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* Dan Harmon has said that [[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E4Vindicators3TheReturnOfWorldEnder "Vindicators 3: The Return of World Ender"]] was the worst episode of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' the crew ever made.
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* Dan Harmon has said that [[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E4Vindicators3TheReturnOfWorldEnder "Vindicators 3: The Return of World Ender"]] was is the worst episode of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' that the crew has ever made. He's never elaborated as to why, but some fans assume it's because the story fails to adhere to his usual "[[TheHerosJourney Story Circle]]" plot structure.
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* Creator/JasonMarsden admitted [[http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/may03/marsden.shtml in an interview]] that he thinks ''WesternAnimation/Xyber9NewDawn'' is awful and that it was basically just ''Franchise/StarWars''.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven across both ''Equestria Girls'' and the main series, ''EG'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he is also sick of the trend, but the decision to have such endings is a strict mandate [[note]]Whether Rudell meant that the executives were responsible is ambiguous[[/note]].
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven across both ''Equestria Girls'' and the main series, ''EG'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he is also sick of the trend, but the decision to have such endings is a strict mandate [[note]]Whether it was out of his control[[note]]Whether Rudell meant that the executives were responsible is ambiguous[[/note]].
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven across both ''Equestria Girls'' and the main series, ''EG'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend, but the decision to have such endings is an executive mandate.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven across both ''Equestria Girls'' and the main series, ''EG'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was is also sick of the trend, but the decision to have such endings is an executive mandate.a strict mandate [[note]]Whether Rudell meant that the executives were responsible is ambiguous[[/note]].
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*.While Creator/FrankWelker speaks fondly of the writing for ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'' , [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/scooby-doo-frank-welker-interview-50th-anniversary-130048355.html he said]] he didn't care much for the character designs in the series, feeling it was too similar to ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' rather than ''Scooby-Doo''.
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** Storyboard artist Jim Miller saw the fandom's negative reaction to "Princess Spike" and [[https://www.derpibooru.org/920805 admitted that the show went too far]] on Spike's treatment.
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** Storyboard artist Jim Miller saw the fandom's negative reaction to "Princess Spike" and [[https://www.derpibooru.org/920805 admitted that the show went too far]] on Spike's treatment. True to his word, later episodes considerably dialed back the "Spikeabuse" and instead focused on his AllLovingHero aspects and giving him more character development.
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* Thurop Van Orman HATED a handful of episodes from the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''. So he added a LaughTrack to them, along with a "drawn in front of a live audience" gag.
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* Creator Thurop Van Orman HATED a handful of episodes from the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''. So he added a LaughTrack You can instantly tell which ones these were thanks to them, the presence of a LaughTrack, along with a "drawn in front of a live audience" gag.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he is also sick of the trend but the decision to have such endings are out of his hands. Whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.
** [[https://derpibooru.org/2001518 Although]] he liked how the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
** [[https://derpibooru.org/2001518 Although]] he liked how the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, EasilyForgiven across both ''Equestria Girls'' and the main series, ''EG'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he is was also sick of the trend trend, but the decision to have such endings are out of his hands. Whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.an executive mandate.
** Less the actual work and more so how it was advertised: [[https://derpibooru.org/2001518 Although]] he liked how the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailerComic-Con trailers hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes superheroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
** Less the actual work and more so how it was advertised: [[https://derpibooru.org/2001518 Although]] he liked how the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer
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* Creator/CraigBartlett ''really'' detests the infamous ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Arnold Betrays Iggy", which created a tidal wave of fan backlash. It was rumoured that as a result of it, he made the staff issue a public apology for making it (though he debunked this rumour in an interview), the character Iggy was almost permanently written out of the series (he never appeared in a speaking role again until the final season), and it was barred from airing on television until it was seen again on ''Series/The90sAreAllThat''.
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* Creator/CraigBartlett ''really'' detests the infamous ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Arnold Betrays Iggy", which created a tidal wave of fan backlash. It was rumoured that as a result of it, he made the staff issue a public apology for making it (though it. Though he debunked this that rumour in an interview), interview, the character Iggy was almost permanently written out of the series (he never appeared indeed shelved, not appearing in a speaking role again until the final season), season, and it was the episode itself would see infrequent airings (allegedly being barred from airing on television until it was seen again on ''Series/The90sAreAllThat''.''Series/The90sAreAllThat'').
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* Donald Duck's voice actor, Creator/TonyAnselmo, dislikes ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' for it not adhering in anyway to the traditional art style of the comics or theatrical shorts, and hates how the lack of VoicesInOneRoom prevents the cast from properly embracing their roles. Meanwhile, Launchpad [=McQuack=]'s previous voice actor (Terry McGovern) dislikes the show for overall "not feeling like a Disney cartoon", and holds a slight grudge for never being asked to reprise the role.
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* Donald Duck's voice actor, Creator/TonyAnselmo, dislikes ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' for it not adhering in anyway to the traditional art style of the comics or theatrical shorts, and hates how the lack of VoicesInOneRoom prevents the cast from properly embracing their roles. Meanwhile, Launchpad [=McQuack=]'s previous voice actor (Terry McGovern) [=McGovern=]) dislikes the show for overall "not feeling like a Disney cartoon", and holds a slight grudge for never being asked to reprise the role.
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* Creator/DonRosa dislikes both the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 1987]] and [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 2017]] ''[=DuckTales=]'' animated series for being poor adaptations of his and Creator/CarlBarks' work in the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse. More of his ire goes towards the latter due to its art style additionally veering away from the traditional Disney look.
** Donald Duck's voice actor, Creator/TonyAnselmo, also dislikes the 2017 series for the differing art style and its approach to characterization, though he places some of the blame on the averting of VoicesInOneRoom preventing the voice cast from best settling into their roles. Meanwhile, Launchpad [=McQuack=]'s previous voice actor dislikes the show for overall "not feeling like a Disney cartoon."
** Donald Duck's voice actor, Creator/TonyAnselmo, also dislikes the 2017 series for the differing art style and its approach to characterization, though he places some of the blame on the averting of VoicesInOneRoom preventing the voice cast from best settling into their roles. Meanwhile, Launchpad [=McQuack=]'s previous voice actor dislikes the show for overall "not feeling like a Disney cartoon."
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* Creator/DonRosa dislikes both the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 1987]] and [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 2017]] ''[=DuckTales=]'' animated series for being poor adaptations of his and Creator/CarlBarks' work in the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse. More of his ire goes towards the latter due to its art style additionally veering away from the traditional Disney look.
**Donald Duck's voice actor, Creator/TonyAnselmo, also dislikes ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' for it not adhering in anyway to the 2017 series for the differing traditional art style and its approach to characterization, though he places some of the blame on comics or theatrical shorts, and hates how the averting lack of VoicesInOneRoom preventing prevents the voice cast from best settling into properly embracing their roles. Meanwhile, Launchpad [=McQuack=]'s previous voice actor (Terry McGovern) dislikes the show for overall "not feeling like a Disney cartoon."cartoon", and holds a slight grudge for never being asked to reprise the role.
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* Creator/DonRosa dislikes both the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 1987]] and [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 2017]] ''[=DuckTales=]'' animated series for being poor adaptations of his and Creator/CarlBarks' work in the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse. More of his ire goes towards the latter due to its art style additionally veering away from the traditional Disney look.
** Donald Duck's voice actor, Creator/TonyAnselmo, also dislikes the 2017 series for the differing art style and its approach to characterization, though he places some of the blame on the averting of VoicesInOneRoom preventing the voice cast from best settling into their roles. Meanwhile, Launchpad [=McQuack=]'s previous voice actor dislikes the show for overall "not feeling like a Disney cartoon."
** Donald Duck's voice actor, Creator/TonyAnselmo, also dislikes the 2017 series for the differing art style and its approach to characterization, though he places some of the blame on the averting of VoicesInOneRoom preventing the voice cast from best settling into their roles. Meanwhile, Launchpad [=McQuack=]'s previous voice actor dislikes the show for overall "not feeling like a Disney cartoon."
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend. However, he makes it clear that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands; whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was is also sick of the trend. However, he makes it clear that trend but the decision to have such endings are out of his hands; whether hands. Whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.
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** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
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** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 [[https://derpibooru.org/2001518 Although]] he liked how the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
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* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo':
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* Strange as it sounds, some sources claim that [[Creator/HannaBarbera Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera]] hated ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', and only kept the show running because of how insanely popular (and [[MoneyDearBoy profitable]]) it was.
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* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo':
** Strange as it sounds, some sources claim that [[Creator/HannaBarbera Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera]] hated''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', the franchise, and only kept the show running because of how insanely popular (and [[MoneyDearBoy profitable]]) it was.was.
** Tom Ruegger, the showrunner of ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'', once said that he could not stand [[EthnicScrappy Flim-Flam]], claiming that working with the character actually made him appreciate [[TheScrappy Scrappy-Doo]].
** Ken Spears and Joe Ruby absolutely hated ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', believing that the show was too dark and cynical, and thus failed to understand or capture the essence of the franchise.
*** Irene Jimenez, the Latin American long-time voice actress for Velma, is also on record for disliking the way the character was portrayed in this incarnation.
** Strange as it sounds, some sources claim that [[Creator/HannaBarbera Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera]] hated
** Tom Ruegger, the showrunner of ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'', once said that he could not stand [[EthnicScrappy Flim-Flam]], claiming that working with the character actually made him appreciate [[TheScrappy Scrappy-Doo]].
** Ken Spears and Joe Ruby absolutely hated ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', believing that the show was too dark and cynical, and thus failed to understand or capture the essence of the franchise.
*** Irene Jimenez, the Latin American long-time voice actress for Velma, is also on record for disliking the way the character was portrayed in this incarnation.
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* Tom Ruegger, creator of ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'', once said that he could not stand [[EthnicScrappy Flim-Flam]], claiming that he made him appreciate [[TheScrappy Scrappy-Doo]].
* Ken Spears and Joe Ruby hated ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' a lot. Their reason for the hatred was basically because it didn't get the spirit of the original show and was too dark and cynical.
** Irene Jimenez, the Latin American long-time voice actress for Velma, also said she really disliked the way the character was portrayed in this series.
* Ken Spears and Joe Ruby hated ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' a lot. Their reason for the hatred was basically because it didn't get the spirit of the original show and was too dark and cynical.
** Irene Jimenez, the Latin American long-time voice actress for Velma, also said she really disliked the way the character was portrayed in this series.
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** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
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** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown'' Breakdown]]'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
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** An [[http://boootooons.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-conversation-with-chuck-jones.html interview with him]] also made it very clear that he thought ''Film/SpaceJam'' was a terrible movie and totally misunderstood the personalities of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters. He was pretty vocal to the then-current Warner Bros creative team about their handling of the franchise. He was apparently frank enough about it in one case that he was escorted from the premises.
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** An [[http://boootooons.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-conversation-with-chuck-jones.html interview with him]] also made it very clear that he thought ''Film/SpaceJam'' was a terrible movie and totally misunderstood the personalities of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters.characters (among other things, he hated the joke about Porky [[ToiletHumor wetting himself]] and stated that if Bugs were at all in-character he wouldn't have asked for or needed the help of Michael Jordan and the other Looney Tunes to defeat the aliens - and furthermore, he would've taken down the aliens in just five minutes). He was pretty vocal to the then-current Warner Bros creative team about their handling of the franchise. He was apparently frank enough about it in one case that he was escorted from the premises.
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** Creator/BillyWest does not like talking about working on the show and refuses to work with John Kricfalusi ever again, citing having a bad experience with him on and off it. In particular, Kricfalusi demanded West quit the show alongside him in order to force the network to hire him back even though West needed the job and could have been blacklisted alongside Kricfalusi had he done it and failed.
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** Creator/BillyWest does not like talking about working on the show and refuses to work with John Kricfalusi ever again, citing having a bad experience with him on and off it. In particular, Kricfalusi demanded West quit the show alongside him in order to force the network to hire him back even though West needed the job and could have been blacklisted alongside Kricfalusi had he done it and failed. failed, and West just saw the show as a job anyway and didn't feel any obligation to be loyal to Kricfalusi.
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** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
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** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]'' Breakdown'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend. However, he makes it clear that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands; Whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend. However, he makes it clear that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands; Whether whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend, but made it clear that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands. Whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend, but made trend. However, he makes it clear that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands. hands; Whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend, stating that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands: whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend, stating but made it clear that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands: whether hands. Whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend, stating that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands: whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous, but considering the above example, most assume the latter.
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how the ''Spring Breakdown'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how the ''Spring Breakdown'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he was also sick of the trend, stating that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands: whether he's referring to the showrunners or Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is ambiguous, but considering the above example, most assume the latter.ambiguous.
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how the''Spring Breakdown'' ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, as the focus of the film was the girls coming to terms with being heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how the
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Director Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he's also sick of this trend and he would gladly do otherwise if he could[[note]]Whether or not Rudell meant ExecutiveMeddling is responsible is ambiguous[[/note]].
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'' turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how Comic Con hyped up the Equestria aspect of the movie, since it was meant to be about the girls coming to terms with being heroes. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'' turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how Comic Con hyped up the Equestria aspect of the movie, since it was meant to be about the girls coming to terms with being heroes. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
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** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, ''Equestria Girls'' series director [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Director Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he's he was also sick of this trend and he would gladly do otherwise if he could[[note]]Whether the trend, stating that the decision to have such endings are out of his hands: whether he's referring to the showrunners or not Rudell meant ExecutiveMeddling Hasbro executives being the source of the mandate is responsible is ambiguous[[/note]].ambiguous, but considering the above example, most assume the latter.
