I think it would have been brilliant if in the intro to "The View from Halfway Down" if when when BoJack is in the pool we look up to see that no one is looking back at him.
I think it's telling how Seasons 1-5 had Bojack going through the introduction with a mostly blank expression, but Season 6 has him display a wider range of emotions like guilt, fear, and resentment to reflect the new cognizance he has about the effects of his actions.
Remember when BoJack once said in the last season “I’m sober.. I remember everything now”. I think that line really correlates with the opening and what you said :)
I’d also mention that in the title sequence the two people looking down at Bojack when he’s drowning are Mr Peanutbutter, who literally saves him from drowning in his pool in s3 ep10, and Diane, who Bojack wanted to save him from drowning in his pool in s6 ep15. I swear everyone involved in this show are geniuses.
It's also interesting to note that S3E10 is almost exactly the midpoint of the show. What is the actual midpoint of the show ? The Old Sugarman Place, the first episode of season 4 featuring BoJack all by himself after pushing everyone away, like a new beginning.
I always interpreted the final scene in the intro as what BoJack was begging for while he was drowning in Halfway Down. His friends Diane and Mr PB, all the partygoers ("there's going to be plenty of people around when I kill myself") and the helicopter representing the wider society that still remembers him and is interested in him, the press, the police.
Yo i didnt think anyone else noticed that! I pointed it out to a friend and he still didnt hear it so it was like a joke to myself i thought i was crazy! 😂😂😂
The trippy sequence in season 4 also mimics a kaleidoscope, like the one Diane gave Bojack to keep him distracted while she dealt with her family back in season 1. That episode ended with Bojack essentially telling Diane that she could leave her terrible family behind and live her new life. In this season, the family Bojack had catches up with him.
It also happens right after he takes a sip of coffee, the same coffee where Beatrix was putting weight loss drugs. I don't know if weight loss drugs make you allucinate but that could be a connection.
@@manuam98 I think it's almost certainly foreshadowing that reveal. I also interpret it as a reference to how experimental Season 4 got, though. They really seemed to make it their mission to avoid the formula established by Seasons 1 - 3, focusing more on the supporting characters and mixing up the format by externalising character's mental states (Stupid Piece of Shit, Ruthie, Time's Arrow). Sending BoJack on that trip, rather than having him drift through the Season's settings, reflects that quite well.
And also for the seasons 1-5 at the end of the openings, Bojack has red-ish eyes bc of his substance abuse but they are not anymore in season 6 since he became sober
also in 1-5 he has a blank stare and uses alcohol and drugs to take his pain away but once he becomes sober in 6 he looks around at what he’s done and where he’s been which is incredibly cool. but of course that’s just my opinion on it
speaking of continuity in the show i always really enjoyed the fact that once bojack sold away his shares of the show or whatever that back in the 90s no longer played in the end credits
This show as a whole is packed with continuity. The only other show with as many accurate details is probably arrested development. This show was incredible.
@@ballistichorse6221 that's funny that will Arnett is in that aswell, also cool that Aaron Paul (person who voices Todd) is in this show and breaking bad which are two of the highest rated TV shows. The cast was perfectly picked
hearing the writers talk in interviews and their sense of humor, i feel like one reason the writers did this was literally as an ironic joke, because since it’s a Netflix show they knew people would skip it and it would be even funnier to make it so detailed. kind of like how they have a meta joke in the show about how you satiate a writer with an end credit page that people will skip anyways, and how they have a joke about Netflix haha
You can also see Bojack making shifty eyes to those around him when he's on the set of Philbert. Further foreshadowing his paranoia and further slip into the madness he experienced. It gets illustrated more later in the season when you see him wearing the detective uniform in his morning routine.
I remember being so sad when Wanda stopped showing up in the title sequence. And then even more when the same happend with Sarah Lynn and Hollyhock. This show's attention to detail is simply amazing.
Wanda also ends up in a 2nd coma. In the sequence when we find out Bojack is still alive (and the "why the long face" song plays), there is a newspaper article about an executive waking up from a 2nd coma.
Did you know that and upside-down horseshoe is bad luck? It means all the luck is spilling out of the horseshoe. Right there in the title sequence we can see that Bojack is waking up to bad luck.
Where I live they are hung upside down for good luck! After seeing this I googled and found this: "Hanging a horseshoe heels up means it keeps all the good luck from running out of the shoe. But hanging a horseshoe heels down means it flows good luck down on everyone who walks underneath it."
I love how whenever one of Bojack's memories end with him drinking alcohol, the burning effect starts at his throat, just like how drinking alcohol would burn ones throat.
I noticed that in all the other intros, he's visibly drunk every time he falls off the balcony into the pool, but in season 6, he doesn't appear to be drunk and instead falls off a much more high place. What if that was some type of suicide attempt?
That tracks. Going swimming when you know you're hammered because you've been sober qualifies for me as a suicide attempt. He calls Diane as a last ditch effort/suicide note.
Eh, there's plenty of great shows. I still rank BCS and Breaking Bad higher and thought we'd never see anything come close, but Bojack does so never say never.
Should have been like the normal intro but without Bojack... Just the camera going through the house. This would have also been funny after the Angela episode where he agreed to be cut off Horsing Around 😅
Something I liked about the sequence was how Bojack is always moving to the side then backwards. To me it represents that he never grows as a person- he's always stagnant. Him waking up in the morning is the only progress he ever makes, like that in itself is an accomplishment (which it is when you have/are depressed). Then at the end he ALWAYS backpedals- he goes into a bender, is an even worse jerk, and is just generally self destructive. Then afterwards he sits on the surface of his depression but doesn't make much of an effort to get out. He's already resigned himself to his cycle of turmoil. Even in S6 when he tries to change, he still ends up back in the pool, fallen back deeper than ever before.
9:39 you said that the people shown are people bojack has hurt in his life, except for his parents. Is it not more plausible that it is showing people Bojack believes he has let down in his life instead? It certainly explains why his parents are there, as he definitely believes he let them down
I was going to say something similar, that the abuse Bojack received at such a young age probably turned into a deep feeling that he hurt his parents and they were punishing him as a result, where despite his outward understanding that they were in the wrong he'd have some reasonable self-doubt that would absolutely never bubble to the surface given the severity of the abuse and his own development as a result.
I like the notion that the trippy sequence in season 4 is foreshadowing to the spiked coffee, but I think it might also be a reference to the fact that season 4 shows Bojack at his most introspective. Especially in the earlier episodes when he's trying to repair the relationships with his closest friends.
