Review: Wander Over Yonder ‘The Gift Il; The Giftening

Spoilers Below

One of the Watchdogs gets a present which makes him happy, and the feelings spread like wild fire throughout all of Hater’s HQ.  Turns out there’s a serial gifter on the ship and his name is Wander. Presents turn everyone on-board into smiling motherfuckers, and Peepers is NEXT! He gets hit, leading Sylvia to scare Hater out of his ship and up a mountain running away from the duo whom seek to grace Hater with a gift of his own. Hater eventually crash lands on to another planet and boards himself into a cabin. Thankfully, the Watchdogs show up and save there leader. Eventually, Hater opens up his present, but he’s not exactly thrilled with the result.

Jack McBrayer didn’t have to record ONE line for this episode, and Wander was still hilarious. But, the thing that really stood out for me this episode was the background design especially in Hater’s lair. In what looked like a level out of Tron, Walt Disney Animation shows that they still have some of the best in the business working in 2D animation. Granted, I wouldn’t exactly have classified this episode as ‘spooky’ which is what Disney was going for in this lineup, and instead could’ve seen this episode as more of a Christmas or Valentine’s Day special with all of the hearts showing up in the Watchdogs. However, these are just minor gripes, and I’m really looking forward to the prequel for this episode to show up sooner rather than later.