Multiverse and Friends (seasons 1-8, 13-18)

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Multiverse and Friends is an American-Canadian animated television series created by Fred Dungles and distributed by Warner Bros. The show is based on the video game Multiverse. Created to rival The Simpsons and Family Guy, it became more of its own thing. It is scheduled to air in April 2023 on Comedy Central and to be released on Paramount+ in May 2023. The eighteenth season was renewed on February 22nd, 2023 and the 400th episode premiered on February 25th, 2023. The eighteenth season was announced to premiere along with its first premiere on Comedy Central, but Warner Bros. forced the staff to release early the season, and thus, multiple episodes were either scrapped or planned for other seasons and the eighteenth season resulted in being 10 episodes. Like Teen Titans Go!, the show takes a more comedic approach to the Multiverse franchise and makes it an adult cartoon with various franchises, including the ones that are meant for children. Despite the huge risk of the concept, the show would gain widespread critical acclaim. It was Warner Bros.'s most watched show of the 2020s until The Crazy-Ass Group Show: The Series, Television Presentation overtook it, but the show is still among those shows.

Plot
The show revolves around the characters from various IPs doing wacky and random stuff while also living in a house and they enjoy staying with each other.

Franchises Used In These Seasons

 * The Owl House (since season 1)
 * Winx Club (since season 2)
 * Wild Kratts (since season 2)
 * Family Guy (since season 1)
 * Amphibia (since season 1)
 * SpongeBob SquarePants (since season 1)
 * The Loud House (since season 1 (some characters from seasons 1 to 16))
 * Persona 5 (since season 1)
 * The Simpsons (since season 1)
 * Danganronpa (since season 1)
 * Hilda (since season 1)
 * Total Drama (except Pakithew Island and The Ridonculous Race spin-off characters) (since season 1)
 * Grand Theft Auto IV (since season 1)
 * Regular Show (since season 2)
 * Steven Universe (since season 1)
 * Inside Job (since season 5)
 * Blue's Clues (since season 1)
 * Super Mario (since season 1)
 * EarthBound/Mother (since season 2)
 * Tekken (since season 4)
 * Glitch Techs (since season 17)
 * South Park (since season 17)
 * Grojband (since season 18)
 * Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (since season 18)
 * Pop Team Epic (since season 18)
 * Milo Murphy's Law (since season 18)