A small addition taken from the behind the scenes book: They struggled quite a bit with finding fitting music for a show such as Bojack Horseman thats depressing and grounded at times while zany and absurd at other times. The jazzy end product in my opinion is perfect for it, jazz has this magic where it both has a lot of character and can fit a very specific mood and honestly I don't see any other genre or sound fitting the show as well as this title sequence did.
i think the intro's theme is perfectly fitting, the catchy, even fun beat that it starts off with that slowly transitions into this more somber and serious jazz tune at the end, i think it represents not only bojack's, but everyone else's growth along the show really well
its also worth mentioning that the reason bojack remember all those painful memories in the season 6 title sequence is because he became sober and he remembers everything now that he's not drunk
@@hbluemole6941 my ringtone was the Horsin Around Ringtone for like a year It would throw people off in a weird way I never understood, I think it might be how high pitched the beginning is startles people
The season 6 intro is especially fantastic, reminding us of the regrets BoJack accumulated just throughout the course of the previous seasons, not letting us forget what happened in New Mexico, not letting us forget the painful irony of that drug being nicknamed BoJack and so on. Was kind of surprised they didn't update at least the final bit in the pool with his greying mane once Sharona gave him that makeover though. Obviously you wouldn't want that for the flashback parts of the intro, but having it at the end there could have served as an extra reminder of just how many years BoJack's selfish behaviours have been going on for, especially contrasting the younger version of him at the beginning of the season 6 intro.
I just realized that in Escape from LA, Bojack’s fantasy theme doesn’t say “Charlotte and the kids”, but “KYLE and the kids”, and we hardly even see him in the episode. He can’t even conceive of Charlotte being the main character in her own life.
21:10 in s1e11 “downer ending”, bojack mentions swimming in a lake when he gets too old and drowns. In s2, they mention that something was too dark so he swims out with his friend “suzie side”, an alternate for “suicide” He also almost drowned in the pool in the end. Further, in his eulogy, bojack says about his mother, father and self “we were all in understanding that we were drowning together” Drowning has been a big part of the show and its been used to represent times when bojack was mega stressed (season 1 before he met diane and had that panic attack i think he said he was drowning) They just did an all around good job on this show. I been rewatching it every night but sadly i know too much about it and i been watching it so much in the last year that i dont get much pleasure from watching it. I hope that returns someday though
i think the interesting thing of every season opening ending on the pool, even season 6, says that no matter how much bojack will try to improve his life, even if he makes the most changes he's had in years, he'll still be sinking in the pool. charlotte was right, he is the tar pit.
I did a thesis as an assignment of my semiotics design study in college, where we had to choose an opening from any show we liked and analyse it in the semiotics vision. I chose this one, I did a literal frame by frame analysis of this opening, all it's aspects, from the music to the pictures and all it represents, how the openings progressed during the show... So yeah, I would say I know a little more about this opening than most, haha. All this to say: as someone who already professionally studied this, you did a great job analysing it as well 👏👏 There were some details even I didn't associate in my thesis, incredible work
@@remyhavoc4463 Man, I'm gonna be honest, I did that thesis almost two years now, and watched the video a while back. I don't remember, I'd have to rewatch the video haha. If I do, I'll give another reply
I just noticed, when Bojack falls into his pool in the season 6 title sequence, there's a split second where it fades into almost total darkness, where you can only see his eyes right before he hits the pool. The look on his face as darkness envelops him reminds me of the chilling final shot of Angela, the last time we see him before the view from halfway down.
Great video! Also of note, in the final season’s sequence, BoJack constantly looks around him with a concerned or guilty expression on his face, reacting to the scenes. In previous seasons, he almost always had a blank expression. This shows that BoJack is much more aware of his mistakes and cares much more about the world around him.
There is another thing I noticed while watching. I don't know when it starts, but until S06E07 Peanutbutter doesn't have the tongue out while looking at the pool. I think it might be caused by being a "sad dog". I also think that Peanutbutter started showing tongue again in the S06E08 title sequence because he told that he isn't actually depressed.
God this video slaps so hard I never knew how much detail there was in these intros beyond the surface. One part that wasn’t mentioned was in season 6 when he falls back into the pool, there’s a split second where just his eyes are visible surrounded by pitch blackness, obviously representing the tar. Also when the scenes burn away, I always thought it was super cool how at 19:38 the burn starts from Beatrice and spreads outward
Also every season the title sequence got a little bit darker. By the end of S6, It's totally dark. The fact that show starts as a regular funny comedy show suddenly becomes one of the darkest TV show.
First time I watched Bojack, I didnt even realised the title sequence was changing so much since im the kind of guy to just skip, but after this i realized this title sequence is just amazing. Just like the show itself
A year ago i was doing a UA-cam search for Hauser & Luka. Clicked on your image thinking your channel was a tribute to Oscar Wilde (huge fan). Instead you introduced me to Bojack. Horseman. Now my all-time favorite series. Have watched it TWICE. Thank you Johnny Not-Hauser
I have another connection to the bit in the intro sequences where Bojack falls into the pool!! In “Free Churro” (05x06), Bojack is giving his eulogy about Beatrice when at one point, he starts to talks about the lavish parties she threw at their house-where Bojack performed the “Lollipop Song” and Beatrice danced. Then, Bojack illustrates a metaphor about how sometimes, you feel like you are “drowning.” And eventually, swim: Bojack: “We understood each other, in a way. Me and my mom and my dad, as screwed up as we all were, we did understand each other. My mother, she knew what it’s like to feel your entire life like you’re drowning with the exception of [the dance parties]. These very rare, brief instances, in which you suddenly remember... you can swim...But, then again, mostly not. Mostly you’re drowning. She understood that too...All three of us were drowning and we didn’t know how to save each other, but there was an understanding that we were all drowning together” (17:00, “Free Churro”). Edit: this could also be a connection to the painting in Bojack’s office, where a horse is swimming in Bojack’s pool another horse watches. It’s like the members of the Bojack family, as Bojack explained in “Free Churro,” are understanding that they are all drowning. And they are not helping each other, just watching, because they don’t know how to help.
the photo is from that narcissist story - i think they explained it in the show, i dont remember... where this guy falls in love with his reflection in the water and all he does all day is stare at. he lets his entire life fall apart bc he cant stop staring at himself. bojack is staring at himself. for having low self-esteem he kind of is a narcissist. edit: google says, "Narcissus was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. According to Tzetzes, he rejected all romantic advances, eventually falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water, staring at it for the remainder of his life"
@@Supergirl9909 I think the art in his office is simply meant to mimic that Hockney painting Portrait of an Artist. This show is absolutely phenomenal truly.
9:43 I don’t think it’s necessarily people who Bojack has hurt rather than it’s people who he feels he’s hurt. This makes sense because he didn’t really hurt his parents but he is made to feel like he did constantly, with his mother blaming him for her horrible life and his father blaming him for not being able to write.
