My fave episode of this show was when Sam couldn't surf due to his size not being adequate to his board and Tito coming in showing him the awesomeness of a longboard and jow being a big dude isn't a bad thing. As a bigger dude it helped me accept that I could be a big dude and still participate in stuff, I just needed sturdier equipment.
This episode actually got me to treat my younger siblings a lot better every chance I got to see them during supervised visits with our parents. I would pull all kinds of pranks on them before the state took us from our parents. Then I saw this episode and it reminded me of the time I ditched my brother in the woods outside our town to teach him a lesson about touching my stuff. At the time I didn’t realize that he could have very well never been found. It would’ve definitely been my fault if he died of exposure or a wild animal attack.
Best episode of Rocket Power, along with the one where the kids think Tito murdered Raymundo. This series is so dear to my heart as an outcast latino kid who loved playing sports, and I'm glad of seeing critics giving it some love!
Lars's prank is super dangerous, dusk to dark is when I saw the bears come out on the trails. And in Cali we also have Mountain Lions which kill adult bikers fairly easily, my local mountain has a fallen body or missing person once a year. Lars should get a death scare over that ❤
That’s excellent perspective! You make a great point. I can’t imagine how terrifying that would be. It gives me chills just thinking about it! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment 😁
I was about to say the same thing. And how the sign he removed could get other hikers or bikers lost or killed. That missing sign could be the difference between life and death from exposure. Mountain lions are no joke and neither is exposure.
i think twister went to far after lars came back to look for him. he could just pretend to be lost and make lars look for hours. pretending to be dead took it too far.
Lars definitely needed this. If anything to realize he cared about Twister, who is a bit wrong, but he did reveal before Lars got too upset. Now had The parents, police, and others got involved and Twister stayed hidden longer, yeah he'd be do wrong. I think he came out of hiding at the right time.
Amen! Sometimes the only way to reach people is to make them feel that same fear they cause you. I speak from experience.. I won't go any deeper than that but just to say it really does wake people up, especially if its the person that abused or bullied you. Watch their behavior change VERY suddenly when they get a taste of that fear.
Honestly there's a comment right above yours where someone admitted this episode helped them NOT repeat the same exact thing that Lars had done. This is when APPLICABLE LESSONS were in the shows
It's awesome that you're covering Rocket Power, it doesn't get nearly as much love as other great Nick shows. I hope that you end up covering the "Race Across New Zealand" special. I loved that one
When I was a kid, I had satellite cable from 2000-2003 and I spent most of that time watching Nickelodeon cartoons and some Cartoon Network stuff. I've mostly seen Hey Arnold, some SpongeBob and Rocket Power. I only regret never seeing Samurai Jack and Invader Zim at the time. Rocket Power, however, is the most early 2000s cartoon I've ever seen. That was the time period where everything was extreme or just over the top and weird in some way.
Dude same! when i was a kid i had cable called Foxtel and would intentionally wake up at 4:30 in the morning just to watch Popeye and Courage the cowardly dog.
I was a kid when IZ aired, and it was cool, but the air times got downright Steven-Universian. Especially towards the end. And this isn't even including the 9/11 controversy. There were no other ways to watch episodes except for: a) reruns (which Nick was pretty generous about for a time) b) shitty downloads over fan servers, P2P programs, or mIRC (really showing my age here 😂😢) c) you or a pal recorded them I wasn't as into SJ at the time, but IIRC, there was some BS there, too.
I'd argue the punishment doesn't outweigh the crime in that this payback isn't really for the buckets of water as much as it is for Lars leaving them stranded and lost in the wilderness. If you're going to leave someone in a situation like that, it's a hell of a lesson to him of what *could* have happened.
I remember watching this and crashbox around the same time, revisiting either bring back some strong emotions, what an interesting time to be alive, and revisiting the show like this bring ya right back to being a little kid with little responsibility and all the free time to roll around on the floor and watch these awesome shows.
I just recently started watching Rocket Power again lol Such an epic cartoon and a HUGE part of my childhood. I got heavily into skateboarding during this time and played Tony Hawk for HOURS lol I don't care what anyone says, the 90s and early 2000s were the best. We probably won't see such greatness again in our lifetimes, but at least those of us who were around for it all got to be apart of it. 😊❤
@@DuskTillShawn Happy 25th Anniversary To Rocket Power, The BEST & FINAL Nicktoon RELEASED In The 20th Century Next to SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-2024)
I don't think he went too far. I had friends in that time period who did something similar to me and I wish I did the same to them, but alas, I didn't. On Halloween 2005, I wanted to stay home and play video games because I felt I was too old to go trick or treating anymore, and my "friends" showed up and asked if I wanted to go with them (they were actually older than I was and I told them they were to old for it). I told them that I wasn't going because it was lame, but my mom basically said I need a life and that I should go with them to get out of the house. She even double checked that I had my cell phone in case we got lost, but that wouldn't matter in the end. They dragged me to a neighborhood I wasn't familiar with, took my phone "for safe keeping", and sent me to ring the doorbell of a house that I found out later was vacant. I turned around and they were gone, sending me into a panic attack unlike any I've had before or since. They basically forced me out of my house against my will, took me to an area I didn't know, took away my means of communication, and ditched me. If I didn't say it already, I was 13, rarely left the house, and didn't know anybody aside from these asshats. I have no clue how I got home, but for the rest of my time in school and most of my adult life I have refused to leave the house for anything other than work/school and I have had serious trust issues that even professional help has had a hard time telling me were unjustified. And as for the guys whondid it? They continued to be my "friends" at school until they got me suspended for some bs they did. Moral of the story: don't ditch younger kids in areas they don't know, especially without phones. It fucks them up for life.
