Why don't they make characters this retarded anymore? The only example from this decade is Charlie in season 2 of hazbin hotel.
>>153647074Because they're annoying
>>153647074Cheese is far more useful that any Hazbin Homotel character.
>>153647074People realized they were punching down so they stopped.
>>153647074Average IQ < 80. Hard to sell a product that insults your audience.
>>153647074Cartoons have shifted from straight comedies to dramedies or straight dramas, so strictly dumb characters would be more annoying and detrimental to the show’s narrative without them having some kind of added depth.
>>153647074She also was retarded in Season 1
>>153648393and she somehow managed to be even more retarded in season 2
Its offensive especially towards neurodivergents.characters like him fit into a time capsule of how the rain man.
Characters of Patrick Star level intelligence are funny enough
>>153647074ALL Vivsieplop characters, shows and episodes are retarded, Anon.Remember that.
>>153647074Because they're obnoxious, not funny and very unpopular
>>153647074The problem is that Cheese was meant to be representative of autistic/ADHD children, but he was also shown as destructive, uniquely obnoxious, and protected from any repercussions of his actions. It told kids to stay away from neurodivergent kids, lest they get in trouble for the other's actions, and for non-children watching to see Au/DHD kids as malicious nuisances.
