wait remember kik batowski the suburban daredevil disney's 2010 animated action series about the
bodacious hijinks of a thrill-seeking you guessed it daredevil who just wants to shred
some gnar in his tubular town of radical characters ugh you hear that that's my
age showing created by sandro casaro we have the legendary tale of a kid growing up in the
suburbs finding a variety of ways to make the most mundane situations a stunt show so tighten
your headset loosen your trucks and strap your helmet on because it's time to kick some butowsky
my age is still showing you're the most annoying person on the planet
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sponsoring today's video i'm listening kik batowsky the show not the character follows
the misadventures of the amateur stunt kid kik batowski the character not the show with
nothing much to do in the little town of mello brook with the help of his incredibly supportive
fun-loving and naive best friend gunther kick strives to become the world's greatest daredevil
the performer not the comic book hero alright i'll stop that bit but don't get me wrong this kid is
no slouch whether it's skateboarding kart racing or heck even dodge ball clarence kik batowski
defies all the laws of physics and adheres only to the laws of awesome but surprisingly that's not
all the show's about each episode follows the day to day lives of kick and gunther as they interact
with well the neighborhood a vast majority of the show's environments are everyday locations that
you'd find in any neighborhood and surrounding town areas libraries gyms swimming pools creeks
corner stores amusement parks okay maybe that one isn't every day for most people schools football
fields the whole nine yards you can get it a big part of what makes this series so much fun
is seeing the different ways kik and gunther use their imagination to transform these settings into
elaborate stunt shows sometimes not even for an audience not for fame not for fortune not almighty
but just for fun throughout the show's run our noseless hero wait where is his nose ah who knows
okay i heard it that time sorry for the extra daily dose of jordan cringe today anyway
numerous opportunities arise to let the show flex its robust cast of characters
there's brad kix antagonistic but at times well-mannered older brother brianna kicks spoiled
in melodramatic little sister and their parents harold and honey batowski she's a fan favorite
the batowski family dynamic gets explored much more in the second season and the same can be said
about gunther's family descendants of vikings who hail from the old country we have kendall
perkins an academic enthusiast and kicks will they won't they love interest ronaldo who uses
the laws of physics in contrast to kick's laws of awesome forming a rivalry between the two
wade the laid-back slacker whose cap covers his eyes and you know come to think of it we never
see underneath kik's helmet after losing it in the episode exposed the show goes out of its way
to cover his head with a variety of different things mud a trapper hat and even a garbage can
before finally retrieving his helmet so what does he look like without a helmet does he have hair
what color is it i mean at the end of the episode not without my cereal we see kick sporting a
mustache in sideburns and they're brown so i guess he's brunette none of this matters i don't know
why i'm stuck on this for some reason while his parents are it doesn't matter the show sports a
large cast of voice actors and actresses many of whom only voice one character each charlie
schlatter provides the deep and unflinching voice of kik matt jones provides the nasally
and neurotic voice for gunther as well as voice acting veterans like gray delisle richard horvitz
and april winchell just to name a few to round out parts of the cast having such a wide variety
of voices helps make each character stand out as their own distinct individual rather than sounding
exactly the same this is specifically noticeable when the characters are forced to work together
in episodes like detained this episode like many others highlights the erratic nature of the show's
animation the way faces contort to convey pain irritation and disgust the way backgrounds are
used to express speed characters will squash and stretch to exaggerate their actions
then snap back once they're finished everything and everyone has a constant liveliness that helps
the world of kik butowsky feel unique and this is further accentuated by its soundtrack rock music
and heavy guitar riffs are frequently spread across each individual stunt and action scene
to give it that extra oomph so let's take a look into the extra oomph that helped facilitate the
creation of this show well what's that supposed to mean kickowski suburban daredevil is up next
now on disney xd there is a childlike innocence in this show that elevates even the most boring of
atmospheres and it all makes sense once you learn that the creator of the show took inspiration from
his own childhood while making it originally conceptualized as kid knievel casaro wanted to
develop a series focusing on the misadventures of an unfazed daredevil living in a town similar to
stoneham massachusetts and his inspiration didn't stop with just environments starting production
at the tail end of 2008 the series was starting to take form of exactly what it would be and by april
of 2009 the title would officially change from kid knievel to kik butowsky for its eventual premiere
on disney xd something that is cool is the stunt coordinator working on the show is actually evil
knievel's son robbie knievel really fitting for the theme of the show plus the show's original
