Fantastic Four: The Animated Series

Doomsday - S2-E13

Other mistake: When Dr. Doom is calling Thing an insufferable blot on the escutcheon of society, the stars in the night sky behind Doom are moving way too fast across the screen. (00:05:40)

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To Battle the Living Planet - S2-E6

Other mistake: This series is in the same continuity as the other Marvel animated series that aired around the same time - X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and The Incredible Hulk - by virtue of each aforementioned show crossing over with at least one of the others. However, early in this episode, the Fantastic Four receive help from the Avengers, and two of their members are Iron Man and She-Hulk. Iron Man is not a member of the Avengers in this universe, he is a member of Force Works. She-Hulk is not a member of the Avengers either. She is an attorney and is also frequently off doing missions with Bruce Banner/Hulk. (00:01:52)

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Nightmare in Green - S2-E9

Other mistake: This series is in the same continuity as the other Marvel animated series that aired around the same time - X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and The Incredible Hulk - by virtue of each aforementioned show crossing over with at least one of the others. However, the cameo appearance by Scarlet Spider in this episode creates a contradiction with Spider-Man, as in that series, Scarlet Spider was an alternate - and possibly cloned - version of Spider-Man from a different reality, who never visited the reality that this and the other Marvel shows take place in. (00:09:31)

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Nightmare in Green - S2-E9

Other mistake: When Dr. Doom's attendant is removing the wrapping from his left hand, in the first shot, he is simply holding onto the wrapping and moving his hand back and forth. (00:05:42)

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Nightmare in Green - S2-E9

Other mistake: When Johnny is asking Rick Jones where Dr. Banner is, he pulls up the sleeve of his glove to look at the time on his watch. However, there is no bulge on his wrist to indicate he is wearing a watch under the glove in the first place. (00:12:29)

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Behold the Negative Zone - S1-E12

Other mistake: When the heroes are looking over the footage of their fight with Annihilus, Reed has been drawn twice. He is both at the control panel, and behind himself and to the right. The one that is not at the control panel was meant to be Johnny. (00:10:01)

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Mole Man - S1-E11

Other mistake: When the heroes are running towards the window, you can see the light border of the inner window frame drawn around Thing's right arm and Reed and Sue's torsos, as if they had become translucent. (00:08:13)

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Mole Man - S1-E11

Other mistake: When Alicia takes the grape soda out of the fridge, she pours it into her cup without first opening the can. If the can was already opened, then its contents would have spilled out from oscillation when Thing was dancing with the fridge before he set it down. (00:03:05)

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The Mask of Doom: Part 2 - S1-E9

Other mistake: When Reed turns around and sees the huge spiked ball rolling towards him, Johnny and Thing, you can see that it is only a few dozen feet away from them at most, and is rolling towards them rapidly. Despite this, it takes more than 20 seconds for it to reach where they were standing. (00:05:00 - 00:05:23)

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The Mask of Doom: Part 1 - S1-E8

Other mistake: After Johnny frees Reed from his containment bubble, Reed stretches himself out of it, and Johnny can be seen hovering above and behind him in the background. Despite being in the background, Johnny's left knee somehow appears in front of Reed's body. (00:19:03)

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Nightmare in Green - S2-E9

Deliberate mistake: When Johnny is watching the news footage of the Hulk battling Thing, all the footage is merely clips from that portion of the episode, including parts of the battle that were happening before the camera crews even showed up. (00:02:50 - 00:07:20)

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Answer: Gleaned from the Internet: Much of the negative reaction was due to the poor, simplistic, and outdated quality of the animation where the characters moved stiffly and clumsily through scenes. There were also some obvious animation compositing gaffs. The animation colors were also criticized as being overly bright and cheery and out of character to the established story's darker tone. The broad humor of the first season was replaced by a more mature narrative between the characters.

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