Over the years, guests have become popular characters in lots of animated shows and movies. However, in the cartoon world, ghosts are often given a bit of a comedic twist. After all, ghosts are often depicted as being angry and vengeful. Time will tell whether this show would attract an audience who love piecing together clues to the extent of "Gravity Falls" since there are teases for season 2.When most people think of ghosts, something scary is probably the first thing that comes to mind. "Dead End" is designed to be consumed episodically while having the ending-teaser trademarks of the binge-watch. The mystery is more of a means to flesh out the interactions, be it characters communicating with others or their environment, and its reflexive sense of humor (Nicole Paglia serves as head writer). With 10 episodes for season 1, "Dead End" does get clumpy toward its finale, mainly because two big bads compete for the spotlight ("I'm the big bad around here" lampshades the cramming of the two villains).įor those who follow the likes of "Gravity Falls," there's plenty of macabre and gallows humor to go around. But the real madcap madness twirls off when the cast does the game show in the pits of Hell, then dives into a genre-riff of television, and then a penultimate musical episode (music and lyrics by Patrick Stump, Steele, Jen Bardekoff). The first three episodes are a stroll that acquaints you with the cast's quirks and frailties and a lay of the land. Against the hypocrisy of Netflix also platforming transphobic rhetoric under the guise of comedy, the existence of "Dead End" and transgender-led cartoon creations like Shadi Petosky's "Danger & Eggs" (Prime Video) is important. Still, "Dead End" would hopefully help kick open the door for many transgender creators, as expressed by the show's creator, who even as a gay white cisgender male possessed industry-shaped anxiety that was met with the privilege of an uncompromised vision under Netflix). Not to say there are elements in "Dead End" representation of a trans experience I find uncritique-able: I, as a queer cisgender writer, think the arc for Barney to guilt-trip himself for not "facing his demons" and running away, even after he vocalizes his needs to his family, warrants examination. 1 of the graphic novel, there's a notable change from the theme of "parents didn't accept him" to "parents want to accept him yet failed to have his back").īeing loving to your transgender child means holding your own loved ones to account when they spout harmful words.
"Dead End" pushes against the feeble notion that tolerating and cheerfully insisting you support your transgender child's identity is just enough and they should feel grateful for bare minimums (going off the Vol. One point of discussion is observing how trauma (highly implied deadnaming and misgendering) leaves Barney the burden of negotiating with his wishes: he blames himself for not telling his parents and brother that he ran away but he ultimately doesn't apologize for leaving an unsafe household. Ultimately, the kids find themselves investigating the disappearance (and unscrupulous dealings) of its missing owner, Pauline Phoenix. The possession leaves Pugsley with not only talking abilities but magical powers, which play a large role in episodic shenanigans filled with sleep-sucking hags, ghastly spirits, and hungry demons. In a bid to protect his human, Barney's pet pug, Pugsley (also Brightman), flings himself in the demon's path and gets possessed. But then they discover that they were intended as a human sacrifice to the demonic Temeluchus (Alex Brightman), who seeks a flesh body to possess. They venture to its headquarters, a haunted mansion, to meet their interviewer: the sardonic demon Courtney (Emily Osment). Two human neighbors, Barney (Zach Barack) and Norma (Kody Kavitha), are employed as security guards at a theme park based on the famous blonde actress Pauline Phoenix (Clinton Leupp). Which brings us to "Dead End: Paranormal Park" (created by Hamish Steele, creator of the original graphic novel), the latest Netflix animation in the Kids & Family category to cast a spell.
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