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Posting OLD ART for archive purposes PT 2

“No, you are too young,” Heeseung explained as he posed in front of the mirror.  “But I am older, so I was wondering if I looked like someone that might have lumps in the future?”

Jake and Jungwon both looked confused. Jake kept petting Jungwon but asked, “What are lumps?”

Heeseung winced because he had said too much.  He wasn’t supposed to know about lumps either, but Sungjong had been very vocal about his displeasure when their papa had told him about them.  Heeseung couldn’t help but listen…eavesdrop on the conversation.  “They are what grown omegas get.”

A curious Jungwon now sat up.  “Lumps?  Where?  I have never seen your papa with lumps?”

“You wouldn’t have. Omegas only have them when they have babies,” Heeseung explained as he reached up with both hands and placed them over his own flat breasts.  “I am Papa’s youngest child, and I am older than you.  Omegas get lumps right here.  It’s how they feed their babies.”

Jungwon’s mouth fell open, horrified at the thought as he clutched his chest.

“I don’t think we should be talking about this,” Jake hissed while shuddering at the mere thought of Jungwon with lumps.  “We will get in trouble!  We can’t talk about babies.  You know that!”

Heeseung shrugged.  “We won’t get in trouble if we don’t tell anyone.  Jungwon should know.  I mean, he is an omega.”

“But shouldn’t your papa tell him?”  Jake questioned in a squeaky voice and then added abruptly, “I thought babies drank Satty juice!”

“From what I heard,” Heeseung explained, failing to mention that he had eavesdropped on the entire conversation.  “They do after they are a few months old, but at first they drink from the omega like baby cows drink from their mum cow.”

“I don’t want lumps!”  Jungwon cried out, horrified by the thought.  “I hate being an omega!  Why do I have to have lumps?  That is so gross!”

Heads up! Welcome to The Wayne will be airing new episodes on Nicktoons. 😄

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Here are the episode listings:

May 3rd - "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Cup" (Season 2 Episode 1)

May 3rd - "Welcome to the Wassermans" (S2E02)

May 10th - "An Olly-Day Miracle!" (S2E03)

May 10th - "That's Squidjit Bowling" (S2E04)

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One True Song

Chapter 10 posted!~

This Gumball video did well.

In fact, better than well. It’s currently around 1.6 million views. It centered around the relationships of Gumball and Penny, and Darwin and Carrie, in the episodes The Shell vs The Matchmaker, respectively. Although, I covered the episode “The Drama”  a while ago which served as the next step in Carrie and Darwin’s relationship, I never got around to a good Penny and Gumball equivalent.

Well, at least until today.

Enter, The Transformation, an episode of season 6, that I enjoy, that develops the aspect of Gumball and Penny in a subtle but highly enjoyable way. The episode starts off with a very cute exchange between Penny and Gumball via the internet, but majority of the episode centers in on an argument Penny has with Patrick, Penny’s father.

As you may or may have not known, in The Shell, Penny literally breaks from her shell and becomes a shapeshifter, to Gumball’s initial bemusement and father’s rejection. This episode continues the latter aspect. Patrick wants Penny to somehow get back in this shell, even though it’s literally impossible because within The Shell, she explodes into this new being unless somehow throughout this entire time her shell is intact and she can fuse back into her previous self. 

I enjoy the back and forth between Patrick and Penny. It’s not entirely comedic, but Gumball and Penny’s little sister is there to provide moments of comedy. Honestly, if you enjoy those drama shows where the boyfriend confronts her girlfriend’s parents on their disapproval of something about their daughter, this episode satisfies that. The dynamic between Penny and her father has an underlining layer of some sort of heartwarming respect. For all we know, Patrick could want Penny back in her shell because that is what he was told, growing up; to never leave their shell.

Penny’s mother also is both funny and creepy for her facial expressions.

Patrick and Penny’s arguments are a little too on the nose though, and this is an argument that’s hard to convey considering who the media demographic is. But hear me out. Patrick is obviously being a stubborn dad and really has no argument outside of being the breadwinner and therefore boss of the house. It is clear as day, that Penny can’t go back into the shell and she’s much happier outside it. But it doesn’t mean that Patrick has to do everything wrong, but assert his power. That could make him unlikeable to a few that haven’t seen The Shell and understand. Maybe if Penny was also being at some level irrational, would that be forgiven. There is also a large emphasis on this animation change. It’s a 3D animation shift that focuses on uncanny imagery, a lack of proper lighting and tons of geometric shapes placed in just the right direction to be a little weird and wonky. Out of many animation shifts, I wouldn’t call this my favorite, but I do think it was necessary. As Gumball tells this story, it’d be boring if they just kept the camera on him, because that’s all we want to see. Someone animating a character TELLING me a story rather than SHOWING me.

Overall, I think it’s a fine episode. I couldn’t WAIT to talk about this episode and I hope to talk about more episodes on here. If you’re not a fan of Gumball, it’s probably okay to pass up, but if you are even marginally interested in Penny and Gumball, do not miss this!

Pros:

Great dialogue

Cute interactions

Penny’s little sister

Cons:

A tad bit empty

Patrick’s argument being too flawed

Cartoon Network’s second attempt at reviving our loveable cowardly dog may have failed.

Earlier, there was a Facebook post from John R. Dilworth (creator of Courage The Cowardly Dog), talking about a potential revival of the show. However, it has sense been deleted. Now, I do not want to speculate too much but this could go either way.