Let’s Be
Friends
After introducing the characters and world, this
cartoon establishes K.O.’s primary relationship for the series with the two
employees of Mr. Gar’s humble bodega, Rad and Enid. They both have flaws, but their introduction to K.O. showed they have a clear soft spot for the little guy eager for
heroism.
K.O. plans to work at the
bodega to train to become a hero like they do, and he’s excited to help them
through maintenance work or fighting robots from Boxmore. His attempts at helping are more along the
lines of a little kid who wants to do what bigger people do, but gets in the
way instead of actually being helpful.
He pops in on Rad and Enid at work saying he can help, but just acts
like a pest. It doesn’t help that while
Rad has his empowered fingers and Enid has her fire kicks and stump
transformation, K.O. has no super powers which further presents him as
unhelpful. With his main desire of
becoming a hero in mind, there is a legit reason for his behavior, but him not
being productive doesn’t make him as compelling as he could be. It is nice that he regrets getting in the way
though.
The cartoon also acts as a
proper introduction to Boxmore, run by Lord Boxman. The previous cartoon only featured one of the
robots, Darrell attacking Lakewood Plaza Turbo, and while that did present that
company with a lot of creativity in the robot design, Darrell’s moments didn’t
bring a lot of information on where they come from. That’s where this cartoon explains the matter
as the remains of the Darrell robot are destroyed for failing and replaced with
a new one, looking and functioning the same way. In fact, Lord Boxman has his own children of
robots, with another one named Shannon, who’s much more competent than her
brother, being sent to sabotage the element of friendship at the plaza. As for Lord Boxman himself, he’s basic as a
villain for sure, but that hardly matters because he’s highly enjoyable for
being over-the-top over simple matters like his low robot sales and hating
friendship which the plaza is full of.
Boxmore’s path crosses with K.O.’s when Shannon convinces him to
infiltrate the factory to win Rad and Enid’s friendship, and as you can
imagine, he walks right into the obvious trap.
It is impressive that he makes it this far to Lord Boxman though. For K.O.’s sake, it’s great that for all the
trouble he caused, Rad and Enid still like him enough to come save him, and them
enthusiastically declaring their friendship for him is epically cute to see. Plus, it works in more of Lord Boxman’s
exaggerated rage as he gets beaten up by this display of friendship and sends
them back to the plaza because there’s too much it. This moment would be more meaningful if K.O. was
more helpful to them earlier, but it’s still pleasing in an upbeat way.
The cartoon ends with the last pieces of the
show’s premise falling into place with K.O. getting a job as a helper at Gar’s
Bodega with Rad, Enid, and especially his mom, advocating for him, and
unlocking a super power he has after all, a power fist. While the cartoon may not be perfect in
structure, its introductions to more prominent series elements, character
development, and great sense of fun make it a nice friendly offering this early
in the show’s run.
A-
The Ranking
- Let’s Be Heroes
- Let’s Be Friends
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