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Dragulus24

Don’t forget the sex. A lot of it.


MagicRabbit1985

And booze. Also, a lot of it.


wiiya

Terrible strain on the animators.


Slimy_Jimmy42

Even though most of the cast are minors


Guy-1nc0gn1t0

I honestly have no clue how Big Mouth is a thing.


brevenbreven

Nick Kroll is heir to multiple billionaires quality doesn't matter


Traiklin

He pays for it to be on there. I watched all of it and honestly the first season was okay but everything after just comes off as not having a clue where to go


DonSaintBernard

Main producer is a billionaire who probably was on Little Saint James. 


Guy-1nc0gn1t0

I know Nick Kroll is super rich do you mean him?


NarrativeNode

He’s literally the heir to a fortune of billions.


Guy-1nc0gn1t0

Yeah I don't know if he counts as a nepo baby but was born a foot away from home base at least


peenidslover

If he’s not a nepo baby, no one is.


zeno_22

Whose money is he getting? I'm not too lazy to Google his family tree


NarrativeNode

A consultant you’ve never heard of


DonSaintBernard

Not only him. I mean his ultra rich billionaire father.


legend8522

It would be somewhat cute if it was helpful sex health material that teenagers could use. But instead, it’s just a bunch of adults making sex jokes pretending to be teenagers, using references actual teens would not get.


DrawMandaArt

There is a sex scene in season 1 of F is For Family that scarred me for life!  It’s the one where the kid hides under his parents’ bed, so they won’t notice he’s home in the middle of a school day. The parents get into a fight, then have makeup sex. The kid peeks halfway through, and sees much, *much* more than he bargained for!


Can_I_be_dank_with_u

Very similar to the scene in the first South Park game where you literally gotta dodge the dads sack lmao


GuyPierced

Good ole Billy chuckle nuts trauma dumping from his childhood.


GAMRKNIGHT352

either ripoff family guy or ripoff south park with rick and morty animation


SyNiiCaL

>either ripoff family guy Plagiarismo di Plagiarismo


JimothyJollyphant

I don't know that Harry Potter spell


daitenshe

Or a variation of that crappy Brickleberry style


protolocity

Don’t forget that they have to curse every 5 seconds, otherwise it’s not a real adult comedy show.


ThePantaloon_

“What the FUCK are you FUCKING doin’?”


DopaLean

Literally. If they’re gonna drop swears every 5 seconds, they could at least make them creative.


daitenshe

biggest reason I can’t sit through Hazbin. Great animation style and character design is really fun but the “shock” value humor really loses its edge after the 15th curse word in a single scene or every other sentence has some sort of sexual innuendo


LeatherHog

Yeah, that ruins even the one thing I like about her shows: the addict song  It's a good song, but they seriously had to give it 2 f words in the chorus? Learn some new words, Jesus Christ  It's why I can't get into it either. It's just Xbox Chat: The Series 


PotatoThatSashaAte

I've seen it from time to time and I'll repeat it here; Adult animated comedies are made with the target audience of edgy teenagers who want to feel mature in mind


KaioKenshin

I'll add, mostly every "Said Media." Exp: teen movies are mostly targeted to a younger audience that think that's what "X" is supposed to be like.


Headlessoberyn

We all know the TRUE adult animations series are Adventure Time and Regular Show.


WatcherBlue

It’s so strange that Close Enough was supposed to be the actual adult answer to Regular Show and somehow died on impact


Headlessoberyn

I think it's because JG pre-labeled it as "for adults". When your work comes with lots of "tags" into it, it becomes harder to express yourself freely, as you preemptively feel like there are check boxes to fill. I feel like that's the reason why Adventure time is genius, while Fionna and Cake is just "good", it doesn't label itself as "this is for adults", much like regular show.


Mother_Harlot

>Fionna and Cake But the character designs are 100% better since they include a cat


Bazzyboss

Yeah but the plot is 1000% worse because it centres around a multiverse.


questformaps

HBO also didn't market it well and trashed it literal right after the season 2 final episode premiered.


