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So Bad, It's Horrible is one of the more flame-bait-y parts of the site, so a cleanup thread is needed to ensure that works aren't added simply because someone doesn't like them.

If you want to list a work under this, keep the following in mind:

  • The work must have very few fans or defenders (both genuine and ironic). It should fail to appeal to any type of audience.
  • Being offensive in its subject matter isn't enough.
  • It isn't horrible just because a certain critic disliked it, though their reviews can be used as sources and citations.
  • The work should have notably poor reviews (e.g., less than 3/10 on IMDb, or single digit scores on Rotten Tomatoes)
  • For a Moral Substitute to qualify, it cannot even appeal to its target demographic.
  • Please be polite while writing and as much as possible, avoid falling into Complaining About Shows You Don't Like. Instead, focus on explaining why the work is horrible.

In addition, per No Recent Examples, Please!, a work must be at least one month old before it can be added, to prevent knee-jerk reactions.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 6th 2024 at 3:34:45 AM

GoosefromWikipedia (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
#7626: Aug 4th 2024 at 3:36:34 PM

Merely being expensive isn't enough for something to qualify as Horrible. In my opinion, it has to fail in execution as well. For example, the Juicero was panned for costing $700, but what really pushed it into Horrible territory is that you could squeeze the juice out of the packets with your bare hands, making the Juicero itself completely unnecessary. If the experience itself wasn't terrible, then Galactic Cruiser doesn't count.

Lumberwood Outdated af account from Wouldn't you like to know? Since: Aug, 2018 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
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#7627: Aug 4th 2024 at 9:24:00 PM

The write-up is really short and shoddy and the attraction itself really wasn't bad enough to warrant being added as an example. It's a safe cut.

Sincerely, Lumberwood
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#7628: Aug 5th 2024 at 10:13:10 AM

The Galactic Cruiser has a cult fanbase that defends it passionately — Jenny Nicholson's video (which is certainly what prompted the entry) has a whole section addressing it. The experience is questionably designed and overpriced, but it's also pretty personalized so there are many who enjoyed it.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
fireheart (Don’t ask)
#7629: Aug 5th 2024 at 5:19:28 PM

[up] based on that, it sounds like it fails to qualify on the grounds of "the intended fanbase like it."

supernintendo128 Semi-retired editor from My desk Since: Feb, 2013 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
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#7630: Aug 5th 2024 at 5:26:30 PM

I went ahead and commented out this ZCE from Horrible.Music Performances:

Even if it had context, would this even apply? I watched it (the link in the entry is dead but I'm assuming this is it) and... it's not even the worst thing he did? It's just typical spoken word. I know Shatner has a divisive music career and this isn't the best he did but I've heard worse from him. The comments are positive.

Edited by supernintendo128 on Aug 5th 2024 at 7:27:11 AM

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king15 Have Faun Since: Mar, 2024
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#7631: Aug 5th 2024 at 6:22:49 PM

[up][up][up]Plus, her video itself, while very critical, also talks about various strengths of the experience and the aspects she enjoyed, so even using her opinion as evidence would put it more towards So OK, It's Average (just overpriced) than So Bad, It's Horrible.

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#7632: Aug 5th 2024 at 8:21:56 PM

Hoops was added to Western Animation, and while the writeup is mostly fine, it makes a comment about how the show makes Lord and Miller's mistreatment of animators while making Across the Spider-Verse the second worse thing they've done, which seems kind of insensitive.

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mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#7633: Aug 5th 2024 at 8:24:09 PM

The comment is quoting a reviewer, so I don't think it's meant to be taken that seriously. I wouldn't be opposed to cutting that part though, it's fluff.

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#7634: Aug 5th 2024 at 9:13:10 PM

[up][up]Gross, burn.

(and also I thought we decided Hoops didn't qualify?)

Edited by SpongeBat1 on Aug 5th 2024 at 10:13:33 AM

Came for the tropes, stayed for the cleanup.
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#7635: Aug 5th 2024 at 9:52:00 PM

Yeah, I swear that Hoops was listed before but got taken off for not completely qualifying.

