Invincible Fight Girl Ep 7 Review
In my review for the last episode of Invincible Fight Girl, I compared what was happening to the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud. I didnt find it that interesting, though, since the whole Ruff and Tumble feud felt so stupid. However, after the latest episode, I must revise my opinion. Not only was their feud stupid…but it becomes a tragic example of letting obsession destroy everything one can hold dear. And why deadbeat parents are the worst.
Deadbeat Parents are the Worst
With the Fingers and Toes fighting an all-out war, Andy, Mikey, and Craig are left with the unenviable task of setting things right. Unfortunately, thanks to Craig, they discover the real culprit behind the escalation. It was all Bertie, the lone resident of Tumbleweed that refused to leave. She did all of this as part of some desperate attempt to get her parents to stop fighting so they could be a family again.
I was…honestly caught off-guard by the fact that Bertie was Ruff and Tumble’s daughter. But with her deception revealed, Andy has no choice but to fight Bertie while the boys try and tell everyone the truth. Andy hoped that this will be what finally brings peace back to Tumbleweed. However, the show chooses to subvert our expectations at this point.
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When Ruff and Tumble hear this was all Bertie’s doing, they don’t stop fighting. They don’t even care that their daughter did this because she was desperate to fix their broken family. All they care about is that she interfered with their obsession with beating Quesa Poblana. The big irony, though, is that by combining both their fighting styles, Bertie got closer to figuring out the Perfect Strike than they ever did. Andy herself says so as she fights her in a wrestling match!
There Was No Saving those Deadbeats
Deadbeat parents are something I’ve seen many times in fiction by this point, but it still hurts to watch. And when Bertie sees how her efforts backfired, she snaps and starts hulking out like she’s Kale from DB Super! She manages to become this absolutely incredible wrestler that comes close to seriously hurting Andy. Andy only wins by once again using finesse over force.
And what happens next almost had me in tears. Watching Bertie’s own parents drive her out of town like she’s a monster is heartbreaking to watch. All she wanted was to have her family back, but now, they’re gone forever. It’s a sad part of life, but not everything that gets broken can get put back together. Even Andy writes the town off as a lost cause, and the trio bails.
This was an absolutely heartbreaking episode of the series, and as Andy calls her parents back home, you can tell how the experience got to her. For the first time ever, she’s been exposed to the dark side of wrestling. The drive to win and be the best is normally a good thing, but if you let it consume you, it can end up destroying you. Andy needed to learn about this dark side, though, as I get the feeling that this darkness is why Quesa P had to leave wrestling behind.
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What Will Andy Do Now?
Andy only has one day left to learn the Perfect Strike, and this experience has likely left her with more doubts than ever. But with only three episodes remaining (as far as I know), we’re coming down to the wire. That being said, I did appreciate the number of anime references there were to be found in Andy and Bertie’s fight. Everything from the Gum-Gum Gatling Gun to Bertie going full Kale; even the name of the episode is a reference to a Dragon Ball Z film! Say what you want about this series, but the people behind it clearly know about Shonen!
I Give “Bertie Unbound” a 4/5
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