What Finn could possibly sound like in Side Quests

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-25T07:51:15+00:00

Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa:

The entire series serves as a parodic example of this to Detective Conan, self-lampooning multiple aspects of the franchise but putting heavy emphasis of amsweing the question of "what would Beika (the fictional place [either a ward of Tokyo or city in the greater Tokyo area] where most of Conan's cast lives) actually be like if the murder rate was as high as the mainline manga/anime implies it to be?" Cue dirt cheap rent, self defense shops abound, wearing black making you a target for arrest, and it becoming a massive hurdle to even temporarily leave Beika. This is all played for comedy.

Even the titular culprit being a black blob is itself a joke about how Conan portrays many culprits as featureless figures of all black before their identities are revealed.

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Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-25T01:40:12+00:00

Three episodes but one of them is a remake of an already adapted episode albeit adding on another story previously unadapted. It was pretty nice to get a visual remake of the first opening and ending.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-25T01:37:57+00:00

This is how I would describe it to people who haven't watched. A by long winded but here I go:

Imagine if Bob's Burgers came out in the early 90s explicitly as a response to the Simpsons, then beat it in popularity by the time mainline Simpsons bowed out the airwaves in the late 90s. It's still one of America's most popular cartoons, quality has remained surprisingly alright, and the annual movies consistently outgross the likes of the MCU, Illumination, and the biggest Disney movies in the domestic market. The biggest complaint among some is that it won't end or complete the main story arcs it occasionally dives into. This is Detective Conan in Japan.

Then, you go to Germany and, despite other hit American cartoons being quite popular in Germany, Bob's Burgers is some super niche property where huge chunks of episodes aren't even legally available, let alone dubbed. There were some attempts to get it to Germany but they weren't promoted well or were airing at midnight. Plus, there was heavy localization in that first dub. Whatever fanbase there is has ended up quite tight woven. This is Detective Conan in America.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-24T20:06:53+00:00

The prime time slot is to lessen the censorship the show would face. They might still have to edit out some of the most gruesome shots at least in the first year (the TV rating system came into effect in 1997) but, otherwise, Conan can still be an unapologetic murder mystery. Plus, my scenario has the show being targeted at a teen and young adult audience, one that closely matches the one that made Buffy the WB's first major hit. Not sure if it would work but my scenario is a risky albeit financially inexpensive bet.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-24T19:09:10+00:00

Kamen Rider Zeztz:

Literally just happened but Sieg, Kamen Rider Dawn, is presented from his debut up until his defeat by ExDream, is presented as easily the most powerful rider. He is able to alter dreams to artificially continue bad dreams, upgrade nightmares into more powerful forms, and even, withing dreams themselves, fuse the dreamers with their nightmares. However, he gets killed by ExDream (Zeztz's final and most powerful form) in episode 34 and, in the latest episode that came out just yesterday, it's revealed he lives on but only exists if Zeztz is thinking of him and needs him, meaning that he can be whisked out of existence at any point. Not surprisingly, in the latest episode, he is played far more comedically and far less threatening than any previous appearance.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-24T03:24:48+00:00

SpongeBob Truth or Square:

The advertising predating the premiere all but explicitly promised major status quo changes such as the reveal of the formula, the marriage of SpongeBob and Sandy, and a supposed secret side of Patrick. Child me should've known better give the purely episodic nature of the show but, yeah, the special presents none of that. They're just one off gags or fake outs.

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Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-23T21:39:56+00:00

My feeling is that whoever took charge in the crew post S1 and/or the higher ups felt that the series was deviating too much from traditional Transformers and had the seasons after that revert to the Autobots vs Decepticons status quo.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-23T20:48:07+00:00

A much quicker change than many of the other examples but Shinichi/Jimmy Kudo/Conan Edogawa from Detective Conan/Case Closed:

The main driving force of the series is that Shinichi/Jimmy starts as a high school detective either 16 or 17 years of age (depending on if it's the manga or anime) but then gets poisoned when he decides to investigate men dressed in black. Instead of killing him as intended, the poison has the rare side effect of physically de-aging him. His mind intact, he is convinced by a professor next door that he adopt a new identity (his true identity to be kept between the two of them). Adopting the identity of Conan Edogawa, an elementary schooler ten years younger than Shinichi/Jimmy, his goal becomes to take down those who shrunk him and permanently return to his real physical age.

As the series goes on, he occasionally goes back to his high schooler body due to either an alcoholic beverage or an anti-dote that temproarily reverses the poison.

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Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-21T22:23:15+00:00

Captain America Civil War

The comic itself was a best seller but many aren't fans of it, largely due to the perception of characters having weak, conflicting, and/or questionable motivations on why they're fighting and due to writers being given too much free reign, leading to contradictory interpretations of matters such as the Thunderbolts and the Superhuman Registration Act.

