Gritty Reboot

[tredlow]

First poster names a franchise, then the next one thinks up a description of a gritty reboot of it, and say another franchise, etc.

I'll start...

Teletubbies.

[Samman28]

Someone has a funeral.

The Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy

[The Mighty M]

Mandy dies.

The Mighty Boosh

[Jon NA]

Bush: Mighty Boosh LIVES (through name change)

A Series of unfortunate Events

[Remolay]

Olaf kills one of the orphans.


Sesame Street

[coolsome]

Bert gets AIDS

Yu-Gi-Oh

[GeorgeC]

Post apocalyptic Asian Civil war.

Sam & Max

[Remolay]

Bosco becomes an evil genius and uses his inventions as weapons of mass destruction.


The IT Crowd

[Mr Nutt]

Moss has a break down and kills Douglas Reynholm.


Samurai Pizza Cats

[StrongBrush1]

They're all aliens from outer space. Oh, and they all carry huge-ass guns. Did I mention Michael Bay was directing this?

Toy Story.

[Jennifer]

Toy Story.
Woody dismantles Buzz. When the toys complain about it, he sets all the toys on fire and molds all of their melted toy parts into a statue of himself.

Reboot

[Kitz]

Dot intentionally gets Bob nullified so she can see someone else.

Care Bears.

[Remolay]

Scare bears.


Blues Clues.

[FrankT]

There's a war over who the real Steve should be! (There are two different Steves, you see.)

King of the Hill!

[StrongBrush1]

After Luanne is killed by a rampaging criminal, Hank and his family decide to take matters into their own hands and hunt the killer down, stopping all crime wherever they go.

Animaniacs

[FrankT]

Animaniacs? Try.... LIVE-ACTIONiacs! HA! HA HA! :D

Bottom

[Mr Nutt]

Eddie and Richard are on the run from One Legged Mad Dog Keith McFrenzy for some vague reason. With each episode he gets closer to killing them.

Thomas & Friends

[Remolay]

Sir Topham Hatt frames Gordon for murder, the other engines set out to clear his name.

Hamtaro

[lovetodo22]

Lube is introduced to the show and the Ham-Hams enter a strange wet tight corridor.

Sam and Max

[Sausy Gibbon]

After for years of leaving the relationship a secret Sam and Max finally come out of the closet. The emotional series follows how they face prejudice and other gay issues in a shift from their usual comic adventures.

Are You Being Served

[FrankT]

Grace Brothers is crippled by the recession, and the series explores the troubling financial fallout for the employees and customers.

Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?

[Remolay]

Robot Jones is sent to high school to acquire human knowledge to prepare for the robot uprising. Only one human female will be spared, Shannon Westerburg. She instead will be converted into a robot so she may live forever.


Gullah Gullah Island

[Chyron8472]

Binyah Binyah Polliwog mutates into Godzilla and kills everyone. The end.



Winnie the Pooh

[Mr Nutt]

After Winnie can no longer get a buzz from his honey addiction he moves onto *drug of your choice*... also Tigger eats Piglet.

I Wonder What Happens In Tales Of Monkey Island

[Noname215]

Guybrush divorces Elaine after she starts drinking to much. Eliane, in retaliation, shoots Guybrush in the head.

Dexter’s Laboratory

[Shadowknight1]

Dexter is bullied at school, but even more so by Mandark, the one brainy kid that even bullies don't pick on. When Dexter creates a mechanized exo-suit to give him added strength to fight back against the constant bullying, he is suddenly the hero of the school and Mandark is now seen for the charlatan he is. Mandark snaps and creates his own technological marvels and breaks into Dexter's house. He begins to destroy the laboratory where Dexter created his exo-suit, and Dexter's sister Dee Dee tries to stop him. Dexter returns home to find his lab in ruins with his sister dying. Dexter then makes a vow to stop Mandark, no matter the cost.

The Last Starfighter.

[Noname215]

The kid dies of blood clotting before the military guys can recruit him to fight the aliens, therefore the world as we know it is obliterated.

Samurai Jack