Speaking of the season 6 opening, the fact that it doesn't show Bojack in his home is pretty significant as he spends less time there than in previous seasons. First he was in rehab, and when he was released he actively avoided going to his home, as it was a reminder of his old self. He would eventually move to Connecticut to start a teaching job, and by the end, he becomes broke and has to sell his house. The only time the house appears in the theme, besides the first shot, is the ending with Bojack falling in the pool, considering Bojack eventually fell back into old habits, which coalesced in him almost drowning in his (or what used to be his) pool.
Yep, totally agree. The music, the locked down perspective, they do a great job of drawing you in to Bojack's isolation no matter how crowded the settings surrounding him get.
Netflix struck gold with Bojack Horseman. This is the best netflix show OF ALL TIME. And even though Netflix doesn’t really have that many good shows, they struck TV GOLD with this one. It will forever be my favorite piece of Netflix media in history and is why I still have Netflix. From the view of halfway down to Todd telling bojack about his problems this show is about beauty and tragedy of celebrity life. From drugs to riches to the loss of literally everything you have. It is a masterpiece in my eyes.
Just realised that in the season 6 title sequence when BoJack falls off the observatory balcony, you can actually background kind of blacken out till he falls in the pool. This could actually be a reference to the episode "The View from Halfway Down"
I just can't stop wondering about how much effort must have taken from the crew for this to be possible. It must've been constantly taking notes of every detail that would or could be showed physically, then writing/designing how that would look on the sequence, then actually drawing and animating it. So much teamwork, so much commitment. And Yet apparently It is too hard for people at my job to properly communicate basic directions or notifications that others should know to do their work
I love how in the intro, most of the characters are not looking at Bojack and are going about their lives. Shows that Bojack feels alone and detached from those around him. You do see people looking at him annoyed or angry from time to time (I think at one point Mr Peanutbutter looks at him too and Bojack looks annoyed at him) but for the most part, he feels "other". He misses the good parts of his life because he is so focused on the bad. Of course that changes when he does something drastic, like almost drown in a pool. Only then do Diane and Mr Peanutbutter look concerned for him. Maybe he feels like he has to keep doing things to himself/his life for attention, even bad attention? Because he feels unseen? I love analyzing it sm!!
god i love this show....like it has so many important and rare lessons in it, like obviously everything that comes with bojack as a character and how he makes the audience feel, but like i realized why i found herb's response to bojack's apology so moving, and it's because bojack is one of the only pieces of media i've ever seen that tells its audience that it's okay to not forgive someone. like every other show is like "u have to forgive your abuser to move on!!!" or whatever but when herb says "i'm dying. i'm not gonna feel better, and i'm not gonna be your prop so you can feel better" like......damn
When I was watching Bojack with my family last year one of our favorite things about it was how good the continuity was between episodes. Whenever we saw a small detail in one episode that was the result of a decision made in a previous one, we would say “continuity!” and point it out, like a little game. The details in the intro sequence perfectly display the amount of attention to detail this show had, and when something like that happens you can really tell the writers and animators loved the show they were making.
I'd really like for you to make vids on Bojack's general patterns of writing instead of individual episodes, I think you could make some great contend using that sort of template!
just finished the series... undoubtedly one of the greatest shows ever made. thanks for this video, I've always watched the title sequence to catch the little shifts in detail.
What I find absolutely phenomenal with the season 6 opener is bojacks expression Like from season 1-5 he just had like a zoned out face as he was just cruising through life and was too drunk or high to really gauge what he was doing and what was happening But from season 6 where he goes sober, he’s actually able to comprehend his actions and remember his past, and the fact he has any expression now and the very subtle facial changes he makes are so telling of his character shift
Another change in s6’s intro is where in the usual intro sequence is Mr. Peanutbutter’s expression by the pool looking down at bojack, He seemed pretty energetic and happy seasons prior but right when he and diane got divorced his expression changed to him just staring blankly at bojack. This showed how even though they divorced and he had met pickles, he still loved diane, His expression was switched back to his usual positive self when he finally moves on from diane and finally loved pickles.
And that's without taking the song into account! That song is genius from a musician craftmanship point of view. In the same words you used with the rest of the title, not only beacuse it's incredibly cool sounding, but beacuse its meaningful. It really helps capture the essence of BoJack and still blows my mind every time.
These are one of the intros I never skip on Netflix, it just seems so interesting how there are subtle changes like adding in a new person or removing a person that correlates to how the story is going.
21:45 in the season 6 version of the theme song when bojack is falling into the pool, the last thing you also see very blatantly are his eyes. his face fades into the darkness, but his glaring, white eyes are still extremely bright and staring right at the audience until the last second when he falls in. everything in animation is intentional, and it’s VERY CLEAR how much attention to detail is put into this theme song- so i feel like his eyes glaring at us were a reference to the free churro ep- “i see you”, considering the fact that those were his mother’s last words to him right before she died, and bojack is staring at the audience right before he falls into the pool (and also nearly died due to attempted suicide).
I recently finished a rewatch of Bojack... And man what a great show from beginning to end. Title sequence to end credits. Your videos are what made me wanna re watch it so thanks for that!
The camera focused on Bojack, showing he is unchanging, the symbolism of a house dangling from a cliff, the falling into the pool... and the mastery over detail that this show has... all the best shows have openings wherein they've foreshadowed the ending
Man, I can never get over the Carney's song in this intro. It always hits me square in the soul and I remember this show fondly. It was set as my alarm ringtone for about 2 years because I just FELT the same way that Bojack did a lot of times: waking up and just...moving through the day whilst everything happens in the background. This show is brilliant and it's cemented itself into my life as a very important time.
I distinctly remember that back in the day, everyone was talking about how cool it was that after the bed's leg broke, it stays broke in the intro and when it's fixed, it's fixed in the intro too. Good times.
I love whenever shows keep changing their opening credits coinciding with changes within the show, it’s such an awesome detail, and it’s actually a very common tactic in anime.
It's worth noting at 20:22 that unlike the other openings when he does the fall, in the last opening, he is not drunk. This is significant considering that this is also the season when he commits suicide, which puts a whole new meaning to that jump.
2 details of the final intro you missed: Firstly whenever there is a normal transition or with an object, it means that not much time has passed, but when there is a fade, it means a lot of time has passed between the events, also Mr Peanutbutter for some reason has a different, more worried expresion when looking down at bojack in the pool, which is present only in season 6 and before Diane's design changes
All of the BoJack-Philbert blurring details are definitely my favourite. I didn’t even notice these changes on my first watch through because they did them one by one. Such a brilliant way to show how BoJack is slowly losing his grip on reality over the course of the season.
Another note on bojack falling into his pool and drowning being a major theme with bojack's life. In downer ending, while writing his own book on his bender he wants to drown in the lake in harpers landing. even almost dying in it with eddie in The Old Sugarmen's Place.
