LPS Season 3 Episode Reviews

[Shokew]

Regarding "Fish Out of Water"...

Even though I still think this wasn't really a good idea... At least this wasn't anywhere near bad as last week, and THANK GOD. Not High Tier, but not Low - rank garbage, either. I thank the pets for that.
So yeah - Mid - High Tier is a good fit for this... Mostly because of the pets (And that awesome enough goldfish, once time got decently devoted to it; shame it took place in a sewer. No one should have to go down there!).

The main reason I wouldn't go all that high with this one: I'm sure we've all seen whatever Blythe did here done (at least a little bit...) better in another show(s)... Like say, Regular Show or Gravity Falls, for example. Thankfully, that's all I can / hope to have found wrong with this week's effort. It's just been done before is all - at least it ended much more happily than Secret Cupet ever did, so there's that, I'm sure.

Then again, I don't know what I'm complaining about anymore, now - just Like Mordecai in Regular Show is / was with Margaret, or Dipper with Wendy from Gravity Falls... I'd just be letting the haters of Blythe get to me with their nonsense at this point! After all, what Blythe was doing wasn't too crazy (and could almost... ALMOST be normal as long as it doesn't become an obsession, period. OR ELSE!) for someone who needs to realize "relationships aren't everything". I'm sure some of us have acted the same way, too - but we're afraid to admit it, out of fear of looking stupid as well.

Either way, ignoring next week (which I can only hope turns out OK at best!), things are only starting to look up from here, IMHO.

[Methid Man]

Ever since I first heard about this episode, I was always eager to watch it. Was it worth the wait?

Looks like it was~ We get to see more interaction between Blythe and Josh, the Biskit twins going gaga over Josh, some development of Josh's character, and it's all done pretty good. An awesome episode in my book.

...Yeah, I was only referring to the Blythe plot there. What can I say, that was the plot I was more interested in. I'm a real sucker for romantic development in cartoons. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the goldfish plot. I can actually relate to the goldfish's predicament... Being unable to enjoy what others do and all... Anyway, we also get an okay song and an adventure that takes place in the sewers. I always thought it would be interesting to see an episode take place in a sewer environment (Eight Arms To Hold You only lightly touched on this). I also liked how we see plenty of guest animals; not only do we have Goldie, we also see singing and dancing rodents and a Canadian-accented alligator. Even the Blythe plot had Zoe, Minka and the chinchillas. Plenty of animals in this episode which is good~

Back to Blythe's plot, I was really hoping it would flesh out Josh's character more and sure enough it did just that. We see Josh being a sensible and considerate person, he cares for and loves animals as much as Blythe and he's not shallow to fall for the Biskits' shenanigans. He's not just a block of wood anymore and it's clear he shows genuine interest in Blythe's personality. Speaking of Blythe, I also like how she's finally overcome her shyness with Josh and is now capable of actually having real conversations with him. They even mention the events from Sweet Truck Ride which I thought was interesting continuity.

I was kinda intrigued that Minka and Zoe didn't make such a big deal of LEPS, even looking forward to doing stuff there. I also notice how Blythe only acted depressed rather than jealous over the thought of Josh liking the Biskits. This episode throws out the idea of competition in every way possible.

I thought it was funny when the alligator tried to tell the pets what happens to fish in the fan in a tame way with no success before finally getting frustrated enough to bluntly say "He's gonna get chopped to bits!"

I liked that the Biskit twins went gaga over Josh, just as I predicted. I thought it was a good idea to give them the human flaw of doing stupid stuff for someone attractive.

Sunil does no singing in this episode's song, which is a shame because I, and no doubt many others, feel that he really should have a solo song at this point.

Blythe is kinda stalky in here but as I hoped, at least it was for good reason: it's the fact he took a job in LEPS that got her curious so you could say she had a business-related interest in wanting to scope out the situation behind his employment there.

The ending abruptly shows Madison getting hired by the Biskits. What a way to end an episode and it further cements Madison's 'temporary employee' role which I think can take the show a long way.

I really loved this episode and I'm already eager to watch it again~

[penny82ling]

When I saw Bolin and Asami pai sho game on yesterday Legend Of Korrra, I laughed out loud which I rarely do. I thought that couldn't happen again this weekend till I saw the ending with Madison. I think this could be a conspiracy to take down LEPS from the inside by Mrs. Twombry. In Legend Of Korra the fandom have the Supiracy (which I think died in this week's episode, I think there is no chance she would align herself with these extremists), here in LPS we have the Twomspiracy. Ha ha ha.

