This show is really Braceface but with more of alate 90s feel rather than the 2000s feel Braceface has, The characters are kinda the same and a lot of the adventures are stuff you'd probably see in braceface the difference being there's no narration and the main character doesn't wear braces for a living or have sort of super power that makes her different compared to everyone else. Ultimately I think the show is decent enough the theme song slaps and is one of my favorites to listen to and visually is so fun to see, watching all the characters dance and and have fun is just so wholesome too see.
7 Reviews
FANTASTIC!!!!!!
mathews-rr13 March 2003
This show is so good. Mimi is the caring star who has good intentions but sometimes things don't work out.Russell is Mimi's clumsy, funny friend. Elaine is also Mimi's friend, she cares about animals but sometimes she's pretty immature. Sincerity is Mimi's rival and former friend, they get into fights a lot. Altogether it's a great show. Hurry up and make more episodes!
Your Most Superfluous Imagination
a34trgv120 December 2020
A show about a girl with a wild imagination sounds like it could make for an interesting show. In fact, shows like Hey Arnold and Doug use the main character's imagination to great effect in a number of episodes. Yet What About Mimi stumbles to make that premise interesting in every way save for visuals and vocal talent. From the abysmal pacing to the unlikable main character, this show had so much wrong in it that even by 2000's standards it would've bored me as a child.
Each episode follows a standard plot that either involves the school or neighborhood. Mimi makes an assumption without context and tries to fix it in an overly complicated manner only to make things worse and the lesson she learns by the end of the episode is not carried over by the next episode. That's not me saying that because we live in an age of streaming content; even back in the late 90s/early 2000s shows like Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Clifford The Big Red Dog, Totally Spies and As Told By Ginger acknowledged continuity even if other cartoons didn't, especially when said show is trying to teach valuable lessons. This show unfortunately doesn't do a very good job at teaching good lessons as the conflict is always forced and is not immediately resolved until the end. Each episode is about 22 minutes long, and those minutes feel like hours because the no one has any common sense in this show. Not helping is that the humor is mainly gross out, which is not funny once in this show. The most frustrating part of each episode though is that the plot grinned to a halt to show one of Mimi's imaginations on what she thinks the worst case scenario is. This is the exact same thing Family Guy does with its cutaway gags and the episodes would be no different if they were removed.
The characters in this show are either dull as a doornail at best or outright terrible at worst. Starting off with Mimi, it pains me to say that she's the worst character next to her rival Sincerity. Mimi is a selfish, stubborn, stupid little girl who wants everything done her way as if the world revolves around her. And the worst part is she's the MAIN character. Her name is in the title. She should be character the audience likes or relates to the most. And yet she's just one rewrite away from being a full on villain. And her catchphrase "Mimi's got a plan" just makes me want to punch this girl in the mouth because they're NEVER good and her friends audibly groan every time she says that. Speaking of her friends, they're just dull pigeons who always go along with Mimi even when her plans are awful. Elaine is just an animal loving vegan and that's it. Russell is just the video guy with a crush on Sincerity, Mimi's rival. Speaking of, she's not much better as she's the atypical spoiled rich girl with a nasty attitude. She's rude, bossy, snobbish, and an overall pain in the neck. More often than not her nastiness never gets her in trouble and her only motivation for doing anything is just to be popular. There's also Brock, the dimwitted bully who's character begins and ends with him being a dimwitted bully. Mimi's family is a terrible batch of tropes such as her idiot Dad, her vegan airhead Mom, her loser older brother and her deadpan younger brother. There's also a crotchety old man, a wimpy nerd, a shy girl and a teacher who at first hates her job but in a later episode she likes it now? In any case, all the characters are either incredibly unlikable or down right dull.
Visually the show looks pretty good. The animation provided by Studio B Productions (now defuncted as of 2010) flows naturally and the characters are all uniquely designed. I also like the way the school and neighborhood look, as it all has a bright an vibrant color palette. As superfluous as the imagination sequences are, I'll admit they provide a good contrast visually with it's earie mist and dark and gloomy atmosphere.
