Alright, Strider. Now it's our turn to criticize you. *Black Boo chirps* It's time to look at the worst moments of PhantomStrider's videos; as pleasant and generally upbeat of a reviewer as he is, even he isn't immune to criticisms and can pull out a polarizing moment from time to time. These moments might have him get a piece of information wrong. Or maybe his usual bias goes from understandable to Bias Steamroller levels. As always, if you happen to like the entries on this page, that's great! It's just our silly, personal opinions, so take these with a pinch of salt. Anyway, onto the countdown:
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- Top 10 Worst Cartoon Remakes
:- Sugarp1e1: Unlike most Caustic Critics however, he does almost all of his reviews in the form of lists. He's also pretty humble, admitting to being biased at times and making it clear in all of the intros to his videos that he's not a Fan Hater (as you can see in the flavor text). But the former didn't become more blatantly obvious than in his . The DMoS for me is his #1 pick: every single Scooby-Doo remake in existence! Look, I don't care if he doesn't like Scooby-Doo; that's his opinion. But his reason behind his #1 pick shows just how biased he can be. Strider's criticisms about Scooby-Doo are legitimate, if debatable (he found the show formulaic, boring and "nothing special"), but his only criticism about all of the remakes that followed was basically "The original was never any good to begin with, so the franchise should have died years ago!" In his defense, if I remember correctly, I think he did mention at some point that he doesn't feel like any of the remakes added anything new or interesting to the series. But even if he did, it was completely overshadowed by his rant about how annoyed he is that the franchise is still going after 40 years despite the original's lack of appeal to him. I totally understand where he's coming from; I get pretty surprised myself when I find out something that came out when I was a kid is still going on to this day, especially if it's a show I don't like. But I wouldn't be so annoyed as to place the entire franchise at #1 on a Worst Remakes list and bash it simply because of its lifespan and the quality of the original alone. Not to mention that he seems to think that Mystery Incorporated is, like the other remakes he mentions, exactly the same as the original. Oh, and Strider seemed to have taken a level in jerkass for this entry. Usually, he just expresses his distaste in a professional and witty manner like the classy Deadpan Snarker he is. Here, it sounds more like he's trying to rally all of his viewers against the franchise, what with him having the gall to assume that nobody actively watches Scooby-Doo anyway, asking "Has any kid ever sat down and said, 'Oh, look! Scooby-Doo is on!'?", and claiming that kids only watch it when there's nothing better to watch. Excuse me, Strider, but I watched both What's New, Scooby-Doo? and Mystery Incorporated regularly when I was a kid and loved them. Again, this is coming from a guy who claims to be fine with people liking something he doesn't. This assumption is not only hypocritical and insulting, it makes no sense. If a series has been remade over 19 times, then it must have some sort of fanbase, otherwise, it wouldn't have been remade even once! Even worse? In his Top 10 Best Disney Movies list, he references the angry comments he got from this in a gag where he calmly says "Scooby-Doo kinda... sucks?" before being pelted by tomatoes. As if he was being totally reasonable with his decision and the viewers were the ones being ridiculous! Can someone please remind him that he specifically described his #2 pick, Yo Yogi!, as "the devil's anus of bad"? If he thinks the entire Scooby-Doo franchise is even worse than Yo Yogi!, then "it kinda sucks" isn't even close to what he was saying. Not only that, but judging by Strider's comment about Scooby-Doo in his Top 10 Worst Cartoon Live Action Remakes list, he seems to think that the only people who are mad at him for this are the Scooby-Doo fans. Implying that he genuinely believes that all of those angry comments were from the Fan Dumb as opposed to some belonging to those who saw just how biased he was being. I was so disappointed with him, I couldn't bring myself to listen to him re-explain why he hates Scooby-Doo in his Top 5 Cartoons I Hate That Everyone Likes list and skipped over it. (But judging by his added comment of "Forever" in the entry title, he was trying to justify cramming the entire franchise on the top spot of his Worst Remakes list). I don't believe in unsubscribing, so I'll continue to watch his videos. But you'd think somebody who claims to enjoy engaging in intelligent conversation would have a better reason for his #1 pick than "there's too many remakes".
