History YMMV / CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue

* InformedWrongness: Michelangelo of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' chastises Mikey for trying to get his wallet back after it's stolen. Bear in mind that not 5 minutes ago, Mikey was chastised for stealing a piggy bank, giving the impression that both stealing ''and'' getting your stolen things back are bad. It could be {{Hand Wave}}d as Michelangelo getting Mikey to focus on one thing at a time.

** [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Simon]] calling marijuana "an unlawful substance", considering that marijuana can be prescribed for medicinal purposes, and Canada and several US States have legalized it (although to be fair it would still be illegail for Michael to buy, as he is a minor).

** [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Simon]] calling marijuana "an unlawful substance", considering that marijuana can be prescribed for medicinal purposes, and Canada has legalized it since 2018.

* {{Narm}}: There an unintentional hilariousness to hearing Bugs Bunny and Simon Seville talk about joints and marijuana.

** This might also be a little hard to hear for ALF fans. Looney Tunes, Pooh, Garfield, Smurfs and Ghostbusters have become timeless characters and even entertain to this day. Ducktales and Muppet Babies have survived thanks to [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017 new]] [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018 reboots]]. Alvin has his new [[Film/AlvinandtheChipmunks movies]]. ALF? Nothing. [[note]] Save for the occasional cameo on ''Series/MrRobot'', ''Series/YoungSheldon'' & ''WesternAnimation/{{Duncanville}}'' [[/note]]

** This might also be a little hard to hear for ALF fans. Looney Tunes, Pooh, Garfield, Smurfs and Ghostbusters have become timeless characters and even entertain to this day. Ducktales and Muppet Babies have survived thanks to [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017 new]] [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018 reboots]]. Alvin has his new [[Film/AlvinandtheChipmunks movies]]. ALF? Nothing.

** On ''Series/{{Last Week Tonight|WithJohnOliver}}'', Creator/JohnOliver played a portion of ''Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue'' (as a depiction of how much of an Anti-Drug fervor we were in the 80s and 90s) before mentioning this FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:

** Michael's voice actor, Creator/JasonMarsden, would later voice Myron in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', an immoral TeenGenius who invented a very harmful drug specifically designed to be addictive. Guess he didn't learn to say no to drugs after all.

** This might also be a little hard to hear for ALF fans. Looney Tunes, Pooh, Garfield, Smurfs and Ghostbusters have become timeless characters and even entertain to this day. Ducktales and Muppet Babies have survived thanks to [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017 new]] [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018 reboots]]. Alvin has his new movies. ALF? Nothing.

* EarWorm: "Wonderful Ways to Say No" is extremely catchy.

** Michael's voice actor, Creator/JasonMarsden, would later voice Myron in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', an immoral TeenGenius who invented a very harmful drug specifically designed to be addictive.

** Michelangelo of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' chastises Mikey for trying to get his wallet after it's stolen. Bear in mind that not 5 minutes ago, Mikey was chastised for stealing a piggy bank, giving the impression that both stealing ''and'' getting your stolen things back are bad. It could be {{Hand Wave}}d as Michelangelo getting Mikey to focus on one thing at a time.

** [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Simon]] calling marijuana "an unlawful substance", considering that marijuana can be prescribed for medicinal purpose, and Canada is about to legalize it.

** Michelangelo of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' chastises Mikey for trying to get his wallet after it's stolen. Bear in mind that not 5 minutes ago, Mikey was chastised for stealing a piggy bank., giving the impression that both stealing ''and'' getting your stolen things back are bad. It could be {{Hand Wave}}d as Michelangelo getting Mikey to focus on one thing at a time.

** Michelangelo of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' chastises Mikey for trying to get his wallet after it's stolen. Bear in mind that not 5 minutes ago, Mikey was chastised for stealing a piggy bank. Stealing is bad, getting your stolen things back is also bad? It could be {{Hand Wave}}d as Michelangelo getting Mikey to focus on one thing at a time, because as we all know, drugs are more important than money.