name premiering on disney xd february 13th 2010 even though it originally was set to launch in
the fall of 2009 before being pushed a few months the pilot episode would premiere to a huge 842
000 viewers making it at the time the second highest rated series premiere in disney xd history
which that network was still kind of new but it was awesome for the show nonetheless the second
episode of the show would do even better with 970 000 viewers coming close to breaking a million in
viewership the show was able to capture quite a bit of attention with our main character here
constantly taking risks to perform some over the top studs but the show itself was not afraid to
take risks either kyle e coyote is an episode with almost no dialogue that pays homage to the classic
roadrunner cartoons scattered throughout the show are references to 80s nostalgia but things are
kept pretty modern with an entire episode devoted to kik trying to go viral giving the show an
almost acronistic feel meaning any generation of viewers could watch and find something relatable
but the biggest risk the show ever took was with the second half of its final season you see
while the first season focused primarily on the stunts and action sequences sprinkled in with some
elements of comedy and great characterization the second season tries to flip this around
putting greater emphasis on family stories and slapstick comedy while stunts and action move
further to the backseat as the season progresses the best example of this being with kik himself
as early as the first episode whenever kik wipes out he never takes too long to spring back up
and try his trick again showing little to no fear in the face of a challenge but by the time
we reach season 2's episode power play we see kik struggling to handle injuries he would have shaken
off previously and to add insult to injury get it i'm so sorry it's always done for a quick laugh
and nothing more it's always risky for a show to change its pre-existing formula so i find it quite
fitting for a show about a risk taker to become meta and take such a serious risk with itself
especially for its final season the series concluded on december 2nd 2012 with a motion
picture of kik living the life of a superhero and at the end of the episode kik wakes up realizing
it was all a dream he punches brad and then dances to a song through gunther's boombox and that's it
on disney xd now back to kick patowski on disney xd so yeah the show wasn't renewed for a third
season so it just kind of ends which is a shame because there's definitely potential with this
concept a lot of modern disney cartoons dabble heavily in the world building story arcs and
extensive lore but every now and then it'd be nice to get another show like this it knows that it's
an action series through and through but never completely shies away from having fun little
character moments and bits of continuity this type of writing putting fun before any degree of logic
translated well into the games that accompanied the show kickbotowski stuntastic a physics and
momentum-based game that tasks you with building your high score without falling face first in
two obstacles kikpatowski loco launcho a fast fast-paced mini-game that thrusts you into the air
with your biggest objective being to remain in the air by unlocking upgrades while you strike poses
and kick patowski mellowbrook mega race a kart racing minigame where you and your opponents can
shoot projectiles to slow each other down all three of these are just a few shining
examples of how well a show with a simple plot can translate really well into a flash game or
even a full game if disney saw the success of the show as something greater the show exudes a
childlike innocence and sense of fun so of course the games do too currently there are no talks of
renewing or rebooting the series which is a shame because what we did get was clearly a passion
project from someone who wanted to tell a story a story of recapturing that blissful energy where
anything seems possible or maybe the full story he wanted to tell was told and this was where he
wanted to finish it at as a kid priorities are pretty simple go outside and have fun living in
the suburbs meant having to create your own fun with the few things you had around you swing sets
became ferrous wheels creeks became jungles and every object at a 45 degree incline could only
ever be a ramp to ride off of as a kid you want to be the best there is at what you do the fastest
person alive the one without fear the number one pokemon trainer and it all seemed real it all
seemed tangible okay maybe not the pokemon trainer part skateboarding downhill biking with no breaks
and recreating your favorite action hero was all par for the course you felt invincible because
at the end of the day you'd return to europe street cul-de-sac etc and sleep off any falls
you may have had kickpitowski may not have been the most story-driven the most advertised or the
most focused series out there but it captivated my inner child taking me back to simpler times
and it's all because of one word fun kik butowsky is fun there are no rules holding anything back
no drama that extends beyond a few episodes no reliance on morals other than not trying these
stunts at home tonally it knows how to surround action set pieces with comedy characters and
stories that never detour away from the number one goal of the show kik patowski is fun and i had fun
watching it but what do you think of kik butowsky what was your favorite episode who's your favorite
character there are so many characters in the show it honestly got hard keeping track of everyone's
name by the end of season two but anyway let me know all about it in the comments thanks so
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