User blog comment:ArtDraw12/Say something positive about/@comment-4742462-20161120153824

Despite liking him in Revenge of the Island and his plot with Mal being the only thing that didn't keep me from quitting All-Stars, at the end of the day he's a character that I liked the idea of more than the actual character himself (a character being portrayed with a mental disorder, as someone who has a real-life mental disorder). The only reason why he's so high up on my rankings at least for the 2nd Generation is because he was one of the few from that cast who stood out (the others being Dawn, Zoey pre-TDAS, B, and Dakota pre-Dakotazoid. Jo is "Meh").

Mike probably would've fared a lot better if the show had stuck to Tom's alleged original envision of the character before the writers interfered and turned him into the character that he is today.

If you want better portrayals of mental disorders on an animated series, go watch Pearl & Peridot on Steven Universe who both have characteristics associated to those with Autism (such as myself) despite the show never outright saying that they're Autistic.