Learning with Pibby

[Pooky]

Looks very creative, but could do without the eye-gouging and the general mean-spirited attitude towards pre-school entertainment.

 

[superkeegan9100]

Looks very creative, but could do without the eye-gouging and the general mean-spirited attitude towards pre-school entertainment.

Especially given Adult Swim Junior...

 

[Zorak Masaki]

I posted this on another board, but I'd love to see the glitch try to affect characters like Pops, Brak, Dendy, and JP, but their "wholesomeness" prevents it from corrupting them, giving Pibby and her friends an idea how to stop it.

 

[JoeMabbon]

I wonder if people will ever get tired of these Lego Movie/Ready Player One multiverse crossover things. This seems to have some kind of a real plot which puts above Space Jam 2, I guess.

 

[PinkieLopBun]

I decided to check this out because of the hype and I didn't like it. I thought it seemed too much like creepypastas (which I never really liked) for my tastes. Admittedly, I was kinda expecting that based on what I was hearing, but I still wanted to at least give it a shot.

 

[JMTV]

I wonder if people will ever get tired of these Lego Movie/Ready Player One multiverse crossover things.

I am.

I decided to check this out because of the hype and I didn't like it. I thought it seemed too much like creepypastas (which I never really liked) for my tastes.

Yeah, I didn't like it either.

 

[Silverstar]

I wish the creator success, but I'm skipping this one. It looks ugly and nasty and creepypasta-esque and I don't like overly dark, apocalyptic stuff. I'm all for Ready Player One/ Space Jam: A New Legacy style crossovers generally (though they're getting a tad overdone now), but I have no desire to see my favorite cartoon characters getting graphically bloodied and mutilated; I derive no pleasure from that. I stopped watching [adult swim] years ago, and this ain't bringing me back to it.

Not bad, just not for me.

 

[SweetShop209]

I'm not sure whether to call this good or not. It feels like something Robot Chicken would do.

 

[Sam the Cartoonist]

I'm not sure whether to call this good or not. It feels like something Robot Chicken would do.

This looks like it's aiming for a more serious meta-narrative influenced by creepypastas and multimedia crossovers. In other words, Who Framed Roger Rabbit for Gen Zers.

 

[superkeegan9100]

Honestly, aside from the whole "creepypasta" vibe this emits, and the fact that this is kinda mean-spirited towards preschool entertainment (given Cartoonito and all), this just feels like it panders towards Cartoon Network's "fans" who want all the new shows removed and replaced with the old shows. I mean, what kid in 2021 is gonna know what most of these shows are? The only modern shows I've seen were The Amazing World of Gumball and Craig of the Creek. People should just accept the fact that Cartoon Network is done airing these shows and move on.

 

[Silverstar]

Honestly, aside from the whole "creepypasta" vibe this emits, and the fact that this is kinda mean-spirited towards preschool entertainment (given Cartoonito and all), this just feels like it panders towards Cartoon Network's "fans" who want all the new shows removed and replaced with the old shows. I mean, what kid in 2021 is gonna know what most of these shows are? The only modern shows I've seen were The Amazing World of Gumball and Craig of the Creek. People should just accept the fact that Cartoon Network is done airing these shows and move on.

THANK YOU. I'm legit sick of adults who should be old enough to know better taking potshots at preschool shows/blocks (they're made for little kids, just don't watch 'em, for crying out loud!), and I'm a longtime opponent of retro-snobbery (the belief held by many that the era of a particular network that they grew up with was "da best eva" and every era after that is automatically trash and therefore no network should ever try to move forward or try to accommodate any audience other than them).

I knew there was some kind of negative, mean-spirited vibe that I was getting from this, and you nailed it for me. Now I know that this isn't for me.

 

[Sam the Cartoonist]

I can't say much about it until it is greenlit as a full-fledged series but I noticed more a a deconstructive, dark overtone to Pibby than a mean-spirited one. While the MC is a character from a preschool cartoon being pitted in a screwed-up situation, the short doesn't seem to be taking shots at her and includes characters from various properties both old and new who serve as plot devices to progress the story rather than make any overt commentary on any sector of the animation community.

