Line #2 YMMV/Superbook2011


1	* ActorAllusion:
2	** This isn't the first time Shannon Chan-Kent has voiced a character that was in love with a [[Manga/DeathNote bad boy]].
3	** Nor is it the first time Paul Dobson has voiced [[Manga/InuYasha a demonic antagonist who corrupts others to do his bidding]].
4	** Nor is it the first time Richard Newman has voiced a character who [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter wore red and was leader of a large organized group]] (although this one's a lot more benevolent and a lot less [[MemeticMutation memetic]]).
5	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Gizmo is either loved by fans as the show's {{Adorkable}} PluckyComicRelief or despised for his [[CuteButCacophonic shrill, annoying voice]], constant interjectory quips that [[HumorDissonance rarely land]], and [[{{Wangst}} lengthy whining]] that many find extremely grating. This version of Gizmo tends to be TheScrappy for fans of the [[Anime/{{Superbook}} original anime]] in particular due to how drastically different the portrayal is to the original series.
6	* BrokenBase: A lot of [[Anime/{{Superbook}} the original series']] fans [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks dislike the CGI reboot for a number of reasons]], mainly the 3D animation's perceived lifelessness and lack of charm over the anime's hand-drawn traditional animation, the more straightforward and self-contained writing approach, Gizmo's shift to loud PluckyComicRelief as mentioned above, and general simplification. Other fans appreciate the series adapting the core premise in a way more congruent with modern young audiences, however.
7	* CantUnhearIt: Fans of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Manga/DeathNote'', ''Manga/DragonBall'' (the Ocean dub), and ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' won't be the same after hearing that many of the cast voice characters in this series.
8	* CompleteMonster:
9	** In the series, {{Satan}} is depicted as the cruel, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] devil who rules over Hell and wants to taint all of God's creation, with any potential [[SympathyForTheDevil redeeming qualities]] expunged from his portrayal. After leading a failed coup in Heaven where he murdered many angels, Satan [[TheCorrupter corrupts Adam and Eve]], unleashing his influence onto the Earth and allowing him to spread death and chaos. Satan causes natural disasters [[ForTheEvulz for fun]], orders his demons to drive people insane, and personally ruins the life of Job, killing many of his servants and sons in the process just to try to prove a point. Satan's final plan is to destroy most of humanity and enslave the rest, a plan which he personally tries to start by [[WouldHurtAChild murdering two children]] while mocking them.
10	** [[Literature/BookOfEsther Haman]] is the [[EvilChancellor despicable advisor]] to King Xerxes who, after feeling personally insulted when the Jew Mordecai won't bow to him, decides to [[FinalSolution exterminate every Jew in Xerxes's kingdom]]. Haman tricks Xerxes into believing the Jews are a violent and treacherous people and sends out the order to kill every Jew [[WouldHurtAChild young]] and [[WouldHarmASenior old]] in the kingdom, personally constructing a gallows in his own home so he can watch with glee at Mordecai's death by hanging.
11	* FandomRivalry: With fans of [[Anime/{{Superbook}} the original series]], as detailed in BrokenBase above.
12	* FanficFuel: Yes, there is fanfiction of this franchise out there, both this version and [[Anime/{{Superbook}} the original]]. Specific to this remake, the fanfics tend to focus on [[ShipTease the possibility of a relationship between Chris and Joy]], but the series has many other instances of CanonFodder for fic authors explore:
13	** How did Chris, Joy and Gizmo first meet Superbook? Which Bible story was the focus of that first adventure?
14	** There's also the reveal that [[spoiler:Jia Wei]] has been having Superbook adventures [[HeroOfAnotherStory independent of the main characters]]. A few that are briefly mentioned in summary include CainAndAbel and the baptism of Jesus, and we do get to see a snippet of the person in question being imprisoned with Peter and the apostles for preaching about Jesus. How did that particular trip start out, and what were the other adventures like? And related to this, will [[spoiler:Ellie]] have future Superbook adventures, either solo or with the others?
15	** Superbook has shown itself to characters other than the main trio on more than one occasion. What would happen if it revealed itself to recurring characters like [[TheBully Todd]], Jason, or Pastor Aaron, or one-shot classmate characters like Samantha or Becky? There's also the adult one-shot [[HollywoodAtheist antagonistic atheist]] astronaut, Commander Duke Conrad, who's skeptical about anything religious or faith-based; what would happen if Superbook ever appeared to take him on an adventure?
16	** The Bible itself is a treasure trove of potential stories that aren't portrayed in this series, though perhaps for good reason--many of those stories are ''dark'', even compared to the ones the show does depict: the [[Literature/BookOfExodus Book of Joshua]], for instance, is dedicated pretty much entirely to [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality heroically portraying]] the Israelites' [[RapePillageAndBurn brutal conquest of the Promised Land]] and [[AbsoluteXenophobe complete extermination of all its prior inhabitants]] for their perceived inferiority. It's a ''major'' ValuesDissonance no matter how one slices it (especially when applied to the kids' modern world), which is likely why only the Battle of Jericho is depicted in this series and with much of [[InferredHolocaust the genocide part swept under the rug]]. However, a fanfic writer looking to go DarkerAndEdgier could tackle how the kids respond to some of those stories with a PerspectiveFlip and use the format of Superbook to [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] some of the more odious parts of the Bible.
