Let's Not Be Skeletons (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)

"Let's Not Be Skeletons" is the 49th episode of the first season of mh:besttvshows:OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes.

Summary
K.O. is the only one in doubt when a charismatic huckster arrives at the Plaza with a strange new invention, which he claims will put a stop to their villain troubles.

Let's Not Watch This Episode Because

 * 1) It's a anti-gun PSA that portrays all gun users as irresponsible, childish sociopaths and anti-gun activists as the good guys.
 * 2) Everyone was completely flanderized in this episode as they were portrayed as brainless idiots.
 * 3) The episode is riddled with hilariously bad dialogue that re-enforces virtue-signaling like "It infringes against individual liberty and I won't take responsibility!".
 * 4) The metaphor for how misusing guns via Skeleton Remotes can cause permanent damage fails because everyone is still alive when turned into skeletons.
 * 5) Horrible musical numbers with cringe-worthy lyrics.
 * 6) The episode's villain is a one-dimensional and stereotypical fat, sweaty, suit-wearing Southerner named Gil Ferris who acts like the devil, just for selling out the episode's gun metaphor.
 * 7) The episode ends on a pretty sour note when it is revealed that the episode was just K.O.'s dream, which not only is a pointless usage of the overused " it was all just a dream" cliché but also renders the entire episode meaningless.
 * 8) * The fact that it's all a dream proves that this is nothing more than a filler episode.
 * 9) Not all congresspeople (except for those who strongly advocate them) would ever outlaw guns so easily.
 * 10) The episode forces the "call your local congressman" moral in the worst way possible by having Carol saying it right in the viewer's face while winking. (Possibly in a way to be hip and relevant.)
 * 11) What makes this episode more insulting and tasteless is that it first aired not long after the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School massacre.
 * 12) It is very hypocritical for the show to have an anti-gun moral, considering that the characters, being superheroes, always use violence.
 * 13) The show's usual take on comedy is barely used, except for a couple of scenes and the ending, and even that is either forcefully political or used as filler.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The animation is still clean and bouncy.
 * 2) The idea of remotes that can turn people into skeletons is actually an interesting concept, but it was handled very badly.
 * 3) Despite being hypocritical, the episode does have a point that guns are very dangerous if not used correctly.
 * 4) The Howie Scream and Wilhelm Scream being used at the same time when K.O. finds Skeleton Dendy is kind of hilarious.
 * 5) Despite it being cliché, after talking to his mom about the dream, K.O. manages to prevent his dream from becoming real by calling the Congresswoman who was about to approve Gil's remotes.
 * 6) Aside from the terrible singing, the voice acting is still good like always.

Reception
This episode was considered by fans to be the worst episode of the series due to it being a political anti-gun PSA with bad morals and mass character derailment.

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