I jokingly pointed out earlier that the premise is that Swifty the fox wants to be a Top Dog, but of course the "lesson" of this kid's movie is that he's better at being a fox than a dog. It's a pretty common kid's movie lesson, "be yourself", but it isn't handled well. Swifty is constantly told that he should be himself, that's he trying to act like someone he's not.
If a fox is "meant" to fit a certain role, what does that say about racial expectations in our society? If it hadn't been a kid's movie, it would've been a tragedy. At least Jade (like Gadget?) gets to be an engineer - although she's also described as a patsy for the evil (male) mastermind.
If a fox is "meant" to fit a certain role, what does that say about racial expectations in our society? If it hadn't been a kid's movie, it would've been a tragedy. At least Jade (like Gadget?) gets to be an engineer - although she's also described as a patsy for the evil (male) mastermind.
Then again... sometimes a fox is just a fox.