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21	->''"They stylized down the characters, which is ok--I actually used to watch the cartoons to figure out what not to do--how not to time, how not to handle the different levels of cels, don't cut that corner because it's gonna be too obvious, 'cause the corners they cut were unbelievable."''
22	-->-- Animator '''Frank Gladstone''' on the 1960's made-for-TV Al Brodax Franchise/{{Popeye}} cartoons
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24	Even WesternAnimation isn't without its [[SoBadItsGood hilarious bummers]].
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26	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckBH-bF4OAw A Kitten Named Bow]]'', which was very obviously dubbed for English-speaking audiences due to completely [[HongKongDub non-existent lip sync]]. Characters [[CaptainObvious tend to point out the obvious]], especially in the first cartoon; they go ''out of their way'' to explain what is happening on-screen, even when they're not supposed to speak. The dialogue only consists of slow line delivery and [[CatchPhrase "Bow]] [[VerbalTic wow!"]] But the horrible dubbing somehow makes it entertaining, albeit for all the wrong reasons.
27	* The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "Out of the Past" is arguably one of the darkest and most depressing in the series... but [[MoodWhiplash it starts out with]] one of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2p02DfyzCE most ridiculously-goofy examples]] of StylisticSuck in a cartoon. Complete with a lampshade from [[DeadpanSnarker Bruce]].
28	-->'''Bruce''': You hate me, don't you?
29	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles''. There's a lot of OffModel, especially with Music/JohnLennon. Ringo's the incompetent, bumbling ButtMonkey, and John sounds American. ''None'' of the voice actors are played by actual [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]], no matter what the credits may tell you. The cartoon ''feels'' wrong, and that is why it rules.
30	** It's also the reason the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein ordered the cartoons never be shown in England, even though Apple--the group's corporate entity--now owns them.
31	** In fact, Music/GeorgeHarrison used the phrase "so bad it's good" almost verbatim when discussing the show in an interview.
32	--->'''Harrison:''' I always kind of liked them. They were so bad or silly they were good, if you know what I mean. And I think the passage of time might make them more fun now.
33	* ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'': It's the embodiment of every cheesy thing about the 80's, has no idea of what target audience it wants to appeal to, every episode is packed with clichés, and most characters tend to be one-dimensional (but kind of likable). Still it manages to somehow be very charming, and is quite funny when watched with the right mindset.
34	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bratz}}''. The CGI animation was clearly made on a [[NoBudget shoestring budget]] that has not [[UnintentionalUncannyValley aged well]]. Yet it features a lot of bizarre plots and scenes that has to be seen to be believed, especially when watching them out of context. Also helping is Burdine and the Tweevils with their over the top antics that practically steal the show.
35	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''. A show about the spirit of the earth who gives five teenagers mystical rings that gives (four of) them badass ElementalPowers (and the fifth one gets [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway something else]]) should make for some quality entertainment, but instead we get excessively {{Anvilicious}} aesops about [[GreenAesop environmentalism]] and {{Narm}}-filled {{Author Filibuster}}s delivered by characters [[OncePerEpisode every single episode]]. We also get [[CardCarryingVillain idiotic villains]] who pollute the earth ''[[ForTheEvulz just for the sake of polluting it]]'' half the time and when the heroes [[AllYourPowersCombined combine their rings' power]], we get a green-mullet-headed, blue-skinned superhero who spouts terrible puns ''[[PungeonMaster every other second.]]'' A deep, rich source of {{Narm}}. But this ludicrous premise and execution has made it ''the'' reason to watch and has created many [[MemeticMutation forum-based memes]]. The show’s {{Very Special Episode}}s in particular have garnered even more infamy; [[MoodWhiplash in jarring contrast]] to the show’s typically lighthearted tone and [[NeverSayDie lack of fatal violence]], they’ve hamfistedly covered everything from gang violence and drug addiction to ''real world genocide and ethnic cleansing'' to even ''HIV/AIDS''!
36	-->"AIDS is the best thing to come along since the black plague!"\
37	"NO WAY! AIDS stinks!"
