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New Gizmo Kids On The Block
Reviewed: 03/17/2012
Oh Great; A Gizmo Duck That Dances & Sings. I Thought Being A Windbag Was Bad Enough?!
It's pretty obvious what the writers were shooting for in terms of cultural references. Although as dated as they sound; at least they lasted longer than Ducktales ever did, so the reference is relevant enough. And they reunited in 2008 too. So we pretty much have Mrs. Crackshell's final appearance along with Ma Beagle's final appearance too. I realize a lot of people find this episode annoying since it sounds so silly in hindsight. How good/bad is this episode? So let's rant on shall we..?!
This episode is written by Jeffrey Scott. This is Jeff's second Ducktales appearance. Let's see if he gives a damn or not because if he doesn't; we are in trouble.
We begin this one at the trailer park as Mrs. Crackshell is watching another soap on television again. And the Duchess of Swansylvania is back with a blond haired duck wearing a green shirt and brown pants. They kiss on the beaks as the television fizzles out and Mrs. Crackshell eats a bowl of popcorn looking like she's in suspense. The Duchess is happy that this guy isn't in it for the money despite the acting sounding like she's on to his scheme which is to screw her out of her money. Also we discover that her father cut her out of the will and the blond haired duck literally dumps her as the television goes on the fritz again. Mrs. Crackshell bangs on the television and we go to our sponsor as a dogperson is holding a contest for Mother Of The Year; with the winner getting a 50 inch cable ready television as the grand prize. Pffft. Mrs. Crackshell gets inspired and bangs on the television basically cooking it right in front of us. Mrs. Crackshell ponders over how to be a good mother and we discover that she's a bad cook and really bad when it comes to changing diapers. However; there are clothes to wash and dry so she decides to do the yearly laundry for Fenton. Yes; this episode starts off like a Quack Pack episode. So Mrs. Crackshell stuffs the laundry into the washing machine after a long sequence and dumps the entire box of cleaner into the washing machine; thus showing that she cannot do laundry either. Yeap; she's Mrs. Hardcore. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! CLICK! OUCH! Ummmm.
So we segue to Ma Beagle's caged house of horrors as Ma is in the kitchen cooking metal sweets and listening to the radio on the latest police reports. Then she pours the XX FLOUR OF DOOM into the bowl as we hear the sponsor reveal the Mother of The Year contest which is from Bramble Soup. Sadly; this only serves to note how incredibly gullible Donkey Kong is. Ma turns off the radio and cracks an egg and inserts a hacksaw into the mix. Ma calls this too good to be true. She ponders over how to win the Beagle Boys' hearts and minds to win the contest and she decides to bake them a cake of course. So we segue to the hallway inside prison as a police guard with the badling middle spot arrives with the cake. Geez; after almost 100 episodes of this series; you would think by now that they would NEVER allow a cake to enter the police station again. And apparently; the guard is not fooled as the Beagle Boys are giddy for the cake. So the guard puts it into the x-ray machine and it turns out that there is no hacksaw in the cake. Huh? The boys are not happy to hear that one. It's Big Time/Burger/Baggy/Bouncer combo this time around. Burger takes the cake and eats it of course and then starts hiccup and his stomach is upset as Big Time notices that it's Ma Huckleberry Hiccup Surprise. Bouncer is ordered to grab Burger's ankles and drop his head onto the floor and hang on as they invoke the JACKHAMMER OF DEATH on the floor much to the surprise of the guard. Like I said; it's time to stop allowing cakes in prison, period. Cold turkey is the best solution here.
So the guards cannot believe this as the heels drop down and then dig their way through until they hit through an opening where a chipmunk or some small critter is shown and he blows off the heels swearing like a chipmunk. Then we clearly jump cut to the BB getting up and running out of the prison in front of the sidewalk. Judging by the hearing of a gunshot sound; there was a scene cut for shooting, around 15 seconds or so. Finally! A gun edit in an episode other than TaleSpin that Toon Disney cut out. It also is clear with there are bullets spraying around the area as they hop into Ma's jeep. The cut is made even stupider by the fact that on the next shot where Ma declares that she broke them out of prison because she's a good mother; you can clearly see the police guards pointing their rifles for all to see. Too obvious of a cut; and another reason why Toon Disney was so laughable in those days. And people SERIOUSLY want them to re-air Ducktales and TaleSpin again?! Hell; I cannot blame Disney Junior for snubbing those shows. Again as I said in TaleSpin: It's a special day when the guns DON'T get pulled out. Ma's jeep drives away; more bullets get fired and that is that.
