I agree that Adorabat is a bland-ish character as of right now, but two episodes that really help this are Outfoxed and Bao Bao’s Revenge, as one shows Adorabat learning that she can’t trust just anyone and the other having her pick up on Mao Mao’s character flaws.
TheonetrueBoxman I’d argue Outfoxed does what this episode wanted to do better. If you wanted to show me that Adorabat is naive, then that does it better.
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At the beginning of the episode, Adorabat didn't really see herself as helping because she wasn't directly contributing to the fight. And the thing is, that's a *child's* viewpoint. I know that when I was a kid, when playing RPG's, I was always concerned about *BIG DAMAGE NUMBERS* and characters who didn't have them weren't important. I didn't see the importance of buffs, debuffs, status effects, etc. It was just "hit the bad guy hard until he goes down." And that's what Adorabat wants at the start of the episode: She wants to be the *BIG DAMAGE NUMBERS* character, and she isn't ready for that. The thing is, when she gets the *BIG DAMAGE NUMBERS* she wants, the fact that she can't control it ends up hurting others, like (To use another RPG analogy) getting an item with great stats but causes confusion and berserk status effects to the wearer. The end of the episode is basically Adorabat realizing that, even without the *BIG DAMAGE NUMBERS,* she can still contribute to the team. She gives up the power, and shortly thereafter realizes that, even if she can't defeat the enemy directly, she can cause them to defeat themselves. She isn't the heavy hitter, she's the status affliction fighter (Confusion, blind, etc), who makes it so that the heavies can do their part a lot easier. There's no shortcut to becoming the heavy hitter.
Better example: She's the uber-spamming kid who thinks that getting the highest damage moves on all your pokemon is best (and then proceeds to get swept by Shedinja)
literally I was expecting something more. I don't see any 'bullets dodged' "Can we get something other than cute and naive for her character?...This is the bullet that I'm talking about." W H A T bullet???
Personally my favorite parts with her are the moments when it shows she's a bit of a psychopath. Like when she wants to grow huge and starts nashing her fangs together drooling, or is about to throw a brick through a window, or is delighted to be able to use their riot gear and that she blew up the pirates ship. Hell it's possible all she really wants is action, not necessarily to be a hero. She IS introduced simply wanting a dark souls boss to show up. That. Or it shows how kids sometimes do have these destructive urges
Don't forget that scene where she was hosting the magic show in 'Enemy Mime' and she frees Pinky, and then 5 seconds later curls her wing back and lets him get absorbed by the slime again. What a smug child, god bless.
I also forgot when she's very clearly gonna decapitate Blue for what amounts to giving Mao a 5/10 review......and then the very next day does a dance for him....
Now you think about it I think what Adorabat difference from Finn, Star, K.O and Steven is about they already have skill or power in the beginning show Finn shown that he has good fighting skills and sword fighting at age of 12. Star Butterfly (age 14) has magic powers and magic wand (In last season she doesn't need wand anymore). Even without magic she can fight evil monsters and Marco also have fighting skills too. Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia) (age 13) shown her fighting skills with tennis racket and sword. Sasha is able use sword too. Steven Universe (age 14) has his mom gem and shield. K.O has fighting skills at (age 6-11 years) and already has powers Adorabat proves to be helpful in some situations and doesn't need superpowers. Also she brings Mao Mao's soft side.
Have you watched OK KO? Ko is underpowered by his colleagues until the end of season one, and even then he was still weaker than many of them. Season 3 has him finally learning to control his power. KO has powers, yes. But so does everyone else. KO has issues controlling his more powerful powers.
@@andymoore8835 I know K.O having struggle controlling his powers in the first two seasons. But he can still fight because he is trained by his mom Carol
I think you missed that AdoraBat did grow in this episode as she recognized that her leading Ramaraffe into Orangusnake at the beginning of the episode WAS helping, and that she provided a unique dynamic to the team. (Which we'll see more of in Dumpster Diving whenever it comes out.)
There is one thing i have to point out. This is episode 3 you're talking about, of course she has yet to get any character growth. You gave examples of Steven universe, SVTFOE, OK KO, but they also happened when the show went along, you mentioned that it was somewhere Ep 10 when Steven starter to show more then just a goofy character. Yeah right now she's a tad bland but cute, but maybe that's the point. She is young and we will see her grow, Mao Mao and Badgerclops already have a history and all, but Adorabat's is only beginning, this is HER origin story and we get to see it completely. Im pretty sure that once we have had a season or two, she will be a clear grown character, with a layered personality, we just need to see it all grow. and all these episodes are apart of it, she's learning from all of these things. With the helping trick part, in the beginning she didn't see it as helping, but then later she realized that it really was helpful, she learned her lesson. Anyway got that out of the way Loved your video uwu always do And PS your video title and video doesn't really match, i was expecting you to tell us about how Mao Mao, well, dodged a bullet by doing something correctly that otherwise could easily be a trainwreck. But oh well.