Why These Seasons Have Friends

 * 1) The concept of making a comedic adult animated sitcom based on a crossover franchise known for having characters from many different shows/movies/games and also known for having dark tones is a very huge risk and even controversial, but as a result of the writers having strong respect towards the IPs, as well several writers that worked on these shows/movies/games being involved as well, it was well executed.
 * 2) Amazing animation, thanks to it being animated by Nelvana with Toon Boom Harmony.
 * 3) Top-notch mixture of different art styles that don't feel they clash with each other.
 * 4) Tons of funny jokes and the ones based on controversial stuff are done very well that don't feel insulting.
 * 5) Thanks to the crossover concept, the amount of characters is insanely huge, although is not as huge as the ones from The Crazy-Ass Group Show: The Series, Television Presentation.
 * 6) The show brings tons of memorable characters from different franchises and not only do they still keep their charm, but the show also reverted the flanderized characters to their original personalities, like Lincoln Loud and Peter Griffin.
 * 7) Plenty of beloved episodes, such as:
 * 8) *A Friendly Start (Which started the show on a high note)
 * 9) *A Carnival Gift
 * 10) *A Lonely Map (An episode based on the "haunted" GMOD maps)
 * 11) *The Halloween Surprise miniseries
 * 12) * Return to Home (Which started season 13 on a high note)
 * 13) * Left News Network (An episode mocking CNN)
 * 14) *The Douglas Horrors (an episode mocking D. C. Douglas)
 * 15) *Left Alone in the Forest (an horror episode starring Leni).
 * 16) *A Surprise Party
 * 17) *There’s Too Much Water
 * 18) *An Awesome Dream
 * 19) *Useless Drama
 * 20) * The Stale Television
 * 21) *A: The Greatest Choice. Final Answer
 * 22) * I’m Not Doing This
 * 23) *Glitchy Video Game
 * 24) *Recipe for Disaster
 * 25) *The Greatest Pageant
 * 26) *Small Princess Day
 * 27) *Fuck Broadcasting Company (an episode mocking Fox)
 * 28) *The Terrible Discovery of the Brothers (an episode mocking Warner Bros. Discovery)
 * 29) *The Perfect 400th Episode (Arguably the best special of the entire show)
 * 30) *Native Jailbreak
 * 31) *The Awful Game Journalists (Which ended season 17 on a high note)
 * 32) *The Laughable Channel (An episode mocking TLC, also started season 18 on a high note)
 * 33) *The Death of a Tweet (an episode mocking Elon Musk)
 * 34) *Illegal Fanfictions
 * 35) *Lives of the Rich and Famous (an episode deconstructing celebrity)
 * 36) *UN-Mighty Destruction (an episode mocking Mighty No. 9)
 * 37) *Restructuring the House (which ended season 18 and these seasons on a decent note)
 * 38) It's one of the few adult animated sitcoms that actually make use of title cards, and they're animated very well.
 * 39) Amazing voice acting, as many of the voice actors reprise their respective roles.
 * 40) Compared to most animated sitcoms, the show has no gross-out/toilet humor, due to Fred Dungles finding it incredibly "cringe and disgusting".
 * 41) Despite being non-canon, the show does make references from the original video game it's based on, as well as references to other events from the IPs included in the show as well.
 * 42) Despite being a comedic sitcom, the show is not afraid of using action-packed moments and also uses some serious or even saddening moments.
 * 43) One thing that makes this sitcom outstanding is the usage of seasonal stories. Rather than just making humorous and funny episodes, they also decide to give a certain season a story. The first season to do this is season 16, the season related to the Backrooms. And rather than just cashing on a trend, the writers did lots of research and for this reason, they announced that season 16 will be longer.
 * 44) Speaking of season 16, the season does a good job of making the audience scared, and rather than just overusing shock value or cheap jumpscares, the episodes are filmed with a camera (in the similar veins of the original Backrooms and Cloverfield) with very a dull and creepy atmosphere.
 * 45) The staff announced that they would make certain seasons more unique, using different themes. The first season to do this is the fifteenth season, which uses the 1930s to 1960s theme as an homage to the Looney Tunes and other old shows.
 * 46) Seasons 3-8 are considered the golden age of the Pre-Vacation Era, while season 15 is considered the best season of the Post-Vacation Era.
 * 47) The show has massively improved in season 13, as it brings back the charm of the first eight seasons, despite still having some issues from seasons 9-12.
 * 48) Extremely colorful and great backgrounds.
 * 49) It even spawned a spin-off with protagonists Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, and their friends, as well as Lori and Bobby, and it's just as good as the show.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The show suffered from two massive downfalls, with the second having just started.
 * 2) *The first downfall (seasons 9-12) is horrible and became one of the worst cases of seasonal rot. However, despite that, the show redeemed itself in season 13.
 * 3) *The second downfall (season 19-present) is even worse, and while it just started (thanks to the infamous Anne's Birthday), it's starting to become one of the worst cases of seasonal rot, and it's still going to this day.
 * 4) The show can occasionally steal elements from The Simpsons and Family Guy, most infamously the theme song, which rips off Family Guy's theme. Thankfully, it changed in Season 19.
 * 5) Even before and after the first and second downfalls, it still has plenty of bad episodes.
 * 6) *Locked Out of the House (The very first bad episode of the show).
 * 7) *Harmony or Destruction? (Which started season 2 on a terrible note)
 * 8) * Brawl in the House (One of the worst episodes of the entire show)
 * 9) *Only Money, No Respect (The episode where Hunter (The Owl House) is extremely greedy and unlikeable).
 * 10) * Use Just a Mouse (A Lincoln torture episode, and ended season 2 on a sour note)
 * 11) * This Was a Mistake (an episode that suffers from an identity crisis)
 * 12) *The Flute and the Enemy (an episode with a plot that is extremely nonsensical, even for adult animated sitcom standards)
