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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The beautiful young mother of the naughty toddlers Cuddles and Dimples has her fans.
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** The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could have been told in a single page.
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** The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], cool, and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could have been told in a single page.
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* WereStillRelevantDammit: Mostly {{averted}} with the new reboot. Dandy Xtreme... not so much.
** Sales figures don't agree. The Dandy is no more.
** Sales figures don't agree. The Dandy is no more.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: Many people don't realise that the first ''Owen Goal'' strips were reworked versions of ''Cannonball Kid'', a strip that featured in ''Nutty'' over a decade previously, recoloured with the speech balloons redone; after about a year, when they'd exhausted the strips that could be reprinted without looking too dated, new strips started appearing, which may explain why Owen's sporting ability seems to fluctuate DependingOnTheWriter.
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** Desperate Dan was originally drawn by Dudley D. Watkins until his death in 1969, and then (after a decade-plus in reprints) by Peter Davidson for a brief period in the early 1980s, but Ken H. Harrison's taking over as artist is seen as where the strip really came into its own, and saw him finally replace Korky the Cat as cover star.
** On a related, while Korky himself was originally drawn by James Crichton, and then by Charlie Grigg for several decades, Robert Nixon's run from 1986 to 1999 -- which also saw the introduction of his nephews, the Kits -- is generally the one most fondly remembered by fans.
** While Eric Roberts (no, not [[Creator/EricRoberts that one]]) was Winker Watson's original artist, Terry Bave's run in the 1990s is credited for casting off the stuffy and somewhat outdated nature of the strip in favour of something more offbeat.
** Desperate Dan was originally drawn by Dudley D. Watkins until his death in 1969, and then (after a decade-plus in reprints) by Peter Davidson for a brief period in the early 1980s, but Ken H. Harrison's taking over as artist is seen as where the strip really came into its own, and saw him finally replace Korky the Cat as cover star.
** On a related, while Korky himself was originally drawn by James Crichton, and then by Charlie Grigg for several decades, Robert Nixon's run from 1986 to 1999 -- which also saw the introduction of his nephews, the Kits -- is generally the one most fondly remembered by fans.
** While Eric Roberts (no, not [[Creator/EricRoberts that one]]) was Winker Watson's original artist, Terry Bave's run in the 1990s is credited for casting off the stuffy and somewhat outdated nature of the strip in favour of something more offbeat.
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* SeasonalRot: The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a weak point in The Dandy's history due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
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* SeasonalRot: The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a weak point in The Dandy's history due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK. Similarly, the comic kept with Korky the Cat as its cover star, despite the "anthropomorphic animal in a world of humans" archetype being seen as outdated by this point, evidenced by The Beano and The Topper dropping Biffo the Bear and Mickey the Monkey as their respective cover stars at the start of the decade. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
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* DorkAge: The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could have been told in a single page.
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* DorkAge: DorkAge:
** The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could have been told in a singlepage.page.
** A lesser one hit from 1999 to 2000, due to Desperate Dan being bumped from the front page and replaced by Cuddles and Dimples, who were considered likeable enough characters, but nowhere ''near'' as iconic as Dan, leading to him making a comeback after barely a year. The comic also struggled to replace two of its most prolific artists, John Geering (who suddenly died in early 1999) and Robert Nixon (who went into semi-retirement that same year, and passed away himself a couple of years later), causing a lot of characters to rapidly rotate between artists before permanent replacements were settled on, with a few of them, most notably Korky the Cat, never really recovering.
** The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could have been told in a single
** A lesser one hit from 1999 to 2000, due to Desperate Dan being bumped from the front page and replaced by Cuddles and Dimples, who were considered likeable enough characters, but nowhere ''near'' as iconic as Dan, leading to him making a comeback after barely a year. The comic also struggled to replace two of its most prolific artists, John Geering (who suddenly died in early 1999) and Robert Nixon (who went into semi-retirement that same year, and passed away himself a couple of years later), causing a lot of characters to rapidly rotate between artists before permanent replacements were settled on, with a few of them, most notably Korky the Cat, never really recovering.
