The Beginning Times is an kinda bad pilot of Zokie of Planet Ruby. First of all, I really like Ruby as a character so far. I love how see's energetic and kind, and she just seems like a really fun person to be with in general. I really wish the episode only focused on Ruby on Earth instead of the alien Zokie. Characters like Ruby are characters I really like, happy and positive, but 3-dimensional and realistic. I wish the series just showed Ruby maybe warming up to a new neighbor instead or making a new friend on Earth. In my eyes, if the episode just focused only on Ruby then I would give it a much higher rating. I mean, if it did, the episode would be amazing. I mean just look at this animation! It's beautiful! If it did it would also be much stronger character wise. When the episode starts focusing on the other planet is when it starts to fall apart. When it starts focusing on Zokie's planet it just feels a little pointless. The king of the planet, whatever he is, is a kinda meh villain. He's not very developed and he can rarely be funny, but he feels just less evil than he's supposed to be. He's more of a parody than a villain, but he normally doesn't make me laugh. Zokie just feels like he's only there to make me laugh, but he never made me laugh. I know Zokie is supposed to be a good character, but his silliness just balances out any depth that he ever had. This show just doesn't take enough risks, that's what really makes it wrong. Everything this show is offering is something I have already seen before in movies and TV, and it just doesn't have that special touch to it. In all, I give this a 5.4 out of 10.
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