#meg rewatches gummi bears

[redhatmeg]

Can we take a moment to appreciate that Cubbi - a Gummi Bear boy who wants to become a knight/hero - is pink, while his "sister", Sunni - a Gummi Bear girl who wants to be a princess - is yellow?

Like, they could make Sunni pink and it would suit her overall feminine demeanor, but they decided against that and Cubbi pink. And probably kids will start to think about it only years after watching this cartoon.

[redhatmeg]

You know, I'm eagerly awaiting Gusto's debut episode. I had crush on him and, subsequently, with his Polish voice actor Krzysztof Tyniec.

Anyway, Tyniec later voiced Timon. Which was sorta a whiplash for me, not gonna lie.

[redhatmeg]

Tummi found old ogre oracle and now he gets food and the opportunity to fuck with duke Igthorn.

It's a win-win situation.

[redhatmeg]

To get inspiration for my knight story, I decided to rewatch Adventures of Gummi Bears on Disney Plus.

Honestly, I was expecting the new dub and translation which sucks (the new Polish theme song along doesn't have the same oomph to it), but Disney Plus preserved the old dub which is far more nostalgic too be honest.

[redhatmeg]

At first this whole conversation between Grammi and Graffi about who Grammi should pass the Gummiberry Juice recepe on, seems sorta reasonable. Like, Grammi decides to teach Sunni, because every other Gummi Bear seems like a bad choice and she's "reasonable", it has nothing to do with her gender...

However, the more I think about it, the more the reasons Gruffi and Grammi give, seems sexist in different ways. At least with Cabbi they say that he's too young to be tought yet, but Gruffi says that he can't differenciate between "cooking utencils"teaspoon and teapot", and he and Grammi agree that Zummi will do "everything backwards" and Tammi will eat all the ingredients.

Basically these three male Gummi Bears can't be trusted in the kitchen. And at least with Gruffi you could argue that it borders a little on weaponized incompetence. (Personally I think that Zummi could help with Gummiberry Juice, since he's all about preserving traditions and he's very scholar-y.)

The thing is, Grammi will have to teach Sunni the recepe either way, and Sunni will make mistakes. Hell, she does, because she has trouble focusing on the task. Grammi should have just called Sunni or any other Gummi Bear every time when she was going to make Gummiberry Juice, and over time they would learn the recepe. Just like with any other chore.

[redhatmeg]

So Cabbi kinda sorta adopted a wolf as his pet. In the first couple of scenes the wolf looks like a normal wolf puppy, especially when Cabbi introduces it to Zammi and Sunni, but starting with the scene with Tummi and Grammi, it's suddenly looking much older. Did he really managed to hide his pet from everyone for so long it grow up?

[redhatmeg]

Cubbi, looking at Cavin: It's the first time I see a human! Zummi, is it true that humans eat Gummi Bears?

Zummi: Oh, no, no. That's just a rumor.

Story time: I first was exposed to this show and for years, when I heard "gummibears", I thought about these characters. Only later I've heard for the first time "gummibears" in reference to jellybeans shaped as bears. And my mind was blown away.

(Also side note - only later I've seen the first ever episode of this show and suddenly I've realized why the fuck Ightorn wanted gummi potion so much. I mean, I knew how the potion works on Gummi Bears, but I didn't know that it was giving superstrength to humans.)

[redhatmeg]

Princess Calla jumped down into the haystuck and I just had an image of her performing Leap of Faith.

Maybe somewhere there is a Gummi Bears/Assassin's Creed crossover. Seem crackish enough.

[redhatmeg]

You know, the first scene with Cavin made me realize that the creators were going for Sword in the Stone character design. It's not apparent with Cavin himself as much but with his older friend yes, especially with the face.