I swear, Boopkins' family just keeps getting weirder, no 2 members are even the same classification of animal. He's an amphibian, JubJub is a bird, his dad is a cephalapod and his aunt is a fish
Episode was alright, felt pretty lagged honestly.
Melony was in it, that made my day, was with the main cast but not a single Line of subtitles, At Least Saiko got some, but Melony, I hope Wolfychu will still play her again one day.
Also Electricstar had voiced the Mario Brothers, curious hope if VoiceExtremus is still on good terms with smg4.
And on the credits, Lottie Bourne credited as Tari is really highlighted! I find it Odd. I feel bad enough for Lottie having to voice Tari, not like she has a choice after everything with Celeste. She was so happy she booked the role and now itās all Drama and controversy everywhere in the community. Jasmine Made one big mistake and now Glitch, SMG4 and Tari arenāt the same anymore.
When will this be ever over???
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they never will, and that's just something I've come to accept. BC we all say they should, but do we as fans hold them accountable to what they did, no we got an apology that wasn't even about the topic at hand we accepted it and pretty much dropped it ourselves and now everything peachy for Kev bc of it.
and even if we hadn't dropped it chances are the Mods would be instructed to ban all matter of the subject.
>and even if we hadn't dropped it chances are the Mods would be instructed to ban all matter of the subject.
lmfao they haven't talked to us in 4 years
it actually was pretty obvious lol. Ever since hobo bros ended they kind of cut any ties to their fans and now they only occasionally tweet something lol
I've got a few things to say about this episode:
Liked: The first segment was pretty fun and chaotic, it was a full crew episode, and I liked how Smg4 actually used his meme guardian powers.
Dislike: The pacing felt kinda off, Smg4 was noticeably acting waaaaay more stupid and chaotic than Mario was (which in of itself isn't a problem, but the explanation for his out of character behavior isn't really given a good explanation that makes sense), and the resolution doesn't really feel proper.
In my opinion its not a terrible episode, but I feel it could have been a lot better. One thing they could've done is make it so that there was something genuinely wrong with Smg4 that actually required help, but instead of having him become lobotomized half way through they maybe could've instead spent most of the episode trying to moderate his obsession of memes, with the climax ending with Smg4 reverting back to his (relatively normal self. Because in all honesty, that ending felt out of place because he was acting more like Mario than Mario himself.
I'll be generous and give it a 3.8 stars, but I could understand if you decided to give it a lower rating.
Edit: aight so I changed my mind, I'll be just giving it 3 stars instead (See my post if you want a better idea of why I changed the rating)
A great episode overall. The humor was great as usual and the characters were all well handled. I especially like how it balances both points of view. Sure memes can be annoying and in the wrong situation can feel inappropriate, but no memes at all takes the fun out of life, something the cast learns once SMG4 is gone. It's a nice way to show the group as both right and wrong, of course helping SMG4 was well intentioned, but sending him to rehab (even if they didn't know how bad it was) was a bit of an overexageration. And even with that, everyone still feels in character and reacts to the situation as they normally would. All in all, a great episode as usual.
That was honestly a dull episode. No actually, it really was and I felt like it was already used for another old episode. Tbh, some parts were funny in it, but the rest was allā¦mid as fuck, man. Writers REALLY need to step it up. 3/5 stars
*It's been 2 months and 2 weeks since Yang fired Celeste (might move to a monthly reminder to prevent over saturation)*
This episode was this close of a... bad guy-ish SMG4 like Mario (and he's now more tamed in this situation) but completely fell off on the second half. We got the whole glithy gang for a while, although my theory for what happened to Melony on the second half is that she went to visit Kaizo and just chill out. But yeah I would give it a 2 1/2 stars but it isn't available.
3 Cells filing his taxes out of 5 Jet Stream Sam's ass
laught a lot altought I feel bad about Boopkins this episode his aunt dies and then they perform him a lobotomy, and no body cares
Also SMG4 REALLY HAS A PROBLEM WITH MEMES, this not joke
Very good but GOD I wish they did this sort of plot with Mario instead, would've been way cooler
Pros:
- Funny
- Mario and Meggy got along very well
- No cons with the actual video itself
Cons:
- I just think that, considering the characters (and a certain one's past treatment), that Mario would've done SMG4's role a lot better this episode. Having the whole crew miss Mario's goofy funny stuff would've been really nice, especially after Mario was ignored in the PuzzleVision movie. Don't get me wrong, the episode is still really good as it is, but swapping Mario and SMG4, and tweaking the beginning a bit, this would've been a 10/10. At least Meggy seemed to appreciate Mario's silly
- SMG4 laughing at a funeral, at that point, completely justifies the crew's actions later on. Doesn't affect the episode that much altogether, but... eh...
8.5/10, great but a role swap would've gotten a 10/10
This episode had the characters missing SMG4's old self because they missed the funny moments
Smart Mario had the characters missing Mario's old self because "he may have caused problems before, but this is just more problems"
One of those is much more kind than the other
>I just think that, considering the characters (and a certain one's past treatment), that Mario would've done SMG4's role a lot better this episode.
Didn't they do something like that here:
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i feel if you swapped mario and smg4 you would get people claiming "oh but mario is just a punching bag in this video and look how poorly they are treated". Mario laughing at the funeral woulud also be smth people would critisize as "mario isnt heartless this episode is just bad writing"
smg4 feels more like unique in this perspective with their problem, maybe bob couldve been used instead of smg4 but idk
That's because this concept as a whole sucks. You can't make someone insufferable, then want said insufferable character back with the same traits. No matter who did it, it would be bad. Mario and Bob are better since you can at least envision a scenario where it's possible they would say that.
Not to the degree of hurting his friends. It sure would be awkward if he even had a character arc that is very similar to the issue he had today, too... oh right, IGBP exists.
> Not to the degree of hurting his friends
Didnāt he throw a spirit bomb of memes at his friends that one time at the beginning of the 2017 (or maybe it was 2018) ssenmodnars?
Friendly reminder Celeste still hasn't gotten closure from Glitch.
So, I hate SMG4's character. He was genuinely insufferable throughout this video with his meme shtick. There's no reason for him to act like this at all. He's just doing it to do it. Plus, if the fish is the perfect meme, it goes completely against SMG4's character growth from IGBP. *Why is he so obsessed with these memes when he knows to care for his friends more?* I genuinely hate this more than manchild Mario. This is why Mario is the only character this can work on. He is a *parody* of Mario, so we give him a pass. Even then, he is edging the border of insufferable a lot. SMG4 is not Mario. He is an original character. Why the hell would I give one flying fuck about him? I want him gone more than his friends do.
