#pirate drakken

[bexdrey]

Ever watch Pirates of the Caribbean and feel the irresistible urge to draw Pirate Drakken? Cause I doooooo. :)

[flowery-laser-blasts]

If I got a nickle for every time one of my favourite unhinged boys becomes a purple themed pirate lord, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

[creatorping]

senior beach trip!!!!

a little take away scene from Cap’n Drakken ep: what if those beach bay harbors aren’t fully booked?

and then somehow they still fight some ghost pirates or a giant mutant kraken that came from the señor senior sr

[danglovely]

Alright, I'm done with my rewatch. Takeaway?

The series has taught me two things about Shego:

#1. She is in it for the evil.

On the occasions where Drakken has seemingly started to deviate from the cause (turning good via the Attitudinator and spinning off the Atmosfreezers to run a successful business, for example), Shego displayed ferocious anger and took immediate action to refocus him.

She responded the same way with Ed in Car Alarm, going from complimentary to hostile the moment she learned that his plan for the Kepler was not to create a shockwave to doom the world to chaos.

When the evil is lacking, Shego is going to fill that void, be it through attitudinated Ron . . . Jr. . . . or an evil pirate spirit.

#2. Her ambition is fickle.

While Shego lives for the evil, she's not much of a self-starter. Her only original plan was hand delivered to her by her future self in a closed time loop that runs head first into Bootstrap Paradox.

Her down time is spent relaxing and when left to her own devices, she mostly chooses the path of least resistance (with some exceptions like her crime spree in Clean Slate).

This isn't necessarily laziness. She gets antsy when Drakken won't push a plan forward (Mentor of our Discontent/Rappin' Drakken) or if she feels that her skill set is being wasted (The Golden Years).

She just needs her attention to be focused.

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That, to me, is why she stays with Drakken.

He is her motivation.

Other villains are more dangerous on a case-by-case basis, but he has a baseline level of competence and attempts world conquest so persistently that he merits constant vigilance. He is a threat due to sheer relentlessness alone, because he only needs to win once.

The reason Shego stays with Drakken is the same reason I believe that they backslide into crime post-Graduation:

She is in it for the evil; he is her evil force of will.

[f-o-and-selfship-club]

My Disney F/O List!!!

Romantic F/Os❤️💖

Hades (Disney's Hercules)

Captain Hook (Disney's Peter Pan)

Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)

NOS-4-A2, Zurg and Ty Parsec (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Maleficent (Disney's Sleeping Beauty)

Kronk (Emperor's New Groove)

Emperor Belos and Raine Whispers (Owl House)

Dr Facilier (Princess and The Frog)

Evil Queen/Grimhilde (Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

Ursula (Disney's Little Mermaid)

Dr Drakken (Kim Possible)

Lance Strongbow (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)

Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)

Jack Sparrow (Pirates of The Caribbean)

Claude Frollo and Esmeralda (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Sasha Waybright (Amphibia)

Nasira (Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge)

Darkwing Duck, Negaduck and Quackerjack (Darkwing Duck)

Pleakley and David (Lilo and Stitch)

Lord Dominator (Wander Over Yonder)

Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)

Goliath (Gargoyles)

Dolores Madrigal (Encanto)

Goofy (Disney)

Fear and Anxiety (Inside Out)

[Queerplatonic]☘️💚

Gaston (Disney's Beauty and the Beast)

Ford Pines (Gravity Falls)

Platonic F/Os💛🌹

Hunter and Gus Porter (Owl House)

Woody, Mr Potato Head, Bunny, Ducky, Rex and Hamm (Toy Story)

Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)

XR and Booster Munchapper (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Varian (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)

Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia)

Wander (Wander Over Yonder)

Kiff Timberlay (Kiff)

Clopin Trouillefou (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Kuzco and Yzma (Emperor's New Groove)

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck (Disney)

Oogie Boogie (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Bill Cipher and Soos Ramirez (Gravity Falls)

Honest John and Gideon (Pinocchio - 1940s)

