22 Beloved Franchises (That Totally Lost It)

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22 Beloved Franchises (That Totally Lost It)

Franchising is a funny a thing. Sometimes, you strike gold and still remain faithful to the product -- even improving upon it. But mostly people are too eager to suck every single dime they can from an idea, until it's withered and unrecognizable in a wet gutter.

To help us illustrate this, we tapped on our favorite image wizard AuntieMeme to help us show you the worst offenders in pop culture history.

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In Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures. Pac-Ma and the Ms. live in a house and have kids. So instead of running through mazes and 72 fighting ghosts, you ge

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IN 1990, LINDd BLaIr REPRISED Her MOST Famous ROLE WITH a COMEDY caLleD REPOssessed. LINDA BLAIR NED BEATTY LESLIE NIELSEN REPOSSESSED Blair plays a L

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IN 1982, tHe PrOFeSSor WHO COULdN't patcH a boat buiLt a Space SHiP out OF Wood aNd FLEW tHe castaways to GiliGaNs PLanet. The show was cancelled afte

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In the final season of The Flintstones, Fred and Barney met an alien. His name was Gazoo, and he could teleport, time travel, and make objects appear

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A BOY NAMED SUE WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT INCEST. In the song, made famous by Johnny Cash, the title character learns that his father named him Sue to make

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