Top 10 Cartoon Shows that Have the Greatest Potential for a Reboot
When rebooting a show in today’s time, I would expect the reboot to have a planned out in-depth plot line, captivating characters, and character growth. Every season should lead up to something, with each season building on each other so that there is a satisfying conclusion at the end of the series.
Darkwing Duck is an American animated action-adventure comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation that first ran from 1991 to 1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. The DuckTales 2017 series set up a perfect pilot episode for Darkwing Duck with season 3, episode 12, "Let's Get Dangerous!"
Last I heard, Disney is actually rebooting this show, so I hope to see it in the near future. What I really want to see in the show is the father-daughter relationship between Darkwing Duck and Gosalyn take shape.
I'm also very interested in the character Morgana, who was in the original series. I want to see her journey from villain to hero as well as her romantic relationship with Darkwing Duck, plus a mother-daughter relationship between her and Gosalyn.
It would be great to see a remake of The Gummi Bears similar to how Disney remade DuckTales, with a thoughtful storyline and character growth.
A character I would add to the show that would make an enormous difference would be for the villain Duke Sigmund Igthorn to have a daughter named Olivia. Even though he's the villain, he truly loves his daughter. I envision Olivia as being very sarcastic and cynical, but she loves her father and has a fondness for the ogres. The ogres, in turn, are quite protective of her.
In fact, the first time they met was shortly after her father was banished from Dunwyn. The ogres saved Olivia's life, at which point Duke Igthorn used the opportunity to seize control of Castle Drekmore and the ogres.
Before the banishment, Olivia and Princess Calla were as close as sisters, but now there's a great rivalry between them.
Gargoyles is an American animated series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Buena Vista Television, and originally aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997. The series features a species of nocturnal creatures known as gargoyles that turn to stone during the day.
Recess is an American animated television series created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, with animation done by Grimsaem, Plus One Animation, Sunwoo Animation, and Toon City. I think it would be interesting if the Recess gang started the series in an earlier grade and with each passing season, they grow up a year and therefore go up a grade. That way, with each season, you can see the growth of the characters and the society of each grade.
Or a live-action TV series.
Danny Phantom is an American animated series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Billionfold Studios and distributed in Canada by Nelvana, a Canadian animation company. The series follows a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human world... read more The first two seasons of Danny Phantom were great and had such potential for future episodes and seasons, but the show, in my opinion, fell short in its third season.
It would have been exciting to see Vlad Masters / Vlad Plasmius get a redemption story, Dani Phantom become a regular character on the show, and most of all, a return of Dark Danny from "The Ultimate Enemy" episodes.
I would combine certain elements from both shows: the 1983 and 2015 versions, to make a really good show. From 1983, I liked how Penny and Brain were in the background, really solving the cases and protecting Gadget. Talon, Dr. Claw's nephew, was a great character from the 2015 show.
You could do a lot with Talon and Penny. I could see the show starting off like the original, with Penny and Brain helping Gadget from the shadows, but Talon starts to get wise to what Penny's up to and develops admiration and feelings for her. Through that, I see a redemption story for Talon.
TaleSpin is an American animated television series based in the fictional city of Cape Suzette, that first aired in 1990 as a preview on The Disney Channel and later that year as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book, which was theatrically... read more
Mummies Alive! is an American animated series from DIC Entertainment. It originally aired for one season in 1997. I think this could be an exciting reboot because the show deals with the supernatural and time traveling. The show is about a modern-day teenage boy named Presley, who is the reincarnation of the Pharaoh's son, Prince Rapses. He is hunted by the ancient evil sorcerer Scarab, who wants to retrieve the spirit of the prince to become immortal. The mummies awaken as powerful guardians to protect Presley from Scarab.
A character I would add to the show is a little sister for Presley. She is the only one who knows about Presley and his mummy guardians. A twist I would introduce later in the show is that Presley's sister is the reincarnation of Scarab's daughter, creating an incredible predicament between Scarab, Presley, and his sister.
The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon. It was rerun in the United States on Nickelodeon and occasionally Nicktoons until November 1, 2007. The show returned to The '90s Are All That for one night, and aired on March 21, 2013. The show aired on Nicktoonsters... read more With a reboot, I would add more attention to the family dynamics of the show. How do they manage to stay cooped up in that RV all the time without driving each other insane?
I always felt bad for Debbie. She was a teenage girl who desperately wanted the stability of a normal suburban life and meaningful friendships. In the reboot, I would have Debbie find out about Eliza's ability to talk to animals sooner. I would do it within the first season. It would give the sisters something to bond over, and Debbie could cover for Eliza when she's out interacting with the animals.
Dexter's Laboratory is an American comic science fiction animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network, and the first of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. The show is about a kid scientist named Dexter that has a sister named Dee Dee that keeps breaking into his lab. I would tone down Dee Dee's destructive tendencies towards Dexter's inventions. I get that she was very curious about what Dexter was up to, but the way she destroyed his inventions came off as really nasty and deliberate.
It would be nice to see the brother-sister relationship become stronger as the show progresses.
Class of the Titans is a Canadian animated television series produced by Studio B Productions and Nelvana Limited.
Rocko's Modern Life is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an anthropomorphic Australian-immigrant wallaby named Rocko as well as his friends: the gluttonous steer Heffer, the neurotic turtle Filburt, and Rocko's faithful... read more This would be even better if one is planned and would take place after Static Cling, I think? Even though I have not seen it in more than two months.
Freakazoid! is an American animated television series created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini and developed by Tom Ruegger for the Kids' WB programming block of The WB.
Atomic Betty is a Canadian-French animated television series that debuted in 2004. Created by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller, and Rob Davies, the series centers on a young girl named Betty who moonlights as a Galactic Guardian. The show mixes slice-of-life elements with sci-fi adventures,... read more
Littlest Pet Shop is a toy franchise and cartoon series owned by Hasbro. The original toy series was produced by Kenner in the early 1990s.
Wolverine and the X-Men is a 2009 American animated series by Marvel Animation. It is the fourth of five animated adaptations of the X-Men characters, the other four being Pryde of the X-Men, X-Men: The Animated Series, X-Men: Evolution, and an anime adaptation known simply as X-Men.
The Spectacular Spider-Man is an American animated television series based on the superhero character published by Marvel Comics and developed for television by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook.
Mighty Max is an American animated action/sci-fi television series that aired from 1993 to 1994 to promote the British Mighty Max toys, an outgrowth of the Polly Pocket line, created by Bluebird Toys in 1992. It ran for two seasons, with a total of 40 episodes airing during the show's run.
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American adult animated sitcom that aired on the USA Network from March 5, 1994 to September 6, 1997. It was created and developed by Everett Peck.
CatDog is an American animated television series created by Peter Hannan for Nickelodeon. The series depicts the life of conjoined brothers, with one half being a cat and the other a dog.
Catscratch is an American animated television series created by Doug TenNapel (also known for creating Earthworm Jim). It was aired on both Nickelodeon and Nicktoons on July 9, 2005 and ended February 10, 2007. It is an adaptation of TenNapel's graphic novel, Gear, which is also the name of the cats'... read more