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Fish Hooks
Send Me An Angel Fish/Guy's Night Out Rant
Reviewed: 06/10/2012
Sadly; she is still not legal enough to marry Oscar. Yet.
Our next rant up for bids on the "New Disney Price Is Silly; But I've Seen Thousands Worse" is the two episodes that completely destroyed any hope for this show after we discover that Bea and Oscar don't have the hots for each other (despite all the teasing otherwise). Oscar gets a new girlfriend and goes out for the night. How does he fare in the face of critics shouting him down for not pulling the trigger on loving Bea for real? So; let's rant on shall we...?
Send Me An Angel Fish is written and storyboarded by Maxwell Atoms, C.H Greenblatt and William Reiss (those last two direct this short). The story is done by the QUAD TRIO OF WASTEFULNESS (Nick, Neal, Megan and Tim; you've seen their names enough already) which is this group's new name because god knows if I can tolerate spelling them out again. Guy's Night Out is written by Ian Wasseluk and the story is also done by the QUAD TRIO OF WASTEFULNESS. All episodes are done in Flash; with CGI animals in the background. Heh.
Send Me An Angel Fish: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Good cries. I should know; I had a good cry feast after Square put Final Fantasy 7 on the PlayStation. ) as a fake Bud (a mop and the wheeling water bucket dressed up as Bud) get pelted by a baseball bone by a monkey and Bud's face appears which indicates that he is naked. Whatever. So we head to the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH and to the school theater stage as Oscar and Albert are dressed up in formal gear because it's time for a practice of the debate club. And today's subject is the pros and cons of video games. I'm sorry Albert; but we are ten years too late with that debate. Today debate victims are Shellsea and Steve Jackson. I think we know whom picked what side to do the debate on. Steve Jackson is ready to smile; Shellsea is ready to use her smartphone for nothing of note. Steve thinks video games are cool. Yeap; real enlightening debate guys. We see Bea and Milo sitting together whispering yelling about the situation. Milo thinks this is a weird play. HA! Anyhow; Oscar takes a moderate view on the situation as he admits that playing too long causes bad eyes that make him look like a zombie and bad thumbs. Apparently; Steve Jackson is going to debate the cons while Shellsea is debating the pros which Oscar explains. Shellsea is playing with her mobile phone and doesn't care. I wonder if she's playing Angry Birds? If so; that would explain her emotions in this series very well. And then we waste no more time as a pink angel fish with brown flowing hair, glasses and a black shirt that reads: I heart nerds. Yeah; here comes the heartbreaker for Oscarbea fans everywhere. She basically outclasses Oscar in everyway and Oscar is shocked. She also likes Captain Aquarium in case you didn't notice that in between the shooting star jackhammered background. Sadly; she suffers from Velma syndrome as she trips over the theater chairs and loses her glasses natch. She gets them back claiming that she got caught off-guard by a level 18 chair wizard. Yeah; I'm old, so shoot me.
So the angel nerd fish greets Steve Jackson and then asks for Oscar's name. And Oscar...just has no idea how to respond to her. They shake hands in awkward fashion and the angel fish's name is Angela (pronounced Angel-A). Angela is voiced by Felicia Day who started with Strings in 2001. She then became VI in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, God's Waiting List as Trixie, The Guild as Codex, Dragon Age: Redemption as Tallis, Eureka as Dr. Holly Marten and the Legend of Neil as a Fairy. Fish Hooks is her DTVA debut. She has 55 acting credits, 6 production credits, 2 writing credits, five soundtracks, and 23 self credits. Guild Wars 2 the video game is her most recent credit. Oscar screws up by calling her Angella; so Angela corrects her and wants his name because she's clueless about it. Oscar does the Yoda promo and Angela calls it a syntax error. They giggle; and Bea and Milo have no idea what to make of it. If I'm Bea; I'm guessing that her show has jumped the shark now. She's from Saltwater High and is on the debating team checking out the competition, not unlike Razor Von Doom in the background. Angela thinks Oscar is so cute and Oscar's reaction only adds evidence to that theory. The CGI curtains in the background have vastly improved as they have fabric physics now (first seen in Final Fantasy VIII albeit in pre-CGI form) as Angela wants to hang out with Oscar after school and Oscar lights up on that one. They do some gunslinging promo which Oscar wins out because Angela forgets to WATCH OUT FOR THAT DOOR and smashes her face into it. HEE HEE! Milo is eating popcorn and Bea wonders what happened. This show jumped the shark Bea; that's what happened.