38	** [[MsFanservice Linka]]. If she's not your type, you can always laugh at the combination of {{tsundere}} and [[StrawCharacter Strawman Political]].
39	** The fact that Ma-Ti actually has [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower the best superpower of the five]] but still manages to be the most useless is simultaneously frustrating and hilarious.
40	** And there's a part where UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler [[https://youtu.be/V0MVuWDc5RQ manages to weaken Captain Planet]] by ''staring'' at him because [[ThePowerOfHate his hatred acts as a form of pollution,]] [[WeaksauceWeakness which Captain Planet is weak to.]]
41	** The original ExpositoryThemeTune was once among the few genuinely good parts of the show. The credits theme starts to veer into so-bad-it's-good-ness by being cheesy but catchy, and even the opening title sequence did a pretty good job of establishing the series in a tasteful, even somewhat dignified manner. But then, Season 6 changed the intro to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aon3SdpYins this]]. It consists of scary green goblin lips atonally "singing" a bizarre rap song which calls Captain Planet a "Mega Mac Daddy of Ecology" backed up with comedy wah-wah saxophones, one-key-at-a-time piano playing and what sounds like a morse code machine. It's ironic that this gloriously terrible intro was introduced late in the series when the show's animation improved. It probably helps that the "rapper" ([[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy and we're using that term]] ''very'' loosely) in question is Fred Schneider,[[note]]Technically, the rhythmatic speaking Fred Schneider is known for is actually known as ''Sprechgesang'', and it should '''not''' be confused with rapping, which was somewhat influenced by it. The is probably ''why'' the "Eco-Rap" intro for Captain Planet is notorious.[[/note]] [[Music/TheB52s whose band]] could be quite cheesy on their own.
42	* The two animated ''ComicBook/ChickTracts'' adaptations by 3D animation outfit [[http://www.littleshots3d.com/ Littleshots]]: the Chick Brand™ EasyEvangelism and dubious Biblical accuracy of "The Sissy" and the [[ShootTheShaggyDog Shaggy Dog-shooting]] "Tiny Shoes". The combination of already SBIG nature of the source material, CGI that makes ''WesternAnimation/BoysOfValor'' look like ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' and zero-budget sound and voice acting form a hypnotically bad whole. Both are available in their entirety on Website/YouTube, in addition to reviews by ''WebVideo/TheBibleReloaded'' (available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKBvnFzr7yk here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6-V7DaM604 here]]).
43	* ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos''. Hilarious, at least [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wSU1Lvxy9Sk the opening]]. But it has So Bad It's Good Moments with the zany fight scenes, horrible acting, and Super Ninja's effeminate voice. [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kDTjMooYTBE Here are some of the "best" moments.]]
44	* ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' has an in-universe example. In "The Price of Stardom", Dennis becomes the prop man for a Heidi-esque play starring Margaret and Mr. Wilson. During the performance, Dennis turns on a giant fan, has Mr. Wilson dress in a swimsuit for a costume change, drops a bag of fake snow on Margaret and opens a trap door that Mr. Wilson happens to be standing on at the time. The audience laughs throughout the entire performance and cheers when the play ends.
45	* The ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode ''Dexter And Computress Get Mandark!'' is an intentional example. The episode's script was [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent submitted]] by a six year old. And the animation for the episode was purposely made to be StylisticSuck to match it.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinofroz}}'' is blatantly trying to follow trends certain other shows like ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' and especially ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' did, there are clichés all around, the voice acting for the dubbing is ''hilarious'', the show is clearly MerchandiseDriven, and animation sequences and shots are often reused. And yet, one can only admire the creators for fully committing to the show's absurd premise. On top of that, nothing about the show is outright offensive, some of the subplots actually work when executed properly, and the voice actors [[HamAndCheese sound like they're having a ball]]. Also, dinosaurs. ''And'' dragons.
47	%% [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3iBLpVSmNs Dominator]].
