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Hey Arnold - "Ransom"

Let's take a look at sibling rivalry with a season two episode of Hey Arnold, "Ransom"

The story centers around Gerald's little sister, Timberly, voiced by Avriel Epps, whose very annoyed by the fact that Gerald doesn't want her to join him and Arnold into a board game on detective, but Gerald's more annoyed by having her as a sister. I have problems with my brother Victor too, but I digress. Anyways, Gerald thinks Arnold is lucky not to have a sibling, because Gerald is always annoyed by Timberly, when all of a sudden, Timberly's stuffed alligator, goes missing! And with that, Arnold and Gerald are forced to play detective to find her dolly. How will this follow up, well I'm not telling. Because you've got to watch it for yourself.

The thing about Gerald being annoyed with Timberly is that it's pretty relate-able to most kids who have older brothers and/or sisters Sometimes the bigger sibling would get annoyed by their younger sibling, and believe me I've gotten annoyed by Victor constantly telling me to set the table whenever he's around. He's too strong for me to stop. But now for the reason why you came here, the review. This episode is pretty decent in most cases, I like Gerald's rant on Timberly, Harold's sensitive side and the fact he doesn't like to be called slim, and trust me, you wouldn't like him when he's angry. I also like Curly, voiced by Adam Wylie as usual, showing off his ballet stuff. That's Curly for you.

So, bottom line, this episode is pretty relate able and it can help some other siblings in the future settle their differences. I just wish there was a way Victor and I could settle our difference, but I don't know how. Maybe someday, but not for a while. I never want to get even with Victor, ever. Did I mention that the writer of Pickles vs. Pickles, Jonathan Greenberg did this? It's not a surprise considering most crew members who worked on Rugrats worked on this show with a mix of Rocko crew in between.

Sometimes, siblings can be pretty hard to understand.

Hey Arnold! - "Ms. Perfect"

That's enough Angelica for a while, let's go for something Helga related. How about, hmm.......I know, "Ms. Perfect."

This episode gives the debut appearance of the secondary character, :Lila Sawyer. She's just as cute as Nermal from Garfield and Friends. Helga, Rhonda, and Phoebe do their best to make her fit in, but then they become jealous when Lila has almost about every bit of their personality on her personality check. They're so jealous that they decide to pull some pranks on her, rotten pranks if you ask me. And this is just so mean of these characters to do to a poor innocent little girl.

Okay, what do I like about this episode? Well, Arnold's not in it, it's more focused on Helga and her friends Rhonda and Phoebe. Phoebe's jealous of her knowledge, Rhonda's jealous of Lila's wardrobe, and she even becomes friends with the lunch lady. Do I think Lila's character got a bit Mary Sue at times? Yeah, sure, but not all the way Mary Sue like. And that's what I like about the character, she's not all that perfect, not like Chloe from the Fairly OddParents whose character in the show is very, very forced. Almost as much as changing their animation to Flash Animation is SO forced! Okay, back on track. It's also another one of those Helga Karma Trips. The parts where Helga got beaten up by Big Patty are justified because Helga was acting like a jerk, and it was satisfying to see her get comeuppance for her sour attitude.

I also like the fact that Lila isn't entirely perfect. She doesn't have a mother, and she and her father only have a limited supply of food until her dad can find a steady, well-paying job. Helga and her friends regret all of their actions and apologize to her in the end, and the best news of all, Lila's dad gets a job!

So, the moral of the story is, don't be jealous of your new friends just because they might have the same traits as you, and don't prank them into being miserable. This is a pretty well thought out dramatic episode. Take it from me and watch it. I really felt bad for Lila and Helga when they cried. Well, that's all for now. See you Sunday when I review "Ransom."

Rugrats - "Runaway Angelica"

Okay, now I've completely calmed down and needed a CatDog review before this, I decided now is the right time to review "Runaway Angelica."

After getting into trouble in Drew's office and being sent into her room, Angelica decides to run away. Yeah, we know, she's a troublemaker; it’s part of the territory...but in this episode, it finally starts to add up. Drew as a legitimate scolding to Angelica almost as much as kids who wouldn't behave and get scolded by their parents as well. It turns into your typical Angelica tortures babies as slaves for no good reason episode until it starts to rain, and Angelica decides to go into the dog house, literally. So what, she gives in to her on instincts and her parents get worried and Drew regrets everything he said and everything's okay, right? Actually no, Drew and Charlotte never knew that Angelica ran away, mostly because they were to distracted by the world around them. There’s suddenly something at risk, and something Angelica values is now truly on the line. But in the end, despite her hopes of her parents being worried about her, reality takes its toll.

She hears Drew talking to Didi and Stu and he says "Oh, boy." It is so nice to get away from the responsibilities of parenthood.

And in my opinion, this is the saddest thing I've ever seen on this show.

I identify a lot with this episode. I sometimes got into trouble growing up myself, either, and I can tell you, all the talks, all the pressure, all the fears of not being loved by your parents anymore are properly represented here. In my opinion, this is the most dramatic episode they’ve ever put out. There’s no villain, there’s no one element to play, it’s just a tough slice of life and it still shows that your parents will still always love you even if you do those bad things, which is a hard lesson for anyone to learn, so hard that they don’t even really teach it that much in TV or movies. It’s tough to deal with, and this episode doesn’t sugarcoat it.  Sugarcoating meaning sentimental. It shows just what an impact it has on her and how much it can really hurt. Now, true, there is still a happy ending, but to be fair, I think it kinda works. Her valuable lesson some payoff, and she uses what she learned to her advantage.  But this is the first, and in my opinion, only time “Rugrats” had a perfect mix of good comedy, good storytelling, and surprisingly good drama. I’ve never seen an episode that balanced all three of those so well. You get sucked into Angelica’s dilemma, you feel bad for what she’s going through, and you want to see her come out okay. On top of that, there’s still some good laughs, a lot of heart, and a satisfactory resolution. Although I will say, if her big concern is not doing those bad things ever again, then how come in every single episode, SHE STILL DOES THOSE HORRIBLE THINGS?!

I don’t know, but what I do know is that this is a truly unique episode, and in my opinion, the absolute best of them all. It’s touching, it’s funny, it was near the end of the second season, it's just a gem.

CatDog - "Sneezie Dog"

Now this is a better episode about allergies than "The Big Sneeze." Yep, this one is from CatDog. Let's see if it holds up better than The Big Sneeze.

After taking Dog to doctor Rancid Rabbit after Dog sneezed Cat's statue of liberty down, Dog comes to the conclusion that he might be allergic to Cat. Throughout most of this episode, Dog and Winslow try their best to figure out how to cure the allergy.

This episode is SO much better than "The Big Sneeze." I mean, it got so many things right that "The Big Sneeze" didn't have time to develop. For example, having a character being allergic to another character is ridiculous, says Cat, and it has a better cure for the allergy. Shave Cat. And here's the twist, Dog was allergic to Winslow this whole time and with that, Winslow gets his comeuppance in the end. He deserved it. Why couldn't Angelica get any karma come to her on the Big Sneeze is beyond me.

The bottom line is that The Big Sneeze writers should've watch this episode and not make Chuckie go so far as to get away from Kimi. It's called, "TAKING NOTES!" The reason this is better than The Big Sneeze is because is funny throughout! I mean sure, there were a few funny points in "The Big Sneeze" with Phil and Lil, but those are just far and few in between. Writers, next time if your writing an episode about allergies, TAKE NOTES FROM THIS EPISODE.

But I digress. This episode is good.

Rugrats - "The Big Sneeze" Review

Season 7, sometime around 2002, Angelica Pickles is my least favorite character in all of Rugrats. And I'll tel you why. All she does is trick the babies into thing something terrible is happening, and obviously making the babies her slaves. Why would God even create somebody like her. Sure, there are episodes I like that feature her like, "The Word of the Day," Hiccups," and "Angelica Breaks a Leg" She may have done all those things, but she still had a heart. "The Big Sneeze" exists to say "Forget all that" and downgrades into the most flanderized character, I've ever seen.

"The Big Sneeze" was the breaking point for me, and I won't cover this up. Don't get me wrong, I'm not angry, I'm not upset, I'm just..........sad. Yeah. It's honestly the best word I can use to describe here.

