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** Gooper's gang seems to think that they own Toad Town High, or more especifically, Toad Town ''itself''! It's not rare for Gooper to threaten Carl and his friends for [[DisproportionateRetribution the mere action of going to a certain place]]. You'd think that [[EveryoneHasStandards even a]] SuckySchool [[EveryoneHasStandards like Toad Town High]], or even the local authorities would have done something about this severe bullying problem already, but two things. 1) Gooper does not respect authority figures, and 2), AdultsAreUseless for the most part.
*** Gooper's mysoginistic views. It is clear that he sees women as nothing but objects to be toyed with. Him constantly trying to get with other girls while dating Mary-Lynn, [[{{Hypocrite}} and then getting angry if Mary-Lynn cheats on him]], says it all. Bullying and intimidating others is one thing, but going so far as to actually kidnapping a girl and forcing her to be his date for the school dance while making his mooks drive her would-be date into depression, or taking advantage of another girl's emotional state to manipulate her into making out with him and then blackmailing her into dating him is a whole nother level of malice. Just ask Grace and Roxanne respectively. As if that wasn't enough, he has no problem with [[WouldHitAGirl hitting girls]] if that means he'll get what he wants. Its scary how Gooper comes really comes close to being a sexual predator.
*** Gooper emotionally manipulating Roxanne into starting a relationship and then blackmailing her into staying with him [[TruthInTelevision is an eerily realistic depiction of an abusive relationship]], as many abusers do use gaslighting tactics to take advantage of the emotional state of their victims before showing their true colors and trapping them in toxic relationships. Gooper threatening Roxanne with telling everyone at school that she cheated on Tucker so everyone will think of her as a cheat, and Roxanne being convinced that ''she'' is the one at fault for being taken advantage of and thinking that ''she'' deserves to be blackmailed, is horrifying in the sense that there are victims that think that they are the ones to blamed for being abused and not their abusers.

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** Gooper's gang seems to think that they own Toad Town High, or more especifically, Toad Town ''itself''! itself. It's not rare for Gooper to threaten Carl and his friends for [[DisproportionateRetribution the mere action of going to a certain place]]. You'd think that [[EveryoneHasStandards even a]] SuckySchool [[EveryoneHasStandards like Toad Town High]], or even the local authorities would have done something about this severe bullying problem already, but two things. 1) Gooper does not respect authority figures, and 2), AdultsAreUseless for the most part.
*** Gooper's mysoginistic views. It is clear that he sees women as nothing but objects to be toyed with. Him constantly trying to get with other girls while dating Mary-Lynn, Mary-Lynn (with him having admitted that he only dates her for her body), [[{{Hypocrite}} and then getting angry if Mary-Lynn cheats on him]], says it all. Bullying and intimidating others is one thing, but going so far as to actually kidnapping a girl and forcing her to be his date for the school dance while making his mooks drive her would-be date into depression, or taking advantage of another girl's emotional state to manipulate her into making out with him and then blackmailing her into dating him is a whole nother level of malice. Just ask Grace and Roxanne respectively. As if that wasn't enough, he has no problem with [[WouldHitAGirl hitting girls]] if that means he'll get what he wants. Its scary how Gooper comes really comes close to being a sexual predator.
*** Gooper emotionally manipulating Roxanne into starting a relationship and then blackmailing her into staying with him [[TruthInTelevision is an eerily realistic depiction of an abusive relationship]], as many abusers do use gaslighting tactics to take advantage of the emotional state of their victims before showing their true colors and trapping them in toxic relationships. Gooper threatening Roxanne with telling everyone at school that she cheated on Tucker so everyone will think of her as a cheat, whore, and Roxanne being convinced that ''she'' is the one at fault for being taken advantage of and thinking that ''she'' deserves to be blackmailed, is horrifying in the sense that there are victims that think that they are the ones to blamed for being abused and not their abusers.abusers for abusing them.


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* Gooper giving Carl a black eye and then twisting his arm in the remastered version the season 1 episode "The Motorhome Trip", not helped by the fact that it's accompanied by the sound of what appears to be ''bones breaking''. It's a good thing Calvin showed up when he did, since Gooper had the intention of hitting Carl [[GroinAttack in the crotch]] ''with a crowbar''.

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*** Gooper emotionally manipulating Roxanne into starting a relationship and then blackmailing her into staying with him [[TruthInTelevision is an eerily realistic depiction of an abusive relationship]], as many abusers do use gaslighting tactics to take advantage of the emotional state of their victims before showing their true colors and trapping them in toxic relationships. Gooper threatening Roxanne with telling everyone at school that she cheated on Tucker so everyone will think of her as a cheat, and Roxanne being convinced that ''she'' is the one at fault for being taken advantage of and thinking that ''she'' deserves to be blackmailed, is horrifying in the sense that there are victims that think that they are the ones to blamed for being abused and not their abusers.



* Dry Bones' family. Is bad enough that [[AbusiveDad Dry Bones is verbally and emotionally abused by his father]] on a daily basis and that his grandfather [[HatesEveryoneEqually is a misanthrope]] [[SirSwearsALot with a cussing problem]], but [[BigScrewedUpFamily all the other members of the Bones family]] [[ItRunsInTheFamily seem to deeply hate each other]]. They however, are plain [[{{Jerkass}} assholes]] with no reedeming qualities whastoever, while Dry Bones is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. It's probably because of this that he receives the most abuse out of everyone in the family. It makes one wonder if SocialServicesDoesNotExist in the Koopa Kingdom.

