Any stereotypes that bug you and why?

Looks like some FOP writers messed a good opportunity of character development of Trixie Tang.



Sound almost like Courtney and Duncan from Total Drama Island/Action/World Tour. I said almost because Courtney acted more bossy and antagonist in TDA towards Duncan compared to TDI.
 
One notable exception to this stereotype is (or was, since the show has since been canceled) Eddie Lawrence from Class of 3000. Eddie was an obscenely rich kid who was actually nice, a member of the gang and a team player rather than being a snooty upstart who regularly opposes or belittles the other kids.



I'm tired of this one also. The former stereotype describes the character of Johnny Test to a T, and is precisely why I feel that he's the weak link of his own show. Unfortunately, the immense popularity of The Simpsons has only lead to even more examples of this particular stereotype. It'd be a nice change of pace to see a domestic situation in which the male family members have exceptional special talents or skills and the female members are shown to be flawed in some way. I understand that the purpose of this is to portray a positive image of girls/women, but this can actually accomplish the opposite effect, since it makes the girls/moms appear too perfect to be interesting, likable or relatable.
 
Spot on. This is exactly what I was getting at with my "only boys are allowed to have fun and be quirky" rant. The Mighty B! may not have been everybody's cup of tea, but I can at least admire what the producers tried to do with Bessie: have a zany, nutty, imperfect kid character who was a girl, as opposed to the girl having to be the smart, mature, responsible one who reminds everyone else how silly they're all being. It's good moral fiber, I suppose, but characters like that don't get the laughs. They're not fun. They don't get to indulge in the wacky hijinks which make characters likable fan favorites.

I'd like to see a cartoon where the breakout characters: The Stewies, the Brians, the Ed, Edd 'n' Eddys, the Chowders, the Mung Daals, the Gazpachos, the Shnitzels, the Flapjacks, the K'nuckleses, the Finn and Jakes, the Phineas and Ferbs, the Cartmans, the Butters characters et al are girls. That would be a nice and refreshing change to witness, even if only once.
 
One stereotype that REALLY drives me crazy is the random girl who's only there to be the main hero's love interest (take Julie in Ben 10: Alien Force, for example). The problem is, this girl is often the damsel in distress and helpless, waiting for the main hero to come at save her. It's quite irritating, because it still suggests the male superiority over woman (now for granted, television is getting away from this, but it still exists).
 
Maybe I haven't been spending enough time at anime forums lately, but I very rarely hear people saying that nowadays.

More often it's the other way round - people dismissing all Japanese animation to show that they're more open-minded than anime fans. Heh...
 
psssh...yeah right! Personally, for me being for fan of either Anime or American animation does not determine who is more open minded. For example, my friend is a devote Anime fan who really doesn't have a thing for American, and I'm an American/ Canadian style obsessionist how just really never quite got into anime. We get into pretty intense debates (no joke) over the psychology of of cartoons, and I must say the debates are pretty equally won. Anyways, we both may be more into one type than the other, but nether of us is unwilling to flip to the other genre and enjoy it when the other suggests it.
 
I don't like the stereotype that nerds are school-loving teacher's pets with a lack of fashion sense. Sure, there are some like that, but most of the nerds I knew hated school with a passion.

I also don't like how black girls are usually portrayed as loud and sassy. If they're not loud and sassy, they're perfect. Goo from Foster's Home (happy and energetic) and Jazmine from The Boondocks (sweet yet extremely naive) are the only exceptions that I can think of.

Like just about everyone here, I'm not a big fan of how gender roles are generally applied (perfect girls, quirky boys). It'd be nice if there was more variety.
 
That anime is just for kids. Which actually explains why otaku freak out
when people call it a "cartoon". Why? Because cartoons, unless vulgar,
are assumed by america to be a medium only for kids.

So when an otaku's anime is called a "cartoon", they justify that its not.
Why? Because if their anime is called a cartoon, people will criticize them
for finding something for little kids appealing.
 
Really? I always found the general cliche assumptions about anime is that's it's all sex-drenched, ultraviolent porn aimed at horny teenage boys. Witness the barrage of "super-violent XXX Asian porn cartoons" jokes on MST3K whenever they're watching a Japanese movie. :sad:
 
I hate the fact that cartoons seem to have this phobia of showing normal males who just happen to be gay. Whenever there's a gay male, they're almost always portrayed as being super effeminate sex-crazed narcissists who flaunt their homosexuality in the most flamboyant way possible.

I also don't like the way American cartoonists tend to treat "Asia" as if it's all one big country. Like, you'll see someone who's supposed to be a Japanese kid, but he'll have Chinese mannerisms and eat Korean food. It's incredibly insulting.
 
Another exception is As Told By Ginger's Courtney. Not only does she refrain from snubbing the average girls, she has an interest in doing the things that the average, nonpopular girls do.



Check out Mission Hill sometime then (On DVD and 13 episodes long). The show has a homosexual male couple that don't flaunt their sexuality or cater to the sterotype.
 
Whether either of them is the "general assumption", I honestly don't know.
I believe your example relates more so to people who are already acustomed
to watching animated series.

Since most people here in the states wrinkle their noses at animated
series/movies(unless mainstream), the fact that anime is even more niche'
is even more challenging to handle criticism.
 
Dumb husband and nagging wife (I'm looking at you FOP. Actually, I'm not; I haven't watched the show in ages, thanks to what happened with Cosmo and Wanda).

The all grownups are idiots and all kids are superior to them stereotype. I didn't buy that or thought it was all that funny even when I was a kid - at least a younger kid.
 
The whole "Girls like All Things Girly" sterotype. I really hate it in some cartoons, where all girls are into just girly stuff and don't play video games or read comic books or play sports like boys do. I'm a girl and I grew up playing with my brothers' action figures and playing video games(Though I did played with Barbie and My Little Pony)

This isn't the 1950's where girls had to play with barbie dolls while boys played with action figures.
 
I haven't seen a lot of recent examples of girls wearing giant bows in their hair, but I don't mind that so much because the giant bows are cute. :anime:
 
To go along with that, I hate when, if the girl isn't "girly", they're portrayed as someone who hates everything feminine and treats people who are into it like dirt. Or, basically so hardcore it gets annoying, where you want to yell "Okay, we get it, stop trying to shove it down our throats!". I don't know why we can't have a mix...Some girls love make-up and dolls, others are into shooter games and paintball, and others are in this nice little medium that can range anywhere between the two extremes.

But they should always be tolerant...I think some cartoons create this huge rift between the two personalities, when they should be showing characters getting along. I'm not very feminine and rarely wear make-up, and I love video games and more male-oriented comics and movies (and I despise most romances!). But one of my close friends loves make-up and is definitely in the "girly" class. That doesn't stop a friendship. Oh, and she also played on the lacrosse and baseball teams (for the latter, she got tired of playing on the softball team, I guess XD).
 
When villians are just evil to be evil. I like a real reason for villiany, even if it's kind of stupid (like Mr. Bickles as the HankerChief from FOP) :sweat:.
 
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