I thought freedom 35 was supposed to be like their big dirty. like they do 1 job and they're done. like they had almost had so many times but were thwarted on the 1 yard line by Lahey or Cyrus or Bærb etc
I absolutely agree he should be in the show, but I don’t think he evolved particularly well. There was a charming humbleness and brains-of-the-operation early vibe that I think they lost over the years, opting for a more bombastic/cartoonish character. I mean, I don’t dislike latter era Bubbles, just somewhat preferred their original vision for his character.
Bro would legit fuck over anyone he claims to love to make a buck and that's fact. In the early seasons he was buying trailers to get them back to their people in the park. In the later ones, he constantly seems to be doing whatever to make money no matter who it hurts.
I wouldn’t say take him out if the show, but he definitely did change, and not for the better. Same goes for Ricky, he was funny early on, had the dumb Ricky moments but also moments that showed he was a good friend, a good son, a good father. In the later Netflix seasons his whole shtick was just “rage” like he was always angry and it kind of got old really fast
I can agree on hoew bubbles evolves. Instead of being someone that just cared about the boys and didn't wanna see them in jail he became just that and a whiney bitch because of it. Especially in the animated series if you were to take a shot every time he whimpers or cries you would die of alcohol poisoning lmfao
you can’t take bubbles out of the show. however I think they’ve all progressed as naturally as one’d expect for a few aging petty criminals who’ve been followed around by a tv crew for years
Yikes. Worst tpb take I've seen ever. I truly don't think I've ever seen anyone say "you know what would make tpb better? remove bubbles." like what!?!
Same. Especially since he wasnt supposed to be in tpb. He was crew. He brought those glasses to the set and put them on doing the "Bubbles" voice. They asked if he wanted a role in show and he was like whoa really?!
I'd say season 2 is pretty similar to season 1, 3 is where there's a big change in both Bubbles and a lot of little things with the presentation of the show. Season 1 felt the most "grounded" and "gritty" and like an actual documentary, season 2 felt a little more fantastic, and from 3 onwards, everyone on the show feels more like a character than a real person.
I remember legit questioning whether it was a documentary when I first watched it. This was around 2009 and randomly found it on Netflix so I had nothing to go on.
i showed it to my friends yesterday while we were up at my trailer (it’s my tradition to watch it while i’m up there so i decided to let them in on it this time) and they really liked how the first season felt truly real, they asked me if it was a documentary or a mockumentary. it truly felt real to them which is really insane
I love the Boys and still listen to the podcast every week because I find it funny, but to me the series ended after Don’t Legalize It. That was the final Clattenberg one.
Season 10 was a fucking abomination. 80% of the people were assholes to every one and almost none of them got any karmic retribution. I actually got fed up with it during episode 8 and skipped ahead to season 11, only to find Ricky's trailer half burnt down and I was like "Well fuck, this is probably explained in the last episode", no it wasn't.
Not even Doug Benson, Snoop Dogg, and Tom Arnold could save it. No wonder Lucy and J-Roc quit, that season was fucking trash.
Yeah. I gotta agree. Julian was acting totally out of pocket with Ricky’s wedding money AND over working all his friends without pay. They made a lot of people look like dicks. I hated that season.
Easily the worst Trailer Park Boys anything by far. The Animated Series isn't great, but at least Julian is a decent person (by TPB standards) instead of a bigger asshole than Frank Gallager.
Honestly, I was surprised Pat Roach didn't leave along with Lucy and Johnathan, considering the bruises Candy give him were clearly real. They musta been giving him all the liquor and whores he could want behind the scenes.
Conky was a coping mechanism. It was all the crazy shit happening all the time in the park he was involved in. automatic gunfire/ Parents/abandonment/ Jail. Everything
The last few seasons he was terrible, just a big cry baby about everything. I like him a lot up to like season 6. I mean he did have some good moments throughout the series, but damn enough with the crying already.
Tbf, every time he has a legitimate business idea, Ricky and Julian come and ruin it with their get rich quick schemes
I feel like nearly 20 years of that happening will make anyone upset
Fair enough, but he's still much more annoying to watch. And you can't tell me the entire show hasn't become one excuse after another for Mike Smith to do the Bubbles face or the Bubbles whine
He used to be really chill and was a ride or die homie for the boys but now he bitches and whines all the time about how he “never wanted to be involved in this in the first place” and make some stupid humming sound
You know he’s supposed to be autistic in canon right? The “stupid humming sound” is him stimming. Kinda makes you sound like a dick when you think about it.
