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The Crimson Avenger
Reviewed: 08/06/2007
Cubbi Gummi Rules Over All Of You..Deal With It!
Well; here we go. This is officially the first episode where Cubbi decided to really be cool and go with the secrets on top of the secret by dressing in a Zorro outfit which somehow made him more manly than he deserved to be..and certainly more manly than Drake Mallard. To be perfectly honest with you; I have never seen the first episode where Cubbi's gimmick appeared. I actually saw the second episode involving the gimmick which featured the DTVA debut of voice talent R.J. Williams as Milton and it was awesome. Will this episode join the awesome club? Let's rant on and find out shall we....?
This episode is teleplayed by Mark Zaslove in his second DTVA crack. I think this guy is going to be an awesome DTVA writer some day do you not think?
We begin with the sunset shot of Gummi Glenn with some water animation. Oh goodness; they done some pointless animation so you know TMS is serious about this one being a classic. We head to Sunni's room (check out the Gummi Bear Dolls on the shelf.) as Sunni taking her clothes out of the basket and then my favorite bundle of joy Cubbi storms in with the WOODEN SWORD OF PIN PRICKS and red pjs...because he's such a devil of a bear. HA HA! Cubbi jumps onto the bed with orange covers because orange is such a fashion faux pas with Sunni. True sign of a diva teenybopper: No fashion sense. That's enough for Sunni to blow him off because he's annoying her. Well..DUH you diva! Problem is Grammi sent Cubbi in. If it was to annoy her; then my opinion of Grammi have gone up about two notches. Sunni wants him to stop play; but see Cubbi isn't playing. He has responsibilities which that word alone should never be used by a six year old. Unless he or she is monster over. See Molly Cunningham. The reason for Cubbi annoying Sunni: Because he's the unseen defender of Dunwyn; which is excellent CONTINUITY from the writers from the opening episode of Season 2. Cubbi then really makes me proud by stabbing his WOODEN SWORD OF PIN PRICKS right up Sunni's butt. HA HA! Good for him. That'll teach that whiny teenybopper a lesson in responsibility. Cubbi runs off and closes the door as Sunni blows him off and throws her green vest at the door to prove only that Sunni is such a diva. 45 seconds in and I'm already firing up my rating to be the best episode in Gummi Bear history. We head to Castle Dumbwin...ERRR...Castle Dunwyn as Cubbi walks the path of goodness because Sunni is going to allow Cubbi to defend Dunwyn.
Considering how dumb Dumbwin..ERRR...Dunwyn is; can you really blame Cubbi Gummi?! Sure he's ONLY six years old; but he has the spunk that made Molly Cunningham a fun character to watch despite the TaleSpin fans' hatred of her. Cubbi is walking around like a goof; still in his red pjs. WHERE DID HE REAL CLOTHES GO?! Did Sunni shred them in a fit of diva rage or what?! Cubbi's “I'm defending the castle” is one of the goofiest repeat lines I have heard in DTVA history. Nightfall ensumes and of course Cubbi is getting tired of defending the castle when nothing..AND THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING happens! Cubbi then notices some rumbling behind the bushes and he takes it as a knight to fight with. Cubbi calls him a ruffian and somehow speaks perfect British English. Now you know you are watching a REAL classic. Not that classic where it sucks ala HB and Sun Woo. The SHADOW OF DOOM appears and it's just an old guy wearing poor clothes carrying stuff. Cubbi is so disappointed because he would be absolutely no challenge to Cubbi's WOODEN SWORD OF PIN PRICKS. However; the old guy is in trouble as a red headed ruffian with a black mask and a crossbow appears OUT OF NOWHERE from the bushes and starts threatening the old man. He wants the money see and he thinks he's Robin Hood. Sorry red hair freak; the real Robin Hood would use more sneaky tactics than that to steal..and he wouldn't get it from a poor old man from the Wizard of ID either.