So we head to the Money Bin and head outside as the nephews and Webby are searching for some stuff in garbage cans as Louie seems to be stuffed in one. Louie is popped out and he has some aluminum cans. Scrooge appears asking what they are doing and the nephews admit that they are recycling cans for a penny a piece. Scrooge pets them on the head and calls this good business sense as Webby cares more about the environment. I find this spot kind of dangerous because this was run during the Captain Planet days and considering that Scrooge is approving of this; this is not going to bode well for the irrational people who hate this sort of thing even if there is a huge benefit to recycling (and reducing, and reusing for that matter. And refusing; but few people have the balls to go that far). So the kids put the cans in the wagon and walk out as Scrooge warns them not to steal trash from the neighbors and the nephews claim that the neighbor are helping them recycle. And apparently one of the cans falls out of the wagon for no reason since we don't see the wagon at all. So we head to the trailer park and inside Fenton's trailer as Mrs. Crackshell is taking stuff out of the washing machine and putting it into the basket. Then for no reason whatsoever; we see that the Gizmo Duck suit got into the wash somehow; even though we clearly didn't SEE Mrs. Crackshell put the suit in BEFOREHAND. Dumb, dumb, dumb guys. Even dumber; we are supposed to believe that the Gizmo Duck suit shrank in the wash despite the fact that it's made of metal/plastic. And their cover-up is a joke (probably intentional though) as the metal is Aluminum/Poly fibers and thus it should be Dry Clean Only. I just don't see how anyone can buy this scene and think: The joke doesn't work if we didn't SEE Mrs. Crackshell put the suit into the wash in the first place. This annoyed me somewhat.
So Mrs. Crackshell panics as the codeword has been shrunk too which is even dumber for even more obvious reasons. Memo to writers: That is NOT how compression in computers works. Mrs. Crackshell notices Fenton walking towards the trailer and she doesn't know what to do with the suit as she puts it into the cardboard box and takes it outside and places it near the trash cans and takes in a box of aluminum cans inside. I don't understand the point of this; it's not as if Fenton is THAT stupid to see the difference anyway. So Mrs. Crackshell puts the box into the closet and Fenton notices her and wants to know why she is snooping in his closet. Mrs. Crackshell stammers like an idiot. I see Fenton is merely showing Drake how to bully Honker into doing his bidding now. Mrs. Crackshell claims that she did the laundry for him and Fenton hugs him and calls her a kind mother. Mrs. Crackshell beams and brings out the OUT OF NOWHERE typewriter and wants it in writing. Fenton tells her that he'll do it later since he's going to work to Scrooge and brings out the box of cans. Mrs. Crackshell pleads for him not to use the suit because it's really chill(i)y outside and brings out a shrunken dark green sweater. Fenton calls her thoughtful; but he'll be fine with the box as he walks out. Mrs. Crackshell proclaims that she needs to fix the suit before he finds out. So she bails stage left as the kids arrive with the wagon and Louie grabs the box with the suit in it and puts it in the wagon. Louie pretty much sums up Mrs. Crackshell's offerings as Webby tells the kids that there is three houses to go. Louie does this silly promo before wheeling the wagon away stage right.
