Why Your Childhood Cartoons Keep Getting Rebooted

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[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

This is something some of us has to deal with

[@pyeitme508]

Ok

[@vanessasandoval96]

I want to see my own rebooted cartoons are gravity falls

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@vanessasandoval96 Really?

[@vanessasandoval96]

@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 yeah really when dipper and Mabel are adults now getting married with Pacifica and Gideon Dipper and Pacifica kids are Gwen pines Mabel and Gideon kids are Sara gleeful and Jake gleeful

[@WeegeeSlayer123]

Please don't let Ed Edd n' Eddy ever get rebooted. It will be an atrocity.

[@Jungoguy]

No. Just. NO

[@CometCereal]

I almost had a heart attack when I saw the thumbnail. Luckily Dan has full rights to the show so CN won’t be getting their slimy hands on it.

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

I would be good if done right

[@Historybuff-mx4dv]

@@CometCereal And lucky for us Antonucci himself has no intention or interest in making an Ed, Ed, n Eddy reboot.

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

Honestly, if it's done with love like DuckTales, it might not be that bad

[@sadlobster1]

To be fair, the Clone High revival/reboot makes actual sense; considering how the old show ended on a bad cliffhanger without any resolution. So, it's one of the FEW that I think we were in need of; much like Samurai Jack

[@SlapstickGenius23]

It does need a soft reboot, as it has a lot of missed out potential.

[@atavious2491]

@@SlapstickGenius23 The Clone Wars season 7 is NOT a reboot, it's a CONTINUATION of the Yoda and Qui Gon arc from season 6. This time the story follows Ahsoka leading up to the events of Revenge of the sith. Nothing is being retold or retconned. Technically speaking I would say this whole show from 2008 is a reboot of the 2003 clone wars as that was from Legends. So maybe I guess the Disney canon timeline is rebooting some stuff from the expanded universe?

[@emajinecks5862]

@@atavious2491 clone high not clone wars

[@lennypayne4241]

@@atavious2491 Wow. Dude, the show he was referring to was Clone _High_. Not Clone Wars. Completely different "Clone" show.

[@atavious2491]

@@lennypayne4241 alrighty then, I'll eat my words. 😂😩

[@roxycauldwell544]

The reason Craig is bringing back the powerpuff girls is probably because he's tired of watching them get butchered. It would be cool to see Bunny again, or make an even bigger bad than Mojo

[@cosmicdoggo9296]

Or make Mojo the actual treath or even better make PPG a more adult and version similer to Primal from Adult Sweem you know brutal cosmic horror brutality and definitely Rowdyruff Boys but they have to be bad ass

[@watchforever1724]

@@cosmicdoggo9296 lol

[@rhondahoward8025]

@@cosmicdoggo9296 Most overrated villains ever. Even Craig said he doesn't really care about the RRBs. Only the fans.

[@trika91]

It reminds how Akira Toriyama came back to Dragonball after watching that horrendous American adaptation, Dragonball Evolution. That’s how we got those two Dragonball movies, Battle of Gods and Resurrection F, which spinned off into Super.

[@somethingbanter]

I really even wouldn't mind them actually using bliss as well

[@TheCommenterDragon]

Even though i'd be interested to see where an EENE reboot would go, i really hope they never reboot it the original series did well enough on it's own and a reboot would just ruin all of that even if all of the original voice actors came back it would still be bad, i mean the reboots of shows that we have so far aren't that bad but still i'd rather not see every classic cartoon get rebooted.

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

How would it be bad?

[@ultima1033]

@@sonicthehedgehog1606 I mean...there's always a chance they could flub the execution. Aside from some exceptions, the track record with reboots isn't exactly stellar. It's entirely possible they could miss the mark in what made Ed edd n Eddy so timeless. Or heaven forbid, we get another case of Powerpuff girls 2016

[@TheHighFlys]

@@sonicthehedgehog1606 It left on a good note and doing it twice would be hard to do

[@ultima1033]

Yeah. That's understandable. As much as I miss the Ed boys. Not sure I'm willing to risk them turning out like Thundercats or Powerpuff 2016.

[@dariushcreates]

What would be interesting if we saw Ed Ed eddy and all the characters grown up! Then gear it towards adults since it knows it’s target audience

[@sketchyskies8531]

I'm actually looking forward to the Avatar Studios projects

[@kmangaming1998]

Same because legit I grew up with avatar back in the day like it was one of the reasons I watched Nickelodeon along with Rugrats cat dog icarly ect ect like being able to watch it on Netflix isn’t the same as being able to actually watch it on tv well yeah I can watch it on Netflix on the tv but you know what I mean it’s just love hate relationship with streaming services with me especially when I’m to stubborn to watch a new show and to be honest I didn’t watch LOK until years later and I know that’s avatar related but I guess it started when I really stopped watching Nickelodeon and just were watching CN and Disney and well there’s only a handful of modern cartoons and reboots when there actually good that I accept

[@sixunknown9347]

Better than liveatar

[@maggiequinn.]

