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Day of the Beevilweevils/Water Way To Go
Reviewed: 08/19/2007
Water Way To Recycle Title Names?!
You may have noticed that one of the episodes is a 22 minute episode while the second episode is a 11 minute episode. If I did it by the original format of having two 11 minute episodes ranted at once; I would be left with one 11 minute episode as an orphan which would make it look like the five minute rant I did with Bullethead Baloo. So; I'm working it in this fashion. And finally; Gusto Gummi makes his debut in Season 3. How does it go? Let's rant on......
Day of the Beevilweevils is written by the late Bruce Talkington and story edited by Jymn Magon. Water Way To Go is written by Mark Zaslove and Tad Stones. The teleplay is done by Bruce Reid Schaefer and the story is edited by Tad Stones. Got that? Good....
Day of the Beevilweevils: We begin this one in the TMS-animated forest while there are butterflies and bees giving us some pollen love for the Gummi Berry bushes...And Tummi is dressed in flowers annoying the bees with the buzzing sounds. Pencil Tummi's plan as the 13th most insane thing any character has done on DTVA. He manages to get one of the bees onto the berries and tries to annoy him; but Gruffi's voice stuns Tummi enough to flick the bee right off the Gummi Berry bushes and take a sick bump into the tree. Gruffi enters with a basket of Gummi Berries that is bigger than his body weight blowing off Tummi for gossiping with the insects. It's once again time for another harvest of Gummi Berries as Tummi states that he's attracting more bees to make more Gummi Berries. It's nice to see Tummi help them do their jobs better to help himself with more food. Gruffi blows it off because they have enough berries to worry about so he gives Tummi the basket since it's less than his own body weight. The bee isn't happy about that last spot as Gruffi continues to blow off Tummi and the bees while Tummi puts the basket on the cart. So he takes his size 13 poison stinger; shines it up real good; turns that son witch thing sideways and sticks it straight up Gruffi's candy butt! HA HA! Tummi gleefully reminds Gruffi of the bee's feelings as Gruffi rubs his butt and blows them off because he has feelings too. Although most of them are angry feelings about hating humans if you know what I mean....
Post-Production Glitch #1: Two second black slug one minute in! Worst scene changer ever....
We head to the shot of Gummi Glenn as Zummi is blowing off Tummi for being careless. See according to the Great Book of Gummi; Tummi built his latest invention wrong again and Tummi gleefully blows him off because it works wonderful. Tummi is spinning the BEE BUZZER OF DEATH in case anyone wants to know. Zummi doesn't feel too happy about Tummi's response on that one. And of course the rope is too long and Tummi gets tied up and nail right in the kisser with the BEE CALLER OF DOOM. Zummi isn't too happy with that as he unties Tummi and blows him off because Tummi is taking the Great Book of Gummi way too lightly. Nice to see someone finally admit his guilt after nearly 40 episodes of blind praise to said book. The lesson of the day: A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Too little knowledge can also be a dangerous thing. This lesson is always used for one purpose: To control chaos that the people saying that know they cannot control. Tummi doesn't like Zummi's response so that logically leads to the Gummi Berry Bushes inside the forest again. Tummi walks around with his BEE BUZZER OF DOOM and starts swinging it (Notice the parallax scrolling in this scene?) which logically leads to seeing Gruffi with his basket of Gummi Berries half harvested in his hands blowing off Tummi for attracting more bugs. Since Gruffi has been forced to love humans; he now hates bugs which makes him just a generic human in a bear suit I guess. And where is Sunni, Grammi and Cubbi?! Shouldn't they be helping in the harvest?! Or has Gruffi whizzed in their cups one too many times?!