So they go out of sight and Mrs. Crackshell opens the door to the back and is in SHOCK that her box with the suit has been taken. Mrs. Crackshell pulls the trashcan into the house and calls for desperate measures to be taken because if Fenton finds out that his suit is gone; he'll NEVER love her and thus she is denied her 50 inch cable ready television set. So we head back to in front of the Money Bin as Scrooge is tsking a stray can on the ground to task. He just NOTICED that now?! He is going to tell the kids to take better care of the cans and those pennies that come with the payoff. Fenton walks in with the box as Scrooge greets him. Then we hear a police car siren as the Economy of Characters strikes again as the two guards are inside the police car. Guard #1 in the passenger seat informs Scrooge to guard the money since Ma Beagle and her Beagle Boys are on the loose again. Which is kind of pointless when this happens in a huge chunk of the series. Scrooge tells Fenton to get the suit out and be Gizmo Duck. Yes; the police car drove away before Scrooge said it so no cover was blown here. So Scrooge runs to the office; and Fenton runs behind the bushes and cuts the OH MY GOD promo; but nothing...AND THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING happens. Fenton floats into the air and then crash lands right into the box of cans assuring that his head would be a trash compactor. So Fenton panics and bails thinking that he took the wrong box. So we head back to Mrs. Crackshell basically recycling some stuff and throwing trash around to create the most absurd makeshift suit in the history of super hero suits. Complete with hair dryer and flamethrower. She takes the answering machine and wires it to the suit and reprograms it to cut a different promo than the one Fenton usually uses. So Fenton returns home and Mrs. Crackshell gives her the box with the makeshift Gizmo Duck suit and informs him that she gave it a 50,000 mile checkup.
Fenton claims that he likes it and Mrs. Crackshell has the out of nowhere tape recorder and microphone as she got the whole thing on tape for the contest. Fenton isn't amused; but he has to go and change to Gizmo Duck as Mrs. Crackshell grabs his beak to inform him that she changed the codeword for the suit and Fenton is not happy to hear that. He demands to know what the new codeword is and Mrs. Crackshell whispers in his ear. It's Galloping Garbage which should be the new term for any episode that really sucks in the new Disney. Needless to day; Fenton is shocked, says the codeword and changes into Garbage Duck~! Yeah; they are officially burying Fenton here; although this was the last Gizmo Duck episode in production so it was kind of expected (and then regretted when Stones starting having him do cameos in DARKWING....DUCK!) even though it probably aired before Scrooge's Last Adventure.
So we head to Scrooge's mansion and outside as the nephews count the cans and they have enough for 98 cents in 1990. Today; each can is 28 cents which is 27 dollars 44 cents today according to exchange rates. The nephews take down the boxes and they find a small Gizmo Duck suit which they would put together and deduce from. Louie tries on the helmet; but it's too small. Dewey unicycles the wheels; but trips and falls on his back claiming that it's broken. So Webby wants to inform Scrooge what they found; but Huey grabs Webby's arm and tells her not to blather about it and the suit turns on and attaches to Huey. Huey proclaims that he's now the Gizmo Kid which ends the segment right there ten minutes in. Okay episode thus far; but the whole setup just annoys me and they had to bury Fenton to get it to work the way Mr. Scott wanted it to be. I realize that this was the last Gizmo Duck episode in production; but wouldn't have been best to run this episode after Scrooge's Last Adventure, instead of before?
After the commercial break; we return with the nephews questioning Huey about the suit and Huey doesn't care. So Fenton's full of himself personality is caused by the suit?! Huey bounces off his wheel and then cuts the Superman promo. However; he loses control and beheads a golden statue of Scrooge when he crashes into it. The animation here is dumb as the helmet apparently is knocked off and then somehow teleports to Huey's head. The nephews do not like this at all; so Huey claims that he'll fix it and of course he has no clue how to work the freakin suit. He uses the flamethrower and puts the head on and then melts the entire statue into liquid sparkling gold. Now I realize why adults hate child characters in cartoons #120: Having them use flamethrowers is always an ugly sight. And then we get quite probably the dumbest logic break I have ever seen all time; all my life as when Huey tells Louie that he torched him all right. That's right folks; Huey is LOUIE now! WHAT THE BLOODY HELL WAS THAT?! So Louie is now wearing the suit? Actually Louie makes more sense than Huey wearing it and doing it (along with the full of himself promo) since he's the prankster of the outfit; but WHAT? That is TMNT 1980's crap; I don't want to be reminded of how screwed up that show was in this one. And then when they go to the closeup and Huey spins around; Dewey is there and Louie has teleported to the left of Huey. UGH! UGH! UGH!
