Saturday Morning Cartoon Edition

The lamest of the lame.

The idea of taking a role and dumbing it down to the extreme. This UnTrash is most widely played in children's fiction such as its namesake. Children do not understand the depth of well-built characters that do not conform to their roles' Nutshell descriptions to the best of their ability, so the creators must fabricate a cast that weaker minds can comprehend. Saturday Morning Cartoon Editions (or SMCEs) are therefore much less impressive than their fully-grown counterparts meant for a more mature and knowledgeable audience. The UnTrash can negate any complaints about clichéd and empty characters so as long as it's played in the correct situation. An SMCE in a higher level of fiction will stick out and be criticized by anybody who cares about the quality of the franchise at hand. Their lack of Character Building severely harms their collective rating, making it very difficult to like them when everybody else around them has better depth. It may even be laughable how terrible the SMCE is in comparison to the rest of the cast, possibly confusing audience members into thinking they're a parody. This is more painful if the SMCE is an antagonist, most typically the Villain or Bad Guys as a whole. A Jerkass Villain with World Domination in mind is more at home in a kid's cartoon than a film for critical thinkers.