How Kid Cosmic Perfected What Velma Butchered

Kid Cosmic had one of the best lines in any cartoon in recent years

"Being a hero isn't about forming a fist, it's about extending a hand. Heroes help, not hurt"

I worked on KID COSMIC, and just wanna say thank you for this video and thanks for enjoying it! All of us on the show love and believe in it so much, and aren't sure why more people don't talk about KC. So thanks for digging it!

Honestly another thing to note about kid cosmic and Velma is that the characters of Kid and Velma start off in the same place. Both lost parents at a young age, both are absorbed into pop cultures and both think their the main character of their story. Difference being is that Kid actually becomes humbled and learns that the story isn’t just about him. He struggles and understands what he does right and wrong whereas Velma just doubles down on her own choices and just bulldozes over everything to prove that she’s right.

I think one take away from this is that the show you discussed was brave enough to make their own Ip and not try hiding behind an already established franchise

I love Kid Cosmic so much, man. It is fantastic plain and simple, so fresh and endlessly entertaining.
The fact Kid Cosmic and Velma are in the same sentence makes me physically ill.

Moral: Never say something is a cliche and do it anyway. Just subvert the cliche.

Kid Cosmic is highly underrated.

Never thought I’d see these two shows be compared to each other, but it makes sense now.

Kid Cosmic was made out of love, Velma was made out of hate!

FINALLY Kid Cosmic gets talked about more, this show is so damn underrated. The artstyle is so fun and appealing too look at, and the characters are really likeable. It’s neat to see it brought up more.

Why is it that in shows like Velma and Santa Inc. the characters we're supposed to dislike (Fred and Santa) are the most likable and the only characters that get some kind of development?

Kid Cosmic is one of the most underrated Netflix shows, I absolutely love its story and characters, and the references that take from Comicbooks is something anyone can get and love.

I really enjoyed Kid Cosmic when it first premiered on Netflix back in 2021, and I can't believe that the show isn't getting as much praise as it should have gotten. And it's a shame that Craig McCracken had left Netflix, now he came back to Cartoon Network to work on two reboots of his two shows. I'm hoping that people will be talking about Kid Cosmic again in the future. I also have a question for all of you. If Craig McCracken works with Marvel Studios, which superhero or superhero group should he make into a movie/Disney+ series?

Kinda sucks that Kid Cosmic is one of the many cases of Netflix animated shows that got cancelled earlier than they should have. This hurts even more since the creator, Craig McCracken, already had to go through the same events with Wander Over Yander.

Kid Cosmic is a great cartoon. You did a good description of the Government as they want to same cool power and fantasies that Kid wanted. When the Government’s power Rangers was losing the Government leader said “No! It not how it supposed to go”. Those are the exact same words that Kid said beginning of season 1.

Kid Cosmic is a timeless Classic.

I mean, is perfecting what Velma failed really that high of a bar? What hasn't it failed at?

Kid Cosmic deserves so much recognition. The writing, voice acting, and animation are just stellar. I don't think we'll see another show like it for quite some time

If as many people watched Kid Cosmic for the great and lovable characters and upbeat atmosphere as watched Velma because of how bad it is, many people would respect family animation a bit more. Absolutely adore Kid Cosmic, keep up the good work.

Remember: A reference is worthless if it has nothing to say by itself.

You described Craig McCracken's philosophy on references perfectly. Also, it's worth mentioning that Kid Cosmic was supposed to answer the question Craig left unanswered on PPG: what is a real hero?

I've never seen this show, but I can already tell it handles references better. At 11:29 is a perfect example. Of course, I'm a huge Spider-Man fan, so I know that comic is supposed to be a reference to an iconic scene. But for someone who doesn't know anything about comics, they still understand it because it has an in-universe meaning. You don't NEED to know the reference to get it, but if you DO know the reference you get a little extra entertainment from it. It's lazy to just tell the audience "it's like that thing from that comic," and rely on the audience to do the work of remembering or looking it up. It's another thing entirely to build in-universe mythology, and then hide a little reference to the outside world in there.