Although I know that many Cartoon Network fans considered that the channel passed away in the year of 2004 I still gave chances to some new cartoons despite not having the same spark like the classic cartoons. And that really didn't matter to me, but true there were some bad cartoons like "My Gym-Partners A Monkey", "Hi-Hi Puffy AmiYumi Show", "Out of Jimmy's Head" and I wasn't very fond of the "Ben 10" series either (which I consider those series to be generally boring and overrated). But if there was actually one particular cartoon that I really liked when I was young it was exactly this show (FHFIF). It was funny, whimsical at first and it also had an extremely creative visual aspect of its animation that I've never seen in any other cartoon before. And it had interesting characters (I practically liked Wilt and Eduardo) in the beginning. It was a very ambitious cartoon that felt like it had just everything to both entertain us and inspire us animation lovers. So what went wrong? I'll tell you with one name: Bloo.
Yes unfortunately our main protagonist Bloo was one of the main reasons this show went downhill and I gotta say that the negative effect of Bloo himself kept growing in each season (which didn't make the show any better for me). At first he did act like a very nice and innocent buddy that respected his creator Mac and his friends and wouldn't be messing around with tons of shenanigans, well except for one episode in Season 1 where he actually was pretty mischievous. But it was only for one episode that was OK when he made that huge mistake but then in later episodes he unpredictably becomes into something even worse than mischievous. He became a cynical, disrespectful, mean-spirited and unlikable jerk for almost no reason at all. Who ever came up with the idea of turning him from a good person into a jerk should be ashamed of himself/herself. I realized his rude behavior since Season 2 and even though there were still episodes were Bloo was pretty nice that's were I think the show went downhill.
I know and I am fully aware that this cartoon is practically intended for children and shouldn't be taken seriously, but seriously did the creators really think it was such a good idea to show the children that kind of behavior Bloo acts later? I for one felt sorry to both him and the creators (mainly Craig McCracken) for doing this to him. And for doing it just for the sake of the show's comedy is a stupid reason to make him an unlikable jerk. If I were the runner of the show I would have least come up with anything to make him learning his mistakes more properly and become likable again. I really have no idea how his creator Mac could stand his unlikable behavior for so many times. They would stop being friends and then later in the episodes they reunite again but still would at times argue with each other.
Not only were Bloo's unlikable behavior my problem but there were two additional characters who would later appear on the show who gave me a headache whenever they appeared. Mainly Cheese and Goo I was never really fond of those two characters since I considered both of them being equally annoying. They were alright the first time but when we get to see them for the second and third time they were annoying as heck! There was like one particular episode when Cheese would only yell: "Gotta Go!" like a million times nonstop! I couldn't believe what I was watching because I realized how the creators lacked good ideas for that episode which was also a pretty stupid one (Cheese A Go- Go).
If there's one character I felt most sorry for (no not necessarily Wilt but I felt sorry for him too at times) it would be Frankie. I mean she wasn't a bad character but the more season that came the more she got more unlucky and more angry. I think Mr. Herriman went a little too far at times for her, I mean since they live in a huge imaginary house wasn't there at least one imaginary friend that could ever help Frankie and her cleaning?
Also some of the stories became a bit repetitive, also feeling rehashed from previous episodes. The one common thing I hated from this show would be its usual storytelling and their annoying endings, for example: When they break something or something bad happens they freak out and try to fix the problem as much as they can and even though they would fail at the end a certain character explains that there was absolutely nothing to worry about. It was alright at the first time (mainly the episode: BUSTED) but then it repeats that storytelling for every season of the show! Not all of them but they would have at least 3 or 4 of them. This kind of storytelling has at times been a common thing for Cartoon Network shows lately and I'm starting to getting sick of it, plus it has already happened 3 times with Regular Show now.
To sum it up, this was a promising cartoon that could have been into something even more original and avoid being just another comical cartoon with unlikable characters. But unfortunately it became like that and many of it's stories are highly forgettable at best. I feel very sorry for the way FHFIF turned out to be. It just got worse and slightly more childish too, I just couldn't believe how bad the show turned out. If I'd like to point out one thing, even when I was a little boy I wasn't stupid enough to know at which age you must be to marry. (Especially the episode: "The Bride to Beat")
Yes unfortunately our main protagonist Bloo was one of the main reasons this show went downhill and I gotta say that the negative effect of Bloo himself kept growing in each season (which didn't make the show any better for me). At first he did act like a very nice and innocent buddy that respected his creator Mac and his friends and wouldn't be messing around with tons of shenanigans, well except for one episode in Season 1 where he actually was pretty mischievous. But it was only for one episode that was OK when he made that huge mistake but then in later episodes he unpredictably becomes into something even worse than mischievous. He became a cynical, disrespectful, mean-spirited and unlikable jerk for almost no reason at all. Who ever came up with the idea of turning him from a good person into a jerk should be ashamed of himself/herself. I realized his rude behavior since Season 2 and even though there were still episodes were Bloo was pretty nice that's were I think the show went downhill.
I know and I am fully aware that this cartoon is practically intended for children and shouldn't be taken seriously, but seriously did the creators really think it was such a good idea to show the children that kind of behavior Bloo acts later? I for one felt sorry to both him and the creators (mainly Craig McCracken) for doing this to him. And for doing it just for the sake of the show's comedy is a stupid reason to make him an unlikable jerk. If I were the runner of the show I would have least come up with anything to make him learning his mistakes more properly and become likable again. I really have no idea how his creator Mac could stand his unlikable behavior for so many times. They would stop being friends and then later in the episodes they reunite again but still would at times argue with each other.
Not only were Bloo's unlikable behavior my problem but there were two additional characters who would later appear on the show who gave me a headache whenever they appeared. Mainly Cheese and Goo I was never really fond of those two characters since I considered both of them being equally annoying. They were alright the first time but when we get to see them for the second and third time they were annoying as heck! There was like one particular episode when Cheese would only yell: "Gotta Go!" like a million times nonstop! I couldn't believe what I was watching because I realized how the creators lacked good ideas for that episode which was also a pretty stupid one (Cheese A Go- Go).
If there's one character I felt most sorry for (no not necessarily Wilt but I felt sorry for him too at times) it would be Frankie. I mean she wasn't a bad character but the more season that came the more she got more unlucky and more angry. I think Mr. Herriman went a little too far at times for her, I mean since they live in a huge imaginary house wasn't there at least one imaginary friend that could ever help Frankie and her cleaning?
Also some of the stories became a bit repetitive, also feeling rehashed from previous episodes. The one common thing I hated from this show would be its usual storytelling and their annoying endings, for example: When they break something or something bad happens they freak out and try to fix the problem as much as they can and even though they would fail at the end a certain character explains that there was absolutely nothing to worry about. It was alright at the first time (mainly the episode: BUSTED) but then it repeats that storytelling for every season of the show! Not all of them but they would have at least 3 or 4 of them. This kind of storytelling has at times been a common thing for Cartoon Network shows lately and I'm starting to getting sick of it, plus it has already happened 3 times with Regular Show now.
To sum it up, this was a promising cartoon that could have been into something even more original and avoid being just another comical cartoon with unlikable characters. But unfortunately it became like that and many of it's stories are highly forgettable at best. I feel very sorry for the way FHFIF turned out to be. It just got worse and slightly more childish too, I just couldn't believe how bad the show turned out. If I'd like to point out one thing, even when I was a little boy I wasn't stupid enough to know at which age you must be to marry. (Especially the episode: "The Bride to Beat")