Rihanna Sunk My Battleship! Snakkle Looks Back at Other Movies Based on Games and Toys

Toy: American Girl Doll Kit Kittredge

Introduced as the seventh American Girl doll in 2000, Kit is their representation of the Great Depression.

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HBO Films/Picturehouse

Kit Kittredge: American Girl (2008)

Abigail Breslin starred in this 2008 adaptation of the toy and book series of the same name. She shared screen time with Julia Ormond, Chris O’Donnell, Jane Krakowski, and Willow Smith.

Toy: Mr. Potato Head

Everyone’s old friend Mr. Potato Head started out in the '50s as bits of plastic included in cereal boxes that you actually stuck into real potatoes! He later became all plastic and met a nice girl.

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Disney/Pixar

Toy Story (1995)

Pixar’s first film, Toy Story (and its sequels) incorporated many of our favorite childhood toys like Mr. Potato Head and gave them life and hilarious one-liners.

Toy: My Little Pony

In the early '80s, kids were rushing to collect these cute-bottomed horses with long, flowing hair.

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My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)

Not only was there a My Little Pony movie, but it starred Danny DeVito, Madeline Kahn (our friend from Clue), Cloris Leachman, Rhea Perlman, and Tony Randall! Simpler times, people.

Toy: Mars Attacks Trading Cards

These bubble-clad brains were released in 1962 as a series of trading cards that only a mother could love—or hate, because they were actually pretty racy!

Warner Bros

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Not exactly a darling with critics (or audiences), this Tim Burton black comedy featured Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker… and Tom Jones as himself!

Toy: Bratz Dolls

These bobble-headed girls were introduced in 2001 to cater to girls who yearned for more fashion-conscious dolls than Barbie.

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Lionsgate

Bratz (2007)

It must have been difficult finding girls whose heads were that much bigger than their bodies, but Lionsgate did it in 2007! And they got Jon Voight to costar as well.

Toy: Transformers

Robots in disguise! Transformers were more than meets the eye, and kids in the '80s and '90s went wild for them.

Dreamworks

Transformers (2007)

Shia LaBeouf starred in this Michael Bay joint featuring Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and Jon Voight, showing his love for the toy-based movies once again.

Toy: G.I. Joe

His full name is “Government Issued” Joe, and he was introduced by Hasbro back in the '60s to quickly become an American icon.

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Paramount

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

America’s favorite action figure came to life via Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid, Marlon Wayans, and Rachel Nichols in 2009. Though based largely on the toy, The Rise of Cobra also hinged on the comic series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.

Game: Clue

This wildly popular murder mystery board game was introduced as Cluedo in England in 1949. Of course, when we Americans got our hands on it, we changed the name and some game details, because that’s how we roll the dice here.

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Paramount/Everett Collection

Clue (1985)

Despite the all-star cast, Clue only found cult popularity. Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren, and Michael McKean romped around a creaky mansion trying to determine who killed whom with what. Depending on which ending you saw in the theater, the case was solved. Check out our scoop on The Hub's TV reboot based on the game!

Game: Battleship

Introduced as a Sudoku-looking pencil game in 1943, Battleship took off and developed into a computerized, then electronic two-player matchup of who can sink whose battleship first.

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Frank Masi/Universal Studios

Battleship (2012)

Music superstar Rihanna makes her big-screen debut opposite Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, and Alexander Skarsgard in what we can only assume is a movie full of artistic license, given what they were working with.