Gruffi leaves with a blow off treating Tummi like a kid. So Tummi is a man-child?! No wonder many people look up to him for role modeling. Tummi is of course TOO FAT and he starts running out of gas quickly. However; a giant bug lands on Tummi's nose and damn it to hell; if that isn't the uglist bug I have ever seen. It's not a bee according to Tummi and he tries to shoo it; but the BEE BUZZER OF DEATH ties him up and bops him right on the nose. OUCH! That'll leave a mark: On Tummi's nose of course. Tummi recovers as the bug has decided to eat some Gummi Berries. UH OH! I don't like where this is going..and I don't think blackberries are going to save them this time. Tummi invokes the bush to whack him; but the bug eats it easily. More munching from the bugs. I guess being killed by a poison in those Raid commercials was his second gig after this show. So Tummi literally whacks him thirty times in the head with his hat (seriously) and the RAID BUG is pretty much dead. Tummi thinks it's over; but like the BEBE'S KIDS OF DEATH- We don't die; we multiply! About five million of the UGLIST BUGS IN HIS-TORY! One of them taunts Tummi and that's enough for Tummi to run away to get help. Which logically leads to the kitchen as Grammi is making her Gummi Berry Juice once again and Sunni putting berries into the mix. I don't know who is more lazy in this episode: Grammi stirring; Sunni throwing or Zummi looking at berries. OH MY GOD. Gusto just made his first official appearance in season three as he looks at the baskets suggesting how they should be planted in order to get a better harvest. I take it back: Gusto is the laziest bear in this episode. Cubbi and Gruffi come in with more basket as Gruffi blows off Gusto for his suggestion of a giant painting. And in comes Tummi yelling for help in gasping and stuttering mode.
Gruffi of course blows that off since it might be bad news. Geez; you think Gruffi Gummi?! We get the giant footsteps which I didn't know those ugly bugs could do (logic break #1 for the episode); so the babyfaces goes topside and they are surrounded by Beevilweevils. I like the RAID BUG OF DEATH better Zummi; but thanks for naming them anyway. They are munching on all the berries of course. All we need is sad dramatic music while they are munching and this would be kick butt pathos. Gruffi tells them to spread out and pound on them all. The babyfaces spread out to stop the bugs anyway they can. Gusto has the RIC FLAIR BROOMSTICK OF DOOM and of course even that cannot stop the bugs. You know they are screwed when THAT happens. Gusto calls it a figure of speech. So is the middle finger and everyone knows what that means (except for Ron who knows the sideways version of said finger). Grammi is using the double frying pans and the bugs bite onto her dress and lift it into the air (and she's wearing jumbo sized undies I should note) and wraps her body in a makeshift body bag. HA HA! She struggles to the ground as Zummi invokes the SPELL NOTES OF SATAN and starts chanting; but they eat his notes. For goodness sakes Zummi; it's time to buy Brain Age now. More bug munching as Sunni and Cubbi use the fly swatter and the WOODEN SWORD OF PINPRICKS to defend themselves. The back to back knight spot really gets me giddy whenever Cubbi does it. Sunni has got the most fitting weapon in the entire bag of Gummi weapons. The bugs grab Cubbi's sword and Cubbi up to the tree and they spank him with his own sword. HOW DARE YOU SPANK CUBBI YOU SICK FIENDS?!
We cut to the smoking pots leftover from the Black Cauldron movie and Gruffi, Sunni and Tummi manage to fan the smoke around. I guess I missed the part where Sunni loses her fly swatter. The smoke consumes the RAID BUGS OF DOOM; but the bugs flap the smoke back into the babyfaces' face. This is turning into a Lost Horizons episode so I expect Tummi to be blamed for this one since he's the fat adventurous one. Crack Disney captions has Zummi's name when Gruffi is the one who said the line. The smoke clears (AND IT'S STILL BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH AND MOVIE RATING! Almost forgot that one) as the entire Gummi Berry Patch is completely destroyed! This is what should have happened in Just A Tad Smarter; but that was a short so it wouldn't have mattered much. And of course Gruffi blames Tummi for everything along with Zummi. Grammi takes Tummi's side on this one because he didn't mean too since he was trying to attract bees; not RAID BUGS. Tummi sights at the BEE BUZZER OF DEATH as Gruffi gives him a Grade S blow off and then leaves. That blow off had more compassion than the mayor of Cape Suzette's blow off; but then it's understandable since Gruffi and Tummi are supposed to be close friends. To my shock; the kids and Gusto don't get to speak their peace since it would be interesting to see who takes who side on this one....
Post-Production Glitch #2: Another two second black slug. Don't care; let's move on...
