Yes, Yes, Yes! I'm so glad this video is finally up! My opinions are the same as yours dude! In fact if I am to be honest I think Princess Blue Buns is among the worst characters the reboot has ever made. And as well as the entire PPG's universe as a whole. And not to mention it highlights the shows bread and butter, which is essentially using plots form other forms of media, doing nothing to differ themselves from the original material, and turning it into shameless pop culture with either terrible implications or a means to sell out their fetish for modern slang/references. Why is it always rap that they go for anyway? It really feels like they do it solely as a trendy stereotype or poor read of society. Also Buttercup's beat-boxing sounds like a Duck choking on something to big for it to handle, or being strangled to death. This is easily my least favorite episode tied with "Little Octi Lost" And along with the TERRIBLE moral that I swear the writers tried to hide because unless you dove into the implication you'd completely miss. It makes it as if Blue Bun's character is suppose to be some kind of great choice to follow. This is easily one of those situations where the writer's pride easily just wants their judgement to overflow anything. The Girls being damsels is only there simply to show the "Slice of life" element, but in the process the girls forget they have powers and the show forgets they're suppose to be heroes. At least in "Somethings a Ms" it was to develop Ms Bellum. Twisted Sister was the same way for Bunny. People also bring up "Power Lunch" too (honestly they were pretty stupid in that episode) Also Shadow And as far as the kissing scene goes, yeah it only lasts a bit, but it really feels like it was added just to imply LGBT reaction, to which case its either a parody or response. It might be nitpicky, but It always just how the implication came off and seems to be its only purpose. I think what's the most disappointing about Blue Bun's character is she could've been a great answer to fantasy/princess culture/archetype, with many of the elements from princess tropes with a great moral. Dare I say even Disney! But no we get, that "Message" which was the only purpose her character served! It made my blood boil after seeing that. They get rid of a great messaged, solely to subject this character into a role of content and selfishness. All to give their implication of suicide, great job writers. -_- It also teaches people to be weak emotionally and always revolve your life on someone saving you.
I think the kiss scene was more of a joke, since stuff like that has been done before; the whole 'kiss against a kiss, EW GROSS!' thing. I know Naruto did it when Sasuke and Naruto were trying to out asshole each other and get knocked into each other thanks to some other kid, breaking the tension and making them look like idiots in the process.
True I mean it could be a joke, not denying that. But putting this show's record on display it wouldn't surprise me if they were trying to aim for a type of reaction though.
If there is anything this show has made me see is that I don't trust the writers in making anything revolutionary as they have claimed. Everything they've done has not been done from 'inspiration' but rather they've completely lifted ideas and INTENTIONS from better shows in hopes they can get points simply by COPYING. If that shows anything, it shows the crew came into this series with no real intention on creating anything bur rather to get credit for themselves without working to fully earn it. As for the episode itself, it's a tired trope where they try to dismantle the princess archetype but crash even before they get past the starting line. It's not really dismantling anything; just the writers showing they don't like princesses or girly-girls and trying to pass it off with a half-assed 'Girl can be anything' but not really showing that they CAN. If they DID, they really would have shown there is no issue with girls liking overtly girly things, that it's okay so long as you're not submissive and let others BULLY you or convince you that you constantly need to depend on someone else. What is so ironic about this is that the new crew HEAVILY push BUTTERCUP as the forefront of the group because she has been confirmed to be the creator's favorite but as far as a person, Buttercup is a horrible child and a horrible hero yet her attitude is the type the crew feels that girls should follow as an example because she is NOT girly which is a horrible thing to tell girls or ANYONE regardless of their gender or age. So no, the crew are not giving girls a choice nor are they saying all girls are welcomed at the table as the original interview stated. They're basically saying 'Be cool like us otherwise you can never be a hero like the Powerpuff Girls.' Considering the new girls have done fuck all to show us they're heroes, that says a lot to that statement.
if they were going for anything lgbt, they instead have the kiss come off as gay panic and just grossly homophobic in general. I also wish they hadn't had the kiss at all, it does nothing but maybe make the viewer uncomfortable
It should have turned out that the dragon was her "prince" and in order to regain his human form, _she_ needed to do something brave and not just recklessly stupid, so he captured the girls hoping she'd come rescue them. Then he blows her off for being so suicidally reckless up to that point, turns back into a dragon, and flies away.
And the sad part, this episode was nominated for an Emmy. Just how in the holy word of Craig McCracken did this episode got nominated with its major flaws everywhere. My guess that Nick Jennings just bribed the Emmy crew just to nominate it just for attention. He's desperate just to get this show to be popular. I'm happy that Robot Chicken won the Emmy instead. At least that show is WAY more entertaining that this mess of a reboot.
My brother and I were watching this together and our mouths were literally hanging open for the whole episode. My brother didn't even say anything, he just walked out of the room. He was completely shocked. He said this was a kids show, and that suicide wasn't a joke. I agreed. Like, what the hell?!
Shannen Marie :3 Frankly, I wanna write an apology note to Laura Bailey, she wasted her time here as Bluebell. Laura, you portrayed Chun-Li, you deserve better than this!
Shannen Marie :3 Heck, she played Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4, sure she needed some help in that game, but she grew to be more than just a spectator, she actually helped heal the team and even got to be a playable character in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. Why did she take this gig? You are tearing me apart, Laura Bailey! It's a sad day where I can take someone who's inner turmoil manifested itself as a gentleman's club more seriously than someone who wants some guidance in their life by being a damsel in distress. Congrats, Cartoon Network, you made me hate someone voiced by Laura Bailey, give yourself a pat on the back and hope nobody stabs you there, because you've done that to all the PPG fans and then some!
I take it that calling the bit...*ahem*...princess Blueballs was intentional. And I don't understand why certain cartoons have difficulty portraying suicide properly. As you said, it's a very serious and prevalent issue, and it is BEGGING to be depicted properly. But this isn't the first time that a CN show has completely dropped the ball with a heavy-handed topic. It really disappoints me, and the fact that episodes CAN be nominated for awards, let alone a very prestigious one, is outrageous.
And Nickelodeon can't take suicide properly remember in are you happy now were they build it up serious and then treat as a joke in the end witch makes the episode really bad...Oh and the story is sloppy and the episode isn't funny
Well, another Nickelodeon show, "As Told By Ginger", had a episode talking about depression and suicide, and it handled the topic really well, in my opinion. (Thanks PhantomStrider for making me check that episode out! ^_^)
they get rid of Ms.Bellum for being inappropriate and insulting the living crap of the violence; yet they add twerking (A sexualized dance I'll never get over it), a transgender pony, and two girls kissing (one of them being a child). ***NOTE: I don't have any problems with the LGBT. (and screw 2016 making me have to make this note everytime...)
They're in Middle School in this series so she is at least 13. I personally don't care about the kiss, Bugs Bunny was kissing men all the time when I was a kid.
Buttercup has a point though, those clouds aren't water, they are clearly giant sanitary towels. Seriously why are they drawn like that?! It's so annoying lol nothing else in the town is drawn in a twisty flat way... at least in Super Mario tons of inanimate objects had faces on em so it was like the style of the fantasy world as a whole. In this it's just like "make everything look like it should but make the clouds more like sanitary towels." whaaaaaat?
Probably just me, but I'd like it if you kept with powerpuff girls reboot as one of the main things you cover. You're the only person I've watched who regularly covers the show.
This episode encapsulates everything wrong with the show. Shitty and inconsistent writing, horrible characters, MORE DAMN TERRIBLE RAPPING, and stock images that literally adds nothing to..anything. And how can Blueballs expect anyone to respect someone who goes out of their way to put themselves in danger and willfully refuses to live or think for them selves?
