What if Fantasmical World was founded in 1946?/Awful Movies Wiki

== Dr. Gomez (2000) ==
=== Why It Isn't Doc ===
# The three plots in the movie are confusing to follow, as it feels more like three movies combine into one.
## This is because Dr. Gomez is, in fact, three separate shorts hastily and poorly tied together, this is one of the weirdest ideas of a film to have happen.
# The jokes and puns are somehow considered "lowest common-denominator comedy". In the second part of the film where Alex and Marty are going through the internet, Marty says that he has to go to the bathroom, only for Alex to tell him to hold it, which is out-of-place in a Gum Girl film.
# Some scenes are too disturbing for children, such as Undertron and Dark Ninja-Rina, the main villains of the last two stories, looking more like rejected He-Man/Johnny Quest villains then Gum Girl villains.
# A lot of moments in this film are drop off and are never mentioned again, one of them biggest examples is in the second part of the film where Undertron attacks Melvin Beederman and Alex. While we know Alex is alright, Melvin is badly hurt. And after Cloud Boy attacks Undertron, both Melvin and Alex are never seen or heard of ever again, so is Melvin gonna be alright? Who knows! We don't know for sure due to how poorly edited this film is!
## Yes, in the third part of the film, Melvin is shown to be alright, but imagine what happens if it wasn't for that.
# Too many plot and editing changes that can be quite insulting to fans and enjoyers of Gum Girl.
# To prevent people from realizing the flaw mentioned in #2, the transitions were used. Valentín Fuentealba, "The Reviewer Random" even made a sarcasm saying: "Por supuesto que no se nota que son tres cosas diferentes." ("Of course, that it doesn't notice that they are three different things.")
# The third of the three segments are allegedly non-canonical but is mixed with the clear canon segments. Technically, this causes the whole movie to be non-canon due to Julian from the third segment being mentioned in the first two.
# Dr. Gomez has many moments that can get too dark with a-lot of cruel out-of-place moments.
# The film has a few plot-holes that never got resolve.
## The first part of the film implies that this is the first time that Gabby and Dr. Gomez meet a creature, and in their case, the giant Edina, but in the actuate comics and show, they act like it's the first time meeting them.
## It's never explained as to how Dr. Gomez and Bubble Boy are able to committee with Marty and co.
# Weird linking between segments, the first segment serves as some kind of a prequel before the original series, the second segment involves Undertron taking over the internet and causing a missile to fall on the city, and the third/final segment involves Ninja-Rina being corrupted with a virus.
# Even though the soundtrack is pretty good, it has a handful of licensed music that doesn't fit for the movie.
## It also has a laughable and cringe-worthy rap song titled "Doc Rap" at the opening that overuses the "Digi" word in the lyrics.
## The songs in the soundtrack pop up randomly in many scenes with no build-up. Infamous example is at the end of the film, is when Ninja-Rina is "dancing" to All Star by Smash Mouth.
# Misleading title/box art for the fallowing reasons.
## Despite the name, its actually three films instead of one, as stated in the #2 segment.
## The box art shows the characters from the 70s Gum Girl characters, you would all think that they would be the main characters, and while that is the case, that's only in the third out of the three segments of the film.
## On the box art, you might notice a characters besides Dr. Gomez that looks similar to Teddy, but it doesn't appear anywhere in the film.
## Shangri Llama appears in the center of the box art, you would also think that he would play as a lead role, but he also doesn't appear until the climax of the third segment.
# Important and fan-favorite characters from the original series serve no purpose to the second segment of the movie whatsoever. They are just present for their issues.
## Gum Girl is invited to a friends' birthday party and does nothing until the third segment.
## Edina is bitter at Dr. Gomez for the accident that happen off-screen and does nothing but pout on the window side in her house.
## Brainstormer does nothing as she's too busy with her work.
## Hamster Gum Girl is even worst, despite the world being in clear danger and about to be destroyed, she just sits around at a beach and expects Dr. Gomez to be here.
# Before the beginning of the movie, there is an Angela Anaconda short, which was not only just padding for the movie's runtime, but also the short (as well as the cartoon series as a whole) is just ugly and nightmarish looking.
## What's also bizarre that that in the world of Angela Anaconda, they seem to know about Dr. Gomez as the plot revolves around Angela and her friends excited to watch the film, there's even a billboard of Edina in the front of the film. What the heck does Angela Anaconda a cartoon kid show, have to do with Gum Girl, the 60s superhero comics?
### To be fair, it is kinda understandable since both shows used to air on Fox Kids.
# Edina sounds a bit annoying and older than her age.
=== Redeeming Qualities ===
# While not as visually impressive, the animation is still pretty good.
# While overused, the soundtrack is still nice.
#* There are even catchy songs here and there, such as "Here We Go".
#* Depending on your view, the "Doc Rap" is pretty catchy.
# The voice acting is decent.
# It introduced Cloud Zebra.
# Great action scenes.
# Many moments are very touching.
== Gum Girl: The Curse of the Franken-Gum-Wad (2004) ==
=== Why it isn't freaky ===
# Excessive amount of fart and burp jokes, though there are nowhere nearly as many as there were in the first film. To be fair, most of the non-toilet humor isn't amusing, either.
# The plot is confusing and badly executed.
# Alicia Silverstone's performance as Heather Jasper-Howe is incredibly bad, so bad it's one of the reasons for why the next point is so bad.
# The mystery in this movie is very poorly put together. First off, it's far too easy to figure out who the villain is, mostly because of the casting of Alicia Silverstone. Her poor acting to try and look innocent, and the film trying way too hard to make it look like her character isn't the villain by making the characters portrayed by Seth Green and Peter Boyle look way too suspicious, don't help at all. And second off, Zahf Paroo's character who was Ned the Cameraman for Heather's reporting, he's revealed to be the one who disguised as the Mastermind to make Heather look innocent even though he appears as a background character in the movie and is given no dialogue and practically no screen time for the audience to know who he is, which makes the reveal of him covering for Heather come off as totally out of nowhere.
