#hoodsey/macie

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I'm seriously shipping them. If we analyze their archetypes, they would make such a healthy, strong and supportive couple.

And in fact, they are canon

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Guys I think I’m just gonna make 11pm my new posting time…it’s IN BETWEEN today and tomorrow and from where I stand a pretty rad time to post.

But no for real this as told by Ginger fanart is amazing! In recent years the show has gotten a lot of love thanks to YouTube essay videos spotlighting it but when I first got into the show in 2016 and even when it was airing it was a pretty underrated gem.

All this to say…gosh I really need to do some as Told by Ginger fanart myself, but for now all you as told by Ginger fans please enjoy this adorable fanart and go give the artist a tone of love and support!

dddDdoodles

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As Told. by Abi-R

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As Told By Ginger Cast as adults in the future.

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someone once told me the grass is much greener...

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Let's Talk About: Carl Foutley and Hoodsey

(Disclaimer: The following is a non-profit unprofessional blog post written by an unprofessional blog poster. All purported facts and statement are little more than the subjective, biased opinion of said blog poster. In other words, don’t take anything I say too seriously.

"Let's Talk About" is a series of articles focused on individual character or characters and their development and commentary throughout the work in question. THIS IS NOT A REVIEW OF THE WORK, but rather what the character says about the world around them.  If you wish to read a strict review, please click on the link to read it. My reviews focus more on the purely technical aspects of the work. There are bad characters with good messages. There are good characters with bad messages and so on and so forth. Thank you.

Author’s Note: Okay, this is going to be a weird one. Originally, I wanted to do a review of As Told By Ginger, one of my favorite childhood shows and cartoon I sincerely hope people get to watch. But, thanks to Paramount, the studio that owns Nickelodeon and, by proxy, ATBG, trying to buy the official releases of this show have been a nightmare! While Paramount ‘has’ released DVDs of the show, they are very sparse and leave out way too many episodes. Even attempts to upload episodes to Youtube have been shut down by Paramount. For some reason, Nickelodeon refuses to sell episodes of the show digitally through venues like Amazon or itunes. As such, I’m going to be skipping over my review of this show and focusing on a topic near and dear to my heart.)

Let's Talk About: Carl Foutley and Hoodsey

As Told By Ginger is probably one of my favorite childhood shows growing up. The characters felt real. The situations were relatable and the humor was on point.

For those who don’t know, As Told By Ginger was a Nickelodeon Cartoon that ran through the 2000’s that depicted the everyday life of Ginger Foutley, a middle school student who tries to get through her day to day  by writing in her journal. It was a simple premise but executed spectacularly thanks to the animation studio of Klasky Csupo (who also did other shows such as Rugrats, the Wild Thornberrys and Rocket Power).

While Ginger would be dealing with her problem (such as a cute boy who’s using her to get a good grade in Chemistry class or helping her friends, Dodie Biship and Macie Lightfoot, with a problem), her younger brother who was in Elementary School, Carl Foutley, and Dodie’s younger brother, Robert Joseph “Hoodsey” Bishop, would be getting into trouble.

In his Doghouse (a memory Carl holds onto in hopes his runaway dog, Monster, will return), he and Hoodsey create ideas to swindle his classmates. Carl and Hoodsey would usually have their own subplot where in Carl hatches a scheme to get money, get revenge or attempt to get his petrified eyeball away from Blake Gripling.

See, producers and executives are a bit wary to catering to a single demographic. In ATBG’s case, catering to girls. (To be fair, even in the original pilot Carl and Hoodsey were there). As such, while Ginger and Dodie were doing “girly” or “feminine” things, Carl and Hoodsey were doing “boy” things and had the share of the gross out humor.

It’d be easy for Carl and Hoodsey just to be the comic relief. Their material is funny and they break up a lot of the dramatic moments with their antics. But as the series progressed, I began to realize that the show runners were doing a lot more with the two than I realized.

For example, I thought there was a strong sense of “children during the face of mortality”.  When Hoodsey and Dodie’s grandmother dies in “Losing Nana Bishop”, Hoodsey has a different reaction from the rest of his family. See, while Dodie, his father and his mother are all grief stricken with the loss of his grandmother,  Hoodsey isn’t. And he feels weird about it, saying “But I don’t feel sad, Carl.”. A child realizing their apathetic towards their own relation’s death is a strangely mature arc to go through. Hoodsey eventually comes around saying he will miss her but in his own way stating “I’ll never look at blue foam or a raisin and not remember how Nana used to laugh at me and pinch my cheek really hard."

This happens earlier in the series. Carl begins a sort of May-December Romance with Maude, an elderly lady he meets at a nursing home. (To be fair, it’s said that these feelings only come from Carl and Maude doesn’t return his feelings but finds him entertaining company). As Carl prepares to propose to her, Maude dies and Carl has to deal with it.

