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* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': The fic borrows elements from ''Fanfic/WorldsCollideTMNT'' and improves on them here.
** [[spoiler: ''Worlds Collide'' notoriously kills off the rest of the supporting antagonists from ATLA as soon as the Foot Clan takes hold of the narrative, effectively diminishing the antagonistic drive of the ATLA universe in the story and shifting it towards the TMNT world. The only ones still in by that time are Azula and Hama, though it's now the Foot's show. ''Code Prime'', while it does kill off some minor villains, manages to keep more major villains from ''Code Geass'' alive and still give them some plans to do in the second cour even after the Decepticons take over. And even if much of the CG antagonists are already dead, the significant damage done by the heroes force the Decepticons to take the route pursued by the minor universe: unleashing Neo Ragnarok. This means that while the newer villains take over the story, the old villains still have some fight left in them.]]
** ''Worlds Collide'' sets the ATLA universe after the events of Book 1: Water and into Book 2: Earth. This isn't necessary a bad thing, but the intention of the Turtles mentoring Aang somehow wouldn't feel connected to the story's beginning, especially since they just came and knew of the situation, leading to some {{Infodump}} from the Turtles' perspective. Here, the story begins at the very start of the ''Code Geass'' series proper, allowing the Autobots' mentorship to feel more natural and the canon to flow more naturally, and thus, much exposition is saved regarding the matter. Both ''J-WITCH'' and ''A Red Rose In the Blue Wind'' would follow this, the latter even using the same setup as ''Worlds Collide'' albeit starting earlier so as to follow Team RWBY and JNPR's character. The author even stated this in his reason for discontinuing ''Avengers of the Multiverse'', preferring to start the story at the start of their character development.
** [[spoiler: The reason for Shredder attempting to take over the Fire Nation is merely "I cannot share power because I only rely on myself" which, while solid, feels more like a rather flat ForTheEvulz moment. Here, Megatron's motivations are more solid regarding his PretextForWar against Britannia: Charles had been planning the Ragnarok Connection behind his back for somewhat noble reasons, and Megatron, clearly not a fan of the motivation itself, decides to take over in his stead, even reworking Ragnarok in R2 to fit his overall vision]].
** [[spoiler: While ''Worlds Collide'' massively shook the status quo by having the Fire Nation be usurped by the Foot Clan, the canonical endgame is [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks still the same]] (defeating an oppressive force and restore the world to the heroes). Here, the canonical endgame for ''Code Geass'' is MASSIVELY changed due to the rise of the Decepticons, allowing for a more unpredictable and engaging story long after the midpoint]].
* However, both ''Worlds Collide'' and ''Code Prime'' improve on an older fanfic with a similar crossover premise: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9168555/1/Transformers-Avatar-Chronicles Transformers: Avatar Chronicles]]''. To wit:
** ''Avatar Chronicles'' was infamous for showing how incredibly imbalanced the ''Transformers'' world is compared to the ''ATLA'' universe. The two stories split both franchises involved (Transformers and ATLA) and gave them to much more balanced entities; it's quite engaging to see ''Transformers'' in a [[RealRobotGenre Real Robot setting]], while ATLA is paired with the street-level ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', making fights more streamlined.
** One of the most controversial scenes in ''Avatar Chronicles'' was [[spoiler: Megatron firing into Aang and forcing him out of the Avatar State, largely because it broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief and even then, Aang would have been ''completely'' obliterated no matter what had happened]]. ''Worlds Collide'' rectifies this by [[spoiler: having Aang fight the Shredder and ending with him being stabbed by the latter's claws, in effect mortally wounding him and still leaving a body behind to contiue the story]]. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime'' has [[spoiler: all instances of Megatron firing on humans with his fusion cannon a guaranteed fatality; the only reason V.V. survives these attempts is due to the innate immortality of his Code (something established in canon), and one of the most iconic scenes in the story is Megatron firing his fusion cannon on Charles zi Britannia and subsequent chapters making sure that he was indeed killed off]].