48	* If the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley horribly low-budget CGI and jarring character design]] of ''WesternAnimation/DorbeesMakingDecisions'' doesn't completely freak you out, the surreal nature of the film can pass for this. Of particular note is the completely nonsensical "Mr. Poe and Yogul" segment and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J05o90Su38 "I Wanna Be Grown Up,"]] a passable song that tries to use these awful visuals for meta humor and suddenly features a ''chorus of singing flowers'' near the end. It definitely helps that the people involved are actually fairly good singers from an actual choir/band, that simply have ''no idea what the hell they're doing'' when it comes to everything else.
49	* "The Menace of Magneto", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1978'', is an absurd masterpiece that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5-JVvCrGC8 culminates]] in Magneto, [[BigBad archenemy]] of the ''ComicBook/XMen'', believing he's lost his magnetic powers and surrendering to the police when he finds himself unable to affect Mr. Fantastic's gun. Mr. Fantastic then tells Magneto that the gun was made of wood, not metal, and he did not lose his powers. Magneto responds by ''[[ForgotAboutHisPowers letting himself be captured]]''. Priceless.
50	* The [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo Felix the Cat TV cartoons]] made by Creator/JoeOriolo from the late 50's/early 60's. They had around 6,000$ per episode, [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants had to crank out three new episodes per week and had mere hours to write the stories]], and it ''shows''. Between the [[NoBudget ultra low budget]] and [[LimitedAnimation extremely rushed animation]], [[{{Narm}} very slow and stilted voice acting]] and cheesy as Limburger writing that frequently relies on contrived stupidity to get things going, and stories that range from asinine to downright bizarre, this incarnation of ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'' is mainly liked by fans for either nostalgic value or for a cheap laugh.
51	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFonzAndTheHappyDaysGang'', with its ridiculous concept (three characters from the sitcom ''Series/HappyDays'' travel in time with an anthropomorphic dog and a magical girl from the future in order to return to TheFifties), the show's tendency to treat Fonzie as a god, [[ClicheStorm it hitting every cliche]] in UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation era Creator/HannaBarbera's book, and the animation being so limited that the characters are smiling when enemies attempt to kill them, makes it an entertaining show for all the wrong reasons.
52	** Although contrary to popular belief, the series did not come about because [[http://www.cbr.com/tv-legends-revealed-was-doctor-who-replaced-in-a-cartoon-by-fonzie/ Hanna-Barbera couldn't get the rights to]] ''Series/DoctorWho''. Their similarities are accidental.
53	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFruitties''. The show's premise was that a bunch of sentient fruits and veggies had to move from their old volcano home after it shows signs of erupting... and that specific plot only lasts for the first two episodes to give way to the main characters having various adventures. It had ''very'' LimitedAnimation and [[StockFootage recycled its own footage]] in spades. Episode plots consisted of [[ClicheStorm cliches galore]]. And yet, it can be hard not to laugh at it sometimes. It helps that [[Creator/DoconFilmsProductions the company that made it]] is infamous for most of their cartoons being of low quality.
54	* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeExtreme''. Between the laughable live-action sequences, the hammy acting, and the pitiful animation, it has something for everyone to laugh at.
55	* Once you strip away the NostalgiaGoggles, ''[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]]':'s appeal boils down to this. All the AccidentalInnuendo and HoYay certainly help.
56	* ''WesternAnimation/JibberJabber''. The characters crawled out from the deepest pit in the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley Uncanny Valley]]. The whole series is [[{{Narm}} ridiculously cheesy,]] and ''that's'' what makes it so hilarious.
57	%% Creator/JohnCandy's ''WesternAnimation/CampCandy''.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuDinoPosse'': A ClicheStorm of a TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats cartoon with [[FlatCharacter one-note dinosaurs]] for characters...yet it's so enjoyable in how it embraces the clichés of shows with similar formulas.