Manny the Gargoyle (Ducktales – 2017)

Wall-E, EVE and M-O (Wall-E)

Bear (Bear in the Big Blue House)

Familial f/os💙🍒

[Parents]🍁

Jack Skellington and Sally (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Genie (Aladdin)

Victor, Laverne and Archdeacon (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Eda Clawthorne, Lilith Clawthorne, Darius Deamone and Camila Noceda (Owl House)

King Andrias, Lady Olivia and Hop Pop Plantar (Amphibia)

Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Ortensia the Cat (Disney)

Scratch and Sharon McGee (Ghost and Molly McGee)

Geppetto and Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio - 1940)

Bill Green and Alice Green (Big City Greens)

Stan Pines (Gravity Falls)

Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Horned King (Black Cauldron)

Bruno Madrigal and Pepa Madrigal (Encanto)

Smee (Peter Pan)

Glossaryck (Star VS The Forces of Evil)

[Siblings]🦋

Luz Noceda, Willow Park, Vee, Collector, Eberwolf and Kikimora (Owl House)

Tiana and Charlotte La Bouff (Princess and The Frog)

Meillin Lee, Abby Park, Priya Mangal and Miriam Mendelsohn (Turning Red)

Marcy Wu, Sprig Plantar and Polly Plantar (Amphibia)

Mabel Pines, Wendy Corduroy and Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)

Molly McGee and Libby Stein-Torres (Ghost and Molly McGee)

Minnie Mouse (Disney)

Lena Sabrewing and Dewey (Ducktales - 2017)

Jessie (Toy Story)

Buttercup and Dolly (Toy Story 3)

Toaster (Brave Little Toaster)

Dopey (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

Quasimodo and Hugo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

[Children]🍰

Little Green Men (Toy Story and Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Blanky (Brave Little Toaster)

Pinocchio (Pinocchio - 1940s)

Cricket Green and Tilly Green (Big City Greens)

Pea-in-a-Pod and Bonnie Anderson (Toy Story)

Antonio Madrigal (Encanto)

[Others]💜

Gwendolyn Clawthorne - grandmother, Edric Blight - cousin and Emira Blight - cousin (Owl House)

Hop Pop Plantar - grandfather (Amphibia)

Alice Green - grandmother (Big City Greens)

Pet f/os🐑🤍

Zero (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Flapjack (Owl House)

King, Hooty, Flapjack and Clover (Owl House)

Iago (Aladdin)

Tutter (Bear in the Big Blue House)

Slinky Dog (Toy Story)

Hooty (Owl House)

Mallymkun and Cheshire (Alice In Wonderland – 2010)

Figaro (Pinocchio - 1940s)

Pluto (Disney)

Hei Hei (Moana)

[comfort-clubhouse]

Disney Comfort Characters (Waves 1-9)

Hades (Hercules)

Jafar (Aladdin)

Iago (Aladdin)

Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Lilo (Lilo & Stitch)

Mickey Mouse

Minnie Mouse

XR (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

King Candy (Wreck It Ralph)

Angel (Lilo & Stitch)

Faline (Bambi)

Claude Frollo (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Snow White (Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs)

Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)

Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)

Mirabel Madrigal (Encanto)

Pepa Madrigal (Encanto)

NOS-4-A2 (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Felix (Wreck It Ralph)

Melody (Little Mermaid)

Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

Clarabelle Cow

Figaro (Pinocchio)

Pinocchio

Jack Sparrow (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Hector Barbossa (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Davy Jones (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Hugo, Victor & Laverne (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Djali (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Gideon (Pinocchio)

Goofy

Daisy Duck

Lumiere (Beauty & The Beast)

Kronk (Emperor's New Groove)

Quasimodo (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Geppetto (Pinocchio)

Tigger (Winnie The Pooh)

Oswald The Lucky Rabbit

King (Owl House)

Esmeralda (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Genie (Aladdin)

Clopin Trouillefou (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Miraculous Ladybug)

Alya (Miraculous Ladybug)

Della Duck (Ducktales)

