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Originally Posted by Preacher33

I also like My Gym Partner is a Monkey. It remind me of Dexter's Lab, as it takes an absurd concept and just completly runs with it.

You have the intelligence of drywall. That show is crap. And don't even bother arguing because this is one of those occasions where it's okay for me to be a dick because I also happen to be completely correct.


Anyhow, the best animated show on television right now is Drawn Together. The writing is a notch above everything else available, and is pretty much equal to Venture Bros. in total awesomeness. Drawn Together is everything Family Guy wishes it could be.

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Originally Posted by Lizardcommando

I hate Drawn Together. Just like American Dad, the characters in that show are so obnoxious and unfunny. I couldn't stand watching an entire episode of that crap. I had to change the channel after watching 10 minutes of it...

And everyone knows that ten minutes is all it takes to make you an authority upon a show's quality.

Drawn Together tends to be wasted on people who possess an I.Q. below 140, anyhow, so I don't blame you for not understanding how satire works.

Don't worry, Fairly Oddparents! will always be good enough for you.

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The characters in Drawn Together are plenty likable, in the sense that they're deliberately obnoxious stereotypes. You either have the ability to laugh at the skewering of society's largest demographics, or you don't (live in a cave). Once you move past the initial "LOL FAG" or "HAHA FAT CHICK" part of each character's gimmick, it frees you up to examine how they all interact, which is quite well done, in my opinion.

But yeah, the whole pop culture thing. I'm stumped by the way fanboys praise Family Guy for its hilarious sendups but scratch their heads at Drawn Together. It's a fucking Reality TV show for washed-up cartoon icons. How much more is there to grasp? The entire concept is a satire of a pop-culture phenomenon that is, in itself, a parody of real life.

Family Guy pays tribute to Stephen King's "Misery": Peter Griffin has a flashback wherein his ankles are broken by Kathy Bates. It invokes the movie in a scene that can be understood by anyone who's heard of the film. Fair enough. Good for a one-shot laugh.

Drawn Together pays tribute to "Misery": One of the characters gets a stuffy nose, making his nose bigger than usual; the propeller on his beanie is broken off, leaving just the black cap; he forgets to buy more razor blades so he is unable to shave his curly sideburns; he finds a sack of money that fell off a passing armored car. So, the white-supremacist character thinks he's a Jew and shoves him into the pool as a means of "baptism" into Christianity. The guy gets hypothermia and the girl is forced to watch over his well-being. She's praised for her diligence in this manner and becomes addicted to the praise, so she purposely keeps the guy sick and injured so that she may remain being viewed as a nurturing caregiver. Not only is "Misery" invoked, but "The Sixth Sense" as well, when she feeds him drain cleaner.

Drawn Together builds up to their pop culture references, often making them into the basis for entire episodes. And they're worked into the script in ways that make sense for each character involved, and rarely as bizarre nonsequiturs that are out of canon.

So yeah, if you've only watched one episode (or less), then sure, Drawn Together probably "sucks" and is "stupidly pointless". Imagine telling someone that you don't like visiting the ocean because you once had some bad clams. How retarded would you sound? So don't sit there and tell me Drawn Together is a waste of time when you haven't even invested that time to know better.

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Originally Posted by Lizardcommando

You guys are defending your favorite show after a few people said they don't like it and why they don't like it... Ok, are you expecting me to do the same thing if someone said that Rocko's Modern Life is an unfunny, piece of shit cartoon?

If I said Rocko's Modern Life was donkey shit based upon ten minutes of experience with the show, then yes, I'd be surprised if you didn't defend it against the forces of stupid.

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Originally Posted by *AkirA*

I gotta disagree with you there. The shows brand of humor isnt something I enjoy. It seems that alot of shows that involve parody and satire are boring to me. Predictable and unoriginal. Especially in a show that beats you over the head with its references.

Morel Orel is certain to lack a lot of its intended "punch" if you're not overly familiar with the show it's parodying: "Davey & Goliath". The original was so wholesome and saccharine that it often became intolerable for being so unrealistic when superimposed upon everyday life. But its production was funded by the Lutherans during the 60s, so it was a direct attack against the reckless counterculture of the hippie generation.

Morel Orel is a wonderful mockery of Davey & Goliath. Sometimes the humor is subtle; sometimes it's like a ballpeen hammer between the eyes. Either way, it's well done and I rather enjoy the sarcasm employed. There's room for improvement but the show is still in its early stage. If allowed to continue, it will only get better.

(Incidentally, the people who made Davey & Goliath are also the people responsible for Gumby. I always laugh when I hear people talk about how dumb Davey & Goliath was because it was so preachy, but then turn around and rave about Gumby's wholesomeness.)

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For what it's worth, I think "Codename: Kids Next Door" is pretty good. The writers have avoided some of the usual pitfalls of children's programming by not letting trite, moral lessons get in the way of a good story. And the show has progressively canonized itself; past episodes have been known to dictate critical plot elements a year or two later. The universe in KND is self-contained in a clever way.

But really, as an illustrator, I love the artistry. It's so stylized and like nothing else on television (currently).

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Rocket Power is possibly the most insulting cartoon from the past decade. Kids, as a group, can be swayed easily enough, but they have to be pushed from behind into believing that something is cool. You can't grab a child's hand and drag him or her headfirst into an idea, else you're only going to be met with kicking and screaming.

That was the big flaw with Rocket Power: the producers tried to cram the "edginess" down kids' throats. Children are smarter than many adults will allow themselves to admit, and children know when they're being condescended to, which is basically what Rocket Power resorted to. Every episode spoon fed the same, tired out stories seen in every other Klasky/Csupo production (Rugrats; Aaaah! Real Monsters; Wild Thornberries), but with a big, ol' EXTREME sticker slapped on it, because "extreme" equals "cool", right? Right?

I suppose the stereotypical characters and weak gimmicks weren't enough though. (their clique was named "The Squids". What the hell is that about?) As each scene faded out, viewers were subjected to short, sudden bursts of "hip" buzzwords screamed by adolescent kids for no explicable reason, accompanied by bright, flashing colors meant to display the serious extremeness going on in Rocket Power. But the stuff that was yelled out was nonsensical at best, insulting at worst. "KICK IT!" "GNARLY!" "GAME OVER, DUDE!" Of course, none of these interludes had any bearing upon the plot whatsoever. They existed simply to reinforce the concept that extreme sports are totally in your face, therefore way awesome. Rebel against non-existent authority, kids!

I honestly never heard any good things about Rocket Power, not from anyone who saw it, had younger siblings who saw it, or even heard about the basic concept. The entire show was basically "Rugrats With Skateboards and Angst."

Nickelodeon never should've been able to recover from that debacle. Damn that Spongebob.

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