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Anyone want to watch a cartoon about the person that lives in this house?

Someone once told me that grass was much greener…on the other side.

yearofrhythm:

To all the people posting on this tag also tagging “90s” , you’re wrong. As Told By Ginger came out in 2000. Please don’t continue to make this mistake.

mmanalysis:

One of the things that was positive about As Told By Ginger is the acknowledgement that there are hormones at work. In the episode “Love With a Proper Transfer Student”.  Ginger’s mom flat out stated that she understands that Ginger feels bad kissing Dodie’s crush but that hormones was part of the reason. It seems like there are very few shows aimed at teens and kids that are more upfront and frank about things like this without shaming the kids. The only other show I can think of is Degrassi. 

mmanalysis:

As much as I do like the show, As Told by Ginger, it is not above criticism and for me, the episodes revolving around her high school years are the weakest episodes to me.

They aren’t bad but they seemed to be lacking in something the other episodes had. To be fair, this does happen a lot when you take your characters into a different setting, especially if you’ve been at the same setting for a good number of episodes. I think there was a difficulty in translating the characters into a high school setting and taking elementary kids to a jr. high setting. I think with Carl’s gang, they could have made a few adjustments like making them taller or wearing different outfits to signify that they are older now. 

There’s also the issue of how Courtney Gripling was written in this arc. We went from the popular, top of the social chain girl to a girl who gets embarrassed, shoved into lockers, doesn’t get shown, and eventually lose her wealthy lifestyle. You could say its comeuppance but that would only work if Courtney acted like Miranda and Mipsy. If they wanted to show how a big fish in a small pond adapts to being with same sized or bigger fish, they should have spent more time on it. Instead it felt like the writers wanted to torture Courtney for funsies. 

Lastly, came the problem of Ginger and Darren’s relationship. The way the break up went started to go into a territory of annoying teenage angst with the break up happening around Ginger having appendicitis and Darren leaving her for the popular cheerleader. Actually, Darren transitioning into a football star just seemed off. While it’s true that people do change interests, we didn’t really get a reason why or even being shown him gradually liking it. 

Like I said earlier, these episodes aren’t the worse but did seem to be lacking in the charm the episodes had. Also, The Wedding Frame was a good sendoff despite Noelle Sussman. 

I think they did the shitty transition for Courtney bcuz she insulted the popular girls at the high school on the phone with her mother. They even flushed her phone down a toilet! She literally bought a fancy porta potty! Darren playing football was off, but I believe he joined for the fact that his older brother was in football and his dad most likely was as well. He probably wanted to follow the “winning streak”, which would also explain why he would like Simone as she was a cheerleader, and of course he wouldn’t opt for Dodie, even if she was a cheerleader too. That wouldn’t make sense, anyway. The episodes definitely lacked in charm. Actually, in just about everything, and I don’t know why they changed it. I mean, it started off good with Ging’s near addiction to coffee and her trouble with her teacher, so..what happened? I can’t help but wonder….

cartooncrunch:

mmanalysis:

Hey, did you know the show As Told By Ginger was doing feminism in more subtle ways than some adult shows? Here’s another episode that pretty much is in keeping with why As Told by Ginger is a great show for young girls.

The episode, Fast Reputation, is about Ginger wanting to be rid of her nice girl image and having her and her friends crash a high school party. What transpires is her meeting the “bad boy” guy underneath a table while looking for her keys and eventually sparking a rumor that more than that went on. 

While the show never outright says it, it’s pretty obvious that the rumor makes a reference that Ginger is a slut what with the girl who makes fun of nice girl image now taunting her about her “bad girl” image. Not to mention the girls gossiping about him having her house keys and the words “Ginger is fast” written in the bathroom. I think the show does a good job of showing how fast and degrading rumors can be to a person. 

It also touches on the whole virgin/whore dichotomy with Ginger being made fun of for being naive but then being judged for being “fast”, even if it wasn’t true. It’s a great mirror of our own society for ridiculing women wanting to wait to have sex yet degrading a woman for having sex. 

The words of wisdom actually come from Carl this time in the old phrase “Rubber glue, back to you” and Ms. Foutley pretty much saying that people will talk and you have to let them sometime because you know who you are as a person and you can’t let people take that away. It also feels like a subtle message that your private business is your own and whether you are having sex or not is nobody’s business. A little unrealistically is the rumor dissipating and nothing really sticking to Ginger but hey, I think they didn’t want to go too in depth with sexuality on a show for Nickelodeon. 

Overall, I suggest checking out the episode for yourself. Here’s a link to the first partandsecond part.

There’s so much I appreciate in As Told by Ginger, especially this episode. It’s not silent about real world issues generally skimmed over in a show for preteens.

