High School USA!

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 21, 2013
User Score
4.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 9 out of 21
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  1. TheQuietGamer
    Aug 10, 2013
    4
    Stupid and sometimes insulting (just not in the way the writers intended). The idea of creating a vulgar comedy centered around events that are currently happening is high schools is a good one, but it's clear that the writers lack any real understanding of the topics or how teens deal with them. It's clear from both the animation and characters that this is an attempt at making a vulgarStupid and sometimes insulting (just not in the way the writers intended). The idea of creating a vulgar comedy centered around events that are currently happening is high schools is a good one, but it's clear that the writers lack any real understanding of the topics or how teens deal with them. It's clear from both the animation and characters that this is an attempt at making a vulgar "Archie" rip-off/parody. The worst offense of this show is just how not funny it is. Rather than making jokes it focuses on trying to shock and offend. The problem with this is that it's genuinely not offensive, it's just stupid. The first episode "Bullies" is a clear example of this. Rather than actually taking a deep look at the topic while simultaneously making jokes about it like a show like "South Park" would, this show tells us that bullies are to be shown pity because they are not in control of their own actions and that we're bad people because we view what they are doing is wrong. It's stupid, unfunny, and shows a clear lack of understanding of the topic. Make no mistake "High School USA!" is a poor attempt at an animated comedy show, and really isn't worth anyone's time.… Expand
  2. MetalShadowX
    Nov 26, 2013
    5
    I know it's supposed to be a take on how stupid school can be, but it doesn't have cleverness that other shows like South Park and Daria have. Not really worth watching outside of a giggle or two.

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Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Jul 19, 2013
    30
    Any way you look at it, it doesn’t quite scan--which is the point, probably. The show’s not meant to be dissected; it’s meant to be watched as the makers intended: more than half-blazed.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Jul 19, 2013
    40
    A broad and dull spoof of the Archie gang, slides down the wall quickly.
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  3. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Pete Ski
    Jul 19, 2013
    80
    Most viewers will recognize the South Park-like humor, critiquing the problem by critiquing the mainstream response to it. But unlike South Park, which usually offers something like “hope”(however sarcastically rendered), High School USA! is mostly just bleak.
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