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'' the ''Spring Breakdown'' special turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how Comic Con [[NeverTrustATrailer Comic-Con hyped up up]] the Equestria aspect of the movie, since it as the focus of the film was meant to be about the girls coming to terms with being heroes.heroes rather than interdimensional hijinks. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how
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** M.A. Larson has indicated in a podcast interview and (now deleted) tweets that he wasn't happy with "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E14FameAndMisfortune Fame and Misforutune]]", as he felt the way it played out was very needlessly mean-spirited for an otherwise lighthearted show. [[https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/10/ma-larson-explains-fame-and-misfortune.html?m=1 He didn't even like the premise of the episode in the first place]] and he knew that fans would be furious [[TakeThatAudience with how it portrayed the Brony Community]], but [[ExecutiveMeddling the higher-ups wouldn't let him do it any other way]].
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** Also both he and Creator/BobClampett grew to hate the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheDaffyDoc'', not because they thought it was a bad cartoon, but because it used an iron lung as a gag prop [[FunnyAneurysmMoment during a time when polio deaths were on the rise]].
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* Dan Harmon has said that [[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E4Vindicators3TheReturnOfWorldEnder "Vindicators 3: The Return of World Ender"]] was the worst episode of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' the crew ever made.
* According to John Canemaker's WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat history book ''Felix: The Twisted Tale of the Worlds Most Famous Cat'', Creator/OttoMessmer said he regretted recommending Burt Gillett to direct the Creator/VanBeurenStudios Felix the Cat cartoons in his steed--while Burt had worked on the original Felix cartoons, Otto felt his time in Hollywood working for Disney (having directed hit films like WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs) [[PrimaDonnaDirector had gone to his head]] by the time he directed the cartoons, and also because he felt Gillett poorly utilized the character, turning Felix into a meek shadow of his former self and overshadowing the cat with his own cast of characters. It didn't help that when Otto tried to get work on the Van Beuren Felix cartoons (having initially passed on the offer), Burt [[KickTheDog refused to hire him]] because he [[SoLastSeason considered his style "out of step" with his newer, slicker cartoons.]]
-->''"Felix was just a little figure in the background, instead of being the center figure. He [Burt Gillett] tried to push his own characters in there. Gillett tried to push himself, rather than the cat."''
** The second season of WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat, which tried to retool the show into being more like the Joe Oriolo era Felix the Cat cartoons instead of the surreal black and white Felix cartoons, was considered a disaster by the staff who worked on it (not helping that it was a total flop in ratings and got the show canned just 8 episodes into the season). Even during production, most of the staff absolutely hated the retool (mainly because they despised the Oriolo era Felix and had heavily pushed to use the tone of the classic Felix cartoons in the first season) and [[WriterRevolt episodes were made in retaliation for it]], such as "Attack of the Robot Rat", which parodies the Joe Oriolo Felix formula, and "Phoney Felix", a StealthParody of the second seasons retool.
* Creator/ChuckJones grew to hate almost all of his pre-1948 cartoons (barring his more experimental works at the time, like ''WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys''), so much that he said if he had the choice he would have burned the negatives to all of them.
** An [[http://boootooons.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-conversation-with-chuck-jones.html interview with him]] also made it very clear that he thought ''Film/SpaceJam'' was a terrible movie and totally misunderstood the personalities of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters. He was pretty vocal to the then-current Warner Bros creative team about their handling of the franchise. He was apparently frank enough about it in one case that he was escorted from the premises.
** In the book ''Chuck Jones Conversations''. Chuck also expressed a strong dislike of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', a film that he worked on, citing the main lead as an obnoxious, unlikable character (exasperated that the human leads were more sympathetic than the cartoon), and was critical of Creator/RobertZemeckis for robbing Creator/RichardWilliams of any real creative input on the film, and also for meddling with the piano duel that Jones and Williams had storyboarded.
** Also both he and Creator/BobClampett grew to hate the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheDaffyDoc'', not because they thought it was a bad cartoon, but because it used an iron lung as a gag prop [[FunnyAneurysmMoment during a time when polio deaths were on the rise]].
** Many Warner Bros. animators grew to dislike much of their early work, ''especially'' the sappy Disney-like cartoons and Buddy cartoons they made from the mid-to-late 1930s.
** Additionally several WB staff such as Creator/FrankTashlin expressed dislike for WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, due to having [[TheEveryman less flexibility and humor value]] compared to zanier characters such as WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. According to animator Mike Fontanelli, this resentment still stands with many modern executives at WesternAnimation/WarnerBros and is partly why the character is so sparsely used in revival features or merchandise (and '''''not''''' because the MoralGuardians think Porky's stuttering is offensive to those with speech impediments). When he shows up at all, he tends to be given the ButtMonkey treatment by those around him. Even his own creator, Creator/FrizFreleng, made fun of how much more boring he was to utilise:
-->'''Freleng:''' Nobody liked working with Porky Pig much because he was sort of a square.
** Similarly some Warner staff such as Friz Freleng hated using Elmer Fudd, believing he was such an incompetent adversary for WesternAnimation/BugsBunny that it became difficult not to cast the latter more as a bully than a KarmicTrickster. Freleng created more abrasive foes such as Yosemite Sam so he could deal with the rivalry less (though he still used Elmer in other non-Bugs roles). Some sources also claim Freleng to have disliked WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales.
-->'''Freleng:''' Elmer was just too dumb. He was naïve and childish and Bugs outwitted him. It didn't take much brains to outwit Elmer. Sometimes you felt sorry for Elmer. He'd break down and cry. But that's why I didn't quite feel that Elmer filled the bill. He wasn't really a villain. He was a pitiful character. He had a duty to perform as a hunter. He had to go shoot a rabbit. But there wasn't a mean streak. He didn't really like to shoot the rabbit. You wondered why you didn't hate Bugs for doing what he did to him. It took a little more sharpness to outsmart Yosemite Sam than a chicken-brained Elmer Fudd.
** Also of note is the little-known WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes director Norm [=McCabe=]; according to historian and animator Mark Kausler, in his later years, Norm was extremely modest about his time directing Looney Tunes shorts, dismissing them all as terrible--when a screening was held as ASIFA for his shorts along with him, it was painful for him to watch his own cartoons. Sort of justified, as most of [=McCabe=]'s works are UsefulNotes/WorldWarII cartoons and contain a lot of offensive caricatures of the Japanese (''WesternAnimation/TokioJokio'' is often used as the prime example of this).
** Creator/BobBergen, the current voice of Porky Pig, admitted on the Toonzone Forums (now the Anime Superhero Forums) that he does NOT think highly of the Larry Doyle-produced shorts made in the 2000s and that he had an awful time working on them before being fired and replaced with Creator/BillyWest as the voices of Porky and Tweety. For one thing, the shorts originally had [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a LOT of adult humor that didn't belong in a Looney Tune]] - he specifically mentioned a lot of jokes about sex and bodily functions. While Bob is aware that the original Looney Tunes shorts were never intended to be exclusively for kids, as he pointed out they were CLASSY, not crude. Thus, he let Larry know that he wasn't comfortable with the adult humor, but it didn't do any good (ironically, the higher-ups at Warner Bros. took out all the adult humor in the shorts after Larry was fired). As if that wasn't enough, Larry wanted Bob to change the way he played Porky - he slowed down a bunch of old Porky shorts to how Mel sounded before they sped him up, then told Bob to "do" Mel, then they would speed him up to the same percentage. Despite the fact that Bob does Porky fine naturally and has done it that way for years. In addition, as Bob pointed out his voice is much higher than Mel's was - and the microphones used in those days were much different than the ones they were using on these shorts... and on top of that, Larry slowed down those original Porky shorts too much. When Bob attempted to do Porky the way Larry wanted and was sped-up, the result sounded like a stuttering [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin the Chipmunk]]. Bob [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere finally decided to call up his agent and quit the project]] - a very difficult decision for him, as he's wanted to voice Porky since he was a kid, but if this was the direction that they were going to take the characters in he wanted no part in it. However, when he told his agent that he wanted off the project, his agent informed him that he'd actually just been fired. Fortunately, it didn't take long for him to get the role of Porky back, just not in the shorts.
* Creator/ChuckJones also had a mixed opinion of his contribution to the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series, claiming he didn't quite fully understand the characters' dynamic and would have likely done many things different if given another chance. On the other hand, Chuck Jones' work on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons can be seen as practice for when he created the TV adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', which, unlike his take on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, is well-liked and well-remembered to this day.
* Creator/ShamusCulhane disliked his sole ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' cartoon "Popeye Meets William Tell"; in his autobiography, he likened the final product to "putting a bow on a wild boar"--apparently his attempt to bring the polished, disciplined approach of Disney animation into the more comical east coast style of animation Popeye used just didn't mix well, resulting in a very uneven, bizarre short, and this was quite frustrating to him. It may have also been because he never wanted to make a regular Popeye cartoon in the first place, instead wanting to make a short centered around Wimpy, which was vetoed by the Fleischers.
** Shamus also wasn't proud of his work in the early Creator/FleischerStudios WesternAnimation/{{Talkartoons}} shorts, which he considered primitive compared to his later work.
** Culhane was also not proud of how his animation on Fleischer's ''WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels'' was ruined by sloppy inkers and bad in-between work, and that he would have quit if it wasn't for his contract. He also expressed disappointment in how ''WesternAnimation/MrBugGoesToTown'' turned out, believing the film didn't live up to its full potential.
** Culhane also despised working on the Hearst ComicStrip/KrazyKat cartoons he did inking work on. In his biography "Talking Animals and Other People", he likened the screening of their first sound cartoon ("Ratskin", 1929) with the character as being akin to a tornado in a boiler factory. "It was sheer cacophony." The staff gave no reaction to the film, save Culhane himself, who spited it with a sarcastic laugh (which got him left behind when the studio moved elsewhere). In the book "Enchanted Drawings", Culhane's once again gave his humble thoughts on the shorts;
-->"The films were atrocious, the worst crap you can imagine. They never used the characters. Offisa Pup rarely appeared, Ignatz Mouse was not in love with Krazy [[note]] This is a mistake on Culhane's part, as it was the other way around in the comics [[/note]]; they never used the desert landscapes. The staff just batted the stuff out as fast as they could for something like 750$ apiece."
* Creator/MaxFleischer considered ''WesternAnimation/MrBugGoesToTown'' to be a failure, and [[OldShame refused to acknowledge the film]] as one of his achievements in a 1950s interview--although it may have been because it was the film that contributed to destroying Fleischer Studios and getting him booted out; the fact that he and David Fleischer had a terrible falling out while they were making the film probably didn't help matters either.
** He also hated the Made-For-TV ''WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell'' cartoons, and was horrified when he first watched them.
* Strange as it sounds, some sources claim that [[Creator/HannaBarbera Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera]] hated ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', and only kept the show running because of how insanely popular (and [[MoneyDearBoy profitable]]) it was.
* Hugh Harman of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing duo claimed late in his life that he grew to hate all but three of the shorts he made--"WesternAnimation/TheOldMillPond", "Blue Danube", and "WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth". And even then, Hugh [[http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Harman/interview_hugh_harman.htm admitted]] that he wasn't completely satisfied with how Peace On Earth turned out, and felt that the film needed to be far longer than it was.
-->''"Peace on Earth was a tough one to animate and to write. We shouldn't actually have made that as a one-reeler, we should have made it in about three to five reels. We cut it and cut it and cut it; we didn't cut footage that was animated—nobody in his right mind does that, unless it's bad. But cutting the storyboard and switching around. It has some flaws. I just got tired of it near the end. That's always been a weakness with me, that I get so fed up on it at the end of a picture that I would just as soon turn it over to the Girl Scouts to make. Unless it were a feature that would warrant going on with costs forever. I've observed that as a weakness in myself, that I often end up with a weak, insubstantial ending for a picture."''
* Former ''{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}}'' co-creator Paul Germain has mixed feelings for ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie''. At the time of the movie's release, Germain had left Creator/KlaskyCsupo to work on Disney's ''{{WesternAnimation/Recess}}''. While Germain doesn't exactly hate or disown the film, he still has a few problems with it: thinking that some moments, such as Stu giving the watch to Tommy, didn't work, as the babies and adults weren't supposed to communicate, and that he was upset that now Dil was introduced at the beginning, as Tommy is supposed to be the youngest (one of his proposed ideas for the movie back in the early `90s, when 20th Century Fox made a deal to distribute Nicktoon-based movies (a deal that did not go anywhere) was for Tommy to get a younger sibling at the very end).
* Despite the acclaim and legacy of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', there were several episodes that were either promising misfires, or outright duds, and were regarded as such by the shows team. They gave their thoughts on several of these episodes [[http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/backstage/animato/ in an issue of Animato Magazine]];
** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE13IveGotBatmanInMyBasement "I've Got Batman In My Basement,"]] which named the [[BatmanInMyBasement relevant trope]], is regarded by the production team as one of the worst episodes in the series.
-->"I think that if we hadn't gotten Alan Burnett to come over, we would have had a lot more shows like this one," noted director Frank Paur of the producer who stepped in to take control of the show's script process first season. Paur also disliked arming Batman with a screwdriver, but had his hands full wrestling with an as yet unsatisfying storyboard crew. "I had to get rid of most of these boards and start from scratch," he said. "It was very time-consuming. Our schedule was so tight, that small things got by." Noted producer Bruce Timm, "I can't even watch that show. It's the epitome of what we don't want to do with Batman. Strangely enough kids like it. The script came in and it was terrible. Normally, I tell the director to do what he can to make it interesting, and nobody could figure out a way to make it interesting. The storyboard artists didn't care, and it shows."
