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"The Charleyyy And Friends Problem!" is the 998th episode of SML Movies.
Synopsis[]
Charleyyy and Friends gets a reboot and Braxton is PISSED!
Plot[]
Braxton watches an episode of Charleyyy and Friends, where Charleyyy "makes" microwaveable mac and cheese. Meanwhile, Laugh Box TV stresses over the recent decline in viewership of the episodes. After the manager of the show threatens to kill his writer Steven, he decides to reboot the show as a cartoon following the suggestion of Heather, the other writer. Braxton gets a news report where Mr. Goodman announces the first episode of the reboot is produced and premieres the same day.
This upsets Braxton when he realizes that the reboot has turned Charleyyy into a brainless dope whose only source of comedy is toilet humor. Braxton throws a fit over the new show, throwing Chef Pee Pee across the wall and then venting to Junior and his friends. Junior and Cody suggest he contacts the network that's premiering the new show, but Braxton gets the idea to threaten its employees with death if they don't change it back. He collects the address of the main building during a call with Steve Staleburger and travels there.
When inside, Braxton immediately holds the manager at gunpoint, who in turn aims his own gun at him and tells him about the struggle of the original. Heather then finds out that she misread the ratings of the original show; the viewership was inclining at a steady rate. Braxton goes home overjoyed that the original show will be back, while the manager leaves to check on Steven, who is trapped in the trunk of the manager's car, which the manager leaves Steven in the trunk after realizing that Steven shit in his trunk because of him being scared.
Characters[]
- Braxton
- Charleyyy
- The Manager
- Steven
- Heather
- Mr. Goodman
- Chef Pee Pee
- Junior
- Joseph (non-speaking cameo)
- Cody
- Steve Staleburger
- Ricky (mentioned)
- Gus the Gummy Gator (cameo)
- Hop Hop Bunny (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- This video was uploaded a year after "Jeffy's Gamer Girl Problem!", 2 years after the Domestic and American Releases of Pac-Man Museum +, 4 years after "Scooter the Rapper!", and 6 years after "Bowser Junior Almost Goes to Sleep Forever!".
- This video pokes fun at the sudden negative receptions of various TV show reboots from fans of older shows. It also parodies TV show reboots mostly deemed as "bad or awful" by longtime fans of any old TV series, especially reboots that disrespect the original source material in favor of pandering to modern audiences or pushing political agendas.
- This is Charleyyy's first appearance since "The Acorn!".
- This is the first time since Meeting Charleyyy! to use the full Charleyyy and Friends theme song.
- Coincidentally, Braxton sings the theme song in both videos.
- This is also the first episode since then to surround Braxton as the main protagonist.
- The voices for the singers in the Charleyyy and Friends SHOW intro, were likely done by AI.
- Gus the Gummy Gator from Ryan's World makes a cameo in the Charleyyy and Friends SHOW intro, asking a cop "Where is Charleyyy?"
- This is one of the few videos to contain profanity in the description.
- However, it could be debated as “pissed” is seen as being a more milder word in North American English.
- This is the first episode where Braxton says “Fuck” without any bleeps.
- The manager looks similar to David Cross from Jeffy and The Jeffmunks!.
- The Charleyyy And Friends reboot was animated by Nicktendo.
- This is the second video to have Nicktendo's artwork in the thumbnail. The first video to do this was "Junior Does NOT Go To Whack'a'MoleLand!"
- An unofficial poster of Charleyyy and Friends taken from IMDb is used in the video.
- This is the first Braxton-centric episode in 2024.
- According to Lovell in his reaction, this video idea was suggested by Anthony Miller.
Errors[]
- In the thumbnail, Braxton has his shirt on, even though he wasn't wearing it in the video.
- In the first behind the scenes video, Charleyyy's name is misspelled on the title. Instead of Charleyyy with three Ys, it's Charleyy with two.
- The reboot's theme song still says "Charleyyy and Friends was filmed in front of a live audience", which doesn’t make any sense because the reboot is animated. Though it's likely that the show meant an animated live audience or the line was added as a joke/slogan for the show.
Poll[]
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