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FoolFantastic posted...

The thing that scared me away from Hey Arnold for a bit was the grandpa's jaw falling off...

What did I tell ya, short maaan

Lives in my head right next to IM NOT TOMMY!

#41: One Beer

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Brilliant satire, or the worst segment in Tiny Toons history? Get back to me after I've had a few.

It's clear that the Tiny Toon Adventures writers were dragged kicking and screaming into doing some kind of anti-drinking PSA, and the result was "One Beer", the ending segment of the episode called "Elephant Issues". Using peer pressure as the prompt topic, the episode shows Buster Bunny and his friends Plucky and Hampton finding a beer and chugging it down. The rest of the episode is a lesson in surreal extremism, as Buster and his friends prove to be the ultimate lightweights, getting stone cold drunk after just one sip of beer, and proceeding to make drunken passes at the girls before getting in a car and driving it off a cliff. The entire time, the episode is poking fun at just how insane it is for this to be happening, and Buster and the gang even make jokes themselves about how this is very out of character for them but it's something they're being forced into. In the end, of course, everything that happened (including the three driving off a cliff and DYING) is revealed to just be a show for the viewers, and that they hope they get to do a funny episode next time. Is this a bad episode? It's certainly funny, albeit bizarre, and yet, even though it's clearly satirical, the episode still manages to be quite disturbing, not knowing at times whether it wants to scare kids or entertain them. Viewers have actually commented on how the episode made drinking look cool and would make them want to drink, despite the exaggerated consequences Buster and friends face for doing so. The episode courted controversy from the moment it first aired, even though it was trying to send a message against drinking, and was banned for a time from certain networks. While it's clear exactly what the show's writers were trying to do (a satire of moralistic anti-drinking episodes in cartoons), the satire at times hit a bit too much on the nose, and sailed over the heads of a lot of young viewers, who saw the episode as just a straight up anti-drinking episode and got disturbed by its contents, while some parents weren't so happy to see the Tiny Toons chugging beer either. Though brilliant in the eyes of some fans, "One Beer" sent entirely the wrong message to others, and stands out as the most memorable and infamous Tiny Toon Adventures segment ever aired.

All of these anti-drug/alcohol entries makes me wonder if we'll see Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue any time soon.

RySenkari posted...

#43: The Kids On Liberty's Kids Don't Age

Of course they don't. Constantly redoing character designs to show children growing realistically is incredibly difficult. I can barely think of any shows that even try it.

I get the whole thing about it wrecking historical realism though

Xeybozn posted...

Of course they don't. Constantly redoing character designs to show children growing realistically is incredibly difficult. I can barely think of any shows that even try it.

The only reason it's dumb on Liberty's Kids is because it's supposed to be taking place over a real historical period of time. And, like I said, they had SO many guest stars on this thing. They were clearly trying with most aspects of the show, it just blows my mind that they couldn't have at least tried to age the main characters and not break immersion.

the problem with 'One Beer' is not so much that is anti-drinking PSA as that it is so completely off style and goes against everything the show is.

They did a segment about smoking as well and that one was perfectly fine.

RySenkari posted...

#72: Worldwide Day Of Play

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Worldwide Day of playing Xbox, maybe.

From 2004 to 2019, Nickelodeon had a well-meaning but obviously short-sighted campaign in which they would cease showing their normal programming in favor of popping a message on screen encouraging kids to go outside and play. On the surface, this seemed fine: there's nothing wrong with a television network encouraging kids to get up and participate in physical activity. But... let's break this down for just a moment and you'll quickly realize where this campaign went horribly wrong. In a world where Cartoon Network and the Disney Channel exist, for example, kids can just change the channel. There are video games available as well, so... kids had a lot of options that didn't involve going outside. Parents have been trying to get kids to go outside for years, you think Nickelodeon's going to be able to do it? And, of course, there are kids who can't just go out and play. Kids with disabilities, kids forced to spend that Saturday in the hospital... imaging being a sick kid with cancer and just wanting to enjoy some Nickelodeon after chemo, and laying there in that bed and seeing a message telling you to go out and play. Nickelodeon actually once had a much more successful and fun campaign to encourage kids to get out into the world: The Big Help, a marathon in which Nick celebrities encouraged kids to volunteer their time with local charities. They had concerts and contests and top 10 countdowns and it was a day to look forward to every year, and it actually did lead to lots of kid-driven volunteer projects around the country. If you just turn off the TV, kids will look for something else to watch. The fact that it took Nickelodeon 16 years to figure this out is just sad, but it's taken them longer to correct their mistakes before, as we'll see later on in the list.

