User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: Anais the Genius Character/@comment-31194372-20170629222903/@comment-9300845-20170701052137

There's a nice internal struggle to her - her smartness is inseparable from her character, but she still wants to be a normal character at the same time and embrace her childishness.

That's one of the reasons I sort of liked "The Goons" more than other people (not that I think it's a good episode; it's just alright, even by Season 1 standards.) It makes me wonder if she occasionally resents being intelligent and wishes she could be just a normal little girl without having to deal with her dysfunctional family and trying to keep them out of trouble.

''People will go on and on and beleaguer her for existing as a character descended from a long line of cliches, but here's the thing: she's the result of the show's effort to restructure that stock character and elevate it. It's one of the greatest compliments I can give TAWOG - even when presented with an overdone idea, it can always find a way to make it distinct and fresh.''

The same thing can be said of many other characters such as Tobias (jock) and Carrie (goth or emo or whatever dark archetype) as previously mentioned by ThatGuy456, Richard (bumbling dad,) and Tina Rex (school bully.)

Also TIL that you can't insert quotations into replies to blog posts.