Cartoon Industry thread - Showcasing the Spergery of the Animation Industry

Elderly beef taco said:
Arthur is weirdly a show that went damn hard with its references sometimes, plus it also was a kids show that wasn't just saccrine drivel. It rarely pulled a punch.
Take, for instance, the weird 911 type story where the school has a small fire and the kids all have different reactions to it.
When Ms. McGrady had cancer (i think that one was pulled due to Lance Armstrong being in it).
Two whole episodes on the stock market that are actually pretty handy for understanding it.
It did get kinda bad and woke after it changed to cheap flash animation, but the show had new writers by that point too. It still did some good topics though, and having a gay marriage be covered is pretty ballsy for a PBS show.
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That just reawakened my childhood memories of the dog trading socks, it's probably my favorite episode in hindsight.
 
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Meghan Sparkle the Second said:
Just one look at the lead writer and you could already tell we missed out on a masterpiece of black girl magic, grease included.
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Honestly probably in the minority here, I wouldn't have minded a Tiana series (Better than the live action shit we be getting) but god you just know we were gonna have the most obnoxious people be on the writers team
 
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Sergeant Major Buzzkill said:
What the fuck kinda preschooler knows who Gaiman is?
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Arthur has an older age range, like grade schoolers. I remember being so smug when I started the 4th grade and I was ahead of Arthur Reed. They probably don't know who Gaiman is, but the point of a lot of the cameos iirc was to have professionals in different fields talk to the characters when they had relevant struggles. They had Lance Armstrong coach Francine into not quitting a bike race, Yoyo Ma was this musician who encouraged Arthur to pursue playing piano or something...it wasn't like "hey kids here's a celebrity, now applaud!" It was more like, "hey famous person from real life, you wanna help our good friend Arthur out and teach the kiddies that reading is awesome?"
Vinluv Handesbukia said:
Man,this thread is Super autistic.
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This is the thread where adults come to discuss cartoons and the people making cartoons, so....
 
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You think by now they would've at least release a trailer or sneak peek instead of staying silent for months.
 
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The Lawgiver said:
They already do the black people=gor!lla sh!t !n hollywood, unless !'m remember!ng sh!t l!ke S!NG wrong.
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The gorilla even has a dad in prison.
Don't worry, though, guys. The gorillas have British accents so they can't be implied to be black.

The Lawgiver said:
The IRL celebrity characters are fucking unholy in the funniest way, there's the one I remember used in memes nearly a decade back now (though it doesn't feel like that long) where he's like a rabbit with a super fucking nightmare real human face for no apparent reason other than so you can go "IT'S THE GUY"!
EDIT: I can't find that one cause I can't remember who "the guy" was but it was some music artist.
I DID HOWEVER RE-DISCOVER THE FACT THAT BUSTER'S DAD IS JUST A FUCKING KING OFTHE HILL CHARACTER GIVEN RABBIT EARS FOR SOME FUCKING REASON

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Grand Duke Snowfall said:
If we’re still on the subject of celebrity cameos in Arthur, Neil Gaiman looks pretty damn uncanny.
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Also did not age well, depending on how you feel about the allegations. I think he’s a weird prick either way.
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We know about da poo poo and one cannot unknow it.
 
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NoReturn said:
The gorilla even has a dad in prison.
Don't worry, though, guys. The gorillas have British accents so they can't be implied to be black.
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The funny thing is, Johnny's story makes sense for a black guy too. His whole family is a gang and his dad wants him to join it, but Johnny wants to sing, so his dad disowns him until he sees how good Johnny is at singing at the final competition and finally accepts him. It's a cute story but tell me that isn't a black kid doing "white people shit" and only being accepted when his dad can mooch off his success.
 
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SpiderBitch said:
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I love it when people do stuff like assume the british accented ape pianist is black just because hes a criminal.

I mean, I did too, but im not so hypocritical about it.
If anything, the elephant is the character thats ACTUALLY (intentionally) coded black in that movie (obese, her and her family are voiced by mixed/black actors).
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Lady Bizness said:
These people need to get a normal job in a lower cost of living area and grow the fuck up. Moving back in with your parents would be less embarrassing than paying 1k a month to live in a tiny box with a bunch of other Peter Pans.
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Here's the thing: they "don't wanna". They got their independence and it would be humiliating.
 
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Elderly beef taco said:
When Ms. McGrady had cancer (i think that one was pulled due to Lance Armstrong being in it).
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A later season remade the episode in the flash animation style, and they replaced Lance Armstrong with an in-universe celebrity who had cancer instead, a professional wrestler named Uncle Slam.
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Because if there's one thing that professional wrestlers are known for, it's that they never use steroids.
 
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