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Kim Possible: A Very Possible Christmas
Reviewed: 12/22/2012
Of Course It's Possible!
Well; I decided to go against my better judgment and end my 2012 ranting career with a Christmas rant. Featuring Kim Possible and company; simply because I picked up the Disney Channel Holiday DVD featuring Kim Possible, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, That's So Raven, Even Stevens and Lizzie McGuire (on the Disney Channel; it's 2-36 on the air date paper). Yeah. And if you think I'm doing the specials for those live action shows this year; then you must be nuts. Now 2013 might be a different story; but for this year, no. As for the summary of this episode IMDB summary claims the following: After receiving what he thinks is the most "badical" Hanukkah gift from Kim during Christmas, Ron offers to return the favor by making his Christmas gift a break from saving the world so she can spend time with her family. In the process of doing so however, he ends up getting stranded at the North Pole with Dr. Drakken while trying to stop him from yet another plot to take over the world. Not knowing where her sidekick is, Kim goes on a desperate world-wide search for his return, with some unexpected help from her family. Yeah. Let's rant on shall we?!
So The Drama is written and story edited by Mark Palmer. The animation is done by Rough Draft Studios. Well; that was easy.
We start this one with a closeup shot of James not looking too happy about something. He puts on his goggles, as does his family including their grandmother as James flips the switch and we zoom out to outside the house as we get the Christmas lights light up. I give that display a *** 1/2; needs more candy canes and Noel candles. We cut to the window as we discover that Tim and Jim rerouted the Middleton power grid to make sure it didn't black out the town like last year. Kim thanks the Tweebs as the grandmother points out that Ron is walking on the property blinded by the lights. The grandmother is Nana Possible and she is voiced by Debbie Reynolds and according to the USIMDB: Debbie Reynolds wasn't a dancer until she was selected to be Gene Kelly's partner in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Not yet twenty, she was a quick study. Twelve years later, it seemed like she had been around forever. She was only 31 when she gave an Academy Award nominated performance in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). She survived losing first husband Eddie Fisher to Elizabeth Taylor following the tragic death of Michael Todd. Her second husband, shoe magnate Harry Karl, gambled away his fortune as well as hers. With her children as well as Karl's, she had to keep working and turned to the stage. She had her own casino in Las Vegas with a home for her collection of Hollywood memorabilia until it's closure in 1997. She took the time to personally write a long letter that is on display in the Judy Garland museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and to provide that museum with replicas of Garland's costumes. The originals are in her newly-opened museum in Hollywood. Debbie Reynolds' film career began at MGM after she won a beauty contest at age 16 impersonating Betty Hutton. Most of her film work has been in MGM musicals, as perky, wholesome young women. She continues to use her dancing skills with stage work.
Nearly all the money she makes is spent toward her goal of creating a Hollywood museum. Her collection numbers more than 3000 costumes and 46,000 square-feet worth of props and equipment. June Bride in 1948 was her start and she was Lulu Pickles in Rugrats. Kim Possible is her only DTVA appearance. She has 79 acting credits, 40 soundtrack credits and 179 self credits to her resume; ranging from the usual talk shows to even doing a wilderness documentary early on in her career in 1951! She was Sydney Chase in Aloha Paradise, Charlotte in Charlotte's Web (1973 edition), and was Agatha in the Halloweentown productions. Behind the Candelabra as Frances is her most recent credit. And Ron is bumping into snowmen wearing a blue/white sweater. And he takes a MAN-SIZED bump into the red front door before Kim Possible can open it and slides down onto the floor just to be Ron. So we head to the living room as the Possibles are decorating the tree. Nana is wearing all green today with red trim and a holly leaf in the front. Kim is wearing a purple/pinkish sweater instead of red and is sitting on the couch with Ron exchanging notes. Rufus wants egg nog; but that comes later. I see the Possibles are doing the nicer version of Chip's day of fun plan in Shell Shocked. Rufus pouts and I'm sure Santa is watching as we speak. Ron uses the remote and turns on the television showing a bunch of kids in a studio set of snow with a snowman playing guitar and singing. Ron proclaims that one of these traditions is watching The Six Tasks of Snowman Hank. Seeing a fox hug a rabbit is just too sweet not to mock. Kim notices that it seems early; so Ron claims that it's the 4:45 promo. And then the Ed Hall sound-alike announcer talks about the 20 year tradition of this program and then buries the show altogether as a bunch of snow mobiles race in and knock everyone over. Ron's reaction is absolutely PRICELESS on that one.
