For today's team, I thought that it might be fun to put together a dojo consisting of some of the best four-footed fighters in fiction. I just completed the fourth season of the oh-so-addictive Cobra Kai this week and it had me in a karate mood. Maybe the next Kung-Fu Panda movie can have Po enter the multiverse and we can get a team like this assembled.
What? No Skunk Fu?! Just kidding.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though; this was an excellent idea, Ross. And I'm amazed that nobody else even suggested it to you! But, then again, that probably just confirms what Bob Greenwade and everyone else have been saying all along.
You're a genius. :-)
Thanks, Cary! I had to look up Skunk-Fu, I thought you just made that up - but it's a real character!
ReplyDeleteFor me, the one missing character was Karate Kat, but he's a fairly obscure character so it's not that surprising. Maybe if you ever revisit this group you could add him (and Skunk-Fu).
ReplyDeleteI can just envision the others witnessing Hong Kong Phooey's luck-based style, after a complex maneuver goes horribly wrong and then turns amazingly right. Rafiki: "Well, at least he gets the job done." Splinter: "Yes, that he does."
Certainly these Mixed Animal Martial Artists will have villains crying for their MAMA. (I hope I don't have to explain that one.) If nothing else, it'll give them paws for thought. (I really hope I don't have to explain that one!)
I was just thinking about the Power Couple, and how much I've missed seeing them here... then wondered what it would look like if they were joined (and maybe even briefly "adopted") by the Power Pack. And what if their combined efforts were needed if Power Ring (of the Crime Syndicate of America) got a boost from the Power Broker?
ReplyDeleteMore people should know about Karate Kat. He's like Hong Kong Phooey but with actual martial arts skill. :)
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUARdaRcvEc
PS @Cary: I've never actually said that Ross is a genius. But I certainly don't disagree with the statement!
ReplyDeleteYep, Ross... you're a genius when it comes to this stuff.
By the Paws of NICK Fury!! A new dept of S.H.I.E.L.D? Howard the Duck, you're wanted.
ReplyDeletewell actually Ross, the one missing to my mind was honorable Hashimoto Mouse from Terrytoons cartoon and comics....
ReplyDeleteHashimoto-san would have fit in here so perfectly....
Ross your cover and team creation are indeed true genius....
Thanks....
An auxiliary to Captain Carrot's Zoo Crew?
ReplyDelete@Ross: Not to one-up my namesake; but, how about the TMNT being led into battle by...Mickey Mouse? If it helps, you can insert a word balloon explaining that it's really Splinter under an evil spell!
ReplyDeleteI just think it'd be awesome to see Mickey wielding a katana.