# Laughable and forgettable dialogue.
# Most of the villains don't come off as scary and instead seem lame and pointless. Their designs also look awful, even by 2004 standards.
# Gum Girl and Bubble Boy are even DUMBER in this film.
#* In one scene, the two are seen drinking unknown science formulas, the formulas resulted in:
## Gum Girl turning into an alien.
## Bubble Boy getting the body of a woman.
## Gum Girl turning into the Tasmanian Devil from Looney Tunes.
## Bubble Boy growing muscles with a dumb personality to go along.
## Gum Girl turning into a smart scientist and speaking fully in English.
# The title doesn't make any sense.
# The reveal that Heather Jasper-Howe happens to be Taxi Celery has little foreshadowing. It would have been better if Heather was the secret daughter of Taxi rather than his persona.
# Plot holes:
#* The people at the ghost don't seem to know that their costumes were being transformed into monsters.
# The Skeleton Twins changed from menacing villains in the cartoons to gibberish speaking Minion prototypes.
# Uncomfortable implications of pedophila in this movie, as when both Ned and Taxi get sent to the police car, Ned is creeped out that supposedly his partner Heather was a man the whole time and later says this line "But We Cuddled", which might suggest that a teenage cameraman had sex with a cowboy while he was disgised as a woman, which is just gross and not funny in the slightest at all. It could be that Taxi did it as an act.
# Some jokes tend to be repeated at times, such as the joke where Purple Knight gets injured in the crotch in two scenes, first with Ninja-Rina's foot, then from Ravi clamping his crotch with lighting clippers, which gets rather repetitive due to the joke not really being that funny in the first place.
# Overuse of cartoon sound effects, particularly during the potion scene.
# There is some product placement for Burger King.
=== Good Qualities ===
# It has a nice grasp of the source material.
# Most of the acting is great, and, the new cast members (with the very notable exception of Alicia Silverstone) are fitting additions to the cast, including Seth Green, Tim Blake Nelson and Peter Boyle.
# Nice animation.
# The main characters are better portrayed than in the previous.
# Some of the jokes are pretty funny, such as the Cotton Candy Monster part and “You’re pushing your luck, Gabby!”.
# Decent soundtrack by David Newman.
# Some of the dialogue is quite memorable including, "I think Fillmore sucks".
# The only genuinely terrifying villains are the Goo Monster and Shocking ghost.
# Even though Heather-Jasper Howe was poorly executed, her story arc aged well in a post-Donald Trump era with the rise of "fake news".
# The Evil Masked Figure’s mask is quite expressive and unique.
# There is a heartwarming flashback showing the family play fetch with Gabby.
# It had some neatly put fanservice that catered to Gum Girl fans without pandering.
# Decent climax
== The Tale of Ravi Rodriguez (2007) ==
=== Bad Qualities ===
# Although it isn't completely unfaithful like most live-action adaptions are, the movie's grasp on the original source material is not very good as the movie doesn't feel like the original Gum Girl cartoons despite the characters still being the same.
# It has lots of disgusting toilet humor and moments that are not even appropriate for children:
#* In one scene, Voodoo (Ravi in the teaser) was forced to eat Yoodoo's feces by Dan to prove to him it wasn't feces at all, which is just disgusting. This is considered coprophilia.
#* When Dan traps Voodoo under a hat, Voodoo peeks his tail and backsides out to release flatulence in Dan's face.
#* The film even relies on some inappropriate jokes, such as the one in the film's climax when once Ravi and the doll boys hear Dan calling for them, they tear off their outfits and leave themselves naked, which is very disturbing for younger viewers and even adults.
# It has its fair share of pop-culture references which feel out of place and are completely unnecessary, including a reference to The Matrix in one scene.
# It also has many product placements, these include Xbox 360, SpongeBob SquarePants, VTech, Puma, DHL, Lucky Charms, Spider-Man, Van's Foods, Apple and Samsung products, Campbell's, Pepperidge Farm, Crayola, Quaker Oats, Snyder's, Barilla, etc.
# The uses of special effects look rather outdated and uncanny.
# Most of the acting is rather poor, particularly from Jason Lee as Dan, as he sounds very monotone and sounds like he doesn't want to be there.
# Claire Wilson, while likable, is seen as a pointless and unnecessary love interest.
# A few of the characters aren't portrayed all that good compared to the source material, like Dan for being portrayed as rather unlikable, and Ravi not having much of a personality because in the original, Ravi had the most personality.
# The musical score by Christopher Lennertz, while not terrible, sounds rather lackluster and generic.
#* Ravi and the doll boys mostly sing covers rather than original songs ("Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. and "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter) which seem more like rip-offs rather than using original songs in the film.
#** While their "Love the World" is featured, it doesn't sound anything like the original and sounds more like a rap version, which is a poor attempt at being hip and cool.
# Despite Voodoo being the smart one in the group, he doesn't seem to know much about the animal kingdom, even though he's one himself. When Dan asks whether all animals talk, Voodoo replies back saying "Well, I believe that fish have some sort of sign language". Not realizing that apes are the only animals to evolve and learn such a skill.
# Weak direction from Tim Hill.
# False advertising: Voodoo and Yoodoo have hats and sunglasses in the poster, not once in the film are they seen wearing those.
# Plot hole: The doll boys were excited when Dan mentions Christmas, but they have been living in the woods their entire life, so it's impossible that they know what the holiday is that quickly in the film's plot. There's even a scene early on in the film that shows Yoodoo questioning what the "shiny things" on the tree were.