Cubbi notices this from the top of the hill and brings out his VIAL OF ROIDED JUICE (which TMS for some reason shows a close up of) and drinks up. It's BUTT BOUNCING RED PJ STYLE TIME! Because if he were wearing pink pjs ala Molly Cunningham; he would be naked. The old man pour out his sack which is filled with useless junk of course because he's poor see. Robin Hood that robber is not! Cubbi basically MURDERS the guy with the BUTT BOUNCE OF DOOM right on top of the thief's stupid little head and that's enough for the old man to put his poor stuff back in and run away stage right. Cubbi bounces away into the night as the red haired man sells like he is Cubbi's girlfriend. The old man is voiced by Michael Rye doing his Lone Ranger voice from 1960. We head back to Gummi Glen in the morning with the close up shot outside and then we head inside the living room where Cavin explains that a crimson-dressed avenger flew through the air and Gruffi blows it off as a bounce by mugging of a thief. So you can thank Cavin for coming up with the name for Cubbi's new gimmick. Everyone sezs their peace as Cubbi Gummi in regular clothes just sits in his chair and looks at the ceiling wondering if they will solve the mystery. Memo to Grammi: If you want more respect; stop holding the ROLLING PIN OF DOOM at all times when you are shown. Cubbi loves the Crimson Avenger name and thus the greatest gimmick Kit wishes he stole before Disney canceled his show is born. This is going to be a fun one I swear to my new lord of knights: Crimson Cubbi Avenger Gummi.
Nightfall resumes as we head inside the forest as we have a pan shot and then a stage coach commences as a blue clothed bald man with green shoes and a green coat is riding with Dobbin the horse. I would love to reveal his voice; but Chris Barat doesn't have a reference for me. I'll assume it's Michael Rye too although his age is much younger...and OUT OF NOWHERE comes the red-haired freak with the crossbow as his head is bandaged so badly that I swear the guy looks like a rookie. He threatens the stage coach to hand over the goods and Dobbin stops of course. Red hair freak's crossbow does enough talking to force the traveller to hand over the goods; but Cubbi's voice beckons. I guess the bounce attack isn't good enough anymore for even Cubbi. We go to the trees where Cubbi is standing on a tree branch wearing a Zorro uniform and boots. I should point out that the suit Cubbi's wearing would be dyed purple, expanded about two more feet and was given as a gift for Drake Mallard to wear.
The hat too; although the feather was plucked from it because as you know duck feathers tickle. The SHADOW OF DOOM threatens the red-hair freak to drop the cross bow or feel the wrath of his WOODEN SWORD OF PIN PRICKS. Red-hair freak drops the cross bow in awe and it drops on his foot; which allows him to grab his foot. Cubbi holds his WOODEN SWORD OF PIN PRICKS as we finally see him in living color as the traveler flicks the reigns and the horse rides away. Cubbi looks absolutely manly in that outfit which makes Drake look even more girly by the second. That's why I heart Cubbi. Cubbi blows him off in a funny moments and bounces away as red-hair freak throws his mask down and stomps on it in a funny spot. Man; getting served by a six year old is painful. I'm amazed he didn't break his feet stomping there. And poor robber mask; that was a gift from thief heaven and he ruined it! He storms off stage right to the castle to hire a gang so he can steal in peace. I think it's safe to say that he is Erwillian and voiced by Corey Burton doing a voice that would be later recycled for a Rescue Rangers episode in 1989....
Post-Production Glitch #1: Half second black slug...Please let this tradition die...Can it hurt to use a proper scene changer?!
More nightfall in the forest as another wagon with horse rides the night and this spot is OUT OF CONTROL as a female wagon flicker is in trouble. She's wearing a blue dress with brown shirt and voiced by Katie Leigh for the two of you who care about that sort of thing. All seems lost for her until Cubbi bounces in and swings like Tarzan right onto the horse. He also makes sure to cover her with the crimson cape because this could get ugly. Cubbi pulls on the reigns and the horses manages to stop right in front of the bushes before she would slam right into a tree. The horse munches on the bushes of course as Cubbi bounces away with cape in tow. The lady is in awe of course and thanks him. We cut to various scenes where the Crimson Avenger helped them with their problems as various people young and old say thank you to The Crimson Avenger. Don't ask me who did their voices; I'll assume it was June Foray since she did the last voice which was a female fat woman. We cut back to the close up shot of Gummi Glenn as the babyfaces are having breakfast inside the dining room. Cubbi of course is tired from the heroism that he performed during the night. Grammi comes in and notices Cubbi is so sleepy eyed. Cubbi claims he's fine and then does a perfect face plant right into his breakfast. Yeap; he's all right. Gruffi of course blows him off because he's charmed with the Crimson Avenger and that wakes Cubbi up thinking that his cover is blown.
