Edited sentence: By late 2006, Totally Spies has reached a global fan cult, airing in 65 countries on five continents.Certain critics are also former fans of the series itself back from its earlier days, who were convinced the show had "jumped the shark" when the series added "Undercover" and introduced new characters and changed voice actors; however, some defendants note that the show's retooling gave the series an identity it had been lacking in the first two seasons.Despite these criticisms of the series, it has proven popular enough to continue through several seasons.For instance, the girls are caught and about to be eliminated, their enemies leave suddenly, and often without reason (in a deus ex machina).The plotlines of Totally Spies are contrived, and the characters lack depth.The show follows certain patterns.The spies then easily make their exit with a few gadgets, which are almost always disguised as makeup or some kind of accessory - even though these disguises seem to be pointless, as the show has rarely, if ever, had a situation requiring the gadgets to be disguised.The spies' prerogative of keeping their identities a secret is often contradicted since multiple episodes have shown the three in their spy outfit in public, and in some cases even televised.The theme of secret agents leading normal school lives has also drawn comparisons from some with the Disney series Kim Possible amongst internet message boards.There are also two video games based on the series.There is also the overuse of "mind control" storylines; however, this seems to be a running gag, as it's nearly always Sam who ends up being controlled (Clover in season 4).There is no sense of continuity, with the exception of certain subplots in the later seasons, where Jerry's evil twin teams up with some old villains, or a villain returns from the past