I say Twister faking his death was pretty dark yet fair enough. It showed that Lars cared for his little brother despite all the pranks. I'm a big brother and I wouldn't like it if my younger half sister disappeared like Twister. I wanted to be a good brother to her.
@@ElleDriver300 I feel bad for you, friend. Personally, I wish I can be a brother to you. I don't blame you not wanting to be with your "sister". I say family must understand each other and be there for better or worse. Like a vow in marriage. You remind me of a step brother I had many years ago. We got along but not every time. Haven't seen him or his mother in years. I do wish them the best. When my half sister (I still her my sister since she has my dad's blood) was born, I wanted to be a good big brother to her. Now, she's 15 and I'm 32! Crazy age gap but we don't mind. We love each other.
Yeah faking a death is serious though sometimes I wish I had the guts to do that or at least disappear for a while so I could tell if my own older brother would even notice if anything happened to me. I don’t get to talk to him anymore let alone see him cause of his job
You know what part of this episode I've always remembered? The way Lars says he wants to get some bean burritos from the gas station. The way he emphasizes the word "gas" makes me think the writers were trying to use a weird form of toilet humor.
I remember this episode and I loved the payback that Twister gave to Lars and his friends. When it comes to Lars prank it was stupid and dangerous cause tricking your little brother to go into the woods at night and possibly getting lost in there, Lars was lucky that it all turned out to be a prank. As a kid I thought that Lars sadness thinking his brother was dead because of him was mostly due to fear of getting in trouble but after rewatching this episode as an adult I see that Lars deeply cares for his little brother and the thought that he caused him harm devastated him. I wish in the final season we had gotten a episode or two to develop Lars character and his relationship with Twister beyond the older brother picking on/pranking the little brother.
That the thing when your Adult as a Kid you see someone awful or the bad guy only to realize much older and being in the supporting role in the family that you see someone from a show' movie or game as a Person who needed help or had flaws they never wanted to admit much like a lot of people in real life
I wish I could get my own older brother to come looking for me and see him be worried about me. He’s not mean or bad, but he’s neglectful with his job and finance. I don’t even get to talk to him much anymore. To see him care about me genuinely, would be wonderful. But to wish that would also be kinda mean.
TWISTER FAKED HIS DEATH? Lmfao I don't remember that but since we're talking about Munchausen episodes can you talk about the Time Angelica faked her brain melting on All Grown Up next? That'd be lit!
I think the prank was totally justified given the lost kids would have spent an hour both being in potential danger and being potentially afraid for their own safety. Where I did think they went too far is mocking Lars for showing a soft side. They should be encouraging him to be reflective, not punishing him for showing he's not a total dick. But I guess that level of immaturity is what you'd expect from kids that age.
I’m the oldest of 5, our little brother, the second to the youngest, was kinda the target of all sibling jokes and pranks growing up, by myself included. When he was in his twenties he finally found the courage to sit us down and tell us what it did to him and asked those who were continuing to bully him to stop, what Twister did to teach Lars a lesson, was very mild. You see, siblings can be incredibly cruel to one another and we really don’t know how are actions effect those who we share bloodlines with unless they tell us. I urge anyone who knows they were shitty to a younger sibling to sit them down and talk about it as adults, because bullying is bullying is not something different because you’re family and it can still leave lasting scars on a person’s heart. For what it’s worth, because I was really the only one who took it seriously and never treated him poorly again, 15 years later our relationship is closer than it is with any of the other siblings, and we weren’t that close growing up.
I see, I only have an older brother. He tortured me when I was a kid and I him. But we had fun together at the same time despite how much we drove each other crazy. I looked up to him so much. But now he’s changed he’s become so busy with his job and fiancée now that he never takes the time for me or anyone else. I don’t even get to talk to him let alone see him. All he does is work. I really looked up to him and wanted to be like him but not anymore. I’ll never be as neglectful as him. But I’m still wishing we can be close again
Lars got a taste of his own medicine when Twister pulled that on him. As a younger sibling, I never felt love and affection with an older sibling teasing and harassing and pranking me on the daily. It just lead to others thinking it was okay and years of bullying. This included family members and classmates. Older siblings, teasing isn't it. Twister went long enough to trick Lars, but not as far to waste emergency services and scare the crap out of his parents.
That's how I feel about a lot of my childhood cartoons. Like, I remember them bringing me so much joy, but I struggle to bring up any specific memories
As a kid, we got lost in the woods quite frequently, but we knew once we found the train tracks, we were good because we'd either end up in Raleigh (the neighboring town where we could call our parents) or near our junior high, which we knew our way home from. I always liked the episode because my older brother bullied me, but like Twister, I still idolized him and looked up to him. He and his friend intentionally got me and my friend lost in the woods, promising to take us to the big cliffs (there were small cliffs we always went to, and the big cliffs that were miles into the woods). He and his friend ditched us at one point and my friend and I were so upset because we were really looking forward to climbing the big cliffs. So we walked until we found train tracks and got home from there. To make it worse, when we got back to my house, my brother and his friend were in my brother's room playing video games. I threatened to tell Mom and he let me and my friend play Silent Hill on his PlayStation if we didn't tell. 😂
Was it wrong to do? Yes. Was it kinda justified? Also yes. He messed with the signs, which could have deadly consequences even if it wasn’t a prank. My cousins friend went hiking and got lost for three hours because she lost track of the trail, because she wasn’t familiar with the terrain. Three hours and it probably would’ve been more if she hadn’t stumbled across another couple hiking.
Even I have to admit it was very justified. Lars went too far and could have actually hurt him severely for real. But from this experience I can tell he really does care about Twister in his own twisted way
Wow this unlocked so many memories of this show, i did like Rocket Power The gravity of this episode's implications didn't enter my mind back then, but to be fair i was around 5 or 6 when i saw it
I don't care what other people think, gas station food is the best! I love going on trips to a Love's for a breakfast chorizo burrito or when on a road trip, stopping at Pilots for a cappuccino! We have one in my town that is a favorite for everyone at both breakfast and lunch and you have to beat everyone else to get the food before it's gone!