It really looks like the writers of this new show really have no idea what they're doing. they got rid of Ms. Bellum because they thought she was a sexual character, yet just a few episodes layer, the girls are twerking, which is a sexual dance. it's not ok for women to have curvy bodies but it's ok for underaged girls to be shaking their butts at the screen? this show is full of contradictions and confusing messages
I’d write this episode in 2 different ways. 1. (With the moral they were going with) A new cartoon in the city of Townsville! It’s all weird and goofy and no one likes it. The girls sit inside while scoffing at what a joke the show was. Cut to school time! A new kid is introduced in one of Buttercup's classes. His name was Jeremy. He was made out to be super tough and serious about things unless he didn’t think there was much point in looking at it. His main hobby was doing karate and sports. Buttercup admires him for these things and they become friends. After a while they start coming to each other’s houses. One of the times when Buttercup went to his house, she catches him watching the cartoon and thinks less of him for that and looks at him like a goofy wimp. Soon Buttercup gets a call from the mayor saying that there is a monster attacking the city that Bubbles and Blossom were fighting but got caught (as always) leaving Buttercup to have to fight him alone. Or so she thought. After Buttercup gets caught just like her sisters, Jeremy comes in to stop the monster and save the girls. Buttercup then apologizes for being so rude and judgmental to Jeremy and forgives her. BUUUUTT, if the princess theme absolutely HAD to be in the episode I’d write it like this 2. (Suicide prevention) let’s say we keep all the stuff that happens before prince shows up. After Bluebell takes out the dragon, the girls congratulate her and she finally realizes that the prince isn’t going to show up. Blossom tells her that she shouldn’t put herself in such dangerous situations for such a deluded reason. If the girls weren’t there to stop her than she wouldn’t have been standing there right that second. She apologizes for pushing the girls away like how she did and is brought back to her world.
Wanna see this episode done right? Go watch The Hero from Wander Over Yonder (hmm, another Craig McCracken show). Instead of trying to be politically correct and teach some lesson about whatever, it goes solely for comedy and I LOVE it. It was hilarious. I especially enjoyed the portrayal of the Prince in that episode as a spoiled child who demands that everything goes according to the prophecy, as well as Wander and Sylvia (the "goofy sidekicks") easily defeating all the obstacles in their path. Check it out, if you haven't already. You'll get a kick out of it. By the way, while it would be cool to see you review other shows, I don't want PPG 2016 to be forgotten.
Yes, yes, a thousand times YES! Wander did a much better job at handling this situation. And at this point I'm pretty much settled on doing both, so that way I get the best of both worlds.
Isn't that the episode where Wander goes to rescue the princess? I love how at the end, when the princess gets married, she like, "Don't forget, marriage is work." Such a good lesson.
Exactly? No offense but it's kinda.. odd to think that There have been many cartoon character females way before Star with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a dress It's pretty much a stereotypical princess thing and I kinda find it annoying Not every blonde girl is star 😅
There needs to be a Gordon Ramsay of reboot children shows. And as for the episode: very nice job Producers, you’re SO good at storytelling and giving messages to kids, very nice work *clap clap clap* 😒🙄🤦♂️
Oh boy, this episode.... Honestly, I don't get where the writers were going with this episode. If it's to supposedly "teach a moral" then it was done horribly. If it was to make the girls learn a lesson then wtf was the lesson then? The girls literally did nothing wrong. They never said she couldn't be girly or like dresses so what lesson did they need to learn? Or if it was to teach the princess a lesson then the execution was terrible. I know it was making fun of the usual damsel in distress tropes but execution wise, it could of went better. Hell, I think they should of definitely re-written this episode. Like, the girls should of shown her many things she could do rather than just waiting for a prince that may or may not save her. If they went that direction, it would of been a nice little progressive episode while also teaching females that they can do whatever they want and nobody has to tell them otherwise. Unfortunately this ended up a jumbled up mess of an episode. And yeah, this was a really solid video Shadow. :)
2:54 No..... I didn't..... No.... No.... They couldn't .... They didn't..... No.... No, No, No.... This is all a bad dream right. I-I didn't just witness this happening right... Right? Keep in mind : This princess is somewhere in her twenties while Buttercup is ...... wait for it Six. Years. Old. Six. Years. Old. SIX. YEARS. OLD. They made a twenty year old adult kiss a six year old. I - I - I'm ..... I'm done. I have nothing else to say. T-That is a new low for this show. And yet. Its still going. To this day. On cartoon network. Excuse me , I need to get a fresh glass of bleach, a noose, and a knife. Hope you all have a goodnight.
May your soul rest in peace.. Random 727... You died seeing curse stuff on our very beloved show we used to know and love...... But I come from the future that the show has finally ended.......... ..... Well apart from the live action adaptation that's in development by CW😐😒
Even though I like the reboot in my opinion, (but the original is better) I found this episode bad. Bell is annoying and I don't like the singing in this episode. And the girls ONCE AGAIN needs someone else to save them
Shadow Streak coming from a guy that also likes the reboot I do reccomend that you do season 2 as well. It's an ok start for a premiere episode but has one glaring problem: donny is the main focus for the episode and honestly I'm more optimistic that it'll get better and redeem itself as well.
What is it with this series and having arsehole/moronic/unlikable characters as the moral message standard bearers? We got Donny, the caterpillar, and Blue Balls here! Has this show even produced _one_ good, likable character that's new?
@2:46 So uncensored violence and "sexy" women like Ms. Bellum are not okay but twerking, having a transgender pony, (or whatever the fuck he is) and a girl kissing a girl is okay. Okay. Okay writers of this reboot.
Considering in Something's A Miss that Sedusa mentions her hair gel being specially created to fight the power puffs, I don't see why having the girls get insta-captured and one-hit KOed by every bad guy in this incarnation, and said bad guy getting beaten by someone who hasn't got any super powers, is in any way justified. I think it ruins the whole claim that theyre trying to make something more positive for girls... Also, like how you call her 'blue balls' sometime.
The problem is Bluebell is less of a character and more of a caricature - if the moral was "different girls like different things and that's ok" then why is Bluebell written as a virtual strawwoman or as a crude stereotype of what the writer might consider to be a woman who likes maybe more traditional gender norms? I mean of course the girls are right in this situation in the face of a character that's so eager to throw herself down for a prince, but that's why the clearly revised-last-minute ending is so bad. There's 0 dimension to Bluebell other than being a set up damsel-in-distress trope personified so the girls can beat her world-view faster than they get beaten in most episodes of this reboot. She pretty much exists to be wrong because the writer couldn't imagine a situation where a person like Bluebell would be right (and thus writes the ending in the most spiteful fashion to boot) When I say a person like Bluebell, I mean someone who fancies finding the right person and settling down, knitting, cooking ect. Not insane woman throwing herself into danger in the hopes Mr Right shows up (I think we call all agree this is a bad idea). Many people like the idea of eventually finding their life partner, that doesn't mean everyone with that wish is just sitting around or obsessing purely on ways to make your "prince" appear asap. It's okay to have that just....don't sit around waiting for it or trying to force it to happen.
You know it could have had a lesson about change like: “ maybe he’s not REALLY out there.. but what am I supposed to do? I’m in another WORLD!” And it the girls help her adapt to this new place having the lesson: you may not WHANT change but you can’t stop it all you can do is see the bright side of things
Great job on this review. Another thing that Rick and Morty has on the reboot was that the suicide scene was done wordlessly, making it more powerful imo
>Finds this review when searching my own name on RUclips (just out of curiosity >"According to a certain someone who shall not be named" >Hmm But yeah, I absolutely agree with your interpretation on this episode, and the thing that bothered me the most was how they took the moral in so many different directions that it's ridiculous. That and how the musical numbers (especially the last one) could've been done so much better.
