This show certainly is a blast from the past! When I went back to this show, this one and some from season 3/4 were my favorites (as that's all I saw before quitting on it). Well, for some reason. The main point of this is that this episode is a ripoff of The Magic Hour, one of the best episodes from my favorite show, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers. When I first rewatched this, I gave this episode a 1/10, but now I think it's a little better than I originally thought. It's very mediocre despite being one of the only episodes rated above a 3/10 (that I've rewatched so far).
The reason I say this is a ripoff is the fact that the plot is very similar. It's not just similar to The Magic Hour, it's similar to a lot of episodes, which takes away some points. It has the "you're the only one who can defeat him, but you're too afraid" plot, and this episode doesn't utilize it like The Magic Hour does. It makes for quite the predictable and boring story, especially with how forced it ends up being in the ending and adds some autotuned songs in the mix... just what everyone wants. Yeah, right.
Honestly, you could say this entire episode is forced. DJ and Poppy finding Biggie, how easily he gets scared off, the ending (again), and more.
The majority of the episode has nothing going for it. It's enjoyable though, but for all the wrong reasons. The Magic Hour comparisons were just too much fun to talk about while watching. I really don't know what else to say, it's just boring. But still one of the better episodes somehow. 5/10.
I really don't have much to say about Neighbor War. This episode is another ripoff of B&MW, this time of You've Got Snail (the sister episode of The Magic Hour). Like the previous episode, it's also very boring, but this one is a bit worse due to the mean spiritedness of it. It's not even the fun kind of mean like in You've Got Snail. Branch underestimates Sky, then he doesn't when he finds out his job. This is the kind of stuff I'd expect from a child character, not the most mature one in the show!?
About the rest of it, it's a back and forth battle, but Sky doesn't even learn anything in the end. Even when the two of them apologize he doesn't seem to care, he just calls it "cheesy". It's quite a jerk move if I do say so myself. So yeah, not much to say I know. But that's literally all I can say.
4/10. Not as bad as other episodes, but still fairly weak. 4.5/10 average.
The reason I say this is a ripoff is the fact that the plot is very similar. It's not just similar to The Magic Hour, it's similar to a lot of episodes, which takes away some points. It has the "you're the only one who can defeat him, but you're too afraid" plot, and this episode doesn't utilize it like The Magic Hour does. It makes for quite the predictable and boring story, especially with how forced it ends up being in the ending and adds some autotuned songs in the mix... just what everyone wants. Yeah, right.
Honestly, you could say this entire episode is forced. DJ and Poppy finding Biggie, how easily he gets scared off, the ending (again), and more.
The majority of the episode has nothing going for it. It's enjoyable though, but for all the wrong reasons. The Magic Hour comparisons were just too much fun to talk about while watching. I really don't know what else to say, it's just boring. But still one of the better episodes somehow. 5/10.
I really don't have much to say about Neighbor War. This episode is another ripoff of B&MW, this time of You've Got Snail (the sister episode of The Magic Hour). Like the previous episode, it's also very boring, but this one is a bit worse due to the mean spiritedness of it. It's not even the fun kind of mean like in You've Got Snail. Branch underestimates Sky, then he doesn't when he finds out his job. This is the kind of stuff I'd expect from a child character, not the most mature one in the show!?
About the rest of it, it's a back and forth battle, but Sky doesn't even learn anything in the end. Even when the two of them apologize he doesn't seem to care, he just calls it "cheesy". It's quite a jerk move if I do say so myself. So yeah, not much to say I know. But that's literally all I can say.
4/10. Not as bad as other episodes, but still fairly weak. 4.5/10 average.
