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''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' is a 2009 animated short by Creator/HarryPartridge that parodies the LighterAndSofter Saturday Morning versions of existing franchises, interspersing it with ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. The timing of the release was around the time the [[Film/{{Watchmen}} film adaptation]] was released, initially being released [[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485797 in HD quality]] on Website/{{Newgrounds}} on 4 March before being uploaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w VHS quality]] on Website/YouTube the following day.
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''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' is a 2009 animated short by Creator/HarryPartridge that parodies the LighterAndSofter Saturday Morning versions of existing franchises, interspersing it with ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. The timing of the release was around the time the [[Film/{{Watchmen}} film adaptation]] was released, initially being released [[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485797 in HD quality]] on Website/{{Newgrounds}} Platform/{{Newgrounds}} on 4 March before being uploaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w VHS quality]] on Website/YouTube Platform/YouTube the following day.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: Much like the [[{{Film/Watchmen}} live-action film]], The Minutemen are renamed "The Watchmen".
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* AdaptedOut: Captain Metropolis, the leader of The Minutemen from the comic, is a no-show here. TheLeader position is instead filled by Nite Owl II.
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** Dr. Manhattan "giving you cancer" was based from him being accused of giving his colleagues cancer.
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** Dr. Manhattan "giving you cancer" was based from on him being accused of giving his colleagues cancer.
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* SpoofyDoo: When the theme song went over Ozymandias, it was made to be a Scooby-Doo spoof where he and Bubastis were a "couple of crime-solving superstars", being spooked by a {{mummy}} in a similar manner to the Scooby-Doo cartoons. Bubastis was even given a more Scooby-like appearance and a [[LoveableCoward cowardly demeanor]] to fit the aesthetic.
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* SpoofyDoo: When the theme song went over Ozymandias, it was made to be a Scooby-Doo spoof where he and Bubastis were a "couple of crime-solving superstars", being spooked by a {{mummy}} in a similar manner to the Scooby-Doo cartoons. Bubastis was even given a more Scooby-like appearance and a [[LoveableCoward [[LovableCoward cowardly demeanor]] to fit the aesthetic.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Doctor Manhattan can turn into a car. This is of course not among his considerable powers in the original comic (or at least, not one that we ever saw him using) so it's another example of what ridiculousness may have came about if the comic had been made into a cartoon for kids.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Doctor Manhattan can turn into a car. This is of course [[AdaptationalSuperpowerChange not among his considerable powers in the original comic comic]] (or at least, not one that we ever saw him using) so it's another example of what ridiculousness may have came about if the comic had been made into a cartoon for kids.
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* EcocidalVillain: The intro has DirtyCommunists polluting the city lake apparently [[ForTheEvulz just to be evil]]. While many communist countries have had less-than-stellar environmental records, they usually have or had actual reasons behind what they did.
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* EcocidalVillain: EcocidalAntagonist: The intro has DirtyCommunists polluting the city lake apparently [[ForTheEvulz just to be evil]]. While many communist countries have had less-than-stellar environmental records, they usually have or had actual at least somewhat understandable reasons behind what they did.for doing so.
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* GenreThrowback: It was made as a [[AffectionateParody playful spoof]] of SaturdayMorningCartoons from the 1980s.
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* GenreThrowback: It was made as a [[AffectionateParody playful spoof]] of SaturdayMorningCartoons tribute]] to [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday-morning cartoons]] from the 1980s.
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* TheLeader: Nite Owl is designated as such and comes off as more confident and outgoing than in the comic.
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* SpoofyDoo: When the theme song went over Ozymandias, it was made to be a Scooby-Doo spoof where he and Bubastis were a "couple of crime-solving superstars", being spooked by a mummy {{mummy}} in a similar manner to the Scooby-Doo cartoons. Bubastis was even given a more Scooby-like appearance and a [[LoveableCoward cowardly demeanor demeanor]] to fit the aesthetic.
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* DirtyCommunists: "The Reds" are stereotypical communists who are seen polluting the city lake.
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* DrugsAreBad: One line in the theme song is "Say 'no' todrugs!" drugs!"
