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* Those who grew up watching ''WesternAnimation/PeepAndTheBigWideWorld'' will be extremely surprised to learn that the 2004 series is actually based on a 1988 animated short film of the same name produced by the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada, which ''itself'' was based on a 1962 NFB short film called ''The Peep Show''.
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* Those who grew up watching ''WesternAnimation/PeepAndTheBigWideWorld'' will be extremely surprised to learn that the 2004 series is actually based on a 1988 animated short film of the same name produced by the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada, which ''itself'' was based on a 1962 NFB short film called ''The Peep Show''.Show''.
* Outside of Europe, the Franchise/{{Marsupilami}} is probably best known from [[WesternAnimation/{{Marsupilami}} it's animated series]] produced by Disney. The Marsupilami actually debuted in the [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian Comic]] ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' and soon got [[ComicBook/{{Marsupilami}} his own comic series]]. The animated version differs a lot from the comic version, turning the titular character into a TalkingAnimal, setting the series in African jungle instead of South-America and [[AdaptedOut adapting out]] the Marsipulami's family. American audience probably will be surprised to learn that this elements weren't part of the original comics.
* Outside of Europe, the Franchise/{{Marsupilami}} is probably best known from [[WesternAnimation/{{Marsupilami}} it's animated series]] produced by Disney. The Marsupilami actually debuted in the [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian Comic]] ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' and soon got [[ComicBook/{{Marsupilami}} his own comic series]]. The animated version differs a lot from the comic version, turning the titular character into a TalkingAnimal, setting the series in African jungle instead of South-America and [[AdaptedOut adapting out]] the Marsipulami's family. American audience probably will be surprised to learn that this elements weren't part of the original comics.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' is based on a French series of picture books by Romuald Racioppo, but good luck finding anyone outside France who knows this. Even some French natives are unaware of the books. It also doesn't help that, despite the shows worldwide succes, the books have so far never been translated or released anywhere outside France & Belgium.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' is based on a French series of picture books by Romuald Racioppo, but good luck finding anyone outside France who knows this. Even some French natives are unaware of the books. It also doesn't help that, despite the shows worldwide succes, success, the books have so far never been translated or released anywhere outside France & Belgium.
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** The animated special also introduced the songs "Welcome Christmas" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", which have grown to be absolutely synonymous with the story and have been incorporated into [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas both]] [[WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018 theatrical]] adaptations of the book, which otherwise differ from Jones' special.
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** The animated special also introduced the songs "Welcome Christmas" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", which have grown to be absolutely synonymous with the story and have been incorporated into [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas2000 both]] [[WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018 theatrical]] adaptations of the book, which otherwise differ from Jones' special.
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* Speaking of Christmas specials, while the animated version of ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' hasn't exactly displaced [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the book]] (this partly is because Creator/DrSeuss is one of the most famous authors of children's books in the world) try to find anyone who can read the book to themselves and ''not'' hear Creator/BorisKarloff narrating it, or remember Creator/ChuckJones direction or Ben Washam's animation of the Grinch's expression as he thinks of his "awful idea" moreso than the lower-key one in the book. Notably, the original book was entirely pen-and-ink, with red highlights. The Grinch wasn't green at all in the original illustrations, but thanks to this special [[LostInImitation it's become one of his defining design characteristics]].
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* Speaking of Christmas specials, while the animated version of ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' hasn't exactly displaced [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the book]] (this partly is because Creator/DrSeuss is one of the most famous authors of children's books in the world) try to find anyone who can read the book to themselves and ''not'' hear Creator/BorisKarloff narrating it, or remember Creator/ChuckJones direction or Ben Washam's animation of the Grinch's expression as he thinks of his "awful idea" moreso than the lower-key one in the book. Notably, the original book was entirely pen-and-ink, with red highlights. The Grinch wasn't green {{green|And Mean}} at all in the original illustrations, but thanks to this special [[LostInImitation it's become one of his defining design characteristics]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' is possibly best known for the WesternAnimation show, that is almost an InNameOnly version of the original comic ("almost" because they changed "Mystere" to "Mystery").
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* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' is possibly best known for the WesternAnimation show, that is almost an InNameOnly version of the original comic ("almost" because they changed "Mystere" "Mystère" to "Mystery").
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* WesternAnimation/FlyingRhinoJuniorHigh. It was already an obscure cult-classic from the get-go, but what's even more obscure are the books published by its creator Ray Nelson, in which the characters would wind up being in the series itself. After the series was finished, the Flying Rhino characters continued to be used on educational platforms until 2016 when they went back into obscurity.
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* The '80s ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' cartoon is vastly more familiar to the public than the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original black-and-white comics]]. An example of this is that in every ''Turtles''-related review by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, he constantly criticizes an adaptation for not being "faithful" when it's actually using something from the ''comic'' instead of the '80s series (such as his constant complaints about April's lack of yellow jumpsuits in the films, or that Judith Hoag looks nothing like April, when her portrayal did in fact resemble the original comic's version).
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* The '80s ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' cartoon is vastly more familiar to the public than the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original black-and-white comics]]. An example of this is that in every ''Turtles''-related review by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, he constantly criticizes an adaptation for not being "faithful" when it's actually using something from the ''comic'' instead of the '80s series (such as his constant complaints about April's lack of yellow jumpsuits in the films, or that Judith Hoag Creator/JudithHoag looks nothing like April, when her portrayal did in fact resemble the original comic's version).
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* One of the main criticisms of the animated special of ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'' lies in the awkwardly implemented songs. The title song everyone is familiar with, but not so much the other Dr. Elmo Christmas songs, believed by many to be written for the movie, when they're all just horrible covers not involving Dr. Elmo despite him narrating the special and voicing Grandpa.
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* One of the main criticisms of the animated special of ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'' lies in the awkwardly implemented songs. The title song everyone is familiar with, but not so much the other Dr. Elmo Christmas songs, believed by many to be written for the movie, when they're all just horrible covers not involving Dr. Elmo despite him narrating the special and voicing Grandpa.
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* Many people know about the cartoon series ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' than the picture books it was based on.
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* Played straight with ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' as many viewers had never even heard of the books. (Even today many seem ignorant that the books even exist) But also averted as the show caused book sales to skyrocket.
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* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' are well-known from the Hanna-Barbera [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 animated series of the same name]]. However, a lot of Americans aren't aware the series is actually an animated adaptation of [[ComicBook/TheSmurfs the Belgian comic book series]] of the same name which began in 1958. The Smurfs was also a spinoff to Creator/{{Peyo}}'s previous work ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' (Johan et Pirlouit) which began in 1952. Outside of Belgium (due to being apart of [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian Comics History]]), Johan and Peewit are completely unknown to the foreign market.
** Averted in the United Kingdom and Australia, where the Smurfs made their first English debut in the late 1970s from an official English version of Vader Abraham's 1977 album [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzfsHL65lk "Vader Abraham in Smurfenland"]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQ66BKG27A released in 1978]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_XdP3xvaU in the UK]]) and various Smurf merchandise by gas companies National Benzole (in the UK) and BP (Australia in the late 70s and early 80s). The titular characters even made their first English speaking apperances in a series of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TU9dFXPgU British animated commericals for National Benzole throughout 1978.]] The 1976 animated film ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAndTheMagicFlute'' even recieved it's first English dub for British audiences in 1979. Unlike the United States, British and Australian audiences are more savy on the original comics but not to the extent as Western Europe (especially Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany).
