@Dirty Bit
Meh, cartoon violence in a cartoon is typical. If you really care who is going it to who, then might as well denounce the other slapstick from the earlier seasons,
In Dirty Bit’s defense, even with regards to slapstick, in (almost all) previous generations of entertainment, you could determine who was going to be on the lower-receiving end of it based on a formula of character types.
Cuteness - Age + Gender x Character Type = Likelihood for Slapstick
Age: Baby -10 | young child -5 | older child +0 |
teen +5 | adult +10
Female is -5; Male +5
Character type:
The smart-savvy Wiseguy: -10
The Bully: +10
The Brute: +15
Stupid: +10
Evil: +20
This was even demonstrated in an episode of Animaniacs when the Warner Bros (and Sister) were running from Elmyra. These are normally the savvy, cute-ish young characters who could avoid being on the hurtful end of slapstick. But they knew Elmyra, being an adorable little girl, was “too powerful” for them to handle. So they got the baby girl Mindy (“Ok I love you, bubye!”) and utilize her to get damage on Elmyra.
The scene of Hunchback pony slamming a bell on a cute little filly basically took this generally understood, expectant formula and inverted it, and therefore a scientific reason that it shocks any of us (and entertains me).
@Dirty Bit
Meh, cartoon violence in a cartoon is typical. If you really care who is going it to who, then might as well denounce the other slapstick from the earlier seasons, or even from this one
Hmm, dunno if that’s any better? I mean, if a little girl were [failing] to push you around, I think we’d all consider it abuse if you hit her with tremendous force.
SPIDER! SPIDER!
GRATUITOUS VIOLANCE!!
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especially bell ringers
And Buttons was so thankful in the end XD
Elmyra and Mindy: Unstoppable meets Immovable.
In Dirty Bit’s defense, even with regards to slapstick, in (almost all) previous generations of entertainment, you could determine who was going to be on the lower-receiving end of it based on a formula of character types.
Cuteness - Age + Gender x Character Type = Likelihood for Slapstick
Age: Baby -10 | young child -5 | older child +0 |
teen +5 | adult +10
Female is -5; Male +5
Character type:
The smart-savvy Wiseguy: -10
The Bully: +10
The Brute: +15
Stupid: +10
Evil: +20
This was even demonstrated in an episode of Animaniacs when the Warner Bros (and Sister) were running from Elmyra. These are normally the savvy, cute-ish young characters who could avoid being on the hurtful end of slapstick. But they knew Elmyra, being an adorable little girl, was “too powerful” for them to handle. So they got the baby girl Mindy (“Ok I love you, bubye!”) and utilize her to get damage on Elmyra.
The scene of Hunchback pony slamming a bell on a cute little filly basically took this generally understood, expectant formula and inverted it, and therefore a scientific reason that it shocks any of us (and entertains me).
Edited
Well, don’t get me wrong, what you said was obvious and the scene itself was hilarious. It just took me by surprise is all XD
Meh, cartoon violence in a cartoon is typical. If you really care who is going it to who, then might as well denounce the other slapstick from the earlier seasons, or even from this one
>ponys back then wore more cloths then they do today
Hmm, dunno if that’s any better? I mean, if a little girl were [failing] to push you around, I think we’d all consider it abuse if you hit her with tremendous force.
It’s not abuse if it’s a bar fight.