I thought you also will be talking about this incident:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGjGKEG9XBQ

RySenkari posted...

#50: Caillou

I've never seen this show, and I never want to. I watch some of the YouTube channels that cover disturbing things. A few of them covered a truly disturbing attempt by someone at making an ARG or a creepypasta where they used a clip from something that wound up being child porn. Once someone reached out to the creators with that information, they took their website down. Anyway, without too much detail, I'm told that the clip referenced Caillou.

rwlh posted...

All of these anti-drug/alcohol entries makes me wonder if we'll see Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue any time soon.

Without going into too much detail in case it does appear, the circumstances around Garfield's involvement would certainly qualify.

I read an interesting article the other week on fandom puritanism and anti-fandom which the Voltron shipping entry reminded me of. Here's a link if anyone would like to read it:
https://www.vox.com/culture/23733213/fandom-purity-culture-what-is-proship-antiship-antifandom?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

This topic is great and I'm enjoying reading all of these even the few I disagree with. (Zelda cartoon was fine! Captain N was the bad one) Nothing much else to say but just wanted you to know.

McMarbles posted...

What did I tell ya, short maaan

Lives in my head right next to IM NOT TOMMY!

Stoop kid's afraid to leave his stoop

LightningStrikes posted...

Fandom has always been terrible. The internet just let it be more terrible. Stephen King wrote Misery in 1987 about just this and Im sure you can find even earlier examples of the concept cropping up!

How about 1605, with Don Quixote.

I rented Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue several times from the video store when I was young. The Muppet Babies AND Garfield in the same cartoon? Sign me up!

That said, there is a good side to fandom too, even today! You just need the ability to curate your own interaction with it.

Oh no doubt. I'm in the RWBY Fandom and greatly enjoy it.

Of course a big part of it's stability is having to band together against haters who haven't watched it in 8 years but think they're an expert because they watched an hbomberguy video.

Comradery through adversity.

That reminds me that I need to watch that RWBY anime some time. It's been on my list for a while now.

People say it's bad but the clips I have seen are ridiculous to the point where I have to check it out eventually.

Will wait for the Bluray release though, based on comparison shots they're really cooking on that home release animation cleanup.

The line between fandom passion and fandom insanity is razor-thin.

There was a period when Undertale was blowing up when it was phenomenal to interact with fans. People were discussing the plot, making amazing comics and music remixes, etc. Was legitimately the most fun I've ever had with a game after finishing it.

Then youtube got a hold of the game.

Anagram posted...

By far the most important celebrity NFT thing is Seth Green's trailer for his NFT TV show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mjiz0Cd34

Didnt he end up not being able to make this (incredibly crappy looking) show because someone stole his Bored Ape NFT, and by NFT rules, possession is 10 10ths of the law?

EDIT: I looked into it, he paid a $260,000 ransom to get it back LMAO

Jakyl25 posted...

Didnt he end up not being able to make this (incredibly crappy looking) show because someone stole his Bored Ape NFT, and by NFT rules, possession is 10 10ths of the law?

EDIT: I looked into it, he paid a $260,000 ransom to get it back LMAO

what, I thought this scenario was supposed to be literally impossible by THE LAWS OF NFTs.

Jakyl25 posted...

EDIT: I looked into it, he paid a $260,000 ransom to get it back LMAO

See! NFT's are big money makers. Just go steal someone big's NFT, and ransom it off for a quarter of a million. Easiest money you'll ever make!