The voice acting is not too shabby actually. Chiara Zani (probably best known for providing the English voice for Molly in Oban Star-Racers) does a pretty good job making Mimi just sound excited when she's ready to make a change. Kori Cook does a good enough job with the material she's given as Elaine, same with Rhys Huber as Russell. Tony Sampson, Samuel Vincent and Peter Kelamis are all the real standouts, although that's both a blessing and a curse. They're all doing good jobs voicing Brock, Jason, Herbert and Lodeman, but I can help but hear their more famous characters from Ed, Edd, n Eddy coming out of these characters sometime. Brock sounds almost exactly like Eddy if he had a lisp, Jason sounds like Double D if he wasn't so nervous, and Herbert sounds almost exactly like Rolf, only not nearly as quotable. Still though, the voice acting is alright and the voice direction (provided by another Ed, Edd, n Eddy veteran, Terry Klassen) is very well handled.
Lastly the theme song is overall adequate if not a bit disappointing. The music has a nice beat to it, the visuals are good and bouncy, and Sarita Baker has a lovely singing voice. The problem though is that the lyrics don't properly inform the viewer of what's to come. The lyrics bring up changing the world, yet Mimi can't change her attitude let alone the world. Another verse also brings up finding the way, yet Mimi's solution to finding the way is horrible. Then there's the saving the day verse which I can confirm after watching the first season that that's a flat out lie! Mimi actually makes the day worse more often than not, as show cased in A Star Isn't Born, The King of Uncool and The Plays The Thing. So yeah, if it weren't for the misleading lyrics, I'd say the theme song is one of the few bright spots. Then again, in order for the lyrics to not be misleading, the show would need better writing.
What About Mimi is a boring at best show with terrible writing, abysmal pacing, lackluster humor and a very unlikable main character. What few bright spots there are in this show aren't nearly enough to make this show worth watching. My take: stick to Doug or Hey Arnold. Or better yet, just watch Hilda again. You'll have a much better time with those shows than you would watching a show about a selfish, stubborn stupid kid try and fail to change the world to her "perfect" image.
Each episode follows a standard plot that either involves the school or neighborhood. Mimi makes an assumption without context and tries to fix it in an overly complicated manner only to make things worse and the lesson she learns by the end of the episode is not carried over by the next episode. That's not me saying that because we live in an age of streaming content; even back in the late 90s/early 2000s shows like Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Clifford The Big Red Dog, Totally Spies and As Told By Ginger acknowledged continuity even if other cartoons didn't, especially when said show is trying to teach valuable lessons. This show unfortunately doesn't do a very good job at teaching good lessons as the conflict is always forced and is not immediately resolved until the end. Each episode is about 22 minutes long, and those minutes feel like hours because the no one has any common sense in this show. Not helping is that the humor is mainly gross out, which is not funny once in this show. The most frustrating part of each episode though is that the plot grinned to a halt to show one of Mimi's imaginations on what she thinks the worst case scenario is. This is the exact same thing Family Guy does with its cutaway gags and the episodes would be no different if they were removed.
The characters in this show are either dull as a doornail at best or outright terrible at worst. Starting off with Mimi, it pains me to say that she's the worst character next to her rival Sincerity. Mimi is a selfish, stubborn, stupid little girl who wants everything done her way as if the world revolves around her. And the worst part is she's the MAIN character. Her name is in the title. She should be character the audience likes or relates to the most. And yet she's just one rewrite away from being a full on villain. And her catchphrase "Mimi's got a plan" just makes me want to punch this girl in the mouth because they're NEVER good and her friends audibly groan every time she says that. Speaking of her friends, they're just dull pigeons who always go along with Mimi even when her plans are awful. Elaine is just an animal loving vegan and that's it. Russell is just the video guy with a crush on Sincerity, Mimi's rival. Speaking of, she's not much better as she's the atypical spoiled rich girl with a nasty attitude. She's rude, bossy, snobbish, and an overall pain in the neck. More often than not her nastiness never gets her in trouble and her only motivation for doing anything is just to be popular. There's also Brock, the dimwitted bully who's character begins and ends with him being a dimwitted bully. Mimi's family is a terrible batch of tropes such as her idiot Dad, her vegan airhead Mom, her loser older brother and her deadpan younger brother. There's also a crotchety old man, a wimpy nerd, a shy girl and a teacher who at first hates her job but in a later episode she likes it now? In any case, all the characters are either incredibly unlikable or down right dull.