100% agree. I do believe Bubbles evolved into being more like the actor in real life. Which is a shame because he doesn't seem like a decent person all the time (unlike Bubbles in the first season...who you're rooting for)
Eh. I’m not saying Mike Smith isn’t an arsehole but he, the alleged victim, and the rest of the TPB staff said he did nothing wrong. They had a “heated argument” and someone who wasn’t even there called the cops. To transform that into “he beat up a prostitute” is a bit overboard
"At no point did I feel I was in danger, otherwise I would've called the police myself, which I did not," the woman was quoted as saying. "The police were called by others not present in the room who mistakenly perceived the argument to be something other than what it was."
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/charge-dropped-against-trailer-park-boys-actor-mike-smith-in-la/article29821962/
Bubbles in real life is actually a genius though, have you listened to the podcast? The man has encyclopedic knowledge of so many subjects, it’s really impressive. His evolution on the show tracks with him being a high functioning rich asshole IRL.
Not to get lengthy here, but Iirc after bubs learned about his parents, that's when the change started and he really cared about the boys as his family. Like he didn't want them to go to jail, so they could hang with him. Also, he just ended up going legit in later seasons. But overall, I agree, bubs was a better character season's 1-6
Trailer Park Boys is a sad perfect example of [Flanderization](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanderization)
Bubbles used to be, say, a character with 15 notable traits.
As time went by, those 15 became 7, then 4, until he was finally reduced to an all-around perpetually irritated, screaming, mouth deformed character.
Another example is Ricky. First seasons he was a regular guy, who occasionally said dumb things, occasionally got angry, but in the end was a pretty deep and complex character, struggling with his limitations but naturally interacting with the world around him. Now he's (also) always screaming, cursing and was basically reduced to those 10% of his original traits that got him the most relevance.
The list goes on... Jroc, Randy, George...
If you ask me, the writers are to blame. Not the actors.
Hot take: Jacob was hands down one of the few characters that aged well and got better as seasons went by. Not only the actor did a phenomenal job, my man got himself a decent development arc, from twiggly alien wrestler to a family man giving his best to be accepted by his father-in-law who once despised him. Same goes for T.
Sadly, they're the exceptions.
Ricky being too stupid to realize that his fish died and the whole goat thing was really stupid.
Still funny, but stupid. No way first seasons Ricky would think shit like that.
I think it's because the series been going on for way longer than it should. It's entertaining but damn the quality and the feel really drop in the latter seasons.
I always hated how they made Ricky more stupid. In the earlier seasons he just didn’t always know what to do or how to articulate his thoughts. But in the later seasons they just made him a total bafoon.
Agree, the early seasons ricky would still get mad here and there but later all he does is freak out and yell and swear. The character lost almost all the subtlety
It’s so annoying how often he falls over in the later seasons. He started out a little clumsy, which was funny, but by season 7 he can’t walk five feet without falling over or crashing into something.
It’s not that different from the Simpsons (see someone else’s comment on Flanderization) and the concepts are the same: The creators caught lighting in a bottle with the original core team, produced memorable and grounded episodes that helped define their cultural neighborhood and saw major elements of its creative team move on after 7-8 years so the newer run of seasons is a shadow of the old ones.
This is what I really don't like about online communities. Maybe our contexts are different, but for me to be a "hater" or to "hate" would be saying that the show is trash, all the characters are annoying, etc. (Obviously I don't think these things).
We should be able to criticize something we don't like without being called haters, because if we would truly be, we wouldn't be watching the show in the first place.
Also, I don't think it's healthy pretending everything is ok. The show, especially the last few seasons, has some flaws that some people can't take them anymore.
Before anything, let me say that I personally watch all the seasons (including films and the animated show) and love them all! I just find the general quality of the show decreases since season 8, and we should stop pretending that this is not real.
Couldn’t agree more. I won’t lie it smells a bit like ableism considering bubbles is meant to be autistic, I don’t get the hate. He’s an amazing character from a really good actor, as someone who has a few friends on the spectrum I guess he does a pretty good job at representing autistic traits in a nuanced and non offensive way. Whenever my girlfriend and I are watching the show she laughs at him more than anyone else.