59	* The 1966 ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' cartoon has LimitedAnimation in the extreme, with them essentially being existing comics artwork with lip-flaps and blinking most of the time. Many sequences have no animation whatsoever, with long shots consisting of pans and zooms over still images, and the fight scenes are downright comical, consisting of characters moving for only a few seconds at a time over stock cartoon sound effects. The voice acting, the only major gain it has over simply reading the comics, is incredibly hammy, and the main cast shares voices a lot; pretty much all the female characters are voiced by the same woman. But there's an odd earnestness to the whole affair, with it carrying a lot of the energy of early Lee/Kirby Marvel Comics, that keeps it watchable. And then there's the theme songs, which are... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8XL99rL6Gc a treat.]]
60	* The Mel-O-Toons shorts from the early 1960s are yet another unholy union of low budget animation and voiceover. Like the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMoIgoyjWbg Paul Bunyan]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7WT4Y08o_s David and Goliath]] shorts. The former has all kinds of amazing things about Paul Bunyan that they didn't teach in grade school, while the latter has [[{{Narm}} Goliath's booming voice, menacing battle stance, and grisly death]].
61	* The entire premise of ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries''. The series was about a group of hockey-playing, crime-fighting anthropomorphic alien ducks from a hockey-obsessed planet called "Puckworld" in another dimension. Despite the [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs utterly ridiculous set-up]], though, the series is surprisingly much, much better than it sounds. Unfortunately, no one seemed willing to give it much of a chance, and it was [[ShortRunners cancelled after only one season]].
62	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyHercules'' has voice acting to make ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' proud, a shoestring budget, and some serious HoYay make this one so unforgettably bad that just about anyone will enjoy it and end up ''peeing themselves in laughter''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72HORlpW7H4 Here's one episode as an example.]]
63	* ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' has an InUniverse example in the episode "Plan 9 From Mission Hill". It turns out Wally made a Sci-Fi movie years ago that starred Gus, was full of plot holes, lousy special effects, and had a ''hat'' for a flying saucer. He has made every effort to [[OldShame make sure it is never seen by anyone]] until an old revival theater gets a hold of it and the movie gains legions of followers for how entertaining it is.
64	* There is a [[WesternAnimation/MisterT Mr. T. animated series.]] It features the T-man delivering live-action segments at the beginning and end. It's spectacularly {{Anvilicious}}... and the opening credits feature T. ''spinning a crocodile over his head''. [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Mister_T/ Consult]] Website/TheAgonyBooth for more information.
65	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': InUniverse, Mr. Rowley considers the Mighty [=McMann=] comics "dopey," but he enjoys it, and especially likes the artwork.
66	* The ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHigh'' movies are full of this trope. The plots are silly, the characters are vague, the humor is incredibly cheesy, they're full of {{anvilicious}} "accepting others" aesops...but they're just so goofy and ''fun'' it's nearly impossible to hate them.
67	* ''[[WesternAnimation/MutilatorHeroOfTheWasteland Mutilator: Hero of the Wasteland]]'' is an early 90s animation project in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWLE-1xpBtU two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BUXkQ7puw4 parts]]. It is horrible in every way imaginable: the art looks like something out of ''Liquid Television'' that didn't age well with perspective and anatomical issues up the hole, the sound is poorly mixed (with voices barely audible), and the plot is even worse: a man with a mechanical arm kills things in the wasteland. Yet somehow, the combination of these poor elements is nothing short of hilarious today. A cursory look through the [=YouTube=] comments reveals a general attitude that this was too good to last.
68	** Imagine, if you will, Creator/RobLiefeld's drawing used as a starting point, and then animated by the same people who made the Philips CD-i ''Zelda'' games, on a shoestring budget, while everyone involved was high as a kite, and you'll get close to understanding the animation style.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeMe'' is infamous for its low-quality animation that tries to emulate {{anime\|sque}} while also cramming every anime and SliceOfLife cliché known to man, which led to the show developing an ironic following when the Internet discovered its existence. That, and the character of [[CoolTeacher Mr. Towes]], whose gloriously insane antics and voice acting (courtesy of Creator/TerrenceScammell) have made him incredibly popular with the show's viewers.
