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

[Wabbu]

I've never met a kid who wanted a pony. Its like one of those stereotypes that adults perpetuate about kids that rarely happens. Most kids usually want a dog or something. I think it would be more in-character for Sally to own a shit ton of puppies or something instead of a horse that can somehow live in a restrictive environment like a suburb. Unless Enter makes an episode where Gumdrops gets depressed and they have to put her down which in tern teaches the family about dumb decisions, I think its really retarded and nonsensical.

Even if he wanted to go with an "unusual pet"
Ferrets, chinchilas etc are a thing

 

[AnOminous]

@Toy_Bon-Bon: I think that most animators (and people interested in animation) ought to watch "Stimpy's Invention" or "Minnie the Moocher" or "Quasi at the Quackadero," but that's because they could learn a lot about animation from watching them, not some bullshit about morality.

I bet he would think Ren & Stimpy, and the happy helmet episode in particular, are "mean-spirited."

 

[Wabbu]

So, I started to read opposite day,

Sally [Dead-face straight] No. There are some things that you NEVER do as a prank, and taking away a child’s sugar is one of them! This is a crime against kid-dom Robert!

That's just painfully unfunny

June: You got to put your uniform on now, so you aren’t late for school. The President would be most displeased!

Sally: O-kay… This isn’t funny. You’ve picked a game I don’t want to play today [She turns around to Linda, who has been eating the healthier food in the fridge as a background gag, Robert, standing beside her rolls his eyes] Linda, I think May and June are gonna take you to school.

What the fuck did June meant by "most displeased"?
And what a funny background joke!

 

[Maruukat]

So, I started to read opposite day, and I came across one of the worst lines I've ever read:

That's just painfully unfunny

Is sugar like money in this cartoon's universe? Do people make illegal sugar?

 

[Toy_Bon-Bon]

Is sugar like money in this cartoon's universe? Do people make illegal sugar?

No, trading cards are money.

 

[Wabbu]

Is sugar like money in this cartoon's universe? Do people make illegal sugar?

No, the currency are trading cards
Sugar is just the basic food
because that's how Enter thinks children work

Also, the obsession she has with sugar make her look like an addict, so maybe it is this worlds coke as well

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@Someone: The only type of person who would say "Most displeased" is someone who's supposed to be snooty. So there's that.

 

[Wabbu]

Steve: [Dead-faced] The President doesn’t like liars Timmy.

Brilliant foreshadowing

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

Would it be heretical to say he fails at writing a dystopia?

 

[Optimus Prime]

I've never met a kid who wanted a pony. Its like one of those stereotypes that adults perpetuate about kids that rarely happens. Most kids usually want a dog or something. I think it would be more in-character for Sally to own a shit ton of puppies or something instead of a horse that can somehow live in a restrictive environment like a suburb. Unless Enter makes an episode where Gumdrops gets depressed and they have to put her down which in tern teaches the family about dumb decisions, I think its really retarded and nonsensical.

I remember back when Nayolfa first showed up to "dispel any confusion" or some shit.

I don't think we ever got an answer that didn't boil down to the pony being in this purely because either Nayolfa and/or Mr. Enter wanting a fucking pony in this abomination of a cartoon idea. But while that does prove the pony only exists because of their inane love of MLP:FIM, it's still kind of up in the air over who really put it in (odds are it was Mr. Enter anyway and Nayolfa was trying to make it seem like he actually has a say in this bullshit)

 

[Wabbu]

Would it be heretical to say he fails at writing a dystopia?

Actually, the GA original world works for a dystopia
but it is his utopia

 

[fridgesrants]

The idea of Growing Around scares the crap out of me. tbh. If Mr. Enter is an adult why would he want to create a nightmarish universe like that? I would rather live in CWCville then their universe tbh.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@fridgesrants: Because he has no sense of what's nightmarish or not?

I get that it's poorly constructed; I don't see nightmarish.

 

[MrsFrizzle]

@fridgesrants: Because he has no sense of what's nightmarish or not?

I get that it's poorly constructed; I don't see nightmarish.

Living 75% of your life in an enforced caricature of childhood seems horrible to me. Also, God forbid you get sick and have to see a six-year-old doctor.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Most doctors in GA would be like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Nick

 

[fridgesrants]

Living 75% of your life in an enforced caricature of childhood seems horrible to me. Also, God forbid you get sick and have to see a six-year-old doctor.

I do not get why he thought it was good idea if there are all these issues with the premise. I could not stand being in school when I was younger and having to put up with that bs. If I forced to do that all my adult life I do not know what I would do. If he wanted to add an interesting twist he could have some of the adults start a revolutionary group to overthrow that regime.

@fridgesrants: Because he has no sense of what's nightmarish or not?

I get that it's poorly constructed; I don't see nightmarish.

I like being an adult. Why the hell would I want to live in a world were kids control everything? Being forced to go school to learn how to be fun and being told what to do? Even CWCville would be better then that universe.

 

[Headbanger General]

Well, you know, one episode of GA is about Timmy having a midlife crisis. He goes and gets smashed because he knows that when he grows up, he will lose control of his life. Does Enter even read his own scripts?

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

I remember back when Nayolfa first showed up to "dispel any confusion" or some shit.

I don't think we ever got an answer that didn't boil down to the pony being in this purely because either Nayolfa and/or Mr. Enter wanting a fucking pony in this abomination of a cartoon idea. But while that does prove the pony only exists because of their inane love of MLP:FIM, it's still kind of up in the air over who really put it in (odds are it was Mr. Enter anyway and Nayolfa was trying to make it seem like he actually has a say in this bullshit)

am I the only one to remember when he got here he straight up lied saying he isn't a brony and how his best friend owns a horse and that's why he made gumdrops, then the moment someone on here brought up mlp he completely turned around and was talking about how amazing and inspiring the show was and started talking about all the fanart and fanfiction he made? What split my sides though was that it was literally one page apart from eachother

 

[fridgesrants]

Well, you know, one episode of GA is about Timmy having a midlife crisis. He goes and gets smashed because he knows that when he grows up, he will lose control of his life. Does Enter even read his own scripts?

Does Mr. Enter just hate life and wish he was kid again? A majority of a persons life is as an adult. This fantasy universe would be terrible because you spend most of your life as an adult and when you turn 18 you would be screwed.

 

[Shokew]

I don't blame and wholehearted sympathize anyone who is terrified of the idea of living in a world that this show foolishly and futilely suggests... Not just the unfortunate implications, but the severe lack of understanding of just exactly HOW KIDS REALLY THINK, compared to what Entard and his stupid followers fail to realize.