Actually I thought what would have interest insteed of hiring Madison, the gag the end of was LEPS needing a new fashion desiginer, and they hire a certain hasbeen bitter latin fashion designer. Of course I mean Ramon, we all know what is going to happen with Madison she will be fired within a week, but Ramon hire that could proove interesting to a future plot, he is devious and has a grudge against Blythe and the pets, I think he could fit right in at LEPS.

[penny82ling]

I wonder where Madsion can work next. Obviously she is not going to last long at LEPS. I think it is obvious working at a pet shop is not the place for her, it is like baseball players who obvious can't deal with the demanding fans and media going from the Yankees to Mets or vice versa, it is not going to help. And her lazy work ethics that is going to drive Whitney and Brittany, if she slacks off that means the twins will have to do that four letter word that starts with "w" that should not be spoken in front of them.

I think Madison next stop should be Sweet Delights, perhaps in "The Secret Recipe" Christy is desperate for some extra help. Perhaps after that the airlines where Roger works, and than Mona Authem magazine, etc. If Madison is going to keep randomly popping up from time to time, she could be like Larry and Steve from the original Rugrats and jump from job to job and that be a recurring gag.

[Zexoguy]

I really enjoyed the goldfish plot. There were a lot of guest pets this episode and I like that they finally got a fish to be one and used him perfectly. I also really liked Big Al and, of course, seeing Cashmere and Velvet again, even though they didn't speak. And it says a lot that they like Josh enough to be so friendly to him. I liked Minka's stunt monkey thing at the beginning with Zoe's echoing, which was funny.

Not much else to say except that it was a very nice episode.

[penny82ling]

"Fish Out Of Water" is not yet up on I Tunes, this could mean this episode is from the second half of the season, perhaps takes place after "The Secret Recipe" in which case there is nothing to tell us weather Youngmee knows Blythe's secret or not. From hints from Hub Network's website I think "Snow Stormin" episode 306 and "The Secret Recipe" is episode 311.

Anyone notice in the beginning, two of the extras were fliritng, and it was inner racial, that is kind of pushing the envelop I guess it is 2014 already it really shouldn't be.

[penny82ling]

"If The Shoe Fits"

Okay this was a good episode, however it was disappointing, I didn't the stuff I was hoping or expecting. First of all no development on the Blythe / Biskits relationship. I hope we would get more of a followed up from "Doorjammed" instead the Biskits barely appear and the focus is more on some boy band. Though we get some info on the butler, perhaps he is trying to get Blythe and the Biskits together, he could be their guardian angel like the butler form Good Luck Girl. Second disappointment, no Cashmere and Velvet, that is a big disappointment, when will they appear again in a speaking role.

This is the second episode in a row because of a guy or guys Blythe's common sense goes bye bye. I understand why, but still two episodes in a row of this, I want the sensable Blythe to appear again.

The pets outright ignoring Blythe order not to show up at the party, if I look at Blythe as the mother and the pets as her kids, sometimes kids find loop holes to disobey their parents, though I like to see more of Russell argue with the other pets that this was wrong. How are the Biskits rich, they are all idiots. I know about the twins, but Fisher you to. Now I see where the twins get it from and why perhaps Fisher's wife let him if that is what happened, perhaps she was the only intelligent one in the family, and being surronded by idiots was too much. But it was still funny. And Roger was hillarous as always, but for an episode title the shoe is a very small part of the plot.

Blythe and Youngmee fan girling that was over the top, but okay, I am glad Youngmee got some screen time with her own plot and wasn't just Blythe sidekick this time. We only two more episodes till "Secret Recipe", I can't wait. Youngmee was hillarous with the barking and the clucking. She has come a long way from the bland tooken character she was in the beginning.

And some check the skys for pigs flying, check the tempture in hell, we had a miracle. Jasper was very good in this episode, maybe even excellent. I liked his trying to deny he is a fan of the boy band, but actually liking them, and seeing him chill at the party that was actuallly funny. Corey Powell is a genious, he wrote Jasper so well that is a possitive in this episode. I think we found a formula for Blythe's friends, Youngmee is the main friends who appears more than the others, and Jasper is the tooken male character, Sue is not needed. I thought Jasper was the problem the whole time, but no it was Sue. She is the bad ingredient to this formula.

I was cringing at all the fan girling of the boy band, but I was plessent surprised, they are not a boy band, they are playing their own instruments, they are a real band. I could tell you a few bands and artists I would go to a concert with satin to see, so I relate to Blythe and her friends in this episode.

