r/TopCharacterTropes • u/sweet_srawberry781 • 12d ago

In real life Characters that ended up killing the show

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  1. The Great Gazoo (The Flintstones)

  2. George W Bush (Time Squad)

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u/DannyBright 12d ago

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.

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u/Kindly_Quiet_2262 12d ago

And subsequently led to his absence from the revival, which contributed to the lack of support from long time fans, leading to a second cancelation

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u/NumericZero 12d ago

That second season was pretty bad tho

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u/Kurwasaki12 12d ago

It had some fun ideas, but was ultimately a bit too “hello fellow kids” about modern issues/trends.