all right uh jordan fringe has got to do what a jordan fringes gotta do and that specifically is
to talk more about the rugrats no stranger here on the channel is why am i talking like yoda back
in may of this year the world was reintroduced to the rugrats in a new dimension the third dimension
with the reboot of the series updated for modern times and a few changes to some characters like
betty grandpa lou and most notably suzy who is now a bit younger to be closer to the baby's
ages rather than angelicas a lot of those changes had people feeling some type of way especially
when it's something from your childhood not being the same exact thing from your childhood and now
roughly four and a half months after the first few episodes released we are finally getting another
batch and since my opinions on the first batch of episodes are out there in this video i wanted to
see what these new episodes would offer and if you saw the thumbnail a certain character is set to
return but how weird is the timeline now going to be since the reboot doesn't even have dill yet so
bringing kimmy and sure will be interesting to say the least so today we are going to dive into these
new episodes see what's going on and discuss my thoughts on the series thus far i didn't outright
dislike the reboot overall with the few episodes i have seen when they released i didn't even mind
how some of the characters transitioned from 2d to 3d so time to see how these hold up as well
in this go-round instead of five episodes we are given eight more for a total of 13 so far in
the first season so let's quickly look into what each episode is about and jump into what i think
starting with the first half of episode 6 no license to drive where in which angelica
is given her cynthia electronic toy car and causes chaos within the pickle's household
and gets into trouble with stew and dede resulting in her car being taken away
dede also starts her first episode of dd does it for her live streams you know because it's
2021 and the reptar wagon is back for a brief moment but of course angelica steals her car
back which causes more issues with the parents as angelica interrupts the end of dede's livestream
whatever will she do showcasing the good old manipulation angelica is known for basically
having susie manipulated into being an accomplice but even when tasked with finally learning her
lesson in angelica fashion learns nothing the second part of the episode i dream of duffy
which duffy is basically an alexa which angelico witnesses how it works thanks to stu's man-child
spending habits including a fun take on instant deliveries and mega corp working conditions
timely angelica quickly abuses the concept of instant ordering as if it were a genie
granting material wishes starting with a few cynthia toy sets turning into more and more
toys to even the delivery person than having a concern that something's afoot yeah as if
specific companies say i don't know possibly named after a rainforest would care they just want the
money we get to see some more bits of fantastical adventures with the babies which is cool brings me
back to fond memories of the original show and the adventurous places they would be teleported
to but they want a piece of the power that duffy holds but angelica is hogging it all for herself
so when the adults get home to see what had happened and then duffy snitches with voice
recording receipts of angelica proving that she's behind it things don't turn out so well for her
kind of truly an angelica themed episode for both parts is she the main character now hmm
anyway episode 7's first part the fish stick starts off with one of those nursery rhyme type
youtube videos that controls babies minds something like a baby shark literally look
they're hooked on this like i am to buying pokemon cards what it's not a problem you're
the problem because you haven't hit like on this video yet please do it when tablet time
is over they all think since chucky's dad knows the song that they can extract it from his brain
like a reverse inception you know rather than implanting an idea imagining traveling through his
ear while just driving around in the reptar wagon once again visually a more impressive episode
playing with an interesting setting and some great looking texture work so weird to see a story based
around a mindless nursery rhyme video though the second part of the episode the pickle barrel has
betty's coffee shop hosting a cat adoption event with a special musical guest who was once friends
with grandpa lou but had had a falling out another music thematic episode segment they
really are lumping these segments well so far when it comes to some level of similarity the fighting
between the elders scares the babies a bit of having their own falling out over playing music
also duffy makes a triumphant return and good for him but in the end the thing that saves both
tommy and chucky's friendship and lou and bob's friendship is music it's short sweet and overall
charming for what it was episode viii's first part the future maker gives us that superhero teaser we
saw a long time ago before the show premiered back in may where the babies face off with a
reptar-esque version of spike but that's not important now what is is that angelica uses the
social media face filters that we all use nowadays to an exhausting degree to trick the babies
into thinking what their future would be like explaining why susie becomes a taco when she's
back to being a superhero and this really affects susie as she believes that this is all life will
amount to for her when she grows up however though she does learn to embrace who she is and can be
whoever or whatever when she grows up there's also a great quick cutaway about where did some chips
go the second half of the episode goodbye reptar has everyone over at tommy's for a sleepover and
when angelica won't let the babies watch reptar on tv they must find other means of entertainment for