** Averted in the United Kingdom and Australia, where the Smurfs made their first English debut in the late 1970s from an official English version of Vader Abraham's 1977 album [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzfsHL65lk "Vader Abraham in Smurfenland"]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQ66BKG27A released in 1978]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_XdP3xvaU in the UK]]) and various Smurf merchandise by gas companies National Benzole (in the UK) and BP (Australia in the late 70s and early 80s). The titular characters even made their first English speaking apperances in a series of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TU9dFXPgU British animated commericals for National Benzole throughout 1978.]] The 1976 animated film ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAndTheMagicFlute'' even recieved it's first English dub for British audiences in 1979. Unlike the United States, British and Australian audiences are more savy on the original comics but not to the extent as Western Europe (especially Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany).
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* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' are well-known from the Hanna-Barbera [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 animated series of the same name]]. However, a lot of Americans aren't aware the series is actually an animated adaptation of [[ComicBook/TheSmurfs the Belgian comic book series]] of the same name which began in 1958. The Smurfs was also a spinoff to Creator/{{Peyo}}'s previous work ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' (Johan et Pirlouit) which began in 1952. Outside of Belgium (due to being apart of [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian Comics History]]), Johan and Peewit are completely unknown to the foreign market.
** Averted in the United Kingdom and Australia, where the Smurfs made their first English debut in the late 1970s from an official English version of Vader Abraham's 1977 album [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzfsHL65lk "Vader Abraham in Smurfenland"]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQ66BKG27A released in 1978]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_XdP3xvaU in the UK]]) and various Smurf merchandise by gas companies National Benzole (in the UK) and BP (Australia in the late 70s and early 80s). The titular characters even made their first English speaking apperances in a series of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TU9dFXPgU British animated commericals for National Benzole throughout 1978.]] The 1976 animated film ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAndTheMagicFlute'' even recieved it's first English dub for British audiences in 1979. Unlike the United States,market. British and Australian audiences are more savy on savvy toward the original comics comics, but not to the same extent as Western Europe (especially Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany).
** Averted in the United Kingdom and Australia, where the Smurfs made their first English debut in the late 1970s from an official English version of Vader Abraham's 1977 album [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzfsHL65lk "Vader Abraham in Smurfenland"]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQ66BKG27A released in 1978]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_XdP3xvaU in the UK]]) and various Smurf merchandise by gas companies National Benzole (in the UK) and BP (Australia in the late 70s and early 80s). The titular characters even made their first English speaking apperances in a series of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TU9dFXPgU British animated commericals for National Benzole throughout 1978.]] The 1976 animated film ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAndTheMagicFlute'' even recieved it's first English dub for British audiences in 1979. Unlike the United States,
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* For the various [[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]] series, this trope varies depending on the country. In the United Kingdom (and to some extent Australia, France, and Canada), this trope is averted, as the stories are pretty much a staple of British childhoods. In other countries, the trope is played straight, with people thinking that either ''Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', ''Make Way For Noddy'' or ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', depending on which version they remember, was its own thing. There's also some people who think that ''The Noddy Shop'' was not connected to the ''Noddy'' franchise at all. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210413033327/https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120603200824AAy80Ra This post is an example of the second type of displacement]]. Doesn't help that the original books [[NoExportForYou never gained an America release]] compared to Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (the series' native country).
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* For the various [[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]] series, this trope varies depending on the country. In ''Franchise/{{Noddy}}:'' Outside of the United Kingdom (and and to some extent Australia, France, and Canada), this trope is averted, as Canada (and especially in the stories are pretty much a staple of British childhoods. In other countries, US, where the trope is played straight, with original books were [[NoExportForYou never released]], people thinking that think either ''Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'', ''Make Way For Noddy'' or ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', depending on which version they remember, was its own thing. There's also some people who think that ''The Noddy Shop'' was not connected to the ''Noddy'' franchise at all. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210413033327/https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120603200824AAy80Ra This post is an example of the second type of displacement]]. Doesn't help that the original books [[NoExportForYou never gained an America release]] compared to Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (the series' native country).
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* A lot of people might be surprised to know that ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' was actually based on the candy brand the Gummi Bears and not the other way around. The company approached Disney and requested a kid's show as ProductPlacement; Disney did such a great work with a very creative and original series (and InNameOnly as other than the words "gummi" and "bear" it has nothing to do with the candy) that became so popular among children that most people nowadays would think of the show first and the candy later.
** Your milage may vary on this one, as the candy is still sold and decently popular, while the cartoon franchise is somewhat obscure and completely dormant since the cartoon stopped airing back in the '80s.
** Your milage may vary on this one, as the candy is still sold and decently popular, while the cartoon franchise is somewhat obscure and completely dormant since the cartoon stopped airing back in the '80s.
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* The '80s ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' cartoon is vastly more familiar to the public than the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original black-and-white comics]]. An example of this is that in every ''Turtles''-related review by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, he constantly criticizes an adaptation for not being "faithful" when it's actually using something from the ''comic'' instead of the '80s series (such as his constant complaints about April's lack of yellow jumpsuits in the films, or that Judith Hoag looks nothing like April, when her portrayal did in fact resemble the original comic's version).
** This was taken into account by the creators of [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze the second film]] who originally intended to stick closer to the comics and have the mutagen be the creation of a brain-like alien race called the Utroms. Professor Perry, who still appears in the movie as the man who created the mutagen, was going to be revealed as the last Utrom still on Earth. However, the cartoon featured a villainous alien brain named Krang who bore a strong physical resemblance to the Utroms but little else. Since the movie was being marketed to fans of the cartoon, the Utrom subplot was ditched because of concern that viewers would assume the brain was Krang.
** Splinter's backstory. In the original comics, he was the pet rat of a murdered human ninja who was later mutated into a rat humanoid form. In the '80s cartoon, he's a human ninja mutated into a rat. Most other adaptations (excluding the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 cartoon]]) stick to the original backstory, yet the '80s cartoon version [[PragmaticAdaptation worked so well]] that people who were first introduced to the turtles by the cartoon tend to accuse adaptations that use this origin of creating an AdaptationInducedPlotHole, not realizing it is in fact his original backstory.
*** A very localized ''Turtles'' example: Creator/RogerEbert, in his reviews of the original two ''Turtles'' movies, refers to the Turtles as being [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer from a Nintendo game with no mention of the comics, toys, and TV series that predated the NES video game]]. This confusion likely stems from his review of ''Film/TheWizard'', a movie that references (well, okay, let's face it, advertises) the NES ''Turtles'' game. This was likely the only exposure Ebert had to the Turtles before seeing the movie.
* In the case of ''Franchise/DuckTales'', [[ZigZaggingTrope it depends on where you live]]. In the U.S. and the U.K., [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 the first cartoon]] is remembered well enough that a ContinuityReboot released [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 30 years later]] was an instant hit. Meanwhile, the Creator/CarlBarks comics both series are based on have mostly fallen into mainstream obscurity, although they're {{Cult Classic}}s among comics fans, especially the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom. In many other countries, however, Disney comics (especially those by Barks and Creator/DonRosa) are still widely popular, much more so than the cartoons. Especially in Northern Europe, namely the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Germany. This was to the point that when ''[=DuckTales=]'' comics were released to promote the 2017 show, they flopped because kids didn't get why the continuity was so different.