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* SeasonalRot: The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a weak point in The Dandy's history due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like Dennis the Menace.ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
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** Sales figures don't agree. The Dandy is no more.more.
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* WereStillRelevantDammit: Mostly {{averted}} with the new reboot. Dandy Xtreme... not so much.
** Sales figures don't agree. The Dandy is no more.
** Sales figures don't agree. The Dandy is no more.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Percy of Growing Paynes can easily be mistaken for a girl as he inherited his hair from his mother and he has facial features similar to that of [[ComicBook/TheBeano Ivy the Terrible]].
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Percy of Growing Paynes can easily be mistaken for a girl as he inherited his hair from his mother and he has facial features similar to that of [[ComicBook/TheBeano Ivy the Terrible]].Terrible]].
* WereStillRelevantDammit: Mostly {{averted}} with the new reboot. Dandy Xtreme... not so much.
** Sales figures don't agree. The Dandy is no more.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: Mostly {{averted}} with the new reboot. Dandy Xtreme... not so much.
** Sales figures don't agree. The Dandy is no more.
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Badass is no longer a trope.
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* BadAss: Rocky Roller Pest Controller
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* UnfortunateImplications / ValuesDissonance: being a {{cowboy}}, Desperate Dan is pretty much set in the rootin'est, tootin'est depiction of the WildWest ever published in the UK. Of course, the also means that he lives right next to InjunCountry. As a result, modern Dandy editors consider Dan something of an embarrassment, and have even tried to put people off Dan by making him [[{{TookALevelInDumbass}} a complete idiot]], and when that didn't work they [[{{PutOnABus}} "retired" Dan]], which thankfully [[TheBusCameBack didn't last long]]. Possibly due to the fact that the percentage of Native Americans living in the United Kingdom is not very large so their being represented fairly in a comic book makes not terribly important in the UK, or maybe even the fact that Dan is a fundamentally great idea, any attempt to remove Dan from the lineup is met with great condemnation.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Percy Payne of Growing Paynes can easily be mistaken for a girl as he inherited his hair from his mother and he has facial features similar to that of [[ComicBook/TheBeano Ivy the Terrible]].
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Percy Payne of Growing Paynes can easily be mistaken for a girl as he inherited his hair from his mother and he has facial features similar to that of [[ComicBook/TheBeano Ivy the Terrible]].
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* SeasonalRot: The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a weak point in The Dandy's history due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like Dennis the Menace. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
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* SeasonalRot: The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a weak point in The Dandy's history due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like Dennis the Menace. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.''1982''.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Percy Payne of Growing Paynes can easily be mistaken for a girl as he inherited his hair from his mother and he has facial features similar to that of [[ComicBook/TheBeano Ivy the Terrible]].
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Percy Payne of Growing Paynes can easily be mistaken for a girl as he inherited his hair from his mother and he has facial features similar to that of [[ComicBook/TheBeano Ivy the Terrible]].
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* DorkAge: The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could have been told in a single page. The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a dork age due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like Dennis the Menace. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
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* DorkAge: The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could have been told in a single page. page.
* SeasonalRot: The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as adork age weak point in The Dandy's history due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like Dennis the Menace. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
* SeasonalRot: The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a
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* DorkAge: The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could be told in a single page. The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a dork age due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like Dennis the Menace. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
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* DorkAge: The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could be have been told in a single page. The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a dork age due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like Dennis the Menace. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
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* BadAss: Rocky Roller Pest Controller
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* BadAss: Rocky Roller Pest ControllerController
* DorkAge: The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could be told in a single page. The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a dork age due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like Dennis the Menace. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
* DorkAge: The Dandy Xtreme era (2007-2010) is almost universally considered this, due to the lack of comic content, poorly put together "features" that [[TotallyRadical come off as patronising]], and the whole feel of the comic being TwoDecadesBehind. Some consider the glossy era (2004-2007) as being this as well, with the way it [[WereStillRelevantDammit tried too hard to be cool]], and requiring a minimum of about three pages to get across a story that could be told in a single page. The 1970s, while considered a golden age for the comic by some, is often seen as a dork age due to [[TwoDecadesBehind how badly the comic fell behind the times]], with outdated strips like Black Bob and Winker Watson running in an era where other comics had more relateable, down to earth strips like Dennis the Menace. To add to this, most people drawing the strips were veteran artists who had started with comics in the 1940s or before. If an artist died, then more often than not their strips were reprinted, rather than replaced or given a new artist. Little effort was made to remedy this until Albert Barnes, who had been the Dandy editor since its inception in the 1930s, was finally replaced... in ''1982''.
