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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Jan 4, 2013 23:13:08 GMT -5
I hope most of us are familiar with Poochie. In short, he was a character brought into a failing show that was a product of corporate brainstorming. I was thinking about this the other night. There has to be more of those type of characters.
The first one I thought of was
Shadow the Hedgehog
You can picture the corporate heads talking about getting this edgy character into the pretty tame Sonic franchise. He needs more attitude, red and black are hip colors, guns, he needs lots of guns.
Any others you can think of?
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jan 4, 2013 23:43:44 GMT -5
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 4, 2013 23:50:46 GMT -5
Todd Manning upon being moved to General Hospital after the One Life To Live cancellation.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jan 5, 2013 0:11:55 GMT -5
Todd Manning upon being moved to General Hospital after the One Life To Live cancellation. GH is driving me crazy right now! In the last couple of months they brought AJ Quartermain back from the dead, along with Duke Lavery AND Faizon, they killed Robin for about a week, brought in characters from other soaps, and lured back old characters like Scorpio, Anna, Lucy Cue... I'm half expecting Robin to be rescued by Stone soon! (And if you got that reference, you'll know how long I've been watching...) It's like GH is part of DC's "New 52". Stop looking at me like that. |
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Post by Long A, Short A on Jan 5, 2013 0:18:32 GMT -5
^^^
You'd think Starr would be the Poochie, since she had a poochie quality on OTL. I know she's been on that show forever, but that's just a testament to her poochiness.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2013 0:43:14 GMT -5
Shadow the Hedgehog is probably the best example of a forced, "cool by committee" character.
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Post by Cyno on Jan 5, 2013 0:44:50 GMT -5
Nu-Dante from the Devil May Cry reboot Ninja Theory's doing.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 5, 2013 0:46:32 GMT -5
^^^ You'd think Starr would be the Poochie, since she had a poochie quality on OTL. I know she's been on that show forever, but that's just a testament to her poochiness. I'd actually consider all of the OLTL castoffs as "The Poochie", since they were brought in to shake things up. And I actually LIKE Todd. At least he can be funny (i.e. the "Crazy Calling" ringtone for Heather). I guess you're right about Starr. Out of all the OLTL castoffs, Starr serves the least purpose. I liked Starr on OLTL but she doesn't seem to serve a purpose on GH. I hate Starr/Michael as a couple. The actors have some chemistry as friends, they're friends in real life (and have a cool YouTube Channel), but the characters have no romantic chemistry. The only thing interesting about Starr and Michael is who their parents are. It's like someone wrote a fanfic with the idea of pairing Sonny's son with Todd's daughter, and then said "F*** it". |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2013 1:03:54 GMT -5
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 5, 2013 1:17:20 GMT -5
Wesley Crusher
Even the actor who played him, recognised how obnoxious the character was.
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Post by darthalexander on Jan 5, 2013 1:21:56 GMT -5
Wesley Crusher Even the actor who played him, recognised how obnoxious the character was. I saw him more as a wasted character. Too bad because there was some potential there. Venom in Spider-Man 3. Raimi didn't want him there but he was forced to have him. |
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Post by Renslayer on Jan 5, 2013 1:22:33 GMT -5
Since the Jets are considered a "soap opera,"  would apply. |
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Post by Cela on Jan 5, 2013 2:00:39 GMT -5
Dawn Summers, whenever she was off screen, people would ask, "Where's Dawn?" Also she was much louder than other characters.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Jan 5, 2013 2:30:35 GMT -5
Todd Manning upon being moved to General Hospital after the One Life To Live cancellation. GH is driving me crazy right now! In the last couple of months they brought AJ Quartermain back from the dead, along with Duke Lavery AND Faizon, they killed Robin for about a week, brought in characters from other soaps, and lured back old characters like Scorpio, Anna, Lucy Cue... I'm half expecting Robin to be rescued by Stone soon! (And if you got that reference, you'll know how long I've been watching...) It's like GH is part of DC's "New 52". Stop looking at me like that. When they bring back the weather machine, then I'll watch |
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 5, 2013 2:33:27 GMT -5
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Post by Glitch on Jan 5, 2013 2:40:17 GMT -5
The first one I thought of was Shadow the Hedgehog You can picture the corporate heads talking about getting this edgy character into the pretty tame Sonic franchise. He needs more attitude, red and black are hip colors, guns, he needs lots of guns. Any others you can think of? He didn't start out with a gun. When Shadow debuted in Sonic Aventures 2, he was the arch rival that could put up a challenge to Sonic. He's more of a victim of re-imaging . |
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Post by Dub H on Jan 5, 2013 2:51:40 GMT -5
Can we count like...Acro the Acrobat and Bubsy the cat?
Both failed mascots that wer epretty much created in the same soul as Sonic,hoping it would stick as a mascot,just like Sonic.
And to be fair to Shadow...he just had guns on his solo game..not on his debut.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 5, 2013 4:14:04 GMT -5
Jar Jar Binks
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Post by Hurbster on Jan 5, 2013 5:26:09 GMT -5
Nu-Dante from the Devil May Cry reboot Ninja Theory's doing. Seeing as that game isn't out yet.... Anyway who want's another lazy game like DMC 4 anyway ? |
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 5, 2013 6:56:39 GMT -5
Can we count like...Acro the Acrobat and Bubsy the cat? Both failed mascots that wer epretty much created in the same soul as Sonic,hoping it would stick as a mascot,just like Sonic. And to be fair to Shadow...he just had guns on his solo game..not on his debut. That and Shadow has gone on to be part of the Sonic universe that most fans seem to accept. It's his game that was the major problem. |
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