Jim and Tim love this calling it the best Christmas ever as The Six Tasks Of Snowman Hank has been canceled for a "cool" show calling Extreme Xmas. Sadly; the joke blew back in Kim's face after the attempt to renew the show worked and then blew up in the fans' faces as a result. The TV Announcer is voiced by Edd Hall and according to the USIMDB: Best known as Jay Leno's announcer on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) for 12 years, Edd started in show business at an early age. He was a professional magician, clown, fire-eater, and radio announcer - all before the age of 15. Edd's first network TV job was for "Saturday Night Live" as an NBC page in January 1979. His first network TV appearance was performing an impression of Tom Snyder on "The Tomorrow Show" (1973) in March of 1980. Edd was born in Boston, Massachusetts, grew up in upstate New York and attended Syracuse University. His first acting job was on Saturday Night Live in 1985. Most of his acting credits are on various shows as a television announcer which is 21 acting credits, 19 Self credits, wrote an episode of Get A Life, did photography and graphics for The Late Show With David Letterman, The Paula Poundstone Show, Action Family and Ruby Cario. Kim Possible is his only DTVA appearance. Before We Made It as commercial announcer is his most recent credit. Memo to Ron: V-C-R. Or D-V-D-R. Although somehow; I wonder if the Tweebs were doing something else while rerouting the Middleton power grid? Ron screams and his voice not only cracks light bulbs; he managed to blow up the entire grid in the process. HAHA! IN YOUR FACE TWEEBS~! AND WE HIT THE OPENING~! And I just realized that Ann was kissing Kim's hair in the opening; which is just plain odd.
So we return to the Possible's house as the power is completely out. Ron is lying on his belly just in disbelief; which I say: I'm sure the company will release it on DVD. If Jolly Molly Christmas can do it; so can The Six Tasks of Snowman Hank. Kim decides to give Ron a present as I discover that Ron is Jewish. It's not a DVD of the cartoon show; but Rufus opens the gift with his teeth which Ron claims he likes; and it's a picture of Kim (wearing a pink shirt) hugging Ron. Now I would love to know what sick joke was played on Ron to give him a photo of Ron looking like he's getting squeezed to death by Kim's lovely embrace? We open the case to discover that it's a CD as she puts it in the conveniently placed computer and we show some pictures of Kim and Ron together as little kids as Kim calls it a cyber scrapbook and hears James telling Kim to come sing carols. Ron is teary eyed as he hugs Kim and wants her to start the singing without him; and wants a minute of composure. Kim walks down the step as we discover that we are in Kim's room. Ron looks at the pictures and we finally get the FOUR BEEPS OF DOOM nearly four minutes in. And it's Santa Wade Load which minus the height; would make a perfect Santa. They both agree that the television show cancellation sucks and Wade blows off Ron for giving Kim Bueno Nacho bucks as Ron feels bad about it since Kim gave such a sweet gift. Wade proclaims that there is nothing of note...and then the red light alarm beckons and we discover that Shego is stealing a power cell. Ron is pissed off because Kim's family means a lot to her; and Wade thinks Drakken is doing this to screw her. Ron is about to walk out to inform Kim; but then stops. Why? So he can save the world himself and give Kim the present she always wanted. Wade and Rufus do not like that at all...
