YMMV / Recess S 4 E 32 Bonky Fever

• Accidental Aesop:
  • The message is to not obsess, and that as you get older, you're going to eventually grow out of things. But the Aesop could've also been read as "You're not allowed to like things not tailored to your demographic". This is also odd because the show has had a huge Periphery Demographic.
  • The other aesop could be "Talking out your feelings with a trusted adult about growing up is healthier than bottling it and worrying your friends". It turns out Mikey never had that talk with his mother, and he feels much better when admitting he doesn't want to get older while knowing it's a part of life.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Mikey's addiction to Bonky is compared to and handled exactly in a similar fashion as an addiction to drugs, first with confrontation then with tolerance and finally with tough love. Jason Davis, who was the voice of Mikey, died on February 16th, 2020 from an accidental overdose of Fentanyl.

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