Thread:TRRFan6/@comment-26986696-20190202204204/@comment-5928665-20190316162703

Stolen5487 wrote: FloridaMan wrote: This was just a two-second gag. The balloon scene in All-Stars was awful because they left several season-long plotlines unresolved and left most of the cast out of the finale, something they had never done up until that point. The main TD series is a heavy continuity based show, so anything terrible that happens to the characters could very well stick for several episodes or even seasons. That's why everyone hated the balloon scene.

There's no continuity in Total Dramarama. The daycare has been destroyed several times. Chef has been arrested. Cody actually died. Everyone is okay again by the next episode. I still hate some of this stuff, but at least I know it isn't permanent. The ballon scene was also hated due to the uncertain fate of the cast and the fact that these are characters that haven't been onscreen for nearly about eight years you would think they would be treated with alot mord respect. I actually like DJ and Trent, and while I knew that it was going to be a non speaking, cameo I was still looking foward to it.

I don't care about the "no continuity" argument. Spongebob Squarepants has little to no continuity it doesn't stop people, including myself from complaining about the decisions they make. That's fine, but you compared it to the balloon scene in All-Stars and it's nowhere near as bad as that.

This show, unfortunately, has never respected its characters all that much. They obviously don't respect throwaway characters like Ezekiel, but they don't even respect their major characters really. Hell, the last time Lindsay ever appeared in the franchise was in the much-despised balloon scene. Our last memory of this character, who we had been watching for six years by that point, is of her drifting towards the sun in a fart-filled balloon and she's never appeared again since. That is something that is legitimately awful and worth criticizing the writers for.