or if you had a functioning brain you'd know he was coming back because the idea that a main character voiced by the creator of the show who also voices other main characters being kept dead is laughable
litterally if you had a cable guide, you could just go two weeks ahead and you can see the description of the episode read "stewie misses brian so he goes back to save him"
didn't even have to go that far, just look on Wikipedia and multiple upcoming episodes had Brian's name in the title
reminder if you were an autist you knew he was coming back because in interviews they said he was
or if you had a functioning brain you'd know he was coming back because the idea that a main character voiced by the creator of the show who also voices other main characters being kept dead is laughable
litterally if you had a cable guide, you could just go two weeks ahead and you can see the description of the episode read "stewie misses brian so he goes back to save him"
There was an entire 24 hour Spongebob marathon leading up to a new episode "Best Day Ever" where viewers voted for their favorite Spongebob episodes. The actual episode was not good, and I'm not sure how Karate Island got number 1.
I liked Karate Island but it is a little odd that came in first
There was an entire 24 hour Spongebob marathon leading up to a new episode "Best Day Ever" where viewers voted for their favorite Spongebob episodes. The actual episode was not good, and I'm not sure how Karate Island got number 1.
FRICK man even as a kid I was baffled with how Karate Island got number 1. There's NO way that wasn't rigged. Band Geeks got number 2 tho, that was probably the winner but Nick didn't want people to think the new season wasn't good so they threw a S4 Ep as number 1
I also remember being disappointed as hell by Best Day Ever. They made it seem like it was gonna be some type of hour long special and it was only 15 fricking minutes
Truth or Square was what made me drop Spongebob. Third or Fourth "movie" special I think and after a summer of hyping it up it ended up being hot garbage.
I also think that was the year when Nick Magazine ended too rip.
I remember this. Even the other kids at school thought Best Day Ever sucked. Except this one friend I had who was a tastelet and thought it was great and wouldn't stop talking about it for the next few days. All these years later and I can still feel the second hand embarrassment. Weird memory to dredge up.
FRICK man even as a kid I was baffled with how Karate Island got number 1. There's NO way that wasn't rigged. Band Geeks got number 2 tho, that was probably the winner but Nick didn't want people to think the new season wasn't good so they threw a S4 Ep as number 1
I also remember being disappointed as hell by Best Day Ever. They made it seem like it was gonna be some type of hour long special and it was only 15 fricking minutes
The American Dad episode was pretty good
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I liked Karate Island but it is a little odd that came in first
There was an entire 24 hour Spongebob marathon leading up to a new episode "Best Day Ever" where viewers voted for their favorite Spongebob episodes. The actual episode was not good, and I'm not sure how Karate Island got number 1.
The whole ep was a bunch of sex puns and a reference to that Bruce Lee movie, so maybe it was from boomer votes?
It seemed some of these ratings traps were nothin more then sneaky schemes, that marathon was just an excuse to rerun S4 and a few actual voted episodes under the pretance of airing the most beloved ones by the fans, because S4 ratings were abysmal and they wanted to keep the show alive, so they cheated and manufactured hype, kinda like with the Steven Bombs.
And have you noticed, with spongebob, the big feature is always a let down or an overhype uneven episode?
were the S4 ratings really that bad? You'd think Sponge mania was higher than ever since it was only a year after the movie
I don't know where that anon is getting his information from so I went ahead and found some of the numbers on wikipedia.
Season 3 averaged 5.15 million viewers from 13 episodes
Season 4 averaged 5.53 million viewers from 10 episodes
Couldn't find the viewership numbers from every episode of either season so these are very rough figures.
I remember when Atlantis Squarepantis came out. Even as a kid I thought "Man Spongebob must be close to ending. These specials are just gimmicks now." >Still going 16 years later
I remember when Atlantis Squarepantis came out. Even as a kid I thought "Man Spongebob must be close to ending. These specials are just gimmicks now." >Still going 16 years later
Just came in to say this was an omen for shows to come. Stupid plots, wasted opportunities, and the songs were so boring and lacking in rhythm it's like they were made up on the spot. And Bowie didn't sing at all.
I remember an episode from the penguins of Madagascar they kept hyping up where the female character was going primal or something and wanted to attack King Julien but the promos hyped it up as if she was falling in love with him
who shot mr burns It's really weird for me since I saw the second part first and didn't see the first part until many years later despite practically being raised on simpsons reruns as a child.
I wouldn't count it as a ratings trap, but it's still pretty desperate.
During the Lady Gaga episode, at the part where she and Marge kiss, the original airing actually had the text "#gagakissesmarge" appear onscreen in order to try to get people tweeting about the episode.
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo would have actually worked better if it was a multi-episode season finale. Making a full length movie about a villain who never appeared at all during the show just felt a bit weird to me.
