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spiderbraids2x22: Danger in the Wildlands / Last Resorts
The biggest edits in this episode both tie in to how they've changed why Tecna didn't like Timmy since 2x10.
The episode starts, and for no reason, the Specs are in their capes even though they were running around in their casuals for much of the last ep. Flora has an idea that would give Bloom her first Charmix transform (fly off and save themselves), but Bloom herself (foolishly, I say) shoots it down. Now Timmy has a plan...
Unedited: We pan over to a pouty Tecna asking Digit "Given his past performance, what are the odds of that being true?!"
Edited: We briefly pan over to a pouty Tecna but immediately jumpcut to the explanation of this plan.
And now you know why Tecna looks pouty in that scene. :)
(NB: I've already mentioned how Frank commented on it in the 2x10 spotlight rerun)
Speaking of pouty, Timmy is pouty for letting the Trix get away again.
Unedited: Tecna praises about how Timmy helped assemble the Specialists' plan together and stuff. And she then says, "I never liked not liking you!" Timmy tells her "Did you know that sentence sounded illogical?"
Edited: This is Tecna's quote directly from the dub... "I feel like I almost lost you today and it made me realize I've been mad at you 'cause you wouldn't make the first move, but really it's just me being scared of stepping up myself and telling you how much I absolutely adore you." Timmy tells her "You're crying but you're not sad... that's illogical."
(NB: Emphasis mine, obviously; also, 4Kids adds a tear-dripping animation to the side of the Tecna's face to drag out the shot at the start of this line a few seconds longer)
(NB2: Also, immediately before this scene, 4Kids makes a minor snip on Musa pointing at the Trix flying away from the debris)
As I have always maintained, I've always thought that "Tecna is mad because Timmy is a coward who doesn't do anything" was a better plot angle (despite all the illogicity of how it happens in the first place back in 2x10) than what 4K offers us. Are 4K trying to rub it in to Flora that waiting for Helia to make the first move (as her realm requires her to) is like waiting for a river to run dry? Also, it's a pretty awkward transition in the 4K version, when it just follows naturally in the original.
(NB: Hmm, pretty weird turn of phrase from my 2006 self there...)
Somewhere in the middle...
Unedited: Layla walks into a fog bank. She collapses. Later, she gets up. She sees a picture of Piff and Anne. She walks into a cave on this. Fast forward to later. She eventually finds a hole in the cave roof shining into the pool. It's too high to climb, and she thinks of Musa... and then gets her Charmix, and flies out through the hole.
Edited: We just see Layla walking into the cave. Fast forward to later. She eventually finds a hole in the cave roof shining into the pool. Through the hole, she hears her friends, all of them crying for help, and she's determined to find a way out. She gets her Charmix, and flies out through the hole.
Also... the Trix have cornered Sky and Timmy.
Unedited: They decide to all attack at once, while saying what their powers are.
Edited: They say what their powers are, giving the Specs an option to pick one. (I bet someone will reply that this makes the witches look more bad@ss.)
And don't you think it's weird that the fairy who's the main target of the Trix's plan doesn't get much screen time, and doesn't even break in her Charmix despite having had the most opportunity to do so (being the only one who had hers as they started vacationing in the Wildlands)? (Besides Flora's plan, she could have at least transformed just to fly down the cliff... I mean, Layla transformed just to get out of the cave.)
Responses:
TF: I still like my T/T better. Much better dialogue in that scene. You don't seem to be the romantic type at all. Never been on a date, huh?
(I bet someone will reply that this makes the witches look more bad@ss.)
Well, it does.
Me: Never been on a date, huh?
Bingo. But you gotta admit that cutting out Tecna's comment to Digit at the beginning makes the look on her face make no sense... Where I live, it's pretty clear that she begrudges him for not taking the open shot at the Trix.
(I bet someone will reply that this makes the witches look more bad@ss.)
Well, it does.
Figures.
(NB: Also figures that that someone would be TF :-) Anyways, I still prefer the unedited Trix [thinking about] being pragmatic instead of having fun)
4Kids also edits out another instance of Tecna being skeptical of Timmy, when they send Bloom to look out for Layla while they're setting up traps against the Trix:
Unedited:
Sky: We'll need to set up some kind of base camp. Does anyone have any ideas?
Tecna: You're asking him for ideas?
Riven: He's our chief defense offense coordinator. It's his job.
Brandon: And no one's better at it than him.
Tecna: Uh, yeah right.
Timmy: Bloom, the pixies won't be able to help us. Take them with you and go find Layla.
Tecna: (sarcastically to Digit) Of course you can go Digit, after all, Timmy said it was okay.
Stella: Just be careful, huh?
Flora: And bring Layla back in one piece.
Bloom: You have my word.
Edited:
Sky: Alright, Timster, you're in charge with this one. Just tell us what to do.
Tecna: Wait, why is he in charge?
Riven: Because Timmy's aced every Tactics and Strategy class we've ever taken.
Brandon: No one's better than Timmy.
(4Kids snips Tecna's "Uh, yeah right")
Timmy: Bloom, why don't you and Lockette take the rest of the pixies and go search for Layla while we set up camp.
(4Kids snips Tecna talking with Digit)
Stella: Be careful, okay?
Flora: Are you sure we shouldn't go with you?