** The fanfic was notorious for introducing so many characters from ''Transformers'' in large increments into the ''Avatar'' universe in the early chapters, making it hard for the story to follow just who's who is in the fanfic. TMNT's roster is rather small and much of the story focuses on just the Gaaang and the Turtles, with the only ones following being more major characters. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime R1'' focuses solely on a reasonable set of ''Transformers'' characters, the new additions it made throughout its story are rather small but all playing major roles, and when it's time to start bumping up the cast, it was done in ''R2'', right after [[spoiler: Megatron had just summoned reinforcements to obliterate Britannia and making it clear that the fight has just escalated]].
** [[spoiler: ''Worlds Collide'' notoriously kills off the rest of the supporting antagonists from ATLA as soon as the Foot Clan takes hold of the narrative, effectively diminishing the antagonistic drive of the ATLA universe in the story and shifting it towards the TMNT world. The only ones still in by that time are Azula and Hama, though it's now the Foot's show. ''Code Prime'', while it does kill off some minor villains, manages to keep more major villains from ''Code Geass'' alive and still give them some plans to do in the second cour even after the Decepticons take over. And even if much of the CG antagonists are already dead, the significant damage done by the heroes force the Decepticons to take the route pursued by the minor universe: unleashing Neo Ragnarok. This means that while the newer villains take over the story, the old villains still have some fight left in them.]]
** ''Worlds Collide'' sets the ATLA universe after the events of Book 1: Water and into Book 2: Earth. This isn't necessary a bad thing, but the intention of the Turtles mentoring Aang somehow wouldn't feel connected to the story's beginning, especially since they just came and knew of the situation, leading to some {{Infodump}} from the Turtles' perspective. Here, the story begins at the very start of the ''Code Geass'' series proper, allowing the Autobots' mentorship to feel more natural and the canon to flow more naturally, and thus, much exposition is saved regarding the matter. Both ''J-WITCH'' and ''A Red Rose In the Blue Wind'' would follow this, the latter even using the same setup as ''Worlds Collide'' albeit starting earlier so as to follow Team RWBY and JNPR's character. The author even stated this in his reason for discontinuing ''Avengers of the Multiverse'', preferring to start the story at the start of their character development.
** [[spoiler: The reason for Shredder attempting to take over the Fire Nation is merely "I cannot share power because I only rely on myself" which, while solid, feels more like a rather flat ForTheEvulz moment. Here, Megatron's motivations are more solid regarding his PretextForWar against Britannia: Charles had been planning the Ragnarok Connection behind his back for somewhat noble reasons, and Megatron, clearly not a fan of the motivation itself, decides to take over in his stead, even reworking Ragnarok in R2 to fit his overall vision]].
** [[spoiler: While ''Worlds Collide'' massively shook the status quo by having the Fire Nation be usurped by the Foot Clan, the canonical endgame is [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks still the same]] (defeating an oppressive force and restore the world to the heroes). Here, the canonical endgame for ''Code Geass'' is MASSIVELY changed due to the rise of the Decepticons, allowing for a more unpredictable and engaging story long after the midpoint]].
* However, both ''Worlds Collide'' and ''Code Prime'' improve on an older fanfic with a similar crossover premise: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9168555/1/Transformers-Avatar-Chronicles Transformers: Avatar Chronicles]]''. To wit:
** ''Avatar Chronicles'' was infamous for showing how incredibly imbalanced the ''Transformers'' world is compared to the ''ATLA'' universe. The two stories split both franchises involved (Transformers and ATLA) and gave them to much more balanced entities; it's quite engaging to see ''Transformers'' in a [[RealRobotGenre Real Robot setting]], while ATLA is paired with the street-level ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', making fights more streamlined.
** One of the most controversial scenes in ''Avatar Chronicles'' was [[spoiler: Megatron firing into Aang and forcing him out of the Avatar State, largely because it broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief and even then, Aang would have been ''completely'' obliterated no matter what had happened]]. ''Worlds Collide'' rectifies this by [[spoiler: having Aang fight the Shredder and ending with him being stabbed by the latter's claws, in effect mortally wounding him and still leaving a body behind to contiue the story]]. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime'' has [[spoiler: all instances of Megatron firing on humans with his fusion cannon a guaranteed fatality; the only reason V.V. survives these attempts is due to the innate immortality of his Code (something established in canon), and one of the most iconic scenes in the story is Megatron firing his fusion cannon on Charles zi Britannia and subsequent chapters making sure that he was indeed killed off]].
