SheZow

"SheZow " is the third episode of season 2 of Shorty McShorts' Shorts. It features a kid named Guy, who discovers his recently deceased Great-Aunt Agnes' magic ring and becomes the female hero SheZow. 
It was created by Obie Scott Wade and aired (once) on May 4, 2007.
==Plot==
After a quick intro, we cut to a house where a boy named Guy is playing football with his friends and a girl named Kelly is instructing the movers to carefully put their boxes in the house. Upon seeing Guy just hanging out with his friends, Kelly tells Guy that their mother told him to help with the moving, but Guy says he's too busy playing football and mockingly tells her to do it herself. This annoys Kelly, so Guy pauses the game and helps move the boxes, while the two other guys agree to "hang out" with José (meaning they will pick on him).
After going inside the house and heading towards the basement, Guy starts to throw his Great-Aunt Agnes' stuff (including her ashes in an urn) when he and Kelly find a ring in a hidden hole in the wall. Kelly recognizes it as The Ring of SheZow, the greatest female hero ever, and believes that their great-aunt was SheZow, but Guy refuses to believe that. He places the ring on his finger and mockingly pretends to be SheZow, but then transforms into SheZow but doesn't realize it until Kelly shows him his reflection and Guy freaks out. He attempts to remove the ring to give it to Kelly, but the ring won't come off. Kelly then reveals (via comic book) that the ring cannot be removed when the current SheZow is chosen, but Guy still refuses to believe it until they discover SheZow's lair and learn that their great-aunt was indeed SheZow.
Upset that Guy might be stuck that way forever, Kelly points out that he can turn into SheZow when there is danger. Suddenly Guy senses danger as Kelly sees on the monitor that José is getting picked on by the two bullies from earlier. Kelly tells Guy to save him, but Guy refuses, not wanting people to see him. Kelly tells him he can change back into himself if he eliminates the danger, but he claims he doesn't know how to fight crime. Kelly says that she knows how, thanks to her collection of SheZow comics.
Back outside, José (now tied up) is being bullied by the two guys who plan to feed him a dirty sock. Guy (as SheZow) arrives and after a few awkward moments with them, SheZow and José manage to easily defeat the bullies thanks to Kelly's advice to use their powers to defeat them. Unfortunately, SheZow accidentally sends a moving truck towards José, but SheZow manages to save José by causing him to scream so loud, the truck is destroyed. After José faints from looking at SheZow, Kelly uses a lipstick laser to free José from the rope and change Guy back to himself.
Just then, José (unaware that Guy and SheZow are the same person) asks Guy if he saw SheZow, stating that he has fallen in love with her, much to Guy's disgust and Kelly's amusement. Just then Guy senses danger again, and covers up José (not wanting him to see him transform into her) as SheZow and Kelly team up to stop the danger. The short ends with a quick montage of Guy as SheZow as the credits roll.
==Main Characters==
*Guy/SheZow - A teenage boy and Kelly's younger twin brother who became SheZow after he mistakenly put on the ring that belonged to his recently deceased Great-Aunt Agnes. With the help of Kelly, SheZow continues their heroic deeds as SheZow.
*Kelly - A teenage girl and Guy's older twin. She is shown to be a huge SheZow fan, as she has a collection of comics that she uses to help Guy/SheZow learn how to control their powers.
*José - Guy's best friend who develops a crush on SheZow after they save him from the bullies and a moving truck. José is unaware that Guy and SheZow are one and the same.
*Great-Aunt Agnes/SheZow - The previous SheZow and former owner of the ring. Although she doesn't appear physically, she is shown in a few comics that Kelly owns.
==Trivia==
*SheZow is the only released short of the Shorty McShorts' Shorts series to be greenlit for a full series five years after it aired, though Disney had no involvement with the series. However, this is not the only short of the series to be made into a full series, as an unreleased short titled Fish Tale was reworked into Fish Hooks in 2010, which actually had Disney's involvement.
**In the SheZow TV series, Guy and Kelly are given the surname "Hamdon", their friend José is replaced with a new friend named "Maz" who is aware of Guy's secret and would come up with a different sidekick costume in each episode to help out, and the origin of SheZow explained that the ring would go from great-aunt to great-niece (meaning Kelly was supposed to get the ring instead of Guy).
==Controversy==
*On its initial airing on May 4, 2007, the short was met with numerous complains with parents due to the show introducing a gender-bending character, thus causing the short to never air again. However, in 2014, the original pilot showed up on YouTube, completing the series.
Category:Animated shorts