Show Review: The Problem Solverz

Hello Spongey here.

So, let's look at Cartoon Network.

I won't go into it's full history, we all know it was awesome, then went downhill. But as i am not a nostalgia nutcase, i still liked it

Recently, CN is getting better, with shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, and The Amazing World of Gumball. And then, a new show was announced. It was quickly dismissed, and hated. But, i was willing to defend it, so i decided to watch it./

However, i watched 6 episodes...and it is so awful, i can't even describe it.

This, is The Problem Solverz. (Why a Z instead of an S? CUZ POOR LITERACY IS KEWL)



Show Plot: The series centers on the titular Problem Solverz trio of Alfe, Roba, and Horace, as they solve and sometimes create the various problems that plague their town

First Episode: Time Twister

Episode Plot: The trio encounters a time-traveling rollercoaster that ages a class of elementary school students. Alfe later uses it to satisfy his pizza cravings.

Final Thoughts:

God,i really wanted to like this, but...it's so bad!

It's such a horrible peace of shit. But let's go into detail!

The animation, is simply awful. There's so many colors, and nothing looks structured at all. And it looks like an 80's game barfed all over the place. With all the other surreal shows, they had some kind of excuse to have strange animation. But this, it's never explained! It's so ugly to look at.

The premise, is a little interesting. But they fucked it up. The plot is always hard to follow, because of all this random shit going on. And the times you CAN follow it, it's stupid, cliche, and predictable.

The characters , are just...let's talk about them.

First, the leader, Horace. Voiced by this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Kaplan

. He's the best of the 3. He's very boring, and doesn't have much personality. But he never got on my nerves at all, so that is why he is the best.

Then there's roba, who is voiced by series creator, ben jones. He's also bland. Also he's in a robot suit. Why? No reason. He's very annoying at times, and he's not funny at all. One epsidoe, had him followed by a TPS fangirl (lol those exist) , who is voiced by Kari Wahlgren. Who My P&F watches might know as Suzy. it makes him less bad...because the girl is so annoying! Just imagine Serria, from total drama, but even more annoying!

Last, is alfe. Voiced by ben jones as well. I hate him so much. He looks like domo, crossed with a turd. That is why i say alfe, instead of shit. (though ben jones said he is a half man-dog-anteater.). The guy is annoying, arrogant, and whining. Nine times out of ten, he's the one who saves the day. The writers love him, but i hate him. I hate characters like that. Alfe sucks

There's a small amount of minor characters too. Most notably. Tux Dog, voiced by John DiMaggio. He is an extremely wealthy dog who helps the Problem Solverz in some of their cases, but is just as often the source of their problems. He insults Roba for his off-color personality and his appearance, which i agree with him. He is the best character. Which is liking saying the left side of a turd smells better. He's an asshole to the Problem Solverz. Which we all can commend. He has the only consistently funny lines in the show.

Also, i hear there is a guy called Jerome, voiced By...Vincet Martella.

I just died inside. But i have yet to see an ep with him, so there's nothing to say.


But before i sum it up, i gotta talk about the series finale. That's right, this piece of alfe didn't last more then a season. Now, here's a quote from my Good friend, Tony. He has a blog that did a review of this episode. Ahem. "Now as for this episode itself? Astonishingly meta. It seems this show is aware that is is absolutely despised by 98% of everybody who has ever watched it, and it has seemingly embraced it and used it as subject matter for its episode. I commend it for that, honestly, but besides that, nothing stood out. The tagger character was alright, and surprisingly the sequence inside the “flat dimension” was well done, but I didn’t laugh once and every joke was too predictable and retreaded. Overall, despite its self-aware nature, the season (and quite obviously series) finale was about as bad as every episode before it"

So in conclusion, let's quote him again. "This show was fucking horrible. It’s animation is too ugly and bright despite being stylistic and purposeful; the voice actors are loud and annoying despite several of them being talented people (John DiMaggio, Grey DeLisle, Chris Parnell, George Tekai, and Mark Hamil have all lent their voices and have been wasted); the show’s surrealism is hallow and pretentious and out-of-date, like something from Newgrounds made in 5 minutes by some baked college kid; the story and plot is dull and lifeless and is used solely as a support beam for the characters to be loud and random."

So what could of been a decent show is instead one of the worst cartoons i've seen. That is all. Spongey out!


To read the the blog i quoted, go here: http://toonswithtony.wordpress.com/

See ya!