** The fanfic was notorious for introducing so many characters from ''Transformers'' in large increments into the ''Avatar'' universe in the early chapters, making it hard for the story to follow just who's who is in the fanfic. TMNT's roster is rather small and much of the story focuses on just the Gaaang and the Turtles, with the only ones following being more major characters. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime R1'' focuses solely on a reasonable set of ''Transformers'' characters, the new additions it made throughout its story are rather small but all playing major roles, and when it's time to start bumping up the cast, it was done in ''R2'', right after [[spoiler: Megatron had just summoned reinforcements to obliterate Britannia and making it clear that the fight has just escalated]].
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* Creator/Iron117Prime is known for his amazing crossovers, and while it's agreed that all his stories are good, it's clear that he became more skilled and improved his story plot planning in his newer stories by improving story elements from his old stories.
** ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': The fic borrows elements from ''Fanfic/WorldsCollideTMNT'' and improves on them here.
** *** [[spoiler: ''Worlds Collide'' notoriously kills off the rest of the supporting antagonists from ATLA as soon as the Foot Clan takes hold of the narrative, effectively diminishing the antagonistic drive of the ATLA universe in the story and shifting it towards the TMNT world. The only ones still in by that time are Azula and Hama, though it's now the Foot's show. ''Code Prime'', while it does kill off some minor villains, manages to keep more major villains from ''Code Geass'' alive and still give them some plans to do in the second cour even after the Decepticons take over. And even if much of the CG antagonists are already dead, the significant damage done by the heroes force the Decepticons to take the route pursued by the minor universe: unleashing Neo Ragnarok. This means that while the newer villains take over the story, the old villains still have some fight left in them.]]
** *** ''Worlds Collide'' sets the ATLA universe after the events of Book 1: Water and into Book 2: Earth. This isn't necessary a bad thing, but the intention of the Turtles mentoring Aang somehow wouldn't feel connected to the story's beginning, especially since they just came and knew of the situation, leading to some {{Infodump}} from the Turtles' perspective. Here, the story begins at the very start of the ''Code Geass'' series proper, allowing the Autobots' mentorship to feel more natural and the canon to flow more naturally, and thus, much exposition is saved regarding the matter. Both ''J-WITCH'' and ''A Red Rose In the Blue Wind'' would follow this, the latter even using the same setup as ''Worlds Collide'' albeit starting earlier so as to follow Team RWBY and JNPR's character. The author even stated this in his reason for discontinuing ''Avengers of the Multiverse'', preferring to start the story at the start of their character development.
** *** [[spoiler: The reason for Shredder attempting to take over the Fire Nation is merely "I cannot share power because I only rely on myself" which, while solid, feels more like a rather flat ForTheEvulz moment. Here, Megatron's motivations are more solid regarding his PretextForWar against Britannia: Charles had been planning the Ragnarok Connection behind his back for somewhat noble reasons, and Megatron, clearly not a fan of the motivation itself, decides to take over in his stead, even reworking Ragnarok in R2 to fit his overall vision]].
** *** [[spoiler: While ''Worlds Collide'' massively shook the status quo by having the Fire Nation be usurped by the Foot Clan, the canonical endgame is [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks still the same]] (defeating an oppressive force and restore the world to the heroes). Here, the canonical endgame for ''Code Geass'' is MASSIVELY changed due to the rise of the Decepticons, allowing for a more unpredictable and engaging story long after the midpoint]].
* ** However, both ''Worlds Collide'' and ''Code Prime'' improve on an older fanfic with a similar crossover premise: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9168555/1/Transformers-Avatar-Chronicles Transformers: Avatar Chronicles]]''. To wit:
** *** ''Avatar Chronicles'' was infamous for showing how incredibly imbalanced the ''Transformers'' world is compared to the ''ATLA'' universe. The two stories split both franchises involved (Transformers and ATLA) and gave them to much more balanced entities; it's quite engaging to see ''Transformers'' in a [[RealRobotGenre Real Robot setting]], while ATLA is paired with the street-level ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', making fights more streamlined.