Bloom: (climbing down) Don't worry, you guys. I can handle this.
The biggest edits in this episode both tie in to how they've changed why Tecna didn't like Timmy since 2x10.
The episode starts, and for no reason, the Specs are in their capes even though they were running around in their casuals for much of the last ep. Flora has an idea that would give Bloom her first Charmix transform (fly off and save themselves), but Bloom herself (foolishly, I say) shoots it down. Now Timmy has a plan...
Unedited: We pan over to a pouty Tecna asking Digit "Given his past performance, what are the odds of that being true?!"
Edited: We briefly pan over to a pouty Tecna but immediately jumpcut to the explanation of this plan.
And now you know why Tecna looks pouty in that scene. :)
(NB: I've already mentioned how Frank commented on it in the 2x10 spotlight rerun)
Speaking of pouty, Timmy is pouty for letting the Trix get away again.
Unedited: Tecna praises about how Timmy helped assemble the Specialists' plan together and stuff. And she then says, "I never liked not liking you!" Timmy tells her "Did you know that sentence sounded illogical?"
Edited: This is Tecna's quote directly from the dub... "I feel like I almost lost you today and it made me realize I've been mad at you 'cause you wouldn't make the first move, but really it's just me being scared of stepping up myself and telling you how much I absolutely adore you." Timmy tells her "You're crying but you're not sad... that's illogical."
(NB: Emphasis mine, obviously; also, 4Kids adds a tear-dripping animation to the side of the Tecna's face to drag out the shot at the start of this line a few seconds longer)
(NB2: Also, immediately before this scene, 4Kids makes a minor snip on Musa pointing at the Trix flying away from the debris)
As I have always maintained, I've always thought that "Tecna is mad because Timmy is a coward who doesn't do anything" was a better plot angle (despite all the illogicity of how it happens in the first place back in 2x10) than what 4K offers us. Are 4K trying to rub it in to Flora that waiting for Helia to make the first move (as her realm requires her to) is like waiting for a river to run dry? Also, it's a pretty awkward transition in the 4K version, when it just follows naturally in the original.
(NB: Hmm, pretty weird turn of phrase from my 2006 self there...)
Somewhere in the middle...
Unedited: Layla walks into a fog bank. She collapses. Later, she gets up. She sees a picture of Piff and Anne. She walks into a cave on this. Fast forward to later. She eventually finds a hole in the cave roof shining into the pool. It's too high to climb, and she thinks of Musa... and then gets her Charmix, and flies out through the hole.
Edited: We just see Layla walking into the cave. Fast forward to later. She eventually finds a hole in the cave roof shining into the pool. Through the hole, she hears her friends, all of them crying for help, and she's determined to find a way out. She gets her Charmix, and flies out through the hole.
Also... the Trix have cornered Sky and Timmy.
Unedited: They decide to all attack at once, while saying what their powers are.
Edited: They say what their powers are, giving the Specs an option to pick one. (I bet someone will reply that this makes the witches look more bad@ss.)
And don't you think it's weird that the fairy who's the main target of the Trix's plan doesn't get much screen time, and doesn't even break in her Charmix despite having had the most opportunity to do so (being the only one who had hers as they started vacationing in the Wildlands)? (Besides Flora's plan, she could have at least transformed just to fly down the cliff... I mean, Layla transformed just to get out of the cave.)
Responses:
TF: I still like my T/T better. Much better dialogue in that scene. You don't seem to be the romantic type at all. Never been on a date, huh?
(I bet someone will reply that this makes the witches look more bad@ss.)
Well, it does.
Me: Never been on a date, huh?
Bingo. But you gotta admit that cutting out Tecna's comment to Digit at the beginning makes the look on her face make no sense... Where I live, it's pretty clear that she begrudges him for not taking the open shot at the Trix.
(I bet someone will reply that this makes the witches look more bad@ss.)
Well, it does.
Figures.
(NB: Also figures that that someone would be TF :-) Anyways, I still prefer the unedited Trix [thinking about] being pragmatic instead of having fun)
4Kids also edits out another instance of Tecna being skeptical of Timmy, when they send Bloom to look out for Layla while they're setting up traps against the Trix:
Unedited:
Sky: We'll need to set up some kind of base camp. Does anyone have any ideas?
Tecna: You're asking him for ideas?
Riven: He's our chief defense offense coordinator. It's his job.
Brandon: And no one's better at it than him.
Tecna: Uh, yeah right.
Timmy: Bloom, the pixies won't be able to help us. Take them with you and go find Layla.
Tecna: (sarcastically to Digit) Of course you can go Digit, after all, Timmy said it was okay.
Stella: Just be careful, huh?
Flora: And bring Layla back in one piece.
Bloom: You have my word.
Edited:
Sky: Alright, Timster, you're in charge with this one. Just tell us what to do.
Tecna: Wait, why is he in charge?
Riven: Because Timmy's aced every Tactics and Strategy class we've ever taken.
Brandon: No one's better than Timmy.
(4Kids snips Tecna's "Uh, yeah right")
Timmy: Bloom, why don't you and Lockette take the rest of the pixies and go search for Layla while we set up camp.
(4Kids snips Tecna talking with Digit)
Stella: Be careful, okay?
Flora: Are you sure we shouldn't go with you?
Bloom: (climbing down) Don't worry, you guys. I can handle this.