In season's 1-5 Bojack seems a little surprised when he falls into the pool, implying that he doesn't want to be falling into the pool, but in season 6 when he falls off the cliff his face is completely void of emotion and he wears a blank expression. This could possibly show how now that he can reflect on all the bad he's done he figures there is some sort of karma that he has coming and he isn't surprised when it comes. He excepts it. So he shows no surprise or emotion.
i love how they make you think that the part where he’s saved by his friends in the title sequence is also foreshadowing for the VFHD, but then they reveal diane never picked up his call. totally had me convinced that she was gonna come rescue him, and then the sadness punched me in the gut when i realized none of his old friends were coming after he pushed them all away.
This is and will more than likely be always be my favorite series. This show had passion to drive it. The people behind it had an important message to get across and I couldn't be happier that they did.
You forgot to mention that Ralph Carney (the saxophonist honored in the S5 E1 credits) actually PLAYED the saxophone parts in the Bojack Horseman Title Sequence!
I think what's really nifty, is in the scene where Hollyhock is overdosing, as she stumbles into the bathroom, she uses her left hand to quickly pull her pants up as they're falling down, due to the weight she's lost unexpectedly, and so rapidly, that she hadn't bought any new clothes. 10:57
I absolutely ADORE shows with good intros especially when they change through the series and when it relates to the season. I would 100% watch Philbert.
There's a lot of references to drowning in the series. Like Bojack drowning in the Narcissos painting when he's tripping, him saving Eddie (the firefly) from the pond and the stories Ana tells from her past.
Also just a fun little thing I guess lol The punishment for envy (one of the 7 deadly sins) is to drown and there’s a lot of moment where we see BJs envy I kinda think that’s cool
The attention to detail and background aesthetic is what I love most. Those background details don't just change by season, sometimes by episode. A season would have 3 intros sometimes. Then the culmination of all of that qas season 6, it was a recap of all Bojack's life.
Bojack fucked me up so bad in highschool. I couldn’t finish the last season, I saw so much of myself in bojack especially at that time of my life. I think im ready to finish it now.
I think it would have been brilliant if in the intro to "The View from Halfway Down" if when when BoJack is in the pool we look up to see that no one is looking back at him.
Or if it had BoJack looking down at himself.
Or if the black oozing juices of void/near-death kinda appears around in the background as foreshadowing...
Or it’s just him floating in his pool, nearly drowning, as the theme song is all muffled and stuff!
I thought I was the only one thinking this! I was waiting for it to properly show that he had pushed all of his friends away.
THATS TOO MUCH MAN
I think it's telling how Seasons 1-5 had Bojack going through the introduction with a mostly blank expression, but Season 6 has him display a wider range of emotions like guilt, fear, and resentment to reflect the new cognizance he has about the effects of his actions.
Remember when BoJack once said in the last season “I’m sober.. I remember everything now”. I think that line really correlates with the opening and what you said :)
NORMAL WORDS BUT A HORSE GUY
This also reflects the change he strived so hard to reach just to ruin it in the second to last episode.
@@mewplume2575 gneurshck
This is literally my favorite thing about the intro changes
I’d also mention that in the title sequence the two people looking down at Bojack when he’s drowning are Mr Peanutbutter, who literally saves him from drowning in his pool in s3 ep10, and Diane, who Bojack wanted to save him from drowning in his pool in s6 ep15. I swear everyone involved in this show are geniuses.
It's also interesting to note that S3E10 is almost exactly the midpoint of the show. What is the actual midpoint of the show ? The Old Sugarman Place, the first episode of season 4 featuring BoJack all by himself after pushing everyone away, like a new beginning.
Yes! I came to say that.
I've been wondering why Mr.PB and Diane are the only ones looking down at him for the longest time, thank you.
I always interpreted the final scene in the intro as what BoJack was begging for while he was drowning in Halfway Down. His friends Diane and Mr PB, all the partygoers ("there's going to be plenty of people around when I kill myself") and the helicopter representing the wider society that still remembers him and is interested in him, the press, the police.
jesus i didn’t even think of that omg
I love how the thing Sarah Lynn overdoses on is also called Bojack, so she both literally and metaphorically overdosed on.. Bojack.
Bojack kills!
What season?
@@taylorpospeschil6723 the third one
Bojack kills...
Bojack wins!
Flawless victory
FATALITY
When your show is so incredibly smart that just the intro gives you this much to talk about.
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Too bad they "cancelled" it for trash shows
They didn't cancel it it ended
@@arcashark389 no Netflix cancelled it. Waksberg was fully prepared to go at least 3 more seasons :(
Nope I'm wrong it was cancelled
Something I never realised until JUST NOW is that the final notes from the saxophone replicate a horse's whinny. Just... This _show,_ man!
Damn. And I thought I knew everything about this show.
how tf did i never catch that? XD
OMG I JUST NOTICED THAT NOW
Oh wow, good catch! I've always felt that there was something about that saxophone part, but I could never really put my finger on it.
Yo i didnt think anyone else noticed that! I pointed it out to a friend and he still didnt hear it so it was like a joke to myself i thought i was crazy! 😂😂😂
The trippy sequence in season 4 also mimics a kaleidoscope, like the one Diane gave Bojack to keep him distracted while she dealt with her family back in season 1. That episode ended with Bojack essentially telling Diane that she could leave her terrible family behind and live her new life. In this season, the family Bojack had catches up with him.
Hmm
It also happens right after he takes a sip of coffee, the same coffee where Beatrix was putting weight loss drugs. I don't know if weight loss drugs make you allucinate but that could be a connection.
Nevermind, he did mention it lol
plus the kaleidoscope mimics the telescope
@@manuam98 I think it's almost certainly foreshadowing that reveal. I also interpret it as a reference to how experimental Season 4 got, though. They really seemed to make it their mission to avoid the formula established by Seasons 1 - 3, focusing more on the supporting characters and mixing up the format by externalising character's mental states (Stupid Piece of Shit, Ruthie, Time's Arrow). Sending BoJack on that trip, rather than having him drift through the Season's settings, reflects that quite well.
And also for the seasons 1-5 at the end of the openings, Bojack has red-ish eyes bc of his substance abuse but they are not anymore in season 6 since he became sober
Good catch!
That was the first thing I noticed too!!
also in 1-5 he has a blank stare and uses alcohol and drugs to take his pain away but once he becomes sober in 6 he looks around at what he’s done and where he’s been which is incredibly cool. but of course that’s just my opinion on it
I noticed he didn’t have any alcohol stains on his suit anymore in season 6
speaking of continuity in the show i always really enjoyed the fact that once bojack sold away his shares of the show or whatever that back in the 90s no longer played in the end credits
This show as a whole is packed with continuity. The only other show with as many accurate details is probably arrested development. This show was incredible.