* Before ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' was a cartoon, it was a series of children's books by Marc Brown, though most people probably know this even if they've never read them. You are told about them after the end of every episode, after all. What most people probably don't know is that ShowWithinAShow ''Bionic Bunny'' is also based on a series of picture books by Brown.
* Many people know about the cartoon series ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' than the picture books it was based on.
* Then there's ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill'', which was heavily advertised as being created by Creator/BillCosby, but many people didn't know it was for the fact that he created the original series of picture books, not the actual show.
* ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' (a.k.a. ''Orson's Farm''), the middle segment on ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' was actually based on a short-lived comic strip Jim Davis did during the 1980s.
* Ace the Bat-Hound was a Franchise/{{Batman}} supporting character in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver ages]]. However, many more people remember Ace as Ol' Bruce Wayne's dog from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. And some people are surprised that the mask-wearing incarnation of Ace, Krypto, Streaky, and the Dog Stars (originally the Space Canine Patrol) weren't all made up for the ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' cartoon.
* You'd be surprised to know how many people are unaware that the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise originates from the toys, and not the 1980s cartoon. The cartoon was actually made to promote the toys.
* ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'' has somewhat overshadowed everything else in the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' universe, including the actual newspaper strip, which is ironic because most of the special's dialogue is taken verbatim from the strip. In a rather odd case, a lot of people think that Linus is supposed to have a lisp because his ''ACBC'' voice actor, Christopher Shea, happened to have one. This even carried over into the 1999 Broadway production of ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''.
* Many people are familiar with [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin Bass]]' stop-motion animation classic ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', and more are familiar with the song by Johnny Marks. But many don't even remember the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Rudolph%2C_The_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_Marion_Books.jpg original story/poem by Robert May]] that [[Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer inspired both the song and the special]]. And almost ''nobody'' remembers that the character was originally created for an old Montgomery Ward ad campaign.
* Similarly, many people are familiar with the Rankin/Bass animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'', but have never heard of the original poem it was based on. Wikipedia doesn't even ''have'' an article about the original book.
* Speaking of Christmas specials, while the animated version of ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' hasn't exactly displaced [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the book]] (this partly is because Creator/DrSeuss is one of the most famous authors of children's books in the world) try to find anyone who can read the book to themselves and ''not'' hear Creator/BorisKarloff narrating it, or remember Creator/ChuckJones direction or Ben Washam's animation of the Grinch's expression as he thinks of his "awful idea" moreso than the lower-key one in the book. Notably, the original book was entirely pen-and-ink, with red highlights. The Grinch wasn't green at all in the original illustrations, but thanks to this special [[LostInImitation it's become one of his defining design characteristics]].
** The animated special also introduced the songs "Welcome Christmas" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", which have grown to be absolutely synonymous with the story and have been incorporated into [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas both]] [[WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018 theatrical]] adaptations of the book, which otherwise differ from Jones' special.
* Relatively few people are familiar with the classic ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'', ''WesternAnimation/Birdman1967'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2020}}'' cartoons. More people are familiar with the [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast Williams]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw Street]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}} productions]] that took those characters and turned them into [[GenreShift something]] ''[[DenserAndWackier completely]]'' [[RuderAndCruder different]]. Which is especially odd as these shows completely reuse animations and StockFootage of the original cartoons.
** Vindicated outside of younger generations of the Internet. Looking at parent company's WB's marketing, it appears the Adult Swim shows are pretty much bargain priced with a few now OOP, while the original Creator/HannaBarbera sets are still in print. Hammering home that some of this displacement came from the fact when these shows were new, a lot of older people weren't using the Internet as much for younger people to have noticed.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' comics, Ms. Gsptlsnz, extradimensional paramour of [[GreatGazoo Mister Mxyzptlk]], appeared during UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} comics. However, she was so obscure that even [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} That Other Wiki]] erroneously reported her as [[CanonForeigner a creation]] of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. Brainiac gets a bit of this: most people remember him as a Kryptonian android, rather than a cyborg of a completely different species he is in the comics, with the Eradicator, whose origin he ended up with, being less well remembered.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' TV series is much better known in the U.S. and U.K. than the comics, with the comics being well-known elsewhere, mostly other parts of Europe. For the United States, this is in part due to the source material not having the best history in those regions, initially receiving novelizations of the comics instead.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''
** While most people realize that Franchise/{{Batman}}'s sidekick ComicBook/{{Robin}} originates in comic books, many fans of the animated ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' may not realize that the rest of the show's main characters, the team and its headquarters, most of the villains, many of the plotlines on the show, and even the title itself, [[ComicBook/TeenTitans originated in comic books as well]]. The show's heavy [[{{Animesque}} anime-inspired style]] may play a role in this. Lampshaded within the show itself, when the other members are shocked to learn that Beast Boy's [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol been a member of a team previously]], and has more experience as a hero than anyone but possibly Robin.
** More to the point, the success of the cartoon made it so that the five cartoon Titans (Robin[[note]]specifically Dick Grayson[[/note]], ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, Beast Boy, and ComicBook/{{Raven}}) ''are'' the Teen Titans as far as most of the public is concerned. The Teen Titans have been around since the 1960's and have had dozens of members, but good luck finding many people who recognize any of them outside the five from the television series. This has also created a situation where most subsequent adaptations or media appearances (such as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'') try to mimic the roster of the TV show in order to appeal to audiences who remember those heroes.
* One of the main criticisms of the animated special of ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'' lies in the awkwardly implemented songs. The title song everyone is familiar with, but not so much the other Dr. Elmo Christmas songs, believed by many to be written for the movie, when they're all just horrible covers not involving Dr. Elmo despite him narrating the special and voicing Grandpa.
* The 1990s cartoon version of ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' is vastly, overwhelmingly better known than [[ComicBook/TheTick the original black-and-white indie comic]], and even the subsequent live-action adaptations.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' is best known for its TV adaptation that's been running since the mid-1980s. Less well known outside the UK is that it was based on [[Literature/TheRailwaySeries a series of books]] that's been running since the ''mid-1940s''...
** It's sister show ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' suffers this too-it's based off a children's book series that started all the way back in 1938, a few years before The Railway Series started.
* Creator/ManOfActionStudios' ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', which was loosely based on a fairly unknown late-1990s ''Creator/ImageComics'' title called ''M.Rex''. Considering the comic only lasted two issues before being cancelled, this can also be considered some ''serious'' AdaptationExpansion.
* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' is possibly best known for the WesternAnimation show, that is almost an InNameOnly version of the original comic ("almost" because they changed "Mystere" to "Mystery").
* A variation: while everyone knows that ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' originated as Hasbro toy lines, it's far less common knowledge that most of the plot and characters for both shows actually originated from the Marvel comic books, which came first. For example: "Isn't Destro supposed to be black?" is a common question asked by those who questioned the casting of Christopher Eccleston as Destro in ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', but in the original comic, he was Caucasian and a Scotsman- it was only in the '80s cartoon that he was voiced by African American actor Arthur Burghardt, hence the confusion.
* Who remembers that ''Josie and the Pussycats'' was a [[ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats comic]] before it became [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats the famous cartoon]]? Even more, who remembers that before the Pussycats, it was just Josie, and was basically a female ''ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}}''.
* ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' movies are very often displaced by the cartoons, to the point where people have complained about the [[Film/ThePinkPanther2006 2006 movie]] being about an inspector instead of the panther. The Pink Panther mascot is actually a personification of a ''diamond'' within the series.
