This isn't a very good episode, and probably one of the worst of the show. While the premise of somebody from Moshimo's past who he accidentally wronged, wanting revenge on him is quite interesting, this isn't how to write a episode about that, it feels nothing like Robotboy for a sizable amount of time, the humour is unfunny, the action is shoehorned-in, unexciting and the episode in general is not very entertaining.
The concept of an episode exploring Moshimo's past was a great one, but its not very good, they basically turned Moshimo into a goof-ball compared to the more-mature, but perhaps inexperienced man we saw back in Brother's flashback. Having him live in Mexico when he was at most, a teenager also puts in a problem - he would have had to have live in Mexico, before traveling to Japan, so either he was born in Japan, went to Mexico and back, or was born in Mexico and went to Japan? That sounds convoluted. This backstory is a complete joke and even worse is that this episode heavily ties into another one later on that DOES tie into Brother and Revenge beforehand, The Old Switcharobot, though that one isn't too good, it at least tries unlike this episode.
The story tries to be somewhat of both a drama and a comedy, but is poor at it, the two tones do not mesh well the way they do it, plus, the humour isn't very good, it is rather dull and unfunny. The ending is a good example of how the tones don't match up, it is a slap in the face after-all the episode has been going through just for a cheap haha moment.
Although he only did it because he was in a rough spot, Bob Camp's role as director was still just a horrible choice, they should have gotten him to do another show. He basically carved the show to fit his interests, well, when he wasn't dreaming about the pay check he'd get at the end of all his work when Cartoon Network asked him to direct the show. At least sometimes? Like really, look at episodes like The Revenge of Protoboy and then look at this, the guy who co-created Ren and Stimpy did an expected "haha yak funny" episode, but he also did a serious story which basically is "brother learns that his brother is pure evil, so stops loving him and kills him"? That sounds like a joke and not a true statement.
The concept of an episode exploring Moshimo's past was a great one, but its not very good, they basically turned Moshimo into a goof-ball compared to the more-mature, but perhaps inexperienced man we saw back in Brother's flashback. Having him live in Mexico when he was at most, a teenager also puts in a problem - he would have had to have live in Mexico, before traveling to Japan, so either he was born in Japan, went to Mexico and back, or was born in Mexico and went to Japan? That sounds convoluted. This backstory is a complete joke and even worse is that this episode heavily ties into another one later on that DOES tie into Brother and Revenge beforehand, The Old Switcharobot, though that one isn't too good, it at least tries unlike this episode.
The story tries to be somewhat of both a drama and a comedy, but is poor at it, the two tones do not mesh well the way they do it, plus, the humour isn't very good, it is rather dull and unfunny. The ending is a good example of how the tones don't match up, it is a slap in the face after-all the episode has been going through just for a cheap haha moment.
Although he only did it because he was in a rough spot, Bob Camp's role as director was still just a horrible choice, they should have gotten him to do another show. He basically carved the show to fit his interests, well, when he wasn't dreaming about the pay check he'd get at the end of all his work when Cartoon Network asked him to direct the show. At least sometimes? Like really, look at episodes like The Revenge of Protoboy and then look at this, the guy who co-created Ren and Stimpy did an expected "haha yak funny" episode, but he also did a serious story which basically is "brother learns that his brother is pure evil, so stops loving him and kills him"? That sounds like a joke and not a true statement.