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If I wasn't clear on my last two reviews, I liked Johnny Bravo and thought Cow and Chicken didn't held up as well. So with the spin off I.M. Weasel I wasn't to thrilled about.
The series chronicles the adventures of two funny animal rivals: I.M. Weasel, a famous, heroic, eloquent, highly intelligent, and many-talented weasel who is adored by everyone, and I.R. Baboon, an ugly and idiotic baboon who is envious of Weasel's success and constantly tries to be better than him.
Just like Cow and Chicken the animation tries way to hard to be like Ren and Stimpy. Mostly just giving off strange and weird animation. The writing in this show kind of makes no sense. Like there's one episode where I.R. Baboon Rips apart a sheet of paper about the law of gravity and it's the lawyers that float in mid air. First off just because you rip a sheet of paper doesn't mean you got rid of gravity. Even a kid knows this. Second a loss of gravity would effect everyone not just lawyers. Third You wouldn't float in mid air you would fly into deep space. You see what I'm getting at here? Weasel and Baboon aren't very likable characters in my opinion. One is to flawed and the other one's to perfect to connect with. A good character must over come obstacles but must have flaws that make them human. You got to give them emotion let the audience know how they feel. The difference between Weasel and Baboon to Characters like Aang and Ezio is that Aang and Ezio though tough and skilled they can make a mistake. They can feel sad or betrayed when something goes wrong. They can have bad things happen to them and come out on top but they had to work hard for it. Weasel gets the good life handed to him and Baboon tries to hard. Those aren't good character traits. The reason cartoons are getting better is that they are showing more in dept with there characters.
That's probably the difference between cartoons now and back then. Back then in the 80's and 90's we're use to seeing generic characters and stories. But now we're seeing more of what writers can do with there characters. Some can be bad but when they work they really work. And maybe that's what shows like Avatar and Steven Universe men't to show us. That cartoons can grow up like the rest of us. And not be like I.M Weasel.