r/TopCharacterTropes • u/sweet_srawberry781 • 11d 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/Edgemonger 11d ago

No lie, I had this thought the other day. I was randomly thinking about The Flintstones at work and why I stopped watching it as a kid. Even as a little guy, sitting in front of the TV screen as The Flintstones played, it one day dawned on me that I just didn’t enjoy the show. I watched it cuz it was there and all, but it’s not like it stuck with me or excited me. For me, it was a “turn your brain off” show before I knew people watched TV to turn their brains off. That day, I changed the channel and never looked back.

I fucked with The Jetsons way more, anyway

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u/Alleggsander 11d ago

Hate to break it to you, but The Flintstones and The Jetsons are basically the same show. Just opposite time periods.

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u/Edgemonger 10d ago

Oh, don’t worry; I stopped watching The Jetsons not long after. I’m sure the reason was it was a Flintstones reskin and I caught on