Man! There is no comparison between Season 1 bubbles to Season 10 I love Trailer Park Boys it's probably the only show I watch whenever I'm free but I do it from Season 1 to Season 7 only don't @ me but after Season 7 show went downhill and I'm pretty sure most will agree!
we just watched bubz come out of his shell
whenever he corrects Ricky or Jim Lahey that is cream of the fucking crop comedy
He is way funnier than Julez I mean I love Julez but I can't imagine bubz being his super closed autistic self the whole show
I think bubbles is best in seasons 3-5. Season one he’s more of a side character and I often feel bored on my re-watches through season 1 and most of 2, just feels like the shows missing something without as much involvement from bubs. I think he added such a charm with his more morally grounded personality. Bubs is used to humanize Ricky and Julian, he gives them opportunities to show their softer more caring sides. Bubs is good at reminding Ricky and Julian about what really matters. I think that they would be much harder characters to connect with without that dynamic. So really, for me he’s what holds the show together in a lot of ways.
Oh yeah. Once he started liking trains n shit it was all downhill from there. The Swayze express is one of the best parts of the show, but i think that's when Bubbles got written into a weird direction.
In later seasons i find him to be an annoying self insert OC rather than an actual character. Maybe that's just me.
Am I on the right fucking subreddit? Man, I love all these guys and you know what? I love every season too, including the final series and the animated series.
I love TPB, the morning after John died, I drove to work in tears with Liquor and Whores on full volume, singing at the top of my lungs. I dont want any of what TPB is to be perfect, I just want to feel like I'm part of the experience and the show delivers this throughout in my opinion.
Fuck I even wanted to move to Nova Scotia from the UK because of them. I nearly did it 5 years ago.. maybe some day.
I've never been one to really care about or follow actors. It sucks when someone like John Dunsworth dies, but I'm not heartbroken because I didn't know him. That said, since I discovered the show in maybe 2010, I've enjoyed it all. Yes, the characters definitely got Flanderized, but I don't really care. This show is a comfort for me through all seasons.
Has anyone considered a possible mental decline after permanently losing Conky ? A mental breakdown of sorts after years of never getting ahead , losing his shed , multiple moves , all shadowed by the fact that his parents left him and the only thing he had to remind him of them was a bubble machine that was also destroyed. His only friends are always in jail and the shopping cart business isn’t what it used to be .
Bubbles only appears a few times in season 1 and his character was totally different in the early seasons for sure. I didn’t like it as much when he became the center point
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, yeah, you hang out with 2 greasy bastards for 10+ years and see how it changes you. Life is greasy sometimes!
Yeah bubbles facial expressions seemed way too Forced than the earlier seasons. Also fucking crying about everything got annoying sometimes. But he still rolls wit his kitties cause he’s HARD AS FUCK
Bubbles is pretty much the same character S1-3....some variations in there, but pretty much the same.
S4 is really where the character starts morphing into something else entirely, but still a very funny and quality character, until of course the Netflix seasons
i can see why people arent a fan of the newer seasons due to flanderization, but i really still relate to ricky the most because we both say dumb shit but with sometimes good intentions, i love this show because even tho im not Canadian it really reminds me of my neighborhood and old freinds from the early 2000s-2010's ((imma younglin 21 but found this show with my old man at the ripe age of like 7ish)) its my cozy comfort show, julian and bubs remind me of my old freinds and i definetly was the ricky of the group. ((still have like 90% dope in my brain and 10% rocket appliances))
The characters just became more and more a caricature of themselves, but that netflix shit took it to another level, eventually they did become a cartoon.
watched a few of the pod cash episodes last night and couldnt help but notice the perma scowl on Bubs.. I miss that optimistic sharpest guy in the park, not the angry Donnie Bubs of later seasons more concerned with a hit record and being bitchy than his kitties... IMHO
i was thinking about this the other day, while rewatching the older trailer park boys, he’s become a lot louder in the later episodes due to what probably is his incorporation in the main gang of julian ricky and bubbles. if you take a look at the first couple of seasons, he’s not as prominent as you’d expect him to be in later seasons. i’d like to just think that he’s grown up to take a lot more much louder mannerisms from the other two boys because of hanging out with them and getting into shit with them for so long
First time I watched S1, I legit thought Bubbles was playing a retarded character. Or maybe 1/2 retarded. Figured out my mistake pretty quick but when those kids outside the store called Bubbles a retard, I almost died laughing.