Growing up as a cartoon junkie, I quickly came to love Rocket Power! I was never great at xtreme sports, but loved the characters so much. It was so refreshing seeing the Rockets and Squid not have a traditional nuclear family, and I loved the story line of Reggie creating her own indie zine!
Dude I feel like this show is why I'm into more extreme sports as an adult! I do ro k climbing and kayaking mainly. But I also workout and do yoga and dabble in some cave/urban exploring!
We got a new girl at work and I gave her the nickname "Squid" because she was the newest member of the gang. Nobody realizes that it's a reference to this show.
I never really saw this show growing up but i had one of those portable dvd players and a dvd of rocket power; the only ep i can remember is that sam has to help his neighbors and all the other kids are saying how terrible or creepy they are, of course he learns not to judge a someone on roumors/not believe everything you hear. The lesson is pretty obvious but i think its a good lesson, even today with how people react to stranger danger, and how over protective people can be of kids. 6 years ago we baught to much holloween candy and no-one really showed up so my stepdad went to the neighbors to try and get rid of some of it and the dad refused, i can see why its a smart idea but was also bad for us (my mom has diabetes and i have enough dental problems). Sorry for my rambling, you made another great video even if i didnt see the series alot. Thanks
Faking your death is a bit far, but they also didnt drag it on for farr too long. It feels justified considering how it ended, but if could have ended worse. There also absolutely was meaning behind it, it showed twister that his brother cared and showed his brother just how much he cared about twister. My sister was terrible to me and i thought she walked on water. Its like an abusive relationship in a sense where youre just hoping maybe this time they will actually change and get tricked time after time when they dont. I always loved this show though. I used to go biking or skateboarding around town and picking up nachos and an energy drink at the gas station were wonderful memories. Sorry that was jumbled with multiple points haha i loved the video!! :)
12:19 And i thought he hated his brother and i also thought that in following his brother Twister was fallen in the hill a little hurted and lost in woods for many days. And Lars after thought that his brother was dead because of his schème he felt so guilty of this and have "killed" his brother. And Twister did purpose of waiting like he saw his brother reaction so,we can think he was lost
I totally forgot about this episode! Wow It was a very heavy topic for a kid's show. Even as a kid I remember thinking "Woah.. this is pretty serious stuff". First time I felt bad for Lars! This show is an homage to every teen (and parent) in SoCal, even the design of the pier is very similar to Santa Monica Pier. Its really cool to go there and feel like you're looking at the location of the Surf Shack. My dad is the one who made me even realize that, and when he said it my mind was blown. My dad still loves cartoons of all kinds, but Rocket Power remains his favorite. I love that even as adults, with a rocky past, we can bond over the ocean, and media showing love for it.
This reminds me of a book I had as a kid called Honey Bunny Funny Bunny. The story is basically about a bunny girl who is always being picked on by her older brother because he "cares about her" and that's "how he shows it", or something to that effect. As I got older I thought it was sorta weird that the book justified the brother bullying his sister because that's how he showed that he loved her. Like she should just accept his abuse. Doesn't seem like a very good message for children. Kind of unrelated to this episode I guess, it just made me remember that book.
There are a Otto and Reggie funko pop coming out sometime this year I'm hoping that will help others look more into this show. And hopefully it gets more recognition in the pop culture lol
I remember watching this show all the time! And I never really played any of the extreme sports. I remember catching every new episode, including when the gang goes to New Zealand, to complete in those extreme sports.
I honestly thought this would be much more... shocking. I mean come on, Lars put YEARS OF TRAUMA on Twister, while Twister only pretended to be dead for like, what, 5 seconds? Yeah no, fuck Lars lmao
Great video and even though I didn’t watch it much as a kid or remember many episodes now I remember enjoying this show with my brother as a kid and it made me want to skateboard
Thanks so much for watching! It means SO MUCH that you still check out the video even though you didn’t watch the show very much. 😊 I totally get what you mean though haha. This show made me want to go outside and skate as soon as the credits rolled lol.
Love rocket power! Glad to see more reviewers giving it a fair shot. As an adult I’m mixed on this episode too. I think it would sit better with me if it started an attitude shift in Lars that carried over to future episodes. But I know these are mostly stand alone episodes that has to return to the status quo.
I loved this episode I love Rocket Power! I never thought about this episode being dark but Lars had it coming to him. I’m pretty sure any other prank they pulled on him wouldn’t have the affect on him as this prank did. I would love to see more Rocket Power reviews and videos on here. My brothers cousins and I loved this show so much
14:10 - Yeah, I gotta disagree with you. You said that Lars never really went that far with any of his pranks, but the whole reason they were out there on the “mountain” was so that Lars could trick the kids into making them think that they’d be stuck out in the woods and die “like those rangers”. Pranking Lars in turn by showing him exactly what that would look like is just fair play at that point. The reason that Lars fell for Twister’s “death” was because it could easily have happened due to Lars putting him in that situation to begin with. Both are extreme, sure, but Lars was definitely the instigator.
As a kid watching this, I was not only the older sibling, but I also loved villains, so Lars was one of my faves. (I didn't torture my little brother like him, though!) This episode was one of my faves because it gave Lars some depth, but I always got secondhand embarrassment at that moment of genuine regret on Lars's part and how many times they replayed it LOL
Another great video the vibe of this show is so great it just feels cozy maybe because I loved it as a kid also the early 2000’s was a great time to be alive man
Honestly having grown up being bullied horribly by my brothers it wasn't enough. If you have never dealr with constant bullying at home you'd never I understand that feeling. And to answer your question with my own experience, I still have no relationship with my brother and never will because he actually got worst. We are in our mid to late 30s and he is worst now then he was when we were kids.
