Gui (As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa)

Gui is the main protagonist of the Brazilian film and cartoon series As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa of 2008.

The character was originally created in 2000 as a mascot for the children's website Iguinho (a website belonging to iG, a Brazilian Internet service provider), and Gui originally had the same name of the site. In the early years, as Iguinho, he was a cute Westie puppy, the character was often used in animations and online games made in flash made by the artist Mariana Caltabiano who was also the creator of the character. Over the years the character and the animations on the site have evolved and changed, becoming increasingly similar to American cartoons very similar to those that Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon used to have during the 90s and 2000s, until in 2008 Caltabiano decided to take his characters to television starting with a film that was a compilation of several episodes that later went to by Cartoon Network (channel from which I used to have a strong partnership with iG during the 2000s).

Why He Sucks

 * 1) As mentioned above, the character has evolved and changed (changing too much), from being a cute puppy to being a generic protagonist of some nonsense comedy cartoon that you would easily see in some American cartoon made in the 90s.
 * 2) The character still continued to change even more in his look even after the series was selected for TV. Currently his design looks like a rip-off of characters like Mickey Mouse or SpongeBob. Just compare his classic design of the website: https://iguinho.com.br/images/quemsou_iguinho03.gif, and the current design: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/a3/29/10a329a0498e7c2e89872804b6c3b180.png
 * 3) Not only has his appearance changed too much, but his personality has flandered over the years. Originally the character (as Iguinho) used to be a more nice and tolerable character. Currently the character has become increasingly stupid, in a awful attempt to be generic dumb cartoon protagonist very similar to characters like SpongeBob.
 * 4) He tends to be the most annoying and unfunny character in the cartoon. His friends are funnier than him.
 * 5) Originally in the original animations of the website he was supposed to have a crush on Cróquete, but currently Gui almost doesn't show any feelings for her most of the time seeing her just as a friend, which shows a decline in his personality.
 * 6) His original name Iguinho sounds much better than Gui.
 * 7) His voice (in the original version) is just awful and annoying, curiously being voiced by the creator of the cartoon.
 * 8) Sometimes he is shown to be very hyperactive and nervous, or even mentally unstable at times.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) His design (despite being generic and inferior to the classic design) is passable, especially in the first episodes of 2008.
 * 2) His original version, Iguinho, is more enjoyable and lovely.
 * 3) He is at least more tolerable than Róquete.