This demotivational poster is highly and I mean highly Anti-Miroku, Anti-Sango, Anti-Shippou, but also kind of Pro-MirSan in the fact that they are a married couple who managed to adopt Shippou as their own son. Sit back, relax, and revel in the sheer stupidity of this family while you are clutching that nice bottle of Liquid IQ with all your life. Trust me, dear readers, you will need it. Furthermore, this is my contribution for this year’s Red Ribbon Reviewers’ Month.
Inuvember has gotten a whole lot more fun and what better way to increase the enjoyment than featuring the family I love to hate consisting of a pervert monk dad, an easily manipulated demon slayer mom, and a bratty half-pint kitsune son.
If I were to finish my Bachelor’s and Master’s here in Berlin, had a nice job working in an opera house, hosting a lot of English-speaking shows, media-related programs, writing for English-speaking companies specializing in media, music, and entertainment all here in Berlin and all throughout Europe, I would gladly use my experience as an actor, singer, voice actor, artist, columnist, journalist, presenter, and occasional television executive to have 20th Century Fox Television to pitch a show centered around Miroku, Sango, and Shippou being Japan’s most idiotic, most asinine, most abhorrently stupid family of all time! These dunderheads are going to be bigger and a whole lot more dysfunctional than The Griffins because, even though they do not hurt each other yet love each other in an unorthodox manner, they did so much psychological harm to Inuyasha that I will be more than glad to shove those dummies away from him and make all the executives and higher-ups of Fox accept this new dumb family!
On the surface, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou aka The Dunderhead Family do have a family-member scheme consisting of Miroku as the patriarch, Sango as the matriarch, and Shippou as their only son. However, this is where they differ from The Hills from Mike Judge’s King of the Hill, which is one of my all-time favorite animated shows. Where Hank is an upright yet extremely highly-strung patriarch who does his best to be on the right side for his, his propane company, and all of Texas, Miroku is a hypocritical pervert who would constantly cheat on Sango to ask other girls if they can bear his illegitimate children. Where Peggy is a flawed and sanctimonious know-it-all with some humane sides to her, Sango does exude strength and self-confidence but lacks common sense to the point where she makes even Peggy Hill act so much more competent. Where Bobby is lovable, surprisingly deep, and an absolutely relatable person to root for who has parents who may not understand him that much but are still happy to see him grow in his own special way and unconditionally love him for that, Shippou is a bratty, know-it-all, mouthy half-pint who thinks that getting his way and boosting his own warped ego makes him a better fighter. All in all, the Dunderheads certainly make the Hills look like the most wholesome, tight-knit, loving family you will ever see gracing the small screen.
If you want to know why I compare The Dunderheads to The Griffins, it is mainly because Miroku, Sango, and Shippou are far more low-class than what Peter, Lois, and Brian have to offer. I say low-class because while what Peter, Lois, Chris, and Brian are doing is atrocious these days and seem to fully embrace it with all of their mean-spiritedness, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou still think that they are in the right to place Kagome high on a pedestal while seeing Inuyasha as a threat at worst and a nuisance at best. Even Stewie would call Miroku a faithless peon whose penis does not know when to stop, Sango an insolent whore who thinks she is all that because she has a huge boomerang but is so simple-minded in whoever tricks her, and Shippou a huge whiner who thinks he can mouth his way out of danger. Furthermore, Meg would go out of her way and say that at least she tries to know who her true friends are unlike The Dunderhead Family. Even Quagmire, Joe, Cleveland, Jasper, Pearl, Diane, Tom, Connie, and all of the citizens Quahog will definitely call out Miroku, Sango, and Shippou on their crap as well as throw a bunch of paraphernalia at them to their hearts’ content as a way to welcome them not only to Quahog but also to Fox’s Animation lineup.
Speaking of Fox’s Animation lineup, The Simpsons, The Belchers, and The Smiths will be more than willing to give The Dunderheads a lot of Hell after what they have found out from Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, and Ayame in terms of how Miroku, Sango, and Shippou have been constantly taking Kagome’s side instead of listening to what Inuyasha has to say. Even Jay Sherman would display his fantastic contempt against The Dunderheads by stating that this family stinks so badly that he has never seen anyone more dysfunctional than them to the point where they could give The Bunkers, The Bundys, and The Malloys a run for their money.
Let us not forget about the live-action counterparts. The Conners consisting of Roseanne, Dan, Jackie, Becky, Darlene, and D.J. would love to educate The Dunderheads on how not to use Inuyasha as a constant scapegoat and actually be the friends they should have been as well as give Kagome the punishing she deserves. Unfortunately, even The Dunderheads are too brainless to listen to any reason. So, The Conners would indubitably throw them out so hard and laugh at them to their hearts’ content. Furthermore, The Huxtables consisting of Cliff, Clair, Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy will undoubtedly spit at The Dunderheads’ faces for being such spineless followers of one obnoxiously bratty schoolgirl to the point that they do not deserve The Huxtables’ respect.
I could name many other family from certain television shows of the past who can give The Dunderheads the verbal beat-down they deserve, but I would be here all day. Suffice it to say, a television series about The Dunderheads and their lives as the stupidest family in all of Feudal Era Japan would be a wonderful idea to portray how a family like this are crummy role models when it comes to making good friends but at least they can keep families at home smirking at them stating that they are at least smarter to think with their heads and not end up like sheep.
In conclusion, The Dunderhead Family are one family I will gladly not be willing to pay a visit anytime soon. I do not need their sheep-like mentality encroaching my way of thinking and it would be fun to put these dumbasses on the spotlight for other families to not buy into their crap.
I hope you all enjoyed this and if you have any other TV family you would have loved to see interacting with The Dunderheads and have them state their most honest opinion about them, please let me know in the comments below, as it would be highly appreciated.
Until then, stay safe, stay healthy, and have a blessed Thanksgiving month. Take care.
Miroku, Sango, and Shippou from Inuyasha belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise.
