User blog comment:AGuyHere/Can We Stop Pretending that Anne Maria is a Good Character?/@comment-24971793-20150808232712

'has been done before'

It's the first time I've ever seen a Snooki type character in a cartoon that claims their demographic are 8-12 year olds. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

It kinda bothers me when people go on and on about how Sam (or/and Lindsay) should have been replaced in AS. As if that would have saved the season or even made it any better. They where watchable filler characters that didn't impact the season. But I must say out of that list of Sam replacement possibilities Anne Maria is the most sensible/interesting choice since she had intense interactions with the main characters (+ Jo & Zeke) in the past and potential for new interactions. Al is exactly the type of guy she's after. So he could have used Anne Maria as a pawn in his revenge against Heather instead of walking on his hands for half a season (it would have fitted his character a lot better and made more/any sense). Also when Zoey doesn't trust him at the end of the season that would have worked a lot better since he was close to her biggest enemy and still behaving like in WT.