But the biggest impact was during No Hope for Courtney, when Carl realizes Ms. Gordon has retired because Carl pulled a prank too far and traumatized her. Because of that, Carl does everything he can to get her back. Eventually, he wins her over. However, the night before class, Carl wakes up and calls out her name. The next day, it’s revealed that Ms. Gordon died in her sleep. (This was done as a tribute to her voice actress Kathleen Freeman passing away). The final shot is Carl crying over her death.

Religion is also a big part of the show (which is surprising, given that this was a Nickelodeon show meant for children). Carl is an atheist, but it’s only really mentioned in passing when Ginger nearly dies from a burst appendix.

In contrast, Hoodsey is seen more as the more religious of the duo, if not necessarily the more moral. What I mean is that Hoodsey is as willing, if not more so, to get into much trouble as Carl is but Hoodsey does believe in a divine power. We get glimpses of this. When Carl and Hoodsey get Mrs. Gripling’s money so Hoodsey can pretend to be a homeless boy for her (Mrs. Gripling was trying to become the head of a social club and did so by faking to do actual charity work), Hoodsey argues they should give the money back, stating "when the big guy sends me a message, I try to pay attention." In “Losing Nana Bishop”, Hoodsey says that their grandmother is somewhere in “that great big bingo hall in the sky”.

Normally, Christianity vs Atheism debates are reserved for the internet Youtube videos or conservative propaganda pieces. In fact, there’s a scenario you could see how Carl would argue with Hoodsey about religion.Instead, the writers of the show establish this through a clever and subversive way.

Hoodsey believes in Santa Claus while Carl does not. The two get into an argument about how ‘real’ Santa is, with Hoodsey being so devoted to Santa he breaks his friendship with Carl.

Eventually the two bury the hatchet and decide they’re better off laughing at things such as neon signs of reindeer pissing.

"Sure you're cool hanging with a non-believer?" Carl asks Hoodsey.

"To each his own and all that," Hoodsey replies.

What led to Carl’s jadedness towards Santa Claus, Carl replies "Something stupid. I think I used to wish my dad would come home for the Holidays or something like that". This is a reference to the fact that his birth father left his family when he was young.

In the world of sitcoms and cartoons, the showrunners sometimes depict various family units and how they contrast with one another. Carl’s family had a Single mother, Lois Foutley, and Ginger. He was the only male character in the house and the youngest child.

Through the 90’s most shows had nuclear, if dysfunctional, families with a mother and father and multiple children. Even if the sons were often trouble makers, they had father figures to look up to. Bud Bundy had Al, Chris Griffin had Peter, Eric Forman had Red, Bobby Hill had Hank and Bart Simpson had Homer.

Hoodsey, whose parents are still together and haven’t separated, even makes a side comment to Carl "You see how complicated having two parents can be?"

To be fair, as time went on other cartoons and cartoon characters have commented on divorce. Sharon Spitz from Braceface, Pepper Ann Pearson from Pepper Ann, Sammy "Squid" Dullard from Rocket Power, Will Vandom from W.I.T.C.H. and Tino Tonitini from the Weekenders are all products of divorced/separated couples. But whereas their mothers they stay with are considered embarrassing, overprotective, smothering, or strict, the absent father figure is usually idolized and admired, even with their actual presences hidden or built up. For the first times we hear about them, we never actually "see" what Pepper Ann's father and Tino's father looked like until later in the series after they're mentioned.

It's also implied that the absent father figure is the better off or the richer of the two households with a "cool" profession. Pepper Ann's father is a pilot, Squid's father is an executive, Will's father is seen driving a sports car (implying he's wealthy) and Sharon Spitz's father is a rock star. As such, it's seen as an idolization of the absent father figure. "My dad's not here because he's busy being cool somewhere else".

Then, we finally get hints of who Ginger’s father is.

In "Hello Stranger", Ginger gets a congratulations letter for graduating Elementary School (an event, as her friend Darren mentions, that happened ages ago) from her father. Ginger invites her father to attend her poetry reading only for him not to show up. Lois decides to send flowers to Ginger and has them written to be from Ginger's Father (even though he had nothing to do with them). Ginger sees through the guise but thanks her mother anyway.

When we do finally meet Ginger's Father, Jonas, the truth is finally revealed: he is a mall Santa who can't be bothered to make it to her daughter's poetry reading. It's also implied he's not well off financially. "I'm sort of a Jack of all trades and Master of none" he says in a later episode.

When Carl and Jonas do meet on Christmas Day, Hoodsey inadvertently stages a meeting between them, Carl, meets him with scorn and hatred. He even says "My Mom always warned me about getting in a car with a total stranger." Jonas gives Carl a globe full of peanuts, not knowing that Carl is violently allergic to them.