We cut to the Quick Tunnels as Gusto is trying to lift the long range Quick Car down onto the track with the rope pulley and has some trouble so Gruffi and Zummi help him put it down gently onto the track. Well; this is a 180 degree turn from the sorrow in the last scene; isn't it?! Gruffi asks him where Gusto is going and Gusto claims to be going for a spin for some air. Gruffi checks the storage part of the Quick Car and it's loaded with supplies for a week's worth. Gusto tries to blow it off; but Zummi pushes the issue. Gusto admits he's going to the dangerous Fangwood Forest to find the Great Gummi's in a place called South Gumton. He also has the shovel with him because South Gumton is supposed to be experts with plants so he'll transplant the Gummi Berry bushes from there and replace them at Gummi Glenn. Wow; a neat sensible plan from Gusto; what are the odds?! Problem is; the Quick Tunnels were not maintained that far. And you thought Tummi was thoughtless and careless?! Speaking of Tummi; he's hiding behind the hallway overhearing Gusto getting off death reference #1 for the episode. However; Gusto is not going to do it alone and he'll have help from Zummi and Gruffi when they leave for the morning.
We cut to Gummi Glenn AFTER HAPPY HOUR (After dark) as Tummi practices the art of not being seen as he sneaks to the Quick Tunnel and tries to put his supplies into the storage of the Quick Car. However; he speaks first allowing Gusto to blow his cover with his lantern. Tummi is surprised by this as Gusto asks why Tummi needs to do this alone. Tummi states that he's doing it alone because no one should take any risks because it was his fault; while Gusto states that he's doing it alone because no one should take any risks because the trip was his idea. Basically; it's the same reason so they agree to leave together to get that Gummi Berry bush back. They shake hands and agree to leave as Gusto is going to write a note for the others. I like Gusto so let's see if the chemistry will work like it did for Tummi and Cubbi earlier one. We cut to Gummi Glenn in the morning we head to the Quick Tunnels as Gruffi is blowing off Tummi and Gusto for being nuts to leave. Grammi and Arte Deco (on her shoulder) blow Gruffi off because it shouldn't be surprising since Gruffi is the one who blamed Tummi for the mess in the first place. Not to say that Gruffi is wrong; because he's not, but his attitude is why this is happening. Zummi is thankful that Gusto is with Tummi. However; Gruffi blows that off because it's like letting Tummi guard the cookie jar.
In comes Sunni and Cubbi (with destroyed bush) as they proclaim that the bushes are actually regenerating themselves. Ooops. So that rendered the whole character development pointless...and I was SO getting into this plot thread of Lost Horizons..Now it's the template for Barely Alive as Grammi realizes that Tummi and Gusto are killing themselves for nothing. Zummi gets off death reference #2 in that scene as Gruffi shoos the kids away to guard the bushes while the adults will get another Quick Car to go after Gusto. Sunni and Cubbi blow that off because they want to come to; but nothing comes out of it. We cut to the Quick Tunnel sequence (with a lot of animation from TMS- Much be a special episode) as Tummi and Gusto are screaming..badly..just for fun. However; Tummi speaks too soon about the track holding together as the track is crumbling behind them. I knew Tummi's weight was trouble. Gusto cuts the We're Going to Make It promo and of course there is a hole in the works so they have to apply the brake to avoid crashing..but the track crumbles forces them to fall down and take a MAN-SIZED crash bump right onto the ground. So much for crashing as Gusto proclaims that someone will pay for a ride like that. Remember that this is Gusto's first known ride in a Quick Car it should be noted. Tummi climbs out of the carnage and wants to eat; but Gusto won't let him because the place could collapse at any time. Nice to see Gusto using reason in times of crisis when other times he is so vain to the point of insanity.
Tummi complains because it could take hours and Gusto responds to that one by stating the faster they climb the sooner they eat. That's enough for Tummi to grab his backpack and race up the mountain. Gusto can only smile (and cut a promo) at that spot as Gusto follows him. Now we cut to a cave as Gusto and Tummi was walking as the wind is howling. If it were the Black Wind; these two bears would be dead, but it's not so the episode MUST CONTINUE! Gusto walks into an unusal cave filled with giant eye balling oak trees as Tummi sets his picnic under them. I don't like where this is going if you know what I mean. The oak trees slowly come alive and the root creak around grabbing the backpack and misses grabbing Tummi's ankle as Tummi steps on it. Tummi is making a lot of creatures mad in this episode. The oak tree tries to grab Tummi's food; but misses as Tummi looks confused. Gusto pants coming in as he looks for the canteen; but Tummi cannot find it since it was stolen first. Tummi looks around as the giant oak tree grabs Gusto from behind and wraps him up making sure he shuts up as well.