 * 13) * A Random Jab (A failed attempt at jabbing the airbag fetish community due to it overusing the stale joke).
 * 14) *The Arrival of the Glitch Techs (which started season 17 on a sour note)
 * 15) * King of the Contest (one of the worst episodes of the entire show, and started a small decline of the show.)
 * 16) * The Quest for Damnation
 * 17) *Fuck This, We’re Outta Here!
 * 18) *The Park of South
 * 19) *Stall Meeting
 * 20) *Kill the House (Arguably the worst episode of the Post-Vacation era and caused the writing to go downhill)
 * 21) * Bloom’s Turn (The episode with the worst dialogue in the entire show)
 * 22) * The Dead Band (the arrival of the Grojband)
 * 23) * Master Ninja (the arrival of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja)
 * 24) * Everyone Should Pop (depending on your view, the arrival of Pop Team Epic)
 * 25) * Milo Murphy's Broken Law (the arrival of Milo Murphy's Law)
 * 26) Even the good seasons have a fair amount of issues:
 * 27) *While Season 1 is pretty good, it had its own issues, such as some characters still not recovered from flanderization from their original universes (like Peter Griffin), somewhat restricted animation, and less developed comedy.
 * 28) *Season 2, while an improvement over Season 1, isn't the greatest either as it has some notorious episodes (in this case, Brawl in the House and Only Money, No Respect) and also didn't have a good start or a good end.
 * 29) *Season 6 started the issue of overusing popular ships to the point of becoming tiresome. But unlike Seasons 9-12, it wasn't too noticeable.
 * 30) *Season 13, while an improvement over Seasons 9-12, is widely regarded as the weakest good season, as some characters still had to recover from flanderization, the animation still looked bad, and had some infamous episodes, such as The Flute and the Enemy.
 * 31) *Season 14, while a major improvement over seasons 9-12, overused the stale joke of airbags deploying when characters (often the female ones) crash, which is meant to be a jab at the infamous airbag fetish from DeviantArt. While jabbing a fetish community isn't a bad idea, this joke was overused to the point of becoming stale and annoying. One episode particularly, "A Random Jab", was panned for overusing this stale joke. This is also ironic, considering Fred Dungles and Dorn Aduls themselves are against fetishes.
 * 32) *Some fans were turned off once Season 16 was announced to be more serious and darker with the Backrooms, mainly because the idea contradicts the show's premise. Despite that, the season still has some humorous moments.
 * 33) *Season 17, while better than seasons 9-12, is widely regarded as the weakest good season tied with season 13, due to it kickstarting some issues, and it's considered the ultimate mixed bag of the entire show, as there are more bad episodes, and also rehashed multiple episodes. However, it's not bad enough to start the decline.
 * 34) **In addition, some characters were either flanderized again or gave early signs of another flanderization.
 * 35) ***Luz Noceda was flanderized once again, as she went from a relatable girl with niche interests to a bigger and more selfish jerk who does malicious plans for her own benefits, much like Lincoln Loud from seasons 4 and 5 of TLH.
 * 36) ***Amity Blight was also flanderized again into a bigger and more selfish jerk.
 * 37) *** Niko Bellic was flanderized to a grumpier and more tragic man who openly murders people and never cares about his friends for the sake of being edgier than his counterpart in the original game.
 * 38) ***While King isn't flanderized, he started to give early signs of second flanderization, most notably in King of the Contest.
 * 39) ** This season is also a sign that the writers ran out of ideas because there are some rehashes and unlike seasons 9-12, where they were forced to rehash the episodes due to executive meddling, where they ran out of ideas.
 * 40) **Many critics and fans also felt that the show went downhill because Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, Lori, Bobby, and their friends went on the said trip and got their own spin-off because they are some of the main reasons why the show was successful.
 * 41) ** The writing also became somewhat poor starting with the release of Kill the House and became a lot more nonsensical and the jokes became stale.
 * 42) *Season 18, while not bad, became an even bigger mixed bag due to the writing becoming somewhat more nonsensical and the animation being downgraded a bit (but it was still good and not as bad as season 9). In addition, it started to give some signs of another flanderization.
 * 43) While most of the jokes based on controversial stuff are done well, some of them can be done very poorly to the point it comes off as tasteless and offensive, like most of the wrist-slitting jokes, which attempt to be funny but they ended up being abysmal.
 * 44) As of season 17, the show does a poor job when introducing characters from media not included in the original Multiverse, as they either flanderize them or make an awful plot when introducing them. A great example is The Arrival of the Glitch Techs.
 * 45) Executive meddling: Season 18 was going to release in April, along with its linear premiere on Comedy Central, but Warner Bros. forced the staff to release it early on March 7th, and as a result, multiple episodes were either scrapped or used for other seasons, resulting the season to have 10 episodes. This also resulted in the linear premiere of Comedy Central being planned to happen early on the same day as the eighteenth season's release.
 * 46) *What makes this more infuriating is that they announced that Warner Bros. announced they renewed a 19th season because they wanted to profit, something that Christian Potenza confirmed, as they had no plans for the 19th season and simply wanted to focus on the 18th season. It's very jarring when you realize that they also renewed for a third season of Isabela's Wack Show before renewing this show, showing they're doing anything to get money.
 * 47) *This thing was so infuriating many writers protested against Warner Bros. for forcing them to whack the production of the show, with Seth MacFarlane, Fred Dungles, and Alex Hirsch being notable examples.

