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** Maybe after the incident in the episode, Wade might have set up some kind of account in-between Bueno Nacho and Ron... It could be possible, being a 10 year old supergenius.

* And then there's the show's finale. For some, it was a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. But when {{spoiler|Ron suddenly awakes his full Mystical Monkey Powers and starts beating the aliens all by himself,}} it just went from bad [[It Got Worse|to worse]]; and it keeps doing that ''even'' when it seemed impossible. It's ''[[Fan Service]]'' of {{spoiler|the most popular character}}, but it isn't [[Character Development]] and doesn't leave a good message. {{spoiler|Ron is suddenly told he's ready; he somehow agrees; and then, suddenly, he's the most kick-ass character of the show, leaving [[Chickification|Kim (and maybe Shego) as nothing but a damsel in distress in the final episode of the show with her own name!]] [[Unfortunate Implications|Almost as if to suggest women can't be good enough to be the real heroes of the story...]]}}

** Many people believe that the ending defines everything that came before it. This finale is about the culmination of Ron Stoppable's [[~~The~~ Hero's Journey|journey]] -- the implication being that Kim's own story was finished ''before'' the [[Grand Finale]]. (Stupid [[Post Script Season]]...)

** Many people believe that the ending defines everything that came before it. This finale is about the culmination of Ron Stoppable's [[Hero's Journey|journey]] -- the implication being that Kim's own story was finished ''before'' the [[Grand Finale]]. (Stupid [[Post Script Season]]...)

*** The theme of the show was originally teamwork and [[The Power of Friendship]], like in ''[[The Movie|A Sitch in Time]]'', not "oooh look at Ron he's cool now!" There is an ongoing debate about whether this was a good idea.

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** Actually, if I remember correctly, Baxter took the gun specifically to use it on himself and jumped into the portal ''voluntarily'' to get away from the Turtles; they jumped in after him and only had enough time to get the gun from him and escape before the portal closed. The banging doesn't end there, though. They destroy the gun after restoring the city to normal, which makes you wonder why they wouldn't use it on ''Splinter'' beforehand - until you remember that Splinter had long ago accepted and preferred his fate. So how in the world was the gun back in perfect working condition when they use it on the mutant rats in "Wrath of the Rat King?"

* Gaia from ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' and her obvious [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]] way of doing things. She sends five teenagers with magic rings out to deal with the villains with little more than a "I will be with you in spirit," and at no point do they adequately explore just what she is doing all the while that is more important than taking an active role in the missions. Yes, a couple of the badguys, specifically Greedly and Sludge, are total losers who the average 8-year-old child could easily thwart, but at least one of them was near-godlike in power and indeed was supposed to be Gaia's opposite number. Instead of getting off her divine ass and deal with this dude personally like any good goddess should, she pretty much leaves it to the kids as usual. Seriously?!

** Pretty much every episode of ''Captain Planet'' contains at least one Wall Banger, but "The Numbers Game" takes the cake for taking [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]] [[Up to Eleven]]. First, it's an episode teaching [[Clueless Aesop|ten-year-old viewers about proper reproductive choices]]. [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|Not exactly friendly for any large families watching]], but let's move on. At the beginning, ''Wheeler'' is the one who believes this, and gets called out at the others for arguing that people shouldn't have more kids than they can afford, telling him children shouldn't "just be for the rich" or something. Then Wheeler falls asleep and dreams that he and Linka are married with [[Massive Numbered Siblings|seven or eight kids and another on the way]]. This decision apparently caused the world to become a polluted dystopia, because of course one large family is enough to use all of Hope Island's resources. In the dream the other Planeteers are ''still'' calling him out, this time for having so many kids ([[Double Standard|but not Linka, because obviously she had no say in this]]). Wheeler gets one throwaway line pointing out that dream!Kwame is also acting irresponsible (he has two kids but is very wasteful), and then is ignored. When Wheeler wakes up he tells Linka that he doesn't ever want to have more than two kids, having evidently learned a lesson...except it was a lesson he ''already knew beforehand!'' Meanwhile, the other Planeteers presumably still think he's a jerk for not liking kids.

** Pretty much every episode of ''Captain Planet'' contains at least one Wall Banger, but "The Numbers Game" takes the cake for taking [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]] [[Up to Eleven]]. First, it's an episode teaching [[Clueless Aesop|ten-year-old viewers about proper reproductive choices]]. [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|Not exactly friendly for any large families watching]], but let's move on. At the beginning, ''Wheeler'' is the one who believes this, and gets called out at the others for arguing that people shouldn't have more kids than they can afford, telling him children shouldn't "just be for the rich" or something. Then Wheeler falls asleep and dreams that he and Linka are married with [[Massive-Numbered Siblings|seven or eight kids and another on the way]]. This decision apparently caused the world to become a polluted dystopia, because of course one large family is enough to use all of Hope Island's resources. In the dream the other Planeteers are ''still'' calling him out, this time for having so many kids ([[Double Standard|but not Linka, because obviously she had no say in this]]). Wheeler gets one throwaway line pointing out that dream!Kwame is also acting irresponsible (he has two kids but is very wasteful), and then is ignored. When Wheeler wakes up he tells Linka that he doesn't ever want to have more than two kids, having evidently learned a lesson...except it was a lesson he ''already knew beforehand!'' Meanwhile, the other Planeteers presumably still think he's a jerk for not liking kids.

*** Because Wheeler is the guy who everyone is supposed to lecture, cause he's American. [[Sarcasm Mode|And as you know, Americans are all loud, wasteful louts who need to be lead around by the hand or else they'd hurt themselves]]. Makes you wonder why [[Mother Earth|Gaia]] even gave him a ring to begin with.

**** The stereotyping looks even more ridiculous when you remember that Wheeler (like every other member of the group, save for Gi) hails from ''a poor, working-class family.'' His characterization might be understandable if he was middle or upper-class American, but as it was there was absolutely ''no reason'' for his wasteful behavior.