70	* ''NFL [=RushZone=]: Guardians of the Core'' reaches ''Film/TheRoom2003'' levels of cheesiness. The animation sucks, the characters are either dull, or blatant stereotypes, and the plot is a muddled mess. But, it's so awful it becomes very entertaining, and fun to riff on, and the main character, [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude whose name is Ish]], looks like Music/MichaelJackson, which is how it gained the nickname "MJ FOOTBALL".
71	** The second season kicks this up a notch with the presense of [[HamAndCheese Wild Card]].
72	* ''WesternAnimation/NutriVenturesTheQuestForTheSevenKingdoms'' is a show that has choppy animation, bad voice acting, clichè writing and a [[{{Anvilicious}} very blatant moral]] yet strangely enjoyable to watch because of it's flaws.
73	* Creator/RickMoranis' ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'': A silly 90s cartoon made to cash in on the success of Rick Moranis, starring him as a teacher in a school for horror monsters. The animation is inconsistent, the characters are one-note, and it contains multiple high school clichés yet is still entertaining.
74	* ''WesternAnimation/PlanBee'': An awful, cheaply-made rip-off of the Bee Movie with lousy animation, terrible plot and worse characters? Nothing short of hilarious.
75	* The 1960's made-for-TV WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} cartoons, produced by Al Brodax, amounts to almost 230 episodes of animation hastily produced on a shoestring budget, and at a breakneck pace of almost two years, and was farmed out to a variety of studios across the earth--and it shows in every episode. They have abysmal animation, countless animation goofs and suffer from inane story ideas, stilted scripts, humor more stale than sawdust bread, and downright boneheaded filmmaking choices--"Popeye and the Giant" stands out as being one of the worst of them, due to its incomprehensible plot (Bluto makes Wimpy grow giant by sneaking grow pills in his burgers so he can sell him to a circus, that backfires so he teams up with the Sea Hag to...deliver the Giant Wimpy as a doorstop baby to Popeye, who cures him with essence of hamburgers), animation that varies between sloppy to just plain bizarre, bloopers that you don't even need to freeze frame to see (such as a plate of burgers inexplicably being suspended on a flat colored background in the middle of nowhere), and some of the worst editing ever committed to a cartoon (the first minute with Popeye walking and Wimpy saying his trademark line have absolutely ''nothing'' to do with the rest of the cartoon).
76	* While ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'' by itself is usually considered good, in South Korea, it was given a dub that features full English voice acting to help Koreans learn the language better. Besides the fact that giving full voices to a dialogueless series like ''Pingu'' would be seen as pointless to some, the dub is widely considered awful, with the voice acting and grammar errors making it nothing short of hilarious to a lot of people.
77	* An in-universe one happens in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' in the form of ''JustForFun/WackyDelly''. Rachel[[note]]At the time, [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} she was still closeted as "Ralph"]].[[/note]] Bighead has Rocko and his friends produce the pilot episode of the titular ShowWithinAShow in the hopes that it will be bad enough to get her out of her contract with her animation studio so that she can focus on making an artistic masterpiece. Thanks in part to Heffer and Filburt's creative differences, the final product is a poorly-drawn and poorly-edited mess. Unfortunately for Rachel, her plan backfires, as both the network executives and general public love it. Rachel's attempts to sabotage the show, such as having one episode show a jar of mayonnaise for ten minutes, and another episode consisting of overexposed film footage only make the show even more popular. It only takes one intellectually improved episode of the show to get it hated by the public and cancelled.
78	* [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 The 1960s Spider-Man cartoon]] counts. While the show did have many genuine fans, it also has a large So Bad, It's Good fandom. All the camp of the Adam West Batman show (being as it, like the Batman show, crawled out of the goldmine of So Bad It's Good that was UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age\|of Comic Books}}) add to that the most unsuitable voice ever for the guy who plays Spider-Man, low budget animation, and stock footage used over and over again, and it's very difficult for most viewers not to laugh at the hideous result.
79	** Funnily enough, unlike ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMdh4DkslVk it had a lot less network watch]], although there are still [[invoked]]UnfortunateImplications, it remains funny, plus it gave us this...