The Biskits were like last week used more of a plot device, this episode didn't focus on them. Though I am glad their party wasn't ruined. And things ended mostly possitive, they didn't like Blythe's gift, that is no surprise, though I agree with them when they said "What did you expect?" What did they expec?. Really Blythe really? Weather you are friends with them or not, I think you know them well enough to know what type of gift they would like, perhaps you can't afford that, but at least get them something they won't hate, but a picture of Blythe and her friends, clearly she put no effort into this, if you going to get them a picture, get them a picture of themselves, they are so self absorbbed., Blythe should know that. Or a picture of Blythe and the Biskits perhaps from their temperary friendship in "Penny For Your Laughs".

All and all a good episode, some good surprising like Jasper, but lacking things I was hoping for.

[Zexoguy]

I thought "If The Shoe Fits" was kinda disappointing and a little boring. I did get a few laughs out of everyone's reaction to the fangirl screams, Youngmee's barking and clucking and out of the "Manimal," but it all felt kind of empty with no real song or fantasy. I was really hoping to see Cashmere and Velvet in another speaking role, but I do like the idea of Francois trying to get Blythe and the Biskits together. He probably knows she and her friends would be a good influence on them if they gave each other a real chance.

Overall, I didn't see anything too remarkable here, except Youngmee getting sort of her own story for the first time.

[penny82ling]

Aug 9, 2014 13:14:41 GMT -5 Zexoguy said:

Overall, I didn't see anything too remarkable here, except Youngmee getting sort of her own story for the first time.

Well she did get her own story in "Super Sunil", at the very least it was more of her story than Blythe's in that episode. But yay I see your point.

Francois does remind me of Kikunoshin from Binbo Gami Ga! also know as Girl Luck Girl! in the states, in how he keeps referring to Momiji as Ichigo's friend eventhought Ichigo keeps denying they are friends. Anyway read or seen that series to know what I am talking about? Sometimes butlers know their employers better than they know themselves.

Windedartist28 would get this joke. Soul Patches vs the Rough Rhinos battle of the bands? Who wins, forget Rainbow Rocks I want to see see that battle of the bands.

[penny82ling]

Maybe Blythe should have gotten the Biskits a donation to the human fund, maybe things would have gone better than that picture that I agree with the twins was a terrible gift.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJvbZZWt9g4

[Methid Man]

Okay guys, I apologize for the late review for this week's episode; it's been a busy week for me. Better late than never.

So...to start things off, we get Blythe and Youngmee going gaga over some boy band and being invited to the Biskit twins party featuring them... The extra-loud squeeing was just WAY overdone. Seriously, one squee was bad enough, but to be treated to a second one lasting a whopping 15 seconds was downright annoying. Big negative right there for me and a bad start to an...otherwise awesome episode.

Thankfully this episode does pick up after the introductory scene and it keeps getting better and better the longer you watch it. We get some nice Roger scenes and it was even fun watching him and Jasper interact with each other. Speaking of Jasper, maybe it's the week's stresses getting to my head but I honestly thought he was pretty entertaining in this episode rather than annoying. I actually felt like he added to this episode.

We don't see the Biskit twins until halfway through the episode and even within the second half, we don't see them too often which really helped this episode a lot. I agree with whoever said that the Biskits work better in small doses. It was also cool seeing them in new outfits this time. Hell, I really liked all the outfits the characters wore in this episode. It was nice to see the humans other than Blythe also wear something different for a change.

Even the pets have different looks, whether it was the spiffy-looking disguises in that brief scene or them pulling the "manimal" disguise, which reminded me of that one episode of Foster's. They were also really fun to watch as they managed to make their way into and around the party...and somehow gain the interest of Fisher and Roger. They even got a chance to rock with the boy band and end up being popular for it.

There was also lots and I mean LOTS of comedy here. I'm not even gonna bother listing anything here because this episode was just chock full of it~

A really great episode all around and probably even as good as Door-Jammed. Only negative here is the occasional super-loud squeeing of Blythe and Youngmee here and there, but everything else makes up for it. I wish I had the chance to see this episode when it first aired as I feel like I really missed out on this all week. Seriously, go see this episode if you haven't already.

[guillermogage]

I am interested in the ending of "Fish Out of Water" with Madison.
I also find it funny that the show practically admits that the sewer animals are one-off characters that appear out of nowhere. We don't even learn their names except for the raccoon, I reckon.

Aug 15, 2014 1:20:04 GMT -5 Methid Man said:

Okay guys, I apologize for the late review for this week's episode; it's been a busy week for me. Better late than never.

So...to start things off, we get Blythe and Youngmee going gaga over some boy band and being invited to the Biskit twins party featuring them... The extra-loud squeeing was just WAY overdone. Seriously, one squee was bad enough, but to be treated to a second one lasting a whopping 15 seconds was downright annoying. Big negative right there for me and a bad start to an...otherwise awesome episode.

