#mr. barkin

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Ron: Mr. Adler the psychology teacher said I have an inferiority complex. He's probably right... But, I don't think it's a very good one. Barkin: *gripping the arms of his chair* Nine weeks until graduation, nine weeks until graduation...

[kimmibear]

“Your dad rocks! A plus!”

[cindysparkle96]

Happy 60th Birthday to Patrick Warburton

[warmchrysanthemum]

This episode (Fashion Victim) was such a blast, I love it XD

[burningexeter]

[HEADCANON/FAN THEORY #8]

The first four films from Don Bluth - The Secret Of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time & All Dogs Go To Heaven - are all set in the same universe and form a loose quadrilogy with the two sequels, Fievel Goes West & The Great Longneck Migration, being part of this universe as well since they're sequels that actually FEEL like genuine follow-ups to their predecessor.

[fereality-indy]

Promises

Mr. Barkin: Ron! Tardy again? Ron: Sorry Mr. Barkin! It won't happen again, I promise. Mr. Barkin: Don't make promises you can't keep. Ron: Yeah, but those are the best kind.

[unisnekie]

What about Itchy Itchiford? What were he and Charlie like?

Wolf: Him? The Dachshund? He is a really nice guy, like Piranha but least fiesty... He was excited as he hasn't meet a anthro like me up close. 😆

Charlie on the otherhand, was impressed by my old criminal feats. 😉

Snake: Itchy had more mind than that Charlie guy though. 🙄

Wolf: Come to think of it, they remind me of us. 😆

Snake: Huh?

Wolf: Charlie, the cool savvy dog with the plan and Itchy acting like the voice of reason...

Snake: ...

Do you think I am part Dachshund or whatever?

[flowery-laser-blasts]

HOW DO I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.. NOW!?!

Follow me for more Kim Possible brainrot (◡‿◡✿)

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*in detention* Ron: Hey, Mr. Barkin? Barkin: Just write your essay, Stoppable. Ron: I am, but I have a question. What's another word for 'Thesaurus'? Barkin: Barkin: I wish Smarty Mart paid the bills...

[kimmibear]

[warmchrysanthemum]

Yes, this was in the show.

No, you don't get context.

Maybe Mr Barkin just likes to eat footballs.

I don't know photo editing, or else I would have used my skills here.

Can you repeat the throw, Mr Stoppable?

[rubykgrant]

I had a dream that there was this sequel series to Kim Possible, her and Ron were grown up and married with kids, they had twins (since it runs in Kim's family) a boy and a girl (I don't remember what their first names were, but a running joke was one of them hyphened their last name as Stoppable-Possible, while the other did Possible-Stoppable. it was just kind of a funny bit they did, but it also helped them be put in different classes at school since S-P and P-S were sorted differently). For a while, Kim and Ron have both been staying home more to be with the kids, but they're 15 now, so the parents are stepping back into going on missions again. On one big mission, something very strange happens, and Kim goes missing...

At first, Ron is trying to run down a lot of leads with help from Wade and Monique, looking into old villains as possible culprits, but they're mostly retired now or don't fit the crime. The only people Ron can't locate are Drakken and Shego... but they were more or less reformed anyway. Ron finally realizes his kids need him to be there, so he agrees to let the GJ group keep looking for Kim. Meanwhile, the kids have been trying to look for clues on their own. They don't find their mother, but they meet another kid named Miki; a punk hacker who has been able to get into computer files even Wade doesn't know about. It points to something being shifty at GJ, so the kids don't want to tell the adults yet, in case it might hurt their mom.

Ron sort of double-downs on being an over-protective dad, he gets a job at their school as a teacher (he's certainly qualified for it, and with Mr. Barkin now as the principal, it makes for a lot of funny interactions). Miki doesn't go to their school, but meets with the twins a lot to try and figure out this weird mystery. They insist they can at least trust their dad, but Miki doesn't want to chance it... after all, they've been technically doing "illegal" stuff, and they don't want to get in trouble. Another villain, somebody new, targets Miki, trying to first bribe then threaten them into helping with some big crime event. Miki contacts the twins for help, and they have to choose between trying to rescue Miki on their own, or telling their dad what has been happening...

The twins go on a big rescue mission, and really show who's kids they are, but being inexperienced, they get caught. That's when it is revealed they DID tell their dad, they just came in first as the distraction, and now Ron saves the day! Once it all settles down, he assures Miki he won't get the kid in trouble for what has been going on. Miki admits, it isn't just the hacking they're worried about; they ran away from home, and don't want to get sent back. It wasn't a very safe situation. Ron asks where Miki has been staying, and finds out the kid has been homeless for 2 years. Ron promises to give the kid a safe place until they figure out what to do, and so- Miki moves in with Ron and the twins!

That was kinda just the two-parter opening for the series; Kim is missing, Ron is trying to find her AND take care of their twins. The twins are starting to follow in their parent's foot-steps a little, but need more practice. The character Miki is a little mysterious, but close friends with the twins, and helps them figure out some of the shady things going on regarding Kim's disappearance. A few of the classic villains are still causing trouble, but most of them are chill or even willing to help the kids. A lot of new villains show up. Besides Kim, Shego and Drakken are also missing, and it become clear that these events are probably related. So the drama, and what-not

[unisnekie]

You know Charlie Barkin? 😇

Wolf: Yeah. Charlie was a old friend I met. He wasn't anthro, but he did have the ability to speak...

It was like we were kindred spirits. Us dogs, trying to leave our old lives behind for something better. Works in progress.