I feel ya, dawg. Same thing i'm dealing with dad, he was a bastard before he went to jail and after he got out, he became a living nightmare to this day.
The only reason I think Twister is justified is because Lars is needlessly mean, even when he's being punished into doing something nice for his little brother, he still chooses to be a jerk and a bit too cruel. Lars really feels like the type to not feel remorse even if Twister were hurt, so Twister possibly dying, and it even being his own fault, may be the only thing that he would ever feel remorse for.
Otto's big break, great episode that showed the importance of safety gear., and not overestimating your abilities. He had a broken leg for at least one more episode.
I love that twister was able to get Lars to admit that he loves him, even though it took him faking his death to finally get him to admit that. Lars would never actually physically hurt him I don’t think, but he was terrible to him his whole life, so he kinda deserved that prank.
This episode is permanently burned into my brain. Thank the algorithm for finally extracting an expounded exposition from your brain so mine could vibe to it.
as someone who wasn't into X-treme sports type stuff outside of thinking Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater and Underground were fun, I liked this show as a kid and don't understand the hate it gets. like yeah, maybe the theme didn't age well but if anything that gives the show an identity. people going out of their way to say this show was bad because it was outdated is just silly.
I think it's more, Twister always believes Lars cause he knows he loves him. The fact that Twister wasn't surprised that Lars would get emotional seals it for me.
I was one of those people that didn't really watch this show because of a lack of interest in the sports aspect. I did enjoy the nonsporty episodes though when I did watch it. It honestly wasn't a bad show. I don't think he went too far because it's something that could have happened as a result of Lars's prank. I actually might give the show a proper watch now that I'm older.
Ehh Lars had it coming. He tormented his brother for years, after putting up with it for so long he responds with 1 somewhat extreme prank. He even revealed himself as soon as remorse was shown, rather than letting him stew.
My fave episode of this show was when Sam couldn't surf due to his size not being adequate to his board and Tito coming in showing him the awesomeness of a longboard and jow being a big dude isn't a bad thing. As a bigger dude it helped me accept that I could be a big dude and still participate in stuff, I just needed sturdier equipment.
This episode actually got me to treat my younger siblings a lot better every chance I got to see them during supervised visits with our parents. I would pull all kinds of pranks on them before the state took us from our parents. Then I saw this episode and it reminded me of the time I ditched my brother in the woods outside our town to teach him a lesson about touching my stuff. At the time I didn’t realize that he could have very well never been found. It would’ve definitely been my fault if he died of exposure or a wild animal attack.
Best episode of Rocket Power, along with the one where the kids think Tito murdered Raymundo. This series is so dear to my heart as an outcast latino kid who loved playing sports, and I'm glad of seeing critics giving it some love!
I think that one was the B story to this one.
That episode was a crazy misunderstanding
@@carolinebergin4633 I still remember the ending. “You guys have to clean up after dinner!”
@@Emigdiosback 😆 that was a fair enough ending
Omg yes!
Ahh rocket power, "The show for stoners before we knew we were stoners."
Hahahahaha idk if I’ve ever heard a more accurate description of this show 😂
Helps that half the characters sound like they're aping Cheech and Chong.
Those ramps are dangerous can't believe parents let there kid go on them with their bikes and skateboards
Pretty accurate 😂
@DuskTillShawn you should do a video about the video where Otto meets Tony Hawk and they shred his impossibly-surreal M.C. Escher skate warehouse
Lars's prank is super dangerous, dusk to dark is when I saw the bears come out on the trails. And in Cali we also have Mountain Lions which kill adult bikers fairly easily, my local mountain has a fallen body or missing person once a year. Lars should get a death scare over that ❤
That’s excellent perspective! You make a great point. I can’t imagine how terrifying that would be. It gives me chills just thinking about it!
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment 😁
Not to mention his removal of the sign to show where to go can hurt someone else who's lost.
@alex141516 Yeah Lars more than deserved it and this by the most of a dick move he's ever done.
I was about to say the same thing. And how the sign he removed could get other hikers or bikers lost or killed. That missing sign could be the difference between life and death from exposure. Mountain lions are no joke and neither is exposure.
I don't think he went too far at all. He revealed himself quickly after they came to the conclusion
He didn’t go far enough in fact, show up at the funeral with a torn blue shirt and star menacingly at Lars from behind a tree
It also fits kid logic.
If Lars was my brother he’d be in a vegetative state after all the shit he’s pulled. There’s playful bullying then there’s what Lars did.
For once I agree in his revenge, Twisters trick was valid. Plus he got to hear how his brother truly feels.
i think twister went to far after lars came back to look for him. he could just pretend to be lost and make lars look for hours. pretending to be dead took it too far.
Lars definitely needed this. If anything to realize he cared about Twister, who is a bit wrong, but he did reveal before Lars got too upset. Now had The parents, police, and others got involved and Twister stayed hidden longer, yeah he'd be do wrong. I think he came out of hiding at the right time.
Amen! Sometimes the only way to reach people is to make them feel that same fear they cause you.
I speak from experience.. I won't go any deeper than that but just to say it really does wake people up, especially if its the person that abused or bullied you. Watch their behavior change VERY suddenly when they get a taste of that fear.
Then Lars would panic and reveal everything he had done to twister
Honestly there's a comment right above yours where someone admitted this episode helped them NOT repeat the same exact thing that Lars had done. This is when APPLICABLE LESSONS were in the shows
"They got sand in the potatoe salad." Lol, still one of funniest lines ever!
