Characters are lively and there is a lot of mischievous fun. There is a nice natural charm and a good deal of zest. Maybe not always hilarious but they hardly fall flat. There are plentiful sight gags although the cartoon isn't necessarily gag-rich, and they are mostly beautifully timed and very amusing, even when unoriginal. Definitely the best thing about 'Soda Squirt'. The music makes even more of an impact, it is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, full of lively energy and not only adds brilliantly to the action it enhances it. There is some nice character animation here. The animation is very good, with beautifully detailed backgrounds, nice shading and characters that aren't drawn too crudely. It is not perfect but there are things here that improve quite a bit and done much better than many other Flip the Frog cartoons. Not one of the best of the series, but far from one of the worst. Despite not being historically significant like 'Fiddlesticks', which other than that was actually to me a lesser Flip the Frog cartoon, was, Flip's swansong 'Soda Squirt' is still pretty good. However they are far from terrible ones either and do hold some interest, enough of them even being good. On the most part the Flip the Frog cartoons are not great or cartoon/animated masterpieces and it is sort of understandable as to why Flip didn't make it bigger. Ub Iwerks's Flip the Frog series of cartoons was short lived, only lasting from 1930 to 1933.
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