History Creator / RaphaelBobWaksberg

* ArtShift: His first series, ''[=BoJack Horseman=]'', is designed by Lisa Hanawalt, where the characters are either human or humanized anthropromorphic animals. The style of his second series, ''Undone'', is designed by Hisko Hulsing, the artist behind the Creator/RichardLinklater films ''WesternAnimation/WakingLife'' and ''Literature/AScannerDarkly''.

** ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' is a tragicomedy series that serves as a [[Main/DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of nearly every sitcom trope in the book. The look of the show is very stylized and takes place in a world where characters are either human or half-human/half-animal.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Undone}}'' plays more like a psychological drama mystery series that uses rotoscope animation to tell its story.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Undone}} lies somewhere in the middle but could arguably lean more towards the hopeful side like ''Bojack''.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: He considers ''BoJack Horseman'' to be an optimistic series, portraying a hopeful look at how people can push through the muck and try to get better in the face of a lot of brutal reality that will keep you down.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Undone}} lies somewhere in the middle but could arguably lean more towards the hopeful side like [[''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' BoJack]].

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/raphael-bob-waksberg-bojack-horseman-ending-interview.html#:~:text=I've%20been%20asked%20this,always%20been%20an%20optimistic%20show. He considers ''BoJack Horseman'' to be an optimistic series]].
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Undone}} lies somewhere in the middle but could arguably lean more towards the hopeful side like ''BoJack''.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Both his TV shows, ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Undone}}'', lie in the middle.