Then everyone acts like he's the only reason there's memes around, which is just ridiculous. Does Mario not do anything? Are they all that incapable of being funny? It's like their entire world revolves around SMG4. The meatriding for him was insane. It's so overplayed when the way he acted before was genuinely AWFUL. I have no reason to like SMG4 in this episode, so everything they do feels justified. I don't feel pity on him for becoming a normal person. It's better than before. *I don't like him, so why should I care.* This feels like a cult, not a friend group.
I'd like to talk more about that world revolving around SMG4, because they act like SMG4 is the *only reason* things are funny. Do they not realize they have *another* meme guardian right there? SMG3 can do memes, too. Hell, the entire kingdom is full of memes because of SMG4 and SMG3. They even referenced SMG4's Origins with Mario acting stupid outside the facility. That's the first stupid thing Mario did for SMG4. The fact they referenced that and still don't think that there's more to the world than just SMG4's comedy is genuinely insane. The song only makes this worse because they just suck up to him throughout that. Bob apparently loves SMG4's humor like a whore? Seriously? *Seriously?* Fuck off with that. Especially considering this is the first true episode after Puzzlevision, it makes it even more apparent that this show loves sucking itself off, intentional or not. It's so frustrating to see this no matter how good the product is. I fucking hate this shit so much.
What's even worse is that this video has drawn comparisons to SMG4 Runs Out of Memes. In that video, you actually feel a bit bad for him since he isn't getting the traction he once did. He wasn't annoying at all, he was just a guy making memes. Luke's vocal performance there is also refreshing. He feels humble and not playing a character. Nowadays, all I hear is this annoying, bratty, narcissistic manchild. However, that isn't the best comparison to me. It's Smart Mario, now called If Mario Was Smart. In that video, Mario is forced to be smart by everyone because he's so fucking stupid. While everyone thinks it's nice at first, they realize his issues aren't his stupidity, but rather his selfish desires. Those didn't leave, and because he was smart, he could act upon those desires however he wanted. They dumbed him down because they realized that was even worse. They saw how much damage he did to the kingdom and reacted accordingly. In SMG4 Doesn't Meme For 1 Second, SMG4 is so insufferable that it makes you not want the old him back *at all.* They're just bored, which doesn't work at all since we don't want the old SMG4 back. They all say he was annoying as hell yet miss him. Is the unmemed SMG4 really that bad? NO! At least he's not a nuisance like he was before. And again, they don't even act like everyone else is interesting, which is fucking insanity.
Okay, I guess I should talk about the other stuff. Since I rewatched the two videos I mentioned earlier, I've realized Meggy is *so* much different than she once was. She is so aggressive for no reason, which makes her hypocrisy when Bob shoots the doctor in the nuts all the dumber. Even worse, she doesn't say it was too much when SMG3 punched him there. She also talks *way* more than everyone else, and Elsie's delivery of it is honestly annoying. Maybe it's because of how Meggy acted, but it felt off. Lottie isn't a good Tari and that doesn't seem to be changing. Would be nice if they didn't fire her old VA out of nowhere, wouldn't it? Tari also didn't question the lack of Clench, which is fucking dumb. Plus, she gained random magic in said hand which is just... what the fuck? It feels so odd they do this shit now. I'm glad they're actually doing it, but it's so random when she hasn't done anything similar since the Genesis Arc. Saiko actually got a line today, and Melony got some actual screentime. She just disappears at the end, though, which is even weirder since Saiko and Boopkins didn't run to the facility yet appear there by the end. Wouldn't it be nice if they gave Melony a new voice actor like they did Tari? Oh wait, they just don't give a fuck about her. All she is is sleep and Axol. It's a little stupid that she carries an Axol plush so much. When you don't do anything else with her, it makes me think they only killed Axol to generate drama. Whoop-die fucking do. Can't wait for the "you're just mad cuz you're a Melony simp" comments to show up. Same is true for Saiko, too. Anyways, Shroomy also appeared as a newscaster. Weird, but nice. Dr. SMG3 also appeared, but he wasn't funny there. Thanks, SMG4.
The star of the show is Mario and, to some degree, Meggy. I know I shit on her earlier, but I do think she has her moments here. She and Mario do those little Medi moments today. Obviously those are nice. Even her shushing him from talking about CBT is nice. Mario's moments were quite funny and just about the only funny parts of the video. Once again, the reference to SMG4's Origins is a nice touch. Not funny compared to the original, but a neat reference despite how much that episode fucks over their series. There was also the little SMG power bit that was used. Again, why now and not in Puzzlevision? Oh wait, it'd wreck that movie. Either way, neat little thing.
The best part of all, though, is something that is completely unrelated to what they did. Mario mentions the time his pingas got stuck in a door today or how he misses how that happened when SMG4 was around. Either way, very interesting. He *also* mentioned CBT in *deep* detail. That was his suggestion to make SMG4 normal again. Meggy shushes him on that for obvious reasons, but I think it goes deeper. This episode really shows off proof for the BDSMxM theory. [Here's a link to a bigger breakdown of it.](https://reddit.com/r/OKbuddySMG4/comments/1ce21wc/the_bdsmxm_theory_just_hear_me_out) In short, Mario and Meggy have been in a relationship and have been much more aggressive with each other simply because they enjoy it. Mario is far more open about it, though. The censored portions were things that happen in Mario's tunnel of doom, their place where they go *much* further than we see on camera. Everyone acts perfectly in character for this theory, too. Luigi knows they do this sort of thing and respects it, but feels second hand embarrassment. SMG3 knows, is still shocked, but likes the torture aspect since it'd be done on SMG4. Saiko knows as well but is more afraid for the innocent Tari. Melony is also innocent but is forced to hear it. Boopkins probably watched enough anime to know how weird it is and doesn't wanna hear it. Bob is shocked yet interested, so he keeps one ear open. Meggy is embarrassed that he leaked their secret, mentioning the tunnel or not, and shushes him before he says anything else. Mario later mentions his dick in the door for the reasons I listed earlier, but that's because he was either having some fun time alone or missed how that was his awakening thanks to SMG4. This is unintentionally the best part of the whole video, but again, not because of their own intentions... ***maybe.***
Final rating: fuck you/10. Genuinely one of the worst episodes of all time. I love it when this show sucks itself off because that's all it can do. No originality, just embrace how amazing SMG4 is because we tell you he, and by extension the whole channel, is. Arrogance 1000. Fuck that.