OMG I haven't noticed that
Tbh a short vid on the end credits would be amazing
@@ballistichorse6221 that's funny that will Arnett is in that aswell, also cool that Aaron Paul (person who voices Todd) is in this show and breaking bad which are two of the highest rated TV shows. The cast was perfectly picked
no way
hearing the writers talk in interviews and their sense of humor, i feel like one reason the writers did this was literally as an ironic joke, because since it’s a Netflix show they knew people would skip it and it would be even funnier to make it so detailed.
kind of like how they have a meta joke in the show about how you satiate a writer with an end credit page that people will skip anyways, and how they have a joke about Netflix haha
jokes on them I watch every part of the show from opening to credits every time
Bojack intro🤝 marvel after credits
You can also see Bojack making shifty eyes to those around him when he's on the set of Philbert. Further foreshadowing his paranoia and further slip into the madness he experienced. It gets illustrated more later in the season when you see him wearing the detective uniform in his morning routine.
I always took it that he was simply acting 😁
You know someone is GOAT when they make a video review on a title sequence and theme song
I was about to say. 20 minutes on a title sequence? Damn. I'm all the way here for it.
@@smileymctrashbag You know it my friend!
What's that have to do with a goat?
@@CrazyBear65 Greatest Of All Time, GOAT
@@JamieMand still doesn't make sense. is he Johnny the GOAT or the show?
I remember being so sad when Wanda stopped showing up in the title sequence. And then even more when the same happend with Sarah Lynn and Hollyhock. This show's attention to detail is simply amazing.
Wanda also ends up in a 2nd coma. In the sequence when we find out Bojack is still alive (and the "why the long face" song plays), there is a newspaper article about an executive waking up from a 2nd coma.
Don’t forget about Todd as well. That was peak😔
okay but 'kyle and the kids' is infuriatingly catchy. 'he loves his wife and there's nothing you can do!'
“nothings gonna be alright, be alright yeah yeah!”
Please tell me that the name of ur band
@@strawberriesandtoast I thought it was “oh no” lol
9:25 "SHAPES AND COLORS THE LIKES OF WHICH I'VE NEVER SEEN"
You deserve more likes
@@p_ensemble18 likes of which they've never seen
HP Lovecraft taking notes
Sounds like somebody has a serious LSD deficiency. I've seen things most folks can't even imagine.
Lol
Did you know that and upside-down horseshoe is bad luck? It means all the luck is spilling out of the horseshoe.
Right there in the title sequence we can see that Bojack is waking up to bad luck.
Can't believe I never noticed. Great catch!
GODDAMMIT
This is all mind blowing
Where I live they are hung upside down for good luck! After seeing this I googled and found this:
"Hanging a horseshoe heels up means it keeps all the good luck from running out of the shoe. But hanging a horseshoe heels down means it flows good luck down on everyone who walks underneath it."
@@anoni6108 thanks for sharing! I had never heard that before!
I could listen to you talk about BoJack for years
Even if its just the title sequence because goddammit this show has the best one I've ever seen
frrr, no words could describe how much this show has impacted me. I doubt i’ll ever find another show that i love this deeply
same! the attention to detail is just immaculate! i’m so glad i decided to watch this with my cousin!
I love how whenever one of Bojack's memories end with him drinking alcohol, the burning effect starts at his throat, just like how drinking alcohol would burn ones throat.
I perpetually have Kyle and the Kids stuck in my head
I assumed I was the only one; it's been on a perpetual loop for years.
@@zandithshloper2005 Oh, that's most definitely the point. It's emulating sitcom openings
🎵 kyle and the kids 🎶 kyle’s the dad and charlotte’s married to him 🎵
@@sourpatchkids351 and they’ve got some kiiids
@@acebee46 there's penny, she's going to high school
I noticed that in all the other intros, he's visibly drunk every time he falls off the balcony into the pool, but in season 6, he doesn't appear to be drunk and instead falls off a much more high place. What if that was some type of suicide attempt?
It's more about him falling in a dark spiral and he does attempt not living.
That tracks. Going swimming when you know you're hammered because you've been sober qualifies for me as a suicide attempt. He calls Diane as a last ditch effort/suicide note.
that was actually from when he injured from the stunt that went wrong leading to him falling off the building while filming philbert
@@frick6480 that’s completely separate from the part in the intro
@@chum724 not season 6’s, that’s what’s being referred to
I don’t know how I never noticed the Philbert intro ends with a horse head on the tack board
This is honestly my first time seeing that too I have no idea why this video is how I realized it.
WHATTTT IS THIS , OMG MIND BLOWN!
it's sad to think we may never see anything as great as this again.
I think it’ll be one of those things that inspires other great things. But will never be replicated.
there won’t be another bojack horseman but there will certainly be more great things.
It was nice while it lasted
Netflix Screwed the pooch royally when they cancelled Bojack. I cancelled my Netflix after that. My money's green and it spends elsewhere.
Eh, there's plenty of great shows. I still rank BCS and Breaking Bad higher and thought we'd never see anything come close, but Bojack does so never say never.
I wish they made a custom one with Mr. Peanut Butter for S4 Ep1 that Bojack was missing for but was mainly about PB running for Governor.
Yeah with PB walking around the house
Should have been like the normal intro but without Bojack... Just the camera going through the house.
This would have also been funny after the Angela episode where he agreed to be cut off Horsing Around 😅
What is this, a crossover episode?
@@krcprc from this moment on they never played ,,back in the 90s" ever again
That would've been awesome! And PB's face could've been in a constant elated look in his intro sequence to contrast with Bojack's deadpan expression.
Something I liked about the sequence was how Bojack is always moving to the side then backwards. To me it represents that he never grows as a person- he's always stagnant. Him waking up in the morning is the only progress he ever makes, like that in itself is an accomplishment (which it is when you have/are depressed).
Then at the end he ALWAYS backpedals- he goes into a bender, is an even worse jerk, and is just generally self destructive. Then afterwards he sits on the surface of his depression but doesn't make much of an effort to get out. He's already resigned himself to his cycle of turmoil. Even in S6 when he tries to change, he still ends up back in the pool, fallen back deeper than ever before.
Oh wow I really like your analogy! That never even occurred to me
9:39 you said that the people shown are people bojack has hurt in his life, except for his parents. Is it not more plausible that it is showing people Bojack believes he has let down in his life instead? It certainly explains why his parents are there, as he definitely believes he let them down
I was going to say something similar, that the abuse Bojack received at such a young age probably turned into a deep feeling that he hurt his parents and they were punishing him as a result, where despite his outward understanding that they were in the wrong he'd have some reasonable self-doubt that would absolutely never bubble to the surface given the severity of the abuse and his own development as a result.
