Reboots

"You know Wakko, just because something's new, doesn't mean it's better. Everyone likes your old gookie. You should be proud of that and not wanna change it just to come up with something new."

- Yakko, Wakko's New Gookie, Animaniacs (1993)

In recent years, especially in the 2010s and 2020s, it's become a common trend for old popular cartoons, live-action shows and rarely reality shows that were canceled long ago to get reboots to be made specifically for newcomers of the newer generations. While this may excite fans of those older shows, most of these reboots are either of very poor quality and/or tend to disappoint people.

In most cases, the reboots try way too hard to "modernize" the old school cartoons. But in doing so, they end up doing something too different that doesn't recapture the feel of the source material that the new show is originally based on. In other times the writers simply didn't understand what made the older shows popular, and other times the reboot is poor and relies purely on nostalgia and name recognition to "hide" how negative the show is.

While these reboots tend to be popular and aren't always bad, fans of the original show almost always hate the reboots because they're too different or because of their their blatantly poor quality. Many times, people say "Why is this a franchise show?". There have also been several classics like Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry that have had multiple reboots but none are ever as popular as the original. While they do tend to have some charm, they were not considered favorites by critics.

Not all reboots often turn out to be worse than the original though. For some reboots, it's the total opposite case where these reboots were far better-received than the original shows they were based on, only because the original shows they were based on weren't as well-received, and in such cases are very rare and is the good way to fix the original. A good example of such rare reboots that improved on the originals includes The Addams Family (1992 animated series) (a reboot of The Addams Family (1973 animated series)), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) (a reboot of Fullmetal Alchemist (2003), even though said the original show was still well-received), Pound Puppies (2010) (a reboot of Pound Puppies (1986)) and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (a reboot of My Little Pony (1986)).

Why Most of Them Suck

 * 1) The main problem is that most of the reboots have an incredibly poor grasp of the source material. For instance:
 * 2) * Thomas & Friends takes place in a realistic Victorian setting in Great Britain on the island of Sodor, but the reboot felt more like a Chuggington copy and a poor attempt to be like Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years or The Lion Guard depending on your view.
 * 3) * In the case of the 2016 Powerpuff Girls reboot, some of the characters act almost nothing like they do in the source material.
 * 4) The reboots have episodes that rehash other episodes from the original series and/or even episodes from other shows instead of doing something new about it.
 * 5) The characters are heavily flanderized in terms of character design, personality and especially likableness.
 * 6) They're sometimes even made for nostalgia-bait and/or to act as cash cows.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) There are exceptions to the terrible television reboot stereotype, where the reboot can (at the very least) be entertaining.

How to Make a Good Reboot

 * 1) Make your reboots faithful to their original source material while adding in anything or everything new to your reboot.
 * 2) Hire a good set of writers, and such mainly being writers that are both huge fans of the source material and truly understand the warnings of making a reboot and the source material to heart very well or writers from the show with the original source material (unless one of the writers has died). And also, put a distant warning about making a rebooting the TV shows because the reboot is very unpredictable.
 * 3) Do not flanderize any of the characters or butcher them to a total degree. Keep the existing characters’ same personalities that they really are as before and make them stay true to their design and personalities from the original source material. For more information on preventing flanderization, please read the "How to Prevent Flanderization" section in the Loathsome Characters wiki page on flanderization.
 * 4) Show everyone some actual effort and heart put into it.

