Things to Avoid When Making a Cartoon

If you’re making a cartoon, avoid adding ANY of these elements to the show or face the wrath of critics or Rule 34 artists! NOTE: This list is satire, and not to be taken seriously.
The Top Ten
1 Barefoot Characters
2 Sibling Characters

Hate incest shippings? Don’t make sibling characters! Dipper and Mabel Pines became the victims of Pinecest, Lincoln Loud and his sisters became the victims of Loudcest, and (it’s not exclusive to western animation) May and Max from Pokémon became the victims of PetalburgShipping. God help us all!

3 Mystery/Paranormal Driven Plot

This is getting kinda stale by now. Scooby-Doo made it cool, Gravity Falls reinvented it, and everybody and their mama wanted a slice of Alex Hirsch’s pie. Welcome To the Wayne, anyone?

4 Becoming the Victim of an Animated Atrocities Episode
5 Making It a Success on Nickelodeon
6 Giving It to Disney
7 Dads in White Shirts

Homer Simpson
Bob Belcher
Peter Griffin

Etc.
Can we change the shirt color?!

8 Taking Place Over Summer Vacation

The summer vacation plot has been milked dry by now. How about an adventure in the winter during school? Because how many shows need to be “hey, wanna do many adventures this summer, or just one big epic one? ”

9 Casting Dee Bradley Baker, Grey Griffin, or Kevin Michael Richardson

These guys are in damn near everything! Get somebody else!

10 Stereotypes
The Contenders
11 Night Time

Night is very difficult because instead of being able to use bright primary colours, you have to have as many shades of grey as you possible want.

12 Over-Using Gross-Out Humor
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