El Pollo Guerrera
Grimlock
His name has chicken in it, and he is good at makin' .gifs, so that's cool.
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Posts: 14,726
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jun 22, 2014 23:54:30 GMT -5
I don't understand what is meant by "flanderized". Did something happen to Ned recently? Well, he loses wives a lot... But it's the internet term for when a sitcom takes a quirk or trait of a character and gradualy makes it more and more extreme to the point where it basically becomes that character's entire, well, character. Named for him because he started out as a caring father who happened to be fairly devout, to his religion completely becoming him. Other examples would include anyone who became stupider in a series as time went on (Homer, Joey Tribiani, Eric Matthews) to the point where that stupidity encompassed their entire character. I don't know if I'd say that Cox escaped it, since his sarcasm really ratcheted up, but the Janitor did. OK, I think I got it. I really can't think of anyone that falls into that category right now. The ones that do come to mind weren't really background characters but a part of a greater ensemble... like Klinger from "MASH". He sort of started out as a random face in the unit, then it turned into "what's Klinger going to do THIS week", but then he grew out of it when he was promoted to Radar.
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Post by Red Impact on Jun 22, 2014 23:58:21 GMT -5
Well, he loses wives a lot... But it's the internet term for when a sitcom takes a quirk or trait of a character and gradualy makes it more and more extreme to the point where it basically becomes that character's entire, well, character. Named for him because he started out as a caring father who happened to be fairly devout, to his religion completely becoming him. Other examples would include anyone who became stupider in a series as time went on (Homer, Joey Tribiani, Eric Matthews) to the point where that stupidity encompassed their entire character. I don't know if I'd say that Cox escaped it, since his sarcasm really ratcheted up, but the Janitor did. OK, I think I got it. I really can't think of anyone that falls into that category right now. The ones that do come to mind weren't really background characters but a part of a greater ensemble... like Klinger from "MASH". He sort of started out as a random face in the unit, then it turned into "what's Klinger going to do THIS week", but then he grew out of it when he was promoted to Radar. Well, it usually less of a background character and just not the main lead. Happy Days is pretty much full of it, Fonzie being a huge example as he went from troubled but cool youth to demigod with a magic hand.
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Post by Some Guy on Jun 23, 2014 0:10:29 GMT -5
Ann from Parks and Rec? She wasn't all that great of a character, though.
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