"Let's get a microwave bean burrito at the gas station" has lived rent-free in my head for over 20 years
same, as soon as I heard that line I remembered everything else about this episode.
Brings you back to simpler times, doesn't it?
It's awesome that you're covering Rocket Power, it doesn't get nearly as much love as other great Nick shows. I hope that you end up covering the "Race Across New Zealand" special. I loved that one
When I was a kid, I had satellite cable from 2000-2003 and I spent most of that time watching Nickelodeon cartoons and some Cartoon Network stuff. I've mostly seen Hey Arnold, some SpongeBob and Rocket Power. I only regret never seeing Samurai Jack and Invader Zim at the time.
Rocket Power, however, is the most early 2000s cartoon I've ever seen. That was the time period where everything was extreme or just over the top and weird in some way.
Dude same! when i was a kid i had cable called Foxtel and would intentionally wake up at 4:30 in the morning just to watch Popeye and Courage the cowardly dog.
It also had some of the best cartoons made since the 50's.
I was a kid when IZ aired, and it was cool, but the air times got downright Steven-Universian. Especially towards the end. And this isn't even including the 9/11 controversy. There were no other ways to watch episodes except for:
a) reruns (which Nick was pretty generous about for a time)
b) shitty downloads over fan servers, P2P programs, or mIRC (really showing my age here 😂😢)
c) you or a pal recorded them
I wasn't as into SJ at the time, but IIRC, there was some BS there, too.
I'd argue the punishment doesn't outweigh the crime in that this payback isn't really for the buckets of water as much as it is for Lars leaving them stranded and lost in the wilderness. If you're going to leave someone in a situation like that, it's a hell of a lesson to him of what *could* have happened.
Exactly
Fair is fair
I think it's not just that last prank, I think it's a build up from all the times he has pranked Twister.
I remember watching this and crashbox around the same time, revisiting either bring back some strong emotions, what an interesting time to be alive, and revisiting the show like this bring ya right back to being a little kid with little responsibility and all the free time to roll around on the floor and watch these awesome shows.
Man, those were the days!
Take me back 😂
Oh man! I rarely hear others mention Crashbox, but that was one of my favorite hidden gems too 🥹
I just recently started watching Rocket Power again lol Such an epic cartoon and a HUGE part of my childhood. I got heavily into skateboarding during this time and played Tony Hawk for HOURS lol I don't care what anyone says, the 90s and early 2000s were the best. We probably won't see such greatness again in our lifetimes, but at least those of us who were around for it all got to be apart of it. 😊❤
It DEFINITELY was a special time and I feel lucky that we got to be there for it 😁
Thanks so much for watching!
I remember bits and pieces of this series. But this episode sticks out to me.
It’s a stand out episode, for sure! There weren’t very many episodes like this one.
@@DuskTillShawn Happy 25th Anniversary To Rocket Power, The BEST & FINAL Nicktoon RELEASED In The 20th Century Next to SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-2024)
13:18 You know Twister's prank would have been more crueler if today if he had the video uploaded on social media.
When I saw the title: yes, I do!
When I heard "let's get a microwave bean burrito at the gas station": why do I remember that line?
I don't think he went too far. I had friends in that time period who did something similar to me and I wish I did the same to them, but alas, I didn't.
On Halloween 2005, I wanted to stay home and play video games because I felt I was too old to go trick or treating anymore, and my "friends" showed up and asked if I wanted to go with them (they were actually older than I was and I told them they were to old for it). I told them that I wasn't going because it was lame, but my mom basically said I need a life and that I should go with them to get out of the house. She even double checked that I had my cell phone in case we got lost, but that wouldn't matter in the end. They dragged me to a neighborhood I wasn't familiar with, took my phone "for safe keeping", and sent me to ring the doorbell of a house that I found out later was vacant. I turned around and they were gone, sending me into a panic attack unlike any I've had before or since. They basically forced me out of my house against my will, took me to an area I didn't know, took away my means of communication, and ditched me. If I didn't say it already, I was 13, rarely left the house, and didn't know anybody aside from these asshats. I have no clue how I got home, but for the rest of my time in school and most of my adult life I have refused to leave the house for anything other than work/school and I have had serious trust issues that even professional help has had a hard time telling me were unjustified. And as for the guys whondid it? They continued to be my "friends" at school until they got me suspended for some bs they did. Moral of the story: don't ditch younger kids in areas they don't know, especially without phones. It fucks them up for life.
Lars sounded more like a nickname to me than an actual name.
I figured that his name was actually “Laurice” because Twister’s name was “Maurice”
I say Twister faking his death was pretty dark yet fair enough. It showed that Lars cared for his little brother despite all the pranks.
I'm a big brother and I wouldn't like it if my younger half sister disappeared like Twister. I wanted to be a good brother to her.
@@ElleDriver300 I feel bad for you, friend. Personally, I wish I can be a brother to you. I don't blame you not wanting to be with your "sister". I say family must understand each other and be there for better or worse. Like a vow in marriage. You remind me of a step brother I had many years ago. We got along but not every time. Haven't seen him or his mother in years. I do wish them the best.
When my half sister (I still her my sister since she has my dad's blood) was born, I wanted to be a good big brother to her. Now, she's 15 and I'm 32! Crazy age gap but we don't mind. We love each other.
@@Matt-Rat This comment section is always filled with such compassionate people. Thank you for writing this.
Yeah faking a death is serious though sometimes I wish I had the guts to do that or at least disappear for a while so I could tell if my own older brother would even notice if anything happened to me. I don’t get to talk to him anymore let alone see him cause of his job
@@carolinebergin4633 Personally, I don't recommend doing it. Try to talk to your brother when he has a chance.
