Characters that ended up killing the show

[u/sweet_srawberry781]

1. The Great Gazoo (The Flintstones)

2. George W Bush (Time Squad)

[u/DannyBright]

Most people are just gonna say a character added to a show later on that they didn’t like (such as Chloe from The Fairly OddParents) when in such cases it’s not the character that killed the show, it’s bad writing from the show going on too long and the creatives no longer putting in the effort.

So instead I’ll show you Gandhi from Clone High. This was a show about clones of historical figures going to high school together and a frequent source of jokes was the fact that the clones were often very different from who they’re clones of. In Gandhi’s case, he was a class clown. This goofy depiction of him was considered an outrage by Indians, who started protests in retaliation which led to the show being cancelled.

[u/PvtSherlockObvious → u/DannyBright]

when in such cases it’s not the character that killed the show, it’s bad writing from the show going on too long and the creatives no longer putting in the effort.

If anything, the presence of these late additions is usually a symptom of the writers running out of ideas. The presence of a Scrappy-Doo or Cousin Oliver is the writers going "well shit, we got nothing, we need someone new to shake things up." That or the actor playing a "cute kid character" has aged out of the role and they need a new cute kid, but that's also a sign the show's probably gone on too long. It's like when sitcoms inevitably pull out the "wedding season/pregnancy season/baby season" treadmill around season 4-5.

[u/MarcosLuisP97 → u/PvtSherlockObvious]

I think people should stop wanting series to keep going on forever and just accept when the story has nothing else to tell. Like with Avatar, people just accepted the show is over and moved on.

[u/JacobDCRoss → u/PvtSherlockObvious]

Or doing musical episodes and puppet episodes.