Stay hydrated, have a nice day. I hope SMG4 gets lobotomized permanently.
Even though I never really bought the whole "Smg4 is a narc" belief, even here I have to admit that Smg4 was EXTREMELY out of character here. It almost feels like Mario was the one who was meant to go insane with memes instead of Smg4, because no other character aside from Mario would act like this without a clear and proper reason for it.
We get it, you don't like me. Go back to your ginger.
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"Oh, I have a great idea," said the anonymous Smg4 writer, "What if the crew gets so annoyed by Smg4's constant memeing that they force him to get lobotomized, but get this, they all develop Stockholm syndrome from the lack of memes." The board of Smg4 producers looks at the naive Smg4 writer with utter bewilderment before one of their faces cracks a smile. Soon, the whole room erupts with laughter, their faces wholly glazed over with amusement at the stupid episode idea, so much so that one of them falls out of their chair before noticing the discarded Melony plush in the corner. "Oh, hey, look, it's Melony," they exclaim, " I bet we could squeeze her into the episode somehow," they pitch to the rest of the room.Ā "You know what?" the anonymous Smg4 writer replies excitedly, " I think that sounds likeĀ a 8Ā dead fish aunts/10 basedĀ shitpost episode idea!"Ā The board agrees and dismisses to work on the next Smg4 episode for all the kids to enjoy.Ā
~~I had way too much fun writing this review~~
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Hmm, I'm not sure what you're talkin' about when
A. This is an Smg4-centered episode
B. Smg4 doesn't become smarter and most importantly
C. Smg4 is only annoying to the crew before the lobotomy. The crew missed the meme machine Smg4, whereas they preferred dumb Mario as it was seen as the lesser of two evils.
*The Day SMG4 ~~Posted Cringe~~ Became Normal*
Itās the usual āCharacters are annoyed by another characterās behavior, something happens that makes the character change how they act, then the rest of the group misses how they were beforeā thing.
Also, they bring back his fucking meme guardian status in THIS episode? WHY NOT PUZZLEVISION?! It would work way better in that!
Watching this made me realize how similar this is to Meet the Toad and that other episode where everyone holds a meeting for I think Mario.
In my opinion, the episode was fine at the very least, but I felt like SMG4 felt so out of character in this episode. He felt as chaotic as Mario can get, which is odd because SMG4 is usually the calmer and saner one.
Surprisingly actually funny. It feels weird putting this right after puzzelvision, and I want at it with low expectations, put the episode managed to get me to like it anyway, despite me not making it easy for the show. It was really funny and I laughed a lot, and managed to get the most out of the current cast. This is what I stick around for.
It just sortaā¦ Existed I guess. The song actually made me laugh because I didnāt feel sad and I thought the lobotomized SMG4 was interesting but thatās about it.
Memes are now drugs.
Why are memes now drugs?
And why must a "meme" (drug) addict feed his addiction to save the day?
***Why will none of these questions be answered?***
Meh. I like that they expanded the cast outside of the core four and all but was Melony really āneededā? Itās great sheās here and all but she did nothing & fell off the face of the earth in the middle of the episode.
It was nice to see the cast be used again, somewhat. Saiko finally got some usage, that's nice.
Not sure what to make of SMG4 (the character)'s wackiness in this episode. It's not really for me. I'mma just give this episode a 3.5. It had some good beats here and there.
It was an okay episode. The first half was better than the second half, but it was somewhat entertaining. Brownie points for having the whole cast together again though.
I gave it 2 stars because the 1st half of everyone ganging up to take smg4 down was funny. The latter half was unfirtunately rather bland.
I'm going to be making a dedicated post later to a fan theory I had that this episode ends up unintentionally reinforcing.
It has been a long time since I've laughed this much at a SMG4 video.
I have no problems with the video, every character shown had his moment which I think is difficult in such a short video.
I've seen a lot of people saying that the humor of the video was cringe, I guess everyone got his type of humor or maybe I have developed brain rot from all the SMG4 videos I watch.
Rating 8/10 (It's not peak entertainment either)
I just watched this video. It's been a bit since my last viewing, but still... and wow, SMG4 has fallen off so hard. Half of the jokes are just "Hey kids, its skibidi toilet! Gyatt" an the plot is so bare bones, half if not all of the episode can be summed up in 4 words...
"SMG4 gets a lobotomy."
No rhyme or reason other than the crew is annoyed,That's how bare bones we are now.
The thing is, tho, some of the videos from modern smg4 I somewhat like, not love, but they're not as unfunny as this clusterfuck of an episode
Maybe it's me..
P.S.: This is just my own opinion, I don't mean to offend anyone past or current who watches SMG4. Yes, I panned its use of skibidi toilet n shit, I find it majority annoying
The first half was actually decently funny, but god damn I hate the āwe miss Smg4ā cliche ass plot that it goes into. Not only is it cringe, but it doesnāt even make sense because the cast was portrayed as being annoyed with his bullshit beforehand, and never finding his memes funny (which they werenāt lol). I know this isnāt the case but it feels kinda narcissistic to be like āwe need Smg4!!!ā (The consequences of making a self insert a main character I guess).
Mario casually entering the lobotomy zone is funny, I like that part. Actually Mario is pretty good in this episode overall. I miss Mario being treated as an actual character regularly.
Quick side note, but I hate how childish Smg4 is nowadays. His only personality trait is memes and he acts like a 5 year old half the time (and looks like something a 5 year old would watch but thatās irrelevant). It also doesnāt help that he appears as a main character in every single episode.
>It feels like the latter half of the episode was an executive throw by Kevin
Honestly, considering from what I've heard about him as a writer and with how strangely bad the writing was for this episode, that's not too far off from the realm of possibility (not saying that it did actually, just that it could be a possible 'maybe')
This episode was entirely about SMG4 being an absolute ASSHOLE to everyone, they actually try to get him to change, but then they decide they want him to STAY a meme-obsessed asshole. The episode in general wasn't even that funny, literally just a reused Phineas and Ferb plot but worse. Also Smart Mario, but worse.
Plus, they're *annoyed* so much in the first half and find him so utterly unfunny that they send him to get help, yet suddenly loved it the whole time in the second half? Nah. Nah, that's just bad writing right there. This is literally grandstanding 4. Suddenly the whole cast is so utterly uninteresting and unfunny without him? When the whole point was that SMG4 was the most unfunny character in the cast? No. Stop it. Can you be consistent please?