Eda Clawthorne (Owl House)

Yzma (Emperor's New Groove)

Drakken (Kim Possible)

Antonio Madrigal (Encanto)

Bruno Madrigal (Encanto)

Doofenshmirtz (Phineas & Ferb)

Evil Emperor Zurg (Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command)

Willow (Owl House)

Gabriel Agreste (Miraculous Ladybug)

Bambi

Thumper (Bambi)

Zero (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Oogie Boogie (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Kuzco (Emperor's New Groove)

Tutter (Bear In The Big Blue House)

Ursula (Little Mermaid)

Winnie The Pooh

Piglet (Winnie The Pooh)

Eeyore (Winnie The Pooh)

Kanga (Winnie The Pooh)

Roo (Winnie The Pooh)

Rabbit (Winnie The Pooh)

Nathalie (Miraculous Ladybug)

Archdeacon (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Phoebus (Hunchback Of Notre Dame)

Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)

Evil Queen (Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs)

Lucky (101 Dalmatians)

Smee (Peter Pan)

Dr Facilier (Princess & The Frog)

Pluto

Ortensia The Cat

Gus (Cinderella)

Luz Noceda (Owl House)

Manny (Ducktales)

Donald Duck

Shellsea (Fish Hooks)

Lambie (Doc McStuffins)

Scrooge McDuck (Ducktales)

Dewey Duck (Ducktales)

Sebastian (Little Mermaid)

Chip (Beauty & The Beast)

Fifi (Beauty & The Beast)

Honest John (Pinocchio)

Mushu (Mulan)

Jaq (Cinderella)

Oscar Proud (Proud Family)

King Andrias (Amphibia)

Baymax (Big Hero 6)

Swampy (Where's My Water/Swampy's Underground Adventures)

Pleakley (Lilo & Stitch)

Goliath (Gargoyles)

Zooster (Jungle Junction)

Wander (Wander Over Yonder)

Molly McGee (Ghost & Molly McGee)

Otto (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go)

Antauri (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go)

Collector (Owl House)

Scratch (Ghost & Molly McGee)

Dumbo

Raine (Owl House)

Circus Of Ooze Crew (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go)

Anne (Amphibia)

Sprig (Amphibia)

Tilly (Big City Greens)

Cricket (Big City Greens)

Marcy (Amphibia)

Penny Proud (Proud Family)

Suga Mama (Proud Family)

Sasha (Amphibia)

Brandy (Brandy & Mr Whiskers)

Berry (Palace Pets)

Miss Featherbon (Palace Pets: Whisker Haven)

Daisy (Palace Pets)

Dreamy (Palace Pets)

Bill (Big City Greens)

Lena (Ducktales)

Mr Whiskers (Brandy & Mr Whiskers)

Lily (Palace Pets)

Tiana (Princess & The Frog)

Alice (Big City Greens)

[db-toons]

Yarr a Pirate Dragon!

And that’s it. Let’s call him……… Drakken Dragonbeard

[new-employeeamillion]

May 19

On this Day in random cartoon history, Johnny tries to court a mounty in 2000, one of The Fairly OddParents’ many finales airs in 2006, Drakken’s a pirate today in 2007 because why not, and Dan meets up with his imposter enemy again in 2012. Dan Vs. would have to be the winner of today, but this is such a nice, even spread of channels.

[historyhermann]

"Kim Possible" Is A Fun Comedy and Action-Adventure

What if an ordinary high school girl saves the world on a daily basis, but is more afraid of her life as a teenager than any villains plotting to take over the world? Kim Possible answers that question in this well-regarded comedy-adventure series.

Reprinted from The Geekiary, my History Hermann WordPress blog, and Wayback Machine. This was the thirty-second article I wrote for The Geekiary. This post was originally published on March 6, 2022.

Kim Possible is an all-ages animated comedy, action, and adventure series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle. It ran for 87 episodes across four seasons, with episodes ranging in length from 11 to 22 minutes. Even though Kim Possible aired from 2002 to 2007, and many shows have come and gone since then, it shines in its own way.