80	--->'''Spider-Man:''' This is for the man you killed.\
81	([[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome He punches Uncle Ben's murderer so hard he]] ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome breaks through the door]]'')
82	** The garish splattering of mismatched hues thrown all over the place (especially the sky) made New York City appear more radioactive than the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' universe.
83	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' is Super cheesy! It really hasn't aged well! And yet you can't stop watching — especially due to the {{camp}}!
84	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' had an in-universe example when Buster, Babs and Plucky decided to make a non-comedy film. One of the studio's heads actually mentioned the trope. He didn't like it enough to the point of giving them other serious roles but enough to readmit them in comedy.
85	* Gene Deitch was quite brilliant in his 1950s stylized modern work; he took the stodgy, flagging Terrytoons in an interesting direction. But when he took on the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' franchise in the early 1960s, it went in a whole weird Eastern European-filtered direction.
86	* ''WesternAnimation/TonyHawkInBoomBoomSabotage''. The villain is a [[RepulsiveRingmaster demented circus ringmaster]], and his [[TheDragon dragon]] is a vicious, snarling midget pirate; they have many HoYay moments. The heroes consist of five teenage skateboarders and DistressedDude Tony Hawk. The storyline is utterly disturbed and often takes a backseat to skateboarding sequences, the subtitles often render dialogue as 'unintelligible', and the [[SoOkayItsAverage animation]]... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking is satisfactory.]] Only because of all this is it worth seeing (with the subtitles on for maximum amusement).
87	* ''WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders'', which ditched the R-rated qualities of ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'' and replaced them with hilariously ridiculous dialogue, plots, and animation. Many things made no sense whatsoever: Toxie went to live in the town dump after his mom suggested it, even though she had no problem in later episodes visiting him or boasting that he's her son. He also mentions later that he and his friends need to "pay rent" -- [[FridgeLogic to the dump?!]] All the mutants were called, ''every single time,'' [[InsistentTerminology "hideously deformed mutants of superhuman size and strength."]] There were constant [[AssPull ass pulls]]: when a MadScientist creates french fries that turn anyone who eats them into nearsighted, forgetful old people - his own words - it turns out that putting pepper on them turns the mutagen chemicals into bubble gum, which negates the process. There is also a RunningGag in which the BigBad's main henchperson Psycho will predict, with eerie accuracy, ''exactly'' how their plans will be foiled. The BigBad [[TooDumbToLive never listens]]; once, he tells Psycho to stop spoiling things for him. There's also lampshade-hanging galore.
88	-->'''Junkyard''': Do we have time for a flashback?\
89	'''Toxie''': Oh sure! It'll probably take Killemoff some time to come up with a new plan to destroy us.
90	** After Killemoff loads a giant monster truck on a barge which predictably [[CassandraTruth (Psycho said it would)]] sinks the whole thing to the bottom of the river:
91	--->'''Killemoff:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall I thought this sort of thing only happened in cartoons.]]
92	* While some have managed to be VindicatedByHistory, most animated adaptions of video games, especially the earlier ones, tend to fall under this thanks to, often alongside other factors, being rife with cheesy and campy writing, hammy voice acting and other strange creative decisions.
93	** All three of the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDic'' cartoons fall into this, due to being loaded to the bursting point with outrageous animation errors, cringe-worthy writing, and HamAndCheese acting, which helped turned these series into [[FountainOfMemes Fountains of Memes]].
94	*** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65uNCLBTje0 ending theme]] for ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' cartoon. [[DanceSensation Do the Mario!]]... the Mario being a dance where, as explained by the man himself, you "swing your arms from side to side", then "take one step, and then again."
95	---->'''Crow:''' [[Literature/TheEyeOfArgon You mean walking?]]\
96	'''Mike:''' [[RunningGag Let's not jump to conclusions.]]
