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101 Dalmatian Street: Balancing Act/Dawkins Strikes Back (2020) Season 1, Episode 21

This Made Me Furious

[1/10 · 25 November 2023]

Balancing Act:

You know what I just realized what 101 Dalmatian Street episodes are like? These episodes are basically what would if you have a 4-year old with severe ADHD, 17 energy drinks, and told them to make an episode of a television show!

There's no sense of coherence, no sense of character development, the pacing is hopelessly erratic, and it has a cliched climax with a storm in a desperate attempt to make up for the idiotic writing! Also, it's extremely funny, with the poop joke that made me cringe to a degree.

Dawkins Strikes Back:

Better than before, but still very bad. It's annoying and is just to torture one of the characters, which is just more anger-inducing than funny. At least there is some coherence in here though.

Goin' to Heaven on a Mule (1934)

An Honest Review

[1/10 · 3 September 2023]

Since previous reviews written for the short weren't well received, this review will be more reliable.

It's shocking to know that this isn't in the Censored Eleven because this is actually more offensive than the ones that made the list, the only reason why this cartoon isn't is because its not apart of the AAP package, but rather the Sunset package. Because its overshadowed by the Censored Eleven, it didn't gain much recognition and as it had its copyright renewed, it didn't get a physical media release, but its surprisingly available on YouTube.

But talking about the short itself, its more offensive than any Censored Eleven cartoon as mentioned before and I can definitely see why. All characters are blackfaced and features very offensive imagery like with using a watermelon as a harmonica and gambling.

The storyline is rather poor and is unintriguing, even if you take the stereotypes out. The cartoon is also slow paced and isn't funny at all. I guess the animation is the only redeeming quality and the social views from 1934 are considered outdated now, making it unintentionally racist? But I don't think this cartoon is worth your time especially with its offensive imagery. I'm honestly okay that this is forgotten about because this is one of the most offensive and boring WB cartoons of all time, at least the Censored Eleven, while offensive, have interesting stories and have better pacing while this one isn't interesting at all. So yeah, unless your a completionist, please avoid it. Its not worth your time.

The Loud House: Time Trap! (2022) Season 6, Episode 8

Rewatched and I don't think its my least favorite anymore, but still...

[1/10 · 23 August 2023]

This is an absolute Garbage House of an episode, and it's no surprise as to see why. It's the most unrealistic episode of the entire show, using time travel as a main plot point. Also, the parents seem to really care about vases, although the kids break them on ACCIDENT! The parents just ground them just because of the accidents, showing that they care about a stupid object more than their kids. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT GROUNDING INNOCENT PEOPLE IS FUNNY WRITERS?!

There is also so many questions and plot holes that it makes you wonder if the people behind the episode have seen a single Loud House episode, and they probably didn't, and this also feels more like a first draft, probably implying that the directors don't even care whatsoever, especially Pat Pakula, who is the director of the episode that jabs at criticism.

Overall, this is still one of the absolute worst episodes of the series. I may find The Taunting Hour and Schooled worse, but this episode is just nonsense and unrealism the whole way through. If you haven't seen this episode or most of seasons 5 and 6 episodes by the way, please give them a skip unless you're a completer like me. Seasons 5 and 6 just ruined an otherwise what used to be a decent NickToon.

Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon': Ren Seeks Help (2003) Season 1, Episode 2

Huge Wasted Potential

[3/10 · 10 July 2023]

This episode could've been seen as an opportunity to develop Ren as a character, since we do get a glimpse of his crazy cruel past, but instead, what we got is what looks to be a creepypasta coming to life. Yes it is considered as the worst thing ever by some but I honestly disagree. The animation is great and I did get some chuckles. However, this does not excuse how cruel and messed-up the entire plot of the episode is.

Knowing John K (creator of Ren & Stimpy and the director and co-writer of this episode), this isn't seen as surprising nowadays. It maybe far from the worst thing ever in my opinion, but this episode was just disgusting, cruel, terrifying and not even that funny. For a messed-up episode like this, I can't believe this is actually real.

Max Headroom Pirating Incident (1987 TV Short)

It's Piracy But I LOVE It

[10/10 · 23 May 2023]

This feels like the ultimate troll prank, as its a literal hijack of two TV stations were the pirates overtook the transmitter. While the first incident is not much special, the second incident which interrupted a Doctor Who episode is quite possibly, trolling at its purest form in the 80s. The jabs against WGN-TV, the Coke reference, the ending, the distorted audio and the effort put in to this!

