Growing Around Growing Around: A slow moving trainwreck. (General Thread)

The Worst Growing Around Character?

  • Sally

    Votes: 24 25.3%
  • Linda

    Votes: 2 2.1%
  • Talula

    Votes: 2 2.1%
  • Timmy

    Votes: 11 11.6%
  • Robert

    Votes: 9 9.5%
  • Gumdrops

    Votes: 39 41.1%
  • Other

    Votes: 8 8.4%

  • Total voters
    95
I just realized something
How do the adults get mature in this world?
In our world, when a kid is spoiled, usually they grow to become immature adults(see: Enter)
but with kids being in power, when they grow up they would be just a bunch of man babies.
 
I just realized something
How do the adults get mature in this world?
In our world, when a kid is spoiled, usually they grow to become immature adults(see: Enter)
but with kids being in power, when they grow up they would be just a bunch of man babies.
You know, the more and more we look into this the more disturbing it gets.
 
Any thoughts on the conversation MrEnter had with Whatisthis111? It seems like MrEnter is afraid to take any risks with his characters in fear of making his characters "unlikable." He doesn't address the concern that the universe is unoriginal either or how the show has the same problem as Flip Flopped.

Link to where the conversation took place.
https://archive.today/wl7v7
 
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Any thoughts on the conversation MrEnter had with Whatisthis111? It seems like MrEnter is afraid to take any risks with his characters in fear of making his characters "unlikable." He doesn't address the concern that the universe is unoriginal either or how the show has the same problem as Flip Flopped.

Link to where the conversation took place.
http://mrenter.deviantart.com/art/Growing-Around-Episodes-Opposite-Day-Draft-2-523032688

You have a wrong idea about this show. If the plots we're going for doesn't interest you, than this isn't your type of show.
Does Enter even notice he does the exact same thing?
 
From the pitch bible:

Step into the lives of Linda, Robert, Sally and Timmy as they struggle with the day to day excitement of living in world where kids rule in a fun, slice of life narrative that puts kids in charge and parents in school. Both appealing to childhood fantasies while parodying the hardships of adulthood. I mean, we want to have empathetic, relatable characters, whose problems reflect the problems both kids and adults face. We want the audience to be able to learn something, but still find themselves entertained and laughing

Sally is trouble. A fun-loving 9 year old with a wild imagination and an explosive personality, Sally has a tendency to think before she acts, often getting herself into trouble. She's going to have to learn a lot if she ever wants to become mayor. But with a heart 10 ice-cream cones wide, and an attitude as sweet as sugar, she always tries to put things right in the end.

Life is right where Timmy wants it, and he won't let it budge. Even if it grows legs (or maybe wings!) and tries to run off, Timmy keeps it on a tight leash. The boss of his own lemonade store, living with a happy (if not slightly disorganised) family, Timmy leads a stable life. He knows what he wants and where he's going. And he's not gonna grow up.

Robert gives a lot. He loves his family; his wife, his children (and sometimes his pony). But being split four ways can be tough. Whether he's giving advice, playing video games or helping Sally cook, Robert is always kept busy. Now if only he had time to finish his homework…

Mother, Wife, Former magician, a jazz musician, and with enough determination to make an egg-and-spoon racer proud, Linda can do anything she wants. Except be an adult. Life is tough when your origami crane is replaced by paper planes, or when your oil painting doesn't fit under the magnet on the fridge. Sometimes you've just gotta stick to your water-guns and make your kids proud.
So he's really working on the pitch bible? hmmm
Either way
these characters are so bland!
 
I think I know why Robert and Linda have the same personality
Linda is just Robert in drag, and the kids were adopted
 
Any thoughts on the conversation MrEnter had with Whatisthis111? It seems like MrEnter is afraid to take any risks with his characters in fear of making his characters "unlikable." He doesn't address the concern that the universe is unoriginal either or how the show has the same problem as Flip Flopped.

Link to where the conversation took place.
https://archive.today/wl7v7

It's the same problem with Sonichu; the characters the viewers are supposed to like and relate to have nothing offensive about them (Sonichu, Sally), while the characters the viewers are supposed to hate are purposefully offensive (Naitsirhc, Tallula).
Of course how offensive the character is depends on the author's point of view but it's the same thing.
 
Alright, made the "wish" thing more plausible, fixed up dialogue, changed the ending, and some other little tidbits. This is a very important episode by the way. Kyle read this, plz.
Does Enter really think the diallogue is fixed?
and " Kyle read this, plz.", does that mean Kyle usually doesn't read the scripts?
 
https://archive.today/wl7v7

Growing Around needs a retool but I don't think making it 2edgy4me is one of those.
I would make it so the entire world of growing around was all just the figment of timmy and sally's imagination.
The major problem with Growing Around as a concept is that Enter excepts us to relate to these characters and become immersed in this world where people live their daily lives and yet not question the absurdity and ethical problems of a universe fully operated by kid's logic. You can't have it both ways.
It would be like if the fantasy segments from shows like Rugrats or Bobby's World were completely real and had their own continuity, despite the fact that small children's minds don't operate on continuity or common sense and sometimes will just make crap up to whatever suits them at the time for selfish reasons and most certainly a place where you wouldn't learn a moral.
Growing Around is basically Enter's fantasy and yet expects us to praise the show's continuity and have respect for these characters like you would a real person.
But even if they did change the entire concept, Enter is still an awful writer and steal every plot and joke and personality from other more successful cartoons that are barely even two decades old.
 
He actually got around to responding to a PM I sent him a month ago asking what country the place in Growing Around is based on since it seem's really weird.

His response: East Germany

Take that as you will.
That's not something I expected to hear. Maybe Enter's secretly a Neo-Nazi.

I would make it so the entire world of growing around was all just the figment of timmy and sally's imagination.
The major problem with Growing Around as a concept is that Enter excepts us to relate to these characters and become immersed in this world where people live their daily lives and yet not question the absurdity and ethical problems of a universe fully operated by kid's logic. You can't have it both ways.
It would be like if the fantasy segments from shows like Rugrats or Bobby's World were completely real and had their own continuity, despite the fact that small children's minds don't operate on continuity or common sense and sometimes will just make crap up to whatever suits them at the time for selfish reasons and most certainly a place where you wouldn't learn a moral.
Growing Around is basically Enter's fantasy and yet expects us to praise the show's continuity and have respect for these characters like you would a real person.
But even if they did change the entire concept, Enter is still an awful writer and steal every plot and joke and personality from other more successful cartoons that are barely even two decades old.
I really think this would be a series that something like maybe The Simpsons or Regular show would make fun of. Not something that can (or should) be taken seriously.
 
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