The protagonist is almost always the character everyone empathizes. A piece of fiction where the author wants the audience to empathize the antagonist is “Home”. A couple of the supposedly villains the I caught myself feeling sympathy for was the main alien Oh and the Gorg commander.
Oh, along with is many other “friends” from another planet come to the planet Earth to take over and hide from their biggest villain, The Gorg. All the humans were sent to one place on the Earth except for on young girl named Tip (short for Gratuity) who is searching for her lost mom. Oh isn’t like all the other characters in the way that he has a unique personality that most of his kind seem to find annoying. He decided to have a house warming party and instead of inviting just his “friends”, he invited the whole galaxy including the Gorg. This made his kind even more mad at him and that’s how he met Tip. It takes a while for Tip to get use to Oh but after a while, they end up being best friends and helping each other out in the tough situations they’re in.
At first, you think Oh is just one of their typical aliens, but after watching for a couple minutes, you discover that he’s nothing like them. Because of him being so different, he can’t seem to find any friends and ends up alone a lot. He is suppose to be one of the bad guys but he turns out to be the character I empathize the most. All he tries to do is talk to people but none of them are willing to give him a chance except for the human Tip. When they are going to find her mother, you can see how nice of an alien he is and that unlike all of his other species, he cares about his family and friends and just wants to make them happy.
Another villain the I empathized in this move was the Gorg once I found out why he was so mad. He was always finding where they settled and destroying their homes, it was like as if he was looking for something. It turned out that the item the king was holding contained the eggs to the whole next Gorg generation and this man that was looking for it was the last one alive. All this Gorg wanted was to keep his kind going and didn’t want to cause any trouble. This makes me have no bad feelings for this villain, Gorg. Seeing him play with the newly hatched Gorg’s, you realise how cute of character he actually is.
This film was able to capture a lot of wonderful feelings thanks to these villains. I always seem to enjoy movies and books more when the author makes the viewers or readers empathize the antagonist and I believe it makes a better story.
Thursday, 2 June 2016
Psychotic or Comedic?
During a film or movie, there are a lot of characteristics of the archetype. Some are bad, some are good, and some are just regular characters with funny or annoying personalities. A couple characters that are clumsy, funny, and sometimes annoying archetypes are Spongebob from the show Spongebob Squarepants and Buddy from the movie Elf. Another archetype is Scooby from the show Scooby Doo.
The show Spongebob Squarepants have a lot of characters that are funny and clumsy. One character that particularly stands out is the main character Spongebob. Spongebob has a very strong personality in the way that he is hyper, loud, and carefree which I think are qualities that make someone funny. A lot of people think he is rather stupid and annoying but I think that it is quite funny and the things he does make him a very funny character. His lack of being smart and sense of how things work make him the kind of character that causes a lot of trouble and usually the one to be most clumsy. One of my favorite scenes from this television show is when Spongebob and Sandy go to a karate camp and Spongebob competes with the master there and grows a very funny looking mustache just like the master.
Buddy the Elf is another perfect example of a clumsy and funny/annoying archetype. He always seems to be getting in trouble and making people annoyed but I think his actions are hilarious. One particular scene I enjoyed was when he was at the store “North Pole” and there was someone dressed up as Santa. When Buddy went up to see him, he noticed it was not the Santa he knew and ripped off his fake beard. All the children started screaming and Buddy and the Santa started fighting. It ended with the whole store being torn up and the children traumatized.
Scooby Doo isn’t quite like these other two characters. He does have the same archetype, but he expresses it in a different way. Scooby becomes humorous when he gets scared because his actions are loud and he gets scared very easily. Him being scared also makes him more prone to getting hurt or bumping into something which usually triggers somebody's emotions in a positive way that makes them laugh. My favorite thing Scooby does is when he is scared, he jumps into his best friends, Shaggy’s arms or the opposite way around.
Over all the different types of archetypes, this kind is my favorite because one of my favorite things to do is laugh. This type is funny and very clumsy which makes it very hard to resist and I personally think this is the best type.
The show Spongebob Squarepants have a lot of characters that are funny and clumsy. One character that particularly stands out is the main character Spongebob. Spongebob has a very strong personality in the way that he is hyper, loud, and carefree which I think are qualities that make someone funny. A lot of people think he is rather stupid and annoying but I think that it is quite funny and the things he does make him a very funny character. His lack of being smart and sense of how things work make him the kind of character that causes a lot of trouble and usually the one to be most clumsy. One of my favorite scenes from this television show is when Spongebob and Sandy go to a karate camp and Spongebob competes with the master there and grows a very funny looking mustache just like the master.