However; Gruffi only thinks he's pretending to be like him and stays up at nights. You know Gruffi; if Cubbi said “How did you know?” chances are he's not pretending. Gruffi doesn't see The Crimson Avenger as a hero because he's a threat to Gummi security. Was George W. Bush watching this show or something? Tummi defends the Crimson Hero because he protects people and of course Gruffi blows it off because Gummi Bears defend people. Problem is; the Crimson Avenger is a Gummi Bear actually. So Gruffi is an idiot. I wonder if Grammi slipped in some smart reducing flour into his oatmeal before breakfast if you know what I mean? We head to Castle Dumbwin..ERRR...Castle Dunwyn as we cut to the marketplace as Erwillian and his two new henchmen who look like twins in monk outfits are planning a reunion to steal everyone out of house and home. His two henchmen are voiced by Corey Burton and Will Ryan. I think you can tell which is which. We pan over to the fish marketplace where a red-haired woman with a pink shirt and white apron who is voiced by June Foray talking about the Crimson Avenger being six feel tall to the fish monger. The fish monger raises Cubbi to seven feet tall. Fish Woman wins the round with being handsome because Cubbi is ultra handsome under the mask. She's get her stink wrapped fish as the fish monger raises that he's strong as an ox..and bouncy too; right?! Sadly he doesn't see the HAND OF DOOM from behind stealing his money from the pockets (all paper bills this time). He doesn't suspect a thing which is why fish stories are dangerous weapons man. Erwillian has the money. The conversation continues as the lackeys sneak up from beside her and steal her money and fish. She is that dense to not suspect a thing there.
The lackeys and Erwillian reunite and giggle at their stolen goods because it's easier than meeting up with the Crimson Avenger. We cut to the hallway of Gummi Glenn as Tummi is at Cubbi's front door and knocks because Cubbi has to help Grammi with something. He gets no response so Tummi opens the door and walks in. He notices Cubbi sleeping on the job and he forgot to hide the evidence as his Crimson Avenger clothes are still sitting on the chair. Cubbi is SO BUSTED! Tummi cannot believe that he went alone at night without an adult. Considering that he goes alone any day; you would think that this wouldn't be played as a big deal. Cubbi stutters and realizes that he is BUSTED! Tummi of course thought the Crimson Avenger would be taller; but of course the people didn't get good looks and therefore the stories got out of hand. Geez; are the humans really that dense?! How hard can it be to see that he's merely three feet tall? Tummi doesn't want him to go out at night and Cubbi has a solution: Tummi joins him at night. Tummi; being a guy who would never say no because his brain is the size of a dime decides to play along. Cubbi bounces on the bed as he dubs Sir Tummi: The Crimson Avenger's ultra-cool sidekick. Well; Dukie has an ultra-cool sidekick in Toadie so it's about time Cubbi had one of those. And he gets a costume too; how cute?! I wonder how Cubbi convinced Grammi to sew one up for him?! Question to ponder indeed...We get a cute Batman promo from Cubbi.
You know which one as we see Tummi follow Cubbi in the TREE GREEN AVENGER COSTUME OF DOOM. He looks and walks like a complete tool in that outfit. Tummi wonders how he was ever convinced by a six year old? Answer: Because Cubbi is AWESOME BABEE! We get our usual Quick Tunnel Quick Car sequence to waste some time as Tummi eats Cubbi's cape in a real funny spot. Nice to see the ultra-cool sidekick get some funny spots to work with. Tummi is great and Cubbi is awesome; so they should gel really well in this episode. We then cut to a wall at Castle Dunwyn as the spotlight flashes the crimson shadow as Sir Crimson Avenger will protect this castle from the thieves and scumbags that rule the streets. Tummi is now called Pronto for some odd reason. Tummi holds the spotlight because he's the ultra-cool sidekick of course. He must be Launchpad's teacher because only he could teach Launchpad the fine art of being so dense. How did Cubbi get that announcer voice anyway? I don't see how... The knights on the battlement notice the SHADOW OF DOOM on the spotlight as it moves away. They are in awe and voiced by Lorenzo Music and Will Ryan for the two of you who care. Sadly; Pronto suffers second degree burns from holding the lantern and Cubbi blows him off of course for being so dense because fire does burn and it burns HARD BABEE!
