmunk Adventure as always.
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Inviso posted...

I can't believe people guessed that Paris was a worse movie than this garbage. Like, I can understand liking both or hating both, but in no universe was this shit BETTER than the sequel.

I can agree with that. However, list spoilers I liked both.

Underleveled posted...

PrinceKaro posted...

(from Gen's write-up)One thing the movie never did explain is WHY Dill is so slow. It makes sense for him to not be on the same level as our Rugrats, who are like one, one and a half, and almost two years old if I recall, but if other newborn infants that are only minutes old can throw together a musical number on a whim and even choreograph in synchronized pee streams, then why can't Dill seem to do anything? Sheesh, no wonder they thought he was "broked"!

They actually do go further with this in the TV show. There's an episode where Didi and Stu are trying to fill Dil's baby book and it's made clear that he is hitting his milestones much later than Tommy did. Also in the "All Grown Up" series that takes place 10 years later, Dil is.... we'll call him "eccentric."

Are you trying to tell me Dill is an idiot savant?

Guess for #19: I'll be different and guess Transformers. Maybe somebody grew up with the series and saw something in the movie others didn't.

Hard to believe anything but Chipmunks could deviate higher than 2nd and 27th though. If it's Chipmunks I'm banking on it being Karo and scarlet.
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I'll guess Spongebob.
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lmao must be time to kill my #3
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Im not sure about Dills developmental issues, but all of the uncontrollable crying he did early on in the movie was definitely colic.
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I'll also guess Spongebob

Not guessing Spongebob this early

Still thinking maybe time for Chipmunks

Also surprised to see the hate for Rugrats. I mean I get not liking it, and it's not, like, good, but it's more bearable than a lot of the list
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Johnbobb posted...

I mean I get not liking it, and it's not, like, good, but it's more bearable than a lot of the list

It definitely has a cool scene in and deserved better. The bottom rankers are ridiculous.
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Once again, @scarletspeed7 is stealing the show with his write ups.
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Thanks, dark!
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v_charon posted...

Johnbobb posted...

I mean I get not liking it, and it's not, like, good, but it's more bearable than a lot of the list

It definitely has a cool scene in and deserved better. The bottom rankers are ridiculous.

I don't enjoy bodily function humor and babies getting their diapers pulled off. Sue me.
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Inviso posted...

v_charon posted...

Johnbobb posted...

I mean I get not liking it, and it's not, like, good, but it's more bearable than a lot of the list

It definitely has a cool scene in and deserved better. The bottom rankers are ridiculous.

I don't enjoy bodily function humor and babies getting their diapers pulled off. Sue me.

Well like I said, I can definitely get not liking it. There were definitely some groan-worthy moments.

Just surprised by some of the ones that scored higher
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19. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Johnbobb: 2
Scarlet: 10
Genny: 12
JONA: 13
Snake: 16
Stifled: 17
Charon: 17
Inviso: 20
Karo: 25
Red: 29

Total Score: 161

Johnbobb: I remember loving this movie as a kid, but Im shocked how well this held up. Its one of the first TV show movies I can say is not just good for a TV movie, but a legitimately solid animated film. The comedic timing is dead-on, the animation is fun, and the plot is mostly focused (lacking the irrelevant side character subplots that dumb down a lot of these movies). Its endlessly quotable (and memeable, if thats your thing). The David Hasselhoff cameo is hilarious and the songs are actually fun (again, a rarity for TV movies, with a few exceptions). Id be more than willing to watch this a few times over.

Scarlet: You have to wonder why Karo thought a list of movies that clearly have down a disservice to society, dumbing down the quality of comedic content in America with obnoxious prattling and simpleton joketelling was worthy of the time of Gauntlet Crew. Especially when you find yourself at the realization that movies big coup is a terrible cameo by David Hasselhoff. That is the quality of this movies humor. Theres nothing here involving wit and everything here involving using a ballpeen hammer view of comedy when sometimes a scalpel will do. Voices in this show especially are overacted to the point of grating irritation and the plot is just nonexistent. Its not good. Its bad. Thats all I can really say here.
Rating: 28/100

Genny: I honestly don't have much to say about this one, except that I'm glad it was made when the show was still popular and didn't become the crapfest it is today.