#40: The Cancellation Of Invader Zim

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Pictured: Cosplayers storming Nickelodeon HQ.

Invader Zim debuted in 2001 and immediately became one of Nickelodeon's most controversial shows, while also cultivating one of its most devoted cult fanbases. Its blend of surrealism and dark comedy may have been a bit too much for the show's intended fanbase (though, I would argue, not any worse than what Ren and Stimpy got away with for years), but which attracted an enormous periphery fandom. Despite the controversy, Invader Zim was beloved by critics, and surely could've found its audience if given the chance. However, it would never get that chance, as Nickelodeon would cancel it in early 2002, less than a year after its debut and after just 27 total half-hours had been produced. Fans immediately launched a campaign to save the show, with letters and petitions, but it wasn't to be, and Invader Zim immediately became a cult classic upon the end of its run. Just why was the show canceled? A mix of factors, including low ratings and the aftereffects of 9/11, combined with the show's rather large budget would ultimately doom Invader Zim, but regardless of the business reasons for canceling the show, many fans still believe Invader Zim got a raw deal, especially when shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, which also enjoyed a strong periphery demographic, were promoted much more heavily and became successful. That so many people loved the show, that critics regard it as one of the best cartoons of the 2000s, is evidence to the fandom that Nickelodeon should've promoted it more, should've figured out a way to make it work, should've fought less with the creator over content... or at the very least, that Invader Zim should've been picked up by another network, possibly Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. Regardless of what one thinks of Nickelodeon's reasons for canceling the show, Invader Zim represents an incredible amount of lost potential, and is a sign that sometimes shows can find a strong audience and yet still not achieve any measure of conventional success. It would get a streaming exclusive movie later on, but the show's devoted fans still maintain that it deserved so much more.

#39: Arthur's Big Hit

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"Rip the mic, Rip the stage, Rip the system! Arthur was born to rage against 'em!"

"Arthur's Big Hit" is the most infamous episode of the PBS animated series Arthur, enraging and entertaining fans for nearly a quarter of a century at this point. In the episode, Arthur spends a week working carefully to build a model plane, only for D.W. to come along and throw it out the window, after being repeatedly told by Arthur not to touch it. Arthur gets pissed off and punches D.W. on the arm, and D.W. whines to her parents, getting Arthur in trouble. Now, we're supposed to see Arthur as being in the wrong here, and... yeah, I can understand that, it's not okay to hit your little sister no matter what she does. But when your episode has most fans on the side of domestic violence, you've clearly done something wrong, and here, the writers have clearly missed the plot, with D.W. not only refusing to show remorse for her actions, but facing no punishment at all. Instead, Arthur is grounded for a week and all of his friends start hating him, no matter how much he tries to explain himself. Later on, Binky is peer pressured to punch Arthur, and he does so, making Arthur feel guilty and finally apologize to D.W. D.W. in turn apologizes to Arthur (but still doesn't get punished for smashing his plane), and it's a sort of half-apology in which she also says that he should give her a break because she's young. If the message that the episode was trying to send is that hitting people is wrong, most fans didn't get the message, because replies and reviews of this episode are still littered with "D.W. deserved it" and "D.W. deserved worse" posts. And, of course, there's the memes... so many memes, from Arthur clenching his fist being a popular reaction post, to Arthur's punch being changed into a Falcon Punch that sends D.W. into orbit. Not only did the writers fail to convince viewers of the moral of the episode, but the episode became a meme factory, and now remains a hilarious example of how fans can create their own meaning for an episode if the writers don't do a good job conveying their message.

RySenkari posted...

#40: The Cancellation Of Invader Zim

This
This is the big one
Anger inducing

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All they had to do is to have D.W get grounded too, and all would have been well. Both would have learned a lesson about how to respect each other better (Don't break your brother's stuff, don't hit your sister).

It's funny, because it's clear some people at Nick LOVED Invader Zim, they aired special promos and marathons for years on the Nicktoons channel. It was probably just too hard to justify to the execs at large, especially due to parental concerns.