Even more so because Oscar gets the first OMG of the episode. SHOOT ME NOW! He's worried now because Angela will find out that he's a dork. Ummm; no she won't Oscar and even if she did, would she really care? So we scene change to Oscar sweating to the Viking Sit Up Mini Game on his videogame machine. See; if he reaches level 16; it will shoot fireballs from his arms and thus Angela won't think of him as a nerd. Bea floats in and does this evil "he needs quality time with the nerd" promo as Milo rubs his hands in an evil way as he'll slip into his evening attire. Ooooookkkkkkaaaaayyyyy. Milo bails as Oscar goes to Bea and does an overdramatic crying spot where he admits that this wasn't supposed to happen and wants to be just friends with Bea. And Bea just no sells the whole thing which is codeword for: Being friends is perfectly fine. And thus another Dead End angle in the world of the new Disney. A major one at that. Okay; the angle started with Bea Dates Milo; but still. They hug as thing become more weird for Oscar because the doorbell rings and Oscar panics. No really; I'm as shocked as you are. So Milo returns wearing a viking suit. HAHA! Make the joke and then pay it off. It's corny yes; but it works. Milo and Bea walk out remembering to wave hello to Angela on the way out. And Bea screws the name up because it's Angela and it rhyme with Strangela. Ummm; yeah sure. Milo tells them to not get in any trouble and if I were Oscar I would listen to Milo if you know what I mean. Heh Heh. So Angela show how addicted she is to video games by acting like me on a RPG binge when no one is looking. Oscar doesn't want to play games because it would taint the debate between them and Angela proclaims that there is more fun than video games and she'll show him. I think you know where this is going...
...Yeah; Teddy Ruxpin song sequence #1986 as we get parachuting, fighting chess pieces on a chess board, a car chase involving the killer cat of death, and ice skating which allows them to somehow figure eight two pieces of ice in the sky creating a heart. More antics including punk rocking in Le Pincherson! And Miss Lips and the Queen of Fish England makes a cameo appearance in Le Pincherson! Oh; and the dance moves are lifted straight from the French cartoon Fred's Head. And the moronic French waiter stereotype comes out just to inform Oscar that he is kicking them out. With that look; I would say the writers must think French waiter stereotypes are dumb. So we scene change to Oscar and Angela floating on the sidewalk towards Oscar's house as they exchange notes and pleasure thoughts. So they make it to Oscar's house, Angela kisses him and floats out informing Oscar that winning is everything and only one can win the debate. So she floats out the door and slams it causing stuff to fall. Oscar goes inside and goes for something and apparently his debate notes are stolen. Now the problem with this is; we never SAW him put debate notes in his pockets beforehand. And you have to be stupid to keep your debate notes in your pocket; even more so when you're already at HOME. And Oscar accuses Angela of stealing them right away. Oh sure Oscar; it's always the nerdy girl right?
So we head to the theater stage as Steve Jackson turns on gaming by claiming that they rot their brain and cartoons are better. Oh that is a "I'm getting disrupted" cry for help if I ever heard one. Nice going writers. If Steve Jackson said read a book; then it might have been fine; but the fact that this is a cartoon show; well, you can tell this is a "watch me you stupid meddling kids" promo. Oscar's face is priceless; and he looks like he's going to face that flushed toilet in his future. Milo is still in the viking suit as he floats in and Oscar proclaims that Angel pretended to like him. Milo calls him a crazypants. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. So Milo then proceeds to do the funniest spot of the episode which is the Senor tickle; only it appears that Oscar is getting tickled in the ass. Okay; that was distressing. Then they do the BROTHER SECRET HANDSHAKE OF DOOM and then Oscar shoves Milo his seat next to Bea calling him a dingis. Did I mention that Angela was driving him to the finals among other things? Yeah; she is not spying on you at all Oscar, no siree. Pay no attention to the gullible promo in your face. Bea teases telling us that Angela is wearing a sambro hat and spying on Oscar; but she's looking at the viking hat of the orange lizard. Milo calls it all in style.
