Nickelodeon is a very mixed bag when it comes to their animated shows. There are classics such as 'Rocko's Modern Life', 'Ren and Stimpy', 'The Angry Beavers' and 'Doug'. As well as prime-'Spongebob Squarepants' and prime-'The Rugrats' (the early episodes in both cases). It also boasted some very bad shows like 'ChalkZone', 'Tak and the Power of Juju', 'Fanboy and Chum Chum' and 'Rocket Power', am also someone who has personally never cared for 'The Fairy Odd Parents'.
While not quite as awful as the bad shows listed above, 'Yakkity Yak' is still very bad in nearly every aspect. With the worst aspects being truly terrible and that's being kind. As far as Nickeldeon's animated shows go, 'Yakkity Yak' is one of the worst. This is not being said with pleasure, none of my negative ratings and reviews are given with malice (always regret), this is coming from a 30 something female who still loves animation and appreciates all styles and decades as well as humour styles.
The best thing about the show is the intro, actually think the song is catchy and the opening credits are designed quite well.
Everything else is really poorly done and worse. The animation is very ugly to look at, actually appreciate this style of drawing when it is done well but this looks as if it was animated when the animators were suffering from having too much to drink the previous night or something. The very off model and rushed looking character designs especially. All the characters are either really bland or incredibly irritating or both, especially Highpants in the third group. The voice cast have all done good work elsewhere, but hearing them here was honestly depressing. It was as if they knew the material was bad and weren't trying.
Outside of the intro, the music is bizarre and never really gels. The writing has no wit or sophistication whatsoever and nothing is funny, it all sounds incredibly childish to the extent that even children themselves would be insulted hearing what is trying to pass for humour here. The storytelling is random-ness overkill and is incredibly predictable, lacking in energy and overly simple. The messaging sounds inspiring and relatable on paper, but is executed too simplistically and heavy-handedly. Nothing educational here either, what the show tries to teach are things a lot of children would already know except done in a more illuminating and genuine way.
Summarising, very bad. 2/10.