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Rocky Roller FTW
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** Sales figures don't agree. The Dandy is no more.more.
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* BadAss: Rocky Roller Pest Controller
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* WereStillRelevantDammit: Mostly {{averted}} with the new reboot. Dandy Xtreme... not so much.
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* WereStillRelevantDammit: Mostly {{averted}} with the new reboot. Dandy Xtreme... not so much.much.
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**Sales figures don't agree. The Dandy is no more.
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Funny as this sounds, this is not how we use They Chandge It Now It Sucks
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The near-universal reaction to ''Dandy Xtreme'', the TotallyRadical {{retool}}, which very nearly [[{{FranchiseKiller}} killed the title off completely]].
** Some have also said this about the [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] Dandy. Sometimes it feels more like reading some WebComics. Some '''boring''' webcomics. Others have voiced disapproval of the increase in ToiletHumour, such as in the chronically unfunny - and thankfully unrepeated - ''The Last Windbender''.
*** And let's not forget the frankly [[OffModel weird new looks]] for old favourites Korky the Cat, Bananaman and Desperate Dan.
** Uh oh. ABC readership figures reveal a 48% drop from July-December 2010 to January-June 2011. The readers are voting with their money it seems, yelling a loud chorus of TheyChangedItNowItSucks. That could prove to be the FranchiseKiller.
** Some have also said this about the [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] Dandy. Sometimes it feels more like reading some WebComics. Some '''boring''' webcomics. Others have voiced disapproval of the increase in ToiletHumour, such as in the chronically unfunny - and thankfully unrepeated - ''The Last Windbender''.
*** And let's not forget the frankly [[OffModel weird new looks]] for old favourites Korky the Cat, Bananaman and Desperate Dan.
** Uh oh. ABC readership figures reveal a 48% drop from July-December 2010 to January-June 2011. The readers are voting with their money it seems, yelling a loud chorus of TheyChangedItNowItSucks. That could prove to be the FranchiseKiller.
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* UnfortunateImplications / ValuesDissonance: being a {{cowboy}}, Desperate Dan is pretty much set in the rootin'est, tootin'est depiction of the WildWest ever published in the UK. Of course, the also means that he lives right next to InjunCountry. As a result, modern Dandy editors consider Dan something of an embarrasment, and have even tried toput people off Dan by making him [[{{TookALevelInDumbass}} a complete idiot]], and when that didn't work they [[{{PutOnABus}} "retired" Dan]], which thankfully didn't last long. Possibly due to the fact that the percentage of Native Americans living in the United Kingdom is not very large so their being represented fairly in a comicbook makes not terribly important in the UK, or maybe even the fact that Dan is a fundamentally great idea, any attempt to remove Dan from the lineup is meeted with great condemnation.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: Mostly averted with the new reboot. Dandy Xtreme... not so much.
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* UnfortunateImplications / ValuesDissonance: being a {{cowboy}}, Desperate Dan is pretty much set in the rootin'est, tootin'est depiction of the WildWest ever published in the UK. Of course, the also means that he lives right next to InjunCountry. As a result, modern Dandy editors consider Dan something of an embarrasment, embarrassment, and have even tried toput to put people off Dan by making him [[{{TookALevelInDumbass}} a complete idiot]], and when that didn't work they [[{{PutOnABus}} "retired" Dan]], which thankfully [[TheBusCameBack didn't last long. long]]. Possibly due to the fact that the percentage of Native Americans living in the United Kingdom is not very large so their being represented fairly in a comicbook comic book makes not terribly important in the UK, or maybe even the fact that Dan is a fundamentally great idea, any attempt to remove Dan from the lineup is meeted met with great condemnation.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: Mostlyaverted {{averted}} with the new reboot. Dandy Xtreme... not so much.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: Mostly
