Review: Krapopolis “The Majors”
OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)
Ares’ weird post-battle behavior is uncovered, leading to him being booted from the major Gods. This opens a position that Deliria definitely doesn’t want…but decides to help minor God Salt get in just to spite them all. Meanwhile, Hippocampus invents the toilet, forcing Tyrannis to poop in front of his people to get them to use it.
OUR TAKE
First off, points to whoever animated Ares doing the Akira Bike Slide at the top of the episode. Second, props to having Stephen Root as Salt, because adding Stephen Root to anything always makes a show better. With that out of the way, doesn’t it seem like this episode should’ve come before the previous one? We’ve got Deliria mentioning she was kicked out again, but that was resolved with what happened last time. We also have what are possibly better introductions for the Gods that featured last time. Also, according to the credits, Dave Franco as Broseidon is present, even though he died a few episodes ago, though that may be because this was made before that in production order. But I guess it would be hard to square the circle of Ares being demoted but then back again if they did this first. Continuity is not really a big priority for a comedy show anyway unless it can actually add to the comedy, but there is definitely some attempt at broader worldbuilding here so it would be nice to see if that’s going anywhere. If we’re burning through two full seasons of episodes, then surely we’re headed towards SOME bigger change by the end.
Anyway, this is actually a pretty fine episode on its own. I think this is the first time we’ve had a Deliria plot that was just about her on her own as opposed to being connected to Tyrannis or that one time with Stupendous. Unsurprisingly, it’s still related to her bad blood with the other Gods, but hey, baby steps. A lot of this is basically giving us a look at how the Gods operate and divy up authority and titles, which turns out is a mix between high school popularity contests and fraternity/sorority social hierarchies, with everyone incredibly insecure and willing to put those below them through hell to even get a fraction of what the top Gods have. Salt, being genuinely interested in change and being nice, is a good contrast to Deliria’s cynicism, at least on paper. However, because of her forever snarky tone, it’s hard to tell if any of what happens, like Salt buying into the sudden popularity, actually affects her. Still, plenty fine as it is, plus we got a lot of minor God jokes, with some of them actually making me chuckle, though the toilet subplot probably got more of that out of me. See you in two weeks, because there seems to be no new episodes next week . Is that what we’ve come to? Ah well, we’ll be back on the seventh of April.