97	** ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster''. A teenager enters the world of Creator/{{Nintendo}} games. Every character he meets - [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont]], VideoGame/{{Mega Man\|Classic}}, [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]] ([[IAmNotShazam named Kid Icarus]]), [[YouDontLookLikeYou is very unlike their in-game counterpart]] and has a terrible, exaggerated personality. Mega Man is short and ''green'' and says "Mega" in almost every sentence. Kid Icarus does the same by ending most of his sentences with the suffix "-icus". Simon Belmont wears goggles and acts like a vain ladies' man. And that's just the characters. The plots aren't particularly good either. Neither is the voice acting, Mega Man has a ''really'' gravelly voice, and Princess Lana and Kevin sound bored most of the time.
98	** Take one of the most violent and overly innuendo-filled fighting game series of all time, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids attempt to make it family-friendly]], add a bespectacled tween magician for the young ones to associate with (''[[OlderThanTheyThink before]]'' ''Literature/HarryPotter'' took off), and you get the American ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' [[WesternAnimation/{{Darkstalkers}} animated series]], one of the best examples of unintentional So Bad It's Good ever. See why [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiHRLUIZzs4 here]].
99	*** There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdO-yO-bfrU Lord Raptor rapping]].
100	** The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 Legend of Zelda]]'' cartoon has been the butt of numerous jokes for its poor animation, out-of-character portrayals of Link and Zelda, and especially its campy and [[TotallyRadical "really rad"]] dialogue. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D5tkAUNFa4 Well, EXCUUUUUUUUSE me, princess!]]"
101	** ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', for starters, suffers from cheap, OffModel animation and terrible writing, thanks to a low budget and a five-days-a-week schedule that forced its creators to churn out episodes quickly rather than take the time to make them good. This show lasted longer and had more episodes than its counterpart ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM SatAM]]''. But it is great riffing material, and those faces are so expressive and make great [[MemeticMutation reaction pics]]. All of this contributed to make the show a FountainOfMemes ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyM1UGD8sqM SnooPING AS usual I see...]]" being the most prominent one).
102	*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcrtkiLEGbE Sonic the Hedgehog teaches us about sexual harassment...]] In one of the most over the top and noninformative ways possible.
103	--->'''Sonic''': Kids, there's nothing more cool than being hugged by someone you like. But if someone tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes YOU feel uncomfortable? [[TooSmartForStrangers That's NO GOOD!]]
104	** The second ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' cartoon, ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM SatAM]]'', is actually considered pretty good, even if it has [[InNameOnly little to do with the games]]. Though it still considered SoBadItsGood by some people due to awkward voice acting (Jim Cummings tried too hard to act evil, for example) and trying to be serious and falling flat as a result.[[note]]Sonic appearing to be younger than his game counterpart [[BrokenBase probably didn't help.]][[/note]] The ''third'' cartoon, ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', however, is either this or just plain bad depending on who you ask.
105	** The 90's ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' cartoon has an almost completely ironic fandom and is a veritable FountainOfMemes thanks to its lamentable animation, hammy acting (especially Richard Newman's M. Bison, who steals every scene he's in) and often stupid and strange writing.
106	** Most aspects of the ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' series actually aren't all that bad. The characters are accurate to their game counterparts and have likeable personalities (besides [[AdaptationalJerkass Candy]]), some of the jokes written for the show are genuinely funny, and though the mere presence of singing in the show can be unsettling to new viewers, the songs themselves aren't bad. However, it still tends to be mentioned in these sorts of situations because the ''animation'', perhaps the first thing people notice about cartoons, really ''is'' So Bad It's Good, and in some people's opinions has thus become by far the biggest reason to watch the show. The [[http://combotron.tumblr.com/post/37385685823/one-of-my-favourite-games-to-play-online-is-watch badly-deformed]] character models fall into the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley Uncanny Valley]] with such force, they bounce back out of its depths and, combined with [[https://youtu.be/5F0to-ATnrQ the good songs but with incredibly STUPID lyrics]], ultimately becomes ''extremely'' surreal and hilarious.
107	*** The moment the songs play are likewise completely silly and out of nowhere. For instance, the link above is a clip of DK breaking into singing after Eddie ''suggests going for snow cones''.