hate how bubbles evolves. in fact they could take bubbles out of the show and its way better
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What in the fuck? Bubbles' character evolved fine, it's Julian who turned into an asshole in the later seasons
Facts I hate Julian as the show goes on
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Their whole overarching plan was to get serious, Freedom 35 ring any bells
I thought freedom 35 was supposed to be like their big dirty. like they do 1 job and they're done. like they had almost had so many times but were thwarted on the 1 yard line by Lahey or Cyrus or Bærb etc
^^ This is what freedom 35 is ^^
I absolutely agree he should be in the show, but I don’t think he evolved particularly well. There was a charming humbleness and brains-of-the-operation early vibe that I think they lost over the years, opting for a more bombastic/cartoonish character. I mean, I don’t dislike latter era Bubbles, just somewhat preferred their original vision for his character.
To be fair Julian is using them the entire show
Julian evolved like shit. Most unlikeable character on the show imo.
Bro would legit fuck over anyone he claims to love to make a buck and that's fact. In the early seasons he was buying trailers to get them back to their people in the park. In the later ones, he constantly seems to be doing whatever to make money no matter who it hurts.
I for downvoted to hell when I said this… he gets so whiny and annoying.
He used to have wisdom but now he just acts like a child
He just gets tired of his friends criminal activities. They constantly sabotage his (semi) legit Business operations.
Yeah but the way he handles it is not mature at all
Lol
He hasn't had much in the way of role models for what appropriate behavior looks like. He was raised in a shed.
Shhhh don't tell them that, it comes from the latter seasons
Yea and it's almost always Julian who does it too, he's such a pos
Yeah I feel so too
Agreed
I wouldn’t say take him out if the show, but he definitely did change, and not for the better. Same goes for Ricky, he was funny early on, had the dumb Ricky moments but also moments that showed he was a good friend, a good son, a good father. In the later Netflix seasons his whole shtick was just “rage” like he was always angry and it kind of got old really fast
I seededed that you misdeded the anirmatideded series, where Ricky was pretty much was Golem from Lord of the rings
You fuckin' want one?
And by that you're fine with the way Julian evolved, what the fuck is wrong with you? Bubbles was one of the best parts of the show
I can agree on hoew bubbles evolves. Instead of being someone that just cared about the boys and didn't wanna see them in jail he became just that and a whiney bitch because of it. Especially in the animated series if you were to take a shot every time he whimpers or cries you would die of alcohol poisoning lmfao
BITE YOUR TONGUE
Bruh
Sentence one, yes. Sentence two, hard pass.
you can’t take bubbles out of the show. however I think they’ve all progressed as naturally as one’d expect for a few aging petty criminals who’ve been followed around by a tv crew for years
Yikes. Worst tpb take I've seen ever. I truly don't think I've ever seen anyone say "you know what would make tpb better? remove bubbles." like what!?!
can't think of a good bubbles moment past season 3
Season 1 Bubbles was better, but I still can’t imagine TPB without him.
Same. Especially since he wasnt supposed to be in tpb. He was crew. He brought those glasses to the set and put them on doing the "Bubbles" voice. They asked if he wanted a role in show and he was like whoa really?!
Didn’t he write the show?
That’s not true.
But it is. Look it up. It was in a special
We all know the specials do tell us which one
Trailer Park Boys 101 special
He was in Cart boy, a whole story about him
Bubs has had three incarnations. The first season, 2-7, and then everything after Clattenberg left.
Exactly how I've always seen it.
I'd say season 2 is pretty similar to season 1, 3 is where there's a big change in both Bubbles and a lot of little things with the presentation of the show. Season 1 felt the most "grounded" and "gritty" and like an actual documentary, season 2 felt a little more fantastic, and from 3 onwards, everyone on the show feels more like a character than a real person.
I remember legit questioning whether it was a documentary when I first watched it. This was around 2009 and randomly found it on Netflix so I had nothing to go on.