** While the episode was based on a good story from the comics and having decent animation, "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE31TheCapeAndCowlConspiracy The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy]]" was considered a misfire, namely for its lackluster gimmick villain, and Batman having no real motive to play mind games with him.
-->"I tried to kill this show, but they didn't let me," said director Frank Paur. "We had a lot of storyboard artists who wanted to rebel on this one. The best metaphor is kicking a dead horse. It arrived dead and no matter how hard you kick it, it ain't going to give you a ride."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE6TheUnderdwellers The Underdwellers]]" was likewise considered a dud, namely for censorship problems, bad story elements and very OffModel animation.
-->"It was my first episode as director, and there are still things in it that I cringe at," said director Frank Paur. Usually when we get an episode, we get to use a lot of discretion and change things. I wish I had been able to spend more time on that script. Another problem at the time, was that we had storyboard people who made things difficult. I found myself going back two or three times to fix scenes. They didn't quite understand we were shooting for a higher standard. So there was always a constant drain on my time. That whole opening sequence of the kids playing chicken with the train should have been cut. That was what we had to contend with at the beginning of the season. We had these little public service announcements worked into the scripts, a concept we nixed real quick." "It's [[Creator/StudioJunio Junio's]] weakest episode," said producer Bruce Timm. "We almost didn't use them after that. It was the first one that came back that really looked totally unlike our show. It was very Japanese. But I'm glad we did use them again, they've done great work. BS&P took a lot out of this show. Originally, the kids were to be victimized by the Sewer-King, but he was not allowed to be mean or tortorous to any of them. The impact is watered down. If we were doing it today, we probably would have decided not to do the show."
** "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE17LockUp Lock-Up]]" was also considered a failure, due to its awful script, blatant plot holes and bloopers (Batman changing into his costume out in the open, not letting us figure out how he escaped), and slow, aimless scenes.
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriese19ProphecyOfDoom Prophecy of Doom]]" was already considered a very average episode, but its criticism was mainly singled out for its terrible animation by Creator/{{AKOM}}.
-->"If that whole end sequence with the spinning worlds in the observatory had gone to Junio or any other studio, it might have come off, but it went to AKOM," said Bruce Timm. "They just weren't able to pull off that level of animation." "That broke my heart," said director Frank Paur. "I designed those planets using a circle template. How hard is it to animate circles? It was done by hand, and if we had done it now, it would have been done on computer and would have looked spectacular. When I knew the show was going to AKOM, a studio I'd had a long history with, I knew they weren't going to be able to pull it off. Admittedly, it was a tough sequence, but they should have been able to do it."
** While not considered a "bad" episode, Bruce Timm was not satisfied with the episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE48WhatIsReality What Is Reality?]]", although he ironically complimented AKOM's work on it.
-->"Virtual reality is too science fictiony for our show. While it may be conceivable that it will work in four or five years, Batman transforming himself into a black knight and flying around on a chessboard is unfathomable to me. Strangely enough, it's one of AKOM's better shows. They pulled off all the special effects really well."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE55TheMechanic The Mechanic]]" was also considered dissatisfying, save for some nice action and some of AKOM'S better animation.
-->"This was one of those stories in development hell for a long time," said producer Bruce Timm. "We needed scripts. I think it's a stinker, but it has some of AKOM's better animation in it." Noted director Kevin Altieri, "It was the first show that AKOM laid out itself. It's not as good as their 'The Last Laugh,' but had far fewer retakes (almost 80% of 'The Last Laugh' needed retakes.) I think they were threatened that they might lose the work, so they put their A-Team on it. It actually is a script that is similar to the '60s series, but when you do something like this comedy, you must remember that even thought the script may be goofy, you have to show that the characters are living it. When Earl drops the tires on Penguin's henchmen, he thinks Batman's dead and he's crying."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE3NothingToFear Nothing to Fear]]", despite having some of the series best moments and nice animation work by [[Creator/KokoEnterprises Dong Yang]] (whose only glitch was straightening the Scarecrow's crooked posture), was considered to have bad pacing, a cliche way of beating Scarecrow, and an all around mediocre script.
-->"It was written by Henry Gilroy, who had never written cartoons before," said producer Bruce Timm. "He was a film editor here and always wanted to get into writing. At the time we didn't have a story editor, so we gave it a go. When he turned in his first draft, which wasn't bad, we had hired our first story editor, Sean Derek. We immediately came to loggerheads over this show. Some of the dialogue she changed wasn't changed for the better."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE8TheForgotten The Forgotten]]" was another misfire, mainly for being a message show put forth by the original story editors.
-->"I didn't want to do this show from the very beginning," said producer Bruce Timm. "Sean Derek was big on doing shows with social messages. And my big problem with message shows, is that you can't solve the world's problems in a half hour cartoon. If you raise the issue of homelessness, what can you do? It makes the episode look very exploitive, because you're just using the problem as an exotic background. You can't discuss the problem on any meaningful level in a 22-minute action cartoon. So I put in the dream sequence with Bruce in the barracks where these multitudes of people are looking to Bruce for a handout, and he doesn't have enough money for them all, and they're surrounding him and suffocating him. It's not enough for him to put a band-aid on the problem at the end, by offering the two guys a job. It just doesn't work." BS&P undercut the script's essential message, as director Boyd Kirkland explained: "There was a sequence at the beginning where Batman is wandering around the city, trying to find out why people were disappearing. It was staged with homeless people hanging around on sidewalks: families, mothers and kids. They made us take all that out of the boards. They said it was too much for kids to see that maybe a woman or a family can be out on the streets. They specifically asked that we only show men as homeless."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE16TheCatAndTheClawPart2 The Cat and the Claw: Part 2]]" was considered a dud, namely for its many plot holes, a lame villain and downright abysmal animation by AKOM.
-->"The whole end sequence was geared around the explosions, and they were some of the worst you'll ever see," said producer Bruce Timm. "We retook all of them two or three times. They were still awful, but we ran out of time and had to air them."
** Bruce Timm really came to regret the Joker's redesign in the ''New Batman Adventures'' revamp; it looked good in concept, but he felt it was followed on too literally, and it robbed the Joker of a lot of his fearsome personality.
** Bruce Timm has stated that he considers [[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE6TheTerribleTrio "The Terrible Trio"]] to be not just the worst episode of Batman: The Animated Series, but the worst episode of the DC Animated Universe in general.
* Ian Pearson and Gavin Blair of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' fame were once famous for the computer animation in the Music/DireStraits ''Money For Nothing'' music video. They were proud of their work... at the time, but they despised that they had the suffix title of "Those guys who did Money for Nothing." They showed their feelings in an episode of ''[=ReBoot=]'', where two look-alikes for the CGI movers from the video audition at Enzo's birthday party, only to get sandbags dropped on them from high offstage.
* Donald F. Glut was one of the few members of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' staff who openly expressed distaste for the series, lambasting its quality as actual art (including the episodes ''he'' wrote) and claiming that he only worked on it [[MoneyDearBoy for the money]].
* Several staffers at Creator/{{Filmation}} have not had kind things to say the company or its shows. John Kricfalusi [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-was-most-depressing-80s-studio-1.html described]] how lousy it was working there;
-->"Ironically, my first job at an "entertainment studio" came a decade and a half later at the dreaded Filmation. They hadn't changed their style or approach in all that time. They believed in boredom. They went on throughout their 30 or so year life span barely changing their monotonous bland ways. Working there, I finally saw why and how. You literally were not allowed to ''draw'' anything unless you were in the model department. In layout, animation and assistant animation you had to trace the model sheets. Or xerox them off the model sheets. Each character had maybe 3 pre-designed poses and if the show went on for 10 years, [[StockFootage you'd have 130 half hours of the same 3 drawings of each character.]]"
** Disney Animator Will Finn likewise described [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/02/will-finn-at-filmation.html his tenure]] at Filmation as a sour experience.
-->My first week on HE-MAN, the cleanup crew were given model sheets of "Ram Man" where the designer had drawn his thumbs on the wrong side of his hands. In his "full front" pose and side pose, the thumbs were right, but in the rear pose, they were drawn incorrectly, it was an obvious mistake. When we pointed this out to the clean up supervisor, she went ashen and told us we had to follow it anyway, until the proper protocol had been addressed to look into the problem. Whenever he turned his back, we had to have "Ram Man's" thumbs inbetween around to the wrong side of his hand to be perfectly "on model." I swear to God I am not making this up. It took a couple of weeks, but we were eventually given new "corrected models" and the crew went into overtime to re-do all the incorrect clean up we had been doing in the interim. If [[Creator/FranzKafka Kafka]] had ever written pure farce, even he could not have topped FILMATION."
** Even the company's founder, Lou Scheimer has expressed his distaste for a few of the shows his company put out, in particular ''WesternAnimation/UncleCrocsBlock''. Scheimer also considers his time working as an animator on ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'' one of the worst experiences in his career in his autobiography ([[TakeThat with a good dose of Hanna-Barbera bashing to boot]]).
-->I had the worst trouble drawing one of the damned bad guys. I can't remember which one it was, but the background guys had to be able to use the drawings, and the animation was [[LimitedAnimation so limited]] that stuff hardly moved. Every time I sent drawings of the damned bad guy through, they would return them to me and say [[OffModel "Not on character, please do over."]] But it was as close as I could get to on-character. Every morning that fucking thing would come back. So, I went in to see Joe, and I said, "Joe, you know how to draw this character, show me what I'm doing wrong." And he picked it up and looked at it, and he drew it. And I said "Is that correct? If I turn that in, I won't have any problems?" It was Joe who was sending the stuff back to me everyday. And he said, "No, that's perfect." So I took it back to my desk and put all the scene numbers on it. I sent the drawing back in and the son-of-a-bitch sent it back the next day. It said "Do over, not on character." He rejected his own drawing! So I said [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere "Screw this, I gotta get out of here."]] There was clearly no way I was going to win.
* Creator/JMichaelStraczynski expressed a similar opinion for his work on ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''.
** Probably tied to his hatred of MerchandiseDriven work. He came up with "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoo spoo]]" in the He-Man SpinOff, ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. "Spoo Is."
* Creator/JohnKricfalusi also [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/02/depressing-studios-3-dic.html described]] working at Creator/DiCEntertainment as a bad experience (especially since they butchered and then abruptly cancelled his attempted WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil revival there), and that the studio was even ''worse'' to work for than Filmation.
* Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone don't seem particularly proud of the early seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', which had the highest ratings of the show's run and a glut of memorable episodes for those who prefer the older, more ToiletHumor-based episodes to the later episodes which have abandoned toilet humor for social satire.
** They weren't happy with the way "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E5AMillionLittleFibers A Million Little Fibers]]" turned out, feeling the two subplots of the episode didn't work together because it was "weirdness on top of weirdness". They have stated if they could go back and redo any episode, it would be this one.
** The episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS9E9Marjorine Marjorine]]" was painful for them to watch, because they felt the three subplots (Butters pretending to be a girl, the boys treating the girl's paper fortune teller as a real scientific device, and Butters's parents believing they had brought Butters back to life a la ''Literature/PetSematary'') should have been their own episodes, [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot and were wasted as is.]]
** They also have a fair amount of disdain for Season 8, claiming they were going through a bout of writer's block due to the grueling schedule they were under while filming ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''. In particular, "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E1GoodTimesWithWeapons Good Times With Weapons]]" was deemed a weak episode by them, despite being one of the show's most fondly remembered episodes.
** They regret their portrayal of Gary Condit and the Ramseys in "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E14ButtersVeryOwnEpisode Butters' Very Own Episode]]", due to [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion portraying them as guilty until proven innocent.]]
** Also, they were [[http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/south-park-creators-respond/ not happy]] about the "[[Recap/SouthParkS14E6TwoHundredOne 201]]" censorship.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper The Principal and the Pauper]]", which retconned Principal Skinner's past, saying instead he had assumed the life of the "real" Skinner and then brushed these revelations under the rug in a blatant reset button. Both Creator/MattGroening and Skinner voice actor Creator/HarryShearer have publicly criticized the episode. The later "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E22BehindTheLaughter Behind the Laughter]]" episode referred to this one as "gimmicky" and "nonsensical."
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns]]", a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' [[ExecutiveMeddling forced upon the show by the network]]. Groening removed his name from the episode in protest and doesn't appear on the DVDCommentary for the episode. This was because he felt that the episode was basically just an advertisement for ''The Critic'', and didn't want to seem like he was associated with it. Despite this, the episode is still considered to be a classic.
** Groening also expresses embarrassment for the Tracey Ulmann shorts for their crudeness. He and the staff were also so appalled by the original attempt at the pilot of the original series "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Some Enchanted Evening]]" (due to its similar cruder, more abstract animation) that they had it reanimated (the original cut is shown on DVD with commentary from the staff, in which none of them have a single nice thing to say about it between them).
** An in-universe example: In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E18DudeWheresMyRanch Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]", Homer wrote Flanders a hate song. Said song eventually became an in-universe meme. Its popularity rose to the point where even Homer himself had enough (see quote at top of page).
* Speaking of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', Jay Sherman has an in-universe outburst about a film he wrote, ''[[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostchasers III]]'', begging the Crips and Bloods to stop killing each other and go kill network executives.
