History YMMV / PIEGUYRULZ

* AudienceAlienatingEra: In the Summer of 2018, [=PieGuy=] abruptly halted all his ongoing series in favor of solely making the RE-CAST podcast. While the RE-CAST had a devoted fanbase, it wasn't the kind of content that the majority of his viewers subscribed for. Until late 2020, [=PieGuy=] would only make a single scripted cartoon review, ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryInc'', all of his other edited videos consisted of rants about various members of the animation industry and reviews of streaming services, with his most popular series "Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants'' reviewed evem getting QuietlyCancelled around this time. Not helping matters is A.J. would cease any proper communication with his viewers on what was causing the lack of output, resulting in the RE-CAST getting {{Misblamed}} for the lack of output, eventually hurting the podcast's viewership. While [=PieGuy=] would return to more familiar content starting in December 2020 and continue throughout 2021, the damage had been done and his channel's viewership had plummeted. Said low viewership was later cited by A.J. as a contributing factor towards his decision to retire from Website/YouTube in 2022 (with the retirement not formally announced until 2023).

* AudienceAlienatingEra: In the Summer of 2018, [=PieGuy=] abruptly halted all his ongoing series in favor of solely making the RE-CAST podcast. While the RE-CAST had a devoted fanbase, it wasn't the kind of content that the majority of his viewers subscribed for. Until late 2020, [=PieGuy=] would only make a single scripted cartoon review, ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryInc'', all of his other edited videos consisted of rants about various members of the animation industry and reviews of streaming services, with his most popular series "Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants'' reviewed evem getting QuietlyCancelled around this time. Not helping matters is A.J. would cease any proper communication with his viewers on what was causing the lack of output, resulting in the RE-CAST getting {{Misblamed}} for the lack of output, eventually hurting the podcast's viewership. While [=PieGuy=] would return to more familiar content starting in December 2020 and continue throughout 2021, the damage had been done and his channel's viewership had plummeted. Said low viewership was later cited by A.J. as a contributing factor towards his decision to retire from Website/YouTube in 2022.

** For the seasonal [=SpongeBob=] reviews, this began with the Season 3 Review, since that was when more [=ScumBob=] episodes started to appear. Also, it was the first to include the airdate and airing number of the episodes, and had more detailed art than the previous two reviews. The beard really grew in the Season 4 video, which introduced the [=PieCons=], was the first one to have Erin do the majority of the artwork, and was the first one to have the "[=PieGuy=] the Pirate" picture at the beginning.

** In the video where {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} talks to Pieguy about some of his favorite episodes ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' they both spoke highly of the episode [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E6MermaidManAndBarnacleBoyPickles "Pickles"]], noting how relatable the premise was: losing confidence in your abilities after a single mistake. In 2020, Pieguy would admit the reason he switched the focus of his channel to making Podcasts was that a personal betrayal caused that exact dilemma for him regarding his video-making skills, even citing "Pickles" as a comparison. Even worse, is that this incident would be the catalyst that eventually led to the demise of his channel in 2023.

* AudienceAlienatingEra: In late 2018, [=PieGuy=] abruptly halted all his ongoing analysis videos in favor of solely making the RE-CAST podcast. While the RE-CAST had a devoted fanbase, it wasn't the kind of content that the majority of his viewers subscribed for. Until late 2020, the only edited videos that [=PieGuy=] would make were rants about various members of the animation industry and reviews of streaming services, with his most popular series "Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants'' reviewed getting QuietlyCancelled around this time. Not helping matters is A.J. would cease any proper communication with his viewers on what was causing the lack of output, resulting in the RE-CAST getting {{Misblamed}} for the lack of output, eventually hurting the podcast's viewership. While [=PieGuy=] would return to more familiar content starting in December 2020 and continue throughout 2021, the damage had been done and his channel's viewership had plummeted. Said low viewership was later cited by A.J. as a contributing factor towards his decision to retire from Website/YouTube in 2022.

* AcceptableTargets: It popped up only once but he made it clear during the 2AM stream that he ''really'' doesn't like WebVideo/TheIrateGamer, calling him "a total joke".

