Every piece of media can elicit emotions from their viewers...and these pieces elicited a negative reaction from their viewers.
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- dynamicDiscovery: I found Canimals pretty cute and fun as a kid. But the one moment I can't look fondly at is the end of "Kiss and Make Up", where Mimi growls at judge Ato so harshly that he wins her the beauty pageant out of fear. That is so much more unfair than Oz using Uly disguised as herself, because making a judge act outside the respective fashionista merits will completely topple the show's competitive integrity.
- SparkPlugTheTroper: I personally consider myself an ironic fan of Simple Samosa, a Disney Channel India show about Anthropomorphic Food, since it's So Okay, It's Average at best and loaded to the bursting point with things to riff on. My dethroning moment of, uh, simple was originally "Jalebi's Birthday" since it has an extremely cliche Not-So-Forgotten Birthday premise, but truth be told I could name you a dozen other moments from the show that could probably fit here better. But none (as far as I know) are as... aggressive, for lack of a better term... than "Samosa Mama", an episode where Cham Cham thinks he's caught Samosa committing a crime and gets him taken to court. Samosa wakes up to the police calling him outside the next morning and learns he's being arrested for kidnapping, even though he didn't do anything wrong beforehand. Samosa's friends join him to prove him innocent, with Vada noticing the samosa in the picture Cham Cham took has a mustache, unlike Simple Samosa, and goes to find him. Okay, let me ask, how did Royal Falooda (the judge at the trial) not notice the mustache himself? But that's not my biggest gripe with this episode. That would be Falooda almost punishing Samosa for the crime he didn't perpetrate, which wouldn't be a problem if not for the specific punishment he proposes. Thank goodness Vada arrives with the actual supposed kidnapper and victims in time, because right before that Falooda tells Samosa "You will not be fried, you will not be cooked... no, you will be served!", the implication being that since they're all food, he intends to have Samosa eaten. Firstly, even if Samosa did commit the crime, this seems pretty harsh being directed at a kid who's likely around 8-12 years old. Why not just arrest him? Secondly, we don't see Cham Cham's reaction to this penalty, but given his role in the series as Samosa's rival, he apparently doesn't care that he's about to get his archenemy killed. And the most "punishment" he gets for framing a young child for a crime he's not responsible for and almost getting him killed is... a massage. No, really. What is wrong with this guy?! Samosa and Cham Cham's rivalry can get heated, yes, but this is just uncalled for, even by their usual standards! Cham Cham's not just a narcissistic jerk, he's a psychopath! He should never eat lunch in this town again!
- kablammin45: Adventures in Odyssey is a great series, though this troper was left shaking his head at the episode "A Glass Darkly". Poor Trent Dewhite is unable to catch a break from his teacher Dr. Hawthorne, who goes from just an overly strict teacher to a borderline Sadist Teacher. First off, The Bully Rodney Rathbone starts a food fight in the cafeteria that everyone gets involved in (except Trent), then the teacher comes in, and lays all the blame on Trent (with the exception of Rodney, possibly) just because he was holding freakin jello that had gotten in his hair! That's not all, though, Trent gets detention, and Dr. Hawthorne won't even let Trent off when Trent explains that he has a very important meeting to get to. Any normal, sane teacher would at least lessen the severity of the punishment if that happens, but noooooo. Then when Rodney later tries to turn loose a bunch of bees in the teacher's car (which he's revealed to be allergic too later), Trent tries to get rid of them, then the teacher comes and blames Trent again, extending Trent's punishment even further. At the end comes a Shoot the Shaggy Dog, where Trent finally manages to call the people he was meeting with, but then they won't let Trent in because of him getting in trouble. To be fair though, Trent learns to believe something good can come out of something bad, which lessens the blow a little, but Dr. Hawthorne was still unbelievably harsh.
- Ecojosh 1: The episode "Castles and Cauldrons" made me stop listening. Jimmy's cousin Len comes to town and introduces him to the world of role playing games. The entire story revolves around RPG's being a form of witchcraft. The players become the characters, gain supernatural abilities, contact spirits, and perform rituals that involve drawing blood. No RPG in the real world is anything like that. Role playing games are just games, and plenty of Christians see nothing wrong with them. But the writers of this episode either have never seen anyone play the game, or they just lied to further their agenda. As if this wasn't bad enough, Mr. Whittaker destroys Len's game, and this is seen as a good thing. Remember kids, if someone you know owns something you think is unGodly, you should destroy it.