@@Matt-Rat yeah I know but just because I think about something doesn’t mean I’ll do it. Like I said that’s a serious thing to fake
You know what part of this episode I've always remembered? The way Lars says he wants to get some bean burritos from the gas station. The way he emphasizes the word "gas" makes me think the writers were trying to use a weird form of toilet humor.
I remember this episode and I loved the payback that Twister gave to Lars and his friends. When it comes to Lars prank it was stupid and dangerous cause tricking your little brother to go into the woods at night and possibly getting lost in there, Lars was lucky that it all turned out to be a prank.
As a kid I thought that Lars sadness thinking his brother was dead because of him was mostly due to fear of getting in trouble but after rewatching this episode as an adult I see that Lars deeply cares for his little brother and the thought that he caused him harm devastated him.
I wish in the final season we had gotten a episode or two to develop Lars character and his relationship with Twister beyond the older brother picking on/pranking the little brother.
That the thing when your Adult as a Kid you see someone awful or the bad guy only to realize much older and being in the supporting role in the family that you see someone from a show' movie or game as a Person who needed help or had flaws they never wanted to admit much like a lot of people in real life
I wish I could get my own older brother to come looking for me and see him be worried about me. He’s not mean or bad, but he’s neglectful with his job and finance. I don’t even get to talk to him much anymore. To see him care about me genuinely, would be wonderful. But to wish that would also be kinda mean.
@@carolinebergin4633 I do believe that your older brother does care about you and hopefully one day he’ll show that
@@MusicGirl881 thanks I really hope so
TWISTER FAKED HIS DEATH? Lmfao I don't remember that but since we're talking about Munchausen episodes can you talk about the Time Angelica faked her brain melting on All Grown Up next? That'd be lit!
I’ll add it to my list of video ideas! 😁
Thanks for the recommendation, Robin! I’ll totally give you a shoutout in the vid when it drops.
I think the prank was totally justified given the lost kids would have spent an hour both being in potential danger and being potentially afraid for their own safety. Where I did think they went too far is mocking Lars for showing a soft side. They should be encouraging him to be reflective, not punishing him for showing he's not a total dick. But I guess that level of immaturity is what you'd expect from kids that age.
14:50 i mean, you gotta consider all the pranks hes done, so, deserved
I’m the oldest of 5, our little brother, the second to the youngest, was kinda the target of all sibling jokes and pranks growing up, by myself included. When he was in his twenties he finally found the courage to sit us down and tell us what it did to him and asked those who were continuing to bully him to stop, what Twister did to teach Lars a lesson, was very mild. You see, siblings can be incredibly cruel to one another and we really don’t know how are actions effect those who we share bloodlines with unless they tell us. I urge anyone who knows they were shitty to a younger sibling to sit them down and talk about it as adults, because bullying is bullying is not something different because you’re family and it can still leave lasting scars on a person’s heart. For what it’s worth, because I was really the only one who took it seriously and never treated him poorly again, 15 years later our relationship is closer than it is with any of the other siblings, and we weren’t that close growing up.
I see, I only have an older brother. He tortured me when I was a kid and I him. But we had fun together at the same time despite how much we drove each other crazy. I looked up to him so much. But now he’s changed he’s become so busy with his job and fiancée now that he never takes the time for me or anyone else. I don’t even get to talk to him let alone see him. All he does is work. I really looked up to him and wanted to be like him but not anymore. I’ll never be as neglectful as him. But I’m still wishing we can be close again
Oh man, Rocket Power is an underrated cartoon, and I liked it.
Me to I loved this show
I had the biggest crush on Twister and Otto 😂😂😂
Lol I'm glad I'm not the only one that had a crush on Twister
Lars got a taste of his own medicine when Twister pulled that on him. As a younger sibling, I never felt love and affection with an older sibling teasing and harassing and pranking me on the daily. It just lead to others thinking it was okay and years of bullying. This included family members and classmates. Older siblings, teasing isn't it. Twister went long enough to trick Lars, but not as far to waste emergency services and scare the crap out of his parents.
This show makes me feel so weird, I remember loving it as a kid, watching it with friends, but besides that I lack any memory.
That's how I feel about a lot of my childhood cartoons. Like, I remember them bringing me so much joy, but I struggle to bring up any specific memories
AYO perfect timing literally just watched this one on paramount+ and have been binging your vids all week! your analyses are the best man
Sick! I love the perfect timing haha.
Thanks for your support, my friend! I appreciate it so much.
The ending scene to this episode is perfection!
As a kid, we got lost in the woods quite frequently, but we knew once we found the train tracks, we were good because we'd either end up in Raleigh (the neighboring town where we could call our parents) or near our junior high, which we knew our way home from. I always liked the episode because my older brother bullied me, but like Twister, I still idolized him and looked up to him. He and his friend intentionally got me and my friend lost in the woods, promising to take us to the big cliffs (there were small cliffs we always went to, and the big cliffs that were miles into the woods). He and his friend ditched us at one point and my friend and I were so upset because we were really looking forward to climbing the big cliffs. So we walked until we found train tracks and got home from there.
To make it worse, when we got back to my house, my brother and his friend were in my brother's room playing video games. I threatened to tell Mom and he let me and my friend play Silent Hill on his PlayStation if we didn't tell. 😂
For me, this was one of my “when nothing else is on” shows,
However, this episode is definitely my brand of dark humor/pranking!
Was it wrong to do? Yes.
Was it kinda justified? Also yes.
He messed with the signs, which could have deadly consequences even if it wasn’t a prank.
My cousins friend went hiking and got lost for three hours because she lost track of the trail, because she wasn’t familiar with the terrain.
Three hours and it probably would’ve been more if she hadn’t stumbled across another couple hiking.
Even I have to admit it was very justified. Lars went too far and could have actually hurt him severely for real. But from this experience I can tell he really does care about Twister in his own twisted way
i vaguely remember bits and pieces.but what always stood out was Titos life lessons.
