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**The Premise of ReBoot the Guardian Code has more in common with [[Series/Zixx]], another show that deals with teens going into a CGI world to combat a threat, than it does with the original Reboot.
**The Premise of ReBoot the Guardian Code has more in common with [[Series/Zixx]], another show that deals with teens going into a CGI world to combat a threat, than it does with the original Reboot.
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** The ''ReBoot'' fanboy from episode 10. Not only is Mark Leiren-Young the episode's writer ''and'' the only writer from the original series to return, he's also an award-winning playwright, journalist, and environmentalist.
** The ''ReBoot'' fanboy from episode 10. Not only is Mark Leiren-Young the episode's writer ''and'' the only writer from the original series to return, he's also an award-winning playwright, journalist, and environmentalist.
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**HeAlsoDid: The ''ReBoot'' fanboy from episode 10. Not only is Mark Leiren-Young the episode's writer ''and'' the only writer from the original series to return, he's also an award-winning playwright, journalist, and environmentalist.
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** The ''ReBoot'' fanboy from episode 10. Not only is Mark Leiren-Young the episode's writer ''and'' the only writer from the original series to return, he's also an award-winning playwright, journalist, and environmentalist.
** The ''ReBoot'' fanboy from episode 10. Not only is Mark Leiren-Young the episode's writer ''and'' the only writer from the original series to return, he's also an award-winning playwright, journalist, and environmentalist.
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** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. Additionally, the character is portrayed as a ][[FailureIsTheOnlyOption chronic loser]] who has never won a Game (nevermind that the User did exactly that in the ''first episode of the original series'', as well as several times through seasons 3 and 4), and appears to exist solely to level [[TakeThatAudience cheap shots at fans of the original series]].
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** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. Additionally, the character is portrayed as a ][[FailureIsTheOnlyOption [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption chronic loser]] who has never won a Game (nevermind (never mind that the User did exactly that in the ''first episode of the original series'', as well as several times through seasons 3 and 4), and appears to exist solely to level [[TakeThatAudience cheap shots at fans of the original series]].
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** One episode has the Sourceror using an attack by Megabyte as a distraction so he can break into a tech corporation's office and steal a secret prototype computer system. Ample opportunity to provide backstory for the Sourceror (Did he used to work for this company, and the computer is his design they stole from him and now he wants revenge?) but aside from seeing the computer sitting on his desk in a few following episodes, nothing about this episode is carried over into following stories.
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** One episode has the Sourceror using an attack by Megabyte as a distraction so he can break into a tech corporation's office and steal a secret prototype computer system. Ample opportunity to provide backstory for the Sourceror (Did he used to work for this company, and the computer is his design they stole from him and now he wants revenge?) revenge?), but aside from seeing ultimately the computer sitting on his desk prototype only exists as a plot device to make the Sourcerer impossible to track in a few following episodes, subsequent episodes and nothing else about this the episode is carried over into following stories.ever revisited.
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** One episode has the Sourceror using an attack by MegaByte as a distraction so he can break into a tech corporation's office and steal a secret prototype computer system. Ample opportunity to provide backstory for the Sourceror (Did he used to work for this company, and the computer is his design they stole from him and now he wants revenge?) but aside from seeing the computer sitting on his desk in a few following episodes, nothing about this episode is carried over into following stories.
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** One episode has the Sourceror using an attack by MegaByte Megabyte as a distraction so he can break into a tech corporation's office and steal a secret prototype computer system. Ample opportunity to provide backstory for the Sourceror (Did he used to work for this company, and the computer is his design they stole from him and now he wants revenge?) but aside from seeing the computer sitting on his desk in a few following episodes, nothing about this episode is carried over into following stories.
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** One episode has the Sourceror using an attack by MegaByte as a distraction so he can break into a tech corporation's office and steal a secret prototype computer system. Ample opportunity to provide backstory for the Sourceror (Did he used to work for this company, and the computer is his design they stole from him and now he wants revenge?) but aside from seeing the computer sitting on his desk in a few following episodes, nothing about this episode is carried over into following stories.
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** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. Additionally, the character is portrayed as a ][[FailureIsTheOnlyOption chronic loser]] who has never won a Game (nevermind that the User did exactly that at the end of Season 2 of the original series, as well as several times through seasons 3 and 4), and appears to exist solely to level [[TakeThatAudience cheap shots at fans of the original series]].
