History TheyChangedItNowItSucks / WesternAnimation

* With the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' fans are starting to say this, because the season doesn't included the writing or direction of creator Aaron [=McGruder=]. Many claim his absence so far is very obvious as the clever social commentary and satire of the first three seasons are missing.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** The phrase "TRUKK NOT MUNKY" gets used ''every time'' a new series comes out. The ''Transformers'' fandom is the trope namer for DarthWiki/RuinedFOREVER with good reason.

** ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' was and still is a victim of this.

** Because the masters for the opening theme were lost, the entire opening sequence for the first two seasons was reanimated, and a new version of the "We're Ready To Party!" opening was made using Season 7 clips and the reanimated clip of Garfield dancing on a fence.

** Ending of the original Creator/CartoonCartoons. While the brand name was officially discontinued in 2004 with the CN City rebrand, the last of the Cartoon Cartoons to end was ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' in 2009. In fact, the general 2007-2009 period saw the cancellation and/or lack of reruns for most of CN's original programming due to a change in network heads[[note]]caused by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic the infamous 2007 Boston bomb scare]], which was not only a huge embarrassment for the network, but resulted in them losing a ton of money to pay for a settlement between them and the city[[/note]] that subsequently led to the ousting of almost all of the cartoon creators who had been working in Cartoon Network's in-house studio since the network's inception[[note]]The animators at CN Studios who weren’t ousted described it as being a virtual ghost town afterwards[[/note]]. The new original shows that came afterwards, as well as even some of the ones that debuted in the CN City era, were initially met with reluctance from the old-school fans who grew up with the Powerhouse era, but many are [[VindicatedByHistory now beloved shows]] in their own right by these same people. While the old shows remained available through Creator/{{Boomerang}}, the channel's lack of availability would remain an issue until streaming services made the classic CN shows much more accessible.

** Ending of the original Creator/CartoonCartoons. While the brand name was officially discontinued in 2004, the last of the Cartoon Cartoons to end was ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' in 2009. In fact, the general 2007-2009 period saw the cancellation and/or lack of reruns for most of CN's original programming due to a change in network heads[[note]]caused by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic the infamous 2007 Boston bomb scare]], which was not only a huge embarrassment for the network, but resulted in them losing a ton of money to pay for a settlement between them and the city[[/note]] that subsequently led to the ousting of almost all of the cartoon creators who had been working in Cartoon Network's in-house studio since the network's inception[[note]]The animators at CN Studios who weren’t ousted described it as being a virtual ghost town afterwards[[/note]]. The new original shows that came afterwards were initially met with reluctance from the old-school fans, but many are [[VindicatedByHistory now beloved shows]] in their own right by these same people. While the old shows remained available through Creator/{{Boomerang}}, the channel's lack of availability would remain an issue until streaming services made the classic CN shows much more accessible.

** The end of rerunning classic cartoons. The Advertising/CNCity rebrand, while well regarded among fans who grew up with that era, attracted some criticism from old school fans who saw the exclusive focus on new cartoons as abandoning the network's original purpose of introducing a new generation to the classic Creator/HannaBarbera and Creator/WarnerBrothers animation catalog, which had remained consistent even as original cartoons began to be developed for the network. While the Creator/{{Boomerang}} block which served as the home for the classic catalogue would be spun off into a separate channel, even that would eventually phase out the classics.

** Introduction of live action shows, most infamously the CN Real block, which was met with overwhelming negative reception (which is understandable given that it ''is'' '''''Cartoon''''' Network). A few of these shows have been VindicatedByHistory, but they are overall seen as being the ultimate symptom of CN's AudienceAlienatingEra by most. This did not stop Cartoon Network from revisiting the concept of live-action shows in the early 2020s however, though at least there is still heavy focus on cartoons, unlike what happened in the late 2000's.

** ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', got this as well, mostly from fans who preferred the older 1970s series, due to changing the character designs and animation, music and sound effects, trying too hard to make it more "hip" and "current," along with making the show more "realistic" and "down-to-earth," and continuously making fun of the old Scooby-Doo formula to death (including every episode [[YouMeddlingKids parodying the line "And it would've worked if it weren't for you meddling kids!"]] )
** There's also ''[[WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!]]'', which was almost universally hated by the fanbase because of its drastic changes in animation and formula and mostly how it was just plain different from the rest of the franchise.
** This has been going on with Scooby-Doo ever since Scrappy was added to the cast, and Velma, Daphne, and Fred were axed in 1980. ''[[WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'' also got a lot of flack back in the day, but is generally more accepted today.

** The "real" death of Kenny at the end of season 5 and his replacement by Butters in season 6 ignited flamewars on the official site's forums and elsewhere. Following Butters' replacement with Tweek, it led to another debate over whether the show "sucked" now for changing the dynamic. All seemed well when Kenny returned, until he got put OutOfFocus in favor of Butters. [[spoiler: But they've still thrown Kenny fans a bone from time to time, what with his role as Mysterion.]]

** A day after its premiere on Creator/HBOMax, ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'' had a New York Times article with series creator Pete Browngardt revealed that the team "weren't doing guns, but [they] can do cartoony violence — TNT, the Acme stuff." A week later, a bunch of news outlets cited the story with the connection that WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd and WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam would have their guns removed. There was quite an uproar in some areas, with some saying that it doesn't make sense for Elmer to use a scythe to hunt rabbits, and comparing it to the MoralGuardian accusations of video games causing violence.

** Ringo Starr being replaced with Michael Angelis for Series 3.

** ExecutiveMeddling resulted in Franchise/SpiderMan getting redubbed. The lines that Creator/{{Josh|Keaton}} [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Keaton]] recorded for Spidey got replaced by readings courtesy of Creator/{{Drake|Bell}} [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Bell]]. Never mind the possibility that Bell's performance sounds fine on its own standards; a number of fans consider at least Spidey's episodes tainted.

** The seasons when Mike Scully was show-runner (9-12) are often denounced as an AudienceAlienatingEra for [[DenserAndWackier being weirder than the seasons before]] and having several controversial plot points like Skinner being revealed as an imposter and Maude Flanders' death.

** In ''Caillou's New Adventures'', the titular character is [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] back to throwing tantrums. What's worse is that he's more loud and obnoxious than before.

** A teaser image of the upcoming CGI reboot on Paramount+ depicted Swiper with a differently-designed mask that exposed the top of his head, nearly making him unrecognizable compared to his original counterpart. Probably because of this, subsequent promotional images had him redesigned to actually resemble how he looked like in the original series.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' fans hate, hate, ''hate'' the show's third season (called ''Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles''). Most of the writing staff (including ''de facto'' series creator Michael Reaves) had left, the animation studio was different, and the series concept was changed. Season 3 was never released on DVD, and periodic attempts to revive the ''Gargoyles'' story as a series of comic books essentially completely ignore this season.

* Despite the fact that the titular character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' isn't as bratty in the later episodes, there are still problems with Modern Caillou: