HEY YOU, remember Wild Kratts? You know, that old show on PBS with the two brothers
who taught you so much about different animals? I used to love this show as a kid,
and remember rushing to the TV every day after school to watch it on TVO,
which is kinda like the Canadian state-sponsored PBS. Wild Kratts is still technically airing,
although it hasn’t come out with anything new in quite a while. So why don’t we take
a look at this show and see what the hell happened, to Wild Kratts! What if?
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Where do we even start with this one? For starters, this show started out in 2011,
which is like my peak childhood, as I was only 6 during this time! It’s aired over 151 episodes in
the past decade, and has remained to this day much more successful than its rivals on the networks.
Each episode starts off with a live-action shot of the two host brothers: Chris and
Martin. These scenes are a lot cooler as you grow older because they both
act really hyperbolic but it’s actually pretty cool to see the real-life places they go to and
somehow manage to find these obscure animals in! I can’t even find a damn squirrel in the forest,
how do these guys manage to find Red Pandas and other super-endangered animals? As a kid though,
I remembered wanting to skip these scenes and get to the animated story parts, which included
all the action and jokes. The animated portion was Flash animated, which I know has been used
as a pejorative in the last decade when discussing animation, but frankly the animation in this show
is pretty respectable, and comes off as colorful and inviting, while also not seeming too childish
and bland. Although sometimes the eyes are a bit off, like I’ve talked about with other Flash
animated properties like the latter of Johnny Test. The team of characters consists of Aviva, my
first and only love, who is the main engineer of the group who gives the guys helpful technology;
Jimmy, this show’s discount Greg Cipes, who tests all the inventions; and Koki, the engineer of the
Tortuga, which is this giant turtle-shaped ship they fly in. Among the characters,
the brothers feel pretty charismatic together, both animated and in-person. They just have
this duo feel that is one of the reasons I think that this show got so successful.
Which brother is better by the way? I’ll leave a pinned comment below, and if Chris doesn’t win,
I swear to god I’ll delete this channel and go kill the first animal I see in the street.
The real reason we distinguished gentlemen watch this show, however, is sweet sweet Aviva
Corcovado. They knew what they were doing! *bark bark* Oh my god, my bad. Just saw a
cute endangered dog breed! *bark bark* Oooh, I love you Aviva! (clip) *long pause then bark*
Now as you guys probably know, the Kratt brothers also worked on Zoboomafoo, and they were just…ugh
so good! Screw these hacks like Bill Nye, these two dudes were like the Bill Nye of the early
2010s! Late 2010s we’ll give to Vsauce, but these guys win the award for early 2010s! (clip)
Chris and Martin, you couldn’t have had two less common frickin names if you
tried! It’s never like these dudes come on screen and are like “Privet comrades,
I am Vladimir and dis iz my brozer Oleg Siligolivic Jejevsky and vee are ze Vild Krats!”
(clip) HEYYY- this is a kid’s show alright! (abdomen) Oh,
wait what? Phew, my bad! This show also had a bunch of other characters we see from time to
time! This includes this evil designer lady who enjoys stealing animals so she can sell
their skins and that sort of thing, and there’s also this French dude with a really red nose. It
would be cheap to call him Rudolph…..so I just call him the French Heat Miser.
“They call me Heat Miser”
The tech in this show is also pretty cool, not only is there a miniaturizer that allows
them to shrink, and other such gadgets that *Avivaaaa* invents throughout the show…(clip)
Oh, I’ll find your creature power suit, let me tell ya…there’s also just the big
one which is their creature power ability, which is basically the Omnitrix and allows
them to acquire animal abilities. Almost exactly like the Unimatrix actually. The designs for the
creature suits are all pretty slick as well, and work really nicely with the Flash visual.
I think ultimately the best thing about this show is that they don’t treat their audience
like idiots. They introduce kids to different geographical locations every episode, familiarize
them with species from all across the animal kingdom, and do it all in a package that balances
educational learning, with action-based stories, and slick simple animation. And a good cast of
characters, might I add. (clip) SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE SAW GUYS! That’s right, you tell em Aviva.
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Overall, Wild Kratts is awesome! But what do you think? Was this a trip down memory
lane for you too, and which part of this show do you remember the best? Be sure to let me
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thank you so much for watching, and I’ll see you beautiful ladies and jellyfish next time! Shalom!