Visually the show looks pretty good. The animation provided by Studio B Productions (now defuncted as of 2010) flows naturally and the characters are all uniquely designed. I also like the way the school and neighborhood look, as it all has a bright an vibrant color palette. As superfluous as the imagination sequences are, I'll admit they provide a good contrast visually with it's earie mist and dark and gloomy atmosphere.
The voice acting is not too shabby actually. Chiara Zani (probably best known for providing the English voice for Molly in Oban Star-Racers) does a pretty good job making Mimi just sound excited when she's ready to make a change. Kori Cook does a good enough job with the material she's given as Elaine, same with Rhys Huber as Russell. Tony Sampson, Samuel Vincent and Peter Kelamis are all the real standouts, although that's both a blessing and a curse. They're all doing good jobs voicing Brock, Jason, Herbert and Lodeman, but I can help but hear their more famous characters from Ed, Edd, n Eddy coming out of these characters sometime. Brock sounds almost exactly like Eddy if he had a lisp, Jason sounds like Double D if he wasn't so nervous, and Herbert sounds almost exactly like Rolf, only not nearly as quotable. Still though, the voice acting is alright and the voice direction (provided by another Ed, Edd, n Eddy veteran, Terry Klassen) is very well handled.
Lastly the theme song is overall adequate if not a bit disappointing. The music has a nice beat to it, the visuals are good and bouncy, and Sarita Baker has a lovely singing voice. The problem though is that the lyrics don't properly inform the viewer of what's to come. The lyrics bring up changing the world, yet Mimi can't change her attitude let alone the world. Another verse also brings up finding the way, yet Mimi's solution to finding the way is horrible. Then there's the saving the day verse which I can confirm after watching the first season that that's a flat out lie! Mimi actually makes the day worse more often than not, as show cased in A Star Isn't Born, The King of Uncool and The Plays The Thing. So yeah, if it weren't for the misleading lyrics, I'd say the theme song is one of the few bright spots. Then again, in order for the lyrics to not be misleading, the show would need better writing.
What About Mimi is a boring at best show with terrible writing, abysmal pacing, lackluster humor and a very unlikable main character. What few bright spots there are in this show aren't nearly enough to make this show worth watching. My take: stick to Doug or Hey Arnold. Or better yet, just watch Hilda again. You'll have a much better time with those shows than you would watching a show about a selfish, stubborn stupid kid try and fail to change the world to her "perfect" image.
A guilty pleasure.
HeoandReo9 December 2006
Warning: Spoilers
I happen to like this television series plenty, despite my gender (male) and the current times. Basically, this show consists of the various adventures of a sixth grader (Although you wouldn't know it by seeing) named Mimi and her friends, Elaine, and enviromentalist undershirt-wearer (And that fact happens to turn me on) and Russell, a good-intentioned sports-lover. Then we have the standard high school popular girl who rubs it in everyone's faces, a bully, and everyone else you'll expect in a standard school drama. Think of this as 'Lizzie Mcguire Lite', right down to the blatantly obvious attraction between protagonists.
Now, each episode seems to have a charm to them, except for a few, which aren't worth staying up until 6 AM to watch because they're so boring. The various episodes cover a lot of subjects and situations, such as the obligatory 'Western' episode (one of my personal favourites) right down to a crush on a foreign exchange student (Another personal fav.) and having Mimi and the popular girl, Sincerity, catfight over a movie star who's at least 20 years old. (Pedophilia? They're only 11...) There's a few stinkers, too, such as an episode where a fishing contest is involved, and it ultimately is poorly-done, but those are rare.
