History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticEditorial58

The Critic examines the obscure 90's animated AnimalSuperhero cartoon ''[[WesternAnimation/WildWestCowBoysOfMooMesa Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa]]'' to determine if there was anything worth remembering about a show with such an insane premise.

* OverlyLongGag: Marshal "Moo" Montana quotes the Code of the West so often that the Critic quickly gets annoyed.

The Critic examines ''[[WesternAnimation/WildWestCowBoysOfMooMesa Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa]]'' to determine if there was anything worth remembering about a show with such an insane premise.

* AbnormalAmmo: The Critic praises the use of this trope as a creative way to avoid depicting actual gunplay, which was the reason that wild west-themed shows fell out of fashion.
* BrokenRecord: Marshal "Moo" Montana quotes the Code of the West so often that the Critic quickly gets annoyed.

* GoshDangItToHeck: A short segment is used to demonstrate Cowlamity Kate's collection of long-winded insults.

* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: {{Invoked}} in terns of the show sounding like a ripoff of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''; the Critic notes that the show's creator actually helped design figures for the 80's TMNT toyline.
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: [[invoked]]The Critic repeatedly points out that the entire premise of the show (anthropomorphic cattle as lawmen in a wild west setting) sounds like "dead hamburger on arrival".

* ExpositoryThemeTune: The Critic finds the show's opening theme to be [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic surprisingly badass]] despite not being a country fan himself. He does, however, take it to task for not explaining the show's setting very well.

* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: {{Invoked}} in terns of the show sounding like ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''; Critic makes note that the show's creator actually helped design figures for the 80's TMNT toyline.

* ExpositoryThemeTune: The Critic finds the show's opening theme to be [[AwesomeMusic surprisingly badass]] despite not being a country fan himself. He does, however, take it to task for not explaining the show's setting very well.

* GoshDangItToHeck: The Critic makes note of Cow-lamity Kate's collection of long-winded insults.
* LamePunReaction: The Critic has to beg the viewers to stick with him after he reads out the names of the main villains: Oscar ''Bulloney'' and Sherriff ''Terrorbull''.
* MerchandiseDriven: While the show was always this way inclined in a similar fashion to ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', the Critic thinks the second season leaned much heavier on this due to the influx of new one-off villains, sillier plots and downgraded animation.
* MistakenForRelated: The Critic is convinced Cow-lamity Kate and Cody Calf are related since they look so alike.

* MerchandiseDriven: While the show was always this way inclined in a similar fashion to ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', the Critic thinks the second season leaned much heavier on this due to how many new villains were introduced, which might have caused the show to ultimately drop out of people's memories.

* SoOkayItsAverage: [[invoked]]The Critic's ultimate opinion of the show. The first season is definitely worth a watch due to its creativity, earnestness and light-hearted fun, but the show drops off in the second season due to the influx of new one-off villains, sillier plots and downgraded animation.
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: [[invoked]]The Critic repeatedly points out that the entire premise of the show (anthropomorphic cattle as lawmen in a wild west setting) sounds like "dead hamburger on arrival". And yet it somehow works. That said, he claims the backstory of the setting, involving a radioactive comet creating the mesa and its inhabitants, is poorly-explained and doesn't make much sense.

* AbnormalAmmo: The Critic praises the use of this trope as a creative way to avoid depicting actual gunplay, which was the reason that Westerns fell out of fashion.
* AwesomeMusic: The theme song gets praise for being "surprisingly badass".

* LamePunReaction: The Critic has to beg the viewers to stick with him after he reads out the names of the main villains: Oscar ''Bull''-oney and Sherrif ''Terrorbull''.
* MerchandiseDriven: While the show was always like this, Critic theorizes that the second season leaned much heavier on this due to the influx of new villains, sillier plots and downgraded animation. This might have been what caused the show to ultimately drop out of people's memories.
* MistakenForRelated: Critic is convinced Cow-lamity Kate and Cody Calf are related due to how alike they look.
* SoOkayItsAverage: [[invoked]]The Critic's ultimate opinion of the show. While he praises the show, especially the first season, for its creativity and light-heartedness, he ultimately admits that it wasn't anything spectacular, especially in the second season.
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: [[invoked]]The Critic repeatedly points out that the entire premise of the show (anthropomorphic cattle as lawmen in a wild western setting) sounds like "dead hamburger on arrival", yet the show somehow managed to pull it off. That said, he does point out that the backstory of the setting, involving a radioactive comet creating the mesa and it's inhabitants, is poorly-explained.

The Critic examines ''WesternAnimation/WildWestCowBoysOfMooMesa'' to determine if there was anything worth remembering about a show with such an insane premise.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: [[invoked]]The Critic repeatedly points out that the entire premise of the show (anthropomorphic cattle as lawmen in a wild western setting) sounds like "dead hamburger on arrival", yet the show somehow managed to pull it off.

* FollowTheLeader: The Critic notes that the comparisons to ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' are fairly accurate, since the creator, Ryan Brown, did design some of the toys for TMNT.

* SoOkayItsAverage: {{Invoked}} The Critic's ultimate opinion of the show. While he praises the show, especially the first season, for its creativity and light-heartedness, he ultimately admits that it wasn't anything spectacular, especially in the second season.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The Critic's ultimate opinion of the show. While he praises the show, especially the first season, for its creativity and light-heartedness, he ultimately admits that it wasn't anything spectacular, especially in the second season.