This is another one of my favorite animated shows of all time. This was another show I watched on Nickelodeon when I was about 8 and it's sort of the first animated show I've seen from the UK and parodies/British comedies, shame British animation didn't make waves much as Japanese Anime I honestly would of loved to see what other animated delights the UK delivers. But that's beside the point this show blew me away as I've never seen comedy being both smart yet easy to understand and hilarious at the same time. And this show is also one of my favorite parody shows up there with "Police Squad" and several others in my book; this show obviously parodies on "James Bond" but also "Batman" kind of, yeah there have been plenty of parodies on Bond in the past and over the years, but this to me in my book is still the best one.
The animation I think is great, it really fits the comic nature of the show as it's both practically cartoonish but also has some of the surreal. Mainly from some background animation which look like the same still animation you would see from Monty Python. But I also really like the character animation whom are all the animmorphic characters you would see in those kinds of animated shows. What really gets me is how much the size always seems to vary, which I always found very odd, but it really added to the humor of the show. Where in the scenes of London, the characters are really small, and London looks gigantic; though when they get out of London they look regular sized, this detail just goes to show how strange and out of reality the world Danger Mouse inhabits really is.
I even really like the music mostly that theme song which is one of my favorite themes of all time and is catchy. The voice acting is excellent and spot on, each of the characters are memorable and hilarious.
Baron Greenback: He's another of my favorite fictional villains. Obviously, a parody on Blowfeld from the James Bond films. I really like the raspy voice he sounds kinda like Voldemort from the "Harry Potter" films. He's the typical head villain architype but it's hear it's played with comical menace. His schemes are sort of similar with "Pinky and the Brain" as he's always trying to take over the world in the most colorful and sometimes daftest ways; in one episodes he fills the world with custard, another a clone army of Penfolds, another was taking over Cornel K's mind, the list goes on you just have to see it to believe it. But of course, they always fail due to Danger Mouse and Penfold's efforts and just how much he underestimates that mouse. He even has this cute white Caterpillar pet which is strange and cute at the same time.
Penfold: He's a sidekick for DM but is unfortunately the most underqualified one. He's clumsy, not too bright, and is also as nerve racked as Shaggy from Scobey Doo. Though strangely the guy is helpful sometimes from trying or even just simply dumb luck. But he's character is just really funny as he has some of the best lines mainly but the trademark line most of all "Cor" which isn't even a real word much as "Dhoh" is for Homer Simpson. At times you can empathize and sympathize with the guy as some of the things he reacts to feel like how any regular person would. Whenever he sees DM take certain chances or has to fight big monsters or whatever, you can see he's reluctant or is thinking "Are you fraking crazy."
Danger Mouse: He's one of my favorite animated protagonists, I really love that voice by David Jason which fits like a glove for the character as it has that tone that just rings dashing and heroic. It's just funny how despite how efficient in his job he is and is the type that loves things to be in control and neat. He always gets easily frustrated or loads of grief from Greenback, Penfold, and the craziness of the circumstance itself as those factors cause things not to go his way. But despite with the snafu's he's put though he always makes things work out in the end.
But of course, where this show really excels is in its humor which succeeds both visually and verbally. Watching it as a kid I'll admit most of the verbal humor sort of flew over my head as I was more for visual humor at the time. Watching this show now as an adult it's even funnier as I'm able to catch most to all the verbal humor. The show has some replay value as there are sometimes some jokes you might have missed the first time, but you find something new. Dialog in the show is just hilarious there are a lot of memorable lines. And the reference homage jokes are memorable and numerous as well as they come suttlely and are easy to spot from films like "Star Wars", "Planet of the Apes", "Alien" and sci-fi tv shows like "Doctor Who" the list goes on depending on the episode.
I also love that the show is formated like a cliffhanger serial which is another thing the show homages but was unique for animated shows at the time. Each of the episodes are arcs that constantly develop and are thrilling as they always end on a cliffhanger. It kind of reminds me of the cliffhanger endings in the "Batman 66" show just as Batman and Robin are very slowly coming toward their doom in some crazy contraption it's the same with Danger Mouse and Penfold and of course we had to painfully wait till next week for the next episode. I remember I and my friends whenever we watch that show always wondered how the hell DM and Penfold we're going to get out of that one.
