Review: Lazor Wulf “They Ain’t Know; It Is What It Is”

Time to wulf down Lazor Wulf’s season finale.

Overview

“They Ain’t Know” establishes three things: that Stupid Horse is a horse of faith, Lazor Wulf is a wolf of science, and that the common belief is that the earth is flat. Lazor Wulf joins a pseudo-science cult about proving the earth is round — led by a man named Bill Figga (the Science Spinna.) Once he realizes it’s a scam, he sets out to expose Bill Figga and prove the world is round by himself. However, once he grabs Stupid Horse and King Yeti from the Museum of Obvious Beliefs, he starts driving to the “edge of the world” — where he discovers that God was Bill Figga, playing him all along. God reveals he can make the Earth any shape he wants with the click of a remote — which Lazor Wulf promptly destroys.

In “It Is What It Is,” Lazor Wulf, Canon Wulf, and Blazor Wulf all try to figure out what to get their deadbeat dad on Father’s Day. Not liking his father at all, to begin with, Lazor Wulf suggests that they go to the forest (where he resides), knock him unconscious, and spend quiet quality time with him. Their dad (a wild wolf) is whacked out-cold by Florence, so that they don’t have to hear him complain about spending time with his family. Lazor Wulf gets the family a bunch of raccoon-meat burritos which are contaminated with rabies. The rabies makes their dad fully cognizant (but make Canon Wulf and Blazor Wulf rabid.) Lazor Wulf tries to get real with him about why he hates his family, but there’s no depth on the matter. He then must stop his father from killing Canon Wulf and Blazor Wulf by fatally beating him in a game of Crossfire.

Our Take

Just as God has proved the earth is as flat as it is round, Lazor Wulf has proved its merit as a whole.

There’s a lot to say about the artistic direction in both episodes. The random intervals with the watercolor museum exhibits in “They Ain’t Know” was fun to look at, and the entire space scene at the end of the episode was as trippy as it was enticing. With “It Is What It Is,” the entire transformation to an 80’s video game scene was extremely well done. The individualized sprites for Lazor Wulf and his dad are enough to make any viewer light up.

This is the fun of Lazor Wulf — there are several art styles mixed into the episodes that push expression and experimentation to the forefront. Aside from the different styles, experimentation is even brought into the animation “physics.” Gags where King Yeti pulls the split-screen back in order to get a better look at the museum, or when Canon Wulf travels down-screen and breaks the shot perspective to hold Florence in his paw really demonstrate the Lazor Wulf team’s dedication to testing boundaries.

It could just be the pastels, but the show sometimes feels vaguely vaporwave, or lofi — if those music genres were talking wolves, that is. Speaking of music, we really need to talk about how bangin’ the Lazor Wulf soundtrack is. Who doesn’t love a good synth? Hopefully, there’ll be a separate release of the music — if not, it’s just another excuse to go back and watch the episodes.

The finale brings comedy and style to a whole new level for the show. Flat earthers and Dead Carltons alike, we’re sad it must come to a close. But, “it is what it is.” Hopefully, we’ll be seeing Lazor Wulf again for a second season.