* The original Symbiote arc in Spider-Man was almost indistinguishable from future versions, as the costume was portrayed as nothing more than a parasite that unknowingly sapped energy from Peter, slowly weakening him. However, all subsequent adaptations have taken more from the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' version where the costume actually increases his powers and brings out his dark side, as well as establishing Eddie Brock as a character before revealing him as Venom.
* More people are familiar with the ''Bucky O'Hare'' animated series than [[ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars the comic book it was based on]] (probably because it was originally just a back-up strip in an anthology book).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrampTwins'' isn't exactly a well-known cartoon nowadays, but even fewer people know that it started out as a series of books during the mid-1990s.
* It's more likely to find fans who associate ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' with its 2000s animated version that aired on PBS Kids than the books that came out since 1963. That said, didja know that Creator/{{Nelvana}} also took a stab at it and made six half-hour direct-to-video specials in the 80s? Even the books are better remembered in comparison.
* ''ComicBook/TheQuestion'' has gone through [[DependingOnTheWriter a lot of interpretations:]] extreme borderline-JerkAss objectivist avenger in the early Creator/SteveDitko comics, mellowing out under Denny O'Neal into a Zen-like investigator, eventually becoming cheerfully fatalistic before [[LegacyCharacter passing on his name to Renee Montoya.]] However, the most famous one by far is ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''s take of a LighterAndSofter [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]], voiced by Creator/JeffreyCombs and obsessing over shoelaces.
* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'': The few American, English or Latin American people who have heard of this are either thinking of the god-awful game, or the pretty decent AnimatedAdaptation.
* Obscure Canadian stop-motion series Wapos Bay was based on a series of books, but few fans of the series know that.
* Played straight with ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' as many viewers had never even heard of the books. (Even today many seem ignorant that the books even exist) But also averted as the show caused book sales to skyrocket.
* ''Heathcliff'' is best remembered through the Creator/DICEntertainment series ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'', though it had been running as a comic strip since 1973.
* Creator/ElzieSegar originally created ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} as a bit player in his comic strip ''Thimble Theater'' (which originally starred Olive Oyl). He was slowly groomed to be more of a hero to where he was the strip's star and eventually was featured in a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop cartoon before getting his own theatrical series. Today, Popeye is more associated with the cartoons than the ''Thimble Theater'' strip.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheDrinkyCrowShow Drinky Crow]]'' are probably much better known as Adult Swim cartoons than as comic strips -- it doesn't help that ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'' was pulled by some newspapers after Aaron [=McGruder=] criticized UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush (and never returned, even after public opinion towards Bush had changed), and the strip ''Drinky Crow'' is based on, ''Maakies'', mostly runs in small alternative papers.
* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' are well-known from the Hanna-Barbera [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 animated series of the same name]]. However, a lot of Americans aren't aware the series is actually an animated adaptation of [[ComicBook/TheSmurfs the Belgian comic book series]] of the same name which began in 1958. The Smurfs was also a spinoff to Creator/{{Peyo}}'s previous work ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' (Johan et Pirlouit) which began in 1952. Outside of Belgium (due to being apart of [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian Comics History]]), Johan and Peewit are completely unknown to the foreign market.
** Averted in the United Kingdom and Australia, where the Smurfs made their first English debut in the late 1970s from an official English version of Vader Abraham's 1977 album [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzfsHL65lk "Vader Abraham in Smurfenland"]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQ66BKG27A released in 1978]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_XdP3xvaU in the UK]]) and various Smurf merchandise by gas companies National Benzole (in the UK) and BP (Australia in the late 70s and early 80s). The titular characters even made their first English speaking apperances in a series of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TU9dFXPgU British animated commericals for National Benzole throughout 1978.]] The 1976 animated film ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAndTheMagicFlute'' even recieved it's first English dub for British audiences in 1979. Unlike the United States, British and Australian audiences are more savy on the original comics but not to the extent as Western Europe (especially Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany).
* The Creator/{{Nelvana}} series ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'' is more well-known to the public then the original ongoing book series by Creator/RosemaryWells which began in 1979.
** The same thing can be said for her other book adapted for TV, ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''. The series is actually a mixture of Wells' other beloved book characters that originated from either a stand alone book [[note]] Such as Nora debuted in the 1973 book ''Noisy Nora'', Timothy, Claude, and Mrs. Jenkins in the 1981 book ''Literature/TimothyGoesToSchool'' before reappearing in ''Yoko'', Dora in ''Hazel's Amazing Mother'' from 1985, Charles in the 1988 book ''Shy Charles'', and Fritz in the 1991 book ''The Mess Fairy''.[[/note]] or introduced in the 1998 ''Literature/{{Yoko}}'' book [[note]] Such as the titular character Yoko the kitten, The Franks (Frank 1 and Frank 2), and Lilly. [[/note]]. Eventually some episodes would be loosely adapted for the ''Yoko & Friends School Days'' series with a couple books that are original.
* ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix'' is actually the AnimatedAdaptation of an animation/live-action hybrid film ''Film/OsmosisJones''. However, due to the lack of promotion ''Osmosis Jones'' received, most of the viewership for ''Ozzy and Drix'' thought it was an original work.
* A lot of people might be surprised to know that ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' was actually based on the candy brand the Gummi Bears and not the other way around. The company approached Disney and requested a kid's show as ProductPlacement; Disney did such a great work with a very creative and original series (and InNameOnly as other than the words "gummi" and "bear" it has nothing to do with the candy) that became so popular among children that most people nowadays would think of the show first and the candy later.
** Your milage may vary on this one, as the candy is still sold and decently popular, while the cartoon franchise is somewhat obscure and completely dormant since the cartoon stopped airing back in the '80s.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'' movies have almost no diffusion in some regions like Latin America and some parts of Europe whilst the show had a broad syndication in a lot of public channels as Saturday morning cartoon. Thus whilst the existence of the movies is almost only known for cinema history buffs or BMovie geeks, the show is almost as famous as ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' or any other Saturday morning cartoon. A lot of people still to this day might have a surprise to know that there were live-action movies before.
* Similar to what they did in the Toys section above, many people assume that ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers cartoon]] came first, with [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 the toys]] coming later to cash in. In reality, it was the other way around, with the cartoon being made [[MerchandiseDriven to sell the toys]].
* Many fans of the ''WesternAnimation/ScaryGodmother'' duology don't realize that it's actually an adaptation of two novels in a long-running series.
* Although the books of ''Literature/{{Babar}}'' are far from being unpopular or obscure, is hard to imagine that most people won't associate the name of Babar with the animated series first, which was very successful and the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/BabarAndTheAdventuresOfBadou'' albeit divisive among fans of the original, it does succeed into making the character popular among newer generations.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' was based off a series of Canadian children's books in which the titular character was a baby that had a small following. This also explains why he doesn't have hair, as when the creators started making the books about Caillou's toddlerhood, a sample group of children did not recognize him when they added hair.
