Bile Fascination: Initially was this in its first season thanks to many critics panning the show for being another derivative Family Guy clone with even more unlikable characters and edgier jokes. Still, the show has decent viewership numbers and a small cult-following.
Cliché Storm: The main criticism of the show is that the animation style, characters, plots, and humor is heavily derived from far too many adult cartoons that preceded it, without offering anything new or interesting to the table.
Critical Dissonance: The show is very polarizing. TV critics have ripped the show apart ever since its first episode, yet it was renewed for two more seasons before its 2015 cancellation. At least a few critics were more forgiving: Dylan P. Gadino of Laugh Spin called Brickleberry "fast-paced and hilarious", and Clarke Collis of Entertainment Weekly said it "...tends to rise above your average adult-animation fare". It currently has a 7.4 rating (which is in the realm of "above average/good") on IMDB and a 6.9 on TV.com.
Crosses the Line Twice: The bread and butter for its comedy. For instance, shooting someone in the chest with a shotgun into a lake that magically heals them.
Genius Bonus: The name of the town's bar is called "Epstein's Bar", a pun on the Epstein-Barr virus, a common virus in humans (one of the most common ones) that has been linked to such diseases as infectious mononucleosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and at least two conditions associated with HIV (hair leukoplakia and central nervous system lymphoma).
Germans Love David Hasselhoff: While the show is polarizing in its native United States, the show is very popular in Hungary. Its style of offensively vulgar comedy and scenes that you could watch without context really appeal to their sense of humor. Their local dubs of shows like Family Guy and South Park are also notorious for ramping up the profanity compared to the originals, so a show that was obscene to begin with was a godsend to them.
Growing the Beard: Season 2 and especially season 3 are this compared to the first season, with there being actually decent jokes, proper pacing, and making some of the characters less unlikable and malicious than initially.
Connie. On the "Woobie" side, Connie's fundamentalist parents were extremely homophobic and had her get electroshock therapy by the church. When it didn't work, they simply disowned the poor girl and got a dog as a replacement, then removed her from all their photos. The "Jerkass" side mainly comes from her stalking Ethel and constantly trying to sleep with her despite her making it clear she's not interested.
Steve is a narcissistic moron who is mostly to blame for the park's devastation, but because he is frequently treated like shit by everyone around him — especiallyWoody and Malloy — he just wants to feel special once in a while.
Character-wise, Malloy — because he looks like a Ridiculously Cute Critter; his less-than-cute behavior just makes him all the more enjoyable to watch. The fact he's the character voiced by Daniel Tosh makes him the most popular of the main cast, since Tosh was already a popular comedian before Brickleberry premiered.
Many people watched the show because established voice actor Tom Kenny plays Woody, who is an enormous contrast to most of Kenny's usual roles.
Despite being a violent, bigoted sociopath who abuses his workers and commits several felonies, Woody Johnson is so hammy and over-the-top that he still manages to be funny and memorable. Being voiced by voice legend Tom Kenny also helps.
Despite being needlessly unpleasant and sadistic, Malloy is very entertaining to watch, especially for those who are fans of Daniel Tosh.
Shock Fatigue: This show perfectly fits the description of an overuse of shocking content leading to the desensitization of audiences. The show's brand of humor relied heavily on shock value, with an excess of crude jokes and outlandish storylines. The show failed to evolve its humor or present any new content, which caused viewers to become desensitized to the shock factor. The problems are further compounded by the fact that some of the jokes and plotlines simply didn't work well, resulting in the show becoming repetitive and predictable. The shock factor of the jokes is too tiresome for most viewers after a while, leading to a sense of fatigue with the show. This has contributed to a lack of sustained viewership and audiences losing interest in the show, which is what eventually got it canceled.
So Okay, It's Average: Many people who don't hold any disdain towards the show just find it to be another run-of-the-mill adult cartoon with occasional moderately funny jokes.
Too Bleak, Stopped Caring: Many critics have noted the show tries too hard to be as outrageous and offensive as humanly possible, and therefore quickly desensitizes the viewer to its brand of humor unless they were already a fan of it. Besides that, most of the characters are either malicious and/or self-centered jerkasses, punching bags, or racial stereotypes.