The show doesn't mince words; Jonas Foutley is a deadbeat dad who doesn't know his own children and his attempts to be there fall flat. (To be fair, the show gave him redeeming values such as giving GInger good advice or having him wrestle rogue attacking turkeys).

Ginger and Carl have very different reactions to their birth father. Ginger attempts to get Jonas back into her life as much as possible while Carl wants nothing to do with him.

Consider how strange that is. Ginger, the older female child, idolizes her father while Carl despises him. Carl instead attempts to help Dr. Dave, a recurring character and co-worker of his mother, help woo Lois. Carl who’s the younger child instead feels more comfortable with his step father while Ginger, who would be older and would have more memories of her father leaving her, is dedicated to making her father a part of her life as much as possible.

It’s interesting to see how he, who is barely entering middle school not only wants to embrace his potential new father, but harbors resentment against his birth father. He even goes so far as to address him as Jonas while calling Dr. Dave Dad. Carl even accuses Jonas of conspiring to ruin Lois and Dave's wedding!

In one of the final episodes of the season, Carl helps Lois find a new house. Lois decides to indulge Carl's gross out side and shows off houses that she thinks Carl would like before settling on a real house. Except, throughout the episode, Carl dismisses each of the houses and commits himself to finding an actual home.

When Lois asks why Carl is acting out of character, Carl responds.

"It's my last duty as Man of the House before Dave steps into the role", he says.

Think about that. Carl, despite admitting he loved the creepy and gross houses Lois showed him, decides to take the responsibility of house hunting seriously because he considers it the last duty "as man of the house" before Dave comes in. He is deliberately choosing to step away from his own selfish desires and deciding to 'act like a man'. Not masculine as in gaining muscles or beating up people or acting as an authority figure, but doing something as simple as helping his mother and changing his attitude and behavior.

Consider the context: Carl favors Dr. Dave, a step-father, despite Dave not being his birth father and him acting squeamish and cowardly, more of a man than his actual parent. Why? Because Dave is there and helps his family while Jonas, Carl's birthfather, has been mainly absent from his childhood.

So naturally, Carl's viewpoint of masculinity and manhood are changed. Rather than being assertive of muscular, it's simply being there and supporting his family when he can.

That's strangely profound in a child.

It feels like Carl’s arc is that of maturity. But through the series, attempts into forcing Carl to mature all fail. Ms. Gordo and George (a strict boy scout who uses military training to straighten out Carl), all fail. Attempts to force Carl to destroy the dog house, his secret lair and his nostalgia into hoping his long lost pet, Monster, will come back fail. Even when a classmate tricks Carl into growing up fails. But instead, Carl chooses by his own accord when he's finally ready to destroy his dog house. He chooses to turn his back against pranking. He chooses to help his mother out with the wedding and move.

(It should also be mentioned that Carl was willing to let his dog house be destroyed when George blackmails Carl that by leaving he would cast the blame on Ginger whose program is failing). Then, on Lois’ wedding day, Monster, the dog Carl has been waiting to come back, returns to him.

In some ways, Carl’s story is a view of masculinity but through the lens of grade school boy. Through this sense of jadedness, we see a boy who’s grown weary of the world but works through it by being as gross and angry as possible. But instead of pursing masculinity as a form of power or revenge fantasy, he views it as an aiding tool and someone who genuinely wants to help (even if that help causes more trouble than aids).

Tress MacNille is a voice acting professional who’s shown her merit through shows such as the Simpsons, Futurama and other works. But it’s with Hoodsey that she embodies a character and gives said character real depth. But it’s Jeannie Elias who absolutely delivers as Carl (she also played Botley in Jumpstart 3rd grade adventures).  It’s not uncommon for female voice performers to voice young boys (this is done for a variety of reasons as animated shows can go on for years and female actresses tend to ‘sound’ younger than male ones), but Elias performance while holding a scratchy voice manages to convey anger, sadness, humor and cunning at all the right times. Kudos to her.

The series ends, showing an Adult Ginger reading her book to a group of her adult friends as well as Darren with their child. Hoodsey and Carl are seen sitting next to each other.

Though, there is one detail I do find funny. In an episode, Carl says "I can see Me and Hoodsey being friends 30 Years from now".

I guess some friendships do last a lifetime after all.

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Nicktoons (2002)

"Not Just Cartoons, We're NickToons!" was a song/jingle that featured characters from Rugrats, KaBlam!, Hey Arnold!, CatDog, The Wild Thornberrys, Spongebob Squarepants, Rocket Power, Pelswick, As Told by Ginger, The Fairly OddParents, Invader Zim, Action League Now!, and Jimmy Neutron.