=== Good Qualities ===
# It has an interesting concept and premise about giving an origin story about how Voodoo, Yoodoo and Ravi first met each other, despite the execution being mediocre.
# It shows good morals such as family always comes first before fame.
# The movie has its fair share of cute and heartwarming moments, and some good jokes too.
# Surprisingly, there is a low number of pop-culture references compared to its three sequels.
# Ravi's clothing is faithful to his original designs.
# The animation is decent.
# The new version of "Daydreaming", though modernized, is admittedly pretty catchy.
# Besides remixes of "Daydreaming and "Love the World", plus covers of "Bad Day", "Only You", and "FunkyTown", most songs are entirely original.
# David Cross's performance as Ian Hawke is one of the most hilarious and enjoyable parts.
== Who Discovered Mr. Chubby Cheeks (2009) ==
=== Bad Qualities ===
# This film still has toilet humor, adult humor, and fart jokes despite being a family film. There are also some inappropriate moments such as Yoodoo lying to the hospitalized Jeffery on the phone that Toby's grandma (who is also hospitalized) is practicing her pole dancing (another word for a stripper) and the scene in the climax where Ian Hawke gets hit right in the the crotch by... the toy motorcycle.
# It barely has a story due to having many sub-plots
# Some continuity errors.
# While David Cross still puts on a fun performance as Ian Hawke, he isn't quite as funny as he was in the first film.
# Jeffery Hansen barely gets any screen time (due to being hospitalized) while the film mostly focuses on his nephew. And especially in the final scene of the film where Jeffery finally gets out of the hospital to put the hamsters and dolls to bed...only to get injured once again by a skateboard lying on the floor.
# It has too many pop-culture references. It even shoves in a pointless and out of place cameo of Digger, the infamous mascot of NASCAR on Fox at the time.
# Toby Hansen is a generic "loser" character who was a laughingstock when he was at school.
# Even more usage of product placement than the first movie, such as the Nintendo Wii, VTech, Welsh Farms milk, Animal Planet, Gatorade, The Staples Center, FedEx, and others.
# The special effects are uncanny.
# David Newman's musical score is even more generic and lackluster.
# They took whatever popular hit songs that were known at the time (e.x. "I Gotta Feeling'" by The Black Eyed Peas, "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé and "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry) and butchered them with the Gum Girl character singing.
# The acting, while slightly improved, is still pretty laughable, particularly from Jason Lee as the voice of Jeffery.
# Cringeworthy moments, like Ian Hawke dressing up like Mrs. Chubby Cheeks having Woodoo and Hoodoo puppets and performing terribly on the Staples Center stage.
# Some cruel moments, like Ian threatening to barbecue Mrs. Chubby Cheeks and the girl dolls at a Korean restaurant and in the airport scene when Toby accidentally makes his grandma in a wheelchair fall down the stairs and break her neck, that probably explains why he only cares about video games.
# In the scene with Mr. Chubby Cheeks and Voodoo rescuing Yoodoo from the Wedge-tailed eagle, Voodoo mentions that the eagle's natural enemy is the Pygmy elephant. Even though that the two species never interacted with one another, nor that they lived together in the same environment and/or country. Just like it was mentioned in the first movie on the wiki, this just proves once again that Voodoo knows nothing about animals.
# False Advertising: Some scenes that were included in the trailers aren't in the movie.
# Terrible direction of Betty Thomas, who directed the much better Dr. Dolittle.
#* Not to mention, this is also the final film for Betty Thomas to be directed, thus causing her directorial career to end on a low note.
=== Good Qualities ===
# There are indeed some good jokes.
# Some songs, such as "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner are surprisingly not butchered by the Gum Girl character singing.
# Zachary Levi is fine as Toby, but even at that, it’s clear that this isn’t his best performance.
# David Cross still does a fun performance as Ian Hawke, although it isn't quite as funny as the first film.
# The animation is decent.
# A few cute moments.
# Despite being a blatant product placement for Wii Sports, the scene where Mr. Chubby Cheeks and Toby play Wii Sports, but Mr. Chubby Cheeks ends up breaking Jeffery's TV by throwing a Wii Remote at it is actually quite funny.
# Speaking of Bad Qualities #18, the scene where Ian pretends to be Mrs. Chubby Cheeks and the Girl Dolls is so stupid some may find it funny, as a scene that's so bad it's good.
== The Gumazing Gum Girl: Flipwrecked (2011) ==
=== Why It's a Flip-wreck Indeed ===
# Once again, most of the jokes are unfunny that consist of toilet humor, bad puns (this even includes the title), and jokes that seem a little too adult for a G-rated film, such as Ian commenting on how he saw Snoop Dogg light a joint with two carrot sticks.
# It has lots of cliches, like the "being stranded on a deserted island" cliche that has already been done to death.
# Plot holes, like Bubble Boy in his Rosie persona being hit on the head by a golf ball somehow turning him back to his normal personality, when it was a spider bite that actually gave him the Simone persona.
# Other problems include Captain Corelli stating that the Gum Girl Team are misbehaving. Although their behavior is rambunctious and annoying, it never puts anyone in danger. And to make matters worse, because the team (not Ravi) went to the bar/casino, they are forced to play shuffleboard.
# It contains so much pop-culture references that it even includes references to jungle films and TV shows like The Jungle Book, George of the Jungle (1967), Tarzan and even survival films like Cast Away as well. In fact, it feels more like a ripoff rather than that.
# The film cares so little about its cruise setting that it doesn't even tell the audience where the team are sailing to. They say they're traveling to the International Music Awards, but even then, it is never really explained where it is actually taking place.