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* Dry Bones' family. Is bad enough that [[AbusiveDad Dry Bones is verbally and emotionally abused by his father]] on a daily basis and that his grandfather [[HatesEveryoneEqually is a misanthrope]] [[SirSwearsALot with a cussing problem]], but [[BigScrewedUpFamily all the other members of the Bones family]] [[ItRunsInTheFamily seem to deeply hate each other]]. They however, are plain [[{{Jerkass}} assholes]] with no reedeming redeeming qualities whastoever, whatsoever, while Dry Bones is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. It's probably because of this that he receives the most abuse out of everyone in the family. It makes one wonder if SocialServicesDoesNotExist in the Koopa Kingdom.
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** Bob Taylor. A 27-year old who is still in High School and seemingly [[ForTheEvulz bullies others for the heck of it]]. Being harrassed by a bully is horrible enough already, but imagine being harrassed by someone who doubles your age, height, and strength and seeing them ''almost every day of your school life''.
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** One noteworthy incident involving Mary-Lynn is what she does to Carrie in the remaster of ‘’Carl’s Sisters’’ as while in the original she was just being a jerk, the remaster has her threaten to [[WouldHurtAChild gouge out her eyes while tugging her hair and hitting her]] just for insulting her. Keep in mind, Carrie is seven.

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** *** One noteworthy incident involving Mary-Lynn is what she does to Carrie in the remaster of ‘’Carl’s Sisters’’ as while in the original she was just being a jerk, the remaster has her threaten to [[WouldHurtAChild gouge out her eyes while tugging her hair and hitting her]] just for insulting her. Keep in mind, Carrie is seven.
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* To start things off, we have [[TheBully Gooper and his gang]]. Gooper chooses victims who seem weak and incapable of defending themselves, and will mock the victim if someone else comes to their aid or they try to stand up for themselves. Any victim of bullying will relate and sympathize with whatever victim Gooper has chosen to torment. It is confirmed that Carl and Gooper go back a long way, and not for a good reason at that.
** Gooper's gang seems to think that they own Toad Town High, or more especifically, Toad Town ''itself''! It's not rare for Gooper to threaten Carl and his friends for [[DisproportionateRetribution the mere action of going to a certain place]]. You'd think that [[EveryoneHasStandards even a]] SuckySchool [[EveryoneHasStandards like Toad Town High]], or even the local authorities would have done something about this severe bullying problem already, but two things. 1) Gooper does not respect authority figures, and 2), AdultsAreUseless for the most part.
*** Gooper's mysoginistic views. It is clear that he sees women as nothing but objects to be toyed with. Him constantly trying to get with other girls while dating Mary-Lynn, [[{{Hypocrite}} and then getting angry if Mary-Lynn cheats on him]], says it all. Bullying and intimidating others is one thing, but going so far as to actually kidnapping a girl and forcing her to be his date for the school dance while making his mooks drive her would-be date into depression, or taking advantage of another girl's emotional state to manipulate her into making out with him and then blackmailing her into dating him is a whole nother level of malice. Just ask Grace and Roxanne respectively. As if that wasn't enough, he has no problem with [[WouldHitAGirl hitting girls]] if that means he'll get what he wants. Its scary how Gooper comes really comes close to being a sexual predator.
** Mary-Lynn's antics are PlayedForLaughs most of the time, but that doesn't mean that she can't be an unsettling individual either. Her constant need for attention, her ChronicBackstabbingDisorder when it comes to getting herself a new boyfriend due to her on-and-off relationship with Gooper, and her frequent mocking of Grace and her friends by insulting her over the smallest things and talking about how she is much better than everyone comes ''scaringly'' close to someone who has a Narcissistic personality disorder.
** One noteworthy incident involving Mary-Lynn is what she does to Carrie in the remaster of ‘’Carl’s Sisters’’ as while in the original she was just being a jerk, the remaster has her threaten to [[WouldHurtAChild gouge out her eyes while tugging her hair and hitting her]] just for insulting her. Keep in mind, Carrie is seven.
** Bob Taylor. A 27-year old who is still in High School and seemingly [[ForTheEvulz bullies others for the heck of it]]. Being harrassed by a bully is horrible enough already, but imagine being harrassed by someone who doubles your age, height, and strength and seeing them ''almost every day of your school life''.
* Dry Bones' family. Is bad enough that [[AbusiveDad Dry Bones is verbally and emotionally abused by his father]] on a daily basis and that his grandfather [[HatesEveryoneEqually is a misanthrope]] [[SirSwearsALot with a cussing problem]], but [[BigScrewedUpFamily all the other members of the Bones family]] [[ItRunsInTheFamily seem to deeply hate each other]]. They however, are plain [[{{Jerkass}} assholes]] with no reedeming qualities whastoever, while Dry Bones is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. It's probably because of this that he receives the most abuse out of everyone in the family. It makes one wonder if SocialServicesDoesNotExist in the Koopa Kingdom.
* In the Season 2 episode, "Detention", Coach Ronson ''literally'' tries to murder Carl and his friends with an axe just for escaping their detention. You can see that he is slowly descending into madness throughout the course of the episode. his face and hair being painted doesn't help either. For bonus points, he actually ''murders'' an innocent bystander in front of multiple witnesses!
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