At least with avatar it is a continuation of the story than the typical reboot full of modern hijinks and old ocassional references to its original counterpart plus avatar is very story driven which I feel seperates it from reboots being revived for the sake of cashing in on the new generations and possibly the old audiences who watch out of hate

[@pioneer8992]

The only way I would watch anything from the new studio is if Aaron Ehaz is apart of the movies' productions. He's the reason why TLA was so damn good. He wasn't apart of LoK, and that's why that show's story was so jank

[@sansbazinga9821]

The most tragic thing about this whole reboot culture we're in, is that there is an entire generation of creators, especially in animation, whose ideas and concepts will never see the light of day because cashing in on millennial and early gen z nostalgia is extremely profitable. It also makes you wonder why we have not seen studios do the same thing with earlier properties like the Flintstones and the Jetsons and Yogi bear. With the exceptions of Scooby-doo, Looney Toons, and the Smurfs. I think it's because that generation has grown up and has left their childhood in the past. You don't see boomers clamoring for studios to reboot shows from their youth; whereas millennials seem to be stuck mentally in the past; which I think is indicative of a larger issue at hand. It sucks because for every PPG and Ben10 reboot that takes a time slot on the network, it could have been filled by something new and original. Just look at how Nickelodeon/Viacom treats new animated shows, if they don't pull Spongebob numbers in the first season they get canceled. I don't think that this issue goes away until our generation moves on from the past and allows new younger creators to take the helm of animation for a new generation. But hey, that's just a theory.

[@johnnydo7138]

I agree very much dude. I've seen dozens of animated shows come and go growing up and I was always sad when they left, but I was also excited for the new stuff that was gonna fill their slot. Now its just the same old stuff being dragged up from it's grave and I'm just like "I don't want to see reboots of the stuff I grew up watching, nostalgia be damned, I want new stories and characters to get attached to". I don't want King of the Hill or Futurama to come back, I love both those shows but damn it they had their time and it ended a while ago. Those slots should be filled by new shows made by new creators with new ideas, not reboots made for people still stuck in the past. I think this is a symptom of two things: One, the fact that it's so much easier for people to submerge themselves in nostalgia than any other time in history, hell you can go find old Toonami and Boomerang bumpers right here on KZbin with the click of a button. There are whole channels dedicated completely to nostalgia and people eat it up. Two, thanks to Disney messing up copyright, these companies own these shows forever and have control of their exclusivity, meaning they can keep digging them up forever until they get super stale, just look at what's happened to Star Wars and Star Trek. Compare that to a world where copyright length was much shorter (apparently with our abundance of media production it should only be 15 years of copyright at best) and these companies would be constantly looking for new ideas because the stuff they own was eventually gonna fall in the public domain where anyone could distribute it and make something new from it, which I would prefer much more. The only exception to the reboots in my opinion are shows that were cancelled before they could get a true finale like Samurai Jack and Clone High, not stuff like Ed, Edd n Eddy which had a great conclusive ending. As much I love those old Cartoon Network shows I'd take a new season of Primal or BallMasterz9000 over them coming back any day.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

My biggest issue with reboots is that they try to make them different just to be modern. Personally, I want today's generation to learn to appreciate old stuff and not just reboots that try to follow today's trends. I think the characters living in the modern age, using modern technology and MAYBE wearing modern clothes and hair styles should be enough of a modernization, but no. The new team (or corporate executives) insist on changing the animation style and character designs (I'm looking at you Thunder cats, Veggietales and Bob the Builder), replacing the voice cast for supposedly the wrong reasons (I'm looking at you DuckTales, Muppet Babies, Tiny Toons and Powerpuff Girls), completely changing characters voices (I'm looking at you Veggietales), taking away the original's identity in favor of copying other generic kids shows (I"m looking at you Thomas and Friends), etc. There are some old things that still work on today's generation.

[@ZeepAtomic]

There can never be a show as great as Ed, Edd N' Eddy, and that's a fact.

[@ianandersen265]

It was great enough that they made a bowling game based on the show. I cared more for bowling than the show, so strategy was no problems.

[@andreas.2494]

Reboots are fine as long as it's done by it's original creator, but, I think it's better to do a new original premise.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Some Stuff to say: -School of Little Vampires, Wunschpunsch and Zentrix deserve Reboots. They never had an End and would bring-in the Old Fandom and more. Especially Zentrix is extra-noteworthy because it has some; for the lack of a better word; 'Magic-Grip' on its Fans AND literally Lists online what exactly the Original lacked. Its Big-Money waiting to be made. -Despite Roundtable handwaving-away creative Death, its a Thing. People have compared the Old and the New and often theres an objective Quality-Difference. -KZbinr Second-Thought made a video about Monopolies in Media and how that hurts us all, just so you know.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

Even if the original creator did it, the corporate executives may insist on changing it to be modern.

[@watchforever1724]

@@matthewweatherford6566lol

[@gerawallstar3487]

​@matthewweatherford6566 and unfortunately the creator have to adapt to these changes in order to keep jobs.

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

The "My childhood was better than yours" spiel never fails to make me feel pain...

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@matthewweatherford6566]

And the reboots of our childhood try to copy the trends of today's original shows. For example, Thomas the tank engine used to just do its own thing. It had lore, world building, the engines behaved like real engines, the settings were realistic, and it just didn't talk down to its target audience. Then along came Mattel. They took away all that in favor of turning Thomas into Paw Patrol, PJ Masks, whatever's trending now in preschool media and ignoring what the original creator had intended Thomas to be. Heck, he was heavily against his creations being bought by a big company and turned into a billion dollar franchise. I'm sure this never would've happened had Thomas stayed independent.

