I want to talk about how Cody went from a good character pre-2023, to a bad character this year. In the old SML videos, Cody was a character who was still weird, but SML had a nice balance of Cody being weird/gay, and him being smart. Nowadays, Cody's IQ isn't really used in videos anymore, and he has turned into a gay stereotype. For example, Codimmy (yes, that's what I'm calling their relationship). Their relationship was just cringe, weird, and kinda creepy since they're meant to be 15/16 years old. Their relationship did have some potential, as Cody could've finally realised that Ken is a doll, and he sets out to find an actual boyfriend, but NOPE. Cody still believes Ken is real, and the relationship is nothing but gay jokes after gay jokes after gay jokes. Cody's Hot Dog Restaurant and StinKEN are two of the biggest examples of this, and they are some of the worst videos of the year. And I want to mention how much of a prick Cody had turned into. Back in the plush era, Cody got mad at Junior for good reasons, such as getting them "stuck" in an elevator, or messing everything up while trying to bake cookies. Nowadays, in the puppet era, Cody gets mad at Junior for...accidentally breaking a pencil and "stealing" his penny. Honestly, I'm not sure if SML wanted to be an asshole to Cody or make Cody the asshole this year, since there were some videos where Cody faced torture, such as the Kindergarten series and Cody the Killer. However, most of the time, Cody is kinda turning into Junior, in terms of being a petty asshole, such as the two videos I mentioned, and there are some others (Junior's Real Name, Junior's Bracelet etc). I miss it when Cody was a smart character, who was still gay, but that wasn't his main focus. But now, Cody is just a gay stereotype who is an asshole to Junior from time to time. I am also tempted to give a character downfall category to Brooklyn Guy, but I'll do that another time.