Maverick Quickie-Maddie's Clothes have more meaning than Presentation....

Someone on Social Media brought up a fan-theory about MADDIE from the Sonic Movies.

The person on Facebook brought up something about how MADDIE's Clothes seam to predict what character is going to appear in the Next Sonic Movie.

Considering Maddie's shirt predicted TAILS appearing in SONIC 2

And again with her Jacket predicting SHADOW in SONIC 3

And now somebody is saying something about the Pink Shirt MADDIE frequently wears can indicate one thing....

"PINK?! Can you guess what Character is going to show up in Sonic 4?

I'll give you a hint.... she made her debut in 1993."

Uh.......

I guess we'll have to wait until February 2027 before we can speculate.

I know who Maddie's hyping about, seeing as I've seen the Social Media posts, but I'm not going to give my answer until PARAMOUT and SEGA confirm that the Wardrobe predictions are true....

To which I know they are.

Yes, I'm back to MAVERICK QUICKIES, even in 2025.

But I can't help it. I'm in a Writer's Slump.

Well, the reality is that I have some posts that are in need of fine tuning so they need more work but to keep this BLOG more Active, I have to resort to QUICKIES.

And besides, I plan to more SONIC posts this year so I better make the most of it.

Clash of CEOS-Herb Powell from THE SIMPSONS vs. Jeff Fowler(Really, this post is actually a wakeup call for Hollywood)

These Clash posts are sort of my favorite but I don't do them all the time due to the mental thinking that I go through thinking of what characters to pit against.

But this time, in the wake of the Success of SONIC 3 in theaters,

Let's change gears shall we.

How's about I compare HERB POWELL, Homer Simpson's half-brother, towards Jeff Fowler, director of the Sonic Movies from Paramount Pictures.

Why? Because they are a perfect example of people who...

ACTUALLY LISTEN TO PEOPLE INSTEAD OF IGNORING PEOPLE EXCEPT THEIR INVESTORS!!!

But compare a fictional character vs. a real life person?

Because I too share the same weakness for Hedgehogs as does former 

Nintendo Power Magazine Editor-in-chief STEVE THOMASON.

First, let's start with HERB from The Simpsons.

Episode 7F16 OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

Herb Powell was the former owner of THE POWELL MOTORS CAR MANUFACTURING, until his half-brother Homer Simpson showed up at his Detroit Residence back in February 1991.

I suggest you bust out your Season 2 DVDs or Watch the entire episode on DISNEY+ just to get an idea how this turns out without me spoiling the plot....

But what I can spill the beans about Herb is that He represents the Compassionate exec who knows that Listening to people is the only way to build trust in both the company and the product.

But unfortunately for him, his Brain-Dead  Executives don't see EYE-TO-EYE for his vision on car marketing.

Here's the clip of HERB letting loose his frustration against one such idiot Exec for attempting to pitch a car named after PERSEPHONE, THE GODDESS OF SPRING.

I had to split it into multiple parts though.

Here's where Herb's Frustration starts in Part 1:

Now here's where things start to take a turn for the worst for his temper via Part 2:

Herb lets loose his anger at his executives in Part 3:

And finally in part 4, his unapologetic brutal honesty of what he thinks is wrong with executives regardless if it's the early 90s or the mid 2020s.

Now let's take a look at JEFF FOWLER.

This guy is revered because of the most single-handed task he took back in 2019:

By taking the abomination of the original CGI Realistic Sonic:

and reworking the CG Rig and turning him into the one shown below that we know and LOVE:

This is an example of when all the CYBER-BULLYING we levy towards the studios actually pays off when said studio actually LISTENS to us fans when we point out that was shown in the original trailer goes horribly awry and necessitates the much needed change.

I actually remember reading all about the backlash against the original UGLY SONIC rig back in 2019, then I also read about how PARAMOUNT actually listened and went on to rework the rig.

I also read that the retouch delayed the film until Valentines Day 2020 but it was worth the fixup and I'm glad we won the fight against the executives who would be happy to reject FOWLER'S request to rework the film....

Did It sound like I just gaslit WB's EXECUTIVES? HOW DID YOU KNOW?

well......

PARAMOUNT'S EXECUTIVES are 10 times better than WARNER BROS' execs if the backlash and ZASLAV's refusal to allow the same rework on the fallacy known as The MINECRAFT Movie is any indication.

But seriously, PARAMOUNT listening to us and giving us 3 Amazing Sonic Films, with a 4th film coming in 2027, is a huge wakeup call for HOLLYWOOD.