Post-Production Glitch #2: Another half second black slug...That's two for this episode!
We head inside the marketplace in the morning as Cavin is yawning and holding on to Sir Lazybones Tuxford's horse because he is still servitude to him I guess. Needless to say; Erwillian and his twin goons whisper at each other to get ready to rob Sir Lazybones blind. That wouldn't be hard if it wasn't for Cavin standing around. They break like a group think would when they are committing evil plans as Erwillian walks to Cavin and does a really lame hello to him in order to run interference. Erwillian walks to the door and stands beside it as the door opens from Ye Jewelry Shop of Doom and out comes King Gregor with the ruby studs. Gregor proclaims that Calla will be pleased to see them. Oh come on King Gregor; you know better than to bribe Princess Calla with jewels. After all; she's more concerned with having a real life that doesn't involve looking like a royal snob. Sir Lazybones comes out as well as Erwillian winks like a fool and that brings out the twin goons to hurl insults at each other. They are all so freaking LAME that it shows that Disney never did a good job when it came to the goon squad. The knights seem unimpressed as Erwillian comes in and wants to break up this lame rough housing before it stinks up the joint. Fine by me red hair freak as Erwillian tries to break it up; but the goons fake sucker punch him right into the nose. And no; TMS didn't screw it up; it was completely intentional.
Although they were close to actually hitting his nose so it looked pretty good. Erwillian holds his nose and dances right in front of King Gregor selling it like it's the end of him and he smacks right onto King Gregor's chest. Gregor is stunned and that's enough for him to steal the ruby studs. I don't think Calla would see this as a huge loss. Erwillian continues his awesome selling of his nose and goes towards Cavin and places the ruby studs right in his back pocket. King Gregor recovers to see that his Ruby Studs are gone. So Erwillian calls Cavin out as the thief! One problem: Cavin was NO WHERE NEAR GREGOR! Erwillian was the ONLY ONE near King Gregor's chest who could grab the studs. And of course the knights go after Cavin because the writers were stupid enough to commit a huge logic break here. It's not as bad as Double Darkwings because quite frankly; Double Darkwings was a mess from start to finish; but it's still a huge gap of logic there.
Cavin runs away which makes no sense because that basically incriminates him as the thief. I think the writers should stop making Cavin into a sad thief because this is absolutely contrived. Cavin reaches a dead end; Sir Lazybones asks him if he stole the studs; Cavin no sells it of course while stuttering (Cavin's acting as if he did steal them; even though he's really fearful that everyone is after him for no reason because of the gap of logic.); Erwillian tells them to check his pockets; Sir Lazybones checks the pockets of Cavin and finds the studs and Cavin is one screwed up boy. If CSI existed today; the knights would no longer have a job and Cavin would be left to defend Dunwyn. And he would refuse because he was treated so badly by the knights. Sir Lazybones puts Cavin under arrest and Cavin is grabbed by the other knight to end the segment ten minutes in. What a joke of scene I just witnessed?! I'm not convinced by Lazybones feeling towards Cavin when he arrests the boy either. I'm sorry fans; but this is just one bad scene and I'm glad it is over more than anything..
After the commercial break; we see Cavin cooling his heels in prison as the poacher from Loopy Go Home is in the other prison cell looking at Cavin. Sadly; he changed voices from Will Ryan to Roger C. Carmel. I guess prison rape does exist in Dunwyn after all. Other than the voice gaffe; that is good CONTINUITY from the writers. Cavin sulks as he's in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Sadly; he did commit a crime: Being in a contrived scene. That would be good enough for the bad episode police if Cubbi isn't there to carry this one too. The poacher taunts him with various torments that knights use with prisoners and Cavin gulps like a maniac. However; the poacher claims that Cavin will just merely die due to hanging and Cavin slumps down to the floor realizing that his fate will be death by hanging. We cut to the throne room of Dumbwin (It earns that name right about now) as King Gregor, Sir Lazybones and Princess Calla are listening to Erwillian talk about Cavin and basically burying him as a bad kid who many thought was a good kid. Princess Calla doesn't buy it one bit because she didn't like King Gregor's present anyway.