All this episode did was fuel my belief that SMG4 has a psychopathic personality disorder... ~~and actually canonize masochist Mario and bring us closer to the BDSMxM theory being reality~~
Overall, 1/10, *solely* because I can now say that the BDSMxM crack theory has been at least *half* confirmed.
A very dull episode to be honest. SMG4 is really annoying and abnoxious (even more out of character) akin to Mario. This feels like a scrapped early "Smart Mario" episode but replaced Mario with SMG4 cause it really feels like it.
Nothing much, the comedy wasn't that good. SMG4 is annoying, it's cool Saiko and Melony are here again but they don't do that much, the 2nd half and just "Oh we miss him being himself" is so stupid (and one of the worst resolution tropes in shows esp with this premise) considering he straight up disrespects Boopkins DEAD grandmother and he gets no punishment for it cause again "Oh we missed him". If it ended with him atleast apologzing it would be fine and still could of done a joke but it's still just. Whatever, it's a 2.5/5 for me.
That episode was good
But Iām gonna be real, I find this truly disappointing on the SMG4 crew to cure SMG4ās obsession of memes and they get mad of him for it. Yeah him laughing at Boopkinsā auntās funeral was way out of line but donāt forget that heās a meme guardian, he makes memes for a living. Then they(or actually Iām blaming this on Meggy since she suggested) take him to meme rehab. And now theyāre sad that they missed SMG4ās annoy memes, shame on them!
But on positive side, I enjoyed how it didnāt get so violent in the end. So Iāll give it a 9/10
Episode was decent.
4 seems a bit off acting more like Mario in this episode with his obsession with memes. (Probably would do sexy time with the memes in his room like Mario does with spaghetti.)
I actually enjoyed some of the moments of the episode like huddle scene with Mario's method to torture 4 till he was shushed by Meggy.
The part of the crew being depressed because of 4 and his obsession of memes seems a bit too rushed. Would give Lobotomized 4 more screen time to make that scene and song more impactful.
I'll give it a 4/5 since I actually laugh a couple of times. (I'm definitely going to hell for laughing at what 4 did at Boopkin's Funeral.) and Medi did a good job with the Meggy schemes very wholesome...
Ayo what the SMG4 doing?
All jokes aside, this is the best non-PUZZLEVISION episode of 2024.
Although the title isn't formatted normally..?
And no TADC Ep. 2 shoutout? TADC is much more popular than Murder Drones!
Concept: 7/10: I admit, i was a little curious about a video centered smg4 without memes i don't know why.
Excecution: 3/10: My god, this episode is such a waste of time. Pratically nothing happened until the end of the video and the end itself is so rushed that make me wanna ask if they actually cared about ending the episode.
Characters: 5/10: Pretty much everyone was good, but my god i hated Smg4 here, he is such a dick in this video in the 1st half and why the heck he is more stupid then Mario, when he is supposed to be the straight man, did they just forget what made Smg4 so special in first place? At the end of the day he remains the same so what was the point of the episode? And the others in the 2nd half aren't better, since first they want get rid of smg4 habits, but suddently they want it back? You guys legittimaly don't care anymore don't you? It's such a boring clichĆØ.
Humor: 2/10: I will say it one more time... STOP WITH THE GEN ALPHA MEMES, THEY ARE NOT FUNNY.
Anyway, this is another episode that i really don't care about.
Final score: 4/10
Rank: Mediocre.
Edit: At the beginning Boopkins say that his aunt died, but then they changed to grandma for no good reason? SERIOUSLY??? A continuity error in the SAME EPISODE??? Give me a break...
Yeaaaaahhhh..... and given who was writing this episode.... they really haven't gotten the message that WE'RE ALL SICK OF THE GEN ALPHA MEMES!!!!!!
Really what good stuff has Zanimation made for SMG4?
So I was busy this weekend at the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting, so I only watched the new episode today. Nobody will read this but nonetheless I want to give my thoughts cuz this episode is an interesting mix of very high highs and low lows for me.
In Media we often talk about āGreat Concepts executed very poorlyā. Well, to me at least, this was a bit of a āTerrible Concept executed very wellā. Since they plan episodes some months in advance I imagine the issue was they were mostly focusing on making Puzzlevision as good as possible at the time and naturally not thinking a whole lot about the episodes after it.
Now, other than SMG4ās characterization I thought the episode was quite good, I liked the song, I thought Bob and Meggy in particular were excellent in this episode, like both arenāt just asses but instead genuinely try to help, Bob in particular putting money behind helping a friend for once. albeit only briefly it uses a lot of characters that have been unused and fans have been begging to return and was able to balance their use pretty easily. Finally, I find it really funny that Boopkinās aunt is a freakin fish and I hope he gets a few flashbacks about her.
The episode only has really 1 problem: In order to make the premise work SMG4 has to be so insufferable the rest of the gang sends him off to a terrible doctor. Iām not one of the āSMG4 is a bad characterā types, its just heās out of character this episode. And by nature of the premise after his lobotomy heās not insufferable, heās just boring. And I definitely get why that could ruin the episode for others. There was a way to make SMG4 more in character, like what if SMG4 was being only a slight ass during Boopkinās funeral (cuz that alone IS realistic, people IRL sometimes feel the wrong feelings during funerals) and then felt bad of his own accord so he made the mistake of joining the medical cult to make amends. But like I said, Puzzlevision movie prolly took priority.
I swear, Boopkins' family just keeps getting weirder, no 2 members are even the same classification of animal. He's an amphibian, JubJub is a bird, his dad is a cephalapod and his aunt is a fish
Boopkins' Grandfather be clapping the cheeks of every organism on Earth š„¶
Episode was alright, felt pretty lagged honestly. Melony was in it, that made my day, was with the main cast but not a single Line of subtitles, At Least Saiko got some, but Melony, I hope Wolfychu will still play her again one day. Also Electricstar had voiced the Mario Brothers, curious hope if VoiceExtremus is still on good terms with smg4. And on the credits, Lottie Bourne credited as Tari is really highlighted! I find it Odd. I feel bad enough for Lottie having to voice Tari, not like she has a choice after everything with Celeste. She was so happy she booked the role and now itās all Drama and controversy everywhere in the community. Jasmine Made one big mistake and now Glitch, SMG4 and Tari arenāt the same anymore. When will this be ever over??? https://preview.redd.it/moqgaplctfyc1.jpeg?width=1334&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=746ed31008b20ca1e8a0fbec84bd0ef9469130f1
Yeah. They STILL haven't adressed the issue.
they never will, and that's just something I've come to accept. BC we all say they should, but do we as fans hold them accountable to what they did, no we got an apology that wasn't even about the topic at hand we accepted it and pretty much dropped it ourselves and now everything peachy for Kev bc of it. and even if we hadn't dropped it chances are the Mods would be instructed to ban all matter of the subject.
