Blog:Caillou Gets Grounded (my version)

Note: This is my own fictional version of the CGG page, so don't take it seriously.

Caillou Gets Grounded is an American-Canadian animated television series created by Sara Braeutigam for ClickTV (as part of the GoAnimate animation block) using GoAnimate/Vyond. The series began with the release of the first episode, "Caillou Calls His Baby Sister “Stupid”/Grounded", which was uploaded to YouTube by African Vulture on December 13, 2013, followed by an extended version of the first episode on December 20 of that year. Since then, the series has grown in popularity, with thousands of fan-videos being created ever since. Despite its popularity, it received negative feedback for its mean-spirited tone, cliche, repetitive and awful writing, and also responsible for starting the downfall of ClickTV and GoAnimate Studios from 2017-2022.

Why It Won't Grow at All

 * 1) The main problem with this series is that it portrays characters from its source material as troublemakers and utilizes the "It's made for kids" excuse, which is a lazy, uninspired and repetitive approach for video creation. It would later serve as the basis for other grounded series based on preschool shows.
 * 2) Quantity Over Quality: Despite the huge backlash it got, the creators, producers and writers somehow managed to  make new episodes and ran way too long for a widely hated show. In fact, some people even considered ClickTV's adult answer to Cartoon Network's dreadful Teen Titans Go!, as both networks treat both their cartoons like their cash cows (note that 2017 would be the time both cartoons would overplay episodes to the point where other shows didn't get a chance to get new episodes. However,the movie that was released that year was great and by the time that movie came out, the series was renewed for a fifth season).
 * 3) Like the Titans from the previously mentioned TTG, all of the characters have been horribly beyond borders (heck, even the theme song explains it all):
 * 4) * Caillou is at his absolute worst here, as he is often treated as a punching bag by the other characters. He is also controlled by the user themselves, making him a boring and defenseless protagonist who receives no character development whatsoever.
 * 5) * Boris (Caillou's dad), has no real personality, and most of the times he likes to ground and scold Caillou just for stupid, and hatred reasons. He's at his absolute worst in the episodes written by Anthony Moldon (known online as OfficerPoop247/Go!Thug247), Haishi Kun (another GoAnimator known online as Roku Kun the Vyonder) and Sofia Blythe (who would later work on other cartoons like Fallout Falls (another GoAnimate Studios series), Fancy Nancy, DC Super Hero Girls and The Casagrandes) as he is depicted as a psychopathic, cruel, sadistic and weapon wielding criminal who gives Caillou harsh punishments.
 * 6) * Doris (Caillou's mom) is just a hypocritical, stereotypical, hostile, unlikable, and pointless mean mother.
 * 7) * Rosie (Caillou's sister) is an incredibly annoying Mary-Sue who defends Mom and Dad. Like Caillou in general, she is also used as a butt-monkey in her grounded series.
 * 8) * Miss Martin is also an unlikable character in school-themed episodes of the series, in contrast to her caring and supportive personality in the actual show. She always abuses, teases, and scolds Caillou or any other character from the Anderson family just for mean-spirited reasons.
 * 9) * Clementine's mother has become a corrupt school principal who punishes students at an extreme, as opposed to being a caring and good-natured mom like the real series.
 * 10) * Caillou's friends (like Leo, Clementine, Sarah) have went from supportive, well-meaning, and kind peers, to toxic friends that treat Caillou like trash.
 * 11) No sufficient research on the original and actual franchise has been put into this series, which leads to a very inaccurate and disrespectful portrayal of the show.
 * 12) With the only exceptions being Caillou, Rosie, Boris, Doris, Ms. Martin, and sometimes Gilbert and Caillou's friends like Leo, Clementine, Sarah, along with Andy and Alan, the rest of the canonical cast are usually absent from this series.
 * 13) Caillou's family name in these videos is Anderson, but Caillou is never revealed to have a surname in the TV series, and it looks like that they got the "Anderson" idea from Issac Anderson.
 * 14) They also redundantly expanded Caillou's family by including members such as Daillou, Daisy, Cody, Lily, and other frequent characters.
 * 15) Clementine's mother is portrayed as a principal, even though we don't know her canonical job. This even occurs through most other grounded series with preschool shows, using Clementine's mother as a principal.
 * 16) Caillou is shown to have an extreme obsession over Chuck E. Cheese, even though it was never shown in the actual show. It can also get really tiring when he constantly asks about ordering their pizza, when he could easily enjoy the food that's been given to him.
 * 17) The episodes can feel rather formulaic, and the plots come off as pointless or generic. Some of the videos even repeat a plot over and over again.
 * 18) The animation (while it gained a cult-following), is very cheap and lazy. Literally, when the characters move to express pain or discomfort, they look more like they're dancing or when they eat something, they just move their mouths and that's it.
 * 19) Useless and mediocre cartoon sound effects.
 * 20) Mediocre character designs and art style as it just looks like something out of a Seth MacFarlane series made in Microsoft Paint.
 * 21) In many cases, Caillou's parents (Boris and Doris) call their son "a bald piece of crap" which is very offensive to anyone that is bald, no matter the circumstances.
 * 22) The punishment day videos in the series, are disgusting, ugly, bloody, heartbreaking, gross, disturbing, abysmal, grotesque, and the list goes on.
 * 23) The parents never get punished for their actions, making them Karma Houdinis.
 * 24) The plots are always overused and are always rip-offs of certain episodes.
 * 25) The series teaches viewers a lot of bad morals, such as, but not limited to:
 * 26) *Cheating
 * 27) *Beating a person severely
 * 28) *Abusing
 * 29) *Fighting
 * 30) Mediocre, robotic and emotionless voice acting, even from talented E3 Studios stars like David Lesson (Aaron from Fallout Falls, Leonard from Learning Strategies and Mr. Fredrick from Specific) as Caillou.
 * 31) Because of the backlash the grounded series has gotten, it can ruin the viewer's childhood more than the actual show, due to how mean-spirited it is by its cruelty to comedy.
 * 32) Overall, the fact that people treating CGG like it is their king is the exact reason why GoAnimate Studios and ClickTV are going downhill and worst of all, many people consider it not only one of the worst animated series of the 2010's, but one of the worst adult cartoons in the 2010's (due their childhood being ruined by this series) and the worst GoAnimate Studios series ever made.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Some episodes can have unintentionally hilarious moments.
 * 2) Speaking of hilarious, the catchphrases and quotes can be awkward, yet memorable like:
 * "That's it! You are grounded grounded grounded grounded grounded for (insert a random number) years/decades/centuries/millennmiums!!"
 * "GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
 * "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
 * "Execution time!"
 * "THIS IS YOUR CELL. YOU WILL STAY IN PRISON FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!!"
 * 1) As mentioned above, the 2017 film based on the grounded series and released by 20th Century Fox was great, as Caillou finally stood up against his own father who kept abusing him.
 * 2) The alternative rock theme song provided by the cast and Heroes of Torchlight City that explains about Caillou getting grounded by his family is awesome and catchy, although the last half of the lyrics can get mean-spirited.
 * 3) Some good episodes here and there like: Caillou the Butterfly, the Caillou City duology, Caillou finds Purpose, Giant Caillou, Santa Caillou, Caillou's Friends and Caillou's Nightmare (depending on your point of view).

Examples
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