Mephisto & Praxina Disguised, and the Black Crystal Toy-Fusion Monster (From S01E11 “Step Right Up”)

Here are the designs of Mephisto and Praxina’s first disguise in the show. It was something we were very careful of all along the production : we knew a lot of people would compare them to the Team Rocket (which is fair, since they were one of the inspiration for the twins), but we wanted to differentiate ourselves from Jesse & James as much as possible, so we didn’t rely much on the disguise. 

It happens, and is usually a good time for comedy (and a huge facepalm toward the princesses as “how can’t you NOT see it’s them disguised ?!”) but it not the main scheme of the twins.  

Oh, and by the way, 2 disguises + 3 orphans (with two outfits) + 1 new adult + 1 monster + 10 evil plushies + 10 evil “yet looking normal” plushies = TOO MANY DESIGNS FOR ONE FRAKING EPISODE. 

If you’re one day a writer and want to be loved by the production team, make sure they’ll be given the time to draw all the characters before putting them in the script. ;) Or be prepared to face their anger… This episode was undoubtedly one of the heaviest episodes for the chara-design team in season 1.

The storyboards look so freaking hilarious, like it looks super anime and I love it