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[Cutie Gwen]

Meanwhile, I was thinking of Sheldon Plankton and I was like... what did he do? He loves his computer girl deep down.

Robot girls beware, be aware of what Nickelodeon Sheldon you're dating

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Sarcastic Chorus did a good video tearing into him, here’s the video link, but with the heinous stuff the show has him get away with doing, it’s amazing he didn’t become a supervillain. Dude’s a stalker and a ****ing incel, it’s creepy how realistic his behaviors and mindset can be, the writers couldn’t decide to keep him a punching bag or make him Jenny’s potential love interest and I hate his guts for it.

I also watched this video. I've only seen a few episodes of My Life as a Teenage Gary Robot, but I fully agree, keep that weirdass incel away from Robo-Spinel.

But at the start I was like "KEEP MARINETTE'S NAME OUTTA YOUR MOUTH!" Yes, the wax statue scene WAS creepy, and an example of the flaws that MLB does exhibit even despite its high points. But as someone who's watched all of MLB, Marinette's stalker tendencies are played much less grossly realistic than Sheldon's tendencies, she never comes across as an incel (or the female equivelant of such) and does genuinely want Adrien to be happy, and, what many stalker protagonists (IE Sheldon and Sierra) fail to do, SHE DEVELOPS PAST IT. Without spoiling too much, season 4 and 5's events show her stepping up to move past her tendencies to focus on her duties as Ladybug, while also confronting the trauma that caused her to develop these tendencies in the first place, and develops to become a better person overall and loses that stalker streak that made her infamous.

TL;DR: Marinette is who Sheldon wishes he was.

Did I mention that Miraculous Ladybug, despite its flaws, is a masterpiece and should be watched by everyone with a pulse?

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Marinette is who Sheldon wishes he was.

Diversity win, Sheldon, the worst part of the show, is trans!


Sorry, I don't have anything to add to the Miraculous thing, I have an automatic hatred for anything that came from the french whether it deserves it or not

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Sorry, I don't have anything to add to the Miraculous thing, I have an automatic hatred for anything that came from the french whether it deserves it or not

I mean...

I get where your fears come from.

That said though, the French also made Totally Spies, so we can't hold their screw-ups against them TOO much.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I mean...
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I get where your fears come from.

That said though, the French also made Totally Spies, so we can't hold their screw-ups against them TOO much.

Oh no my reason for hating those cheese eating, wine guzzling, cigarette inhaling surrender dogs isn't cause of children shows, it's cause I'm partially fr*nch.

Totally Spies is one of those shows from my childhood I'm curious about rewatching, like say, Static Shock, but also it's infamy makes me go "Oh no I don't want to risk watching a psych evaluation for why I'm Like That"

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Nah biolizard is more fitting, it's what Shadow was 'meant' to be while having nice inplications for Gerald's character. Now, Biolizard is most likely based on Chaos, so having Chaos appear in say, Sonic 4?

I remember watching this a few years back and whenever Sheldon was on screen I thought "Damn, his VA was perfectly cast for this considering who Sheldon is"

Ok except the biolizard barely has an impact in its own game and has a pretty boring design for something that’s supposed to be the end all antagonist of the game.

Like, Shadow was SA2’s main villain. But we can’t have him turn into a big final boss monster so let’s have him fight a big lizard stuck on the end of a canon. It’s dumb.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Totally Spies is one of those shows from my childhood I'm curious about rewatching, like say, Static Shock, but also it's infamy makes me go "Oh no I don't want to risk watching a psych evaluation for why I'm Like That"

Oh I already know that Totally Spies at least had a little influence in why I'm Like This. Not the weird kink stuff, but I think it's what helped to plant my initial fondness of feminine valley girl characters that, for worse or worse, has stuck with me into my adult years. Plus I just really like all the funky gadgets and the genuine wholesome friendship with the main girls. Kid me NEVER caught on to any of the, ahem, 'deeper things' with the show, I was just like "ooh funny spy show with cute girls go bop"

Though as much as MLB is one of the best family shows out there, if we're talking kids specifically, young kids should probably stick to the earlier seasons cuz WHEW the later seasons get DARK. And straight up, don't show Kaeloo to kids. Don't show Kaeloo to ANYONE cuz that show is the hottest of messes despite a few genuinely good jokes, and some of the "humor" is just downright disturbed in that show despite its "family" demographic

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Ok except the biolizard barely has an impact in its own game and has a pretty boring design for something that’s supposed to be the end all antagonist of the game.

Like, Shadow was SA2’s main villain. But we can’t have him turn into a big final boss monster so let’s have him fight a big lizard stuck on the end of a canon. It’s dumb.

Hard disagree, the Biolizard's existence has many interesting things to consider, it serves as a nice reflection of Shadow, who goes from a dude willing to destroy life to saving the planet compared to his prototype which goes through the opposite. The prototype for the ultimate life form is a lizard, which in real life sometimes have regenerative qualities. The whole 'ultimate life form' wasn't a weapon, it's something to be the best at not dying, which ties into Maria, a terminally ill child pretty much fated to die young. Biolizard's mutations however made it this hulking, destructive mess, constantly in pain and requiring life support, quite like how the genocidal Shadow is in severe emotional turmoil over the death of all the good in his life, but that obviously wouldn't heal his heart. But think about it, how did the Biolizard end up like that? From what we knew of Gerald in the game back when SA2 was all we had, Gerald was a kind man who wanted to improve the lives of everyone, so when he saw his creation become this monster, he let it live, he repurposed an area in the ark to let it stay alive when it was a danger to him and his fellow researchers as he was that strongly against killing. 50 years later, this beast is carrying on Gerald's will for the death of all mankind. Do you not find that insight to Gerald's character fascinating?

TLDR: The Biolizard serves as a foil to Shadow and an insight into the mind of Gerald.

 

[Wademan94]

I haven't seen MLAATR in forever so all this talk about Sheldon is bringing an entirely different character to mind.

Bazinga.

Both characters suck to me so yeah.