I know what you mean, but the Chowder comparison is a good way to explain how it doesnt make a difference to the point hes trying to make. This wasnt the right angle at which to come at this third episode, they clearly wanted this to be an episode focused on the first baby steps of her growth as a hero and that intention needed a plan that wasnt "reiterate a single character trait we already know until it causes problems then skip over the characterisation or development straight to 'I wont make that mistake again' without us learning anything about the character herself". Chowder isnt a deep show, it's silly fun with character archetypes, but it still came at the idea of its naive character causing more damage while trying to help by showing how he stumbled into helping and liked it and was dumb enough to not even notice he was causing problems and be crushed when his hands were back to normal - all of which is in line with how Chowder isnt JUST naive, hes dense and oblivious, overly trusting and oversharing, gluttonous in such a compulsive way as to allow for cases where he genuinely doesnt mean to eat something he shouldnt have etc, it's all character that is consistent throughout the show. We do learn more about Adorabat as things go on, but what she does have beyond "naive and kind of concerningly bloodthirsty" seems to come rarely and pit of nowhere when it does show up, like they didnt actually HAVE much characterisation for her at this point in the show. Maybe they didnt, and Alpha is just picking up on the signs that they were still working out who their characters even were during the early episodes, but either way that's still something substantially noticable about this episode that hes valid for noticing and trying to figure out why it doesnt work as well as other examples of the same episode format
strato he didn’t do it though, the title means that it handled the problem, not that it avoided it. The title means the videos gonna describe how the show handled the problem of adorabat’s archetype, even if they didn’t do it well
I don't feel like Adorabat is quote on quote "shallower" than the other two because her backstory hasn't been explained yet. I mean, to me she feels WILDLY different, for reasons such as this: She is clearly more interested in power and action than being a hero. She is still a good person who cares and wants people to be happy, but you can clearly see that her moral boundaries are a lot less than with Steven or KO. Whereas those two want to protect everyone and be heroes, it seems like Adorabat desires being cool like Mao Mao. You can see this in this episode for example, where she would prefer keeping her new powers than being an actual hero. Or when badgerclops becomes huge in Ultraclops, her main desire is to cause mayhem and destruction. Or when she desires to be seen as cool so much that she screams at Blue, "DO YOU LOVE YOUR MOMMY!?" which is not something Steven or KO or even Finn would do. Maybe this is because of who they look up to. Steven looks up to the gems, Finn looks up to Billy, and KO looks up to the pow card heroes. Meanwhile, Adorabat looks up to Mao Mao, who is a very different sort of person who feels like being a hero is supposed to get you attention. She's also kind of a lot edgier and less oblivious then KO or Steven. Adorabat clearly knows what she's doing at all times, and is not afraid of embracing evil/destruction. She DOES have what I like to call Internal Monologue Syndrome, which KO also has. But she's not afraid of doing things like intentionally driving a wedge between Mao Mao and Badgerclops because she wants Mao Mao's undivided attention, and she knows EXACTLY what and why she's doing such a thing.
Sounds too dark for the kid, don't you think? I mean, she's just a kid; probably she have a lot to learn about becoming a hero isn't just about power and destruction. And yeah... Adorabat look up for Mao Mao is quite worrisome because even Mao Mao have his noticable flaws and of course,his severe daddy issue and his trauma in his childhood;not so good father figure to Adorabat tbh.
I see this show kinda going down an adventure time route where it starts off innocent and cute at first but later on becomes more adult, story oriented, and mature. That is if this show stays on air for a long time also Adorabat is a she buddy you called her a he again at the beginning;)
@Oseres 18 No way of knowing whether or not this show will be on air for years to come. Sometimes things get in the way to prevent shows from going on for an extended period of time
Mao Mao is a pretty good show so far, but I have mixed feelings on Adorabat. She has her moments and can be cute, but there are times where I find her a bit too much. Like kind of an annoying version of Deku from My Hero Academia, if I'm being honest.
I personally agree too! Finally someone who gets me. Adorabat is not exactly very pure and she can be really deceptive abd manipulating (as shown in episode 2) and yeah there ARE some moments where she just goes too over the top.. In the 9th and 10th episodes she does seem to have a bit of character development (just a bit) and she's gotten a little interesting I'm very curious about what the show's gonna do to her, i wish her the best.
11:05 the difference between the two times she used this move is that the second time it was intentional before she felt like she was not helping because it was more of her getting lucking and things just working out this time it was fully intended so she fills more satisfied
Yeah, exactly. The first time she didn't feel like she helped because she wasn't contributing in the way mao mao and badgerclops were, aka fighting the villains head on. All she had at her disposal for a direct attack were smokebombs, which did nothing in the grand scheme of things. She probably thought that she wasn't contributing because she wasn't doing direct damage with flashy moves, when strategy also comes into play, which is what she utilizes at the end.
Let's just remember one thing. And that is that Adorabat on the first episode was shown to be one of the 'sweethearts' and from each episode you can tell that the Sweethearts and rather simple, naive, stubborn, and sometimes quite annoying.
Great video. I always love it when we see new aspects of a character - and as an animation writer myself, I try to sneak such moments in where possible and organic. I just wish Cartoon Network Canada would show Mao Mao more than roughly once a month...
all of the other characters you listed where main characters, adorabat isnt. it usually takes more time for a side character to get developed than the main character.
I feel that we'll learn more about Mao Mao's family, his sisters and neglectful father. Probably going to be the main story line in the near future of him confronting his entire family.
Not Impressed was the best episode so far in my book. The way Mao Mao went completely mental due to his issues. My second favorite episode was Outfoxed; that ending man.
A character archetype doesn't need to be new to be entertaining. Every character is unique in their own way, even if it's just because of their appearance, abilities, and subtle differences in personality. People need to learn to enjoy something even if they've seen it before to an extent.
Adorabat is a girl In the episode where adora beats a slime blob by using magic tricks, mao mao says, "she did it, the mad woman" and they refer to her with the pronouns she and her.
The way I see it this show isn’t adorabat story it’s mao mao so it’s a lot easier to enjoy her being more of abd archetype because she’s not the main focus the main focus is mao mao he is the main character
I think you got part of your analysis wrong: notably the difference between the first and second time Adorabat gets the villains to fight each other. The first time, Adorabat was running. She didn't recognize the aid she provided because all she could see was that everything she was intentionally doing wasn't working. The second time, since she's drawing on prior experience, she recognizes that what she's doing is actually contributing. Another minor issue: this episode shows that Adorabat isn't just excited about becoming a hero, she's practically addicted to it. The catastrophe conga line was one thing, and may not indicate anything major on it's own, but that last scene is important. Notice how quick she's ready to go right back to using an item that she provably can't control and she knows she can't control. She's still willing to risk collateral damage to reach the level of Mao Mao and Badgerclops faster. Admittedly, I haven't seen the rest of the series (there's a few different ones I'm working on getting through), but it looks here like Adorabat will need to go past points of no return for lessons to stick.