* Disney director Wilfred Jackson was so ashamed of his first directorial effort, a WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse short called "The Castaway", that he vowed never to make a film that didn't feel like a Disney picture again.
** Creator/WaltDisney (the man) hated the 1935 ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' short "WesternAnimation/TheGoldenTouch". After he finished it, he never directed a short again. According to [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Jack Kinney's]] autobiography, he allegedly blasted an animator over a mistake and the animator, intending to take his boss down a peg, shot back that he was the one who directed ''The Golden Touch''. An enraged Walt stormed out -- but came back later and angrily warned him to never, ''ever'' mention the cartoon again.
** Walt also had some dislike of {{WesternAnimation/Goofy}}, as mentioned in Neal Gabler's biography on Walt. According to Gabler, Walt "threaten[ed] constantly to terminate [the Goofy series of shorts] before relenting, largely to provide work for his animators." The dislike most likely stemmed from a bitter falling out that Walt had with Goofy's voice actor Pinto Colvig in the late 1930s. After Disney and Colvig reconciled in the early 1950s, there was evidence that Walt had warmed up to the character, even dedicating an episode to him on the ''Wonderful World of Color'' television show. It should be noted, however, that Gabler's book cites no source for the claim of Walt hating Goofy. Some of his alleged hatred of Goofy may have also stemmed from his dislike of the character's primary animator, Art Babbitt, who had instigated the infamous 1941 Disney animators' strike and thus made enemies with his boss for life.
** There is also an unsubstantiated rumor that Walt hated WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck; however, according to "Of Mice And Magic", many of the staff such as director Jack Hannah really ''did'' hate working on Donald Duck shorts.
* Thurop Van Orman HATED a handful of episodes from the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''. So he added a LaughTrack to them, along with a "drawn in front of a live audience" gag.
* The ''ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}}'' cartoon series was hated by virtually every cast member that starred in it, as well as Steve Bright, who wrote the ''Bananaman'' comic strip. To a lesser extent, this also applies to the strip's original artist, John Geering, who liked the series overall but wasn't fond of how his characters had been redesigned.
* Creator/TexAvery expressed a dislike for his character WesternAnimation/ScrewySquirrel, even going so far as to [[KilledOffForReal kill him off for real]] at the end of Screwy's fifth and final short. In a BBC documentary, one former animator once told Avery he sent him letters with drawings of Screwy Squirrel on them in the hope that his hero would be more prone to open and read them. As it turned out, Avery simply threw each letter with Screwy's face on it in the trash can!
** This was implied to be his desire to move on from his "screwball" work he did with Warner Bros. Justified given his bitter falling out with Schlesinger over ''The Heckling Hare''.
* An in-universe example from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': Ralph Bighead has [[TerribleArtist Wacky Deli]] created so that he will be released from his contract in order to become a real artist. [[SpringtimeforHitler It doesn't work]].
* Creator/JohnKricfalusi of ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' fame has warned his fans not to study his cartoons from the original series. He summed it up saying "For one thing that we did right, there was a million mistakes". However, when using examples of a well-constructed story and good dialogue, he uses the cartoon "Stimpy's Invention" quite a lot. In general, John is actually pretty critical of the original show, to where he claimed once that he can't really enjoy watching his own cartoons, because all he can see are the mistakes he made on them. He also felt the original show in its initial seasons (sans the Carbunkle episodes) [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/03/lost-episodes-of-ren-and-stimpy_22.html?showComment=1143150840000#c114315089625965087 were very inconsistent from a drawing and animation perspective]], and had many bad drawings in them (hence why he discourages his students from studying them). Some episodes he singled out for criticism include;
** [[Recap/RenandStimpy1x02RobinHoekNurseStimpy "Nurse Stimpy"]] was an episode that turned out so bad, that John flat out disowned it and refused to put his name on it ([[AlanSmithee crediting himself as "Raymond Spum" instead]])--mainly for the cuts Nickelodeon wanted (who axed a good chunk of footage out of the cartoon) and many artistic failings; "The timing was bad. The drawings are bad. The colors are bad. From an artistic standpoint, to me, it's a really ugly cartoon."
** [[Recap/RenandStimpy1x04FireDogsTheLittlestGiant "The Littlest Giant"]], mainly for its very slow pacing and sparse gags. He derogatorily nicknamed it "The Littlest Jokes".
** [[Recap/RenandStimpy1x05MaroonedUntamedWorld "Marooned"]]; he felt that the premise had merit, but was undermined by the episodes horrible timing (which was freelanced to another company) and some artistic mistakes that came from having to rush aspects of the episode.
--->'''John K''':''"Marooned had great ideas, but the execution fell short; the timing was horrible. We freelanced the timing on that one and it was just way too slow...We just rushed through it, and so you see a lot of really bad mistakes. You see the aliens at the end, the giant brain guys. They're on overlays, but we were rushing through it so fast that you can see the tear lines around them--[[SpecialEffectsFailure they're on cut-out pieces of paper glued to cels.]] It looks awful."''
** He also considered the episode [[Recap/RenandStimpy1x06BlackHoleStimpysInvention "Black Hole"]] a failure for several reasons;
--->'''John K''':''"Its a complete failure. In every aspect it's bad; it's drawn bad, there's no direction to it at all, the timing's bad. It's a winner by default; somehow the premise managed to get through, even though the specific story points don't illustrate the premise very well. It was lucky."''
*** Later on, he singled out the cartoon for criticism again, but this time for [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/03/barber-shop-4-story-structure.html its poor structure]];
--->'''John K''':''"I produced a cartoon that really suffered from poor structure: Black Hole. The premise of the story was simple. Ren and Stimpy get sucked through a black hole into another dimension where the physical laws are different than ours. Thus, they begin to mutate into weirder and weirder forms. Or...they should have. Instead they morph randomly and not in a building progression. The funniest morphs are early on, and then later they are less weird, so I considered that cartoon quite a failure. I've made other crap too, but my goal is always to have good solid structure and momentum."''
** [[Recap/RenandStimpy2x08MonkeySeeMonkeyDontFakeDad "Monkey See, Monkey Don't"]]. While the episode wasn't directed by him, he singled out this particular episode as "the worst Ren and Stimpy cartoon ever made." (of the first two seasons)
** While he liked how [[Recap/RenandStimpy2x11AVisitToAnthony "A Visit to Anthony"]] turned out, he was [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-birthday-dad.html?showComment=1256844117341#c3459498470156234516 dissatisfied]] at how undirected the acting of Anthony's dad turned out, and he felt the sound effects and music (added by Games) were "clumsy and inappropriate".
---> "I directed the recordings of all the characters EXCEPT my Dad, ironically and was very disappointed when I heard it. It sounded like the actor didn't know the story and was reading it for the first time, so he didn't give it the meaning that the drawings conveyed. It was a professional live-action actor and I think whoever directed him was afraid to actually give him any direction. And also didn't know my Dad." "I think the animation was done at Rough Draft and it was amazing. The fireplace scene was especially impressive with all the cool effects. The sound effects and music was clumsy and inappropriate as per usual in the Games episodes. That's something they just never got, even though I sent them a long treatise on how to make the sound match the moods of the story."
** John stated [[http://renandstimpyonline.tripod.com/index2/webchat.html in a web chat]] that he felt the early Games episodes had good art, background and story ideas, but were ultimately mangled by lousy direction. In the DVDCommentary for [[Recap/RenandStimpy3x04StimpysCartoonShow "Stimpy's Cartoon Show"]], he criticized some aspects of how the final cartoon was handled, namely for muddling its "Artist Vs. Non-Artist" message by changing Ren from executive to producer--while he did submit it in the cartoon as that in an attempt to avoid executive scrutiny, he felt Games used it as a chance to turn the cartoon into an attack on him instead of meddling executives (although he was ok with that), and that there were weird expressions that didn't really work in context. He also criticized the Games episodes for their mean spiritedness and ruining the chemistry between the two leads.
--> "Elinor Blake and I wrote ''Stimpy's Cartoon Show'' and I had planned for that to be an epic, but the direction was pretty bungled. I explain it all on the commentary. The first Games DVD is coming out soon. I'd say it's definitely worth getting. Lots of good artwork, great backgrounds and some good stories-alas, no discernible direction."
** He didn't hate the episode [[Recap/RenandStimpyAPC1x03FireDog2 "Fire Dogs II"]], but he felt it [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/06/apc-trailer-fire-dogs-2.html suffering from very poor timing.]]
--->"Incidentally, this cartoon suffers from some piss-poor timing, because we had just started the new episodes and were trying out a new system of shooting storyboards and timing them to music. A lot of the gags would play better if I could go back and cut them tighter. I apologize in advance! (Just run it in fast forward!)"
** Creator/BillyWest does not like talking about working on the show and refuses to work with John Kricfalusi ever again, citing having a bad experience with him on and off it. In particular, Kricfalusi demanded West quit the show alongside him in order to force the network to hire him back even though West needed the job and could have been blacklisted alongside Kricfalusi had he done it and failed.
** To a lesser extent Bob Camp, while he enjoyed working on the show, he has similar bad memories working with Kricfalusi and executive demands, and wasn't satisfied with a lot of his directed episodes during the Games Animation seasons.
** Animator/character designer Robertryan Corey best known for his work on ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' and ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' worked for Kricfalusi on ''[[WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpyAdultPartyCartoon Adult Party Cartoon]]'', stating it was a dream of his come true having wanted to work on Ren and Stimpy since he was a kid, but he said Kricfalusi was very demanding of him and didn't treat him very well.
** On a non-Ren and Stimpy note, He is equally critical of his work on ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse: The New Adventures''. He talks about it [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/10/tomorrows-mighty-mouse.html on this blog post.]]
*** He also detested his work with ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'', which he deemed "mediocre." Other people who worked on that series, including Chuck Lorre, Scott Shaw and Eddie Fitzgerald share his sentiments despite the cartoon being fondly remembered among those who grew up watching it.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheRippingFriends'' is also apparently very hard for him to watch because of all the ExecutiveMeddling.
* One seems to get that impression watching the 3rd ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball Star Wars special]] ''It's A Trap!''. In the opening scene, the entire family groans and an annoyed Peter says "Let's get this over with." followed by the opening scroll that turns into a ''massive'' rant about how they (they being Seth [=MacFarlane=] and the rest of the crew) never wanted to do this nor ''Something Something Something Dark Side'' and only did so so Seth could do other projects without them (them being 20th Century Fox) complaining. Given that Family Guy does a lot of throwaway lines, it can be hard to tell they really meant it (though admittedly this seemed even more hostile than usual), at least until you listen to their DVD commentaries; turns out they meant every word of it.
** Episodes of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' use tons of SelfDeprecation gags about the show or other works the creators are responsible for (the Star Wars specials also include several jibes to Seth Green's ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''). Granted given the overall tone of such gags (and the fact they are expressed by less than sound individuals in the show) it may also count as TakeThatCritics.
** Creator/SethMacFarlane outright admitted that he stopped voicing Tim the Bear after a single season of WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow because he felt the character was horrifically unfunny. Incidentally, when ''Cleveland Show'' was cancelled and the characters returned to Family Guy, Cleveland's introductory scene was a few straight minutes of [=MacFarlane's=] other characters lampooning the show.
* Phil Vischer - upon giving an interview regarding the series ''Jelly Telly'' - mentioned that he now considers his earlier series, ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'', as something of a failure because it stressed basic morals while largely downplaying the Christian beliefs behind those morals; Vischer says that ''Jelly Telly'' was created to rectify this problem. Though in a later podcast Phil posted (which no longer exists), he says that he still like working with the show, and knows that it's in good hands with Doug [=TenNapel=].
* Though the Awdrys co operated a lot with early seasons of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', they voiced some dislike for some of the show's original stories, due to the unrealistic plot points occasionally used (particularly the episode "Henry's Forest"). Wilbert Awdry in particular wrote letters of disgust to series writers David Mitton and Britt Allcroft, accusing them of becoming "big headed" with his work. Christopher Awdry also resented having to write new installments of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' with Thomas as the main character to tie in with the show's popularity. He wrote "More About Thomas The Tank Engine" solely to give the show more material for episodes, and was rather dissatisfied with it.
* Tom Ruegger, creator of ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'', once said that he could not stand [[EthnicScrappy Flim-Flam]], claiming that he made him appreciate [[TheScrappy Scrappy-Doo]].
* Ken Spears and Joe Ruby hated ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' a lot. Their reason for the hatred was basically because it didn't get the spirit of the original show and was too dark and cynical.
** Irene Jimenez, the Latin American long-time voice actress for Velma, also said she really disliked the way the character was portrayed in this series.
* Creator/LaurenFaust has expressed regret for the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', over the fact that the moral was badly written and came across as anti-intellectual. She has also expressed disapproval of the decision to make Cadance and Twilight into alicorns, citing UniquenessDecay on the part of Celestia and Luna. She also didn't care for "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]", a Season 3 episode that was originally written for Season 2. She wanted to do something else for Trixie, even wanting the episode pulled.
** She also came to dislike the "Equal Fights" episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', feeling that she had tried too hard to incorporate adult-oriented subject matter (namely how to distinguish genuine feminism from [[StrawFeminist Straw Feminism]]) into a children's show in a way that didn't do it justice.
** She has also disowned the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Everyone Knows It's Bendy", citing that the title character was an unlikable and unsympathetic KarmaHoudini. She hated the episode as much as the fanbase did, and the character was then permanently written out of the series.
