ITT: Shows people loved while it was airing but then hated after it finished.
I remember Foster's being insanely popular back in the day and had a pretty consistent pirating scene because people were eager to watch the episodes (It was also easier to upload entire episodes on YouTube and get away with it). Now all online discussion about the show is how the characters are buttholes and the show is frustrating to watch.
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i think its just the change in audience, modern audiences are used to different things
the fact that it had such a vast pirating sea means it was adults who liked it back in the day too, so you cant make the "kids will watch everything" excuse, it just appealed to a different gen
>means it was adults who liked it back in the day too
And teenagers. I was like, 14 when I discovered torrenting and shows/movies being shared on Megaupload. Foster's, South Park, Boondocks, and Invader ZIM were some things I remember looking out for episode downloads of.
I'm gonna guess there were a lot more teens who watched Foster's than we think specifically because the humor was so fricked up and mean at times. I remember thinking that type of humor was hilarious and that Happy Tree Friends was a lot of fun.
Most people here still like the show (and Frankie).
I used to love it for the artstyle and the wacky character designs. Was I blinded by the bright colors?
People like Frankie (and the show).
I liked the art direction and soundtrack a lot more than the show itself. And Frankie, too
People like Frankie (and Frankie).
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Doug
Cow and Chicken
Wild Thornberries
Rocket Power
Gravity Falls
Shark Tale
Donkey Kong Country cartoon
Did people actually like the Wild Thornberries?
I liked it. I related to the travel aspect as my family moved around a lot (not filming a nature documentary mind you) and was fun to see where they'd end up every episode. Loved the Finland episode since so few shows even know it exists.
I've never heard people shit talking Doug, Thornberries, or Rocket Power. Cow & Chicken and Donkey Kong always had its niche fans. Gravity Falls is still loved to this day, it's merely Alex Hirsch that gets sighs now-a-days even by normies. And nobody LOVED Shark Tale when it came out.
I remember Cow and Chicken and I.M. Weasel being more popular than what the modern internet leads to believe.
Then again, I was an actual elementary school child then it aired so we laughed at the butt jokes.
I think with Doug he means the Disney seasons. Doug under Disney was popular enough to run for a full 65 episodes and a movie, it was well liked when it was airing, and reruns ran for years after. Now those seasons are looked at as lesser and people don't like them. Also modern audiences will often say, of the entire show, that "Doug is boring."
I remember the biggest retractors to that cartoon being the fatsos from DK Vine themselves, despite the show itself being from 1995, trying new technology like mocap and facial changing animation on the go via performer controls (hence the bigger mouths).
But no, "haha ducky kong y dey sing" and hackfrauds like Projared and Saberspark still digging this for breatube shekels.
game of thrones
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Did anyone like it to begin with? Every friend and classmate of mine usually switched the channel immediately or after the theme song.
Nick did artificially hype the hell out of it and that’s not a good sign
It was unironically too mean spirited. They almost always got fricked by the end of the episode, and kids don't want to see that.
>Oh boy, I just got out of school, so now what I wanna do is come home and watch a bummer feelbad cartoon on the TV!
No child ever thinks this to themselves.
Yeah I always wonder why nick would pick this up
>ok the idea is our wacky odd couple main characters have offbeat adventures…while suffering wanton Jim Crow ass discrimination at every turn!!
Even in the mean/cynical/whatever 1990s no exec stopped to think that maybe a kid’s show about laughing at two people’s misery for being “different” wouldn’t be a good look?
It was greenlit all because of the theme song.
Hell even everyone working at Nick at that time wanted to work on SpongeBob, yet was forced to do CatDog.
They wanted to greenlit 100 episodes of that and it didn’t even make it through.
>forced
damn, even behind the scenes the actual people working hated these two frickers. No wonder almost every other character wanted them dead or were so indifferent they wouldn’t be objected to that
Monsters Vs Aliens to the point where MegaMind is more memed than it.
I don't remember ANYONE loving Monsters Vs. Aliens. Coraline, Up!, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs came out that same year and I remember on ToonZone that Dreamworks faced the usual mockery of their film being pop culture slop while everyone else was making "good animated films".