Adorabat is my favorite character. I love how excitable and how she says exactly what she is thinking very matter of factly like a real child. Also she is adorable so I must protecc
I’d like to point out that at the time of this comment, Adorabat has grown significantly as a character. She’s changed significantly, and in a bunch of good ways that seems to address a lot of things in video. Especially after the episode “Adoradad”.
Poof is Nickelodeon's most complex character. From 1977 to now, from nicktoons, mom, teen, at nite, to music, radio, and sports, poof is the character with the most depth.
Who knows, mabye the story leads all up to the point where there’s a final episode of mao mao finally fighting his father. Realizing that he shouldn’t have to please the parent that never even loved him nor cared for him.
Well, she is 5. And there's no way they are revealing her parents or how she lost her leg for a while I'd bet. There isn't a lot that you can make out of a 5-year-old.
Were you confused about the direction you wanted this review to go? Your title is that it dodges a bullet and yet you talk as if the episode loaded Adorabats character into a revolver, spun the chamber, and shot itself in the head first try.
The title here seems a bit confused, and glancing through the comments, I'm not the only one. I'd hardly call it clickbait, like some have, but I'd say it gives the wrong idea about your intent with this video. I'm guessing you meant it differently than we're interpreting it, or something?
Yeah, it's definitely not nothing, he brings up valid points and has well constructed arguments, they just aren't the arguments he said he'd be presenting.
Anyone else wondering if, by being exposed to the Pure Heart for as long as they have, there is a little bit of the Pure Heart's power inside them and all Organosnake has to do is find a way to extract that power in order to take over the world? Pretty cliche when I wrote it down, but there it is.
*rocket flies into sandwich. rocket explodes into a sadface* *smoke bomb* *Mao Mao yells Adorabat while trying not to choke* Alright, I guess I gotta watch this series now.
How Mao Mao dodges a major problem. **Proceeds to describe Adorabat's character as exactly that problem but done far more poorly than other shows** 'okay.'
For a video entitled "How Mao Mao Dodges A MAJOR PROBLEM", you don't really say what problem they dodged so much as talking about the flaws with Adorabat's character archetype.
I really don't think the show's trying to focus itself on Adorabat, which I think is good because plucky little kids aspiring to greatness are a dime a dozen. She makes a good comic relief character and her manic behavior is a good foil to Badgerclops, but Mao Mao is still the main character (in my opinion). Which is something I like, because he's not your typical main character on a CN program. He's serious, he's hard-boiled, he's kind of an asshole, and it's perfect. He doesn't feel like some kind of paragon, he's all kinds of flawed and watching him feels like watching a real person, not a legend.
I think that this episode isn't meant to show Adorabat is impatient and naive, but rather that she feels like a burden. She feels like what she's doing isn't enough. "I didn't help AT ALL" seems like a more figurative statement, rather than a literal one. She wants power because she thinks being powerful will make her more helpful, despite the fact she does help. This is also backed up in other episodes: "The Perfect Adventure," "Breakup," and "Enemy Mime." Being impatient is not a personality trait, but rather a result of something else. I think that Alpha Jay took this episode -- and Adorabat -- at face value. But this show already shows that it doesn't want viewers to do that. It shows that both Mao Mao and Badgerclops have motives and reasons for why they act the way they do. It is unfair to Adorabat as a character to assume this isn't the same for her. It's not that Adorabat is the archetype, but rather that, as an avid viewer of cartoons, that is what you expect from characters like her and therefore focus on. It just isn't screaming in your face. Also it was said that Adorabat could just give away the Megamech at any point. It's not lazy writing; it was explained. It's the same with the showing the episode is about the power, but telling it is about helping. It's both. Showing and telling are not mutually exclusive. Also also, in the end, Mao Mao destroys the Megamech because he is jealous. That's why he insults Badgerclops by saying it was poorly designed. This was also mentioned earlier in the episode. I think that the review does have some good points and points out how shows may need to be clearer with certain executions. However, I suggest taking a more psychoanalytical approach with this show. WHY does Adorabat act X way, not how does Adorabat act. I really hope this all made sense and that I wasn't offensive!!
I felt like Adorabat getting the epiphany that she helped more than she thought earlier was pretty well realized. She is young and the fact that her making the pirates fight among themselves was an accident didn't make her feel like it was her doing. It's like discovering a technique or a new style on accident, and it feels like a fluke at best or it just feels like "I can't take credit for that, these guys are just idiots". Getting the armor let her feel like she was actively contributing, hence when she intentionally gets the pirates to beat each other up it feels more satisfying to her. Also I'm pretty sure the setup with the armor was that it couldn't be TAKEN from her, but if she took it off then it was fair game. Hence why Orangusnake figured if she wouldn't give it to them they'd just kill her and take it.
First so this is my time before 100k? And love the new intro. So yeah i find the problem about that episode is that mao mao thinks that short cuts doesn't teach you what you want to do or as they called it "montage". I love mao mao but he sometimes can be a weird funny jerk that wants to be a legendary hero and while he does his journey instead of helping her and that dissapoints me. She wants to be a hero and mao doesn't teach that much he only focused on the legendary journey. If there is a dark episode were mao mao loses i hope he learns his lesson and trains her for the epic battle of good vs evil and yes that ending if funny tho.