Good for her and of course that earns a pet on the head from Gregor and a nice blow off. Great; I guess Princess Calla and Kit will be sharing a cage in the pet shop now. Erwillian releases his lies to King Gregor and Princess Calla blows them off not buying it which earns a zounds blow off from King Gregor. If Ed Brayton were here; King Gregor would be in bigger trouble than he's in now if you know what I mean. Erwillian claims that he's a law-abiding soul which is downright funny to listen too. It makes the last scene with him look even more unconvincing. Hey King Gregor; Gregory Weagle here with a quick logic check: When you came out; where was Cavin? Tending to your horse. When Erwillian grabbed at your chest; where was Cavin? Tending to you horse. The only way your accusations with Cavin would work was to have Cavin trade places with Erwillian when he was grabbing your chest; which of course is completely impossible since neither soul had a teleportation spell or control any magic whatsoever. Without that you must set Cavin free and arrest Erwillian. It's called logic; use it well my liege.
Erwillian only wants life in prison instead of death by hanging. How nice of him?! NOT! Princess Calla completely blows him off and I'm on her side this time around. She accuses him of being the Crimson Avenger and Erwillian claims he is not because the Crimson Avenger is a menace to Dunwyn. Like the people of Dunwyn would buy that statement as Calla realizes that he's afraid of the Crimson Avenger. Princess Calla decides to leave Gregor to ponder about his huge gap in logic and talk to Sunni about the situation. We head back to the Quick Tunnels as Cubbi nails a giant black mask right on the Quick Car with the mallet. Tummi doesn't want to do this gig anymore because Cubbi's going into Dunwyn Castle. Cubbi no sells because he's already cleaned up the forest. I hardly think that is true; but it's Cubbi so I'll let it slide. Cubbi pulls the lever (WRONG LEVER!) as he wants bigger fish to fry. I don't think there is a stinkier fish in the Gummi Bear world than Erwillian right now. The Quick Car goes right into the screen...
...and we head to Castle Dumbwin at night again as we cut to the tower of Dunwyn as Cubbi and Tummi prepare for some evildoer bashing. Tummi still thinks that being a spoil sport is better than being at the castle. Cubbi blows it off because he's the Crimson Avenger and Tummi is just Pronto hanging onto the flagpole. Too funny as Cubbi is the protector of all good and Tummi blows it off by calling him dumb. Speak for yourself Pronto! We pan down to the streets as Erwillian paces around like a goofball thinking about what evil things he will do to Cubbi or anyone else who thinks he a girly when it comes to the Crimson Avenger. Oh wait; he's waiting for his goons to rob someone blind again. And he gets his wish as the goons run out of the store as a June Foray speaking woman complete with RIC FLAIR BROOMSTICK OF DOOM. I think they robbed her successfully; but it looks bad for them as they are running from the fatass lady while getting whacked. See; even before Ric Flair was born the broomstick always trumped everyone.
Nice to see someone was paying attention. One of the goons runs around in a circle to waste some time as he gets whacked pretty good with that broom. Cubbi sees the trouble and uses the rope to lower himself to help that goon in trouble from being assaulted by that broom. Sadly; Cubbi's rope tying skills still suck (Gruffi's teaching just goes over his head) and the rope comes loose; so Tummi has to grab it and hang on to the roof's edge with his feet. Thankfully; Tummi is the perfect anchor so this is apporos. Cubbi has no idea who is heel and who is babyface here because he is still six years old. Tummi suffers from the Back Cracker. I see Carlito was in this episode as Cubbi swings like Tarzan and whacks the fat woman from behind and she goes right into the cart of doom perfectly with her face.
Great spot there; but Cubbi looks like a moron now. He thinks the lady is a heel here. The cart drives itself due to her fat weight and she goes right into the horse's water bucket. About time Disney allowed men to kick woman's butt. Fat woman spits some water out and screams that he took my money. The lights inside the buildings light up on her command as we cut back to the goon with the CHEST OF DEMONS giving it to Erwillian ; but he swipes it and blows him off because he blew their cover. I think the goons created a team effort here on that blow up as Cubbi swings back onto the roof and declares to the people that he is there to protect them. If we did the Coca Cola Zero commercial (The two morons who are flying a cargo jet and drinking Coke Zero thinking that this was a dream.); it would go something like this...
