User blog:TalkingOddlySpooky/The Audition/Review

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Hello! I am going to start doing "Talking Tom and Friends Reviews" blog posts starting from The Audition - present day episode. Today we are starting with the pilot, The Audition!

My Own Show!
Good beggining scene, shows how Tom is excited for the show. Ginger's first line "Sorry Tom, not sorry" basically brings out his entire personality. Although, I don't really like Ginger's voice. Oh well, let's continue. The show of pictures and tha static after is brilliant! I wish they did that more in the show. Tom talking to the viewers and then later apologising, like c'mon man, we need more of that! It makes the show stand out more and show it is not an ordinary cartoon.

Oh, here she comes! Watch out or she'll chew you up!
(Kudos if you know what I'm referencing)

Well, Angela appears. She definetly does describe her "caring" personality but rushing over to Tom's. A lot of people notice how rude Angela is in the latest episodes, but I'm sure me and a few others have noticed her being rude at the start. Another character with an annoying voice. Uh, how do Tom and Hank shower? She's introduced to being a pop star which I will say, fits her character but does not fit her voice. I guess they wanted Angela to be more of a modern character than a fancy eighteen-year old and the only do that because of the younger audience. I can see Angela bing more interesting if she wasn't that "modern mom". Uh, how exactly does singing in an audition tape hurt your career? If anything, it will make you more popular because you're not famous.

Ben the Science Guy!
Tom starts introducing the studio and leads to Ben. That is a perfect way to lead up to his introduction where Angela's was not excuted that well. Tom and Ben work here and Tom lives here so introducing the person who works a lot here is a good way to see how he acts. First Ben shock reference to the theme song! Tom and Ben are portrayed with an Older brother-Younger brother dynamic which I could see working well but can be cliche. Of course, this was made earlier than other cartoons that do this so it's not that bad. Ben! I love your character so much but why, oh why, did you make his voice this!? Ben is an underrated character but his voice is not helping him at any means. Tom pushing the fact that he is still doing the tape is excuted well here and is not done as well in later episodes. I like how we have different angles of the garage and how Tom talks to Ben as if they were in an interview and how Ben doesn't like playing along, as if Tom is joking about. First "Ben's mom" mention! Tom exaggerating by describing his Ben's app and then revealing that Ben's app only squirts water is a good comedic build up. "Somebody presses a button and creator tells him not to" cliche. Build up to Ben being a comedian with also leads to great episodes like Big Ben and then leads to episodes like Embarrasing Memories. It also leads to the great minisode, Ben the Comedian. Admit it, Hank appearing saying "Uh, no" confused as all when we first watched the episode, unless you weren't a Talking Friends fan, I can see why because we had no idea who this blue and white dog was appearing out of nowhere. It probably would've been funnier if we heard Angela, in the background, saying no rather than a new character coming along before his introduction. First "Ben bragging about his intellect" joke! The joke were Ben has a plain face, sitting down and doing fun things is a great joke and is excuted well especially when Ben says he is organized and then after says "In a fun way!". Ben saying his jokes starting with "Joke number one" in a plain and stuttered way is a great joke. Tom and Ben arguing without violence, sigh, I wish they did this more often. I know they do this later, but since they didn't do it before, it fine.

The new dog, the goofy dog, the French dog!
I like how Angela actually cares about Tom's tape. Sigh, Hank is jumping about because he needs to go not the bathroom, well, at least it's not a poop joke. Hank struggling to think of things to say is very well played out and I know that many of us can relate to Hank. He tries to impress the audience with his knowledge of sitcoms with is played about with a lot in the series and is well in-character. I always thought that Hank being French was kind of random and if anyone should be French, it should be Angela, but it did bring some good jokes in the future and heck, maybe Angela is the one who became friends with Hank! His voice isn't as annoying as the others but can be irratating at sometimes. Hmm, he had a quick introduction, I guess it's because they want kids to underestimate them and then have Hank always guessing the plot lines. Which he does especially in Season 4, the even mention it in The Digital Queen! In Escape Impossible!, it's revealed how Hank knows these things, Bongo and McGillicuddy do it? Although, everytime he guessed an outcome, it had already been shown right in front of their faces but in Escape: Impossible!, it's not as obvious but still has clues leading up to it. Anyways, enough about Season 4, let's move on to....

Ginger, the Bad Boy!
Ginger, is a dislikable character from the start, like Angela, just much more in-your-face, where Angela is a character you need to notice being dislikable over time. Ginger is the 7 year old cool but even if his parents are away, why does he hang out with a group of adults? I wish Hank "disiplined" Ginger more because he's still a brat.

Angela's Turn
So now Angela is doing the interviewing, and I gotta say that she is doing it much better, but that is the obvious intent. Tom and Ben bringing up previous events is a good way to build up character. Tom and Ben's different sides of the story is a good joke, slightly cliche but is still excuted well.