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For St. Patrick's Day, I had no choice but to choose this cartoon from the Canadian dumpster I dove into. Gave you hints about this scorecard, and this is the final answer.

My history with Wishfart dates back to December 6, 2017 when I updated my Almost Complete 2010s Scorecard. While going through the recent cartoons from September 2017 - December 2017, I discovered this show, read its premise and episode premises and thought it has potential to be a good show. But because I doubt the "Good" rating on Wishfart , I watched the first episode of the series, Cartwheel! Cartwheel! Cartwheel!, just to be sure and I began to worry more about this cartoon. Later on, I agreed to watch all the episodes of the show up to And They Ate the Goldfish because I was addicted to this show mostly due to its atmosphere. I finished the scorecard on December 8, 2017, but I originally planned it to be separated from Season 2 but instead a personal-secret scorecard for my keeping. Essentially, this scorecard was supposed to be part of no season but instead my personal scorecards to check if the rating for a show is accurate. But then on February 3, 2018, when I wanted to add more shows to the lineup of Season 2, I had no choice but to greenlit this scorecard for Season 2 after Sym-Bionic Titan and before Unikitty! because I wanted to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a scorecard.

Before I talk about the pie chart and the show's aspect, I will openly do constructive criticism because there's an official Wishfart DeviantArt account on this site (the user I'm talking about is ) and because I hope this Canadian show has the potential to be good, I want to help them out.

And now, the pie chart, which truly defines a mixed bag. So far, there's only one damned episode in Season 1 so far and what could've balanced it out is with one blessed episode, but too bad that the best episode of the series is great. I find the mixed bag pie chart more negative than positive due to the big chunk of poor episodes and bunch of the episodes that fell in the mixed bag range close to being tolerable. Even though there's 6 bad episodes as of this scorecard's release, we still have 8 good episodes to overtake the bad episodes. And yeah, this pie chart is an example of a mixed pie chart I'm not sure what to say.

I'm enthusiastic about the constructive criticism I'm about to give to , so here we go with the writing. I will do my best to be nice to you guys because I think this show can do a lot better:

Now the first thing I would like to discuss is the premise and by reading it...you know the drill. Judging by the cover, it looks like a good series and not your typical Canadian cartoon that thinks the medium is just for kids. Here, we have something that looks simple and what most Canadian cartoons would have; mess around with the premise with many possibilities with a bunch of characters going on adventures. But that doesn't end there, what made me really into the show are the creative setting that mix real life settings with fantasy elements that really captures the atmosphere of the show really well. They would often look interesting such as the beanstalk planted all over Dez' room. What makes them more interesting is their depth because it's unnaturally convincing and felt like a brilliant contribution to something created in Canada that also takes some levels of creativity as well like the salad truck in Chopped Salad and how everything feels like military school in the leprechaun reprogramming facility in episodes such as Does This Please the Jigmaster? and Team Shamrock. Some more decent aspects that makes the writing shine are the humor (which consists mostly of irony like jokes about Akiko being a ghost, which executes pretty well), the solid build up in the climaxes of some episodes and the supernatural aspect that manipulates the clever twists happening in episodes such as Customer Service is My Jam. What mostly makes the writing a lot distinct from other Canadian cartoons is that the writing isn't portrayed in a generic type of format where there's a bunch of cliches happening and the entire episode wants to emphasize more on being silly. When episodes from Wishfart are cliched, they manage to pull them off very well mainly due to the positives I mentioned (ex. And They Ate the Goldfish and We Are Cheetah Face).

