Cool Cat Fights Coronavirus / YMMV

Alternate Aesop Interpretation: While the main page considers the film's messages to be a case of Broken Aesop, some believe that with how the supposedly pro-mask and social distancing Cool Cat doesn't follow his own advice while the rather skeptical Dirty Dog gets more screentime, along with how Cool Cat tells us to respect other people's opinions on the virus, that Savage is on Dirty Dog's side (that the virus is "a scam") but obviously couldn't have the hero say that.
Awesome Music:
- The opening theme, which is considered the one good song in the entire film, wouldn't sound out of place in a serious film.
- Dirty Dog's rap is jokingly treated like this by the fandom.
Bile Fascination: Much like its predecessor, hearing of its bad reputation is the only reason people would watch this film.
Designated Hero: Cool Cat, continuing the trend from Cool Cat Saves the Kids, once again is not the moral paragon Savage assumes him to be.
- He firstly engages in some misogynistic bullying by mocking Dirty Dog as "throwing like a girl." The two young children playing his friends (both of whom are girls themselves) in this one also mock Dirty Dog in this scene, showing that Cool Cat is setting a bad example.
- There's also the fact that he spends the whole movie (except for the merchandise plug at the end) without a face mask, despite one of his safety tips being to wear one. This is quickly explained away with "I forgot my mask." It's likely that the out-of-universe reason is that they simply didn’t have a mask to fit over the Cool Cat head at the time, but the "forgot it" excuse makes Cool Cat look like a hypocrite who can’t even be bothered, or makes no effort to remember, to follow his own advice. Especially since even if he had forgotten, it would have taken probably thirty seconds to just go back inside and get the mask once he'd remembered again. This isn't helped by the fact that Cool Cat comes off as a literal Invincible Hero by actually punching out Coronavirus strands in the intro and later deflecting Dirty Dog's magic Coronavirus ball near the end with zero ill-effects, meaning that he probably wouldn't even need a mask, and portraying a character as not needing a mask is a bad example in a COVID PSA.
- Additionally, one of Cool Cat's friends pulls her mask down to participate in Cool Cat's rap number. Cool Cat doesn't say anything about this despite previously correcting this same girl for not wearing the mask over her mouth and nose in the same scene.
- Likewise, after Cool Cat effortlessly defeats Coronavirus in a single punch, the girls engage in a Group Hug with him. Again, Cool Cat says nothing about this despite telling the girls how they need to practice social distancing to stop the spread.
- Cool Cat also says that it's okay to not wear a mask, meaning that he's ignoring his own advice AND being a mouthpiece for Derek Savage's anti-mask views.
Ensemble Dark Horse: Much like Butch the Bully from the previous film, Dirty Dog is by far the most popular aspect of this film, being a hilariously over-the-top Large Ham whose awkward rap number is regarded as probably the best part of the movie.
Funny Moments:
- One backer posted their name as "Derek I.S. Furry". Another backer, Kain Swartzbaugh, had his name put on the credits five times.
- Yet another backer (a random furry) pledged the tier that allowed them to make a cameo via a picture during the "Breaking News" scene. While wearing their furry costume (a dog, no less).
Hilarious in Hindsight: A lot of people noted Savage's apparent prejudice against obese people, pointing out the fact that the only remotely fat person in either the books or previous film was the villain. Saves the Kids included several pointless scenes of Cool Cat doing exercises, apparently because Savage wanted to be able to say he did something to fight childhood obesity. This becomes ironic in this film because the new suit actor for Cool Cat is noticeably chubbier than Jason Johnson. He's not exactly overweight but he's got a prominent "muffin top." Guess all those jumping jacks didn’t pay off after all.
Memetic Badass: Dirty Dog is joked about as being a layered villain with intricate reasons for why he opposes Cool Cat. His rap is also purported to be an excellent and sinister Villain Song.
Narm: There's a rap battle that happens between Cool Cat and his new arch-nemesis Dirty Dog. However, calling them "raps" is being generous, especially since many lines don't even rhyme. Other times, there will be a line that is way too long and ends up feeling out of place.
Nightmare Fuel:
- DIRTY DOG. While Butch the Bully was a harmless little kid whose biggest sin was carrying the gun to school, Dirty Dog's actions make him a complete psychopath. His realistic bulldog head design doesn't help.
- The ending involves Dirty Dog threatening to shoot up a school, setting up the upcoming Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting.
- The scene where he infects a poor kid. It's meant to be scary because it's a Kick the Dog moment (pun not withstanding), but it's more horrifying because it's essentially a crazy dog-man with a horrific mask getting close to a kid and acting like a mad man. Hope that kid gets therapy.
Nightmare Retardant: The aforementioned scene where Dirty Dog harasses and coughs at a kid who's just playing with his toys in the yard becomes this the moment when Dirty Dog's leaving, the kid nonchalantly continues playing with the toys as if nothing had happened.
Padding: There's only about three minute's worth of pandemic-related information, with the rest of the twenty-minute runtime being spent on two song numbers (three if you count the scene of Angela and Britney singing the "Happy Birthday" song as they wash their hands for the full twenty seconds) and Dirty Dog's villainous antics, which include him coughing on a random kid we never see again.
Replacement Scrappy: Derek Savage takes over as Cool Cat's voice actor, and reaction to this has unanimously been that Jason Johnson's performance was far superior.
Signature Scene: The "Coronavirus is a Scam" rap number is probably the best known scene from the movie, for all the wrong reasons.
So Bad, It's Good: As with the previous film, there's a little bit of cheese to enjoy while watching Cool Cat once again ineptly give out otherwise practical advice to minors along with new character Dirty Dog hamming it up as the most hilariously twisted villain Cool Cat's gone up against thus far!
Special Effect Failure: Oh boy.
- In the news report scene, after the "Breaking News" intro (which is stretched to letterbox on a 16:9 TV, likely due to being set to the fullscreen option), it immediately switches to 16:9... only the footage is poorly superimposed onto the TV.
- The entire movie is clearly shot at the same apartment complex, so all attempts at making it look like separate locations fall flat.
- The Dirty Dog costume isn't as well-made as the Cool Cat one, despite both being made by the same company. His mouth never moves, his gray arms, legs, and tail don't match his brown-and-white mask, and when he does backflips during his musical number, you can actually see the actor's stomach through the costume. The costume also has no proper feet with no attempt to disguise the white sneakers used in their place.
- The weaponized coronavirus ball Dirty Dog tries to send Cool Cat's way is quite obviously a green screen effect.
- The shot of Dirty Dog throwing the coronavirus ball is inexplicably flipped, as shown by the text on his shirt being reversed.
- The white balance is off for a bit when the little girls go outside to greet Cool Cat. And again when Dirty Dog threatens to shoot up the school at the end.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: For a film meant to tackle both sides of the COVID-19 issue, it only spends about three minutes on giving pro masks/social distancing advice with the rest of the runtime having a cartoonish villain saying that the coronavirus is a scam without giving any actual arguments or concrete evidence.
Uncertain Audience: As was the case with Cool Cat Saves The Kids, small children aren't likely to get anything useful out of Cool Cat Fights Coronavirus with Cool Cat once again failing to be a valid role model for his target audience and older viewers will either find it too stupid to sit through or merely watch it for the lulz.

YMMV / Cool Cat Fights Coronavirus

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