[@AJ-xc4qe]

If there's one thing I can't stand about revivals, it's comic book continuations. You basically have to find every single issue of a comic series adapted from a show you loved watching but they're extremely hard to find in stores, there's a million of them if you're behind on them and you live in a overstuffed apartment and don't know where to put them. This is why I choose to watch videos that just show us the pages instead. I've had to do this for Smallville Season 11, Revolution Season 3 and I only just got started on Avatar The Promise.

[@genquin]

There’s nothing wrong with reboots BUT what matters is how they are handle

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@matthewweatherford6566]

One of my biggest issues is replacing the voice cast for the wrong reasons. Another is taking away what made the original different from other kids shows in favor of doing what others are doing.

[@franklynpimentel6897]

They ran out of ideas for fresh new shows So Hollywood did the only thing it knows Murphy Brown, Melrose Place Gilmore Girls, Lost In Space That's So Raven's what they're cravin' (I know that's a show worth savin') I vote X-Files for a comeback (Ducovny's still a real snack) Would the Golden Girl's be darker If we resurrect Bea Arthur? Reboot it, renew it Reshoot it, redo it And reuse it, retool it Abuse it, just do it If you wanna make some easy cash, just recycle and rehash Repeat it, rеinstate it Reheat it, rеcreate it There's no need to feel frustrated Simply just regurgitate it For a guaranteed ratings smash Dig it up out of the trash Come on Just reboot it Will & Grace, and Dynasty Sweet 16 on MTV Blue's Clues, Twin Peaks and Fargo Go catch Carmen Sandiego Just relax and take the flak If people want it, bring it back Looney Tunes, Queer Eye, and DuckTales Just reboot it, 'cause it sells Take something foreign, then translate it Shamelessly appropriate it Even if the old fans hate it GET THE SCRIPT RIGHT CLEAR!!!!! You've done sequels, tried for prequels Think of all the streams that equals Utilizing these techniques will make your shows revered Shows revered Reboot it, renew it Reshoot it, redo it And reuse it, retool it Abuse it, just do it If you wanna make some easy cash, just recycle and rehash Repeat it, reinstate it Reheat it, recreate it There's no need to feel frustrated Simply just regurgitate it For a guaranteed ratings smash Dig it up out of the trash Come on Just reboot it.-Animaniacs (2020)

[@watchforever1724]

Lol 😂

[@ItzViolet-yt]

I love this song

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

as much as I've LOVED The original Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends I'd hope the new ReBoot with the same creator onboard as well as the pre-school Foster's Home series I'd hope there Both done right with Craig McCracken

[@donaldcass9678]

Mkae sme wonder if in th enew Fosters pre school Bloo will be nicer than in the og series

[@NeroLeMorte]

If lion guard , tinker bell and the paw patrol movie could make it work i don't see why not make a pre-school fosters cartoon. About time we got quality entertainment for toddlers instead of all the cocomelon , caillou and peppa pig nonsense on youtube.

[@NeroLeMorte]

@@donaldcass9678 bloo should stay a jerk but they could counter balance it by giving him humbling moments and add in depth and give him more character development.

[@Hamburger8079]

You know instead of him being a… **donkey noises** big jerk

[@m56214]

@@NeroLeMorte Yeah but there's a reason we have Disney Junior and Cbeebies

[@Mangacide]

Aside from the aforementioned He Man and She Ra; unfortunately for me the only cartoons I'm nostalgic for are old and kind of obscure. I would be shocked (and admittedly happy) to hear of a Wildfire the Stallion or Pirates of Darkwater reboot.

[@IgnitedQuils]

I'm fine with reboots if either the creator is back and/or if the team knows what made the original good and add their spin with it, an example being Ducktales 2017. PPG 2016 failed due to trying to capitalize on modern trends and derailing many characters. The Proud Family revival does do modern trends but still has the charm of the original show and the characterization (yet I wish Penny's friends can be better). Can't say about Ben 10 2016, but just want reboots to done with keeping at least some of the original vision.

[@johnnygyro2295]

Ben 10 (2016) was a mixed bag for me. There were changes I wasn't a fan of, like Gwen not getting magic, and some I enjoyed, like Vilgax being Azmuth's former student gone rogue.

[@watchforever1724]

@@johnnygyro2295 I thought people hated being mixed from you is odd

[@johnnygyro2295]

@@watchforever1724 I'm sorry, what?

[@watchforever1724]

@@johnnygyro2295 surprised you found Ben 10 remake a mixed bag when others didn’t like it and just hated it

[@johnnygyro2295]

@@watchforever1724 I try not to be harsh at retellings/reboots until I see them play out. I watched TMNT: Turtles Forever which went with the idea that every TMNT adaptation is an alternate universe, so that's the mindset I try to use.

[@senabecool7232]

Remember back in 2000s when cartoons were original

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Or when they’re so remarkably distinctive (even if they’re not wholly original).

[@angelinacamacho8575]

Nah reboots existed then too

[@bluefire9285]

There's still original shows being made lol

[@m56214]

@@angelinacamacho8575 Hardly only Ren and Stimpy

[@unknownsoldier6731]

@@angelinacamacho8575 it’s not at all the same as it is today, not even close.

[@ariswilliams8103]

All I can say is, it all depends on the reboot. It can either be good, bad, or in between. I'll pretty much leave it at that.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@matthewweatherford6566]

I was skeptical about how the Blue's Clues reboot would turn out but I'm glad that it did a better job with staying faithful to the original than most reboots. I still think some changes weren't really necessary and that today's generation can also enjoy the original but I don't hold a grudge against this like I do with lots of others.