...and we head to Drakken's lair (which has the Bah Humbug sign. To be fair; he has only one sign this time) as we head inside Drakken's lab. We see a golden UFO/hopper type vehicle and head inside the cockpit as Shego gives Drakken the power cell which looks like a toy grenade. We discover as Drakken installs the battery into the conveniently placed socket that this is Drak-Force One; that he is striking when Kim is off-duty doing Christmas stuff; and he is losing his crap as Shego has to shake his shoulder to console him. Shego then asks where the sun block is and Drakken tells her it's in the mud room. So Shego heads to the mud room and tells Drakken that she is on vacation as well and slams the door. Drakken rants on proclaiming that this is his me time; and it's going to be a blue Christmas. He laughs badly and then stops and admits that it's not the same to rant to himself. HA! So we head back to a television shot of Extreme Xmas as it is at eight pm and the Tweebs slap skin and are so there...to suck. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ZAP! ZAP! OUCH! OUCH! Ummmmm... So Kim and Nana are putting Santa ornaments on the fireplace as Nana explains the first one on the far right. I notice that Kim's sweater has a line of green pea circles in the middle of it. Kim asks about Ron going home and the Tweebs shrug their shoulders in confusion. So we head to a far shot of Drakken's lair as a tugboat sails towards the island and we see a captain wearing a lifejacket and all blue with a black mustache. Ron and Rufus are wearing scuba gear as I almost typed Shaggy and Scooby by mistake. The captain is Louis by the way and I'm guessing it's either Stephen Root or Corey Burton. Oh and Kim saved his boot from sinking; while Ron busted the radio and uses his navigational charts for a napkin as Ron has that look that makes him guilty as charged. Ron stammers like an idiot; backs up and dives backwards into the water before any damage can be done to his reputation. Ron and Rufus sink and land on shore...
...and we go to the Possible kitchen as James has apparently built the world most hyperbolic Egg Nog making machine. Yeah. And the Tweebs are throwing eggs to James and somehow, none of them get broken when he grabs them. SOMEONE FIRE THOSE EGGS~! The female babyfaces watch on as James starts the machine and we have Egg Nog ala Coffee Vending Machine. Yeah. Nana wants to know where Rufus is and Kim doesn't know; other than Ron being bummed out about Snowman Hank being canceled; and is worried because he didn't say goodbye. So we see Ron trying to climb up the mountain with the suction cups and they screw him. Word of advice: Never say Boo-Yah during a climb with suction cups because THAT will happen to you. Which is good because it opened the secret stone door. So we head inside with Drakken getting ready as he slams his fist on the green globe like button and there is nothing...AND THE ROCKS SEZS NOTHING~! Drakken turns around and discovers that there is no juice in the battery indicator because there is no battery in the socket anymore because Ron managed to get the battery away and Drakken didn't notice. Sorry about that folks; I just vomited. Not due to this episode at all; I'm getting worse after I came home from the party. Ron has the communicator and mocks Drakken; so Drakken tackles him down easily and the battery/communicator go flying. Drakken runs in and smashes the communicator while grabbing the power cell and putting it back in the slot. Now the sensible thing to do would be to take the battery out like Ron did to start this out. Sadly; BS&P rules dictate that this is dangerous; so Ron does the stupid thing and tackles with Drakken. Which allows the green globe button to be pushed and we lift off Drak-Force One into the air as Drakken dances around with glee proclaiming that he can rule the world and it's the best Christmas ever to end the segment eight and a half minutes in.