Cubbi: I am the Crimson Avenger; protector of Dunwyn. I must be a real hero....!
People of Dunwyn: Negative moron! You're not a real hero! You assaulted a woman!
And of course the people shout and throw fruit and veggies right in Cubbi's face. Cubbi cannot believe this as he take a tomato right in the kisser. Good aim there pal; assaulting a kid. I'm sure that made it all right now. NOT! Cubbi calls for Pronto and of course Tummi is on his midsection complaining about his bad back. Cubbi apologizes to him for giving him a Back Cracker unintentionally and wishes he stayed home. We cut back to Cubbi and Tummi entering Gummi Glenn and Gruffi is there to ask them harshly where those two were at the time. Tummi covers to Cubbi as he was playing Simon Says and he cramped his back in pain. Tummi gives new meaning to taking one for the team. That's why he works as Cubbi's ultra-cool sidekick. We head back to Dumbwin at dawn with the sun rising as we head to the marketplace as the town crier (an old bald man with red and brown clothes) reading from the scroll to declare the Crimson Avenger a public nuisance. That's it?! Not a public menace?! That's pretty nice of King Gregor to do it actually; but he of course puts a 100 gold sovereign bounty on the Crimson Avenger's head and he rolls the scroll up and that's the way it is. I'm guessing Roger C. Carmel for his voice on that one as the public pops for him lest that suffer the wrath of King Gregor's gap in logic. We head to Tummi's room as Tummi is asleep in his bed and Cubbi sits on it feeling sorry for himself. Tummi moans like a goof of course as Cubbi swears on his bloody honor that he'll never go out as the Crimson Avenger ever again just to make sure Tummi stops groaning. That's awfully nice of you Cubbi; but Tummi groaning is funny so I think you should reconsider your offer.
We head back to Sunni's room as Princess Calla is now dressed as the Crimson Avenger and she looks hot in that constume. See; Princess Calla is using the costume to force Erwillian into confessing that he screwed Cavin into going to prison. Sunni loves her handiwork because it was good for beginners. She doesn't suspect a thing that the Crimson Avenger is now public evil #1 in Dunwyn. We head back to Castle Dumbwin at night as the guards are doubled at their post in case the Crimson Avenger comes back. We head to the tower as Erwillian and his goons are inside licking their chops at the table filled with the ruby studs and the CHEST OF DEMONS. How did Erwillian get those inside without anyone noticing?! Is Castle Dumbwin really that dumb?! Erwillian lines out his last MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN to raid the king's treasury; however; Calla Avenger is behind the window and the goons notice her. Well; at least they have some logic sense in this episode. Erwillian turns around after blowing them off and see his worst nightmare: A Crimson Avenger who is much taller than usual. Erwillian runs down the stairs. Crimson Calla tells Sunni to wait on the window and she'll go after Erwillian on the street. She has zero idea what has happened in Dumbwin. Crimson Calla climbs down the pipe and manages to cut Erwillian off as the past. Erwillian seems screwed as he runs down the street.
However; Erwillian notices that the reward paper on the street as realizes that the Crimson Avenger has a price on her head so she grabs Crimson Calla and calls for the guards as the street fills with lights. Crimson Calla escapes from her grasp; and runs off. However; she doesn't look where she is clearly going and gets caught by the guards. Nice touch from Erwillian to be so greedy in demanding his reward. The guard takes off the mask and realizes that it is Princess Calla. Everyone is in shock as the segment ends nearly sixteen and a half minutes in. Well; at least the angle with the Crimson Avenger being a heel to Dumbwin makes a lot more sense than Cavin's capture.