JONA: Even as a kid, when I did like Spongebob, I didn't like this movie. I actually like it a bit more now but it's easy to see why I didn't. Spongebob's a lot more immature here than he was in the show, well, the episodes of it before the movie, to drive in the point and yeah it can be a bit grating. That being said the movie is still some dumb fun and I got some laughs from it. The Goofy Goober ending scene is pretty great.

Snake: As much as I hate the character of SpongeBob, Ill give this movie some credit. Though the two leads of SpongeBob and Patrick get grating real quick, the main meat of the plot was enough to keep me going. Theres nothing particularly funny but It got a few smiles and chuckles here and there. The animation is also good.

Stifled: I had zero expectations for this movie and it wasalright. It was appropriately wacky and fit the mold of the show really well. It also increased the scope of the show and showed us a greater depth of the underwater area. Things like the Hasselhoff cameo, and the cute girl from the Spider-Man movies having a part at the end were pretty great too. And that scene with Bob and Pat under the heat lamp wassurprisingly dark and hard to watch. But there were also glaring flaws, the most obvious of which was the shunning of the supporting cast. I dont watch SpongeBob for SpongeBob. I like Mr. Krabbs, Squidward, Sandy, etc. They were relegated to being hypnotized and sidelined while the two most obnoxious characters got 90% or more of the screen time. Characters like Dennis and the bar brawlers cut the monotony, but I missed my favorites by the end of the movie.

Traviss Opinion: Travis sat on the couch with me and watched the entire movie, but said absolutely nothing. He didnt make a sound. So he either really enjoyed it, or was thoroughly confused by the whole thing and didnt know what to say. Either way, Id say it was a success!
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Charon: Even though I've always found Spongebob to be over-the-top and sort of unlikable, this movie uses the strengths of the series and was able to provide me with enough enjoyment to call it fairly decent. The live action crossover parts were fun, especially with Hasselhoff, and there's enough zany action to keep you interested. Plankton is a decent villain here as well, coming up with a great plan for is takeover and is even ready if Spongebob was able to be successful. You can't fault the guy for not being prepared for a magical laser shooting guitar I think, that sort of thinking can't really be done by anyone but a lunatic.

Inviso: This movie really highlighted how mindless and inane Spongebob Squarepants always was, because while it does follow a reasonably coherent plotlineits mainly just a series of bizarre slapstick comedy for no reason. Spongebob suddenly being referring to as a kid wasstrange to say the least. And I didnt like how little the supporting cast got in this film. Squidward is the tertiary character and became a background character. And instead, were suddenly introduced to Neptune and his daughter (who Patrick crushes on, and this plot point never goes anywhere.) Overall, this is just weird, but not necessarily in a fun way. I also wish it wasnt so musically influencedbecause the songs are pretty massive misses.

Karo: SpongeBob SquarePants is the poster child for brainless childrens' entertainment, and his TV show caused an average IQ decrease of at least 20 points in america's youth.
So anyway SpongeBob works at this fast food joint, and theres a rival restaurant across the street which is somehow still in business despite like not having a single customer ever. This nemesis frames SpongeBob's boss for the theft of Neptune's crown, and SpongeBob and Patrick have to go get it back.
Thus follows an epic journey for the two of them featuring a lot of screaming, singing stupid songs, and generally succeeding via nothing but dumb luck. Very strong emphasis on the 'dumb' part.
Not helping things is the fact that the movie focuses solely on the two worst members of the Spongebob cast, and as a result their inane and immature antics are almost never challenged by the more sane residents of Bikini Bottom. To the contrary, their idiocy is glorified and almost worshiped by the writers to a level that is way beyond disturbing.
Even considering how dubious the story is so far, things are about to get a whole lot worse. When we get down to the climactic scene, Spongebob just randomly starts singing a bizarre music video, then transforms into a rock-and-roll wizard and defeats the villain with unexplained superpowers. Oh dear.
As incompetent and lazy as that is from a writing standpoint, there is something even more diabolic in the message kids are supposed to take from this movie. The ending puts an emphatic cap on the film's running idea that maturity and growing up are things to ridicule, and rather it is better to go through life as an emotionally stunted manchild and be fucking proud of it.
That is quite possibly the worst moral to ever be presented in a childrens' movie, and Nickelodeon should be ashamed of themselves.

