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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2040705" data-attributes="member: 151">Now I'm the one who must not have been clear. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I wasn't directly responding solely to you, but pointing out that Kim Possible is exactly what it was meant to be. The real issue is the target audience: young boys. Action shows appeal much more to boys than girls. Most american animation, when classified as Serious, are usually action-based shows. The Batman is a reasonably good show (it's not as good as B:TAS, but it stands on it's own well enough). But it's clear to me that my daughter is much more interested in the character's inter-relationships than in the fights, which I think captivates my son more. She likes to understand the villain's motivations, his plans and the plot, more than being concerned with individual powers or actions scenes.  A show like Kim Possible de-emphasizes the action in favor, usually, of the comic sequences or the relationships of the characters...by design, because they know the target audience enjoys that.Could boys respond well to an action show with a female lead? Possibly, but I tend to doubt it. Action-based female characters usually only show up on enemble shows, like any Power Rangers show, Exosquad, TMNT, Jackie Chan Adventures, Teen Titans and Justice League, to name a few. And notice that while the shows may give them equal time-share, the toys based on the show clearly do not. Challenge: try getting a Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl action figure from the Justice League toy-line. Oh, they exist....as 'chase' figures, one to a case, usually. (although, in fairness, the Martian Manhunter is pretty rare, too). Watch the commercials for the Teen Titans toy-line. The commercials would lead you to believe that there are only three members on the team...the boys. Oh, the girls are in the commercial...in a background shot, never highlighted or identified.Now, I'm not saying this is bad or good. In fact, the individual shows highlight their female characters quite well. Justice League, for example, has some of the best female characters around, particularly Wonder Woman. Teen Titans has an excellent balance that appeals equally to boys and girls. Kids Next Door has virtually no difference between boys and girls, while a show like Samurai Jack paints women as equally capable (and usually equally dangerous) as the men. The idea, then, is that it's merely playing to its audience. Will this ever change? Should it? I have no idea.LOL!!!!  Brilliance.</blockquote>

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