Why is Rufus classified as a Kid Hero?
- I had assumed from the sound of his voice, as well as the fact that he has a job and (maybe?) a girlfriend that he is an adult.
- He is voiced by a young boy in The Dreamthief promotional pilot and he and Amberley are often referred to and treated as children in the show itself. They are also noticeably shorter than most adult Noops in the show.
- In a real-life Medieval town, the teenagers became apprentices rather than going to secondary school. I am pretty sure I assumed that this was what was happening when I watched it while I was a kid. But then again, I only watched the pilot once, so that idea might be Jossed
Why do they always leave the Dreamstone in the same place, and for that matter, unguarded?
- I haven't seen all the episodes, so I don't know if this is ever discussed or changed, but it seems weird to me. Does the Dream Maker simply not consider the Urpneys to be big enough threats? Isn't that a little stupid?
- One episode he suggested placing it in a better hiding place. He must have meant one of the other ornamental globes.
- But did they actually do it?
Why doesn't Zordrak intervene more often?
- It seems like there were many times where they could have succeeded if only the Urpneys had obeyed orders. Why couldn't Urpgor find some way for Zordrak to communicate with them? If only he could, Zordrak would have those idiots rushing to do their jobs, and then they would get the Dreamstone!
Why doesn't Zordrak send his entire army?
- I have seen clips from an episode where he does this, so I know it happens at least once, but why doesn't he do it every time? Like I said above, if Zordrak ordered them all to attack, they're so afraid of him that they would do it!
- He attempts to send them in about Once a Season ("Megattack", "Wildit's Whistle", "The Dream Beam Invasion", "The Jolly Bird"). The key problem in all cases is that no matter how many Urpneys are used, they are still weak incompetent klutzes that are completely outclassed by the magic powered heroes. Sending in two or three to try and sneak in and take the stone before they notice stands more chance than attacking them directly. "The Spidermobile" was the only exception to this, and even that was just Blob, Frizz and Nug (though they at least made sure it was the penultimate episode to excuse why they didn't use it each time).
- Pure logistical reasons, it seems. The full-scale invasion in "Megattack" required literally more vechicles than all other episodes combined. And the majority of fleet was lost. Even counting Urpney's amazing building skills, such loss of material probably coukd not be replaced lightly (especially considering that Urpgor seems to be the only highly-trained engineer around).
- Also, in "The Jolly Bird" Zordrak raised pragmatical concerns about losing the bulk of his troops if something gone wrong again. He may not be bothered with the loss of some Urpneys, but he clearly did not want to lose too many.
Similarly why do the heroes always send the Noops?
- While Zordrak at least had the excuse of always losing no matter who was sent anyway, the moment the Dream Maker or the Wuts took part, the fight was over. Yet they always sent in Rufus and Amberley, who the show tended to emphasise were far less powerful, competent and experienced than them in every way, and half the time failed and forced the others into action anyway. By "The Stowaways" even they seem to be wondering why they're sent to do all the dirty work while the god modded elders sit at home.
Why exactly were the Urpneys deemed "evil"?
- This always bugged me. In early episodes of the show, the Urpneys were blatantly slaves to Zordrak, they served him or they die! They weren't shrewd about this either, most conflicts they begged and screamed to get out of it. And yet the heroes were totally convinced they were monsters and deserved their horrible fate with Zordrak (and usually whatever they themselves could dish at them). In later episodes there were at least suggestions they were willingly employed by Zordrak, but even then many such as Frizz and Nug had to be dragged into schemes. Even just pragmatically thinking, liberating them or tempting them towards good would likely be very easy and get rid of most of Zordrak's forces. What exactly was their Moral Event Horizon in the heroes' eyes? Ruining dreams?
- I agree with you, I think it's just a bad case of Designated Villain.
Why don't the villains just destroy the stone while in the tower?
- While Zordrak at least wanted the stone for himself in Seasons Three and Four, in Seasons One and Two he only wanted it destroyed or out of the way. Rather than having the Urpneys waste effort bringing it back to Viltheed, why didn't he just send them with some powerful weapon and have them destroy it then and there before the heroes' could react?
- It doesn't seems that Stone is so easy to destroy. Urpgor was forced to use special grinding equipment in his attempt to destroy Stone (and we did not know for sure, woukd it work at all?). Sending Blob's squad into Dreammaker tower equipped with additional heavy machinery just did not seems practical.
How did Blob and Urpgor get out of the Pit of No Return?
- At the end of "Spildit", upon learning that Urpgor sent the Dreamstone back to the Land of Dreams, Zordrak throws both him and Blob into the Pit Of No Return, and closes it up, making it impossible to climb out or grab hold of the edge. Yet in the next episode, both Blob and Urpgor are alive and well. Not that I wanted them to die, mind you, it just doesn't make sense.
- There was that small duct Rufus managed to travel through in the pilot. That and Urpgor's maintenance around the lair (not to mention his ceaseless Toon Physics) meant he was liable to have prepared for such an occasion, especially from how often Zordrak threatened him. Or maybe Zordrak just cooled down rather quickly. Rule of Funny likely whatever way.
What caused Amberley to switch jobs?
- Unlike Rufus, Amberley is never shown at any point to have left Mr Wacks' services, but by Season Two seems to be employed by the Dream Maker.
What's up with Zarag's design?
- One unusual aspect of Zarag is that she has the same somewhat demonic lizard/dragon-esque qualities as Zordrak along with the purple scaled skin. Zordrak however, didn't have these originally, he transformed into such after going One-Winged Angel (originally he was something of a lavender furred goat-like person). Nothing is said about Zarag's origin, and given implications she was locked away for so long, along with the Dream Maker's begrudging infatuation with her, it would be implied she was like this from the beginning.
- Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism?
- Maybe she turned evil first and had a similar transformation?
Why did no one try to save Pildit the First?
- In "The Statue Collection" it is revealed Zordrak managed to petrify one hero, Pildit's ancestor. No one so much as mentions him besides the Urpneys during this one conversation (and likely the last one since his statue was supposedly destroyed in their clumsiness). Even besides Rufus' Swiss-Army Tears, the heroes surely have the magic to change him back and have handily burst through Viltheed time and time again. Why was he still there?
- Firstly, they may simply do not know that he was turned into statue in Zordrak collection. It was centures ago, after all, and we do not know exact circumstances.
- Secondly, re-vitalized Pildit would be a ckeares example of fish out of temporal waters. Centuries passed. World changed a lot. All the peoples he ever knew (with the exception on Dream Maker, and, ironically, Zordrak) are long gone. What would he do? Try to start a completely new life as "those ancient guy that Rufus and Amberley rescued from Viltheed"?
Why does Zordrak have to leave his body as a mist but Zarag doesn't?
- Why is this, if they're the same species?
- Best theory is that Zarag traded smaller less powerful body for more effective transportation, or, compared to her idle brother, just bothered to master said spell better, given their Sibling Rivalry. Narrative wise, it's for the simple reason that Zordrak needs to be confined to his lair while Zarag doesn't.