Notable Offenders
'NOTE: Do not attempt to add Teen Titans Go!, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, My Little Pony: Pony Life, Total Dramarama and The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder'' to the list because they're spin-offs, not reboots. Also don't add My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale because MLP G5 is a continuation from G4 as it takes place in the same universe as G4.'''
 * 1) The Tom and Jerry Show (1975) (one of the very first bad reboots ever made)
 * 2) The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980)
 * 3) Pink Panther and Sons (1984)
 * 4) Popeye and Son (1987)
 * 5) Tic-Tac-Dough (1990)
 * 6) Yo Yogi! (1991)
 * 7) Red Dwarf USA (1992)
 * 8) G.I. Joe Extreme (1995)
 * 9) Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997)
 * 10) Doctor Slump (1997)
 * 11) Match Game (1998)
 * 12) RoboCop: Alpha Commando (1998)
 * 13) Card Sharks (2001)
 * 14) Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" (2003)
 * 15) ''Fitil'-Digest (2004)
 * 16) Loonatics Unleashed (2005)
 * 17) Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006)
 * 18) George of the Jungle (2007)
 * 19) Temptation: The New Sale of the Century (2007)
 * 20) The Garfield Show (2008)
 * 21) Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps (2009)
 * 22) Franklin & Friends (2011)
 * 23) Wonder Woman (2011)
 * 24) Charlie's Angels (2011)
 * 25) Bananas in Pyjamas (2011)
 * 26) Skins USA (2011)
 * 27) Maya the Bee (2012)
 * 28) Shimajirō no Wow! (2012)
 * 29) Vicky the Viking (2012)
 * 30) The Inbetweeners USA (2012)
 * 31) Sabrina: Secret of a Teenage Witch (2013)
 * 32) Keroro (2014)
 * 33) Rainbow Brite (2014)
 * 34) VeggieTales (Netflix) (2014)
 * 35) The Popples (2015)
 * 36) Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks (2015)
 * 37) Bob the Builder (2015)
 * 38) Teletubbies (2015)
 * 39) Inspector Gadget (2015)
 * 40) Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)
 * 41) Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (2015)
 * 42) Kamen Rider Amazons (2016)
 * 43) Noddy ,Toyland Detective (2016)
 * 44) The Powerpuff Girls (2016)
 * 45) Ben 10 (2016, Seasons 1-4)
 * 46) Boule & Bill (2016)
 * 47) Monster High (2016)
 * 48) Caillou's New Adventures (2016)
 * 49) Les Minikeums (2017)
 * 50) Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! (2017)
 * 51) Spider-Man (2017)
 * 52) Spirit: Riding Free (2017)
 * 53) Wacky Races (2017)
 * 54) Bill Nye Saves the World (2017)
 * 55) The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017)
 * 56) Bakugan: Battle Planet (2018)
 * 57) Denver: The Last Dinosaur (2018)
 * 58) ReBoot: The Guardian Code (2018)
 * 59) Return to Prostokvashino (2018)
 * 60) Popeye's Island Adventures (2018)
 * 61) Gormiti (2018)
 * 62) Clifford the Big Red Dog (2019)
 * 63) Mr. Magoo (2019)
 * 64) Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya (2019)
 * 65) Party of Five (2020)
 * 66) ThunderCats Roar (2020)
 * 67) Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs! (The Flintstones; 2020)
 * 68) Cowboy Bebop (2021)
 * 69) Punky Brewster (2021)
 * 70) Rugrats (2021)
 * 71) Shaman King (2021)
 * 72) Tara Duncan (2021)
 * 73) Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! (2021) (most infamous example)
 * 74) Wipeout (2021)
 * 75) Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation (2022)
 * 76) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022)

Good Examples of Reboots
'''NOTE: Do not attempt to add mh:besttvshows:Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years to the list because that's a spin-off, not a reboot. All other eras from the Pokémon anime (S6-9, S10-13, S14-16, S17-19, S20-22, S23-present), Thomas eras (S8-11, S12-16, S17-21, and S22-24), and The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (S6) are also not allowed because they don't count as reboots and are eras of already existing shows. Also, don't add My Little Pony: Make Your Mark due to the same reason as Tell Your Tale.'''
 * 1) Felix the Cat (1958) (one of the very first if not the first reboots ever made)
 * 2) The Addams Family (animated series) (1992)
 * 3) Goof Troop (1992)
 * 4) The Pink Panther (1993)
 * 5) The Baby Huey Show (1994)
 * 6) The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999)
 * 7) Mickey Mouse Works (1999)
 * 8) What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002)
 * 9) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
 * 10) Boule & Bill (2005)
 * 11) Doraemon (2005)
 * 12) Roobarb & Custard Too (2005)
 * 13) Hell's Kitchen USA (2005)
 * 14) Tom and Jerry Tales (2006)
 * 15) mh:besttvshows:Dooly the Little Dinosaur (2008)
 * 16) Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009)
 * 17) Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
 * 18) Pound Puppies (2010)
 * 19) Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010)
 * 20) mh:besttvshows:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010)
 * 21) The Looney Tunes Show (2011)
 * 22) Thundercats (2011)
 * 23) Hunter X Hunter (2011)
 * 24) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
 * 25) Mickey Mouse (2013) (2013-present)
 * 26) The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)
 * 27) Wabbit (aka New Looney Tunes) (2015)
 * 28) Heidi 3D (2015)
 * 29) Mr: Osomatsu (2015)
 * 30) Danger Mouse (2015)
 * 31) Ben 10 (2016, Season 5)
 * 32) Pingu in the City (2017)
 * 33) DuckTales (2017)
 * 34) Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)
 * 35) Mashi Maro (2018)
 * 36) Devilman Crybaby (2018)
 * 37) Blue's Clues & You! (2019)
 * 38) Carmen Sandiego (2019)
 * 39) Fruits Basket (2019)
 * 40) Dororo (2019)
 * 41) DC Super Hero Girls (2019)
 * 42) Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
 * 43) Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020)
 * 44) Animaniacs (2020)
 * 45) Saved By The Bell (2020)
 * 46) Johnny Test (2021) (most famous example)
 * 47) iCarly (2021)
 * 48) Tom and Jerry in New York (2021)
 * 49) The Smurfs (2021)
 * 50) The Wonder Years (2021)
 * 51) Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City (2021)