Fanboy & Chum Chum

The evident only reason why this has gained traction is because depressed, nostalgia-high teens/very young adults (most of whom have nothing else to latch onto) are extremely biased towards their childhoods. These avid watchers are plagued by irrational emotion, an overwhelming tendency to cry, and (overall) a strive for their youth (which is brought on by the naive adolescent brain). They're so deep in this trance of sorrow and emotion that they're unable to gauge GENUINE substance. It's sad. The graphics are abysmal. Eric Robles tries (and disgustingly fails) to implement a unique cartoon style. However, his efforts are nullified on account of his apparent blindness to what is visually appealing. Don't get me wrong- his art skills are amazing! But they REALLY don't show AT ALL I'm this cartoon. Go watch Glitch Techs, it's a much better series by Robles!

Fanboy & Chum Chum are bad kids who bullies Kyle which is an okay character, and both are dumb, how can they success. They also make big deals out of nothing. The stories are interesting enough but they are just messed up with horrible references and Wario type humor, so I hate this show but it's just fun to watch

Yes, yes, yes. I understand that this show is meant to be funny and not educational. I get that part, in fact we all get that part. I understand that there is nothing wrong with a good ol' escape-from-reality television show. I understand that not everything has to have a lesson or moral attached. I understand that kids sometimes just want to laugh. But the thing I don't understand is WHY kids laugh at this. I mean, when you really think about it, this show is nothing but farts, "pee pee" jokes, bright colors, annoying characters, and REALLY annoying voices (Chum chum. I rest my case). So, we should all ask ourselves "Is this what I want my kid to watch?" Come on, at least Disney Channel tells jokes (corny jokes, but jokes nonetheless) instead of just dancing around and shouting "babababa" for no reason. This show is a perfect reason to question today's comedy. I mean, really? Is this seriously what child-safe humor has been reduced to, while once it was something clever, like seeing the world from a toddler's P.O.V. on "Rugrats", when now it's random farts and other annoying noises on "Fanboy and Chum chum"? Not only is this show using randomness and annoying sounds/voices as a foundation for child humor, but what does this teach your child? It teaches them to act hyper and annoying all the time (including school)! Sure, shows shouldn't always have to teach children good things in order to be an acceptable show, but it shouldn't have to teach children bad things either. So, we all have a choice. Either let kids watch educational television that will feed their minds but might bore them as well (like "Caillou") , let kids watch something funny and educational that lets them laugh and learn at the same time (like "Fetch With Ruff Ruffman"), let kids watch something noneducational yet funny without coming off as edgy or random (like "Avatar: The Last Airbender"), or let kids watch something noneducational and more random and annoying than funny that, well let's face it, rots the minds of children (like, you guessed it, "Fanboy and Chum chum"). If this show wants to be better, first the producers need to take out all of the unnecessary farts, annoying noises, random stupidity, and other mindless factors. Then, they need to replace them with actual jokes and other things that children can laugh at and actually know WHY they laughed. Either way, something needs to change, and if nothing does change, then I would not predict a very big or prosperous future ahead. This show deserves * out of ********** stars, and the only reason I'm giving it any stars whatsoever is because it has Jamie Kennedy in it, who happens to be a funny man* (when he's not doing shows like this).

RECENT EDIT: *I take it back. He used to be funny; now he sucks.

When I saw the previews for this show before it came out, I thought it might have been a decent show. Then I saw the first episode. It was a complete waste of my time. Every about this show is terrible; the characters, the story lines, the art style, the jokes etc etc. Everything is unbearable. Now, I have only like the older shows like Angry Beavers, Ren and Stimpy, Rugrats, Hey! Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life etc. I dislike almost every show on Nick right now, especially iCarly and Big Time Rush. But this is a new low for Nickelodeon. I mean, Wyatt Cenac is part of this show, Wyatt Cenac, a former writer of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. One of the writers from one of the best shows on TV, is on Fanboy and Chum Chum. WTF??? We really need to start a petition to cancel all of the crap shows and bring back the '90s!!!

I love animation and I love Nickelodean, but I loathe Fanboy and Chum Chum. For me, while not quite as awful as ChalkZone, Fanboy and Chum Chum is a terrible show with next to no redeeming elements and one of the few Nickelodean let alone animated shows I cannot tolerate.

Why is that so? Well here are some of my reasons:

Fanboy and Chum Chum does have a pretty thin premise. It is about two boys in superhero clothes with their underwear on top who just cause mayhem, or so it seems. I was hoping the story lines would make the most of this thin premise but they don't.

Instead, they are incredibly repetitive and predictable, with situations that are unoriginal and repeated seemingly over and over or to the extent that you can actually smell what's happening next. This is certainly not helped by the terrible humour or the uneven pacing.

The humour is quite frankly terrible. The bathroom humour is really overused, and I think it will go over children's heads as it did with mine. The writing doesn't fare much better either, it is very simplistic and childish rather than funny and smart. It is enough to make you snort in contempt or roll your eyes in disbelief.

The pacing is very uneven too. Although the episodes are quite short in length, every episode feels rushed or draggy.

That's not all that's wrong with Fanboy and Chum Chum. The animation is not great at all. Sure it is bright and plentiful in the colours, but if only everything else wasn't so awkward. The backgrounds can be static and the character designs are painfully forced. If you see Chum Chum's facial expressions or Fanboy's over-sized teeth just to name a few, you'll get the picture.

I also dislike the music. The incidental music is very bland and forgettable, but even worse is the theme song. It isn't just forgettable, it is too short and rushed, with lyrics that are pretty impossible to decipher or sing along to.

Even worse than that are the characters. All of them range from insufferably annoying like the two leads to dull like their teacher. And the voice acting is nothing to rave about either, shame because there are some talented voice actors there.

Overall, just awful and not recommended and this is coming from someone who considers animated films and shows some of her favourites. If I were in a harsh mood, I would give Fanboy and Chum Chum a minus rating. However, if I were in a good mood and feeling generous I'd give it a 1/10. Bethany Cox.