Toby and Jim actually having a friendship that involves physical affection that isn’t pointed out or made fun of in any way is so important to have, especially in a show targeted at children who need to grow up knowing it’s ok for male friends to have the level of intimacy in their friendships that girls are allowed to have with their friends.
A thought just popped into my head of a young Toby comforting his new friend, Jim, after finding out his dad walked out on him and telling him about how his own parents died and how it’s always just been his Nana taking care of him and just. These two, sweet little boys, bonding over their loss of family members and promising to never ever leave eachother and now my heart hurts.