Squawk (Sidekick)

"Squawk"
The one thing that social media deserves is the friendship, not the fame.
Series: Sidekick Part of Season: 1 Episode Number: 24 (12b) Air Date: November 13, 2010 Writer: Richard Clark Director: Joey So Previous episode: Eric Squared Next episode: Internal Affairs

Squawk is the second half of episode 12 and the 24th episode overall of Sidekick.

Plot

Citizens of Splittsboro use a new social media app, called Squawk, but Eric seems suspicious about Maxum Man's disappearance. In order to attract views, he disguises as Maxum Man using the 3D render with motion capture, tied to the Maxi Image Processor.

Good Qualities

1. Creative concept on Eric disguising as Maxum Man using the 3D render, making citizens of Splittsboro amusing.
2. The characters are likable in this episode, excluding the Recorator in the opening scene, and the villains, at the ending scene.
3. The Recorator is a decent and intimidating antagonist.
4. There are many scenes involving Eric as Maxum Man defeating Trevor as the supervillains are cool to watch.
5. After these scenes, there is a scene where Maxum Man announces everyone to try the quadruple bacon goodness burger can be delicious to some.
6. The action scenes involving the Recorator fighting Vana, even if it is short, then later, befriending him is a heartwarming scene.
7. Maxum Man says one last message to Eric that everyone should treat him nice, which can be emotional at first, before it changes to showing friendship.

Bad Qualities

1. The opening starts in a cruel way, Maxum Man "re-decorates" the Recorator's room with Maxum Man's items; which makes the latter upset and starts fighting, but the former repels just to stop fighting.
2. Vana using the phone to kick Eric's butt is mean-spirited.
3. She also tells Eric about Maxum Man being missing in Squawk, and students angrily yell, "yeah!", which is also mean-spirited.
4. When Eric and Trevor get tired of impersonating Maxum Man and the supervillains, the former tells Maxum Brain to search for a new villain, but he insults the other villains by saying [insert insult here] face.
5. Bad Ending: The villains who defeated in the previous scene arrive to beat up Eric and Trevor.

Trivia

• This episode's title is a parody of Twitter.
• Trevor mentions "Wastebook", which is a parody of Facebook, another social media account.
• The sound of a crow cawing can be heard in this episode's title card.

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