T.U.F.F. Puppy vs. Planet Sheen

Welcome to Random Fandom, where I review out of my mind about the things I find, and welcome to the first addition of a new segment of the blog.

For many months, I wanted to see who can duke it out and see which one is better, even if both of them are horrible, only one can be less bad, which will be an example for today’s battle. Recently, Nickelodeon has going down the crapper with Nicktoons that older fans who used to watch the network find horrendous, shows like The Mighty B, Back at the Barnyard, and…Fanboy and Chum-Chum.

These days you find something with more quality, but thanks to Fanboy and Chum-Chum, no one can sleep with these two haunting your nightmares. Their colorful cartoonish antics that driven the world they live in from hell to back. Abandon all sanity for ye who enter...which is a good thing I’m not focusing on them.

Instead, I’m clashing Nicktoons’ recent additions: T.U.F.F. Puppy, from Butch “Fairly Odd” Hartman, and Planet Sheen, from three people who worked on the Jimmy Neutron cartoon. These two may be met with mixed reactions, but how they are liked is another topic. This week, I’m looking at both these shows in my categories I chose for the occasion. Which show is a little better? Well, get some orange goo to splat and some brain cells to kill! This is RANDOM FANDOM BAM!-DOM!

Now, I’m going to talk about the main character first and end on rewatchability, which is the chance you might watch it again in the near future. And since these shows came out quite recently, I’m only going to go into the first episodes because well, I can only check out these shows once for this topic. So, let’s not dillydally and talk about the star of the show…s.

MAIN CHARACTER:
Now these characters both have interesting scenarios around them, but as long as there’s no Tuxedo Knux or Graphic Novel Kid, I’m good on this. However, these characters deserve a little mention and a little in-depth analysis before making a verdict.

T.U.F.F. Puppy is a show about a secret organization located in a city populated by furries known as Petropolis, using their best agents to make sure evil doesn’t fill the streets of the city with crime. This organization is known as T.U.F.F. {Also known as the Turbo Undercover Fighting Force}, facing off the many villains from D.O.O.M. {A.K.A. the Diabolical Order of Mayhem}



Fighter of truth, justice, and bugs
on his buttocks!

Our main character is an excitable pup that has every gene known from Dogdom named Dudley Puppy, voiced by Jerry Trainor from iCarly fame. After witnessing Dudley’s success over the henchmen of Veminious, the leader of D.O.O.M., over a chew-toy no less, T.U.F.F. hired him into the agency of spying, kicking ass, and taking names. Dudley is your basic dimwitted, happy-go-lucky basic character, using his simple mind to either accidentally to stop his foes or making his partner more irate, which I’ll explain in the next category.

Planet Sheen is basically this scenario: Sheen finds Jimmy’s rocket, accidentally blasts it off with him in it, and crash-lands on the planet Zeenu, about four million and one away from Earth. His goal? Fix the rocket while facing the many dangers Zeenu has to offer so he can get home.

Most of you who are familiar with the Jimmy Neutron movie and/or TV series must be no stranger to Sheen Estevez, the Ultralord-obessing, dimwitted, hyperactive friend of Jimmy and is happened to be voiced by Jeff Garcia, who I swear to Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod works in the animation house where this show is produced. He is no different from what we are seeing. He’s still not the brightest guy, he’s still on a sugar high, and he still obsesses over Ultralord.

Which it’s a perfect time to give you an education on the many things television has to offer to please others. This is known as my Random Moment of Intellect. This is part of the show where I discuss the very thing that’s related to what I’m talking about. So, let’s talk about Spin-Offs.

According to the Information Super Highway Dictionary {3rd Edition}, a spin-off is a product, material, or service deriving from something that already exists. This is known as writers saying “Hey, fans love this character, right? Do they want to know what kind of wacky adventures it would have without the aid of the main character? Let’s greenlight a spin-off! Now, let me some monkeys so we make no effort into this!”

OK, maybe I’m being a bit too negative of this. Occasionally, most television shows get very successful spin-offs. For example, Doctor Who currently has two spin-offs on air right now. One being for adults and the other for children. These two are known as Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. There’s also another one that focuses on K-9, but I’m not counting it because it’s not in current Doctor Who continuity. There are subpar spin-offs that set these gems apart, some examples being The Cleveland Show, Joey, and all of the Brady Bunch spin-offs. It’s good that writers want to expand on characters that people are already familiar with, but once you get into your 7th episode, it’s bound to get tiresome.

The very reason why T.U.F.F. Puppy wins it. I know you Sheen-fans must be disappointed, but the main character is already from another television show, while Dudley is an original creation not seen by anywhere else in Hartman’s shows. So, a point goes to T.U.F.F. Puppy.

