Rugrats is misandrist

In that every adult male on the show is a pathetic shell of a man, and the women on the show seem to do most of the heavy lifting. Let's break this shit down:

• Stu Pickles is the perpetually unshaven man who has dedicated his entire life to becoming a toy maker, even though by all accounts, none of his toys have actually been put to market. His wife seems to do everything to put the bread on the table, and when he actually does have to get a job, the best he can do is sell condensed lard. And as we all know, he once made chocolate pudding at 4 oclock in the morning and lost control of his life.

• Drew Pickles is so whipped and subservient to his overbearing wife and daughter that his nightmares involve his daughter suing him and winning. While he does hold some sort of respectable executive position, he doesn't seem to be very money-smart; his idea of good business is to funnel his best friend's entire $10 million dollar fortune into a startup he clearly put no research into, and then acting surprised when it goes tits-up. From this, it's pretty obvious that his wife handles most of the important assets.

• When it comes to whipped husbands, Howard Deville is probably the most exaggerated case on the show. His wife is definitely the pants-wearer in the relationship (sensing a pattern here?), and in fact could probably snap him in half like a styrofoam twig.

• Chaz Finster. Ah, Chaz, the man who went to a therapist's convention in order to find a therapist. We all saw what a right state he was in if Chuckie was never born, so this entry really speaks for itself.

• Suzie's dad was the closest a dad on the show ever got to being dignified, but given that he writes the Dummy Bears, that's not saying much.

• Grandpa doesn't get an entry, because he's awesome and not pathetic by any definition.

(Of course, I'm being facetious)

Dr. Lipschitz implies that any male attempts to raise a child are doomed to failure.

Yeah, Grandpa was pretty dang awesome.

What about Grandpa Boris? Or does he not count because he was Put on a Bus for being too offensive? I thought Boris was pretty awesome.

Boris is back in Russia doing hired killings for Putin.

IS THIS TRUE!? MY CHILDHOOD IS A LIEEEEE!!!

edited 7th Feb '11 5:55:06 PM by YouMustDie

^ Mmmm, your tears are so yummy and sweet!

Also, Betty's probably a lesbian who married Howie as a cover-up, so one must wonder what that says about Howie.

Why did they have kids...?

Further cover-up. Maybe people were getting suspicious.

so bloody true. every guy in that show was WHIPPED!!

Now that I think about it, did they ever show what happened to Kira's career after marrying Chaz?

Kira obviously was caught by Near for killing people with a magical notebook, silly.

Hahahahahah no

You say misandry, I say Truth in Television. (At least with the straight guys in my family.)

You have talking babies in your family?

Well, they don't talk to adults, so how would he know?