Zlikavci

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Zlikavci
Ova emisija je smeće! (This show is garbage!)
Genre: Animation Country: Croatia Release Date: August 26, 2004 - May 26, 2006 Created by: Goran Pirš Starring: Goran Pirš Krešimir Končevski Mario Vulinović Siniša Švec Seasons: 2 Episodes: About 40

Zlikacvi (roughly translated as "Hoodlooms" or possibly a misspelled variation of "zlikovac" or "zlikovci", meaning "Villains" in English), is an adult Croatian animated TV series, it's an adaptation of the eponymous radio talk show from Radio 101, created by the comedy group Zločesta djeca. It consists of about 40 episodes divided into 2 seasons. The first season was aired from 26 August - 24 December 2004, while the other was aired on 26 August 2004 - 26th of May 2006. It was shown on Fridays on HRT 1 & HRT 2 at 22:05 or 22:10.

Plot

The show revolves around a conversation between Father Božić and three boys discussing about current events, with the setting being a classroom, a hut, and an outdoor area (forest, meadow, city, etc.).

Why It Sucks

1. It's a poor clone of South Park and The Three Friends and Jerry.
2. Stiff and choppy animation.
3. It's very boring. Nothing happens in any of the episodes, and they all stand in one place, just talk, and don't move at all!
4. Obnoxious voice acting, with very loud and high-pitched voices on the characters that wasn't pleasant to watch.
5. The show switched art-styles from a Paper cut out look to a John Kricfalusi style, the 2 seasons look so different you could easily mistake them as 2 completely different shows.
6. Some people not from Croatia might accidentally think the show is targeted towards kids due to its art style, which looks similar to the one from Little Bill in Season 1 and Ren & Stimpy in Season 2. The fact that the show is obscure outside Croatia makes the probabilities of mistaking this show as a kid friendly cartoon even higher than before.
7. Bad and just plain offensive jokes, most of which are meant to insult religious feelings and Slovenians at the same times. While South Park also does this, they do it in a much better way and manages to teach a lesson in the end and does it for a reason; this series, in contrast, just tries to be offensive for the sake of being offensive.
8. The theme song is literally just Metallica's Damage Inc., and it was probably stolen without permission.
9. Strange-looking character designs, especially for Fabijan Frank (the boy with a propeller hat).
10. Out of context music segments in some episodes.

The Only Redeeming Quality

1. Despise being strange, the art-style in the season 1 is admittedly cute and resembles a actual children's show.

Reception

Zlikavci currently has a rating of 7.4/10 on IMDb.

Controversy

The show was heavily criticized by Christian youth associations in Croatia and the "Radio Marija" Association, which, led by Father Stjepan Fridl, demanded a ban on the series for insulting religious feelings. Ivica Relković, along with the initiative on the petition for the abolition of the animated series, also published the book "Are Catholics Villains?". Due to censorship, the character of Father Christmas did not appear in the second season, but the show was also criticized by for making fun of Slovenia.

The showing and the reruns of the series was completely stopped in mid-2006 by the decision of the HRT Council to terminate the cooperation with the producers. The reason was the tasteless and bad humor expressed in the second season; in the opinion of the HRT Council, the first season was much better than the second and because of this, the show became lost media until one of the first episodes was uploaded in 2009 on YouTube.

See Also

• The Slim Shady Show

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