REVIEW: OUT THERE ‘THE QUEST FOR FANTASY’

Spoilers Below

I can’t remember exactly when my infatuation with women turned from “wow she is really pretty” to”she has parts that I want to do weird things to”, but it is at this exact turning point where Out There is set. Watching the characters in Out There stumble through puberty will never compare to the actual awkwardness that we all felt at that time (maximum) when we were actually living it (if you are now a beard sporting man like myself), but the show does replicate a few follies really well. ‘The Quest For Fantasy’ revolves around Chad and Chris’s journey to somehow lay eyes upon a naked woman. I remember this, I remember this happening– and looking back it still seems weird. Suddenly, I really wanted something that I hadn’t even totally seen before. Nature is fucking crazy. I guess its the same as a Lion knowing that it wants to eat Gazelle without ever even tasting it before. I wanted Gazelle bad, and at the same time it was a bit overwhelming to be faced with such a foreign set of equipment.

During an ‘Our Changing Bodies’ type (boring) in-school educational video viewing Chad gets way too overwhelmed and ends up passing out and falling out of his chair (to be entirely honest I thought he was going to jizz in his pants— but alas he did not). Chris, Chad’s recently made blood brother (something I may or may not have actually done), decides that the only way to fix his homeboy is to let him get a good eyeful o’ the lady parts in person (not a terrible idea). This episode may not really hit home to a younger generation that can summon porn instantly to almost any device with a screen, but back in the day we had to hunt that shit down. Somebody had an illegal cable box — or their uncle had a porn stash — or they had spied on their older brother in the act with his girlfriend. There was always a story or a scheme afoot. And so the great tit hunt began  for Chad and Chris (a quest which never really ends for a man I suppose). Eventually this particular mission ends unfruitful and the duo (actually trio technically as Jay ended up tagging along) slinks home defeated. The episode ends with Sharla randomly dropping in at Chad’s house looking for a pseudo date — out of the blue. I think this was supposed to be the “what you want has been right in front of you the entire time moment” — something that I did not appreciate. In real life something like that would never ever happen and I kind of wish the episode would have ended on a down note instead (to better mimic real life for most dudes at that age). But hey, maybe I just wasn’t ever that lucky.

I am still getting used to Out There, (as it is not the normal type of toon I frequent) but so far it has stayed interesting and makes sure to always pepper in some ‘wtf just happened’ comedy gems (via Wayne, and of course Terry). I think that if Out There continues to bring back adolescent nostalgia (woah big words bro) that its viewers can identify with and maybe adds a little bit more ‘in your face humor’ it should find its audience fairly quickly. I am really tempted to wish it was more slapstick-y (to suit my own preference) but at the end of the day it is the kind of show that prides itself in its slow pace and humor through situation (rather than punchline).

Go do you Out There, and lets see what happens.

8.5/10

@Achilles_Word