WINNER:
DUDLEY PUPPY {T.U.F.F. PUPPY}

Then, there’s the characters that inhabit the worlds the show take place. Who has the best supporting weirdoes? Let’s find out!

OTHER CHARACTERS:
Now, the characters are a hit-and-miss on both shows. First off, we got the sidekick. For Dudley, he’s got Kitty Katswell, the Kung-Fu-smart, no-tolerate cat! She is Dudley’s partner/mentor, even though she gets into enough trouble as Dudley does trying to stop D.O.O.M. She’s the kind of person who is committed to her job, just like Pop! You remember him, right? He’s a Gogo’s Crazy Bone that most of you didn’t check out…well, screw you! I picked my own partner in crime! You guys were too interested on more successful crap! Well, I review from my mind and nothing…!

Fandom, I don’t know this isn't a good time,
But to you, losing your views is a crime!

What?! But only one person knows about you!
You think picking me from a game of Russian Roulette was a good idea, prick?
You better make this disaster up or you’ll be sucking…

YES, I GET IT! I’ll be sucking hard! Just because you rhyme doesn’t mean you can be explicit.

Yeah, I’m going back in my bag.

You do that…committed to his job, my ass.

Sheen’s partner however is a monkey named Mr. Nesmith. He serves just like Kitty, a smart animal who is often annoyed by the stupidity of the main hero. But at least, he has a super intellect thanks to many decades stranded here while his brain cells grew in humongous size. He also serves as mechanic for fixing Sheen’s rocket, which is good because Sheen on the planet for so long will become mincemeat by Dorkus.

Speaking of whom, it’s time to talk about villains. For Planet Sheen, we got Dorkus and Pinter. Dorkus hates Sheen for three reasons.
NUMBER ONE: HIS ROCKET DESTROYED HIS HOUSE WHEN IT CRASH-LANDED.
NUMBER TWO: HE STOLE THE TASK OF BEING THE EMPEROR’S RIGHT-HAND MAN.
NUMBER THREE: HE DOESN’T THINK SHEEN IS QUALIFIED TO BE AN INTELLECT FOR THE PLANET.

So, there are many reasons are why Dorkus wants to destroy Sheen. His partner Pinter, who is a flying eyeball and sounds like Ringo Starr, is just here to compliant Dorkus and his many failures.

T.U.F.F. Puppy? Well, the first episode just featured Verminious Snaptrap. He’s not only the leader of D.O.O.M., but your typical take-over-the-world-and-finish-with-that baddie. Oh, and according to the website, he’s allergic to cheese…interesting. But, the second episode does have an interesting villain {at least if you compare him to Verminious}, he is called the Chameleon. He, of course, can shapeshift into anything to blend into his surroundings, but he is more interested on succeeding on destroying Kitty more than anything else at the moment. That is a true villain!

So, I’ll just give you the rest of the major characters on both shows because like I said, we need a verdict eventually.

T.U.F.F. Puppy has a flea who is the head of T.U.F.F. known as The Chief, who I swear to Nod has the best character design in the whole show! We also got the usual high-tech genius known as Keswick. We don’t know what animal he is, our guesses is a mole, mongoose, or Rufus. OK, Rufus is off because Keswick isn’t pink. Oh, he also talks like Professor Frink with the stuttering and the braininess and the JERRY LEWIS.



VICTOR H. GARBER! It looks like her
neck broke!

Planet Sheen does have some characters as well that are just as interesting. The Emperor who is delighted to have Sheen crash on his planet and share his wisdom about his planet. Granted, he doesn’t know about Earth until Sheen appeared, but it’s better to have an idiot talk about it than nobody at all. Aseefa is a blue Glimmorian, and I’m not going to assume she’s a Na’vi because the show was in production before Avatar was released. That’s like saying Glee was inspired by High School Musical, it’s just people overreacting. Oh, and she’s voiced by Punky Brewster. If that doesn’t give you fans Punky Power, then you were never in the 1980s. In short, Aseefa is basically Sheen’s love interest because the one he first sees on Zeenu…immediately scares me.
But give the show some credit, the show does at least have some reverence from the cartoon it was based on. It has a sluggy version of Carl Wheezer named Doppy. Same voice, same appearance if you ignore the slug part, and same gleeful ignorance. He serves as Sheen’s other friend on the planet.

So, who has the best character roster? Well, I got to say Planet Sheen. Give me some credit, the characters on T.U.F.F. Puppy look cool too, but all of them are animals. Planet Sheen’s roster at least ranged from humanoid to sluggish, light to dark, black to white. So, Planet Sheen, points for at least making more original characters, except for Doppy.

