craig has ZERO personality, and his interests seem to be chosen by comitee. JP is the generic side character male. Kelcy is more big chungus than ADHD sparkle, but I bet she'd shank a ho on command.
I don't get how Craig of the Creek has lasted as long as it has, every time I see it it just strikes me as a shitty, boring, black version of Ed Edd n Eddy.
Here are some children's cartoons that have aired new material within the past five years that also have male leads.
Spongebob Squarepants
The Loud House
Big City Greens
Steven Universe
Craig of the Creek
We Bare Bears
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
The Amazing World of Gumball
OK KO: Let's Be Heroes
Kid Cosmic
None of them really fit with OP's observation about male main characters, except for maybe Lincoln Loud from the Loud House and Craig of the Creek.
>generic male anime MC
loud, moronic, stupid, eats a lot, power of friendship, oblivious to any and all sexual advances or far too horny >generic female anime MC
Edgy or weird, loner type, you if you were female >generic male anime side character
Literally who? Often boring and no personality, copypaste or "foil" to the mc >generic female anime side character
KUROSAKI-KUN!!!!! YAMETE KUDASAI! breasts flopping around and oversexualized, flanderized, annoying. Mc's best friend and oblivious to being a sexual object for the main cast
What does this say about the difference between east and west?
>loud, moronic, stupid, eats a lot, power of friendship
Very outdated stereotype, the modern anime protagonist is a black haired whiny normie who’s meant to be Literally (You)
You can add Sheen to "too dumb to live" too. Probably Gunther from Kick Buttowski, though ironically Kick avoids the main character stuff himself, since he seems to actually care about Daredevil stuff as a sport. Brianna can probably be put in the side character section though.
Billy and Mandy
SpongeBob
Gumball
Jimmy Two Shoes
Cousin Skeeter
Cyberchase
Rocket Power
Sanjay and Craig
Pelswick
Family Guy
Monster Musume
Fanboy and Chum Chum
Batman the Animated Series
>Gumball has a generic cast >Ignores that most tawog characters are 3 dimensional
I'd say the list is almost right but hyperfocuses on specific characters under the assumption they're the norm
Danny Phantom covers three of the four archetypes depicted in a hilariously precise way >boring everyday Joe with safe interests the world hates for whatever reason >the sloth pervert moron who only exists to do what the boring MC can't do >the bossy no fun b***h
Only thing left is a female archetype that isn't just Mable.
This is bullshit. I don't hate Timmy Turner. the whole world doesn't hate Timmy, only about half of it does. And Star does not have infinite adhd iirc. Just minor "le quirkyness".
It's true. If there's one girl in the main cast she's the most boring and doesn't have any good jokes. Like Gamora in the first GotG she has to be the "straight man" to the other characters with actual personalities.
you guys love your tropes so much that you can't help but squeeze characters that vaguely fit into these categories
I want nothing to do with this circus and you should stop watching cartoons this way
Do people think they're smart for identifying tropes in a fricking cartoon? Like does the person who put this together genuinely thought "holy shit, I figured it out!"?
On up left you could add too much bitter and up right too much sweet (and a fricking piece of shit) Bottom left could be based moron and meme maker and bottom right a literal NPC.
For shit like these is why i like villain main characters more, they can get away with everything because they can, with or without consequences
Billy and Mandy
SpongeBob
Gumball
Jimmy Two Shoes
Cousin Skeeter
Cyberchase
Rocket Power
Sanjay and Craig
Pelswick
Family Guy
Monster Musume
Fanboy and Chum Chum
Batman the Animated Series
Both June and Laura are girls, they're supposed to have boobs.
Also the picture was fixed to fix Laura's boobs. >June is the girl on the left, she is Pashmina's (a hamster who wears a pink scarf) owner.
What is this image trying to say? I thought it was trying to say "2010s cartoons are bad but earlier ones weren't", but that's undermined by the inclusion of shows like The Nutshack in the 2000s era.
