-Sandy is definitely a Texas native and loves science, but she didn't let those two things be her only defining traits. She starts off very stand offish and not letting anyone get close to her and as a result she seems smart and well put together but she's scared of letting people get to know the real her because she isn't like that. Kevin, Kelly, Toby, and Ryan go through the same kind of process too, while Erin kinda stays the same since her introduction. The Office. More location shooting, Richie had an older brother, Fonz wasn’t always in a leather jacket, Potsie wasn’t 99% mentally challenged, etc - After a few years they seemed to film mostly on a soundstage and the characters became much more 2-d caricatures with catch phrase punch lines. I'm getting to that point too. She loathes April's character so much at this point she wants her character to be killed off. Tobias' gay tendencies on Arrested Development, EDIT: Wait why are we doing this exercise. Most office background characters experienced some degree of flanderization, as do most comedy characters now that I think about it. It's one for the "nobody ever went broke underestimating the American public" file. She started out being a really out-there hippy. This isn't your average "Flanderization". He's so one dimensional, EVERYTHING is about steak or woodworking and that's it. SchrodingerC. I can see what you mean with Ron, but I am a woodworker, so I like that aspect. Let alone watching. An exploration into the history of SpongeBob SquarePants, the day that sparked its downfall to mediocrity, and the concept of "flanderization. Kind of scary really. Paying attention to just one kind of deterioration is odd. What is Flanderization? Pierce's flanderization in community was bad enough for him to leave the show. The Garfield of television. What series or show had the most glaring issue of Flanderization with its characters? I'm still sour about what happened to the character. Pin Tweet. Member. That was a fun 2 hours I'm not getting back. But then he got crazier and more neurotic until by the end of the show they wrote a storyline in which he was actually diagnosed as being a hypochondriac to explain just how goddamn batshit idiotic he was being constantly. I disagree, I feel that while pretty much everyone in that show is morally reprehensible, they were also all written with more nuance than to be described as Flanderized. They were first mentioned in the episode Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V. In "The Bad Guy Club for Villains," SpongeBob and Patrick watch the Lost Episode of Me… Decomposing Elements of SpongeBob SquarePants Many fans believe that SpongeBob SquarePants has had the biggest decline in quality of any show on TV in the 21st century. I disagree, Friends went down in grace, becoming very boring in the end without Flanderization attempts to save it. r/SpongeBob_Episodes: Here you don’t post, the mods do the posting. Eating turkey chili off of frisbees with one fork? Parks and Recreation. Which character or television show has portrayed the worst case of Flanderization, defined by: The act of taking a single (often minor) action or trait of a character within a work and exaggerating it more and more over time until it completely consumes the character. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Flanderization, http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Flanderization/LiveActionTV. Yet, Spongebob has gotten a million times worse than those classic cartoons ever got, and are far better than Spongebob ever was. Kelly as well. -Mr. Krabs loves money, but he does know there are other things to life. Full website: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Flanderization. Then they completely stripped any normalcy from him. Spongebob (Spongebob Squarepants) – He was a cute, lovable Sponge that lived under the sea when we first met him. SpongeBob SquarePants - I Hate Flanderization. I disagree a little with Topanga. Whenever they tried to give him scenes to flesh out the character and add some depth, he refused because he didn't get it or think it was funny. Flanderization is the act of taking a single (often minor) action or trait of a character within a work and exaggerating it more and more over time until it completely consumes the character. I have read that Garry Marshall did that quite intentionally and was rewarded with improved ratings. This to the first part of my theory. The Office, specifically all the secondary characters. Not even Patrick, the person we already know she is her friend. It was kind of his fault, though. These characters sure are likable.” After: “I feel your pain, Squidward.”. Post sequel SpongeBob felt like an apology letter to all the pre-movie fans that want the show to go back to its glory days (bringing back old characters and referencing earlier gags). This trope is a very common, potentially polarizing thing. Flanderization is when they have a character with established traits and as the show goes on they exaggerate those traits making the character a caricature of themselves. Maybe Friends. Their oddities and quirks are established early on: Meredith drinks/parties, Phyllis is sexual, Creed is craaazy, etc. Yeah he can be sexist or racist but its more him just being old and ignorant. But by the end of the show, Phyllis is getting off in the office to 50 Shades of Grey, Meredith is having her son strip on her, and Creed is, well, still crazy. ... SpongeBob SquarePants Uploaded by KYM Collector Bot … Just finished season 1 the other day and sad to hear this. SpongeBob is one of my all time favorite Nickelodeon cartoon series :( RIP Mr. Hillenburg, thank you for all of your creative contributions. Seasons of it. As in by a single personality trait taking over a character. Just had to be said. Spongebob Squarepants was Nickelodeon at its absolute best. Came here to post Potsie. Always Sunny, but it has only made the show better. JD from Scrubs became a "sensitive" caricature, although they'd reign it in from time to time. I was wondering if someone would bring this up. SpongeBob is now a completely oblivious idiot (A Pal for Gary), Patrick is either stupid or a jerk, pick your poison (Stuck in the Wringer), Mr. Krabs has become completely greedy and doesn't care for his friends/employees at all (The Cent of Money), etc. Eric started out just being sort of girl crazy and eventually just became a full on retarded man child. Cory was the worst of them - at first he was the average kid that everyone was supposed to relate to. Before: “Wow. Take a look at the beginning of the series: -Patrick is slow witted and made some terrible/misinformed decisions, but he still knew how to do basic things. It wasn't as bad with Joey, as he had some real development, but a lot of his dumb moments seemed too dumb even for him. With britta I think it kinda adds another dimension to her character. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Flanderization/LiveActionTV. I'm watching The Office, and even though it started small, the flanderization escalated tenfold by season 8. That website already has examples! SpongeBob Squarpants … New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. May be characters already Flanderized from the very start of the show (except the pilot which is often very different from the rest of the show anyway), but we did not notice it because the character traits did not start causing allergies yet. Also he can't walk through a band room without tripping over everything. I cannot believe that no one's mentioned Spongebob. And quite honestly, I would much rather Rugrats comeback and have Nick go back to the days when it was the Klasky Csupo channel, then have Spongebob … This isn't your average flanderization. This is...extreme bullshitification. Everyone, but especially Ron. Ron's flanderization really started to show in the last half of the series. This is probably called something different, but there are some shows that write characters that do a lot of random or mysterious things, just to make them interesting. Since the beginning of the series, Mr. Krabs' overall characterization has become more and more negative. Something that's the reverse of flanderization: Niles Crane on Frasier went from a cartoon character to a human being, which was pretty awesome. Some post-movie episodes still flanderize the characters, however. Then, finally, he makes it. Dates. Sitcoms and Sitcom characters are particularly susceptible to this, as are peripheral characters in shows with long runs. I feel like Oscar from the office was extremely flanderized in the later seasons. Sometimes, he becomes the villain in some episodes of the show, with Mr. Krabs being just as bad as, if not worse than, Plankton himself.Ever since the events were seen in the fourth season (seasons that released after the first film, but is not chronologically set after the movie), Mr. Krabs' role as a father figure to SpongeBob has … The I.J.L.S.A. Kevin is now the biggest caricature, Oscar is a feisty, prentetious and cultured homosexual, Dwight is an unemotional, self-loving german idiot, Angela is a hateful christian, Gabe is a spineless, weird freak etc etc. An exploration into the history of SpongeBob SquarePants, the day that sparked its downfall to mediocrity, and the concept of "flanderizati on.&qu An exploration into the history of SpongeBob SquarePants, the day that sparked its downfall to mediocrity, and the concept of "flanderization." This article is a transcript of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Bulletin Board" from Season 9, which aired on October 1, 2016. Characters introduced in later seasons, like Erin, were one dimensional from the start and never developed. Mr. Krabs walks up to her.] The quirks of the likes of Dr Cox, the Janitor, and some of the lesser seen characters like Ted and Todd were present but still grounded to earth in season 1, but they became such extreme caricatures of their former selves by the end. A Nickelodeon animated series about a highly energetic sea sponge named SpongeBob who lives in a pineapple under the sea. ... Never thought I would hate Spongebob and Patrick, and feel sorry for Squidward. This season is the worst for two primarily reasons. He went from an intelligent sidekick to a mentally challenged goofball that failed to evolve. Literally nothing but comic relief and stupid storylines. Just like with so many shows, once the showrunner leaves nobody knows how to do it right. By the end he's doing ridiculous things driven by his sexuality. The centerpiece of Nickelodeon, The universal cartoon. His biggest trait is that he just tries too hard to fit in. Which character or television show has portrayed the worst case of Flanderization, defined by: The act of taking a single (often minor) action or trait of a character within a work and exaggerating it more and more over time until it completely consumes the character. SpongeBob SquarePants has experienced massive flanderization since 2005. -Mr. Krabs is willing to do anything for more money, ethics be damned (just watch the grease episode). Absorbent and yellow and porous is he. In the beginning she was a normal late 20-something, maybe a little relationship-focused, but all the characters went a little crazy towards the end. During a conversation with Sandy Spongebob said that he can "reproduce by budding". This is stripping characters of any depth and likability and focusing on one goddamn trait just because you're too fucking lazy to think of a decent character and have them interact with other decent characters and make a once-clever show still actually good. Like us on Facebook! D&D Beyond There was once a time when almost everybody, child and adult, could unify in watching what was once credited by many as the greatest cartoon of all time. SpongeBob SquarePants characters have been flanderized most noticably from its un-cancellation in 2005 to the release of the second movie. I think Scrubs is an excellent example of a show that flanderized its characters