Okay, maybe is just me, but for some reason I got the feeling that Quips (Skips' cousin) was introduced in the series only to make Muscle Man look better in comparison. If that was the intention, it didn't work, because I found Quips to be a more likable and interesting character than the overrated Mitch Sorrenstein.
Sure, Quips makes a lot of bad jokes (I mean, really bad and lame jokes) and while it is intended to be portrayed as someone annoying and unlikeable, at the end I found him to be more relatable than Muscle Man, who, by contrast, is supposed to be a "funny" and "cool" character.
Quips, unlike Muscle Man, doesn't behave like a jerk on purpose. He is simply unaware to realize how awful his jokes are, and since Skips refuses to tell him the truth in a gesture of kindness, he keeps telling those awful jokes for the rest of the episode until the circumstances finally force Skips to tell him the truth. Quips apologizes and (fortunately) the episode ends on a positive note but the way in which the episode tries to emphasize the flaws of one particular character (Quips) while other episodes constantly try to portray another character (Muscle Man)with the same (and much more) flaws in a positive manner didn't convince me.
Maybe I'm over-thinking, but this episode (without being bad) wasn't particularly memorable.
Sure, Quips makes a lot of bad jokes (I mean, really bad and lame jokes) and while it is intended to be portrayed as someone annoying and unlikeable, at the end I found him to be more relatable than Muscle Man, who, by contrast, is supposed to be a "funny" and "cool" character.
Quips, unlike Muscle Man, doesn't behave like a jerk on purpose. He is simply unaware to realize how awful his jokes are, and since Skips refuses to tell him the truth in a gesture of kindness, he keeps telling those awful jokes for the rest of the episode until the circumstances finally force Skips to tell him the truth. Quips apologizes and (fortunately) the episode ends on a positive note but the way in which the episode tries to emphasize the flaws of one particular character (Quips) while other episodes constantly try to portray another character (Muscle Man)with the same (and much more) flaws in a positive manner didn't convince me.
Maybe I'm over-thinking, but this episode (without being bad) wasn't particularly memorable.
