Remember the SheZow Controversy? 

I never had a problem with the she puns. I just cannot forgive they went with Shemergency instead of EMERGENSHE!

The funny thing is that shezow alter ego from another dimension is a girl with hipermasculine powers called dudepow

I’m an Aussie fan, Shezow was never really controversial, it was just a kids show showing kids that you need to understand everyone’s perspectives.

I feel like I've suddenly started seeing a lot of fanart and fanfiction about SheZow and they all do a great job taking the base concept of the show and expanding it in interesting ways. There's a RU-vid channel called Half a Brain Art that has a whole series going on where they talk about how they'd reboot the series and it's a really great watch.

Would I do drag for super powers? Absolutely. Learning to walk in heels is a small price.

I remember watching this show when I was younger I just kinda saw it as a guy cross dressing

“MY NAME IS SHEZOW! MY FISTS GO POW POW, I’M HERE TO SAVE THE WORLD! YOU GO GIRL!”

It's like Ranma 1/2 if the protagonist was a superhero and other random changes

I think this show awakened something in me when I was a little girl. I’m a guy now so I don’t think I liked it much

I feel like this show would have done better if it came out now.

SHEZOW MENTION IN 2024 I UNIRONICALLY ADORE THIS SHOW

Australian here did some research and couldn’t find any controversy either. In fact a lot of people loved it especially parents, saying that it was eye opening.

Why is it more popular for the guy to turn to a girl than the reverse? I wish there was more of the girl lead turns to a magical guy as well. Such a shame. Edit: I would like a female lead transforming into a male or "magical guy" / "superhero guy" as the standard in the animated or real series / show (if crossdress, eh, alright. Send 'em). Thanks folks for some recommendations that fit this criteria.

I used to love Shezow as a kid. Honestly, it was a kind of pretty okay show but I also just loved superhero and superhero adjacent things. And my mom thought it was a fine enough show though she also thought it kind of was also one note at times. I agree but all and all, it wasn’t the worst kids show imo. It could’ve been WAYYY worse

I have a vigelante OC who's a hypermasculine trans man who has to wear a femanine outfit to fight crime, he hates it at first but comes to appreciate some parts of it, and realises he can still be himself no matter what he's wearing or how others my first percive him

Okay so I am a HUGE Shezow fan, I’ve made fanart, animatics, read like the two fics that exists out there, have an archive blog to preserve old fan media and stuff from the creators blogs, and am on a Shezow discord server. This video is excellent, perfectly explains basically was Shezow’s actually about outside of its premise and just baseless the controversy was once you look at like a single episode. It truly is just an average comedy superhero cartoon with a bit of a unique premise and an absurd amount of puns. And I love it for all its quirks! One thing I will note, is that while the show did in fact not receive as large of a controversy in its home country, the creator has shared that it was still very much a fight to even get made and that he could not in any way center deeper on the whole gender aspect, he had to push to not have guy hate being Shezow. So while it’s easy now to criticize it for not delving deeper into gender, we have to remember it simply wasn’t allowed to back then. I have a lot to share about Shezow and it’s creation, and love info dumping so if anyone has any questions don’t be afraid to ask me!

Aussie here. We had a show called round the twist. In one episode, a boy got pregnant to a tree, in another a boy had a fish caught in his *cough cough* sausage that helped him be a star swimmer..... I think we were all too over exposed to care

This aired in Australia on Abc3 for a good few years- never saw anyone comment on it, never saw media comment on it etc, it was just another simple after school cartoon lmao To me watching it growing up, Guy was just a dude who got superpowers that came with feminine stylisations and characteristics cuz that’s just what the ring does. I never questioned it n never felt any reason to lol The US having its controversies with a harmless kids show doesn’t shock me anymore 💀 just America being America

How tf is this dude unlocking more of my core memories than me trying to recover from repressing a majority of them

I'm Australian and I never heard any controversy over SheZow over here.

What's really interesting is that, while concerns of being hyper fem as a superpower might be a valid argument, once the show gets going it's just... Endless puns. Like, that is the show's comedic bread and butter. Puns.

This was on the same channel as My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Transformers Animated series. It was wild

As a kid I just saw this show as a subversion of the magical girl/ superhero genre that was peaking during its release. Especially with how the first episodes subverts the typical show where Kelly would've been the MC but makes the loudmouth brother the main character. I live in Canada where LGBTQ representation wasn't all that uncommon on Kids TV, but still can't believe I didn't notice how it could've raised some eyebrows.

