Danger Force (2020-24)
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Henry Danger Part 2: instead of one teen apprentice, bumbling superhero
Captain Man gets a whole crew. I reviewed Episode 1.2, "Say My Name," which reputedly has gay characters.
Scene 1: KLVY Studio. Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) is doing damage control after accidentally releasing hundreds of criminals from prison, including super-villains The Toddler, Arson Boy, Dr. Minyak, and Dr. Guilty. Ok, those guys might be dangerous, but most incarcerated persons are being punished for minor drug possession and property crimes. He's sent his Danger Force team out into the streets of Swellville to apprehend them. But at that moment, the team arrives with pizza and wings!
Trying to save face, Captain Man argues that they at least caught The Toddler. But there's a real toddler in his bag. And they don't remember where they got him. He's pre-verbal, so he can't tell them. This is a teencom, so I'm sure the parents realize that their kid is not in danger, just misplaced.
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ntroduction: There are four kids in Danger Force, two girls (one who looks more like a boy, and may be nonbinary), the "dreamy" Bose (Luca Luhan, left), and a "comic relief" Miles (Terence Little Gardenhigh, below). They apparently have superpowers of their own; I thought that the original Henry Danger was a non-powered teen sidekick.
Also in the cast: Captain Man's assistant Schwoz, whom I know from research to be played by trans actor Michael D. Cohen.
Scene 2: The kids practicing boxing while Captain Man snacks.
Whoa, look at those biceps! Could I just watch Cooper Barnes flexing for 23 minutes? He's angry because they embarrassed him on tv, ao he insults their superpowers. They do seem to be rather rudimentary.
An alarm rings -- "Stranger approaching!" -- so the headquarters remodels into a classroom (rather a cool transformation). It's a delivery guy named Guy (Josh George, center), who turns out to be Assistant Swoz, checking the security system.
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