After the commercial break; it is daybreak in Castle Dumbwin as we head to the throne room as King Gregor blows off Princess Calla for her heinous actions and basically puts her in her room under guard because she brought shame to his family. You brought shame to the family when you bought that heinous logic break with Cavin earlier in the episode you disgraceful liege. Calla protests this outrage; but she is forced to leave by the royal guards. King Gregor feels sad and wonders where he went wrong. I can tell you; the moment you bought that logic break that Cavin stole your jewels. King Gregor thinks he spoiled her by buying that pony on her sixth birthday. I doubt that very much considering that you spoiled yourself by thinking that Cavin stole your jewels despite being NO WHERE near your chest. We cut back to Gummi Glenn as Cubbi has his Crimson Avenger outfit and he's going to burn it with the fire in the fireplace. NOOOOOOOO...Michael Eisner needs that suit for DARKWING...DUCK in five years young man. Thankfully Sunni the diva comes in to inform Cubbi that Cavin's in jail and Calla in her room.
We head to the dining room as Grammi thinks Calla is a criminal and Sunni rightfully blows her off because Erwillian is responsible for this mess. Wow; I'm agreeing with teenybopper this time around. What are the odds?! Cubbi realizes that this man was the first guy he attacked to save the old man and Tummi tells him he must be the Crimson Avenger once again. Cubbi states that he doesn't want to hurt anyone anymore; but Tummi continues to tell him to put on the costume because he's hurting people by doing nothing about it. Besides Cavin and Calla need him and Cubbi realizes that he cannot put off this anymore. He must be the gimmick that defined his character: The Crimson Avenger...We head to Castle Dumbwin as Erwillian is pulling the rope pulley filled with sack of the money from the treasury. When in doubt; recycle Robin Hood which would work if he was a babyface. He's not; so it's pretty lame. He throws the money into the room as he proclaims that the king will be broke by morning and he'll look like a doofus on a crown. We pan up to see Cubbi on the roof in Crimson Avenger gear sizing up the situation. He then realizes that he can use the guards to help him catch Erwillian in the act. Huh?! Cubbi using his brain?!
Who knew...We cut to see two knights playing Go fish because poker is gambling and gambling is so wrong even if we do it everyday in our lives without even realizing it. Cubbi whistles and bounces right onto the wooden table to ruin a perfectly decent game. He bounces away from the scene and around the bend as the guards follow him because they would just getting to the good part of the game where they have to strip their armor. Or maybe not. We get a real thrilling chase after they notice Cubbi on a shop roof blowing them off with another worthy raspberry. Cubbi bounces onto the BARREL OF LAUGHS and uncorks his second VIAL OF ROIDED JUICE and drinks up. It's SUPER BUTT BOUNCING TIME as he flies away like the wind. He climbs up the roofs and bounces while the knights slowly follow him up. You got to give a hand to those Dumbwin knights; they have no brains; but they have DA SKILLS BABEE! We get the SHADOWS OF DOOM jumping from roof to roof spot as Cubbi bounces onto another roof and dodges a knight who slips and falls down onto the roof. Cubbi takes out his rope and flings it over the edge of the roof allowing the knight to grab it off-screen and he climbs up. See; the Crimson Avenger is not an evildoer unless it's fat women. Then he's truly EVIL! Knight #1 thanks him of course; but stutters and realizes that Cubbi is still evil so he goes after him again. Too funny as Cubbi bounces up the stairs and the knights go after him. Cubbi bounces into the hallway as the knights scream to get him; which allows King Gregor to come out of his room wondering what the ruckus is all about.
Cubbi bounces into the tower room and calls out the goons as criminals and then hides behind the door as the knights enter. The goons are SO BUSTED. We cut to Erwillian who realizes that there is no pull on the pulley and looks into the room to see the knights taking the goons out of the room. Erwillian is SHOCKED and APPALLED (in that order) as he sees his worst nightmare: The real Crimson Avenger peeking out of the window. Erwillian goes to his ruby studs and CHEST OF DEMONS. Cubbi backs up to the edge of the room and runs out of the window and glides across from tower to tower and manages to hold onto the edge of the castle wall about two feet from the window. Now that was AWESOME BABEE! Cubbi can defy gravity like Kit Cloudkicker does when he performs his gimmick. It's too bad Kit is an adult in a child's body because this hero gimmick would be PERFECT for him. Erwillian takes the CHEST OF DEMONS and hands it to Cubbi as Cubbi grabs it and starts to free fall. However; he gets lucky as a window opens and out comes an old man to give Cubbi a head for him to bounce up. Now that's using your head old man! Cubbi bounces back up and clips Erwillian with the CHEST OF DEMONS right in the kisser. Did I mention how awesome Cubbi is?! Erwillian is forced to hang on the pulley rope as the Crimson Avenger lands on the roof..and here comes the entire denizens of Castle Dumbwin. King Gregor is stunned because Princess Calla is still locked in her room so sezs Sir Lazybones.