# The skimpy, flourish bikini-like outfit the Hamster Gum Girl wears throughout the other half of the movie looks ridiculous, weird and disturbing as she is actually underage. It is also never explained what happened to their previous outfits and they aren't seen again until the mid-credits scene.
# Certain plot points, such as Ninja-Rina breaking her leg and especially Bubble Boy developing an alternate macho persona named Rosie (more on that later), go mostly nowhere.
# A massive amount of filler, the biggest offenders being Gum Girl fighting a meerkat (in which he calls a "honey badger") and the dance-off between the others of the team and three casino patrons on the cruise ship.
# Despite the film being shown on a tropical island, neither meerkats nor honey badgers are native to tropical climates.
# The musical numbers serve no purpose to the story and only appear in the film because like the previous movies, they took whatever popular songs by well-known artists (e.x. "Vacation" by The Go-Gos and "Trouble" by P!nk) and butcher them up with the Gum Girl character singing.
# Mark Mothersbaugh's musical score is still lackluster and pathetic.
# The film does not improve anything of the previous films, mainly due to unlikable characters, popular songs that butcher up and unnecessary pop-culture references.
# Bubble Boy's alternate personality subplot does little to impact the story and doesn't even know what it wants to satirize.
# The other uses of effects, such as when the monster fish is attacking Rosie, are extremely out of place and fake-looking.
# At the climax where they go and find Brainstormer after she gets captured by Zoe, Gum Girl says that at one point in her life, he has to defy Robo-Chef's orders, when that's all he's been doing throughout the film, making it an easily insulting and hypocritical message.
# At one point, the movie has to literally stop everything so Alvin can explain in full detail a bad joke.
# Zoe is a bland new character and her transition from supporting character to villain feels like it comes out of nowhere, just because they needed a completely new villain for the live-action tetralogy. What's even worse is that she gets no repercussions for almost murdering Robo-Chef and kidnapping Brainstormer for her goal of getting the treasure in the cave. It is also unnecessary, as she pretty much redeems herself after Ian talks her down, also making the switch to villain pointless.
# Poor acting, particularly from Jenny Slate and, of course, the voice of Jason Lee, with the exception of David Cross.
# The ending is just lazy and anti-climatic. To makes matters worse, there is the cliché "dance-off" scene where the team perform to a combination/remix of both "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga and "Firework" by Katy Perry in the International Music Awards, which is pretty much forced for the end credits, as it never even tells us what they actually even win for, if at all.
# The mid-credits scene is horrible, as it involves the team going home on a plane, only to have Hamster Gum Girl cause an airline food cart to crash right into Ninja-Rina that nearly injures her.
# Weak pacing that it feels much longer than that for sure.
# Abysmal direction of Mike Mitchell, who directed better films, like Sky High, Shrek: Happily Forever After, the Trolls remake and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
# False Advertising: On the posters, the team are wearing holiday beach outfits, but they never actually do wear them in the movie.
# As mentioned before, the title Flipwrecked sounds laughable.
=== Redeeming Qualities ===
# Despite what he had to go through; David Cross still gives off a decently fun performance as Ian that's way funnier than his portrayal in the second film.
#* And also, un-ironically, his character actually went through a bit of development as well, from being the generic greedy music director from the last two films into to just an indeed equally likable minor but anti-hero character, in mostly off-screen between the last film and this film. Despite not being much, he still got more character development than the seven main characters in the whole live-action tetralogy adaption.
# The fact that Alan Tudyk takes over the role of "Rosie" from Audrey Wasilewski is a little interesting, though it quickly becomes stale.
# The animation is nice for the animated characters.
# They toned down on the product placements and don't overuse them, mainly since they were in the first act.
# Ian Hawke's redemption arc in this film was surprisingly well-executed and natural. And unlike some other villain redemptions in media (including Zoe, the actual main villain of this film), it's not shoved down the audience's throats or rushed by being forced to take place at the last minute without any proper character development actually happening.
== Malik and Maria: The Movie (2012) ==
=== Drifted Qualities ===
# The film is inferior to the previous incarnations, and it lacks any charm or charisma of the franchise, as it is completely unnecessary for various reasons and was made to cash in.
# Robo-Chef, Jr. and Shira's romance sub-plot seems pointless and serves no purpose to the actual story, despite it being surprisingly well-written and natural.
# All of the teenaged animal characters are portrayed as cocky, popular-teenager stereotypes.
# A pointless blink-and-you’ll-miss-it-scene of Cecil and Bunny, when The Escaped Monkeys is falling through the earth, which can be seen within the first 5 minutes.
# Several of the characters never got a proper introduction of how they became a part of the character's lives.
# Some of the humor can seem forced and nonsensical, like one hypocritical joke about mammoths going extinct and another character claiming it as a "double burn".
# Malik's character has been flanderized in this, he went from the lovely little boy to a typical "overprotective bro" cliché with Flittle, which was copied in Hotel Transylvania, that came out later in 2012.
#* Voodoo and Yoodoo were also highly flanderized, evolving from intelligent and crafty pranksters who cared about their friends to obnoxious and pointless idiots. Thankfully, their screentime here is very minimal.
#* Maria was also flanderized, from a wacky and spontaneous yet smart, optimistic and fun-loving buddy to Malik to a stereotypical, uncareful and destructive lazy girl.
# The film can run on several amounts of mean-spirited levels most of the time, like how Robo-Chef's family, who is unlikable and pointless, abandon him and his mother because they’re screw-ups & “dead weights” and how Flittle is bullied by the Brat Pack (except for Ethan who is likable) at the beginning of the film.
# They brought Drake and Nicki Minaj in just so the film could appeal to the tween demographic and hip-hop fanbase.
# The monkey slapstick gag, while still hilarious, causes more conflict and chaos for our main characters, which kinda makes them the villains rather than Captain Gutt.