Indeed, this episode had a terrible Cold Open considering that it turned out to be a fantastically weird successor to "What's in the Batter?"

I wonder if this is the type of direction that the show should continue to push. More and more out-there, unashamed humor.

[penny82ling]

Okay at last my review of this episode. Well Dolores she reminded of Invader Zim. It is like Zim has invaded the Littlest Pet Shop. It seemed all the lesson Pepper learned from "Penny For Your Laughs" is thrown out the window, I thought she knew about sensitivity now.

So the pets anger Delores and they and LPS are shrunk? This can't be real right? Conveniently Zoey had to go for a walk, it looked like she had to use the little doggies room.

And if things couldn't get worst, the little monster is back. Alice from "What Did You Say" is back and for the second episode in a row we get an actually flashback, I hope the animation budget is okay. Actually I am pretty I saw Alice and her mom in the pet fashion expo in "The Expo Factor" and I noticed Vinnie and had a reaction, back to this episode. So Vinnie did tell the pets about his traumatic experience. We get more Vinnie and Sunil bromance. I tell you Alice's mom she is bad as a parent as Fisher Biskit maybe even worse. Maybe those two ought to go out and neglect their children together.

Anyway Blythe and Zoey find Delorus she tells them what happened, and Zoey goes all police dog on us and find them. They find Alice and we she has no soul as she is not effected by Zoey's sad eyes, what is wrong with you? So there is a fun chase scene, and we find out Alice messed Princess Precious. And Vinnie is touched by that for some reason. Blythe makes a deal with her, LPS is restored back to normal.

Than it gets trippy, and as we all suspected it was all a dream and non canon. Though I wonder when did things start to become part of Vinnie's dream?

It is an alright episode, I am gald it is over and now we can focus on the epic next episode "The Secret Recipe". I think we are suppose to feel sorry for Alice. If so, didn't really work with me, it is like the opposite with the Biskits in the early episdoes. In the early episodes they are suppose to be villains are suppose to hate, but I ended up liking them and sympatise with them, Alice on the other hand I don't feel much for her, she is better than she was in "What Did You Say", but still I didn't cute or adorable or anything.

Before you say I am person that hates kid characters, I don't some of them I love, like Elicia Hughes from Fullmetal Alchemist, Asuka Connell from Fairy Tail (especially the Natsu and Asuka omake chapter, she is so adorable I hope that gets animated), or heck even Meelo from Legend Of Korra (though not so much this season, he is a little psychopath this season but in the past he has been okay) And no they don't have to be perfect angels, I like seeing kid characters be rumbunches, but balence with seeing their innocense and cuteness. I never saw a cute innocent side from Alice.

All and all a good episode, 8.5 / 10 for me

[Zexoguy]

I thought "Very Littlest Pet Shop" was pretty cool. It was a bit of a step backwards with Pepper back on her insult comedy schtick. I didn't care much for Dolores's bad attitude, but I can understand not wanting to be made fun of for something you can't control. Continuity is always a good thing. I did think it was pretty ridiculous that Vinnie was so touched by Alice missing him, but I also thought Alice's role here was a step up from her first appearance.

When it got all trippy, that's when you knew it was all a dream. It kind of makes up for the recent lack of fantasies in recent episodes. I'm not sure about the lesson. Seems like Pepper really should've learned not to make fun of people for things they can't control, but I guess sometimes you do have to learn to laugh at yourself. I thought the sequences with giant Blythe were cool, too.

Overall a pretty good episode. Really looking forward to next week's.

[penny82ling]

Knowing how big the next episode is suppose to be, doesn't this feel like a clam before the storm episode, lots of shows do this, anime especially they do a big comic relief episode before an epic game changing episode. I remember Code Geass had those episodes that centered on the academy and the hijynxs that ensue there just before some tragic or big happened., Avatar The Last Airbender had episodes like "Nightmares and Daydreams" and "Ember Island Players" just before big important battles, Teen Titans just before the big fianle to the season arcs also had a comic relief just before it like "Fractured", "Bunny Raven Or How To Make a Tittanimal! Disappear", "Mother Mae-Eye". That is what this episode and it trippy silly tone feels like to me. Not saying anything bad or tragic is going to happen in "The Secret Recipe", but for the LPS world that could be shocking turn of events for the kids that watch the show, so they needed some silliness before a major episode, when things won't get real because LPS is still a slice of show, but within the LPS bubble yay things are going to get real, so the timing for an episode like this is perfect.