Can everyone please go watch Dead End: Paranormal Park? It’s a comedy/horror cartoon on Netflix that has some of the best representation I’ve ever seen in any piece of media.
Netflix didn’t do shit to advertise it but it’s amazing!
One of the main characters is a Pakistani-American autistic bi girl with anxiety whose special interest actively contributes to the plot. The other is a fat, Jewish, gay trans man with blue hair, pronouns, and a pug voiced by Beetlejuice.
Not only that, but they’re also allowed to say the words! Barney says he’s trans, Norma says she’s bi, and Logs says he’s gay!
Also, several episodes acknowledge the ways in which those things affect these characters : Barney deals with transphobia(without anyone ever misgendering/dead-naming him on-screen. Also, he deals with a type of quiet (??) transphobia that is almost never acknowledged in tv shows and I could talk about just that for so long), an episode of season 2 is mostly dedicated to coming out, episode 3 of season 1 has a scarily accurate representation of Norma’s anxiety, etc.
Also, despite the fact that Barney is trans and fat, no one ever gives him that look for having feelings for someone who’s cis, fitter, taller and more ‘typically attractive’ than him. It’s made clear early-on that his feelings are reciprocated, and no one gives him shit(however, he does briefly talk about being body-shamed when at the gym).
Honorable mentions :
-“I’m sorry you’re straight.”
-Gord
-Amazing worldbuilding
-No punching bag character (I mean that as, like, degrading jokes. Because physically there absolutely is)
-Courtney
-Time travel but done right
-There’s a main character who dies twice
-It has actually funny moments, which is great for a comedy
-It has actually scary moments, which is great for horror
-The way Logs talks about coming out(I know it’s already in the post but that scene was so fucking great)
-MUSICAL EPISODE (the music is AWESOME)
-Barney asks Norma for permission to hug her because he knows she doesn’t like being touched