# The film feels like it's trying to juggle too many subplots.
#* Captain Gutt wanting revenge on Malik for destroying his ship.
#* Shira's redemption arc.
#* Maria trying to look after Gum Girl's grandmother.
#* The monkeys using a treasure map to find their bananas.
# The humor in this film made the franchise lose its way as it relies on humor from the 2010s generation.
#* On that topic, this film goes full fantasy with some of its scenes, like the ending scene with Gumazing Gumlantis.
# Flittle's behavior and personality in this film is just a "bratty teenage daughter" stereotype.
# A few moments can portray as nothing but being filler, like the one with sirens trying to attract the gang, heck it can even be an excuse to foreshadow the villain's defeat.
# Once it reaches its climax, the movie almost forgets who the main character is, juggling it between Malik, Maria, and Louis.
# The love triangle-story with Flittle, Ethan and Louis is incredibly pointless and feels clichéd.
# Overuse of movie clichés which we’ve seen several times in other films.
# The scene where Maria and Robo-Chef, Jr. kiss each other is childish, cringeworthy, disturbing and unneeded.
# Questionable song choices that don't fit on each scene.
#* At Ethan's party in the beginning, the song "Chasing the Sun" by The Wanted was used, a 2012 song.
#* In one scene, Malik sings "The Candy Man" by Sammy Davis Jr., a song that was released in 1971 for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
#* The end credits song, "We Are", sung by the cast, while a good song, sounds too much like a 2010's pop song.
# Plot hole: Several of the animals aboard Gutt's ship are carnivorous - Shira and Flynn, for example - yet all the "pirate booty" is fruit and vegetables. What are these characters eating?
=== Good Qualities ===
# Nice animation is very nice.
# The voice acting is pretty decent, with Wanda Sykes stealing the show as Abuela.
# The only new characters that got a proper introduction were Captain Gutt and his pirates and they can actually be entertaining villains:
#* Shira is a great new character and her relationship with Robo-Chef, Jr. is surprisingly well-written and natural, as mentioned in BQ#2.
#* Louis is quite likable too.
#* Ethan (the leader of The Brat Pack) is alright too, as he doesn't bully Flittle unlike his friends do.
# Abuela is by far the best and funniest part of the movie, and she is a surprisingly well-written comic relief here (though same can't be said for her in the following installment).
#* Plus, Wanda Sykes was a perfect casting choice for her, as stated in GB#2.
# Nice soundtrack, such as Captain Gutt's villain song "Master of the Seas" and the end credits song, "We Are". John Powell's score is also incredible.
# There is a one good moral about never leaving a friend behind.
# Some funny moments like when Maria got sick from eating the berries, drank saltwater, the "Holy crab" joke and basically all the scenes involving the monkeys and Abuela.
# The cameo of Cecil and Bunny, while very quick, is a nice easter egg.
# The relationship between Malik and Flittle is heartwarming.
# The ending is really emotional especially when Malik reconciles with Flittle.
# The monkeys are still hilarious and their subplot where they search for Gumazing Gumlantis is funny and creative.
#* Robo-Chef, Jr. also remains a likeable character as he isn't flanderized and is still a sarcastic yet hardcore and selfless friend.
#* Ms. Smoot is also likeable and remains in character.
# Even though it was poorly executed, it is understandable why Malik became so overprotective towards Flittle, as he just wants to prevent her from having the same fate as his previous child.
== An Extremely Ninja-Rina Movie (2015) ==
=== Bad Qualities ===
# Just like the previous films, the comedy is mostly immature and sometimes inappropriate for its target audience, such as Ninja-Rina dipping peanuts in alcohol to get some squirrels to sleep.
#* There was even a music video made to promote the film called (and we are not kidding) "Pizza Toots", which is all about farting from eating pizza.
# Tons of unnecessary pop-culture references like the previous films, including references to R-rated movies like The Terminator and The Shining.
# It uses so many popular songs that are butchered with the Gum Girl character singing.
# Like the previous films, the characters are still unlikable.
# The film incorporates random cameos that don't serve much of a purpose, such as John Waters and Redfoo.
#* Speaking of Redfoo, he only appears in the film so he can promote "Juicy Wiggle".
# The soundtrack reuses one of the songs, "Conga", from Flipwrecked.
# Weak acting by Tony Hale, Kimberly Williams Paisley and, you guessed it, Jason Lee.
# Miles develops a crush on Ashley Grey. This only gets two scenes in the beginning and end, giving the impression that the filmmakers suddenly just forgot that they wrote that in.
# While the premise is fine, it's executed very poorly. Some scenes literally don't have effect to the film at all.
# Kaley Cuoco replaces Kathleen Herles as Gum Girl (thankfully it was explained behind the scenes), but she gets so little screen time and lines that the switch isn't even noticeable.
#* On that related topic, Brainstormer and Bubble Boy also barely get any screen time and lines, and they along with Gum Girl aren't seen again until the climax of the film. It is also never explained what happened to them after they and the gang sing the final song number in the club.
# James Suggs makes for a poor villain. Tony Hale's corny underacting is not entertaining compared to David Cross's delightfully hammy performance, which is especially a shame since Cross doesn't appear in this film.
#* Speaking of Suggs, his backstory of why he hates Ninja-Rina is not only just sad and pathetic but downright ridiculous too. Apparently, last Christmas, his girlfriend dumped him because he was a huge Ninja-Rina fan at the time, and as a result, they are put on the No-Fly List (although to be a little bit fair, Yoodoo did let out a monkey, which then lets out several other animals which causes an emergency landing).
# When Suggs references The Shining with this line "Here's Suggsy!", Voodoo responds by saying "he's like the Terminator!", which is a wrong pop-culture reference.
