u/Da_Kartoon1st

They kind of are foils to eachother, I like that

Like why did Glisten do that, what did Sprout do to him lmaooo

I don't know what was my thought process with Minimum wage Jasper

Being created to be eachother best friend has literally only worked out once in the long term, Arthur and Delilah, what the hell

I honestly wanna make a more in depth post about Tisha & Brusha and Sprout & Cosmo's relations and how they're foils to eachother, but I have no idea on how to structure it, so one day maybe

Why is Cosmo not required in order to get Ginger's mastery? My only guess is that Sprout's mastery requires 30 floors with Cosmo, but Yatta is required in both Blot and Cocoa's mastery, so why not something similar with Ginger? Is it because Sprout's mastery has so many floors with Cosmo? I don't know. What are y'alls guesses?

I'm not drawing the other mains and Dandy

Not sure how accurate, I'm not that smart

another reason to not like generative ai

There are many elevator interactions in the game. In this post, I'll be overanalyzing some of Sprout's elevator dialouges because there are a couple that caught my interest. I might be reaching with some of these, and I might be looking into it too much, I'll admit. I might do something similar with some other toons, but its just gonna be Sprout for now, because he's my favorite Toon.

I'll try to provide sources of my claims, but I might forget at times. Feel free to ask for clearification.

Teagan and Sprout's interaction is interesting to me. It could be read as a "haha, funny" interaction, but I think theres more to it. I dont think I need to explain Sprout being very dependant on Cosmo for his well being (I dont think "She needs to make Cosmo first! I'll beg her until she does!" is something most other would say after being told the side character will be created soon, plus its very much implied seperation from Cosmo is what lead Sprout to twist (I made a whole post about Twisted Sprout, check it out for more detail)), and having Sprout only even consider going to have some tea with Teagan after she told him that Cosmo will be there adds to that.

This interaction also adds to Cosmo being less dependant on Sprout than vice versa, since Cosmo was willing to go without the knowledge of Sprout possibly coming as well (well, maybe Teagan told him that she'll ask Sprout to come, thats not out of the realm of possibilities, but since her interaction with Cosmo is just about her asking for some of his cookies, i doubt it).

This interaction is also the interaction Sprout shows his blunt side the clearest in my opinion. We dont know his tone in this interaction, so we cant really tell if sprout said it in a "no, thank you" or a "fuck no" kind of way, but he just gave teagan a blunt "no".

Lastly, although this is more speculative, theres 1 thing that I havent seen be brought up by anyone else that I think is worth noting; if you were to see Teagan's tea parties as theraphy (watch Acidrops video on her for a better explanation), its very noteworthy that Sprout refused to attend one at first (and again, only considering doing so after Teagan asked Cosmo to come). He often brushes it off or immediately changes the topic when others ask if hes okay (like in his interaction with Astro or Poppy). Is he perhaps not willing to talk about his emotions to Teagan without Cosmo being there?

Vee and Sprout's interaction is one I really like. Bontanically speaking, strawberries are not berries, and considering that on one of the animations with Vee, there was a question about a tomato not being a vegetable, but a fruit, its very likely Vee would prefer the bontanical defenition. Culinarily speaking however, strawberries are more often grouped together with actual berries due to their similarities. Since Sprout loves baking, I feel like Sprout would see strawberries from a culinary standpoint. However, Vee still calls Sprout 'Berry-boy', showing that Vee uses Sprout's likely prefered defenition to make fun of him. I just think thats fun.

What is less fun is Sprout calling Vee 'Outdated-tech'. Vee was planned on getting an upgrade, something she doesn't want. However, at least when it comes to a theory I made (which can be found here), it wouldnt make sense for at the very least Sprout to know about this. So either this is a plothole, my initial theory is wrong, or, my personal favorite interpretation, Sprout just insulted Vee as a clapback to her calling him 'Berry-boy', and when he noticed how much it hurt Vee, he appologized despite not realizing why its such a sensitive topic for Vee. Despite Sprout's bluntness, he means well.

Also, "You're still calling me that?" implies Vee has been calling Sprout 'Berry-boy' for a while now. My headcanon is that its something Vee called him in the show, but it could be just a nickname Vee came up with a long time ago that she stuck to too annoy Sprout in a more playful manner. I really like their friendship because of this.

Looey and Sprout's interaction is obviously a metaphor for how little Sprout seems to care for himself. Milk chocolate, the first flavour mentioned, almost certainly refers to Cosmo (I know Cocoa also is likely milk chocolate, but I doubt that she's relevant to this considering her and Sprout dont even have a single interaction), which checks out with Sprout's behaviour in other interactions, considering how often Sprout mentions him, and, unlike the interactions where he answers the question and shifting the topic when being asked if he's okay, Sprout is only okay once Cosmo says he is (I'll talk about this interaction in a bit, I have a bit more to say about it). Worth noting is that Sprout doesnt just mention milk chocolate, but also dark and white chocolate. 3 of the 6 flavours he mentioned were chocolate related.