Red: So let me just start this by saying that I absolutely hate Spongebob. The entire premise of the show is that Spongebob is an idiot and you get to see how big of a moron Spongebob can be. Also he has a friend Patrick and he is somehow even dumber than Spongebob. They are just insufferably bad characters in an insufferably bad world. Hell in this movie Spongebob saves the day by being a moron because they needed to somehow come up with a way for Spongebob to win. And the lesson learned at the end of the movie? Spongebob is too big of an idiot to go anywhere in life. At least they are self-aware. Still doesn't make me hate myself watching this any less.
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Outlier:

Karo: 98
Genny: 72
Red: 72
Johnbobb: 70
Scarlet: 69
Stifled: 64
Snake: 58
Inviso: 48
JONA: 48
Charon: 44

Hint for 18: this may be tied with the previous movie, but we do an about face here as the next movie has no bottom five or top five rankings from anyone, one of only two films on the list with that distinction.
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I'll guess Flintstones
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This sounds like it could be either Recess or Teachers Pet.
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8. The Rugrats Movie
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10. Jetsons: The Movie
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16. Doug's 1st Movie
17. The Spongebob SquarePants Movie
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21. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
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24. Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
25. BraveStarr: The Movie
26. The Care Bears Movie
27. Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
28. Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
29. Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
30. My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
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I'm guessing this is my #19 or my #20 next.
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ew wtf
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Guess for #18: Yooo JOE!
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18. Teacher's Pet

Red: 9
Snake: 10
Stifled: 12
Scarlet: 15
JONA: 15
Genny: 17
Johnbobb: 19
Charon: 19
Karo: 20
Inviso: 25

Total Score: 161

Red: This movie is kind of quirky as heck and on a weird strange level it kind of worked for me. I mean, it takes itself way too seriously with these massive music numbers with voices that mostly dont work for singing, but its honestly just weird as hell in a way that is at least slightly attention grabbing. You have a dog that wants to be a boy bvut turns into a man that belongs to a boy that wants a dog that is a man that is also somehow his best friend and I'm pretty sure the mom is actually the teacher for both even though I think this takes place after the school year. Anyway, its weird as hell and on a lot of levels makes no sense, but it was consistentl quirky enough to keep my attention.

Snake: I really enjoyed the animation style of this, it was really bright and colorful and had nice shading and shadow work. Surprisingly adult writing and jokes, but it can be a little too fast-paced at times. The story didnt draw me in greatly it was a nice diversion.

Stifled: Hahahahaha its funny cuz she wants to bang the dog hahahaha!
*ahem*
I had never heard of this show before watching the movie. But wouldnt ya know it, I kinda wanna track it down and watch. The characters are fun. The whole town are a bunch of morons for not seeing Scott is a literal fucking dog, especially the dopey mother teacher. But thats also the fun of it, similar to Moron Mayonnaise thinking a sea monster is her classmate and Dougs secret lover. The concept of a dog desperately wanting to become human and all of the consequences of that choice is surprisingly compelling. I did not think I would ever write such a sentence, but here we are.

Traviss Opinion: He really liked the 50 state song and the creepy Mickey Mouse cameo. He also decided to narrate all the photos in the credits to me.

Scarlet: You have to wonder why Karo - you know what? Fuck it. Just fuck it. I have nothing to say about this piece of shit. It almost made me crack a smile twice, I think, but I have no idea why this concept was greenlit into a show and THEN into a feature. Its like someone wanted to make a cartoon for adults but was forced to rewrite for children. Its like a high brow comedy that was defanged and left toothless for consumption by the mindless, snot-nosed spawn of parents who were unwilling to raise their own children and hired a cable box to do it for them.
Rating: 24/100

JONA: The movie is pretty entertaining the whole time through. The movie isn't particularly good nor bad but it is pretty damn weird.