So we have the practice debate between Albert Glass and Oscar as Angela is dressed up like Scrooge as a cat bulger and she is taking photos of Oscar Mission Impossible style, as Oscar proclaims that video games are a meance to society. Angela gets confused and drops her rope and smacks down on her face. She tries to use the cross bow hook; but it doesn't work and Oscar blows her cover. Angela's excuses are funny and awkward, although in this case it works because that is her gimmick. Oscar calls it the wormhole in his heart and Angela asks about it and Oscar blows it off and the damn head is clearly too big for Oscar now because he head bangs himself on the podium. Angela proclaims that she'll see him at the debate tomorrow and hides in the curtains in the background. Ummm; yeah. So we head to Saltwater High School which looks like a two floor school with a fish tail. Nothing exciting; but at least it's reasonable, despite having an unreasonable angel fish. So we head into Saltwater High School Theatre as a CGI shark with a big overbite introduces Oscar and Angela (who pops from below the floor natch) as the debate about the pros and cons of video games. Oscar does the staredown and Oscar's cheering section goes wild which is Albert Glass and Jumbo Shrimp. Ummm; yeah. Not real smart guys. The Lobster nephews also make a cameo as the debate shall commence. And then he throws the cue cards away and proclaims that Angela is a horrible person and has ruined his life as his opening argument. He demands a rebutal and Angela has no idea how to respond. HE'S SHOOTING! HE'S SHOOTING! I can just hear Milo saying that now. Oscar goes into his RPG stuff and calls Angela a wood troll. Ooooooooo... Milo has the big ass popcorn box for this one and is loving it.
So Angela still cannot believe this is happening as Oscar accuses her of spying on him to win the debate as even the shark debate coach cannot believe that. Angela proclaims that she wasn't spying on him for the debate; she was stalking him out of love and slams down the giant pink book of love. Oscar calls her a witch with evil spells as Angela blows him off as we discover that it's a picture book of Oscar and Angela together in many, many different picture. In other words; she's Clamantha without the Granny voice and fetish kissy kissy routine. In other words; Perfect. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oscar you are a loser. After this you might as well go to a toilet right now. Angela has apparently stopped caring about winning the debate now and just wants to spend time together. Bea calls this both romantic and creepy. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Projection much there Bea? Oscar then brings up the debate notes; which we never saw to begin with (a sure sign this angle was tacked on because), and a rope comes down and it's ...OH MY GOD NO! Yeah; it's Randy "I wish I was Kenny Powers" Pincherson. GO THE F AWAY RANDY! No one cares about you stealing something that didn't exist to begin with.
Randy rises up cutting his always lame Kenny Power promo as Milo proclaims that he should have seen that one coming. I cannot blame you Milo; because the debate notes DIDN'T exist! Oscar asks about talking about video games in a debate; or at the Hokey Poke. Angel picks the later and of course the writers just want to give us a really stupid Fanboy & Chum Chum level joke as we see a ladder flapping itself calling itself a winner against a white background. Whatever turns you on guys. So Angela and Oscar dance in a circle out of the debate hall as the kids follow and both nerds turn around in front of the sun and Bea and Oscar give a thumbs up; thus the show is now useless. Go figure. Oscar and Angela float away into shadow as Shellsea blows off Bea for eating a whole pie and Bea claims that she never ate the pie at the Pie King. Shellsea explains that that's the only way to get the viking hat on her head and now she's pissed because Milo leeched $20 off of her for the pie as Milo is eating the pie and everyone wins. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. To Bea: Sod Off! Circle fade out to end the episode at 10:20 approx. Hindsight 20/20; we are better off with Angela and Oscar because they do have decent chemistry and really since Bea is a joke at this point, it does allow us to continue watching Oscar and Angela more than dealing with Bea as this extends to at least two or three episodes after this including the next rant. Still; it doesn't change the fact that the payoff promised with Oscar and Bea didn't happen and was made into a big deal throughout this series warrants the fact now that this show is pretty much dead and done. After this; the ratings drop to 2.2-2.6; about 60% of what the show was doing on average. Great episode though; I cannot doubt the writers on the quality of the episode though. **** (80%).
