Starting off, Dog Play Afternoon is a great example of the theater episodes cartoons tend to have (think a better version of Drama Queen from DC Super Hero Girls for example). It uses the "don't sabotage things behind others backs" moral and nails it by how the plot plays out, it affected both Brandy and Whiskers and left a mark on why sabotage is bad
Margo gets the lead role by putting fizz in Brandy's drink so she burps in front of the judges, causing her to lose the lead already can paint Margo as the bad guy. She is already a super unlikable character and this makes me hate her even more (it's a good thing). You really do feel sorry for Brandy because she didn't do anything.
Gaspar really hits bullseye on "shady conman" like always. I love his character style, the French accent, the stripes and the little mustache, really makes a good antagonst for the show. He tells Brandy he can get her the lead if he also gets him the other lead, she accepts. Conman victory again.
A problem with this plot though, aside from Gaspar turning her red, Margo pretty much got away with giving Brandy the fizz. Nobody ever confronted her or anything for it, she just straight up disappears from the episode after Brandy disproves her.
Whiskers being the male lead, makes Brandy regret her decision, but Gaspar blackmails her with telling everyone that Margo (rightfully) got juiced. She finds out Whiskers is the lead and she regrets working with Gaspar, but "a deal is a deal"
So Brandy does it, Whiskers ended up being injured from a falling tree branch that Brandy set up. What goes around comes around. This is why i like this plot, Brandy got what she deserved for playing dirty, out of guilt she bails from the audition.
This is where the episode's moral hits. Sabotage never works. Different way than usual too since Brandy resigned rather than get kicked out. Good character development on her part, shows that she has the heart to not go through with throwing her best friend under the bus.
10/10, the only nitpick is Margo disappearing but other than that its great.
Margo gets the lead role by putting fizz in Brandy's drink so she burps in front of the judges, causing her to lose the lead already can paint Margo as the bad guy. She is already a super unlikable character and this makes me hate her even more (it's a good thing). You really do feel sorry for Brandy because she didn't do anything.
Gaspar really hits bullseye on "shady conman" like always. I love his character style, the French accent, the stripes and the little mustache, really makes a good antagonst for the show. He tells Brandy he can get her the lead if he also gets him the other lead, she accepts. Conman victory again.
A problem with this plot though, aside from Gaspar turning her red, Margo pretty much got away with giving Brandy the fizz. Nobody ever confronted her or anything for it, she just straight up disappears from the episode after Brandy disproves her.
Whiskers being the male lead, makes Brandy regret her decision, but Gaspar blackmails her with telling everyone that Margo (rightfully) got juiced. She finds out Whiskers is the lead and she regrets working with Gaspar, but "a deal is a deal"
So Brandy does it, Whiskers ended up being injured from a falling tree branch that Brandy set up. What goes around comes around. This is why i like this plot, Brandy got what she deserved for playing dirty, out of guilt she bails from the audition.
This is where the episode's moral hits. Sabotage never works. Different way than usual too since Brandy resigned rather than get kicked out. Good character development on her part, shows that she has the heart to not go through with throwing her best friend under the bus.
10/10, the only nitpick is Margo disappearing but other than that its great.