I agree that they probably didn’t want to go too into depth but I think it’s pretty realistic how it dissipated once Ginger stopped caring and it became boring for them.

What stands out to me in this episode is how “the bad boy” acted. Based off his looks and everything else, I thought it was going to be a typical “boy brags and girl suffers rumors even though nothing happened” type of episode, especially since they didalmost kiss, but that doesn’t happen. For starters, they run into each other at the dentist where, because it’s the dentist, they comment something about her teeth being white, I believe it was some sort of nickname, while he’s in the waiting room with her. When she sees him at the party later, I believe he remembered this when they almost kissed, but when she didn’t want to, he didn’t push. Like, at all, which is just about the opposite of what I thought was going to happen. When she can’t find her house keys afterwards and he gives them to her at school the next day, it’s Courtney and Miranda who jump to assumption and approach him. He joking calls her the same thing the dentist called her, which again, dentist, so it hasto do with her mouth. It was a completely innocent and joking comment and not AT ALL sexual from what I remember, but without context Courtney and Miranda basically make up this whole story and thus the rumor starts. I love that they didn’t have Jake be an asshole who started the rumor to humiliate Ging or brag, it was just a misunderstanding. He really iscool :P

mmanalysis:

When I went on my “Re-watch Ginger” phase on YouTube, one of things I noticed about the comments on each episode was the utter disdain for Ginger’s friend, Dodie Bishop. She had her defenders but if you looked at the comments you would have sworn Dodie was out to get Ginger and not Miranda. What makes Dodie such a ripe target for such hatred?

I think it’s because Dodie is the epitome of every person in Jr. high and high school who desperately wanted to fit in. While Macie and Ginger are intimidated by popular queen, Courtney Gripling in the beginning, Dodie practically worships her. While Macie and Ginger accept their lot in life, Dodie wants to surpass being the nobody. But what made Dodie be like that?

I think part of it could come from her own mother, JoAnn Bishop. In the episode “About Face”, JoAnn tries to be a part of the cool crowd despite being an adult and being a substitute teacher and talks about how it’s never too late for people to take notice of her, in particular the Courtneys and Mirandas of the world. Even before that, we see JoAnn wanted everything to be just perfect and so, from fiddling with the guest room in the  episode Lucky Friday to any episode where she shows disdain towards Carl Foutley. Growing up with a parent so obsessed with image can warp of person’s way of thinking. 

Another part is just simple teenage behavior. In middle school and high school, most students want to desperately fit in somewhere, no matter if the group was popular or not. Being popular was more of a perk. Combine with her upbringing, Dodie is more susceptible to buying into and upholding the status quo then Ginger, Darren or even Macie who rather not disturb it but not want to live up to it. 

This brings me to another point about Dodie and that she is the most fearful of change. By change, I mean what she considers the status quo, such as her, Ginger and Macie being BFFs. Anytime someone or something challenges that point of view, even jokingly, Dodie becomes upset and desperate to hold on to it. We see the first glimpse in “Cry of the Wolf” where Dodie tries to prove she’s Ginger’s best friend and wasn't usurped by Courtney. We really get a blast of this behavior in the special “Far from Home”, “Wicked Games”, and “Fair to Cloudy”. While YouTube commenters state that Dodie is being a bitch, I see an insecure girl. Ginger is fairly confident and grows more into herself as the series progresses as does Darren. Even Macie, while anxious and cautious, seems very sure of who she is and what she can do in life. Dodie doesn’t have that foundation. Dodie grew up in a family where her mom ran a tyranny of perfection and then middle school exasperated that further. Luckily, Dodie does seem to be slowly drifting away from this behaviour as evident when she told her mom in “About Face” that shes not cool and she doesn’t need the popular girls validation. While she does do some butt kissing to be on cheer squad, that does have less to do with popularity and more with doing something she loves.

Overall, Dodie is a normal albeit insecure teenager and she shouldn’t be punished for it. I’m willing to bet most people in middle school were a Dodie and are lashing out at her because she reminds them of what they used to be or what they are now. 

And that’s another great thing about this show, the representation of different parents and family households. The characters don’t have cookie cutter perfect home lives, but they’re all presented as important despite imperfection and even dysfunction. I love how JoAnne’s actions affect Dodie and Hoodsies like it would kids in reality. It’s realistic, and it’s amazing.

The unforgettable April Fool’s Day episode of As Told By Ginger

source: Nickelodeon In the midst of the popularity of Nickelodeon’s animation lineup, Nicktoons, As Told By Ginger was a show that dominated when it came to surreal pre-teen struggles. Ginger Foutley, a slightly awkward, yet smart and responsible pre-teen took on the ultimate battle of junior high: crushes, mean girls and the constant pressure to gain popularity. By her side stood her best…

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