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== [[Kim Possible]] ==
* Kim's meant to be a spy right? Exactly what spy stuff does she do? Use gadgets to bring down foes? I may be missing something but she seems to operate more of a soldier type (sneak in, steal\smash something) than actually spying on what Drakken is up to then calling in Global Justice or something.
** It's the highly stylised definition of "spy" created by the likes of the [[James Bond]] movies and ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' and such: stocked with [[Shoe Phone|neat gadgets]], jetting around the world, foiling [[Super Villain|supervillains]] bent on [[Take Over the World|world domination]] and [[Stuff Blowing Up|blowing things up]], just like ''[[True Lies]]'' or ''[[Spy Kids]]'' or ''[[Totally Spies!]]''. There isn't much relation to real espionage work. It's not [[John Le Carre]].
*** Sure, I can accept rule of cool in terms of spies. It was something I thought worth noting. Bond for example, he does proper spying from time to time, and for all the homage to the spy parody the closest we get to Splinter Cell is a throwaway gag. Kim would be more at home in Metal Gear than the Cold War.
*** I can think of three times when they were spying on villains instead of just looking for a fight: The Bermuda Triangle Club in ''So The Drama'', the villain's convention in "Bad Boy" and Killigan's island in "Graduation". But I don't think Kim is ever called a spy in the show: what she does in usually referred to as "crimefighting" or "hero stuff".
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{{quote|"Bonnie's playing you girl. ''[[Sarcasm Mode|What good is saving the world if I have no one to share it with?]]''"}}
* Why does Kim bother to look for a job occasionally if she's a secret agent? Doesn't she get paid to do the things she does?
** No -- otherwise, she'd be like Team Impossible.
** She's basically a mercenary for free, rather than a secret agent. I get the feeling that a lot of the reason she gets called in so much is budgetary concerns. "Look, you guys. Doctor Drakken stole our thing. Our thing! We need it back. But if we can't get it back, we'll need a new one, so try not to spend a lot of money." "No problem, we'll call the cheerleader with the kung-fu klutz sidekick and the rat.
*** As I understand it, her payment is future favors. "Hey, remember that time I saved you/your daughter/your village/the world? Can I get a ride/some equipment/a little info?"
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* In "So The Drama," how did Shego survive being kicked off a roof, electrocuted, and a building falling on top of her?
** "Slayer powers" (ie. she can't die because she's a woman, and women are the stronger sex).
** Because she's a likable, eccentric, popular, badass *primary* villain in a kids show.
** The same way she survives getting thrown across rooms, several-story falls, getting buried in cheese, collapsing buildings, the Vacrometer's lightning, flying car crashes, explosions, monkey stampedes, and everything else. She - like other characters on the show - is [[Made of Iron]].
** [[Wild Mass Guessing]] goes that she has a healing factor among her superpowers.
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* Shego worries that if her superhero past came to light her villainous reputation would be ruined. But how can it be [[Old Shame|her dark (light?) secret]]? She hasn't changed her appearance, and superheroism isn't a low profile activity.
** Go City seems weirdly insular. Kim's never heard of Aviarius, who lives in the same city as his hero foes, and Hego has never heard of internationally-infamous Dr. Drakken and is clearly (and perhaps willfully) ignorant of the high-profile crime his sister has devoted her life to. Shego, if you'll excuse this odd and tortured simile, is like a small-town prom queen who went off to the big state college: Nobody knows anything about where she came from, and none of it matters anymore anyway because she's swimming in a much larger pond now.
** The world of Kim Possible is a [[Crap Saccharine World|really weird place]]. Like, [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|really weird]]. [[Card-Carrying Villain|Evil]] is [[Weird Trade Union|unionized]], Hench Co. does very good business, and [[They Fight Crime|crime is fought]] around the world by [[Superhero|superheroes]], Global Justice (a super-spy organization ala [[James Bond]]), and [[Badass Normal|some cheerleader]]. No one recognizes Shego as a [[Face Heel Turn|FaceHeelTurned]] former superhero from Go City because there are probably teams of superheros (or something similar) protecting every major city around the world, hence why Kim and company don't recognize Hego or Aviarius -- it's just another superhero-supervillain face-off. [[Catch Phrase|No big]].
* If Wade made the Battle Suit so overpowered that it made Ron and even Larry, the nerd with half the strength of an average child, so powerful that they became the strongest people in the series just by wearing that Battle Suit, why did Wade not create more Battle Suits? [[This Troper]] blames it on very bad writing...
** [[This Troper]] reckons they had to [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum|hold back the phlebotinium]] and write out the battlesuit as much as possible to avoid making Kim too powerful. When they added it in ''So The Drama'', that was the series' finale, so they didn't have to worry about that, but with the fourth season it must have become a bit of a nuisance.
** Unless I'm mistaken Wade said in ''So The Drama'' that the battlesuit was still in the testing phase. Until he irons all the kinks out of it he probably doesn't want to make some more (we also see the Battlesuit malfunctioning in one episode). That, or Kim hid it somewhere to keep Ron's paws off it after episode 4.1 and forgot about it.
