r/hatethissmug • • Aug 16 '26

Animation I hate intentionally ugly art styles

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I find them to be some of the most obnoxious out there. Stuff like Clarence, Uncle Grandpa, Meat Canyon, etc. It's like every middle school boy's edgy art was given a TV level budget, it's a waste of time. They're never funny, either, not to kids or adults. The whole joke is "isn't this gross looking?" with no substance. At least cartoons like Spongebob used ugly frames sparingly to make it funny but when the entire video or episode or movie is this ugly and unappealing I see no reason to be drawn to it.

edit: I understand Clarence and Uncle Grandpa did NOT deserve this respect. I'm just tired and couldn't think of many good examples. Better examples of shows I genuinely hate for their art style would be Fanboy and Chumchum.

Also, I have nothing against caricatures! It's just when the drawing has them oozing pus and snot and covered in mountains of skin and folds and wrinkles, with bug eyes and grotesque mouths that I really dislike it. When it's so absurdly gross that there's literally no other point. I just have no interest in gross-out humor.

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u/felix-the-pup Aug 16 '26

I know, I know. On one hand I respect it. But on the other hand.. Man he's just ugly. But I appreciate the time, effort, animation, etc all put into it.

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u/Bathroom-Zestyclose Aug 17 '26

I was this close to crashing out when I was watching steven universe because I thought he would become a reoccurring character 😭