I absolutely despised Zim. Thought it was super weird and cringey

#38: Planet Sheen

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Unfortunately, the show has nothing to do with Martin Sheen or Charlie Sheen.

In 2010, a spinoff of the popular Nicktoon The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius was released, focused on Jimmy's friend Sheen and his adventures in outer space. It came as a result of the studio's failed attempts to get their astronaut-themed pilot picked up after shopping it to a variety of networks, mostly because it starred an adult instead of a kid. They retooled the pilot into a Jimmy Neutron spinoff focused on Sheen and Carl, but Nickelodeon wanted a show focused on just Sheen (the creators got around this by having Sheen befriend an alien who's pretty much an exact copy of Carl). The show focused on Sheen's adventures after getting stuck on an alien world four trillion light years from Earth, and his efforts to build a rocket ship and go home. While doing so, he battled hostile aliens, went on strange space adventures, and attempted to win the affections of a pretty alien girl (while another alien girl crushed on him). It was formulaic, predictable, and boring, but what of course made it truly annoying and tough to sit through was that it focused on Sheen, probably the most reviled character on Jimmy Neutron. His antics grated on viewers all episode long, and many found themselves hoping Sheen would never make it back home. Of all the characters from Jimmy Neutron to get their own spinoff, having it be focused on Sheen (at Nick's insistence, no less) made the show the worst it could've possibly been. Carl would've been better. Cindy and Libby would've been better. But with Sheen at the helm, this show was destined to fail, and sure enough, it only lasted one season. That means that canonically, Sheen's still out there, four trillion light years from Earth, trying to get home... and no one here misses him.

I absolutely despised jimmy neutron. Thought it was super weird and cringey

But in a different way. I was always annoyed it was supposed to be super sciencey and then they did things like not wear helmets in space.

It was the Big Bang theory of kids shows

masterplum posted...

I absolutely despised Zim. Thought it was super weird and cringey

Nobody is surprised you think that.

#37: I Love L.A.

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To be fair, walking all over Los Angeles isn't half as bad as driving all over Los Angeles.

This 1980s Alvin and the Chipmunks episode wasn't so much an episode as it was an 11-minute torture session that we were all forced to sit through, and exemplifies both a big problem with the 80s Alvin and the Chipmunks and just a lot of kids' cartoons of the time in general. In this episode, Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and Dave went to Los Angeles, where Alvin learned that their rival Dan the Dog (who is never mentioned in the series again, naturally) is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Determined to get that star for themselves, Alvin and his brothers pound the pavement all over Los Angeles, determined to be seen in the right places by the right people to get their star. This results in a series of misfortunes for the brothers, with a good chunk of it set to Randy Newman's "I Love L.A.". They get soaked, they get laughed at, they get yelled at, and as they walk, their feet get all sore and blistered. Still, they manage to get in with some influential power players, but even more unfortunate coincidences take place, and they're forced to go back to their hotel room. However, as they're about to give up, Dave gets a phone call... it's the Walk of Fame committee, wanting to award them a star after all! But, unfortunately, as a condition of getting that star, the three chipmunks would have to walk in a parade... and it's just not possible with their feet as blistered as they are. They lose the star, which goes to Dan the Dog instead, and that's the end of the episode. This was just a terribly sad episode that inflicted cruelty upon cruelty on the main characters. I suppose it was supposed to teach a lesson about how you should obey your parents or something (Dave told them not to go before they went out into the city), but did the episode have to teach that lesson so cruelly? This was a frequent problem with Alvin and the Chipmunks episodes, which often had endings where the chipmunks got in trouble or lost something because they broke a rule, and a lot of cartoons at the time did the same thing. Again, this is supposed to teach kids a lesson, but kids don't watch cartoons to learn lessons (except educational cartoons, but those teach actual valuable lessons usually), they watch cartoons to escape, and seeing Alvin and the Chipmunks suffer for 11 minutes of a Shoot the Shaggy Dog scenario isn't remotely entertaining, it's just cruel, and "I Love L.A." did it more cruelly than any other episode of the series, and perhaps any other episode of the 80s.

RySenkari posted...

