Rugrats, Pokémon, The Simpsons, The Clone Wars… There’s a bunch of possibilities.
- TheImpressiveX ( @TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml ) 14•2 months ago
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
- teawrecks ( @teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ) 3•2 months ago
I think the Spongebob movie was a few years too late, like 5 years after the show premiered. By the time it came out, I had lost interest. South Park was great timing, though; only 2 years after it started, and afaik still holds the Guinness World Record for most swear words in an animated film.
- Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) English1•2 months ago
I feel like the SpongeBob movie releasing when it did probably helped the SpongeBob video game sales around that time. I recall SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie doing pretty well
- pipe01 ( @pipe01@programming.dev ) 2•2 months ago
Bigger, Longer & Uncut
That’s a crazy name
- TheImpressiveX ( @TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 months ago
The original title was “South Park: All Hell Breaks Loose”, but the MPAA wasn’t comfortable releasing a movie with the word “hell” in it. So they renamed it as a subtle penis joke.
- MajorHavoc ( @MajorHavoc@programming.dev ) 8•2 months ago
Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Edit: Oh, I’m told this is one of the darkest timelines… Nevermind.
- ulkesh ( @ulkesh@beehaw.org ) English5•2 months ago
Ducktales
There was a Duck tales movie? I had no idea.
- ArcaneSlime ( @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•2 months ago
Aaaooouuu!
- magic_lobster_party ( @magic_lobster_party@kbin.run ) 5•2 months ago
Technically not debut, but Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man was well timed.
It was shortly after the run of the 90s TV cartoon. VFX had just reached a point where convincing web slinging could be made. A few years earlier it would’ve looked awful.
I would also say that along with X-Men it started a new era of super hero movies where they could be taken seriously. Compare it to the Batman movies in the 90s, which are goofy in comparison.
- Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) English5•2 months ago
Bit of a weird choice but maybe Dick Figures The Movie. It was based off of an animated YouTube series and if I recall correctly they got it out near the height of their relevance. It’s not like the Angry Birds movie where it acted as more of a reminder that it was a thing than anything else.
- Tiefling IRL ( @tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 4•2 months ago
Bob’s Burgers
- Call me Lenny/Leni ( @shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee ) English4•2 months ago
Jimmy Neutron. Which is ironic because it was actually intended to come out part-way through the TV show, which is why the villains appear in a false redemption arc around the second season. It just feels weird in hindsight to think of any timing aside from what happened.