Good points. However I think that, as you mentioned earlier in the video, the whole point of Adorabat is she's the "growing" character. She starts as a blank slate so that the more experienced duo of Mao Mao and Badgerclops can influence and direct her. It's becoming more clear as the show goes on that she's developing more personality and backstory, though perhaps not as much as I would personally like to see. Still, it's interesting.
Alpha Jay, sometimes when you do something helpful, you don't realize it until later. At the moment she did,xt feel helpful because she wasn't doing any cool or attacking and that's what she was focused on. She did note however that they were fighting each other, which confused her. Later, when she has given up being cool, she recognizes the chance to recreate the situation from earlier AND remembers a feature of the mech that's more harmful than effective.
Dude you can't just title the episode "How Mao Mao dodges a huge problem" and then just talk about how it 100% hits a huge problem. That's not just clickbait, that's literally the opposite of what the video is about.
What did you think of No Shortcuts?
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Do Chowder reviews!
Its good
Adorabat is a girl
I agree that Adorabat is a bland-ish character as of right now, but two episodes that really help this are Outfoxed and Bao Bao’s Revenge, as one shows Adorabat learning that she can’t trust just anyone and the other having her pick up on Mao Mao’s character flaws.
TheonetrueBoxman I’d argue Outfoxed does what this episode wanted to do better. If you wanted to show me that Adorabat is naive, then that does it better.
It’s still early
that reaction when the fox tried to remove his own head was great. that was like a horror movie moment from the perspective of the villain.
Also screams.
Adorabat will become the next great cartoon protagonist.
Parents: "Kids shows don't have enough appreciation for parents"
Cartoon network: "Here's a cat and a badger basically raising a little bat"
Disney Channel: Here's a cursed witch and a Cubone raising a plucky young girl
...And *here's* an old frog and his two grandchildren adopting a human as family
...and here's a reboot of an old classic of an uncle raising his three orphaned nephews and a formerly broken family coming back together and growing larger and stronger together
Delivery: Digiorno
Guys we have to be carefull when searching for mao mao characters on Google images
I have seen some things
SlewedBoot25934 wait already?
How new is this show?
@@Terimator20 i think the first episode aired in early july
Infinite Object describe it
What did you see out there?
At the beginning of the episode, Adorabat didn't really see herself as helping because she wasn't directly contributing to the fight. And the thing is, that's a *child's* viewpoint. I know that when I was a kid, when playing RPG's, I was always concerned about *BIG DAMAGE NUMBERS* and characters who didn't have them weren't important. I didn't see the importance of buffs, debuffs, status effects, etc. It was just "hit the bad guy hard until he goes down." And that's what Adorabat wants at the start of the episode: She wants to be the *BIG DAMAGE NUMBERS* character, and she isn't ready for that. The thing is, when she gets the *BIG DAMAGE NUMBERS* she wants, the fact that she can't control it ends up hurting others, like (To use another RPG analogy) getting an item with great stats but causes confusion and berserk status effects to the wearer.
The end of the episode is basically Adorabat realizing that, even without the *BIG DAMAGE NUMBERS,* she can still contribute to the team. She gives up the power, and shortly thereafter realizes that, even if she can't defeat the enemy directly, she can cause them to defeat themselves. She isn't the heavy hitter, she's the status affliction fighter (Confusion, blind, etc), who makes it so that the heavies can do their part a lot easier. There's no shortcut to becoming the heavy hitter.
Better example: She's the uber-spamming kid who thinks that getting the highest damage moves on all your pokemon is best (and then proceeds to get swept by Shedinja)
As a support main, I agree with this fully. It’s not just the numbers! I get so much invigoration from simply contributing.
Mao Mao: Heroes of pure heart is one of the few shows I can accept watching on CN. Along with Craig of the Creek.
Krook King wat about gum ball
@@Joemcmama I forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me
Robo jay jay The Blader 200 v2. Gumball has already ended m8
Imo Craig is boring. I tried getting into it but I'm just not interested
@@MutatedCutie it's 1 lass episode of TTGO at least
AJ: "This episode dodges a bullet."
Tone of review: "This episode stands still and yells SHOOT ME SHOOT ME"
No he never said it dodges a bullet just how they handled it. Probably should’ve worded it better tho
literally I was expecting something more. I don't see any 'bullets dodged'
"Can we get something other than cute and naive for her character?...This is the bullet that I'm talking about." W H A T bullet???
Okay! Glad I’m not the only one confused
@@clyvelawrence8820 lt is literally in the title
Dominick Perez yeah it is
Personally my favorite parts with her are the moments when it shows she's a bit of a psychopath. Like when she wants to grow huge and starts nashing her fangs together drooling, or is about to throw a brick through a window, or is delighted to be able to use their riot gear and that she blew up the pirates ship.
Hell it's possible all she really wants is action, not necessarily to be a hero. She IS introduced simply wanting a dark souls boss to show up. That. Or it shows how kids sometimes do have these destructive urges
Don't forget that scene where she was hosting the magic show in 'Enemy Mime' and she frees Pinky, and then 5 seconds later curls her wing back and lets him get absorbed by the slime again. What a smug child, god bless.
Spiral Curse loved the scene in Outfoxed where she beat them up with a metal chair 🥴👌
I also forgot when she's very clearly gonna decapitate Blue for what amounts to giving Mao a 5/10 review......and then the very next day does a dance for him....
The show just needs to admit that she is and never will be a hero. SHe just wants to be powerful and destructive.
Trust me, she doesn't want a dark souls boss. Give her an enderdragon.
Now you think about it
I think what Adorabat difference from Finn, Star, K.O and Steven is about they already have skill or power in the beginning show
Finn shown that he has good fighting skills and sword fighting at age of 12.