[@AYoungMusicianDude]

A lot of people don’t realize though that as far back as the late 70s into the early 80s there was really this birth of the nostalgia wave, and we’ve been living the pattern ever since. The 1980s were basically a love letter to the 1950s the same way the 2010s were a revamped 80s. Some things (clothing trends, music taste, popular films, animated entertainment etc) have a revival in mainstream pop culture when they reach about 25 to 30 years old.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

Not only that but some old TV shows can work on today's generation without reboots. I heard about little kids in today's generation that enjoy Gullah Gullah Island.

[@tayloredwards4968]

I'm going to be honest I have no problem with a reboot. Introducing it to a new generation. All I just want is for the reboot that actually be good

[@animezilla4486]

Amen to that

[@Mymy_64]

I feel like animation at this point is relatively summed up to "Pick a popular franchise and make it kid-friendly or modern.

[@takomasmith8246]

Literally, old Instagram post (which were Twitter screenshots) and us used to ask for channels to play old shows. They saw how excited we get for reboots and revivals in 2016/2017 and its like they got the message mixed up. We dont need every cartoon to come back and even though its not something new, I think theres too much. I think cartoon reboots would be a less often thing to do. But I think they saw us asking for them to just show older tv shows and got confused and now just doing reboots and revivals. Its like they somehow ignored people saying we want original things but to be actually decent. It’s honestly not that difficult but Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network keep fucking it up for themselves.

[@takomasmith8246]

@Khaled Shanshal rn Warner Bros Discovery. Is repeating this cyle of what I call ‘The Worst Hollywood Cycle’, The cycle is when a network makes a decision that people already dont like. But because they are stubborn and hard headed and out of touch, they need to see and learn themselves when the decisions they made goes poorly because of people react and said how they react. I mean personally hasn’t effected me yet but people are pissed. If they wanna cancel batwoman good luck getting customers back than. Its a hard cycle to break even if theres backlash already they almost never hear it until they backed into a corner and forced a half baked answer.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@aisadal2521]

If only they could do it with the respect they had for their audiences when the series first dropped

[@watchforever1724]

Sadly that’s not how it works

[@Kozuu7]

Even more sadly those "first audiences" will instantly hate these reboots without ever watching an episode.

[@m56214]

@@Kozuu7 Because it's shit you don't watch to know it bad it will eventually suck you can't tell me people looked at the new Rugrats and had a great impression for it

[@sus6936]

@@m56214 i know you aint talking with that missthegoodays like bro what you cant know till you try it sometimes you can but on cartoons no yall are still gen z like bro im gen z stop with the cry baby stuff nothing wrong with this or the other generation like stop it jesus why do we do this you need to accept this new generation and how were just different

[@matthewweatherford6566]

​@@Kozuu7 I don't know about a full episode but I watched bits and pieces of different episodes of All Engines Go and hate it a little more than I thought I would. I hate that corporate executives believe that this is how Thomas needs to be in order for today's little kids to enjoy it. I think the CGI series is age appropriate enough. The old Thomas didn't talk down to little kids. It's not just the older fans who are upset by it. The original creator himself was heavily against this happening to his creations. He specifically wrote the stories to represent real trains and appeal to all ages and focus on lore and world building and make it unlike anything else on the market. He was also heavily against the idea of a big company buying it and turning it into a billion dollar franchise. Now he's spinning in his grave.

[@sapphic.flower]

I've gotten to the point where I'm no longer against reboots as long as the original creator had a say in it and it's interesting. It's just a shame that a lot of them are dumbed down with the idea young kids wouldn't enjoy or understand it if it were like the original (but that's also not to say there cannot be a more playful take one a franchise as long as it's coming from a place of earnest and creativity).

[@slevinchannel7589]

Some Stuff to say: -School of Little Vampires, Wunschpunsch and Zentrix deserve Reboots. They never had an End and would bring-in the Old Fandom and more. Especially Zentrix is extra-noteworthy because it has some; for the lack of a better word; 'Magic-Grip' on its Fans AND literally Lists what exactly the Original lacked. -Despite Roundtable handwaving-away creative Death, its a Thing. People have compared the Old and the New and often theres an objective Quality-Difference. -KZbinr Second-Thought made a video about Monopolies in Media and how that hurts us all, just so you know.

[@watchforever1724]

@@slevinchannel7589yeah I know

[@matthewweatherford6566]

For example, the old Barney and friends still works on today's generation but Mattel decided to reboot it with CGI and a new look anyway. What especially insults me is that they're gonna limit classic Barney to adult products and accessories, which is the same as saying the older fans need to keep the old version to themselves and it's too dated for today's generation, which isn't true. Little kids today can appreciate puppetry and some old things work just fine on them without reboots. I feel like the purpose of reboots is to talk kids out of watching old things. This is an insult to those who wanna introduce kids to classics and not just reboots.

[@joseaguirre9048]

No they just need to bring back the KND all the galactic kids next door please let that happen someday please who is with me?

[@alleosussquirt8041]

I wouldn't mind all the reboots, if the ones making money were used to help get shots at the new ones, because eventually doing this over and over again is going to create some sort of internal structure collapse within the company.

[@s.n.1507]

This is just sad. Instead of making new shows, they are just rebooting old stuff and not letting new shows shine the way they deserve. All this because of the competition...