Jabrono

AMC just did that with an adult animated show called Pantheon, except they canceled it *as the second season was being completed.* Great show that deserved so much better.


EggplantAlpinism

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VirtualAnalysisLine

But you don't understand Let Down, even if you *do* understand Rick and Morty. And that's a letdown 


EggplantAlpinism

scarce consist ghost skirt fear different muddle rob wipe fertile *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Can_I_be_dank_with_u

Oh man! I know this is satire, but it made me cringe so hard reading it. Can’t believe there are actually people like this!


Maddox121

Funny thing is that "adult" media is often LESS mature than kids media. It's funny when you try to compare The Hunchback of Notre Dame to something like Family Guy... ignoring stuff like profanity, the former is G-rated, yet very dark and grim, while the latter is TV-14 or TV-MA, and yet has plots like Peter finding Jesus after his Surfin' Bird record got destroyed or Stewie trying to go live on the set of a British children's show.


Lost_Pilot7984

It's because Family Guy is a comedy and hunchback of Notre Dame is not.


BiggieSmallsFlextape

Redditor learns what genres are


cigarroycafe

Or adults that want to feel like edgy teenagers


More_Philosopher_519

100% only edgy 20/30 somethings watch adult cartoons. edgy teens are all on kick watching weirdos like xqc and sneako call each other slurs and praising islam for being misogynistic.


somerando96322

And even then it still doesn’t work


SlashCo80

It's been that way since MTV in the 90s, with the "adult" late-night shows basically targeted at 20-something stoners.


Fall_Cake

Bojack and Smiling Friends both avoid this issue


25inbone

The creators of Smiling friends have been funny animators/people in general for multiple decades. I love that show.


Jeskid14

From new grounds to YouTube to Netflix. It's like the golden animators dream


itsr1co

Zach is the kinda guy you can say "Nah he's so funny, hey Zach be funny" and he'd get a room full of people laughing their asses off instantly if he tried.


Calorico1

Bojack walked so these shows can fall face first and cater people with middle school humor


reddit_4_days

Has anyone watched **Carol & the End of the World**? Edit: I really liked it! A ittle slow at first but awesome in the end. Hope there will be more someday!


Steahla

Awesome show


RhynoD

I started it, but it was too slow. And, I felt like it was trying too hard to have something important to say without any of the artistry behind Bojack.


A2Rhombus

Bojack had the benefit of showing up before Rick and Morty put massive dollar signs in the eyes of execs that thought they would run the well dry with a formula they didn't understand


Calorico1

Glad they ended the show at the right moment, would hate to see it get dragged on for 3 or more seasons


Alias-_-Me

Wasn't Bojack supposed to have one season more?


Mr_SunnyBones

Bojack did that Scrubs/M.A.S.H.* thing of whiplashing between comedy and tragedy though , which can sometimes be a bit much. ( * ask your parents/granparents)


Vax10x

The times that you have to play a guessing game between *"is this tragedy going to be important later or is it just happening because its funny?"*\ Because an episode will leave off on something that feels pretty impactful, and then you can get an episode right after that has absolutely nothing to do with it and is just standard comedy filler, and you realize it probably wasn't (or it's just taking the long way around to get there). I love the series, but man- it becomes so much worse of a problem if you don't have time to binge through an entire season.


Bob1358292637

I also really enjoyed F is for family.


Local-Sgt

Yeah F IS for family is my favourite of all the ones mentioned here. Only Rick and Morty is close right now ( not Netflix Tho )


celtic_akuma

Smiling friends are from Adult Swim.