Guy's Night Out: We begin with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Bachelor Parties) as Bud is riding on a constume horse of puppies. And then they trip and fall down as the puppies run away like scalded dogs. Yeah; sure. Then we pan down to below the petshop and into the moral sewer as Oscar is chained to the wall with lots of purple stuff and he appears to be doused with sewer water beforehand. Okay; this is different. Oscar wakes up and there is this giant ass rat with a crown on his head with CGI knife, spoon and fork. We discover that he is the Rrrrrrrrrrrrrat King and he's going to eat Oscar. Oh god; this is a worse fate than letting Oscar flush himself down the toilet. Rat King is voiced by Wallace Shawn and according to the USIMDB: American character actor and writer Wallace Shawn has one of those fun, mischievously homely faces just made to entertain. Though he got out of the starting gate rather slowly, he has since excelled on stage, TV and film while managing to turn himself into a winner with his loser-type looks. Woody Allen's character in the movie Manhattan (1979) amusingly describes Wallace's character as "a homunculus", which is a pretty fair description of this predominantly bald, wan, pucker-mouthed, butterball-framed, slightly lisping gent. Wallace made his movie debut in Allen's heralded classic playing Diane Keaton's ex-husband. Born to privilege on November 12, 1943, in New York City, Wallace was the son of renowned editor William Shawn of "New Yorker" fame and educated at both Harvard University, where he studied history, and Magdalen College, Oxford. Wallace initially taught English in India on a Fulbright scholarship, and then English, Latin, and drama back in New York. A keen interest in writing and acting, however, soon compelled him to leave his cushy position and pursue a stage career as both playwright and actor. During his distinguished career, Wallace turned out several plays. "Our Late Night", the first of his works to be performed, was awarded an off-Broadway Obie in 1975. "A Thought in Three Parts" (1976); "The Mandrake" (1977), which he translated from the original Italian and in which he made his acting debut; "Marie and Bruce" (1979); "Aunt Dan and Lemon" (1985); and "The Fever", for which he received his second Obie Award for "Best New Play" during the 1990-91 season, then followed.
A popular support player in both comedy and occasional drama, his assorted kooks, creeps, eggheads, and schmucks possessed both endearing and unappetizing qualities. He earned some of his best early notices partnered with theatre director/actor Andre Gregory in the unique Louis Malle-directed film My Dinner with Andre (1981). Shawn co-wrote the improvisatory, humanistic piece and his brother, Allen Shawn, was the composer. Shawn and Gregory would collaborate again for Malle in another superb, original-concept film Vanya on 42nd Street (1994). Among the quality offbeat filming involving has been Bruce Paltrow's A Little Sex (1982); James Ivory's The Bostonians (1984); Stephen Frears' Prick Up Your Ears (1987); Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride (1987); Alan Rudolph's The Moderns (1988) and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); Paul Bartel's Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989); and several others for Woody Allen: Radio Days (1987), Shadows and Fog (1991), The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) and Melinda and Melinda (2004). Of late, he has lent his vocal talents to a considerable number of animated pictures including A Goofy Movie (1995), Toy Story (1995) (and its sequel), The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) (V), The Incredibles (2004), Chicken Little (2005) and Happily N'Ever After (2006). Over the decades, Shawn has scurried about effortlessly in a number of TV guest appearances including "Taxi" (1978), "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993), "Ally McBeal" (1997), "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) and "Desperate Housewives" (2004), and has drummed up a few recurring roles for himself in the process, including "The Cosby Show" (1984), "Murphy Brown" (1988), "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)_ and "Crossing Jordan" (2001). In the series "Clueless" (1996), based on the highly successful 1995 Clueless (1995) movie of the same name, Shawn revisited his role as the owlish high school teacher. He started his career with Manhattan as Jeremiah. Teacher's Pet as Principal Crosby Strickler is his DTVA debut (on television; A Goofy Movie as another principal is his official debut otherwise) and he was in Teamo Supremo and that is it for DTVA. He was in lots of Disney movies though. He has 144 acting credits, six writing credits, one producer credit, and 13 self credits. Drawing Home as a tourist is his most recent credit; Vamps as Dr. Van Helsing is his most recent credit which the production has been already released.