#38: Planet Sheen

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Unfortunately, the show has nothing to do with Martin Sheen or Charlie Sheen.

Well, ACKSHUALLY, Sheens last name is Estevez, which is Martin Sheens real last name

Man I hope Young Justice getting cancelled because it's audience had too many girls is on here.

Maniac64 posted...

Man I hope Young Justice getting cancelled because it's audience had too many girls is on here.

Wait really?

HanOfTheNekos posted...

Wait really?

Some quick googling says no. The real reason was lack of toy sales

I thought of a good oneApaches, the British farm safety video where the kids all die from various farm accidents. It is mostly known by kids who watched it on tape in school, but it started out being aired on local television stations

#36: Blossom's New Boyfriend

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He's only the 3rd creepiest Jared though.

One of the most controversial aspects of the rebooted Powerpuff Girls was the character of Jared Shapiro, Blossom's elementary school crush in the new series. Though created to be the same age as Blossom, he usually looked and sounded quite a bit older than her, and it was heavily suspected that Jared was actually based on one of the show's writers, the man who also ended up voicing him on the show: Jake Goldman. Goldman didn't help these rumors when he had an interview enthusiastically proclaiming Blossom to be his favorite Powerpuff Girl. Though a later interview with another staff member for the show would deny that Jared was based on Jake and that he wasn't a romantic stand-in, fans largely don't buy this explanation, and it's hard to blame them considering how old the character looks and sounds, and just the very fact that he's voiced by the guy he appears to be based on. It also doesn't help that there's another particularly creepy Jared out there (who, if I was doing a list of the 100 Dumbest Moments In Fast Food Promotion would be #1) who also happens to look a lot like this guy. It's just not a good look when there are in-show fantasy sequences of this character with huge blown-up muscles looking like a grown man while Blossom makes heart eyes at him. Even if the character of Jared Shapiro is entirely innocent, and he very well could be, there's a phrase out there that says "avoid the appearance of evil", and this character does absolutely nothing of the sort. In this time when creepy behavior is being called out more than ever, this character was extremely ill-advised in a number of ways, and it's hard to claim ignorance when he checks off so many boxes.

Maniac64 posted...

Man I hope Young Justice getting cancelled because it's audience had too many girls is on here.

hombad46 posted...

Some quick googling says no. The real reason was lack of toy sales

The too many girls thing was the Green Lantern Animated Series.

But the Green Lantern Animated Series had Princess Iolande :(

Yeah that was one instance where I 100% don't buy Nick's cover up

That creep wanted to ship himself, a grownass man, with Blossom, a preschooler. It's basically disturbing self-insert fanfiction

I never got around to even check out the new Powerpuff Girls cartoon. My curiosity wad there I just didn't think it looked too great.

#35: The Charlie Adler/Tiny Toons Dust-Up

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If you wanna be in Animaniacs, here's a list of everything the Warners will be allowed to do to you...

Back in 1989, a then rising star voice actor named Charlie Adler was cast as Buster Bunny, one of the two lead roles on a new cartoon called Tiny Toon Adventures. Originally, Adler wasn't going to be cast, but the show's producers and voice director Andrea Romano convinced Spielberg to cast him due to the energy he brought during his audition. For several years, Adler played Buster with tremendous energy and joy, and was a highlight of the show's excellent voice cast. Then, things fell apart when Animaniacs went into production, and despite his performance on Tiny Toon Adventures, Adler wasn't offered an audition for the new show, despite numerous other members of the Tiny Toons cast, including co-star Tress MacNeille, being given major roles. Adler was furious, and not only accosted producers over what he claimed was "shabby" treatment, but wrote numerous angry letters and publicly disparaged figures such as Andrea Romano, despite them championing him before. He also quit the show, leading to John Kassir succeeding him as the voice of Buster Bunny. One of the most impactful and wild controversies revolving around a voice actor in animation history, there's some blame to be had on both sides here. It's wild that a place couldn't be found for a talented voice actor like Charlie Adler on Animaniacs, even if it would've required the creation of a new character. The man has carried entire animated series before (see: Rocko's Modern Life, Cow and Chicken) and certainly deserved an opportunity. At the same time, his reaction to losing out on an Animaniacs role comes off as incredibly unprofessional, especially when there were other jobs out there he could've had. Adler's actions after realizing he wouldn't be cast in Animaniacs are a damn good way to get yourself blacklisted, and it's very fortunate for him that his career continued pretty much unblemished, apart from losing his Tiny Toons role. He'd go on to one of the most prolific voice over careers of all time, would become an accomplished voice director (coaching such future voice stars as Lacey Chabert and Kaley Cuoco), and overall seems like a pretty decent guy all things considered, so maybe he was just going through some stuff at the time and took it out on the Tiny Toons producers? Either way, both Warner Bros. failure to find a role for a talented man like Charlie Adler and Adler's unprofessional response add up to one of the most bizarre voice acting related incidents of all time, and one of the dumbest things to happen to an otherwise stellar voiceover career.

