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[Neonivek]

The taco thing in Fight Fighters was a reference? I just thought it was a dumb power up joke. Still funny.

I think the All You Can Eat/Shoryuken joke would be the hardest to get if you didn't know the reference. Or the Soviet Union thing, considering the target audience.

Yeah but what helps is that you didn't have to know almost any of the references to find the episode funny or good.

Though Dipper certainly has a lot of "Being a man" episodes. I am starting to think the show actually has one protagonist instead of two (that being Dipper... instead of Mable).

[kaijyuu]

The "being a man" episodes for Dipper are just character development. I like 'em. Dipper upgraded to badass in my mind after Fight Fighters. Him hitting the floating start button before getting pummeled was friggin' awesome.

As for Mabel, I noticed a lack of her too. Going by the titles of upcoming episodes I don't think that will change either.

[Neonivek]

I think they wanted Mable to be a sort of second character onto herself but they just can't think of much to go with because she doesn't really have a character so to speak she only has crazyness (Any character development attempted on her is reversed)

She did get two episodes to herself but one of them was probably one of the worst "Just be yourself" episodes I ever seen... heck it felt like the ENTIRE purpose of that episode was just for Dipper (actually both ended up seemingly used just to aid Dipper's story)

[penguinofhonor]

Yeah, I'm starting to get annoyed at Mabel being forced into a secondary role. I don't think her crazy really prevents her from getting character development, as that's just more of her antics rather than her whole personality.

[Neonivek]

Yeah, I'm starting to get annoyed at Mabel being forced into a secondary role. I don't think her crazy really prevents her from getting character development, as that's just more of her antics rather than her whole personality.

Which is weird because she has a personality. She is fun loving, kind, unattentive, imaginative, and she handles stress by escaping.

Which is why she handles stress that requires her to be focused and attentive badly.

I think the reason then she is forced into the secondary role is because the most obvious character development for Mabel (maturity) would actually destroy what they want to do with her (random crazyness)

[Glowcat]

Yeah... Dipper provides direction to the plot in the form of conspiracy fanatic but too much of that is a bad thing, we don't need more of him. *Disintegrates the Copy Machine just to be sure*

Although Mabel could still develop while retaining her silliness. It's just a bit harder to pull off with comedy focused characters because it removes them from their strength. On the other hand, it also helps avoid flanderization and might be necessary for long-term appeal.

[Neonivek]

might be necessary for long-term appeal

Watching the show gives me the impression that it isn't actually meant to be a very long show.

[Xantalos]

Anybody remember that one show Xaolin Showdown? I remember it actually being not bad.

[Neonivek]

Anybody remember that one show Xaolin Showdown? I remember it actually being not bad.

It was good but in my oppinion it actually got worse as it went on.

[Xantalos]

I remember nothing except it only lasted two seasons, there's a reboot coming in 2013, and there was a bald kid.

[Glowcat]

I remember changing wardrobes with a (the?) female character and... that's pretty much the only thing that stuck out. I never really got into it as I wasn't impressed by its quality.

[Furtuka]

I liked it, except by the time I got into it it had already ended so the channel it was on was just completely airing it out of order.

[Putnam]

It's coming back.

[Neonivek]

I liked it, except by the time I got into it it had already ended so the channel it was on was just completely airing it out of order.

My goodness that must suck... I realise that the show can be pretty episodic and sometimes they BARELY come up with excuses to use their new artifacts (sometimes they don't even have an excuse)... but it had continuity.

Anything to get out of purely episodic shows...

[Neonivek]

Wow there are a lot of episodes of Adventure time... I just discovered that my channel isn't even past the first season and is doing reruns of the first season.