Anon, I've actually seen Hamtaro. That's not how she acts at all. She's barely even the focus and gets at best a subplot in a lot of episodes, and they're usually generic school plots.
>Doesn't know what goes on when the camera isn't on her. >Laura is a A-Character, not a B-Character like June and Kylie are. >Anvils are a gift from god when it comes to cartoons. >Laura is as far from generic as you can get, she stands out as much as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. >Laura was even voted the most important character of the 2000s, that is how much Laura mattered.
This is why Laura badly needed a spin off.
desu, while these are character types I see quite a bit of, I don't them so much, in particular the top right. Like, as long as here nuance to them, are characters like Mabel, Star and Miko that bad? Cause my ADHD ass likes characters I can relate to and I can relate to these traits a lot
Both June and Laura are girls, they're supposed to have boobs.
Also the picture was fixed to fix Laura's boobs. >June is the girl on the left, she is Pashmina's (a hamster who wears a pink scarf) owner.
Anon I don't know what you're talking about. I can only think of like two examples if each of these but bottom right, which I can think of no examples for. I mean maybe the first two points in bottom right fit timmy turner, but not the last two.
The concept of candy giving kids extra bursts of energy and hyperactivity started because of studies comparing sugar addiction to cocaine and cereal brands trying to push sugar as a viable energy source for sports, but it was aways know that the effect in itself is actually the oppositive, lowerinng alertness and increasing fatigue
It gives them a burst of energy, then a crash. You can literally test this yourself with your own body, why are you treating this like something you need studies for.
>Main male character the the brother of the main character who is a girl, both are 10/11 years old. >Show is about the girl but her brother is well liked. >Brother is in a relationship with the glasses girl next door, who happens to be the main character's best friend, both girls and all their friends are straight. >Brother becomes popular. >Gets as much attention as the girls. >Fandom treats him with as much respect as the girls. >The other male characters are liked too but the main character's brother is the fan favorite when it comes to male characters. >His sister is still the main focus because it is her show.
Did you draw this yourself?
Cause I like it.
With a mouse, yes
Delicate Steve?
>boy main characters
Where?
They're so low in personality it's easy to miss them. See Craig of the Creek.
Eh, close. Split it into shojo, shonen, seinen, josei, and fill in the rest of the blanks, and it works out.
Craig doesn't really apply.
craig has ZERO personality, and his interests seem to be chosen by comitee. JP is the generic side character male. Kelcy is more big chungus than ADHD sparkle, but I bet she'd shank a ho on command.
I don't get how Craig of the Creek has lasted as long as it has, every time I see it it just strikes me as a shitty, boring, black version of Ed Edd n Eddy.
Here are some children's cartoons that have aired new material within the past five years that also have male leads.
Spongebob Squarepants
The Loud House
Big City Greens
Steven Universe
Craig of the Creek
We Bare Bears
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
The Amazing World of Gumball
OK KO: Let's Be Heroes
Kid Cosmic
None of them really fit with OP's observation about male main characters, except for maybe Lincoln Loud from the Loud House and Craig of the Creek.
1940s and 1950s.
Crunchyroll primarily.
It's true, but this image made me think that in anime the roles are completely opposite.
Not enough murderhoboing in this image for it to be anime-related.
>generic male anime MC
loud, moronic, stupid, eats a lot, power of friendship, oblivious to any and all sexual advances or far too horny
>generic female anime MC
Edgy or weird, loner type, you if you were female
>generic male anime side character
Literally who? Often boring and no personality, copypaste or "foil" to the mc
>generic female anime side character
KUROSAKI-KUN!!!!! YAMETE KUDASAI! breasts flopping around and oversexualized, flanderized, annoying. Mc's best friend and oblivious to being a sexual object for the main cast
What does this say about the difference between east and west?
seething
go to bed
“Spronklus Prounklus” is a new one on me.
>loud, moronic, stupid, eats a lot, power of friendship
Very outdated stereotype, the modern anime protagonist is a black haired whiny normie who’s meant to be Literally (You)
>Very outdated stereotype
Really? I guess you're right tho i feel like denji matches my description well. Tanjiro and deku match urs.
