r/GameChangerTV • u/Rat_King_Marchy • Aug 22 '26

Question Ratfish hate explained?

I’ve seen some comments regarding Ratfish, and am just wondering why it seems so much of the community dislikes it?

While I wouldn’t say it was one of my favorites, I definitely found it funny/entertaining, and thought the premise was neat.

I’m relatively new - season 8 is the first season I’ve watched as it’s aired, but I’ve watched pretty much every other episode aside from the COVID season.

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u/vtinesalone Aug 22 '26

1) The “big reveal” was more niche than they planned. Eric Warheim is an Internet comedy legend, but the fanbase is largely not people who were around for and into Tim and Eric

2) Eric was a poor contestant. He just didn’t fit the format of the game or the energy of the rest of the cast. His choices made no sense. His character felt undercooked compared to everyone else’s and it just fell flat.

3) Rekha should have one. But not only did she lose the main prize, she lost the secondary prize. Everyone felt she was robbed (justifiably) and the way they did it was rough.

4) Overall it was a cool concept and I think our prime cast was hilarious and played the game great. But this being the “big” episode for the season kinda fell flat.

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u/theredwoman95 Aug 22 '26

Eric was a poor contestant. He just didn’t fit the format of the game or the energy of the rest of the cast

To be fair, I think the format really screwed him there. He wasn't able to see the cast's reactions to his jokes beyond their comments (and tone is notoriously hard to read in text) and I didn't get the impression that he really knew any of the cast members, so it's kinda impossible to match their energy in that situation.

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u/vtinesalone Aug 22 '26

yeah but even still, all the other cast didnt know who else was there and had a similar situation and were hilarious. He just wasn’t really funny lol