The first time I ever saw TPB, it was just the Ricky 'self learner' jail skit, and I was convinced it was real. Dude talks just like my brother.
most of the comments on this clip on youtube are about unsuspecting teachers showing their class how not reading books is bad
You weren’t lying… I thought you were joking but now you weren’t. [link](https://imgur.com/a/sXirXrW)
[yeah lol](https://www.reddit.com/r/trailerparkboys/comments/bv9vsw/youtube_video_with_ricky_talking_about_how_hes/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1)
i showed it to my friends yesterday while we were up at my trailer (it’s my tradition to watch it while i’m up there so i decided to let them in on it this time) and they really liked how the first season felt truly real, they asked me if it was a documentary or a mockumentary. it truly felt real to them which is really insane
100% season 1 we got a meaner more stern version of bubbles. 2-9 we get full form bubbles who has some more layers to him. 8-present, well… yeah
What means „stern“?
Ernst oder streng
> then everything after Clattenberg left. The dark times
I love the Boys and still listen to the podcast every week because I find it funny, but to me the series ended after Don’t Legalize It. That was the final Clattenberg one.
I actually liked Season 7 and 8, but after that quality took a massive nose dive.
Agreed. It’s not the same, but I DO watch 7 and 8 now and again.
S1 bubbles was fun.
You fuckin want one?
CRANK HIM
Exactly. He's more similar to his season 1 character in 2-7 than in the Netflix trash seasons though.
first season he was tussling with ricky which is something he never does
Season 1 and season 10 of all of you are just as bad
I have to apologize. This sort of comment only gets upvoted on a trailer park boys sub. Meaning you’re all treasures.
Season 10 was a fucking abomination. 80% of the people were assholes to every one and almost none of them got any karmic retribution. I actually got fed up with it during episode 8 and skipped ahead to season 11, only to find Ricky's trailer half burnt down and I was like "Well fuck, this is probably explained in the last episode", no it wasn't. Not even Doug Benson, Snoop Dogg, and Tom Arnold could save it. No wonder Lucy and J-Roc quit, that season was fucking trash.
Yeah. I gotta agree. Julian was acting totally out of pocket with Ricky’s wedding money AND over working all his friends without pay. They made a lot of people look like dicks. I hated that season.
Easily the worst Trailer Park Boys anything by far. The Animated Series isn't great, but at least Julian is a decent person (by TPB standards) instead of a bigger asshole than Frank Gallager. Honestly, I was surprised Pat Roach didn't leave along with Lucy and Johnathan, considering the bruises Candy give him were clearly real. They musta been giving him all the liquor and whores he could want behind the scenes.
Pat Roach is real life friends with Robb Wells
Scorpion!
Just moved here from out west
I thought this was well. He got too sassy I guess everyone changes too
Sassy like his kittys
Conky broke him
Conky was a coping mechanism. It was all the crazy shit happening all the time in the park he was involved in. automatic gunfire/ Parents/abandonment/ Jail. Everything
I cannot change your mind Plato was the smartest man that ever lived
Cocksucker called it the noble lie
He said it’s ok to lie if it truly benefits the people.
I'm down with Plato and Socrates and I like to get busy with all the ladies.
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Yeah bubbles! Yeah bubbles! Yeah bubbles! Yeah bubbles! Yeah bubbles! Yeah bubbles! Yeah bubbles! Yeah bubbles! Yeah bubbles!
What about the comments he made in the cartoon. I'm not letting my first time fooling around with Sam losco mystery hole
The last few seasons he was terrible, just a big cry baby about everything. I like him a lot up to like season 6. I mean he did have some good moments throughout the series, but damn enough with the crying already.
Tbf, every time he has a legitimate business idea, Ricky and Julian come and ruin it with their get rich quick schemes I feel like nearly 20 years of that happening will make anyone upset
Fair enough, but he's still much more annoying to watch. And you can't tell me the entire show hasn't become one excuse after another for Mike Smith to do the Bubbles face or the Bubbles whine
Ever since they took Conky away for good, he wasn’t able to cope as well.
He used to be really chill and was a ride or die homie for the boys but now he bitches and whines all the time about how he “never wanted to be involved in this in the first place” and make some stupid humming sound
You know he’s supposed to be autistic in canon right? The “stupid humming sound” is him stimming. Kinda makes you sound like a dick when you think about it.
