To many when they think of the DCAU (DC Animated Universe) they only think of Batman: The Animated Series. However alot of them just straight up forget or just don;t know that another superhero also had his very own superhero animated show from the exact same tam behind Batman: The Animated Series and so then join me as I review the episode that gives a classic villain a very creepy design with the episode in question being called simply just "Fun And Games" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when a mob boss and Lois Lane is kidnapped by an unknown villain it's up to Superman to save the day before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes plot was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes plot being a really fun plot and was really entertaining and engaging as well ad when it needs to be it can quite a heartbreaking and fun filled plot as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Tim Daly as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman , Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm star Dana Delany as Lois Lane and Back To The Future: The Animated Series star David Kaufman as Jimmy Olsen. Also starring in this episode is Bud Cort as Winslow P. Schott Jr. / Toyman , Bruce Weitz as Bruno Mannheim , Joe Nipote as Spider Spinelli , Kevin Michael Richardson as A Cop and A Thug and Joe Lala as A Electrician.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast members turning in some really good performances which given that alot of this episodes cast members have become to many the voices of these characters isn't all that surprising at all.
Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good and was really alot better then what I remember it being and was more then up to the high standerd set by Batman: The Animated Series.
I'm just going to say the design for Toyman is really creepy and could very easily pass for being the design for a new slasher horror villain. There's just something about the characters creepy plastic smile that is just very of putting and it's something that really does work well for this character as the character loves his toys and he loves making toys and so having him look like an actual toy is oddly fitting for his character and seeing how everything that he uses is toy like just goes to show you just how creative the makers of this show were and still are.
If Batman: The Animated Series was more of a noir crime and mystery show that just so happens to be a superhero show then this show and this episode is a straight up superhero show. Which is something that works well enough for the character of Superman but at the same time with Clark Kent being a reporter I would have preferred it if the how had more of a mystery element to it as in this episode we the audience become ahead of Clark interms of what he knows and so all the mystery gets sucked out of it and that's something that really shouldn't be the case as it does make for compelling TV as now we're just left waiting for him to catch up with what we already know.
Lois in this episode really doesn't do all that much as they start a subplot with her and Clark trying to get a story written quicker but then they drop it for no reason. Then the character gets kidnapped and instead of using Superman's hearing ability to help locate both her and the villain she just sits there in a cute looking doll costume with Lois in this episode just being inserted into the main plot for no reason whatsoever which is a shame because her character does work but she really didn't need to be in the main plot of this episode.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and sixteen seconds. Which for this episode is a great running time to have as this episode really doesn't really have alot their interms of either plot or story to cover that long of a running time but at the same time I feel that if this episode did have a slightly longer running time then it could have fleshed out the character of Toyman a bit more just so they could make him a more three dimensional character but I will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. However it's clearly not as good as it perhaps could have been as it's just not as fun and creative as it really should have been in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a really fun filled that had alot of really good jokes in it but at the same time it felt really tame and wasn't really up to the high standards that this creative team have set for themselves in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I used in this very review the official DC Animated fandom wiki page , the official DC Database fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.