As a warning, this recommendation discusses some spoilers for Kim Possible.

Kim faces off against Shego

Kim Possible centers on its titular hero (voiced by Christy Carlson Romano), a high school student who fights crime and saves the world at the same time. In fact, she finds being a teen even tougher than fighting villains like Dr. Drakken (voiced by John DiMaggio) and Shego (voiced by Nicole Sullivan). Kim is helped by her childhood friend, Ron Stoppable (voiced by Will Friedle), his naked mole rat, Rufus (voiced by Nancy Cartwright), and a computer genius named Wade Load (voiced by Tahj Mowry).

The story is mainly told from Kim's perspective, as she tries to balance her life as a crime fighter and a teenager in high school. Major supporting characters include Kim's parents, James (voiced by Gary Cole) and Ann Possible (voiced by Jean Smart), and the "tweebs" as Kim dubs them, Jim (voiced by Shaun Fleming) and Tim (Spencer Fox), who are Kim's younger brothers. Her brothers are a little like Phineas and Ferb, and have a bigger role in helping Kim and her friends in the show's fourth season.

Throughout Kim Possible, Kim faces off against Bonnie Rockwaller (voiced by Kirsten Storms), who is equivalent to Mandy in Totally Spies!. She is a rival classmate that is inconsiderate and is the complete opposite of Kim.

Kim is also helped by one of her best friends, Monique (voiced by Raven-Symoné), who helps her achieve a healthy work-life balance. In the fourth season, Monique designs Kim's new mission suit and even gets Kim a new pirate uniform in one episode. Since she knows a lot about fashion, she is akin to Tomoyo Daidouji, who designed all of Sakura Kinomoto's outfits in Cardcaptor Sakura.

When Kim, Ron, Rufus, and Wade, known collectively as Team Possible, aren't battling Drakken and Shego, they fight a variety of other villains such the half-monkey/half-man Monkey Fist (voiced by Tom Kane), Scottish golfer Duff Killigan (voiced by Brian George), German evil scientist Professor Dementor (voiced by Patton Oswald) and the wealthy father-son team, Señor Senior, Sr. (voiced by Ricardo Montalbán and Earl Boen) and Señor Senior, Jr. (voiced by Néstor Carbonell). The latter two are villains only because they are bored.

Since the show is for all ages, it doesn't have any gratuitous violence nor any mature themes present in series like Human Kind Of, Inside Job, and Disenchantment. Despite this, the show is still strong with funny jokes and situations. Even though it ended 15 years ago, the humor holds up.

The dialogue of Kim Possible is fast-paced and meant to cater to adult viewers, along with some visual jokes. This makes it similar to Phineas & Ferb, which has a spy subplot between a crime-fighting platypus and a evil scientist. Kim Possible is different because Drakken was formerly a classmate of Kim's father, making for intriguing stories throughout the series.

Unlike other Disney productions, the series is not very musical, meaning that there aren't songs in almost every episode as is the case for its more recent shows like Elena of Avalor, Milo Murphy's Law, Mira, Royal Detective, and Sofia the First. Even so, there are occasional songs throughout the series. Furthermore, the theme which opens every episode ("Call Me, Beep Me!," sung by Afro-Cuban actress and singer Christina Milian) gets you in the mood to watch each episode.

The characters, especially Kim and Ron, develop over the course of Kim Possible and realize who they are as people. This makes the viewer more invested in these characters and want to watch more episodes. Each plot, even if a simple one, is fascinating and pulls you in, building the story and making you care about what happens next. The series doesn't take itself too seriously, which makes it even more appealing.

Much of the comedy in Kim Possible comes from Drakken's hair-brained schemes or Ron's antics. Only Kazuda Xiono in Star Wars Resistance and Oscar in The Proud Family rival Ron's goofiness. He matures through the series. In the process, he becomes more romantically attracted to Kim, while she is attracted to him. He remains afraid of monkeys, making Monkey King his main arch-foe, while gaining what is known as the "mystical monkey power."

