Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spy Groove

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The result was keep. – Joe (talk) 13:16, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spy Groove[edit]

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Fails WP:NTV. Only source is an animation encyclopedia, no other sources found. Didn't involve any people of note. Deprodded with addition of {{cleanup}} which does nothing to help the lack of sources. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:43, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and Comics and animation. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:43, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Not the best source, but Spy Groove has been mentioned in an article by Screen Rant, which means it's been talked about/is notable.—Mythdon (talk • contribs) 01:12, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Key word "mentioned". Clickbait-y listicles like this are not WP:SIGCOV. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:15, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete a brief mention is not significant coverage. It is the latter we need to justify an article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:13, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Very selective Merge to MTV Animation - most of the vital information is already in the table, but the note box could mention the original airing station and the change in format from 13 episodes to 6. Argento Surfer (talk) 14:28, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No significant coverage as far as I can see.Keep: per the sources provided below. Throast (talk | contribs) 19:54, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Moss, Marilyn (2000-06-26). "Spy Groove". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 363, no. 33. p. 10. ProQuest 2467887115.
  The review notes: "Intermittently funny and almost entirely vacuous, MTV's new animated comedy series "Spy Groove" floats along for its half-hour without asking much out of life — just the chance to entertain and never to tax a brain in sight. ... The series tracks the adventures of two super-suave but mostly empty-headed spies — Agent No. 1 and Agent No. 2 — who travel the globe (mostly they float) trying to crack down on a variety of nasty villains who plot to take over the world and that sort of thing. ... Creators and co-producers Michael Gans, Richard Register and Kevin Thomsen create two lovable too-cool, been-there-done-that know-nothings."
2. Prescott, Jean (2000-06-26). "'Spy Groove' Begins Operations on MTV". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  The review notes: "Anything that gets a double-truck spread -- that's two pages, facing -- in Talk magazine deserves a look. The anointed subject? "Spy Groove," a 30-minute animated serial comedy from the skewed psyches of Kevin Thomsen, Richard Register and Michael Gans. The magazine lavished praise on this creative trio in its May issue, and we're here to add a resounding huzzah to the mix. ... It's not rocket science, but thankfully it avoids potty humor, and the bic…"
3. McFarland, Melanie (2000-06-28). "'Spy Groove' takes stab at vacuity of Hollywood". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  The review notes: ""Spy Groove" is one of those shows whose time has come. Its mission: to deliver a hard slap to the celebrity worship and the glamorous life through satire, with the aid of cutting-edge animation and a heavy push by MTV. ... That's the show's weak point: It's humorous, but not the kind of humor that has you attempting to badly recreate the lines for friends the next day. Jam-packed with pop-culture references, the show hammers you over the head with them."
4. Johnson, Kevin V. (2000-06-23). "'Spy Groove' breaks into MTV Dapper duo originally began as telemarketing training gimmick". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  The review notes: "Like the witty, barbed dialogue of Death Match, Spy Groove draws on current society for some of its edge, just in a different way. The series is littered with visual and audio references to pop culture. The theme from Charlie's Angels is audible at one point, as is the keening whine of a commercial for the Volkswagen Beetle."
5. Jicha, Tom (2000-06-26). "Unamusing New MTV Spy 'Toon Misses the Groove". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  The review notes: "Undaunted, MTV is entering the fray with Spy Groove, a confusing, unamusing takeoff on the James Bond/Mission: Impossible genre. ... In a gimmick someone apparently thought was bright, the dapper heroes are known only as Agents 1 and 2. One of them (who is not necessarily 1; it's more trouble than it's worth to distinguish them) is patient and pensive, the other hyper and spontaneous. ... One of the negative traits ascribed to the MTV generation is a short attention span. This does not augur well for Spy Groove, which makes a half-hour seem like a lifetime."
6. Gordon, Daphne (2001-03-04). "It's Spy Groovey, baby! - Cartoon spoofs and celebrates celebrity culture". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  The review notes: "The show has developed a cult following in the United States, where six episodes out of 13 have already aired on MTV. It's half a spoof, half a celebration of our fad-obsessed, gadget-gobbling, celebrity-worshiping culture. ... With its fluffy plots and shallow characters, the show's hyperbolic style is its greatest appeal. Surreal pastels swirl across the screen, while quick camera-angle changes mimic the pace and movement of a feature film."
7. Ferris, Theresa Carpine (2000-06-26). "'Spy Groove' Characters Stuck in Rut". The Spokesman-Review. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  The review notes: "OK, it's only a cartoon. I shouldn't take the sexism seriously. But this is my point: Don't we have enough images of female perfection in the real world without creating animated ones? Even with all the girls, I think guys will find the show boring. It's not funny, it lacks action, and the characters just aren't that interesting. I'd rather see a half-hour of music videos than another series on MTV."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Spy Groove to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 07:53, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Pinging LKF2006 (talk · contribs), who contested the proposed deletion. Cunard (talk) 07:53, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: per Cunard Scratchu90 (talk) 11:53, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.