Unpopular Opinions You Hold About Animation

[Kiddington]

different strokes for different folks

Once again, any use of this phrase must be associated with how Gary Coleman was almost raped by some old white bike dealer.

scream real loud in my ass

[Avaitor]

different strokes for different folks

Once again, any use of this phrase must be associated with how Gary Coleman was almost raped by some old white bike dealer.

scream real loud in my ass

I already made that joke. That means we're above our monthly Family Guy quota.

Also, everybody leave. I have to poop. NOW.

[Kiddington]

different strokes for different folks

Once again, any use of this phrase must be associated with how Gary Coleman was almost raped by some old white bike dealer.

scream real loud in my ass

I already made that joke. That means we're above our monthly Family Guy quota.

Also, everybody leave. I have to poop. NOW.

Well, I guess I totally missed it.

But hey... testicles. That is all.

[Goldstar]

I've never understood the immense appeal of Rugrats. I've never "gotten" that show or understood why people loved it so much. The character designs were unattractive. I hated the crude humor and I've never found it to be particularly funny. The only thing that I really liked about Rugrats was the fact that for once there was a cartoon that focused on human characters, not talking animals or things. But there was nothing much beyond that.

I hated Angelica. She was a complete bitch and the show became unbearable when the writers began shoehorning her into every single episode. Angelica was the most undeserving character of admiration status since Lucy Van Pelt. Alexandra Cabot (from Josie and the Pussycats) was a bitch also, but at least Josie's writers would knock her around routinely, so if nothing else she at least earned some of our sympathy due to her conflicted ordeal.

[Peanutbutter]

I liked Rugrats, but I'll never understand fully why or how they blew up so much at the late 90s. I remember when there was a long gap in between episodes and I thought that episode where Angelica thought she was moving and made up with the others was the series finale. Then, out of nowhere Rugrats not only comes back but now there's merchandise everywhere and every kid and teenage girl was raving about it. What the crap happened?!

[Spark Of Spirit]

The first few seasons of Rugrats are very clever in their blending of the adult world with childhood imagination and mixing and matching when appropriate. I remember watching it before it blew up and even then it was very popular in reruns.

But then they brought it back and completely lost everything that was enjoyable about the early episodes and made it a basic gross-out show with characters that were dumber than they were in the earlier episodes. I remember being excited when I heard they were making new episodes, but I really didn't dig them much and eventually stopped watching.

The first two movies were fine, but nothing else from the 'revival' caught my attention.

[Nel_Annette]

Yeah, I think the first movie was the last time I really liked Rugrats. I thought the series was pretty damn clever with how it used the kids' imaginations. And then Dil showed up and the show went to shit.

[talonmalon333]

I hated the Rugrats Movie. I thought it represented everything wrong with later era of the show.

I can't remember the Paris movie much cause I only saw it once and that was in theaters a long time ago. I hear people say it's better than the first movie, but I still struggle to imagine it's anywhere close to being good.

[Avaitor]

I still like both movies. They both have their share of warts and needless gross-out jokes, but like any good kids movie, its heart is in its right place.

[talonmalon333]

Wasn't there a third movie? I can't even remember.

[Nel_Annette]

If you mean the Wild Thornberries crossover, then yeah, I think that counts as the third. Unless I missed one completely.

[Avaitor]

Yeah, that's the third.

I saw it once, when Nick did a marathon of all 3 movies during a Thanksgiving weekend. I was a bit older then, like 16 or 17, and it did absolutely nothing for me. And I could tell that even if I did see it when it came out, it still wouldn't have done much for me.

[Spark Of Spirit]

The movies aren't anything great, but the first movie is about the only 'gross-out' stuff I can take and it is otherwise pretty harmless. The second one gets a bit too wacky, but the ending does at least feel like a nice solid capper on the series.

It's not like anything else that happens after the second movie really changes or adds to anything.

[gunswordfist]

I always thought there was only one Rugrats movie lol. Shows how early I stopped paying attention to the show.

[talonmalon333]

From what I gather, this is going to be a somewhat unpopular opinion, though maybe not necessarily on this site.

I don't think Timone and Pumba from Lion King are bad. I mean, I wouldn't say I like them, and they can be a bit annoying. But I don't dislike them. They have their funny moments. And Hakuna Matata is a fun song, even if it's certainly the worst song in that movie.