DreamWorks Animation bought Classic Media and its 600+ characters in 2012

Anonus

One of them is this guy:

Why'd they want to do a movie with Hot Stuff and not him? Fruitman seems like he could be hilariously stupid

glennmagusharvey

inb4 mentions of kamen rider gaim

Imipolex G

Sooper Hippie?

Sredni Vashtar

Imipolex G

comic books, man

Odradek

glennmagusharvey

^ He appears to have the ability to walk on air.

Tachyon

TWiT

Odradek

glennmagusharvey said:

^ He appears to have the ability to walk on air.

He is a character from the 70s.

The joke is that he has incredible godlike powers despite being a somewhat dim unremarkable young man.

Haven

Anonus said:

Why'd they want to do a movie with Hot Stuff and not him? Fruitman seems like he could be hilariously stupid

It's the "yippee!" that really makes it. He's just so happy to be throwing fruit at a guy and making puns about it.

glennmagusharvey

i guess it's the larger legion of extraordinarily silly superheroes.

Anonus

Haven said:

Anonus said:

Why'd they want to do a movie with Hot Stuff and not him? Fruitman seems like he could be hilariously stupid

It's the "yippee!" that really makes it. He's just so happy to be throwing fruit at a guy and making puns about it.

His power is that he transforms into fruit

Sredni Vashtar

...that is actually the dumbest superpower.

Unless we're talking as camouflage or some kind of weird dodging, in which case that's actually useful in some limited circumstances. But still, turning yourself into fruit. No.

Anonus

Fruitman is supposed to be stupid anyway

Sredni Vashtar

But, that's like... a new level of...

Anonus

it still seems like one of the more interesting things Harvey's done

unlike, say, Little Dot

Sredni Vashtar

"More interesting" is relative here.

I think I'm glad that this exists in theory, but dear god is this dumb.