Things that annoy you in cartoon fandom

[toonatic#_#]

Time to complain, yaaaay! (sarcasm)

- People that say that anything that isn't super popular is "underrated" or "obscure".

- People that complain about everything (ironic, I know). Mainly talking about the people that hate on every new show without giving it a chance.

- When you're looking for fanart of a show and all you get is creepy art of the underage characters (yes, I know they're fictional and not real, but it's gross nonetheless!).

- When you like an obscure show and want to look for people discussing it, only to be met with people only saying "I remember that!" and "I used to love this show!" AND NOTHING ELSE.

 

[Pooky]

The big thing for me is how willing people are to spread rumours, myths and straight up misinformation as if they are facts, or to take 1 and 1, just assume the other 3 are somewhere and tell everyone it's 5. Not that this is limited to fandoms, or entertainment for that matter, but it's the big one for me.

In recent years I've also become tired of calls for cancellation or especially station shutdowns. If you're bothered about people's hard work being shelved or given limited exposure via poor scheduling, I don't think you should be advocating for people losing their jobs just because you don't like a show or think the low ratings are "embarrassing" or whatever.

Outside of that, and other matters that cross over into the outside world or go through other moral lines, I don't really care;



(I do also find it very annoying when people just take their opinions from YouTubers and other influencers, but I can't pretend it's really that big a deal)

 

[Mandouga]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, but I don't like it when people praise this or that—no matter what country it comes from—for how “dark”, “edgy”, or “mature” something is just because it has things like that, and trash, or even just look down on something just because it doesn't have them, or otherwise just because it doesn't fit their view of what “cartoons” should be like. There’s actually more to it, but for now, I’ll just leave it at that.


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[Markus]

- People blame other shows that their favorite show was cancelled. It has only been the executives who have cancelled shows.
- When someone disagrees with an opinion or hot take, it's the end of the world and the person argues.
- Fandom vs fandom. The two fandoms fight each other. Every show has some cons and pros. The shows will never be 100% perfect.
- Calling a show overrated they don't like. It's overrated only if the show is bad. If it's so dang good, I wouldn't say it's overrated cause it's good anyway. If people praise the show that's not critically acclaimed, then that's overrated.

 

[Goldstar!]

-People who misuse the word "overrated". Overrated means something receives more praise than you feel that it deserves. It doesn't mean "I hate that thing!".

-People who declare "This is my new favorite show!" after seeing a single episode.

-People who demand that a series be taken off the air because something or someone associated with said series offends them personally (Case in point: the recent backlash over Disney's Primos). If you don't like something, just don't watch it. Why does a show need to be cancelled and the people who worked on it deserve to be unemployed just because that there's something on it that you personally don't care for? You can just ignore it, it's not difficult.

-People who engage in "tribal fandom". as in people who love Mario feel like they have to hate Sonic the Hedgehog or people who love Batman feel like they have to hate Superman or people who love Looney Tunes and have a Pavlovian hatred of Disney. You can be a fan of both. You're allowed to like more than one thing.

-People who take their fandom for something way too seriously, to the point where they're so into something that they feel it's beyond any sort of criticism, even good natured. They will berate other fans of that same franchise if they dare make a joke or an observation about it. "No! Leave (blank) alone! It's perfect in every way and I will hear nothing critical about it!" Lighten up. It's fiction! You can be critical of something and still be a fan of it.

-People who claim that a TV series "isn't doing well" or "is failing" just because they aren't fans of said series. If a show has stayed in production for longer than 4 years and still has a substantial fanbase, then it's not failing. This show is not "failing" just because you personally don't care for it.

-People who make fan art and fan fiction build around weird, questionable ships. EX: shipping adult characters with child characters, shipping human characters with animal characters, shipping siblings, etc. In a word, "Yuck!'.

 

[Silverstar]

Wow, you guys took a lot of the good ones. I'll chime in:

-Overuse/misuse of the word "overrated". Overrated, when used correctly, isn't a synonym for "I hate this show/movie".