- Senor Cornholio: I second that, though I'm a little more critical on this video. I have more problems in mind, such as calling Extreme Ghostbusters a remake when it's a continuation of The Real Ghostbusters with clear ties to its predecessor, and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog actually being considered a remake for this list despite being the first Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon ever aired (and though I do appreciate him not blindly bashing Sonic Underground like most tend to do, it sadly qualifies more than AoSTH for this list due to having similarities to Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) and the comics, the former of which was heavily anticipated for a comeback after its Sequel Hook). And apparently, I am not alone in thinking this. Aside from that, most of the other entries were understandable, then the Scooby-Doo entry comes up and my eyes light up in confusion for all the reasons listed above. Even as a person who also isn't the biggest fan of Scooby-Doo, I can say this was a dumb choice. RebelTaxi might have also put the entire franchise on his list of worst remakes because he also wanted it to just die already, but at least, he didn't put it at numero freaking uno (plus, it was Played for Laughs). Seriously, to put this over the likes of Teen Titans Go! and Yo Yogi! is mind-boggling to say the least, since TTG at its worst actually goes out of its way to insult its own critics and Yo Yogi! was one of the most 90's-pandering shows of all time. Not even the worst of Scooby-Doo is that bad; at worst, it gets stale and repetitive like he says, which would be a good reason to put at least some entries in the franchise on this list, but nowhere near #1. What's more is that he barely mentions most of them aside from the infamous terror of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue and the divisive series that is Be Cool, Scooby-Doo as if he hardly saw any of the other shows. I'd have appreciated it if he said "not all of these are bad, mind you, but the majority tend to be mediocre at best", but he didn't; instead, he goes through a long laundry list of "remakes" that aren't even listed in how bad they are. So now, we have to assume that he blindly hates the earlier direct-to-video movies and Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated, which are considered silver linings in the franchise; also very easy to do as Mystery Incorporated was included in the rundown (quick update: as of his "Top 5 Cartoons I Hate That Everyone Likes" list, he has watched Mystery Inc. and found it refreshing; strike off for that one). I do like PhantomStrider's videos most of the time, but this was quite the big stinker for him. And I sincerely pray it does not occur again.
- shonengirl: Third. This is hands down, the worst thing in the history of his channel. Two things I absolutely hate are when reviewers seem to know little about what they're talking about, and when they lump things of varying quality into one mass and declare them all bad/judge them all solely on the quality of some of them or an unfortunate Audience-Alienating Era. Basically, I despise Critical Research Failure... And him putting every single Scooby-Doo reboot on that list just screamed both of these things. Okay, Strider, what about the Tom and Jerry, Ninja Turtles, anything Mickey Mouse-related, and Looney Tunes reboots, are they bad too because their franchises have been around for a long time and have truckloads of reboots? No? Actually, what about Tom and Jerry? It's also a Hanna-Barbera franchise that has been around forever, if not even longer than Scooby-Doo, but he conveniently forgets that, doesn't he? Oh, and Looney Tunes? You know, that franchise you have praised to heaven and back? What about that, Strider? Why is it fine that Looney Tunes gets rebooted a gajillion times, but not this particular show? There are many Long-Runners that continue to be loved to this day, so by this logic, they're all bad simply because they've been around to see the civil rights movement... Sure, Strider, sure. Mystery Incorporated was actually pretty solid and had deviated quite a bit from the normal episodic format, not to mention the series fills in a Western Animation niche that doesn't get filled often in the modern day, the genre of mystery. The only other modern cartoon in this genre I can think of is Gravity Falls, which ended, while Scooby-Doo will continue filling this niche with a fresh new take every time. Oh yeah, what about counting movies as reboots? ... Huh?! I've disagreed with him before, sure, but I respected his opinion because he seems like a genuinely nice person and is entertaining on top of it; this was the only time I ever cringed at this guy's content ever. I'm not even a huge fan of Scooby-Doo, but this was just bad! It just really reminds me of those people who think Pokémon is a series consisting of the same game released over and over again, or whining that Nintendo has no innovation despite many of their franchises evolving over the years. To make it worse, I criticized him for this, and if I didn't accidentally delete it, he apparently removed my comment. Come on, Strider, I expect more from you! Oh yeah, and how the hell is Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog a reboot?! Shouldn't video game adaptations have a list of their own?