Gusto is raised up into the heavens as Tummi goes to the apples as he hears Gusto gasp and turns around to find him as the second oak tree grabs Tummi's backpack. Tummi turns around and tries to grab the backpack in protest and manages to get it out of the oak trees hands but takes a wussy bump right on his can. When is Tummi going to learn not to screw with nature as the oak tree grab Tummi's ankles and raises him upside down. Apparently; they decided to reopen Gusto's mouth on the next shot as Gusto recalls Zummi's words about Fangwood Forest being dangerous and then the Giant OAK TREES OF DOOM begin talking in June Foray's voice as they are about to show how dangerous it is when Gummi Bears are present in their presence as Mobile Tree #1 chuckles on the closeup to end the segment 11 minutes in. This episode has started off great; but it's struggling to continue that pace now...
After the commercial break; as Tummi is still hanging upside down wondering if the Mobile Trees are going to eat them; and the trees blow him off because they are going to be tormented by the great oak trees. For reference sake; the one with Tummi is June Foray, the one with Gusto I believe is Tress MacNeille and the stray one is Noelle North. The Mobile Trees laugh badly at them of course since they are apparently heels in this episode. Gusto then plays along as he blows them off because they let themselves go. No matter how bad it gets; Gusto does rises to levels beyond what Drake could ever do. Gusto plucks a leaf from Mobile Tree #2 commenting on them for being limp and yellow. Mobile Tree #2 winces on that spot as Gusto blows off Mobile Tree #3's bird nest because it doesn't make any fashion sense. Gusto then comments on Mobile Tree #1's tendrils (a word most kids are not going to get) which haven't been flocked in years. Tummi is dropped like a bad habit by Mobile Tree #1 as she isn't very happy about that. They of course aren't very bright because they don't know what flock means other than it is wonderful.
Tummi tries to sneak off; but Mobile Tree #1 grabs him by the vest this time. I guess she didn't want him to suffer a coma lest be unable to torment him once the Great Oak arrives. Gusto and Tummi agree to trim their branches and make them look their best for success. Mobile Trees think they might escape; but Mobile Tree #3 blows it off because they will be too high on their branches. I suspect Noelle North got the dumb tree as a voice as the trees decide to sell. They lift Gusto up and Tummi get their VIAL OF ROIDED JUICE ready as the Mobile Trees drop into the top of their tree heads; I guess. Gusto and Tummi uncork their VIAL OF ROIDED JUICE and drink up. It's BUTT BOUNCING TIME and the GOOFS WITH ATTITUDE bounce away from the trees. The Mobile Trees have no one but themselves to blame for that deception. The branches are long enough to be a problem as we get the thrilling chase scene involving their expanding branches. Did Larson and Gary go back further into time and give those trees the roids?! The branches split a spiderweb (which somehow the spider remains alive) and then Gusto and Tummi go around the giant oak tree to tie the branches around the tree before bouncing away.
They bounce away as they decide to look for more Gummi Berry bushes. So we cut back to the Quick Tunnels for the adult Gummi Bears as they race down and of course Arte Deco pretty much reminds them that they have no track left so they go off the track and take their MAN-SIZED bump crash onto the ground right beside Gusto's. The animation is bad here as I cannot see any Gummi Bears present as Arte Deco flies down and lands on the Quick Car. We cut to further inside Fangwood Forest as Gusto and Tummi make it to the giant oak and Gusto cannot find any flourishing Gummi Berry fields at all. Tummi feels almost defeated as he wipes a tear from his eye. Gusto though tries to cheer him up because South Gumton was a farming paradise and he's sure to find a bush as long as they find a way down. And of course; the SLEDGEHAMMER OF PLOT must start as the ground comes undone from beneath their feet and they slide down the hill screaming. They land right into the heart of South Gumton's Glenn as Tummi wishes he never asked while coughing. Gusto pounds some sand out of his ears and listens for a sign...and he gets the sign of water which is where plants should grow.