I like the notion that the trippy sequence in season 4 is foreshadowing to the spiked coffee, but I think it might also be a reference to the fact that season 4 shows Bojack at his most introspective. Especially in the earlier episodes when he's trying to repair the relationships with his closest friends.
A small addition taken from the behind the scenes book: They struggled quite a bit with finding fitting music for a show such as Bojack Horseman thats depressing and grounded at times while zany and absurd at other times. The jazzy end product in my opinion is perfect for it, jazz has this magic where it both has a lot of character and can fit a very specific mood and honestly I don't see any other genre or sound fitting the show as well as this title sequence did.
i think the intro's theme is perfectly fitting, the catchy, even fun beat that it starts off with that slowly transitions into this more somber and serious jazz tune at the end, i think it represents not only bojack's, but everyone else's growth along the show really well
This makes me wish that more shows had evolving opening credits.
I mean... anime does that sort of stuff all the time.
I literally looked up last week "all Bojack title sequences" and no good results showed up. Thank you for this!
You're welcome!
its also worth mentioning that the reason bojack remember all those painful memories in the season 6 title sequence is because he became sober and he remembers everything now that he's not drunk
I loved Bojack’s title sequence so much that I never skipped it and even made it my ringtone no lie, I don’t think I’m ever going to change it
My ringtone is BoJacks ringtone
@@hbluemole6941 my ringtone was the Horsin Around Ringtone for like a year
It would throw people off in a weird way I never understood, I think it might be how high pitched the beginning is startles people
@@aych33 yes I get that from few people too but fuck them I don't care lol
@@hbluemole6941 nothing better than that confused judgemental stare
That would be more judgemental if they new the context
Mine was bojacks ringtone but for a while my alarm was kyle and the kids.
people who skip the intro every episode: 👁👄👁
I did that, but regret it. I didn’t know almost every intro was different, I thought they were are the same.
@@eserey same, did that during my first watch through
bojack was the only show which intro i didn’t skip, i love the intro music so much
@@nadjenn yeah me too
Bojack is one of the shows I never skipped the intro, the other one is The Clone Wars
The season 6 intro is especially fantastic, reminding us of the regrets BoJack accumulated just throughout the course of the previous seasons, not letting us forget what happened in New Mexico, not letting us forget the painful irony of that drug being nicknamed BoJack and so on. Was kind of surprised they didn't update at least the final bit in the pool with his greying mane once Sharona gave him that makeover though. Obviously you wouldn't want that for the flashback parts of the intro, but having it at the end there could have served as an extra reminder of just how many years BoJack's selfish behaviours have been going on for, especially contrasting the younger version of him at the beginning of the season 6 intro.
I just realized that in Escape from LA, Bojack’s fantasy theme doesn’t say “Charlotte and the kids”, but “KYLE and the kids”, and we hardly even see him in the episode. He can’t even conceive of Charlotte being the main character in her own life.
true.. but also alliteration
I think it's just that Charlotte said "I can't wait for you to meet Kyle and the kids!"
Damnnnn :0
I think it’s coz bojack wants to seperate them from her, because that makes it easier for him to get with her
@@Supergirl9909 charlotte and the children 🤷
21:10 in s1e11 “downer ending”, bojack mentions swimming in a lake when he gets too old and drowns.
In s2, they mention that something was too dark so he swims out with his friend “suzie side”, an alternate for “suicide”
He also almost drowned in the pool in the end.
Further, in his eulogy, bojack says about his mother, father and self “we were all in understanding that we were drowning together”
Drowning has been a big part of the show and its been used to represent times when bojack was mega stressed (season 1 before he met diane and had that panic attack i think he said he was drowning)
They just did an all around good job on this show. I been rewatching it every night but sadly i know too much about it and i been watching it so much in the last year that i dont get much pleasure from watching it. I hope that returns someday though
i think the interesting thing of every season opening ending on the pool, even season 6, says that no matter how much bojack will try to improve his life, even if he makes the most changes he's had in years, he'll still be sinking in the pool.
charlotte was right, he is the tar pit.
I did a thesis as an assignment of my semiotics design study in college, where we had to choose an opening from any show we liked and analyse it in the semiotics vision. I chose this one, I did a literal frame by frame analysis of this opening, all it's aspects, from the music to the pictures and all it represents, how the openings progressed during the show... So yeah, I would say I know a little more about this opening than most, haha.
All this to say: as someone who already professionally studied this, you did a great job analysing it as well 👏👏 There were some details even I didn't associate in my thesis, incredible work
That's awesome, did you get a good grade?
@@coffeewolfproductions9113 I did! In fact, got a perfect grade, haha
@@gabrieldinix That's great!
If you don't mind sharing, what other things did you cover that Johnny didn't?
I'm genuinely curious cause I'm bad at analyzing things 😂
@@remyhavoc4463 Man, I'm gonna be honest, I did that thesis almost two years now, and watched the video a while back. I don't remember, I'd have to rewatch the video haha. If I do, I'll give another reply
I just noticed, when Bojack falls into his pool in the season 6 title sequence, there's a split second where it fades into almost total darkness, where you can only see his eyes right before he hits the pool.
The look on his face as darkness envelops him reminds me of the chilling final shot of Angela, the last time we see him before the view from halfway down.
Great video! Also of note, in the final season’s sequence, BoJack constantly looks around him with a concerned or guilty expression on his face, reacting to the scenes. In previous seasons, he almost always had a blank expression. This shows that BoJack is much more aware of his mistakes and cares much more about the world around him.
There is another thing I noticed while watching. I don't know when it starts, but until S06E07 Peanutbutter doesn't have the tongue out while looking at the pool. I think it might be caused by being a "sad dog". I also think that Peanutbutter started showing tongue again in the S06E08 title sequence because he told that he isn't actually depressed.
God this video slaps so hard I never knew how much detail there was in these intros beyond the surface. One part that wasn’t mentioned was in season 6 when he falls back into the pool, there’s a split second where just his eyes are visible surrounded by pitch blackness, obviously representing the tar. Also when the scenes burn away, I always thought it was super cool how at 19:38 the burn starts from Beatrice and spreads outward
I’m still finding it difficult to get people to watch the show 😂😆
They’re missing out on such a wonderful experience
The first few episodes are kinda slow unfortunately
I just recommended it to my professor lol
Omg same, none of my friends want to watch it
Their loss, unfortunately...
It can also be a really triggering experience, it's not for everyone and that's okay
The BoBo the Angsty Zebra title sequence honestly had me howling with laughter
Also every season the title sequence got a little bit darker. By the end of S6, It's totally dark. The fact that show starts as a regular funny comedy show suddenly becomes one of the darkest TV show.
Feel so validated. Just got super high and spent at least 40 minutes thinking about how much I love the intro
Bong hits all around! I have a broken clock, so it's _always_ 4:20...
