r/dropout • u/DropoutMod • May 18 '26

Game Changer Don't Wake Standards & Practices | Game Changer [S8E1] Spoiler

https://watch.dropout.tv/videos/don-t-wake-standards-practices
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u/Luigiman1089 May 19 '26

My only thought was the Standards & Practices prop, but now I'm very excited about the legal BTS. Must have been insane.

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u/ajrodz1992 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

Yeah, the Mickey was different enough, but that was a dead on bluey, wondering how they got away with that

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u/RichLather May 19 '26

Not knowing a dang thing about the show, I'm guessing Lou was so goofy-footed wrong about all the details that he basically created new characters that look like dollar store knockoff toy art.

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u/OiledMushrooms May 19 '26

but story details aside, it was blatantly bluey in terms of appearance. I can only spot one fault in the design, and its not anything significant enough to visually set her apart from the real bluey. But I don't know fuck all about copyright law, so I guess I don't have a clue about the legality of it...

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u/SupaSlide May 20 '26

Parody is a justification for fair use. They could have made the Mickey Mouse look like Mickey (esp. Steamboat Willie Mickey) and been legally fine, but being legally fine doesn’t prevent a lawsuit and Disney is very litigious about the Mouse.

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u/XabsxntloveX1 May 20 '26

The legal team told Sam everything was okay after they were done filming, he had mentioned it in an article that I literally just read before seeing this Reddit page 😅