Susan Murphy (Monsters vs. Aliens TV series)

Susan Queen Murphy (also known as Ginormica) is the main protagonist of the Monsters Vs. Aliens franchise. She was an awesome character during most of the franchise, like the movies and specials.

Unfortunately, when the awful Nickelodeon/Dreamworks TV show based on the franchise came out, she got flanderized pretty badly, as with the rest of the show's characters.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Susan has lost lots of her charisma, going from a strong, but fun loving woman who had very relatable struggles, to a nonsensical and annoying girl who basically was turned into a Mary Sue, and her flaws in the show are rarely seen.
 * 2) Her new voice actor, Riki Lindhome, is nothing but a stand-in and doesn’t even make Susan sound like herself from the actual film itself. In short, her voice sounds nothing like what Reese Witherspoon originally gave the character.
 * 3) As with all characters in the show, her CGI animations are horrid as she looks like she came from a very poor cheaply made kids' video game from the late-1990s/early-2000s decade.
 * 4) She doesn’t have much spotlight in the series, as it’s given to one of her teammates, B.O.B.
 * 5) She is no longer giant like she was in the movie; instead, she now has size-shifting abilities, which is an unnecessary change from her original film counterpart.
 * 6) Susan also became dumber, as there are extremely half-baked perilous situations that are always caused by her and the other monsters' stupidity, to which all of these problems are averted with lame solutions.
 * 7) Like the other characters in the show, her animation quality took a massive nosedive, as it appears to be much cheaper than before. She is actually the worst example of this, as she doesn't look properly rendered.

Good Qualities

 * 1) She was a much better character during the movie and the specials before the TV show came and Reese Witherspoon is a more charismatic voice actress than Riki Lindhome.
 * 2) She at least still cares about her team.
 * 3) Her new design is at least nice to look at.
 * 4) Riki Lindhome, while she lacks the charisma of Susan’s old voice actor as previously mentioned, still does a decent job voicing her.
 * 5) She’s the only main protagonist of a Dreamworks/Nickelodeon show that is female and is the leader of her team.
 * 6) Her animations, while cheap-looking, look decent at times.

Trivia

 * There seems to be running gags within the series about Ginormica's rather plump butt, where it either gets stuck or accidentally squashes other characters when she grows.
 * It is revealed in "The Sound of Fear", that Ginormica can sing very well. This is due to her voice actress being in a music duo called Garfunkel and Oates, which also has Kate Micucci in it.
 * For some reason, when Ginormica grows huge or shrinks back down, her sneakers and gold scrunchie do the same.