** Never mind the overall bizarre tone of the special. There's a truly [[MindScrew mind-breaking]] dream sequence right about when Mikey hits rock-bottom.

* TearJerker: It can be a bit heartbreaking to hear Winne-the-Pooh and Tigger singing about how the viewer will [[GrowingUpSucks outgrow them]] and perhaps forget them.

* {{Anvilicious}}: There is nothing in the world more anvilicious than this special, except possibly flashing ''' "DRUGS ARE BAD FOR YOU" ''' for half an hour. It actually tries to drop multiple anvils at once: the anti-drug one, the one about talking to others if you know someone's on drugs and/or committing crimes because of drugs, and [[ParentalBonus one for the parents about watching your children like hawks for any sign of deviance]]. While the third is pretty groan-inducing as well, the Corey subplot [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped actually makes the good point]] that confronting problems like this directly is the best way to keep a family unit healthy, so [[AnAesop this one]] usually gets the fewest complaints.

* HilariousInHindsight: Bugs uses a time machine in the middle of the story. In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', he's a ScienceHero who gets involved in a time travel plot.

* HeartwarmingMoments: Pooh has some genuinely sweet moments in the special through his friendship with Corey and encouraging her to tell her parents about Michael.

** [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Simon]] calling marijuana "an unlawful substence" considering that marijuana can be prescribed for medicinal purpose and Canada is about to legalizing it.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: An official crossover starring popular characters from UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation ''and'' a few from ''UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation''… As WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic pointed out, it's too bad this coincided with a preachy special about a teenager with drug problems. And even then, they had to make this a FakeCrossover by having the characters come to life from merchandise items, ''Toy Story'' style, rather than admitting the characters were themselves.

* {{Anvilicious}}: There is nothing in the world more anvilicious than this special, except possibly flashing ''' "DRUGS ARE BAD FOR YOU" ''' for half an hour (which might be just as entertaining in a weird way, if not more so). It actually tries to drop multiple anvils at once: the anti-drug one, the one about talking to others if you know someone's on drugs and/or committing crimes because of drugs, and [[ParentalBonus one for the parents about watching your children like hawks for any sign of deviance]]. While the third is pretty groan-inducing as well, the Corey subplot [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped actually makes the good point]] that confronting problems like this directly is the best way to keep a family unit healthy, so [[AnAesop this one]] usually gets the fewest complaints.
* EarWorm: "Wonderful Ways to Say No", oddly enough.

* NightmareFuel: Never mind the overall bizarre tone of the special. There's a truly [[MindScrew mind-breaking]] dream sequence right about when Mikey hits rock-bottom.

* UnfortunateImplications: ''Slate Magazine'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpk0L42jgE discusses this regarding Corey]]:
--> '''Mark Gordon Legan:''' As our movie starts, a pot crazed brother is stealing from his cute, [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome Aryan-looking sister]].
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Considering the intent of the special, that's a stupid question to ask. Then again, if you look at it with a cynical eye, then it does feel like someone had to have been on drugs to come up with something this batshit insane. Simon from ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' explaining what marijuana on its own is a little mind-bending, and the dream sequence as Mikey bottoms out is pretty psychedelic.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Considering the intent of the special, that's a stupid question to ask. Then again, if you look at it with a cynical eye, then it does feel like someone had to have been on drugs to come up with something this batshit insane. Simon from ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' explaining what marijuana on its own is a little mind-bending, and the dream sequence as Mikey bottoms out is pretty psychedelic.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As noted above, while most of the intended preaching of the special is just groan-inducing, the Corey subplot is actually handled very well and a shockingly realistic portrayal of a younger sibling trying to figure out how to help her older sibling with the self-destructive behavior he's exhibiting... and making the right call of trying to confront the problem head-on, rather than beating around the bush or letting it fester.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Considering the intent of the special, that's a stupid question to ask. Then again, if you look at it with a cynical eye, then it does feel like someone had to have been on drugs to come up with something this batshit insane. Simon from ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' explaining what marijuana on its own is a little mind-bending.