Chuck's Choice

***Chuck's Choice*** is a Canadian animated television series produced by DHX Media for Corus Entertainment that originally aired on YTV from May 6, 2017 to June 9, 2017. It follows Chuck McFarlane, an 11-year-old boy with an alien robot. When he gets himself into a lot of difficult situations, his robot, UD, hacks into 'decider mode'. Time freezes and UD gives Chuck three choices. He has to choose one and it will come true, but not always in the way he expects. His best friend, Misha, knows the art of combat and is often saving Chuck from monsters and threats. Whenever Chuck chooses to teleport them somewhere, Misha always comes with him.

## Plot

The series is about an 11-year-old boy named Chuck McFarlane who has an intergalactic reality-altering robot named U.D. who manifests one of three choices throughout his day, leading to diverging adventures in each timeline.

This is called "Decider Mode" and time appears to freeze for everyone but U.D. and "The Decider" (normally Chuck). Although they seem random, U.D. reveals the ability to influence the selection in "Flush Hour Two" when he generates three identical options to seek help from a pirate monkey to rescue Ariana, the goldfish he befriended that belongs to Chuck's best friend Misha.

## Why It's a Good Choice

1. Astonishingly creative concept where Chuck has a robot that gives him three choices in each conflict.
2. Such great Flash animation, art style and character designs that will immediately give you *Loud House* vibes right when you see it.
3. Some great episodes include:
	* "Cool Hand Norm" (a decent way to start the series)
	* "The Dentalist"
	* "Show Me the Buddy"
	* "No Sleep Till"
	* "The Dark Dingo"
	* "Possum Pete"
	* "The Good, the Bad and the UD" (the perfect way to end the series).
4. The main characters Chuck, Misha, and U.D., are all likable.
5. The episodes also give out a good *"Be careful of what you wish for"* styled conflict, where whatever Chuck chooses, it may go wrong in the end, which also provides good messages in each episode as a result of this trope
6. The episode names are oftentimes parodies of tons of other media, which rarely get referenced at all from other shows' episode names. Examples include: Pig Hero Fix, The Dentalist, Chuck Dynasty, VeggieTales, and How to Restrain Your Dragon.
7. The credits of each episode actually show what would happen if Chuck chose something else, which in many terms makes the show unique compared to other shows with a similar format.

## Bad Qualities

1. Some characters, such as Norman, may be unlikable at times.
2. Some bad episodes, such as:
	* "Cedar Hills' Most Wanted"
	* "Sunny Daze" (depending on your view)
	* "Pig Hero Fix"
	* "Who's on Cursed?"
	* "Veggie Tails"
	* "No Pain, No Dwayne"
	* "So Wrong It's Right"
3. It quickly got cancelled after **a month and three days!** It's especially disappointing that the show would get cancelled that quickly, because eventually, it would then become forgotten, despite the potential the show actually had, just like another YTV show *(3 Amigonauts)*.
4. The voice acting can be rather bland sometimes, especially from Chuck and Norman.
5. It can be mean spirited at times
6. Some toilet humor here and there

## Reception

While the show did receive positive reviews (as it had a 7/10 on IMDb and an 82% on Google), it didn't take long for the show to become largely forgotten and underrated, largely due to the show's short run, similarly with 3 Amigonauts. However, there are people that do wish for this show to have a second season (according to its only IMDb review).

## Trivia

* There is a reference to *Kid vs. Kat* in "Poultry in Motion" where a Kat plush can be seen