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The Perfect Meal
This
cartoon is nice and wholesome, but also basic and nothing special in premise. One thing’s for sure
though, the cartoon is instantly likable with the heart coming from K.O. and
his mom Carol’s love and devotion to each other.
The subject is preparing meals and the way
K.O. rushes to what his mom prepared for him, spaghetti, is just adorable. That said, it is naïve of him that he only
just realizes that Carol is the one who makes him his meals since at least one previous cartoon shows he already knew that.
Still, it’s equally thoughtful, and fitting that K.O. tries to prepare something
for Carol. Her favorite meal is called
Galaxy Truffle Pasta, but it’s very rare.
The little thing may be posed as a challenge, but for someone who wants
to be a great hero and son, K.O. is up for it.
With the aid of Beardo the burrito salesman, and the scent of the
bodega’s pet dinosaur Baby Teeth, K.O. goes on an adventure with the sole name
of proving to be a great son.
The
adventure itself through the local Mystical Forest where galaxy truffles dwell makes
for enjoyable moments. In terms of the
side characters, their development isn’t the most interesting, but what we get
from them is still charming since we don’t see them much. Baby Teeth may be a dinosaur acting like a
dog, but she’s still cute to watch. As
for Beardo, he’s the passionate artistic type when it comes to cooking. At a campfire he prepares an exquisite meal
of little things he finds in the forest, teaching that good meals come from
working with what you have and cooking with love. It’s a typical message to learn from a cook
like him, but it’s still a good thing to learn and suits the story well.
There are some creative elements though
regarding the galaxy truffles. What they
are subverts expectations a bit when instead of just being fungi, the truffles
are live creatures that may be small, but fight back hard. There are laughs in the pursuit for them
though when K.O. and the others are put through various instances of slapstick
as they chase the truffles. There’s also
interesting world building to the galaxy truffles with a whole cave of them run
by a queen galaxy truffle. It’s
certainly an interesting way to show what they’re like, but it’s a bit
nonsensical that the queen can talk English, but her children can’t.
Anyway, it’s during a confrontation with the
galaxy truffles planning to eat everyone when Beardo gets his most shining
moment. He finds being eaten alive to be
a fitting demise being a chef, but backs out when he finds the broth
unappetizing. It’s made of bath water from the queen truffle which is an
appropriate interpretation of what things cooked in boiling water are
like. However, Beardo adds variety in
ingredients and plenty of love which happens to produce Galaxy Truffle Pasta.
Everyone, including the galaxy truffles who transform from the flavor, notice
the appeal in the cooking, making for a heroic display of his culinary talents. Interestingly, there’s not enough for K.O. to
take home with him, meaning his plan failed.
However, the message of how meals can be made of anything and taste good
as long as there’s love sticks with him. The cartoon ends with him preparing
a simple sandwich for Carol and her acceptance of it with a hug is as adorable
as you’d expect.
The story and message are
basic, but for how endearing the characters and the heart are along with
creative world building, the cartoon is enjoyable in its own right.
B+
Cartoon Ranking
- Face Your Fears
- Let’s Take a Moment
- Mystery Science Fair 201X
- You Have to Care
- T.K.O.
- Back in Red Action
- No More Pow Cards
- Action News
- Glory Days
- Legends of Mr. Gar
- We’ve Got Pests
- I Am Dendy
- Let’s Have a Stakeout
- You Get Me
- Let’s Be Heroes
- You’re Everybody’s Sidekick
- We Got Hacked
- K.O.’s Video Channel
- Jethro’s All Yours
- Know Your Mom
- Everybody Likes Rad?
- OK Dendy! Let’s Be K.O.
- Villains Night In
- Lad & Logic
- A Hero’s Fate
- Plaza Prom
- We’re Captured
- My Dad Can Beat up Your Dad
- Let’s Be Friends
- We Messed Up
- Parents Day
- Plazalympics
- Presenting Joe Cuppa
- Sibling Rivalry
- Plaza Shorts
- RMS and Brandon’s First Episode
- Second First Date
- Stop Attacking the Plaza
- The Perfect Meal
- Just Be a Pebble
- The Power is Yours
- Do You Have Any More in the Back?
- Let’s Watch the Pilot
- Villains Night Out
- You’re Level 100
- We’ve Got Fleas
- You Are Rad
- Rad Likes Robots
- One Last Score
- Let’s Not Be Skeletons
Plaza Shorts Ranking
- Life of Darrel
- Action News
- K.O.’s Inner Monologue
- Where in the World is Mr. Gar?
- Rad vs Enid
The next OK K.O. review is a fun play on Mario Kart as Rad sets out to prove he has the best van around in a race against Red Action.
Next time on MC Toon Reviews is Episode 50 of Animaniacs, the last episode on the Vol 2 DVD.
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