108	* This would also apply for most of Italian company Mondo TV's collaborative efforts with North Korea's SEK Studio when it came to certain shows.
109	** Their poster child of how absolutely insane things could possibly get with their TV shows (meaning it's connected and expanded upon in future outings) is with ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDP8JTVF9Zg&list=PLYXievo3ibiXTW0Oh49uXMye04auoS_8B Simba the King Lion]]''. What started out as a sort of rip-off of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' if it were presented as a TV show instead of a movie (not unlike ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' in a way) evolves into something where Simba gains strange powers that came through staring at the Sun, including shooting light out of one of his paws and the eventual power of seeing through time, with a final battle involving [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Shere Khan]] after Simba learns he commanded the humans to kill Simba's father, as well as killed Simba's mother himself. Oh yeah, and one of the episodes there was pretty much nothing more than a dance party. After that, it then evolves into...
110	** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2fE_1k92IQ&list=PLYXievo3ibiWa7jNzS54kV08KtCtAdlW8 Simba Jr. to the World Cup]]'', a sequel to Simba the King Lion where a dog named Winner gets kidnapped by someone and is taken away to New York City. From there, Simba recruits a bunch of animals, including a couple of anthropomorphic mice and [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology a dinosaur for some reason]], to travel to New York City (by entering a tree that's somehow a warp zone of sorts from the jungle to New York City) to find Winner and bring him back home. As you probably could tell, the insanity ramps up pretty quickly, and gets even weirder with the animals getting into a gang war with rats that have [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking flamethrowers, tanks, and roller blades]], to the point where a cat enters the fray... by having [[OurGhostsAreDifferent astral projection as a spirit]]. After Simba Jr. and his young friends help save Simba's own crew, they eventually find Winner... and it turns out he's actually ''a head coach for the animal World Cup'' for some unknown reason! And yet as weird as that gets, it only gets even weirder entering...
111	** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59mgqOmnXs&list=PLYXievo3ibiVJ35HWJ0kglhHB8TcDt7qN Winner and the Golden Child]]'', which opens with a weird, cheap looking (and sounding) intro, but after that segues into where the last episode of the previous series left off, which revolved around a vision of the Land of Dinosaurs (which also includes things like golem people that literally look like huge clumps of shit and knockoff Power Rangers) involving the reveal of a prophet boy named Ari (voiced by the original [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash Ketchum]], Creator/VeronicaTaylor) that's presumed to be the future king there. Ari ends up being raised into the same jungle that Simba and Simba Jr. are in as a means to save both worlds in the "Great Dinosaur War," which involves [[Literature/SnowWhite a great witch]] and the return of Shere Khan. Along the way, weird subplots come up like interspecies pedophilia between Fox the dog and a young lioness, as well as implied racism, before Simba's daughter is considered something along the lines of a goddess in the other land by the end of it. And guess what? Somehow, that main story that has a genuine war going on ends with a soccer match of sorts against Shere Khan and his side, which includes the great witch choking on a soccer ball that Ari kicks into her mouth before he hits her with a magic spell he learned along the way. Saberspark tries covering all aspects of each series to the best of his abilities, especially the last one before being at a loss for words on that one, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce6TAu6b4ek here.]] Arguably, one of the weirdest things about this show is that its characters were involved with a [[SoBadItsGood/{{Film}} movie called "Christmas In New York"]]. Well, that and the fact that it's a crossover show between what happened with "Simba the King Lion" and a show they did earlier called "The Legend of Snow White". And as Phelous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xbZFkgknAA noted,]] that "WesternAnimation/ChristmasInNewYork" film pretty much requires somewhere between 130 and 182 episodes of mostly obscure anime or cartoons to watch it properly in the first place.
112	* ''WesternAnimation/WildGrinders'' has awful animation, cliched plots that make no sense, and pretty much should be called teen stereotype TV. It has gotten to the point to where everyone who [[BileFascination watches it laughs at how bad it is.]]

Context SoBadItsGood / WesternAnimation