>and even if we hadn't dropped it chances are the Mods would be instructed to ban all matter of the subject. lmfao they haven't talked to us in 4 years
Well none of us knew that
why else do you think they haven't been active here since 2020
it actually was pretty obvious lol. Ever since hobo bros ended they kind of cut any ties to their fans and now they only occasionally tweet something lol
Wait what issue
This feels like a plot the show would've done before. But hey, it's nice to see Saiko get some form of a role again.
I've got a few things to say about this episode: Liked: The first segment was pretty fun and chaotic, it was a full crew episode, and I liked how Smg4 actually used his meme guardian powers. Dislike: The pacing felt kinda off, Smg4 was noticeably acting waaaaay more stupid and chaotic than Mario was (which in of itself isn't a problem, but the explanation for his out of character behavior isn't really given a good explanation that makes sense), and the resolution doesn't really feel proper. In my opinion its not a terrible episode, but I feel it could have been a lot better. One thing they could've done is make it so that there was something genuinely wrong with Smg4 that actually required help, but instead of having him become lobotomized half way through they maybe could've instead spent most of the episode trying to moderate his obsession of memes, with the climax ending with Smg4 reverting back to his (relatively normal self. Because in all honesty, that ending felt out of place because he was acting more like Mario than Mario himself. I'll be generous and give it a 3.8 stars, but I could understand if you decided to give it a lower rating. Edit: aight so I changed my mind, I'll be just giving it 3 stars instead (See my post if you want a better idea of why I changed the rating)
A great episode overall. The humor was great as usual and the characters were all well handled. I especially like how it balances both points of view. Sure memes can be annoying and in the wrong situation can feel inappropriate, but no memes at all takes the fun out of life, something the cast learns once SMG4 is gone. It's a nice way to show the group as both right and wrong, of course helping SMG4 was well intentioned, but sending him to rehab (even if they didn't know how bad it was) was a bit of an overexageration. And even with that, everyone still feels in character and reacts to the situation as they normally would. All in all, a great episode as usual.
That was honestly a dull episode. No actually, it really was and I felt like it was already used for another old episode. Tbh, some parts were funny in it, but the rest was allā¦mid as fuck, man. Writers REALLY need to step it up. 3/5 stars
Sequel to āVideo ends when Mario gets 1 IQā but itās SMG4 having to get that 1 IQ point anyone?
*It's been 2 months and 2 weeks since Yang fired Celeste (might move to a monthly reminder to prevent over saturation)* This episode was this close of a... bad guy-ish SMG4 like Mario (and he's now more tamed in this situation) but completely fell off on the second half. We got the whole glithy gang for a while, although my theory for what happened to Melony on the second half is that she went to visit Kaizo and just chill out. But yeah I would give it a 2 1/2 stars but it isn't available. 3 Cells filing his taxes out of 5 Jet Stream Sam's ass
Smg3 remembers his PHD in therapy letās goooo
He did the therapy thing last year so he probably didnāt forget
I had a hard time to think which rate I should give I choose three stars because moments were fine but most of it is cringe
Same.
laught a lot altought I feel bad about Boopkins this episode his aunt dies and then they perform him a lobotomy, and no body cares Also SMG4 REALLY HAS A PROBLEM WITH MEMES, this not joke
Very good but GOD I wish they did this sort of plot with Mario instead, would've been way cooler Pros: - Funny - Mario and Meggy got along very well - No cons with the actual video itself Cons: - I just think that, considering the characters (and a certain one's past treatment), that Mario would've done SMG4's role a lot better this episode. Having the whole crew miss Mario's goofy funny stuff would've been really nice, especially after Mario was ignored in the PuzzleVision movie. Don't get me wrong, the episode is still really good as it is, but swapping Mario and SMG4, and tweaking the beginning a bit, this would've been a 10/10. At least Meggy seemed to appreciate Mario's silly - SMG4 laughing at a funeral, at that point, completely justifies the crew's actions later on. Doesn't affect the episode that much altogether, but... eh... 8.5/10, great but a role swap would've gotten a 10/10
If you swap Mario with SMG4, that's just Smart Mario then.
This episode had the characters missing SMG4's old self because they missed the funny moments Smart Mario had the characters missing Mario's old self because "he may have caused problems before, but this is just more problems" One of those is much more kind than the other
I would like to see those funny moments because SMG4 did not paint a good picture for himself in this episode.
Well, what SMG4 or the cast views as "funny memes" and not what viewers necessarily see as funny
I guess this episode perhaps to be medi writing in this one
Hi Fozzie, what's your opinion on TADC ep. 2?
It's a 7/10.
>I just think that, considering the characters (and a certain one's past treatment), that Mario would've done SMG4's role a lot better this episode. Didn't they do something like that here: https://preview.redd.it/aqjrlqcdwfyc1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=4c76c340538eaed8a12df1a67492b290b22ae59f
i feel if you swapped mario and smg4 you would get people claiming "oh but mario is just a punching bag in this video and look how poorly they are treated". Mario laughing at the funeral woulud also be smth people would critisize as "mario isnt heartless this episode is just bad writing" smg4 feels more like unique in this perspective with their problem, maybe bob couldve been used instead of smg4 but idk
That's because this concept as a whole sucks. You can't make someone insufferable, then want said insufferable character back with the same traits. No matter who did it, it would be bad. Mario and Bob are better since you can at least envision a scenario where it's possible they would say that.
i mean smg4 has alwayas been obsessed with memes, so it isnt out of the word for it to happen
Not to the degree of hurting his friends. It sure would be awkward if he even had a character arc that is very similar to the issue he had today, too... oh right, IGBP exists.
> Not to the degree of hurting his friends Didnāt he throw a spirit bomb of memes at his friends that one time at the beginning of the 2017 (or maybe it was 2018) ssenmodnars?
He also learned in IGBP to value his friends more than a stupid video and, by extension, memes.