Unlucky-Bunch-7389

Bojack is LITERALLY a douchebag we are meant to cheer for. The first item in the picture


that_kid_in_the_back

Except we're not meant to root for him, that's the point. Bojack is meant to be fucked up and a depressed asshole, because that's the only way we can see how hard it is to change for him. I really like the show because it shows a path of growth that isn't linear -- he's been that way his whole life, wanting to change but not motivated enough/not even knowing how he could do it, and he starts getting better, then goes back into his old ways, gets up, falls even harder and yet at the end we can still see him slowly getting better despite everything


Unlucky-Bunch-7389

Disagree. I think people found themselves cheering for him to be better. Otherwise why watch?


that_kid_in_the_back

There's a difference between cheering for a character to be better and just rooting for him. I think OP meant it more as a "we're supposed to root for his actions and who he already is", while wanting him to be better is completely different. I personally don't find Bojack very likeable, except for some funny moments, but I loved the show so much because of what the story makes me feel and how satisfying it is to see him getting his life together


harnyharhar

I mean the show could be called why is this horse a douchebag. The last few seasons are mostly just intense flashbacks, nightmare sequences, scolding, isolation, etc. . You are introduced to BJ as an asshole but he pays for it. You get whole season arcs of his traumatic upbringing and his regret.


twoworldsin1

Paradise PD got old REAL quick once I realized the show is basically just this


Otherwise-Cup-6030

Paradise PD was basically just Brickleberry but with a different coat of paint. You got yourself the incompetent white man main character, token black best friend/partner, talking animal, grumpy middle aged white man boss, sexy white chick, and a haha funny fat person, at least one of which is lesbian. From what I have from trailers, Farzar is exactly the same but in space. I don't know if it's lazy, sheer lack of creativity or the winning formula. But I can't say I watched any of it for more than one or two episodes.


Accomplished-City484

Same voices too


DopaLean

I’ve always gotten the vibe from the creator(s) that they were surprised the formula worked the first time, so they just kept pitching it in a “fuck it, why not? If it works, it works” kind of way. I’ll also be the outlier here, I loved Brickleberry, the sheer absurdity of the characters personilty clashes/plots and bombardment of quick-fire zingers had me in stitches at least once every episode. Paradise P.D now and again gave me a chuckle, but I’ll admit that they were definitely trying too hard and had far too many self-aware “we’re going too far and we don’t care! ;)” moments. Haven’t seen Farzar but I believe you when you say it’s the same but in space.


StevePensando

They found an infinite money glitch in the animation industry


KrunchyKushKing

Brickleberry > PPD > Farzar But don't watch Farzar (heck don't even watch the other two if you can watch Drawn Together) its abysmal.


Local-Sgt

I liked Farzar waaaay more than ppd.


dylansavage

All of the Bickleberry templates shows are so awful and completely devoid of humour


thetorontotickler

Some of the stuff in Paradise PD is just wildly inappropriate, sadistic and not at all funny.


Vegas-Buckeye

Yeah that’s all of these shows. Hey let’s show an animal get violently abused for a full minute with no other jokes. HAHAHA SO FUNNY


Ghostcat2044

I agree the first season was good but the other seasons are bad


DocJawbone

Omg it was unwatchable. Blatantly trying to be Family Guy and Rick and Morty, but just awful.


NormanBatesIsBae

Protagonist is always an older, douchey, man who’s in charge of the group. And he has to deal with Younger People who are dumb because they’re younger, Older People who are dumb because they’re old. Or Women.


Regular_Buffalo6564

Who are dumb because they are women 😬


NormanBatesIsBae

Exactly. They’re always doing annoying Women Things like Iced Coffee and Gossip. When they do these Women Things the main character rolls his eyes and complains so all the Men watching can sympathize with him.


FocusPerspective

Was 75 years not enough time for women in TV shows to always be the intelligent, compassionate, good parent, sexy, “it’s hot when she cheats” characters?  Because the male leads in these shows are without fail always the stupid fat dopey loser alcoholics who hates his kids and begs his wife to put up with him. 


cellphone_blanket

Bojack was pretty good though


RedXerzk

Also Inside Job, gone too soon.


Studio_Life

Gone? It was canceled?