I have not seen the James Bond films that the series is parodying, nor that many spy films, but that didn't make me less interested in the show. I did see similarities between Kim Possible and the more recent Carmen Sandiego series, which has a similar set-up. I wouldn't be surprised if Kim Possible had somehow influenced that show. Unlike that show, Kim Possible has storylines which criticize celebrity culture, boy bands, consumerism, school popularity, fast food industry, fashion industry, corporate world, and not accepting other people.

Kim Possible is different from other shows in that Kim does not follow any stereotypes about women, which are often ingrained within and manifested by female characters. She can easily serve as a role model for people, just as much Carmen Sandiego in the new series about her, or Rapunzel in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure. This is because Kim has a loving family and supportive friends. She has a group of people ready to stand by her and help no matter what, even doing missions for her if she is too sick.

Kim is a bit of an optimist, as made clear by her slogan that she can "do anything." This comes to a head in some episodes as she begins to realize that she can't do everything, and she should have others help her if she is in trouble.

Similar to Adora in the award-winning series, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, or Carmen Sandiego, Kim has no secret identity. Instead, everyone knows her name and who she is, which makes her vulnerable at times. Even so, she is still able to travel the world and fight evil wherever, while keeping her social life back in the town of Middleton.

The voice actors of Kim Possible are well-known for other shows, like Futurama, The Simpsons, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The show has an air of authenticity since Romano was only 16 years old when she took the role of voicing Kim, meaning that she was maturing as the show was moving forward, just like Kim herself. This is similar to what Abbi Jacobson, who voices the protagonist in Disenchantment, said about her voice acting for Princess Bean in that series.

Shego talks to Kim after saving her from Warmonga in Season 4

One character in Kim Possible stands out: Shego. Although she is a villain and a criminal mercenary, some have argued that she is a feminist icon because, like Kim, she is no damsel in distress. She is a powerful woman who often makes sarcastic remarks and can have an abrasive personality at times. She can stand face-to-face with Kim and is her match in more ways than one, as she can be cunning and ruthless. In fact, she is perhaps one of the smartest characters in the series, even able to take over the world in the 2003 film, Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time.

Sullivan, her voice actress, delivers her lines with such precision that it makes you love Shego that much more. Unlike other villains, Shego is never shown killing anyone in the series, even if she views human life in a callous way.

She is clearly a badass and has a moral compass, unlike other villains. Despite the fact that others respect her, she could care less for them. She would rather read villain magazines, file the nails on her gloves, paint her nails, listen to the latest pop music, or go on vacation. She is unique in that she possesses green energy which can be generated from her hands. She is also as agile and fit as Kim. Their fights are just as epic as the sword fights in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and Star Wars: Clone Wars.

This has led some fans to ship her with Kim. Kigo has over 400 fanfics on Archive of Our Own. In the show's canon, however, Shego has a romantic relationship with Drakken following the conclusion of the show and is shown crushing on various men throughout the series. In the show itself, Kim and Shego have a mutual respect for each other, even though they are rivals. Kim even worries when Shego becomes "good" in a Season 4 episode and occasionally working with her.

Shego is very popular with fans, garnering thousands of stories, cosplays, and fan art. Even voice actress Amber Romero, who voices Parsley in High Guardian Spice, gave a nod to naming her cat "Shego."

Ron and Kim talk on the phone at the beginning of Season 4

The show's staying power is a testament to the fans. After the airing of the show's first three seasons and 2005 film, Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama, production on the series was halted by Disney executives. The success of the film convinced executives to renew the series for a fourth and final season, giving the series another 22 episodes, which Schooley called a "bolt out of the blue." The series makes clear that fans have the power to push for a show's continuation and can convince executives to change their minds.

The fourth season has a different tone than the previous seasons, as Kim and Ron are in a romantic relationship, something which started at the conclusion of the 2005 film. Much of the season is focused on that, and the strain it puts on both of them. The theme song is the same, but the opening sequence is different than the one used in the first three seasons.

