#cartoon gene

[cozy-phantom]

what if we all started exclusively calling matthew knight "mattie k" all at once

[bettyweir]

Behind the scenes of Cartoon Gene

[red-pencil]

Doll interrogation.

[piekieq]

[postsfullofcharm]

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Tom and Jerry (1961)

[johnny-dynamo]

Thundarr The Barbarian by Gene Ha

[cocime]

Does anyone remember him?

I hope the fandom super 4 is still alive 😢

[jjdizz]

🏃

[squidtaxes]

of course im going to post bob belcher art as my first post. it would be crazy NOT to

[cartoon-food]

[bettyweir]

hey lets watch cartoon gene

[red-pencil]

Kabluezies!!!

[unclefathersantateddy]

One of my fave things about the Bob Burger show is how dynamic they write the children. In most shows, kids are just written to be small adults with a rare "remember this character is a child" line once a season or smn (e.g. Stewie Griffin is adult coded 90% of the time with a Baby Joke on the rare occasion). Whereas the Burger show CONSISTENTLY writes kids as KIDS. Flaws and all.

This scene just happened and it got me thinking.

Tina & Louise were having a ~moment~

Gene: hey Rudy shall we have a moment like that?

RS Rudy: sure I could go for a moment

Gene: pull my finger

Rudy: you got it, buddy :)

Whilst this particular example is mild, Bob's Burgers consistently writes kids as naive and juvenile (not to be conflated with "innocent", we are not touching on Purity Culture in this post), as well as being the only show with the titanium balls to write kids as gross.

Kids are gross, kids are fkn disgusting lmao. They're sticky and gunky and explorative and curious. But most universally, kids are GROSS.

I've seen a lot of the (admittedly Reddit side) fandom give backlash about the recurring fart/booger/etc. mentions in the show because they find them gross. But that's just it, kids ARE gross. Kids find fart/toilet humour hysterical, as well as booger or bodily fluid jokes.

The fact that the writing team consistently write nuanced, niche, yet very Real Life behaviours and mannerisms for the kids both individually and collectively shows they maintain a level of attention to detail that most other popular family cartoons seem to fall short on.

Does seem like Bouchard's rule of "Integrity comes before any Bit" has been loyally upheld by the writing team across the board, transferred onto characters of all ages to produce dynamic, age-appropriate behaviours, and will continue to give the Burger show the edge of depth that has propelled it into being one of the most beloved comfort shows of the 2010s.

[piekieq]

woooshh

[therainbow-bandit]

Louise hates rabbids😤