I feel like part of why later seasons of Steven Universe got so much flak was because the "Steven Bomb" format, where they had to repeateldy hype up a marathon of new episodes after a big hiatus regardless of how important the new episodes actually were.
So they'd drumb up dramatic episode titles and tease new characters only for it to be another Ronaldo episode or something.
Yeah, some if the "worst" episodes were just alright episodes that were too hyped, like that one with Watermelon Steven near the end of the series everyone got mad at.
Came out in the right place and right time
When lore cartoons still dominated the networks nowadays if steven universe were to be greenlighted and air today it wouldn't even last three seasons
>"Week of Sardonyx" hypes up a new gem and possible plot development >it's just a fusion who shows up for 3 minutes and causes 5 episode's worth of relationship drama
Yeah, they were kind of screwed over by being forced to ape the Netflix format. Instead of drip-feeding weekly episodes and letting the simpler episodic stories be taken as is, they'd have to sit on them for six or seven months of hiatus and then have to get everyone excited for four more townie episodes.
The episode "Karate Star" wasn't super hyped up but they presented it as SpongeBob and Patrick duking it out.
I vividly remember pic-related being used to shill the episode.
I think I remember the promotion for that. Like you said, they tried to play it off as Spongebob and Patrick fighting each other and used out of context clips
>YOUR DOG!
reminder if you were an autist you knew he was coming back because in interviews they said he was
or if you had a functioning brain you'd know he was coming back because the idea that a main character voiced by the creator of the show who also voices other main characters being kept dead is laughable
didn't even have to go that far, just look on Wikipedia and multiple upcoming episodes had Brian's name in the title
yeah basically if yoou fell for it you were a moron
litterally if you had a cable guide, you could just go two weeks ahead and you can see the description of the episode read "stewie misses brian so he goes back to save him"
Also one of the worst episodes of Family Guy
at least the American Dad episode was funny
I just remembered they loved baiting people with crossovers between those two shows
The American Dad episode was pretty good
I liked Karate Island but it is a little odd that came in first
Ironic how the episode where Meg finally shits on her family is the most hated episode
>most hated
It's down there, but the infamous Stewie impregnation episode and the bank vault one are worse.
bank vault episode was good (for family guy)
because it ends with Meg accepting the abuse to keep the family together
This episode arguably killed Adventure Time
Oh the herpes episode too.
Surprised nobody mentioned the "Brian is an atheist" episode.
Because the resolution was stupid and status quo
The guy who wrote that episode was the showrunner of Animaniacs 2020.
It's the shroom trip b plot that makes it fricking awful to me.
>My old college javelin
the fricking bear looking bad and shaking his head still cracks me up
*looking back*
There was an entire 24 hour Spongebob marathon leading up to a new episode "Best Day Ever" where viewers voted for their favorite Spongebob episodes. The actual episode was not good, and I'm not sure how Karate Island got number 1.
FRICK man even as a kid I was baffled with how Karate Island got number 1. There's NO way that wasn't rigged. Band Geeks got number 2 tho, that was probably the winner but Nick didn't want people to think the new season wasn't good so they threw a S4 Ep as number 1
I also remember being disappointed as hell by Best Day Ever. They made it seem like it was gonna be some type of hour long special and it was only 15 fricking minutes
I don't think Band Geeks got #2, pretty sure Wishing You Well did
What the FRICK
>out of the top 10 only one isn't from Season 4
yeah no this was rigged
Didn’t help that Tom Kenny fell asleep and a number of episodes in the countdown.were completely skipped
Good song though
Yea, but it was from the Spongebob Movie soundtrack and wasn't made for the episode so it doesn't really count.
You think thats bad? Dont forget about OPs pic related
, Truth or Square was such a disaster, the special only aired worldwide trimmed into a regular episode under the name "Stuck in the Freezer"
Truth or Square was what made me drop Spongebob. Third or Fourth "movie" special I think and after a summer of hyping it up it ended up being hot garbage.
I also think that was the year when Nick Magazine ended too rip.
I remember this. Even the other kids at school thought Best Day Ever sucked. Except this one friend I had who was a tastelet and thought it was great and wouldn't stop talking about it for the next few days. All these years later and I can still feel the second hand embarrassment. Weird memory to dredge up.
So I wasn't insane thinking the vote was rigged.
Are you questioning our democracy son?
I think I know why karate island got number 1.
>sandy plays with her french tickler
The whole ep was a bunch of sex puns and a reference to that Bruce Lee movie, so maybe it was from boomer votes?
In 2005?
Both Karate Island and Best Day Ever sucked
It seemed some of these ratings traps were nothin more then sneaky schemes, that marathon was just an excuse to rerun S4 and a few actual voted episodes under the pretance of airing the most beloved ones by the fans, because S4 ratings were abysmal and they wanted to keep the show alive, so they cheated and manufactured hype, kinda like with the Steven Bombs.