* EcocidalVillain: The intro has DirtyCommunists polluting the city lake apparently [[ForTheEvulz just to be evil]]. While many communist countries have had less-than-stellar environmental records, they usually have or had actual reasons behind what they did.
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* EcocidalVillain: The intro has DirtyCommunists polluting the city lake apparently [[ForTheEvulz just to be evil]]. While many communist countries have had less-than-stellar environmental records, they usually have or had actual reasons behind what they did.
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* GenreThrowback: It was made as a [[AffectionateParody playful spoof]] of SaturdayMorningCartoons from the 1980s.
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* TalkingAnimal: Unlike in the original comic, Bubastis can talk in order to fill the role of Ozymandias' cowardly comic relief sidekick.
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* AdaptationalCurves: The originally somewhat paunchy Nite Owl has a buff and muscular HeroicBuild here.
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* CompositeCharacter: Silk Spectre is treated as a combination of Laurie and her mother Sally, hence the Comedian's romantic interest.
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* SpoofyDoo: When the theme song went over Ozymandias, it was made to be a Scooby-Doo spoof where he and Bubastis were a "couple of crime-solving superstars", being spoooked spooked by a mummy in a similar manner to the Scooby-Doo cartoons. Bubastis was even given a more Scooby-like appearance and a cowardly demeanor to fit the aesthetic.
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* DrugsAreBad: One line in the theme song is "Say 'no' to drugs!"
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* BatSignal: The Watchmen have one of the Comedian's yellow smiling face button.
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* BatSignal: The Watchmen have one A parody of the bat signal shows up, with the searchlight projecting a winking version of the Comedian's yellow smiling smiley face button.button onto the clouds.
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* MatchCut: A close-up of the squid monster's eyeball dissolves into the Comedian's smiley face button being projected onto the clouds like a BatSignal.
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* CartoonJuggling: Rorschach is seen juggling pies in a circular motion.
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* DeadlyDisc: Nite Owl is seen blocking bullets with a trashcan cover and then throwing it at a crook.
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''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' is a 2009 animated short by Creator/HarryPartridge that parodies the LighterAndSofter Saturday Morning versions of existing franchises, interspersing it with ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. The timing of the release was around the time the [[Film/{{Watchmen}} film adaptation]] was released, initially being released [[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485797 in HD quality]] on Website/{{Newgrounds}} on 4 March before being uploaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A_rc2tqc54&t=461s VHS quality]] on Website/YouTube the following day.
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''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' is a 2009 animated short by Creator/HarryPartridge that parodies the LighterAndSofter Saturday Morning versions of existing franchises, interspersing it with ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. The timing of the release was around the time the [[Film/{{Watchmen}} film adaptation]] was released, initially being released [[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485797 in HD quality]] on Website/{{Newgrounds}} on 4 March before being uploaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A_rc2tqc54&t=461s com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w VHS quality]] on Website/YouTube the following day.
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* BreadMilkEggsSquick: The descriptions the theme song gave to the Watchmen seem at first to be describing them in an uplifting manner, but when they got to Dr. Manhattan: "Jon can give you cancer".
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* BreadMilkEggsSquick: BreadEggsMilkSquick: The descriptions the theme song gave to the Watchmen seem at first to be describing them in an uplifting manner, but when they got to Dr. Manhattan: "Jon can give you cancer".
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I think that's everything from the sandbox.
* AdaptationalSkill: Silk Spectre now plays the keyboard guitar and fronts a famous band.
* AdaptationalWimp: Ozymandias and Bubastis are much more cowardly than in the comic, as an {{Homage}} to ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''.
* AdaptationalWimp: Ozymandias and Bubastis are much more cowardly than in the comic, as an {{Homage}} to ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''.
* CartoonJuggling: Rorschach is seen juggling pies in a circular motion.
* DeadlyDisc: Nite Owl is seen blocking bullets with a trashcan cover and then throwing it at a crook.
* DeadlyDisc: Nite Owl is seen blocking bullets with a trashcan cover and then throwing it at a crook.
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** Ozy and Bubastias resemble Shaggy and Scooby-Doo from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', and they even run away from a monster in the same way.