# Mark Mothersbaugh's musical score is still lackluster.
# Abysmal direction of Walt Becker.
# There is a scene in the film that serves as blatant product placement for Chuck E. Cheese's.
# False advertising: The red car that Ninja-Rina, Voodoo, and Yoodoo are in never appears in the movie. Some could argue that it appeared when the gang were pretending to be hood ornaments, but then again, they never really utilize it outside of that scene.
# It was obvious that this was only made as a cash-grab, since the first three films had marketing while this had less, proving that Fox was even aware of this but decided to release anyway.
=== Good Qualities ===
# The animation on the animated characters is so very nice.
# There are some funny jokes, such as when Ninja-Rina tells John Waters not to judge his behavior because of the content of Waters' film Pink Flamingos.
#* There's even a funny use of toilet humor, when Voodoo wets himself and Miles says it's not his, prompting the TSA clerk to ask if he's "holding it for a friend".
#* There is also a funny airport scene where Miles calls Ninja-Rina a "stuffed doll," and treats her like one, throwing her around.
# The musical numbers do have some sort of a purpose: write an original song, which is quite catchy as well as a heartwarming finale. Plus, they don't take popular songs by well-known artists and just give them Gum Girl character singing, with the exception of "Uptown Funk".
# The final scene with Ninja-Rina reuniting her mother is admittedly rather sweet.
# The film does have improved pacing compared to the other films.
# The development between the gang and Miles is handled quite well.
# Josh Green does a pretty good job as Miles, and he has some entertaining chemistry with the gang.
== Gum Girl vs. the Meteor (2016) ==
=== Why It's an Absolute Collision Course (And Not the Good Kind) ===
# One of the main problems of the film is that it barely has any originality, with several scenes, characters and concepts either being heavily clichéd or rehashed from other films; granted, this can be executed well (even Star Wars, of all things, was influenced by The Hidden Fortress, plot-wise), but here they tend to feel quite hollow and unsatisfying, and even aside from those clichés do tend to be repetitive and tiring.
#* The basic concept of the Voodoos trying to get their bananas is tired and overused, especially considering how it has been done over and over again for the past four films up until this point; as such, the audience pretty much acknowledges by now that the Voodoos will not succeed in getting their Bananas, and here it does feel kind of predictable.
#** One might compare this to most Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry shorts, but at least those were executed in a much better way in comparison to the storyline with the Voodoos here.
#* The film, overall, suffers from the "heroes embark to save the world from impending doom" cliché.
#* The film has the "ominous and ancient prophecy about something coming" cliché.
#* It also has the "ending with a party around which everyone dances to a song" cliché.
# The story tends to be rather predictable, as it is obvious the team will succeed in stopping the asteroid from hitting the Earth and eradicating the planet of its lifeforms; thus, it becomes a bit difficult to become emotionally invested in the story due to its outcome being quite obvious.
# Even though the animation is a step up, it can be over the top with its movement being way too fast in specific scenes and usually acts and feels as though it is the kind of animation style used in the production of a Hotel Transylvania film.
# On a similar topic, there is an over usage of disgustingly purple color filters and schemes throughout the film, notably inside the UFO, scenes set during evening, on the asteroid and its pieces themselves and even inside Geotopia.
# It follows up on one of the flaws the Malik and Maria film suffered from in that it scarcely feels like a Gum Girl film at times, mainly due to its usage of... things which feel rather out-of-place in a Gum Girl film. In fact, it feels more like an entirely different movie, but of which happens to have characters and settings from the Gum Girl franchise.
#* The film feels the apparent "need" to be hip and cool, seemingly to pander to 2010s' audiences; this is obvious in scenes with dated references to 2010s' popular culture which feel as though they fail to fit in with the time period the films are set in; blatant examples of this include Malik and Maria constantly referencing hashtags in one scene, as well as Francine criticizing Bubble Boy for looking "nothing like [his] profile picture".
#* It features five rather odd and pointless cameos from Neil DeGrasse Tyson (the first one being a narration in the opening scene), who also literally serves as a scientific consultant... for a Gum Girl film.
#* There is a presence of out-of-place cartoon-ish sound effects throughout the film, the most blatant example of this being when cartoon-ish "squawking" sound effects are inappropriately plopped into a brief scene where a series of asteroids are literally annihilating a flock of birds.
#* Some of the song choices are rather questionable, with blatant examples including "Fireball" by Pitbull briefly playing during the first interaction in the film between Giles and the team, as well as "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright playing when Brooke meets Bubble Boy for the first time.
# The film feels rather overstuffed when it comes to the characters, and as a result the plot constantly has to sidetrack with subplots — it has to shift around from Gum Girl and Ravi struggling to come to terms with Peaches' decision to move out, Bubble Boy looking for a love interest, Robo-Chef, Jr. and Shira wanting to raise children, the misadventures of the Voodoo in the UFO, Gum Girl having to get along with Julian, the Dino-Birds plotting to kill Buck and allow the asteroid to hit the Earth, and Giles raising a small pumpkin, Bronwyn.
#* In fact, one brief scene in the movie with Bubble Boy running out of fingers when he counts everyone to ensure they are present even takes a jab at the movie's huge list of characters.
# The characters are even more intolerable, each of them having their own set of issues, including but not limited to:
#* The Gum Girl Team are completely flanderized.
#* The Geotopians either barely have any personality, are forgettable, unfunny, one-dimensional (especially Brooke) or, in the cases of Roger, Shangri Llama, and Julian, annoying; in addition, Julian, Francine and the Dino-Birds never receive a proper introduction as to how they came into the other characters' lives; we just randomly start off with them from beginning to end (though, in the case of Francine, she breaks up with Sid in her only scene in the film and afterwards is never seen again), as if they just came out of thin air, which is jarring.