The episode starts off with Kira giving Chaz an anniversary present since it's been one year since they've been married. Kimi is amazed by this news and tries to get something for Chuckie for being a sister for over one year. Meanwhile, Chuckie sneezes constantly whenever Kimi walks passed him, when Angelica overhears this, Angelica decides to trick the babies into thinking that Chuckie is allergic to Kimi because now is clearly the best time to do it and she couldn't have waited an extra 15 seconds. It's all downhill from here and I wish that was an exaggeration. It doesn't help, that whenever Tommy and their friends try to cure Chuckie, Chuckie decides to move away from Kimi as much as possible. This is mind-boggling!

I can sum this episode up in four words;. "IT'S ALL ANGELICA'S FAULT!" I mean, this has just gone too far even for her character, and the worst part is that Chuckie believes this the entire time, he doesn't stand up to Angelica and tell her she's being ridiculous, he just falls through with this plan because the plot wants him to. And not at one moment does Angelica question what has she done! And the worst part is that Angelica never receives any karma for her actions, she doesn't get punished, Chaz nor Kira call Drew about what's going on, she just disappears from the episode after Chuckie accidentally sneezes on her.

Here's how you fix this story. Have Tommy become suspicious and become mad at Angelica for making Chuckie believe he's allergic to Kimi. Oh, and how about a better allergy, have Chuckie be allergic to Angelica, that way, the babies could beat her up in the same way that Glenn Quagmire did to Brian from Family Guy just because he hates him. Unless, you were to argue that Chuckie is allergic to Angelica in this episode but didn't say, but I'll again return to my previous argument that there's no reason for him to think Kimi would be better off without him around. This isn't a mid-life crisis, so why is he going through this now? Or how about this one. Somebody would put Angelica into a box with air holes in it, and it would be shipped back to her house and Drew reads it saying "Return to sender. P.S. We'd raver have Susie Carmichael/" and Drew would say. "Gee, that's the tenth time this month. Some things you just can't give away."

That was atrocious. I hate to say it but this is the first review I've done on an episode of a cartoon I like that I hate. This episode needed some more proof reading before giving the go ahead to be made. Angelica never gets her comeuppance, Chuckie being allergic to dandelions contradicts "Opposites Attract," and on top of it all, Nancy Cartwright does not do a pretty good Chuckie voice. I have nothing against her, but I just want to address it nonetheless. Just take it from me and skip it. You're more likely to get laughs from an episode of CatDog.

But don't worry guys, there's a much netter episode that features Angelica that I'll review coming up real soon.

SpongeBob - Sleepy Time

You tired yet? Well, it''s 7:30, and now, I'm going to review a bedtime related episode of SpongeBob. That of course being, "Sleepy Time."

After SpongeBob's own dream falls apart, his dream self escapes from his dream cloud, and travel into his friends own dreams. Including Gary, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Pearl, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton, all in that order. But no matter what SpongeBob does, with the exception of Gary, Patrick, and Pearl, he just ruins their hopes and dreams. Meanwhile, Patrick is just looking for a quarter. Even when he's asleep. The next time SpongeBob's asleep, he should just stay out of his dreams and stay in his own dream. But that's not even so much his fault, because it was his daydream self that did all that.

This episode is so imaginative and creative at the same time. The dreams are so visually cool, it has SpongeBob's dream of having a driver's license, Gary being intelligent, Patrick needing a quarter, Squidward being Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sandy skydiving, Pearl's tea party, Mr. Krabs fishing for money, and Plankton being giant and terrorizing the city. I especially like the music for that scene, it was actually"Muscovite Rebellion," the same background music that was used in "Squeaky Boots" where Mr. Krabs goes completely insane over those squeaky boots. And he gets his comeuppance at the end by being stepped on.

This episode is sheer joy, it's funny, imaginative, cool, and interesting. We've got to see all the main characters dreams and what they look like and how SpongeBob goes through these scenes. This episode is just too cool for me to go on. Did I mention Ennio Torresan wrote this with Paul Tibbitt and Mr. Lawrence? Also, the "My Leg" gag is in here when Plankton zaps one of the citizens of Bikini Bottom.

Go ahead and give it a watch, and you'll be asleep in no time.