There is also a French version that ran on Canal J from 2002-2004. The French version has characters from Rugrats, Marsupilami (non-NickToons), CatDog, The Wild Thornberrys, Spongebob Squarepants, Rocket Power and Titeuf (non-NickToons).

Lyrics Not just cartoons...

ALL: We're Nicktoons!

Arnold, Helga, Phoebe, Gerald, Sid, Grandpa, Stinky, Harold.

Spongebob, Patrick, Sandy, keep the Krabby Patties handy!

Squidward, Tito, Twister, Reggie Rocket, Otto's sister.

Ginger, Hoodsey, Carl, Macie, Junior High School, life is crazy!

Not just cartoons...

TOMMY: We're Nicktoons!

Not just cartoons...

SPONGEBOB: We're Nicktoons!

Not just cartoons...

ARNOLD: We're Nicktoons!

Not just cartoons...

SQUIDWARD: We're Nicktoons!

Grandma sings, Pelswick rolls, Cat and Dog have seperate poles.

Invader Zim and Mrs. Bitters giving Dib a case of jitters.

June and Henry, Baby Dil, Angelica and Phil and Lil.

Susie, Kimi, Chuckie, Tommy, all their daddies and their mommies.

Not just cartoons...

HELGA: We're Nicktoons!

Not just cartoons...

PATRICK: We're Nicktoons!

Not just cartoons...

GINGER: We're Nicktoons!

Not Just Cartoons...

ZIM: We're Nicktoons!

Wanda, Cosmo granting Timmy all his wishes gimmie, gimmie.

Donnie, Darwin, Debbie, Momma, Eliza talking to a llama.

Jimmy Neutron, gotta blast, flying high, flying fast.

Action League is in the air, but Flesh ain't got no underwear.

Not just cartoons...

FLESH: We're Nicktoons!

Not just cartoons...

JIMMY: We're nicktoons

Not just cartoons...

Source: New Nickelodeon Wiki

(image via YouTube)

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broke: Macie Lightfoot and Hoodsey Bishop are married in the future because they sat next to each other in the finale

woke: this is a gay couple 

[lets-talk-cartoons]

As Told By Ginger - Season 3, Episode 14 - Ten Chairs

Ah, Thanksgiving episodes. I really like Thanksgiving episodes of shows, because they are so uniquely American. This one is no different. 

This is late, late, late in the third season, meaning it’s a high school episode. I must say I’m digging Ginger’s new longer hair. 

The episode opens with Ginger nearly being murdered by Thanksgiving decorations that fell off a shelf, including a Thanksgiving platter that apparently belonged to her dad’s family. She’s upset that Carl doesn’t remember it because it’s been in their dad’s family forever. 

“Then he should have taken it with him when he left,” says Carl. 

OOOOHHH BURN! 

Honestly I love the tension Carl has around the relationship with his father, it makes the show seem much more real. Jonas left when Carl was very young (at least that’s how it seems to be portrayed in the show) so it makes sense that he wouldn’t feel as attached to him as Ginger would, and yet still seems to harbor very hurt feelings around Jonas leaving. 

Anyway, Carl is distracted by Dr. Dave (Lois’ love interest and fiancee in later episodes) who can’t seem to put a pressure fryer together. Honestly, I think Carl might be some kind of genius. He always has some kind of scheme going on, and his talents are numerous. Carl, a 6th grade boy, can easily put together a pressure fryer when his adult father figure cannot. Carl doesn’t get enough credit.

Back in the house, Ginger asks her mom if she can invite one more person (meaning her dad) but won’t tell Lois who it is, saying she wants it to be a surprise. That’s hella rude honestly, since Ginger should know inviting this particular person will create a majorly awkward situation, especially for her mother and brother, who will have to put on a happy face in front of their guests. 

Carl and Hoodsey have apparently gone vegan in order to cleanse their karma, and try to protest people buying turkeys for the holiday. I feel bad for Hoodsey - he’s dressed as “Squanto” apparently, and is basically half naked. Let me tell you, I used to live in the area Ginger supposedly was supposed to live in, and it’s too damn cold to not be wearing a shirt in November. 

While Ginger walks over to her dad’s apartment complex to invite him to Thanksgiving Dinner, her inner monologue tells us she knows this doesn’t make any sense but sometimes you want things to be like it is on TV, with the picturesque holidays and whatnot. 

Does Ginger have an unhealthy obsession with how things are in the TV? First with listening to Dr. Fondfeelings and following through on her terrible advice with no hesitation, to being obsessed with that soap opera “The Loved and the Loveless,” to her strange music video dream in The Wedding Frame. Get your shit together Ginger, you’re a smart girl - you should know things aren’t like they are on TV. 

She invites her dad, and he sort of makes fun of her mom, which makes her realize her idea was stupid, but she can’t go back on it or tell Lois, because she doesn’t want to uninvite him. Carl and Hoodsey buy a live turkey in order to save it from the Thanksgiving table, but because the farmer who sold it to them was an asshole, it is an evil demon turkey. Who actually sells a live turkey to unaccompanied ten year olds? 