#** On the topic of Brooke, she overall, is a one-dimensional love interest who simply falls for Bubble Boy.
#* The Dino-Birds are forgettable antagonists with lame motives, consisting of them intending to fly out of range as high into the atmosphere as possible as the asteroid hits and eradicates all other lifeforms, making it impossible to take them seriously when the audience knows their own idiocy is only going to result in their deaths, and even if they do survive the initial collision there would barely be any food for them to eat, which would just result in them starving to death; in fact, the presence of a real antagonist is rendered redundant by the fact that the asteroid is basically the main threat of the film.
#** In fact, there are at least two scenes where the film is self-aware of how stupid their motives are; however, stating the problems of a film does not automatically erase them.
#* At one point, the gang and Giles come across a river and at no point does anyone think it to be a good idea to cross it, to the point where Buck literally demands said river to "let his mammals pass"; this, therefore, paints the characters to be this idiotic.
# Specific scenes in the film are rather pointless and seem to only serve to pad out the length, as neither of them serve any real purpose in the story at all nor even explore the relationships between characters in a way it pays off story-wise; one example is the small subplot of Robo-Chef, Jr. and Shira wanting to raise children, which does nothing to move the plot forward and seems to be only there for the sake of having both characters actually getting to do something in the film.
#* Even the side of the story with the Voodoos fall prey to this, with some of his individual scenes seemingly being longer than in the previous films, seemingly for the sake of padding out the runtime.
# Plot hole: In one scene the Voodoos cause the internal gravity of the UFO to decrease, inadvertently flattening them and rendering it impossible for him to do specific actions such as jumping, and the next time he is shown the gravity of the UFO has somehow returned to normal without any explanation why.
# The pacing during the travel is very inconsistent, with the filmmakers seemingly being unable to decide as to how fast or slow the travel should progress; most of the time the travel seems to be set at a rather "normal" speed, but at various points its pace is slowed down due to filler and rather failed attempts at humor.
# As stated, much of the attempts at humor fail and either come across as awkward, predictable, immature or suffer from botched timing; some even remove suspense and tension within the film, since it barely seems to take itself seriously; Malik and Maria provide some of the worst attempts at humor here, consisting of either gross-out or toilet humor.
#* On the topic of toilet humor, there is even one scene where actual feces are shown, which Maria almost licks under the assumption that it is a clue for something until Giles points out otherwise.
# False advertising:
#* In some posters, it heavily advertises the Voodoos in space and them wearing spacesuits, but in the actual film, he is only seen wearing it in three scenes.
#* Despite being heavily advertised on movie posters, neither Brooke nor Shangri Llama appear until the final act of film and even then, aren't even given proper screen time and characterization.
#* The back of the Blu-ray and DVD calls it the best Gum Girl movie when it's really not.
# There are several cringe-worthy, awkward and disturbing shots present in the film, such as one where the low internal gravity of the UFO causes The Voodoos' skins to fall off and thus expose their skeleton right before he pulls it back up, as well as another in which Voodoo lifts up his skin to reveal his nipples have been briefly transformed into bananas.
# The use of the aforementioned "forgotten anniversary" cliché feels rather forced, and it is supposed to set up something so important when it comes to Gum Girl and Ravi, but its payoff — during their reflection on themselves raising Peaches and come to terms with her future — ends up being not too satisfying nor important.
#* The use of the "liar revealed" cliché runs into a similar issue, as it never changes nor develops the characters nor even moves the plot forwards; to recap, during the travel, Giles discovers he is being followed by the Dino-Birds and is hiding this from the Herd, and before they arrive at Geotopia, the team discover what is really going on and realize that Giles was being dishonest about this; one would think this would set up some sort of conflict between Giles and the team, but this is not paid off in any real major way whatsoever.
# The subplot involving the romance between Bubble Boy and Brooke feels rather rushed; this is clear when Brooke proposes to Bubble Boy, even though they have only known each other for twelve in-universe minutes and thus barely had any chemistry. Say what you will about the fourth film, but at least Robo-Chef, Jr. and Shira's romance sub-plot was well-written and natural, thus creating a great chemistry between the two, despite it being pointless to the main plot of that movie.
# It shares the problem of the previous four films of featuring historical inaccuracies; for example, Giles remarks how an asteroid would hit the Earth every hundred million years, as if it were some sort of tradition, even though the asteroid that eradicated the non-avian dinosaurs hit around sixty-five million years ago, while the prior mass extinctions weren't caused by (an) asteroid(s) hitting the Earth.
# Extremely cheesy dialogue, particularly the "That, however, is a turd!" line from Giles.
# Several characters from the previous films and incarnations, specifically Chubbysaurus Rex and Ethan, no longer seem to even exist anymore without any given reason whatsoever as to why; it feels jarring and questionable.
# Besides that, it completely acknowledges the events of the previous four films.
=== Redeeming Qualities ===
# The animation, alongside the visuals, are beautiful to look at, despite the overuse of disgustingly purple color filters throughout the film and the movement being too fast in certain scenes.
# Decent voice acting, partly due to most of the cast returning to reprise their roles.
# Flittle and Julian, while parts of their storyline do revolve around clichés, are one of the most tolerable of the characters, as all they intend to do is to survive the incoming asteroid and live happily married lives together, a far better motivation than the rest of the other characters. Flittle is also significantly more mature here than she was in the previous film.
# Even though it was poorly executed, Bubble Boy finding a love interest is a pretty good concept.
# Decent soundtrack from John Debney.
# The "Figaro" sequence is enjoyable.
# Some scenes here and there are worthy of a laugh, such as when Voodoo is about to smash one of the remaining teleportation devices with his banana right when he is teleported to the bathroom, at which he unintentionally throws his banana, the one thing that was so valuable to him, everything he stood for, into an actual toilet.
