My Animation Era

  Chapter 976 American Humor

   There are many outstanding characters in the plot of the animation "SpongeBob SquarePants", and almost every supporting role has a large number of fans.

  Squidman, Pai Daxing, Mr. Crab and Mr. Ruffian are one of them.

   Gu Miao had already told Dave about the character settings of Brother Squidward and Pai Daxing, but he hadn't had time to introduce them to Dave yet.

   Is this important?

  Of course it matters!

  The combination of Boss Crab and Boss Ruffian is one of the soul characters of the "SpongeBob SquarePants" animation. If Boss Crab and Boss Ruffian were missing from Bikini Boss, the appeal of the animation would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

after all…

   These two are happy friends, but they have contributed a lot of jokes and stalks to the animation.

  The secret recipe of Crab Crab Fort, which Boss Crab vowed to protect with his life, is also a famous stalk throughout the animation of "SpongeBob SquarePants".

   Speaking of Mr. Crab, we have to mention his greed and miserliness.

  How greedy and stingy is Mr. Crab? This is fully reflected in the plots where he counts money in his dreams at night and finds excuses to delay SpongeBob's salary.

  Because of being too greedy for money and being very stingy and stingy, Boss Crab's image in the animation "SpongeBob SquarePants" is very bad, and he is not very popular with the audience.

   Quite the opposite.

   Many viewers think that this is a villain, right? Why does such a character appear in a nonsensical and funny animation?

  Actually, the word "American humor" has to be traced back to the root of this problem.

  The definition of funny and humor in Laomei’s animation is very different from that in China. To put it bluntly, because of cultural differences, everyone's laughing points are very different.

   Boss Crab's greed and stinginess is just a classic American humorous character design, which is very comical.

  For this kind of character design, it can only be said that the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees wisdom.

  People really think it’s funny, don’t you think it’s funny? The high probability is that the cultural and educational environment is different. It really can't be blamed on the screenwriter or animation producer.

   As for someone going online?

  Because I saw the behavior of my own boss in Mr. Crab, I felt sick to my stomach, and even suspected that "SpongeBob SquarePants" was trying to whitewash this kind of black-hearted boss?

  It doesn't have to be like this!

  Gu Miao has always believed that the setting of funny animations doesn't need to be too superficial and related to real life.

  Boss Crab’s greed and miserliness are essentially to increase the comedy and humor of the animation, not for irony or whitewashing, and it is not worth over-interpreting.

  Aside from all kinds of controversies or doubts, at least Boss Crab is an "American humorous" animation character, and Gu Miao feels that his portrayal is quite successful.

  The image is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!

  Anime characters who can do this are really amazing. Thinking about it from another angle, although Boss Crab is only a supporting role in animation, his image is as vivid as the protagonist SpongeBob SquarePants.

  This is awesome!

  A character like this is totally worth waking up Dave in the middle of the night to let him understand the importance of "Boss Krabs" to "SpongeBob SquarePants".

  As for whether Dave recognizes the importance of Boss Crab, Gu Miao thinks it's not a big problem.

  Even a native of China like him can feel the strong American sense of humor in Boss Crab, so there's no reason Dave, an authentic old beauty, can't feel it.

  …

  Because of the time difference, when Gu Miao called, it was still late at night in North America.

   In order not to disturb Dave's rest, Gu Miao didn't chat with him for too long, but simply explained the character settings of the two characters, Boss Crab and Boss Ruffian, and asked him to attach great importance to it, then hung up the phone.

  Dave probably couldn't fall asleep.

  But it’s almost dawn in North America. If you can’t sleep, you can’t sleep. You simply get up early today to exercise, and then post a social blog post: Have you ever seen XXX at four o’clock in the morning?

  In contrast, the sun in Jiangchuan is still high in the sky, and it is Gu Miao's busiest hours of the day.

  First meet with representatives of foreign channel distributors to talk about the regional agency system and sales goals of Wanbao Toys, and then treat them to dinner after finishing the work.

   Then, taking advantage of the fact that the outdoor temperature is not so low today, which is suitable for going out, I took Xiao Sensen to Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School to watch the Jiangchuan final of the [Wanbao Cup National Middle School Tennis Competition] live.

   This final is still quite popular.

Why do you say that?

  Since Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School won the national championship, the original team that won the championship has been scattered. The team leader and head of the tennis department Shen Chao directly asked for leave to participate in the tennis center training.

  So from the regional trials to the current Jiangchuan City finals, the team is basically carried forward by substitute players, and the winning team of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School has hardly been assembled.

   This also makes many people very curious.

  The Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School with a broken lineup is so strong, but how strong is the Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School with the real championship team assembled now?

  The most important thing is that the provincial and municipal finals are coming soon. Shen Chao and a group of core players have not assembled yet. Is this year's Jiangchuan champion changing teams?

  Not only ordinary passers-by think so, but Jiangchuan No. 2 Middle School, who is the opponent in the final, also thinks so.

  The core members of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School are basically absent. Could it be that... this Jiangchuan champion is finally our turn for No. 2 Middle School?

Great!

  Just as the players and students of the No. 2 Middle School were all secretly delighted, thinking that this final round would catch a leak and win the title of Jiangchuan champion for nothing, a news suddenly spread.

  The big devil Shen Chao who participated in the tennis center training camp is back!

   Not only is the No. 1 singles big devil back, but the core players of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School's original championship team have also returned to the tennis club to participate in training and will soon appear in the finals.

   Now, the Jiangchuan finals, which didn't attract much attention at first, exploded in popularity.

   That's the championship team!

   Do you understand the gold content of the championship team assembled and the team led by the big devil Shen Chao? If you don't understand, please review the summer national finals and see how this year's runner-up was beaten by Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School...

  The national competition has just ended. As the champion, Jiangchuan Yizhong already has a high degree of attention. In addition, this is the first time they have played in a full body posture after winning the championship. One can imagine the excitement of the game.

   Anyway, Gu Miao felt it.

   There was a sea of ​​people at the scene, thousands of people were squeezed into the small tennis court. Not to mention the seats, a tree by the side of the stadium is full of people, how can there be seats?

   Such a lively game is naturally not ordinary exciting.

   It's not a case of abusing food.

  The strength of Jiangchuan No. 2 Middle School is at the level of the East China Competition, so it won't be broken at the first touch. In addition, Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School lacked training and integration, so the process was quite exciting.

   Doubles all lost!

   Had it not been for winning all three singles matches, the dignified national champion might have overturned in the small Jiangchuan municipal finals.

  This result is quite surprising...

  (end of this chapter)