Game of Thrones

Since it’s debut in April of 2011, HBO’s Game of Thrones has become more and more of a cultural phenomena. Because of the show’s intense graphic nudity, extreme violence, and DRAGONS, it’s become one of the most popular shows to ever be on television. As many people expected, the show’s popularity has led to some fans showing their appreciation through theories about the show’s upcoming final season.

Unfortunately, it appears that the last season of this epic fantasy drama won’t grace the small screen until early 2019. So what some fans do to pass the time is write their own ending of the show. Most of the fan base think they’re doing a service to the G.O.T. community, when in reality, they’re basically spoiling the end of the show without realizing it. What I mean by this is some of the theories that these fans come up with are what actually is going to happen, and they spoil it because people will start believing them, and when it actually happens on screen, the initial shock value is gone. For anyone who has ever watched the show, one of its main selling points is that no main character is safe and anyone can die at anytime. So, theorizing on character’s fates can ruin what the show is known for.

Rick and Morty

This hit Adult Swim show centers around an elderly mad science genius and his slower-in-the-head grandson traveling across the many galaxies and infinite realities, going on crazy and complex adventures. The show is mostly tons of fun to watch and extremely hilarious with snappy writing and great subject matter. But, in some episodes the show gets surprisingly deep, dealing with nihilism and mainly the concept of death.

In the past few months, the show’s popularity has grown exponentially, leading some people to watch the show apparently only to join the bandwagon of praise. While all the attention the show has been getting is deserved, some fans are showing their appreciation a little too intensely. One very recent example of this is the whole ordeal with McDonald’s and the 1-Day Szechuan sauce sale.

If you haven’t already seen the episode, “The Rickshank Redemption,” while in a memory of 1998, Rick goes to a McDonald’s and asks for Szechuan sauce. This is because in 1998, the Disney film Mulan made a promotion with the fast food chain on a limited edition teriyaki dipping sauce, and after the promotion ended, the sauce was taken from the menu forever, until 2017. After the episode people were raving and screaming to McDonald’s to bring back the sauce, and they did for only one day, last Sunday, October 8.

As it turns out, McDonald’s didn’t make nearly enough of the sauce to satisfy fans. So after that day, people went insane, saying that they should boycott McDonald’s. It created such an outrage that McDonald’s has now stated that in December, they will be returning with the Szechuan sauce as a permanent menu item.

To sum this up, the fan base of a Cartoon Network show made one of the biggest companies in the world give in to their demands, and many people think that is extremely impressive.