Team Impossible: Wrong, But Also Right (Redux)
"Team Impossible" could have been a great episode to introduce mentor-like characters to Kim and Ron. Instead, Team Impossible is a bunch of jerks who want Kim out of the business for the shallowest reason possible - Kim doing missions for free is cutting into their profits.
There were other reasons they could have given for wanting Kim out of the business. For example:
They won't almost get embarrassed out of existence like Kim in "Blush".
The have plans for if one of them is too sick to go on a mission, unlike Kim in "Sick Day".
They'll actually put stuff they're guarding in safe places, unlike Kim in "October 31st" and "Adventures in Rufus-Sitting".
They won't misuse potentially dangerous gadgets (for personal gain), unlike Kim in "Queen Bebe".
They were able to take down Drakken and Dementor in the time it took Kim to show up. (Granted they were sabotaging Kim's rides, they're still quick and efficient.)
They're full grown adults who are mentally and emotionally developed enough to understand the dangers they're putting themselves in.
They have the experience and training to handle themselves instead of relying on the good will of others.
They don't have to balance saving the world with things like school, clubs, or dates.
Like, there are a lot of good, valid reasons for adults to not want a couple of teenagers to save the world, but instead we get profit.
Also, getting paid for their services isn't so bad. Their resort, training, equipment, and transportation all cost money just to maintain.
Unlike Kim, they don't have people giving them those things for free, so they have to charge somebody.
(And they checked a guy's credit before charging him, probably to make sure he could actually afford it.)
There are a lot of things more important than money, I won't argue with that.
But, since they're footing the bill for all the expenses themselves, it's not wrong to ask for financial compensation for this service. If they didn't, they'd eventually be unable to actually do the job.
(And the guy who charged didn't seem to upset about paying anyways. A little taken aback at first, but not upset. He even gave them a gift basket as well.)
The point is, there are actual, valid reasons for them to want Kim out of the business, profit didn’t have to be the issue.
Lack of experience, lack of training, and careless mishandling of certain missions would have been enough and would have had the potential for introducing possible mentors.
They could've been people who helped Kim learn from her mistakes and grow from them.
But the creators have a habit of introducing someone to the show who also saves the world and then have Kim be either better, like with Will Du, or more moral, like with Team Impossible, so we never see them again.
Thus, Kim is the lone hero in the world.