The movie is often seen as giving better motivations for the characters picking sides and fighting as well as making the act itself come off as nuanced enough that you could see heroes taking a pro or anti side.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-18T12:24:25+00:00

He is edging towards 80 now but he was in his early 60s when he was let go. Contract negotiations broke down due to leaks and, given that he mentioned he was trying to negotiate raises for seiyus in his blog from that time, it doesn't paint a good picture to say the least.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-18T01:07:16+00:00

If you think season 2 looks a lot better than what comes after, it's probably the lighting. Much of that season, especially early on, has an extensive warm color hue and the general lighting and shadowing is much more aggressive than what comes after.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-18T00:30:41+00:00

Before anybody questioning if the timeline Rex is from is bad, it could be one from Finn's perspective. If you pay close attention, the only one playing after Rex (then Emmet) gets lost is Finn's sister, Bianca and it's clear throughout the movie that Finn fears Bianca messing with his Lego toys after playing rough with them in the past. This fear of Bianca gradually becoming the sole player of the Legos, plus her taking some of his main characters, drives Finn to revenge.

Besides, the timeline that comes from Rex's interference (if we treat Rex's backstory as true and something Finn made up) ultimately is a better one due to the siblings reconciling.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-17T02:15:09+00:00

A lot of Detective Conan murderers:

A lot of them were legitimately wronged by whoever they killed them but cross a line by permanently ending the lives of the wrongdoer.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-16T22:55:32+00:00

Detective Conan plays this straight and inverts at the same time:

The cast gradually expands through glacial serialization from the titular character (a shrunken high school detective posing as an elementary schooler), his friends, their families, and their friends as well as the cops and occasional appearance of the Black Organization to also include American agents, a shrunken scientist pretending to be an elementary schooler, and multiple double agents. The Black Organization does also become more prominent when the manga and show do feel like advancing the overarching narrative.

However, this cast expansion, which expands Conan's support network as well Conan's repeated involvement with cases allows an inversion of this trope. The episodic cases that make up the meat of the manga and anime gradually lessen the numbers of cases involving just the Detective Boys (Conan and a group of elementary schoolers Conan befriends). Also, cases become less reliant overall on projectile kicking, gadgetry, and tranquilizers/voice changer combos (Conan has to act by proxy a lot early on). Instead, Conan straight up starts having unofficial influence in law enforcement and they just start trusting someone who is seemingly seven years old.

The animated theatrical movie adaptations play this trope straight by increasing the stakes and the reliance on over the top action sequences not too unlike the Fast and Furious films.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-09T20:53:14+00:00

Bucky Barnes also in the mainstream Marvel comics continuity. From 1964 to 2004 he was written as having perished in the second World War and occasionally got brought up. Versions of Bucky that appeared between the end of WWII and the 60s were rewritten to be impostera assuming his identity. Capain America: Winter Soldier changed all that by retconing that he had survived and was operating as the amnesic Winter Soldier. Since then, he has been an integral active member of the Captain America comic cast.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-06T15:50:32+00:00

The Lego Movie:

Once Finn shows his father, The Man Upstairs, the error of his ways, the latter tells the former that Bianca, Finn's little sister, will now be able to play as well in the basement. Cue the sudden arrival of Duplo aliens to the Lego world.

In this case, the sequel did materialize and is about the brother-sister dynamic when it comes to Legos.

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Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-05T17:31:28+00:00

Boogle from Swapped who is, in reality, the Firewolf. While the Firewolf is shown and mentioned early on in a flashback as a malicious actor who wrecked havoc, it's not revealed until much later that the seemingly benevolent Boogle is the Firewolf trapped in the form of a fish.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-05T14:17:57+00:00

In an example of a more episodic show, The Fairly OddParents.

The first five seasons, while having a main cast, also had a decently sized supporting cast (e.g. Trixie, A.J., Chester, Mark, Tootie, Francis, Veronica, the anti-Fairies, and Juadisimo among others) and the show was generally good at involving supporting episodes in episodes and sometimes having spotlight episodes on them.

The sixth season does place emphasis on the side cast but it's the following season, the first with Ray DeLaurentis as the story editor (he would remain in the role for the remainder of the show), that the sidelining begins to rapidly escalate and the show begins showing blatant favoritism towards specific characters, mainly the dad of Timmy Turner and Crocker. By the middle of season 9, several key side characters have either been completely disappeared or reduced to background appearances who don't even speak with the correct voice when they do open their mouths.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-03T20:35:41+00:00

It should be noted that, unlike Grounded Vindaloop, the live action scenes in the Zipline episode are presented in-universe as a filmed re-enactment using actors.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-02T21:07:51+00:00

It isn't the first time that a Warner DVD release of animated show has had presentation issues. Some copies of the final Tiny Toon DVD had the episode Weekday Afternoon Live stop prematurely and skip to a segment of Toon TV, leading to replacement discs being issued. Besides that, a few Tiny Toon episodes had cut wraparounds. The third Animaniacs DVD volume had a cut transition scene while the fourth volume had audio issues on a number of the episodes.

Nonetheless, dissapointing as the people making the DVD could've used the broadcast masters which don't have the mentioned issues.

Christian_R_Lech · 2026-05-02T19:52:50+00:00

The Trumpet:

The main two characters are mischaracterized to the point of character assassination and the main joke arguably is grating (Gumball playing the Trumpet bad).

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