Star Butterfly (age 14) has magic powers and magic wand (In last season she doesn't need wand anymore). Even without magic she can fight evil monsters and Marco also have fighting skills too.
Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia) (age 13) shown her fighting skills with tennis racket and sword. Sasha is able use sword too.
Steven Universe (age 14) has his mom gem and shield.
K.O has fighting skills at (age 6-11 years) and already has powers
Adorabat proves to be helpful in some situations and doesn't need superpowers.
Also she brings Mao Mao's soft side.
Accept that most of the other characters are good.
Steven is a shitty Mary Sue.
@@twinzzlers yep
Have you watched OK KO? Ko is underpowered by his colleagues until the end of season one, and even then he was still weaker than many of them. Season 3 has him finally learning to control his power. KO has powers, yes. But so does everyone else. KO has issues controlling his more powerful powers.
@@andymoore8835 I know K.O having struggle controlling his powers in the first two seasons. But he can still fight because he is trained by his mom Carol
@@admnov93 I think they're trying to say ko isn't as op as the others
HOLD UP!!! back up, adorabat is female? I always that it was just a little boy with a really shrilly voice, ok that’s interesting I’m down with it
Nope she's a girl
Had the same problem with Nermal.
That's what I thought at first. I thought it was another voice actress playing a little boy, but I was surprised to find out the character is a girl.
I always knew she was a girl
Yep. Shes a girl
mao mao: this guy needs to be taught a lesson
adorabat: VIOLENCE! YEAH!!
great writing. everyone loves the tiny psychopath.
I think you missed that AdoraBat did grow in this episode as she recognized that her leading Ramaraffe into Orangusnake at the beginning of the episode WAS helping, and that she provided a unique dynamic to the team. (Which we'll see more of in Dumpster Diving whenever it comes out.)
There is one thing i have to point out.
This is episode 3 you're talking about, of course she has yet to get any character growth. You gave examples of Steven universe, SVTFOE, OK KO, but they also happened when the show went along, you mentioned that it was somewhere Ep 10 when Steven starter to show more then just a goofy character. Yeah right now she's a tad bland but cute, but maybe that's the point. She is young and we will see her grow, Mao Mao and Badgerclops already have a history and all, but Adorabat's is only beginning, this is HER origin story and we get to see it completely.
Im pretty sure that once we have had a season or two, she will be a clear grown character, with a layered personality, we just need to see it all grow. and all these episodes are apart of it, she's learning from all of these things. With the helping trick part, in the beginning she didn't see it as helping, but then later she realized that it really was helpful, she learned her lesson.
Anyway got that out of the way
Loved your video uwu always do
And PS your video title and video doesn't really match, i was expecting you to tell us about how Mao Mao, well, dodged a bullet by doing something correctly that otherwise could easily be a trainwreck. But oh well.
I know what you mean, but the Chowder comparison is a good way to explain how it doesnt make a difference to the point hes trying to make. This wasnt the right angle at which to come at this third episode, they clearly wanted this to be an episode focused on the first baby steps of her growth as a hero and that intention needed a plan that wasnt "reiterate a single character trait we already know until it causes problems then skip over the characterisation or development straight to 'I wont make that mistake again' without us learning anything about the character herself". Chowder isnt a deep show, it's silly fun with character archetypes, but it still came at the idea of its naive character causing more damage while trying to help by showing how he stumbled into helping and liked it and was dumb enough to not even notice he was causing problems and be crushed when his hands were back to normal - all of which is in line with how Chowder isnt JUST naive, hes dense and oblivious, overly trusting and oversharing, gluttonous in such a compulsive way as to allow for cases where he genuinely doesnt mean to eat something he shouldnt have etc, it's all character that is consistent throughout the show. We do learn more about Adorabat as things go on, but what she does have beyond "naive and kind of concerningly bloodthirsty" seems to come rarely and pit of nowhere when it does show up, like they didnt actually HAVE much characterisation for her at this point in the show. Maybe they didnt, and Alpha is just picking up on the signs that they were still working out who their characters even were during the early episodes, but either way that's still something substantially noticable about this episode that hes valid for noticing and trying to figure out why it doesnt work as well as other examples of the same episode format
Clickbait? Like what did they dodge? You were going off on what seemed like a tangent and lost me.
Even Good UA-camrs?
Not Telling he never said that they did dodge it, just how they handled it
strato he didn’t do it though, the title means that it handled the problem, not that it avoided it. The title means the videos gonna describe how the show handled the problem of adorabat’s archetype, even if they didn’t do it well
strato the thumbnail even says “problem”
@@clyvelawrence8820 What, the title of the video says they dodged it.
You expected a dramatic Adorabat's motivation and backstory IN A EPISODE 3??? tf?
I don't feel like Adorabat is quote on quote "shallower" than the other two because her backstory hasn't been explained yet. I mean, to me she feels WILDLY different, for reasons such as this:
She is clearly more interested in power and action than being a hero. She is still a good person who cares and wants people to be happy, but you can clearly see that her moral boundaries are a lot less than with Steven or KO. Whereas those two want to protect everyone and be heroes, it seems like Adorabat desires being cool like Mao Mao. You can see this in this episode for example, where she would prefer keeping her new powers than being an actual hero. Or when badgerclops becomes huge in Ultraclops, her main desire is to cause mayhem and destruction. Or when she desires to be seen as cool so much that she screams at Blue, "DO YOU LOVE YOUR MOMMY!?" which is not something Steven or KO or even Finn would do. Maybe this is because of who they look up to. Steven looks up to the gems, Finn looks up to Billy, and KO looks up to the pow card heroes. Meanwhile, Adorabat looks up to Mao Mao, who is a very different sort of person who feels like being a hero is supposed to get you attention.