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* NonHumanSidekick: Ozymandias' lynx Bubastis was made to be one in the mold of Scooby-Doo.
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* ParentalIncest: Presumably unintended in-universe-- The Comedian in ''WebAnimation/SaturdayMorningWatchmen'' wants a kiss from [[spoiler:Silk Spectre, who is his illegitimate daughter in canon]]. An example of (perhaps unintentional) conflation of the two Silk Spectres, as The Comedian attempted to rape the original Silk Spectre (the mother of the second one), whereas in Saturday Morning Watchmen he merely wants to kiss her.
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''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' is a 2009 animated short by Creator/HarryPartridge that parodies the LighterAndSofter Saturday Morning versions of existing franchises, interspersing it with ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. The timing of the release was around the time the [[Film/{{Watchmen}} film adaptation]] was released, initially being released on Website/{{Newgrounds}} on March 4 before being uploaded on Website/YouTube the following day.
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''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' is a 2009 animated short by Creator/HarryPartridge that parodies the LighterAndSofter Saturday Morning versions of existing franchises, interspersing it with ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. The timing of the release was around the time the [[Film/{{Watchmen}} film adaptation]] was released, initially being released [[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485797 in HD quality]] on Website/{{Newgrounds}} on 4 March 4 before being uploaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A_rc2tqc54&t=461s VHS quality]] on Website/YouTube the following day.
'''WARNING: Spoilers below to the ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' comic!'''
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Given the short's parodic nature, it made Ozymandias more heroic, even helping the Comedian up when the latter was being defenestrated.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Given the short's parodic nature, it made the Watchmen were more traditionally heroic than anti-heroes. Ozymandias more heroic, even helping in particular helped the Comedian up when the latter was being defenestrated.defenestrated.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** The Comedian has a crush on Silk Spectre rather than [[LukeIAmYourFather secretly being her father]]. Possibly UnrelatedInTheAdaptation.
** Ozymandias saves the Comedian's life rather than ending it, and the two are seen eating pizza together, as opposed to the longtime hatred between the two.
* BatSignal: The Watchmen have one, which is the Comedian's yellow smiling face button.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** The Comedian has a crush on Silk Spectre rather than [[LukeIAmYourFather secretly being her father]]. Possibly UnrelatedInTheAdaptation.
** Ozymandias saves the Comedian's life rather than ending it, and the two are seen eating pizza together, as opposed to the longtime hatred between the two.
* BatSignal: The Watchmen have one, which is the Comedian's yellow smiling face button.
* DeadlyDisc: Nite Owl is seen blocking bullets with a trashcan cover and then throwing it at a crook.
* DirtyCommunists: "The Reds" are stereotypical communists who are seen polluting the city lake.
* EveryPizzaIsPepperoni: The Watchmen all enjoy a pizza together that only has a pepperoni topping.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Rorschach is described as a friend to the animals and is shown petting a pack of German shepherds.
* {{Homage}}: To several [[TheEighties '80s]] cartoons:
** Silk Spectre is made to be a pop star like ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'', with her group resembling the Holograms.
** Ozy and Bubastias resemble Shaggy and Scooby-Doo from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', and they even run away from a monster in the same way.
** Doctor Manhattan can turn into a car like ''WesternAnimation/TurboTeen''.
** The heroes' silly toughness, partying, and pizza-eating are all reminiscent of the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.
* LighterAndSofter: It's meant to show what a kid-friendly version of the ''Watchmen'' would look like.
* LockAndLoadMontage: The beginning of the ThemeTune begins with shots of the Watchmen suiting up.
* LyricalDissonance: In the midst of the lighthearted ThemeTune, it's mentioned that Dr. Manhattan can give you cancer.
* DirtyCommunists: "The Reds" are stereotypical communists who are seen polluting the city lake.
* EveryPizzaIsPepperoni: The Watchmen all enjoy a pizza together that only has a pepperoni topping.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Rorschach is described as a friend to the animals and is shown petting a pack of German shepherds.
* {{Homage}}: To several [[TheEighties '80s]] cartoons:
** Silk Spectre is made to be a pop star like ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'', with her group resembling the Holograms.
