Younger and Junior Versions of Cartoon Characters - Television

Television

Television series featuring younger and junior versions of animated characters include:

• Baby Felix features the adventures of Felix the Cat as a kitten and his friends as babies.

• Baby Looney Tunes (Warner Bros., 2002): based on characters who appeared in the Looney Tunes cartoons. The show stars baby versions of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety Bird, Taz, Petunia Pig, Melissa Duck, and Lola Bunny (from Space Jam). The show has also featured baby versions of Elmer Fudd (though Elmer has appeared in an episode as slightly older than the others and as a bully, obviously as a reference to the adult version always hunting the adult version of Bugs Bunny), Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe Le Pew, and Marvin the Martian in musical segments between stories. This show is done in the style of Muppet Babies.
  • An earlier 1990 effort from Warner Bros., Tiny Toon Adventures, featured numerous younger "clones" of the traditional Looney Tunes characters. These characters existed parallel to their adult counterparts, but aside from color and age had nearly identical appearances and personalities.
    • In a double dose of "juniorization", Plucky Duck even had segments in which his toddler self is depicted.

• Clifford's Puppy Days (Scholastic Entertainment, 2003): features the adventures of Clifford the Big Red Dog when he was a puppy.

• The Flintstone Kids (Hanna-Barbera, 1986): featuring the original cast of The Flintstones (Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty) as ten-year-olds. In addition, the show also has backup segments.

• Jungle Cubs (Disney, 1996): based on Disney's 1967 animated film The Jungle Book, but set in the youth of the animal characters from the movie, such as Baloo, King Louie, and Shere Khan.

• A Pup Named Scooby Doo (Hanna-Barbera, 1988): featuring Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang's adventures as junior high school students. Notably, this show made a more extensive effort to maintain continuity with its parent franchise, and would be referenced in later Scooby-Doo revivals.

• Tom & Jerry Kids (Hanna-Barbera/Turner Entertainment, 1990–1995): featuring Tom and Jerry as children. Other segments on this program include:
  • Droopy and Dripple, featuring Droopy and his son Dripple.
  • Spike & Tyke, featuring the bulldog Spike, and his son Tyke. Tyke, oddly enough, is the same age here as he is in the conventional "adult" Tom and Jerry shorts.

• Pink Panther and Pals (DePatie-Freleng/MGM Animation, 2010) : featuring The Pink Panther as a teenager, along with Big Nose, Horse, and The Ant and the Aardvark.

• Yo Yogi! (Hanna Barbera, 1991–1992): featuring Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Cindy Bear, Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss as teenagers solving mysteries and detective works. Incidentally, Boo-Boo was left unaffected despite him being a cub in the usual Yogi Bear series. The voices of the characters were also left unchanged.

• In "Star Trek:The Animated Series", the episode "Yesteryear" had a version of Spock finding a version of himself from the past. Although the young Spock had been in a Vulcanical wrestling team. Also, he had a pet bear named Chika. Before Spock got out of the portal, he said,"Live long and prosper." In another episode (The Counter Clock Incident), Captain Kirk and Spock helped Robert April to create a new dimension, but then all of the crew regressed back into children, and the Aprils reverted to teenagers or young adults.
• Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers:The Power Rangers are children by Master Vile.Later, Billy Cranston restores himself to his normal age.

• Teen Titans- the Titans are younger than their comic book counterparts. Whereas the comic book depicts them as approximately eighteen, the Titans of the cartoon are more fourteen.

• Gadget Boy- the popular Inspector Gadget is depicted as a child.