Did anyone even like the MVA movie when it came out? I was surprised they actually bothered to make the series.
I liked it and think it's a decent movie, it just doesn't have staying power.
What I liked was the fact it genuinely had a strong female character who grew (heh) throughout the film in a relatable way. Fact she stayed single and independent was neat as well.
The only recognizable MVA meme is the president playing the piano or something.
MvA is hilarious
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Monsters Vs. Aliens is kino
I was really surprised to see all the hate for it years after it ended
Madagascar
It's gotten more mixed reactions long after the films release
I never see anyone outside of Cinemaphile hate on fosters.
they're still making merch of it to this day.
I want one
>Eduardo driving the bus
Should’ve been wilt or Frankie but that’s a neat touch.very nicely designed bag
Drawn Together, Wayside, and Kid VS Kat all come to mind.
>Kid VS Kat
I remember this one being hated back when it first came out
Obviously it hasn't ended, but when Family Guy returned in 2005, everyone started to slowly hate it.
I have never seen so many critical video essays for a single cartoon before.
I think it's partly due to its "importance" for progressive values. Despite having done so much, the fact that there are certain things that could be considered problematic, fairly or unfairly, it is thus an even bigger affront than some other show.
I mean, jeez, that one video that called Sugar fascist because of the human zoo because in one moment in our history we had that. I bet you none of the target audience, even the ones who's ancestors were victims of that knew or thought about that while watching.
>Now all online discussion about the show is how the characters are buttholes and the show is frustrating to watch.
Even back when new episodes were still being released, show became rather painful in that only Bloo was allowed to have a consistent personality - even if it was that of a destructive butthole - while everyone else became a one dimensional joke only meant to forward any given derby of destruction and misery.
Where did this come from ?
Grim and Evil
>fisters
where was the porn parody of the parody?
Did anyone like the Dexter and PPG run by Savino?
That episode pissed me off so badly
>dexters mom says that dexter is at the growing pains age
>dexter (an actual genius) then proceeds to pretend to have growing pains thinking this will help him grow
>it doesnt
>he invents a machine that makes everyone else short
This is the dumbest Dexter story ever
Post-movie PPG was run by Savino? I thought that was someone else? Considering it wasn't utter shit like post-Ego Trip Dexter or Loud House.
>the characters are buttholes
Bloo and mr herriman I can get why someone would hate because they often aren’t that sympathetic despite being seen as good guys. But they have their okay moments too
But anyone who looks at
>FRICKING WILT
>Mac
>frankie
>Eduardo
>coco
>madame foster
And thinks “butthole” probably thinks Kleenex tissues are too edgy too.
>”oh but (x) did (y) in this episode therefore they were an butthole all along!”
And that’s different from other animated episodic comedies how?
>FRICKING WILT
Wilt started out fine, but beyond the first few episodes it was clear that Craig had no idea how to write him into storylines.
>Focus episode all the way in second season, despite Wilt being a major character
>That episode only highlights Wilt's tendency to be a fricking doormat with no ability to say "no"
>Said episode is also paired with Bendy's episode
>Finally allowed to get angry in "Beat with a Shtick" in the same season
>This caused fantards of the show to go ballistic over Wilt showing some spine for once
>With the dawn of third season, Wilt ends up as an even more extreme doormat and loses any and all ability to think for himself.
>Some character development happens in Wilt's movie
>Except none of that character development carried over to regular episodes and Wilt continues to be featured as a mindless doormat - which is also the reason for Eduardo becoming more prominent and entertaining than any other member of Foster's gang, as anything Wilt-related wasn't funny or interesting.
Sure, Wilt wasn't an butthole, but his swift character destruction only turned him into a highlighter of other characters being buttholes.