[@rjs4176]

Ah yes, another day where I can sigh in relief knowing that PPG2016 and Thundercats Roar both ended years ago. More terrifying things will come, eventually, but for the moment I can rest peacefully knowing that those _things_ are long dead. If we're truly lucky then we're hopefully not that far away from that faithful day on where TTG will meet the same merciless fate as the rest of its kind, _hopefully..._

[@mayracordero382]

I hope I can give a comment and I would love to see reboots of powerpuff girls and foster's home because those childhood shows mean a lot and craig is the creator of these shows so I'm excited for this!

[@hankunis2051]

I really hope that the executives start caring about the long time fans as much as the newcomers to a franchise.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

Some do but not always the way I want them to. Mattel announced a Barney reboot in CGI with a makeover. The closest they're getting to respecting the long time fasn is creating products for adults with classic Barney on it. Here's the problem though, the old versions still work on today's generation and some of us wanna introduce little kids to the show the way we watched them and not just what's trending now. Limiting classic Barney to adult products is the same as saying today's generation is too young to be watching classic Barney, which is not true. They're saying the older fans should keep the old stuff to themselves and the new generation should only watch the modern stuff. Last year, I saw a one-year-old dancing to classic Barney clips from the 90s, meaning the old Barney still works on today's generation and it doesn't necessarily need a makeover in order for today's generation to enjoy it. It also means puppetry still works on today's little kids.

[@Nickelbag610]

I think Pan Pizza mentioned this but something you didn't mention during the merch part of the video. Was that the kids that grew up with Powerpuff Girls and Rugrats are parents now and looking for toys to buy their kids. Like as a kid my mom when trying to get me different gifts would buy me the new My Little Pony toys and Scooby Doo toys. Because those were cartoon she knew from her childhood and figured I might also like. And if those parents are shopping and see a toy for a new PPG show they might go home and watch it with their kid or maybe even the old show. And if the kids like it the parents might want to bond over their love for the show thus fueling merch sales. Like my brother and dad over Transformers when those movies came out.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

I do don't mind reboot or revivals as long they're good and look good.

[@Historybuff-mx4dv]

And the odds of that are usually a million to one, because only a certain few reboots and revivals these past few years have actually managed to be as good and or were able to live up to the legacy of their original counterparts.

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

@@Historybuff-mx4dv nah it more of 50/50 depending on the studio and writers

[@TheMedicatedArtist]

Don’t forget that Courage the Cowardly Dog also had an animated pilot with the original creator and voice actors behind it that captured the style of the show in 3D perfectly, yet Cartoon Network still rejected it.

[@architecturefan4]

One of the worst reboots I know of is when Thomas and Friends got a reboot after Mattel had starting ruining it and they made it even worse with All Engines Go.

[@watchforever1724]

Worst reboots I mean it’s harmless at Best Buy it makes sense considering it’s still a popular franchise that having it end wasn’t gonna happen

[@architecturefan4]

@Khaled Shanshal Yeah, I know.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

I wonder if the formerly legendary Nelvana Studio animators were (possibly) into animating All Engines Go? But it’s still a paycheque to be made after all.

[@watchforever1724]

@Khaled Shanshal it probably won’t last considering Thomas the train isn’t talked too much by the new generation

[@watchforever1724]

@Khaled Shanshal I mean the toys were selling so that’s why the franchise kept going

[@AscendedEmperor]

To put it simply "We've got to have money".

[@abneramaya1736]

What I wish that companies can do is to have a balance between reboots and original content instead of the out of whack percentage between reboots and originality.

[@maxfreeman818]

Reboots are okay as long as they know what they are doing, The Proud Family and Ducktales are masterpieces that have the right and listens to the fans. Some are plain bad

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@matthewweatherford6566]

Actually, the DuckTales reboot replaced the voice cast supposedly for the wrong reasons. Did any DuckTales fan ask for that?

[@maxfreeman818]

@@matthewweatherford6566 no, but the old voice for Scrooge Alan Young died, lots of classics did the same too, they ended up being successful

[@NaiadRiver]

I always have to wonder of how mix feelings there is for what shows are reboot/remade. Like some shows like TNMT, Scooby Doo and Transformers where this is the norm but for like for others shows people are digging their heels.

[@idramaking7852]

Love seeing the old shows

[@thecaledoniansleeper2648]

Sadly, reboots and revival are just something we have to get used to for years. Or even worse, the rest for our lives.

[@watchforever1724]

It makes sense because it does well with an audience and some new stuff just doesn’t well

[@mesousagaby740]

As a big Powerpuff Girls fan, I'm honestly mixed on Craig coming back. On one hand, it's in good hands, but on the other hand, I would prefer treating Powerpuff Girls as a franchise like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, where it always had different showrunners for each show incarnation. Sure the 2016 reboot messed up a bit (even if I liked it), but that was more of a unique circumstance in that network executives were clearly ordering the showrunners to make it a loose sequel of the original show instead of a full-fledged reboot.

[@IgnitedQuils]

Makes sense. I'm not against him being back due to how the last seasons of the original PPG was when he was no longer involved, but hopefully he still has the knowledge of what made his show good.