** Also, there's the threat of having it hijacked again.
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**** Aw, too bad, no snoo snoo for you, Drakkhen.
* Why does no one question some of the scientists that the villains steal from? I believe they might have touched briefly on it in the mind control episode, but they didn't bother with it any more. And they completely ignored it in the mood-controller episode. The guy's lab even LOOKS like a lair; it had a door that was kind of hidden in the wall.
** Stranger than that, with the bracelet that grows into a battlesuit, Kim tries to contact them, but they're closed for the weekend. Our secret military project has been stolen, but it can wait till Monday. They do talk to scientists in charge of the Pan-Dimensional Vortex Inducer and Ray X, but those times, they were called in by them.
** As for Dr. Bortle, how does he get away with it? He's working on ''mind control'', with the mood-controller and the compliance chip. If he tried using them, they'd bust him as a villain. Both times Kim and Shego suffer for it; maybe one of them arranged an "accident" for him later.
*** One of them being Shego. Kim seemed too busy hitting on Ron (the next episode has her hinting to be brought along as a date).
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* Why don't Shego's siblings really look like they were hit by a comet? Only their hair colors have changed, while Shego's hair is the same but she has greenish skin.
** Well, Mego's skin is fairly purplish, as for Hego and the Wegos, they retain a "normal" look, but do a close check. Their skin tone IS different from one another, even though the fact they are brother would suggest they should look more alike. The Wegos's skin color is closer to red, while Hego's skin (When wearing his Go Suit) goes a bit pale, as if approaching light blue. It's clear that they have been affected too, it's just not too notable.
* Why did Monique have no pupils?
** Because most minor characters are like this (Alex Saffic, for example). This was fixed in the second season.
* Am I the only one missing romance between Drakken and Shego minus that mind control episode and the finale? They seemed like brother and sister to me. It seems like they jumped the shark with them hooking up.
** It was more of a [[Sure Why Not]], but yeah the fact that they hooked up ''just like that'' is quite odd. Then again, maybe something happened during Season 4 (Which [[
*** Wow. Bitter, aren't we?
*** You try being on the receiving end of it every day and see how long it takes YOU to become the supervillain!
*** In any case, Dr. Drakken had to have some appeal to Shego, considering she kept working with him. Maybe one of his schemes actually working was what she needed to push things from fascination to love.
*** If you watch Season 4 from Shego's perspective she is actually taken through a recap of all her past or possible relationships.
***** First there's Junior, who frees her from prison to help him steal a birthday present for his dad. There were some sparks between them in the episode where she became his Evil Teacher (also he is young, buff, rich and dumb, totally her type). Shego realizes, however, that for Junior she will always come second to his father.
***** Then there is Motor Ed. He frees her so she can ride in his new cool car. For him she is an accessory. He says it in these precise words. Shego is not amused.
***** She even gets a chance to try a non-evil relationship when she gets turned good. She hooks up with the principal from Kim's school and appears to be happy with him. But after she's turned back he simply doesn't match her anymore.
***** After going through all this in one short season, Shego probably decided to stick with the one guy she knew she was compatible with.
* Bonnie doesn't have a visible belly button. Kim does. They're wearing identical cheerleading outfits. How is this possible?
** Maybe she's wearing a skin tight bodysuit that's the same colour as her skin.
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*** Sheila...That works too.
** They were supposed to go into Shego's ankle pouch thing, too. No one has any idea what it's really for.
* What's with Shego's fingers? They're..''Pointy'' and claw-like. At times, and at other times they're "normal".
** Power side effect?
* The end of "So the Drama", about Shego. {{spoiler|Kim ''kicks her'' into a ''falling'' electrical building and everything falls on top of her. If the damage from the kick didn't severely injure her, or the electricity, the building falling on top of her should have killed her. Yet she just appears with her hair being frizzed..}} What the '''fudge!?!'''
** That is one of the biggest reasons for which Shego having [[Healing Factor]] is pretty much not just [[Fanon]], but [[Canon]]. Hell, I think even one of the producers confirmed it in an interview.
*** It was supposed to be the final episode ever, and the original versions didn't show the aftermath for Shego/Drakken. When they screentested, people went "OH MY FUCKING GOD KIM JUST KILLED SHEGO", as it's basically a typical Disney Villain Death and they had various views of "OH HELLS YEAH" and "OMG KIM IS A MONSTER" so they added the "take them away boys" scene. I personally think it would have been an awesome ending, showing that Kim has grown up, and is now out of the teenage [[Competence Zone]], and that she's now in the "real world" where [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]] expires. Especially as the Drakken/Shego planned Diablo attack would surely have taken many lives.
**** Eh, debatable, they really aren't those kinds of villains, Shego can do it but lacks motivation, besides it always feels weird to have [[The Rival]] die outside of high fantasy, greek tragedy, or shounen martial arts. [[Defeat Means Friendship]] and all, and they made a big point out of having her cherish her time as 'Ms. Go'
**** And [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]] is just a teen thing? Um, look at Batman, who is most definitely NOT anywhere near the "teenage [[Competence Zone]]." He has a code against killing and he fights some of the most murder-happy villains out there. You say [[Animation Age Ghetto]], I say superhero morals.