The kitten purring into the microphone it's just precious ❤

I wouldn't take the powers if I had to be hyper masculine, I actually have a lot of of masculine interests. My make or break is denim, I hate denim that much

I heard the Pilot for this show was originally part of Disney's Shorty McShort Shorts

Oddly enough, I remember watching and actually liking this show when I was younger. The "cross-dressing kid-superhero" premise was such an absurd, yet captivating concept to me that I actually sat down to watch every episode whenever it came on.

I watched this as a kid because I was raised off Netflix. I'm NB now, and I always saw the show as a guy dressing up hyper femenine the same way there's tomboys. I never saw it as comedic, just a cool gimmick to add to my collection of superhero knowledge.

Oh my god i never thought anyone would talk about this show, I’m happy someone is talking about it because this show was one of the things that made me realise that I might not be straight

about wearing something completly diffrent than you usually do for hero work: yes, absolutly. It would help to hide identity even more.

As a cis woman I would be thrilled to be dudepow

I grew up watching this and literally no one had a problem with it 😭😭

(Your cat is so CUTE) I honestly really enjoyed this show and liked the unique concept of a boy carrying the legacy of a female superhero by being her in disguise. Also I find it funny who the audience and an organization called this offensive yet this pretty much predicted what is going on nowadays. Then like you said crossdressing was done for YEARS so for people to attack this show while enjoying the same concept in others is a bit hypocritical

Aussie kid here. Grew up with this show and LOVED it. It was amazing, loved it so much.

From Australia: Never heard any controversies on it, never forced to turn it off etc. Personally, I was just sad that it didn't continue.

Hey, I'm an Australian viewer! And I remember watching 2-3 episodes of SheZow. I remember a channel that used to play a mixed bag of cartoons, I think it might have been Boomarang? Not sure. It was a lot of short run shows with weird premises. That's where I first saw SheZow, and I remember not thinking too much more about it. It was sandwiched between weirder so I didn't question it at all tbh.

Personally as a masculine looking guy, if I had to turn myself into a super feminine girl to gain powers I would do it. The notion of femininity is not something that I'm particularly repulsed by because it can be endearing, empowering or aesthetically pleasing (shows like Totally Spies, Sailor Moon etc.. can prove this point I mean boys definitely watch these shows) I think the point of Shezow is really to address that and show boys that being associated with feminine traits is not something negative or completely opposed to masculinity. You can be both like the main character but still be comfortable with who you are. In the end it's also a question of exposure, the closer you are to gender diverse people the more accepting you become because they are real people that exist in the real world and not some boogieman like conservative people make them out to be, and i think that's something you see in Shezow, at some point the protags don't care anymore and get used to the fact that Guy is Shezow.

When I was a kid I loved the show and really never thought anything about it I just loved the show

As a burgeoning queer kid who loved superheroes, this show was EVERYTHING to me. I would try my hardest to watch it when it was on tv.

I watched SheZow on Netflix in 2012. I remember being really disappointed when it didn’t get a second season and that’s also when I discovered 10 Million Moms existed.

I actually really liked this show and was sad when it was cancelled. I would also dress hyper masculine if that was my power, so long as I didn't have a mustache or beard cause I don't like the look or feel, but I mean if thats what had to happen I would just hope I looked good. And if my powers required hyper femininity, I would just hope the heels are comfortable, since I feel more comfortable in sneakers, and I could move freely enough in the skirt and either had leggings/shorts or no one could see up it due to magic or whatever. The heels would honestly be my biggest sticking point if they are too high or uncomfortable

OH ! I used to absolutly love this serie when I was younger ! Especialy the episodes with the alternative universe where every character's gender were changed I didn't even know it caused controversy And to answer your question at 4:14, I would absolutly do it, no hesitation

I genuinely thought this show was a dream??? ITS A REAL SHOW??? :o

It should get a reboot, but then again I feel like transphobia is at an all time high right now. The stories they could tell today tho.😂

9:31 Move aside Negative Legend, this is adopted kitty kat's show now! 😼

DEFAULT SETTING!!!!! I laughed at that one.

honestly the weirdest thing about this show for me as a kid was the parallel universe selfcest episode (shezow x dudepow walked so that loki and sylvie could run), Also i wanted to be dudepow so bad when i was a kid and that turned out exactly how you'd expect

As someone who was a tomboy as a kid, absolutely no problem, I'd even prefer it, rather wear that then a skirt if I could fly for instance

I honestly used to be obsessed with this tv show as a child. I am already excited for this video.