It's time that all the other Executives, whether they be from

DISNEY, WARNER BROS, UNIVERSAL, SONY PICTURES, AMAZON, TOHO, SHOCHIKU, TOEI, PATHE, GAUMONT, etc., 

should all start taking the all pre-release criticism SERIOUSLY and accept that changes are necessary because if we convinced JEFF FOWLER to force PARAMOUNT to rework SONIC's CG Rig, then we can convince the other studios to follow suit in SONIC's footsteps in actually listening to AUDIENCES for all things CINEMA....

On a semi-related note:

I heard that actor BEN SCHWARTZ's favorite game ironically is not a Sonic Game, nor anything from Sega.

But rather it's CHRONO TRIGGER by SQUARE ENIX for the SNES.

That's actually a pretty nice anecdote......

But anyway, Congratulations to SONIC 3 for topping the Holiday Box office.

I'll be sure to mention the film on my Animation Winners of 2024 post by the end of this month.

The Problems with 'Tude'-And why it defined executive marketing in the 90s and early 2000s

Ah.... the 90s. I can't fathom what it's like living at the that decade. A lot of people would say it's the last good decade before everything went to shit for them.

For me however, it was the 2010s where everything went to shit.... at least for me. I consider the 2000s to be the last good decade and the only good decade of the 21st Century.

But there is one thing about both the 90s and 2000s that has not aged well. 

And that's...... well..... let this TV TROPES article tell you the first half of it:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MascotWithAttitude

DAMMIT GEX!!! WHY'D YOU HAVE TO BE THE STAR FOR THIS BLOGPOST

So what's with this once popular thing called TUDE which was so rampant back in the 90s?

Well..... it was a thing that executives did in order to capitalize on the success of 

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG on the SEGA GENESIS (MEGADRIVE in Japan and Europe)

But here's the thing about SONIC that's not true about TUDE which is another reason for me to antagonize executives.

Just because SONIC has TUDE, doesn't mean it's his only defining trait. Just any other character for their own successful franchise, SONIC actually is an all-around character with other bits and pieces of personality that balanced out his personality. 

He cares for his friends like Tails

Deeply respects his friend/rival Knuckles

Shows admiration for Amy Rose

And feels sorry for the Shadow the Hedgehog, especially for all the tragic stuff the Hedgehog had to go through

Even Sonic is portrayed as an all-around type of guy in the various cartoon and anime productions out there.

So why can't executives understand that?

Because MONEY!!!!

(I'm stuck using this image of Mr. Krabs and his money because I don't have an image of him frothing over keeping his money to himself.)

And not just money but also their misunderstanding of what it really means to do your market research.

They think they know what Children or Tweens know that they want.....

They think they know what Teens or Young Adults want right?

WRONG!!!!

And just to prove my point of WHY EXECUTIVES ARE WRONG ABOUT THEIR ALLEGED EXPERTISE OF MARKET RESEARCH, Let me share a meaningful metaphor from THE SIMPSONS.

Remember that 1991 episode where Homer designs a car for his Half-Brother?

Well remember how pissed his brother was towards his executives over their out-of-touch nature? 

That's how I feel about Tude Marketing.

With that, it paved way for the likes of characters in both Cartoons and Video Games where the rule was that TUDE had to be in their character and design.

This gave way for the likes of GEX.

Early on, his personality was GRATING in the 3DO days but thankfully, Crystal Dynamics toned down his narcissism during the character's waning days before his eventual dormancy.

"I still have my loyal fans to keep me alive."

Others such as Bubsy, Croc, BUG, James Pond, just to name a few, they've all crashed and burned...

Of all the 90s SONIC clones to survive besides GEX, Jazz Jackrabbit is the only other standout.

And Cartoons were not immune to this but I don't have any examples to show off due to market oversaturation and most of the good cartoons that I find or even watch don't have that TUDE Mold so it really makes it hard for me to use Cartoon Examples so I'm stuck with video game examples since it's so prevalent.

Notice I haven't talked about anime characters with TUDE? I didn't want to mention anime characters because I know how rabid most otaku are, especially the JOJO fandom so picking fights with that particular fandom is not going to be pretty....

"Don't make me go all OMAE WA MO SHINDERU on you TUDE Mooks."

  

And to prove that Sonic is not all about TUDE, here's a photo of him recoiling over how his copycats tried and failed to emulate SONIC.

"PATHETIC.... Even Crash Bandicoot and SPYRO have long since abandoned TUDE in favor of likability for newer fans. "

There is a variant of TUDE that permeates female characters out there but that's a different topic to discuss and therefore is far different from TUDE. But I've seen that it affects those types of characters so I've done what I can to make sure I don't write and design my own characters into acting like that.

I really need to update these designs. They come from way back before I settled on the final designs for these characters.... except for Hayden since his design is fleshed out.