- Sugarp1e1: Unlike most Caustic Critics however, he does almost all of his reviews in the form of lists. He's also pretty humble, admitting to being biased at times and making it clear in all of the intros to his videos that he's not a Fan Hater (as you can see in the flavor text). But the former didn't become more blatantly obvious than in his . The DMoS for me is his #1 pick: every single Scooby-Doo remake in existence! Look, I don't care if he doesn't like Scooby-Doo; that's his opinion. But his reason behind his #1 pick shows just how biased he can be. Strider's criticisms about Scooby-Doo are legitimate, if debatable (he found the show formulaic, boring and "nothing special"), but his only criticism about all of the remakes that followed was basically "The original was never any good to begin with, so the franchise should have died years ago!" In his defense, if I remember correctly, I think he did mention at some point that he doesn't feel like any of the remakes added anything new or interesting to the series. But even if he did, it was completely overshadowed by his rant about how annoyed he is that the franchise is still going after 40 years despite the original's lack of appeal to him. I totally understand where he's coming from; I get pretty surprised myself when I find out something that came out when I was a kid is still going on to this day, especially if it's a show I don't like. But I wouldn't be so annoyed as to place the entire franchise at #1 on a Worst Remakes list and bash it simply because of its lifespan and the quality of the original alone. Not to mention that he seems to think that Mystery Incorporated is, like the other remakes he mentions, exactly the same as the original. Oh, and Strider seemed to have taken a level in jerkass for this entry. Usually, he just expresses his distaste in a professional and witty manner like the classy Deadpan Snarker he is. Here, it sounds more like he's trying to rally all of his viewers against the franchise, what with him having the gall to assume that nobody actively watches Scooby-Doo anyway, asking "Has any kid ever sat down and said, 'Oh, look! Scooby-Doo is on!'?", and claiming that kids only watch it when there's nothing better to watch. Excuse me, Strider, but I watched both What's New, Scooby-Doo? and Mystery Incorporated regularly when I was a kid and loved them. Again, this is coming from a guy who claims to be fine with people liking something he doesn't. This assumption is not only hypocritical and insulting, it makes no sense. If a series has been remade over 19 times, then it must have some sort of fanbase, otherwise, it wouldn't have been remade even once! Even worse? In his Top 10 Best Disney Movies list
- Dr Zulu 2010: For me, it has to be his "Top 10 Spooky Cartoon Episodes", not because of his choices; I agree with many of his, with the exception being his number one spot: David Lynch's Dumblandnote but because he keeps breaking his criteria starting with Watership Down. I give him some slack with Wierdmageddon since it's a three-parter of a bigger show, but movies?! Entire shows?! Even when he admits that the movies aren't episodes, he still puts many of them in the honorable mentions. I mean, with so many cartoons, it's not like he's out of material to pick singular episodes. He should just call it "Top 10 spooky cartoons and/or cartoon episodes" because it feels like mild clickbait. Seriously, Strider, you may be jokingly called "The WatchMojo of cartoons" but you are much better than that... even if I disagree with your opinions about Scooby-Doo.
- SCBlue: If there were any Strider videos that left me banging my head against the desk, it'd have to be his "Top 5 Forgotten Cartoons" list. Numbers 5 (The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat) and 4 (the 1988 version of Gumby) weren't so bad choices. Granted, I remember those two shows, if a bit scarcely, but I could understand that not many other people would. But then comes number 3, Tiny Toon Adventures. Upon seeing it, I went "Wait, WHAT?!" If I recall, Tiny Toons was one of the most popular cartoons of the '90s, with many people fondly remembering it today. His number 2 choice, Daria, while still irksome to me, wasn't what led me to type this entry up. Rather, it was his number 1 choice, Animaniacs. How on Earth he thought Animaniacs would be the number 1 forgotten cartoon on his list really bothered me, and exactly why he thought it deserved that top... well, I don't wanna say "honor," but whatever... will forever remain a mystery to me. If Animaniacs really was forgotten, then how come it got a reboot not too long ago? Strider, we all know that your choices are just your "silly personal opinions," but there are times when your "silly personal opinions" don't make a lick of damn sense, and this is definitely one of them.
