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As we know, over the years there has been story driven/had heavy continuity show eeven going back to the 1980s with Teddy Ruxpin, Transformers, G.I Joe, Adventures of The Galaxy Rangers, Jem, ThunderCats (both versions) , DuckTales, and then later with shows such X-Men, Spiderman, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk, Double Dragon, King Arthur and The Knights of Justice, Shadow Raiders, Beast Wars, Gargoyles, Reboot, Superman TAS, Silver Surfer, Batman Beyond, XMen Evolution, As Told By Ginger, TMNT (later 1987 series episodes and 2003 & 2012 series), He-Man (both 1983 and 2002 versions), Static Shock, Justice League/Unlimited, WITCH, Xiaolin Showdown, Danny Phantom, Codename Kids Next Door, Teen Titans, American Dragon (Season 2), Kim Possible (Season 4), The Avatar series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2003 and 2008 series)/Rebels, Ben 10 (OS, UAF and OV), The Batman, Legion of Superheros, Total Drama, Speed Racer The Next Generation, Wolverine and The X-Men, Spectacular Spiderman, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Adventure Time, My Little Pony: FIM (later seasons), Green Lantern, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Young Justice, Wander Over Yonder and Star vs The Forces of Evil.
With that said most of western animation has been and still is still episodic with shows such as The Loud House, Gumball, Teen Titans Go, The Mighty Magiswords, Pickle and Peanut, Ben 10 (2016) Powerpuff Girls (2016), We Bear Bears, Future Worm, and more and granted most of the shows on the shows on this list are not good, my point still stands. The reason for this is kinda obvious, it's hard for new viewers to jump into said show and not get lost and it's reruns get considerably less ratings compared to it's more episodic contemporaries, and therefore it would make less money for the company. I feel that once these networks (Nickelodeon, CN and Disney) move permantely to digital/online streaming this will be less of a problem since viewers could be able to watch a story driven show in the exact order any time they wish.
However due to most of western animation mostly having stand-alone episodes I have recently seen people especially on sites such as reddit and 4chan (I've actually been doing a lot of research for the past day) demanding for more story driven cartoons.
And as much as it would be nice to have more story driven cartoons, in a way it's nice that there's only a small amount of story driven/cartoons with strong continuity since it kinda makes them special, I mean if every show was trying to be like Avatar/Steven Universe it would make a pretty boring medium.
What you you think about this?
With that said most of western animation has been and still is still episodic with shows such as The Loud House, Gumball, Teen Titans Go, The Mighty Magiswords, Pickle and Peanut, Ben 10 (2016) Powerpuff Girls (2016), We Bear Bears, Future Worm, and more and granted most of the shows on the shows on this list are not good, my point still stands. The reason for this is kinda obvious, it's hard for new viewers to jump into said show and not get lost and it's reruns get considerably less ratings compared to it's more episodic contemporaries, and therefore it would make less money for the company. I feel that once these networks (Nickelodeon, CN and Disney) move permantely to digital/online streaming this will be less of a problem since viewers could be able to watch a story driven show in the exact order any time they wish.
However due to most of western animation mostly having stand-alone episodes I have recently seen people especially on sites such as reddit and 4chan (I've actually been doing a lot of research for the past day) demanding for more story driven cartoons.
And as much as it would be nice to have more story driven cartoons, in a way it's nice that there's only a small amount of story driven/cartoons with strong continuity since it kinda makes them special, I mean if every show was trying to be like Avatar/Steven Universe it would make a pretty boring medium.
What you you think about this?
