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...physical limitations prevent me from saving the world myself, I can still visit the corners of the globe and thwart the many forms of evil I find there. And I can do it all in a quick thirty minutes, by living vicariously through the characters I watch: Aladdin, Hercules and Kim Possible. Genius, your name is Disney...
...Aladdin and Hercules are household names because their cartoons are spinoffs from successful full-length animated movies. “Kim Possible” is a new, original series starring a red-headed high school cheerleader who saves the world when she’s not in class. These cartoons are meant to target kids six to 14 years old, but I proudly admit to being an addict...
...Hanging with the Heroes,” the name of Disney’s block of hero cartoon shows, is the perfect escape for the burnt-out college student. The medium of animation allows for imaginative freedom from reality. Aladdin elicits the help of a genie and a magic carpet to outwit murderous mud monsters. A young Hercules battles giant spiders and multiple-headed lions. Kim takes down colossal robots and magma guns...
...Their greatness is their curse. They are constantly being called upon to be heroic. Kim has to go to Tokyo, Paris and Wisconsin on school nights; Hercules is on call whenever someone in ancient Greece has a problem; and due to the incompetence of the royal guards, Aladdin has to single handedly keep danger out of all of Agrabah...
...heroes I wanted to be as a child would never get to just lie on the couch and watch others struggle against evil. As soon as they saw trouble, they would have to help fight it by joining Aladdin, Hercules and Kim in their attempt to protect the rest...