Genny: It's hard to believe that Teacher's Pet was popular enough at one point that this got a theatrical release. I've no experience with the show at all, but based solely on the movie this doesn't feel like a Disney show at all. Feels more like a Nickelodeon-esque Diet Ren and Stimpy or Rocko's Modern Life Lite. That said I enjoyed it despite the sometimes off-putting weirdness of the animation and the plot. This one is the borderline between mediocre and somewhat good.

Johnbobb: Crappy songs and not particularly compelling, but it does manage to be funny at times, and the animation is pretty decent with its weird Cranium art style. Idk, Im really tired.
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Charon: A really bizarre show this must have been. This movie was just strange and hard to understand how it existed at all. Sadly Genny pointed out to me the main character was voiced by Timon's actor, and then all I could hear was Timon in this different form since this VA didn't bother changing his voice in the slightest. Leonard is very selfish. Clearly, this dog is not a regular dog and has a higher capacity to be something else. His desires to make him "just his dog" basically equates to "be my slave" for me. It's like, you know this other creature is just as sentient, if not moreso, than you yet you'd prefer if it was just your property rather than being its own person. There was never any comeuppance about this either and the movie seemed to actually support the idea that Spot should just be what he was born as! That's kinda bad. Even so, and even if it's weird, this movie wasn't super bad or anything and had some laughable parts to it.

Karo: This is based on a show about a dog named Spot who dresses up as a boy so he can go to school, where everyone is such a fucking idiot that they seem unable to realize that one of the kids is covered in short blue fur.
So the story for the movie is that the family goes on a trip to Florida, where there is a mad scientist who turns Spot into a middle-aged human man at his request. Yeah, I know, dog years and all that, but if he is actually an adult why then does he go to elementary school? If things werent weird enough already, Spot then gets romantically involved with the mother of his owner and oh god please make this stop what is wrong with this movie.
Eventually he decides that he wants to be a dog again and changes back, thus making the whole movie even more pointless than it was already.
The art style is.. interesting. It certainly has more artistic merit (not to mention animates better) than the usual bland and putrid visuals that plagued the One Saturday Morning bloc, but it still gets tiresome after a while.
I'm not really sure why this, out of all 2000s kids shows, warranted a theatrical movie, or why it is randomly a musical featuring songs that belong on the short bus of musicality. It is what it is, and what it is is not very good.

Inviso: I have NEVER heard of this show before, nor have I heard of the movie, and I can understand why. This cartoons animation style is unbelievably half-assed, and the plot is childish enough that I feel slightly dumber for having watched it. Im sorry, its just hard to take a concept seriously when it involves a dog successfully pretending to be a human child, and NO ONE seems to call him out on this (aside from his owner, whos in on the scam.) No, ultimately this ranks above a few other films because its not SO mind-numbingly stupid that I think it never deserves to see the light of day againbut its still pretty terrible. Also, a dog transforming into a human man via dog years? Yeah thats fucking creepy.
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PrinceKaro posted...

Stifled: ... that scene with Bob and Pat under the heat lamp wassurprisingly dark and hard to watch.

I think it was the second darkest scene in the movie. The first was the scene that implied ice cream is SpongeBob and Patrick's booze and they're finally kicked out of the ice cream "bar" after eating it all night and making fools of themselves. When SpongeBob stumbles into work the next day with his 5 o' clock shadow and lets Mr. Krabbs have it I visibly cringed.

Dude really wasn't mature enough for that promotion even if Squidward is too lazy.