He grabs Tummi and they run stage right as we cut back to Fangwood Forest as Gruffi is blowing off the GOOFS WITH ATTITUDE as they enter into the forest with reckless abandon as Zummi notices Tummi and Gusto's backpacks. Gruffi goes on further to check it out like the foolish stubborn mule that he is. Grammi even thinks this might be a trap and Gruffi blows the Mobile Trees off as some ugly old trees. Mobile Tree #1 doesn't take that too well so she grabs Gruffi and blows him off. Grammi, Zummi and Arte Deco get the same treatment as well (although a nice effort for Arte to fly again though). They are not escaping them this time around! Then the adult Gummi Bears get shaked upside down which eliminates Zummi's spells and three VIALS OF ROIDED JUICE. The Mobile Trees decide to take them to their queen as they slide away with them while laughing. We cut over to a shot of a Gummi Berry sapling inside a flower pot as Gusto is chuckling because they finally found one dripping with water droplets. Gusto dances around singing and then jumping right into Tummi's lap because they are in the greenhouse. Finally; Gusto does a vanity spot for my amusement and TMS animated it so well.
Gusto and Tummi go over to the picture for the character development part of the episode which we already knew and now they are just pounding it to the ground at this point. However; Tummi notices another picture of the Great Gummi's attacking the oak trees with fire. Tummi thinks that they were great pals at one time which Gusto blows off and both he and Tummi go to the sapling to plan on getting the Gummi Berry bush back to Gummi Glenn. Tummi claims to have a MIMI JOKE PLAN in mind and Gusto pats him on the back because they make a great team. I'm inclined to agree; but I like both Gummi's so that might be the reason. The deadpan humor mixed in with the vanity also helps too...So we cut to the Mobile Trees bringing in the adult Gummi Bears to their Great Oak as she is ticked off because she wants to repay the bears for their treason against her. Gruffi blows that off while struggling to get free but no dice. I knew Gruffi had whizzed on someone one too many times and now he's denying that it ever happened because she wants revenge. Great Oak doesn't care anyway as she declares them the slaves of Fangwood Forest as the segment ends sixteen minutes in....As Homer would say: D'OH It just gets worse and worse (but in a good way.)...
After the commercial break; we head back as Zummi asks why they want to make the Gummi Bears their slaves. Why don't you ask Gruffi that question too while you are at it Zummi?! Great Oak isn't buying Grammi's blow off as we go to the flashback complete with narration to a simpler time where Great Oak and his saplings were living in harmony with the Gummi Bears (and were sharing the land I should note) until something wrong happened and the Gummi Bears were forced to leave. I suspect this has something to do with that firestorm hundreds of years ago. The Great Oak takes it as a sign of treason against them as the Mobile Trees tried to leave but no dice since the hillsides were too steep. So the Mobile Trees died until only four are left. I know that the writers were trying to build sympathy heat for the trees but it doesn't work because the Gummi Bears had good reason to leave as explained back in Light Makes Right.
On the other paw; it does make for an interesting consequence angle so it balances out in the end. Great Oak blows Zummi off as a lie and forces them to work as slaves for the rest of their lives. This is becoming Lost Horizons, Barely Alive and Citizen Khan all rolled into one. Or in other words; Feminine Air as we cut to the Gummi Bears slaving away at getting the trees back into shape. Zummi is near the gorge with a cart of water and nearly falls over before Mobile Tree #3 (The dumb one) save him from the bottom pit. Well; at least the trees are handling them well in spite of their heatless sympathy. Gruffi tries to convince Mobile Tree #1 to allow him to fix the problem with the water; but no dice as he is forced to continue his slavery work. Good; maybe he'll stop whizzing on people from now on. So we cut to Tummi and Gusto as they put the sapling on a cart. The cart was Tummi's handiwork as he invented the first wagon. I'm glad that Tummi has that character design of woodworking. Gusto praises him with words that Tummi will NEVER understand. Tummi simply ignores it which is a good thing lest Gusto starts becoming vain again. Tummi wants to go; but Gusto believes that it's too late to go right now so they will go topside to get it into the moon light and then leave first thing in the morning...So...
Post-Production Glitch #3: Two second black slug...AGAIN!
AFTER HAPPY HOUR (After dark) arises as the adult Gummi Bears are tied against the Mobile Trees as Gruffi has had enough punishment and suggests that Zummi use magic to get out. However; Zummi claims that his spells are gone. However; Gruffi suggests the only spell he has truly memorized in that empty head of his: The fire spell which Zummi blows off because they are living creatures. Because Disney don't allow that murder crap despite having characters murdered on a regular basis in movies. However; on television, not so much as Gruffi has his MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN in place as morning arises quickly and Great Oak demands that they finish dumping the trash in the gorge. Great Oak is voiced in her Lady Bane voice by Tress MacNeille I should note and probably got a spot as Lady Bane after this episode. They rake the leaves into a huge pile and then Gruffi tells Zummi to cast his spell...