** *** One of the most controversial scenes in ''Avatar Chronicles'' was [[spoiler: Megatron firing into Aang and forcing him out of the Avatar State, largely because it broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief and even then, Aang would have been ''completely'' obliterated no matter what had happened]]. ''Worlds Collide'' rectifies this by [[spoiler: having Aang fight the Shredder and ending with him being stabbed by the latter's claws, in effect mortally wounding him and still leaving a body behind to contiue the story]]. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime'' has [[spoiler: all instances of Megatron firing on humans with his fusion cannon a guaranteed fatality; the only reason V.V. survives these attempts is due to the innate immortality of his Code (something established in canon), and one of the most iconic scenes in the story is Megatron firing his fusion cannon on Charles zi Britannia and subsequent chapters making sure that he was indeed killed off]].
** *** The fanfic was notorious for introducing so many characters from ''Transformers'' in large increments into the ''Avatar'' universe in the early chapters, making it hard for the story to follow just who's who is in the fanfic. TMNT's roster is rather small and much of the story focuses on just the Gaaang and the Turtles, with the only ones following being more major characters. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime R1'' focuses solely on a reasonable set of ''Transformers'' characters, the new additions it made throughout its story are rather small but all playing major roles, and when it's time to start bumping up the cast, it was done in ''R2'', right after [[spoiler: Megatron had just summoned reinforcements to obliterate Britannia and making it clear that the fight has just escalated]].
** ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': The fic borrows elements from ''Fanfic/WorldsCollideTMNT'' and improves on them here.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018'': People disliked the Whos (aside from Cindy) in the [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas live action movie]] for being unlikable jerks that made fun of the Grinch both as a kid and an adult, as well as displaying the negative aspects of the Christmas season. The Whos in this film, however, resemble those of the [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas original book]] and Creator/ChuckJones [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas special]] who simply enjoy Christmas for what it is and are genuinely friendly folks.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018'': People disliked the Whos (aside from Cindy) in the [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas live action movie]] for being unlikable jerks that made fun of the Grinch both as a kid and an adult, as well as displaying the negative aspects of the Christmas season. The Whos in this film, however, resemble those of the [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas original book]] and Creator/ChuckJones [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas special]] who simply enjoy Christmas for what it is and are genuinely friendly folks. The Grinch himself was shown being more antagonistic with his hatred coming more from jealousy than his mistreatment by them
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tomorrowverse}}'': This is DC's second attempt to create a SharedUniverse with their Direct-to-DVD line of animated films, and the Tomorrowverse quicky attempts to avert some of the criticisms people had with the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies.
** The DCAMU was controversial for heavily adapting the DarkerAndEdgier ComicBook/New52 comics, which were largely considered a BrokenBase amongst DC fans. While the DCAMU eventually moved on from its original source material, many felt it was too late, so many have welcomed this new LighterAndSofter animated movie universe due to taking inspiration from more popular eras of DC's history in regards to stories and tone.
** The DCAMU was also criticized for the over use of Batman in its films, with the character appearing in twelve out of the sixteen films while also having four solo films. The Tomorrowverse has so far used him more sparingly such as in the two-part adaption of ''The Long Halloween'' and a minor role in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'', satisfying fans of the character as well as those who are tired of Batman being a SpotlightStealingSquad.
** The DCAMU was controversial for heavily adapting the DarkerAndEdgier ComicBook/New52 comics, which were largely considered a BrokenBase amongst DC fans. While the DCAMU eventually moved on from its original source material, many felt it was too late, so many have welcomed this new LighterAndSofter animated movie universe due to taking inspiration from more popular eras of DC's history in regards to stories and tone.
** The DCAMU was also criticized for the over use of Batman in its films, with the character appearing in twelve out of the sixteen films while also having four solo films. The Tomorrowverse has so far used him more sparingly such as in the two-part adaption of ''The Long Halloween'' and a minor role in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'', satisfying fans of the character as well as those who are tired of Batman being a SpotlightStealingSquad.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': The Goliath Chronicles episode "And Justice For All" was infamously gutted by Disney from Greg Weisman's original script, turning a legal exploration of gargoyle citizenship into a generic but nonsensical Courtroom Episode. The Dynamite comics finally allowed Weisman to explore his original concept, with Goliath being tried on gargoyle sentience and the repercussions that would mean for the clan going forward.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': The Goliath Chronicles episode "And Justice For All" was infamously gutted by Disney from Greg Weisman's original script, turning a legal exploration of gargoyle citizenship into a generic but nonsensical Courtroom Episode.CourtroomEpisode. The Dynamite comics finally allowed Weisman to explore his original concept, with Goliath being tried on gargoyle sentience and the repercussions that would mean for the clan going forward.