- Magnus Force: I loathe 99% of animation reviewers on the Internet, and Phantom Strider is in my top 5 most despised. I hate the bland laziness of his reviews (if you can call a countdown list a review). I hate the way he delivers his opinions in the most whiney and pretentious manner. I hate the childlike simplicity of his takes and how he clearly only does the bare minimum research most of the time. And I loathe how his "it's just my opinion" statement comes off as half-hearted and is obviously a weak attempt to deflect all criticism of his takes. However, there will always be one moment from him that especially peeves me off, which is when he declared all Canadian animation to be horrible. No, just no. I am absolutely sick and tired of the "Canadian animation bad" mindset. It's based on little more than the nostalgic bitterness of angry manchildren like him who decided they were sick of Johnny Test or Almost Naked Animals or whatever on the network that defined their "precious childhood" and so decided to blame Canada for everything they hate in cartoons and pick apart every little thing about them to make them seem like the worst things ever (although admittedly I despise those shows myself for different reasons). Are you really seriously saying that everything ever done by Nelvana, Mercury Filmworks, and the National Film Board of Canada is bad solely they are from the same country that only partially created Johnny Test?! Are you choosing to ignore countless wonderful Animated Adaptations of kids' books done in Canada solely because of Almost Naked Animals was produced in that exact same country?! Are you seriously declaring about 200 shows made over more than 50 years of history for channels ranging from CBC to YTV (and also many American channels) all shit solely because you hate Mega Babies?! Stop fucking doing this! Is the fact that one of the most successful and popular children's cartoons on right now is Canadian a moot point because of the existence of Johnny Test?! Is the fact that Canada created the first ever All-CGI Cartoon TV series meaningless because Canada also created Mega Babies? Is the fact that shows ranging from The Raccoons to Detentionaire have all received great critical acclaim and developed hugely loyal fanbases worth ignoring solely because people hated Almost Naked Animals? Stop basing your knowledge of Canadian animation entirely on your hatred of Johnny Test and do some actual fucking research for once in your life. I honestly don't understand how or why he and the countless other worthless shits like him, have earned so many subs and are treated as the leading experts on animation when the likes of The Wacky Delhi and Benzie Johnson, reviewers who are actually capable of giving interesting, nuanced, well-researched, and humble reviews created with actual effort exist, or when cartoon podcasts like Toon Talk Weekly and Cartoon Kids provide far more entertaining and insightful discussions of cartoons.
- TomT: While I normally enjoy Strider’s videos, there was one moment in his “Top 10 Most Hated SpongeBob Episodes” video that I just have to bring up. The video overall was pretty good: it was nice to see him talk about animation for the first time in a while, and I also liked hearing him talk about some infamous SpongeBob episodes he never got the chance to speak about before. While the #10-#2 spots were mostly just episodes hated by the fanbase that weren’t really in any particular order, the number one spot was split across six different episodes. This isn’t the DMoS: SpongeBob is a show with at least half a dozen episodes often cited as the worst in the series. The DMoS is the number three spot on this list: “I’m With Stupid”. I mean, come on! First off, the episode is more of a Broken Base than anything (I find his claim in the video that he has “Never met anyone who likes this episode” incredibly difficult to believe), and second, even among the people who do dislike the episode, it is almost never seen as one of the worst episodes in the show. The other episodes on the list for reference, were “The Splinter”, “Demolition Doofus”, “Stuck in the Wringer”, “One Coarse Meal”, and, for number one, ”A Pal for Gary”, all of which are much more hated than I’m With Stupid. I wouldn’t have minded as much if it was a list of opinions as usual, but this is a list of most hated episodes, and how well-liked an episode is, while still somewhat arguable, is much less subjective than whether you liked it or not. Eve the sources he used for the list, such as iMDb, prove him wrong. On iMDb it has an 8.6 (though this may partly be because its sister episode, Procrastination, is significantly more well-liked, it would still be a lot lower if I’m With Stupid was as hated as Strider said it was) while the other episodes on the top six spots mostly hovered around the 3.0-5.0 mark. Did he not bother to check his sources that time because he was so certain he was right, or did he check them then refuse to show them in the video because they would’ve made the episode’s place on the list seem ridiculous? I would’ve been fine if the episode had an honourable mention or even a space low down on the list just to point out how it was the most hated pre-movie episode, but the spot it ended up with on the list was just ridiculous.