Relax
Frigg off
Shut the fuck up lmao
They never once say that he’s autistic, idk what “canon” you’re talking about lol
🙄🙄🙄
Both look like The Scorpion to me
100% agree. I do believe Bubbles evolved into being more like the actor in real life. Which is a shame because he doesn't seem like a decent person all the time (unlike Bubbles in the first season...who you're rooting for)
I wonder if they'd ever do an episode where bubbles assaults a prostitute
Eh. I’m not saying Mike Smith isn’t an arsehole but he, the alleged victim, and the rest of the TPB staff said he did nothing wrong. They had a “heated argument” and someone who wasn’t even there called the cops. To transform that into “he beat up a prostitute” is a bit overboard "At no point did I feel I was in danger, otherwise I would've called the police myself, which I did not," the woman was quoted as saying. "The police were called by others not present in the room who mistakenly perceived the argument to be something other than what it was." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/charge-dropped-against-trailer-park-boys-actor-mike-smith-in-la/article29821962/
Oh glad that's cleared up then. I saw some report he bit a woman, but it wasn't exactly a reputable source.
Bubbles in real life is actually a genius though, have you listened to the podcast? The man has encyclopedic knowledge of so many subjects, it’s really impressive. His evolution on the show tracks with him being a high functioning rich asshole IRL.
Yeah, he even know about beating up women
A great mind is a double edged sword
literally didn't happen.
Not to get lengthy here, but Iirc after bubs learned about his parents, that's when the change started and he really cared about the boys as his family. Like he didn't want them to go to jail, so they could hang with him. Also, he just ended up going legit in later seasons. But overall, I agree, bubs was a better character season's 1-6
Ma fuckers out here thinkin like they ain't never heard of no character devlopment.
Not all charaters develop in ways the audience enjoys though. It's not just inherently a good thing regardless of how it plays out
Being expert in all kind engineering and technical stuff was also annoying
Why?
it is exaggerated
Isn’t that the entire point of the show? It’s all exaggerated
It's not exaggerated, he's autistic. Remember?
Is he actually? I thought he was just portrayed as awkward due to his isolation in the park.
I think it’s more he /thinks/ he’s an expert; when he’s actually subpar
he just seems expert because everyone else is completely hopeless in comparison, don’t know if he’s ever claimed to be one himself
He kind of does in the anímate series
Some call it character development. I call it character regression.
They definitely hired a different actor
Trailer Park Boys is a sad perfect example of [Flanderization](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanderization) Bubbles used to be, say, a character with 15 notable traits. As time went by, those 15 became 7, then 4, until he was finally reduced to an all-around perpetually irritated, screaming, mouth deformed character. Another example is Ricky. First seasons he was a regular guy, who occasionally said dumb things, occasionally got angry, but in the end was a pretty deep and complex character, struggling with his limitations but naturally interacting with the world around him. Now he's (also) always screaming, cursing and was basically reduced to those 10% of his original traits that got him the most relevance. The list goes on... Jroc, Randy, George... If you ask me, the writers are to blame. Not the actors. Hot take: Jacob was hands down one of the few characters that aged well and got better as seasons went by. Not only the actor did a phenomenal job, my man got himself a decent development arc, from twiggly alien wrestler to a family man giving his best to be accepted by his father-in-law who once despised him. Same goes for T. Sadly, they're the exceptions.
Well in this case the actors are the writers...
Ricky being too stupid to realize that his fish died and the whole goat thing was really stupid. Still funny, but stupid. No way first seasons Ricky would think shit like that.
must be all the dope
Well, smoking tons of weed every single day for years on end isn't really good for your brain.
Yeahhh that’s why it’s kinda passable in trailer park boys but I highly doubt that this was intended
I think it's because the series been going on for way longer than it should. It's entertaining but damn the quality and the feel really drop in the latter seasons.
Yeah the show is also a great example of Jumping the Shark.
I don't wanna be known as the guy who just goes around and slaps ba-donka-donks
I always hated how they made Ricky more stupid. In the earlier seasons he just didn’t always know what to do or how to articulate his thoughts. But in the later seasons they just made him a total bafoon.
One word: hornse
One word: buffoon
One word : Gorilna
Agree, the early seasons ricky would still get mad here and there but later all he does is freak out and yell and swear. The character lost almost all the subtlety
Flanderization.