In the season, Kim wears a battle suit, is more nimble, and is in her last year of high school, as are Ron and Monique. She also deals with the tweebs in school as they are now freshmen in her high school. Wade falls for Monique, Kim gets her own car, tries out a new crime-fighting outfit, and attempts to get Ron to eat a balanced diet.

Other Season 4 episodes focus on raising a young sibling, a shapeshifting villain, pirates, living history, job insecurity, voice-activated technology, social isolation, robots, mentorship, pneumatic tubes, babysitting, mind control, information control, lost pets, nannies, roleplaying games, high school graduation, alien invasion, and genetic mutation.

Beyond that, some of my other favorite characters include Camille Léon (voiced by Ashley Tisdale), Electronique (voiced by Kari Wahlgren), Motor Ed (voiced by DiMaggio), Will Du (voiced by B. D. Wong), Master Sensei (voiced by George Takei), Yori (voiced by Keiko Agena), and Zita Flores (voiced by Nika Futterman).

By Season 4, however, Yori's crushing on Ron has come to end, as Kim and Ron are dating. She is like a strong female character in anime and she respects Ron for who he is and is a skilled fighter. Camille is a terrible slimeball, but her ability to shapeshift into anyone makers her a worthy adversary. Motor Ed is an intriguing, but terrible, character not because of his often use of of the word "seriously" or that he plays air guitar. Rather it is due to the fact that he is a male chauvinist who has an eye out for beautiful women, like Shego, who understandably wants nothing to do with him.

Most reviews of the series are positive, but some are more critical. For instance, Lyn Mikel Brown in Girlfighting was dismayed at Kim for promoting a thin and beautiful heroine as an "average girl," the reliance on Ron, her biggest threat as Bonnie, and Kim set against other girls. This has some truth to it. Kim is a pretty and smart action hero and more cartoons have said that all body types are beautiful, not just those who are thin and athletic. However, Brown is forgetting that one of Kim's closest friends is Monique.

Additionally, there's nothing to say that Kim wouldn't have more female friends, since she has a network of people across the world who owe her favors. Some have argued that Kim is bisexual and have done so in some fanfics. They've even extended the same to Ron or to Shego.

The series has a bit more diversity, even with two White protagonists, than some more recent Disney series like Tangled and Phineas & Ferb. Wade's voice actor, Lowry, is part Afro-Bahamian and Monique's voice actor, Raven-Symoné, is a Black woman. Although both have important roles in the first three seasons, they have even bigger roles in the show's fourth season, with both going directly on missions - more for Wade than Monique. Additionally, Kevin Michael Richardson (as "Slim" Possible) is a Black man, Roz Ryan (as Wade's mother) and Sherri Shepherd (as M.C. Honey) are Black women.

There is other diversity in the cast. Adam Rodriguez (as Burn) is of Puerto Rican descent, Brian George (voice of Professor Acari) is of Indian descent, Gedde Watanabe (as Professor Robert Chen) is of Japanese descent. Clyde Kusatsu (as Nakasumi), Lauren Tom (as Miss Kyoko), and John Cho (as Hirotaka) are Japanese, while the late Montalbán was Mexican, and Carbonell is of Cuban descent.

Despite this, the show does not feature any outward LGBTQ characters even though Raven-Symoné, Wong, and Takei are gay and part of the show's cast. The closest we have are characters cross-dressing: Professor Dementor wearing a dress in an attempt to trick Kim, Ron and Wade dressing up as women in one episode, or Mr. Barkin wearing a dress on multiple occasions. If the show was to get a fifth season or was rebooted, hopefully this would improve, with complex and captivating LGBTQ characters, more diversity in the cast, and having protagonists in college like the later seasons of Totally Spies!. Some additional racial diversity in the series would also be a plus.