>anime out of nowhere
The previous poster mentioned anime, you moron.
>all anime is battle shonen
>despise being
name 5 examples of each
No
How is Molly a side character?
Notice how she is in the middle
You can add Sheen to "too dumb to live" too. Probably Gunther from Kick Buttowski, though ironically Kick avoids the main character stuff himself, since he seems to actually care about Daredevil stuff as a sport. Brianna can probably be put in the side character section though.
You could fill three of these with Gumball characters alone
>Gumball has a generic cast
>Ignores that most tawog characters are 3 dimensional
Clipwatching homosexuals
top left is literally mabel from gravity falls
Do you guys not know which direction left is?
Top right is obviously Mandy though, anon.
>Mandy
They're talking about Mabel, though, who is basically the platonic ideal of upper right.
>they actually threw out good Mabel and left evil Mabel who wore a "I hate puppies" T-shirt
Don’t lump in Carl he’s actually a nice friend
I'd say the list is almost right but hyperfocuses on specific characters under the assumption they're the norm
Danny Phantom covers three of the four archetypes depicted in a hilariously precise way
>boring everyday Joe with safe interests the world hates for whatever reason
>the sloth pervert moron who only exists to do what the boring MC can't do
>the bossy no fun b***h
Only thing left is a female archetype that isn't just Mable.
Mabel in the upper left
Lisa is the main character of the Simpsons, thoever.
This is bullshit. I don't hate Timmy Turner. the whole world doesn't hate Timmy, only about half of it does. And Star does not have infinite adhd iirc. Just minor "le quirkyness".
Also what is spornkus poinkus?
Post your favorite generic cartoon characters
How do I find a "kills people if asked nicely" gf?
>Venezuela or Mexico
I mean a white one please.
>Russia or Ukraine or Slovakia
I said WHITE please.
applalacia.
She taught me what a 30 ought six is, and the difference between a redneck, a hillbilly, and trailer trash is.
I miss you emmy lou.
I am banned from Appalachia, where else can I find white areas with dangerous women.
Alright. I'll bite. How the FRICK do you get banned from Apalachia?
Get a job at a three letter agency
>voluntarily associating with gigagolems
No
>verification not required.
Basically every woman I know who worked in retail was, if not able, at least WILLING to kill with her bare hands
Wingstop.
Every Canadian cartoon ever
The left 2 are literally Billy and Mandy tho
It's true. If there's one girl in the main cast she's the most boring and doesn't have any good jokes. Like Gamora in the first GotG she has to be the "straight man" to the other characters with actual personalities.
>left column: billy and mandy
>right column: gravity falls
Top right is Mabel but bottom right is not Dipper at all.
It's not really mabel either. OP never watched gravity falls.
>left column: Cindy and Sheen
FTFY
what happens if we swap the genders but keep the personalities
You get Camp Camp
Why won't zoomers just go to tv tropes?
you guys love your tropes so much that you can't help but squeeze characters that vaguely fit into these categories
I want nothing to do with this circus and you should stop watching cartoons this way
Prove you're not ESL first.
Do people think they're smart for identifying tropes in a fricking cartoon? Like does the person who put this together genuinely thought "holy shit, I figured it out!"?
On up left you could add too much bitter and up right too much sweet (and a fricking piece of shit) Bottom left could be based moron and meme maker and bottom right a literal NPC.
For shit like these is why i like villain main characters more, they can get away with everything because they can, with or without consequences
>sugar rush is not a real thing
wha?
Billy and Mandy
SpongeBob
Gumball
Jimmy Two Shoes
Cousin Skeeter
Cyberchase
Rocket Power
Sanjay and Craig
Pelswick
Family Guy
Monster Musume
Fanboy and Chum Chum
Batman the Animated Series
Very cherry picked examples. It's like you've only watched a handful of cartoons.
Cope
You should be able then to name 5 examples of each category instead of just making up 4 categories with vague descriptions.