WENT BACK TO 3:53 and noticed Shadow Streak mispronounced Blue Bell's name in a veryfunny way. I just kept replaying it and laughing. Shadow Streak probably going to have to take this video down to and re- do it. HahaHa
Actually, that was completely intentional. In fact, I switch between the two several times throughout the entire thing, so be sure to listen closely for all of them ;)
I kind of like both idea, since I found you originally because of your PPG reviews, and would love to see you keep reviewing these, but also other cartoons.
The Powerpuff Girls used to be such good role models for kids, especially girls. I remember wanting to be just like Blossom when I was a little girl. I don't even recognize this Blossom's personality. She was always smart but not a know-it-all brat.
The Otaku And that’s this show with episodes with morals like “Books are bad, Still believe the Girls have cooties thing and It’s okay to be morbidly obese”
I have been enjoying the reboot reviews for this show for sometime now, and do hope you continue to cover it. It's nice to have a reviewer who doesn't sit there screaming about what's bad about the situations presented in the show, but rather explain what's wrong with each point in a calm collective manner. It helps get a nice perspective on the show, so I hope you will cover it until the end. ...which hopefully will be soon. Because it's tragic to see the IP dragged through the dirt in such terrible hands. These reviews are really the only good thing to have come out of the reboot, and to find you as a reviewer who takes things in a refreshing manner. Keep up the good work c:
Shadow Streak I can tell by what your saying that you hate PowerPuff Girls 2016 yet keeping it to yourself in a calm and polite way. Also I wishing for the reboot as well as Teen Titans Go to end because those two shows have overstayed their welcome.
Well, kind of sucks that the only good episodes i can think of are Viral Spiral and The big sleep. And even then they screwed up, "Blossom powerpuff"? Seriously? The ameoba boys being threats? Yeah, this reboot is fucking terrible.
The best review out of all the others I also love how her motive is killing herself for no reason other than to be noticed by the prince. Worst episode of the powerpuff girls ever after seeing the problems.
7:36 you mean you didn't edit those old people in? they were actually in the show? but live action doesn't work with cartoons, we learned about this with the show drawn together
This character was freaking annoying. She is always asking to be killed and getting herself in trouble expecting a freaking prince. After about the 5th freaking time she put herself into trouble I kind of wish the girls would have just left her to die. It's not worth the trouble in all honesty.
This bothers me. It feels like they're going for a feminist theme and criticizing the actions of other girls while telling them not to criticize the actions of other girls. I am all for allowing people agency and respecting their decisions, but they didn't make the princess do something silly or stupid. She tried to repeatedly throw herself into a volcano. If the volcano had been used more a a metaphor, that could have helped the message of this episode, but they didn't do that. The volcano part was played straight. If the Powerpuff Girls saving Bluebell from killing herself isn't girls looking out for other girls, I'm not sure what is any more.
For a moment, I thought YT had struck again and took down the review but yeah, as much as I like the first version you did the new cut cleans it up and cuts out some of the fat. So it shows improvement on your part in how you view these episodes. This story still sucks though because it focused way too hard on trying to make a point when it's just boring. The older show would have had some sort of 'point' but had fun with it. I can honestly say the only parts I liked were Blossom being creeped out by the wall-eyed lizard combing her hair for no reason. As for Bluebell trying to kill herself I get what they were going for; they were trying to show that in most cases the hero would swoop in and save the damsel at the most dangerous at times and Bluebell was trying to trigger that with the joke being the girls were just doing their JOB to save her and how aggravating it was for them to repeat it over and over again because in the end, Bluebell just did it to get boned. Hell, there was an episode of the 80s Zelda cartoon that had something like that happen where one of the baddies turns into a princess in order to turn Link into a toad but before it happens and she can plant the kiss, ZELDA comes in and saves her and the girls 'Beautiful maidens are supposed to be saved by hansom men, NOT other BEAUTIFUL MAIDENS!' As cheesy as that show was, it played with the set up of how the baddie was using a trope in order to get what she wanted (in this case, to turn Link into a frog) and showed how pissed Zelda was when she was DOING HER JOB TO PROTECT PEOPLE. Sadly, Bluebell has none of the charm of that. Even as a joke character she's just not....well, she's just not written well and she doesn't work because nothing actually happens to her. Her 'toughen up' moment isn't really awesome because she's still the vapid asshole she was and they really don't play that up either. Like in most cases, an asshole character would be played up and we're not supposed to have sympathy for them but instead rather we're supposed to laugh at them or actually go 'Aaaaay, I get ya man' but there's nothing with that when Bluebell is concerned. She's just empty and the writers attempt to use her as a device to say 'girls can do anything' doesn't work because again, nothing is really done. I think the message would have done well had one of the girls been roped more into this, in this case Bubbles who at the end is CROWBARED into the message as if we're supposed to feel that she's felt bad for not being 'strong' like her sisters, despite the fact that this problem is never brought up in the episode. It would have been a little better had Bluebell showed up and she was more like Bubbles in terms that she was airheaded but her heart was in the right place and as such, Bubbles gets along with her. We can cue in either Buttercup, Blossom, or BOTH and have them counter their behavior and say that being frilly isn't strong and in order to be a real hero they (Bubbles and Bluebell) have to be EXACTLY like them, throwing away their own personal likes in order to be a 'real female hero' At the end, Bubbles and Blue could have to save the two but in their own way all the while showing that just because a girl likes pink or isn't loud or is shy doesn't make her any less of a good person or does not omit her from being a hero. This was the type of message they were trying to say but they never gave it off because none of these factors were ever brought up. The only thing that was brought up was making fun of Princess cliches with a bad attempt at dismantling them and showing the prince/guy out to be a slacker. It just wasn't done well at all and in the end it had no message despite everyone saying there was one. It's just a bad episode.
Actually...Are there really any fairy tales where a princess is being harassed by a dragon? The only fairy tale I can think of is Disney's Sleeping Beauty, but that may not really be in the original fairy tale.
Hell, the sign on the magic well said "Results May Very", so even if the prince managed to figure out what had happened to Blue Balls and jumped in after her, there's no guarantee he'd end up in Townsville. He could have ended up half-way to Hyrule for all she knows.
honestly I feel like there might have been a script re-write at some point when this episode was being made and the original concepts from the first draft got mixed in with the new draft. Thats giving the reboot writers credit that they even re-write scripts at all.
Blossoms facial expressions during her verse of the rap song feel like something out of the angry beavers to me for some reason.. Ever since I was a kid it felt like that
I would have done this episode very differently. First, instead of the in-poor-taste suicide joke, I would have scenes where the girls take Bluebell across Townsville and show her various women, such as career woman, hard working moms, and volunteer workers, to show her that she can stand on her own without her princess duties weighing her down. During this, the dragon will repeatedly try to abduct Bluebell but is stopped again and again. Then, close to the end, the dragon decides to kidnap the girls to have the princess come to him. He does this by using a magic spell that completely immobilizes the girls, which would make sense because, much like Superman, the PPGs should be at a disadvantage against magic. Bluebell follows the dragon, kicks the dragon's butt, then, as a cool twist, the dragon turns into the prince Bluebell was talking about this whole time. The dragon prince was after Bluebell this whole time because only a Princess could break the spell on him. The prince apologizes to Bluebell and the girls for his actions and surrenders himself to Bluebell, Bluebell thanks the girls for inspiring her and being there for her, and Bluebell and the prince then leave Townsville to return to their land. Why couldn't we have that instead of this episode?
I can agree on that the PPG are constantly in need of being saved but I’ve seen at times where they’re always awake except a few times in which something made them either dazed, tired, or even unconscious. I can save that but 97% of the time is them being captured.