So Huey spins as Louie blows him off thinking that he'll never fix the statue and Louie is right as Gizmo Huey drills deep into the ground allowing the little ground hog to return to blow everyone off. That ground hog is pretty much the only source of entertainment I am getting from this show. The ground hog storms off stage left as Gizmo Huey groans on cue when he pops up. So we head to the trailer park as we head inside the trailer as Fenton throws the makeshift suit in the garbage and blows off Mrs. Crackshell claiming that he can't be seen in this suit in Scrooge's line of sight. Mrs. Crackshell tells him not to overreact which is funny considering that you did just that in the first place by putting the suit out right in front of the kids for them to take. See; she is going to help him because she is a good mother. Riiiiiggggghhhhhtttttt Mrs. Crackshell; sure you would. So she hears the phone ring in the garbage and answers it. It is for Fenton; and it's Scrooge as he is in front of the vault and he informs Fenton that the heels are heading for the museum and he wants him there as Gizmo Duck. Fenton is hot under the collar hearing that one.
So we head to the streets as Ma Beagle is driving the jeep towards the MUSEUM OF THE DAY as she wants to shower her Beagle Boys with stolen gifts in order to win the grand prize of Mother of The Year. And show some museum culture as they stop in front of the building. Ma and three of the boys (BT, BR and BG) walk in leaving Bouncer to watch the jeep. Good thinking actually as they go inside and they see the Mona Duck which Ma blows off. I agree; it should be called the Mona Ducky, or the Mona Mallard or Mona Quacky; or just Mona Lisa Duck. It's under two feet of glass as we discover that it's Baggy in the car as Bouncer brings out the art supplies from the medicine bag and it's filled with sharp objects, mallets and hand grenades. I didn't realize it at the time until now; that Bouncer is missing a tooth. So the heels grab the tools and want some culture as they bang on the glass with the various international objects. So we head outside on the sky shot as Scrooge walks out with Mrs. Crackshell and Fenton dragging the garbage can with the makeshift suit in it. Scrooge wants Fenton to change into Gizmo Duck and Fenton plays dumb and stammers like an idiot.
Scrooge blows him off and wants him to change into Gizmo Duck already so Fenton drags the suit into the alleyway so Scrooge doesn't see him. Fenton gulps and does the garbage promo and the makeshift suit attaches to him and he wheels in as he's Garbage Duck now. Oh swell; now the joke is dead since they are using it as a canon name. Scrooge is SHOCKED and APPALLED (in that order), and demands answers to this outrage. Mrs. Crackshell tells Scrooge that everything is under control as the police behind the cars have their pistols set to arrest and demand that the heels surrender RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! The fat officer even has the megaphone claiming that the judge will go easy on them if they surrender. Riiiiggggghhhhttttt. How many times have these Beagle Boys escaped again? I'm shocked that they aren't serving a death sentence right now. They must have murdered someone during their robberies. Ma of course is not fooled as she has the Mona Duck painting, the best painting because she doing it out of love for her boys (and to win something on the radio; but that's HER little secret). The heels agree and praise her for that response as Scrooge orders Garbage Duck to wheel into action and kick their asses. Sorry Scrooge; that is an epic fail coming from the corner of Greenback Ave and Lettuce Drive. Oh great; now I'm using money promos from The Rock. That's horrifying.
So Fenton salutes him and wobble smelling like yesterday's fish according to Scrooge. I think this suit is more than just "smelling"; the guy wearing it is figure of speech terms; stinking the damn joint. So we discover that Mrs. Crackshell wheeled him in using a lawnmower and starts it. This is now officially sad folks. So Mrs. Crackshell wheels him into the museum and they meet with the heels inside the hallway as Ma has the painting. Mrs. Crackshell tells Fenton to get them and bails as Fenton cuts his full of himself promo. He is the chief of police for the department of sanitation and he wants them to come to the junkyard...errr...police. The heel laugh their asses off on that one. I don't blame them; those purple glasses violate the FASHION POLICE OF LAW. So GD invokes the HAIR DRYER OF DEATH and Ma no sells it. Oh wait; she brought out her hand mirror so that counts as selling I guess. So Bouncer grabs Garbage Duck and throws him out the window into the dumpster. HAHA! Finally; a funny spot and it took almost 14 minutes to pull it off. Fenton sums that up in one neat promo. HEE HEE! See; Garbage Duck is like Darkwing Duck; only less stinky in a literal context.
