Animated Movie Characters Vs. Live-Action Versions

Who didn’t love watching cartoons and reading comics growing up?

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To start, here’s the animated version of the Grinch in the 1966 television special:

And Jim Carrey as the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000):

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Here’s the cartoon version of the Scooby-Doo gang doing what they do best, solving mysteries:

And here’s the live-action version of the crew with Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne, Freddie Prinze Jr. as Fred, Linda Cardellini as Velma, and Matthew Lillard as Shaggy in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004):

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Here’s the original Dora the Explorer that premiered on Nickelodeon in 2000:

And Isabela Merced as the live-action version of Dora in the feature film, Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019):

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Here are Josie and the Pussycats featured in the CBS TV series that aired during the early ’70s:

And Tara Reid as Melody Valentine, Rachael Leigh Cook as Josie McCoy, and Rosario Dawson as Valerie Brown in Josie and the Pussycats (2001):

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Here’s The Cat in the Hat we remember from the TV special that aired in 1971:

And Mike Meyers’ version of the childhood icon in The Cat in the Hat (2003):

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Here’s the animated version of Fred Flintstone back in the ’60s:

And John Goodman as Fred in The Flintstones (1994):

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Here’s the OG version of Speed Racer made famous in the ’60s:

And Emile Hirsch as a live-action version of Speed Racer in 2008:

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Here’s Christopher Robin in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh that originated in 1988:

And Ewan McGregor playing the title character in Christopher Robin (2018):

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Here’s the animated version of Inspector Gadget in the mid-’90s:

And Matthew Broderick flying around as Inspector Gadget in 1999:

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Here’s Fat Albert when he appeared in Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids between the ’70s and ’80s:

And Kenan Thompson as the live-action Fat Albert in 2004:

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Here’s Dennis the Menace in the CBS television series based on the comic strip:

And Mason Gamble as the real-life version of Dennis in 1993:

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Here’s Bloom in Nickelodeon’s animated series, Winx Club:

And Abigail Cowen as Bloom in Netflix’s Fate: The Winx Saga:

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Here’s Gargamel in the animated TV series, The Smurfs:

And Hank Azaria as the live-action Gargamel in The Smurfs (2011):

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Here’s Veronica, Archie, and Betty from the Archie comics:

And KJ Apa as Archie, Lili Reinhart as Betty, and Camila Mendes as Veronica in Riverdale:

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Finally, here’s Aang getting prepped for battle in Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender:

And Noah Ringer as Aang in The Last Airbender (2010):