the night and duffy's back really a breakout role for this character when chucky's toy reptar looks
as if it gets lost and heads out to space it's really just near the street and grandpa's lady
friend finds it while on her way to visit lou but the babies don't know that the lady coming over
quickly bonds with angelica over the knowledge of cynthia and actually convinces angelica to
do a good deed and return reptar to chucky in a way she does but the real good deed here is
that grandpa lou still knows how to impress a lady episode nine's first segment the bubby and zadie
show gives us a look at dede's parents who are definitely not the same parents who are you people
oh my god look at that carpet texture sorry what was i talking about oh yeah well they still are
jewish mentioning an early hanukkah gift given to tommy which with how influential and ahead
of its time the original show was in showcasing other holidays than just christmas it's nice to
see that this element even only if mentioned in passing is still a point that they made here we
see tommy meeting his mother's side grandparents and them not being the same fun entertainment they
were every day on a call confusing him as to who these people really are not a whole lot goes on
here other than that really the second segment the perfect myth has all the male adults minus drew
and lou but instead has charlotte competing in a fitness challenge all the while the babies play
into a greek mythology inspired fantasy we do see how stu is supportive of angelica's art as he is
the creative type while charlotte goes into it not being perfect unbeknownst to her that angelica's
the one who actually made it but thinking that stew did and then explaining to angelica that if
you're not gonna do something perfect don't do it at all and that she's raising her to be the quote
unquote perfect girl boss like herself a lot of pressure to put on angelica and we do get to see
how this affects her and charlotte contradicting herself definitely for the better when losing a
push-up contest to chas episode 10's first segment the big diff starts off with oh look the snail
from the rugrats in paris yes i know it's reptar's arch nemesis but that's robo snail and that's cool
to see maybe it's a sign of things to come that's what we in the biz like to call foreshadowing
anyway stu finds a gray hair at 33 which freaks him out a bit and that's what he deals with for
the whole episode while tommy and chucky start learning that they are very different in their
favorite things like animals and foods seeming to one another that they truly may not know all that
much about their best friend so tommy wants to be more like chucky and starts dressing like him
acting like him etc and chucky does the same but towards being like tommy but things aren't working
out too well and angelica starts putting a divide between them even being friends since they aren't
alike at all but later on they do realize that they still do have things in common but regardless
don't need reasons to be best friends other than enjoying one another's company the following
segment final eclipse has the babies being taken to a sci-fi convention based off their parents and
susie's favorite sci-fi film of all time final eclipse and we'll be getting the chance for a
preview of the new film in that series there as well it's basically star wars wait what's the
handy is this star trek no now i'm just confused when the adults get in trouble for acting out like
some serious fanboys may do the babies must save the day and take down the not darth vader guy as
someone who will be at too many games convention the day this video comes out it's been so long
since i've been able to go to any convention and i just miss the good times with friends at them
sorry you don't care about any of that personal sappy stuff it was a fun segment moving on
now back to rugrats only on nickelodeon episode 11's first segment great minds think alike with
angelica listening to story time at the park with other kids around her age one of them being
earthbound's very own ness glad to see he's getting other work besides super smash bros
angelica takes the stories read a bit too serious as she tries to use powers that she feels she can
do after hearing them in the book susie falls into the trap and thinks that she has powers
as well and then after a few coincidences thinking that they both actually do have
powers they decide to team up and prove these said powers to others turning a fun rivalry
into a genuine nice friendship together ah amaz i mean that one company from before
makes a cameo again but you know with great power comes great responsibility so after making the ice
cream truck not stop or you know so they thought they decide hey this is way way too powerful we
need to we need to stop this right now they just give it up followed up by betty and the
beast where betty is diligently waiting for an anonymous critic to come to her coffee shop in
hopes they give her a good review and shout her out to bring her more attention to her business
stu tries to help but his inventions in doing so may be more harmed than helpful especially on such
an important day the babies think that tommy's dad turned into the machine he was working on
for betty so that there was this fantasy element that comes into play here in general it's great
to see the amount of fantasy at play here and i don't mind that it's always in the pursuit of
a certain story plot rather than just a random adventure they are on but none of that matters
because the critic guy shows up and gives a great review and hey it's really the delivery guy again
neat episode 12 starting with escape from preschool where dede is trying to get tommy signed
up early for a preschool that angelica attends and here we get the biggest reveal kimmy returns
and wait wait wait wait so kimmy is now the same age as angelica and not chucky's stepsister at
