Why aren't you laughing?
Snow Ghost
The cartoon-ness was effective at downplaying what is actually a creepy concept.
Lie to your friends to hurt them brains.
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Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
Wow talk about early installment weirdness... I think I liked evil Mandy better than sadistic Mandy.
Ya, I'm weird like that...
Proto-Mandy seems more like a typical Grim Adventures villainess. Actually, I find it somewhat strange Atoms never tried to include her in the actual show as some alternate universe adversary Mandy or something.
For some reason she reminds me a bit of Harley Quinn too.
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
That would have been an interesting idea. 
Amused
That clip was interesting. I honestly kinda like the Older Mandy.
edited 2nd May '16 10:01:08 PM by Ecrivan
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This Won't End Well...
Thinking again, was CN ever successful at attracting a female audience? Because, honestly, I think they're terrible at it(well, compared to their competition). then and now.
How many CN shows starred a female Protagonist and a likable one at that? How long did they lasted?
It looked like CN was fine with a male audience alone.
Yep, I'm still here.
... Is With Those Who Fight For Dominance
Has anyone bothered to go online and look at some of CN's newest pilots? If so, what do you guys think of them?? Would you want to see them become new shows some time in the future???
I mean, at least one of them has to be bettering than that fucking PPG Reboot, if anything...
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Well there was this little underrated gem called The Powerpuff Girls, it was pretty obscure and didn't last too long.
Oh, and something else called Stehvan Ohiverse? Some new weird shit that I doubt will catch on.
Wait, are there new ones out for 2016? I haven't heard anything about them.
edited 3rd May '16 6:37:51 AM by InAnOdderWay
In 2006, there aired a show called Ellen's Acres. I know a TON of people who worked on it. They completed a full season. It aired on Cartoon Network.
It starred a female protagonist.
It was taken off the air midway through the second episode.
Cartoon Network's reason was that they had a new CEO who "vowed never ever to aim toward girls or toddlers ever again".
So not only do they not aim toward girls, it's something they avoid doing on purpose.
The PPG was aimed at EVERYONE, NOT just girls.
edited 3rd May '16 7:25:53 AM by kyun
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
I don't think it was taken off midway through the second episode, it looks like it aired all of its episodes over a year.
And it was for preschoolers.
edited 3rd May '16 7:26:08 AM by AdricDePsycho
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Preschoolers. ANOTHER demographic CN never ever airs shows for.
I don't know about that. I will risk getting my throat slit upon inquiry to my friends.
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
I mean, most preschooler shows suck anyways, so I guess they're dodging a bullet there.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Maybe they don't suck to the preschoolers.
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
Nick and Disney already have the market for preschooler shows covered. CN just reruns Baby Loony Tunes.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
... Is With Those Who Fight For Dominance
... I think it's best to keep it that way, too. Although Nick's preschool efforts could stand to not suck so much, overall. Disney seems to have some actually good efforts regarding this subject, however, if shows like Sofia The First and The Lion Guard (though I don't pay attention to them) are any indication.
edited 3rd May '16 7:44:56 AM by Shokew
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And it's clear with NuPPG that they've gone beyond breaking that rule anyways, so I'm not even sure if the rule, assuming it's a thing, still exists.
Powerpuff Girls was definitely not aimed at just girls/toddlers. That show had shit that would scar a child for life.
I'll just point at the Speed Demon episode to prove my point.
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If scaring children was enough to prove that a show wasn't pointed at a child demographic then the animation age ghetto would be dead and buried.
Snow Ghost
If most parents actually caught their children watching something with scary imagery...all that'd do is make the parent not allow the child to watch the show.
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Some parents, hell MANY parents, don't just stop at that though. A lot of them actually complain to the network so much that they affect how the show is made!
Has that ever happened in the past though? I think I remember there being an instance where people wrote in a character was ´too sexy´ but I can´t recall where.
edited 3rd May '16 10:28:16 AM by MushroomMuncher
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Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
The Cow And Chicken episode "Buffalo Gals" was pulled off the air because of one letter. Just one letter was enough to get the episode pulled.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
Ya that episode had a bunch of lesbian stereotypes, it's easy to see why it was banned.
Ya, I'm weird like that...
Such blatant violence, sadist Mandy too creepy.
That was something, not sure how to feel about it.
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