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** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. Additionally, the character is portrayed as a ][[FailureIsTheOnlyOption chronic loser]] who has never won a Game (nevermind that the User did exactly that at in the end of Season 2 ''first episode of the original series, series'', as well as several times through seasons 3 and 4), and appears to exist solely to level [[TakeThatAudience cheap shots at fans of the original series]].
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** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. The same sequences also reveal that ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' (that is, the original cartoon series) existed as an [[{{Defictionalization}} actual series]] in this universe, complete with merchandise based around the characters.
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** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. The same sequences also reveal Additionally, the character is portrayed as a ][[FailureIsTheOnlyOption chronic loser]] who has never won a Game (nevermind that ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' (that is, the User did exactly that at the end of Season 2 of the original cartoon series) existed series, as an [[{{Defictionalization}} actual series]] in this universe, complete with merchandise based around well as several times through seasons 3 and 4), and appears to exist solely to level [[TakeThatAudience cheap shots at fans of the characters.original series]].
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* BrokenBase: While some of the complaints (including the fact that it seemed to be a retread of other "humans with powers in cyberspace" shows) could be mitigated by the fact that it was a sequel produced long after the original series, the final episode of the first "season" splintered the fanbase with a litany of reveals that appeared to have been done just to see how far the fanbase could be tested:
** It's revealed that Bob, Enzo, Dot and Hexadecimal are all present in the rebooted Mainframe -- except they have been set to their appearances from the beginning of the original cartoon, with all the development that happened during the four seasons (which included [[spoiler:Hexadecimal's HeelFaceTurn and subsequent death]], along with Enzo and [=AndrAIa=] surfing the Net to return to the devastated Mainframe) all being rendered undone.
** Additionally, the original characters' personalities are greatly changed, even from their stock characterizations in the cartoon pilot. Contrary to her role as the resident ActionGirl in the cartoon, Dot ''hides behind her kid brother'' when Megabyte threatens the group.
** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. The same sequences also reveal that ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' (that is, the original cartoon series) existed as an [[{{Defictionalization}} actual series]] in this universe, complete with merchandise based around the characters.
** It's revealed that Bob, Enzo, Dot and Hexadecimal are all present in the rebooted Mainframe -- except they have been set to their appearances from the beginning of the original cartoon, with all the development that happened during the four seasons (which included [[spoiler:Hexadecimal's HeelFaceTurn and subsequent death]], along with Enzo and [=AndrAIa=] surfing the Net to return to the devastated Mainframe) all being rendered undone.
** Additionally, the original characters' personalities are greatly changed, even from their stock characterizations in the cartoon pilot. Contrary to her role as the resident ActionGirl in the cartoon, Dot ''hides behind her kid brother'' when Megabyte threatens the group.
** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. The same sequences also reveal that ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' (that is, the original cartoon series) existed as an [[{{Defictionalization}} actual series]] in this universe, complete with merchandise based around the characters.
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* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:Hexadecimal, and to a lesser extent, the denizens of Mainframe, due to the fact the former had died in the original series, and the latter weren't guaranteed to show up due to the InNameOnly feel of the series.]]
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* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:Hexadecimal, [[spoiler:Hexademical returns as a villain, despite turning good and to a lesser extent, the denizens of Mainframe, due to the fact the former had died then dying in the original series, and the latter weren't guaranteed to show up due to the InNameOnly feel of the series.show.]]
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** Some fans of the original feel this way about the idea of a hacker BigBad, which could be a legitimately dangerous or interesting for the Mainframe to face...and it's completely wasted on a ClicheStorm that might as well have nothing to do with the original series.
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** Some fans of the original feel this way about the idea of a hacker BigBad, which could be a legitimately dangerous or interesting for the Mainframe to face...and And it's completely wasted on a ClicheStorm that might as well have nothing to do with the original series.series.
* TheScrappy: While most of the human characters are rather divisive, people seem to generally hate the Sourcerer, primarily for being the main villain over Megabyte, but also because his reasons for being evil are [[GenericDoomsdayVillain vague to almost non-existent]].
