Line #36 YMMV/BlinkyBill


1	* BaseBreakingCharacter: [[BrattyHalfPint Marcia]]. Some people love her for her [[HotBlooded fiery attitude]] and others hate her for [[WithFriendsLikeThese constantly insulting and mistreating her friends]].
2	* BrokenBase: The 2015/2016 reboot, to fans of the "classic" (1992-2005) series. Fans were extremely divided about the new character designs, and whether the switch to [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] animation was a good thing or not.
3	** To add insult to injury for fans of the classic series, they also changed most of the supporting cast. Blinky and Nutsy are still there, of course, along with Splodge, Marcia and Wombo... but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome there's no Flap]], as well as [[EnsembleDarkhorse no members of the Dingo family]]. In fact, [[CanonImmigrant Marcia is the only original character from the classic series to return]], since Blinky, Nutsy, Wombo and Splodge all appeared in the original books from the 1930s.
4	** Replacing Flap is a frill-necked lizard named Jacko, who takes Flap's place as Blinky's sidekick. [[note]][[Characters/BlinkyBill A character named Jacko already appeared in the classic series, but he was a kookaburra, and there was also a frill-necked lizard, named Ruff.]] Considering that Jacko was also a kookaburra in the original 1930s books, essentially changing his character to a completely different species was considered by the fans to be a huge middle-finger towards not only the classic series, but also to Dorothy Wall's books.[[/note]]
5	** Due to all of these changes infuriating and [[AudienceAlienatingPremise alienating the fans of the classic series, as well as Australians in general]] due to said series being just as, [[AdaptationDisplacement if not more iconic than the 1930s books]], it's no wonder why Yoram Gross/Flying Bark made the decision to {{unreboot}} the series a few years later.
6	* EnsembleDarkhorse: The entire Dingo family counts as this; Daisy due to [[MsFanservice the copious amounts of fanservice surrounding her]], Danny due to [[MrFanservice his suave charm and good looks]], and Shifty due to his likable personality and status as TheWoobie. [[DumbMuscle Meatball]] also has his lovable and funny moments, and [[LargeAndInCharge Ma]] can be seen as a badass.
7	** To a lesser extent, Ruff the frilled-neck lizard may count as well.
8	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series (as well as Blinky himself) is known as "Vili Vilperi" in Finland, and is '''''hugely''''' popular there, almost as much as it is in Australia.
9	** The UK, Israel, Germany and the Netherlands also love Blinky, to the point where the PC games based on the 1990s series were released in Hebrew, German and Dutch.
10	* JerkassWoobie: Marcia Mouse in "Blinky Bill Finds Marcia Mouse". Depending on how you feel about her as a character, it's difficult not to feel sorry for her when she feels neglected and ignored.
11	* MoralEventHorizon: Basil Circus. If he didn't cross it by kidnapping the animals for his circus and subjecting them to abuse prior to the events of Season 3 or by capturing Blinky's friends, caging them, and locking them in a shed full of explosives in the episode "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Koala", then he crossed it ''big time'' in the Season 3 finale "How Green is My Greenpatch" [[spoiler: when he set fire to Greenpatch in an attempt to capture Blinky. This in turn causes [[HeelFaceTurn his brother Cyril to turn on him and side with the Greenpatchers by summoning the fire brigade to extinguish the fire.]]]]
12	* PopularWithFurries: The series created '''many''' furries out of Aussie [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff (and German/Dutch/Finnish)]] 90s/early 00s kids.
13	* RetroactiveRecognition: Keith Scott is now (somewhat) better known outside Australia for ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' and ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle''.
14	* {{Shipping}}: [[ToyShip Blinky with Nutsy]]. Some fans prefer Shifty and Nutsy, however.
15	** There are a few scenes in the first two series where Daisy seems to flirt with Splodge, and some fans decided to put two and two together with that.
16	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: '''Everything''' about the reboot seemed to alienate fans who had grown up with the "classic" series, and [[Creator/YoramGross Flying Bark]] eventually realized this, given their willingness to essentially {{unreboot}} the series after the attempt failed.
17	* [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids What Do You Mean, It's Not for Preschoolers?]]: When the 90s/2000s series was rerun on [[Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation The ABC]]'s preschool programming block [=ABC4Kids=] in the early 2010s, many fans claimed that the ABC apparently forgot how cynical and witty the original series could actually be. For example, in "Blinky and the Red Car", Marcia asks Blinky if she should bash Danny.
18	** Similarly, fans pointed to Ma holding Danny and Shifty's heads underwater during "Blinky Bill's Fund Run", Daisy flirting with Blinky, Flap and Splodge in "Blinky and the Film Star", and in the season 3 finale, Basil, who had been chasing Blinky, Nutsy and Flap around the world all season, gets carted off in a straitjacket for multiple crimes (including arson in that very same episode).

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