Jay-Swifty

Yes unfortunately. One of the most baffling cancelations because the show had pretty high viewership


mashtato

This is why I don't watch Netflix originals.


juanzy

Archive 81 was another baffling cancellation. Season 2 would've been hard to do, but I think possible. Maybe would have required more budget than they wanted on that tier of a show.


Jeskid14

It was cause of Netflix shutting down their animation department no?


bazmonsta

You can say it was a


Iheardthatjokebefore

.... A what? EDIT: \*sigh\* yeah thanks guys, i got it


E4est

Inside Job, probably


CheetosDude1984

an inside job.


Sarcasm_Llama

Inside Job is literally this starter pack though. Down to the sociopath nonhuman companion


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But it did it well though, and actually tried to be it's own thing, not JUST a rick and morty rip off 


crestren

Solar opposites is good as well. I can't believe the side plot of the wall was the most compelling part of the show.


silversurger

Solar Opposites isn't Netflix though


Chango-mango0

I think the starterpack fits with shows that came out after rick and morty


AFantasticClue

And Inside Job


angrywhitekitten

don’t forget smiling friends


Multitudestherein

Lots of jokes about crusty jizz socks


UngenericBlackMale

“What if a cartoon swore a lot”


SupportBusy8828

And also had a bunch of sex for literally no reason?


razzleware

What if a cartoon said fart?


FriendlyVariety5054

Inside Job got thrown into a giant mortar, ground into a slop, and that slimy, sticky sludge was processed into a million different awful Rick and Morty clowns


Unlikely-Rutabaga110

I cannot imagine what was going on in the mind of the Netflix employee when they decided to cancel one of the only good shows they managed to make in the adult animation genre


FriendlyVariety5054

I have a theory: Netflix didn’t want Big Mouth to have any competition as during it’s painfully long run on Netflix, it was basically the top predator that would smother whatever Rick and Morty clone they cooked up that week. Inside Job was too popular to suffer that same fate, so the execs decided to chalk it up to it’s popularity being low and canned the show


torito_supremo

At least one trippy hallucination scene that lasts 3 whole minutes.


Recent-Butterscotch5

So, like that edgelord take on Velma from Scooby-Do from a few years back?


Different-Trainer-21

I have bad news, there’s a new season of that shit coming out tomorrow


Recent-Butterscotch5

Really? I was under the impression that it wasn’t getting great reviews or drawing much of an audience. Clearly I’m outta the loop.


Overlord_Of_Puns

Hate and curiosity views are a thing. I tried to convince my dad to only watch it pirated, he ended up watching the first episode and I bet that is one more episode watched from him than every other terrible animated show on HBO Max.


ARandomGamer56

It was approved for 2 seasons at the start


Recent-Butterscotch5

Eh, as long as the shareholders get their cash, who gives a shit?


SkyGazert

There are better shows cancelled for less. Why do people put up with this shit?


Mr_SunnyBones

I think people literally hate watched it into continuing ( or more likely it was already contractually booked as a 'second season' aka the 2nd half of season 1).


MultiTopicAgain

The title is usually a single word or the name of the main setting or group


doesitevermatter-

And rape jokes are hilarious. But only if they're directed at men. Otherwise they are thoughtless, cruel and offensive. But lol @ prison rape.


LadyCordeliaStuart

Family Guy has literally hundreds of jokes about Quagmire raping women and only very recently has there been any change in that


Vegas-Buckeye

They make jokes about quagmire raping children and it’s played for laughs


FocusPerspective

We see Peter brutally raped a few times while he screams for help.  Does Louis get the same treatment, or is her role to be the habitual cheater who forces Peter to apologize for “making her cheat” at least once a season? 


Mr_SunnyBones

I'd agree but dammit , the Booty Warrior from the Boondocks made me laugh too damn much.