* For the various [[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]] series, this trope varies depending on the country. In the United Kingdom (and to some extent Australia, France, and Canada), this trope is averted, as the stories are pretty much a staple of British childhoods. In other countries, the trope is played straight, with people thinking that either ''Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', ''Make Way For Noddy'' or ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', depending on which version they remember, was its own thing. There's also some people who think that ''The Noddy Shop'' was not connected to the ''Noddy'' franchise at all. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210413033327/https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120603200824AAy80Ra This post is an example of the second type of displacement]]. Doesn't help that the original books [[NoExportForYou never gained an America release]] compared to Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (the series' native country).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' has far eclipsed the [[ComicBook/YoungJustice '90s comic]] the show is [[InNameOnly ostensibly based on]]. While it can hardly be considered a true adaptation, as it only shares the basic concept of being focused on a team of young superheroes in common, it's still the far more famous entertainment product with the name. Mention "Young Justice" to anyone outside the comic book community, and you can be guaranteed this will be the first that comes to mind.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' was a series of animated skits on ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'' before being spun off into its own full series. Nowadays, ''The Simpsons'' is still airing and is one of the most popular animated series of all time, while ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' is almost entirely forgotten, and the only time anyone ever brings is it up is in the context of ''The Simpsons''. It's quite telling that on ''The Tracey Ullman Show'''s work page, more tropes are catalogued for ''The Simpsons'' shorts than for the show itself.
* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' is based on a French series of picture books by Romuald Racioppo, but good luck finding anyone outside France who knows this. Even some French natives are unaware of the books. It also doesn't help that, despite the shows worldwide succes, the books have so far never been translated or released anywhere outside France & Belgium.
* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' was originally a character from a series of short films, one of which aired on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
* The obscure French show ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'' is a loose adaptation of the ''Petit Dernier'' and ''Petite Pousse'' picture books which began in the 2000s. The show is more widely available (though not very expansive as it's primarily limited to French-speaking territories) than the books.
* Very few people realize that the Creator/CartoonNetwork show ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' is based on Daniel Chong's webcomic ''[[http://thethreebarebears.blogspot.com/ The Three Bare Bears]]''. Justified, as it only lasted ''9 pages''.
* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': The original webcomic, which only lasted four months and thirty-two pages before a [=DreamWorks=] Animation executive discovered it and urged the creator to start developing it as a television series. It doesn't help that the website for the comic is [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes no longer active]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' was adapted from a series of picture books written by Anne Marie Page.
* Most people outside of its native Australia don't know that the wildly successful 1990s ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' series was adapted from a series of books written in the 1930s.
* Outside of The Netherlands and Germany, the 1989 animated series ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'' is more well-known to the general public than the 1987 comic series which was an adaptation of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BasYtaPE7WQ&t=194s original theater show]] by Herman Van Veen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYCjeHU6W3k&t=597s from 1976]] (revamped in 1985). Inverted in The Netherlands and Germany, where [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_van_Veen Herman Van Veen is a household name]] and his works are more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k7dLyi8nlc prominent in those countries]]. Helps that the original "Alfred Jodocus Kwak" musical was shown in the Netherlands twice ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMFdVoi7em4&t=1372s 1970s]] and 1987) and Germany in 1985. However the animated series was able to recieved [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k7dLyi8nlc two spinoff stage shows]] (''Alfred J Kwak: Verboden Te Lachen'' and ''Alfred J Kwak en de Sneeuwvlok'') shown in The Netherlands (the series' native country).
* ''[[WesternAnimation/FortyFourCats 44 Cats]]'' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the hit Italian song "Quarantaquattro gatti". Outside of Italy, the song is largely unknown.
* A surprisingly large number of people are unaware of the fact that ''WesternAnimation/TheDayMyButtWentPsycho'' was based on [[Literature/TheBumTrilogy a trilogy of kids books]]. Which is frankly strange given that the show's title cards explicitly state it to be based on those books.
* Relatively few people know of ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy'', but even fewer realize that it was actually based on a series of kids' novels by Australian author Creator/AndyGriffiths.
* The Creator/{{PBS}} Kids series ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' is based on a 1994 children's book [[https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Siamese-Cat-Amy-Tan/dp/1597777935 "The Chinese Siamese Cat"]]. The original book has Ming Miao (a descent of the Miao family) telling her kittens the story of Sagwa (Ming Miao's ancestor) and how the kittens's antics foiled the Foolish Magistrate. Unlike the animated series, Sagwa and the other characters are designed more realistic and her collar is notably different.
* The already relatively obscure ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' was actually loosely adapted from a series of nonfiction books with the same title.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'' is often mistaken for a cash-in on the popularity of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', but the show's true origins lie in a series of children's graphic novels called ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'', which was originally released in 2012 (3 years before ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' was even a thing).
* Most people are completely unaware of the fact that ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'' started off as a miniseries of 5-minute shorts shown on the AnimatedAnthology show ''WesternAnimation/{{Funpak}}'', which aired five years before ''Sidekick'' became a full TV show.
* ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'' was based on a children's book called "The Chicken Problem", which premiered a year before the show.
* Most didn't know that ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' originated from its own series from Creator/MilestoneComics called ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'' who was eventually folded into Franchise/TheDCU. Most assumed that the show and its characters were either original creations or from an obscure DC comics series that was lucky enough to get an adaptation.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'' was based on a series of children's books that began in 2006.
* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' was based on an earlier, short-lived webcomic by Lisa Hanawalt called ''Tuca the Toucan''.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobTheRobot'', which is already somewhat obscure in its own right, was still popular enough that information about John Magart's original books is nearly impossible to come by. What little is known comes from the covers of the books, and a stock image containing the book forms of Rob, Orbit, and who is possibly an early version of TK (suggesting that Ema is a CanonForeigner).
* If you're a native German speaker, it's likely that you know the animated short ''Literature/DerMuenchnerImHimmel''. You're less likely to know that it's based on a ShortStory by the ''Literature/{{Lausbubengeschichten}}'' author Ludwig Thoma, though.
* ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'' is far more well-known than the original [[https://web.archive.org/web/20010330090733/http://petalien.com:80/ 1990s toyline]] that inspired it, to the point where information on said toyline is ridiculously scarce and most people don't even know there was a toyline.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood'' is so well remembered for the 1993-1995 AnimatedAdaptation of a series of novels that began in ''1979'', with the chronologically final story in the ocotology being written in 1992 and a prequel being written in 1994, that this very wiki focuses on the cartoon, even redirecting links written for the Literature version to the cartoon version.
* Those who grew up watching ''WesternAnimation/PeepAndTheBigWideWorld'' will be extremely surprised to learn that the 2004 series is actually based on a 1988 animated short film of the same name produced by the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada, which ''itself'' was based on a 1962 NFB short film called ''The Peep Show''.
** This was taken into account by the creators of [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze the second film]] who originally intended to stick closer to the comics and have the mutagen be the creation of a brain-like alien race called the Utroms. Professor Perry, who still appears in the movie as the man who created the mutagen, was going to be revealed as the last Utrom still on Earth. However, the cartoon featured a villainous alien brain named Krang who bore a strong physical resemblance to the Utroms but little else. Since the movie was being marketed to fans of the cartoon, the Utrom subplot was ditched because of concern that viewers would assume the brain was Krang.
** Splinter's backstory. In the original comics, he was the pet rat of a murdered human ninja who was later mutated into a rat humanoid form. In the '80s cartoon, he's a human ninja mutated into a rat. Most other adaptations (excluding the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 cartoon]]) stick to the original backstory, yet the '80s cartoon version [[PragmaticAdaptation worked so well]] that people who were first introduced to the turtles by the cartoon tend to accuse adaptations that use this origin of creating an AdaptationInducedPlotHole, not realizing it is in fact his original backstory.