After the commercial break; we see Drak-Force One in space as we head inside with Ron pushing the blue button which is the landing sequence and Drakken pushing the dreaded red button to restart the take off. The computer voice is down by Corey Burton in case anyone cares. So we exchange pressing buttons to waste some more time and even the computer is getting angry at this indecision. So Ron body presses Drakken again as they roll on the control panel and we begin the emergency sequence which involves the same red button used in the takeoff sequence. We have our first logic break of the episode almost nine minutes in. So we launch the escape pods and we sign on to the self-destruct sequence in thirty seconds which is the Final Fantasy V Doom blue spell. Ron and Drakken no sell as a switch is pulled and it's time for the bedtime sequence complete with tray, glass, tooth brush and teddy bear. Sadly; it isn't a Cuddle Buddy. Drakken realizes that this is embarrassing to him and hides in front of the teddy bear; but Ron is panicking about the Doom sequence and Drakken blames Ron for this. Drakken proclaims that there is an escape pods; but Ron points out that they were launched before the doom sequence. Drakken rants on about having his chance to rule the world blown; and then realizes that there is a garbage can pod which is impact resistance. Ron has no clue what Drakken is talking about; so Drakken calls it an escape pod filled with crap. Ron proclaims that this works for him as both bail into the garbage can pod and pop from Drak-Force One and freefall towards the South Pole as Ron sees the reflection of Drak-Force One blow up with purple smoke and the pod crashes into the ice. Ron pops the door and it's land ho. Both goofballs jumps out; throw snow into the air and hug each other. Yeah; and they are on a icy cliff on the zoom out.
Sadly; we return back to the Possible living room as Nana, Ann and Kim watch on as James is narrating the skit as we discover that James' great, great, great, great grandfather Zin Possible was part of George Washington's fleet and he was responsible for stealing food as proven by the Tweebs (wearing George Washington's gear if he was part of the NWO) stealing the wooden prop Christmas tree. It's also nice to know that you can still say redcoat in Disney at this point. The doorbell rings and Kim answers the red door as it's a delivery man with red earmuffs and a package. Kim thanks him as the delivery man (Stephen Root or Corey Burton I guess) doesn't want to work on holidays either. Kim wants to wait until Christmas to open it; but Wade is screaming from inside to open it now. What a dickhead?! So Kim opens it and it's a communicator (which she claims she already has which Nana tells her to exchange it in the after holiday market); as Wade explains that Ron went on a mission alone which is supposed to be a secret Santa type deal. Kim isn't happy to hear this as Wade points out that he has found one of the escape pods and it's in London. Kim proclaims that she must leave and James and company fully understand the situation. Kim proclaims that she wants them to go on without her as she runs out to get Ron somehow; and the family isn't too happy with that. So we return to the icy cliff as Ron is sitting on a box with white snow covering him as Drakken and Ron play the blame game. Well; Drakken does have a point there Ron, you did screw up his plans for world domination. So we get the lamest snowball fight in history which is apporos given these two goofballs. Drakken then is about to throw the out of nowhere cell phone and Ron stops because the cell phone is for calling; not for leaving a mark on someone's head.
Drakken is confused as we go to an undisclosed beach as Shego is relaxing on a beach chair under an umbrella wearing a green bathing suit and glasses. She hears her cellphone ringing and she notices Drakken's name and blows it off. Which involves sending the thing to voice mail. Drakken leaves a message while Ron scampers for food in the garbage pod. If Kit wasn't in the buried tomb Eisner put him in; this would be insulting to him. So Ron finds a plate of used up chicken and Drakken charges him because that's his chicken which Ron zings him for. So we head into the skies on Nakasumi's air plane which should tell you right away that this is a special as Kim is prepping the parachute as Yoshiko states that it's the least they could do since Kim saved his ass about three times already in this show. Kim jumps out of the plane and lands in London's Time Square as some British police officers are standing in front of the escaped pod which is barricaded. Kim greets him and they shake hands and make up. Awwww. Kim asks about the escape pod and the police chief claims that there is no one inside. So Kim goes to the communicator to inform Wade of this; so Wade decides to check out lead #2 in the Mediterranean Sea. Kim is not amused as she head to the ocean in a life jacket and her normal gear this time piloting a motor boat. She makes it to the escape pod and looks in; but nothing. So we see Kim scaling a mountain finding an escape pod filled with ravens; but no dice. Then it's off to the desert; found the pod; still no sign of Ron. Kim is getting inpatient as she calls Wade and Wade tells her the last one is in the Amazon. Kim is hoping that Ron is there. Ummmmmm; no. So we head back to the dining room of the Possibles as the rest of the babyfaces are at the table and Nana Possible comes in with the turkey. And no; it's not Ron you sick freaks! The babyfaces all concede that it is not the same without Kim and Nana tells James that he knows what to do in this situation. James wants to test a hypersonic air plane and the Tweebs slap skin on cue. Whatever.