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* However, both ''Worlds Collide'' and ''Code Prime'' improve on an older fanfic with a similar crossover premise: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9168555/1/Transformers-Avatar-Chronicles Transformers: Avatar Chronicles]]''. To wit:
** ''Avatar Chronicles'' was infamous for showing how incredibly imbalanced the ''Transformers'' world is compared to the ''ATLA'' universe. The two stories split both franchises involved (Transformers and ATLA) and gave them to much more balanced entities; it's quite engaging to see ''Transformers'' in a [[RealRobotGenre Real Robot setting]], while ATLA is paired with the street-level ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', making fights more streamlined.
** One of the most controversial scenes in ''Avatar Chronicles'' was [[spoiler: Megatron firing into Aang and forcing him out of the Avatar State, largely because it broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief and even then, Aang would have been ''completely'' obliterated no matter what had happened]]. ''Worlds Collide'' rectifies this by [[spoiler: having Aang fight the Shredder and ending with him being stabbed by the latter's claws, in effect mortally wounding him and still leaving a body behind to contiue the story]]. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime'' has [[spoiler: all instances of Megatron firing on humans with his fusion cannon a guaranteed fatality; the only reason V.V. survives these attempts is due to the innate immortality of his Code (something established in canon), and one of the most iconic scenes in the story is Megatron firing his fusion cannon on Charles zi Britannia and subsequent chapters making sure that he was indeed killed off]].
** The fanfic was notorious for introducing so many characters from ''Transformers'' in large increments into the ''Avatar'' universe in the early chapters, making it hard for the story to follow just who's who is in the fanfic. TMNT's roster is rather small and much of the story focuses on just the Gaaang and the Turtles, with the only ones following being more major characters. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime R1'' focuses solely on a reasonable set of ''Transformers'' characters, the new additions it made throughout its story are rather small but all playing major roles, and when it's time to start bumping up the cast, it was done in ''R2'', right after [[spoiler: Megatron had just summoned reinforcements to obliterate Britannia and making it clear that the fight has just escalated]].
** ''Avatar Chronicles'' was infamous for showing how incredibly imbalanced the ''Transformers'' world is compared to the ''ATLA'' universe. The two stories split both franchises involved (Transformers and ATLA) and gave them to much more balanced entities; it's quite engaging to see ''Transformers'' in a [[RealRobotGenre Real Robot setting]], while ATLA is paired with the street-level ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', making fights more streamlined.
** One of the most controversial scenes in ''Avatar Chronicles'' was [[spoiler: Megatron firing into Aang and forcing him out of the Avatar State, largely because it broke WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief and even then, Aang would have been ''completely'' obliterated no matter what had happened]]. ''Worlds Collide'' rectifies this by [[spoiler: having Aang fight the Shredder and ending with him being stabbed by the latter's claws, in effect mortally wounding him and still leaving a body behind to contiue the story]]. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime'' has [[spoiler: all instances of Megatron firing on humans with his fusion cannon a guaranteed fatality; the only reason V.V. survives these attempts is due to the innate immortality of his Code (something established in canon), and one of the most iconic scenes in the story is Megatron firing his fusion cannon on Charles zi Britannia and subsequent chapters making sure that he was indeed killed off]].
** The fanfic was notorious for introducing so many characters from ''Transformers'' in large increments into the ''Avatar'' universe in the early chapters, making it hard for the story to follow just who's who is in the fanfic. TMNT's roster is rather small and much of the story focuses on just the Gaaang and the Turtles, with the only ones following being more major characters. Meanwhile, ''Code Prime R1'' focuses solely on a reasonable set of ''Transformers'' characters, the new additions it made throughout its story are rather small but all playing major roles, and when it's time to start bumping up the cast, it was done in ''R2'', right after [[spoiler: Megatron had just summoned reinforcements to obliterate Britannia and making it clear that the fight has just escalated]].