- Doctor Sleep: This article
by Esquire Magazine. Now Michael Bay is by no means a creative or even decent filmmaker, but the way Ben Collins goes on about him crosses the line between criticism and flat-out insulting him just to be smug. Also, telling parents that letting their children experiment with drugs and fireworks is better than letting them see the new Ninja Turtles movie just comes across as malicious snark for the sake of it. You can see this in Collins' use of clichés such as "TMNT is a disaster porn corruption" and one paragraph that's basically "this movie will somehow ruin your childhood". A good critic would at least mention an alternate film coming out that season that would be more entertaining, but apparently Collins cares less about praising art and more about insulting hot topics. By not acknowledging true cinema, Ben Collins doesn't come across as the cultured man about town he obviously considers himself. He comes across as just another opinionated hipster loudly rebelling against what's popular for the sake of being noticed. - Maxaphone: I usually find MAD hilarious, but one thing I thought crossed the line for them was their "Brutally Honest Obituary" of Michael Jackson (brutal, but full of lies) and making the respect shown for him after his death "the Stupidest Event of 2009". I have no idea why some people refuse to admit that, after an acquittal and a great deal of evidence (including a confession by his "victim" and recorded evidence by the father) that people still believe he was an actual pedophile.
- KoopaKid17: Electronic Gaming Monthly had a video game review that was in excruciatingly bad taste. It was for Britney's Dance Beat, and the reviewer suggested one unjustifiable way to improve it. I can't tell if the reviewer was trying to be serious or funny, but there was a note in there that the game needed "a nude code". Yes, that's one thing that would make a video game aimed at little girls playable. Pervert.
- Bobg: After Gary Coleman's death, numerous Avenue Q productions have had his character die at the end. That's in really bad taste, and it shows a lack of respect for the dead.
- CJ Croen 1393: The Adaptational Alternate Ending in the 2017 Daughter of Evil musical is pretty much one of the worst cases of Character Derailment in history. Basically, after Allen's Heroic Sacrifice, Riliane goes to live as a nun in a monastery, just like in the original. But then, when Clarith tries to kill her in order to avenge Michaela, Riliane mocks her, reveals that she feels no regret whatsoever (despite having just previously sung an entire song about how regretful she supposedly is) and commands Clarith to bow to her. So in this version, Riliane learned nothing and Allen died for nothing.
- Mighty Mewtron: Dear Evan Hansen is a very... contentious musical. I used to adore it, due to relating to the main character as a teen, but over time I've reflected on the plot and found more uncomfortable parts. The DMOS, the moment I think overshadows most of the musical's moral complexity, is the "If I Could Tell Her" scene. Before this point, Zoe has presented a very interesting perspective where she can't bring herself to mourn Connor because he was so abusive to her. However, Evan claims that Connor really did love her, and sings a song about what Evan loves about Zoe, claiming these are all things Connor believed. Then at the end, he tries to kiss her. Putting aside the Incest Subtext implications of Evan singing a love song from Connor's perspective (which is at least lampshaded), the scene makes Evan look so much skeevier than he has up to this point, as he's not just trying to help a grieving family, he's letting his crush on Zoe get in the way of things. This kicks off the very dull and uncomfortable romance arc between Zoe and Evan, which comes at the expense of Zoe's more complex feelings about her brother. While there's a lot of little problems with this show, the way this arc kicks off truly drags down the rest of the show and makes Evan less likable, even for a show meant to explore moral complexity.
- Mighty Mewtron: The reason I dislike Mean Girls compared to the movie can be boiled down to a single moment in the song "Stop." There's a long, uncomfortable verse where Karen describes her regret that she sent her nudes to a guy at age 13 and then they were posted on a website for amateur teens, then after a Beat, she adds, "Or we could teach boys to not do that!" It really made me uncomfortable that they tried to play child porn for Black Comedy (since Karen is The Ditz and it's delivered in a way that's obviously meant to be darkly comedic), only to follow it up with a half-hearted line about how child porn is bad so they can get cheap applause. It summed up the phony feeling of the musical's "feminism" for me. Either be a dark comedy or stick to your principles, but don't make a joke at the expense of a revenge porn victim and then immediately act like you're taking the issue seriously.