Please cover Season 2, PPG is kinda your thing. Hell I would really like if you also tackled the original series. Maybe even the PPG Z series if you want : D
It's be so much better if you did it side by side. Especially since the later seasons of the original had some duds too. And I need to rephrase this, please continue reviewing the reboot, it's so entertaining and I love how in depth you can get with this. ....Also you're the only quality reviewer who even does individual episodes, after CR did exactly one and then stopped. Then again he made a handful of reviews of MLP episodes.....and then stopped, _forever_. I hate when that happens ;_;
Things she could do with her time instead of putting herself in danger for attention: Write a book, Read, Do the dishes, Do Landry, Become a pilot, Get a job, Commit arson, I have more, but I think that covers a lot of bases.
You said you had a lot more to say about PAINBOW but it would have made your video longer than you wanted it to be. Does this mean you'll be making a update review of that episode I would love to hear what else was on your mind.
I've rewatched this review as of recently because I originally thought that you took the suicide stuff too seriously (The princess being an idiot rather than intentionally suicidal) but some of the points you've made are valid and I like that you brought up that there was more to it that rubbed you the wrong way (How the ending botches the moral and gives the impression that the writers didn't give this script several rewrites). While I'm still not big on your content (even though it is some of the better content I've seen from the cartoon community as of recently), I have to admit I took your video the wrong way the first time. A good review.
Ah, thank you! I'm glad you gave me a second chance, and it's totally understandable if you aren't a big fan of my content. I don't expect to please everybody, but I give it my best!
at first this was kinda funny to me, because of all of the unexpectedness. after you explained the episode i find this seriously messed up. this type of humor would only work in a more adult show, and there is no moral in an episode like this. oh yeah the rap is horrible
Its a good video, but here is a relevant/irrelevant comment. Bluebell herself is another indication of the reboot's creators being hypocrites. They cut out Ms. Bellum for appearing to be a sex symbol (but actually being a strong, woman character), and here they are showing a woman who has thicker thighs and hips then Ms. Bellum and possibly Bianca Bikini. When she looses the dress, we see her curves clearly and I doubt that here figure is do to her bloomers. On a side note, the older women and girl designs vary too widely and can appear really out of place. Bluebell has a design that is close to an actual woman while Ms. Keene has no chest or curve in her first appearance in the reboot. I like it when characters are distinct and remember-able, but some consistency in common characteristics found in humans should be present. Lastly, if you remove the magical world aspect of the episode, Bluebell would have looked completely delusional and crazy, which would have made a more interesting twist to the episode in my opinion.
Is it just me, or does the princess look like she's trying to be Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Princess Peach all at once...? (In terms of character design, I mean.)
This was a better review of this episode, great job Shadow ^^ I had mixed feelings on this episode as a whole, especially with Bluebelle. For season 2 that is started to air, I think you should do reviews for season 2 as a once a month, since you got some more season one episodes to do ^^
Thanks for the suggestion! Yeah I'm thinking of slowing down on the reboot episodes so I can cover other things as well, I've wanted to talk about other shows for a while now so that's not a bad idea.
Krystal Huntress At least that one had subtlety to it. The first time I saw it, I didn't notice the same sex couples kissing, my attention was completely directed at the main characters.
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Yes, Yes, Yes! I'm so glad this video is finally up! My opinions are the same as yours dude! In fact if I am to be honest I think Princess Blue Buns is among the worst characters the reboot has ever made. And as well as the entire PPG's universe as a whole. And not to mention it highlights the shows bread and butter, which is essentially using plots form other forms of media, doing nothing to differ themselves from the original material, and turning it into shameless pop culture with either terrible implications or a means to sell out their fetish for modern slang/references. Why is it always rap that they go for anyway? It really feels like they do it solely as a trendy stereotype or poor read of society. Also Buttercup's beat-boxing sounds like a Duck choking on something to big for it to handle, or being strangled to death.
This is easily my least favorite episode tied with "Little Octi Lost" And along with the TERRIBLE moral that I swear the writers tried to hide because unless you dove into the implication you'd completely miss. It makes it as if Blue Bun's character is suppose to be some kind of great choice to follow. This is easily one of those situations where the writer's pride easily just wants their judgement to overflow anything. The Girls being damsels is only there simply to show the "Slice of life" element, but in the process the girls forget they have powers and the show forgets they're suppose to be heroes. At least in "Somethings a Ms" it was to develop Ms Bellum. Twisted Sister was the same way for Bunny. People also bring up "Power Lunch" too (honestly they were pretty stupid in that episode)
Also Shadow And as far as the kissing scene goes, yeah it only lasts a bit, but it really feels like it was added just to imply LGBT reaction, to which case its either a parody or response. It might be nitpicky, but It always just how the implication came off and seems to be its only purpose. I think what's the most disappointing about Blue Bun's character is she could've been a great answer to fantasy/princess culture/archetype, with many of the elements from princess tropes with a great moral. Dare I say even Disney! But no we get, that "Message" which was the only purpose her character served! It made my blood boil after seeing that. They get rid of a great messaged, solely to subject this character into a role of content and selfishness. All to give their implication of suicide, great job writers. -_- It also teaches people to be weak emotionally and always revolve your life on someone saving you.
I think the kiss scene was more of a joke, since stuff like that has been done before; the whole 'kiss against a kiss, EW GROSS!' thing. I know Naruto did it when Sasuke and Naruto were trying to out asshole each other and get knocked into each other thanks to some other kid, breaking the tension and making them look like idiots in the process.
True I mean it could be a joke, not denying that. But putting this show's record on display it wouldn't surprise me if they were trying to aim for a type of reaction though.
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If there is anything this show has made me see is that I don't trust the writers in making anything revolutionary as they have claimed. Everything they've done has not been done from 'inspiration' but rather they've completely lifted ideas and INTENTIONS from better shows in hopes they can get points simply by COPYING. If that shows anything, it shows the crew came into this series with no real intention on creating anything bur rather to get credit for themselves without working to fully earn it.
As for the episode itself, it's a tired trope where they try to dismantle the princess archetype but crash even before they get past the starting line. It's not really dismantling anything; just the writers showing they don't like princesses or girly-girls and trying to pass it off with a half-assed 'Girl can be anything' but not really showing that they CAN. If they DID, they really would have shown there is no issue with girls liking overtly girly things, that it's okay so long as you're not submissive and let others BULLY you or convince you that you constantly need to depend on someone else.
What is so ironic about this is that the new crew HEAVILY push BUTTERCUP as the forefront of the group because she has been confirmed to be the creator's favorite but as far as a person, Buttercup is a horrible child and a horrible hero yet her attitude is the type the crew feels that girls should follow as an example because she is NOT girly which is a horrible thing to tell girls or ANYONE regardless of their gender or age. So no, the crew are not giving girls a choice nor are they saying all girls are welcomed at the table as the original interview stated. They're basically saying 'Be cool like us otherwise you can never be a hero like the Powerpuff Girls.'
Considering the new girls have done fuck all to show us they're heroes, that says a lot to that statement.
if they were going for anything lgbt, they instead have the kiss come off as gay panic and just grossly homophobic in general. I also wish they hadn't had the kiss at all, it does nothing but maybe make the viewer uncomfortable
It should have turned out that the dragon was her "prince" and in order to regain his human form, _she_ needed to do something brave and not just recklessly stupid, so he captured the girls hoping she'd come rescue them. Then he blows her off for being so suicidally reckless up to that point, turns back into a dragon, and flies away.
Nathan Karr That could be Fucking awsome
Revocable
I know, right? I'd watch that episode any day!
That kind of reminds me of "The Hero" from Wander Over Yander. Not saying you copied, your idea is just similar in some ways.
Nathan Is a Mouse Damn straight.
@@revocable1687 It would have required competent writers
And the sad part, this episode was nominated for an Emmy. Just how in the holy word of Craig McCracken did this episode got nominated with its major flaws everywhere. My guess that Nick Jennings just bribed the Emmy crew just to nominate it just for attention. He's desperate just to get this show to be popular.