WINNER:
PLANET SHEEN

But, what’s a cartoon without humor? Well, there’s some Anime, but they try to hide it sometimes. Regardless, let us see which show made us chuckle the most!

HUMOR:
If you judge the humor on both shows, it’s pretty standard Saturday-Cartoon fare. They don’t waste any time slapping comedy in your face like a cherry pie.

T.U.F.F. Puppy is just like some of the episodes of Fairly Oddparents, two episodes in one half-hour, and willing to repeat the running joke for the episode over and over again. Some work out, some get old very quickly.



"I'm going to wake up, the sun will be shining, and
I'll be back on the farm..."

Planet Sheen, on the other hand, is just one big half-hour of plot and humor. You will get annoyed by Sheen by the halfway mark, but all I can say is that Sheen’s impetration of the history of Earth was chuckle-worthy; even it does last a few seconds. Also, I like to point out that Otis makes a cameo. Otis from Back at the Barnyard? Yes, he does make an appearance, along with Pig. Just a literal hello-and-goodbye moment…and there’s no dialogue from them either! Come on, Otis’s lines was the only reason I watched Back at the Barnyard!
But since I need to make up my mind, I’ll go with T.U.F.F. Puppy. Why? Because they don’t throw the word “MONKEY” at every minute! I’m serious, as soon as Sheen means Nesmith; it’s the word monkey from here on there. In fact, the writers thought it was so funny; it was included in a scene transition. This is the majority of what they’re going to cut to whenever a new scene begins! Monkey dance, how I loathe you and just annoys me to end.

Just like your irate reactions.

Shut up. Point goes to T.U.F.F. Puppy!

WINNER:

T.U.F.F. PUPPY
{For not using the word “Monkey” often}

How does the pretty pictures fare up with the kid-friendly humor, decent characters, and sub-par plots? Probably average, but let’s see which show had the animation that was above the rating.

ANIMATION:

Now, the animation is a no-brainer. Although, the 2D animation and the 1940s-eque backgrounds feel decent on T.U.F.F. Puppy, Planet Sheen wins this challenge for more effort.



At least, the backgrounds in T.U.F.F Puppy don't look...
simplistic.

The show may be CGI, but O Entertainment does a good job making sure it looks realistic. Fanboy and Chum-Chum may have a cartoonish-type of CGI, but Planet Sheen has realistic backgrounds, shadowing on most of the characters, and making everything on Zeenu look believable.

I grade Planet Sheen as DreamWorks movie status, since the humor is chuckleworthy and the animation is beautiful. So, I’ll give the point to Planet Sheen. Why? Well, sometimes when you put into effort with something that is more hard work than 2D and makes it look like a movie, you’re doing something right when you’re making a show. So, congrats on Planet Sheen for doing something right!

WINNER:
PLANET SHEEN

Now comes the final verdict. Which show will you check out again if you got nothing to do? Let’s find out which one has the most rewatchability!

REWATCHABILITY:
This is going to be a toughie because both shows have mixed reactions. Let’s break them individually to see if we get a verdict.

T.U.F.F. Puppy is typical Hartman fare, although it’s not the next Danny Phantom, it tried it’s best to make sure it’s more entertaining as an action genre would want it. The characters while funny can be entertaining, the villains if more can be hit-and-miss, and the animation although 2D {Don’t take this the wrong way. I love 2D animation} can be cartoonish.

Planet Sheen, on the other hand, is just like Back at the Barnyard. Don’t get me wrong. At least, the Jimmy Neutron TV series wasn’t too bad, but these two don’t par up the series. Although the CGI looks nice and characters look different, Sheen will get annoying quickly, the humor won’t be for intelligent adults, and once you put Carl Wheezer as a slug and just change his name, well, I don’t know what to say.

The winner has got to be T.U.F.F. Puppy. You watch the show to expect the new villains and locations, but when you watch Planet Sheen, you’re never going to see Sheen get home because I can predict they’re not going to come up with a series finale that focuses on that.

Sheen, we love you, but a spin-off wasn’t the best idea for you.

AND STOP DOING THAT MONKEY DANCE!

WINNER: T.U.F.F. PUPPY

So that’s my first Random Fandom BAM!-Dom! Will I do another one? Well, maybe, but only if all of you can give Gogo’s Crazy Bones some love!

You’re doing it again, player.

Hey, screw you! Until next time, I’m still reviewing things from what I find, praying they don’t go unnoticed.

Nice closing.

You like dancing, small fry? Well, how you do feel about that after what I’m going to do with your legs!