17	* FriendlyFandoms:
18	** You can find many fans of this series being fans of anime in general; it helps that the original series was an [[Anime/{{Superbook}} anime]], as well as many voice actors in the series voicing many anime characters (as outlined on the Trivia page).
19	** Same thing with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' due to many voice actors in the series voicing characters in MLP.
20	* GrowingTheBeard: Since the beginning of the series, the voice acting has improved quite a bit and become much more believable (particularly with Shannon Chan-Kent, who voices Joy like a very young child in Season One but has subsequently given the character a more mature-sounding voice from the Season Two premiere "Jonah" onward).
21	* HarsherInHindsight: In "Naaman and the Servant Girl," Naaman bitterly speaks about how [[BodyHorror his leprosy]], being as contagious and deadly as it is, has robbed him of the simple pleasure of being able to just touch his wife, and that for all the wealth and power he has, it's all worthless in the face of this disease, which he describes as an unseen enemy. In light of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, it's really hard not to sympathize with Naaman's epiphany.
22	* InferredHolocaust:
23	** In "Noah and the Ark", God literally kills the whole of Earth's population in the Great Deluge, only sparing Noah, his family, and the creatures aboard his Ark (as well as Chris, Joy, and Gizmo, of course). The narrative does attempt to justify this by showing a throng of violent bandits raping and pillaging a town in the InMediasRes opening (with even [[WouldHurtAChild the kids being chased down]]) to show how brutal and violent the world has become, but even then we can clearly see that [[AssociationFallacy there are plenty of innocent victims of the marauders (like the women they carry off) who are never shown doing anything wrong themselves]], and that even if humanity has somehow become [[AlwaysChaoticEvil purely evil save for one single family]], every other animal who wasn't brought onto the Ark doesn't deserve to die for it. Chris does at one point ask Noah if God is really angry enough at everyone to drown them, but Noah more or less brushes him off. To be fair, these issues largely stem from the implications of the original Biblical story itself and are not entirely the show's fault, but the way the narrative morally frames it is still very much this trope.
24	** "Rahab and the Walls of Jericho" depicts the Fall of Jericho from the Book of Joshua up to and including the actual crumbling of the city's walls before the shofars, with Superbook subsequently whisking the kids and Gizmo away. This [[{{Bowdlerise}} conveniently]] omits what happened ''after'' the Israelites brought the walls down from the episode, which was not too pretty; in the Biblical account, they [[FinalSolution butchered literally every single man, woman, child, and animal in Jericho]], only sparing Rahab and her family in exchange for quartering their spies. [[FromBadToWorse To add insult to injury,]] Joshua then cursed anyone who might dare to rebuild with the deaths of their children.[[note]]To be fair, the potential [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone psychological ramifications]] [[FridgeHorror of the kids realizing]] [[DesignatedHero they helped enable a genocide]] may've been why Superbook sent them back to the present at that very moment.[[/note]]
25	** The rest of the Conquest of the Promised Land in the Book of Joshua and the Book of Numbers is also completely skipped over by this series (nothing between Moses PassingTheTorch to Joshua and King Solomon's time is depicted, save for the fall of Jericho's walls), and it similarly features the Israelites mercilessly exterminating the land's native inhabitants. This actually ''was'' depicted by the [[Anime/{{Superbook}} original anime]] in the episode "Snakes and a Donkey", albeit still in a [[AbridgedForChildren heavily sanitized]] and glossed-over fashion.
26	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of the original series' fans dislike the changes in the CGI reboot. See BrokenBase above.
27	* UnconvincinglyUnpopularCharacter: Chris's portrayal in this show. You would think that a kid who has a DoAnythingRobot, whose father is a famous inventor and scientist, who heads his own GarageBand, and who is an avid soccer player, basketballer, skateboarder, and video-gamer (good enough to make it into local and regional tournaments, at that!) would be significantly high up on the social totem pole. Well, not so with Chris; while he's certainly shown as being a favorite among his intimate peer-group, he's not considered one of the in-kids at Valleyview Middle School, as "Noah and the Ark" has him wanting to join the supposedly-cool Skateboard Maniacs group, "Peter's Denial" has him trying to curry the favor of a couple of boys who are purportedly among the school's coolest kids, and "The Sermon on the Mount" shows that he's not immune to being a target for bullying.
28	* UnintentionalUncannyValley: The character models always tend to look a bit off with their strange blend of {{Animesque}} features and quasi-realistic proportions when coupled with the simplistic CGI. Their movement was often [[MarionetteMotion rather janky]] in earlier episodes too, but it's improved since then.

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