#TPOM Dancer

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Meet the members of each of the three agencies;

The Tux brothers who fight for what’s right, the Bells siblings who serve to learn to bring peace and joy to the world, and the most elite operatives who protect those in need. Now put in the world where super villains have escaped to, they must work under cover in normal civilian personas to do what they must to keep the world and its people safe. However, can they set aside their rivalries to work together and balance each other?

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Have a doodle dump! The last one is 5 months old but I don't think I ever posted it; and I also might redraw it in my spare time just for fun!

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Madagascar: A Little Wild Review

I have finished the six episodes released of A Little Wild and... I really don’t have a whole lot to say, honestly. A few complaints I guess but they don’t really have much substance on account of point one here:

1. The target audience of this show is definitely younger than the last two series have been

This show is very aimed at really young children; there are no evil supervillains like in TPoM or straight up deaths like in AHKJ. The situations the Zoosters get in are very low stakes. Makes it not terribly interesting to watch but again, target audience is very little kids

2. Zoosters are... lowkey out of character?

Or maybe not, but like... they’re kids. They haven’t grown up into the personalities we know them to have. It gives the vibe that these stories could be about any kid characters, and them being the Zoosters doesn’t really add anything if that makes sense?

Alex was pretty on par, honestly. Marty was a very rule following, goody goody, super organized kind of a kid, which didn’t really fit him? That should be more Melman’s character. Melman is less hypochondriac and more clean freak, which is fair, but was also a lot more happy and optimistic as a kid which is a little sad to think about. Gloria is... sometimes she felt right and sometimes she didn’t? There’s a lot of emphasis on how she’s a dancer (Alex and Gloria bonding!) but idk, in the movies (or at least the first one) she’s kind of the take charge responsible character and I don’t think that really came through at all here, but again, they’re kids

3. They... rehashed Phil and Mason, what the heck

There are two baby chimps in the zoo with the Zoosters, who use ASL to communicate, but they ain’t Phil and Mason. Which I don’t GET, YOU ALREADY HAVE CHARACTERS WITH THIS TRAIT WHY DID YOU CHANGE THEM. But they’re really really cute so I guess I’ll give them a pass. Their names are Pickles and Dave. They both use ASL; Dave only talks in chimp sounds, but Pickles signs as she talks which is great to see. The end credits have a spot for ASL consultants, so pretty sure the signing is accurate which is AWESOME I AM SO HERE FOR THAT. But still... they’re basically Phil and Mason, with different names and one’s a girl now.

4. New characters are good

The Zoosters are friends with a pigeon named Ant’ney; he seems to be an adult and just likes hanging out with them. He’s got two other pigeon friends named Gina and Gino, and they’re all fun little birds. The zookeeper in charge of the Zoosters is named Kate (btw all four of them + the chimps live in one massive habitat together which is super cute but then also wow the zoo has gone downhill over the years compared to the stuff that takes place later), she’s real sweet and loves her baby animals. There’s a recurring elderly couple (Murray & Millie) who always just almost spot the Zoosters when they sneak out, they’re fun.

5. It’s a musical series!

But like. A preschooler’s musical series. The songs are upbeat and fun but not very memorable or unique.

6. We saw this coming but yeah, no penguins or lemurs

And let’s be real, if they were here, they’d be stealing the show. That’s what got them both spinoff series in the first place 😊

So that’s my review. If you’re looking for substance, you’re not gonna find it here, but if you’re just starved for Madagascar content or just want some pure fluff, this is your show. One viewing will probably be enough for me, but if they make more episodes I’ll give ‘em a watch.

One dumb thing that bothers me and that I fixated on: in both the other series, Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell are given credit for making the films that the series were based on at some point during every episode (TPoM in the last slide of the title card, AHKJ on the first slide of the end credits). A Little Wild doesn’t credit them for that and just... how dare they. Tom McGrath is god.

(if you don’t feel like watching the show but want to know anything else about it feel free to shoot me an ask!)

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[Mun] CURSE THEE M!A ANON FOR MAKING IT ALL AGENCIES ITS FUN BUT ITS SO HARD TO CLEARLY EXPLAIN WHOSE WHO

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Do not question me this is my Spanish assignment gO BIG OR GO HOME

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[Mun] Ahhh here take this! Just a small thing I whipped up yesterday, trying to change the siblings slightly and trying to show their personalities off more! /u\