“Crime, Friendship and Teamwork”
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What You Need To Know:
With a strong moral worldview, THE BAD GUYS: THE SERIES maintains a strong sense of right vs wrong, friendship, and teamwork. While the animation is a bit choppy, the characters and storylines make it fun to watch. Due to moderate cartoonish violence, one homosexual reference about a character in a pretend scenario, and moderate immorality, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for younger children.
Content:
Strong moral worldview where a gang of thieves works to maintain their group’s friendship and work as a team. The characters have a strong friendship, despite their desire to commit crimes, which the series condemns. Wolf often apologizes for his mistakes and works to make things right. They work together to find their missing friend. A friendship forms with the other side, but it is too dangerous to continue for the good of the group. They struggle with temptation while trying to go against their nature in a contest and turn to deceiving one another. They learn that no one wins while they are infighting;
No foul language, some puns about passing gas, such as “Blow your butt trumpet” and “squeak between your cheeks.” A character vomits up another character;
Moderate cartoon violence and peril throughout, including high-speed chases and reckless driving. A getaway driver speeds recklessly, leaving tire marks, hits another character, puts him in a trunk, and leaves. Characters throw statues at the guards’ heads. A character crashes into an electrical tower.
More Detail:
Episode 1 of Season 2: “The Heist-One” begins with Wolf planning the perfect heist to steal a statue. Shark arrives at the museum and distracts the receptionist. With the guard away, Webs hacks the security system, turning off the security lasers around the statue. Snake and Wolf use a pulley system to lift it out. They rendezvous with Piranha in the getaway car and head back to the lair. Piranha insists that something is missing.
The next morning, they woke up dazed and confused. Shark dresses as a clown. Webs stinks for an unknown reason with flies around her. Snake looks like it’s blown up like a balloon. Disoriented, they realize they can’t remember anything from last night, and Piranha is missing!
Wolf’s cell phone rings – it’s Piranha yelling, “Get me outta here! What were you thinking when –!” The phone cuts out.
Shark has a tummy ache, worried that they’re the reason Piranha is in trouble. Wolf insists that they always have each other’s backs. He reexamines the plan, and they head to the museum to look for clues.
They find tire tracks outside. Shark and Snake follow them. Still blown up, Snake flies up in the air. After a run-in with a Night Owl, he spots the car. Webs and Wolf go into the museum.
Webs and Wolf meet the others at the car and find something surprising in the trunk. Will they be able to find Piranha and find out what happened?
Episode 2 of Season 2: “The Con Test” The Bad Guys call off the heist to steal the queen’s jewels. They argue about who can go longer without committing crimes. Webs announces a contest. She goes over the rules, insisting she will lead. Setting up the rules, she says that even a small misdemeanor will count. The winner will take the biggest bedroom in the lair. Whoever makes it through the day without committing a crime wins.
They last 15 minutes before the police arrest them. Back at the house, Webs suggests they use their time productively. Shark finds his salesperson attire and assumes a good guy alias: Norman P. McNormal. Wolf finds his old graphic novel, “The Grand Loup Criminal.” Snake ties himself to a rafter.
Wolf, nervous with temptation, says he needs to go for a walk. Norman P. McNormal (Shark) comes along. Temptation rises at every corner, and Wolf struggles. He hallucinates his hero, Loup, who gives him the idea to sabotage Shark. Wolf makes up a scenario to lead Shark towards a crime, but it backfires.
Snake cannot let Piranha win and try to trick him. With all the lies and infighting, they all blame each other. Can they really make it through the whole day?
Episode 3 of Season 2: “Natural Heistory” Wolf narrates over ancient cave paintings at the museum, showing a long history of the beginning of crime. Thalia was the first wolf to pull off a heist. What do they do with her now? Wolf insists that she’s their criminal predecessor and should be in the Bad Guys. Snake agrees to a trial period.
It becomes clear that she’s not a very good criminal. Wolf insists they see things from her point of view, further sabotaging the group.
Shark and Piranha keep sneaking off to meet a surprising friend in secret. Webs demands to know why they keep going AWOL when things go bad. They all agree as a group that Thalia is not working out for them. They will have to stand up to Wolf’s wishes and insist he do the right thing for the good of the team. Standing in front of Thalia’s frozen body, kept cold in a tank, Wolf is a direct descendant. The others steal a necklace from a case behind him. The power goes out, and they leave with the loot. The tank’s light turns red and starts to melt.
The next morning in the lair, a wooden trap falls on them and pulls them up. The thawed Thalia is making a fire below. Shark chomps the cage open. She sees the necklace, and Wolf realizes she wants her loot back. He calms her down, and she tells them she’s hungry.
With a strong moral worldview, THE BAD GUYS: THE SERIES maintains a strong sense of right vs wrong, friendship, and teamwork. While the animation is a bit choppy, the characters and storylines make it fun to watch. Due to moderate cartoonish violence, one homosexual reference about a character in a pretend scenario, and moderate immorality, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for younger children.
