Carl (Talking Tom & Friends)

Carl (better known as the CEO) is the main antagonist in Talking Tom & Friends. He was originally a minor character who was considered on the good side (though could often be annoying and selfish), but when he turned out to be evil in "Forgotten Kiss," he was remade as an antagonist.

Bad Qualities in Season 1

 * 1) He takes things too seriously, such as in "Funny Robot Galileo," where Ben makes a joke about his goldfish, making him remember his late pet goldfish, and then kick Tom and his friends out of the building.
 * 2) His voice can be irritating at times.
 * 3) He can often be cruel, such as in the season 1 episode "Untalking Tom," where he was shown to be unsympathetic to failing contestants in his competition.

Why He Has Sucked Since Season 2

 * 1) As of season 2, he randomly turns out to be "evil" for no clear reason.
 * 2) *In addition to this, despite being just "evil" rather than actually having a reason to specifically hate Tom and his friends, he is only rude to Tom and his friends, making it look like the writing team forgot that he is supposed to be completely evil rather than just an enemy of them.
 * 3) Most of the episodes that portray him now always have to involve him trying to ruin Tom and Ben's career for whatever reason.
 * 4) Flanderization: Nowadays, his character is nothing more than just a stereotype of an evil, greedy businessman, which is a stereotype that has already been done to death in other cartoons, and Carl doesn't really bring anything new to the table.
 * 5) *It also seems like the writers were trying way too hard to make him like Mr. Burns from The Simpsons or Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants, but unlike those two characters, which are actually funny and redeemable stereotypes of greedy businessmen (with the exception of Mr. Krabs' counterpart in season 6-10), Carl is just an unfunny version of those characters with zero empathy towards anyone but himself.
 * 6) Because of all of these qualities, it can be hard to take him seriously as a villain despite his actions.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He can have a few funny moments at times.
 * He, while not good, was still only average in season 1.