Zummi: Fla-mame, light!
Translation: Flame Me Light!
Memo to Bruce Talkington: Read over the script of Zummi Makes It Hot before writing your script. I suspect that this spell is going to backfire because of said screw up. However; it actually works as we got a brush fire. So blame this episode for all the intentional blazes that have been set over the years...Or not as Gruffi grabs a flaming branch and calls the trees woody. Ooooo..mild sexual phrasing is so cool..NOT! He threatens the tree with them and they sell fear so badly that they are probably faking it. And of course Great Oak is faking it because she has handled fire before so he spits out some ground and puts out all the flame burying Gruffi in an earth tomb. I think the Great Oak should just kill the bears now as Arte Deco proclaims that they have sparks in their leaves and they sell like a bunch of idiots. That allows Grammi and Zummi to go free and the adult bears make a run for it stage left again. However; the branches grab the adult bears and carry them back. Now; Gusto and Tummi have more running speed than I thought they would have. Arte Deco of course is last; but he manages to out smart one of the branches by flying towards a rock and then zooming up as the branch takes a nasty bump against the rock.
Arte Deco flies around looking for help and finds Gusto and Tummi which he promptly blows them off. Arte flies down as Gusto and Tummi notice him and tell them about the others. Gusto wonders how they are going to get there in time and Tummi has a solution to that problem: use the cart to go down the hill. Gusto and Tummi hop in and race down the hill; but then Gusto realizes that Tummi didn't think his plan through and they have no plan after that. Time to wing it guys: It's not like the adult Gummi's have any better plans themselves. We cut back to Mobile Tree #3 wondering what that sound is and we see the cart going down the hill and it goes right through the leaves of the trees so to speak and then races away down a pathway to certain doom. The adult Gummi's manage to get free and try to run; but Great Oak stops them. Just kill them now you stupid tree. They committed treason against you. Making them slaves is useless as we cut to the thrilling cart riding and of course Tummi forgot to install some brakes. So the cart hits a small rock which allows Gusto to be bumped out of the cart and falls on his butt with a wussy bump. Then the adult Gummi's manage to hold their own and tie up Great Oak at last. Great; now her heat is gone as Gusto screams out for Tummi to get out of the cart as the adult Gummi run stage right down the pathway.
The Mobile Trees go after them as Tummi's cart ride continues and Tummi sezs UH OH which is the signal to be screwed big time so he invokes the BEE BUZZER OF DEATH and wraps it around a rock as he and the cart go over a cliff. Tummi grabs the car with his legs (OUCH!) as he hangs on to the rope. Gusto comes over and tells Tummi to let go of the cart before he dies with it. Tummi refuses to let this Gummi Berry bush die and hangs on as Gusto arrives to pull Tummi to safety because he's so good at it. The Mobile Trees are amazed by this and call Tummi a brave creature for saving a tree basically turning them into babyfaces. Gruffi hugs Tummi for a job well done. Tummi takes it well. There is one minute left in the episode so we cut over to the Great Oak and the babyfaces along with the Mobile Trees as Gruffi declares that the problem is fixed and the water is flowing. Gruffi also promises to come back to whiz in it..ERRR... keep it that way. Great Oak apologizes for her bad judgment and mistreatment. However; she wonders what happened to Tummi and we cut to see Tummi planting a Gummi Berry bush right in the ground and talks to it like a human being. Baloo would late lift that spot for his SeaDuck. Tummi tells them not to talk to strange bees to end the episode at 21:33. Good episode; but it tangled with way too many plot threads and didn't develop them enough for a perfect episode . **** ( 80%).
We're NOT DONE YET!..Time for a BONUS RANT!!