Buddy the Elf is another perfect example of a clumsy and funny/annoying archetype. He always seems to be getting in trouble and making people annoyed but I think his actions are hilarious. One particular scene I enjoyed was when he was at the store “North Pole” and there was someone dressed up as Santa. When Buddy went up to see him, he noticed it was not the Santa he knew and ripped off his fake beard. All the children started screaming and Buddy and the Santa started fighting. It ended with the whole store being torn up and the children traumatized.
Scooby Doo isn’t quite like these other two characters. He does have the same archetype, but he expresses it in a different way. Scooby becomes humorous when he gets scared because his actions are loud and he gets scared very easily. Him being scared also makes him more prone to getting hurt or bumping into something which usually triggers somebody's emotions in a positive way that makes them laugh. My favorite thing Scooby does is when he is scared, he jumps into his best friends, Shaggy’s arms or the opposite way around.
Over all the different types of archetypes, this kind is my favorite because one of my favorite things to do is laugh. This type is funny and very clumsy which makes it very hard to resist and I personally think this is the best type.
Emily The Explorer
Every cartoon character has special advantages that a regular person wouldn’t have. Some are more advanced than others and if I would be able to trade places with one, I’d make sure I would have a lot of special talents or hobbies. I think if I had to choose one cartoon to pick, I’d choose Dora. Dora gets to travel all over the world, gets to have a monkey as a best friend, and gets to save a lot of animals.
Traveling the world is something I aspire to do, being able to do it with no expenses would be a dream come true. Unless there are some behind-the-scenes of Dora paying for all her trips, she gets to go wherever she wants for free and that would be amazing. She gets to go to really cold places like the Arctic and extremely hot places like Australia. With all the different places she’d go, she would be able to experience an abundant amount of cultures and have a taste of how unique and different everyone is. Learning new languages, trying new foods, and getting a little bit of knowledge about their history would all be things she’d get to experience and enjoy.
Being able to travel everywhere is one thing, but being able to save a lot of animals lives would be amazing. Not only does she get to save these animals, she also gets to have them as her new friends and meet a new one every day. Dora has the chance to be a hero to all of these hurt or lost animals which I think is a dream any animal lover would adore. There are a lot of animals that don’t even get a chance at being saved because they live in a very remote place with no one around but Dora gives them that second chance. She brings hope to the animal species and allows them to not worry and have limits because she will always be there to save the day.
Having a monkey as a best friend and knowing for sure that he will never attack and try to kill you would be another thing I’d love. He seems like such a nice character and he is always there to support her and help her save animals, you couldn’t ask much more of a monkey. This is not your typical monkey either, this monkey talks. She would never have to feel lonely on her long trips because she’ll always have him to talk to and be with. He’d be able to climb high with you up in trees and help out to make sure Swiper never gets his way. Also, he’d be very low maintenance because all he eats are bananas.
Dora has a lot of advantages the typical person wouldn’t have. Over all the cartoon characters, I truly believe that she has the most intriguing and special advantages. Traveling across the world, saving animals, and having a talking monkey as her best friend would be a dream come true.
Being able to travel everywhere is one thing, but being able to save a lot of animals lives would be amazing. Not only does she get to save these animals, she also gets to have them as her new friends and meet a new one every day. Dora has the chance to be a hero to all of these hurt or lost animals which I think is a dream any animal lover would adore. There are a lot of animals that don’t even get a chance at being saved because they live in a very remote place with no one around but Dora gives them that second chance. She brings hope to the animal species and allows them to not worry and have limits because she will always be there to save the day.
Having a monkey as a best friend and knowing for sure that he will never attack and try to kill you would be another thing I’d love. He seems like such a nice character and he is always there to support her and help her save animals, you couldn’t ask much more of a monkey. This is not your typical monkey either, this monkey talks. She would never have to feel lonely on her long trips because she’ll always have him to talk to and be with. He’d be able to climb high with you up in trees and help out to make sure Swiper never gets his way. Also, he’d be very low maintenance because all he eats are bananas.
Dora has a lot of advantages the typical person wouldn’t have. Over all the cartoon characters, I truly believe that she has the most intriguing and special advantages. Traveling across the world, saving animals, and having a talking monkey as her best friend would be a dream come true.
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