"Danger Wears a Diaper"

[Baycrum]

I've gotten the episode name from wikipedia.
The episode premieres April 13.

I dunno about anyone else but I bet Sqweep shows up.

[Nobility]

Sadly, she does not... possibly not for a few more episodes, given the titles. (Speaking of which, is it possible to combine these threads together when the episodes aired are two 11-minute packages? It's easier to comment on them like that)

Anyway, my thoughts.

Y'know... it's funny. After the amazing Penguins of Madagascar show, I was super excited for the Kung Fu Panda tv series. I kept waiting and waiting for the show to come on, never losing my enthusiasm- because, I mean, c'mon, PoM is great, but a continuing series based on Kung Fu Panda? That means they HAVE to be just as good, right?- And then when the show aired, it... was alright. Nothing horribly WRONG, pretty funny in some places, a little bit too much focus on Po, but pretty good all around. So I watched it... and it just... never really improved. And so my enthusiasm dampened. My interest in the show waned, and I just stopped watching.

Now, granted, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness was NOT made by the same people who did Penguins of Madagascar, but the point is my faith in the Dreamworks Animated Series canon was shaken. (Especially after Dragons of Berk sadly failed to capture my interest) Coupled this with some worrying details I had heard about the MvA series- it was going to be all about B.O.B., Susan wasn't going to be Ginormica in it, Insectosaurus is missing, not hearing about it for four years, etc.- and a fear that the showrunners just weren't that dedicated to the MvA canon as they were to the Madagascar movies (a weird fear that I had no way to prove)... I was feeling pretty nervous about this cartoon. The pilot, as I said, wasn't bad by any stretch of the means, but still had a lot of that green, "we're still trying to sort of figure everything out here" pilot-ness to it, which made it hard to come to any long-term judgements of the show. I still had a lot of faith in the show-runners (because, seriously, Penguins of Madagascar. Just amazing.), but MvA was also kind of my favorite Dreamworks movie, so I had a lot of expectations I feared they weren't going to be able to meet.

Anyway, the point to all of this is basically just one thing: I was nervous about this show, and I... have been completely blown away. THIS is the show I was expecting from the guys who made Penguins of Madagascar, and they delivered on all fronts. I couldn't be any more relieved.

The monsters acted like the monsters, the humor was spot-on, and none of the elements I feared were going to overpower anything... overpowered anything.

For a moment, I was worried that it was going to be a little bit TOO much like Penguins of Madagascar, with the President playing the exact role of King Julien or Coveter stealing all of the spotlight and jokes with his... Jeff Bennet-ness (much like Kowalski in the PoM show, which I speak as both a massive fan of Jeff Bennet AND a Kowalski fangirl). But nope- they were in the spotlight exactly as much was needed and wanted, and it was still our Monster friends who were the clear focus.

The monsters were better characterized here, too- I didn't really have any complaints. I had to admit, I smiled extra hard at the little exchange between Link and Cockroach in the beginning-

Doc: "You cannot rush genius, Link!"
Link: "I'm not. I'm rushing you!"

XD It's just... that's the exact kind of dialogue I had in mind back when I was writing my own phantom fanfic episodes for the series, and seeing it on-screen kinda made my heart melt. It's like, I'm just not USED to having my expectations and hopes met with a series, yet here it is...!

I also continue to be very pleased and amused with the original elements of the series. Coveter is a rather simple, yet enjoyable villain, and I still really love his running plotline- very clever use of the vs. in Monsters vs. Aliens. Plus, like I said, the humor was all spot-on, and even B.O.B. sounded a little more low-key in this episode!

TL;DR: Nobility is very, very happy with this show, and no longer has many doubts of it's greatness.

(Gads, I really rambled on this post...)

[Baycrum]

The Episode was really good. When I first found out that it was going to be 15 minutes, I was a little dissapointed but I think it actually works now.
I'm also glad that they're not rushing to get all the aliens into Area 5-something.

[Twitter Cordova]

I'm not 100% sure if each episode that airs will be combined with another one at the same day, but since these two threads have been posted separated, I'll let that slip for now.

Given the fact that Legends of Awesomeness was brought up here, I should say that I actually like that show a lot even if it may focus on Po a little bit too much. At least Shifu gets an episode from time to time and so does Tigress, but I do wish that The Furious Five would get more credit too. Cause Monkey already had an episode of his own as did Crane. Even Mantis did too, but when is Viper going to get the spotlight for a change?

As for Dragons: Riders of Berk, it came to the point where it got really annoying at first how the dragons get getting blamed for something that's so stupid that it wasn't their own fault to cause. But the show was starting to pick up okay and not so bad.

Come to think of it, how is it that they were able to hire half of the original cast members back to the show when LOA, MVA and POM don't even have that?

Anyway, back the topic! After watching this episode twice yesterday, I've come to like it better than the actual pilot they showed last time. As Nobility had said, the monsters acted like monsters, so that's a good thing there.

The jokes were nice too. I grinned silly when Dr. C disguised himself as the president for a few seconds.

But yeah, I was wondering questions about why the president was wearing a diaper too when he got changed into a baby. That said, I can finally see why the title would be Danger Wears a Diaper. As corny as that sounds, it makes sense why. XDD

Oh! And perhaps it's just me but since we brought up little hint hints last time we discuss the show, I think the series was doing it again. Last time, it was Susan/Link. Now recently, I saw it with Susan/Dr. C. Cause when Susan grabs Dr. C's face while they were panicking over the president being TOO young again, two words came to my mind; NOW KISS!

MUWHAHAHAHAHA! X3

BTW, who likes the new look I have onto the background of the forum? ;D

[Baycrum]

I think I've gotten used to the voice now. I wonder if the president is gonna show up more often....
Anyways, Sorry about putting the episodes into separate threads for each 15 min. If I put any more episodes up I'll make sure to put both together.