What is the line that separates a stupid character from being funny to being unbearable?
What is the line that separates a stupid character from being funny to being unbearable?
What is the line that separates a stupid character from being funny to being unbearable?
Obnoxiousness I think is the key factor.
Beavis and Butthead are funny stupid characters because, despite their constant laughter, they are mostly pretty quiet characters.
Dudley is a loud, yelling, obnoxious idiot who ruins things and gets in the way of other characters in a way that isn't fun.
Why did dudley not wear pants but katswell did?
he got neutered when he was born
He has a childhood trauma because he hated it when his mother forced him to go shopping with her to buy pants. This is explained in the Katty episode at the end
Thanks for giving me context. i love you anon.
how their stupidity has an impact on other characters
When they start affecting other people
Thre is no line, any concept can work if done by a competent writer.
When their stupidity is relied upon as a plot device.
examples of this?
90% of western cartoons. Its kind of stupid to say all cartoons where a character's stupidity is used as a plot point are bad.
LOUD NOISES
"You have to be smart to make stupid funny."
- Nostalgia Critic
I think the "dumb logic" the character uses has to make sense in its own way, while being absurdly misinformed or obtuse in its basis.
>East? I thought you said weast.
>Sandy's a girl?!
Best explanation here. Even the most extreme examples of moronation can work in a story as long as it's not completely random.
And why are so many characters evolving into flanderized stupidity like Homer and Peter Griffin if no one finds that funny?
It's easier to just write "MC does stupid action which moves the plot forward" than it is to think of a reasonable in-character explanation for why they would do that action in those circumstances to begin with
i want his feet