Fixed.
>Laura
>boobs
Both June and Laura are girls, they're supposed to have boobs.
Also the picture was fixed to fix Laura's boobs.
>June is the girl on the left, she is Pashmina's (a hamster who wears a pink scarf) owner.
>they're supposed to have boobs
They're 10.
May says hi.
Also they later become 11 later on the their show (the age girls start growing them), Laura's 11 birthday was even a movie for Pete sake.
Laura is flat as a board until the end of the series.
Hi famu. I love your art.
>cringe ass wannabe anime western fusion artwork
terrible
No, good.
Case in point.
What is this image trying to say? I thought it was trying to say "2010s cartoons are bad but earlier ones weren't", but that's undermined by the inclusion of shows like The Nutshack in the 2000s era.
To be honest I have no idea, just cartoons in said time frames is my guess.
The fact that it leaves out every good series from the 2010s makes me think the creator is seething.
>Doesn't see Aikatsu.
She is always flat through out the entire show.
why is Silvagunner there lmao
The Flintstones and Love Live.
>Laura Haruna
Anon, I've actually seen Hamtaro. That's not how she acts at all. She's barely even the focus and gets at best a subplot in a lot of episodes, and they're usually generic school plots.
>Doesn't know what goes on when the camera isn't on her.
>Laura is a A-Character, not a B-Character like June and Kylie are.
>Anvils are a gift from god when it comes to cartoons.
>Laura is as far from generic as you can get, she stands out as much as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
>Laura was even voted the most important character of the 2000s, that is how much Laura mattered.
This is why Laura badly needed a spin off.
2000s is Naruto
2010s is Finn
No, Laura and Nozomi earned their spots.
Side characters are just Billy and Mandy
OP is a brit cigar as always
Star Butterfly mindbroke some of you people I swear.
desu, while these are character types I see quite a bit of, I don't them so much, in particular the top right. Like, as long as here nuance to them, are characters like Mabel, Star and Miko that bad? Cause my ADHD ass likes characters I can relate to and I can relate to these traits a lot
>mandy mabel
>billy marco
I want jcm2 to draw the two on top
Oops, sorry, wrong post
Regular show and Adventure time
Anon I don't know what you're talking about. I can only think of like two examples if each of these but bottom right, which I can think of no examples for. I mean maybe the first two points in bottom right fit timmy turner, but not the last two.
Sugar Rush is definitely a thing, if you've had kids, or worked with kids, or even if you had a younger sibling or family member, you'd know.
The concept of candy giving kids extra bursts of energy and hyperactivity started because of studies comparing sugar addiction to cocaine and cereal brands trying to push sugar as a viable energy source for sports, but it was aways know that the effect in itself is actually the oppositive, lowerinng alertness and increasing fatigue
It gives them a burst of energy, then a crash. You can literally test this yourself with your own body, why are you treating this like something you need studies for.
Do you see a lot of obese children running around your neighborhood?
You're confusing the short term and long term effects of sugar. Which is honestly kind of surprising, this is pretty common knowledge.
So sugar doesn't work on fat people? I mean they eat a lot of sugar
>liking air
Fricking gay.
>gets slowly made irrelevant or more and more flawed as time goes on, surrounded by more capable women
Finn, Steven, many such cases.
Meanwhile, in Japan.
>Main male character the the brother of the main character who is a girl, both are 10/11 years old.
>Show is about the girl but her brother is well liked.
>Brother is in a relationship with the glasses girl next door, who happens to be the main character's best friend, both girls and all their friends are straight.
>Brother becomes popular.
>Gets as much attention as the girls.
>Fandom treats him with as much respect as the girls.
>The other male characters are liked too but the main character's brother is the fan favorite when it comes to male characters.
>His sister is still the main focus because it is her show.
Where does Hibiki from Symphogear land on this scale?
No idea.
Her show did become more popular then her brother's soooo
>"sugar rush" is not a real thing
Childless hands made this image.