I'm not as sure about the other flavours, but I have my guesses (take these with a bag of salt). The second flavour mentioned is vanilla. Vanilla is seen as the basic taste, the default, which likely refers to Toon's not represented with other flavours. Then lemon, which may refer to Toon's Sprout has a soured relation with, like Dandy. And red velvet is the final flavour Sprout mentions, which might refer to Shrimpo, a Toon who often sees red.

Lastly, Looey asks about strawberry, possibly implying thats Looey's favorite flavour. But only then Sprout tells Looey he was getting to that flavour. Sprout is a strawberry, strawberry is a relatively common flavour for cupcakes (hell, what flavour do you think the cupcakes are that he uses in his ability and is on his trinket?), yet he still neglected to mention it before any other flavour (and again, he mentions 3 flavours of chocolate). It does line up with what we know about Sprout, always prioritizing the well being of other Toon's before his own.

Also I wanna point out how he just laughs after forgetting to mention strawberry like its not a big deal. I dont think Sprout is doing as well as he lets on (which might be the case, considering Gourdy's gossip, has him be upset about forgetting to bake cookies for Gourdy, something that could be easily be fixed, to the point that Gourdy, a child, had to comfort Sprout, who's an adult).

And the last interaction I'll be covering is Cosmo and Sprout's interaction, quite possibly one of the biggest hints towards Sprouts dependance on Cosmo that is not Bobette's gossip about Sprout or just the entirety of the security footage of him and Astro.

Cosmo checks up on Sprout, but Sprout gives an answer that differs from other interactions where someone checks up on him. Sprout reflects the question rather than saying he's fine or something before shifting the topic. Cosmo tells Sprout that he was the one who asked the question first, before Sprout kinda pressures Cosmo into telling first because he "asked louder". Cosmo tells Sprout he's okay, and only after Cosmo says he's okay, does Sprout tell him he's okay as well by saying "Good! Then I'm okay too!".

Basically Sprout needs Cosmo to be okay in order to feel okay as well. This interaction implies Sprout's well being depends on Cosmo's well being. If Cosmo isn't doing alright, Sprout isnt doing alright either. That's mildly conserning. I think he needs to go to Teagan for some theraphy. Oh wait, he refuses to go and he is seemingly not very keen on others helping him (as seen in one of his interactions with Goob).

And those are the interactions I wanted to overanalyze. I hope this post made sense, and thanks for reading!

I thought'd they'd fit eachothers themes better

And I don't meant it in a bad way, its just kinda funny to me.

Of course Sprout and Cosmo are together, they always are. But why? Did the Care Bears team decide the Toon's that would get a skin? If so, did they just so happen to choose both of them? Or did they possibly pick one of the 2 and Qwel had to explain why they should both get skins for lore reasons? The mental image of this is kinda funny to me ngl. Or did Qwel herself decide on the Toons that would get a Care Bears skin?

And why is Gigi here? She looks so out of place, not just because she's with 2 Toons so heavily connected to the point of any other Toon being with them will end up looking out of place (with the exception of Ginger), but also because although she is a well liked toon, isn't the most Popular Toon out there. I would expect Vee or maybe even Pebble to be there. Instead we got Gigi of all toons. Dont get me wrong, its my favorite skin of hers (that I do not have, since the EXACT day I was gonna buy some Robux for those skins is the day the controversy's started and now im not sure what to do), but why her?

So yeah, thats my little rant I guess

I do get why. Sprout already plays really well, and I don't know what changes could've been made. And I think his Twisted is fine mechanically, plus his design is even better now with the added context of the lore video. I do think the Savory charm could've used a buff however. Maybe after 5 floors it recharges or something.

And although his lore video is my favorite in the game (I'm very biased, Sprout is my favorite Toon), we don't really see that different of a side of Sprout in the same way we did with Finn, building more on what we already knew about Sprout instead (although I'm not sure if he really needed more).

I will say though, why did they even bother giving Finn a 2% increase? Nobody who didn't wanna play as Finn wants to play as him now because he's a little bit better. But his Twisted rework is really good, I don't think a single soul in the fandom would want his old ability back. And although I wouldn't say the Fishing Rod is amazing now, I will not groan when I see someone use it anymore, with it now being on the pile of Trinkets that are pretty alright, just not worth using over Veemote, Dog Plush, ect.

Although I'm satisfied with what we got for both TOTW's, I do hope the upcoming TOTW's are more like Finn's and less like Sprout's.