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*** G3 is also considered a much better attempt at rebooting the franchise than G2 was. While G2 was unclear about whether it was a reboot or not and had a habit of shooing out established characters in favor of {{Suspiciously Similar Substitutes}}s, G3's status as a reboot is much clearer, and in terms of major characters it's largely stuck to those established in G1.
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*** G3 is also considered a much better attempt at rebooting the franchise than G2 was. While G2 was unclear about whether it was a reboot or not and had a habit of shooing out established characters in favor of {{Suspiciously Similar Substitutes}}s, SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitutes, G3's status as a reboot is much clearer, and in terms of major characters it's largely stuck to those established in G1.
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* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'':
** While G2 is still widely considered an AudienceAlienatingEra, the era's dolls have been positively received in at least two aspects. One, more sculpted details were added to the dolls to exemplify their monster types better (e.g. werebeasts got sculpted-on fur at their wrists and ankles, [[{{Mummy}} Cleo]] got molded bandages on her arms and legs), making them stand out more compared to their earlier plain sculpts. Two, the doll bodies are overall sturdier than they were in G1, with less fragile joints and Lagoona and Gil (who had flimsy paint jobs to give them semi-transluscent limbs and hands) were reworked so they didn't have the same risk of paint damage. All of these changes were retained for the following generation.
** G3 managed to become this to both generations that preceded it.
*** G1 was already fairly diverse, but it caught some flack for both lack of accuracy in some of the cultures depicted and for sticking to OnlyOneFemaleMold. G3 managed to improve upon this, with more complex ethnic/racial backgrounds being represented without being objectified or overplayed (and being made more accurate in some ways, like Abbey Bominable being more authentically depicted as ethnically Himalayan) and a wider variety of body types. Additionally, G3 also has more representation for physically disabled characters and introduces several openly queer and neurodivergent characters, something G1 lacked.
*** G3 is also considered a much better attempt at rebooting the franchise than G2 was. While G2 was unclear about whether it was a reboot or not and had a habit of shooing out established characters in favor of {{Suspiciously Similar Substitutes}}s, G3's status as a reboot is much clearer, and in terms of major characters it's largely stuck to those established in G1.
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* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'':
** While G2 is still widely considered an AudienceAlienatingEra, the era's dolls have been positively received in at least two aspects. One, more sculpted details were added to the dolls to exemplify their monster types better (e.g. werebeasts got sculpted-on fur at their wrists and ankles, [[{{Mummy}} Cleo]] got molded bandages on her arms and legs), making them stand out more compared to their earlier plain sculpts. Two, the doll bodies are overall sturdier than they were in G1, with less fragile joints and Lagoona and Gil (who had flimsy paint jobs to give them semi-transluscent limbs and hands) were reworked so they didn't have the same risk of paint damage. All of these changes were retained for the following generation.
** G3 managed to become this to both generations that preceded it.
*** G1 was already fairly diverse, but it caught some flack for both lack of accuracy in some of the cultures depicted and for sticking to OnlyOneFemaleMold. G3 managed to improve upon this, with more complex ethnic/racial backgrounds being represented without being objectified or overplayed (and being made more accurate in some ways, like Abbey Bominable being more authentically depicted as ethnically Himalayan) and a wider variety of body types. Additionally, G3 also has more representation for physically disabled characters and introduces several openly queer and neurodivergent characters, something G1 lacked.
*** G3 is also considered a much better attempt at rebooting the franchise than G2 was. While G2 was unclear about whether it was a reboot or not and had a habit of shooing out established characters in favor of {{Suspiciously Similar Substitutes}}s, G3's status as a reboot is much clearer, and in terms of major characters it's largely stuck to those established in G1.
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** Monster Girl is not nearly as flirtatious as she was in her source material, the furthest she gets is playful banter. This makes her character easier to swallow for many people, as someone in a prepubescent girl's body throwing out solicitations strongly veered into Squick territory.
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** Monster Girl is not nearly as flirtatious as she was in her source material, the furthest she gets is playful banter. This makes her character easier to swallow for many people, as someone in a prepubescent girl's body throwing out solicitations strongly veered into Squick {{Squick}} territory.