-When people make lopsided, baseless comparisons in order to praise one show or condemn another. EX: "Naruto is better than Kappa Mikey!" or "People would rather watch Demon Hunter than Yogi Bear!" How in the blue hizell do statements like these make any sense? Where's the correlation between lighthearted comedy cartoons and action anime? That's like comparing Mochi donuts to beetroot soup.

-People who base their opinions on shows and movies solely on what their favorite YouTuber or TikTok personality has to say about them. EX: "I've never actually seen this show, but the Cartoon Critic hates it, so therefore I hate it too!" Content producers aren't gods; someone isn't infallible just because they have a YouTube channel. They're still just people with opinions like you and I. You're allowed to disagree with them or -gasp!- formulate your own views on things.

-People who insist that every single cartoon follow a select set of self-concocted rules and if one doesn't, then that cartoon is lame, stupid, inferior and not worth their, or by their belief, anyone else's time. EX: Action cartoon fans who just want nonstop DBZ battles and for every fictional character to be Batman, and any show that doesn't consist of these things is therefore "bad", "g**" or "for babies". There's nothing wrong with having preferences, but it's stupid and bull-headed to want or expect every single show or movie to fall in line with one genre and one genre only. Variety is a thing, kids.

-People who advocate karmic or physical harm befalling artists and actors who create, provide a voice or other work in or for a piece of art they don't like. EX: "I don't like this character or this show, so I hope its' creator or voice actor gets fired and/or gets seriously injured or killed." That's straight-up psychotic, no excuse. Similarly, people who post fan art of characters they don't like getting brutally beaten or murdered. If you're harboring this level of animosity toward a drawing, seek professional help.

-People who come up with increasingly insane conspiracy theories as to why a show they like(d) got canceled. EX: "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi was canceled because Andre Benjamin is a gangster ('cause he played one in Four Brothers) and he threatened CN execs with violence if they didn't cancel HHPAY because he wanted to put Class of 3000 on CN and he didn't want another cartoon starring musicians!" or "Lego Legends of Chima is to blame for Thundercats 2011 getting canceled; CN didn't want two shows starring lions!" or "The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show was canceled because some crackpot hillbilly invaded ABC Studios and threatened to blow them all up if they didn't get rid of all the cartoons, so they just got rid of that one!" Seriously?? Did it ever occur to toy that the show you liked either just wasn't very good or didn't receive adequate ratings, and that was the reason it got sacked?

 

[JMTV]

A lot people already sums up my thoughts about cartoon fandom for me, but if there is one thing I absolutely cannot effing stand about cartoon fandom in general is just endless negativity.

We love cartoons because it was our escape from reality and make us feel good. Yet, every damn day, I seen people says some of the most outrageous, disgusting, and mindless, degenerate nonsense I’ve ever seen in my life that it really does triggered me because it felt like a personal attack and I’m a idiot or wrong for liking something they don’t.

 

[Sparklefan1234]

Cartoon reviewers on Youtube who yell/cuss for non-humor purposes in order to get their point across.

I know "we" (I don't actually care.) think Teen Titans Go! isn't great but does *everyone* need to say it!?

 

[Surreal Kangaroo]

I know it’s been said a million times already, but the misuse of “overrated” and “underrated”. These words do not mean “I hate it” and “I like it” respectively.

I also hate it when people say people say cartoons made past a certain date all suck. There’s good and bad stuff from every generation, it’s just that people tend to remember the stuff they like.

 

[JMTV]

Cartoon reviewers on Youtube who yell/cuss for non-humor purposes in order to get their point across.

Oh yeah, I HATE these people, too. I don’t mind cursing as long as they are funny and understandable, but for the love of God, cursing all the damn time in order to get your point across is obnoxious.

And it does triggered me to this day because I grew up with that type of upbringing. I seen this all the time for the past decade almost to the point where I want to punch somebody in the face. Like I swear to God!

Sorry for getting a little real, but it does hurt me.

 

[Red Arrow]

Snobbery

- When you like an obscure show and want to look for people discussing it, only to be met with people only saying "I remember that!" and "I used to love this show!" AND NOTHING ELSE.