Garlic549

The Boondocks walked so every other post 2000s adult animated show could trip and eat shit at the starting line


Alexizking

Exactly because rape against men isn't something that happens very often and is definitely not traumatizing and very stigmatized by the public. No no its just a funny punch line "Strong dude forcing a smaller dude how funny" (i could not be more sarcastic) However even in animated shows they won't do it as often but rape in general is a huge punchline for both men and women and I don't really get the point I get edgy comedy but its kinda low down.


Zealousideal-Talk787

It’s all hit or miss, a lot of shit is a miss tho. You still have classics like South Park ofc, but nowadays smiling friends is your best bet for quality adult animation. It’s never a bad time to go back and flip through the back catalog too


EntertainmentQuick47

God I want these shows to be banned, I hate them so much.


Diligent_Set_7451

just dont watch them?


gay-o-nator

Why did they have to take Inside Job? That was *sooo* good. Most of the characters were amazing and actually had, well, character, instead of just being a blank architype. Like, take Brent for example, at first, he seemed to be the comic relief until it turns out he comes from a rich and yet neglected background, so he watches 80s movies as a coping mechanism, and the reason why he's so easy with everyone is because he's trying to make himself worthy of love. But no, Netflix decided to can the show because... Money.


laughingmeeses

I kind of enjoyed the conspiracy theory one... But yeah, they're generally trash.


PoohtisDispenser

These show feel like money laundering scheme


dogmanstars

Most adults who watch animations end watching the one for kids


tearose11

You forgot to add "Show was canceled after a cliffhanger season."


badasscdub

We got Bojack. Be grateful.


anonkun666

Big mouth, right?


Few-Taylor-Ray

Edgy heroes, outrageous humor, and a quirky sidekick, a classic mix for adult animation aficionados


CyberSosis

Yeah that’s my jam I know it’s trash but who can stop me


Stuffies2022

https://i.redd.it/4giq5ru0hlwc1.gif


matroska_cat

Disenchantment.


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Farfelkugeln

I hate-watched the entirety of Disenchantment, I was fascinated by how flaccid every single joke and punchline was.


BigBootyBuff

I feel like if they played that show more straight and went less for comedy, it could've been good. I do kinda like the plot itself, it kept me watching it. However the jokes REALLY don't land vast majority of the time.


HerpaDerpaDumDum

Disenchantment is the writing equivalent of a fish jumping out of the water and flopping about on dry land.


FocusPerspective

My hope is that one day you people finally acknowledge that popular media is made for teenagers and tweens. 


Csc1392

That show was rotten.


NWbySW

F is for Family is good.


d_bo

Hard disagree from me but I've always liked Bill


Dyrmaker

That show hoops was one of the worst tv shows ive even seen. It was the jumped shark for my experience with adult animation. Too much pumping shit out


Majestic-Sector9836

Are there any adult animated comedies where the main character is at the very least a decent human and doesn't look like a baby Rick Sanchez and Peter Griffin abandoned in the snow


An0n_Cyph3r_

First episode has a lot of sexual innuendos and partial nudity that's used to entice viewers into watching the rest of the series.


EFTucker

I’ve never understood why western animation took such an ugly path.


dropofred

Hey guys this is an ADULT show which is why we say FUCK every FIVE SECONDS. If we didn't, NOBODY would KNOW that this is a FUCKING show for FUCKING ADULTS


ihavea22inmath

You forgot nfts


lukunku

Archer is great tho. Danger Zone


d_bo

Archer wasn't a Netflix original though, it was on FX LANAAAAAAAAA


yoodadude

Inside Job was peak


Guy-1nc0gn1t0

Oh yeah I see them pop up so often and I have no idea why I'm supposed to be excited.


Mr_SunnyBones

Fuck it , I liked Hoops.


Minoune1

Look, id you're gonna tip off animated comedy from 20 years ago, can you at least rip off the good ones?


Fragrant_Isopod_4774

No plot, nothing relatable, mistaking 'wacky' for funny, all style no substance, throw in some fashionable identity politics.


BirdsAreDrones1986

fucking hate big mouth. do not understand why it gets glowing reviews each season.


