As one of the few people who think fleas are among the most aesthetically fascinating of all animals, show me a flea from media and I will rate it.
Example of a 10/10: Teen Titans Go
Simplified and cartoonish but precisely the correct shape and face. Has the scaly body with little hairs, the small forelegs, the face spines and beady eyes. Purple tinge is unrealistic but nice in my opinion. Beast Boy knows this flea by name. He is Jerry.
Example of a 0/10: Tiny Toon Adventures
Putrid. Foul. The first bug to make me feel violence in my heart.
unsure what i would rate these because i suck at rating things but all of them make me sad
the first one would get a lower rating for establishing flea gender roles
First fleas: 1/10 look like cartoon insects but thats it
Yellow stock art flea: 3/10 the jagged teeth kinda save it but looks equally like a cartoon termite or louse
Brown flea: 3/10 I would at least guess this was a flea at a glance kinda
Uncle Grandpa Flea: actually willing to give this a 5/10, it at least looks like a weird scuzzy bug creature and doesn’t add wings or antennas. The polka dotted abdomen thing and the head blob are all that really distract from a recognizable flea inspired creature
Oh for real?? Jerry is an even more thoughtful design then, I was almost second guessing my initial 10/10 but that really seals the deal I gotta say
PT Flea: 10/10 immediately recognizable, funny scuzzy goblin eyeballs, funny flea circus joke, honestly best character in that film and should’ve been a constant little bastard presence
Yugioh flea: 9/10 I was around when this came out! I was impressed then and impressed now. However I’m not just rating for accuracy, it’s a good solid flea but so straightforward there’s little else that can be said of it.
Spongebob flea: 8/10 it is definitely a flea and I like it, though the sinister alien monster look by necessity loses some actual flea cuteness. That was the goal, but it’s not quite perfectly my jam
Pierre from kipo:
11/10
Mostly lifted straight but with a creative face design that’s still darling, body shape is stylized in a cool way, gorgeous gorgeous color palette and lovable role as the “noble steed” of a giant mutant lumberjack cat (first image for those wondering is on a kaiju sized dog thats just treated as Pierre’s house basically, hilarious) God this was a cool cartoon that the world really slept on.