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** "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show" is another time-shift episode taking place in prehistoric times, just like "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14 Ugh Ugh]]" from the parent show. While it's not hated, "Ugh" has a BrokenBase and is usually considered one of the weakest episodes of the first three seasons due to the slow pacing of its ''[=SpongeBob=]'' segments. "Prehistoric Patrick" is a ''much'' faster-paced episode, with the jokes [[RapidFireComedy landing very quick]], and it does a lot of things in its runtime rather than just focusing on the discovery of fire. While "Ugh"'s comedy entirely revolves on visual gags since the caveman characters can't speak, they can in "Prehistoric Patrick", giving it some new jokes. It also helps that it's a regular-length episode and not a special, avoiding HypeBacklash and being less fatiguing.
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** "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show" is another time-shift episode taking place in prehistoric times, just like "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14 Ugh "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14Ugh Ugh]]" from the parent show. While it's not hated, "Ugh" has a BrokenBase and is usually considered one of the weakest episodes of the first three seasons due to the slow pacing of its ''[=SpongeBob=]'' segments. "Prehistoric Patrick" is a ''much'' faster-paced episode, with the jokes [[RapidFireComedy landing very quick]], and it does a lot of things in its runtime rather than just focusing on the discovery of fire. While "Ugh"'s comedy entirely revolves on visual gags since the caveman characters can't speak, they can in "Prehistoric Patrick", giving it some new jokes. It also helps that it's a regular-length episode and not a special, avoiding HypeBacklash and being less fatiguing.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': One idea the creators tried to do fairly early on was create a parody of [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], in the form of Baron Ünderbheit. Unfortunately, the parody amounted to just taking Doctor Doom and making him dumber and lamer, which left him unable to work as a KnightOfCerebus and didn't leave him with an interesting personality or much that was actually funny. The creators became so frustrated with him that they [[PutOnABus wrote him out of the show entirely]], and when he returned, it was in a marginal role as a dimwitted muscle for the Revenge Society before vanishing again. When they revisited the idea again in the form of Professor Victor von Helping, it was with a much clearer concept in mind: von Helping was the ''son'' of a Doctor Doom {{Expy}} who had inherited a fair bit of his power and intelligence... but had no interest in supervillainy, and so used his scientific genius to become a friendly college professor and a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Creator/CarlSagan. This time, the character had a strong defining joke (his genial demeanor contrasting with his intimidating heritage and abilities), and managed to fit into the show much better, as an antagonist for the Monarch and a mentor for Dean, with his presence being noted as a highlight of the episode.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonsLooniversity'': One of the criticisms thrown at the original show was that it never truly took advantage of its school setting, instead veering into fantastical adventures unrelated to it. Looniversity places focus on the titular school and has most of its plots about the main cast hanging around.
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** "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show" is another time-shift episode taking place in prehistoric times, just like "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14Ugh Ugh]]" from the parent show. While it's not hated, "Ugh" has a BrokenBase and is usually considered one of the weakest episodes of the first three seasons due to the slow pacing of its ''[=SpongeBob=]'' segments. "Prehistoric Patrick" is a ''much'' faster-paced episode, with the jokes [[RapidFireComedy landing very quick]], and it does a lot of things in its runtime rather than just focusing on the discovery of fire. While "Ugh"'s comedy entirely revolves on visual gags since the caveman characters can't speak, they can in "Prehistoric Patrick", giving it some new jokes. It also helps that it's a regular-length episode and not a special, avoiding HypeBacklash and being less fatiguing.
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** "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show" is another time-shift episode taking place in prehistoric times, just like "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14Ugh "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14 Ugh Ugh]]" from the parent show. While it's not hated, "Ugh" has a BrokenBase and is usually considered one of the weakest episodes of the first three seasons due to the slow pacing of its ''[=SpongeBob=]'' segments. "Prehistoric Patrick" is a ''much'' faster-paced episode, with the jokes [[RapidFireComedy landing very quick]], and it does a lot of things in its runtime rather than just focusing on the discovery of fire. While "Ugh"'s comedy entirely revolves on visual gags since the caveman characters can't speak, they can in "Prehistoric Patrick", giving it some new jokes. It also helps that it's a regular-length episode and not a special, avoiding HypeBacklash and being less fatiguing.
