Watched the new Velma episodes so you don't have to. The black girl that gets with Norville is named Gigi, but knowing this show she might get a nickname later down the line. She looks different because she takes a hint from Velma "de-sexualizing" her friends and starts dressing like Willow Smith.
The two episodes got a total of two ish laughs out of me, one per episode. But I have already forgotten them.
The first one is about self defense, and Velma trying to figure out her feelings for Daphne. They are both wholly unlikable so I didn't care. Their dynamic is very hard to follow, as when one begins to like the other they will do a sudden heel turn and become an asshole. And on and on it goes. The episode steals the Cardigan joke from Clone High wholesale and uses it about 14 more times than was necessary.
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(I'd rather be watching Clone High, the soundtrack is so good)
Before the next episode played an advert for the Harley Quinn show came on, better lesbian show, better show overall.
The second one was more unpleasant. Velma is tasked with making the hottest girls ugly so the serial killer won't murder them. She also makes Fred read the Feminine Mystique, which literally fries his brain and makes him like smart girls instead of hot ones. Velma teaches the girls about hairy pits feminism, they decide they don't like it because they'd rather be attractive. Episode tries to say that both vapid sluts and annoying feminists are equally valid, but also ends with Velma getting a nude from Fred, turning his date proposal down, and then keeping the nude for later masturbatory use. I'm starting to root for Fred honestly, if only because of how much the show mistreats him.
If the show is trying to make Velma intentionally unlikable they are really shooting themselves in the foot. There is a line.