Tito ALWAYS had the best life lessons 🤙
Wow this unlocked so many memories of this show, i did like Rocket Power
The gravity of this episode's implications didn't enter my mind back then, but to be fair i was around 5 or 6 when i saw it
I'm so gassed seeing rocket power and this thps/techdeck era getting so much love lately! Love your content 💯
Hell yeah! 🤙 it was an amazing era.
Thanks for watching 😁
idk, i think Twister's prank was rather tame.. he didn't go too far imo
He definitely could have gone WAY farther than he did lol.
Thanks for watching 😁
I don't care what other people think, gas station food is the best! I love going on trips to a Love's for a breakfast chorizo burrito or when on a road trip, stopping at Pilots for a cappuccino! We have one in my town that is a favorite for everyone at both breakfast and lunch and you have to beat everyone else to get the food before it's gone!
Yesssss! I’m a sucker for a breakfast burrito! I’ll have to try one next time I stop at Love’s 😁
Growing up as a cartoon junkie, I quickly came to love Rocket Power! I was never great at xtreme sports, but loved the characters so much. It was so refreshing seeing the Rockets and Squid not have a traditional nuclear family, and I loved the story line of Reggie creating her own indie zine!
I enjoy these half as much as the comilations of old cartoons with commercials. But love the attention paid to each episode and series
Love this! A deep dive into the grumpy neighbor they had would be funny
Finally a rocket power review. I loved this show.
Dude I feel like this show is why I'm into more extreme sports as an adult! I do ro k climbing and kayaking mainly. But I also workout and do yoga and dabble in some cave/urban exploring!
Now that's a real attention-grabbing title.
Well played.
We got a new girl at work and I gave her the nickname "Squid" because she was the newest member of the gang. Nobody realizes that it's a reference to this show.
Yeah I think Squidward maybe took that nickname lol
I never really saw this show growing up but i had one of those portable dvd players and a dvd of rocket power; the only ep i can remember is that sam has to help his neighbors and all the other kids are saying how terrible or creepy they are, of course he learns not to judge a someone on roumors/not believe everything you hear. The lesson is pretty obvious but i think its a good lesson, even today with how people react to stranger danger, and how over protective people can be of kids.
6 years ago we baught to much holloween candy and no-one really showed up so my stepdad went to the neighbors to try and get rid of some of it and the dad refused, i can see why its a smart idea but was also bad for us (my mom has diabetes and i have enough dental problems).
Sorry for my rambling, you made another great video even if i didnt see the series alot. Thanks
Faking your death is a bit far, but they also didnt drag it on for farr too long. It feels justified considering how it ended, but if could have ended worse. There also absolutely was meaning behind it, it showed twister that his brother cared and showed his brother just how much he cared about twister. My sister was terrible to me and i thought she walked on water. Its like an abusive relationship in a sense where youre just hoping maybe this time they will actually change and get tricked time after time when they dont.
I always loved this show though. I used to go biking or skateboarding around town and picking up nachos and an energy drink at the gas station were wonderful memories. Sorry that was jumbled with multiple points haha i loved the video!! :)
12:19 And i thought he hated his brother and i also thought that in following his brother Twister was fallen in the hill a little hurted and lost in woods for many days. And Lars after thought that his brother was dead because of his schème he felt so guilty of this and have "killed" his brother. And Twister did purpose of waiting like he saw his brother reaction so,we can think he was lost
3:40 “shouting into the void” yeah I feel that when I post on yt a lot 😂 good video tho ❤
The punishment was not too big. Larz never stops, so he didn't learn
I totally forgot about this episode! Wow
It was a very heavy topic for a kid's show. Even as a kid I remember thinking "Woah.. this is pretty serious stuff". First time I felt bad for Lars!
This show is an homage to every teen (and parent) in SoCal, even the design of the pier is very similar to Santa Monica Pier. Its really cool to go there and feel like you're looking at the location of the Surf Shack. My dad is the one who made me even realize that, and when he said it my mind was blown. My dad still loves cartoons of all kinds, but Rocket Power remains his favorite. I love that even as adults, with a rocky past, we can bond over the ocean, and media showing love for it.
This reminds me of a book I had as a kid called Honey Bunny Funny Bunny. The story is basically about a bunny girl who is always being picked on by her older brother because he "cares about her" and that's "how he shows it", or something to that effect. As I got older I thought it was sorta weird that the book justified the brother bullying his sister because that's how he showed that he loved her. Like she should just accept his abuse. Doesn't seem like a very good message for children.
Kind of unrelated to this episode I guess, it just made me remember that book.
I never understood why young lars had old lars' laugh.
Hahahaha right, it’s so weird lol 😂
Thanks for watching!
Maybe that's how Twister remembers it.
So glad I'm watching this right now!!
There are a Otto and Reggie funko pop coming out sometime this year I'm hoping that will help others look more into this show. And hopefully it gets more recognition in the pop culture lol
"how much I...How much I' core memory unlocked i just died laughing at that part..as the youngest of seven this episode gave me ideas lol
X games the cartoon. It had its fun moments when i saw it.
Love every video Shawn!! :) they always make my whole night
Awww, thanks friend! I appreciate that so much 😁
Rocket Power was such a great show! Thanks for this!
I remember watching this show all the time! And I never really played any of the extreme sports. I remember catching every new episode, including when the gang goes to New Zealand, to complete in those extreme sports.
I honestly thought this would be much more... shocking. I mean come on, Lars put YEARS OF TRAUMA on Twister, while Twister only pretended to be dead for like, what, 5 seconds?
