5 Cartoon Favorites That Failed As Movies Cartoons Brought To Life (That Never Should Have Been)

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Almost every child has imagined his favorite cartoon character turning into a real person or animal. Who wouldn't want to hang out with a dog that can talk or a friend who solves mysteries?

Apparently quite a few movie studio execs had these same thoughts when they decided to bring small screen cartoon characters to the big screen using actors instead of drawings.

Some of these endeavors were relatively successful. For example, although critics' opinions were mixed, "Transformers" and its two sequels have proven to be huge commercial successes. Unfortunately, more often than not, cartoon characters that turn from cute animations to real actors wearing goofy costumes and spouting ridiculous dialogue, tend not to fare so well.

As we wonder where live-action movie adaptation of "The Smurfs," the much-beloved 1980s TV cartoon, will fall on that scale, here are the five worst cartoon-to-movie adaptations that we wish had never been made.

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