Kim Possible continues to remain popular, garnering a crossover episode in Lilo & Stitch: The Series in August 2005, and a live-action film entitled "Kim Possible" in 2019. Even so, it is very unlikely that it will return, regardless of the recent revival of The Proud Family. This is because the series ended on a declarative note, similar to the final episode of Futurama, except that in this case Kim and Ron graduate from high school, and the story is not starting over. However, some have pushed for another season.

Is it any surprise that Kim Possible was nominated for Annie Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, Kids' Choice Awards, and Daytime Emmy Awards? In 2005, the series won a Daytime Emmy for "Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing," specifically for live action and animation. Of course, awards aren't everything, but the fact it was nominated for 15 awards between 2002 and 2008 says something about the series.

Even though Kim Possible ended over 14 years ago, it has staying power now and in the years to come. It can currently be watched on Disney+, where it is not in chronological order, or through DVDs of all four seasons which can be checked out from your local library.

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

[bcbdrums]

Do you have a single most important headcanon about Shego and Drakken?

oh man, i dunno anon... i'd steal @midnightcaptions's answer but that doesn't seem fair, lol.

thinking about it, i guess...my answer would be similar. those two are gonna stick by each other. they're in it for life, no matter what that looks like. the ups and downs they've been through and overcome together prove that... and i think that no matter which way either of them chose to go, the other would follow. we've seen that plenty in the show... shego follows drakken through every scheme, no matter what she thinks of it. even when he's possessed by a pirate ghost. she comes back to him after the first lorwardian incident. she went to space for him. and then when she's gone, drakken "needs her." goes to her aid with a giant robot when he thinks she's in trouble with aviarius. tries to persuade his "dumpling" back when she leaves.

yeah, drakken and shego are gonna be together no matter what it looks like. which leaves so many possibilities in fanfic to explore~

[kouros-herc]

For the second day of Christmas your true love gave to you, A re-imagining of disney songs for your characters @kenneth-carson

Character Study/Discussion below

Benjamin Drakken - Go The Distance

Like a lot of these, at first glance it seems mad BUT hear me out. One of the things that makes Drakken compelling as a character and a baddie is his persistence and drive and intensity. All qualities we might praise him for if his goal wasn't ... you know, global domination. I think this song can be re-imagined to that sort of intense passion and dedication to his goal.

Ken Carson (ft. Hercules) - Love Is An Open Door

While I don't mean this as a sort of romantic thing, Ken is a character who is discovering his life outside his family and the metaphorical enclosure of that! Herc is likewise looking for people in his life he can let in and share it with and embrace and this song as so much of that naive but endearing warmth about it. Also "we finish each others-" "Sandwiches!" "Thats what I was going to say!" is canonical Kerc dumbassery.

Gabriella Marino (ft. Eric (SOB)) - Love Will Find A Way

First off I am so sorry. But tragic lovers doomed by their opposition in the narratives of their lives who despite that are able to get to know each other as people and ... mean a lot to each other ... I'm not wrong.

Qin Su - What Else Can I Do?

Su is a badass! A witch finding her feet and grappling with what she wants her specialty to be and how to embrace her gifts towards the area of plants and wood witchery? I think this song captures some of that excitement and energy and intrigue. What else can Su do? I can't wait to see.

David Hatter - When Will My Life Begin?

It's on account of Keanue's long luscious locks. Joking! But it's actually because I see Hatter as a man who accidentally hit pause on his life a long time ago - he had to, he had his little siblings to look after and his personal dreams had to take a back seat. So he's been going through life being brilliant at what he does but is he really living. Hopefully Marlin can help him explore that a bit more!

Cruz Ramirez - I'll Make A Man Magic Grand Prix Champion Out Of You

Who wouldn't want to see a Cruz training montage of her being awesome and whipping her new recruits into shape! Cruz is a teacher and a leader and dedicates herself to helping people bring the very best out of themselves, and she deserves a main character moment musical number to celebrate that.