So we head back to the gold statue as Gizmo Huey is trying hard to recreate the Scrooge statue; but it ain't working out all that well. It looks like something Gusto Gummi would create. Gizmo Huey cuts a full of himself promo as the belly television turns on and it's Walter CluelessDuck (Cronduck for the two of you who still care) with microphone in hand stating the obvious for us as the kids realize that the heels have stole Scrooge's painting. I wish the painting they stole was the one "Scrooge stole" in Duckman of Aquatraz for continuity sake. But it won't happen as Webby pleads to wear the damn suit; but Dewey blows him off and tells her to quit blathering and of course the suit pops from Huey and now we have Gizmo Dewey. Naturally; Huey call this unfair. Life's not fair Huey; if it was you wouldn't be character slaughtered in Yuppy Ducks and Bubba's Big Brain Storm. Dewey cuts a full of himself promo; thus proving that the suit itself is brainwashing them. Of course Dewey is the smart one of the trio; so he has figured out how to Go Go Gadget jet pack and rockets into the sky. Sadly; he lasts longer than Huey and crashes into the window of the mansion and since Wang Films has demonstrated that they cannot animate to save their lives we get the FCC FRIENDLY CRASHING SEQUENCE OF DEATH to waste some time and cut to the kids panicking and gasping in horror at the damage Gizmo Dewey is causing. He crashes out through the roof...and we segue to the museum of art as we head inside with the heels walking down the stairs. Sadly; the shadow appears and it's Gizmo Dewey who proclaims that they did the crime and now they are mine? Oh; that is really lame guys. I see Dewey is already been taught by Drake Mallard how to do lame karate moves. Big Time and the heels are not fooled and Ma Beagle wants to get him and they stalk Gizmo Dewey and that ends the segment 15 and a half minutes in. Question: How did Gizmo Dewey get in without anyone noticing? The writers didn't seem to bother adding that one little detail. Meaning that Jeffrey Scott doesn't care today which is a BAD sign...
After the commercial break; we see Gizmo Dewey backing up as the heels are stalking him. Then Gizmo Dewey stops selling altogether and proclaims that he's not just a kid; he's Gizmo Kid. I hope one day; Kit Cloudkicker kicks Dewey's ass for that comment. Sadly; that day will never come since that coffin Kit is in is impossible to get out of; no thank you Michael Eisner. Thankfully; Baggy (okay; NOW Scott doesn't care anymore) grabs the right Gizmo Arm; turns it into a fist and punches Dewey right in the mid section causing him to topple down the steps. Good enough for me; although BS&P rules since he should have been punched in the face. He drops on the bottom of the staircase in front of the kids as the heels come down and the kids panic. So Gizmo Dewey pulls on the carpet which trips up the heels which turns out to be REALLY STUPID since Gizmo Dewey takes a MAN-SIZED bump into the male kids. Webby runs on the spot pleading to try the suit on for size. I don't blame her; I betcha she does a better job than the trio combined and buries them (Hint: I have already seen the finish well in advance). Louie blows Webby off and tells her to stop blathering; which of course pops the suit off Dewey and now we have Gizmo Louie. Sadly; Gizmo Louie would have been funnier if Louie from TaleSpin was wearing the suit. That would have ROCKED and I mean that in the nicest possible way.
So Gizmo Louie wheels underneath Baggy (or Bouncer; I give up at this point) and steals the painting from Ma, dodges a Beagle Boy (probably Burger; I don't care anymore) and it's Go Go Gadget Copter. Sadly; this is exactly the moment he screws up and the props stick to the ceiling. Ma proclaims that the Gizmo Kid is tougher than he looks. Here's a suggestion: Capture the kids and threaten to tickle their feet if Gizmo Kid doesn't give them the painting. That will stop Gizmo Kid in his tracks; it's free heat; it's a tease, costs them nothing and it pisses off the duck fanboys. Sadly; they don't do anything and bail as Gizmo Louie props unpop from the ceiling and he drops down (allowing the kids to bail in opposite directions) and uses the painting as a parachute. I can see why Enlightened Wu had trouble with the Quack Pack nephews then. Huey is giddy about this as Gizmo Louie wants to stop the Beagle Boys now before they commit more crimes. So they bail and we go to the sky shot as the heels get into the jeep and drive off while the police do the stupidest thing possible: Shoot their guns and NOT chase after them. Well; at least this scene didn't get cut out.
