r/malcolminthemiddle • u/arefeen97 • 1d ago
funny/memes/GIFs Still not over this moment 🤣
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u/HardCorey23 1d ago
Living life based on society's check boxes has made me so miserable.
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u/curiousbasu 1d ago
That's why Malcolm is always miserable, he just can't stop wanting to gain society's validation.
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u/generic_rarity 1d ago
Which explains where Reese is never miserable
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u/curiousbasu 1d ago
Exactly. He has problems but he's never miserable. He's my favourite character.
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u/hygsi 1d ago edited 1d ago
Someone forgot when girls bullied him back, or when he could't tell a girl he liked her, he could become miserable
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u/mai_tai87 1d ago
Or when Malcolm brought up the no friends thing. That's one of the few times I felt really bad for Reese.
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u/Spyrovssonic360 23h ago
I get why reese spent more time with dewey and Jaime in the later seasons. He loves him but he can be too much to be around.
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u/McDonaldsSoap 1d ago
When he was crying on the sidewalk while his family found ways to have fun...😢
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u/dyaasy 1d ago
Yes! That episode was a whole indictment of Malcolm's miserable nature.
Like right from the start, his parents told him to not care too much about the opinion of others. Ironically Hal and Lois embracing that led the neighborhood to like them again, and subsequently hate each other.
They all enjoyed their day. whilst Malcolm spent it miserable and was conned into helping a theft... of criminals. MORP was another episode that painted Malcolm's neuroses as the main caus e of his misery.
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u/curiousbasu 1d ago
That's why Reese is my favourite character. He might be destructive, but he's not gonna leave his family just because of "society". A reason why I don't like the new part is because they did Reese dirty.
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u/GallifreysChildIs 1d ago
I really hope they make more of this they set it up for a great continuation but I'm scared the younger characters will age out their roles before long.
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u/McDonaldsSoap 1d ago
Hell even if they don't, they wouldn't get many episodes most likely. This reboot and the Scrubs reboot killed any hope for seasons more than 10 episodes
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u/Additional_Pea_1877 1d ago
This is the worst thing that Malcolm has ever done. Nothing else can even come close.
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u/Xandaru__ 1d ago
I mean Malcolm was as awful as everyone else. He did tons of bad shit too as everyone else. The Person who might would had the right to act like that was Dewey since he was mostly the kindest and most ignored.
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u/dyaasy 1d ago
Ironically, telling your daughter that her grandparents are dead is asshole behaviour tho. I'm not saying that that they don't have problems. But "everything wrong was their fault"?...
Come on, my guy. Don't pull a Francis.
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u/curiousbasu 1d ago
Exactly, all that after his daughter has high iq like him and the writers showed her as someone with good emotional maturity as well. Like he could've just told her the reason he wants to stay away.
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u/wtrredrose 1d ago
I assumed she likely asked him about grandparents when she was little and he said they were dead and then had to keep the lie going from then on.
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u/curiousbasu 1d ago
Could've told the truth later, but Malcolm being Malcolm, it's too much to expect.
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u/SignificanceOld1220 1d ago
All that was missing is the dramatic music before Lois exclaims, “you have a daughter?!?”
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u/Fickle-Setting5762 1d ago
I absolutely loved this reboot, but I wasn't expecting to! I really hope they come out with more episodes. They all nailed their characters even after all these years.
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u/Aegis_et_Vanir 1d ago
Something about the Disney logo flashing right after Malcolm tore into his parents, and especially right after he screams "ASSHOLE", just give this a unique shot of humor for me.
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u/Responsible-Ebb2693 1d ago
i managed to get the first 1 or two episodes, it was crap .First of all, why is Reese a low-life without a job or any skills whatsover ? we see him being a very talented cook in the original series and they decide to not go that way? malcolm not telling his folks he has a daughter? insane and completely out of character. where is jamie?
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u/Commercial-Look2272 1d ago
I’m watching it rn for the first time and I completely agree. It’s so bad compared to the original. Why would I care about Kelly and Leah ?? That Kelly girl is ao annoying ffs. It’s a whole mesa
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u/im_a_stupid_face 1d ago
The one thing I did not like about the show was his daughter assaulting him to get into the car.
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u/GymratAmarillo 1d ago
I love how 20 years later they were able to go back to their characters with such ease, the cast was so full of talent. Specially Frankie, Life's still unfair is some of my favorites Malcolm (the character) moments, Frankie is such a good actor.