** In the video where {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} talks to Pieguy about some of his favorite episodes ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' they both spoke highly of the episode [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E6MermaidManAndBarnacleBoyPickles "Pickles"]], noting how relatable the premise was: losing confidence in your abilities after a single mistake. In 2020, Pieguy would admit the reason he switched the focus of his channel to making Podcasts was that a personal betrayal caused that exact dilemma for him regarding his video-making skills, which eventually lead to the demise of his channel in 2023.

** His friendship with fellow youtuber and collaborator Cosmodore is rather cringeworthy to look back at now after the latter admitted to have knowingly dated an underage girl which lead to [=PieGuy=] cutting all ties with him.

** During the beginning of his second point in his Square Theory video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GWwjYK9-bQ&list=UUr030Gq7lJ30za5ReYuUaLg Why Do I Wish SpongeBob Was Canceled?]]", he listed ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' as an example of a show that, although not disliked, was considered to be SoOkayItsAverage during Cartoon Network's AudienceAlienatingEra, lumping it in with other shows around the same time such as ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'', and ''WesternAnimation/SquirrelBoy''. Many fans questioned why he lumped it in with the others, as the show had a much more positive reception more comparable to the classic Cartoon Cartoons.

* BrokenBase: Is the sudden influx of the RE-Cast podcast good or bad? The lack of any videos related to his other series being made (to the point that many were flat-out put on hiatus) certainly doesn't help too much for long-time fans that aren't interested in RE-Cast. This came to a head around early March, when certain people actually began to call out Pieguy on Twitter about his lack of word on the matter, and ultimately culminated when Pieguy claimed he had no interest to finish his Season 11 review and only planned to do the podcast full-time. Eventually, he ended the "Every Episode of [=SpongeBob=] Reviewed" series and started anew with a new "Every Episode Reviewed" series focused on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.

** The post-credits scene for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipS8RqFKG1Q&t=1h12m9s his review of ''[=SpongeBob=]'' Season 10]] has him announce that he will no longer review the series, [[BaitAndSwitch only to reveal he was simply joking]], and that he will keep reviewing the series even if it runs for 10 more seasons. Almost a year later, he would announce [[https://twitter.com/PIEGUYRULZ/status/1165688000132603904 on Twitter]] that he has lost all motivation to review the entire series.

* BrokenBase: Is the sudden influx of the RE-Cast podcast good or bad? The lack of any videos related to his other series being made (to the point that many were flat-out put on hiatus) certainly doesn't help too much for long-time fans that aren't interested in RE-Cast. This came to a head around early March, when certain people actually began to call out Pieguy on twitter about his lack of word on the matter, and ultimately culminated when Pieguy claimed he had no interest to finish his Season 11 review and only planned to do the podcast full-time. Eventually, he ended the "Every Episode of [=SpongeBob=] Reviewed" series and started anew with a new "Every Episode Reviewed" series focused on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.

** In the video where {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} talks to Pieguy about some of his favorite episodes ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' both spoke highly of the episode [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E6MermaidManAndBarnacleBoyPickles "Pickles"]], noting how relatable the premise was: losing confidence in your abilities after a single mistake. In 2020, Pieguy would admit the reason he switched the focus of his channel to making Podcasts was that a personal betrayal caused that exact dilemma for him regarding his video-making skills, which eventually lead to the demise of his channel in 2023.

** His friendship with fellow youtuber and collaborator Cosmodore is rather cringeworthy to look back at now, after the latter admitted to have knowingly dated an underage girl which lead to [=PieGuy=] cutting all ties with him.

** In the video where {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} talks to Pieguy about some of his favorite episodes ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' both spoke highly of the episode [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E6MermaidManAndBarnacleBoyPickles "Pickles"]], noting how relatable the premise was: losing confidence in your abilities after a single mistake. In 2020, Pieguy would admit the reason he switched the focus of his channel to making Podcasts was that a personal betrayal caused that exact dilemma for him, with this eventually leading to the demise of his channel in 2023.