They shove it into the doghouse/clubhouse and then it FUCKING EATS THE PETRIFIED EYEBALL!!! 

Literally, all those episodes of espionage and back and forth with Blake Gripling to get that damn eyeball back and it gets eaten by a demon turkey? REALLY?!

Lois wakes up in the wee hours of the morning on Thanksgiving Day because  her mother-in-law to be, Mrs. Dave, has broken into her house to cook her own turkey. Mrs. Dave needs to cook her turkey at her own damn house if she needs to start it at like three a.m. If she was breaking into my house at that time to cook a turkey, I’m calling the cops. Oh, the old bat also stuck her finger in all the pies. Barf. Lucky for her Lois hasn’t had her coffee yet that early in the morning. 

Later on in the day, Ginger sets the table and Lois tries to get out of her who the mystery guest is, but Ginger dances around it and just says it’s someone who doesn’t have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving. Uh, Ginger, did you not consider that maybe your dad would be a bit uncomfortable if nobody knew he was coming? Also Mrs. Dave still acts like a demented crazy person, probably foreshadowing her behavior in The Wedding Frame. Although she does point out that Lois probably shouldn’t let Ginger just invite completely random people to her Thanksgiving dinner which is actually a fair point. 

Lois invited the Bishops to Thanksgiving because Jo-Ann broke her arm somehow and wouldn’t be able to cook Thanksgiving dinner. 

Oh, Lord, Jo-Ann Bishop and Mrs. Dave at the same table -- I hope Lois put a lot of booze in those pies. 

For once Dodie is a reasonable friend and tells Ginger inviting her dad without telling her Mom, who is having her first holiday with her new boyfriend, is kinda shitty. 

Jonas inevitably shows up, and everyone’s pretty polite about it to their credit, even though Lois does give Ginger a dressing down in the kitchen, but it’s too late to uninvite him, so c’est la vie. And so, my dear European readers, we come to the true meaning of Thanksgiving.... super awkwardly pretending familial problems do not exist for one day, set to bagpipe music from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. If you’re lucky, everyone will be in too much of a food coma to get into a shouting match about how Aunt Lisa stole your garden gnome or something. 

Carl is not particularly pleased about Jonas being there either, and tries to get a barb in at him by calling Dave “dad.” Aw. Dave sweetly takes it in stride, but Ginger gets a little bent and tries to demand Carl act appropriately toward Jonas, which he refuses to promise as he’s still nursing old wounds from Jonas’ leaving. Dang, this episode is pretty deep for a general holiday episode. 

Obviously Dave shouldn’t have listened to a ten year old on how to build a pressure fryer, because it explodes and the turkey comes flying through the window, leaving them with only Mrs. Dave’s dry ass cooked for a million hours bird to eat. I love the voice acting on Jo-Ann as she awkwardly tries to praise the turkey. 

The Thanksgiving awkwardness is broken by the demon turkey breaking out of the dog-house and holding everyone hostage. I love how Lois is ready to just stab that turkey to death, but Ginger and Dodie aren’t ready for that kind of carnage. Mrs. Dave makes a crack about this is why we eat turkeys at Thanksgiving, and I guess the turkey understood her because it bites her damn ear off. 

Jonas manages to wrestle the turkey back into the doghouse, and mentions something about how Monster was a good dog. However, he refers to Monster as a “he”, though in previous episodes Carl has said Monster was a girl, which just goes to show how much Jonas didn’t really pay attention when he was together with Lois. That kind of detail is why I love this show. 

Dr. Dave plays into Carl’s gross-out sensibilities and shows him the piece of his mother’s ear that Jonas supposedly found (although he admits to Lois it’s just a piece of yam) and tells Carl to give Jonas more of a chance before they head off to take Mrs. Dave to the ER. Apparently Thanksgiving is a high traffic time for Emergency Rooms. Probably because of all those people getting wasted and then attempting to cook with knives and ovens and whatnot. 

The attempt works because the idea that Jonas found something gross gives Carl the opportunity to talk to him, and Jonas explains that he left because things weren’t working with Lois and he didn’t want Carl and Ginger growing up in an angry home, though he regrets not being a bigger part of their lives and wants to reverse it. Like I said. Deep. Carl considers and decides he can put aside his anger and spend some time helping Jonas help Ginger with the dishes. 

Ginger’s final thought is that even though we want our holidays to be perfect, sometimes we should cherish the imperfections, because those are really what make the memories. 

