for some reason i took a personal oath this year to either give a first or second chance
to shows that i completely skipped over or initially didn't love and after planet sheen
and mr meaty i didn't think i would so quickly subject myself to another memory that already has
me tired just thinking about it fanboy in chum chum possibly one of the most infamous cartoons
nickelodeon ever conjured up so today on our the fault in our nicktoon series we're going to take a
look at fanboy and chum chum is it as bad as it's made out to be do my memories of being extremely
put off by it still stand will it blend these are the real questions we must find out so i sat down
watched every episode of fanboy and chum chum and i want to talk all about this show roll the intro
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grateful for the support fanboy and chum chum was an animated 3d cgi series that ran from 2009 to
2014 for a collective 52 episodes over two seasons the show focused on the titular characters fanboy
and chum chum two would-be superheroes that try to rid their town of galaxy hills of evil
while annoying everyone around them in the process most times it's just annoying everyone fanboy and
chum chum who have no real names apparently are a pair of hyperactive slow-witted odd best friends
who are obsessed with superhero comics science fiction fantasy and action figures
these obsessions especially spurred on by their love for their favorite superhero man artica
is what led to the boy's decision to don secret identities and underwear outside of their clothes
in order to best fight crime within their small town in a few episodes of the series
the superhero antarctica also doubles as a holiday figure similar to santa claus within the world of
fanboy and chum chum to fight crime fanboy dons a green and purple outfit with a white pair of
briefs worn on the outside of his superhero costume chum chum as fanboy's sidekick dons a
similar disguise to help fight crime his costume being orange and yellow with a likewise pair
of briefs on the outside of his clothes fanboy and chum chum live through exaggerated surreal
daily experiences and misadventures as they get themselves into trouble while trying to
save the day but most the time we'd find them at school or at their local convenience store
just goofing off getting into shenanigans many episodes of the show play off of comic book tropes
pop culture cliches or references to famous films a clockwork orange has no business being
here using those cliches as other plot points in the episode or for a punch line to a joke
while chum chum is canotically younger than fanboy and many of the other characters in the series he
is still shown to be in the same class as them so much like how this show is littered with nonsense
for the sake of being random or shocking making sense is not on the list of things
to do for this show oh but this break is you're watching fanboy and chum show we'll be right back
welcome back so after doing some research making a few phone calls and stopping the reaper invasion
of earth we do have some canon regarding the age and classroom difference in an interview
with show creator eric rubbles he explains that chum chum was in fanboys class despite the age
difference because fanboy snuck chum chum into the class at the beginning of the school year
and the teacher has failed to notice ever since but there is this comment in the first episode
about one of them or both of them being held back for some reason that the teacher made so
canonically i don't know where that fits in but it's there either way fanboy and chum chum as
characters aren't too easy to get behind and root for because they really only operate as
the destructive force of nonsense when they are in school they do things that mess up the school when
they are not at school they are messing up stuff wherever they're hanging out no matter where they
go but also in fanboy and chum chum's class is kyle bloodworth an insecure pre-teen wizard who
despises fanboy and chum chum for their lack of intelligence while secretly being jealous of their
friendship kyle had to start attending fanboy in chum's public school after getting expelled from
his wizard school milkweed academy after turning his teacher professor flan into a raspberry flan
throughout the series he tries to get readmitted to milkweed academy but never succeeds also in
the series is boogerguard or boog a short-tempered young adult bully and employee at frostymart who
is obsessed with the video game chimp chomp a parody of donkey kong he is often shown playing
chimchop instead of working in several of the episodes and is according to rubble a parody
of john travolta's vinnie barbarino character i'm not talking about your mother mr barbarino
we better not talk about my mother junior manager at frostmart is lenny an accident-prone young man
who is often stressed out and annoyed by fanboy and chum chum's antics whenever they come into the
store to get their daily helping of frosty freezy freezes nothing better than an off-brand slushie
or slurpee or icy or whatever came first fanboy and chum chum's love of frosty freezy freezes is
so integral to them as characters that a reference to it is made in the theme song with the lyrics
brain freeze as they often get them every time they drink the product and their love for those
frosty freeze freezes i have to say that one more time is often the major plot point in
episodes such as here in this episode brain freeze this episode actually originally was
released as a dvd exclusive in 2011 technically years after all the other episodes had aired brain
freeze starts with fanboy and chum chum learning that their favorite frosty freezy freeze flavor
berry pink is being replaced by a new flavor in desperation fanboy and chum chum chase down barry
the personification of the flavor berry pink as he is driven away to retirement this chase leads
into a crash that results in the creation of the biggest frosty freezy freeze ever the boys
overexcited at the giant drink consume a massive quantity which sends them all into a crazed sugar
spree when fanboy and chum chum wake up the next morning with a brain freeze they don't remember
anything about what happened the night before and have also lost their treasured underwear gross
fanboy and chum chum get the help of several of their friends to retrace their steps throughout