* TheScrappy: While most of the human characters are rather divisive, people seem to generally hate the Sourcerer, primarily for being the main villain over Megabyte, but also because his reasons for being evil are [[GenericDoomsdayVillain vague to almost non-existent]].
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The first Netflix "season" of ''The Guardian Code'', which comprises the first ten episodes of the full twenty-episode season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]] Only time will tell if the second batch of episodes rectify this.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** The first Netflix "season" of ''The Guardian Code'', which comprises the first ten episodes of the full twenty-episode season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]] Only time will tell if the second batch of episodes rectifythis.this.
** Some fans of the original feel this way about the idea of a hacker BigBad, which could be a legitimately dangerous or interesting for the Mainframe to face...and it's completely wasted on a ClicheStorm that might as well have nothing to do with the original series.
** The first Netflix "season" of ''The Guardian Code'', which comprises the first ten episodes of the full twenty-episode season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]] Only time will tell if the second batch of episodes rectify
** Some fans of the original feel this way about the idea of a hacker BigBad, which could be a legitimately dangerous or interesting for the Mainframe to face...and it's completely wasted on a ClicheStorm that might as well have nothing to do with the original series.
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* {{Narm}}: Whether intentional or not, the [=ReBoot=] fanboy from "Mainframe Mayhem" crying "After twenty years, Mainframe is back!" comes off as less of a tribute to old-school fans and more of a TakeThatAudience due to how much of a stereotypical basement dweller he is.
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** When Parker steps out of the bathroom in an early episode, he lingers in front of the door long enough for the viewer to ''reaaally'' take in the giant sign stating "GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM" in enormous letters hanging conspicuously over his shoulder. Regardless of one's opinion on the matter, it was very ham-handedly staged.
** Whether intentional or not, the [=ReBoot=] fanboy from "Mainframe Mayhem" crying "After twenty years, Mainframe is back!" comes off as less of a tribute to old-school fans and more of a TakeThatAudience due to how much of a stereotypical basement dweller he is.
** When Parker steps out of the bathroom in an early episode, he lingers in front of the door long enough for the viewer to ''reaaally'' take in the giant sign stating "GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM" in enormous letters hanging conspicuously over his shoulder. Regardless of one's opinion on the matter, it was very ham-handedly staged.
** Whether intentional or not, the [=ReBoot=] fanboy from "Mainframe Mayhem" crying "After twenty years, Mainframe is back!" comes off as less of a tribute to old-school fans and more of a TakeThatAudience due to how much of a stereotypical basement dweller he is.
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* ClicheStorm: Four teenagers (whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases) are recruited because of their video game skills, to venture into cyberspace and stop a seedy hacker in a Hacker Cave (whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases and who has no (apparent) motivation) from causing chaos on both the internet and the real world. Probably intentional, since this format was the only way the producers could sell a ''[=ReBoot=]'' reboot to investors.
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* ClicheStorm: ClicheStorm:
** Four teenagers (whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases) are recruited because of their video game skills, to venture into cyberspace and stop a seedy hacker in a Hacker Cave (whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases and who has no (apparent) motivation) from causing chaos on both the internet and the real world. Probably intentional, since this format was the only way the producers could sell a ''[=ReBoot=]'' reboot toinvestors.investors.
** Tre deserves an entry all on his own. In a tech-heavy setting, the African-American character is a basketball ScholarshipStudent with an overbearing father who's constantly pushing him to better himself instead of slack off? And that, despite being shorter than Austin in the real world, his Guardian form is twice as large as the others and has noticeably gorilla-like proportions?
** Four teenagers (whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases) are recruited because of their video game skills, to venture into cyberspace and stop a seedy hacker in a Hacker Cave (whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases and who has no (apparent) motivation) from causing chaos on both the internet and the real world. Probably intentional, since this format was the only way the producers could sell a ''[=ReBoot=]'' reboot to
** Tre deserves an entry all on his own. In a tech-heavy setting, the African-American character is a basketball ScholarshipStudent with an overbearing father who's constantly pushing him to better himself instead of slack off? And that, despite being shorter than Austin in the real world, his Guardian form is twice as large as the others and has noticeably gorilla-like proportions?