** Ozy and Bubastias resemble Shaggy and Scooby-Doo from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', and they even run away from a monster in the same way.
** Doctor Manhattan can turn into a car like ''WesternAnimation/TurboTeen''.
** The heroes' silly toughness, partying, and pizza-eating are all reminiscent of the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.
* LighterAndSofter: It's meant to show what a kid-friendly version of the ''Watchmen'' would look like.
* LockAndLoadMontage: The beginning of the ThemeTune begins with shots of the Watchmen suiting up.
* LyricalDissonance: In the midst of the lighthearted ThemeTune, it's mentioned that Dr. Manhattan can give you cancer.
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** Rorschach being "friends to the animals" had him petting two German shepherds, much like the two he had brutalized in the comic.
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** Adrian and Bubastis watch the Reds pollute the city lake from [[TheBigBoard multiple-TVs screen]] at Karnak, his Antarctic base.
** Nite Owl is first shown standing in front of a wall [[GraffitiOfTheResistance that is spray-painted]], "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
** Rorschachbeing "friends is called "[[FriendToAllLivingThings a friend to the animals" had him petting two animals]]" and pets a pack of German shepherds, much like the two rather than killing them with a cleaver, as he had brutalized does in the comic.comic. He also refers to himself as "nutty," a reference to how he [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope mentally snapped]] after seeing a girl murdered.
** Nite Owl is first shown standing in front of a wall [[GraffitiOfTheResistance that is spray-painted]], "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
** Rorschach
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* WingdingEyes: The Comedian has [[CardiovascularLove hearts in his eyes]] when he looks at Silk Spectre, even after [[IndignantSlap she slaps him]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:But when trouble's about, you'd best watch out\\
For the Watchmen!]]
->'''Bubastis:''' Oh no, Adrian! Looks like the Reds are polluting the city lake! What do we dooooooo?\\
'''Ozymandias:''' We call the Watchmen!
''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' is a 2009 animated short by Creator/HarryPartridge that parodies the LighterAndSofter Saturday Morning versions of existing franchises, interspersing it with ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. The timing of the release was around the time the [[Film/{{Watchmen}} film adaptation]] was released, initially being released on Website/{{Newgrounds}} on March 4 before being uploaded on Website/YouTube the following day.
If you want to see the fan-created page about the show, [[JustForFun/SaturdayMorningWatchmen see here]].
!!This short contains examples of:
* AdaptationalHeroism: Given the short's parodic nature, it made Ozymandias more heroic, even helping the Comedian up when the latter was being defenestrated.
* BreadMilkEggsSquick: The descriptions the theme song gave to the Watchmen seem at first to be describing them in an uplifting manner, but when they got to Dr. Manhattan: "Jon can give you cancer".
* MythologyGag: While being a parodic LighterAndSofter short, there are nods to the source material.
** Rorschach being "friends to the animals" had him petting two German shepherds, much like the two he had brutalized in the comic.
** At "Be in bed by ten", three Dr. Manhattan clones were being read a bedtime story by Silk Spectre, when in the source material the two were having sex and Silk Spectre was being annoyed at the use of clones for that.
** Dr. Manhattan "giving you cancer" was based from him being accused of giving his colleagues cancer.
** The defenestration scene that sets the plot in motion was this time averted by Ozymandias helping the Comedian back up.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Used deliberately.
** Knowing the graphic novel's plot, you'd be aware that [[spoiler:Ozymandias beat up the Comedian and threw him out of a high rise building to kill him, yet Adrian inexplicably catches him to save his life in the parody, their preceding altercation instantly forgotten]].
** Rorschach appears to be the PluckyComicRelief in this universe, juggling pies and petting dogs, as opposed to the brutal and psychologically disturbed NinetiesAntiHero whose DespairEventHorizon involved killing two dogs in the original.
** The Comedian is Silk Spectre II's fan, and dreams of kissing her. [[spoiler:He's her father.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: To go with the short generally lampooning the changes that would be made to ''Watchmen'' if it were adapted into a lighthearted kids' cartoon, ''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' shows Adrian Veidt saving Edward Blake from falling to his death (in spite of being the one who threw him through the window in the first place) and Rorschach peacefully interacting with the dogs he killed and cut up in the original comic.