Overall if your looking for another James Bond parody or even just a good parody show in general this show is one to check out. Danger Mouse is dangerously fun.
Rating: 4 stars
The animation I think is great, it really fits the comic nature of the show as it's both practically cartoonish but also has some of the surreal. Mainly from some background animation which look like the same still animation you would see from Monty Python. But I also really like the character animation whom are all the animmorphic characters you would see in those kinds of animated shows. What really gets me is how much the size always seems to vary, which I always found very odd, but it really added to the humor of the show. Where in the scenes of London, the characters are really small, and London looks gigantic; though when they get out of London they look regular sized, this detail just goes to show how strange and out of reality the world Danger Mouse inhabits really is.
I even really like the music mostly that theme song which is one of my favorite themes of all time and is catchy. The voice acting is excellent and spot on, each of the characters are memorable and hilarious.
Baron Greenback: He's another of my favorite fictional villains. Obviously, a parody on Blowfeld from the James Bond films. I really like the raspy voice he sounds kinda like Voldemort from the "Harry Potter" films. He's the typical head villain architype but it's hear it's played with comical menace. His schemes are sort of similar with "Pinky and the Brain" as he's always trying to take over the world in the most colorful and sometimes daftest ways; in one episodes he fills the world with custard, another a clone army of Penfolds, another was taking over Cornel K's mind, the list goes on you just have to see it to believe it. But of course, they always fail due to Danger Mouse and Penfold's efforts and just how much he underestimates that mouse. He even has this cute white Caterpillar pet which is strange and cute at the same time.
Penfold: He's a sidekick for DM but is unfortunately the most underqualified one. He's clumsy, not too bright, and is also as nerve racked as Shaggy from Scobey Doo. Though strangely the guy is helpful sometimes from trying or even just simply dumb luck. But he's character is just really funny as he has some of the best lines mainly but the trademark line most of all "Cor" which isn't even a real word much as "Dhoh" is for Homer Simpson. At times you can empathize and sympathize with the guy as some of the things he reacts to feel like how any regular person would. Whenever he sees DM take certain chances or has to fight big monsters or whatever, you can see he's reluctant or is thinking "Are you fraking crazy."
Danger Mouse: He's one of my favorite animated protagonists, I really love that voice by David Jason which fits like a glove for the character as it has that tone that just rings dashing and heroic. It's just funny how despite how efficient in his job he is and is the type that loves things to be in control and neat. He always gets easily frustrated or loads of grief from Greenback, Penfold, and the craziness of the circumstance itself as those factors cause things not to go his way. But despite with the snafu's he's put though he always makes things work out in the end.
But of course, where this show really excels is in its humor which succeeds both visually and verbally. Watching it as a kid I'll admit most of the verbal humor sort of flew over my head as I was more for visual humor at the time. Watching this show now as an adult it's even funnier as I'm able to catch most to all the verbal humor. The show has some replay value as there are sometimes some jokes you might have missed the first time, but you find something new. Dialog in the show is just hilarious there are a lot of memorable lines. And the reference homage jokes are memorable and numerous as well as they come suttlely and are easy to spot from films like "Star Wars", "Planet of the Apes", "Alien" and sci-fi tv shows like "Doctor Who" the list goes on depending on the episode.
I also love that the show is formated like a cliffhanger serial which is another thing the show homages but was unique for animated shows at the time. Each of the episodes are arcs that constantly develop and are thrilling as they always end on a cliffhanger. It kind of reminds me of the cliffhanger endings in the "Batman 66" show just as Batman and Robin are very slowly coming toward their doom in some crazy contraption it's the same with Danger Mouse and Penfold and of course we had to painfully wait till next week for the next episode. I remember I and my friends whenever we watch that show always wondered how the hell DM and Penfold we're going to get out of that one.
Overall if your looking for another James Bond parody or even just a good parody show in general this show is one to check out. Danger Mouse is dangerously fun.
Rating: 4 stars