THOUGHTS: I love, love, love this episode. Whereas a lot of Thanksgiving specials try to do a ham fisted “meaning of the holiday” thing, this episode handled it amazingly, examining the little bumps and lumps that everyone has with their families, with Thanksgiving as a backdrop. I love the awkwardness of having a divorced dad show up and eventually explaining and making up with Carl, who really hadn’t forgiven Jonas for leaving for the entire series up til now. I l love the general atmosphere of it with the decorations and the fall colors and the little touches like everyone being a bit more dressed up for dinner and the boys watching the parade on TV. This is a fantastic episode. 

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As Told By Ginger: The Party (1998) Trivia from the ATBG Wiki Page:

Originally, Miranda was white in the pilot and Ginger and her friends dress more tomboyish, with a mid -1980s or early 90s vibe.

Ginger also looks more like her mother.

Courtney used to have the same eye style that Ginger and her friends have.

Darren's head gear used to make an annoying squeaky sound when he talked.

Will Patterson was going to be year older than his brother due to being invited to Courtney's party.

So far, Lois, Carl, Hoodsey, and Macie are the only characters to have their draft complete.

Courtney's original design in this episode can be seen as a brunette in various episodes throughout the series as a background character. 

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IDK if cartoons count, but As Told by Ginger.

favorite male character: Hoodsey

favorite female character: Macie

least favorite character: Dodie

prettiest character: Courtney

funniest character: Carl I guess?

favorite season: I’m a be honest. I can’t tell you what happens in what season.

favorite episode: The one where Carl’s old lady friend dies.

favorite romantic ship: Ginger/Courtney

favorite family ship: Ginger and her family are pretty real

favorite friend ship: Carl and Hoodsey

worst ship: Dodie and anybody.

[romancemedia]

Top 10 As Told By Ginger Episodes (8/10)

Losing Nana Bishop

Dodie and Hoodsey's grandmother passes away. Mrs. Bishop wants Hoodsey to speak at the funeral, but he hasn't a clue what to say since he wasn't nearly as close to her as Dodie was. The experience inspires Ginger to learn more about her grandmother, discovering they shared a special bond. Meanwhile, Carl and Hoodsey accidentally lock themselves in shackles and an iron mask and what’s worse... they lose the key!

[skeleton-quays]

Ok! So my ramblings on their 2019 selves

So Ginger canonically is a writer and married Darren, the rest honestly a lot comes from interviews with the cast - Macie's VA said she felt macie was "for sure a lesbian" and had this really cool life planned out for her. She also said Macie and Courtney ended up together which Courtney's VA thought was great and said she agrees with when she heard it (seriously, great and fun interviews). Meanwhile Dodie's VA had this great bit about Career Woman Dodie having learned nothing and still having the same social problems (self-inflicted) - I have accepted all this as headcanon bc it made me laugh a lot

Then Blake barely changes at all physically, I really like the idea he and Courtney take after their mother. Carl looks s bit like he does in the finale with a more updated haircut, who knew that his undershave would be in fashion now? Hoodsey is the biggest change as style has moved on a lot from 2003 when the finale was made (released years later) - he would totally have a big beard and look like 50% of the men I know tbh. When you have a round baby face apparently it's the way to go. I imagine he and Carl have a LPOtL-style podcast about true crime, paranormal stuff and generally weird gross stories.

Blake is a forensic pathologist and Carl and Hoodsey always want him to tell them about anything gruesome that comes into the morgue

I don't even know if they'd still be friends with Miranda but look, you all need to know she looks great and has a ton of insta followers.

The Squeakquel (aka what I think they’d look like in 2019, the finale needs an update - or, a beard for Hoodsey) for Courtney I looked up what was fashionable in 2019 and so now she is just Alexis Rose with a hat

[brittlebranchesandbossbitches]

Nothing says “road trip in Connecticut” like a bucket of fried clams. 

[forricher-andpoorer]

Robert Joseph “Hoodsey” Bishop Bio + Tags + Headcanons

Name: Robert Joseph Bishop Nicknames: Hoodsey, Hoods Age: 19; Can Change Birthday: March 15th Sign: Pisces Gender: Cis Male Pronouns: He/Him Sexuality: Homosexual Demiromantic Monogamous; Moderately Sexual Hair: Naturally Blond, slowly fading to brown Eyes: Pale Blue Skin: Pale Tan Height: 5′4″ Weight: 158 lbs Faceclaim: Jeremy Allen White Piercings: Mostly does play piercings with needles/strings/ribbons Tattoos: None Scars: A hole from a missing molar on the top right, a deep slice on the inside of his left thumb, a thin but long scar on his left forearm, a large almost knotted scar on his right wrist where the bone broke through once, and two holes (entry/exit wounds) on his left calf. Most of these injuries were sustained with Carl.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Religion: Raised Christian, Agnostic Allegiance: Carl Foutley