across the board. It can make good shows and characters go bad... and vice versa. The following is a list of official SpongeBob SquarePants online games. I loved Scrubs all the way through, but the tone of season 1 always feels a little bit different. Most always, the trait/action becomes completely outlandish and it becomes their defining characteristic. Same thing can be said about most of the characters. I am watching the show with my wife (my 2nd watch through, her first), and we are in the beginning of S4. And pretty much as soon as he gets to college, he goes from a kind of air headed, normal guy to a full-on, braindead, useless punchline. He was likeable, even if he was a bit of a dick, in the first season. He's so great in season one. Also, April responds to literally EVERYTHING with sarcasm and attitude. The first is that the characters' personalities have been completely flanderized. Are you kidding me? In a later-season episode, when Spongebob bursts into tears after Squidward convinces him that he can no longer laugh or smile again, Squidward just walks away with a smirk, saying "Oh, I hate it when he's … This applies to most of the secondary characters in general but I do not want to list every single one. The games released below have instructions and high score lists. She went from being the biker version of Gertrude from Hamlet (morally gray, sometimes sympathetic) to a completely hatred-worthy monster. Take Sandy for example. This year, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run was originally to release in theaters, but it was moved to CBS All Access in 2021 due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Spongebob Squarepants. Welp. In the beginning he's a very normal, rational guy who happened to be gay. Then you see a newer episode like SpongeBob, You're Fired, and they make science her only thing she cares about. Then the writers turned him into an idiotic sociopath. Let's take a deeper look at how the older SpongeBob (Seasons 1-3) differs from the newer SpongeBob (Seasons 4-whatever number we're on now).. Practically every single show becomes worse in the second season and every single TV show is worse in the end. In the episode "SB-129", when Squidward travels 2000 years into the future we see spongebob … Sons of Anarchy-- all of them, but especially Gemma. Topanga started out being a normal girl, but by the end of the show she was a grade obsessed nitpicking bitch. Britta from Community went from being intelligent but slightly privileged/hypocritical to the moron of the group. Despite SpongeBob SquarePants the show being a show aimed at kids, SpongeBob the character is like most adults.He has a dead-end job working for … First seasons were very different in tone and look than majority of the later seasons. Sorry about the rant. It was hard to stomach. In the older SpongeBob episodes, she's really good at science, yet she also cares about other stuff like karate, and her friends. First seasons were very different in tone and look than majority of the later seasons. Things like that annoy the piss out of me. With Gemma, you have your strongest case, but if it happened it was only at the end. [The episode begins on another day at the Krusty Krab. Man, I’ve always been bitter about Eric. Despite all of this honestly, I still think season 7 is the worst season of the entire show due having boring and predictable storytelling. (ironically) From the AVClub when it was still functional: https://tv.avclub.com/happy-days-became-one-of-the-biggest-hits-on-tv-by-sell-1798233067. For example, in one of the early-season Christmas specials, he gives away everything he owns so that Spongebob won't cry. Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. :D I think the worst case is Andy and April together. PROTIP: Press the ← and → keys to navigate the gallery, 'g' to view the gallery, or 'r' to view a random image. But if the player loses a game, they will give up or try again. A lot of the Glee kids went through this, but Brittany stands out as someone who went from believably ditzy to Rain Man. Kevin became dumber, Kelly was just a basic bitch. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://tv.avclub.com/happy-days-became-one-of-the-biggest-hits-on-tv-by-sell-1798233067. It ends up ruining the plot or logic. 2020 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Sakura Haruno (Naruto) – All she did was obsess over Sasuke in the first arc. Going back in time a bit: Happy Days. Squidward's hatred of Spongebob has also been flanderized, though. Agreed completely. Angela, Oscar, and Nellie seem to make it out alive as more developed characters, though I'm sure Nellie would have been devolved to "person who only talks about wanting a baby" had she been a regular for more than a season. If the player wins a game, they will be rewarded or play the game again. -Pretty much every episode that has a spotlight on Sandy only focuses on something related to science or Texas, and never ANYTHING ELSE. (International Justice League of Super Acquaintances) is a team of superheroes, who are aligned with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. According to a Reddit theory, SpongeBob’s secretly rich parents hired Squidward to watch over SpongeBob, whom they suspect has ADHD. -Patrick is a complete imbecile, and struggles to perform even basic needs. You can enjoy full episodes of your favorite sponge here! Kevin from The Office is an especially strong example for this trope. And if nautical nonsense be something you-okay, you probably get it.SpongeBob SquarePants is the tenth entry in the Nicktoons series of cartoons, and is easily the most popular, iconic, and long-running of them all. A sweet old lady is knitting a scarf with her yarn while enjoying her meal. Fucking Boy Meets World, man. They spent so long building up his struggle to go to college. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. And although she had some character development in Shippuden. 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