Yeah no, fuck Lars lmao
Completely agreed if I were twister I would have let Lars think he has to go back to the parents and reveal it to him right before he got there 😭😅
Happy 25th Anniversary To Rocket Power, The BEST & FINAL Nicktoon RELEASED In The 20th Century Next to SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-2024)
Great video and even though I didn’t watch it much as a kid or remember many episodes now I remember enjoying this show with my brother as a kid and it made me want to skateboard
Thanks so much for watching!
It means SO MUCH that you still check out the video even though you didn’t watch the show very much. 😊
I totally get what you mean though haha. This show made me want to go outside and skate as soon as the credits rolled lol.
Rocket power, the show that convinced me to try skateboarding with me ending up with a dislocated arm 😬 Ah good times...
Love rocket power! Glad to see more reviewers giving it a fair shot. As an adult I’m mixed on this episode too. I think it would sit better with me if it started an attitude shift in Lars that carried over to future episodes. But I know these are mostly stand alone episodes that has to return to the status quo.
Lars played a game of f*ck around and find out
Remember kids: physical harm will heal, but psychological harm will last so much longer
I loved this episode I love Rocket Power! I never thought about this episode being dark but Lars had it coming to him. I’m pretty sure any other prank they pulled on him wouldn’t have the affect on him as this prank did. I would love to see more Rocket Power reviews and videos on here. My brothers cousins and I loved this show so much
Loved watching this show on the splat at night. This, along with tmnt 2012, carried nickelodeon during the summertime for me when I was a kid
14:10 - Yeah, I gotta disagree with you. You said that Lars never really went that far with any of his pranks, but the whole reason they were out there on the “mountain” was so that Lars could trick the kids into making them think that they’d be stuck out in the woods and die “like those rangers”. Pranking Lars in turn by showing him exactly what that would look like is just fair play at that point. The reason that Lars fell for Twister’s “death” was because it could easily have happened due to Lars putting him in that situation to begin with. Both are extreme, sure, but Lars was definitely the instigator.
I forgot about your Friday/Sunday upload schedule that this video surprised me.
I’m still getting used to it as well hahahah.
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@@DuskTillShawnthat's understandable
It’s so funny how as a kid those burritos looked so good… as an adult I’m like that was your only condition? Still looks delicious though 😂😂
EVERYONE wearing helmets ✅
It makes me SO HAPPY that they focused on that. It’s so important!
Skateboards: :)
Head Injuries: :(
As a kid watching this, I was not only the older sibling, but I also loved villains, so Lars was one of my faves. (I didn't torture my little brother like him, though!) This episode was one of my faves because it gave Lars some depth, but I always got secondhand embarrassment at that moment of genuine regret on Lars's part and how many times they replayed it LOL
Another great video the vibe of this show is so great it just feels cozy maybe because I loved it as a kid also the early 2000’s was a great time to be alive man
I like episodes of artoons where theres a "bully" family member but at the end of the day, they still love eachother and occasionally do nice things
Honestly having grown up being bullied horribly by my brothers it wasn't enough. If you have never dealr with constant bullying at home you'd never I understand that feeling. And to answer your question with my own experience, I still have no relationship with my brother and never will because he actually got worst. We are in our mid to late 30s and he is worst now then he was when we were kids.
I feel ya, dawg. Same thing i'm dealing with dad, he was a bastard before he went to jail and after he got out, he became a living nightmare to this day.
The only reason I think Twister is justified is because Lars is needlessly mean, even when he's being punished into doing something nice for his little brother, he still chooses to be a jerk and a bit too cruel.
Lars really feels like the type to not feel remorse even if Twister were hurt, so Twister possibly dying, and it even being his own fault, may be the only thing that he would ever feel remorse for.
I always loved Tito’s words of wisdom.
Otto's big break, great episode that showed the importance of safety gear., and not overestimating your abilities. He had a broken leg for at least one more episode.
love ur videos! keep up the good work! nothin beats the old school 90s 00s toons!
I love that twister was able to get Lars to admit that he loves him, even though it took him faking his death to finally get him to admit that. Lars would never actually physically hurt him I don’t think, but he was terrible to him his whole life, so he kinda deserved that prank.
14:36, joke on Cartman he actually killed his own father
14:38 And also releaved that Scott’s father is also Cartman’s father despite his mother is hermaprodite
I have such good memories watching Rocket Power with my sister
Twister finally gets revenge on Lars
This episode describe my whole childhood with my brother
This episode is permanently burned into my brain.
Thank the algorithm for finally extracting an expounded exposition from your brain so mine could vibe to it.
17:09 I stand by that statement
as someone who wasn't into X-treme sports type stuff outside of thinking Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater and Underground were fun, I liked this show as a kid and don't understand the hate it gets. like yeah, maybe the theme didn't age well but if anything that gives the show an identity. people going out of their way to say this show was bad because it was outdated is just silly.
I think it's more, Twister always believes Lars cause he knows he loves him. The fact that Twister wasn't surprised that Lars would get emotional seals it for me.
Good ol’ Lars, the original Michael “FoxyBro” Afton of Klasky Csupo cartoons
I was one of those people that didn't really watch this show because of a lack of interest in the sports aspect. I did enjoy the nonsporty episodes though when I did watch it. It honestly wasn't a bad show. I don't think he went too far because it's something that could have happened as a result of Lars's prank. I actually might give the show a proper watch now that I'm older.
I Loved Rocket Power as a kid.... was actually just thinking about this episode the other day
Is this streaming anywhere
I'd love to see you cover regular show, that one is good.
Ehh Lars had it coming. He tormented his brother for years, after putting up with it for so long he responds with 1 somewhat extreme prank. He even revealed himself as soon as remorse was shown, rather than letting him stew.
1:54 I still call people who wear socks and sandals 'shoobies'
This show got me into skateboarding and my first skateboard was a team rocket skateboard