>Some character development happens in Wilt's movie
>Except none of that character development carried over to regular episodes
Let me say that my dude, I do feel you a bit. as a long time fan (guessing you aren’t, at least not a big one) I also wished fosters was more of a serialized plot or dare I say, a lore show like the pitch bible suggested and Craig apparently wanted but…it just wasn’t the right place or time sadly. 2000s episodes comedy shows for kids and familiar usually wasn’t about that stuff, it’s not liking streaming now where binging whole ass seasons at once are a thing.
I’m not saying that completely excuses the badly written episodes but you’ve got to keep in mind the context of its original airtime. Not everyone had TiVo let alone decent internet in 2004-2009.
Also if it’s any consolation, as a kid Wilt did encourage me to be kind without being a doormat and I’m sure many other kids saw that too. Wilt had a bunch of fans in the day and probably still has a bunch of fans now. It wasn’t completely for naught.
>madame foster
She literally stole plane tickets from a kid so she can go on a trip to Europe with her friends instead. Madame Foster was also behaving like a selfish womanchild butthole (basically the female version of Bloo) most of the time during the latter seasons.
ITT: Zoomers think the show they liked as kids only became hated later when it was always hated on
>zoomer
tell me you're a mutt without saying you're a mutt
I tried to get into it at the time because everyone online seemed to like it but I bounced off Bloo being an butthole and a general lack of funny moments. Frankie and Goo were cute.
Are you taking requests?
Need to get used to her first
Did anyone like this show when it was airing?
I did. But I liked almost every cartoon as a kid. Haven’t seen it in a long time so I don’t know if I’d still enjoy it.
>"Women. you wan't like with em...
>"...Yes, Principal Pixiefrog?"
>"That's just it, you can't live with em."
>"Lion, this says the limit is 1 person."
>"Yeah?"
>"I'm not a 'per-son', I'm a 'mon-key.' And since you're the only 'person' here, you should be able to entertain the whole school up here!"
>"You know, that ACTUALLY makes sense."
These are the two specific moments I remember about this show fromt he same episode. I don't recall anything else.
>you can't live with em**
Fricking keyboard had a stroke
I really liked the frog and that was about it.
Always seemed to miss this for something on Nickelodeon and I don't remember any episode in particular for what I did watch
>Show was popular on CN Europe and UK pulling in one million views.
>2023
>Considered the worst cartoon ever made.
What went wrong?
wtf is this
show about a pair of twins, one was normal the other was born a masochistic psychopath. I'm not lying about the masochist thing either, when they were spanked by the doctor to get them breathing the normal one cried and the other one moaned. Fricking freaky thing to see.
Always interpreted that as him either not being bothered by the pain noise and light, simply sighing. Or him taking it all in, already thinking of how to cause havoc the moment he’s born
It was terrible, anon. I can not speak for the US but nobody in LatAm liked it and is known over here as one of the worst CN shows alongside Squirrel Boy, TTG and SU.
SU is top 5 CN shows of all time
And the Twilight franchise was one of the most profitable cinematic franchises. Popularity does not equal quality.
And again, I was speaking for LatAm, I know SU has hordes of mentally ill people who love that show in the US
My parents HATED the Cramp Twins. Mostly cause I had a siblings and they were afraid we might get violent because of it. I only watched because I liked the idea of living near a swamp and having adventures there
Remember when CN UK use to make this show as big as it was?
I only liked this show for the cute girl and the mom. Thankfully, there's still lewds of both.
The transformation theme song and animation still is one of the coolest things I saw as a kid.
Except it’s still going.
I remember when it use to be big before it became the black sheep of adult animation in the 2010s.
>It was also easier to upload entire episodes on YouTube
God I miss that. I spent so much time in middle school in the back half of the 2000s watching whole movies and shows in 360p on youtube. You also had full anime series for free on there by the official companies. It's how I watched FMA and Gurren Lagann.
Almost nobody talks about it now
i didnt like foster's back then because every episode felt like it was trying to annoy me, specially that one where they are gonna travel to europe or something, I also never liked Bloo.
The one where Mac goes on a sugar rush is funny ill give it that.
>ITT: Shows people loved while it was airing but then hated after it finished.