* SpoofyDoo: When the theme song went over Ozymandias, it was made to be a Scooby-Doo spoof where he and Bubastis were a "couple of crime-solving superstars", being spoooked by a mummy in a similar manner to the Scooby-Doo cartoons. Bubastis was even given a more Scooby-like appearance and a cowardly demeanor to fit the aesthetic.
* StockScream: A Wilhelm scream was heard as Ozy and Bubastis were spooked by a mummy during their part of the verse.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Doctor Manhattan can turn into a car. This is of course not among his considerable powers in the original comic (or at least, not one that we ever saw him using) so it's another example of what ridiculousness may have came about if the comic had been made into a cartoon for kids.
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[[caption-width-right:350:But when trouble's about, you'd best watch out\\
For the Watchmen!]]
->'''Bubastis:''' Oh no, Adrian! Looks like the Reds are polluting the city lake! What do we dooooooo?\\
'''Ozymandias:''' We call the Watchmen!
''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' is a 2009 animated short by Creator/HarryPartridge that parodies the LighterAndSofter Saturday Morning versions of existing franchises, interspersing it with ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. The timing of the release was around the time the [[Film/{{Watchmen}} film adaptation]] was released, initially being released on Website/{{Newgrounds}} on March 4 before being uploaded on Website/YouTube the following day.
If you want to see the fan-created page about the show, [[JustForFun/SaturdayMorningWatchmen see here]].
!!This short contains examples of:
* AdaptationalHeroism: Given the short's parodic nature, it made Ozymandias more heroic, even helping the Comedian up when the latter was being defenestrated.
* BreadMilkEggsSquick: The descriptions the theme song gave to the Watchmen seem at first to be describing them in an uplifting manner, but when they got to Dr. Manhattan: "Jon can give you cancer".
* MythologyGag: While being a parodic LighterAndSofter short, there are nods to the source material.
** Rorschach being "friends to the animals" had him petting two German shepherds, much like the two he had brutalized in the comic.
** At "Be in bed by ten", three Dr. Manhattan clones were being read a bedtime story by Silk Spectre, when in the source material the two were having sex and Silk Spectre was being annoyed at the use of clones for that.
** Dr. Manhattan "giving you cancer" was based from him being accused of giving his colleagues cancer.
** The defenestration scene that sets the plot in motion was this time averted by Ozymandias helping the Comedian back up.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Used deliberately.
** Knowing the graphic novel's plot, you'd be aware that [[spoiler:Ozymandias beat up the Comedian and threw him out of a high rise building to kill him, yet Adrian inexplicably catches him to save his life in the parody, their preceding altercation instantly forgotten]].
** Rorschach appears to be the PluckyComicRelief in this universe, juggling pies and petting dogs, as opposed to the brutal and psychologically disturbed NinetiesAntiHero whose DespairEventHorizon involved killing two dogs in the original.
** The Comedian is Silk Spectre II's fan, and dreams of kissing her. [[spoiler:He's her father.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: To go with the short generally lampooning the changes that would be made to ''Watchmen'' if it were adapted into a lighthearted kids' cartoon, ''Saturday Morning Watchmen'' shows Adrian Veidt saving Edward Blake from falling to his death (in spite of being the one who threw him through the window in the first place) and Rorschach peacefully interacting with the dogs he killed and cut up in the original comic.
* SpoofyDoo: When the theme song went over Ozymandias, it was made to be a Scooby-Doo spoof where he and Bubastis were a "couple of crime-solving superstars", being spoooked by a mummy in a similar manner to the Scooby-Doo cartoons. Bubastis was even given a more Scooby-like appearance and a cowardly demeanor to fit the aesthetic.
* StockScream: A Wilhelm scream was heard as Ozy and Bubastis were spooked by a mummy during their part of the verse.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Doctor Manhattan can turn into a car. This is of course not among his considerable powers in the original comic (or at least, not one that we ever saw him using) so it's another example of what ridiculousness may have came about if the comic had been made into a cartoon for kids.
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