[@TheGamerCritic]

This is the definition of “sad but true” 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@michaelaj1000]

If Ed Edd n Eddy ever gets rebooted it’s considered a criminal offense

[@MouseTheGoblin]

Everyone who got KZbin premium: Finally, no more ads, other stuff, etc- Sponsorships: *your powers remain ineffective*

[@Hulk2k6]

I'd rather Rugrats had been given a follow-up where the Rats themselves have brats now than the reboot that rewrote characters unnecessarily

[@slevinchannel7589]

Some Stuff to say: -School of Little Vampires, Wunschpunsch and Zentrix deserve Reboots. They never had an End and would bring-in the Old Fandom and more. Especially Zentrix is extra-noteworthy because it has some; for the lack of a better word; 'Magic-Grip' on its Fans AND literally Lists online what exactly the Original lacked. Its Big-Money waiting to be made. -Despite Roundtable handwaving-away creative Death, its a Thing. People have compared the Old and the New and often theres an objective Quality-Difference. -KZbinr Second-Thought made a video about Monopolies in Media and how that hurts us all, just so you know.

[@alleosussquirt8041]

I still am waiting for another shot at Code Lyoko.

[@hankunis2051]

What's funny is that the hate for most of these reboots(at least in my opinion)started when teen titans go became so infamous as being completely different and it's not even a reboot.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

Hey, at least they allowed the original voice cast to reprise their roles (unlike Powerpuff Girls, DuckTales and Muppet Babies), understands they don't need bean shaped mouths in order for today's kids to enjoy it, and even let kids know what the old Teen Titans was like AND I read that CN recently brought back reruns of old Teen Titans.

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

6:09 R.I.P. Close Enough it was Gone too soon

[@robinsordahl8947]

Winx Club was as an example of a soft reboot that was meant to make the cartoon more accessible for younger audiences, but only messed up the original storyline and polarized, alienated, and segregated the fan base.

[@DannyPageOfLight]

You know one show I'd actually be pretty interested in seeing rebooted? A show that was produced by Franch company Moonscoop called Code Lyoko. While Moonscoop did go bankrupt, another company called Darguad did buy up their assets, and it's pretty unlikely they wouldn't notice how popular CL has been. And frankly, a huge part of that show's story was technology, and technology has changed a lot in the past twenty years. So quite a bit about Code Lyoko would be reimagined to change it from an early 2000s set show to an early 2020s set one based on tech alone.

[@dillonwright13]

Whoever designed Eddy for this video’s thumbnail, I feel like this is what he’d look like in the Powerpuff/Dexter’s Lab style.

[@mr.meatyispeak]

Let my favorite childhood shows stay resting in peace dammit!

[@izzymcgee2527]

Meanwhile Infinity Train rots away with no ending while CN keeps making reboots no one will watch.

[@watchforever1724]

Well unless your the younger audience

[@izzymcgee2527]

@@watchforever1724 To be honest, I don't think even most kids would wanna watch their crap. Most kids would rather watch Cocomelon or play Fortnite or whatever.

[@watchforever1724]

@@izzymcgee2527 your be surprised some do after all we’re all different people

[@izzymcgee2527]

@@watchforever1724 True. It's just frustrating when a network is clearly playing favorites.

[@watchforever1724]

@@izzymcgee2527 not frustrating I just accepted it .Here’s pretty much the issue as much as a show gets positive reviews it needs to do extremely well if not then it’s not gonna get cared for like for example for a movie ,despite a movie not getting good reception if it made money then that’s it

[@temporalce1684]

I remember watching the original Ben 10 as a kid, was great, and a little bit of the next one (the one with teenage Ben, it was decent and I'd probably like it more now that I'm older), but I feel like rehashing the same story gets old after a while.

[@frutigeraerogrl]

i’m actually really excited for the ppg & foster’s home reboots! mainly because craig mccracken is making it i watched these two shows so much (i watched foster’s home as a kid but i rewatched more recently, and ppg as a kid and now) and these shows have such special places in my heart!! i’m so excited for both, since i’m pretty sure ppg is going to be a revival! but, i’m sad fosters home won’t have the original cast, but the creator said they could make appearances in the show, and i hope so!! i’m just hoping these shows have the charm and humor or the originals

[@FairyPhantasia]

Honestly watching the Power Puff Girls (the one on HBO 2016 version) with my daughter has been a fun experience. She wasn't born yet at that time but watches it now in 2022. I remember people throwing fits over how awful it was. But seeing it through a child's point of view.... it wasn't really meant for us, the children of the 90s-00s. It was meant for a new generation with enough stupid jokes and references to be ok for a parent to listen to or passively watch. You can say it was for the old fans. They may have at least THOUGHT of the old fans and mentioned that but it was made for a new generation. A new set of kids. This is why Ash Ketchum stays young. He's said to be in an endless spring/summer of being a kid. Remember all of our merchandise? Nothing has changed. I wonder what the other PPG is like? They look CGI but kind of.

[@watchforever1724]

4 months ash from Pokémon journey is over

[@bobbyburgess758]

I will demand justice for the 2011 Thundercats reboot until my last breath! Bring it back, you corporate cowards!

[@daniellerichardson489]

Instead of reboots just do continuations of the shows. I mean a lot of the original shows they are rebooting were cut off short or had and open ending. They could go back and finish what they started then make a brand new show separate from the original but still similar enough.