WazzupGenius00 posted...

I thought of a good oneApaches, the British farm safety video where the kids all die from various farm accidents. It is mostly known by kids who watched it on tape in school, but it started out being aired on local television stations

*You know remember the screams of the kid who died at night of ingesting rat poison*

RySenkari posted...

#40: The Cancellation Of Invader Zim

This reminds me, I have a vague, vague recollection that Nickelodeon once had a poll they'd regularly run on their website where they'd have 3 randomly selected cartoons for people to vote on, and the one with the most votes would get played that day. One day, they did some update to the poll in the middle of running one, and one thing the update changed was you could no longer see the results update in real time. The last seen results of the poll before that point were something like Invader Zim - 52%, Spongebob - 38%, Rugrats(?) - 10%, with Zim in the lead with over 50%. Then like an hour or two later they announced Spongebob won. Was very suspicious.

#34: Characters Whose Sole Purpose Is To Make The Protagonists' Life A Living Hell And Who Never Get Punished

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She's reading all the hateful comments and it's just giving her more energy.

There's a certain kind of character present in a lot of kids' comedies, both live action and animated. You know the ones, the ones who are always picking on the protagonists, bullying them, pranking them, messing with them... and yet they always get away with it, no matter what they do. The protagonists try to tell an authority figure and no one believes them, or even worse, they get blamed for everything themselves! We've already talked about D.W. earlier on the list, but at least D.W. got punished sometimes... these characters NEVER get their comeuppance, or if they do, it's a slap on the wrist at best. I'll list two of the worst examples here, but there are many: Megan Parker from Drake and Josh is perhaps the most infamous of this type of character, and she's easily in the running for most hated fictional character ever. She torments Drake and Josh to no end, and even has spy equipment in her room so she knows where they are at all times. Her parents never catch her or punish her for her behavior, and she often makes bad situations worse, such as in the episode "Tree House" where she refuses to help the two escape a tree house they accidentally trapped themselves in, and even taunts them with uncooked food and cancels their dates. Then there's Bendy, from Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends. He only appeared in one episode (that was later revealed to be non-canon after all the fan backlash), but he still made an indelible impression, etching himself as one of the most hated cartoon characters of all time. He pranked the entire Foster's house, getting all the imaginary friends confined to their rooms, and even after being exposed for his deeds, he just ran off after pranking Wilt one last time. Characters like these are an example of some of the sadistic comedy employed by kids' show creators, and while this type of comedy has its place, it's rare to do correctly without pissing off viewers. Writers have utilized this trope a lot less in recent years, but the fact that it took them so long to figure out that we just don't like characters like this shows just how dumb this trope was.

htaeD posted...

*You know remember the screams of the kid who died at night of ingesting rat poison*

nah for me it's always the kid sinking into the slurry pit

and the scenes of the teacher peeling their nametag off of their coat rack at school or emptying their desk

UshiromiyaEva posted...

The too many girls thing was the Green Lantern Animated Series.

Isnt this also the reason Phantom Investigators got cancelled only a few episodes in?

Huh, I don't remember being particularly bothered by Megan Parker