Yep, this hits hard! But many platforms aren't made for such discussions, so I can't blame them. For example, on Reddit, a discussion starts if the opening post is a question or an opinion. If not, then there will be no proper discussion at all, just oneliners and gifs. This is because Reddit threads aren't supposed to last. If you want to talk about something again after a couple of weeks, you have to create a new post. This way many discussions remain incredibly superficial / depthless compared to discussions on traditional forums where threads can last years instead of days.

The subreddit r/cartoons is an extreme example of this. It's loaded with bots that ask questions that won't spark any meaningful discussions, but even before the bots took over, that subreddit was already a waste of anyone's time.

-People who declare "This is my new favorite show!" after seeing a single episode.

You're right, sometimes it's already your new favorite show well before the first episode

 

[toonatic#_#]

- Those that comment "X got cancelled for this??" on every show they don't like. Especially aimed at Owl House and Inside Job fans since they're the most obnoxious.

- People that call everything "brainrot" or "AI generated" when they mean "I don't like this".

- Those TikTok and Instagram accounts that only do bland, overused posts (like "who's the best X?" or "pick three shows/characters/whatever")

- The "judge my taste in women" posts on r/cartoons. 90% of the time they're the same characters too. I don't mind people being attracted to characters (that would make me the biggest hypocrite ever), but I wish there was more variety. Hell, the people on the subreddit got sick of it!

 

[Golden Geek]

Anyone, rather 15 or 45 (it's embarrassing how many of them fall into the latter), whose existence is purely to yuck other people's yum. Especially if they're doing it from a place of implied moral superiority.

Just as an example - "Hey, everyone, a callout post about Golden Geek. I've seen them interacting with Vivziepop animation (!!!) and Dragon Maid (which is SUPER sus if oomfs know anything about it)."

We are dealing with cartoons. As Neil Gaiman once said, there are an alarming amount of people who treat fictional characters as real and real people as fictional. Cartoons, shipping, etc. cannot be harmful to reality. Harassing people, especially in their own private adult spaces, can be.

Of course, there will always be creeps who cross boundaries (like the brony who thought it was appropriate to bring up "Princess Molestia" to her VA), as well as actual nonces - but that's less of an annoyance than the need to own a meat grinder.

 

[EdCNPowerpuffDrama]

When they make a big fuss about a show they never watched in their lifes get cancelled. This happens every single time on Twitter/X.

When they blame David Zaslav for every single bad thing that happens to animation now. Also the people who openly wish death upon him. I don't like him either but death is no joking matter.

The news accounts on twitter in general. One is okay, any more than that is too much. I believe Cartoon Crave was the first one to be created. People saw how popular it got and made their own versions because they're lazy and uncreative.

People thinking ANY kind of toilet humor now is the writers putting their fetish into the shows. Not only is this very insulting and disrespectful, it's also stupid as hell. Toilet humor has always been there because not everyone finds them bad. Like please go outside and stop spending so much time on twitter.

Wishing on shows they don't like to get cancelled. No one is forcing you to watch these shows, let people who do enjoy it have their fun.

Stop looking so deep into every cartoon. They are allowed to be fun and stupid, no need to take them so seriously.

Misinformation spreading. Good GOD is that annoying.

People still treating IMDB and Cable ratings seriously. Barely anyone uses IMDB to rate cartoons now and it never really even mattered. As for Cable ratings, nothing performs well now, especially not kids channel, stop bringing them up to make a show you didn't like look worse.

 

[toonatic#_#]

Anyone, rather 15 or 45 (it's embarrassing how many of them fall into the latter), whose existence is purely to yuck other people's yum. Especially if they're doing it from a place of implied moral superiority.

Just as an example - "Hey, everyone, a callout post about Golden Geek. I've seen them interacting with Vivziepop animation (!!!) and Dragon Maid (which is SUPER sus if oomfs know anything about it)."

We are dealing with cartoons. As Neil Gaiman once said, there are an alarming amount of people who treat fictional characters as real and real people as fictional. Cartoons, shipping, etc. cannot be harmful to reality. Harassing people, especially in their own private adult spaces, can be.