@@CrazyBear65 rofl
I always assumed that the kaleidoscope effect was a throwback to when Dianne gives him one while she goes into her family’s house, lol
i've never seen such detail in a title sequence for a show, just another reason to be obsessed with Bojack Horseman
First time I watched Bojack, I didnt even realised the title sequence was changing so much since im the kind of guy to just skip, but after this i realized this title sequence is just amazing. Just like the show itself
A year ago i was doing a UA-cam search for Hauser & Luka. Clicked on your image thinking your channel was a tribute to Oscar Wilde (huge fan). Instead you introduced me to Bojack. Horseman. Now my all-time favorite series. Have watched it TWICE. Thank you Johnny Not-Hauser
I have another connection to the bit in the intro sequences where Bojack falls into the pool!!
In “Free Churro” (05x06), Bojack is giving his eulogy about Beatrice when at one point, he starts to talks about the lavish parties she threw at their house-where Bojack performed the “Lollipop Song” and Beatrice danced. Then, Bojack illustrates a metaphor about how sometimes, you feel like you are “drowning.” And eventually, swim:
Bojack: “We understood each other, in a way. Me and my mom and my dad, as screwed up as we all were, we did understand each other. My mother, she knew what it’s like to feel your entire life like you’re drowning with the exception of [the dance parties]. These very rare, brief instances, in which you suddenly remember... you can swim...But, then again, mostly not. Mostly you’re drowning. She understood that too...All three of us were drowning and we didn’t know how to save each other, but there was an understanding that we were all drowning together” (17:00, “Free Churro”).
Edit: this could also be a connection to the painting in Bojack’s office, where a horse is swimming in Bojack’s pool another horse watches. It’s like the members of the Bojack family, as Bojack explained in “Free Churro,” are understanding that they are all drowning. And they are not helping each other, just watching, because they don’t know how to help.
Or how in downer ending he assumes his ending is getting too old to swim back to shore and letting the water take him under.
the photo is from that narcissist story - i think they explained it in the show, i dont remember... where this guy falls in love with his reflection in the water and all he does all day is stare at. he lets his entire life fall apart bc he cant stop staring at himself. bojack is staring at himself. for having low self-esteem he kind of is a narcissist.
edit: google says, "Narcissus was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. According to Tzetzes, he rejected all romantic advances, eventually falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water, staring at it for the remainder of his life"
@@Supergirl9909 I think the art in his office is simply meant to mimic that Hockney painting Portrait of an Artist. This show is absolutely phenomenal truly.
9:43 I don’t think it’s necessarily people who Bojack has hurt rather than it’s people who he feels he’s hurt.
This makes sense because he didn’t really hurt his parents but he is made to feel like he did constantly, with his mother blaming him for her horrible life and his father blaming him for not being able to write.
Please milk tf out of this show, I could watch for years.
Lmaooo same !!
I love watching ppls discussions/povs/theories/etc on this show smmm
Makes me want to rewatch the show 😸💖
Speaking of the season 6 opening, the fact that it doesn't show Bojack in his home is pretty significant as he spends less time there than in previous seasons. First he was in rehab, and when he was released he actively avoided going to his home, as it was a reminder of his old self. He would eventually move to Connecticut to start a teaching job, and by the end, he becomes broke and has to sell his house. The only time the house appears in the theme, besides the first shot, is the ending with Bojack falling in the pool, considering Bojack eventually fell back into old habits, which coalesced in him almost drowning in his (or what used to be his) pool.
Agreed, bojack's theme is psychedelic and and great and i absolutely love it
You forgot to mention that even the the title sequence music is an absolute bop.
Also pls keep doing bojack analysis videos they’re always amazing :)
Yep, totally agree. The music, the locked down perspective, they do a great job of drawing you in to Bojack's isolation no matter how crowded the settings surrounding him get.
“Gina, who is listening to a corn-centred musical on her iPod” lmao yes
Netflix struck gold with Bojack Horseman. This is the best netflix show OF ALL TIME. And even though Netflix doesn’t really have that many good shows, they struck TV GOLD with this one. It will forever be my favorite piece of Netflix media in history and is why I still have Netflix. From the view of halfway down to Todd telling bojack about his problems this show is about beauty and tragedy of celebrity life. From drugs to riches to the loss of literally everything you have. It is a masterpiece in my eyes.
Just realised that in the season 6 title sequence when BoJack falls off the observatory balcony, you can actually background kind of blacken out till he falls in the pool. This could actually be a reference to the episode "The View from Halfway Down"
You've outdone yourself again, Johnny. This was amazing. So many details I missed!!
I just can't stop wondering about how much effort must have taken from the crew for this to be possible. It must've been constantly taking notes of every detail that would or could be showed physically, then writing/designing how that would look on the sequence, then actually drawing and animating it. So much teamwork, so much commitment. And Yet apparently It is too hard for people at my job to properly communicate basic directions or notifications that others should know to do their work
I really didn’t expect this show to be as fleshed out as it was. You can tell the people who worked on this show really cared about it.
I love how in the intro, most of the characters are not looking at Bojack and are going about their lives. Shows that Bojack feels alone and detached from those around him. You do see people looking at him annoyed or angry from time to time (I think at one point Mr Peanutbutter looks at him too and Bojack looks annoyed at him) but for the most part, he feels "other". He misses the good parts of his life because he is so focused on the bad.
Of course that changes when he does something drastic, like almost drown in a pool. Only then do Diane and Mr Peanutbutter look concerned for him. Maybe he feels like he has to keep doing things to himself/his life for attention, even bad attention? Because he feels unseen? I love analyzing it sm!!
god i love this show....like it has so many important and rare lessons in it, like obviously everything that comes with bojack as a character and how he makes the audience feel, but like i realized why i found herb's response to bojack's apology so moving, and it's because bojack is one of the only pieces of media i've ever seen that tells its audience that it's okay to not forgive someone. like every other show is like "u have to forgive your abuser to move on!!!" or whatever but when herb says "i'm dying. i'm not gonna feel better, and i'm not gonna be your prop so you can feel better" like......damn
When I was watching Bojack with my family last year one of our favorite things about it was how good the continuity was between episodes. Whenever we saw a small detail in one episode that was the result of a decision made in a previous one, we would say “continuity!” and point it out, like a little game. The details in the intro sequence perfectly display the amount of attention to detail this show had, and when something like that happens you can really tell the writers and animators loved the show they were making.
I'd really like for you to make vids on Bojack's general patterns of writing instead of individual episodes, I think you could make some great contend using that sort of template!
just finished the series... undoubtedly one of the greatest shows ever made. thanks for this video, I've always watched the title sequence to catch the little shifts in detail.
