Character Ripoffs

[jeremy88]

oh. that makes sense lol. That show seems odd heh. That is creepy better go post another post to get it to 667 lol.

[Big Disney Fan]

I heard Princess Clara from that show Drawn Together was a knockoff of Ariel...

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Well, thats understandable. The whole point of the show is that its characters are parodies of popular animated icons.
Other toons copied on that show include:
-Superman
-Pikachu
-Betty Boop
-Link

On a side note, this is my 666th post...creepy.

Don't forget Spongebob Squarepants and Valerie from "Josie and the Pussycats".

[Big Disney Fan]

Frogs usually look similar.

Tell that to Kermit.

Escapay

I think he meant animated frogs, not every kind of entertainment frog. Kermit is a Muppet.

[Big Disney Fan]

One of the earliest sets of Warner Bros characters were a pair of foxes named Foxy and Roxy and minus the slightly pointed ears and big bushy tails, they are obvious ripoffs of Mickey and Minnie.

Yes, that may be so. But I also think it turns out that a lot of cartoon characters looked more or less like that in those days...

I guess you're right. But still...

[Escapay]

Tell that to Kermit.

Escapay

I think he meant animated frogs, not every kind of entertainment frog. Kermit is a Muppet.

I know, I was making a funny.

Escapay

[Big Disney Fan]

I've just thought of another ripoff set. There was this one MGM cartoon directed by Tex Avery called "The Peachy Cobbler". It's a retelling of "The Elves and the Shoemaker". The elves in question all bear striking resemblances to the Seven Dwarfs. Did anyone else notice besides me?

[Lars Vermundsberget]

I think I remember it and I guess I noticed. There's the question of where to draw the line between rip-off and inspiration...

[slave2moonlight]

I seem to remember one episode of "Drawn Together" that featured Popeye as a steroids user dying of Aids that he got from an infected needle. And, I'm pretty sure it was flat out supposed to be Popeye, in name and everything. I couldn't believe they were able to do this! I realize you can get away with nearly anything in the name of parody, Saturday Night Live has gotten away with animating Mickey Mouse outright for some insulting cartoons, but this seemed simply like they were using Popeye as a character on their animated show and totally ruining his rep. Thought this was pretty bad, even though I generally have a sense of humor about such things. I know that Harvey Birdman trashes the Hanna Barbera classics all the time, but that show is Hanna Barbera also.

[slave2moonlight]

Oh, and yeah, Princess Clara is a pretty blatant Ariel parody, and they present her almost as a villain of the show in her bigotry and lack of tolerance, but she is darn hot! Ha. Despite having some sort of tentacle monster in her nether-regions as part of some sort of curse from a witch or something.

[musicradio77]

I know other character ripoffs. This one was from "9 to 5" where Violet (played by Lily Tomlin) dressed as Snow White in a fantasy sequence. Mr. Hart (played by Dabney Coleman) drank coffee and they got rat poison. And then all of a sudden, Hart was falling down and then Voilet, a Snow White wannabe turned into a a Cinderella-esque gown, sorta like the Merryweather girls from "Sleeping Beauty". I got this scene in 2-parts, and here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIEv055KpY0
http://media.putfile.com/SnowWhite9to5-2

[Lars Vermundsberget]

I've heard there was made a short named "Mickey Mouse in Vietnam" once - not by Disney, of course...

[Big Disney Fan]

I think I remember it and I guess I noticed. There's the question of where to draw the line between rip-off and inspiration...

That was no inspiration; I remember hearing somewhere that they lampooned the Dwarfs.