Why is Sarah Lynn Bojack’s WORST Mistake? 

there's a darker reason why sarah lynn had the same voice from child to adult, because the "little girl voice" is a form of arrested development in adolescent sexual assault victims.

The fact that bojack ended 4 years ago and people are STILL making content about it really shows just how valuable this show is. Keep doing what you’re doing!

no please praise the voice cast, the characters wouldn’t be the same without the actors mannerisms or tone when speaking and delivering lines IT IS A VALID FACTOR

I know I'm not the only one, but I've lost multiple family members to similar overdoses. The fact that Bojack waited 17 minutes, I wouldn't be able to forgive someone for that if they weren't a cartoon horse.

As for what you said about her being an vessel for moneymaking that everyone around her used ... the horrifying thing is that that's the true story for so many women in the entertainment industry IRL. Her life seems like a mix of Jeanette McCurdy, Britney Spears, and the Olsen Twins.

What Bojack did to Sarah Lynn was absolutely unforgivable and he failed her in every way possible: - He traumatized her as a child by telling her to keep dancing no matter what. - He left his alcohol out there and got her drunk. - He ignored her comments about her father being creepy - He got Sharona and Herb fired who were the only ones who actually cared for her and tried to protect her. - He broke her heart when she was desperately craving for a genuine relationship. - He never took genuine interest in her hobbies or listened to her problems. Nor did he sympathize with her for her awful family situation. - He slept with her even though he said that she's like a daughter to him. - He made her relapse and go on a drug bender with him because he felt miserable and he didn't care about her health. - He waited 17 minutes before calling an ambulance, thus letting her die to save his own ass.

If her step father did sexually abuse her it would explain why Bojack, another father figure, is someone she goes out of her way to sleep with him after violent confrontations, because that's how she learned as a child that she had to make up with older men when bad things happen. Bojack choosing to sleep with her was not only creepy but actively predatory and preying upon her sexual trauma.

It's extremely chilling to get all the hints that her stepfather abused her sexually and then see later in the show how arguably, he shows more care and compassion for her than her mother ever did. He is the only person in the world who actually seems to care about her as a person, and given this background knowledge, that's incredibly depressing.

Part of me wonders what would have happened if Sarah Lynn had survived the overdose. Would she have realized how toxic and messed up her relationship with Bojack was and cut ties with him completely or shrug it off and make a joke? With a show like Bojack Horseman it honestly could have gone either way

bojack waiting 17 minutes to call the ambulance is like walter white (from BB) watching jane die 🥲

He waited SEVENTEEN minutes to call the ambulance and let her die just to save his own ass. Unforgivable.

There's this character in Norse mythology called a Nokken. It takes the form of a stallion that lures children to bodies of water and lets them touch him, then their hands get stuck and he drags them down under the water to their death.

Just a small thing that I haven't seen anyone talk about is that we never really see her dressed how SHE wants to dress, and I don't even think she knows how. As a kid she's dressed in really cute and innocent dungarees and she wears that little kid outfit the whole run of the show until she's a preteen, wearing the exact same outfit but with different shoes because her role IS the cute little innocent one of the family even though it looks a bit uncomfortable and illfitting. Then we see her when she's 18 wearing something that's both youthful and sexy because she's trying to shed the her pure little kid persona. It's very spot on with what older-teen/young adult popstars used to wear before they found their niche. When she's older she's very much peak early 2010s popstar/cool girl in what she wears with of course the shirt she gets paid to wear. I think now that she's not being told what to wear by the Horsin' Around crew, her mother or her staff from her pop era she doesn't really know what to wear. When a brand reaches out to her and offer her some money she doesn't need, she accepts and wears it because she wants to be wanted and well, she's not wearing anything else she likes more. It's not even clear if she's still getting money or her contract is still going with the company when she's in her last days. I think the most 'her' outfits we see her in is the funeral outfit and the modified afterlife version but even then it's more artistic and trendyy exression than something that she herself is comfortable in. It literally might be very surface level but it's something I do think about. We never really see her comfortable aside from when she's very young (though she's often anxious or unsettled) and in her final moments. Every other scene she's in she's under the influence, hungover, unstable or distanced and disassociated and I think her wardrobe really reflects that.

Jokes on you, I always listen to the end to hear all the gibberish! But no, really, Sarah Lynn's life is really tragic from start to finish. I felt so conflicted about liking Bojack once we found out about the 17 minutes. It just made me so angry that a death could've been preventable. But he was willing to put himself so he wouldn't get in trouble over Sarah Lynn, and that's just so horrible in itself.

I’m binge watching so much content and the 17 minutes reveal is so real and so brutal. Like, it’s cold but 100% in character for him at his most cold and selfish and self-centered, and she pays the price for it, and he could never take that back. Her bit about sacrifice in “the view from halfway down” really got me. Like Diane, she had to make her suffering mean something

small note since this show has been my special intrest since highschool- the flowers in this show are JUST as important in this show as the paintings are -white roses : death, can also mean loyalty - hydrangeas : forgivness, regret, deep understanding (bojack hands these to his mother in the veiw from halfways down, only AFTER free churo) the red ones he gives her represent him showing her love and her rejecting him

Sarah Lynn’s step father is the singular bear I’m not picking 😂

"Sarah Lynn, im so sorry what happened to you. What happpened to us. I should've protected you." Me: It's late. Twenty seven years late.

