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wait remember dave the barbarian it was an american animated tv show that aired
on disney channel between january 23rd 2004 and january 22nd 2005. yeah it didn't last
too long but it did leave enough of an impact for people to randomly be doing
yard work and go oh i forgot about dave the barbarian i hope jordan fringe makes a video
talking about it well your wish that i totally didn't just fabricate in my head has come true
for today that's exactly what we're doing so for our wait remember series here on the channel
let's take a look into what this show was some interesting info about it what ultimately happened
to it and of course my personal thoughts on it as well so come with me on a journey as we travel
back in time to where a big buff barbarian may not be the big buff hero his appearance implies
all right what in the fun time is dave the barbarian well at 21 episodes dave the barbarian
is one of disney's shorter run series only ever spanning a single season better to have happened
in general than to not have happened at all the wacky and wild events of dave the barbarian took
place in udragoth a fictional medieval kingdom filled with myths magic and strange creatures both
evil and good if you ever got into fantasy-related properties all those same ideas tropes themes etc
it's all here as well at the start of the series the king and queen of udrigath have been away
from the kingdom for a while in an effort to fight evil around the world what a king and queen doing
something other than sitting in some thrones for a hundred years wow now that's a surprise
in their absence the ruling couple left behind their spoiled teenage daughter candy to be
princess who is now responsible for leading the kingdom until they return they also left behind
their physically powerful but emotionally timid barbarian son dave and the semi-feral youngest
daughter fang who always gets called a chimp to help defend the kingdom from any potential threats
candy is the eldest of the royal siblings at 17. her character falls to the stereotypes of a cliche
spoiled teenage girl being vain mildly lazy prone to gossiping love shopping you get it you know the
rest despite her age and stereotypical valley girl nature candy is no pushover showing great martial
arts skills and strength when needed to defeat monsters especially ones that are threatening
the local mall yes i said local maul and with a logical head on her shoulders when it comes down
to solving diplomatic issues candy considers herself both a princess and a barbarian often
using the catchphrase don't mess with the princess i wonder how long it took her to come up with that
one sixteen-year-old dave is the middle royal sibling as well as the titular character of the
show while dave looks physically powerful coming across as a stereotypical warmongering barbarian
in reality dave is sensitive and timid preferring to do things like knitting or cooking as opposed
to monster fighting and pillaging dave's timid nature is best shown through his tendency to
at least once an episode get frightened enough to produce a high-pitched shriek
or to say his catchphrase please don't hurt me dave the barbarian will be right
now back to dave the barbarian on tune disney dave is aided in his barbarian quest limited though it
may be by lula his chatty enchanted sword who can shoot lightning from the tip of her blade i wish
my sword did that in one episode it is mentioned that lula used to be the sword of argonne the
ageless a famed barbarian hero until one day when argonne used lula to be the nose of a snowman and
left her behind until dave found her centuries later canonically lula is related to several other
famed enchanted weapons including thor's hammer mulgner who is her older sister so then where was
lula in endgame then huh the final royal sibling is fang fang is the semi-feral nine-year-old we
spoke about earlier with a deep intrinsic love of smashing things a running joke throughout
the series is that fang resembles or acts like a monkey often queuing her catchphrase not a monkey
when someone calls her that trust me don't call her that it's not worth it despite fang's endless
thirst for the blood of her enemies she is kept out of most fights due to her age in the meantime
she drains of the day that she will be a powerful barbarian princess capable of smashing her enemies
under her feet candy dave and fang are assisted in running the kingdom by their clumsy gluttonous
and selfish court wizard who is also their uncle oswitch oswitch is a relatively useless sorcerer
whose spells normally do more harm than good which makes sense when you learn that he never
actually went to sorcerer's school as a student he just worked in the school's cafeteria but even
with his limited formal training though oswitch's knowledge of magic and the magical items around
the world does supersede the rest of his family making him occasionally useful much like me
i'm occasionally useful and most times i'm not though the final member of the royal family is
faffy the family pet dragon who is shaped like a pig acts like a dog and and breathes lightning
instead of fire faffy is extremely dumb there is nothing behind those eyes but i love him
the greatest threat to udrigath throughout the series is the evil villainous insidious dark lord
chuckles the silly pig tremble before him dark lord chuckles the silly piggy yes you must say the
whole name every time is an evil pig and a tiny velvet cape with the big dreams of rolling udright
using his magical mystic amulet of hog swinebore which gives him and all swine the ability of
telekinesis shape-shifting and to blast magic dark lord chuckles the silly pig uses increasingly wild
and seemingly gimmick-based tactics throughout dave the barbarian in his attempts to take over
the kingdom all of which eventually fail thanks to the royal sibling's interference while dark lord
chuckles the silly piggy is the main antagonist in dave the barbarian occasionally other forces
pop up as threats to the kingdom those threats include characters like mel squando the evil
sorcerer who actually attended sorcerer's school unlike oswitch and now is stuck on the idea of
taking over the world and being oswitch's nemesis there's also kosmir the god of freshly laundered
trousers princess irmaplotz the evil princess sorcerer of hierogoth who wants to destroy
dave verma platt's mother queen zonthera voiced by joan rivers who tries to teach irmaplots how
to best be evil there's this dude ned a video game nerd from 1994 who uses a radioactive zipper to
travel back in time in an attempt to take over the world using future technology he like gives
everyone game boys at one point and when they run out of juice he plans to take over the world by
selling them batteries he's voiced by invaders in himself richard stephen horvitz and there's also
other various villains and monsters all around bad guys you name it there's more in the show dave
the barbarian uses a narrator gimmick to introduce the audience to that episode's concepts or explain
certain elements of the universal lore the narrator voiced by jeff bennett is capable
of breaking the fourth wall and often does so to speak directly to the characters so you're
telling me that dave has access to shopping malls and cell phone-like devices well that
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dave the barbarian was created and written by doug langdale a screenwriter producer and actor
who has also created the show's earthworm gym project geeker the weekenders langdale
has also worked as a writer on the show's buzz lightyear of star command the looney tunes show
el tigre and the film the book of life according to langdale dave the barbarian comedically put
modern themes and technology in a medieval setting pulling inspiration from haggar
the horrible and the flintstones the result was this wacky world of dragons and wizards but also
shopping malls and crystal orbs that worked like cell phones the subpar ratings it received however
during its single season eventually got dave the barbarian put on hiatus in 2005 a hiatus it has
never been taken out of the show itself for me is alright i don't outright dislike it but i also
don't outright love it it's very hit or miss for me i like the setting and the characters but the
problem boils down to the repetition of things the characters follow the same formula almost
every time dave gets scared lula is like what the heck am i doing here someone calls fang a chimp
candy does candy things it gets to a point where i felt like i've seen this all before because
i have in the last episode and the one before that and so on it's not like what i'm watching
is truly bad it's just less exciting in context of it not feeling fresh like there's so much room
for barbarian adventures here and while sure we do get some of that it could be so much grander
at least in feeling the villains however really helped save the show for me they are weird and
interesting and usually help switch things up a little bit it's a serviceable show that
has some great moments but is surrounded by what feels like filler and a few times
in this only one season series i felt like moving on or not wanting to watch the next episode but
then you get moments that bring you back in like a nonsensical psa about brushing your teeth there
is that nice charm there that truly is a plus for the show but if this show were longer than
a season and followed the same formula season one going into another season i probably would
have personally fell off of watching the show in general but that's just me what about you
how do you feel about dave the barbarian do you consider it one of your go-to shows or
something you didn't pay much attention to let me know in the comments thanks so much for watching
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