[@samkelo27]

It's always about money and you would think they would use some of to finish the storyline of all those canceled shows but... No

[@shadowrobot77]

surprised that the second time i saw/heard the red mist jumpscare didn't scare me

[@donovan802]

When thinking of animated reboots I love and nail fan-service, I immediately think of DuckTales and She-Ra (the artstyle of the latter is far from bad guys, but even if you hate it, it did insanely well). However, I will admit I’m impressed with how Cartoon Network has been caring for its reboots. While I never watched every episode of the following reboots, and probably never will, Ben 10 got a lot more respect while continuing and Teen Titans GO!’s longevity exceeded everyone’s expectations and is on the verge of being alongside pioneers like Regular Show and Adventure Time in terms of being one of the longest running Cartoon Network shows. But then the PowerPuff Girls, started off fine in the first few episodes and wasn’t THAT upset of the recast, but like 80% of the remainder of the show kinda made me lose interest. DC Super Hero Girls is probably one of the few examples of an above average reboot made for CN, probably since Lauren Faust created it and, similar to how she did MLP, it appealed to more than just young girls and got boys and adults engaged with it.

[@leonishikino6873]

Nah, She-Ra was mid. It was like taking all the interesting parts of a war torn story like Gundam in place of forgettable characters and story

[@byronrush9802]

@@leonishikino6873 oh you mean She-Ra and the princesses of power that created the world's most toxic abusive lesbian relationship ever

[@leonishikino6873]

@@byronrush9802 man, if I wanted to watch a good lesbian relationship I'd just watch an anime. Like shit, Sailor Moon and Utena had some great relationships and going beyond that you'd got the first lesbian magical girl Cutie Honey. She's had so many iterations yet her orientation hasn't ever changed. I'd even recommend Anno's adaptation of the classic manga. There's also Precure which has had many LGBT characters, even a pair of witches for their Mahoutsukai season with their 6th ranger being their daughter. So I really wanna know what people saw in the reboot She-Ra that they felt separated it from past shows? Because it really isn't unique in any aspect.

[@byronrush9802]

@@leonishikino6873 thanks for the list I'm saving up now to buy sailor Moon the full series and the movie combo collection, I have to check out the others, I was against other magical girl shows at first then cardcaptor Sakura stole my heart, She-ra and the princesses of power is nothing more than a terrible fanfic doujin She-ra x catra, apparently they said there was no gay representation in the previous show.

[@leonishikino6873]

@@byronrush9802 I never really watched the original show, oh yeah there's also Symphogear if you want a mixture of mecha and magical girls.

[@Commenter560]

The ORIGINAL shows having ended but not passing from public acknowledgment and praise is something that I can be happy about. Am I happy that so many are being rebooted? No.

[@blueyblue5831]

I like how he has a positive out on these reboots but is like OH GOOD ED EDD n EDDY CANT BE TOUCHED lol cheeky

[@Jungoguy]

12:46-wait, I didn’t know that!!! That’s awesome!

[@jakewilson910]

Powerpuff Girls are getting some attention!!!

[@galacticglamourgirl]

While it does seem like we get a lot of reboots/revivals nowadays, I can safely say at least some of them are good (Animaniacs 2020, MLP G4, etc). I'm not surprised by how things are now, the way I see it the situation is like this: Audience : "All these new shows suck! Can't beat the classics! I miss the shows from my childhood, today's kids don't know what they're missing!" Networks : "OK." *revives/reboots older properties* Audience : "Why are there so many reboots? Hollywood has run out of ideas!"

[@m56214]

Yeah as in reruns they don't want them to actually reboot it they want to see it on TV repeats

[@galacticglamourgirl]

@@m56214 Rerunning the same shows over and over again is a terrible idea though.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

​@@galacticglamourgirl Then they can put them in streaming services. Bear in the Big Blue House is now on Disney+ so the parents don't need to rely on reboots in order for their kids to enjoy their parents' childhood. Same with classic Nick Jr. shows like Gullah Gullah Island, Eureeka's Castle and Allegra's Window.

[@dylanwhitehead7959]

I'm actually excited for the avatar stuff I loved avatar and Korra and I'm glad it is the same guys that made both of those shows doing it

[@manoftheusajones5147]

It's to try and Fix and Solve some things!

[@Rose-yx6jq]

The reason why they're rebooting everything is because they're completely out of ideas and they're sitting there thinking "they worked originally so why can't they work again?"

[@st3pcr8r]

12:39 Bro fr, I was like y’all leave Ed, Edd n Eddy ALONE!,,!!!!,

[@DragonitaPurple]

Still never understand the "bring the show to a new generation" argument. The show is already made and still exists, it doesn't blow up in a cloud of smoke once its original airing finishes. Why not just rerun THAT same show for the newer generations to experience too? Money aside, there's no reason to constantly reboot shows unless they bring new creative ideas to their premise or touch things where the original aged badly at.

[@m56214]

Exactly Phineas and Ferb was airing on Disney XD since it's launch and it only has 4 seasons why can't they do the same with other tv shows

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@weeb-ubreafs1382]

Nostalgia lives forever

[@TwistersClip]

As long as the reboots are done by the creators themselves or by a group of individuals that _understands_ the original show's purpose then I have no problem with them.

[@BuddioJake2nd]

If I see a “the marvelous misadventure of flapjack reboot” then I’m willing to sell my kidneys to watch it.

[@Seventeenpro517-m2k]

Funfact you came before notification..