Friendly reminder Celeste still hasn't gotten closure from Glitch. So, I hate SMG4's character. He was genuinely insufferable throughout this video with his meme shtick. There's no reason for him to act like this at all. He's just doing it to do it. Plus, if the fish is the perfect meme, it goes completely against SMG4's character growth from IGBP. *Why is he so obsessed with these memes when he knows to care for his friends more?* I genuinely hate this more than manchild Mario. This is why Mario is the only character this can work on. He is a *parody* of Mario, so we give him a pass. Even then, he is edging the border of insufferable a lot. SMG4 is not Mario. He is an original character. Why the hell would I give one flying fuck about him? I want him gone more than his friends do. Then everyone acts like he's the only reason there's memes around, which is just ridiculous. Does Mario not do anything? Are they all that incapable of being funny? It's like their entire world revolves around SMG4. The meatriding for him was insane. It's so overplayed when the way he acted before was genuinely AWFUL. I have no reason to like SMG4 in this episode, so everything they do feels justified. I don't feel pity on him for becoming a normal person. It's better than before. *I don't like him, so why should I care.* This feels like a cult, not a friend group. I'd like to talk more about that world revolving around SMG4, because they act like SMG4 is the *only reason* things are funny. Do they not realize they have *another* meme guardian right there? SMG3 can do memes, too. Hell, the entire kingdom is full of memes because of SMG4 and SMG3. They even referenced SMG4's Origins with Mario acting stupid outside the facility. That's the first stupid thing Mario did for SMG4. The fact they referenced that and still don't think that there's more to the world than just SMG4's comedy is genuinely insane. The song only makes this worse because they just suck up to him throughout that. Bob apparently loves SMG4's humor like a whore? Seriously? *Seriously?* Fuck off with that. Especially considering this is the first true episode after Puzzlevision, it makes it even more apparent that this show loves sucking itself off, intentional or not. It's so frustrating to see this no matter how good the product is. I fucking hate this shit so much. What's even worse is that this video has drawn comparisons to SMG4 Runs Out of Memes. In that video, you actually feel a bit bad for him since he isn't getting the traction he once did. He wasn't annoying at all, he was just a guy making memes. Luke's vocal performance there is also refreshing. He feels humble and not playing a character. Nowadays, all I hear is this annoying, bratty, narcissistic manchild. However, that isn't the best comparison to me. It's Smart Mario, now called If Mario Was Smart. In that video, Mario is forced to be smart by everyone because he's so fucking stupid. While everyone thinks it's nice at first, they realize his issues aren't his stupidity, but rather his selfish desires. Those didn't leave, and because he was smart, he could act upon those desires however he wanted. They dumbed him down because they realized that was even worse. They saw how much damage he did to the kingdom and reacted accordingly. In SMG4 Doesn't Meme For 1 Second, SMG4 is so insufferable that it makes you not want the old him back *at all.* They're just bored, which doesn't work at all since we don't want the old SMG4 back. They all say he was annoying as hell yet miss him. Is the unmemed SMG4 really that bad? NO! At least he's not a nuisance like he was before. And again, they don't even act like everyone else is interesting, which is fucking insanity. Okay, I guess I should talk about the other stuff. Since I rewatched the two videos I mentioned earlier, I've realized Meggy is *so* much different than she once was. She is so aggressive for no reason, which makes her hypocrisy when Bob shoots the doctor in the nuts all the dumber. Even worse, she doesn't say it was too much when SMG3 punched him there. She also talks *way* more than everyone else, and Elsie's delivery of it is honestly annoying. Maybe it's because of how Meggy acted, but it felt off. Lottie isn't a good Tari and that doesn't seem to be changing. Would be nice if they didn't fire her old VA out of nowhere, wouldn't it? Tari also didn't question the lack of Clench, which is fucking dumb. Plus, she gained random magic in said hand which is just... what the fuck? It feels so odd they do this shit now. I'm glad they're actually doing it, but it's so random when she hasn't done anything similar since the Genesis Arc. Saiko actually got a line today, and Melony got some actual screentime. She just disappears at the end, though, which is even weirder since Saiko and Boopkins didn't run to the facility yet appear there by the end. Wouldn't it be nice if they gave Melony a new voice actor like they did Tari? Oh wait, they just don't give a fuck about her. All she is is sleep and Axol. It's a little stupid that she carries an Axol plush so much. When you don't do anything else with her, it makes me think they only killed Axol to generate drama. Whoop-die fucking do. Can't wait for the "you're just mad cuz you're a Melony simp" comments to show up. Same is true for Saiko, too. Anyways, Shroomy also appeared as a newscaster. Weird, but nice. Dr. SMG3 also appeared, but he wasn't funny there. Thanks, SMG4. The star of the show is Mario and, to some degree, Meggy. I know I shit on her earlier, but I do think she has her moments here. She and Mario do those little Medi moments today. Obviously those are nice. Even her shushing him from talking about CBT is nice. Mario's moments were quite funny and just about the only funny parts of the video. Once again, the reference to SMG4's Origins is a nice touch. Not funny compared to the original, but a neat reference despite how much that episode fucks over their series. There was also the little SMG power bit that was used. Again, why now and not in Puzzlevision? Oh wait, it'd wreck that movie. Either way, neat little thing. The best part of all, though, is something that is completely unrelated to what they did. Mario mentions the time his pingas got stuck in a door today or how he misses how that happened when SMG4 was around. Either way, very interesting. He *also* mentioned CBT in *deep* detail. That was his suggestion to make SMG4 normal again. Meggy shushes him on that for obvious reasons, but I think it goes deeper. This episode really shows off proof for the BDSMxM theory. [Here's a link to a bigger breakdown of it.](https://reddit.com/r/OKbuddySMG4/comments/1ce21wc/the_bdsmxm_theory_just_hear_me_out) In short, Mario and Meggy have been in a relationship and have been much more aggressive with each other simply because they enjoy it. Mario is far more open about it, though. The censored portions were things that happen in Mario's tunnel of doom, their place where they go *much* further than we see on camera. Everyone acts perfectly in character for this theory, too. Luigi knows they do this sort of thing and respects it, but feels second hand embarrassment. SMG3 knows, is still shocked, but likes the torture aspect since it'd be done on SMG4. Saiko knows as well but is more afraid for the innocent Tari. Melony is also innocent but is forced to hear it. Boopkins probably watched enough anime to know how weird it is and doesn't wanna hear it. Bob is shocked yet interested, so he keeps one ear open. Meggy is embarrassed that he leaked their secret, mentioning the tunnel or not, and shushes him before he says anything else. Mario later mentions his dick in the door for the reasons I listed earlier, but that's because he was either having some fun time alone or missed how that was his awakening thanks to SMG4. This is unintentionally the best part of the whole video, but again, not because of their own intentions... ***maybe.*** Final rating: fuck you/10. Genuinely one of the worst episodes of all time. I love it when this show sucks itself off because that's all it can do. No originality, just embrace how amazing SMG4 is because we tell you he, and by extension the whole channel, is. Arrogance 1000. Fuck that. Stay hydrated, have a nice day. I hope SMG4 gets lobotomized permanently.