The animation is very well-done and bright, and most of the music is tolerable, even the remixes and original songs. The music doesn't quite have the impact as of composers of John Williams or Nobuo Uematsu, but it's decent. Voicing is great as well. Chiara Zanni does an amazing job portraying the laid-back, never-thinking-things-through Mimi, and many of the other voices are good as well. If you do see this show on TV, watch it a little. You aren't going to be disappointed.
Now, each episode seems to have a charm to them, except for a few, which aren't worth staying up until 6 AM to watch because they're so boring. The various episodes cover a lot of subjects and situations, such as the obligatory 'Western' episode (one of my personal favourites) right down to a crush on a foreign exchange student (Another personal fav.) and having Mimi and the popular girl, Sincerity, catfight over a movie star who's at least 20 years old. (Pedophilia? They're only 11...) There's a few stinkers, too, such as an episode where a fishing contest is involved, and it ultimately is poorly-done, but those are rare.
The animation is very well-done and bright, and most of the music is tolerable, even the remixes and original songs. The music doesn't quite have the impact as of composers of John Williams or Nobuo Uematsu, but it's decent. Voicing is great as well. Chiara Zanni does an amazing job portraying the laid-back, never-thinking-things-through Mimi, and many of the other voices are good as well. If you do see this show on TV, watch it a little. You aren't going to be disappointed.
Relaxtainment
ThunderKing621 March 2021
This little show was simple. It was a good show to be relaxtained after a long day or morning.
The characters were chilled. Stories were immature and the lead girl was relatable. She wasn't perfect or too immature. the animation was great and colourful.
What can be learned? nothing really.
Verdict: I never forgot about Mimi.
The characters were chilled. Stories were immature and the lead girl was relatable. She wasn't perfect or too immature. the animation was great and colourful.
What can be learned? nothing really.
Verdict: I never forgot about Mimi.
Good if there's nothing else on.
The-Flaming-Pig6 October 2002
This show is Ok, I happen to watch kids shows (At the Age of 16) and this show is pretty good. I Watch it nothing else is on, or when Smackdown! is cancelled. A redhead named Mimi with her friends tries to solve problems that involve her family, friends, or her community. Has an Arch-Enemy, always wins in the end of the episode, etc. The Storyline is sort of like that of "Angela Anaconda", except Angela doesn't try and solve EVERYONE'S problems every time one rises. It's not really funny, so steer clear of this one if you're looking for something REALLY funny, but it has some comedy sometimes. Their little "plans" that they hatch are entertaining to watch and keeps you hooked to see how they turn out. The bumbling antics of Russel (mimi's friend) and Jason (Mimi's Brother) keep this show entertaining, but not really funny. No offensive Language here..might have made it interesting though. Rating: 6.5/10
Strangely, I like this
Glorback25 January 2006
I'm not really sure why I like this show. There's just a certain charm about it that keeps me watching. It's quite an eye-catching, very colorful show, which is part of it's appeal. But it's not very funny, and doesn't really try to be either.
I don't really know if I should recommend it for people my age (17) because I can't see too many of them enjoying it. However, 9 and 10 year old's would probably be the ideal ages to enjoy it.
Basically, the show consists of a spunky, red-headed sixth grader Mimi, who takes it upon herself to try to solve all her friend's and family's problems regardless of whether or not they ask. There's also the obligatory mean spirited too-good-for-everyone rival and former friend Sincerity. Simple premise, but gets the job done well
7.5/10
I don't really know if I should recommend it for people my age (17) because I can't see too many of them enjoying it. However, 9 and 10 year old's would probably be the ideal ages to enjoy it.
Basically, the show consists of a spunky, red-headed sixth grader Mimi, who takes it upon herself to try to solve all her friend's and family's problems regardless of whether or not they ask. There's also the obligatory mean spirited too-good-for-everyone rival and former friend Sincerity. Simple premise, but gets the job done well
7.5/10
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