I do quite get it, however if someone were to openly (and not in private spaces) say that they find a cartoon character that's a kid hot, while they're automatically not a predator from that, that's still quite creepy. Yes, they are not real, but that doesn't mean I'm not allowed to express my disgust for it. But attacking somebody just because they like something or send death threats is just a-hole behavior.

I think that the current state of the internet being made up of "only 5 sites" caused the toxicity when it comes to ship wars and the like to become worse. Back then ship wars were relegated to forums or fansites where it could be kept relatively contained. Now, everybody's opinions are loud and proud, which causes more outrage, and so on. The fact that more children (aka people that have very black and white views on everything) got onto these sites just made it even more toxic.

 

[Red Arrow]

Fandom wars and ship wars is something that I basically never encounter. It happens neither here nor on any other website worth visiting, in my opinion.

People thinking ANY kind of toilet humor now is the writers putting their fetish into the shows. Not only is this very insulting and disrespectful, it's also stupid as hell. Toilet humor has always been there because not everyone finds them bad. Like please go outside and stop spending so much time on twitter.

I do feel like there is some kind of cultural difference (?) between Hollywood and Canada with regards to toilet humor. It's rare enough in Hollywood animation, so plenty will enjoy it whenever they see it. But in Canadian cartoons, it seems to happen in most episodes of most shows to the point where it becomes physically uncomfortable to me.

Similarly, a lot of the comedy in Japanese cartoons will make many Westerners very uncomfortable.

 

[kanc]

Things annoys me when few people complaining about preschool blocks, as why are they not removing it from channels.

Also when people complain why can't network go back to the way it is used to in the past, and really overreact and wanting channel to stay forever and NOT be removed regardless of bad lineup. Example: TeenNick, Nicktoons.

Spreading rumors about something that is not true, causing misinformation.

People overreact something which is really not a big issue...

 

[Sparklefan1234]

Things annoys me when few people complaining about preschool blocks, as why are they not removing it from channels.

But we all started there.

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It may not happen as often nowadays from what I've seen but seeing anti-bronies used to make me sad.

 

[JMTV]

It may not happen as often nowadays from what I've seen but seeing anti-bronies used to make me sad.

Aw man, don’t even get me started on the anti-bronies. That was a wild time back then. Thankfully, it may not happen anymore, but my God, it was ridiculous.

 

[5YearsOnEastCoast]

Snobbery


Yep, this hits hard! But many platforms aren't made for such discussions, so I can't blame them. For example, on Reddit, a discussion starts if the opening post is a question or an opinion. If not, then there will be no proper discussion at all, just oneliners and gifs. This is because Reddit threads aren't supposed to last. If you want to talk about something again after a couple of weeks, you have to create a new post. This way many discussions remain incredibly superficial / depthless compared to discussions on traditional forums where threads can last years instead of days.

The subreddit r/cartoons is an extreme example of this. It's loaded with bots that ask questions that won't spark any meaningful discussions, but even before the bots took over, that subreddit was already a waste of anyone's time.

You're right, sometimes it's already your new favorite show well before the first episode

r/cartoons definitely is perhaps the worst place when it comes to karma farming. I know many other reddit places have this too, but r/cartoons takes it to another level. Like asking who is the worst cartoon father and are the same image examples shown in post. Tho I don't think those are bots who are posting those questions. I think those are real life people, and I am not sure what their age really is. I want to say that most of them are teens, but I am not so sure. Also memes they post a lot of times aren't funny.

As for things that annoy me about cartoon fans:

People here mention the term "overrated" being used so I won't dwell on it. Other annoying terms they tend to use are like Mary Sue, plot armor, rip-off, character derailment. Tho these stuff aren't exclusive to cartoon fans.

Some of them claiming how some children cartoons aren't actually children cartoons because they "deal with adult stuff" and how "violent it can be" like character dying in most tame way possible. It seems that anything that has even a bit of violence make them claim that those children cartoons aren't for children. And it brings me to question if they ever consumed non kid-family friendly media at all.