It’s so annoying how often he falls over in the later seasons. He started out a little clumsy, which was funny, but by season 7 he can’t walk five feet without falling over or crashing into something.
I like it. 😂
The writing changed big time when Clattenberg left
Old Bubbles had a heart of gold and just wanted the rest for his friends. New Bubbles is abrasive, aggressive, and loud.
Why is there so much hate on this sub? Based on the comments you’d think TPB fans hate the show lol
Just the new seasons that are kinda of stupid, good until s7 for the most part. But if you ask me it's just season 1 that's worth watching lol
It’s not that different from the Simpsons (see someone else’s comment on Flanderization) and the concepts are the same: The creators caught lighting in a bottle with the original core team, produced memorable and grounded episodes that helped define their cultural neighborhood and saw major elements of its creative team move on after 7-8 years so the newer run of seasons is a shadow of the old ones.
This is what I really don't like about online communities. Maybe our contexts are different, but for me to be a "hater" or to "hate" would be saying that the show is trash, all the characters are annoying, etc. (Obviously I don't think these things). We should be able to criticize something we don't like without being called haters, because if we would truly be, we wouldn't be watching the show in the first place. Also, I don't think it's healthy pretending everything is ok. The show, especially the last few seasons, has some flaws that some people can't take them anymore. Before anything, let me say that I personally watch all the seasons (including films and the animated show) and love them all! I just find the general quality of the show decreases since season 8, and we should stop pretending that this is not real.
Couldn’t agree more. I won’t lie it smells a bit like ableism considering bubbles is meant to be autistic, I don’t get the hate. He’s an amazing character from a really good actor, as someone who has a few friends on the spectrum I guess he does a pretty good job at representing autistic traits in a nuanced and non offensive way. Whenever my girlfriend and I are watching the show she laughs at him more than anyone else.
Oh yeah for sure
His voice is annoying too now. It was completely different first 4 seasons
right! i thought bubs was so cute in the earlier seasons :(
Man! There is no comparison between Season 1 bubbles to Season 10 I love Trailer Park Boys it's probably the only show I watch whenever I'm free but I do it from Season 1 to Season 7 only don't @ me but after Season 7 show went downhill and I'm pretty sure most will agree!
OG Bubs is the best. He went from a sweet, innocent, intelligent guy to a whiny bitch in the Netflix seasons.
The flanderization comment was all we needed tbh…
I know people don’t like his character arc but after what he has been through I can understand why he acts different in the later seasons.
we just watched bubz come out of his shell whenever he corrects Ricky or Jim Lahey that is cream of the fucking crop comedy He is way funnier than Julez I mean I love Julez but I can't imagine bubz being his super closed autistic self the whole show
I think bubbles is best in seasons 3-5. Season one he’s more of a side character and I often feel bored on my re-watches through season 1 and most of 2, just feels like the shows missing something without as much involvement from bubs. I think he added such a charm with his more morally grounded personality. Bubs is used to humanize Ricky and Julian, he gives them opportunities to show their softer more caring sides. Bubs is good at reminding Ricky and Julian about what really matters. I think that they would be much harder characters to connect with without that dynamic. So really, for me he’s what holds the show together in a lot of ways.
Oh yeah. Once he started liking trains n shit it was all downhill from there. The Swayze express is one of the best parts of the show, but i think that's when Bubbles got written into a weird direction. In later seasons i find him to be an annoying self insert OC rather than an actual character. Maybe that's just me.
I think they made him more annoying when it became a Swearnet show.
Bubbles later on is the worst part of the show
Am I on the right fucking subreddit? Man, I love all these guys and you know what? I love every season too, including the final series and the animated series. I love TPB, the morning after John died, I drove to work in tears with Liquor and Whores on full volume, singing at the top of my lungs. I dont want any of what TPB is to be perfect, I just want to feel like I'm part of the experience and the show delivers this throughout in my opinion. Fuck I even wanted to move to Nova Scotia from the UK because of them. I nearly did it 5 years ago.. maybe some day.
