I think it's funny you're so down on Chip and Monty, as I loved those characters as a kid, but I bet if I watched these episodes again, I would've thought the same thing. I have to admit, my partiality to Chip came from always playing him in the Rescue Rangers game, and my friend was Dale, so I was a Chip/Gadget shipper simply because Chip's victory was my victory. Dale always made me laugh (Lemon Pie-o), but I thought he was an idiot, and I never blamed Chip for being a dick because Dale was so stupid and distracting. I could be wrong, though. I liked Monterey Jack's adventurous attitude, and his cheese thing was funny, but you're right, they are pretty stupid not to take necessary precautions against that sort of thing.
Needless to say, if I ever get around to re-watching this series, I'll have quite the reaction to it.
Remember when Disney cartoons weren't so utterly humorless that they could actually have villains saying lines like "You can't ever expect to be taken seriously as an evil genius unless you flatten a city"? No. I don't blame you. It's been a Loooooooonnnnng time.
It hasn't been that long. That kind of villain is few and far between, but I'd say Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible is molded in the same spirit.
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Date: 2006-12-23 03:25 am (UTC)I think it's funny you're so down on Chip and Monty, as I loved those characters as a kid, but I bet if I watched these episodes again, I would've thought the same thing. I have to admit, my partiality to Chip came from always playing him in the Rescue Rangers game, and my friend was Dale, so I was a Chip/Gadget shipper simply because Chip's victory was my victory. Dale always made me laugh (Lemon Pie-o), but I thought he was an idiot, and I never blamed Chip for being a dick because Dale was so stupid and distracting. I could be wrong, though. I liked Monterey Jack's adventurous attitude, and his cheese thing was funny, but you're right, they are pretty stupid not to take necessary precautions against that sort of thing.
Needless to say, if I ever get around to re-watching this series, I'll have quite the reaction to it.
Remember when Disney cartoons weren't so utterly humorless that they could actually have villains saying lines like "You can't ever expect to be taken seriously as an evil genius unless you flatten a city"? No. I don't blame you. It's been a Loooooooonnnnng time.
It hasn't been that long. That kind of villain is few and far between, but I'd say Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible is molded in the same spirit.
Oh, and Gadget's doppleganger is hot.