Some movies were made to have their story continue on the smaller screen. The 1980s and 90s were a prime example of this, as just about every week there seemed to be a new cartoon based on a recent film being broadcast. Some it was great! I’m talking stuff like Men In Black, Jumanji and Extreme Ghostbusters. And then some of the choices for adaptations were just downright weird. Here’s ten such baffling choices which somehow made it from the drawing board and onto TV.

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Have you ever come out of a movie and thought to yourself, “Gee whizz, I wish that movie starring Mark Wahlberg as a porn star was a TV show!”? Well I can’t help you with that, I’m afraid. What I can do however, is point you in the direction of several other TV shows that jumped from the big screen …

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