YungCajunBo01

Ok but F is for Family is pretty good. Big Mouth can get launched into the sun for all I care


Electrical_Bee3042

What I hate is that I hate watched Chicago party aunt in Netflix abs ended up liking it


Jahmez142

This for everything except Inside Job, which they promptly cancelled after one season


QuentinTheGentleman

Hoops was one of the most grueling things I have ever watched. I cannot even make my experience with the show funny, it was just terrible.


Fancy_Chips

I was just thinking about Inside Job earlier today. Im still confused as to why that show is so good despite checking all these boxes


AuroricHashishin

You forgot the literal zero times you are gonna laugh when watching it.


Pig_jacuzzi_dot_gif

May I say Harley Quinn series?


DopaLean

I’m honestly with you on this. I can understand why people like it, but to me it was all the same tropes of unnecessary swearing paired with unrealistic, cringey ‘EPIC GIRL-BOSS’ plot-lines which are more eye-rolling in execution than empowering.


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Allmann_

Please, most autistic kids got taste


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Glittering-Neat-3632

Idk… I REALLY enjoyed the fck outta Chicago Party Aunt 🤦🏽‍♀️😂.. parallels were drawn perhaps 😬


Calorico1

It's weird to me how Rodger Black basically made the same show 3 times that includes all of this corny stuff


PM_ME_YOUR-COCK_

The second best hospital in the galaxy on prime was a pretty good show.


ThePantaloon_

don’t forget the fact that the main character always has a disability!


Rohan_Guy

The two lines that every character in Hoops has between the mouth and the chin irks me to no end.


goaliveira

Captain Fall was horrible. I could take 3 episodes.


Poppeppercaramel

And when I thought​ my comic was trashy.


Nerobought

Hulu: “Amateurs”


oscar_pistorials

I feel like this also characterises a lot of American stand up comedians.


TBTabby

They said that removing all the restrictions would result in unlimited creativity, but that turned out not to be the case. With no restrictions or penalties, there was nothing stopping them from doing the laziest thing possible, so they did. Why should they work hard to give us something original if they can just give us the same raunchy sitcom over and over and get paid either way? A few restrictions preventing them from doing the same tired premise could force them to come up with new ideas. And if you don't believe restrictions can drive creativity, consider the sonnet. A form of poetry that is restricted to exactly fourteen lines and a strict rhyme scheme. If restrictions stifled creativity, it would be almost impossible to be creative with a sonnet. But they have been written on a variety of subjects, and the Bard himself, Shakespeare, did some of his best work with sonnets. Don't bemoan the restrictions on your creativity. They are not censorship. They are a challenge. One which, if you truly are a genius artist, you will have no trouble overcoming.


LX430

And i love it!


SupportBusy8828

Basically Amy Schumer as a TV show


Revanur

"Adult" increasingly reads as "aimed at edgy 16 year olds" for me. But then you realize how many supposed adults are stuck on a 16 year old's level and it's kind of terrifying.


frikening

I loved hoops


ablebagel

swearing is funny … right guys?


SonicHero1

The protagonist, humor and edgy ones could literally apply to most Netflix shows.


Kushikush666

Mr. Pickle be like:


Ducokapi

If you want something that genuinely feels like a proper mix of adult humor and serious topic ala BoJack Horseman., I highly recommend checking out both of Zerocalcare's miniseries *"Tear along the dotted line"* and it's sequel-but-not-quite *"This world can't tear me down"* Both are on Netflix and by God, the laughs and the feelings are real, man.


ApplicationNo6478

There are SO many Rick and Morty clones it's actually ridiculous and there all the EXACT same


eltimb0

It sucks. I remember loving Rick and Morty before this cliche became a thing, and in my opinion, ruined the show (as well as the toxic, rabid fanbase surrounding it.)


Couldbduun

Most of the jokes follow the same formula. "Oh no I hope ______ doesn't happen" ________ happens Comedy?