Looking for opinions here...
Every once in a great while, Jack will slap, hit, or otherwise impact Dennis on the show and he'll yell "OUCH!" Dennis generally does this "OUCH" with some real gusto that would be worthy of a dramatic program.
But I have a problem every time I hear these little bits. These are characters that you genuinely like (both Jack and Dennis), and to have Jack physically abusing Dennis seems way out of character. Apparently the writers weren't bothered by it, because they continued to have Jack do it. But it doesn't sit right with me.
It's different if Dennis is telling about his mother hitting his father with him, or pushing him down in the ocean, or dropping him on his head from a third-floor window. It's not in the immediate action, and the description is cartoonish. So that's OK.
Thoughts?