Older Versions of Cartoon Characters - Television

Television

• All Grown Up! (Klasky-Csupo, Nickelodeon, 2003) based on the series Rugrats. This series presents the toddler-aged regulars on Rugrats (Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, etc.) as pre-teens attending junior high school.
• Digimon Adventure 02 (2000), also commonly written as Digimon 02/Digimon Zero Two, involves the main enemy the Digi-destined thought they had destroyed in the previous season, but has been putting in practice his evil schemes even after his defeat. In this season, the original Digi-destined grew up into Junior High School students (except for Kari and T.K. who became pre-teens) and could no longer watch over the Digital World and be with their Digimon friends. A new generation of Digi-Destined, composed of three new children named Davis, Yolei and Cody, as well as Kari and T.K. and their digimon Gatomon and Patamon, are given a new kind of digivice known as D3, which allows them to be transported to the Digital World through computers. Three new digimon named Veemon, Hawkmon and Armadillomon joined the group, along with the villain-turned-hero Ken and his digimon Wormmon.
• Dragon Ball Z (1999–2003) (Funimation dub) (Cartoon Network (United States)) featured the characters from Dragon Ball as adults five years older, since the Piccolo Jr. saga first showed most characters as adults (Goku and Chi-Chi as a 19-year-olds and 24-year-olds in Dragon Ball Z, Krillin as a 20-year-old and a 25-year-old in Dragon Ball Z, etc.) and Goku and Chi-Chi got married in the end of Dragon Ball, and had a son in Dragon Ball Z.
• Max Goof and his best friend-neighbor Pete Jr. (PJ) started out as 11-year-olds in the Disney series Goof Troop and became teenagers in the movie A Goofy Movie and its sequel An Extremely Goofy Movie. Max Goof himself has been shown in six different ages in all his appearances.
• Disney's Doug (Jumbo Pictures, Disney, 1996) consisted of new episodes for ABC of the former Nickelodeon series. In this series, the characters were aged from 11 to 12½, with the characters now attending middle school and given several changes (such as a new baby sister for series star Doug, Roger Klotz becoming wealthy, and so forth).
• Doraemon (Studio Pierrot, Asahi TV 1973-2005) Nobita Nobi, Shizuka Minamoto, Takeshi Goda, Suneo Honekawa is older as teenager and adult
• In Ed Edd n Eddy's episode entitled "Take This Ed and Shove It", all of the characters are shown in their old (90 to 100 years) forms. In the unedited version of the episode, The Kanker Sisters are not shown. Their old selves can only be seen in the deleted scenes of the episode, along with the babies they have with the Eds. It was removed from television broadcast because of its sexual innuendo.
• Gadget and the Gadgetinis (2001–2003, DiC Entertainment) takes place after the original series. Penny is now twelve years old.
• Sonic X, (TMS Enterntainment, 2003), Chris Thorndyke and his friends Helen, Frances, and Danny are shown to be six years older in the 52nd episode - onward (except that Chris's age regresses back to six years earlier (12 years old) in Episode 53, when he visits Sonic and company once again). The character Cosmo also ages to adulthood in Episode 77.
• The Powerpuff Girls (Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network Studios): The episode "City of Clipsville" had a flashback that featured the girls, as well as the Rowdyruff Boys, as teenagers. The explanation of this being presented as a flashback was that the Powerpuff Girls had sped up time.
• Quack Pack (The Walt Disney Company, 1996). This series featured the classic Disney Duck characters (Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and Huey, Dewey and Louie), though with Huey, Dewey and Louie presented as being teenagers who spoke in conventional (and not duck-like) voices. Several 1950s theatrical Disney shorts, however, were the first to present teenage versions of Donald's nephews.
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (Hanna-Barbera, 1996). This spin-off of the 1960s animated series featured Jonny Quest and his friend Hadji as teenagers instead of as children.
• Richie Rich (Hanna-Barbera, 1980). The Harvey Comics character appeared in his own animated television series, which shared a timeslot with Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show. In the animated series, Richie and his pals are somewhat older, around 12 years old; Richie wears a red sweater with the letter "R" in front.
• Sabrina's Secret Life (DiC Entertainment, 2003) originally aired in syndication in 2003 as a spin-off of Sabrina: The Animated Series. In this series, Sabrina Spellman is a teenager (though a year or two younger than her original comic version) attending Greendale High School. Chloe has moved away, and Gem Stone attends a private school far away from Greendale (even though none of them is mentioned in a single episode). Sabrina's new best friend is a girl named Maritza; additionally, Sabrina still has a crush on her friend, Harvey Kinkle.
• In Ben 10: Alien Force Ben and his cousin Gwen are five years older (now at fifteen) and Kevin is no longer a villain, and instead works with Ben and Gwen to save the world.
• The animated Star Trek:The Animated Series episode "The Lorelei Signal" shows the crew visiting a planet aged rapidly. In this episode,the crew are 27 years older with a race of beautiful Loreleian women.
• Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood The characters from The World of Make-Believe in Mister Roger's Neighborhood are adults.For example,Daniel Tiger was the son of Daniel Striped Tiger.