# There are some emotional scenes in the film, particularly the one with Gum Girl and Julian struggling to get the biggest crystal to land into the volcano and they allow it to roll into said volcano on its own. As well as the scene where Gum Girl and Ravi, believing that all hope to save the Earth from the meteor was gone, reflect on the life they've spent together, and how they wish Flittle could've lived a life like that with Julian.
== Melvin and his Friends See Spirit (2021) ==
=== Why The Beederman Gang Should've NEVER Seen Spirit ===
# It is basically a generic clip-movie sequel that only exists to promote the movie, making it a huge cashgrab.
# This whole movie is just an average showing of Spirit: Stalion of the Cimarron with a few vignettes with the Beederman gang, as a way to pathetically be like Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax.
# The editing is absolutely horrendous, especially for when the characters pop up during the review.
# James tells facts so many people already know about, in fact, even some kids also know about it, thus making it feel like it was made for people who don't know the movie at all.
#* That Homer Simpson reference isn't even funny at all and also feels quite forced. Another thing is that The Simpsons is not meant for children in the first place which may confuse younger viewers.
# Candace's commentary is even more pointless, considering that she meant the term "Bird" as a literal bird, and a "doll" as a literal consumer product, showing that she never understood metaphors.
# Carl pretty much made the film completely unwatchable by counting how many butts were shown, which is an example of toilet humor.
# Margaret's commentaries are just there for no reason at all and only exists as filler, which proves how lazy this film is.
# The way they animated the Colonel and Hendricks are terrible, and also look like a rejected Winx Club character.
# Alongside the toilet humor, the majority of the humor are terrible, including that one scene where Melvin drinks 25-year-old water.
=== Redeeming Qualities ===
# The Meanvin Meanderman Go! intro at the end was okay.
# The ending was where the 2013 Beederman gang finally got their punishment, where they were sent to the captivity in the ranch, but even that's not gonna save the film.
# Thankfully, it was a promotion for the sequel to Spirit, called Spirit: Untamed.
== The Gumazing Adventures of Ravi (2022) ==
=== Why They Picked a Bad Time for a Tropical Vacation ===
# The story is just a boring adventure movie that turns out to be generic at best. The first act is decent yet as soon as Malik and Maria go to The Lost World, it becomes a bare-bones adventure. Even kids might get bored of the film later on.
# The animation is a little bit downgrade.
# Robo-Chef's new voice actor, Jake Green, either sounds nothing like Pat Winchell, Doug Lawrence or Alec Baldwin. He sounds a bit more feminine compared to his usual voice in the movie.
# False advertising:
#* Despite Ravi being the title character, the film is more about Malik and Maria trying to become independent. It would be better if it was retitled as "The Gumazing Adventures of Malik and Maria."
#** Speaking of which, the movie feels like it's switching either Ravi, Malik or Maria as the main characters so it can't seem to decide who should get more focus.
#* One poster shows Ravi in the water and the T-rex that appears to take a bite on Buck when it didn't happen in the film.
#* On the trailers it thinks Malik and Maria go back to the lost world by falling down through a hole but in the movie, they actually go back using the same cave entrance from the previous incarnations.
# Flittle, Julian, Hamster Gum Girl, Knotgrass, Thistlewit, Devon, Rex, Gavin, Roger, Gertie and even the Escaped Monkeys are absent somehow.
# Malik and Maria are unlikable since they act spoiled towards Ms. Smoot because they want more freedom. They are also stupid of their own species. To prove this to you, both of them think that they are not humans until Ravi told them they were. They also annoy Zee a lot for her name and even attempted to hijack the bone boat and bought some poisonous fruit that they were about to see during the boat scene.
#* They also destroyed the Gum Headquarters while also disobeying Ms. Smoot even if she had a reason as to why she wanted to keep Malik and Maria safe.
# During a scene where Malik and Maria dream about their own home, the dream sequence is cringey that it tries to be hip with the kids including some rap music played in the background, Malik dabbing, and both Malik and Maria dancing to the music. However, it was only for a brief moment until the post-credit scene had the same dabbing scene.
# The movie feels more like a back door pilot to a non-canon/different timeline Gum Girl animated series or at least a direct-to-video film.
# Orson, the dark red Protoceratops, is like in the comics a really weak villain, only wanting to rule the lost world because reasons. Also, he only seems to speak in cliched villain lines.
# The humor tends to fall flat that the attempts at humor aren't anywhere as funny as the incarnations.
# Despite Ravi being likable still, he feels more like a plot device whereas he is just there to deliver exposition about the villain Orson.
=== Redeeming Qualities ===
# Candi Milo voices Ravi once again, and she still does a great job with her performance.
# With the exception of Jake Green, the new voice actors for characters, like Gum Girl, Ninja-Rina, Bubble Boy and Brainstormer, do sound pretty similar to the original actors.
# Even though the film isn't any better, it does mostly ignore the events of Gum Girl vs. the Meteor, despite the appearance of Bronwyn.
# Ravi is pretty likable this time around. We also got to see Ravi having character development after encountering Zee.
#* Malik and Maria despite having some unlikability, do get some character development and are a lot more tolerable compared to Gum Girl vs. the Meteor.
# The Lost World still looks pretty most of the time.
# Batu Sener's score is okay to listen to.
# Unlike negatively received Gum Girl films, the humor isn't too reliant on gross-out humor or pop culture references, except the dabbing scene.
# The film does have some nice callbacks to the previous incarnations like Gum Girl's origin.
#* Chubbysaurus Rex makes a return to this film.
# Zee is a nice new character.