She's also kind of a lot edgier and less oblivious then KO or Steven. Adorabat clearly knows what she's doing at all times, and is not afraid of embracing evil/destruction. She DOES have what I like to call Internal Monologue Syndrome, which KO also has. But she's not afraid of doing things like intentionally driving a wedge between Mao Mao and Badgerclops because she wants Mao Mao's undivided attention, and she knows EXACTLY what and why she's doing such a thing.
Sounds too dark for the kid, don't you think? I mean, she's just a kid; probably she have a lot to learn about becoming a hero isn't just about power and destruction. And yeah... Adorabat look up for Mao Mao is quite worrisome because even Mao Mao have his noticable flaws and of course,his severe daddy issue and his trauma in his childhood;not so good father figure to Adorabat tbh.
video title: "how mao mao *dodges* a MAJOR PROBLEM"
video topic: "how mao mao *has* a MAJOR PROBLEM"
Title: How Mao Mao Dodges a Major Problem
The Video: *continues to list all the problems*
You should change the title. Sounds like this episode avoids *solving* a problem instead of fixing it.
This probably the best show on CN right now
Imo on cartoon network shows
3. Mao mao
2. Ok ko
1. Unikitty
Along with Infinity Train coming up within a week.
I see this show kinda going down an adventure time route where it starts off innocent and cute at first but later on becomes more adult, story oriented, and mature. That is if this show stays on air for a long time also Adorabat is a she buddy you called her a he again at the beginning;)
Why would it not be on the air?
@Oseres 18 No way of knowing whether or not this show will be on air for years to come. Sometimes things get in the way to prevent shows from going on for an extended period of time
like wonder over yonder?
@@electroshock1021 *Sigh* like Wander Over Yonder.
RIP. 😔
It’s already got continuity, and backstories, and it seems to be leading up to something big
I feel like the video title has absolutely nothing to do with the video content.
Mao Mao is a pretty good show so far, but I have mixed feelings on Adorabat. She has her moments and can be cute, but there are times where I find her a bit too much. Like kind of an annoying version of Deku from My Hero Academia, if I'm being honest.
Deku is always annoying imo but I get what you're saying
yeah. i honestly kinda think shes a brat
I personally agree too! Finally someone who gets me.
Adorabat is not exactly very pure and she can be really deceptive abd manipulating (as shown in episode 2) and yeah there ARE some moments where she just goes too over the top..
In the 9th and 10th episodes she does seem to have a bit of character development (just a bit) and she's gotten a little interesting
I'm very curious about what the show's gonna do to her, i wish her the best.
Season 1 Deku, gotcha
This dude Alpha Jay been on his grind recently. I'm getting notifications for him like every day now
He's like you but without the precious feathers.
I wish more people would talk about this show, it’s actually pretty good.
I still can’t believe this was made by the same guy who made that Dr Mario song
What song?
@@gallardo1787 Dr Mario song
I am Doctor and i am saving lifes...
Made? I thought he was just the animator for it.
11:05 the difference between the two times she used this move is that the second time it was intentional before she felt like she was not helping because it was more of her getting lucking and things just working out this time it was fully intended so she fills more satisfied
Yeah, exactly. The first time she didn't feel like she helped because she wasn't contributing in the way mao mao and badgerclops were, aka fighting the villains head on. All she had at her disposal for a direct attack were smokebombs, which did nothing in the grand scheme of things. She probably thought that she wasn't contributing because she wasn't doing direct damage with flashy moves, when strategy also comes into play, which is what she utilizes at the end.
Actually... This reminds me... How did Adorbat's leg get amputated.. O_O:
I imagine it'll be something silly, like tripping down some stairs
Pff- she just falls down the stairs and loses her leg entirely-
There has to have been a time before the Pure Heart... was there?
Whenever I watch an episode of Mao Mao, I just get reminded of that webcomic about a cat who plays videogames.
I personally think theres much more to adorbat then what meets the eye after all. She has that pegleg thingy
Let's just remember one thing. And that is that Adorabat on the first episode was shown to be one of the 'sweethearts' and from each episode you can tell that the Sweethearts and rather simple, naive, stubborn, and sometimes quite annoying.
Great video. I always love it when we see new aspects of a character - and as an animation writer myself, I try to sneak such moments in where possible and organic.
I just wish Cartoon Network Canada would show Mao Mao more than roughly once a month...
I never saw it on TV.
all of the other characters you listed where main characters, adorabat isnt. it usually takes more time for a side character to get developed than the main character.
for some reason I feel like we'll learn more about Adorabat through her peg leg or other sweetiepies
I feel that we'll learn more about Mao Mao's family, his sisters and neglectful father. Probably going to be the main story line in the near future of him confronting his entire family.
Right now, No Shortcut and Not Impressed are my favorites!
CliffTurbo I loved Not Impressed!
Not Impressed was the best episode so far in my book. The way Mao Mao went completely mental due to his issues.
My second favorite episode was Outfoxed; that ending man.
Alpha Jay Show Maybe you could do a video on that episode. It’s got a lot of stuff to unpack.
I though Not Impressed was awesome. But I’m hyped for Sick Mao!
CliffTurbo did you notice the dragon ball references (the scouter and super saiyan)
A character archetype doesn't need to be new to be entertaining. Every character is unique in their own way, even if it's just because of their appearance, abilities, and subtle differences in personality. People need to learn to enjoy something even if they've seen it before to an extent.
how many people misclicked because you misread
"how mao mao is a major problem"
i bet at least 20 people did
I actually really like this show and it's writing uwu
Seventh comment, not bad
Me too nwn
Seriously? Was the uwu really necessary?