I dunno despite the discomfort a few scenes caused me it was still a fun movie. I didn't really enjoy the weird Hasselhoff cameo, but it was nice to see another undersea town. I loved those knee-slapping gas station fish ha.
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Outlier:

Karo: 100
Red: 81
Genny: 73
Johnbobb: 71
Scarlet: 71
Stifled: 70
Snake: 66
Inviso: 55
JONA: 51
Charon: 44

Hint for #17: made before the year 2000
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I liked the 50 states song because there were some not-so-kid-friendly references in there.

Guess for #17: The Man Called Flintstone
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This could be bad, but I hope not. Going to guess it's my #20 again, but I'd really like to get rid of those 22 and 23 movies.
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Haha yeah the ice cream drunken rampage was super weird. It kinda reminded me of this friend I had in middle school that went absolutely ballistic if he had sugar. I learned this when he came over my house and had a few donuts. He was jumping on my bed and knocking things over and just running around like a nut! I had to put him in a sleeper hold to calm him down. The dummys face even turned purple before he finally gave up!
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Oh and Gen, you were definitely onto something with your Teachers Pet writeup. The director worked on Rockos Modern Life. So yeah, similar styles.

Ill guess Transformers next.
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Oh wow I just thought they were kind of similar, now I know there's a great reason for that!
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I'll agree with Flintstones
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17. The Man Called Flintstone

Stifled: 3
Red: 6
Scarlet: 14
JONA: 14
Snake: 15
Karo: 17
Inviso: 19
Charon: 20
Johnbobb: 22
Genny: 25

Total Score: 155

Stifled: Dude. DUDE! When I was a kid, this movie blew my mind. I LOVED James Bond and I really liked the Flintstones. So you can imagine how utterly confused I initially was at the premise of Fred Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin should kiss my ass and pay me royalties Flinstone becoming a spy. But at the same time, who cares how wacky it is?! Worlds were colliding that I didnt think possible and I loved it. And you know what? I still do! Sure, the music is inconsistent. Some tracks are pretty great, like the one that plays when they get to Paris. But then that weirdo song about tickles and shoes can go suck an egg. Regardless, none of it pulls you away from the experience because even the most random song breaks are simply daydreams that motivate Fred to continue his mission. All of the new characters are super fun too. Rock Slag is totally a prehistoric Bond. The Chief is M. Triple X is like an even more obvious Alec Trevelyan. Rocky and Bobo are a mish-mash of some of the best henchmen. And Tanya reminds me quite a bit of Anya Amassova with the charming, sneaky approach to spy work. I love this mashup because it adds to the scale of the story. It doesnt feel like a typical episode of the original show like some of these movies did because it ups the ante and changes things up. The classic Flintstone formula and character interaction is there, plus so much more.

Traviss Opinion: Travis got really grouchy and took a nap during this one. Not his cup of tea. Not enough cats I suppose? Im sure he would have enjoyed the airplanes and rockets if he watched. Maybe next time! There will definitely be rewatches.

Red: This movie actually set a pretty good blueprint for how to turn a TV show into a movie. Makes use of its exisitng casts, spoofs a better idea than they could come up with alone, and runs with it. Flintstones in a spy movie actually works in a strange way, and the dumb stuff they do that is "stone age" comparative to real life has actually always been creative in a stupid cartoon way, which is no exception here.

Scarlet: You have to wonder why Karo thought a list of poorly executed concepts that attempt to break the mold of a preceding television entree and failing in an unsatisfying way was worthy of the time of Gauntlet Crew. Especially when you find yourself blankly viewing a film that attempts to take the Honeymooners concept and play it up as Get Smart while reaching not even a quarter of either shows heights. The mix of drug-addled animation sequences and plot-halting musical misfires would lead one to believe that this isnt worthy of ones time, but the initial idea, the concept behind the film, shouldnt be ignored on general merit.
Rating: 26/100

JONA: It's The Flintstones but in a spy setting! You get pretty much what you expect and it's some decent fun. I'd rank it over a couple of Bond films. Don't let this writeup distract you from the fact that Fred Flintstone straight-up killed some people and everyone celebrated it.