[@pokemonweeaboopikachuninja8745]

Fun fact: you’re wrong

[@dustytailstudios]

Some reboots try to make something different and sometimes..it fails One of my favorite reboots is Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It was what finally got me interest in TMNT and give it a shot. But alot of people call it trash for being different

[@ethansmith1620]

I love the Carman SanDiego reboot cause I loved the story so much

[@BrontoSmilodon1]

So Foster's is going to be a preschool prequel, muppet babies type show? I guess it does sound like it will go heavy back to the muppet/seasame street inspirations that it was conceived from.

[@NervousBoiReck]

Ok so a year ago you made a video about the timeline about Stanford pines, and you said you would make a video about Rick Sanchez and Stanford pines timeline video...are you ever gonna do it cuz it's been 1 year and I'm still waiting....or did you forget about it?

[@PeterGriffin11]

Because it’s easier to make money off of nostalgia that’s been successful in the past than with something new and taking a gamble. Reboots aren’t always bad Loony Tunes Show was great and Teen Titans Go started off great but an over-reliance on nostalgia isn’t good.

[@SnackThatSmilesBacktm]

"memberberries" from south park lol.

[@EggyB]

I still can't believe Infinity Train still doesn't have a reboot

[@SlapstickGenius23]

It has the potential to have a soft reboot.

[@watchforever1724]

@@SlapstickGenius23technically it wouldn’t need one considering it’s still a new show

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

I wish thundercats 2011 got more love.

[@papaadot9369]

Exactly

[@watchforever1724]

lol

[@Justj5271]

I actually really enjoyed The Proud Family Louder and Prouder, and I can't wait for season 2. I feel reboots are fine, as long as it's done right and kept fresh

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@michaelkonik7129]

The upcoming Tiny Toons Looniversity reboot seems cool. But the fact that it doesn't have Tom Ruegger involved, while having Buster and Babe as siblings just makes me a bit disappointed and worried.

[@kjw21411]

4:32 - why did you say that twice? Were those two different takes that accidentally both got left in?

[@btg-bp4vl]

I always see people point at ttg for an example of a bad reboot but teen titans is also a reboot of a comic just as that comic is a reboot of another etc. Each different qnd each made for a different audience. The majority of why people reboots is because of the nostalgia factor but if someone ever rebooted that reboot those nostalgic of that reboot will also get mad. You just gotta respect that a reboot is made for a different audience then you. After all, I think we all have some praise for she-ra yet I doubt those who praise the recent she-ra have also seen its predecessor.

[@lulubelle8788]

Does the roundtable have a cartoon and fandom related discord?

[@fantum999]

nigga they first started rebooting in the 70s with scooby the annoying dog, he was one of the first

[@SnackThatSmilesBacktm]

i'm looking forward to the futurama reboot, they've done it multiple times before.

[@imagiman893]

I still dont see the reasoning to bring back Caillou tho

[@watchforever1724]

Probably because it made a lot of money

[@CosmicSponge2004]

The fact they did Rugrats instead of All Grown Up kinda upsets me

[@pandoravex4791]

I used to want a Gargoyles reboot, but I fear what they’ll do to it.

[@BlythePennyBicycle21]

Greg Weisman did once try to do a Gargoyles revival through comics, but he couldn't keep up with Disney's prices.

[@watchforever1724]

@@BlythePennyBicycle21yeah I know

[@luigiboi4244]

Another thing I hate about modern-day cartoons is the metric-MOUNTAIN of controversy these large corporations get themselves into. Sure, Disney is making smash hits like Clint Barton at the Olympics, but I still feel dirty when I'm watching one of their awesome shows while knowing that the execs in suits are hypocratic and only care about money, dumping money into stuff like the Live-Action Mulan for example*... (Sorry, I went on a long tangent so I moved it to the bottom). I used to use video games and cartoons as a form of escapism from my depression, but now we are getting cruddy reboot after cruddy reboot so much so that I feel as if the magic is dead, and even IF there is one show that is phenomenal and has heart and passion put into it there's the price tag of supporting a massive company that does the DUMBEST decisions and mishandles properties just so they can have a monopoly on people's childhoods in some messed up dick measuring contest that we call life. * ...which they not only completely missed the mark when coming to girl role models, but also shooting scenes and later THANKING a site that is best described as a Concentration Camp. That's not even mentioning the hypocrisy with the lead actress supporting Hong Kong police in the riots while also getting FERAL at James Gunn for making "RuDe TwEeTs" a few years ago.

[@tylerensminger]

Instead of constant reboots they need more original ideas. Problem is nostalgia is still a popular way to generate attention whether good or bad

[@themistikcrow]

One reboot I think we can all agree was good is mystery incorporated

[@philmstud2k]

I wouldn't count Beavis and Butt-Head as a "reboot". It's a continuation. It's the original creators doing something that is exactly on brand and expands on the continuity of the universe. Similar to what happened with Samurai Jack.

[@rja_8734]

Same with the ppg reboot/revival with craig mccracken announced just last last week, its also a continuation of the original 1998 series, it'll also have new characters as well.

[@carlkeane2549]

I think Ed, Edd n' Eddy needs something small just to ignite interest in the original series and film. Maybe some 5 minute silent shorts featuring plank, or some brief character cameos in other properties, or the release of a purchasable Peach Creek school yearbook.

[@m56214]

A Peach Creek pilot series will probably be the best option

[@AkarisRamen]

Dude I had to make a new KZbin glad ur in my recommendation again