User blog comment:Katapultman/My Take on "The Man" and the Genius of Richard's Character./@comment-30307603-20170819213206/@comment-26215750-20170820011318

As said countless times before, Richard is one of the many realistic characters in modern cartoons. The way they manage to expand on him with a deep sense of realism while not harming his inherent character traits is done excrutiatingly well.

Both "The Man" and "The Signature" are astonishingly great episodes(up there with my favourties!). They fixed the mistakes of the previous Richard-centric episode, which made it an absolute delight to watch. It was funny, but sad at the same time. You don't feel as if though one character ruined the episode with his attitude, here, all of them bounce off each other, which makes for great build-up to an emotional moment.

In the end, Richard is a character meant to both entertain and educate kids with his absurdity, and deeply resonate with adults using underlying realistic themes in order to carry episodes.

P.S.- Thanks for the support, Guy! I was wondering if you would see this article! Glad you did, and thanks for leaving an insightful comment! Now off with ya!