Likely the latter, since if it was the former, what would be the point of "Deal Me Out"?
Mistake, I didn't mean Put on a Bus but rather Brothers Chucked. It doesn't seem so much like they'd have Lincoln stop liking Ace in-universe (especially since, as you said that would contradict previous episode). Rather it seems like they suddenly don't overtly mention it past the convention episode.
That could just be happenstance rather than the writers deliberately phasing out the serie, and IIRC Lola do mention Steele is something Lincoln recently got into (in the episode where Lincoln suspects the new neighbors are spies), implying the writers aren't not suddenly pretending he is always been here.
But it's still curious they'd have two Show Within a Show that occupy roughly the same narrative function. Works of fiction rarely bother having more than one for a single niche. Like Dessert Storm is the Cooking Show, Rip Hardcore is the Man vs. Wild Pastiche, etc...
Also having a spy comics that have a long classic history (it apparently been a thing since Pop Pop was a child) that's popular with children does not work as well as Superhero as a parody of "typical popular comic books". James Bond is primarily known as a movie franchise targeted at adult and the Spy-for-kids genre was mostly a thing in 2000's cartoons like Kim Possible , Code Name Kids Next Door or Totally Spies!.
Now I'm clearly overthinking this. Maybe Ace appears in the episodes I've not seen or maybe they'll just have a Ace episode in the next season.
Edited by Smoker130 on Apr 28th 2024 at 4:07:59 PM
I'm far from caught up on the show (I think I have seen...early season 6?) but it's a bit strange how Lincoln is suddenly a big spy fan.
Don't get me wrong, he can be, but here it happens suddenly with no introduction yet is treated as if that's always been a thing (like his grandpa offering him a classic Steele comic), and the show use David Steele in plots that would have previously been Ace Savvy plots (with him now being Lincoln default Mystery Solving alter-ego).
Is someone on the production team a huge fan of Spy fiction or something?
I assume it remains a thing in the following seasons/episodes I've not seen yet if they're making the movie around that theme. Is Ace Savvy Put on a Bus or do Lincoln just add David Steele as another Show Within a Show he enjoys?
Edited by Smoker130 on Apr 27th 2024 at 12:40:02 PM