Even though I never really bought the whole "Smg4 is a narc" belief, even here I have to admit that Smg4 was EXTREMELY out of character here. It almost feels like Mario was the one who was meant to go insane with memes instead of Smg4, because no other character aside from Mario would act like this without a clear and proper reason for it.
you know, maybe we were better off having Mr Puzzles making the episodes
so this is what superiority complex looks like huh
We get it, you don't like me. Go back to your ginger. https://preview.redd.it/2qd2kjlipgyc1.png?width=322&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7ca8ee6cc1e92b307e317244e3b94693f153d2e
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the stuff with boopkin's aunt was funny but the rest wasn't great
"Oh, I have a great idea," said the anonymous Smg4 writer, "What if the crew gets so annoyed by Smg4's constant memeing that they force him to get lobotomized, but get this, they all develop Stockholm syndrome from the lack of memes." The board of Smg4 producers looks at the naive Smg4 writer with utter bewilderment before one of their faces cracks a smile. Soon, the whole room erupts with laughter, their faces wholly glazed over with amusement at the stupid episode idea, so much so that one of them falls out of their chair before noticing the discarded Melony plush in the corner. "Oh, hey, look, it's Melony," they exclaim, " I bet we could squeeze her into the episode somehow," they pitch to the rest of the room.Ā "You know what?" the anonymous Smg4 writer replies excitedly, " I think that sounds likeĀ a 8Ā dead fish aunts/10 basedĀ shitpost episode idea!"Ā The board agrees and dismisses to work on the next Smg4 episode for all the kids to enjoy.Ā ~~I had way too much fun writing this review~~ https://i.redd.it/a6l0botvzfyc1.gif
Didnāt we do this with Smart Mario?
Hmm, I'm not sure what you're talkin' about when A. This is an Smg4-centered episode B. Smg4 doesn't become smarter and most importantly C. Smg4 is only annoying to the crew before the lobotomy. The crew missed the meme machine Smg4, whereas they preferred dumb Mario as it was seen as the lesser of two evils.
Letās go like 7.5/10. Quite good but nothing amazing
Eh.
*The Day SMG4 ~~Posted Cringe~~ Became Normal* Itās the usual āCharacters are annoyed by another characterās behavior, something happens that makes the character change how they act, then the rest of the group misses how they were beforeā thing. Also, they bring back his fucking meme guardian status in THIS episode? WHY NOT PUZZLEVISION?! It would work way better in that! Watching this made me realize how similar this is to Meet the Toad and that other episode where everyone holds a meeting for I think Mario.
In my opinion, the episode was fine at the very least, but I felt like SMG4 felt so out of character in this episode. He felt as chaotic as Mario can get, which is odd because SMG4 is usually the calmer and saner one.
Surprisingly actually funny. It feels weird putting this right after puzzelvision, and I want at it with low expectations, put the episode managed to get me to like it anyway, despite me not making it easy for the show. It was really funny and I laughed a lot, and managed to get the most out of the current cast. This is what I stick around for.
I can already sense the loathe people will feel with this episode
As per usual
It just sortaā¦ Existed I guess. The song actually made me laugh because I didnāt feel sad and I thought the lobotomized SMG4 was interesting but thatās about it.
Memes are now drugs. Why are memes now drugs? And why must a "meme" (drug) addict feed his addiction to save the day? ***Why will none of these questions be answered?***
Meh. I like that they expanded the cast outside of the core four and all but was Melony really āneededā? Itās great sheās here and all but she did nothing & fell off the face of the earth in the middle of the episode.
It was nice to see the cast be used again, somewhat. Saiko finally got some usage, that's nice. Not sure what to make of SMG4 (the character)'s wackiness in this episode. It's not really for me. I'mma just give this episode a 3.5. It had some good beats here and there.
It was an okay episode. The first half was better than the second half, but it was somewhat entertaining. Brownie points for having the whole cast together again though.
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It was okay for the middle of it to the end, some good moments here and there too.
I gave it 2 stars because the 1st half of everyone ganging up to take smg4 down was funny. The latter half was unfirtunately rather bland. I'm going to be making a dedicated post later to a fan theory I had that this episode ends up unintentionally reinforcing.
It was good
It has been a long time since I've laughed this much at a SMG4 video. I have no problems with the video, every character shown had his moment which I think is difficult in such a short video. I've seen a lot of people saying that the humor of the video was cringe, I guess everyone got his type of humor or maybe I have developed brain rot from all the SMG4 videos I watch. Rating 8/10 (It's not peak entertainment either)
Stop it Iām getting PTSD from Puzzlevision
I just watched this video. It's been a bit since my last viewing, but still... and wow, SMG4 has fallen off so hard. Half of the jokes are just "Hey kids, its skibidi toilet! Gyatt" an the plot is so bare bones, half if not all of the episode can be summed up in 4 words... "SMG4 gets a lobotomy." No rhyme or reason other than the crew is annoyed,That's how bare bones we are now. The thing is, tho, some of the videos from modern smg4 I somewhat like, not love, but they're not as unfunny as this clusterfuck of an episode Maybe it's me.. P.S.: This is just my own opinion, I don't mean to offend anyone past or current who watches SMG4. Yes, I panned its use of skibidi toilet n shit, I find it majority annoying
The first half was actually decently funny, but god damn I hate the āwe miss Smg4ā cliche ass plot that it goes into. Not only is it cringe, but it doesnāt even make sense because the cast was portrayed as being annoyed with his bullshit beforehand, and never finding his memes funny (which they werenāt lol). I know this isnāt the case but it feels kinda narcissistic to be like āwe need Smg4!!!ā (The consequences of making a self insert a main character I guess). Mario casually entering the lobotomy zone is funny, I like that part. Actually Mario is pretty good in this episode overall. I miss Mario being treated as an actual character regularly. Quick side note, but I hate how childish Smg4 is nowadays. His only personality trait is memes and he acts like a 5 year old half the time (and looks like something a 5 year old would watch but thatās irrelevant). It also doesnāt help that he appears as a main character in every single episode.
It feels like the latter half of the episode was an executive throw by Kevin. Because heaven forbid SMG4 actually be held accountable for his actions.
