Apple TVMaking Fiends (2008)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
Overview
Making Fiends is a short-lived American comedy horror animated television series. Based upon a web series with the same name, the series premiered on October 4, 2008 on Nicktoons, and on March 7, 2009 on Nickelodeon. The series follows the evil, but dim-witted Vendetta and the new happy girl, Charlotte, at school in the gloomy town of Clamburg. Vendetta hates Charlotte and tries to destroy her in each and every episode. The series is created by Amy Winfrey. She voices Charlotte and her grandmother Charlene, among other characters. Character designer Aglaia Mortcheva is the voice of Vendetta. All of the voice actors from the web cartoon reprise their roles for the TV series, with the addition of a new castmember and crewmember, Dave Wasson The series premiered with no promotion or press release. At one point, it was the highest rated original program on Nicktoons. Despite positive reviews and good ratings, the show was abruptly cancelled after airing just six episodes.
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Prime VideoBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Making Fiends is a short-lived American comedy horror animated television series. Based upon a web series with the same name, the series premiered on October 4, 2008 on Nicktoons, and on March 7, 2009 on Nickelodeon. The series follows the evil, but dim-witted Vendetta and the new happy girl, Charlotte, at school in the gloomy town of Clamburg. Vendetta hates Charlotte and tries to destroy her in each and every episode. The series is created by Amy Winfrey. She voices Charlotte and her grandmother Charlene, among other characters. Character designer Aglaia Mortcheva is the voice of Vendetta. All of the voice actors from the web cartoon reprise their roles for the TV series, with the addition of a new castmember and crewmember, Dave Wasson The series premiered with no promotion or press release. At one point, it was the highest rated original program on Nicktoons. Despite positive reviews and good ratings, the show was abruptly cancelled after airing just six episodes.
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Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Making Fiends is an apolitical dark comedy focused on the perpetual, absurd conflict between two exaggerated characters. The show's central subject matter and narrative do not promote or critique specific political ideologies, leading to a neutral rating.
The animated series 'Making Fiends' features highly stylized, non-human characters, which precludes direct application of traditional racial representation metrics. The narrative focuses on comedic conflict and does not address or critique traditional identities or explicitly incorporate DEI themes. The overall evaluation indicates a light presence of DEI considerations.
Secondary
The animated series 'Making Fiends' centers on the dark comedic rivalry between Vendetta and Charlotte. The show's narrative and character development do not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes, leading to no specific portrayal to evaluate under the given framework.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2008 TV series "Making Fiends" is a direct adaptation of the original web series. All established characters, such as Vendetta, Charlotte, and Grudge, maintain their original genders from the source material without any changes.
The animated series "Making Fiends" features original characters whose race was never specified or visually depicted as belonging to a particular real-world racial group in its source material (the web series). Therefore, no race swap has occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
8.0
8.2
Critic Ratings
N/A
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