User blog comment:King Flurry51/Mal and Scarlett:analyzis of their values and vices as villains/@comment-25708675-20140821002819/@comment-24152851-20140821110323

The thing with South Park is they're intentionally trying to be offensive. That's what they do, and the audience goes in knowing that, and they're still criticised for going to far at times.

The writers stated a lot of Total Drama was meant to be a realistic model, which is why they have break ups happen, because they occur in real life and they want it to be realistic. The reason why Mike is so universally hated is because of peer pressure from the fanbase. It's come to the point where if you don't hate him, all of a sudden you're just as offensive and insensitive as Mike is.

The one weak defense Fresh has is, they didn't give a thought about any of that offensive mental disorder when creating Mike. All they wanted was to make a character who had many faces and abilities all in one. They saw DID as the perfect plot device to achieve this, without considering the consequential backlash. In all honesty I think they could've just made Mike a victim of hypnotism and still have a similar character that wasn't anywhere near as offensive.