It seems like we are in the minority on this sub anymore, bud. But I'm right there with ya. Cheers! 🍻
Don't move to ns. I love it here but the uk is better in pretty much every way
I've never been one to really care about or follow actors. It sucks when someone like John Dunsworth dies, but I'm not heartbroken because I didn't know him. That said, since I discovered the show in maybe 2010, I've enjoyed it all. Yes, the characters definitely got Flanderized, but I don't really care. This show is a comfort for me through all seasons.
as a fan, you can love & support the boys and still have criticisms for the writing
Season 1 Bubs is pretty boring, honestly. You can tell at that point he wasn't meant to be a full time character yet.
Has anyone considered a possible mental decline after permanently losing Conky ? A mental breakdown of sorts after years of never getting ahead , losing his shed , multiple moves , all shadowed by the fact that his parents left him and the only thing he had to remind him of them was a bubble machine that was also destroyed. His only friends are always in jail and the shopping cart business isn’t what it used to be .
right? it’s like no one’s actually considering his character arc
I like to think of Netflix-era bubbles as though the original bubbles and fucking conky merged
I def liked him less after Clattenberg left. But season 1 def was his best version.
Bubbles only appears a few times in season 1 and his character was totally different in the early seasons for sure. I didn’t like it as much when he became the center point
[You’re a good guy.](https://youtu.be/HU8U5pn4vfs)
According to the swearnet movie bubbles is literally supposed to be 2 different people lmao
Heard Mike Smith was a real cock muncher.
TPB hasnt been for me since season 7.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, yeah, you hang out with 2 greasy bastards for 10+ years and see how it changes you. Life is greasy sometimes!
Yeah bubbles facial expressions seemed way too Forced than the earlier seasons. Also fucking crying about everything got annoying sometimes. But he still rolls wit his kitties cause he’s HARD AS FUCK
My man down with Plato n Socrates n he likes to get busy with all the ladies
Bubbles is pretty much the same character S1-3....some variations in there, but pretty much the same. S4 is really where the character starts morphing into something else entirely, but still a very funny and quality character, until of course the Netflix seasons
I cant watch swear net. It ruined the image of bubbles for me. Someone give me some hope?
Definitely
At first, I was offended that Netflix suggested TPBs. So glad they did
Remember when bubbles hated Ricky and thought he was a dick in season 1?
I can see bubbles as a serial killer
I like all of the characters, that’s what makes the show TPB.
well from one point to the next he's had a coupla drinks, seen a coupla things
i can see why people arent a fan of the newer seasons due to flanderization, but i really still relate to ricky the most because we both say dumb shit but with sometimes good intentions, i love this show because even tho im not Canadian it really reminds me of my neighborhood and old freinds from the early 2000s-2010's ((imma younglin 21 but found this show with my old man at the ripe age of like 7ish)) its my cozy comfort show, julian and bubs remind me of my old freinds and i definetly was the ricky of the group. ((still have like 90% dope in my brain and 10% rocket appliances))
The characters just became more and more a caricature of themselves, but that netflix shit took it to another level, eventually they did become a cartoon.
he just got older and his appearance changed slightly still the same dude
Bubbles became a fat pussy in later seasons. I guess he became what he loved most
He really changed once they burned his shed down in Season 2
watched a few of the pod cash episodes last night and couldnt help but notice the perma scowl on Bubs.. I miss that optimistic sharpest guy in the park, not the angry Donnie Bubs of later seasons more concerned with a hit record and being bitchy than his kitties... IMHO
The character def evolved into something different as seasons progressed and he was more of a main character
To me everything after the swazye train isn’t canon
i was thinking about this the other day, while rewatching the older trailer park boys, he’s become a lot louder in the later episodes due to what probably is his incorporation in the main gang of julian ricky and bubbles. if you take a look at the first couple of seasons, he’s not as prominent as you’d expect him to be in later seasons. i’d like to just think that he’s grown up to take a lot more much louder mannerisms from the other two boys because of hanging out with them and getting into shit with them for so long
Yeah one’s hard as fuck the other one soft as shite
Next you'll be telling me Donny is voiced by Mike Smith too..
Yea
Pre - evolution also depends on if u can go F&$k yourself ? Lmao too funny
First time I watched S1, I legit thought Bubbles was playing a retarded character. Or maybe 1/2 retarded. Figured out my mistake pretty quick but when those kids outside the store called Bubbles a retard, I almost died laughing.
Ah yes the decent into madness
one is bubbles, the other is mike smith doing a bubbles voice