Doesn't this fall under every show that's not a classic? pic related
I never used chalk in school, we always had whiteboards and markers, so I couldn't relate to the idea of drawing with chalk.
>tfw liked all these shows as a kid
I'm not going to rewatch any of them and keep my happy memories intact.
I rewatched fosters, fop (up to channel chasers only because I stopped after that point as a kid) and Jimmy neutron a little after Covid lockdowns happened and still enjoyed them a lot!
None of them perfect by any means but even the meh stuff has some merit. Just keep in mind they’re shows aimed at kids and I think your expectations will be met or even be exceeded
I do think the lack of fosters memes outside of “hot in Topeka” and everyone crushing on Frankie has hurt its rep a bit. Versus FOP and JN which probably have about 5-10 minor and major memes to their names. Not to mention the metric assload Simpsons, SpongeBob, Phineas & Ferb and ATLA have and still get
Sorry I’ve been thinking about again
But like off the top of my head
>dimmadome anything
>this is where I’d put my X IF I HAD ONE
>tell me I’m pretty
>Tiimmy Turner rap
>timmy praying
>that one 9/11 shitpost
>I just go to school to look hot
>cosmo and Wanda irl sightings
Then
>Youre going to the dark realm Jimbo
>anything Hugh related really
>Same with Carl and Bolbi
>slap slap slap clap clap clap
>the pizza is aggressive
>Sodium chloride
>name this is the Xth time you’ve shown Y in class
>brain blast but she keep sucking
Then finally
>it’s hot in Topeka
>Frankie simping
>ladies can’t resist the pearly whites
>maybe “it’s noon thirty people are trying to sleep here!”
>wilt’s “on the list of things that are not okay that was not okay”
Fairy Odd Parents, I remember loving it as a kid but after the first movie it's just gotten atrocious. I fondly remember that one episode where they were stuck in a green wirebox video game. Jimmy Neutron too, though I'm betting it's not as good as I remember the early seasons being.
Also their crossover episode blew my tiny underdeveloped mind
FOP's a sad case and I was thinking about that in a recent Trixie thread that got posted (which died after just a few posts, when in the old days her thread would easily reach bump limit, and she's like the 3rd most popular waifu on the show) that the brand became so toxic that nobody wants to associate with it anymore. No place discusses it, no one even wants to speculate about the reboot because we know its gonna be shit. Hardly any OC ever gets made for it anymore. The show was in terminal decline even at the time of the season 6 reboot and a lot of the old fans knew it, but I don't think anyone was prepared for how bad things went for the show (and creator) during the 2010s.
The Van Partible run of Johnny Bravo.
What if they made a horror reboot of this?
There's so many lingering questions about this show's lore.
Has anyone ever stopped and thought about what if psychologically tormented kids made imaginary friends?
What about the bullies who create literal monsters?
Can they mind break other kids and their imaginary friends?
What about kids who refuse to make their friends enable them in illegal behavior like robbery and other crimes, or take advantage of disadvantaged, innocent imaginary friends and corrupt them?
>What about the bullies who create literal monsters?
There was an episode where teenagers created imaginary friends and had them fight like Pokemon.
She-Ra/Voltron don't get nearly as much discussion as you'd expect, considering how much they used to dominate online animation discussion.
>dominate online animation discussion.
you mean Cinemaphile and reddit?
It's cliche to say but I liked the earlier seasons, I liked the ensemble cast with a bunch of characters interacting. Later seasons mostly focused on one or two characters, aka Bloo being as obnoxious and loud as possible. Bloo was more tolerable as part of an ensemble like I said, but they started treating him as the main character because I guess kids liked him.
I saw more cases in anime than cartoons in general
Adult Party Cartoon used to be loved, but is now panned because of Mr. Enter.
I am actually re-watching the show after not watching since I was a kid and I still like it
I liked the show as a kid, but I rewatched some episodes a couple of years ago and it was surprisingly funnier than I remembered. I might just watch it again someday, it doesn't deserve the retrospective hate that it gets
Huhhh????
If the rest of the show would've been as good as the pilot, it would have been more fondly remembered.