Oscar proclaims that this is the second worst thing to happen in his life and even the Rat King is shocked to hear that. Oscar proclaims that the worst thing to happen and discovering that he cannot get a steady girlfriend. Yeah; I know that feeling all too well. So the Rat King decides to eat his head first and knaws on Oscar's afro as Oscar wonders where this all went wrong...And so we head to a table with a candle light as Angela and Oscar still have eyes for each other. They call themselves perfect and attempt to kiss each other; but is stopped by the LEGAL HAND OF GOD because according to Jumbo Shrimp; you must win at a board game before you can do some kissy-kissy. Sounds like a fun tease to me. It's called Mazes & Magic and she must defeat the gingerbread dragon and Angela is ready for total destruction as she rolls the RPG dice and she gets a 20 which is so effective the dragon is dead and Angela wins her kissy-kissy with Oscar. Jumbo Shrimp's promo on the killed dragon was AWESOME and Oscar is grossed out; but Angela loves it. Now who's the awkward one eh? So Milo, Jumbo Shrimp and Albert bail to the kitchen to have English muffin pizzas. Sadly; no cheese on that. Oscar and Angela sigh at each other enjoying the pleasure thoughts on each other. See; they have been holding hands for a month now as Angela smells her long hands, and I do mean long. Oscar takes this as them being steady and they both do the giggle teeth laugh for a while as Angela wants to tell her girl friends; but Oscar says she won't unless he does first and they laugh again. Okay; that is creepy. So they make it to the door; and Angela kisses him and leaves Oscar to blush and make funny faces to amuse me.
So Oscar turns around and the boys are in shock and have pizza all over their lips. Oscar wonders what is wrong as Albert calls him a dummyhead. See; according to the "male mentality of sexism" once Oscar and Angela are girlfriends then she's walk all over her and must spend all his time with her and thus lose his friends and all those fun times because girls hate fun. No you sexist jerkbags; they hate inequality and thankfully Oscar agrees with me that they are crazy. Well; just the crazy part. Disney doesn't engage in the issue of sexism and male previledge anymore due to BS&P RULEZ! Albert just keeps going and going and going like Mr. Hardcore on steroids and then cries. Nice way to bury Albert there guys. It's bad enough you engaged him in being handcuffed to Bea; but this is far worse than that. Oscar is justified in his fluster as Milo proclaims that this is the truth (of sexism thinking) and that William S once said that relationships are bad. Bum Ching! Yeah; sure Milo, whatever you say. Albert keeps crying and in comes Bea unanounced like a jerkass (what a surprise?) and notices Albert crying. Bea gleefully states the obvious for me as Oscar goes over to Bea for defensive purposes. Bea is in singing mode and basically agrees with the boy trio as Oscar sweats like mad as he pulls clumps of hair from his afro in panic. Milo then decides that there is only one thing left to do before taking the plunge into nothingness (according to them) and that is...wait for it...GUY'S NIGHT OUT! Yeah; what a shock?! It was the name of the episode after all. Milo also tells Bea that no girls are allowed and Bea gets the point; but Milo won't stop blowing her off. If this is some sort of revenge for Fish Sleepover Party; it's NOT working Milo. She's no selling all it as she leaves and Oscar finally speaks to stop this silliness as he proclaims that this will be the best (and last) Guy's Night Out EVERAH~!