Family: David Charles Bishop (Father, Alive); Joann Bishop (Mother, Alive); Deirdre Hortense “Dodie” Bishop (Sister, Alive); Nana Bishop (Grandmother, Deceased)

Pets: Rock The Rock Rockson (Pet Rock)

Personality: Gullible, submissive, helpful, sweet, misguided, loyal, mama’s boy, devoted, selfless, compassionate, empathetic, artistic, intuitive, gentle, gross, squeamish, fearful, paranoid, too trusting, romantic, unconditionally generous (especially to Carl), easily embarrassed, socially awkward, follower, scapegoat, eats feelings, expressive, worrywart

Likes: Carl Foutley, bugs, frogs, any kind of fried food, his van, dogs, sugary sodas, gore, dismembered body parts, the petrified eyeball, pranking his sister and/or Blake Gripling, journalism

Dislikes: Blake Gripling, Pandering, Megalomaniacs, Brandon Higsby (his monkey’s cool though), Losing, When Carl doesn’t listen to him, being the butt of the joke, being naked around most people (Carl’s cool but he’d trust him with anything)

Can Do: Drive, play exactly three cords on a bass guitar, film things, watch horror movies, eat ungodly amounts of food, ignore everything for a project

Can’t Do: Handle secondhand embarrassment, allow Carl to get them hurt, kill something, take cough syrup, think for himself

Mental Health Diagnosis:

Schizotypal Personality Disorder: Hoodsey often has a hard time being followed when he speaks, or doesn’t make sense. He believes he has an extra sense of when he and Carl are going too far, or when they might get hurt. He also claimed to be able to completely understand Carl without speaking. He seeks isolation from most people, if only because Carl is the only person that understands him and nurtures his confidence.

Avoidant Personality Disorder: When not with Carl, he is incredibly shy and fears ridicule. All he wants is to be comfortable in his own skin but he’s so afraid without someone to give him orders.

Dependant Personality Disorder: Most people consider him to be constantly clinging to Carl, and they are rarely apart from one another. Most of his decisions are made exclusively after consulting Carl, or by Carl himself.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Often times, especially alone, he is so anxious to the point of chewing his nails or biting the skin off of his lips.

Physical Health Diagnosis:

Asthma: Sports had always been hard for him in school, and he was diagnosed with asthma shortly before middle school. He always carries his inhaler on him, and when he doesn’t have it, usually Carl has a spare for him.

Overweight: His pretty constant intake of everything has left him a bit overweight for his height. It doesn’t help his asthma all that much, and makes exercising a little more difficult.

Fears: Being abandoned, competitive situations, large crowds, being stalked/killed

Positive Traits: Gentle, loyal, optimistic, eager to please

Negative Traits: Gullible, easily embarrassed, shy, bottles up his feelings for Carl

Quirks: Always up for pranking others; uses his van as a trash can most of the time; always writes things down to remember them but misplaces the notes or doesn’t remember what it was supposed to remind him of; has a playlist on his iPod that is only What’s New Pussycat, It’s Not Unusual, and Never Gonna Give You Up for when he and Carl are in the mood to bother everyone.

Tends To: Follow Carl’s word above all else; fears his mother’s wrath and tries to do right by her and Carl at the same time; hide his feelings for Carl and thinks he’s slick but everyone else knows; Always have his phone, iPod, keys, wallet and inhaler in the same pocket

History: Hoodsey was two weeks late to his own birthday, he came out fairly healthy, if not a bit larger than he should have. Dodie was not stoked to have a little brother, but Hoodsey was always a sweet, clingy child. A natural-born follower, he did exactly what his mom said until he started Kindergarten.

The fateful day he met Carl Foutley changed everything. His attention, his clinginess, was divided between his mother and Carl. While he often tried to stop Carl in his mad bids for fame, fortune, and the truly gross, he let himself be steamrolled into everything after a mild fuss was put up. Over the years, he and Carl only grew closer.

Hoodsey strongly dislikes Blake Gripling, and while he will not quite admit it to himself, it’s only half because he’s annoying. The other half is definitely jealousy. Occasionally when his mother lets him go to concerts and things, he and Carl live in the back of his 1997 Chevrolet Astro.