@@Number_27 Yes
@Maxxxy Really? I haven't cringed much if at all from this show
Adorabat is a girl
In the episode where adora beats a slime blob by using magic tricks, mao mao says, "she did it, the mad woman" and they refer to her with the pronouns she and her.
The way I see it this show isn’t adorabat story it’s mao mao so it’s a lot easier to enjoy her being more of abd archetype because she’s not the main focus the main focus is mao mao he is the main character
So how did it dodge. A major problem?
Problem: exists
Mao Mao: dodges
I think you got part of your analysis wrong: notably the difference between the first and second time Adorabat gets the villains to fight each other. The first time, Adorabat was running. She didn't recognize the aid she provided because all she could see was that everything she was intentionally doing wasn't working. The second time, since she's drawing on prior experience, she recognizes that what she's doing is actually contributing.
Another minor issue: this episode shows that Adorabat isn't just excited about becoming a hero, she's practically addicted to it. The catastrophe conga line was one thing, and may not indicate anything major on it's own, but that last scene is important. Notice how quick she's ready to go right back to using an item that she provably can't control and she knows she can't control. She's still willing to risk collateral damage to reach the level of Mao Mao and Badgerclops faster. Admittedly, I haven't seen the rest of the series (there's a few different ones I'm working on getting through), but it looks here like Adorabat will need to go past points of no return for lessons to stick.
Adorabat is my favorite character. I love how excitable and how she says exactly what she is thinking very matter of factly like a real child. Also she is adorable so I must protecc
Very true
I’d like to point out that at the time of this comment, Adorabat has grown significantly as a character. She’s changed significantly, and in a bunch of good ways that seems to address a lot of things in video. Especially after the episode “Adoradad”.
Adorabat then: the cute one
Adorabat now: a fucking psychopath
I kept waiting for the BUT since the title talks about how it dodges a major problem. So...what's up with that?
Poof is Nickelodeon's most complex character. From 1977 to now, from nicktoons, mom, teen, at nite, to music, radio, and sports, poof is the character with the most depth.
Literally alt the Avatar main cast: *Are we a joke to you?*
as long as Rebecca Sugar is not telling the story of this...
then i think we will be fine
And this is when i say: Adorabat, please don't be a Steven.
Who knows, mabye the story leads all up to the point where there’s a final episode of mao mao finally fighting his father. Realizing that he shouldn’t have to please the parent that never even loved him nor cared for him.
Well, she is 5. And there's no way they are revealing her parents or how she lost her leg for a while I'd bet. There isn't a lot that you can make out of a 5-year-old.
Surprisingly, there is now. It released July 17 2020 I believe.
@@theh69 Yeah. Like I said, it'd take a while. A while was about a year.
The episode was great though.
I’m really impressed how much your uploading! Not saying you need to continue but very appreciated!
Side note, that is a BRUTAL way to lose a tail.
Poor Mao Mao
Poof isn't cute lmao
Adorabrat is
At least I can tell what gender Poof is.
@@icecreamhero2375 you said that like it was important. it makes no difference.
Were you confused about the direction you wanted this review to go? Your title is that it dodges a bullet and yet you talk as if the episode loaded Adorabats character into a revolver, spun the chamber, and shot itself in the head first try.
PewDiePie: I can upload high quality and funny videos every single day!
Alpha Jay: Hold my bamboo.
The title here seems a bit confused, and glancing through the comments, I'm not the only one. I'd hardly call it clickbait, like some have, but I'd say it gives the wrong idea about your intent with this video. I'm guessing you meant it differently than we're interpreting it, or something?
Yeah, it's definitely not nothing, he brings up valid points and has well constructed arguments, they just aren't the arguments he said he'd be presenting.
Mao Zedong: Am I a joke to you
Mao Mao: Yes
I have a pretty good feeling we're going to see her grow and evolve, and honestly I can't wait. I'll be very proud of her.
Alternate title: Mao Mao Dodges a giant ass bullet because of episode and saves jay's monetization
To be honest (in MY opinion) best show in CN right now! Like AHHHHHHH so freakin wholesome!!!
Mao Mao uses Dodge! It’s super effective
Anyone else wondering if, by being exposed to the Pure Heart for as long as they have, there is a little bit of the Pure Heart's power inside them and all Organosnake has to do is find a way to extract that power in order to take over the world?
Pretty cliche when I wrote it down, but there it is.
*rocket flies into sandwich. rocket explodes into a sadface*
*smoke bomb* *Mao Mao yells Adorabat while trying not to choke*
Alright, I guess I gotta watch this series now.
9:51 Baby Poof is great he is like a mime. He is Bugs and Foop is Daffy. He seems to take after his mother and be more reasonable.
another reason is
ADORABAT IS NOT THE MAIN CHARACTER MAO MAO IS
unlike Finn whose character arc seems to end at season 6
How Mao Mao dodges a major problem.
**Proceeds to describe Adorabat's character as exactly that problem but done far more poorly than other shows**
'okay.'
My Girlfriend is one of the artist in making mao mao, but man she work hard on this working sometime 15hours a day just to finish her scene.
Tell your GF the show is awesome. I love it.
You thought this episode was gonna be sponsored by a company, but it was I! Alpha!
I REALLY miss the "discord whispering"... It's so empty without it
So many videos in a row.....I'm blessed 😁
2:21 "How many times to we have to teach you this lesson Old Man!" AdoraBat's a Girl.
I'd wait for this season to be completed.
ANOTHER vid ?! Damn Jay your on fire right now
One could argue that adorabat realized that what she did earlier did, in fact, help, and proceeded to use the same trick again to do so.
I love the show, Mao Mao! 😄
Vel Gray The Kitsune Same!