I'm happy that Robot Chicken won the Emmy instead. At least that show is WAY more entertaining that this mess of a reboot.
the emmys suck
APOLLOROCK3R To quote Lelouch from Code MENT, "What is the POINT of this thing?!"
APOLLOROCK3R “hmm..what should we nominate? OH, AN EPISODE OF A PRETTY HORRIBLE REBOOT WITH A SUICIDE LESSON!”
My brother and I were watching this together and our mouths were literally hanging open for the whole episode. My brother didn't even say anything, he just walked out of the room. He was completely shocked. He said this was a kids show, and that suicide wasn't a joke. I agreed. Like, what the hell?!
It can be a joke if they kill themselves in a funny way. Like jumping out of a plane with an anvil.
Ikr but I don't think this is that kind of show, if that makes sense. I feel like LooneyTunes could pull it off, but not a show like this.
Shannen Marie :3 Frankly, I wanna write an apology note to Laura Bailey, she wasted her time here as Bluebell. Laura, you portrayed Chun-Li, you deserve better than this!
Yeah... Bluebelle sounds great, but her character sucks.
Shannen Marie :3 Heck, she played Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4, sure she needed some help in that game, but she grew to be more than just a spectator, she actually helped heal the team and even got to be a playable character in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. Why did she take this gig? You are tearing me apart, Laura Bailey!
It's a sad day where I can take someone who's inner turmoil manifested itself as a gentleman's club more seriously than someone who wants some guidance in their life by being a damsel in distress. Congrats, Cartoon Network, you made me hate someone voiced by Laura Bailey, give yourself a pat on the back and hope nobody stabs you there, because you've done that to all the PPG fans and then some!
I take it that calling the bit...*ahem*...princess Blueballs was intentional.
And I don't understand why certain cartoons have difficulty portraying suicide properly. As you said, it's a very serious and prevalent issue, and it is BEGGING to be depicted properly.
But this isn't the first time that a CN show has completely dropped the ball with a heavy-handed topic. It really disappoints me, and the fact that episodes CAN be nominated for awards, let alone a very prestigious one, is outrageous.
The One and Only C. R. Martin Best portrayal of suicide so far: Samurai Jack
And Nickelodeon can't take suicide properly remember in are you happy now were they build it up serious and then treat as a joke in the end witch makes the episode really bad...Oh and the story is sloppy and the episode isn't funny
Well, another Nickelodeon show, "As Told By Ginger", had a episode talking about depression and suicide, and it handled the topic really well, in my opinion. (Thanks PhantomStrider for making me check that episode out! ^_^)
@@mlpdisneylover I remember that one too
@@rockhistoria2537 princess bluebell reminds me of princess peach from the super mario series
they get rid of Ms.Bellum for being inappropriate and insulting the living crap of the violence; yet they add twerking (A sexualized dance I'll never get over it), a transgender pony, and two girls kissing (one of them being a child).
***NOTE: I don't have any problems with the LGBT. (and screw 2016 making me have to make this note everytime...)
Lisa Barnes SMH. The writers don't know shit.
In the immortal words of Invader Zim:
"Oh, that's stupid!"
And I forgot to mention suicide jokes. Done wrong (dark humor done wrong)
Dont forget the fact they want a child to have a teenager boyfriend in that Jared guy, the same who had a fantasy about a sexy chair for some reason
They're in Middle School in this series so she is at least 13. I personally don't care about the kiss, Bugs Bunny was kissing men all the time when I was a kid.
Buttercup has a point though, those clouds aren't water, they are clearly giant sanitary towels. Seriously why are they drawn like that?! It's so annoying lol nothing else in the town is drawn in a twisty flat way... at least in Super Mario tons of inanimate objects had faces on em so it was like the style of the fantasy world as a whole. In this it's just like "make everything look like it should but make the clouds more like sanitary towels." whaaaaaat?
Probably just me, but I'd like it if you kept with powerpuff girls reboot as one of the main things you cover. You're the only person I've watched who regularly covers the show.
The rap was ear rape, I'm being serious. It literally gave me a headache and ringing eardrums.
I have heard way better hip hop before.
AND That's Why I HATE Rap Music
Lisa Barnes Is it just me or does the beat at the beginning of the rap sound remotely similar to that of Missy Elliott's, "Work It"?
I'm going to heal my broken eardrumbs with Epic Rap Battles of History
Luckily I skipped the rap when I watched this episode
This episode encapsulates everything wrong with the show. Shitty and inconsistent writing, horrible characters, MORE DAMN TERRIBLE RAPPING, and stock images that literally adds nothing to..anything.
And how can Blueballs expect anyone to respect someone who goes out of their way to put themselves in danger and willfully refuses to live or think for them selves?
2:45 And they said that they removed M.s Belem because she was "Too offensive".
🐎 💩
I think I've written better princess OCs in Middle School. As in yesterday, I'm 14.
I am very disappointed Trashpuff Reboot.
Write more things.
Silver Apple Star
I agree with you
I made better princesses in Year 3
When I was 7
That have stuck with me for 5 years
It really looks like the writers of this new show really have no idea what they're doing. they got rid of Ms. Bellum because they thought she was a sexual character, yet just a few episodes layer, the girls are twerking, which is a sexual dance. it's not ok for women to have curvy bodies but it's ok for underaged girls to be shaking their butts at the screen? this show is full of contradictions and confusing messages
I’d write this episode in 2 different ways.
1. (With the moral they were going with) A new cartoon in the city of Townsville! It’s all weird and goofy and no one likes it. The girls sit inside while scoffing at what a joke the show was. Cut to school time! A new kid is introduced in one of Buttercup's classes. His name was Jeremy. He was made out to be super tough and serious about things unless he didn’t think there was much point in looking at it. His main hobby was doing karate and sports. Buttercup admires him for these things and they become friends. After a while they start coming to each other’s houses. One of the times when Buttercup went to his house, she catches him watching the cartoon and thinks less of him for that and looks at him like a goofy wimp. Soon Buttercup gets a call from the mayor saying that there is a monster attacking the city that Bubbles and Blossom were fighting but got caught (as always) leaving Buttercup to have to fight him alone. Or so she thought. After Buttercup gets caught just like her sisters, Jeremy comes in to stop the monster and save the girls. Buttercup then apologizes for being so rude and judgmental to Jeremy and forgives her.
BUUUUTT, if the princess theme absolutely HAD to be in the episode I’d write it like this
2. (Suicide prevention) let’s say we keep all the stuff that happens before prince shows up. After Bluebell takes out the dragon, the girls congratulate her and she finally realizes that the prince isn’t going to show up. Blossom tells her that she shouldn’t put herself in such dangerous situations for such a deluded reason. If the girls weren’t there to stop her than she wouldn’t have been standing there right that second. She apologizes for pushing the girls away like how she did and is brought back to her world.
Pls be the new writer of this show
PPGs: Hey, we saved your life!
Blueballs: YOU GUY’S DIDN’T SAVE MY LIFE, YOU GUY’S RUINED MY DEATH!
😆😂😂😂😂😂
Tbf they should’ve let her die 😂
Incredibles reference?
Wanna see this episode done right? Go watch The Hero from Wander Over Yonder (hmm, another Craig McCracken show). Instead of trying to be politically correct and teach some lesson about whatever, it goes solely for comedy and I LOVE it. It was hilarious. I especially enjoyed the portrayal of the Prince in that episode as a spoiled child who demands that everything goes according to the prophecy, as well as Wander and Sylvia (the "goofy sidekicks") easily defeating all the obstacles in their path. Check it out, if you haven't already. You'll get a kick out of it.