** She has also made tweets expressing disgust for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'''s dolls, and an interview with her husband said that she's "not a fan" of Equestria Girls, and apparently that would have made her leave if Hasbro approached ''her'' with it.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** Storyboard artist Jim Miller saw the fandom's negative reaction to "Princess Spike" and [[https://www.derpibooru.org/920805 admitted that the show went too far]] on Spike's treatment.
** M.A. Larson has indicated in a podcast interview and (now deleted) tweets that he wasn't happy with "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E14FameAndMisfortune Fame and Misforutune]]", as he felt the way it played out was very needlessly mean-spirited for an otherwise lighthearted show. [[https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/10/ma-larson-explains-fame-and-misfortune.html?m=1 He didn't even like the premise of the episode in the first place]] and he knew that [[InternetBackdraft fans would be furious]] [[TakeThatAudience with how it portrayed the Brony Community]], but [[ExecutiveMeddling the higher-ups wouldn't let him do it any other way]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'':
** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Director Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he's also sick of this trend and he would gladly do otherwise if he could[[note]]Whether or not Rudell meant ExecutiveMeddling is responsible is ambiguous[[/note]].
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'' turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how Comic Con hyped up the Equestria aspect of the movie, since it was meant to be about the girls coming to terms with being heroes. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
* Co-creator David X. Cohen has stated that he feels that he "went too far" with the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E2InAGaddaDaLeela In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela]]", in which the last scene consists of Leela trying to force herself onto Zapp.
* Judging by the {{Credits Gag}}s, the writers of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' didn't care all that much for some of their episodes; to list some of them;
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E18HareTodayGoneTomorrow Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow]]" had "Moral of Story - We Need More Animators", this is episode is considered to have some of the worst animation of the series.
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E28TheWackoWorldOfSports The Wacko World of Sports]]" had "Moral of Story - Not Every Show Is Perfect"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E37CareerOpporToonIties Career Oppor-Toon-ities]]" had "Don’t Miss Our Next Show – It’s Actually Entertaining"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E38StrangeTalesOfWeirdScience Strange Weird Tales of Science]]" had "Number of Retakes - Don't Ask"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS2E4HogWildHamton Hog Wild Hamton]]" had a fake disclaimer reading "The Humor In Today’s Show Does Not Represent Anything That Was Ever Found In Any Way Funny By Anyone Who Ever Lived".
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS2E5PlaytimeToons Playtime Toons]]" had "Congratulations! - You Have Just Wasted A Half Hour Of Your Life!"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E5FleaForYourLife Flea For Your Life]]" had "It Didn’t Work On Paper – It Doesn’t Work On Film"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E13GrandmasDead Grandma's Dead]]" had "''Magazine/TVGuide'' Said That Writer, Deanna Oliver Was 'Deliciously Clever' - But That Was Another Episode".
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E17WeekdayAfternoonLive Weekday Afternoon Live]]" had "We Thought This Would Be Funny – But Noooooooo!"
* Creator/CraigBartlett ''really'' detests the infamous ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Arnold Betrays Iggy", which created a tidal wave of fan backlash. It was rumoured that as a result of it, he made the staff issue a public apology for making it (though he debunked this rumour in an interview), the character Iggy was almost permanently written out of the series (he never appeared in a speaking role again until the final season), and it was barred from airing on television until it was seen again on ''Series/The90sAreAllThat''.
* Similar to the examples from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', after the third "Muscular Beaver" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' the first of the many Credit Gags seems to indicate what the writers thought of said episode:
--> '''"Something stinks! Oh, wait, it's just 'Muscular Beaver 3'"'''
* In part due to the fans' backlash over the season and their own distaste for having to incorporate more character development instead of the usual brand of off-the-wall humor or violent montages, Stephen Warbrick and Christy Karacas of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' fame have all but disowned season 2 and have grown more vocal about how they disliked that portion of the show. One interview also stopped short of Karacas blaming a writer "John" (likely John J. Miller, who'd written "Lord Stingray Crash Party" and "Hot Chick") for issues with season 2.
** Tellingly and fittingly with the show's NegativeContinuity stance, some revelations in season 2 were later disregarded or overwritten in the following two seasons. In particular, "Jailbot 2.0" had caused very vocal backlash due to confirming Alice as a transgender woman rather than letting fans guess her gender, causing Karacas to regret ever making the reveal. "Special Needs" subtly altered her backstory to suggest she always had a more feminine identity (thus trying to rectify the unfortunate implications that she only transitioned to not be seen as gay to her boss), while "The Superjail Six" retconned her and Jared's arrivals at the jail and presented her as a lot more feminine than her present-day nature.
* Andy Thom, who was the art director for ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins'', has admitted his extreme distaste for working on ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan''.
* The Hobgoblin was a popular villain on both the comics and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''--but this is a sentiment not shared by producer [[http://marvel.toonzone.net/spideytas/interviews/sempergoblin/ John Semper]], who absolutely hated the character and thought the Hobgoblin was useless, and only included him because of decisions made by his predecessor as show runner and toys being made based on that decision.
* Derrick J. Wyatt came to dislike his experience working on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'', due to both [[ScrewedByTheNetwork how the network screwed the show over]] and its [[BrokenBase widely negative reception among fans as]] [[{{Sequelitis}} the worst of the Ben 10 sequels.]]
* Thomas Astruc wasn't happy with [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil a lot of things being spoiled]], including [[spoiler: Alya, Chloe, and Nino wielding the Fox, Bee, and Turtle Miraculous respectively.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Max Gibson was hated by the production team. Going by interviews, the only reason they added her to the show was that [[ExecutiveMeddling the higher ups demanded a character girls could identify with.]]
* Mark Newgarden, one of the original people involved in creating the ''Franchise/GarbagePailKids'' trading cards, has voiced his distaste for the unaired (in the US) ''WesternAnimation/GarbagePailKidsCartoon'', which he considers even worse than ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
** Despite preferring Gwuncan over Duncney, allegedly Drew Nelson (Duncan) wasn't too keen on the way that the former couple came to be in ''World Tour''.
** Similarly, Megan Fahlenbock (Gwen) has supposedly said that she wasn't proud of Gwen's overall behavior in that season, mainly her handling of the love triangle.
** Christine Thompson (an employee at Fresh TV in charge of their social media profiles) was greatly against the producers' decision to have Gwen and Courtney's friendship fail once more in ''All-Stars'', in order to keep the drama between them going.
* Creator/GaryChalk didn't like how Optimus Primal was written in ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', comparing how Primal was there to a cult leader.
* Creator/AlexHirsch has admitted that "Dipper Vs. Manliness" is in fact the weakest episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. That said, he is still proud of it overall since it's still had some memorable jokes, and how the message hasn't aged in the current climate of gender identity.
* One of the storyboard artists for ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', Ben Bates, said in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IttvJRFgFJo an episode]] of the webseries Cutshort regarding a failed ''Captain Marvel'' spinoff, that he "didn't like" any of the Marvel cartoons in TheNewTens, and that was part of why he pitched ''Captain Marvel''.
* In regards to ''WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen'' (the spin-off to the WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron franchise), John A. Davis later admitted that Sheen was a character who only worked in small doses, so giving him his own TV show caused his appeal to wear thin really fast.
* Dan Harmon has said that [[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E4Vindicators3TheReturnOfWorldEnder "Vindicators 3: The Return of World Ender"]] was the worst episode of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' the crew ever made.
* According to John Canemaker's WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat history book ''Felix: The Twisted Tale of the Worlds Most Famous Cat'', Creator/OttoMessmer said he regretted recommending Burt Gillett to direct the Creator/VanBeurenStudios Felix the Cat cartoons in his steed--while Burt had worked on the original Felix cartoons, Otto felt his time in Hollywood working for Disney (having directed hit films like WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs) [[PrimaDonnaDirector had gone to his head]] by the time he directed the cartoons, and also because he felt Gillett poorly utilized the character, turning Felix into a meek shadow of his former self and overshadowing the cat with his own cast of characters. It didn't help that when Otto tried to get work on the Van Beuren Felix cartoons (having initially passed on the offer), Burt [[KickTheDog refused to hire him]] because he [[SoLastSeason considered his style "out of step" with his newer, slicker cartoons.]]
-->''"Felix was just a little figure in the background, instead of being the center figure. He [Burt Gillett] tried to push his own characters in there. Gillett tried to push himself, rather than the cat."''
** The second season of WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat, which tried to retool the show into being more like the Joe Oriolo era Felix the Cat cartoons instead of the surreal black and white Felix cartoons, was considered a disaster by the staff who worked on it (not helping that it was a total flop in ratings and got the show canned just 8 episodes into the season). Even during production, most of the staff absolutely hated the retool (mainly because they despised the Oriolo era Felix and had heavily pushed to use the tone of the classic Felix cartoons in the first season) and [[WriterRevolt episodes were made in retaliation for it]], such as "Attack of the Robot Rat", which parodies the Joe Oriolo Felix formula, and "Phoney Felix", a StealthParody of the second seasons retool.
* Creator/ChuckJones grew to hate almost all of his pre-1948 cartoons (barring his more experimental works at the time, like ''WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys''), so much that he said if he had the choice he would have burned the negatives to all of them.
** An [[http://boootooons.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-conversation-with-chuck-jones.html interview with him]] also made it very clear that he thought ''Film/SpaceJam'' was a terrible movie and totally misunderstood the personalities of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters. He was pretty vocal to the then-current Warner Bros creative team about their handling of the franchise. He was apparently frank enough about it in one case that he was escorted from the premises.
** In the book ''Chuck Jones Conversations''. Chuck also expressed a strong dislike of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', a film that he worked on, citing the main lead as an obnoxious, unlikable character (exasperated that the human leads were more sympathetic than the cartoon), and was critical of Creator/RobertZemeckis for robbing Creator/RichardWilliams of any real creative input on the film, and also for meddling with the piano duel that Jones and Williams had storyboarded.
** Also both he and Creator/BobClampett grew to hate the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheDaffyDoc'', not because they thought it was a bad cartoon, but because it used an iron lung as a gag prop [[FunnyAneurysmMoment during a time when polio deaths were on the rise]].
** Many Warner Bros. animators grew to dislike much of their early work, ''especially'' the sappy Disney-like cartoons and Buddy cartoons they made from the mid-to-late 1930s.
** Additionally several WB staff such as Creator/FrankTashlin expressed dislike for WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, due to having [[TheEveryman less flexibility and humor value]] compared to zanier characters such as WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. According to animator Mike Fontanelli, this resentment still stands with many modern executives at WesternAnimation/WarnerBros and is partly why the character is so sparsely used in revival features or merchandise (and '''''not''''' because the MoralGuardians think Porky's stuttering is offensive to those with speech impediments). When he shows up at all, he tends to be given the ButtMonkey treatment by those around him. Even his own creator, Creator/FrizFreleng, made fun of how much more boring he was to utilise:
-->'''Freleng:''' Nobody liked working with Porky Pig much because he was sort of a square.
** Similarly some Warner staff such as Friz Freleng hated using Elmer Fudd, believing he was such an incompetent adversary for WesternAnimation/BugsBunny that it became difficult not to cast the latter more as a bully than a KarmicTrickster. Freleng created more abrasive foes such as Yosemite Sam so he could deal with the rivalry less (though he still used Elmer in other non-Bugs roles). Some sources also claim Freleng to have disliked WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales.
-->'''Freleng:''' Elmer was just too dumb. He was naïve and childish and Bugs outwitted him. It didn't take much brains to outwit Elmer. Sometimes you felt sorry for Elmer. He'd break down and cry. But that's why I didn't quite feel that Elmer filled the bill. He wasn't really a villain. He was a pitiful character. He had a duty to perform as a hunter. He had to go shoot a rabbit. But there wasn't a mean streak. He didn't really like to shoot the rabbit. You wondered why you didn't hate Bugs for doing what he did to him. It took a little more sharpness to outsmart Yosemite Sam than a chicken-brained Elmer Fudd.
** Also of note is the little-known WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes director Norm [=McCabe=]; according to historian and animator Mark Kausler, in his later years, Norm was extremely modest about his time directing Looney Tunes shorts, dismissing them all as terrible--when a screening was held as ASIFA for his shorts along with him, it was painful for him to watch his own cartoons. Sort of justified, as most of [=McCabe=]'s works are UsefulNotes/WorldWarII cartoons and contain a lot of offensive caricatures of the Japanese (''WesternAnimation/TokioJokio'' is often used as the prime example of this).
** Creator/BobBergen, the current voice of Porky Pig, admitted on the Toonzone Forums (now the Anime Superhero Forums) that he does NOT think highly of the Larry Doyle-produced shorts made in the 2000s and that he had an awful time working on them before being fired and replaced with Creator/BillyWest as the voices of Porky and Tweety. For one thing, the shorts originally had [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a LOT of adult humor that didn't belong in a Looney Tune]] - he specifically mentioned a lot of jokes about sex and bodily functions. While Bob is aware that the original Looney Tunes shorts were never intended to be exclusively for kids, as he pointed out they were CLASSY, not crude. Thus, he let Larry know that he wasn't comfortable with the adult humor, but it didn't do any good (ironically, the higher-ups at Warner Bros. took out all the adult humor in the shorts after Larry was fired). As if that wasn't enough, Larry wanted Bob to change the way he played Porky - he slowed down a bunch of old Porky shorts to how Mel sounded before they sped him up, then told Bob to "do" Mel, then they would speed him up to the same percentage. Despite the fact that Bob does Porky fine naturally and has done it that way for years. In addition, as Bob pointed out his voice is much higher than Mel's was - and the microphones used in those days were much different than the ones they were using on these shorts... and on top of that, Larry slowed down those original Porky shorts too much. When Bob attempted to do Porky the way Larry wanted and was sped-up, the result sounded like a stuttering [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin the Chipmunk]]. Bob [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere finally decided to call up his agent and quit the project]] - a very difficult decision for him, as he's wanted to voice Porky since he was a kid, but if this was the direction that they were going to take the characters in he wanted no part in it. However, when he told his agent that he wanted off the project, his agent informed him that he'd actually just been fired. Fortunately, it didn't take long for him to get the role of Porky back, just not in the shorts.
