Totally Spies

It was a good time waster during your early morning routine, at least in my opinion, and the animation was actually pretty sexy and cute at times, far from Uncanny Valley, but not total Sex Symbol either.

edited 12th Sep '14 4:24:05 PM by KingKix

Sexy isn't something that comes to mind when watching a cartoon IMO. It's all drawings, non-existent, to me at least.

edited 12th Sep '14 5:33:37 PM by TheLemsterPju

Ah, I remember this show being a Guilty Pleasure when I was a kid.

And then I started watching it again recently. Still a Guilty Pleasure.

In my youth, I recall that my favorite heroine alternated between Clover and Sam, but for the time being it's all Alex. Very adorkable, IMO.

I always figured Clover as somewhat of the lead sice she pretty much shows what the series is all about: long-legged teens who love being girls become catsuit wearing agents that usually become Fetish Fuel.

I wonder if the show was meant to be as fetish-y as people see it as.

More like creep-y.

It really seemed to boost Sam as The Hero later on though, she did a lot of stuff single handedly and tended to steal a lot of the badass moments. They pretty much lampshaded Clover as the Master of None in one episode.

As for fetish, well a lot of cartoons do bondage on a frequent basis. On the other hand Totally Spies was among the few that did it nearly Once an Episode, and in more and more elaborate ways. Looking at how the girls were clothed, posed and portrayed throughout the cartoon, it's very hard to say the show looked completely innocent in it's intentions.

edited 13th Sep '14 5:36:20 PM by Psi001

If Johnny Bravo can have that episode with Farrah Fawcett where she says "I can't remember the last time I was blindfolded" then follos it up with a naughty giggle and whispered "oh yes I can..." then all bets are off on "children's cartoons."

Watched some episodes when I was younger and surprisingly found it boring for a cartoon about spies. Definitely prefer PPG.

edited 13th Sep '14 8:54:07 PM by teddy

You and me both... On PPG, of course.

edited 14th Sep '14 12:29:05 AM by TheShopSoldier

Well beyond being "for girls" and "featuring 3 girl protagonists", PPF and TS have very little in common. It be like comparing Jem to Powrpuff Girls.

Okay, is it anything like Sailor Moon?

Eehh... maybe? <is really not sure of how to answer that question>

-Sailor Moon, even back in the days, knew it was meant for children and even with a low budget, compared to today's standards in anime, they did a fasinating show that could sometimes veer into "The fetish-y area" that most anime is known for.

-TS is somewhat the same, but the adult fetish level is mostly played out in how you see the series. I for one just found the suits very "snug-looking", the fashions while just being students very eye catching, and their designs just look more fitting in a japanesse dating sim game.

So, yeah. I guess the two do have a little in common, but Moon is just more famous.

edited 14th Sep '14 12:30:58 PM by KingKix

Oh I meant, did they try to make all the spies as emotional as Usagi? I didn't watch the show enough to get a handle on their personalities.

Oh, then no. I remember very little from SM back in my days, but I believe Usagi was a total moe. Sam was brainy with very little fault, Alex was somewhat sweetly bubbly, but a true tomboy, and Clover was a true Valley Girl, which I don't think SM had much of at the time.

The Sailor Moon characters and story definitely have more depth. It's not that it's a terribly deep franchise, but still far moreso than Totally Spies.

I wonder how the pitch for the show even passed:

Creator:Hey guys!? I had this awesome new idea for a cartoon!

CN manager:Ok, what ya got?

Creator:So, I was watching 007 movies and classic episodes of magical girl animes at the same time...

CN Manager:Go on.

Creator:What if we used the Magical Girl trio trope, but with mildly sexualized teenagers wearing spy catsuits?

CN Manager:FUK YEA DATS WHAT I'M TALKIN' BOUT! \*Throws money at him*

I always took it as 007 meets Charlies Angels, for kids.

I'd greenlight that premise in a heartbeat. Catsuits are amazing.

Yes they are. :)

I am re watching this show. An early episode had the girls appear to go bad and rob a bank. Turns out it was clones. But when the girls appeared to go bad...Jerry essentially tried to lobotomise them! What the hell, Jer??

Yeah, WHOOP is very serious about it's duties to save the world.

...I just realized what a ridiculous acronym WHOOP is.

I just realized how much damn fetish fuel from this show must have been purged when TV Tropes removed the fetish fuel entries.

edited 13th Feb '16 9:52:30 AM by AdricDePsycho