So we head back to the beach as a waiter in white with glasses on refuses money from Shego despite Shego legally paying for the vacation. The waiter informs her that someone already paid for her entire vacation and gives her a piece of paper. Shego opens it and discover that Drakken paid for her vacation as a gift for suffering through his evil plans throughout the year. Shego is so touched that she is regretting hanging up on Drakken and decides to see if he left a message on voice mail. So we head to the Amazon as Kim has somehow redid her hair style and looks like a teenager going through the jungle. So we see Kim make it to a swamp and the escape pod is in the jungle trees. Instead of doing the sensible thing and walking around the swamp; Kim walks directly into the swamp and out pop from the bubbly swamp; a big ass snake. Kim is in horror and that ends the segment 14 and a half minutes in. I can understand wasting time here since there is eight minutes of action left; but this just renders Kim to look like an idiot. Ron is understandable because it is his gimmick; but not so much Kim. And as touching as some of the spots are; it doesn't work quite as well as Jolly Molly Christmas since Molly's six years old and there is no chance for an epic ending in this show when Ron is still playing his character as comedy.
After the commercial break; we see the snake wrap around Kim's body and hiss. Kim blows off Ron for not coming out and she manages to backflip away from the snake and we see the Tweebs swinging like Tarzan and dressing up like Kim Possible. Oh dammit! We just HAD to have the Tweebs ruin an otherwise good Christmas episode didn't we? They ride them snake as Kim blows them off and in comes James and Anne grabbing the tail of the big ass snake as Jim and Tim jump off and the snake slithers away. We get the bonding moment of doom as the Possibles came in because Kim was hogging all the fun. Jim and Tim want to fight another snake as I want the answer to be a yes; but we know it's going to be a no. Kim goes to the communicator and Wade tells her that they wanted her coordinates. Wade has a distress signal coming out of the pod so something has to be in there. Kim runs in with the grappling hook; but the Tweebs stop her. Why? So they can screw her over silly. See they want the communicator to watch Extreme Xmas. And Kim is in "idiot mode" because she gives the Tweebs the communicator and tells them to answer Wade if he beeps in. Yeah; like I am going to trust those two losers. Which is exactly what Kim does anyway as she uses the grappling hook and leaps into action. So Jim and Tim watch that stupid snowmobile show as Kim goes into the escape pod and sees a human like hand. Sadly; it's all for naught as it's a monkey eating a banana pushing the distress button with banana peels everywhere. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sadly; it's isn't Ron. Kim walks out of the escape wondering where Ron is...
...and we head back to the icy cliff as Ron finally wins the chicken leg battle and he is evil now. I see cabin fever has started to set in; and we are outside the pod to boot. Drakken pleads and bargains for the chicken leg offering any place on Earth when he rules the world; except Europe. Rufus does the cellphone spot and Ron demands the cellphone and they tease killing each other; and then Drakken gives the cellphone to Ron and Ron gives the chicken leg to Drakken. Well; this was the smartest thing Drakken has done before So The Drama so it's fine. Ron calls 911 on the cellphone and here comes the out of nowhere polar bear because apparently; we need the goofballs to be in some danger at this point. The goofballs bail into the garbage pod and the polar bear pushes the thing over the cliff. The thing bounces around like crazy for a while; before landing in a snowbank allowing Ron and Drakken to slide on snow for fun....BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Drakken has become the blue unicorn! HAHA! Drakken takes the icicle off and blows off Ron for thinking they are safe. Ron channels Snowman Hank and we discover that Drakken is a big fan of the show and was going to tape it like the copyright infringer that he is. Ron then informs him that they canceled the show and Drakken is in shock. Drakken wanders around talking about the television inside his body playing Snowman Hank in his mind as Ron proclaims that if they live on; Snowman Hank lives on. That sounds like every internet fandom I have ever been; including the one I'm directly responsible for. Rufus goes all Donald Duck on us as Shego arrives on her neon green/black rocket ship. I should also point out if I missed it that Drakken proclaims that it's the North Pole; when it's clearly the South Pole since the island they used is Antarctica. You might get away with this in TaleSpin; but not in a show which is based on the real world. Get over it writers of the world.