Clock scene changer of doom (I see the writers are watching the Wuzzles again) and we head to the Hokey Poke as Bo Gregory, Jumbo Shrimp, Albert Glass and the Lobster nephews show up. Milo introduces Oscar's posse and Bo Gregory introduces us to two yellow chicks. When BO F'N GREGORY gets the difference; you know Oscar's friends are sexist and Oscar is better off with a boring life. And here's a question for you fun types: What is so wrong with being boring? Sure; it's not fun; but that style doesn't kill or hurt you like FUN can. Think about it; is FUN worth killing or maiming yourself over with in real life?! Sure; this is fine in fiction and ficitional media because it's not real and therefore; you don't have to think twice. When done in real life though; with no reset button, it swings back to boring being better. That's why the old farts are smarter than you. Their angle is to outlast you and that's why it's perfectly rational to cheer someone who lives past 120 years even if the guy is boring. It's because he/she outsmarted everyone due to their boredom. There's nothing wrong with boredom; so why do people rag on it? Because they know it's better than fun. And while what I said is scarcasm because life is a lot more complex than that; you have to admit that more boredom isn't bad. My issue with people talking about more boredom being better is the question: How can boredom be better; if they cannot cope with the little boredom they have NOW? Apparently; the middle nephew is a girl (check the eyelashes) and they didn't know about it. Milo also introduces a bigass lime fish called Ice Pick and he's even meaner than Jocktopus on Albert Glass; only he's on Albert's side. I'm guessing he's going to be the one who tortures Oscar into submission to not go steady with Angela. He's voiced by S. Scott Bullock; which makes the fifth TaleSpin voice on the show (Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen and Tress MacNeille and Edie McClurg). He's growling at Oscar and has a really slick mohawk as Ice Pick wants to see him die. Yes; Milo found him on parole and invited him to the party. Yeah; this is just a ploy to get Oscar to stop seeing Angela.
Oscar is shaking like mad at this point and I don't blame him. Sadly; we discover that it's a tease because Oscar is only going to die of laughter. Yeah; that makes it all better Ice Pick. Oscar is now determined to make his last night of freedom special as Bassy walks in and asks for orders. Oscar wants one glass of juice and Bassy takes it as diet juice. So Oscar pounds his fist on the table and wants a regular complete with facial closeup. Everyone gasps...badly. Milo goes all hot dog as we go out of the Hokey Poke doors and it's time for the Teddy Ruxpin song of doom. And this is more direct because the characters are singing here. I'm not calling it. They watch movies, do saber fork battles, ride on a rocket corvet, do face painting, play video games, roller coaster, laser tag (Oscar's doing the chorus of more fun I should note), sky diving and even Gecko Roman Wrestling. HAHA! Oscar's not bad for his first try. Explosion ensues as we see Oscar driving his corvet with everyone sleeping and he's the only one singing now. We make to the house and Oscar wants to keep the fun going; but Albert is out of shape and out of money. Oscar pleads; but Albert tells him to get out of his car. Yes folks; Albert Glass is voiced by a 12 year old and Albert is driving a freakin car! Never mind as Albert gets in the front and drives the car away. Milo calls this hilarious; but Oscar wants more and he wants to do something dangerous. Drake Mallard must be spinning in his grave right now. Milo suggest that he has one more thing to do before the wedding and that is riding through swirly stadium.
