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So, Kim Possible is supposed to be a show about a super cool teenaged female spy with superpowers or somesuch, right?

Well, this seems pretty true in the bits I've watched, but why is it that every time I watch, the episode seems to be about Kim learning to appreciate her brothers or dorky (male) partner, or about letting them shine, instead of about Kim being cool?

If it were called "Ron Stoppable," I'd be perfectly fine with the super cool girl spy being secondary, but the title is "Kim Possible," so I expect the focus to be on her, not her learning to better appreciate boys.

It's fun, but have I just caught the wrong episodes?

~~At least I don't have to worry about that with Malina and London.~~

ETA: Fixed his name. Now that I know it.

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It is very much possible that you've caught all the wrong episodes, since every episode I've managed to watch was about how much fail Ron Stoppable is ^^;;

Totally caught the wrong episodes. I think I know which ones you're referring to, too. (Is at least one of those is the one where her annoying brothers are sent to the same school, in the same grade as she is?)

Actually, I think you might be getting a wrong picture of the show. I'm not much into cartoons, but I was pleasantly surprised by how fun and crazy Kim Possible is. The show is definitely about Kim, but it's about Kim's friends, family, and archrivals, too, so they'll sometimes get an episode with a focus on them.

The show's geared towards younger children, most of whom have siblings and who know all about thinking how annoying and stupid and unfun your brother(s)/sister(s) are, so of course the show is transporting a message here. There are a ton of shows with a main character who is a boy, who's learning to appreciate his little/big brothers/sisters better.

As for Ron, he is the supporting character when it comes to Kim-Ron dynamics, and he often complains about not being cool enough, so he sometimes gets the chance to save the day by being a klutz. More often than not, it's Kim who shines and saves his butt with her awesome, and I think it's really sweet how they sometimes envy each other a bit, but are still great friends despite that.

Kim Possible! :)
Sorry, just got dragged back to my childhood - too many Saturday mornings in front of the television singing along to the opening song.

It is about her being cool - in between her 'popular' friends, potential boyfriends, parental dramas... I don't think they ever really develop her that much, she's just there to be awesome. xD

Hee. :) Kim Possible. I'd always watch that show when I'd go home to visit my parents since they have cable and I don't. (And I don't really feel embarrassed about it since my father will watch the Disney Channel, too.)

The show got more and more Ron-centric the more it ran, to be honest, especially in season four, which is . . . really weird, anyway. Try the first season, which is definitely Kim-centric, and has Ron screwing up in so many ways that it's amazing Kim doesn't just punt him off one of the highest buildings she can find.

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