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Second First Date
A common thing shows do is work to bring a main
male character and a main female character together as a couple throughout the
series. While it can work, seeing this
happen so much can bring false impressions that love always works out which
really isn’t true. This is why it’s nice
to get material to subvert this trope, and this cartoon is one to do that.
It starts with a tough and muscular
version of Cupid coming to the bodega. He claims that two people present have
unresolved romantic tension. In
accordance with the aforementioned trope, he’s talking about Rad and Enid. Objectively speaking, it’s hard to believe
that Rad and Enid could ever be a couple since they both get agitated by each
other’s faults far too often.
Being all-knowing of love, Cupid knows that there was a time when they did develop feelings for each other. It was back in middle school when Rad and Enid first met, and they both seemed to be fond of each other through a few encounters over three weeks. After that time, Enid decided to ask Rad out. From their few interactions, even if it’s simply helping to pick up books and short conversations, they appear to have had potential to work as a couple. However, during the actual date, Rad's really jerky moves ruined any chance of the couple working out. A reason for this is that he had taken bad advice from his “friends”, and was dumb enough to think it was good. Also no, them being teenage boys is not enough to justify what they tell him. This is a huge weak point with the only reason the couple didn’t work out was stupidity. It’s so obvious that acting like a jerk wouldn’t work, and doesn’t do the cartoon justice to see it happen so many times. Plus, it implies that the advice is why Rad is a jerk in the present, which is a huge part of his character. It just became weaker being fueled by doing things that clearly would make things worse and never realizing that despite how bad the date was going.
Even in the present, most people agree that
Rad is the more romantically-challenged of the two, and he has the nerve to say
that Enid was in the wrong. I mean, the flashback rarely presented her doing
anything wrong apart from being shy.
Anyway, they decide to resolve the tension with a new date which is uniquely presented as something like a wrestling match. In fact, it’s a dinner in a boxing ring floating over a volcano, and Cupid commentates on the date in an extreme manner like an announcer of a sports event. Adding to the tone of the date are the extreme measures Rad and Enid take to the customs like how they tensely greet and toast each other and give each other corsages.
Anyway, they decide to resolve the tension with a new date which is uniquely presented as something like a wrestling match. In fact, it’s a dinner in a boxing ring floating over a volcano, and Cupid commentates on the date in an extreme manner like an announcer of a sports event. Adding to the tone of the date are the extreme measures Rad and Enid take to the customs like how they tensely greet and toast each other and give each other corsages.
Above all, the
events of their original date make Rad and Enid too at odds to be a couple
since they’re too prone to fighting now.
However, the ending shows that two different people can still work
platonically. Rad saves Enid from falling into the volcano, and they go
home having a friendly conversation while playfully fighting with each
other. That gives the cartoon some power
in showing there’s benefits in love not always working out. As a result it's
believable and reassuring, even if it would’ve been stronger if the tensions
weren’t fueled by stupidity.
B+
The Ranking
- Face Your Fears
- You Have to Care
- Legends of Mr. Gar
- We’ve Got Pests
- I Am Dendy
- You Get Me
- Let’s Be Heroes
- You’re Everybody’s Sidekick
- Jethro’s All Yours
- Know Your Mom
- Everybody Likes Rad?
- Plaza Prom
- We’re Captured
- My Dad Can Beat up Your Dad
- Let’s Be Friends
- We Messed Up
- Presenting Joe Cuppa
- Sibling Rivalry
- Second First Date
- Just Be a Pebble
- Do You Have Any More in the Back?
- You’re Level 100
- You Are Rad
The next OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode is a strange escapade where K.O. is roped into a candy heist with one of the students from his mom's dojo.
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