All I'll say is, While I remember SheZow. It's one of the few Hub Network shows I didn't bother watching because it didn't really interest me.

The question you pose about the superpower thing, personally I identify as like, anything but masculine. And I'm internally just going "ok so like, recreating a Mulan moment? Putting aside personal dysphoria out of the duty to performing ethical deeds? Would it come with the ultimate secret identity detached from my civillian self, as it would mean I'd have to present in a way I otherwise wouldn't be caught dead?" Like idk, if the dysphoria doesnt create too much of a self esteem issue, I'd be down for it, it'd just be like playing a video game with a set character I dont identify with. My preferred face doesn't have to be the one of justice, im just glad there is a face to it.

Im Australian and honestly had no idea there was any controversy around SheZow. Used to watch it unironically before I came out as nb, can now see why.

Off topic but the "family MMA" censor is brilliant

I only remember having seen the show as a kid, and really nothing else

I remember Shezow and I loved it to death because it was fun. Fun main characters, fun villains (Shezap and Mega Monkey were probably my favorite). I didn't even know there was a controversy. It didn't even made me realize stuff about my gender identity. As far as I'm aware. I only learned about my gender identity years after the show stopped airing. Also I'm french so I watched it in french and there were no problems with the voice and Guy's name is pronounced "Gi" which makes it more unique.

Oh I remember this show! I don't remember it having a controversy in France either but i don't think it was aired for long Edit: Nevermind it did have a controversy and the channel that was airing it was pressured into stopping '-'

i remember watching it as a kid, i'm still a dude, so if it was trying to "corrupt the youth" it did a bad job, but overall i remember liking it, it was never a favourite, but always something i enjoyed. however, one episode in particular has always stuck out to me, the graphic novel episode, the one where guy tries to reinvent shezow as an edgy graphic novel heroine, only to find out the graphic novel heroes he was copying already respected shezow as a light hearted comic book character. the message isn't complex, just that liking silly comic books doesn't take away from your appreciation of serious stories, but when i watched it i think i'd begun drifting away from western cartoons in favour of anime, and in that state i likened this episodes message to that of cartoons, that i didn't have to stop watching the kids shows i still liked because i'd begun liking animé and saw them as cooler for being darker, so i didn't stop. again it's not a complex message, but it helped stupid kid me in some way, so i appreciate it for that. also, never ever understood why it was controversial, that always seemed stupid.

4:07 as a cis dude, mmmmaybe, i think it depends on the powers, but i'd probably go for it. It'd look abhorrent doing it but hey, i'd be the one able to teleport or whatever.

Australian here, I watched this show a bit when I was a kid and have not heard of any controversy about it until recently on Twitter.

4:07 You'd probably be a super hero that's masculine under the moon, and feminine under the sun. The episodes where both the sun and moon are out would be interesting. Especially THE ECLIPSE.

I remember watching shezow as a kid on RU-vid, it’s just a funny superhero show with the concept of “oh wow, Look at this guy! He’s a superhero but a girl superhero!! Oooo” I don’t remember much but I remember some episodes, I always loved the development of how guy, who initially was maybe a lil misogynistic in the first episode(?) became less a-hole and comfortable with his femininity as shezow which is cool The only thing that comes to my mind whenever I think of shezow are the genderbend episodes of the main characters meeting genderbent versions of themself I think the ice guy villian and genderbent version of him (a fire lady) teamed up, so shezow and the genderbent version teamed up (and what’s up with shows making genderbent characters, love interests? Idk man I remember the genderbent cast and main cast sorta having a thing??) I think there was more than one episode about them meeting genderbent version of them

i remember watching this on UK Netflix several years ago, and loving it, i still enjoy it all these years later and wish it was given more attention.

omg thank you so much for this, this showed up on my recommendation and ive been trying to find this show for soo long

SheZow definitely awakened something in me, and to this day it makes me confused about my own identity. I'm a trans man, but like, I'd be totally down to crossdressing and dressing in drag if given the chance after transition. And insecurity makes me question my own identity and I keep looping around it lol Either way, great show, glad to see you covering it :)

9:30 KITTY

This show is great because Guy is basically a super powered Drag Queen.

