We started off and immediately I was wondering whether or not the five of them have a joint backyard. Doubt it as Austin had to go through an opening in the fence. However, Tyrone and Uniqua share a yard? Also, what person just goes into someone else's yard uninvited? Tasha was there too. Just casually dancing in Tyre/Uniqua's yard unannounced.
Quickly, they fade into their imagination, a whole new world coming alive. However, imagining is one thing, seeing a completely different world and fully believing it exists is another.
The race starts and only Pablo takes off. Why is a penguin such a good runner? Why do they stop and gawk at his running skills? The finally take off with Pablo up ahead, Tyrone/Uniqua tied for second, and Austin lagging behind. Uniqua gets hurt on the hurdles and she just sits on the ground. Did she twist her ankle? Hurt her knee? Did something get in her foot? No. She needs a Band-Aid for a cut on her finger. This gives Austin a chance to catch up and show off his sack's usefulness.
They reach the snowboarding parts of the race. With how far ahead he is, and considering his origins in the snow, you'd think Pablo would stay in the lead. Nope. They sing a dumb yet dope song about cold/cool and Tyrone slides his way to first. Pablo starts to drag and falls to third before he makes a wrong turn and ends up over a cliff. If you could even call it that. The ground was a few feet down and covered in snow, he would've been fine had he fell. Yet, Austin pauses to help him. At this point, I'm thinking that in any semi-serious race, he would've been dead last. However, we all know he's going to win somehow.
We move on to the kayaking section. Uniqua is apparently a pro and quickly finishes the course first. Pablo and Austin seem decent, meanwhile Tyrone just lost his paddle and had to be rescued by Austin. Still, he made it to the desert before Austin. The three of them start hiking, with constant complaints of water. Once Austin gets to the desert, he starts to worry that he won't win. But instead of running, he sings and dances about it. But as luck would have it, all three of his competitors crash by a cactus because it's "too hot." But instead of zooming ahead after they've all obviously given up, Austin gives them water and the four of them run back together.
They all run into the finishing line's ribbon, but no one can break it. (Due to the camera angle, I couldn't really tell who hit the ribbon first, but it was between Pablo/Uniqua.) Tasha announces that no one can win until the ribbon is broken. Which is DUMB, especially considering she knows that the ribbon is too strong for the racers to break by running into it. However, Austin happens to have a pair of scissors in his pouch, thus he cut the ribbon and won. Meaning, that even if Austin had remained in the back, none of the other racers would've been able to cut the ribbon and he would've won regardless of how long it took him to get to the finish. Which bothers me.
Uniqua mentions her mother's cookies and the world slowly falls apart as they return to her backyard. The show then ends with Austin having a moment and celebrating his win. I'll admit, he was a pretty adorable kiddo character throughout. So, I guess that makes up for his faulty win.
Nitpick points:
- Their names. Even their voices strongly resemble those of African Americans. While it's not bad, it's not common among cartoon shows and was always nice to see as a kid.
- Tasha kept talking to some unseen crowd that I doubted existed until they started clapping. Who are they???
- I remembered the song Go Go Go and started singing along, it honestly was so much fun.
- They all entered a four-event race, despite three of them only being good at one of the events, and the other not having any notable skill and winning only by luck.
- Shouldn't the pouch be against the rules? All racers should have the same items which are usually provided to them. If not, there're major advantages/disadvantages such as the desert and water situation.
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