What I find absolutely phenomenal with the season 6 opener is bojacks expression
Like from season 1-5 he just had like a zoned out face as he was just cruising through life and was too drunk or high to really gauge what he was doing and what was happening
But from season 6 where he goes sober, he’s actually able to comprehend his actions and remember his past, and the fact he has any expression now and the very subtle facial changes he makes are so telling of his character shift
I noticed some of the continuity stuff, but didn't notice the one about Todd's growth. I love this series! Always something new in the background
Another change in s6’s intro is where in the usual intro sequence is Mr. Peanutbutter’s expression by the pool looking down at bojack, He seemed pretty energetic and happy seasons prior but right when he and diane got divorced his expression changed to him just staring blankly at bojack. This showed how even though they divorced and he had met pickles, he still loved diane, His expression was switched back to his usual positive self when he finally moves on from diane and finally loved pickles.
And that's without taking the song into account! That song is genius from a musician craftmanship point of view. In the same words you used with the rest of the title, not only beacuse it's incredibly cool sounding, but beacuse its meaningful. It really helps capture the essence of BoJack and still blows my mind every time.
These are one of the intros I never skip on Netflix, it just seems so interesting how there are subtle changes like adding in a new person or removing a person that correlates to how the story is going.
21:45 in the season 6 version of the theme song when bojack is falling into the pool, the last thing you also see very blatantly are his eyes. his face fades into the darkness, but his glaring, white eyes are still extremely bright and staring right at the audience until the last second when he falls in. everything in animation is intentional, and it’s VERY CLEAR how much attention to detail is put into this theme song- so i feel like his eyes glaring at us were a reference to the free churro ep- “i see you”, considering the fact that those were his mother’s last words to him right before she died, and bojack is staring at the audience right before he falls into the pool (and also nearly died due to attempted suicide).
They didn't just make the title sequence and forget about it- they actually made it a part of each episode! I love that
My biggest regret in life is not finding your channel sooner
On the bright side, you didn't have to wait for him to upload and could just binge his videos
I recently finished a rewatch of Bojack... And man what a great show from beginning to end. Title sequence to end credits. Your videos are what made me wanna re watch it so thanks for that!
Bruh they put soooo much effort into this title sequence
The camera focused on Bojack, showing he is unchanging, the symbolism of a house dangling from a cliff, the falling into the pool... and the mastery over detail that this show has... all the best shows have openings wherein they've foreshadowed the ending
Man, I can never get over the Carney's song in this intro. It always hits me square in the soul and I remember this show fondly. It was set as my alarm ringtone for about 2 years because I just FELT the same way that Bojack did a lot of times: waking up and just...moving through the day whilst everything happens in the background.
This show is brilliant and it's cemented itself into my life as a very important time.
it’s mind blowing to me that I was able to watch and follow this series from the day it premiered, this show is absolutely legendary
I distinctly remember that back in the day, everyone was talking about how cool it was that after the bed's leg broke, it stays broke in the intro and when it's fixed, it's fixed in the intro too. Good times.
I love whenever shows keep changing their opening credits coinciding with changes within the show, it’s such an awesome detail, and it’s actually a very common tactic in anime.
It's worth noting at 20:22 that unlike the other openings when he does the fall, in the last opening, he is not drunk. This is significant considering that this is also the season when he commits suicide, which puts a whole new meaning to that jump.
2 details of the final intro you missed: Firstly whenever there is a normal transition or with an object, it means that not much time has passed, but when there is a fade, it means a lot of time has passed between the events, also Mr Peanutbutter for some reason has a different, more worried expresion when looking down at bojack in the pool, which is present only in season 6 and before Diane's design changes
The TAPE was left on the window when her collage was gone. That is insane attention to detail.
All of the BoJack-Philbert blurring details are definitely my favourite. I didn’t even notice these changes on my first watch through because they did them one by one. Such a brilliant way to show how BoJack is slowly losing his grip on reality over the course of the season.
Another note on bojack falling into his pool and drowning being a major theme with bojack's life. In downer ending, while writing his own book on his bender he wants to drown in the lake in harpers landing. even almost dying in it with eddie in The Old Sugarmen's Place.
OMG! Someone actually noticed! I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO NEVER SKIPPED THE INTRO!
It’s the only show intro I’ve never once skipped ❤️
@@dissonantdreams I loved the music too, even the outro.
I really just never like to skip intros, especially when they're as good as this
In season's 1-5 Bojack seems a little surprised when he falls into the pool, implying that he doesn't want to be falling into the pool, but in season 6 when he falls off the cliff his face is completely void of emotion and he wears a blank expression. This could possibly show how now that he can reflect on all the bad he's done he figures there is some sort of karma that he has coming and he isn't surprised when it comes. He excepts it. So he shows no surprise or emotion.
i love how they make you think that the part where he’s saved by his friends in the title sequence is also foreshadowing for the VFHD, but then they reveal diane never picked up his call. totally had me convinced that she was gonna come rescue him, and then the sadness punched me in the gut when i realized none of his old friends were coming after he pushed them all away.
This is and will more than likely be always be my favorite series. This show had passion to drive it. The people behind it had an important message to get across and I couldn't be happier that they did.
It always made me so happy when a character would appear in Bojack's house in the title sequence, since he wasn't alone anymore lol
You forgot to mention that Ralph Carney (the saxophonist honored in the S5 E1 credits) actually PLAYED the saxophone parts in the Bojack Horseman Title Sequence!
I think what's really nifty, is in the scene where Hollyhock is overdosing, as she stumbles into the bathroom, she uses her left hand to quickly pull her pants up as they're falling down, due to the weight she's lost unexpectedly, and so rapidly, that she hadn't bought any new clothes. 10:57
Super good eye! I love the tiny details they put in these quick moments
I absolutely ADORE shows with good intros especially when they change through the series and when it relates to the season. I would 100% watch Philbert.
There's a lot of references to drowning in the series. Like Bojack drowning in the Narcissos painting when he's tripping, him saving Eddie (the firefly) from the pond and the stories Ana tells from her past.
Also just a fun little thing I guess lol
The punishment for envy (one of the 7 deadly sins) is to drown and there’s a lot of moment where we see BJs envy I kinda think that’s cool
And downer ending where he said that he would wish to drown
The attention to detail and background aesthetic is what I love most. Those background details don't just change by season, sometimes by episode. A season would have 3 intros sometimes. Then the culmination of all of that qas season 6, it was a recap of all Bojack's life.
I’m probably the only one who didn’t get this but, Sarah-Lyne’s catch phrase “ thats to much man”.. its for shadowing for her over dose!
Bojack fucked me up so bad in highschool. I couldn’t finish the last season, I saw so much of myself in bojack especially at that time of my life. I think im ready to finish it now.
The title sequence truly is amazing!