James Jones Sr (ft. James Jones Jr) - Mine, Mine, Mine

Sorry to assign Hook a rampant capitalist villain song but I like the way this song also has that element of disdain for other people in it that we've seen with Hook's hatred of Magicks. We also see some of the chip on the shoulder of the rejection from high society with the stuff about how he'll be able to gain favour with everyone at court by his exploits. I also just think that the John Smith half of the song sort of fits into how young James is this idealistic adventurer who things all of this will be some grand adventure! Which is maybe not exactly the reality of life as a pirate and magick hunter.

Toby Determined - Almost There

I know how much you've spoken about Toby having this desire to be great and brilliant and how that constantly motivates him to push boundaries and maybe push through some of them sometimes. So I thought that sentiment of reaching out for something that is just out of reach but you can almost feel would fit him in an interesting way.

[sinister-yet-satisfying]

I never had a bisexual awakening because I grew up watching Kim possible. I always knew.

[ranminfan]

Stuffs I did whit copic markers for the mean time.

[danglovely]

Sidekicks

Kim Possible's in universe dialogue includes a lot diverging opinions on sidekicks.

First and most obvious: Every villain condescendingly calls Ron "the sidekick."

Conversely, heroes mostly maintain a very sidekick positive attitude. Kim deploys Ron, Wade, her mother, and Monique in the position at varying points and they all understand the deal: Kim is the main attraction. When she enlists someone's help, they aren't going into it to advance their own interests or in search of the glory associated with being a "hero." They're there to support Kim, thus the badge of "sidekick" is an honor unto itself.

Ron, at minimum, has a sense of pride about it.

Kim's reliable stable of wingmen only brings attention to the more interesting point: Shego is the only evil side kick on the show.

Sure, there are some instances where it seems like someone else fulfills the criteria (Lucre was a "protegee"), but the words "evil sidekick" themselves appear to be exclusively reserved for Shego.

Why is Shego the only evil sidekick on the show? Beats me, but a few reasons come to mind.

First, Drakken appears to be the only villain who even wants one and he claims that he has a sidekick three occasions:

#1. Shego: Who we'll come back to.

#2. Warmonga: Called a sidekick by both Drakken and Shego, but who was brought into his employ under false pretenses and who clearly did not understand what the term actually meant.

#3. Remy: A parrot, who was called "sidekick" by Drakken when he was a possessed pirate and was surprisingly disloyal for a bird..

No other villain claims that they have a sidekick Even when Electronique reverse-polarizes Team Go, she refers to them as . . .

On the flip side, it seems like most of the villains view being a sidekick as an insult. There are plenty of examples where "sidekick" is a used as a term of derision:

Thus we have the double whammy as to why villain-circles aren't environments where evil sidekicks thrive: no one wants one and no one wants to be one.

So, back to Shego. Why is she a sidekick?

Throughout the series, she is loathe to call herself the S-Word. She only says that she used to be an underestimated one in Sitch in Time and she implies that she was Drakken's sidekick pre-prison in Mad Dogs and Aliens (but isn't anymore). When Drakken asks for "sidekick enthusiasm' in Dimension Twist, she gives possibly the most sarcastic response since the invention of the art.

She actually only definitively calls herself Drakken's sidekick one time: in the middle of his rant, when she thinks she's being replaced, after she had already said that she isn't his sidekick anymore earlier in the episode. Interestingly enough, this is the last time either of them call her a sidekick for the remainder of the series.

But why was she ever a sidekick? Honestly, I think it just might be a Drakken and Shego thing. They have a strange relationship where she is universally acknowledged as the more competent of the two, but Drakken is the one who is in charge. Would Drakken ever let himself take orders from Shego sans obedience collar? No. Would Shego ever let Drakken treat her like a henchman? Double no. So "evil sidekick" is where they landed. Sure, Drakken assigns the label to Warmonga, but just you try and tell me that he wasn't doing so to fill a Shego-sized hole in his heart.

Maybe for them, Shego started as a sidekick because that's the only word they could think of for their stupid-ass relationship. It keeps them together, so that's what they roll with . . . even if Drakken does not understand how his interactions with sidekicks may -ahem- come across.

[megankoumori]

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