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Stellafera Reviews Littlest Pet Shop: Bad Hair Day S1E3


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Decent overall

 

Welcome again (or the first time, who knows) to Stellafera Reviews Littlest Pet Shop, where one of the less well beloved shows on the Hub gets its chance to shine in the spotlight! Today we review Bad Hair Day, which is only a so-so episode. Let's brush that aside though, as we are just on the fringe of the review, and haven't gotten to the good part (not being one to really start off with a bang). Maybe this one isn't as good as a pony tail, but it does have some highlights worth seeing. Alright, I'll stop these terhairble puns now. Just a warning though, this review contains plenty of spoilers and teasers for the episode.

 

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Unlike most cartoon characters, Blythe actually wears a different outfit each episode! For some odd reason, most of the rest of the characters don't. Logic. Apparently the usual groomer of Zoe called in sick, so Blythe offers to help, saying that if she does a great job on other people she must do a great job on pets. In other words, the inverse of The Stare Master.

 

A pretentious art critic with a poodle walks in, and is stunned by the artwork splattered on the glass of the daycare room. Not realizing that the "Minka" it was painted by is a monkey, he leaves, inspired to pretentiously criticize more art and never be seen again. But his remarks have an impact on Minka, who proceeds to have a fantasy about being a world famous artist. One of the more interesting quirks of the show is its love for scenes with alternate art styles or settings in order to tell the story, and these sequences are always fun to watch. Hipster glasses and berets everywhere!

 

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asdasdasdsdaasdadadlI would totally watch the "Russell, Sunil, And Vinnie Show"

 

Another trait of this show is the plot structure, which is first seen here. Typically, the plot of each episode is split into two halves: A "Blythe" plot (like the dog grooming one) and a "Pet" plot (like Minka's art one). They often cover similar themes, and at the end of the episode they converge. This helps to make LPS distinctive and is a way to balance the large cast. Sometimes, it works, and sometimes, it doesn't, but it's an interesting concept.

 

Russell offers to be Minka's agent and help her become a big famous art star in exchange for 10% of the profits. The other pets like this idea and try to find symbolism in her paint splatterings so that they can sell her image to the world. Minka climbs up a tree to get away from their chatter and questioning, as she didn't intend any symbolism and was just doing something that made her happy.

 

Meanwhile, Blythe is hypocritically blabbering on about overly talkative hairdressers while not paying attention to Zoe, and predictable results ensue. To make matters worse, Zoe's owners were going to bring her to a dog show this afternoon. This afternoon this afternoon? Yes.

 

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asdasdasdsdaasdadadladdMy reaction to Blythe's storyline for this episode

 

Back to the good half! We are treated to another alternate art style sequence, where Pepper details their plans for marketing Minka. This entire scene is absolutely hilarious and would be a great thing to show anyone who is unconvinced of the quality of this cartoon. This plan is even further removed from the artist herself, and Minka has to ask them to repeat the entire thing because she was too occupied with destroying the piece of paper in front of her. I've been there, except that usually I don't resort to using the paper as a source of fiber. That's just silly. Confetti is the much more sensible use for decimated slips of paper. I thought everyone knew that.

 

So, in order to do all of this stuff and become rich and famous and everything, Minka actually has to, you know, paint a masterpiece. Overwhelmed by the pressure of creating a great painting...

 

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This happens. And she stays like this for nearly the entire rest of the episode. One witty comment on youtube states

 

Minka.exe has stopped responding.

 

and I have nothing else to say on this subject. Let's get back to Blythe and Zoe. What should they be called? The hairduo? The fumbling fashionistas? Rainbow Dash and Princess Celestia? This is fallow territory, my friends. Blythe tries to hide from Zoe the fact that she looks like something half ate her and spit her out, but Zoe eventually finds a mirror and is horrified. New objective: hide it from everyone else.

 

Minka continues to be broken. Blythe uses increasingly more ridiculous methods to try and disguise Zoe's bad haircut, including making a hologram of Zoe's entire body that follows her movements.

 

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asdasdasdsdaasdadadladddddsCongratulations Zoe, you're the new Zoe.

 

Oh, and her owners are going to come pick her up in about 10 minutes.

 

Back with BSOD Minka, the other pets and especially Russell are starting to realize that maybe they should have considered what Minka was feeling in all of this and not just becoming bilionares and stuff. Russell states the moral of the story and apologizes to Minka, telling her that she can just focus on doing art for art's sake again. No money or anything to worry about. Minka returns to normal... but her spider monkey sense is tingling!

 

Blythe is just about to have to reveal to Zoe's owners her mistake, and walks up with a dog behind her back and a long preemptive apology. Looks like she's gonna have to own up to her actions and admit her mistakes. Yikes. No wonder why Minka was feeling so agitated!

 

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asdasdasdsdaasdadadladsForget Sweetie Bot, Minka here is the real deal.

 

After identifying the source of her "art emergency", Minka rushes behind Blythe's back and fixes up Zoe with some artsy fartsy skills and counterfeit. Blythe reveals Zoe to her owners, expecting the worst... and sees an adorable little hairstyle on her instead! No accountability for your actions today! So the episode ends with everybody happy, except for Zoe's owners, who find out about the painted on fur at the dog show and lose the medal. Apparently she will actually have to face punishment at a future time, but not in the episode! Somebody write a fanfic, stat.

 

So, this episode. It was actually quite a bit better than I remember from the first time I saw it, but it doesn't have any truly stunning moments. Minka's story, which reminded me a lot of Suited For Success (which is a very good thing), I'd definitely rate higher than Blythe's, which was pretty boring outside of the hologram. It's decent all around.

 

Next episode is going to be awesome! Next review will be some Mitch Larson action and the reason why everybody loves that darned mongoose Sunil so much. Until next time!

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