Judge Dismisses Former Donkey Kong Record Holder’s Lawsuit Against Cartoon Network

Video gamer Mitchell, former world record-holder for high scores in Donkey Kong and Pac-Man, has lost his lawsuit against the network and Turner Broadcasting. Cartoon Network said the floating, bearded head that cheats to win an arcade game is a transformative depiction of Mitchell.

A New Jersey Federal District Judge ruled that Regular Show is protected by the First Amendment and that the character’s traits were intentionally exaggerated to make him look “cartoonishly evil”. He’s portrayed as the villian of the piece as science teacher Steve Weibe attempts to break Mitchell’s Donkey Kong record.

Stay on topic – This helps keep the thread focused on the discussion at hand. He was the first to surpass one million points on Pac-Man and Ms Pac-Man, and was featured in the 2007 documentary “The King of Kong”.

“When Garret Bobby Ferguson loses his title”, Thompson continued-presumably while thinking to herself, “why am I mediating a frivolous lawsuit between the makers of a cartoon for stoners and some stroke who sells hot sauce?”-“the character literally explodes, unlike Plaintiff”.

Because of this, Mitchell took Cartoon Network to court over the use of his apparent likeness. Mitchell was unhappy with an animated character on The Regular Show named Garrett Bobby Ferguson (GBF) – who, like Mitchell, has long hair and a beard and is a video game expert – saying that it was an invasion of privacy and a misappropriation of his likeness for commercial gain.

The television character does not match the plaintiff in appearance.