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Tags List - Personal

Broke As A Junkie But I Have A Good Time (Hoodsey) I’m Pretty Sure My Mom Doesn’t Like This (Hoodsey’s IC Posts) The Purple Hoodie The Purple Hoodie Or The Purple Hoodie? (Hoodsey’s Closet) Oh Dude! (Hoodsey’s Stuff) Yes Yes Yes! (Hoodsey’s Desires) Gross Dude (Hoodsey’s Aesthetic) Never Have To Feed It (Rock The Rock Rockson Tag) It Was Just Never Gonna Give You Up On Repeat (Hoodsey’s Music) Thinking Is A Dangerous Past Time (Hoodsey Musings) Snips Snails And Puppy Dog Tails (Hoodsey Headcanons)

Tags List - With X - Canon

Tastefully Tasteless (Hoodsey And Blake Gripling) At Least Let The Monkey Have Fun (Hoodsey And Brandon Higsby) My Best Friend’s Hot (Hoodsey And Carl Foutley) She’s Like A Princess In A Tower (Hoodsey And Courtney Gripling) Can I Have The Headgear When You’re Done? (Hoodsey And Darren Patterson) You’re Not A Lady You’re Nothing But A Sister (Hoodsey And Dodie Bishop) Kind Of Like A Sister To Me (Hoodsey And Ginger Foutley) Mother/Jailer (Hoodsey And Joann Bishop) The Mother I Never Had (Hoodsey And Lois Foutley) Weird In A Different Way (Hoodsey And Macie Lightfoot) May She Rest Knowing The Worms Have Eaten Her Corpse (Hoodsey And Maude) Mean Girls (Hoodsey And Mipsy Mipson) Mean Girls 2: Fucking Furious (Hoodsey And Miranda Killgallen) Bandaid Queen (Hoodsey And Noelle Sussman) A Dweeb’s Workhorse (Hoodsey And Winston)

Tags List - With X - OC

None At This Time

Tags List - With X - Crossover

A Little Crazy Is OK As Long As Nobody Says Any Dirty Words (With Jerome Valeska)

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Verses - In-World

Someone Once Told Me The Grass Is Much Greener (Hoodsey’s Elementary Verse)

Already thick as thieves with Carl, Hoodsey is very much his go-to yes-man and best friend. He was so happy just to have a friend that he’d almost do anything for Carl. By first grade, he knew the feeling of being truly wanted by someone.

Everything Is Alright (Hoodsey’s Middle School Verse)

His schoolwork suffered greatly in Middle School and he skipped more often. When his mother found out he was grounded for three months, and when he was finally out of solitary confinement, he stayed at the Foutley’s for over a week.

Partner In Crime (Hoodsey’s High School Verse)

Hoodsey handled a lot of AP classes because of his mom, as well as band and his photojournalism club/classes. Between school, extra curriculars, and his time with Carl, he was pretty busy and stressed. For two weeks during his Senior year, he ended up in the hospital because he had a nervous breakdown. Being away from Carl and not allowed visitors was almost harder on him.

Brain Stew (Hoodsey’s College Verse)

Finally being out of his parents’ house for college, Hoodsey goes a little wild when he finally realizes that he is free. Anything goes, and he wants to try as many things as he can. He’s going to film school.

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AU Verses

Running Up That Hill (Hoodsey’s ABO AU)

Hoodsey is an Omega that probably takes way too many scent blockers and heat suppressants. His mother is so controlling that she is still hoping that there is some way to get her son and daughter to switch secondary sexes.

Admitting Guilt (Hoodsey’s Deadman Wonderland AU)

After being neutralized and turned into an Undertaker, Hoodsey stayed mostly to himself. He can’t remember much beyond his turning. All he knows is that he lost something, and he wants to get it back.

Green Around The Gills (Demon!Hoodsey AU)

A lesser demon of Envy, Hoodsey has a tendency to cling onto one person and leech off of their emotions. He loves to provoke people with misunderstandings the most.

A Caged Bird Sings (Mer!Hoodsey AU)

Hoodsey is a Royal Gramma Fish, kept in a tank at an aquarium. He sings a sad song all night long in hopes that someone will come and let him out, though most people tend to ignore him. On land he loses his sense of taste.

Not A Fun Job (Hoodsey’s Repo! The Genetic Opera AU)

A backdoor Gentern, Hoodsey administers illegal Zydrate to patients of Carl’s. He isn’t entirely sure why he has to wear the dress.

And Everything You Touch Shall Be Destroyed (Vampire!Hoodsey AU)

Hoodsey was turned late one night while walking back home from work. His van was out of commission, and the second that he was grabbed, he was sure he was being mugged. Being so sweet, he was allowed to go after feeding the vampire, who came back night after night to see him and feed from him. They are very good friends, and Hoodsey was eventually turned to keep him from dying due to stomach cancer.

He’s A Good Dog Blake (Werewolf!Hoodsey AU)

Hoodsey didn’t quite understand that when he was bitten by a weird dog while walking home from Carl’s one night that his life would change forever. Ever since, he has found a way to use his powers for the betterment of the two of them, even if it has made him more aggressive and territorial.

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Shipping

None At This Time

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Open Starters

None At This Time

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Headcanon Posts

* ( positive personality   traits!

Physical Traits Of Your Muse

Detailed Profile Tag

Bold Your Muse’s Aesthetic (Spooky Edition)

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Faceclaim - Jeremy Allen White