* Creator/ChuckJones also had a mixed opinion of his contribution to the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series, claiming he didn't quite fully understand the characters' dynamic and would have likely done many things different if given another chance. On the other hand, Chuck Jones' work on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons can be seen as practice for when he created the TV adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', which, unlike his take on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, is well-liked and well-remembered to this day.
* Creator/ShamusCulhane disliked his sole ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' cartoon "Popeye Meets William Tell"; in his autobiography, he likened the final product to "putting a bow on a wild boar"--apparently his attempt to bring the polished, disciplined approach of Disney animation into the more comical east coast style of animation Popeye used just didn't mix well, resulting in a very uneven, bizarre short, and this was quite frustrating to him. It may have also been because he never wanted to make a regular Popeye cartoon in the first place, instead wanting to make a short centered around Wimpy, which was vetoed by the Fleischers.
** Shamus also wasn't proud of his work in the early Creator/FleischerStudios WesternAnimation/{{Talkartoons}} shorts, which he considered primitive compared to his later work.
** Culhane was also not proud of how his animation on Fleischer's ''WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels'' was ruined by sloppy inkers and bad in-between work, and that he would have quit if it wasn't for his contract. He also expressed disappointment in how ''WesternAnimation/MrBugGoesToTown'' turned out, believing the film didn't live up to its full potential.
** Culhane also despised working on the Hearst ComicStrip/KrazyKat cartoons he did inking work on. In his biography "Talking Animals and Other People", he likened the screening of their first sound cartoon ("Ratskin", 1929) with the character as being akin to a tornado in a boiler factory. "It was sheer cacophony." The staff gave no reaction to the film, save Culhane himself, who spited it with a sarcastic laugh (which got him left behind when the studio moved elsewhere). In the book "Enchanted Drawings", Culhane's once again gave his humble thoughts on the shorts;
-->"The films were atrocious, the worst crap you can imagine. They never used the characters. Offisa Pup rarely appeared, Ignatz Mouse was not in love with Krazy [[note]] This is a mistake on Culhane's part, as it was the other way around in the comics [[/note]]; they never used the desert landscapes. The staff just batted the stuff out as fast as they could for something like 750$ apiece."
* Creator/MaxFleischer considered ''WesternAnimation/MrBugGoesToTown'' to be a failure, and [[OldShame refused to acknowledge the film]] as one of his achievements in a 1950s interview--although it may have been because it was the film that contributed to destroying Fleischer Studios and getting him booted out; the fact that he and David Fleischer had a terrible falling out while they were making the film probably didn't help matters either.
** He also hated the Made-For-TV ''WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell'' cartoons, and was horrified when he first watched them.
* Strange as it sounds, some sources claim that [[Creator/HannaBarbera Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera]] hated ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', and only kept the show running because of how insanely popular (and [[MoneyDearBoy profitable]]) it was.
* Hugh Harman of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing duo claimed late in his life that he grew to hate all but three of the shorts he made--"WesternAnimation/TheOldMillPond", "Blue Danube", and "WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth". And even then, Hugh [[http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Harman/interview_hugh_harman.htm admitted]] that he wasn't completely satisfied with how Peace On Earth turned out, and felt that the film needed to be far longer than it was.
-->''"Peace on Earth was a tough one to animate and to write. We shouldn't actually have made that as a one-reeler, we should have made it in about three to five reels. We cut it and cut it and cut it; we didn't cut footage that was animated—nobody in his right mind does that, unless it's bad. But cutting the storyboard and switching around. It has some flaws. I just got tired of it near the end. That's always been a weakness with me, that I get so fed up on it at the end of a picture that I would just as soon turn it over to the Girl Scouts to make. Unless it were a feature that would warrant going on with costs forever. I've observed that as a weakness in myself, that I often end up with a weak, insubstantial ending for a picture."''
* Former ''{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}}'' co-creator Paul Germain has mixed feelings for ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie''. At the time of the movie's release, Germain had left Creator/KlaskyCsupo to work on Disney's ''{{WesternAnimation/Recess}}''. While Germain doesn't exactly hate or disown the film, he still has a few problems with it: thinking that some moments, such as Stu giving the watch to Tommy, didn't work, as the babies and adults weren't supposed to communicate, and that he was upset that now Dil was introduced at the beginning, as Tommy is supposed to be the youngest (one of his proposed ideas for the movie back in the early `90s, when 20th Century Fox made a deal to distribute Nicktoon-based movies (a deal that did not go anywhere) was for Tommy to get a younger sibling at the very end).
* Despite the acclaim and legacy of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', there were several episodes that were either promising misfires, or outright duds, and were regarded as such by the shows team. They gave their thoughts on several of these episodes [[http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/backstage/animato/ in an issue of Animato Magazine]];
** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE13IveGotBatmanInMyBasement "I've Got Batman In My Basement,"]] which named the [[BatmanInMyBasement relevant trope]], is regarded by the production team as one of the worst episodes in the series.
-->"I think that if we hadn't gotten Alan Burnett to come over, we would have had a lot more shows like this one," noted director Frank Paur of the producer who stepped in to take control of the show's script process first season. Paur also disliked arming Batman with a screwdriver, but had his hands full wrestling with an as yet unsatisfying storyboard crew. "I had to get rid of most of these boards and start from scratch," he said. "It was very time-consuming. Our schedule was so tight, that small things got by." Noted producer Bruce Timm, "I can't even watch that show. It's the epitome of what we don't want to do with Batman. Strangely enough kids like it. The script came in and it was terrible. Normally, I tell the director to do what he can to make it interesting, and nobody could figure out a way to make it interesting. The storyboard artists didn't care, and it shows."
** While the episode was based on a good story from the comics and having decent animation, "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE31TheCapeAndCowlConspiracy The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy]]" was considered a misfire, namely for its lackluster gimmick villain, and Batman having no real motive to play mind games with him.
-->"I tried to kill this show, but they didn't let me," said director Frank Paur. "We had a lot of storyboard artists who wanted to rebel on this one. The best metaphor is kicking a dead horse. It arrived dead and no matter how hard you kick it, it ain't going to give you a ride."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE6TheUnderdwellers The Underdwellers]]" was likewise considered a dud, namely for censorship problems, bad story elements and very OffModel animation.
-->"It was my first episode as director, and there are still things in it that I cringe at," said director Frank Paur. Usually when we get an episode, we get to use a lot of discretion and change things. I wish I had been able to spend more time on that script. Another problem at the time, was that we had storyboard people who made things difficult. I found myself going back two or three times to fix scenes. They didn't quite understand we were shooting for a higher standard. So there was always a constant drain on my time. That whole opening sequence of the kids playing chicken with the train should have been cut. That was what we had to contend with at the beginning of the season. We had these little public service announcements worked into the scripts, a concept we nixed real quick." "It's [[Creator/StudioJunio Junio's]] weakest episode," said producer Bruce Timm. "We almost didn't use them after that. It was the first one that came back that really looked totally unlike our show. It was very Japanese. But I'm glad we did use them again, they've done great work. BS&P took a lot out of this show. Originally, the kids were to be victimized by the Sewer-King, but he was not allowed to be mean or tortorous to any of them. The impact is watered down. If we were doing it today, we probably would have decided not to do the show."
** "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE17LockUp Lock-Up]]" was also considered a failure, due to its awful script, blatant plot holes and bloopers (Batman changing into his costume out in the open, not letting us figure out how he escaped), and slow, aimless scenes.
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriese19ProphecyOfDoom Prophecy of Doom]]" was already considered a very average episode, but its criticism was mainly singled out for its terrible animation by Creator/{{AKOM}}.
-->"If that whole end sequence with the spinning worlds in the observatory had gone to Junio or any other studio, it might have come off, but it went to AKOM," said Bruce Timm. "They just weren't able to pull off that level of animation." "That broke my heart," said director Frank Paur. "I designed those planets using a circle template. How hard is it to animate circles? It was done by hand, and if we had done it now, it would have been done on computer and would have looked spectacular. When I knew the show was going to AKOM, a studio I'd had a long history with, I knew they weren't going to be able to pull it off. Admittedly, it was a tough sequence, but they should have been able to do it."
** While not considered a "bad" episode, Bruce Timm was not satisfied with the episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE48WhatIsReality What Is Reality?]]", although he ironically complimented AKOM's work on it.
-->"Virtual reality is too science fictiony for our show. While it may be conceivable that it will work in four or five years, Batman transforming himself into a black knight and flying around on a chessboard is unfathomable to me. Strangely enough, it's one of AKOM's better shows. They pulled off all the special effects really well."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE55TheMechanic The Mechanic]]" was also considered dissatisfying, save for some nice action and some of AKOM'S better animation.
-->"This was one of those stories in development hell for a long time," said producer Bruce Timm. "We needed scripts. I think it's a stinker, but it has some of AKOM's better animation in it." Noted director Kevin Altieri, "It was the first show that AKOM laid out itself. It's not as good as their 'The Last Laugh,' but had far fewer retakes (almost 80% of 'The Last Laugh' needed retakes.) I think they were threatened that they might lose the work, so they put their A-Team on it. It actually is a script that is similar to the '60s series, but when you do something like this comedy, you must remember that even thought the script may be goofy, you have to show that the characters are living it. When Earl drops the tires on Penguin's henchmen, he thinks Batman's dead and he's crying."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE3NothingToFear Nothing to Fear]]", despite having some of the series best moments and nice animation work by [[Creator/KokoEnterprises Dong Yang]] (whose only glitch was straightening the Scarecrow's crooked posture), was considered to have bad pacing, a cliche way of beating Scarecrow, and an all around mediocre script.
-->"It was written by Henry Gilroy, who had never written cartoons before," said producer Bruce Timm. "He was a film editor here and always wanted to get into writing. At the time we didn't have a story editor, so we gave it a go. When he turned in his first draft, which wasn't bad, we had hired our first story editor, Sean Derek. We immediately came to loggerheads over this show. Some of the dialogue she changed wasn't changed for the better."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE8TheForgotten The Forgotten]]" was another misfire, mainly for being a message show put forth by the original story editors.
-->"I didn't want to do this show from the very beginning," said producer Bruce Timm. "Sean Derek was big on doing shows with social messages. And my big problem with message shows, is that you can't solve the world's problems in a half hour cartoon. If you raise the issue of homelessness, what can you do? It makes the episode look very exploitive, because you're just using the problem as an exotic background. You can't discuss the problem on any meaningful level in a 22-minute action cartoon. So I put in the dream sequence with Bruce in the barracks where these multitudes of people are looking to Bruce for a handout, and he doesn't have enough money for them all, and they're surrounding him and suffocating him. It's not enough for him to put a band-aid on the problem at the end, by offering the two guys a job. It just doesn't work." BS&P undercut the script's essential message, as director Boyd Kirkland explained: "There was a sequence at the beginning where Batman is wandering around the city, trying to find out why people were disappearing. It was staged with homeless people hanging around on sidewalks: families, mothers and kids. They made us take all that out of the boards. They said it was too much for kids to see that maybe a woman or a family can be out on the streets. They specifically asked that we only show men as homeless."
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE16TheCatAndTheClawPart2 The Cat and the Claw: Part 2]]" was considered a dud, namely for its many plot holes, a lame villain and downright abysmal animation by AKOM.
-->"The whole end sequence was geared around the explosions, and they were some of the worst you'll ever see," said producer Bruce Timm. "We retook all of them two or three times. They were still awful, but we ran out of time and had to air them."
** Bruce Timm really came to regret the Joker's redesign in the ''New Batman Adventures'' revamp; it looked good in concept, but he felt it was followed on too literally, and it robbed the Joker of a lot of his fearsome personality.
** Bruce Timm has stated that he considers [[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE6TheTerribleTrio "The Terrible Trio"]] to be not just the worst episode of Batman: The Animated Series, but the worst episode of the DC Animated Universe in general.
* Ian Pearson and Gavin Blair of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' fame were once famous for the computer animation in the Music/DireStraits ''Money For Nothing'' music video. They were proud of their work... at the time, but they despised that they had the suffix title of "Those guys who did Money for Nothing." They showed their feelings in an episode of ''[=ReBoot=]'', where two look-alikes for the CGI movers from the video audition at Enzo's birthday party, only to get sandbags dropped on them from high offstage.
* Donald F. Glut was one of the few members of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' staff who openly expressed distaste for the series, lambasting its quality as actual art (including the episodes ''he'' wrote) and claiming that he only worked on it [[MoneyDearBoy for the money]].