And have you noticed, with spongebob, the big feature is always a let down or an overhype uneven episode?
>S4 ratings were abysmal
Wait, really?
I don't know where that anon is getting his information from so I went ahead and found some of the numbers on wikipedia.
Season 3 averaged 5.15 million viewers from 13 episodes
Season 4 averaged 5.53 million viewers from 10 episodes
Couldn't find the viewership numbers from every episode of either season so these are very rough figures.
were the S4 ratings really that bad? You'd think Sponge mania was higher than ever since it was only a year after the movie
That shit was funny.
I know it's a cartoon. And I know it shouldn't eb taken seriously. But inter-species relationships always just feel off for me
Spongebob has a krab that supposedly fricked a whale and you draw the line at squirrels and sponges?
Any “special” episode of SpongeBob. They’re always a normal episode and sometimes have Patchy segments.
This. I recall a few of them having celebrity guest VAs only boomers would know, and McDonald's tie-ins
I remember when Atlantis Squarepantis came out. Even as a kid I thought "Man Spongebob must be close to ending. These specials are just gimmicks now."
>Still going 16 years later
Somehow it had a tie-in to a Computer Monopoly game, what a waste of a celebrity tie-in though.
I wonder if Bowie ever regretted doing that
Just came in to say this was an omen for shows to come. Stupid plots, wasted opportunities, and the songs were so boring and lacking in rhythm it's like they were made up on the spot. And Bowie didn't sing at all.
Any episode where the secret formula is stolen and they try to hype it up as mystery when it's Plankton as usual.
Cartoon Network UK hyped up the Flame Princess vs. Ice King episode as if it was a special.
I remember an episode from the penguins of Madagascar they kept hyping up where the female character was going primal or something and wanted to attack King Julien but the promos hyped it up as if she was falling in love with him
What ratings traps did The Simpsons have besides Large Marge, the Futurama crossover and the live episode?
Do the episode milestones count
>Wow, it's [minor celebrity from 18 months ago]! What are *you* doing in Springfield?
>That's right, Lisa,
who shot mr burns It's really weird for me since I saw the second part first and didn't see the first part until many years later despite practically being raised on simpsons reruns as a child.
in the end, two died
>recognizable characters
>and krusty's dad
This was so lazy it still makes me mad and I think about it sometimes
to be fair, it could have been Marge's mother. She almost never appears
I wouldn't count it as a ratings trap, but it's still pretty desperate.
During the Lady Gaga episode, at the part where she and Marge kiss, the original airing actually had the text "#gagakissesmarge" appear onscreen in order to try to get people tweeting about the episode.
Holy frick that's pathetic
In Latin America, the Round pants episode of Spongebob was promoted as a special episode
WEIRD FACT: in 2009 that promo appears as a "new episode" but the episode was released months ago.
The Return of Slade
>[ANY 2000s CARTOON SHOW EVER]: THE MOVIE
>it's a 40 minute shitty TV special
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo would have actually worked better if it was a multi-episode season finale. Making a full length movie about a villain who never appeared at all during the show just felt a bit weird to me.
Like the "actual series finale" was any better.
I feel like part of why later seasons of Steven Universe got so much flak was because the "Steven Bomb" format, where they had to repeateldy hype up a marathon of new episodes after a big hiatus regardless of how important the new episodes actually were.
So they'd drumb up dramatic episode titles and tease new characters only for it to be another Ronaldo episode or something.
Yeah, some if the "worst" episodes were just alright episodes that were too hyped, like that one with Watermelon Steven near the end of the series everyone got mad at.
Because in reality, that shitshow would have been cancelled MULTIPLE TIMES.
how the frick did Steven Universe survive for so long? Did the CN CEO owe Rebecca a favor or something?
Came out in the right place and right time
When lore cartoons still dominated the networks nowadays if steven universe were to be greenlighted and air today it wouldn't even last three seasons
>"Week of Sardonyx" hypes up a new gem and possible plot development
>it's just a fusion who shows up for 3 minutes and causes 5 episode's worth of relationship drama
Yeah, they were kind of screwed over by being forced to ape the Netflix format. Instead of drip-feeding weekly episodes and letting the simpler episodic stories be taken as is, they'd have to sit on them for six or seven months of hiatus and then have to get everyone excited for four more townie episodes.
The episode "Karate Star" wasn't super hyped up but they presented it as SpongeBob and Patrick duking it out.
I vividly remember pic-related being used to shill the episode.
I think I remember the promotion for that. Like you said, they tried to play it off as Spongebob and Patrick fighting each other and used out of context clips