**** Also, Shego had the ''least'' fault in what was making her angry. The whole deadly plot wasn't a "Drakken/Shego" plan like you state, but just a Drakken plan, and Eric was the one who broke her heart. Shego was just doing what she normally does, so Kim killing her would make no sense whatsoever because Shego just did ''not'' deserve it. Plus, Kim would have to be arrested, as she'd have gone above the law.
**** It would have been a different thing, had it happened mid-battle. But it happened during the immediate after-math, at a point where Shego was trying to get away from the scene rather than stick around and fight. (Note her surprised gasp when Kim suddenly appeared in front of her.) Killing the villain's right hand when the battle is already won is not exactly something an idealistic hero should do.
**** Lastly, it should be mentioned the ''number-one'' reason Kim killing Shego would never, ever fly. [[Ensemble Darkhorse|There are way too many fans who love Shego]]. In all truth, it would feel very jarring to have a character with plenty of humanization throughout the series (she celebrated Christmas with Kim and her family, for crying out loud!) to get killed off so casually, and since the movie could have been the [[Grand Finale]], Kim would end the series [[The Scrappy]] rather than [[The Hero]].
* Why does Ron always say Shego is old, though in his debut he liked her? Like in "Clean Slate". She can't be more then twenty four, and she looks pretty young.
** By season four she's probably in her late twenties, or at least that's my guess. She's a college graduate and has a few years of supervillainy after that; at least, it puts her in a different age bracket to the high school kids. Besides, when Ron makes those comments (in "Clean Slate" and "Stop Team Go") he's trying to pull Kim away from her, and so playing up any difference.
*** Mid twenties, I suppose. Isn't it [[Word of God]] she was in her early twenties at the beginning of the show?
** To a teenager, anyone over 20 is 'old'.
*** To a teenager with a functioning sex drive, still shaggable though. I'm going for the 'being a distraction' interpretation, though, since Ron might be nerdy but he's not the sexless type.
**** When Shego has Ron pinned down in A Sitch in Time (at least I think it was), he tells her that she actually looks pretty cute. But I don't think that thinking she is old and thinking she's attractive are mutually exclusive.
* Does Shego wear black eye liner? In certain episodes (like Bueno Nacho) her eyes have a black ring look to them, in some her upper eye is black and in some her eyes are plain.
** Right. [[Sarcasm Mode|Because it'd be completely impossible for a woman to wear make-up some days, but not others]]. Really, that minor an inconsistency in character design is hardly something to get worked up over, especially when it's about aethstetics/cosmetics (I guess [[Limited Wardrobe]] is so ingrained we don't think about the possibility of "she's not wearing that today" or something).
* Clean slate. Were they lamp-shading the fandoms views on Kim and Ron or the fact that they [[Jumped the Shark]] by suddenly making Kim and Ron like each other and hook up?
** Do you mean "Clean Slate" the episode or just how the show seemed to put them together? For the former the show did have them dating for six months, so the ending where Kim remembers she did love Ron works. For the latter, if you watch through the series you can see a number of subtle clues. Like? Like the [[Spider-Man]] scene in "Fearless Ferret", or "Steal Wheels", when she's jealous of Ron spending time with Felix. "Emotion Sickness" and "Gorilla Fist" has it well established by this point that she has feelings for Ron, not to mention "A Very Possible Christmas", but "Bad Boy" had Kim slyly hinting to take her on a date. Even the first season episodes had a few moments that implied them being more than just friends.
**** ...No, not really. Very subtle moments but they still seemed to be more on the ''[[Just Friends]]'' side of the spectrum.
**** Kim/Ron is a pretty typical [[Just Friends]] ship, where it gets teased by friends and family, there is some [[Green-Eyed Monster]] from both sides, some wondering about if it'll ruin their friendship, and finally one goes for it. It's only real complication is the fact they save the world, and arguably this just helps them realise what they really feel for each other.
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** That's about the reason, I reckon, and it sounds similar to "dragon".
** Or possibly "Draconian".
*** "Drache" is the [[Bilingual Bonus|German word for "dragon"]], and it's pronounced in roughly the same way.
* With all the [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful Names]] in this show, why does DNAmy have a plain surname like Hall? Was it chosen because it sounded good or is there a reference I'm not getting?
** Dunno if its a reference, but Amy Hall is a pretty common name, so probably...
* During ''Kimitation Nation'' Shego grabs onto the plane which makes it fall due to an electrical overload, or something. Why didn't she just turn her powers off? Back then she had no super powers (the gloves made the glow), but did she forget to turn it off since she was mad?
* In the [[Bad Future]], was Bonnie actually evil and working for Shego of her own free will? Apart from the scruffy hair and what appear to be bags under her eyes she seemed perfectly fine.
** Based on what we have seen of Bonnie being the [[Alpha Bitch]], one can easily assume that she did join Shego's power-structure out of her free will. Though I don't think she would consider herself anything else than pragmatic in joining the powers that be. Also, don't forget that "A Sitch In Time" happened before the [[Character Development]] that gave Bonnie her [[Freudian Excuse]] for her behaviour.
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