Reception
When it was announced, many people were pretty skeptical of the concept, especially since other shows that attempted a similar idea failed miserably, such as Teen Titans Go! But despite that, these seasons would gain widespread critical acclaim, and it was widely considered to be one of the most popular adaptations of the Multiverse franchise. Praise goes to the humor, the faithfulness, the beloved episodes, the mixture of art styles, and so on. The show used to have a 92% critic score and a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The general consensus stated that "Multiverse and Friends is a fun adaptation that lives up to the show's franchise". The show had an 8.3/10 on IMDb.

Trivia

 * Warner Bros. announced that the 18th season would start to bring forgotten shows to introduce them to newer audiences. They also announced that the 19th season would do the same but with more universes. The 18th season will bring:
 * Grojband (Teletoon and Cartoon Network show, 2013-2015)
 * Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (Disney XD show, 2012-2015)
 * Milo Murphy's Law (Disney show, 2016-2017)
 * Pop Team Epic (Anime series, 2018-2022)
 * Warner Bros. announced that the 19th season will bring tons of media, either obscure or popular, such as:
 * The Fairly OddParents (Nickelodeon show, 2001-2017)
 * RWBY (Rooster Teeth show, 2013-present)
 * Rick and Morty (Adult Swim show, 2013-present)
 * Sonic The Hedgehog (video game franchise, 1991-present)
 * Harvey Beaks (Nickelodeon show, 2015-2017)
 * The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (Nickelodeon show, 2002-2006)
 * Sealab 2021 (Adult Swim show, 2000-2006)
 * The Proud Family (Disney Channel show, 2001-2005 (Original), 2022-present (Louder and Prouder))
 * Shortly after the premiere of the season 18 finale, Warner Bros. announced that the 19th season will premiere on March 25th, 2023.
 * Despite claiming that, people managed to leak the first episode of the said season early.