So Shego plops down and we discover that the Extreme Xmas event is taking place on the freakin South Pole. This makes no sense unless they are really in Alaska; or Greenland, but the country shape clearly shows Antarctica. Shego gets on camera with the television announcer as he talks about extreme and Shego calls this extremely annoying. When even Shego thinks Extreme Xmas is more annoying than Snowman Hank; it's time to reinstate the guitar playing snowman STAT! Shego wants a snowboarding rocket and the announcers goes all extreme again as a racer slides in and Shego grabs the board and flings the guy off of it which somehow to manages to fly off. Shego gets on and rides away as we see she's on camera when we zoom out of the communicator with the Tweebs. Kim walks back (somehow walking from the left instead of the right) and she looks like she was just told her friend was dead. The Tweebs inform her that Shego is at the North...ERRRR....South Pole (Screw the writers! No one is buying that they are at the North Pole; not even the kids) looking for Drakken as we head to the South Pole with Shego on the snowboarding rocket being chased by everyone including the Hypersonic Jet as Kim notices Shego and jumps out of the trap door and she has a snowboard herself. Shego and Kim exchange words as Shego blows her off for bobbing for cider. HAHA! And calls Kim a loser which is just plain projection on Shego's part. I should point out that the cellphone was somehow dropped near the polar bear which Shego and Kim pass and we go off the icy cliff. We stick the landing and slide on for a while. So Kim slides some more and goes face first into a big ass version of Snowman Hank. HAHA! Kim cannot believe this as Ron comes from behind the snowman and is happy to see her.
So they embrace each other as Kim is happy for Ron walking into trouble despite Ron feeling bad about screwing up her Christmas because the family is loving this Christmas and it's way better than the Bueno Nacho bucks. SCORE~! Ron stammers like an idiot; and in any other universe; this would be the finish, but we have about two minutes left, so here comes Shego as we uses the aura beams to force Ron and Kim to bail. You know Shego is weaksauce when she cannot destroy Snowman Hank. Which is sad because I can see the finish coming out of that if she did. So the announcer from the Extreme Xmas shows up with his train as they frame the picture; thus proving that he comes from the Kevin Nash school of "cool". As in not cool at all. So we get the last Shego Vs. Kim fight for rant purposes in 2012 for old time sake; but that is stopped by the framing television announcer on camera. However; Drakken stops everyone proclaiming that he has made dinner which the announcer calls not extreme. NOBODY ASKED YOU; YOU KEVIN NASH WANNABE~! Now that I really think about that; that guy might be Memphis (Stephen Root). So Drakken takes Kim and Shego to the garbage pod and we discover that the inside has been decorated with trimming which makes no sense whatsoever. Even Kim is lost for words as Drakken channels Snowman Hank and ties a red ribbon to the mistletoe and of course both Kim and Ron are under it and Drakken wants them to do some kissy-kissy. Ron calls it parsley in the dumpster...Oh; I get it; they recycled everything; so it makes perfect sense now. Although that still doesn't explain the makeshift fireplace. And yes; Kim kissed Ron on the cheek much to the amusement of Rufus.
