In The Stopped Show, Philbert is canceled due to sexual assault claims against Henry Fondle.

What is Philbert a parody of?

It's a straightforward parody of shows about sad angry men, remarkable mainly for the fact that it appears in a show about a sad angry man. At the Philbert premiere, Bojack gives a speech where he praises the show. Everyone has a Philbert in their lives, he says, or they are a Philbert.

What's wrong with BoJack Horseman?

Despite his fame, riches, and subsequent successes, he is deeply unhappy. His miserable childhood haunts him, both as memories of drunken fights and constant verbal abuse and in the ways in which it warped his personality. BoJack is selfish, cruel, and impulsive.