Snake: A muddled, confused James Bond/spy parody featuring characters I dont particularly care for. Like Yogi Bear, its way too long and the fact that the plot is cobbled together from three separate episodes doesnt help matters much. I dont like the animation here as much as Yogi either.
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Karo: This was made to be sort of a series finale to the long running animated sitcom about a family of neanderthals living in a surprisingly civilized city. As such, it has pretty much the amount of creative bankruptcy that you would expect.
So the story is Fred ends up having to fill in for a secret agent that conveniently looks just like him, and of course he cannot tell his friends or family anything so all sorts of misunderstandings and awkward moments ensue as he ends up involved in spy intrigue across the caveman world.
There is nothing markedly offensive about it, but it just results in turning into a dull, (poorly) animated James Bond movie, only with Bond as an overweight mentally disabled family man with no special abilities.
Hanna-Barbara may have wanted to squeeze very last bit of money out of their most popular characters, but when it came to making this movie they probably should have Yabba-Dabba-Didn't.

Inviso: This one started out with some actual potential. Not a LOT of potential, because it was still following a very 1960s slapstick style, but the plot at least SEEMED reasonable. Secret agent looks like Fred, gets incapacitated, Fred needs to pretend to be the secret agent. Fine, thats fun enough. Unfortunately, in order to drag the movie to a 90-minute runtime, you have a ton of padding. There are TWO Pebbles/Bam Bam songs in this movie. And theyre 1960s cartoon songs, so they suck. And ultimately, by the time the plot progresses to the end of the movie, everything becomes completely convoluted and the fun of a schlub having to fake secret agenthood is lost. Its just a mess.

Charon: Cheesy, campy, James Bond-inspired animated film kinda... is ok? The females here certainly show what era they were from is one major criticism I can think of. I will say I was impressed with the villain reveal however, as I really did not see that coming. That said, for a man so talented he sure proved to be inept was the twist was revealed. Fred and Barney were enjoyable enough; except when they were singing. The musical content here was all over the place. I enjoyed the clearly Bond themed song or two, but Fred and Barney had no business having that song. The biggest offense was Pebbles' song though; totally out of place and nonsensical. Still, it's not that bad for what it is.

Johnbobb: Cant help but feel this suffers just a little bit due to the time period (and spy parodies being done to death now) but the Flintstones has always maintained a certain goofy charm to it. Probably the best of the Hanna Barbera movies.

Genny: Having regrettably not taken part in the Bond project, I still appreciated the espionage antics in The Man Called Flintstone... well as much as one can really appreciate a film where one doesn't care for any of the main characters. I'll put it this way, I'd rather watch this than The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas or Hit Rock Bottom, but I am not a fan of The Flintstones. That said, this one was at least fairly creative for a family film.
I saw Tanya's double cross coming from eight miles away, but I was somewhat surprised that Triple X (no relation to Vin Diesel) was in fact the Green Goose all along, even though (and charon can attest to this) I questioned very early on in the movie why Chief Boulder would send Fred in as Rock Slag's double when he already had a legitimate master of disguise already in his employ that could've impersonated him. Beyond that one "twist" the obvious rock puns are abundant, the typical hijinks ensue, and the situational comedy that is a staple of the series is there. My favorite scene is when the two families are flying to France and Barney and Betty are in last class.
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Outlier:

Karo: 100
Red: 92
Stifled: 84
Genny: 81
Johnbobb: 76
Scarlet: 74
Snake: 68
Inviso: 57
JONA: 54
Charon: 47

Hint for 16: has 'movie' in the title
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=( nooooo Hanna Barbara is already dead! Bad!

Ill guess Transformers again.
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I'll guess Wild Thornberrys.
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Hoping this is #22.
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Guess for #22:The Transformers Movie

Geez I forgot to mention how bad, and nonsensical and out of place that Pebbles and Bam Bam song was. They can't even play that one off as a dream sequence like they did with the other kiddy crap song because THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE IN THE ROOM. NO ONE WAS AROUND TO EVEN WITNESS IT SO WHY ARE THE KIDS SUDDENLY SENTIENT AND SINGING THEIR OWN LULLABY!?
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