A fricking prostitute. Her brother was a real G though.
Her brother (and hoodsie) made the series. The most entertaining episodes involved them working together (like the one in which she gets bullied for not shaving her legs so her brother steals a dog grooming tool or some shit and helps her shave her shins so she can avoid condemnation.) Honestly the show was kind of odd. No idea what demo they were trying to appeal to. None of the characters were hot except maybe the braces guy and the only black girl.
Most the show was focused around the girls and their interactions
Coming out in 2nd grade as a boy saying you like this show is the equivalent of coming out trans in todays context
I was in the 8th and 9th grade when I watched this zoomer.
3 months ago
Anonymous
It was one of the best shows Nick ever aired. Still kinda surprised it was both made and given the chance to have a decently lengthy run. It filled the void of the Helga Pataki teenage-years show they wanted to make, but never did.
Very different sort of character, though. Ginger was substantialy sweeter and more heroic. Helga was a b***h from hell, but she was funny as frick, intensely relatable, and had a real integrity to her that her wickedness never subsumed. I wish we could've had her show as well as ATbG.
3 months ago
Anonymous
People always focus on the art style but the characters and story were more mature than people gave it credit for. Some of the storylines were quite emotive and dark at times. Like the death of a teacher or people thinking Ginger is suicidal because of a poem she wrote. And these consequences lasting for quite a few episodes and not brushed under the rug the next week like The Simpsons.
God I fricking hated Doug. He has these autistic schizo episodes where he dressed like a moron with his underwear over his shorts, he was beta as frick since Pati friend zoned him hard and the characters in that show looked awful with their weird colors. Even as a kid I could tell Doug was a self insert of the creator, and I'm sure most of you have read that story where he actually met the real life Pati as an adult, where they met for dinner and Pati was married.
Doug had that Uncle Grandpa energy, didn't it? Like, whats going on here? This world, whats that?
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Her brother (and hoodsie) made the series. The most entertaining episodes involved them working together (like the one in which she gets bullied for not shaving her legs so her brother steals a dog grooming tool or some shit and helps her shave her shins so she can avoid condemnation.) Honestly the show was kind of odd. No idea what demo they were trying to appeal to. None of the characters were hot except maybe the braces guy and the only black girl.
It was a real specific animation, and thats why it was so fricking good. It felt like a real piece of art sometimes.
Yeah I was in 6th grade when the show aired. If you liked Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney, or Kids WB/Fox Kids you were a total outcast and mocked mercilessly.
Unfortunately for me, that was all I watched at the time and had no interest in the 1 socially acceptable channel you could watch (MTV). I tried to watch MTV to fit in but it just made me bored. I pretty much watched the entire spectrum of CN/Nick/Disney from 1994-2007 though
as for As Told By Ginger, its art style is offputting but the writing for its genre is leagues above the competitors like Doug, Caitlain's Way, early Degrassi (yes I said it, Degrassi was shit until season 3), Brothers Garcia, etc... Only Hey Arnold could compete, and it was way more wacky and irreverent so not really the same.
what the frick are you talking about. it was totally acceptable for 6th graders in 2000 to watch cartoon network and nickelodeon. Sure some kids watched some MTV like TRL or just videos, but it wasn't the only thing people watched
i used to come from middle school everyday and watch pbs since that’s all i had to watch even though i was too old for it
for a while it’d always be curious george but i stopped watching it after my mom started making fun of me by making monkey noises
I loved that shit so damm hard. It was top Kino, but i never felt guilty, and was not even homosexual.
All I remember was how she friendzoned her black bff but then got mad when he started dating girls once he got his headgear removed.
A fricking prostitute. Her brother was a real G though.
don’t forget the man hoodsie
I loved that mf. Also, the opening music was insane to my children ears, better than any other on Nick at the time.
The opening song was done by Macy Grey she's based and makes great soul music.
Frick, how can soul music be so fricking good.
Her brother (and hoodsie) made the series. The most entertaining episodes involved them working together (like the one in which she gets bullied for not shaving her legs so her brother steals a dog grooming tool or some shit and helps her shave her shins so she can avoid condemnation.) Honestly the show was kind of odd. No idea what demo they were trying to appeal to. None of the characters were hot except maybe the braces guy and the only black girl.
Karl and Hoodsie appeal to the boys.
Ginger and company appeal to the girls.
I like the romance girly side of the show and the shenanigans of the boys.
What do you mean you like the girly side?
Most the show was focused around the girls and their interactions
I was in the 8th and 9th grade when I watched this zoomer.
It was one of the best shows Nick ever aired. Still kinda surprised it was both made and given the chance to have a decently lengthy run. It filled the void of the Helga Pataki teenage-years show they wanted to make, but never did.
Very different sort of character, though. Ginger was substantialy sweeter and more heroic. Helga was a b***h from hell, but she was funny as frick, intensely relatable, and had a real integrity to her that her wickedness never subsumed. I wish we could've had her show as well as ATbG.
People always focus on the art style but the characters and story were more mature than people gave it credit for. Some of the storylines were quite emotive and dark at times. Like the death of a teacher or people thinking Ginger is suicidal because of a poem she wrote. And these consequences lasting for quite a few episodes and not brushed under the rug the next week like The Simpsons.
Did Courtney ever get to lez out with Ginge?
>No idea what demo they were trying to appeal to
tweens and young teens. it's why it was one of the anchors when they launched TeeNick
It was a teen drama meant to appeal to people who grew up on prior 90's media or something like Dawsons Creek.
Good show, way better than Doug
God I fricking hated Doug. He has these autistic schizo episodes where he dressed like a moron with his underwear over his shorts, he was beta as frick since Pati friend zoned him hard and the characters in that show looked awful with their weird colors. Even as a kid I could tell Doug was a self insert of the creator, and I'm sure most of you have read that story where he actually met the real life Pati as an adult, where they met for dinner and Pati was married.
Doug had that Uncle Grandpa energy, didn't it? Like, whats going on here? This world, whats that?
It was a real specific animation, and thats why it was so fricking good. It felt like a real piece of art sometimes.
Since when is her name not Eliza Thornberry?
Coming out in 2nd grade as a boy saying you like this show is the equivalent of coming out trans in todays context
Yeah I was in 6th grade when the show aired. If you liked Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney, or Kids WB/Fox Kids you were a total outcast and mocked mercilessly.
Unfortunately for me, that was all I watched at the time and had no interest in the 1 socially acceptable channel you could watch (MTV). I tried to watch MTV to fit in but it just made me bored. I pretty much watched the entire spectrum of CN/Nick/Disney from 1994-2007 though
as for As Told By Ginger, its art style is offputting but the writing for its genre is leagues above the competitors like Doug, Caitlain's Way, early Degrassi (yes I said it, Degrassi was shit until season 3), Brothers Garcia, etc... Only Hey Arnold could compete, and it was way more wacky and irreverent so not really the same.
what the frick are you talking about. it was totally acceptable for 6th graders in 2000 to watch cartoon network and nickelodeon. Sure some kids watched some MTV like TRL or just videos, but it wasn't the only thing people watched
i used to come from middle school everyday and watch pbs since that’s all i had to watch even though i was too old for it
for a while it’d always be curious george but i stopped watching it after my mom started making fun of me by making monkey noises
Absolutely screams of Judaism.
this is my first time hearing of this show and i exclusively watched nickelodeon & cartoon network as a kid
Sailor Moon
I knew I wasn't gay when I found this show utterly fricking boring.
The episode where she writes a poem and everybody thinks it's about suicide was too weird for my young brain.
Why? It's really good.
>selective dyslexia strikes again
Woe.