15 Facts About '80s Cartoons You Never Knew
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Any fan of Saturday morning cartoons needs to know these facts!
1. In the spin-off cartoon, ALF is given a real name, Gordon Shumway.
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In the live action show ALF stood for Alien Life Form.
2. Brad Garrett played Hulk Hogan on Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling.
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3. Ma Beagle from DuckTales is based on Ba Barker from the Barker-Karpis gang.
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4. Muppet Babies originated as a sequence in The Muppets Take Manhaattan.
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5. Howie Mandel played Baby Animal, Bunsen and Skeeter for two seasons of Muppet Babies
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Dave Coulier took over for Mandel when he left the show.
6. Jem was originally a doll created to compete with Barbie.
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The TV show came after to promote the dolls.
7. Jem's name was originally going to be simply "M."
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It stood for Music, Magic and Mystique.
8. In 65 episodes of Jem there are 151 different songs and 187 music videos.
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9. After Mattel passed on buying the rights to create a Star Wars toy line, they created the He-Man.
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Like Jem, the TV show came after the toys.
10. The name Optimus Prime is a combination of the Latin words for "best" and "first."
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11. Rainbow Brite's real name is Wisp.
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12. The first five episodes of She-Ra: Princess of Power were just the animated movie The Secret of the Sword cut up for TV.
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13. Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air played Shredder on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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14. The Smurfs became a TV show after NBC President Fred Silverman saw his daughter playing with a Smurfs stuffed animal.
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15. The Smurfs once killed a villain by singing him to death.
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It happened on The Smurfs' Christmas Special
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