Scrooge proclaims that they are getting away as he runs to the dumpster demanding Garbage Dope right now and GD obliges by popping up from the dumpster. Scrooge blows off GD and the garbage truck uses the front forklift to lift the dumpster and pour Garbage Dope (why not? It's the perfect burial booking term for Fenton Crackshell right about now) and drives away. Scrooge and Mrs. Crackshell follow it in protest because he wants those Beagle Boys and Mrs. Crackshell wants the new set. I cannot tell who is more selfish in this situation now. So we scene change to the streets of Duckberg as Ma is driving the jeep proclaiming that if they get caught; she loses the Mother of The Year contest. The Beagle Boys don't seem to mind (due to their lack of selling) and here comes the bad episode police as we get the car chase scene to waste more time. Yeap; Jeffrey Scott is not even trying today. After a race into the river which involves Bouncer opening the sewer pipe and spraying water on the police cars which breaks logic as the cars aren't sinking at all as a result. Ho hum. Ma Beagle drives up and parks her car right in front of a Crook Brothers men store. See; Ma is doing this to make the Beagle Boys dress for success (in winning the contest). Ma is really trying her best to keep this episode afloat; but without Gizmo Duck, it's a really steep uphill battle to say the least.
So the heels walk in as we see the kids hiding behind the alleyway noticing them coming in. Webby wants to wear the suit so badly and finally Gizmo Louie blows her off because she's a girl. Geez; what a shock that was? So we see the heels inside as the male dogperson store clerk greets them and asks how he can serve them. Ma wants the four most expensive outfits in history and the clerk asks what the payment is. Memo to future store clerk: If they are wearing black masks and police number signs on their chests; they are wanted criminals. So Bouncer throws the clerk in the dressing room (I think) as we see the kids hiding in the coats on the coat rack. So the heels try on the suits and grin and the kids spring into action. Webby continues to whine about wearing the damn suit (Kit would let her wear it long before this point) as Huey tells her to stop blathering and you can guess what happens next as Gizmo Huey reappears and knocks into the MEN MODELS OF DEATH as they fall like dominoes on the heels. Oh that was not contrived in the very least, no siree Jeff. Gizmo Huey cuts a long full of himself promo to waste more time and Dewey blows him off to stop blathering and the suit changes to Dewey. Louie finally realizes what makes the suit work and we get dueling blathering and suit changing to waste more time while the heels bail stage right due to the distraction.
Thankfully; Webby finally screams the loudest and the suit attaches to her and just as that happens the Beagle Boys grab the nephews. It's too bad we have less than three minutes left because I would love to see the heels torment these three ducks for annoying me throughout this episode. Did I just say...Oh wait, never mind. Ma at least agrees with me as she wants the kids tied up. Sadly; I have seen the finish in advance and it doesn't happen. So we head outside as the limo arrives and Scrooge comes out and heads inside. Garbage Duck is with Ma (thus we never saw how they got Garbage Duck out of the Garbage Truck) starts the lawnmower and gets on the back of it and it rides out of control and they crash into various fences and other international objects. Okay; this is pretty funny, but this serves only to bury Fenton Crackshell even more than ever. What is Jeffrey Scott thinking here? So we return as the nephews struggle to get out of the grip of the Beagle Boys. I'm guessing BS&P stepped in with the "no kids tied up" rule; which is STUPID due to Luck'O'The Ducks. Ma wants to trade them in for the Money Bin and here comes GIZMO WEBBY~! Okay; if there is one finish that I like; it's Webby kicking ass as Gizmo Webby. Sadly for her; Gizmo Gosalyn trumped her to infinity in the Kaboom comics; but what can you do when Webby is hated by the writers. At least Scott wrote her a lot better than most writers do with her.