The other ruby stud falls from his pocket and drops right on Sir Lazybones' thick skull. Gregor grabs it and realizes that all is not what it seems. Erwillian pleads for mercy as he hangs on for dear life. Cubbi agrees on one condition: He must confess to his evil ways. Erwillian admits that he stole the ruby right in front of King Gregor and Cubbi plays with him as he tugs on the rope to force him to confess louder and admit that he framed the kid. Cubbi feels that this is enough and cuts the rope with the WOODEN SWORD OF PIN PRICKS. Now I really love this Cubbi as Erwillian swings along the rope pulley and takes a MAN-SIZED bump right on his head on-screen on the steel wheel inside the left tower. That was an awesome spot and Erwillian is knocked off for good. Cavin and Princess Calla are cleared on all charges. Sadly; Cavin is too shy to consider a lawsuit against Gregor for the horrible logic break earlier. Everyone thanks the Crimson Avenger and all is right in the world again. Cubbi drops the CHEST OF DEMONS down onto the ground and it breaks open of course. Cubbi cuts one last awesome promo before bouncing away from Castle Dumbwin for good. Until he returns of course to save Milton's hide. King Gregor and Sir Lazybones do not suspect a thing of course; but then again they didn't suspect the huge logic gap earlier so this is apporos. Lazybones calls him a snappy dresser. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments.
We head back to Tummi's room as Tummi is in his night gear along with Cubbi (with his red pjs) on the bed as they exchange notes on Cubbi's victory over Erwillian. Apparently; Cubbi learned his first wrestling move tonight which is the clothesline. Tummi is happy and he wants Cubbi to stop being the Crimson Avenger. Cubbi decides to lay off for now; but he promises to be back when danger strikes again; which allows one more groan from Tummi. That was so great and Tummi's selling was spot on. Cubbi smiles on the closeup to end the episode at 21:18. Darn it! It was so close to being perfect before it was ruined by the huge logic break before the end of the first segment. Thankfully; everything else made sense and Cubbi once again proved that he is the prototype for Kit Cloudkicker and Molly Cunningham. **** 3/4 ( 95%)
THE REVIEW LINE
Cubbi's first crack at the Crimson Avenger is in the books and he was awesome as I expected to be. I really enjoyed this episode for the most part as Cubbi had a pretty good foil in Erwillian. He was a sleazy, ugly nasty villain who was nothing more than a slimy thief who deserved to get whacked for his crimes in the most painful way possible. Tummi's role as Pronto was great as well; including getting injured by the back cracker move. I didn't think Disney would allow kids to kick a lady's butt; but here it is in living color in this episode and it played a role in showing that despite Cubbi's kind heart; he is still a moron and doesn't realize which is a heel and which is a face. However; one subplot was really done poorly and that was when Cavin was arrested for stealing a ruby stud. It was completely stupid because Cavin was tending to the horse the entire time and Erwillian was the only one who was near King Gregor and the only one who could steal the Ruby Stud.
While Erwillian's hiding the jewel inside Cavin's pocket was clever; it still made King Gregor look really stupid. That was a huge gap of logic and even I wanted to slap King Gregor silly for being so dumb. That's why I call Dunwyn; Dumbwin. Of course; Cubbi was the star of this episode and he was so on in this episode it wasn't funny. I mean; even the tiny logic break near the end where he basically drank the juice despite having the bouncing powers before hand (A sign that it's the trampoline that allows them to bounce on their butts) didn't hurt the scene at all. And of course Cubbi got to play some mind games with Erwillian near the end. Great bump from Erwillian near the end too. All in all; this was a perfect episode marred by a contrived spot near the end of segment number one. Still; Mark Zaslove has a future in this business methinks. Next up is two more shorts and then from there there is the big spell battle episode between Zummi and Zarlock. So....
Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you all next time.