*** A very localized ''Turtles'' example: Creator/RogerEbert, in his reviews of the original two ''Turtles'' movies, refers to the Turtles as being [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer from a Nintendo game with no mention of the comics, toys, and TV series that predated the NES video game]]. This confusion likely stems from his review of ''Film/TheWizard'', a movie that references (well, okay, let's face it, advertises) the NES ''Turtles'' game. This was likely the only exposure Ebert had to the Turtles before seeing the movie.
* In the case of ''Franchise/DuckTales'', [[ZigZaggingTrope it depends on where you live]]. In the U.S. and the U.K., [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 the first cartoon]] is remembered well enough that a ContinuityReboot released [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 30 years later]] was an instant hit. Meanwhile, the Creator/CarlBarks comics both series are based on have mostly fallen into mainstream obscurity, although they're {{Cult Classic}}s among comics fans, especially the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom. In many other countries, however, Disney comics (especially those by Barks and Creator/DonRosa) are still widely popular, much more so than the cartoons. Especially in Northern Europe, namely the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Germany. This was to the point that when ''[=DuckTales=]'' comics were released to promote the 2017 show, they flopped because kids didn't get why the continuity was so different.
* Before ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' was a cartoon, it was a series of children's books by Marc Brown, though most people probably know this even if they've never read them. You are told about them after the end of every episode, after all. What most people probably don't know is that ShowWithinAShow ''Bionic Bunny'' is also based on a series of picture books by Brown.
* Many people know about the cartoon series ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' than the picture books it was based on.
* Then there's ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill'', which was heavily advertised as being created by Creator/BillCosby, but many people didn't know it was for the fact that he created the original series of picture books, not the actual show.
* ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' (a.k.a. ''Orson's Farm''), the middle segment on ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' was actually based on a short-lived comic strip Jim Davis did during the 1980s.
* Ace the Bat-Hound was a Franchise/{{Batman}} supporting character in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver ages]]. However, many more people remember Ace as Ol' Bruce Wayne's dog from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. And some people are surprised that the mask-wearing incarnation of Ace, Krypto, Streaky, and the Dog Stars (originally the Space Canine Patrol) weren't all made up for the ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' cartoon.
* You'd be surprised to know how many people are unaware that the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise originates from the toys, and not the 1980s cartoon. The cartoon was actually made to promote the toys.
* ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'' has somewhat overshadowed everything else in the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' universe, including the actual newspaper strip, which is ironic because most of the special's dialogue is taken verbatim from the strip. In a rather odd case, a lot of people think that Linus is supposed to have a lisp because his ''ACBC'' voice actor, Christopher Shea, happened to have one. This even carried over into the 1999 Broadway production of ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''.
* Many people are familiar with [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin Bass]]' stop-motion animation classic ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', and more are familiar with the song by Johnny Marks. But many don't even remember the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Rudolph%2C_The_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_Marion_Books.jpg original story/poem by Robert May]] that [[Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer inspired both the song and the special]]. And almost ''nobody'' remembers that the character was originally created for an old Montgomery Ward ad campaign.
* Similarly, many people are familiar with the Rankin/Bass animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'', but have never heard of the original poem it was based on. Wikipedia doesn't even ''have'' an article about the original book.
* Speaking of Christmas specials, while the animated version of ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' hasn't exactly displaced [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the book]] (this partly is because Creator/DrSeuss is one of the most famous authors of children's books in the world) try to find anyone who can read the book to themselves and ''not'' hear Creator/BorisKarloff narrating it, or remember Creator/ChuckJones direction or Ben Washam's animation of the Grinch's expression as he thinks of his "awful idea" moreso than the lower-key one in the book. Notably, the original book was entirely pen-and-ink, with red highlights. The Grinch wasn't green at all in the original illustrations, but thanks to this special [[LostInImitation it's become one of his defining design characteristics]].
** The animated special also introduced the songs "Welcome Christmas" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", which have grown to be absolutely synonymous with the story and have been incorporated into [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas both]] [[WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018 theatrical]] adaptations of the book, which otherwise differ from Jones' special.
* Relatively few people are familiar with the classic ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'', ''WesternAnimation/Birdman1967'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2020}}'' cartoons. More people are familiar with the [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast Williams]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw Street]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}} productions]] that took those characters and turned them into [[GenreShift something]] ''[[DenserAndWackier completely]]'' [[RuderAndCruder different]]. Which is especially odd as these shows completely reuse animations and StockFootage of the original cartoons.
** Vindicated outside of younger generations of the Internet. Looking at parent company's WB's marketing, it appears the Adult Swim shows are pretty much bargain priced with a few now OOP, while the original Creator/HannaBarbera sets are still in print. Hammering home that some of this displacement came from the fact when these shows were new, a lot of older people weren't using the Internet as much for younger people to have noticed.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' comics, Ms. Gsptlsnz, extradimensional paramour of [[GreatGazoo Mister Mxyzptlk]], appeared during UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} comics. However, she was so obscure that even [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} That Other Wiki]] erroneously reported her as [[CanonForeigner a creation]] of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. Brainiac gets a bit of this: most people remember him as a Kryptonian android, rather than a cyborg of a completely different species he is in the comics, with the Eradicator, whose origin he ended up with, being less well remembered.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' TV series is much better known in the U.S. and U.K. than the comics, with the comics being well-known elsewhere, mostly other parts of Europe. For the United States, this is in part due to the source material not having the best history in those regions, initially receiving novelizations of the comics instead.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''
** While most people realize that Franchise/{{Batman}}'s sidekick ComicBook/{{Robin}} originates in comic books, many fans of the animated ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' may not realize that the rest of the show's main characters, the team and its headquarters, most of the villains, many of the plotlines on the show, and even the title itself, [[ComicBook/TeenTitans originated in comic books as well]]. The show's heavy [[{{Animesque}} anime-inspired style]] may play a role in this. Lampshaded within the show itself, when the other members are shocked to learn that Beast Boy's [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol been a member of a team previously]], and has more experience as a hero than anyone but possibly Robin.
** More to the point, the success of the cartoon made it so that the five cartoon Titans (Robin[[note]]specifically Dick Grayson[[/note]], ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, Beast Boy, and ComicBook/{{Raven}}) ''are'' the Teen Titans as far as most of the public is concerned. The Teen Titans have been around since the 1960's and have had dozens of members, but good luck finding many people who recognize any of them outside the five from the television series. This has also created a situation where most subsequent adaptations or media appearances (such as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'') try to mimic the roster of the TV show in order to appeal to audiences who remember those heroes.
* One of the main criticisms of the animated special of ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'' lies in the awkwardly implemented songs. The title song everyone is familiar with, but not so much the other Dr. Elmo Christmas songs, believed by many to be written for the movie, when they're all just horrible covers not involving Dr. Elmo despite him narrating the special and voicing Grandpa.
* The 1990s cartoon version of ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' is vastly, overwhelmingly better known than [[ComicBook/TheTick the original black-and-white indie comic]], and even the subsequent live-action adaptations.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' is best known for its TV adaptation that's been running since the mid-1980s. Less well known outside the UK is that it was based on [[Literature/TheRailwaySeries a series of books]] that's been running since the ''mid-1940s''...
** It's sister show ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' suffers this too-it's based off a children's book series that started all the way back in 1938, a few years before The Railway Series started.
* Creator/ManOfActionStudios' ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', which was loosely based on a fairly unknown late-1990s ''Creator/ImageComics'' title called ''M.Rex''. Considering the comic only lasted two issues before being cancelled, this can also be considered some ''serious'' AdaptationExpansion.
* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' is possibly best known for the WesternAnimation show, that is almost an InNameOnly version of the original comic ("almost" because they changed "Mystere" to "Mystery").
* A variation: while everyone knows that ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' originated as Hasbro toy lines, it's far less common knowledge that most of the plot and characters for both shows actually originated from the Marvel comic books, which came first. For example: "Isn't Destro supposed to be black?" is a common question asked by those who questioned the casting of Christopher Eccleston as Destro in ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', but in the original comic, he was Caucasian and a Scotsman- it was only in the '80s cartoon that he was voiced by African American actor Arthur Burghardt, hence the confusion.
* Who remembers that ''Josie and the Pussycats'' was a [[ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats comic]] before it became [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats the famous cartoon]]? Even more, who remembers that before the Pussycats, it was just Josie, and was basically a female ''ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}}''.
* ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' movies are very often displaced by the cartoons, to the point where people have complained about the [[Film/ThePinkPanther2006 2006 movie]] being about an inspector instead of the panther. The Pink Panther mascot is actually a personification of a ''diamond'' within the series.
* The original Symbiote arc in Spider-Man was almost indistinguishable from future versions, as the costume was portrayed as nothing more than a parasite that unknowingly sapped energy from Peter, slowly weakening him. However, all subsequent adaptations have taken more from the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' version where the costume actually increases his powers and brings out his dark side, as well as establishing Eddie Brock as a character before revealing him as Venom.
* More people are familiar with the ''Bucky O'Hare'' animated series than [[ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars the comic book it was based on]] (probably because it was originally just a back-up strip in an anthology book).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrampTwins'' isn't exactly a well-known cartoon nowadays, but even fewer people know that it started out as a series of books during the mid-1990s.
* It's more likely to find fans who associate ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' with its 2000s animated version that aired on PBS Kids than the books that came out since 1963. That said, didja know that Creator/{{Nelvana}} also took a stab at it and made six half-hour direct-to-video specials in the 80s? Even the books are better remembered in comparison.
* ''ComicBook/TheQuestion'' has gone through [[DependingOnTheWriter a lot of interpretations:]] extreme borderline-JerkAss objectivist avenger in the early Creator/SteveDitko comics, mellowing out under Denny O'Neal into a Zen-like investigator, eventually becoming cheerfully fatalistic before [[LegacyCharacter passing on his name to Renee Montoya.]] However, the most famous one by far is ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''s take of a LighterAndSofter [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]], voiced by Creator/JeffreyCombs and obsessing over shoelaces.
* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'': The few American, English or Latin American people who have heard of this are either thinking of the god-awful game, or the pretty decent AnimatedAdaptation.
* Obscure Canadian stop-motion series Wapos Bay was based on a series of books, but few fans of the series know that.
* Played straight with ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' as many viewers had never even heard of the books. (Even today many seem ignorant that the books even exist) But also averted as the show caused book sales to skyrocket.
* ''Heathcliff'' is best remembered through the Creator/DICEntertainment series ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'', though it had been running as a comic strip since 1973.
* Creator/ElzieSegar originally created ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} as a bit player in his comic strip ''Thimble Theater'' (which originally starred Olive Oyl). He was slowly groomed to be more of a hero to where he was the strip's star and eventually was featured in a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop cartoon before getting his own theatrical series. Today, Popeye is more associated with the cartoons than the ''Thimble Theater'' strip.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheDrinkyCrowShow Drinky Crow]]'' are probably much better known as Adult Swim cartoons than as comic strips -- it doesn't help that ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'' was pulled by some newspapers after Aaron [=McGruder=] criticized UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush (and never returned, even after public opinion towards Bush had changed), and the strip ''Drinky Crow'' is based on, ''Maakies'', mostly runs in small alternative papers.
* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' are well-known from the Hanna-Barbera [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 animated series of the same name]]. However, a lot of Americans aren't aware the series is actually an animated adaptation of [[ComicBook/TheSmurfs the Belgian comic book series]] of the same name which began in 1958. The Smurfs was also a spinoff to Creator/{{Peyo}}'s previous work ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' (Johan et Pirlouit) which began in 1952. Outside of Belgium (due to being apart of [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian Comics History]]), Johan and Peewit are completely unknown to the foreign market.
** Averted in the United Kingdom and Australia, where the Smurfs made their first English debut in the late 1970s from an official English version of Vader Abraham's 1977 album [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzfsHL65lk "Vader Abraham in Smurfenland"]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQ66BKG27A released in 1978]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_XdP3xvaU in the UK]]) and various Smurf merchandise by gas companies National Benzole (in the UK) and BP (Australia in the late 70s and early 80s). The titular characters even made their first English speaking apperances in a series of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TU9dFXPgU British animated commericals for National Benzole throughout 1978.]] The 1976 animated film ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAndTheMagicFlute'' even recieved it's first English dub for British audiences in 1979. Unlike the United States, British and Australian audiences are more savy on the original comics but not to the extent as Western Europe (especially Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany).
* The Creator/{{Nelvana}} series ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'' is more well-known to the public then the original ongoing book series by Creator/RosemaryWells which began in 1979.
** The same thing can be said for her other book adapted for TV, ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''. The series is actually a mixture of Wells' other beloved book characters that originated from either a stand alone book [[note]] Such as Nora debuted in the 1973 book ''Noisy Nora'', Timothy, Claude, and Mrs. Jenkins in the 1981 book ''Literature/TimothyGoesToSchool'' before reappearing in ''Yoko'', Dora in ''Hazel's Amazing Mother'' from 1985, Charles in the 1988 book ''Shy Charles'', and Fritz in the 1991 book ''The Mess Fairy''.[[/note]] or introduced in the 1998 ''Literature/{{Yoko}}'' book [[note]] Such as the titular character Yoko the kitten, The Franks (Frank 1 and Frank 2), and Lilly. [[/note]]. Eventually some episodes would be loosely adapted for the ''Yoko & Friends School Days'' series with a couple books that are original.
* ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix'' is actually the AnimatedAdaptation of an animation/live-action hybrid film ''Film/OsmosisJones''. However, due to the lack of promotion ''Osmosis Jones'' received, most of the viewership for ''Ozzy and Drix'' thought it was an original work.
* A lot of people might be surprised to know that ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' was actually based on the candy brand the Gummi Bears and not the other way around. The company approached Disney and requested a kid's show as ProductPlacement; Disney did such a great work with a very creative and original series (and InNameOnly as other than the words "gummi" and "bear" it has nothing to do with the candy) that became so popular among children that most people nowadays would think of the show first and the candy later.
** Your milage may vary on this one, as the candy is still sold and decently popular, while the cartoon franchise is somewhat obscure and completely dormant since the cartoon stopped airing back in the '80s.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'' movies have almost no diffusion in some regions like Latin America and some parts of Europe whilst the show had a broad syndication in a lot of public channels as Saturday morning cartoon. Thus whilst the existence of the movies is almost only known for cinema history buffs or BMovie geeks, the show is almost as famous as ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' or any other Saturday morning cartoon. A lot of people still to this day might have a surprise to know that there were live-action movies before.
* Similar to what they did in the Toys section above, many people assume that ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers cartoon]] came first, with [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 the toys]] coming later to cash in. In reality, it was the other way around, with the cartoon being made [[MerchandiseDriven to sell the toys]].
