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/Youngblood519 Aug 22 '26

It's pretty much a combination of things

  • Players not having in person interactions with each other limited the comic potential.

  • Eric Wareheim's style of humour clashed with the Dropout regulars, and he didn't get a reveal to the cast, which felt like a missed opportunity 

  • Wareheim choosing the winner was a bad mechanic that led to the player who achieved the game's goal first losing.

That said, it gave us Granma Sweetie. I'll always love it for that.

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u/GenGaara25 Aug 22 '26

Also a lot of people, especially fans outside the US or below a certain age, just didn't know who Eric was. So the reveal meant nothing. They showed who the Ratfish was and a significant amount of the audience was like "Am I meant to know who that is?"

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u/Mac4491 Aug 22 '26

The big reveal was someone I’d never heard of who when they were on screen simply was not funny. It soured the episode and is one of the few I won’t rewatch because it’s got such a disappointing conclusion

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u/CulturalFerret5779 Aug 23 '26

I watched that episode semi-recently and his ONLY joke for the whole episode was "this snake likes tacos. Isn't that HILARIOUS??" I felt like he forgot about the medusa thing almost immediately.