Firstly, the character of Minka Mark is a pink spider monkey, and I always looked forward to the day when she would erupt into some chest beating… Because she could have a temper, sometimes.
But there were some special episodes that I feel were true "Missed Opportunities". Like "What's So Scary About The Jungle? Everything!", the seventh episode of this series' third season. Here we had an episode that was all about gorillas, but still, we never got to see a single chest beat. Not even a little thump. I mean… Seriously?!
And then there was "Spendtrifty", the eight episode of this series' fourth season. Here Blythe gets a baby doll that is so realistic, that it cries unstop, and doesn't even have an off-switch. So when Blythe decides to leave it with the pets to take care of it while she's in school. The problem is that the baby doll never stops crying, and finally, Vinnie Terrio, the gecko, have a horrible daydream where the baby doll is King Kong, and he's in the roll of Fay Wray, while the other pets try to save him from the monster doll, at the top of Empire State Building.
Yes, this episode did include a King Kong spoof… And guess how much chest beating we got to see here?! Nothing! Absolutely nothing at all!
And then, finally, we have the last disappointing episode from this series. It's called "Snipmates", and is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of this series. In this episode, while Blythe is taking part in a fashion design contest, the pets are having some big troubles with Sugar Sprinkles, the otherwise sweet and very mellow cat, who for some reason is nothing but depressed and angry today. The pets soon discover that she is missing the sugar sprinkle pieces that usually sit on her head, and they deduce that her sudden aggressive behaviour is somehow connected to the sprinkles being gone, so they try to put new sprinkles on her head, which isn't quite so easy, when the cat in question has gone fully Hulk-mad.
Yes, Sugar Sprinkles does actually go full Hulk, and starts to smash everything in sight, even speaking and yelling "Sugar Sprinkles, SMASH!!!", in the same primitive, simple way as the Hulk.
The reason why I include this episode here, is that, ever since the Avengers movies and TV series, as well as the "Lego Marvel Super Heroes" video games, have all portrayed the Hulk as a chest beater, I have come to expect some chest beating when ever someone goes complete Hulk. But guess how much chest beating Sugar Sprinkles does in this episode?! None. Absolutely nothing. All she does is run around, slicing up any inanimate object that gets in her way, and attack all the other pets, like a wild tiger. But no chest beating, what so ever.
It really pains me to say this, because I really enjoyed this series. Actually, when "Transformers: Prime" finished its last season, in 2013, this show, along with "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" and "Sofia The First", were among the few modern TV series that I actually enjoyed following. But, as much as I liked this show, it did let me down when it comes to chest beating, by not including any, at all. I mean, seriously! When you have a show that features a lot of animals, it's somewhat unnatural not to include any chest beating. Hasbro Studios, DHX Media… You guys really managed to create a true "Missed Opportunity!" with this one. Let's just hope Hasbro Studios don't make the same mistake with the new "Littlest Pet Shop" series, which they are producing together with Boulder Media, scheduled for release this year, 2018. Hasbro Studios, get it right this time!
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