The Cool Adventures of Chocodile (Johnsonverse)

The Cool Adventures of Chocodile is an American live-action television series that aired on JTV from September 29, 1984 to April 25, 1987. The series, based on the Chocodile series, focuses on the exploits of Chocodile, and his friends Vanillagator and Caracaimin. It was created by Daniel J. Stacker.

History
In 1981, Stacker and Associates bought Johnson Industries.

Theme song
Its theme song was a synthesized cover of the Chocodile theme, with lyrics describing the show's "coolness" and full of '80s slang, and contained dialogue parts from Chocodile, Vanillagator, and Caracaimin saying their names in a "roll call" as they come out of the Chocodile Clubhouse. They all throw confetti, forming the show's logo. They all say "So bad!" simultaneously, appropriately summing the series up.

Characters

 * Chocodile (voiced by Mel Blanc) is the leader of the Chocodile Gang; unlike past depictions he is a deadpan snarker with a chip in his shoulder.
 * Vanillagator (voiced by Don Messick) is Chocodile's so-called "best friend".
 * Caracaimin (voiced by Tony Pope)
 * Larry (voiced by Mel Blanc) is Chocodile's rival.
 * Cherridile (voiced by June Foray) is Chocodile's girlfriend.
 * Solomon (played by Daniel J. Stacker) is Chocodile's nemesis.
 * Phil Sourfox (voiced by Avery Schreiber) is a recurring antagonist. It is rumored that he's modeled after Stacker himself; the villain made no appearances in the third season after Stacker ordered the character to be written out due to an episode mocking JTV's decline at the time in a banned episode.

Reception
Upon release, the series was decried by critics. The New York Times called it "a perversion of the beloved franchise", while Forbes called it "Johnson's biggest blunder yet". Future Johnson CEO Sheldon Johnson, Jr. has gone on record as calling the series "misbegotten" and compared Vanillagator and Caracaimin to Scrappy-Doo, a character from the Scooby-Doo franchise that was also hated by many. Blanc, Messick, and Pope also disowned the series as well. The book ''What Were They Thinking?! The 100 Dumbest Moments in Television History'' placed it at #29, and it has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 0%. It is considered one of the worst TV series of all time, and is considered the nadir of the Phil Stacker era of Johnson Industries.

It is rumored that the series was so bad, that after Stacker's resignation, Johnson burned all master copies of the series. It was never rerun after its cancellation, and all writing credits were suppressed. Phil Stacker and Daniel J. Stacker have gone on record as denying the series' existence.