least she still moved here from paris but they brought susie down to the baby's age and kimmy
up to angelica's age are we in wacky town what's going on here the continuity is even more messed
up kimmy even appearing before dill is weird and now not being the same character but also being
the same character based on her characteristics i need to take a breath for a moment okay i've given
the show quite the pass on a lot but for some reason this feels weird luckily no matter what i
feel about this i always have the original show and my personal memories will never be altered
based on what this reboot does but that begs the question is this a one-time cameo a reoccurring
role someone who will fill that solely good counterpart to angelica's morally ambiguous
am i analyzing things that probably don't matter that answer is yes anyway tommy gets accepted
into the preschool but dee thinks hey it's too early and we don't want him to start this young
but luckily this preschool experience is still better than preschool days check out that video
if you dare the next part mr chucky follows chucky having a dream about growing up after worrying
about growing up too fast and wow the delivery guy is also getting some good work as a side character
okay who's your favorite new character in the show is it duffy or is it delivery guy tough choices
now looking like his dad and how he's fighting to still be young and be with his friends we get
a cool look at the town that they live in through chucky's mind seeing familiar faces from episodes
past mainly because the only adults chucky has ever interacted with in the real world or he's
come across are here in some shape or form and even in a dream angelica is still the same here
we get a showcase into the duality that is having fun and having responsibilities when becoming an
adult and the fears that come with it chucky battles with this and learning that he doesn't
want to grow up so fast but in time will be ready to face these challenges when he is actually older
wow that may be the most pretentious youtuber thing i've said here yet on the channel please
don't roast me too hard episode 13 with the final segment of today being the werewolf hunter
the first holiday special of the show and it being based on halloween very timely of them starting
with everyone on a train heading to count mukul honey manor where the grandparents are now for
some reason playing creepy monster based tropes and no one is the wiser to that it's the same it's
just their it's just the grandparents and costumes they're not different people angelica tricks the
babies into believing that halloween isn't just about the candy but that the monsters are real and
come out and angelica will hold their candy for safe keeping and then for some reason when getting
lost in the woods now a wolf's howl scares the babies causing angelica to get hurt from something
oh man this freaking delivery guy give him a round of applause so yeah angelica turns into a werewolf
in front of the babies after everyone gets into costume so now the babies must help angelico
return to normal by putting a band-aid on the scratch she acquired legally that's how it works
all the adults start disappearing one after the other and then it all gets resolved in a rather
predictable way even though i think they were going for a surprise for it
not to be what it seemed it was but i digress the babies work together and finally capture angelica
and get the band-aid on her thus turning her back into the regular angelica we all know
and while this seemed like one of those fantasy dvd movies the rugrats used to do
it was just a bad dream tommy was having overall to me this has mostly been an inoffensive reboot
sure there are some things that don't make sense changing whether character-wise or continuity wise
comparatively to the original show but treating this as its own thing it's very
fine is how i can describe it best and i think what doesn't do it for me is that the original
holds such a specific place in my heart from my childhood and this just can't do that for
me as an adult i will admit when seeing the first batch of episodes i was excited for more rugrats
so enjoying them was almost a given with these rose-tinted glasses i have on so now that some
time has passed and i've been able to view all 13 episodes of what this reboot has had to offer so
far it just doesn't bring me back to the place of connecting with it again that doesn't mean i
think it's bad by any means it's something i can watch and admire things like the details
and texture animation and some of the jokes for the adults have been pretty decent as well as the
fantasy elements are always a visual treat but the moments that get to me and connect with me are too
far and few between for me to love what they are going for with this reboot but who knows
maybe the next set of episodes completely do work for me and maybe these worked for you the whole
kimmy thing still trips me out a little bit but i guess we'll get more of that answer in due time
and i don't think the answers to giving this show some critiques as if there is something
to fix for me personally apply here literally i just think i may have outgrown the concept of
the rugrats well no duh i'm a grown man child but there is a difference in watching new rugrats now
than having grown up with the original and also like i mentioned at the start having
these episodes released without a proper schedule with only a handful at a time seems like a missed
opportunity to maintain excitement and general interest in the series overall it can be another
four months until we see a few more episodes and so on lowering my personal anticipation for the
show going forward but that's where we're at with the 2021 rugrats reboot make sure to let
me know your thoughts whether you're enjoying it or not i'm always interested in what you
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