![]() ![]() Juarez is put in a pink dress and tiara, given an earring, pink nail polish and pink lipstick. ![]() At one point, she is purchased from a pet store and ‘taken hostage’ by a little girl intent on using her as a plaything. There is nothing that she doesn’t take part in, she’s not behind the scenes or merely supervising and she makes it quite clear that she can stand up for herself. Juarez is, throughout, as tough as the boys. Voila! A Strong Female Character.Īlternatively, if you decide that she isn’t any of the above, and follow the flowchart to its conclusion, she’s either a Useless Girl (you cynic), or a Lady of War (the example given is Zoe from Firefly, so almost there!). In addition, she’s three-dimensional (she shares opinions and challenges others), she’s not just a metaphor (what she’d be a metaphor for I can’t tell you), she has flaws (she’s a flirt, and she’s rude) and she doesn’t get killed off before the third act. Partly because she gets a lot of screentime on her own and her own backstory (but also because this would be pretty pointless if I didn’t think so). It depends on whether you think she can handle her own story. Using OverthinkingIt‘s Female Character Flowchart (the best test of a woman that I know of) you can take Juarez two ways. I’m still not joking when I say this post will be a consideration of the character of Juarez and the message it sends to the main audience of this film: children. A sassy Spanish female guinea pig voiced by Penelope Cruz, no less. It’s probably not obvious from the picture, but Juarez is a female guinea pig. Also, Hurley, an extra addition to the team. The guinea pigs (from left to right): Juarez, Darwin, and Blaster. All of the animals were trained and developed by two human scientists: Ben and Marcie. The G-Force Team consists of three main guinea-pigs, and two ‘sidekicks’: the technological whizz Speckles (a mole), and a camera-laden fly (or bug) whose name I didn’t catch. A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire, who plans to taking over the world with household appliances.” “The story is about a team of trained secret agent guinea pigs that takes on a mission for the US government. For those of you who weren’t previously aware, G-Force (2009) is an animated film about extra-ordinary FBI Agents: specially-trained and technologically-enhanced guinea pigs.
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