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Animation Age Ghetto: An attempted aversion, which failed thanks to Executive Meddling. The film was still fairly adult, but this time, not in a good way.
Ass Pull: At the end of the movie we learn that if a Noid is killed by a Doodle, then the Noid is reborn as a Doodle. This happens to Frank when Holli kills him.
They Copied It, So It Sucks: It doesn't help that this was released only 4 years after Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Bakshi even said it wasn't an inspiration, but Paramount probably only bought his script because of Roger Rabbit).
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Despite/Because of how much of an abysmal failure this movie was, it raised a lot of questions that were never answered, the aforementioned Ass Pull and knowing the Executive Meddling, would've unleashed a pack of Voodoo Sharks to rival the end's onslaught of toons if given a sequel. We never know why/how Frank and Lonette hooked up other than an obligatory love interest/PetTheDog, how many guys have been to Cool World since (or even before) Frank arrived since he implied Holli brings men in often, we don't know how often the above Ass Pull has been pulled (or if this explains Lonette's sanity, which just leads to a possible Voodoo Shark, itself,) why/how did the Death by Sex Rule come about when Holli and Lonette seem to be the only doable women in all of Cool World and... basically, when fanfiction writers can come up with better explanations and more compelling stories than what you've given your audience, you've fucked up royally.
There is a brief mention at the end when Lonette says something like "Do you remember all of those people who get killed by Doodles? They become Doodles themselves", which indicates that it happens rather frequently. But still...
What the Hell Casting Agency: Although he did an adequate job portraying Jack Deebs as a total wuss, Gabriel Byrne isn't most peoples idea of what a gonzo underground cartoonist looks like (think Robert Crumb). Strangely enough, at an early stage in the films development, Brad Pitt was considered for the role of Jack Deebs which would have been totally wrong.