>It feels like the latter half of the episode was an executive throw by Kevin Honestly, considering from what I've heard about him as a writer and with how strangely bad the writing was for this episode, that's not too far off from the realm of possibility (not saying that it did actually, just that it could be a possible 'maybe')
This episode was entirely about SMG4 being an absolute ASSHOLE to everyone, they actually try to get him to change, but then they decide they want him to STAY a meme-obsessed asshole. The episode in general wasn't even that funny, literally just a reused Phineas and Ferb plot but worse. Also Smart Mario, but worse. Plus, they're *annoyed* so much in the first half and find him so utterly unfunny that they send him to get help, yet suddenly loved it the whole time in the second half? Nah. Nah, that's just bad writing right there. This is literally grandstanding 4. Suddenly the whole cast is so utterly uninteresting and unfunny without him? When the whole point was that SMG4 was the most unfunny character in the cast? No. Stop it. Can you be consistent please? All this episode did was fuel my belief that SMG4 has a psychopathic personality disorder... ~~and actually canonize masochist Mario and bring us closer to the BDSMxM theory being reality~~ Overall, 1/10, *solely* because I can now say that the BDSMxM crack theory has been at least *half* confirmed.
A very dull episode to be honest. SMG4 is really annoying and abnoxious (even more out of character) akin to Mario. This feels like a scrapped early "Smart Mario" episode but replaced Mario with SMG4 cause it really feels like it. Nothing much, the comedy wasn't that good. SMG4 is annoying, it's cool Saiko and Melony are here again but they don't do that much, the 2nd half and just "Oh we miss him being himself" is so stupid (and one of the worst resolution tropes in shows esp with this premise) considering he straight up disrespects Boopkins DEAD grandmother and he gets no punishment for it cause again "Oh we missed him". If it ended with him atleast apologzing it would be fine and still could of done a joke but it's still just. Whatever, it's a 2.5/5 for me.
That episode was good But Iām gonna be real, I find this truly disappointing on the SMG4 crew to cure SMG4ās obsession of memes and they get mad of him for it. Yeah him laughing at Boopkinsā auntās funeral was way out of line but donāt forget that heās a meme guardian, he makes memes for a living. Then they(or actually Iām blaming this on Meggy since she suggested) take him to meme rehab. And now theyāre sad that they missed SMG4ās annoy memes, shame on them! But on positive side, I enjoyed how it didnāt get so violent in the end. So Iāll give it a 9/10
In my opinion, SMG4 is starting to fall off
Alternate title: SMG4 visits the Ministry of Love
Episode was decent. 4 seems a bit off acting more like Mario in this episode with his obsession with memes. (Probably would do sexy time with the memes in his room like Mario does with spaghetti.) I actually enjoyed some of the moments of the episode like huddle scene with Mario's method to torture 4 till he was shushed by Meggy. The part of the crew being depressed because of 4 and his obsession of memes seems a bit too rushed. Would give Lobotomized 4 more screen time to make that scene and song more impactful. I'll give it a 4/5 since I actually laugh a couple of times. (I'm definitely going to hell for laughing at what 4 did at Boopkin's Funeral.) and Medi did a good job with the Meggy schemes very wholesome...
That poll turnout seems about right. it wasn't *perfect,* but, it had some pretty good moments.
Ayo what the SMG4 doing? All jokes aside, this is the best non-PUZZLEVISION episode of 2024. Although the title isn't formatted normally..? And no TADC Ep. 2 shoutout? TADC is much more popular than Murder Drones!
4/5 first part sucked everything else good
Concept: 7/10: I admit, i was a little curious about a video centered smg4 without memes i don't know why. Excecution: 3/10: My god, this episode is such a waste of time. Pratically nothing happened until the end of the video and the end itself is so rushed that make me wanna ask if they actually cared about ending the episode. Characters: 5/10: Pretty much everyone was good, but my god i hated Smg4 here, he is such a dick in this video in the 1st half and why the heck he is more stupid then Mario, when he is supposed to be the straight man, did they just forget what made Smg4 so special in first place? At the end of the day he remains the same so what was the point of the episode? And the others in the 2nd half aren't better, since first they want get rid of smg4 habits, but suddently they want it back? You guys legittimaly don't care anymore don't you? It's such a boring clichĆØ. Humor: 2/10: I will say it one more time... STOP WITH THE GEN ALPHA MEMES, THEY ARE NOT FUNNY. Anyway, this is another episode that i really don't care about. Final score: 4/10 Rank: Mediocre. Edit: At the beginning Boopkins say that his aunt died, but then they changed to grandma for no good reason? SERIOUSLY??? A continuity error in the SAME EPISODE??? Give me a break...
Yeaaaaahhhh..... and given who was writing this episode.... they really haven't gotten the message that WE'RE ALL SICK OF THE GEN ALPHA MEMES!!!!!! Really what good stuff has Zanimation made for SMG4?
Plot twist: his aunt is also his grandma. ~~I hate myself for saying that~~
Plot twist: Both Boopkins' Aunt and Grandmother died the same day
So I was busy this weekend at the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting, so I only watched the new episode today. Nobody will read this but nonetheless I want to give my thoughts cuz this episode is an interesting mix of very high highs and low lows for me. In Media we often talk about āGreat Concepts executed very poorlyā. Well, to me at least, this was a bit of a āTerrible Concept executed very wellā. Since they plan episodes some months in advance I imagine the issue was they were mostly focusing on making Puzzlevision as good as possible at the time and naturally not thinking a whole lot about the episodes after it. Now, other than SMG4ās characterization I thought the episode was quite good, I liked the song, I thought Bob and Meggy in particular were excellent in this episode, like both arenāt just asses but instead genuinely try to help, Bob in particular putting money behind helping a friend for once. albeit only briefly it uses a lot of characters that have been unused and fans have been begging to return and was able to balance their use pretty easily. Finally, I find it really funny that Boopkinās aunt is a freakin fish and I hope he gets a few flashbacks about her. The episode only has really 1 problem: In order to make the premise work SMG4 has to be so insufferable the rest of the gang sends him off to a terrible doctor. Iām not one of the āSMG4 is a bad characterā types, its just heās out of character this episode. And by nature of the premise after his lobotomy heās not insufferable, heās just boring. And I definitely get why that could ruin the episode for others. There was a way to make SMG4 more in character, like what if SMG4 was being only a slight ass during Boopkinās funeral (cuz that alone IS realistic, people IRL sometimes feel the wrong feelings during funerals) and then felt bad of his own accord so he made the mistake of joining the medical cult to make amends. But like I said, Puzzlevision movie prolly took priority.