I understand if some may not be interested in this because it's too dark and meta but I fail to see how it's mean-spirited.

 

[JMTV]

The only modern shows I've seen were The Amazing World of Gumball and Craig of the Creek.

To be fair, Gumball came out in 2011, so it's technically an old show, but I do agree with you.

 

[Zorak Masaki]

Also, it does look refreshing to see an Adult Swim show that (at least going by the trailer) wont be filled with raunchy sex jokes or gory ultra-violence (the one scene with blood is pretty non-graphic).

 

[LinusFan303]

I kind of liked it, I can see what some are saying that it's ripping on preschool shows, I'm not really sure it is , it is parodying them to make the dark elements blend in, I've seen things go after preschool shows in a meaner way than this did. I'm not sure If'd I watch it if it was a series , but it seems to have something that interests me, something that many Adult Swim stuff doesn't do. (minus Ballmastrz 9009).

 

[Light Lucario]

Honestly, aside from the whole "creepypasta" vibe this emits, and the fact that this is kinda mean-spirited towards preschool entertainment (given Cartoonito and all), this just feels like it panders towards Cartoon Network's "fans" who want all the new shows removed and replaced with the old shows. I mean, what kid in 2021 is gonna know what most of these shows are? The only modern shows I've seen were The Amazing World of Gumball and Craig of the Creek. People should just accept the fact that Cartoon Network is done airing these shows and move on.

I'm pretty sure that kids nowadays would still recognize Adventure Time and Steven Universe characters. They also had PPG and Scooby Doo characters. If it was just old school shows like Flinstones and the Jetsons, I think that you'd have a stronger point there, but I'm pretty sure most of the characters shown would still be recognizable to a lot of kids familiar with Cartoon Network shows.

Anyway, I finally decided to check the video out after seeing a bit of hype for it on YouTube and I'm not really impressed. The video was basically just a trailer where it felt like they took clips of different episodes to attract attention. It was a fitting to release a creepy video close to Halloween and the crossover appeal might work for people, even if it is in a horror situation, but I think it was overhyped a bit. It's trying to be dark and edgy with taking a preschool show character and turning it into a dark show with blood and characters being possessed by something. I can kind of see why people want it to be a series, but this just didn't do much for me. It just felt like it was going too much for the shock value for it to really work. Maybe it would be more effective as a series, but I'm not expecting that either based on this video.

 

[superkeegan9100]

If it was just old school shows like Flinstones and the Jetsons, I think that you'd have a stronger point there, but I'm pretty sure most of the characters shown would still be recognizable to a lot of kids familiar with Cartoon Network shows.

Flintstones and Jetsons are also on HBO Max and MeTV, so yeah I think I was kinda exaggerating a bit.

 

[BlooMac]

Why are we even discussing kids not recognizing characters that appear on a show that's supposed to be aimed at adults (and maybe teens), most of which recognize these characters? Also, we live in a digital era where kids could likely look up the more popular old shows online, don't underestimate them.

 

[Markus]

I get why you don't like this but Adult Swim was supposed to be weird anyway sometimes. I personally liked to watch this. Something like this is good for AS and it has a bright future. You can't even tell if it's good or bad without watching a full series if it ever becomes a thing. This short is already popular with over a million views on YouTube so I'm sure most people are looking forward to it.

 

[RegularCapital]

It's not that different to Robot Chicken paroding CN shows in a somewhat disturbing manner. Also it's no different to a Halloween special of Regular Show or an Adventure Time episode like Slumber Party Panic or an episode of Courage The Cowardly Dog. The difference is that there's a bit of blood with no resolution where everyone is safe, everyone is alive and things go back to normal at the end, although Pibby is a relentless hero and it can be implied that she wins the final battle.

Pibby symbolises Cartoon Network and the whole of the Warner Bros. Global Kids and Young Adults department, everything from Baby Looney Tunes to Mr. Pickles.