Monday, September 7, 2020

Super Black Friday - (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Season 2 Episode 24) - 'Toon Reviews 40

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Super Black Friday

Holidays often bring out the best in a show, and its cast of characters.  They can also make an interesting statement for certain groups of people celebrating them, or at least wanting to in this case.  As a matter of fact, in looking into workers of customer service’s perspectives on holidays, this ends up being very insightful.  

The featured day is called Shucksgiving, which seems to be this world’s combination of Thanksgiving and Christmas.  It also works in the in-between day, Black Friday, the day where people crowd the stores to get in their Christmas shopping well ahead of time.  For K.O., Rad, and Enid, this means working a major late shift for the upcoming Black Friday customers.  Through it all, it’s shown that even though they work in retail, these bodega employees are still citizens with their own holiday traditions to look forward to, especially K.O.  There’s even solid honesty where they claim that even though the holiday is marketed as a magical time of year, the commercialism of it all doesn’t make it magical for everyone.  



It seems like they have a chance to celebrate Shucksgiving after all when Mr. Gar agrees that investing so much time in a sale is nonsense.  That said, the huge crowds outside the bodega did not get the message and are still demanding to purchase their gifts.  From the workers’ perspectives, they understandably believe that the shoppers don’t have real lives other than waiting to buy a materialistic gift.  

This is where things get a special holiday flare as the previously seen Principal Claus enters.  Like the holiday icon he’s modeled after, he brings a jolly seasonal tone to the scene and offers a fresh perspective on the Super Black Friday crowd.  With a festive voice to everything he says and whisking K.O., Rad, and Enid through the sky, there’s believable weight to the nature of the shoppers.  Some get together and share food and drinks.  Others bond by playing games or telling jokes.  It’s like they’re all one big family sharing special moments together as they do what they always do.  

This is also a good way to really flesh out Principal Claus’ notion that the Super Black Friday shoppers are basically his family.  In fact, it can really say a lot if you want to make suggestions about his true background.  He knows everyone well, understands the virtues behind what they do, and even takes major action when foes like Darrell and Shannon try to spoil the holiday spirit.  

His lessons even leave a major impact on K.O., Rad, and Enid who also learn that there’s weight to the nature of the shoppers.  Realizing this as snow softly falls amounts to the perfect kind of holiday warmth.  That said, as the employees decide to open the bodega after all, the customers are just as rowdy as ever when rushing in for their gifts. It can still be strongly suggested that the workers understand the depths of their behavior now.  What’s more, they even get a just reward for their generosity to others’ traditions in the form of getting a new one to celebrate.  Rather than K.O. enjoying his Shucksgiving dinner with just his mom, he has all his closest friends to celebrate with.  Basically, it’s a familiar tradition made even better, the perfect culmination of exploring other traditions.  

Ultimately, whether you’re in retail or an average civilian, this holiday cartoon is a retable explore of how humanity exists even in the most commercial of people and customs.

A

Season 2 Rankings

1.      Your World is an Illusion

2.      T.K.O.’s House

3.      Final Exams

4.      CarolQuest

5.      Dendy’s Power

6.      Crossover Nexus

7.      Lord Cowboy Darrell

8.      Bittersweet Rivals

9.      Red Action to the Future

10.  My Fair Carol

11.  Are You Ready for Some Megafootball?!

12.  Boxman Crashes

13.  Wisdom Strength and Charisma

14.  Mystery Sleepover

15.  Super Black Friday

16.  Point to the Plaza

17.  Special Delivery

18.  Seasons Change

19.  The So-Bad-Ical

20.  Monster Party

21.  Plaza Film Festival

22.  Let’s Watch the Boxmore Show

23.  Be a Team

24.  Soda Genie

Be sure to stay tuned for the review of the next episode where things get particularly freaky in a simple story of K.O.'s birthday.

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