their crazed night of sugar debauchery to find their underwear and slowly regain their memories
it also likes to parody the hangover especially with the fun photos at the end and you know what
i give that one a thumbs up but what breaks my heart when giving this series a fresh slate chance
is that every time there is a great setup for an episode something that is genuinely interesting
the ball is either dropped plot-wise with the outcome or and in most cases is pushed to the side
as the rest of the run time is a constant barrage of jokes retorts farts some weird body horror and
agitating sounds in context all of that never has a reason to exist other than existing for the sake
of it some people may find this style of humor funny and i'll admit a good fart joke can still
get me to laugh i mean it was the only funny part of the hitman's bodyguard movie sorry not sorry
but here in the show it is just relentless on the viewer that whole oh look at this look at
this shiny thing oh look at it and they're just flailing it around the screen it self distracts
me from itself if that somehow made sense to you that's how it feels and if it didn't make sense
that's also how it feels coming up more fun with fanboy and his chummy sidekick benboy and chum
chuck next now here's more fanboy with how much energy this animation has how fast-paced the show
is it just made me tired seriously so am i just not hip anymore am i am i getting too old because
i felt this way back when the show originally came out when i was younger and like i said it tries
out some interesting things but with the little explanation as to why these weird things are
happening and how the rules of this universe they are in can change on a dime it just gets hard to
move along with the show when that's the reality that you just have to accept to get into the show
in the first place the concept of fanboy and chum chum originated as an animated short back in 2009
by eric four random cartoons an animation showcase made by nickelodeon and frederator studios from
to 2009 which broadcasted 39 seven minute original cartoons in half an hour time slots random
cartoons was created by fred cyber the founder of frederator studios and co-founder of mtv and i
can't think of a better place for fanboy and chum chum to originate from than a show called random
cartoons out of the 39 individual concepts that debuted on random cartoons three would be chosen
to be turned into full-length series adventure time and the bravest warriors were both created by
pendleton ward though one was made into an actual show on television and the other was made for a
show on the web i am getting old i just said on the web and of course fanboy and chum chum whose
original episode was just called fanboy and really quick like i just said adventure time did get
picked up it went to cartoon network nickelodeon rejected adventure time and chose fanboy and chum
chum instead and remember how they're always looking for the next spongebob well just look
at the merchandising on adventure time yeah good call there the full series officially premiered
on november 6 2009 on nickelodeon following the spongebob special spongebob's truth or square and
truth be told i'd rather be watching that the creator eric got his start in cartoons back in
1998 in the animation department of the show robocop alpha commando a spin-off series based
on the robocop movie franchise since then he has worked in the animation department for the x's
a 2005-2006 nicktoon focusing around a family of super spys concealing their identities from the
outside world we are covering that show really soon and as a co-creator of glitch techs which
is a 2020 netflix original animated series about a pair of teens that work for an agency that deals
with glitches or video game characters manifest in the real world to cause trouble while fanboy and
chum jum was not particularly well regarded by audiences with most people finding the two main
characters annoying and the show overly depended on juvenile humor and poop jokes with little
depth the show did help nickelodeon build their cgi unit for television and animation even now
seven years later the animation for fanboy and chum chum does hold up pretty well despite how
quickly cgi animation tends to become outdated but there is something i just can't get over
yeah their eyes the eyes in the show with their reflection shading and overall bulginess for some
reason irks me so much like why do i have to to look at this stop that the show went so far as to
win a daytime emmy award in 2011 for outstanding special class animated programs for its animation
so that's neat the show overall received the rating of a 3.2 out of 10 on imdb you know the
most trusted place for ratings that's sarcasm with this similar rating being the trend across
multiple platforms and thanks to that trend of low ratings across all these different places it's
what eventually led up to the show being cancelled i can't understate the level of displeasure most
people who watch this show or grew up watching the show majority feel about it if this were a
tier list this would have its own tier for most people as the single worst nickelodeon cartoon
created for me i wouldn't go that far all right a little little a little aggressive there all right
relax going into the video i was already reluctant because of having already seen a chunk of the show
originally but for my personal tastes it just doesn't align itself with me which is completely
fine the show shouldn't cater to me it should be the creator's vision first and foremost on
one hand i have no desire to ever watch this show ever again and fully understand the low
ratings that this show has on the other hand i can understand and respect the opinions of
those who do like this show heck i don't hate it i'm just not into it i can recognize it's not for
me so was fanboy and chum chum the worst thing i've ever seen nah i don't think so okay maybe
those eyeballs but that's about it if you enjoy it that's great for me i'm i'm just exhausted i
i want to take a nap but he didn't learn anything and neither did you goodbye everybody all the
energy that this show has felt like they stole it all from me and now i sit back here a husk of a
former content creator anyway thanks for hanging out with me let me know your thoughts on the show
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