So we scene change to a toilet as Oscar and Milo ride the swirly wave. Oh if you cannot see the finish coming a mile away; then I cannot help you here. Milo does a spin-o-rama (which is epic in his tiny mind of course) and gets to the ridge of the toilet as Oscar does the no fins and finally gets flushed down the toilet. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Make the joke and then pay it off. Milo thinks this is all just a game; until he finally catches himself and screams like a panicked kid. So we get a scene where Oscar is floating down pink water towards the awaiting Rat King and finally we return to reality (no, not really) as Rat King has still not succeeded in gnawing his head off. The Afro has rejected him! Yeah; Oscar wishes that he just took Angela outright and we hear Angela's voice and then we break logic and reason as we see Angela is chained next to him! Yeah; she teleported somehow. See; she had a girl's night out and got into whacky hijinks and then flushed herself down the toilet. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! These are ARE meant for each other. No wonder Noah Z. Jones ended the Bea/Oscar angle. This is so much better. The Rat King notices that they are boyfriend and girlfriend and recoils because he and his wife (Rat Queen I guess) are looking for couples to play with. Angela asks if that means that they will not be eaten and Rat King states that they won't because he'll squash them in Mazes and Magic next week with his multi-sided dice. The fish and rat laugh at each other and we return to Oscar's house as Angela and Oscar are laughing at each other and Milo. Milo is not exactly thrilled about this; but he does inform Oscar that he rented out his room...to Ice Pick who appears ready to make Angela scream and she does. Then Ice Pick points that he'll be screaming in love and everyone has a giggle again.
Ice Pick waves goodbye and floats up as Milo asks what Oscar learned today and Oscar basically tells Milo that he's full of sh**. I cannot argue with that overwhelming logic there and neither does Milo for that matter. HA! Angela and Oscar hold hands and proclaims that they will not be boring as some voice that sounds like a girl Milo shows up and it's basically Milo in pink with purple flowing hair and a purple skirt like dress. She's Shylo which she mentioned earlier in the finish and she looks beautiful. Sadly; if they wanted to pay it off; they should have her called Milovia. Silly writers should re-read their previous episode scripts beforehand. Milo and Shylo hold hands and sparkle as they are now boyfriend and girlfriend which pretty much explains why the writers decided to dump Pamela Hamster to the crub. Shylo's catchphrase is hamburgers BABEE and Oscar has only one question: WHAT?! I cannot answer that one Oscar and this episode is over at 10:20 approx. Sexism from Albert aside; this was a very good episode; although the finish was posted about nine minutes before it happened. The long ending was great so call it, *** 3/4 (75%). Oscar is getting even better now thanks to Angela; and I hope this is a long term angle because gosh damn it; they need to get back up above 3's if the series is going to get a third season.
THE REVIEW LINE
Two more shorts are in the books and these ones were the most critical ones for season two since the writers decided to dump the Oscar/Bea and Milo/Pamela relationships for whatever reason since neither of them were paid off to the fans' sastifaction. Send Me An Angel Fish was Angela's debut and it was a really good one; although she still has some stalker in her like Clamantha. The difference between her and Clamantha is that Angela doesn't have a Granny voice, she doesn't have a kissy-kissy fetish and she's basically a female version of Oscar. Plus; she's a lot more likable than Bea at this point; who is the weakest character of the series and in hindsight, would have leeched off Oscar's heat if they got together since Bea is a joke at this point character wise. Still; the whole video games debate thing is silly and irrelevant now due to Wii and mobile devices finally showing that video games are not the devil and the finish to this thing was perfect because let's face it; the debate on video games is stupid and over a long time ago. Guy's Night Out was very good as well; but there was a teleport logic break at the end and the entire finish was posted ten minutes before it happened. Plus; as much as I like Albert driving a car, he and his friends became so unlikable to the point that I needed a brain bleaching seeing Albert act like Angela is some sort of devil that needs to be squashed to maintain their happy place. Good for Oscar to have Angela who at least isn't crazy or insane as Milo; or Albert and Jumbo.
So that leaves two more shorts left to do: Fish-A-caited and Busy Bea: Rise Of The Machines. One Milo focused and one Bea focused with Randy Pincherson. Well; there goes one bad episode right there. So......
Thumbs up for Send Me An Angel Fish and thumbs in the middle; pointing up for Guy's Night Out and I'll see you all next time.