For a video entitled "How Mao Mao Dodges A MAJOR PROBLEM", you don't really say what problem they dodged so much as talking about the flaws with Adorabat's character archetype.
I can tell just from these clips, Adorabat is more than just a cute face. Her facial expressions and movements show so much personality.
I really don't think the show's trying to focus itself on Adorabat, which I think is good because plucky little kids aspiring to greatness are a dime a dozen. She makes a good comic relief character and her manic behavior is a good foil to Badgerclops, but Mao Mao is still the main character (in my opinion). Which is something I like, because he's not your typical main character on a CN program. He's serious, he's hard-boiled, he's kind of an asshole, and it's perfect. He doesn't feel like some kind of paragon, he's all kinds of flawed and watching him feels like watching a real person, not a legend.
Now I'm imagining what it would be like to see an animated adventure ending with your character becoming king.
In what way does this dodge a major problem because I’m kind of confused
The problem and resolution of the episode kind of don't make sense, but a lot of it can be chalked up to Adorabat and her archetype
She isn't overpowered right away she has to work hard to be a good hero. Charcaters like Star are just born good at fighting.
I think that this episode isn't meant to show Adorabat is impatient and naive, but rather that she feels like a burden. She feels like what she's doing isn't enough. "I didn't help AT ALL" seems like a more figurative statement, rather than a literal one. She wants power because she thinks being powerful will make her more helpful, despite the fact she does help. This is also backed up in other episodes: "The Perfect Adventure," "Breakup," and "Enemy Mime." Being impatient is not a personality trait, but rather a result of something else. I think that Alpha Jay took this episode -- and Adorabat -- at face value. But this show already shows that it doesn't want viewers to do that. It shows that both Mao Mao and Badgerclops have motives and reasons for why they act the way they do. It is unfair to Adorabat as a character to assume this isn't the same for her. It's not that Adorabat is the archetype, but rather that, as an avid viewer of cartoons, that is what you expect from characters like her and therefore focus on. It just isn't screaming in your face.
Also it was said that Adorabat could just give away the Megamech at any point. It's not lazy writing; it was explained. It's the same with the showing the episode is about the power, but telling it is about helping. It's both. Showing and telling are not mutually exclusive.
Also also, in the end, Mao Mao destroys the Megamech because he is jealous. That's why he insults Badgerclops by saying it was poorly designed. This was also mentioned earlier in the episode.
I think that the review does have some good points and points out how shows may need to be clearer with certain executions. However, I suggest taking a more psychoanalytical approach with this show. WHY does Adorabat act X way, not how does Adorabat act. I really hope this all made sense and that I wasn't offensive!!
*oH nO!! mY mAmA's MeAtBaLlS*
Adorabat... Has... A scouter... A saiyan, bloodlusting warrior race's technology. *A cute bat, has a scouter.*
I think Adorabat's story is going to show later on.
Still, i don't know how much we have to wait, but then i remember that the show started recently.
I haven’t watched you in a while. So I didn’t expect the panda to fucking die and then proceeded to be revived. This is some dragon ball type stuff.
I felt like Adorabat getting the epiphany that she helped more than she thought earlier was pretty well realized. She is young and the fact that her making the pirates fight among themselves was an accident didn't make her feel like it was her doing. It's like discovering a technique or a new style on accident, and it feels like a fluke at best or it just feels like "I can't take credit for that, these guys are just idiots". Getting the armor let her feel like she was actively contributing, hence when she intentionally gets the pirates to beat each other up it feels more satisfying to her.
Also I'm pretty sure the setup with the armor was that it couldn't be TAKEN from her, but if she took it off then it was fair game. Hence why Orangusnake figured if she wouldn't give it to them they'd just kill her and take it.
First so this is my time before 100k? And love the new intro. So yeah i find the problem about that episode is that mao mao thinks that short cuts doesn't teach you what you want to do or as they called it "montage". I love mao mao but he sometimes can be a weird funny jerk that wants to be a legendary hero and while he does his journey instead of helping her and that dissapoints me. She wants to be a hero and mao doesn't teach that much he only focused on the legendary journey. If there is a dark episode were mao mao loses i hope he learns his lesson and trains her for the epic battle of good vs evil and yes that ending if funny tho.
Jay: i have seen this lots of times before
-a few minutes before-
Jay: there are not a lot of people who a lot of cartoons
so thats a yes but no?
This is my absolute favorite channel :D
Good points. However I think that, as you mentioned earlier in the video, the whole point of Adorabat is she's the "growing" character. She starts as a blank slate so that the more experienced duo of Mao Mao and Badgerclops can influence and direct her. It's becoming more clear as the show goes on that she's developing more personality and backstory, though perhaps not as much as I would personally like to see. Still, it's interesting.
I’m pretty excited for the new upcoming episodes. They sound really good.
i am a simple man. i see mao mao, i click.
It would have been funny and a good reference if Mao Mao were to step on Adora-Bat Upgrade while saying, "Oops. Oops again."
Alpha Jay, sometimes when you do something helpful, you don't realize it until later. At the moment she did,xt feel helpful because she wasn't doing any cool or attacking and that's what she was focused on. She did note however that they were fighting each other, which confused her. Later, when she has given up being cool, she recognizes the chance to recreate the situation from earlier AND remembers a feature of the mech that's more harmful than effective.
Am I the only one that thinks mao mao laughs like a Venus flytrap lmao
You should talk about "Outfoxed" - that episode was wiiiild.
Nichimoon yessssss!
Dude you can't just title the episode "How Mao Mao dodges a huge problem" and then just talk about how it 100% hits a huge problem. That's not just clickbait, that's literally the opposite of what the video is about.
Man got sponsored by himself
I thought you said it dodged a bullet? Sounds like it hit that bullet pretty hard