PLEASE be canon! I already love Star’s human look, and if he ends up with Asha, that’s bonus points for this movie.
We already had powerful shapeshifter allies in Disney movies, their names were Maui and Sisu. Not to mention that Camilo from Encanto also had shapeshifting powers.
Not every Disney movie with poc protagonists needs a shapeshifting character. This would be repetitive and I’m glad they’re trying to be original with it. Plus, Star having a human form wouldn’t do nearly as well as the merch it already has.
(rated by their efficacy and how satisfying they would be to fend off a home invasion)
wooden bat. solid, heavy duty, could easily be used to rattle the bones of a nighttime intruder. perfectly serviceable weapon, if a bit heavy handed. a bit lacking in pizzazz though. where’s the style? where’s the razzle dazzle? still, i could give a house burglar a concussion with this, and ultimately that is what matters. 6/10
shiny aluminum baseball bat. now we’re talking. does everything the first bat does, but makes a pleasant ringing thud when it finally comes into contact with a home intruder’s skull. that’s what sells it right there. grievous bodily harm, and grievous injury to ego. now with sound effects straight out of a roadrunner cartoon. baby go night night with a riiiiing. i hit you with this, your head starts ringing like a churchbell. 8.5/10
i changed my mind: now we’re talking. has all the bells and whistles of the aforementioned models, with the added advantage that after you kick the sucker’s ass, you get to stand over them and add insult to injury. behold evildoer, you just got your ass handed to you by the cute and unforgiving face of Hello Kitty. 10/10
lacks the razzmatazz of hello kitty, but still a perfectly usable weapon. a true classic. add some stickers & neon duct tape and we’re good to go. just be careful not to stub your toe when cleaning your room. 10/10
yes, that is a katana doubling as a baseball. yes, this is overkill. no, i’m not complaining. truly glorious. you can kick someone’s ass with a bat, and if the sucker still won’t go down? then we move on to ROUND TWO. imagine you take a few swings at an intruder, they’re looking around for a makeshift weapon, a broom handle or something, but then they look back and you’re unsheathing a second, sharper weapon. from within the same weapon. how fucked up would that be???? 11/10 probably not useful for baseball but why would you want to waste a baseball bat doing sports
what about them???
always use explicit language when you bargain with the devil, fool! four dollars
alright, BATS!
first things first, the Little Brown Bat. It is so little. It is indeed brown. It’s so tiny!!! I’ll be honest, just the name gets it a 10/10
Next order of business: the Big Brown Bat! It is indeed brown! It is not actually very big, but that’s okay!!! 10/10 excellent bat!
next up, Ghost Bat. look at this shit! look how happy that fucker is! 10/10 that’s a happy bat!!!!!
Introducing: Hammer Head Bat. this bat is less happy. this is not a pleased bat. i would go so far as to say this is a bat in distress. It is, however, still an excellent bat, utterly flawless, free from sin. blessed bat. please unhand them. 10/10
may i present: Epauletted Fruit Bat. This shit is wild. needs 2 photos bc on closer inspection that is a labrador retriever in bat form
look at this. there are over 1,400 species of bats and each one is stranger than the next. look at its nose. that’s a dog. 10/10
Honduran White Bat. oh my STARS AND CRACKERS. i would die for them. i would let you die for them. i would let you and your extended family and your second cousins all die for them. look at em. they’re so lovely. 10/10
check it out! Pied Bats, also called Badger Bats! this is the perfect bats! all bats are equally perfect but especially this bat! give this bat a mountain of tiny, bat-sized pies! give this bat a treasure horde of tiny fresh-baked pies to hoard over like a dragon! all the pies!!!!! 10/10 flawless. this bat also deserves a tiny top hat, i think.
Little White-Shouldered Bat. i love how many bats have ‘little’ in the name. like it was important to the scientists to emphasize that this is not just a bat, it is a little bat. Little bat in a big world. protect the tiny sky rodent. anyway, this one gets a 10/10, self-explanatory
Ghost Faced Bat. Upon careful examination, that is indeed a bat. 10/10 i won’t hear a word against my wrinkly friend.