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* ClicheStorm: Four teenagers whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases are recruited because of their video game skills to venture into cyberspace and stop a seedy hacker in a Hacker Cave whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases and who has no (apparent) motivation from causing chaos on both the internet and the real world. Probably intentional, since this format was the only way the producers could sell a ''[=Reboot=]'' reboot to investors.
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* ClicheStorm: Four teenagers whose (whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases Phrases) are recruited because of their video game skills skills, to venture into cyberspace and stop a seedy hacker in a Hacker Cave whose (whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases and who has no (apparent) motivation motivation) from causing chaos on both the internet and the real world. Probably intentional, since this format was the only way the producers could sell a ''[=Reboot=]'' ''[=ReBoot=]'' reboot to investors.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The first season ''The Guardian Code'', which comprise the first ten episodes of the full season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]] Only time will tell if the second batch of episodes rectify this.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The first season Netflix "season" of ''The Guardian Code'', which comprise comprises the first ten episodes of the full twenty-episode season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]] Only time will tell if the second batch of episodes rectify this.
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* SpiritualAdaptation: The ''Guardian Code'' looks like ''[=ReBoot=]'' mixed with about three different shows that all had the premise of "[[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude teenagers with attitude]] travel into a computer system and battle evil": ''Series/VRTroopers'', ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'', and ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' (which itself had a live-action/CGI hybrid show called ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'').
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The first season ''The Guardian Code'', which comprise the first ten episodes of the full season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]] Only time will tell if the second batch of episodes rectify this.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The first season ''The Guardian Code'', which comprise the first ten episodes of the full season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]] Only time will tell if the second batch of episodes rectify this.
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* ClicheStorm: [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude Four teenagers]] [[StockPhrases whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases]] [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame are recruited because of their video game skills]] [[ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation to venture into cyberspace]] [[TheCracker and stop a seedy hacker in a Hacker Cave]] [[StockPhrases whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases]] [[GenericDoomsdayVillain and who has no (apparent) motivation from]] [[EverythingIsOnline causing chaos on both the internet and the real world.]] Probably intentional, since this format was the only way the producers could sell a ''[=Reboot=]'' reboot to investors.
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* ClicheStorm: [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude Four teenagers]] [[StockPhrases teenagers whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases]] [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame Phrases are recruited because of their video game skills]] [[ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation skills to venture into cyberspace]] [[TheCracker cyberspace and stop a seedy hacker in a Hacker Cave]] [[StockPhrases Cave whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases]] [[GenericDoomsdayVillain Phrases and who has no (apparent) motivation from]] [[EverythingIsOnline from causing chaos on both the internet and the real world.]] world. Probably intentional, since this format was the only way the producers could sell a ''[=Reboot=]'' reboot to investors.
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* ClicheStorm: There's very little original about the show's plot. A video game is designed to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude to fight a very GenericDoomsdayVillain who doesn't have any real motivations besides wanting to destroy the digital world for reasons that are never elaborated upon and speaks almost exclusively in cliches.
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* ClicheStorm: There's very little original about the show's plot. A [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude Four teenagers]] [[StockPhrases whose dialogue is 90% Stock Phrases]] [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame are recruited because of their video game skills]] [[ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation to venture into cyberspace]] [[TheCracker and stop a seedy hacker in a Hacker Cave]] [[StockPhrases whose dialogue is designed to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude to fight a very GenericDoomsdayVillain 90% Stock Phrases]] [[GenericDoomsdayVillain and who doesn't have any has no (apparent) motivation from]] [[EverythingIsOnline causing chaos on both the internet and the real motivations besides wanting to destroy world.]] Probably intentional, since this format was the digital world for reasons that are never elaborated upon and speaks almost exclusively in cliches.only way the producers could sell a ''[=Reboot=]'' reboot to investors.
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* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Yes, ''Guardian Code'', we '''totally believe''' you hired perennial ''Series/TheXFiles'' creep Nicolas Lea just to play the love interest of the main character's mother.