* Several staffers at Creator/{{Filmation}} have not had kind things to say the company or its shows. John Kricfalusi [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-was-most-depressing-80s-studio-1.html described]] how lousy it was working there;
-->"Ironically, my first job at an "entertainment studio" came a decade and a half later at the dreaded Filmation. They hadn't changed their style or approach in all that time. They believed in boredom. They went on throughout their 30 or so year life span barely changing their monotonous bland ways. Working there, I finally saw why and how. You literally were not allowed to ''draw'' anything unless you were in the model department. In layout, animation and assistant animation you had to trace the model sheets. Or xerox them off the model sheets. Each character had maybe 3 pre-designed poses and if the show went on for 10 years, [[StockFootage you'd have 130 half hours of the same 3 drawings of each character.]]"
** Disney Animator Will Finn likewise described [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/02/will-finn-at-filmation.html his tenure]] at Filmation as a sour experience.
-->My first week on HE-MAN, the cleanup crew were given model sheets of "Ram Man" where the designer had drawn his thumbs on the wrong side of his hands. In his "full front" pose and side pose, the thumbs were right, but in the rear pose, they were drawn incorrectly, it was an obvious mistake. When we pointed this out to the clean up supervisor, she went ashen and told us we had to follow it anyway, until the proper protocol had been addressed to look into the problem. Whenever he turned his back, we had to have "Ram Man's" thumbs inbetween around to the wrong side of his hand to be perfectly "on model." I swear to God I am not making this up. It took a couple of weeks, but we were eventually given new "corrected models" and the crew went into overtime to re-do all the incorrect clean up we had been doing in the interim. If [[Creator/FranzKafka Kafka]] had ever written pure farce, even he could not have topped FILMATION."
** Even the company's founder, Lou Scheimer has expressed his distaste for a few of the shows his company put out, in particular ''WesternAnimation/UncleCrocsBlock''. Scheimer also considers his time working as an animator on ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'' one of the worst experiences in his career in his autobiography ([[TakeThat with a good dose of Hanna-Barbera bashing to boot]]).
-->I had the worst trouble drawing one of the damned bad guys. I can't remember which one it was, but the background guys had to be able to use the drawings, and the animation was [[LimitedAnimation so limited]] that stuff hardly moved. Every time I sent drawings of the damned bad guy through, they would return them to me and say [[OffModel "Not on character, please do over."]] But it was as close as I could get to on-character. Every morning that fucking thing would come back. So, I went in to see Joe, and I said, "Joe, you know how to draw this character, show me what I'm doing wrong." And he picked it up and looked at it, and he drew it. And I said "Is that correct? If I turn that in, I won't have any problems?" It was Joe who was sending the stuff back to me everyday. And he said, "No, that's perfect." So I took it back to my desk and put all the scene numbers on it. I sent the drawing back in and the son-of-a-bitch sent it back the next day. It said "Do over, not on character." He rejected his own drawing! So I said [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere "Screw this, I gotta get out of here."]] There was clearly no way I was going to win.
* Creator/JMichaelStraczynski expressed a similar opinion for his work on ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''.
** Probably tied to his hatred of MerchandiseDriven work. He came up with "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoo spoo]]" in the He-Man SpinOff, ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. "Spoo Is."
* Creator/JohnKricfalusi also [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/02/depressing-studios-3-dic.html described]] working at Creator/DiCEntertainment as a bad experience (especially since they butchered and then abruptly cancelled his attempted WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil revival there), and that the studio was even ''worse'' to work for than Filmation.
* Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone don't seem particularly proud of the early seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', which had the highest ratings of the show's run and a glut of memorable episodes for those who prefer the older, more ToiletHumor-based episodes to the later episodes which have abandoned toilet humor for social satire.
** They weren't happy with the way "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E5AMillionLittleFibers A Million Little Fibers]]" turned out, feeling the two subplots of the episode didn't work together because it was "weirdness on top of weirdness". They have stated if they could go back and redo any episode, it would be this one.
** The episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS9E9Marjorine Marjorine]]" was painful for them to watch, because they felt the three subplots (Butters pretending to be a girl, the boys treating the girl's paper fortune teller as a real scientific device, and Butters's parents believing they had brought Butters back to life a la ''Literature/PetSematary'') should have been their own episodes, [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot and were wasted as is.]]
** They also have a fair amount of disdain for Season 8, claiming they were going through a bout of writer's block due to the grueling schedule they were under while filming ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''. In particular, "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E1GoodTimesWithWeapons Good Times With Weapons]]" was deemed a weak episode by them, despite being one of the show's most fondly remembered episodes.
** They regret their portrayal of Gary Condit and the Ramseys in "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E14ButtersVeryOwnEpisode Butters' Very Own Episode]]", due to [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion portraying them as guilty until proven innocent.]]
** Also, they were [[http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/south-park-creators-respond/ not happy]] about the "[[Recap/SouthParkS14E6TwoHundredOne 201]]" censorship.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper The Principal and the Pauper]]", which retconned Principal Skinner's past, saying instead he had assumed the life of the "real" Skinner and then brushed these revelations under the rug in a blatant reset button. Both Creator/MattGroening and Skinner voice actor Creator/HarryShearer have publicly criticized the episode. The later "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E22BehindTheLaughter Behind the Laughter]]" episode referred to this one as "gimmicky" and "nonsensical."
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns]]", a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' [[ExecutiveMeddling forced upon the show by the network]]. Groening removed his name from the episode in protest and doesn't appear on the DVDCommentary for the episode. This was because he felt that the episode was basically just an advertisement for ''The Critic'', and didn't want to seem like he was associated with it. Despite this, the episode is still considered to be a classic.
** Groening also expresses embarrassment for the Tracey Ulmann shorts for their crudeness. He and the staff were also so appalled by the original attempt at the pilot of the original series "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Some Enchanted Evening]]" (due to its similar cruder, more abstract animation) that they had it reanimated (the original cut is shown on DVD with commentary from the staff, in which none of them have a single nice thing to say about it between them).
** An in-universe example: In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E18DudeWheresMyRanch Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]", Homer wrote Flanders a hate song. Said song eventually became an in-universe meme. Its popularity rose to the point where even Homer himself had enough (see quote at top of page).
* Speaking of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', Jay Sherman has an in-universe outburst about a film he wrote, ''[[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostchasers III]]'', begging the Crips and Bloods to stop killing each other and go kill network executives.
* Disney director Wilfred Jackson was so ashamed of his first directorial effort, a WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse short called "The Castaway", that he vowed never to make a film that didn't feel like a Disney picture again.
** Creator/WaltDisney (the man) hated the 1935 ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' short "WesternAnimation/TheGoldenTouch". After he finished it, he never directed a short again. According to [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Jack Kinney's]] autobiography, he allegedly blasted an animator over a mistake and the animator, intending to take his boss down a peg, shot back that he was the one who directed ''The Golden Touch''. An enraged Walt stormed out -- but came back later and angrily warned him to never, ''ever'' mention the cartoon again.
** Walt also had some dislike of {{WesternAnimation/Goofy}}, as mentioned in Neal Gabler's biography on Walt. According to Gabler, Walt "threaten[ed] constantly to terminate [the Goofy series of shorts] before relenting, largely to provide work for his animators." The dislike most likely stemmed from a bitter falling out that Walt had with Goofy's voice actor Pinto Colvig in the late 1930s. After Disney and Colvig reconciled in the early 1950s, there was evidence that Walt had warmed up to the character, even dedicating an episode to him on the ''Wonderful World of Color'' television show. It should be noted, however, that Gabler's book cites no source for the claim of Walt hating Goofy. Some of his alleged hatred of Goofy may have also stemmed from his dislike of the character's primary animator, Art Babbitt, who had instigated the infamous 1941 Disney animators' strike and thus made enemies with his boss for life.
** There is also an unsubstantiated rumor that Walt hated WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck; however, according to "Of Mice And Magic", many of the staff such as director Jack Hannah really ''did'' hate working on Donald Duck shorts.
* Thurop Van Orman HATED a handful of episodes from the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''. So he added a LaughTrack to them, along with a "drawn in front of a live audience" gag.
* The ''ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}}'' cartoon series was hated by virtually every cast member that starred in it, as well as Steve Bright, who wrote the ''Bananaman'' comic strip. To a lesser extent, this also applies to the strip's original artist, John Geering, who liked the series overall but wasn't fond of how his characters had been redesigned.
* Creator/TexAvery expressed a dislike for his character WesternAnimation/ScrewySquirrel, even going so far as to [[KilledOffForReal kill him off for real]] at the end of Screwy's fifth and final short. In a BBC documentary, one former animator once told Avery he sent him letters with drawings of Screwy Squirrel on them in the hope that his hero would be more prone to open and read them. As it turned out, Avery simply threw each letter with Screwy's face on it in the trash can!
** This was implied to be his desire to move on from his "screwball" work he did with Warner Bros. Justified given his bitter falling out with Schlesinger over ''The Heckling Hare''.
* An in-universe example from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': Ralph Bighead has [[TerribleArtist Wacky Deli]] created so that he will be released from his contract in order to become a real artist. [[SpringtimeforHitler It doesn't work]].
* Creator/JohnKricfalusi of ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' fame has warned his fans not to study his cartoons from the original series. He summed it up saying "For one thing that we did right, there was a million mistakes". However, when using examples of a well-constructed story and good dialogue, he uses the cartoon "Stimpy's Invention" quite a lot. In general, John is actually pretty critical of the original show, to where he claimed once that he can't really enjoy watching his own cartoons, because all he can see are the mistakes he made on them. He also felt the original show in its initial seasons (sans the Carbunkle episodes) [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/03/lost-episodes-of-ren-and-stimpy_22.html?showComment=1143150840000#c114315089625965087 were very inconsistent from a drawing and animation perspective]], and had many bad drawings in them (hence why he discourages his students from studying them). Some episodes he singled out for criticism include;
** [[Recap/RenandStimpy1x02RobinHoekNurseStimpy "Nurse Stimpy"]] was an episode that turned out so bad, that John flat out disowned it and refused to put his name on it ([[AlanSmithee crediting himself as "Raymond Spum" instead]])--mainly for the cuts Nickelodeon wanted (who axed a good chunk of footage out of the cartoon) and many artistic failings; "The timing was bad. The drawings are bad. The colors are bad. From an artistic standpoint, to me, it's a really ugly cartoon."
** [[Recap/RenandStimpy1x04FireDogsTheLittlestGiant "The Littlest Giant"]], mainly for its very slow pacing and sparse gags. He derogatorily nicknamed it "The Littlest Jokes".
** [[Recap/RenandStimpy1x05MaroonedUntamedWorld "Marooned"]]; he felt that the premise had merit, but was undermined by the episodes horrible timing (which was freelanced to another company) and some artistic mistakes that came from having to rush aspects of the episode.
--->'''John K''':''"Marooned had great ideas, but the execution fell short; the timing was horrible. We freelanced the timing on that one and it was just way too slow...We just rushed through it, and so you see a lot of really bad mistakes. You see the aliens at the end, the giant brain guys. They're on overlays, but we were rushing through it so fast that you can see the tear lines around them--[[SpecialEffectsFailure they're on cut-out pieces of paper glued to cels.]] It looks awful."''
** He also considered the episode [[Recap/RenandStimpy1x06BlackHoleStimpysInvention "Black Hole"]] a failure for several reasons;
--->'''John K''':''"Its a complete failure. In every aspect it's bad; it's drawn bad, there's no direction to it at all, the timing's bad. It's a winner by default; somehow the premise managed to get through, even though the specific story points don't illustrate the premise very well. It was lucky."''
*** Later on, he singled out the cartoon for criticism again, but this time for [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/03/barber-shop-4-story-structure.html its poor structure]];
--->'''John K''':''"I produced a cartoon that really suffered from poor structure: Black Hole. The premise of the story was simple. Ren and Stimpy get sucked through a black hole into another dimension where the physical laws are different than ours. Thus, they begin to mutate into weirder and weirder forms. Or...they should have. Instead they morph randomly and not in a building progression. The funniest morphs are early on, and then later they are less weird, so I considered that cartoon quite a failure. I've made other crap too, but my goal is always to have good solid structure and momentum."''
** [[Recap/RenandStimpy2x08MonkeySeeMonkeyDontFakeDad "Monkey See, Monkey Don't"]]. While the episode wasn't directed by him, he singled out this particular episode as "the worst Ren and Stimpy cartoon ever made." (of the first two seasons)
** While he liked how [[Recap/RenandStimpy2x11AVisitToAnthony "A Visit to Anthony"]] turned out, he was [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-birthday-dad.html?showComment=1256844117341#c3459498470156234516 dissatisfied]] at how undirected the acting of Anthony's dad turned out, and he felt the sound effects and music (added by Games) were "clumsy and inappropriate".
---> "I directed the recordings of all the characters EXCEPT my Dad, ironically and was very disappointed when I heard it. It sounded like the actor didn't know the story and was reading it for the first time, so he didn't give it the meaning that the drawings conveyed. It was a professional live-action actor and I think whoever directed him was afraid to actually give him any direction. And also didn't know my Dad." "I think the animation was done at Rough Draft and it was amazing. The fireplace scene was especially impressive with all the cool effects. The sound effects and music was clumsy and inappropriate as per usual in the Games episodes. That's something they just never got, even though I sent them a long treatise on how to make the sound match the moods of the story."