* Many fans of the ''WesternAnimation/ScaryGodmother'' duology don't realize that it's actually an adaptation of two novels in a long-running series.
* Although the books of ''Literature/{{Babar}}'' are far from being unpopular or obscure, is hard to imagine that most people won't associate the name of Babar with the animated series first, which was very successful and the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/BabarAndTheAdventuresOfBadou'' albeit divisive among fans of the original, it does succeed into making the character popular among newer generations.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' was based off a series of Canadian children's books in which the titular character was a baby that had a small following. This also explains why he doesn't have hair, as when the creators started making the books about Caillou's toddlerhood, a sample group of children did not recognize him when they added hair.
* For the various [[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]] series, this trope varies depending on the country. In the United Kingdom (and to some extent Australia, France, and Canada), this trope is averted, as the stories are pretty much a staple of British childhoods. In other countries, the trope is played straight, with people thinking that either ''Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', ''Make Way For Noddy'' or ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', depending on which version they remember, was its own thing. There's also some people who think that ''The Noddy Shop'' was not connected to the ''Noddy'' franchise at all. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210413033327/https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120603200824AAy80Ra This post is an example of the second type of displacement]]. Doesn't help that the original books [[NoExportForYou never gained an America release]] compared to Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (the series' native country).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' has far eclipsed the [[ComicBook/YoungJustice '90s comic]] the show is [[InNameOnly ostensibly based on]]. While it can hardly be considered a true adaptation, as it only shares the basic concept of being focused on a team of young superheroes in common, it's still the far more famous entertainment product with the name. Mention "Young Justice" to anyone outside the comic book community, and you can be guaranteed this will be the first that comes to mind.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' was a series of animated skits on ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'' before being spun off into its own full series. Nowadays, ''The Simpsons'' is still airing and is one of the most popular animated series of all time, while ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' is almost entirely forgotten, and the only time anyone ever brings is it up is in the context of ''The Simpsons''. It's quite telling that on ''The Tracey Ullman Show'''s work page, more tropes are catalogued for ''The Simpsons'' shorts than for the show itself.
* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' is based on a French series of picture books by Romuald Racioppo, but good luck finding anyone outside France who knows this. Even some French natives are unaware of the books. It also doesn't help that, despite the shows worldwide succes, the books have so far never been translated or released anywhere outside France & Belgium.
* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' was originally a character from a series of short films, one of which aired on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
* The obscure French show ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'' is a loose adaptation of the ''Petit Dernier'' and ''Petite Pousse'' picture books which began in the 2000s. The show is more widely available (though not very expansive as it's primarily limited to French-speaking territories) than the books.
* Very few people realize that the Creator/CartoonNetwork show ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' is based on Daniel Chong's webcomic ''[[http://thethreebarebears.blogspot.com/ The Three Bare Bears]]''. Justified, as it only lasted ''9 pages''.
* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': The original webcomic, which only lasted four months and thirty-two pages before a [=DreamWorks=] Animation executive discovered it and urged the creator to start developing it as a television series. It doesn't help that the website for the comic is [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes no longer active]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' was adapted from a series of picture books written by Anne Marie Page.
* Most people outside of its native Australia don't know that the wildly successful 1990s ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' series was adapted from a series of books written in the 1930s.
* Outside of The Netherlands and Germany, the 1989 animated series ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'' is more well-known to the general public than the 1987 comic series which was an adaptation of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BasYtaPE7WQ&t=194s original theater show]] by Herman Van Veen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYCjeHU6W3k&t=597s from 1976]] (revamped in 1985). Inverted in The Netherlands and Germany, where [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_van_Veen Herman Van Veen is a household name]] and his works are more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k7dLyi8nlc prominent in those countries]]. Helps that the original "Alfred Jodocus Kwak" musical was shown in the Netherlands twice ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMFdVoi7em4&t=1372s 1970s]] and 1987) and Germany in 1985. However the animated series was able to recieved [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k7dLyi8nlc two spinoff stage shows]] (''Alfred J Kwak: Verboden Te Lachen'' and ''Alfred J Kwak en de Sneeuwvlok'') shown in The Netherlands (the series' native country).
* ''[[WesternAnimation/FortyFourCats 44 Cats]]'' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the hit Italian song "Quarantaquattro gatti". Outside of Italy, the song is largely unknown.
* A surprisingly large number of people are unaware of the fact that ''WesternAnimation/TheDayMyButtWentPsycho'' was based on [[Literature/TheBumTrilogy a trilogy of kids books]]. Which is frankly strange given that the show's title cards explicitly state it to be based on those books.
* Relatively few people know of ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy'', but even fewer realize that it was actually based on a series of kids' novels by Australian author Creator/AndyGriffiths.
* The Creator/{{PBS}} Kids series ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' is based on a 1994 children's book [[https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Siamese-Cat-Amy-Tan/dp/1597777935 "The Chinese Siamese Cat"]]. The original book has Ming Miao (a descent of the Miao family) telling her kittens the story of Sagwa (Ming Miao's ancestor) and how the kittens's antics foiled the Foolish Magistrate. Unlike the animated series, Sagwa and the other characters are designed more realistic and her collar is notably different.
* The already relatively obscure ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' was actually loosely adapted from a series of nonfiction books with the same title.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'' is often mistaken for a cash-in on the popularity of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', but the show's true origins lie in a series of children's graphic novels called ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'', which was originally released in 2012 (3 years before ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' was even a thing).
* Most people are completely unaware of the fact that ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'' started off as a miniseries of 5-minute shorts shown on the AnimatedAnthology show ''WesternAnimation/{{Funpak}}'', which aired five years before ''Sidekick'' became a full TV show.
* ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'' was based on a children's book called "The Chicken Problem", which premiered a year before the show.
* Most didn't know that ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' originated from its own series from Creator/MilestoneComics called ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'' who was eventually folded into Franchise/TheDCU. Most assumed that the show and its characters were either original creations or from an obscure DC comics series that was lucky enough to get an adaptation.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'' was based on a series of children's books that began in 2006.
* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' was based on an earlier, short-lived webcomic by Lisa Hanawalt called ''Tuca the Toucan''.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobTheRobot'', which is already somewhat obscure in its own right, was still popular enough that information about John Magart's original books is nearly impossible to come by. What little is known comes from the covers of the books, and a stock image containing the book forms of Rob, Orbit, and who is possibly an early version of TK (suggesting that Ema is a CanonForeigner).
* If you're a native German speaker, it's likely that you know the animated short ''Literature/DerMuenchnerImHimmel''. You're less likely to know that it's based on a ShortStory by the ''Literature/{{Lausbubengeschichten}}'' author Ludwig Thoma, though.
* ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'' is far more well-known than the original [[https://web.archive.org/web/20010330090733/http://petalien.com:80/ 1990s toyline]] that inspired it, to the point where information on said toyline is ridiculously scarce and most people don't even know there was a toyline.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood'' is so well remembered for the 1993-1995 AnimatedAdaptation of a series of novels that began in ''1979'', with the chronologically final story in the ocotology being written in 1992 and a prequel being written in 1994, that this very wiki focuses on the cartoon, even redirecting links written for the Literature version to the cartoon version.
* Those who grew up watching ''WesternAnimation/PeepAndTheBigWideWorld'' will be extremely surprised to learn that the 2004 series is actually based on a 1988 animated short film of the same name produced by the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada, which ''itself'' was based on a 1962 NFB short film called ''The Peep Show''.