I assume that this could be the work of an ex-employer from WGN doing this as an inside job, and it really shows! Definitely the most fascinating interpretation ever produced for the public. Seriously this hijacking and the equivalent to make the film from the hijack must've been difficult work, but definitely worth it! Hopefully we will get to see the people responsible in the future...

I've Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933)

The Most Soulless Animation Ever Created

[1/10 · 20 March 2023]

This Merrie Melodies cartoon, released on September 23, 1933 in theaters with I Loved a Woman and the first Merrie Melody from Termite Terrance, is the most soulless, pointless, plotless and repetitive cartoon I've ever seen. Buddy's Day Out is also pure garbage (ironically both cartoons have the same director Tom Palmer) but at least that cartoon has a story to go along with it. This cartoon though has no story at all, it's literally 7 minutes of random stuff happening and that's about it. The "humor" if you want to call it that, is painfully unfunny, slow and just cringe. The animation is mediocre, sometimes smooth but mostly choppy though out, the characters all only have one trait and the song is just absolutely stupid and absurd. Just, what even is this thing?! This is the absolute worst WB cartoon and although I'm not done binging all cartoons, I highly doubt that future cartoons will overtake this one in terms of abysmalness.

The Loud House: Schooled! (2020) Season 5, Episode 1

Welcome to Canada You're I Canada!

[1/10 · 2 December 2022]

It's no secret that I lost hope on TLH at this moment, because this was painful to watch, and even made a complete jump-the-shark moment to the show. We got so much flanderization, Lincoln torture, offensive Canadian stereotypes, unfunny humor and the fact that this is 45 MINUTES! Seriously, it doesn't even feel like a real Loud House episode either, and feels more like FAN-FICTION! Not only that, the plot is very inconsistent and feels like two separate 22-minute episodes merged into one.

There are also some other trashy sub-plots besides the main one, like Leni's. Leni should CLEARLY be smart enough to go to high school, NOT preschool!

Overall, this special is such a mess, and it's no wonder I stopped watching the show at this point. Definitely the worst episode of the whole series, until Time Trap! Overtook its place.

Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021– )

The Low Rating Was Because of Vyonders

[8/10 · 30 August 2022]

To me, this show is very harmless and a bit action packed too. However, the reason why it only got a 5.7/10 rating overall was because of the toxic preschool haters. I used to be one of them back in my tween years, but by the late 2010s, I started to judge things by quality, and even started liking some preschool shows. I think the character designs in this show are cute, and the stories, while simple, are effective.

Somehow the show prefers introducing characters in shorts rather than episodes, which if you ignore the shorts, you might miss out. Otherwise though, this show is great, a bit fun and has okay CGI, better than the animation used in The Chicken Squad. I also want to note the studio behind this show also did 101 Dalmatian Street, which kinda says something. Please don't listen to the preschool haters and watch the show to form your own opinion. Have reasons to like and dislike it, I'm perfectly okay with that.

Ghostforce (2021– )

Your Generic Superhero Show

[2/10 · 16 June 2022]

Has very clichéd writing and poor animation. The continuity is also inconsistent and the characters don't have personalities.

I will say that some of the action is fun and some of the ghosts look cool, but that is not saying much.

The Chicken Squad (2021–2022)

Disney Junior Cancelled It For The Best

[1/10 · 10 June 2022]

I was natural to the show at first, but my opinion has since changed. This show is awful!

The animation is outdated for 2021 standards, the characters are bland and stereotypical, the tone is mean-spirited and childish and has repetitive plots.

The worst episode is Honey Bee Boogie Woogie, where the characters literally TWEAK AT THE VIEWERS! Not joking, that is not appropriate for preschoolers!

The show also had some wasted potential for the character Captain Tully, since she has heterochromia iridium, a unique condition for a character, but they did NOTHING to her.

The show is also unfaithful to the original book which I heard is way better.

Preschoolers deserve better than this, especially since NOT ALL OF THEM ARE IDIOTS! Want to watch a better preschool show that entertains you and your kids? Go watch Bluey or Spidey and his Amazing Friends. You will have a much better time with those. No wonder that Disney Junior cancelled it, which is for the best because it implies they even hate the show.

The Red Ape Family (2021– )

Garbage

[1/10 · 6 February 2022]

Who ever thought a cartoon about NFTs was such a good idea? It makes me want to screenshot everything from the show. Unlikable characters, horrible animation, awful voice-acting, trashy story, and the first episode feels more like a preview of a full 22-minute episode, but the episode is 8 minutes long because of a sudden uneventful cliffhanger. Please give this show a skip unless you support NFTs for some reason.... which I doubt you would be.