So she uses the Go Go Gadget grappling hook to open the drawers and throws underwear over the Beagle Boys' heads; then grabs a wad of suspenders and ties up the Beagle Boys. Now see; they have the resources to tie up the nephews; and the heels didn't go for it; but Gizmo Webby does. I CLUB BS&P! Then the coat rack gets involved (of course) and we get the MAN-SIZED bump off-screen just as Scrooge and two police officers enter to see the heels have been racked by a ten year old girl controlling a mini Gizmo Duck suit. Now that was a neat finish; despite the annoyance of this episode in general. The police take the heels away with the coat rack as Gizmo Webby wheels over to Scrooge and Scrooge thinks it's one of the nephews in the suit despite the fact that we NEVER see Scrooge see the Gizmo Kids at all. Stupid, stupid, STUPID! Did I mention dumb? Webby takes off the helmet and Scrooge is in shock. The nephews praise her and admit that she can do superhero stuff after all. Considering how crappy the episode was; I cannot blame Webby for being full of herself. At least she got the damn job done. Scrooge wonders just how Webby got the suit and in comes Garbage Dope with Mrs. Crackshell, a lawnmower and the garden shears which probably were given as a present to Drake Mallard. Scrooge is pissed off and Fenton demands an explanation from Mrs. Crackshell. UH OH! FENTON GONNA KILL YOU! Well; her chances of winning the television set anyway.
So we head to prison as the heels are huddled together and Baggy apologizes to Ma for her not winning the Mother Of The Year contest. Now that was great as Bouncer and Big Time praise her for having guts to spend 20 years together in the same cell. Ma thanks them for their support and that is the absolute last time we will ever see Ma ever again. The other Beagle Boys still have the finale left as we head to the Crackshell trailer as Mrs. Crackshell watches television and Fenton does the laundry OLD SCHOOL STYLE~! He's pressing the Gizmo Suit. Wait; the suit is dry clean; so why is he washing the damn thing? Dammit; another logic break we didn't need as Fenton apologizes to Mrs. Crackshell for not winning and she doesn't mind since Fenton does love her as a mother and they hug and kiss. Fenton has the lowest standards ever when it comes to his mother. Mrs. Crackshell didn't come out empty handed as she won a golden tool box since she was named Mechanic of The Year award. THAT JURY WAS RIGGED SEZS I (on behalf of WildCat)! Fenton beams on the closeup and that ends the episode at 21:04 aired. Well; this episode did suck the meat missile with gusto; but the finish involving Webby was great so it wasn't a total write off. Still; Fenton Crackshell was effectively buried as a result of this episode and the whole episode on the whole was a mess and stuck with chewing gum. Call it * 1/2 (30%).
THE REVIEW LINE
I've heard some horror stories about this episode; and many of those stories have considerable evidence that this episode sucked. The positive in all this was Webby kicking ass on the Beagle Boys and wearing the suit which was golden and I was happy to see that Jeffrey Scott booked her strong here. Sadly; that was really the only booking decision he didn't screw up as there were logic breaks out of the wazoo. I mean; Ma ordered the nephews tied up and it never occurred. Scrooge claims that he saw Gizmo Kid even though there is no evidence to suggest that in this episode. There was the TMNT animation error in the beginning of act 2 and a few others that annoyed me. What really grinds my gears was the earnest burial of Fenton as he never got to save the day and looked stupid while failing in the process. I only laughed when he got thrown into the dumpster by the Beagle Boys because it paid off the Garbage Man joke. We didn't see how Scrooge/Crackshell got Garbage Duck back from the garbage truck. The nephews playing with the suit was annoying; but at least it wasn't as bad as the criticisms that I have. The heels were perfectly fine and the beginning of the episode set up like a Quack Pack episode done right; so this wasn't a total write off. Overall; a horrible 1/2* episode with a * finish. Next up is Scrooge's Last Adventure which is officially the final episode involving Gizmo Duck; and it certainly cannot get any worse than this one. Right?! So.....
Thumbs down for this episode and I'll see you next time.