![]() ![]() And now, finally, Wirt has grown as a person. What started off as a seemingly innocuous series had slowly broke down my critical exterior into showing me the wonder of the mysterious and haunting. Anyways, by the time the last episode had premiered I was ready for it. I’ll have to spoil it but I encourage you to watch it yourself on iTunes before you read any more of my article. I now almost regret writing my Cartoon Network Renaissance article as I could have included this show with it. It dawned on me by then that this miniseries was something special that transcended other cartoon shows. ![]() But once this song came on, I was figuratively hit by a thousand bricks. This was episode 6 of the series and by then, I had already felt the marriage of uneasiness and nostalgia that was creeping on me. The song that took me off guard was Over the Garden Wall which was sung during the frog boat episode. They are still who they are but with a more mature outlook on life. ![]() What I like about Wirt and Beatrice is that once the series ends they have grown as characters but they have not outright lost their original identity. But once you see the actual events then everything seems to click on what kind of character Wirt is. I know he’s not the narrator of the story but when he describes his backstory and his interpretation of events you initially believe him because why not? There’s little to assume that he would directly lie to the viewer. Wirt is probably the most interesting character of the three because he’s one of the best examples of an unreliable narrator I have ever seen. Melanie Lynskey does an amazing job voicing her. Beatrice tries to constantly overrule Wirt and force him to do things her way and she also gets annoyed at Greg for doing things she is totally against. Wirt’s worrywart personality clashes with Greg’s wide-eyed, highly curious and overly optimistic nature. The characters’ interactions with each other are the definite highlight of the show. Speaking of Alice and Wonderland, is anyone reminded of the Duchess? Image from These strange ministories are so delightfully charming that you can’t help but watch the next episode to see what else they’ll fine. The heroes of our story go on strange adventures where they meet equally as strange characters such as an old man (voiced by John Cleese) scared of his mansion’s ghost, villagers celebrating the harvest festival by wearing pumpkin outfits, a girl and her creepy creepy creepy aunt (voiced by Tim Curry), and more. To be blunt, it’s a standard coming-of-age storyline that is similar to Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, and Grimm Fairy Tales but with a modern twist. They played their cards right because I was not expecting any of the stuff they threw at me. Along with a few short clips for the trailer, it also came with the tagline that it was a five night mystery. Going into it, all I knew was that Elijah Wood was voicing one of the characters and that’s basically it. The miniseries had almost missed me due to its low key advertising. Each episode is mostly self-contained but they together connect to form a more complete narrative. “Harrowing,” “disconcerting,” “incredible.” These are just a few of the words that I have heard or read other people describe Cartoon Network’s first animated miniseries “Over the Garden Wall.” The series, with just 10 episodes and only 11 minutes each, is about a teenager, Wirt, his younger brother, Greg, and a bluebird, Beatrice, and their journey through a large forest called The Unknown. ![]()
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