** John stated [[http://renandstimpyonline.tripod.com/index2/webchat.html in a web chat]] that he felt the early Games episodes had good art, background and story ideas, but were ultimately mangled by lousy direction. In the DVDCommentary for [[Recap/RenandStimpy3x04StimpysCartoonShow "Stimpy's Cartoon Show"]], he criticized some aspects of how the final cartoon was handled, namely for muddling its "Artist Vs. Non-Artist" message by changing Ren from executive to producer--while he did submit it in the cartoon as that in an attempt to avoid executive scrutiny, he felt Games used it as a chance to turn the cartoon into an attack on him instead of meddling executives (although he was ok with that), and that there were weird expressions that didn't really work in context. He also criticized the Games episodes for their mean spiritedness and ruining the chemistry between the two leads.
--> "Elinor Blake and I wrote ''Stimpy's Cartoon Show'' and I had planned for that to be an epic, but the direction was pretty bungled. I explain it all on the commentary. The first Games DVD is coming out soon. I'd say it's definitely worth getting. Lots of good artwork, great backgrounds and some good stories-alas, no discernible direction."
** He didn't hate the episode [[Recap/RenandStimpyAPC1x03FireDog2 "Fire Dogs II"]], but he felt it [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/06/apc-trailer-fire-dogs-2.html suffering from very poor timing.]]
--->"Incidentally, this cartoon suffers from some piss-poor timing, because we had just started the new episodes and were trying out a new system of shooting storyboards and timing them to music. A lot of the gags would play better if I could go back and cut them tighter. I apologize in advance! (Just run it in fast forward!)"
** Creator/BillyWest does not like talking about working on the show and refuses to work with John Kricfalusi ever again, citing having a bad experience with him on and off it. In particular, Kricfalusi demanded West quit the show alongside him in order to force the network to hire him back even though West needed the job and could have been blacklisted alongside Kricfalusi had he done it and failed.
** To a lesser extent Bob Camp, while he enjoyed working on the show, he has similar bad memories working with Kricfalusi and executive demands, and wasn't satisfied with a lot of his directed episodes during the Games Animation seasons.
** Animator/character designer Robertryan Corey best known for his work on ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' and ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' worked for Kricfalusi on ''[[WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpyAdultPartyCartoon Adult Party Cartoon]]'', stating it was a dream of his come true having wanted to work on Ren and Stimpy since he was a kid, but he said Kricfalusi was very demanding of him and didn't treat him very well.
** On a non-Ren and Stimpy note, He is equally critical of his work on ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse: The New Adventures''. He talks about it [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/10/tomorrows-mighty-mouse.html on this blog post.]]
*** He also detested his work with ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'', which he deemed "mediocre." Other people who worked on that series, including Chuck Lorre, Scott Shaw and Eddie Fitzgerald share his sentiments despite the cartoon being fondly remembered among those who grew up watching it.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheRippingFriends'' is also apparently very hard for him to watch because of all the ExecutiveMeddling.
* One seems to get that impression watching the 3rd ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball Star Wars special]] ''It's A Trap!''. In the opening scene, the entire family groans and an annoyed Peter says "Let's get this over with." followed by the opening scroll that turns into a ''massive'' rant about how they (they being Seth [=MacFarlane=] and the rest of the crew) never wanted to do this nor ''Something Something Something Dark Side'' and only did so so Seth could do other projects without them (them being 20th Century Fox) complaining. Given that Family Guy does a lot of throwaway lines, it can be hard to tell they really meant it (though admittedly this seemed even more hostile than usual), at least until you listen to their DVD commentaries; turns out they meant every word of it.
** Episodes of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' use tons of SelfDeprecation gags about the show or other works the creators are responsible for (the Star Wars specials also include several jibes to Seth Green's ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''). Granted given the overall tone of such gags (and the fact they are expressed by less than sound individuals in the show) it may also count as TakeThatCritics.
** Creator/SethMacFarlane outright admitted that he stopped voicing Tim the Bear after a single season of WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow because he felt the character was horrifically unfunny. Incidentally, when ''Cleveland Show'' was cancelled and the characters returned to Family Guy, Cleveland's introductory scene was a few straight minutes of [=MacFarlane's=] other characters lampooning the show.
* Phil Vischer - upon giving an interview regarding the series ''Jelly Telly'' - mentioned that he now considers his earlier series, ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'', as something of a failure because it stressed basic morals while largely downplaying the Christian beliefs behind those morals; Vischer says that ''Jelly Telly'' was created to rectify this problem. Though in a later podcast Phil posted (which no longer exists), he says that he still like working with the show, and knows that it's in good hands with Doug [=TenNapel=].
* Though the Awdrys co operated a lot with early seasons of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', they voiced some dislike for some of the show's original stories, due to the unrealistic plot points occasionally used (particularly the episode "Henry's Forest"). Wilbert Awdry in particular wrote letters of disgust to series writers David Mitton and Britt Allcroft, accusing them of becoming "big headed" with his work. Christopher Awdry also resented having to write new installments of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' with Thomas as the main character to tie in with the show's popularity. He wrote "More About Thomas The Tank Engine" solely to give the show more material for episodes, and was rather dissatisfied with it.
* Tom Ruegger, creator of ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'', once said that he could not stand [[EthnicScrappy Flim-Flam]], claiming that he made him appreciate [[TheScrappy Scrappy-Doo]].
* Ken Spears and Joe Ruby hated ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' a lot. Their reason for the hatred was basically because it didn't get the spirit of the original show and was too dark and cynical.
** Irene Jimenez, the Latin American long-time voice actress for Velma, also said she really disliked the way the character was portrayed in this series.
* Creator/LaurenFaust has expressed regret for the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]" of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', over the fact that the moral was badly written and came across as anti-intellectual. She has also expressed disapproval of the decision to make Cadance and Twilight into alicorns, citing UniquenessDecay on the part of Celestia and Luna. She also didn't care for "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]", a Season 3 episode that was originally written for Season 2. She wanted to do something else for Trixie, even wanting the episode pulled.
** She also came to dislike the "Equal Fights" episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', feeling that she had tried too hard to incorporate adult-oriented subject matter (namely how to distinguish genuine feminism from [[StrawFeminist Straw Feminism]]) into a children's show in a way that didn't do it justice.
** She has also disowned the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Everyone Knows It's Bendy", citing that the title character was an unlikable and unsympathetic KarmaHoudini. She hated the episode as much as the fanbase did, and the character was then permanently written out of the series.
** She has also made tweets expressing disgust for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'''s dolls, and an interview with her husband said that she's "not a fan" of Equestria Girls, and apparently that would have made her leave if Hasbro approached ''her'' with it.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** Storyboard artist Jim Miller saw the fandom's negative reaction to "Princess Spike" and [[https://www.derpibooru.org/920805 admitted that the show went too far]] on Spike's treatment.
** M.A. Larson has indicated in a podcast interview and (now deleted) tweets that he wasn't happy with "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E14FameAndMisfortune Fame and Misforutune]]", as he felt the way it played out was very needlessly mean-spirited for an otherwise lighthearted show. [[https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/10/ma-larson-explains-fame-and-misfortune.html?m=1 He didn't even like the premise of the episode in the first place]] and he knew that [[InternetBackdraft fans would be furious]] [[TakeThatAudience with how it portrayed the Brony Community]], but [[ExecutiveMeddling the higher-ups wouldn't let him do it any other way]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'':
** In response to fan complaints to the majority of the villains being EasilyForgiven, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ishiH3Art/status/1017125609305042944 Director Ishi Rudell]] revealed that he's also sick of this trend and he would gladly do otherwise if he could[[note]]Whether or not Rudell meant ExecutiveMeddling is responsible is ambiguous[[/note]].
** [[https://mobile.twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/1113090456538304517 Although]] he liked how ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'' turned out, writer Nick Confalone did not like how Comic Con hyped up the Equestria aspect of the movie, since it was meant to be about the girls coming to terms with being heroes. He even apologized for anyone who was disappointed.
* Co-creator David X. Cohen has stated that he feels that he "went too far" with the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E2InAGaddaDaLeela In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela]]", in which the last scene consists of Leela trying to force herself onto Zapp.
* Judging by the {{Credits Gag}}s, the writers of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' didn't care all that much for some of their episodes; to list some of them;
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E18HareTodayGoneTomorrow Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow]]" had "Moral of Story - We Need More Animators", this is episode is considered to have some of the worst animation of the series.
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E28TheWackoWorldOfSports The Wacko World of Sports]]" had "Moral of Story - Not Every Show Is Perfect"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E37CareerOpporToonIties Career Oppor-Toon-ities]]" had "Don’t Miss Our Next Show – It’s Actually Entertaining"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E38StrangeTalesOfWeirdScience Strange Weird Tales of Science]]" had "Number of Retakes - Don't Ask"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS2E4HogWildHamton Hog Wild Hamton]]" had a fake disclaimer reading "The Humor In Today’s Show Does Not Represent Anything That Was Ever Found In Any Way Funny By Anyone Who Ever Lived".
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS2E5PlaytimeToons Playtime Toons]]" had "Congratulations! - You Have Just Wasted A Half Hour Of Your Life!"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E5FleaForYourLife Flea For Your Life]]" had "It Didn’t Work On Paper – It Doesn’t Work On Film"
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E13GrandmasDead Grandma's Dead]]" had "''Magazine/TVGuide'' Said That Writer, Deanna Oliver Was 'Deliciously Clever' - But That Was Another Episode".
** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E17WeekdayAfternoonLive Weekday Afternoon Live]]" had "We Thought This Would Be Funny – But Noooooooo!"
* Creator/CraigBartlett ''really'' detests the infamous ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Arnold Betrays Iggy", which created a tidal wave of fan backlash. It was rumoured that as a result of it, he made the staff issue a public apology for making it (though he debunked this rumour in an interview), the character Iggy was almost permanently written out of the series (he never appeared in a speaking role again until the final season), and it was barred from airing on television until it was seen again on ''Series/The90sAreAllThat''.
* Similar to the examples from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', after the third "Muscular Beaver" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' the first of the many Credit Gags seems to indicate what the writers thought of said episode:
--> '''"Something stinks! Oh, wait, it's just 'Muscular Beaver 3'"'''
* In part due to the fans' backlash over the season and their own distaste for having to incorporate more character development instead of the usual brand of off-the-wall humor or violent montages, Stephen Warbrick and Christy Karacas of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' fame have all but disowned season 2 and have grown more vocal about how they disliked that portion of the show. One interview also stopped short of Karacas blaming a writer "John" (likely John J. Miller, who'd written "Lord Stingray Crash Party" and "Hot Chick") for issues with season 2.
** Tellingly and fittingly with the show's NegativeContinuity stance, some revelations in season 2 were later disregarded or overwritten in the following two seasons. In particular, "Jailbot 2.0" had caused very vocal backlash due to confirming Alice as a transgender woman rather than letting fans guess her gender, causing Karacas to regret ever making the reveal. "Special Needs" subtly altered her backstory to suggest she always had a more feminine identity (thus trying to rectify the unfortunate implications that she only transitioned to not be seen as gay to her boss), while "The Superjail Six" retconned her and Jared's arrivals at the jail and presented her as a lot more feminine than her present-day nature.
* Andy Thom, who was the art director for ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins'', has admitted his extreme distaste for working on ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan''.
* The Hobgoblin was a popular villain on both the comics and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''--but this is a sentiment not shared by producer [[http://marvel.toonzone.net/spideytas/interviews/sempergoblin/ John Semper]], who absolutely hated the character and thought the Hobgoblin was useless, and only included him because of decisions made by his predecessor as show runner and toys being made based on that decision.
* Derrick J. Wyatt came to dislike his experience working on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'', due to both [[ScrewedByTheNetwork how the network screwed the show over]] and its [[BrokenBase widely negative reception among fans as]] [[{{Sequelitis}} the worst of the Ben 10 sequels.]]
* Thomas Astruc wasn't happy with [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil a lot of things being spoiled]], including [[spoiler: Alya, Chloe, and Nino wielding the Fox, Bee, and Turtle Miraculous respectively.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Max Gibson was hated by the production team. Going by interviews, the only reason they added her to the show was that [[ExecutiveMeddling the higher ups demanded a character girls could identify with.]]
* Mark Newgarden, one of the original people involved in creating the ''Franchise/GarbagePailKids'' trading cards, has voiced his distaste for the unaired (in the US) ''WesternAnimation/GarbagePailKidsCartoon'', which he considers even worse than ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
** Despite preferring Gwuncan over Duncney, allegedly Drew Nelson (Duncan) wasn't too keen on the way that the former couple came to be in ''World Tour''.
** Similarly, Megan Fahlenbock (Gwen) has supposedly said that she wasn't proud of Gwen's overall behavior in that season, mainly her handling of the love triangle.
** Christine Thompson (an employee at Fresh TV in charge of their social media profiles) was greatly against the producers' decision to have Gwen and Courtney's friendship fail once more in ''All-Stars'', in order to keep the drama between them going.
* Creator/GaryChalk didn't like how Optimus Primal was written in ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', comparing how Primal was there to a cult leader.
* Creator/AlexHirsch has admitted that "Dipper Vs. Manliness" is in fact the weakest episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. That said, he is still proud of it overall since it's still had some memorable jokes, and how the message hasn't aged in the current climate of gender identity.
* One of the storyboard artists for ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', Ben Bates, said in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IttvJRFgFJo an episode]] of the webseries Cutshort regarding a failed ''Captain Marvel'' spinoff, that he "didn't like" any of the Marvel cartoons in TheNewTens, and that was part of why he pitched ''Captain Marvel''.
* In regards to ''WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen'' (the spin-off to the WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron franchise), John A. Davis later admitted that Sheen was a character who only worked in small doses, so giving him his own TV show caused his appeal to wear thin really fast.