I'm glad Bojack was in jail at the end of the series. He never truly cared for her. Not in the way that mattered. Its also really creepy and uncomfortable he had sex with Sarah Lynn. Like, eww.

The fact it took someone DYING for Bojack start acting right is beyond ridiculous.

"imagine being punished for aging" the story of womanhood

I don’t mind that you keep praising the voice cast because they deserve every ounce of it

I’m on my second rewatch right now and I cried at that’s too much man the second time around 💔 Your videos are some of my favorites of any bojack creator!

This is what I thought until I remembered Bojack was gonna leave someone to die in the middle of nowhere after a hit and run.

1 month late but thought you might get a kick out of this by saying I heard the gibberish. On a serious note, I think you hit the nail on the head on why so many people view Sarah Lynn as Bojack's greatest mistake. The 17 minutes reveal definitely shocked me and made me doubt if I should be rooting for Bojack to get another chance.

I think the only thing you missed here is what Sarah Lynn was to Bojack, I think that's the most interesting angle. We know what he was to her. But to BoJack, Sarah Lynn was both a surrogate daughter who gave him the comfort that a parent might derive in being with their child, and a comrade-in-show who was as much the star as he was. But importantly, she was also an enabler. She didn't need him around to party if she wanted to, but anyone else in Bojack's circle knew it was bad for him and wouldn't encourage his addictions. Todd did at first, but by the point where Sarah Lynn died, he had matured. This is a really unusual paradigm. He saw Sarah Lynn as someone whom he was safe with, as much as she felt the same about him. He felt like she understood what he had been through (even though arguably, she went through very different trauma and had little understanding of BoJack as a person). Whenever BoJack was spiraling into his own self loathing, and wanted to stop feeling that way, Sarah Lynn was the only friend he could call upon who wouldn't push him to process his feelings, who wouldn't ask prying questions, who would be with him without trying to fix him. He also knew that if he wanted to feel better, she was always down to do drugs with him. Them becoming bender buddies in the first season is ironically kind of heartwarming in a way, I think everyone needs a friend who helps you indulge in escapism once in a while. The problem, of course, is that this paradigm requires mutual responsibility. Being a bender buddy is as much about knowing when to suggest that you cool it as it is being an enabler. And this is where the age difference, the father/daughter paradigm, upsets the balance that could have otherwise been. Bojack just wants someone to party with him. Sarah Lynn wanted someone who would take care of her. He was treating her like an adult (which she was) but she wanted him to treat her like a kid. He was looking out for himself, she was not looking out for herself. Bojack thought this was fine because they'd been on benders before and everything turned out fine. When he realized she wasn't fine, it suddenly hit him what he was to her. It recolored all his past experiences with her, from the show to the drug fueled benders. No longer was he the fun older friend to party with. He was the surrogate father who taught her all the wrong lessons and gleefully encouraged her to play in traffic. As he said, everyone thought this was bound to happen, but it wasn't. This was Bojack realizing that it wasn't an unlucky turn that killed her. Every time he had been with her and she had survived - that was pure luck. And finally, her luck ran out. And there was nobody there to help her. Because the only person that could cared more about what she was to him, an enabler and a source of comfort and connection that didn't ask him to improve himself in any way. But he realizes that while she never asked him to be better, she did need him to be better.

I mean I always saw Herb as a forewarning for what would happen to her. Ouch

Kinda thought it was a three way tie with Gina, Penny, and Sarah Lynn. Everything else I might be able to forgive but not these three. I will say I didn’t like how the 17 minutes wasn’t mentioned til season 6, felt like a retcon.

Johnny 2 Cellos called That's Too Much, Man Bojack's most selfish act. Can you honestly say he's wrong?

I'm now wondering if Sarah Lynn's mom only pushed for an investigation into her death if it meant winning a wrongful death lawsuit. I'm not saying that's the case but I wouldn't be surprised if it was. As for Bojack, I understand if he had passed out himself. It still would have been bad but it would make sense why help wasn't called till 17 minutes later (when someone else discovered them and made the call). I'm not defending him or create a scenario that would have lessoned his involvement or guilt in Sarah Lynn's death but him also overdosing is the only reasonable explanation I could think of for why someone in his position wouldn't call for help sooner.

I know this is a serious video… but “A Ryan Seacrest type” still makes me laugh

I love formulaic videos. Keep it up.

I love when you tubers reach the point where they basically scat and beat-box at the end of a video and go, "comment if you heard this." Like, "yes I listened to you be smart and articulate till you burned you burned out. It wad very impressive now take a break dude

ending made me laugh so hard wtfff 😭😭

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end of video comment here great stuff once again!

I think the worst thing is that he almost slept w a 17 yr old bc being a pedo is the worst thing u can be, but this is definitely the second worst thing he ever did

Why is Sarah Lynn missed so badly by the fan base? Simple. Kristen Schaal. We can never get enough Kristen Schaal.

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Bojack never did anything wrong