By the way, while it would be cool to see you review other shows, I don't want PPG 2016 to be forgotten.
Yes, yes, a thousand times YES! Wander did a much better job at handling this situation.
And at this point I'm pretty much settled on doing both, so that way I get the best of both worlds.
Stephen Brown You are correct.
Isn't that the episode where Wander goes to rescue the princess? I love how at the end, when the princess gets married, she like, "Don't forget, marriage is work." Such a good lesson.
That is my favorite episode in the entire show, right up there with the one with bathroom humor done right, and The Wanders!
It's actually sad that even the original creator of the PPGs can do better than the reboot.
My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is better then the PPG Reboot
DAM Right Because MLP Gives good morals and way better writing in a Beloved children's cartoon where PPG 2016 Does NOT
i agree mlp fim is way better then the ppg 2016
Of course, it actually has writers that are competent
Same with Ducktales 2017 and Animaniacs 2020
Much better
2:45 Buttercup has a stick on her hand
2:48 The stick dissapears magicaly
Plus, the stick goes througth Bluebelle's Dress
Ice powers used against a dragon? WHAT IS THIS?! POKEMON?!
when the princess kisses butter cup, all that went through my head was a clip of jontron saying "STOP!!"
Yeah I didn't think much of it as a kid. But? Nowadays I find it kind of Disgusting.
Why does bluebell look exactly like star from star vs the forces of evil???
Gena Anderson same character designer.
Not "exactly" but there are similarities.
They are both the stereotypical fairy-tale princess. Why the blonde hair and blue dress in particular stuck, I don't know.
leotamer5 I think it may have to do with both Disney's Cinderella and Elsa using that scheme.
Exactly?
No offense but it's kinda.. odd to think that
There have been many cartoon character females way before Star with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a dress
It's pretty much a stereotypical princess thing and I kinda find it annoying
Not every blonde girl is star 😅
There needs to be a Gordon Ramsay of reboot children shows. And as for the episode: very nice job Producers, you’re SO good at storytelling and giving messages to kids, very nice work *clap clap clap* 😒🙄🤦♂️
I hop
Enchanted is definitely the better fairy tale parody.
This episode getting nominated for an Emmy only further proves that award shows are a total crock of #$@%.
Thank the gods that Robot Chicken won that award.
2:47
Uhh...
Why did they need that in?
Umm
I think my childhood is ruined.
I've seen Buttercup kiss a princess...for like 5 seconds.
Why
Oh boy, this episode.... Honestly, I don't get where the writers were going with this episode. If it's to supposedly "teach a moral" then it was done horribly. If it was to make the girls learn a lesson then wtf was the lesson then? The girls literally did nothing wrong. They never said she couldn't be girly or like dresses so what lesson did they need to learn?
Or if it was to teach the princess a lesson then the execution was terrible. I know it was making fun of the usual damsel in distress tropes but execution wise, it could of went better. Hell, I think they should of definitely re-written this episode. Like, the girls should of shown her many things she could do rather than just waiting for a prince that may or may not save her.
If they went that direction, it would of been a nice little progressive episode while also teaching females that they can do whatever they want and nobody has to tell them otherwise. Unfortunately this ended up a jumbled up mess of an episode. And yeah, this was a really solid video Shadow. :)
So how did this episode get nominated for an Emmy?
I have no idea.
Feminism, that's how.
bribery?
Say sike right now
2:54
No.....
I didn't.....
No....
No....
They couldn't ....
They didn't.....
No....
No, No, No.... This is all a bad dream right. I-I didn't just witness this happening right...
Right?
Keep in mind : This princess is somewhere in her twenties while Buttercup is ...... wait for it
Six. Years. Old.
Six.
Years.
Old.
SIX. YEARS. OLD.
They made a twenty year old adult kiss a six year old.
I - I - I'm ..... I'm done. I have nothing else to say. T-That is a new low for this show. And yet. Its still going. To this day. On cartoon network.
Excuse me , I need to get a fresh glass of bleach, a noose, and a knife. Hope you all have a goodnight.
Don't do it! If you do, you'll be just like Bluebell!!! Endangering yourself because of another person!!!
Are you dead?!
Hello?
May your soul rest in peace..
Random 727...
You died seeing curse stuff on our very beloved show we used to know and love......
But I come from the future that the show has finally ended..........
.....
Well apart from the live action adaptation that's in development by CW😐😒
Even though I like the reboot in my opinion, (but the original is better) I found this episode bad. Bell is annoying and I don't like the singing in this episode. And the girls ONCE AGAIN needs someone else to save them
TariqTheDrawer1209 1209 same here
I've seen a lot of people say this actually. The fact that even those who enjoy the show dislike this episode speaks volumes.
Shadow Streak coming from a guy that also likes the reboot I do reccomend that you do season 2 as well. It's an ok start for a premiere episode but has one glaring problem: donny is the main focus for the episode and honestly I'm more optimistic that it'll get better and redeem itself as well.
Shadow Streak yeah I thought this episode would be decent but after buttercup saved her from the volcano it just went downhill from there
Tariq Toons Sad part is that Laura Bailey played Bluebell. Dammit, Laura, you played Chun-Li and Rise Kujikawa!
What is it with this series and having arsehole/moronic/unlikable characters as the moral message standard bearers? We got Donny, the caterpillar, and Blue Balls here! Has this show even produced _one_ good, likable character that's new?
The nats funny
Bianca and the gnat.
Silico
@2:46 So uncensored violence and "sexy" women like Ms. Bellum are not okay but twerking, having a transgender pony, (or whatever the fuck he is) and a girl kissing a girl is okay. Okay. Okay writers of this reboot.
TomboyGamerGal Not just a girl kissing a girl, it was a six year old girl being kissed by a woman around her 30's
I'm personally a defender of hit flashes, I really like them!
Considering in Something's A Miss that Sedusa mentions her hair gel being specially created to fight the power puffs, I don't see why having the girls get insta-captured and one-hit KOed by every bad guy in this incarnation, and said bad guy getting beaten by someone who hasn't got any super powers, is in any way justified. I think it ruins the whole claim that theyre trying to make something more positive for girls...
Also, like how you call her 'blue balls' sometime.
The problem is Bluebell is less of a character and more of a caricature - if the moral was "different girls like different things and that's ok" then why is Bluebell written as a virtual strawwoman or as a crude stereotype of what the writer might consider to be a woman who likes maybe more traditional gender norms? I mean of course the girls are right in this situation in the face of a character that's so eager to throw herself down for a prince, but that's why the clearly revised-last-minute ending is so bad. There's 0 dimension to Bluebell other than being a set up damsel-in-distress trope personified so the girls can beat her world-view faster than they get beaten in most episodes of this reboot. She pretty much exists to be wrong because the writer couldn't imagine a situation where a person like Bluebell would be right (and thus writes the ending in the most spiteful fashion to boot)
When I say a person like Bluebell, I mean someone who fancies finding the right person and settling down, knitting, cooking ect. Not insane woman throwing herself into danger in the hopes Mr Right shows up (I think we call all agree this is a bad idea). Many people like the idea of eventually finding their life partner, that doesn't mean everyone with that wish is just sitting around or obsessing purely on ways to make your "prince" appear asap. It's okay to have that just....don't sit around waiting for it or trying to force it to happen.
“Hello magical dwarves!”
Yes, because children don’t exist in her world....
Also, that joke could SO easily be taken the wrong way....
Thank you, Shadow Streak. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this episode is crap.
Princess Bluebell beats up the Dragon
Dragon: You kicked my ass, we are now friends.
Me: ...WHAT?!?
You know it could have had a lesson about change like: “ maybe he’s not REALLY out there.. but what am I supposed to do? I’m in another WORLD!” And it the girls help her adapt to this new place having the lesson: you may not WHANT change but you can’t stop it all you can do is see the bright side of things
Btw I’ve made ocs with more character than blue I’m in middle school...
