Stereotypes you've hated

That's why I like characters like Chowder. He's fat, but besides showing him overeating all the time, they don't rub the "fat" factor in your face. That, and he's impulsive in all aspects, so the overeating doesn't really seem to play up the "fat" stereotype anyway. Garfield is fat and lazy, and despite sometimes lapsing into stereotypical territory, he has that dry, bitter sense of humor to balance it out.
 
As far as anime is concerned, I hate the stereotype that all Americans have blonde hair and blue eyes, are very aggressives/speak super loudly, burp, and lack as many brain cells as the Japanese characters.
 
Well, I feel I have to defend 6Teen. Yes, the show has plenty of stereotypes but I believe that, for the nature and premise of the show to work, these stereotypes need to be there. I mean, it's not like there aren't real teens that behave this way, the show just happen to be based on people like those.

The thing about 6Teen is that it really focuses more on humor and character development than in most of the issues it deals with. The characters are actually quite endearing once you get to know them as they're really the meat of the show. But you need to get past the stereotypes. If you can't do that, then 6Teen is not the show for you. Simple as that.

But how exactly is 6Teen a ripoff of Friends? I can see that both shows have a main cast of three guys and three girls, but how does that qualify as ripping off? It's like saying Ed, Edd & Eddy is a rip off of Peanuts because both series feature kids and animals with no adults in sight.
 
I dislike the stereotype that elderly men (70+ in age) are delusional psychopaths that still thinks they're in WW2.

Also, this is my first post... :o
 
Well, to play devil's advocate, most Disney princesses come from times where medical standards were distinctively lacking. Perhpas all the missing mothers died in childbirth. With the princess, or a subsequent sibling who didn't make it. Its a dark theory, but its a theory...



The whole dumbing-down the guys to make the girls look more competant thing gets to me a lot.

The younger sibling who's jealous of an older sibling and plots to tear them down. Mostly seen in royal families. I know there is a lot of historical evidence to back this up, but I'd like to see some well-adjusted royal siblings every once in a while, just for a change...
 
Let's not forget about the stereotype that the more money you have, the more shallow, materialistic and morally bankrupt you are. Rich characters are typically portrayed as the heavies, the rivals or the antagonists. With the exceptions of Richie Rich, Scrooge McDuck and Eddie Lawrence (from Class of 3000), we've rarely seen any nice rich people.

Also, I hate how it's never the woman's fault when a marriage/courtship/relationship goes sour or hits a snag.
 
Related to this, "dad is at most in his 40s (30 years removed from the kid star of the show), but Grandpa is older than dirt (and seemed to have been around to experience World War II combat first-hand) instead of merely being, well, 30 years older than Dad". See: Homer (stuck in his 30s) and Grandpa Simpson (tied to World War II making him at a *minimum* in his late 80s, though guess in his case his advanced age is his main defining trait), or the Johnny Test episode I saw where Johnny's Dad's father was apparently involved in World War II first-hand (per an old backpack he gave Johnny). Also would throw in Stan's grandfather on "South Park".

Imagine most children's grandparents these days were probably just children during the "Big One", not fighting in it first-hand. Given the dwindling # of WWII vets as we move further from WWII, this one will probably fall by the wayside (or shift to the more-likely-at-this-point idea of "Grandpa" being a Vietnam vet).


-B.
 
I really hate those "popular school girl" characters who think they're better than everyone else.

They have a habit of cutting down anyone who is a threat to their credibility.
 
You know, that might be why I like Cats Don't Dance so much. It actually played the cats out a little differently than normal (e.g., Danny's over-eagerness).
 
The only remotely competent grandparent I've seen as of late is Grandpa Max, but given his history, he has no choice but to remain sharp in his golden years.
 
Well, there's Chuck Jones's "Chow Hound," where an evil dog uses an hapless cat to get food ("What? No Gravy?") The ending, where the cat DIDN'T forget the gravy, is considered by many animation fans to be very disturbing.
 
Someone needs to watch the Chuck Jones short "Fresh Airedale". ;) Having been to Montreal, I can definitely attest to that. You get as much variety there as you would in any major U.S. city; no cultural or racial group dominates. And they didn't even say "Eh" that much, either. Occasionally they'd pepper it at the end of a sentence (sort of like "you know" at the end of a sentence) but it wasn't EVERY SINGLE ONE like so many forms of entertainment paint them as. It's definitely a big stereotype, but let's not forget Robert Freeman from The Boondocks.
 
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