The classic cartoon Underdog is making a comeback in two very different ways.

First, there’s the Disney film that has taken Underdog to the live-action realm starring Jason Lee as the voice of the canine superhero in the title role.

Here’s the recently-released teaser trailer:

I can’t imagine this movie is going to do any better than the live-action Scooby Doo films that came out a few years ago. The slogan “One Nation, Under Dog” is inevitably going to offend someone. Personally, translating a great cartoon dog to a live-action one offends me enough… though I can’t say that the CG Garfield was any better. Some things should just be left in 2D.

The other comeback for Underdog is via Mezco, a toy company. They’re developing a new line of figures based on Underdog that are wonderful 3D representations of the original 2D characters. They premiered some of them at Toy Fair:

Link to the full gallery of images

I’m much more excited about this Mezco figure line than about the live-action film. I’ll definitely be grabbing at least one of those cool Underdog figures.