Point to the Plaza
In terms of story arcs for Season 2, the biggest one sets out to expand on established plot points of Season 1. It gets started with this cartoon whose main topics are the ever idolized hero, Chip Damage, and the elite hero organization, P.O.I.N.T.
After showing off his own admiration of Chip Damage, K.O. is assigned to take a load of supplies to the stock room. While there, he comes across a cute-looking blobby creature called a gloop. Considering that they caused a lot of trouble in a previous adventure involving the back of the store, Enid suggests destroying the gloop immediately. In an overly naïve move, K.O. easily gives into the gloop’s cuteness and feeds it. This brings on even more gloops that combine to create a giant one that consumes the entirety of Gar’s Bodega and threatening to take over the rest of the plaza as well.
This is where P.O.I.N.T. comes in as the situation becomes too hard for the heroes of the plaza to manage. As pointed out by the hero in charge, Foxtail, P.O.I.N.T. has the right to come in and settle anything too difficult for the average hero. That seems fair, but there’s a catch to it as Mr. Gar does not take P.O.I.N.T.’s arrival well at all. Given what’s known about his past, it’s reasonable that he wouldn’t want to be reminded of it, although Foxtail mercilessly does just that anyhow. She especially goes too far when she says Mr. Gar is just like the gloops when it comes to destroying civilizations and people, suggesting a darker edge to her.
P.O.I.N.T.’s ego is further stroked when they call upon Chip Damage to take care of the gloop infestation, making the heroes feel worthless. Out of this though is a nice instance of bonding between Mr. Gar and his employees. He and Enid find that they have a lot in common with being annoyed with P.O.I.N.T. since he was once part of the team and she once wanted to be like the team. Moments like this showing what the P.O.I.N.T. heroes are really like are fascinating things to bring out the humanity in these characters.
Then it’s shown that for all his bravado, Chip Damage is not getting anywhere with stopping the gloops. K.O., who was really responsible for all this and feels guilty over it, suggests doing something to stop it. In a clever visualization, he’s the one thing to break Enid’s icy heart which convinces her to help. They both show how any hero is capable of greatness when they find the gloops’ weakness long before Chip does upon watching it freeze into ice in the freezer. Chip only makes things worse with the opposite of ice, but Enid and her icy heart take care of it all when he can’t. Her efforts don’t go unnoticed either as the cartoon ends with Chip giving her an opportunity to go to P.O.I.N.T. Prep Academy, a hero school she wanted to attend in youth. She even shows consideration of going there contemplating that maybe the P.O.I.N.T. heroes really aren’t so bad after all.
It’s a solid concluding point to a
fun cartoon of developing series elements and character relationships.
A
Season 2
Rankings
1. Your World is an Illusion
2. Lord Cowboy Darrell
3. My Fair Carol
4. Point to the Plaza
5. Seasons Change
6. The So-Bad-Ical
7. Plaza Film Festival
8. Let’s Watch the Boxmore Show
9. Be a Team
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