I rather playing Mario Bros games to save the Princess from Bowser than watching that horrendously terrible crap.
Great vid.
This show is wretchedly terrible, and the scary part is people like that probably exist somewhere
Great job on this review. Another thing that Rick and Morty has on the reboot was that the suicide scene was done wordlessly, making it more powerful imo
every time you say "Blue bell" I keep hearing you say blue balls 😂.
Miguel Rivera He IS saying blue balls.
>Finds this review when searching my own name on RUclips (just out of curiosity
>"According to a certain someone who shall not be named"
>Hmm
But yeah, I absolutely agree with your interpretation on this episode, and the thing that bothered me the most was how they took the moral in so many different directions that it's ridiculous. That and how the musical numbers (especially the last one) could've been done so much better.
Robot Chicken I thank you for winning that Emmy on that year.
This episode was the final nail in the coffin for me for many reasons which made me stop watching the reboot.
I stopped after watching Painbow.
WENT BACK TO 3:53 and noticed Shadow Streak mispronounced Blue Bell's name in a veryfunny way. I just kept replaying it and laughing. Shadow Streak probably going to have to take this video down to and re- do it. HahaHa
Actually, that was completely intentional. In fact, I switch between the two several times throughout the entire thing, so be sure to listen closely for all of them ;)
I kind of like both idea, since I found you originally because of your PPG reviews, and would love to see you keep reviewing these, but also other cartoons.
The Powerpuff Girls used to be such good role models for kids, especially girls. I remember wanting to be just like Blossom when I was a little girl.
I don't even recognize this Blossom's personality. She was always smart but not a know-it-all brat.
This episode SUCKS And it sends BAD Morals to little Girls plus Suicide attempts are NOT OKAY!
Ikr!?! Hell, Even Teen Titans Go teaches better morals than this shit show!
PinkiePool GamerBrony Damn straight, pal.
@@theotaku9328 I have learned way more things watching teen titans go than I should have.It is strangely educational.
The Otaku And that’s this show with episodes with morals like “Books are bad, Still believe the Girls have cooties thing and It’s okay to be morbidly obese”
I have been enjoying the reboot reviews for this show for sometime now, and do hope you continue to cover it. It's nice to have a reviewer who doesn't sit there screaming about what's bad about the situations presented in the show, but rather explain what's wrong with each point in a calm collective manner. It helps get a nice perspective on the show, so I hope you will cover it until the end.
...which hopefully will be soon. Because it's tragic to see the IP dragged through the dirt in such terrible hands. These reviews are really the only good thing to have come out of the reboot, and to find you as a reviewer who takes things in a refreshing manner. Keep up the good work c:
Shadow Streak will PowerPuff Girls 2016 end with season 2 and finally be cancelled.
Not sure yet. Nothing's been said about it but I secretly hope it ends.
Shadow Streak I can tell by what your saying that you hate PowerPuff Girls 2016 yet keeping it to yourself in a calm and polite way. Also I wishing for the reboot as well as Teen Titans Go to end because those two shows have overstayed their welcome.
Jack Whitty I agree. both PPG 2016 and Teen Titans Cringe (Teen Titans Go) need to die already.
Well, kind of sucks that the only good episodes i can think of are Viral Spiral and The big sleep. And even then they screwed up, "Blossom powerpuff"? Seriously? The ameoba boys being threats? Yeah, this reboot is fucking terrible.
Given that the show's ratings haven't improved since it premiered from why I've heard, I find unlikely that they would renew it for a 3rd season.
2:45 Buttercup probably had a lot of conflicting feelings after that
Way to Quote Wilt from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
I somehow predicted that.
This video makes me realize just how confused the reboot is. The people making this show don't have any clear direction.
"is this what they really call beat boxing"
buttercup is trying her best
4:13
Buttercup = me almost every second of this reboot
I hate how they just treat suicide like it’s a normal thing when it’s a serious issue
i love how at 3:47 you and buttercup are both crossing your arms at the same time
THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY!!!
For some reason its funny af
The best review out of all the others
I also love how her motive is killing herself for no reason other than to be noticed by the prince.
Worst episode of the powerpuff girls ever after seeing the problems.
7:36 you mean you didn't edit those old people in? they were actually in the show? but live action doesn't work with cartoons, we learned about this with the show drawn together
i hate the princess for yelling at the powerpuff girls even thou they were right
This character was freaking annoying. She is always asking to be killed and getting herself in trouble expecting a freaking prince. After about the 5th freaking time she put herself into trouble I kind of wish the girls would have just left her to die. It's not worth the trouble in all honesty.
I get what the writers are "trying" to do with the reboot, but stop forcing themes down our throats
This bothers me. It feels like they're going for a feminist theme and criticizing the actions of other girls while telling them not to criticize the actions of other girls. I am all for allowing people agency and respecting their decisions, but they didn't make the princess do something silly or stupid. She tried to repeatedly throw herself into a volcano. If the volcano had been used more a a metaphor, that could have helped the message of this episode, but they didn't do that. The volcano part was played straight. If the Powerpuff Girls saving Bluebell from killing herself isn't girls looking out for other girls, I'm not sure what is any more.
For a moment, I thought YT had struck again and took down the review but yeah, as much as I like the first version you did the new cut cleans it up and cuts out some of the fat. So it shows improvement on your part in how you view these episodes.
This story still sucks though because it focused way too hard on trying to make a point when it's just boring. The older show would have had some sort of 'point' but had fun with it. I can honestly say the only parts I liked were Blossom being creeped out by the wall-eyed lizard combing her hair for no reason. As for Bluebell trying to kill herself I get what they were going for; they were trying to show that in most cases the hero would swoop in and save the damsel at the most dangerous at times and Bluebell was trying to trigger that with the joke being the girls were just doing their JOB to save her and how aggravating it was for them to repeat it over and over again because in the end, Bluebell just did it to get boned.
Hell, there was an episode of the 80s Zelda cartoon that had something like that happen where one of the baddies turns into a princess in order to turn Link into a toad but before it happens and she can plant the kiss, ZELDA comes in and saves her and the girls 'Beautiful maidens are supposed to be saved by hansom men, NOT other BEAUTIFUL MAIDENS!' As cheesy as that show was, it played with the set up of how the baddie was using a trope in order to get what she wanted (in this case, to turn Link into a frog) and showed how pissed Zelda was when she was DOING HER JOB TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
Sadly, Bluebell has none of the charm of that. Even as a joke character she's just not....well, she's just not written well and she doesn't work because nothing actually happens to her. Her 'toughen up' moment isn't really awesome because she's still the vapid asshole she was and they really don't play that up either. Like in most cases, an asshole character would be played up and we're not supposed to have sympathy for them but instead rather we're supposed to laugh at them or actually go 'Aaaaay, I get ya man' but there's nothing with that when Bluebell is concerned. She's just empty and the writers attempt to use her as a device to say 'girls can do anything' doesn't work because again, nothing is really done.
I think the message would have done well had one of the girls been roped more into this, in this case Bubbles who at the end is CROWBARED into the message as if we're supposed to feel that she's felt bad for not being 'strong' like her sisters, despite the fact that this problem is never brought up in the episode. It would have been a little better had Bluebell showed up and she was more like Bubbles in terms that she was airheaded but her heart was in the right place and as such, Bubbles gets along with her. We can cue in either Buttercup, Blossom, or BOTH and have them counter their behavior and say that being frilly isn't strong and in order to be a real hero they (Bubbles and Bluebell) have to be EXACTLY like them, throwing away their own personal likes in order to be a 'real female hero' At the end, Bubbles and Blue could have to save the two but in their own way all the while showing that just because a girl likes pink or isn't loud or is shy doesn't make her any less of a good person or does not omit her from being a hero. This was the type of message they were trying to say but they never gave it off because none of these factors were ever brought up.