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* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Yes, ''Guardian Code'', we '''totally believe''' you hired perennial ''Series/TheXFiles'' creep Nicolas Nicholas Lea just to play the love interest of the main character's mother.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Due to his fairly faithful characterization and Timothy Brummand doing an admirable, if still flawed, Creator/TonyJay impression, some people watch the show primarily for Megabyte.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Due to his fairly faithful characterization and Timothy Brummand doing an admirable, if still flawed, admirable Creator/TonyJay impression, some people watch the show primarily for Megabyte.Megabyte. [[spoiler:Hexadecimal's presence also perked some people up]].
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* ClicheStorm: There's very little original about the show's plot. A video game is designed to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude to fight a very GenericDoomsdayVillain who doesn't have any real motivations besides wanting to destroy the digital world for reasons that are never elaborated upon and speaks almost exclusively in cliches.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Pretty much every fan is writing off ''Guardian Code'' due to its' heavy departure from the original show.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Pretty much every fan is writing off ''Guardian Code'' due to its' its heavy departure from the original show.
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* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Yes, ''Guardian Code'', we '''totally believe''' you hired perennial ''{{Series/TheXFiles}}'' ''Series/TheXFiles'' creep Nicolas Lea just to play the love interest of the main character's mother.
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* FanonDiscontinuty: Pretty much every fan is writing off ''Guardian Code'' due to its' heavy departure from the original show.
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* CounterpartComparison: ''Guardian Code'' has been (rather unfavorably) compared to ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and ''Series/VRTroopers'', given its RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude premise and the teenagers in question transforming into virtual soldiers to fight in a virtual reality realm. It doesn't help that a former ''Power Rangers'' writer, Ann Austen, is writing for this show.
* FanonDiscontinuty: Pretty much every fan is writing off ''Guardian Code'' due to its' heavy departure from the original show.
* InternetBackdraft: It's safe to say that the trailer for ''Guardian Code'' generated [[RealityWarper Hexadecimal]]-level chaos in the fandom, having a massively unfavorable like-to-dislike ratio and plentiful comments reacting in a negative manner to the various changes ''Guardian Code'' takes on.
* {{Narm}}: Whether intentional or not, the [=ReBoot=] fanboy from "Mainframe Mayhem" crying "After twenty years, Mainframe is back!" comes off as less of a tribute to old-school fans and more of a TakeThatAudience due to how much of a stereotypical basement dweller he is.
* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Yes, ''Guardian Code'', we '''totally believe''' you hired perennial ''{{Series/TheXFiles}}'' creep Nicolas Lea just to play the love interest of the main character's mother.
* SpiritualAdaptation: The ''Guardian Code'' looks like ''[=ReBoot=]'' mixed with about three different shows that all had the premise of "[[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude teenagers with attitude]] travel into a computer system and battle evil": ''Series/VRTroopers'', ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'', and ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' (which itself had a live-action/CGI hybrid show called ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'').
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The first season ''The Guardian Code'', which comprise the first ten episodes of the full season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]] Only time will tell if the second batch of episodes rectify this.
* FanonDiscontinuty: Pretty much every fan is writing off ''Guardian Code'' due to its' heavy departure from the original show.
* InternetBackdraft: It's safe to say that the trailer for ''Guardian Code'' generated [[RealityWarper Hexadecimal]]-level chaos in the fandom, having a massively unfavorable like-to-dislike ratio and plentiful comments reacting in a negative manner to the various changes ''Guardian Code'' takes on.
* {{Narm}}: Whether intentional or not, the [=ReBoot=] fanboy from "Mainframe Mayhem" crying "After twenty years, Mainframe is back!" comes off as less of a tribute to old-school fans and more of a TakeThatAudience due to how much of a stereotypical basement dweller he is.
* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Yes, ''Guardian Code'', we '''totally believe''' you hired perennial ''{{Series/TheXFiles}}'' creep Nicolas Lea just to play the love interest of the main character's mother.
* SpiritualAdaptation: The ''Guardian Code'' looks like ''[=ReBoot=]'' mixed with about three different shows that all had the premise of "[[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude teenagers with attitude]] travel into a computer system and battle evil": ''Series/VRTroopers'', ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'', and ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' (which itself had a live-action/CGI hybrid show called ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'').
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The first season ''The Guardian Code'', which comprise the first ten episodes of the full season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]] Only time will tell if the second batch of episodes rectify this.