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UchuuFlamenco Since: Jul, 2017
#7636: Aug 5th 2024 at 10:33:33 PM

Hoops was added today. It was indeed listed before and then cut in 2021 after this thread decided it doesn't count. No idea if the show's reception has changed since 2021.

BocchiTheRock Since: Feb, 2023
#7637: Aug 6th 2024 at 12:30:39 AM

Hoops has a 6 on IMDB which is too high IMO. Though it does have a 14 percent critic score on RT, the audience is 57.

Echidna from Ontario, Canada (Striking Back) Relationship Status: Two-timing
#7638: Aug 6th 2024 at 6:56:07 AM

What are the reviews or if the reason are positive of the story? If they are not good it depends if we should have the write-up or not.

InTheGallbladder Since: Dec, 2011
#7639: Aug 6th 2024 at 9:19:41 PM

Even going by the write-up, "Adolf Hitler is My N***" seems too good for Horrible.Music Songs. Strip away the cheap shock ("Merely being offensive in its subject matter is not enough"), and what you have left is a song whose greatest offense is being, in the site's own words, "poorly rapped and repetitive with a boring beat". Which isn't even as objectionable as the fact it was shown to children, something that has nothing to do with its actual content.

Furthermore, there's no link because the poster was banned—as they should've been. Which means all that entry's doing is drawing attention to somebody who wanted it—basically, rewarding bad behavior.

Edited by InTheGallbladder on Aug 6th 2024 at 9:22:35 AM

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#7640: Aug 6th 2024 at 11:30:58 PM

The entry for The Slim Shady Show outright says it has a 5.4 rating on IMDB, which I believe is too high for our threshold.

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KUnlimited Since: Sep, 2020
#7641: Aug 7th 2024 at 12:44:45 AM

[up] It was added by the same person who re-added Hoops, on the same day.

Cut them both.

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Echidna from Ontario, Canada (Striking Back) Relationship Status: Two-timing
#7642: Aug 7th 2024 at 9:10:19 AM

[up][up]Yes it is so cut it and both the entries.

Edited by Echidna on Aug 7th 2024 at 12:10:26 PM

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#7643: Aug 7th 2024 at 10:26:30 AM

[up][up][up][up] Merely being offensive isn't a qualifying trait, but being offensive and doing nothing else to make it good is. SBIH isn't strictly measuring something by how bad it is, but whether or not it's able to appeal to any audience.

Edited by MurlocAggroB on Aug 7th 2024 at 11:26:38 AM

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#7644: Aug 7th 2024 at 10:48:52 AM

Even Yung Oogway's audience thought the song was not good. And again, most of them are kids.

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#7645: Aug 7th 2024 at 3:51:38 PM

[up][up][up] and [up][up][up][up] Done.

Edited by ChillyBeanBAM on Aug 7th 2024 at 6:52:17 AM

BocchiTheRock Since: Feb, 2023
#7646: Aug 7th 2024 at 11:31:38 PM

I feel like the song being offensive in such a lazy way makes it horrible though, like it failed at its primary purpose to offend since saying the N-word and praising Hitler is not clever in any way, no one was really offended by it because it was so overdone and dated, so the song failed at its primary purpose.

Aazkaal Since: Sep, 2019
#7647: Aug 7th 2024 at 11:44:25 PM

[up] So, basically, it was cheap attempt at No Such Thing as Bad Publicity, which failed miserably because no one cared, and it was deleted without much noise, alongside with author's channel. Right?

InTheGallbladder Since: Dec, 2011
#7648: Aug 8th 2024 at 5:41:36 AM

[up]Yes—if it weren't posted to a kids' channel, there'd hardly be anything to say about it.
This is already closer than the guy should've come to getting what he wanted.

Edited by InTheGallbladder on Aug 8th 2024 at 5:44:28 AM

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#7649: Aug 8th 2024 at 7:24:09 AM

[up] The channel was deleted. I don't think "what he wanted" matters much anymore.

Edited by MurlocAggroB on Aug 8th 2024 at 8:24:22 AM

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#7650: Aug 9th 2024 at 6:42:30 PM

We might want to keep an eye out for knee-jerk attempts to add Borderlands (2024) to the pages.

It seems like it might end up being a shoo-in based on the reactions I've seen (especially from fans of the games), but we still need to wait a month regardless.

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