The only thing that was brought up was making fun of Princess cliches with a bad attempt at dismantling them and showing the prince/guy out to be a slacker. It just wasn't done well at all and in the end it had no message despite everyone saying there was one. It's just a bad episode.
Bluebell is from this imaginary magical princess land called *tumblr*
Actually...Are there really any fairy tales where a princess is being harassed by a dragon? The only fairy tale I can think of is Disney's Sleeping Beauty, but that may not really be in the original fairy tale.
Hell, the sign on the magic well said "Results May Very", so even if the prince managed to figure out what had happened to Blue Balls and jumped in after her, there's no guarantee he'd end up in Townsville. He could have ended up half-way to Hyrule for all she knows.
"If clouds were made of water, they'd be fallin' oughta the sky all the time!"
You mean....... like rain?
I always avoid this episode
"Bad dragon!"
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WAS THAT DELIBERATE?
honestly I feel like there might have been a script re-write at some point when this episode was being made and the original concepts from the first draft got mixed in with the new draft.
Thats giving the reboot writers credit that they even re-write scripts at all.
Props to all PPG 2016 reviewers for watching the show & tell us what happen so that we don't have to
This dragon totally has the Thu'um because of the fact that he shockwave screamed at Bluebelle
I prefer if you do a bit of both. Focus on reviewing episodes of PPG 2016 and occasionally look at other cartoons if you can.
Worse than PAINBOW?!
*watching an older woman kiss random a little girl on the lips*.....🤦♂️
2:49 I wonder how many people will ship this
I think I know the reason why Princess Bluebelle don't like the girls. It's because they're from the reboot.
Blossoms facial expressions during her verse of the rap song feel like something out of the angry beavers to me for some reason.. Ever since I was a kid it felt like that
I cannot wait for him to review 'Somewhere Over the Swingset'...
The princess reminds me of Star Butterfly.
lionbone same character designer.
I would have done this episode very differently. First, instead of the in-poor-taste suicide joke, I would have scenes where the girls take Bluebell across Townsville and show her various women, such as career woman, hard working moms, and volunteer workers, to show her that she can stand on her own without her princess duties weighing her down. During this, the dragon will repeatedly try to abduct Bluebell but is stopped again and again. Then, close to the end, the dragon decides to kidnap the girls to have the princess come to him. He does this by using a magic spell that completely immobilizes the girls, which would make sense because, much like Superman, the PPGs should be at a disadvantage against magic. Bluebell follows the dragon, kicks the dragon's butt, then, as a cool twist, the dragon turns into the prince Bluebell was talking about this whole time. The dragon prince was after Bluebell this whole time because only a Princess could break the spell on him. The prince apologizes to Bluebell and the girls for his actions and surrenders himself to Bluebell, Bluebell thanks the girls for inspiring her and being there for her, and Bluebell and the prince then leave Townsville to return to their land. Why couldn't we have that instead of this episode?
*sees notification* Best way to start off spring break! :D
thats girl in the thumbnail remember Star Butterfly
What's even more amazing is that "blue balls" has a better design than ~bliss~ or whatever her name is.
I can agree on that the PPG are constantly in need of being saved but I’ve seen at times where they’re always awake except a few times in which something made them either dazed, tired, or even unconscious. I can save that but 97% of the time is them being captured.
Please cover Season 2, PPG is kinda your thing.
Hell I would really like if you also tackled the original series. Maybe even the PPG Z series if you want : D
Reviewing the original is something I can guarantee, I WILL cover it some day. I just want to get the reboot done before I move over to it.
It's be so much better if you did it side by side. Especially since the later seasons of the original had some duds too.
And I need to rephrase this, please continue reviewing the reboot, it's so entertaining and I love how in depth you can get with this.
....Also you're the only quality reviewer who even does individual episodes, after CR did exactly one and then stopped.
Then again he made a handful of reviews of MLP episodes.....and then stopped, _forever_. I hate when that happens ;_;
Things she could do with her time instead of putting herself in danger for attention:
Write a book,
Read,
Do the dishes,
Do Landry,
Become a pilot,
Get a job,
Commit arson,
I have more, but I think that covers a lot of bases.
You said you had a lot more to say about PAINBOW but it would have made your video longer than you wanted it to be. Does this mean you'll be making a update review of that episode I would love to hear what else was on your mind.
I've rewatched this review as of recently because I originally thought that you took the suicide stuff too seriously (The princess being an idiot rather than intentionally suicidal) but some of the points you've made are valid and I like that you brought up that there was more to it that rubbed you the wrong way (How the ending botches the moral and gives the impression that the writers didn't give this script several rewrites). While I'm still not big on your content (even though it is some of the better content I've seen from the cartoon community as of recently), I have to admit I took your video the wrong way the first time. A good review.
Ah, thank you! I'm glad you gave me a second chance, and it's totally understandable if you aren't a big fan of my content. I don't expect to please everybody, but I give it my best!
this episode of the ppg reboot losted the emmy to robot chicken
I saw a dvd for this in Walmart: Tiara Trouble. I simply ignored it and moved on to something more interesting...
at first this was kinda funny to me, because of all of the unexpectedness. after you explained the episode i find this seriously messed up. this type of humor would only work in a more adult show, and there is no moral in an episode like this.
oh yeah the rap is horrible
Moral of this episode : Bluebell is feminist.
I'd like to see you do season 2, also this was a nice re-review c:
Its a good video, but here is a relevant/irrelevant comment.
Bluebell herself is another indication of the reboot's creators being hypocrites. They cut out Ms. Bellum for appearing to be a sex symbol (but actually being a strong, woman character), and here they are showing a woman who has thicker thighs and hips then Ms. Bellum and possibly Bianca Bikini. When she looses the dress, we see her curves clearly and I doubt that here figure is do to her bloomers.
On a side note, the older women and girl designs vary too widely and can appear really out of place. Bluebell has a design that is close to an actual woman while Ms. Keene has no chest or curve in her first appearance in the reboot. I like it when characters are distinct and remember-able, but some consistency in common characteristics found in humans should be present.
Lastly, if you remove the magical world aspect of the episode, Bluebell would have looked completely delusional and crazy, which would have made a more interesting twist to the episode in my opinion.
SAD Fact is they ripped off this episode of the ReBoot of The Powerpuff Girls from the Disney 2007 movie Enchanted
to Quote The Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons (WORST Episode EVER!)
Is it just me, or does the princess look like she's trying to be Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Princess Peach all at once...? (In terms of character design, I mean.)
Also, if you absolutely must make Buttercup sing, at least make it metal. Fits her better.
This was a better review of this episode, great job Shadow ^^ I had mixed feelings on this episode as a whole, especially with Bluebelle. For season 2 that is started to air, I think you should do reviews for season 2 as a once a month, since you got some more season one episodes to do ^^
Thanks for the suggestion! Yeah I'm thinking of slowing down on the reboot episodes so I can cover other things as well, I've wanted to talk about other shows for a while now so that's not a bad idea.
why am I watching all these videos? I never even liked powerpuff girls, but I just can't stop watching
this is the one review that i agree with u with
2:45 How did they get that past the censors?!
I have no idea, Nor do i know how the original managed to get plenty of blood past the censors.
Joe Segal
I can't believe Star vs got censored because of LGBT kisses which is technically a show for TEENS and the Moms didn't rage about this.
Krystal Huntress At least that one had subtlety to it. The first time I saw it, I didn't notice the same sex couples kissing, my attention was completely directed at the main characters.
Goin Game Crazy That was the 90's, people weren't so offended by everything back then.