So all the Possibles enter including Nana who points out the logical folly of having Christmas with Drakken; but Drakken is so nice and sweet to invite them since the new year; he'll be back to his normal evil self. How sweet of him to give Kim Possible eight or nine days of respite. The Tweebs call this the weirdest Christmas ever and do that stupid catchphrase that I refuse to repeat her as Drakken goes into the FCC APPROVED SPEECH OF DOOM the Christmas Special Edition (I thought we were past One Saturday Morning at this point?) which is Snowman Hank's promos in a duet with Ron. I'm betting Kim is going to buy some brain bleach for Ron on Boxing Day that much I am certain. And yes; we break into magic and the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM which would be the basis for nearly every episode of Fish Hooks when they need to do a montage. Not going to call it. Ron gets the rabbits; Drakken gets the foxes. Red horseshoe ornaments on the tree. We then go to the sky shot as Ann and Kim are on the fence singing, we get Hank singing the final flourish as the calender flips and we get the Season Greetings card with all the Possibles on it; and Ron with bows of holly. FA LA LA LA LA; this episode ends at 21:24. A really great episode with a really cute ending and finish; but it's all comedy which is perfectly fine by me. If they went for the pathos finish; then I am going to be automatically disappointed. **** 1/2 (90%).
Bonus Rant - "I Love Christmas": This is done by fan_5 and features all cartoon footage with the usual Disney music stuff that we all are used to during that period. The song is nothing of note and the singing is just there. The only thing of note here is the footage. It includes not only Kim Possible footage from the DVD; it also includes footage from holiday specials from Lilo & Stitch: The Series and The Proud Family; which neither of those two episodes are on the DVD. I mean; if you are going to include this music video, shouldn't you have the bonus episode by Lilo & Stitch or The Proud Family and not Phil Of The Future? What is so wrong with getting rid of Zack & Cody? I can understand Even Stevens staying in order to max out other religions (although Ron is Jewish in canon so even that is suspect); but you have three Christmas episodes in live action. Raven is untouchable as well as Lizzie; so why bother with Zack & Cody? Put the never seen before episode (read: We just haven't released it on Disney Channel yet.) on a separate DVD because it's not like the kids hate Zack & Cody; and the parents will buy both sets anyway, thus making Disney even more rich. Plus; you get a balanced Disney Channel set for the holidays. Otherwise; don't bother releasing the music video in the extras because it's only a minute long and it's nothing of note. It's heard on Radio Disney as part of the Radio Disney Jingle Jams CD and I don't care; it's dull and boring for me. ** for the video.
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; this was a really good Christmas special. There was nothing screwy outside of a few logic breaks and a few moments of Kim acting dumb. Ron was funny; Drakken was funnier and Shego was herself. Still; as great as this episode is; it's not all that memorable to me like Jolly Molly Christmas was. This felt like a regular Kim Possible episode with a funny twist finish and ending to it which I admit I liked; even the Snowman Hank ending sequence, but it isn't an episode that I am going to repeat watch like even So The Drama. It certainly was better than It's A Wonderful Leaf; most so the ending because Drakken being nice was hilarious and even Shego showing her nice side was cute. But then again; I shouldn't be surprised. I will still say to this day that no one can top Jolly Molly Christmas in terms of a DTVA special. Maybe Goof Troop will convince me otherwise; maybe. Overall; a great episode for what it was supposed to do and that is it for 2012 rant wise. I would love to do a full slate of Kim Possible episodes in the future; but it all depends on if I can find the DVD sets for them. I do know that there are quite a few DVD's on the show; as well as two DVD full sets; but I cannot find the former in stores and the later isn't available in stores. So I'm at a sort of impasse here unless I can find videos of them. I was hoping to do the Fish Hooks "Fish Prom finale at some point (which hasn't aired in North America yet; but has in International markets. Don't ask me why.); but the video streams were blocked by Disney almost the instant I found them. I do have Fuddy Duddy Study Buddy; but I'm done in 2012.
So what is in store for 2013? The first three months will be finishing Quack Pack completely. Easter Sadism will feature Fanboy & Chum Chum's Brain Freeze DVD set (I spent $10 on that DVD and I already feel ripped off); Father's Day specials will be the last five episodes of The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (fitting eh?), then in the summer it's Gargoyles. As for the Fall Assortment; there is only two productions on the sked and that is the Recess Movie; and maybe The Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series pilot: The First Face Off. Oh; and I hope I never have to see the ugly sight of the writers confusing the North Pole with the South Pole ever again. So....
Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you all next time.