[cinemaocd]

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Exit Stage Death, Poker Face, 1.06

[tumbleringismycopingmechanism]

Recently I've been thinking about the weight gain episodes of old kids' shows. While I know they are treated as an eye-opener by many into adipophilia (including me), they also reek of fatphobia and most of them are pretty weird in their messaging if you start to think about it. They try to teach the children watching about the dangers of unhealthy eating / being fat, but the baseline for these episodes is already not great:

What counts as healthy or unhealthy eating is never clearly defined. Usually eating big portions of fastfood is the "unhealthy" option portrayed, while the "healthy" option is eating raw vegetables and fruits, even if you dislike the taste. The only example I can think of where they even try to properly explain what they mean by "healthy" is the Kim Possible episode (specific title is in the lower part of this post).

Unhealthy is always equated with fatness. One or several of the main characters starts out "thin and healthy", then eats a ton of fastfood, gains weight and "inevitably" the weight then makes them unhealthy. It's never a lack of certain nutrients (because of the one-sided food choices) or anything like that (despite the fact that e.g. in the Kim Possible episode getting a balance of nutrients is presented as the magical solution).

Once the characters "learn their lesson" and start eating "healthy", they instantly lose the weight again. Once again, this perpetuates the myth of "healthy = thin, unhealthy = fat".

Sports are rarely part of the "health lesson" these episodes try to teach. BUT it is brought up for fatphobic reasons. See, because once the characters become fat, they're automatically now bad at sports, even if it's something they've been practising for ages before that. For example: Lilo (Lilo & Stitch) becomes too clumsy for hula class, Ron (Kim Possible) becomes too easily winded for football, Jake (American Dragon) becomes too slow to fight and too heavy to fly properly. It sends the message that fat people can't and shouldn't do sports.

All of that is of course already bad enough. But something else I noticed is that they use the weirdest arguments for their fatphobia, as in the episode's ultimate reason that eating "unhealthy" is bad, the Big Bad Thing that will happen to you if you do. Let me give you some examples:

In the Lilo & Stitch episode "Frenchfry" (S2E2) Nani tries to teach Lilo that eating fastfood is bad. The episode tries to make this point not with any of the typical arguments (which would still not be great). No, Lilo and Stitch learn their lesson because eating the fastfood Frenchfry (experiment 062) made them made them so fat that Frenchfry is now trying to grill and eat them. Call me crazy but irl it's unlikely to get eaten by an alien for being fat, so I'm not sure why that's the takeaway here.

In Kim Possible episode "Grand Size Me" (S4E7) Ron goes on a Bueno Nacho only diet to prove Mr Barkins wrong when he claims that fastfood is unhealthy. How is Ron taught his lesson? During a mission with Kim he falls into a pool of chemicals that he absorbs through his skin. These chemicals only do something in reaction to a fatty diet, so of course Ron is affected. What do they do? They turn him into a giant cheese monster and he can only be turned back by being forced to eat "healthy" food. Again, I don't think turning into a giant cheese monster is a usual side effect of any diet, so wtf is this.

In Totally Spies' "Passion Patties" (S1E21) Clover gains weight from eating cookies that have been spiked with a weight gain additive and something that makes the cookies addictive to eat. The only reason the spies win at the end is that thanks to Clover's newly gained weight she's big enough to take on the villain's hench-women (who are also all fat). To remind the viewer that despite of this fat is not supposed to be seen as good, the villain is forced to drink the weight gain substance pure (as her punishment) and Clover gets "healed" by a chemical that nullifies the weight gain effect of the cookies. Honestly not sure what viewers are supposed to take away here - don't eat cookies spiked with drugs?

In American Dragon's "Furious Jealousy" (S2E29) Jake gains weight because he's eating fastfood from a new place. When he's attacked by gorgons the new weight makes him too slow to fight and they turn him to stone. Eventually he's saved and then promises to eat healthy and exercise. This example is probably the closest to having a not completely absurd consequence for getting fat, though "you won't be able to fight mythological monsters" is still not the most logical reasoning.

Fairly Odd Parents has "Just Desserts" (S5E4) where Timmy wishes that every meal was dessert and as a consequence the entire city gets fat and somehow that adds so much weight to earth that it crashes into the sun. Surely I will not have to explain that this is not a scientific possibility. Also, to add some drama, Wanda is unable to lift her arm (and therefore unable to use her wand) without eating a can of spinach first. Which is also not something one realistically needs to worry about.

Obviously, you could see these plotpoints as metaphorically - which makes the message even more fatphobic:

Lilo & Stitch: If you're fat / only eat fastfood you're no better than a pig being raised for slaughter.

Kim Possible: If you become fat, you're basically a big stupid monster driven only by an unsatiable hunger.

Totally Spies: Getting fat is an unfortunate tragedy that happens to people on accident (on their part) / because of overprocessed food (malicious intend on the producers' part). Being fat is a punishment / like being trapped in a prison.

American Dragon: Fat people are slow and useless.

Fairly Odd Parents: Fat people are too weak for even the most basic task and a danger to all of society.

Those were all the examples I could think of, anyone feel free to add episodes of shows that I missed

[slightly-nerdy-rambles]

Okay but if Ron once wrote a romantic poem for Wade to read to Monique as a backup plan in his attempts to play matchmaker between them and the result was good enough for Mr Barkin to give it an A+ when he accidentally turned it in instead of a biology report... Just how many of these super-sweet poems has he personally written to Kim? Does he slip them into her locker between classes for her to find later? Does he recite them to her on dates???