And this is where the bad stuff kicks in; Half of the episodes are presented in a format similar to The Fairly OddParents where someone wishes for something and the wish goes haywire in the middle of the episode. Since this is a show centered around mythological creatures, it still fits the characterization's needs. But the thing is, there isn't that much rules about wish granting because pretty much everyone in town can use Dez to wish multiple wishes, most of which are ridiculous, though it's justified that they don't abuse their powers. Maybe have a book of rules for leprechauns to follow to avoid having everyone controlling them for dumb things or have the leprechauns reject their wishes for being too dumb. That way, it may have a comedic effect to the show. Also, the setups could've been executed better because they're simple like the premise. Remember the build up for the climaxes? That can also work for the setup as well because it'll get the viewers hyped for the episode, though I can see that you, the crew, tried it before. My biggest complaint about Wishfart's writing is that most of the time, it's all over the place where the story starts off with one focus and jumps into another one (look at We Can Eat Sand where it started off as the gang deserted in an empty town, but went out of nowhere when they go full survival mode instead of locating where everyone is). To fix this, make sure to keep the first subject focusing on the writing flowing throughout the episode (which kept the arrow for the main subject of the episode narrow for most of the good episodes) so that we can't forget what happened in the 1st half again. The structure doesn't work all the time because there are some random unexplained moments that, while doesn't needed to be foreshadowing in the writing itself, doesn't explain the logic behind it such as in Cartwheel! Cartwheel! Cartwheel!. I'd ask to add in explanation for main reason behind these actions in the dialogue so that I understand what's going on. I may appreciate the writing for being distinctive from other Canadian cartoons with its fantasy aspect, but I get annoyed for its similarities with The Fairly OddParents, unexplained logic and all over the place structure.

For my next phase on constructive criticism (and the worst aspect of them all), I'll tackle on the animation:

Like the writing, the quality differs from the stereotypical flash Canadian animation style where the line strokes are big, the character designs are cartoony and over the top and nothing special's about them. This is the weakest aspect of the show due to how it looks bland looking for something made in the 2010s, therefore naming it typical 2010s animation. The lines are thin, the character designs are minimalistic, the backgrounds are simplified to lacking depth, etc. But unlike other popular 2010s cartoons, the colors used for the show are usually dull and not very creative compared to portions of the writing. Unfortunately, you can't rewrite the animation style again because it looks pretty dull compared to other cartoons and since this is a Canadian cartoon, it's plain generic 2010s animation. Granted, it doesn't flow as your typical generic Canadian flash cartoon where the characters awkwardly move like puppets. The character animation can flow nicely sometimes, presenting some fluent animation like when someone tries to pick something up while the object is falling. But that's pretty much the only good thing I can describe the character animation because now that it's not like any cartoon from the Canadian dumpster, it rather moves very choppily where it feels awkward and incomplete. For example, whenever characters turn, I can tell that some frames are missing for the turning animation where frames show the character facing left and then the next frame screens it facing right without animating some frames. Is there an animation director? You should add some frames for the turning animation next time so that it doesn't feel lazy. The character animation as a whole is in fact subpar thanks to too much frame skipping where it makes the animation look choppy. And forgetting to add some effect, Akiko would sometimes won't float like a ghost. What you, the crew, animated very well compared to the choppy character animation is the fire animation, which looks like it has a high framerate and captures the effect of fire greatly. One more thing I must give props for the quality are the character designs, most of which look creative and well made. A few characters seem to look like hybrids of 3 different things that combine real life with mythology, objects or history. I'd say a lot of the character designs look good looking hybrids of real life and mythology. Despite bland style and choppy animation that look like not enough frames are added in to complete the animation, I tend to appreciate its distinct appearance (again) from other Canadian cartoons and some nicely crafted character designs.

I'd say distinct again when I talk about the characters:

But ironically, I don't find them distinct from other Canadian cartoons because they would usually contain an obnoxious cast with lack of depth. Same thing would go for the cast of Wishfart because there isn't that many characters to remember from. A lot of them are just bland and heck even annoying, not in a funny way to spiffy the humor. But, you can flesh out their character some more where you give them some character development, better jokes, a more reasonable idea to be ironic and a bunch more. And speaking of character development, it turns out that there are some signs of development in some episodes of the show. Though there are some that might conclude in the wrong direction, so watch out for character derailment at the end. Sadly, it's pretty small compared to the cons of the show because there really wasn't a lot of development in a bunch of episodes that help us sympathize for the characters. Again, development is a key part in the characters where it helps because it's trying to make you relate to the character some more where you may like them. Sure, half of the cast contain a specific personality, but not a positive personality that makes me like the characters, it's like I said, the annoyance that affects the characters where they wish ridiculous wishes to Dez and often be the cause for incredibly stupid setups and actions that would eventually turn the episode around. What I can like about the characters despite their characterization being unlikable is their characteristics, which are distinctive, clever and interesting. Take Dez for example, where despite him having a bland and cliched characterization that makes him look one dimensional, I'd say the characteristic of being clumsy with granting wishes and being worse than Finnuala is a fitting touch to him and works as a way to help us remember him. Another character I like from the show is Fireball Cat because yes, he doesn't do that much in the episode, but he turns the tides for the writing whenever he gives advice to Dez and the gang. So you see, they're not pure badness of annoyance and dull characterization. What makes them have a certain charm is that they can sometimes develop and have fitting characteristics.

So that's my constructive review on Wishfart. The show looks so 50-50 that I don't even know which rating will it land on next. Since 52 rounds to 50, it's likely that Wishfart would become tolerable, I still think this show can do a lot better than its weak episodes. Differentiating from the general Canadian cartoon parade, Wishfart has a fair share of pros and cons. While it's creative and mixes some supernatural aspects to the show fluently, it's still a forgettable cartoon. Why? It's similar to The Fairly OddParents except the structure is a mess and the quality and characters are dull obvious products of the 2010s that sometimes annoy me with choppy animation and annoyance. For a mixed bag show, since there's more bad than good, I'd suggest watching a few episodes of the show because the amount of episodes I don't recommend is pretty huge. And because that the bad overtake the good, it's meh (52%), a low-meh to be specific. And now that I finished my constructive criticism, I hope that Wishfart can improve overtime with the creativity leading its way. I thought this show would do better than other Canadian cartoons, but now I find it almost the average ranking as a Canadian cartoon. At least the latest episodes are getting better.

Description
For St. Patrick's Day, I had no choice but to choose this cartoon from the Canadian dumpster I dove into. Gave you hints about this scorecard, and this is the final answer.

My history with Wishfart dates back to December 6, 2017 when I updated my Almost Complete 2010s Scorecard. While going through the recent cartoons from September 2017 - December 2017, I discovered this show, read its premise and episode premises and thought it has potential to be a good show. But because I doubt the "Good" rating on Wishfart , I watched the first episode of the series, Cartwheel! Cartwheel! Cartwheel!, just to be sure and I began to worry more about this cartoon. Later on, I agreed to watch all the episodes of the show up to And They Ate the Goldfish because I was addicted to this show mostly due to its atmosphere. I finished the scorecard on December 8, 2017, but I originally planned it to be separated from Season 2 but instead a personal-secret scorecard for my keeping. Essentially, this scorecard was supposed to be part of no season but instead my personal scorecards to check if the rating for a show is accurate. But then on February 3, 2018, when I wanted to add more shows to the lineup of Season 2, I had no choice but to greenlit this scorecard for Season 2 after Sym-Bionic Titan and before Unikitty! because I wanted to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a scorecard.

Before I talk about the pie chart and the show's aspect, I will openly do constructive criticism because there's an official Wishfart DeviantArt account on this site (the user I'm talking about is ) and because I hope this Canadian show has the potential to be good, I want to help them out.

And now, the pie chart, which truly defines a mixed bag. So far, there's only one damned episode in Season 1 so far and what could've balanced it out is with one blessed episode, but too bad that the best episode of the series is great. I find the mixed bag pie chart more negative than positive due to the big chunk of poor episodes and bunch of the episodes that fell in the mixed bag range close to being tolerable. Even though there's 6 bad episodes as of this scorecard's release, we still have 8 good episodes to overtake the bad episodes. And yeah, this pie chart is an example of a mixed pie chart I'm not sure what to say.

