Honestly, can't really say much about this show...I just don't know what to feel about it. Basically, it takes place in some futuristic town called Fort Gator, situated in Florida, about some teenage mother abandoning their daughter and running off. But 15 years later when she was divorced by her wealthy husband and died of an overdose, her body is taken to a funeral home called Tender Endings, where a combination of a bolt of lightning; embalming fluid; and her daughter's tear resurrected her as a sapient zombie who is able to control beetles. Won't say where they come from.
This being an adult swim show, the animation is...subpar. The character designs aren't necessarily "bad," but at the same time, they are uninspired. For instance, nearly every character has about the same character build: a round, oval face; neck shape, etc. It felt like they were more or less the prototypes of what the characters would look like in the final product. Despite it taking place in the future, the setting also feels boring not fully taking advantage of the aesthetic.
The titular Euthanasia Fantasy. I get that she is someone who would be an underdog, or a loser character...but can't say I love her because of how often she self-pities herself. It is not funny, not quirky. Oftentimes, it is hard to handle.
Trophy, however, is likely the worst character in the series. For all the "has a second chance to bond with her daughter," what bonding does she actually do? In one episode where her daughter goes birdwatching, she blows her off by swapping bodies with a corpse. In another, she forces a potential boyfriend of Annie's to die and end up trapped in Heaven (where he cannot have sex) just to prove that there was no afterlife. How about the time she practically poked fun at Annie's wish of knowing who her father was?
Really, Trophy is likely the most selfish character in western animation who only looks to sate her hedonism with little to no care as to whether her daughter is hurt or not. She sometimes even goes as far as to tear her down whether it be her looks or her awkwardness. Sure there are moments where she can be nice or act relatively motherly, but those are not outweighing the bad.
If there were some explanation as to why she is like this like maybe some traumatizing scenario in her past, then the show fails to depict it. In short, Trophy is probably one of the worst characters I have ever seen who is negligent, sometimes even verbally abusive towards her own daughter who she abandoned when she was still a baby of all things, and cares only able pleasuring herself.
Pete, Trophy's half-brother. He is a total loser and coward who is basically the "momma's boy" and that is it. There is nothing about him that is remotely interesting or compelling. The only character that I do at the least somewhat favor is Baba, but even then her basic character is "sell embalming fluid" or "work, work, work."
Really, hardly any adult swim show nowadays is genuinely good with this one being mediocre. I wanted to like the show and it seemed to have a promising premise (come to think of it, how many times has the show actually focused on the fact that Trophy is a zombie?). Instead, it has subpar animation and does not take advantage of the fact that they are in the future. The characters are either flat or unlikable, and ultimately amounts to being a time-waster.
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