The way I knew I was trans since literally before I could talk, yeah this show didn't make me trans, but I absolutely loved it cuz 10 year old me felt VAGUELY seen by it

As an Australian viewer I remember watching this show when I was younger and thinking nothing of it. I actually quite enjoyed it and honestly the controversy is just kinda stupid!!

I know in the video you said that people are paid for being firemen, police and emt and so on, but as someone who lives in deep Bible Belt our firemen are only volunteer. Our emts are slowly becoming volunteer as well sadly…It’s being seen less as a job and service and more as just a free service just like many other jobs as well these days. It’s genuinely sad they deserve better..

9:41 hold up bros spitting some facts into the mic 📢🐈‍⬛

I am a Australian living in Victoria and I did not even know this show had any controversy until this video. Also I love your png model, The colours and Style + clothes just work so well together.

Would I drag for superpowers? If the world was in trouble, and I was convinced said powers were the ONLY way to save the world, then yes. I'm a masculine dude. Wouldn't say HYPER masculine, but pretty masculine. Still, I'm comfortable enough in my own skin that I would do that. Let the world laugh or get angry at me if they want. At least they'll be alive and safe.

I remember watching this show but I didn’t know it had controversy yet it makes sense because you know America is being America

this was a show i remember being so excited to watch as a kid but from what i remember the episodes were INCREDIBLY boring

It made me really excited to see this show being talked about ( I didn't know it had a following). My brother and I watched this together back when he was growing up. So, for me, this show has a pretty special place in my heart.

I LOVED shezow when I was younger! I’m so glad that someone’s finally covering it, makes me have hope for someone to make a vid on camp lake bottom.

If I found a ring that would give me superpowers, I couldn't care less if I was male or female... however, having a moustache/beard, or being forced to wear high heels, let alone a corset, would be a "No Thank You." Dressing like Wonder Woman or wearing my underpants outside of my outfit for all to witness like Superman, is... Uh, yeah- I'd have to take a few minutes to think about it!

YOOOOOO I loved this show! Easily the fastest notification I've clicked on outside of Sonic Game News

I'm Austrlian and liked this show when I was younger. Everyone I know that watched it (guys and girls) enjoyed it, and none of our parents cared either. Growing up in Reagan Queensland aspesuly, ment most people my parents age are anti trans, but no one really took issue with it. Also the theme song goes hard

oh god this video is a throwback i am Australian and i used to love this show when i was younger me personally i cant remember any controversy around it over here tho

I would dress hyper feminine 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

This show was my favorite as a kid

Thank you for blessing us with the kitty cameo

Bro I remember watching this when I was younger and my dad never wanted me to watch this but I always forgot what it was called,now after all these years I have found it again.

I don’t know why but I always love the concept of the show, it’s honestly shame that a lot of people didn’t give this show a chance in the USA.🐱

He got drag

Your foster kitty at the end is so adorable

RIGHT as I watched the first episode of the show, this video comes out. Magnificent

I watched this as a kid (lives in Australia). It was fun. I don’t remember anything bad said about it, or controversy.

I think this is the greatest show to ever exist and anyone who thinks otherwise is evil.

I remember when this show came out. Never watched a single episode of it. But damn, I didn’t know that it had such a major controversy

I remember this show! You just opened up a slew of memoires!!

I watched this show as a kid! It was one of the only “girly” shows my little brother would be willing to watch with me because it had superheroes in it. Really takes me back

"default settings" 🤣🤣i like that

This show is what awakened my bisexuality as a little kid- I guess the idea of me being able to only like boys and him being a boy who only LOOKED like a cute girl was what made me okay with it.

I loved this show as a kid. Decided to rewatch it last summer and it was pretty ok. I'm glad you made a video about SheZow! :D

as a kid i remember this show just enough to name my wobbuffet Shezow.

This show almost got a second season but got scrapped but did get one comic book.

Watched this show growing up, I didn’t really mind it as a kid. It was the kind of show that you’d watch if nothing good was on. Never heard of any outcry about the show myself. Happy to know it made its way over to the states, now you lot have to deal with our media!

Honestly, I don't really care what I'm wearing if I get superpowers. As long as I'm not practically naked and the outfit is combat friendly, I don't think what I look like matters as long as I do what I can to save the day.