I'm enthusiastic about the constructive criticism I'm about to give to , so here we go with the writing. I will do my best to be nice to you guys because I think this show can do a lot better:

Now the first thing I would like to discuss is the premise and by reading it...you know the drill. Judging by the cover, it looks like a good series and not your typical Canadian cartoon that thinks the medium is just for kids. Here, we have something that looks simple and what most Canadian cartoons would have; mess around with the premise with many possibilities with a bunch of characters going on adventures. But that doesn't end there, what made me really into the show are the creative setting that mix real life settings with fantasy elements that really captures the atmosphere of the show really well. They would often look interesting such as the beanstalk planted all over Dez' room. What makes them more interesting is their depth because it's unnaturally convincing and felt like a brilliant contribution to something created in Canada that also takes some levels of creativity as well like the salad truck in Chopped Salad and how everything feels like military school in the leprechaun reprogramming facility in episodes such as Does This Please the Jigmaster? and Team Shamrock. Some more decent aspects that makes the writing shine are the humor (which consists mostly of irony like jokes about Akiko being a ghost, which executes pretty well), the solid build up in the climaxes of some episodes and the supernatural aspect that manipulates the clever twists happening in episodes such as Customer Service is My Jam. What mostly makes the writing a lot distinct from other Canadian cartoons is that the writing isn't portrayed in a generic type of format where there's a bunch of cliches happening and the entire episode wants to emphasize more on being silly. When episodes from Wishfart are cliched, they manage to pull them off very well mainly due to the positives I mentioned (ex. And They Ate the Goldfish and We Are Cheetah Face).

And this is where the bad stuff kicks in; Half of the episodes are presented in a format similar to The Fairly OddParents where someone wishes for something and the wish goes haywire in the middle of the episode. Since this is a show centered around mythological creatures, it still fits the characterization's needs. But the thing is, there isn't that much rules about wish granting because pretty much everyone in town can use Dez to wish multiple wishes, most of which are ridiculous, though it's justified that they don't abuse their powers. Maybe have a book of rules for leprechauns to follow to avoid having everyone controlling them for dumb things or have the leprechauns reject their wishes for being too dumb. That way, it may have a comedic effect to the show. Also, the setups could've been executed better because they're simple like the premise. Remember the build up for the climaxes? That can also work for the setup as well because it'll get the viewers hyped for the episode, though I can see that you, the crew, tried it before. My biggest complaint about Wishfart's writing is that most of the time, it's all over the place where the story starts off with one focus and jumps into another one (look at We Can Eat Sand where it started off as the gang deserted in an empty town, but went out of nowhere when they go full survival mode instead of locating where everyone is). To fix this, make sure to keep the first subject focusing on the writing flowing throughout the episode (which kept the arrow for the main subject of the episode narrow for most of the good episodes) so that we can't forget what happened in the 1st half again. The structure doesn't work all the time because there are some random unexplained moments that, while doesn't needed to be foreshadowing in the writing itself, doesn't explain the logic behind it such as in Cartwheel! Cartwheel! Cartwheel!. I'd ask to add in explanation for main reason behind these actions in the dialogue so that I understand what's going on. I may appreciate the writing for being distinctive from other Canadian cartoons with its fantasy aspect, but I get annoyed for its similarities with The Fairly OddParents, unexplained logic and all over the place structure.

For my next phase on constructive criticism (and the worst aspect of them all), I'll tackle on the animation:

Like the writing, the quality differs from the stereotypical flash Canadian animation style where the line strokes are big, the character designs are cartoony and over the top and nothing special's about them. This is the weakest aspect of the show due to how it looks bland looking for something made in the 2010s, therefore naming it typical 2010s animation. The lines are thin, the character designs are minimalistic, the backgrounds are simplified to lacking depth, etc. But unlike other popular 2010s cartoons, the colors used for the show are usually dull and not very creative compared to portions of the writing. Unfortunately, you can't rewrite the animation style again because it looks pretty dull compared to other cartoons and since this is a Canadian cartoon, it's plain generic 2010s animation. Granted, it doesn't flow as your typical generic Canadian flash cartoon where the characters awkwardly move like puppets. The character animation can flow nicely sometimes, presenting some fluent animation like when someone tries to pick something up while the object is falling. But that's pretty much the only good thing I can describe the character animation because now that it's not like any cartoon from the Canadian dumpster, it rather moves very choppily where it feels awkward and incomplete. For example, whenever characters turn, I can tell that some frames are missing for the turning animation where frames show the character facing left and then the next frame screens it facing right without animating some frames. Is there an animation director? You should add some frames for the turning animation next time so that it doesn't feel lazy. The character animation as a whole is in fact subpar thanks to too much frame skipping where it makes the animation look choppy. And forgetting to add some effect, Akiko would sometimes won't float like a ghost. What you, the crew, animated very well compared to the choppy character animation is the fire animation, which looks like it has a high framerate and captures the effect of fire greatly. One more thing I must give props for the quality are the character designs, most of which look creative and well made. A few characters seem to look like hybrids of 3 different things that combine real life with mythology, objects or history. I'd say a lot of the character designs look good looking hybrids of real life and mythology. Despite bland style and choppy animation that look like not enough frames are added in to complete the animation, I tend to appreciate its distinct appearance (again) from other Canadian cartoons and some nicely crafted character designs.

I'd say distinct again when I talk about the characters:

But ironically, I don't find them distinct from other Canadian cartoons because they would usually contain an obnoxious cast with lack of depth. Same thing would go for the cast of Wishfart because there isn't that many characters to remember from. A lot of them are just bland and heck even annoying, not in a funny way to spiffy the humor. But, you can flesh out their character some more where you give them some character development, better jokes, a more reasonable idea to be ironic and a bunch more. And speaking of character development, it turns out that there are some signs of development in some episodes of the show. Though there are some that might conclude in the wrong direction, so watch out for character derailment at the end. Sadly, it's pretty small compared to the cons of the show because there really wasn't a lot of development in a bunch of episodes that help us sympathize for the characters. Again, development is a key part in the characters where it helps because it's trying to make you relate to the character some more where you may like them. Sure, half of the cast contain a specific personality, but not a positive personality that makes me like the characters, it's like I said, the annoyance that affects the characters where they wish ridiculous wishes to Dez and often be the cause for incredibly stupid setups and actions that would eventually turn the episode around. What I can like about the characters despite their characterization being unlikable is their characteristics, which are distinctive, clever and interesting. Take Dez for example, where despite him having a bland and cliched characterization that makes him look one dimensional, I'd say the characteristic of being clumsy with granting wishes and being worse than Finnuala is a fitting touch to him and works as a way to help us remember him. Another character I like from the show is Fireball Cat because yes, he doesn't do that much in the episode, but he turns the tides for the writing whenever he gives advice to Dez and the gang. So you see, they're not pure badness of annoyance and dull characterization. What makes them have a certain charm is that they can sometimes develop and have fitting characteristics.

So that's my constructive review on Wishfart. The show looks so 50-50 that I don't even know which rating will it land on next. Since 52 rounds to 50, it's likely that Wishfart would become tolerable, I still think this show can do a lot better than its weak episodes. Differentiating from the general Canadian cartoon parade, Wishfart has a fair share of pros and cons. While it's creative and mixes some supernatural aspects to the show fluently, it's still a forgettable cartoon. Why? It's similar to The Fairly OddParents except the structure is a mess and the quality and characters are dull obvious products of the 2010s that sometimes annoy me with choppy animation and annoyance. For a mixed bag show, since there's more bad than good, I'd suggest watching a few episodes of the show because the amount of episodes I don't recommend is pretty huge. And because that the bad overtake the good, it's meh (52%), a low-meh to be specific. And now that I finished my constructive criticism, I hope that Wishfart can improve overtime with the creativity leading its way. I thought this show would do better than other Canadian cartoons, but now I find it almost the average ranking as a Canadian cartoon. At least the latest episodes are getting better.