Water Way To Go: Gusto is back BABEE as the focus character this time around! We begin this one near Castle Drekmore and then we pan over to the beach outside the forest as Gusto is trying to create another art project while acting as vain as humanly possible. He calls it a masterpiece while it gets destroyed by the forces of Mother Nature. Arte Deco blows it off as a big mess. Gusto proclaims calmly that art isn't built in a day..and then he flops to the ground and cries like a baby. Too funny as we see teenybopper Sunni arrive with Gusto's art supplies doing more work than even Gusto is right now. I'm glad the writers are finally starting to make Sunni look a lot less like a diva at this point. Sunni makes it to the rock; but she's dumped on her butt and everything drops because Gusto is inspired..to be as vain and annoying to a teenybopper as humanly possible. Works for me as they say. Sunni giggles since Gusto is looking for the perfect subject. Sunni wants to be that subject and Gusto walks away completely ignoring her because he wants a unique subject to work on.
This pair is working out just fine for me as they go to the water as we see the plot device for this episode which is a big fish. Gusto is so vain that he pulls on the tail and Pat Paris' voice beckons to let go. Maybe a pull on the tail will get Pat to act better. The fish turns around and is a mermaid whose body is completely covered lest anyone sees her breasts and gets angry calls to Disney from overbearing parents who should know better than that. Gusto is so giddy that the mermaid is a masterpiece and doesn't want her to move or change. And you thought the tabloid media was bad?! The mermaid is of course no selling and moving every chance she gets. Judging by her blond hair and lack of respect for anyone; she's either Sunni's real mother or Sunni's personal assistant. Either one works. Gusto grabs her and I fear for a sexual harassment suit coming as we speak; but since Gregor isn't around Aquarianne blows her red couch shell. Ah; I see where Neptunia's character came from as Gusto is so vain that he doesn't realize that he's going to get MURDERED by some big fish in the sea which is a green sea monster with arms. Gusto of course is too vain to suspect a thing as he goes to his SKETCH BOOK OF PERVERTED IMAGES trying to draw a concept for Disney's next movie: The Green Sea Monster Whom Gusted The Gusto. That might be the first Disney in house film to actually make money for them...Or maybe not. That is Finwhippit the bipedal giant green whale as Sunni screams because it's coming right at it with some limited animation and Gusto gulps as he finally gets it.
Vanity can be a fickle mistress as Sunni and Gusto uncork their VIALS OF ROIDE JUICE and drink up. It's BUTT BOUNCING TIME as they bounce away stage left and Finwhipnit flops onto the beach and is way too slow to catch them. Aquarianne tells him to stop so he doesn't get carried away as she notices that Gusto dropped his SKETCH BOOK OF PERVERTED IMAGES and looks at it. She is impressed by the drawing which may or may not be sketches of naked boys. Judging by the lack of pink; it's safe to say that they are not. Aqua states that they are harmless as Finwhinnit (I think Disney is having trouble naming that sea monster who should have ate Scrooge's ice cream just to see Scrooge flip his lid literally.) pants and now Aqua calls her Finwithit when he stands up like a dog. Make up your minds Disney! Aqua doesn't want to play right now because she wants to return the sketches to Gusto right now. Finsnipit (I've got a running joke for this episode now thanks to the naming powers that is DTVA.) and swims in the brook upstream.
We cut to the telescope shot because the writers just couldn't get enough of Dukie as he is pleased to see his latest weapon to attack Castle Dumbwin. Man; Dukie is making Don Karnage look restraint in comparison when it comes to obsession with cities. He calls for the ultra-cool sidekick Toadie who happens to be playing with the ogres as a ogre yo-yo. When Toadie is around the laugh chips are never down as they say. Even Dukie is taken aback by Toadie's entertainment as Toadie is yelling for my sick pleasure. Of course Dukie blows him off because they have some fish to catch. Dukie cuts the yo-yo with a knife and Toadie does the old “Hey look at me; I can do Warner Brothers spots better than Warner Brothers ever could.” delay spot and then makes the mistake of looking down and then freefalls and no bump follows as even the ogres are concerned..Because he ruined their yo-yo of course...
We head to the waterfall which makes TaleSpin's version in All's Whale look like an Agony Booth special just waiting to happen as Sunni and Gusto make it to the elevator. Gusto is in his usual vain like self because Aqua is his inspiration, his muse, his source of vanity; his source of insanity; etc. Gusto goes into the elevator and uses the bucket on the top to fill it with water on a pulley system so the elevator would go up. Now there's an inspired masterpiece and it's functional to boot. Kind of like Wii is now. Sunni blows off Gusto's vanity because she wants him to sketch her. Gusto also wants to find that mermaid without having that sea monster slobbering him as they make it to about ten feet below the waterfall. They enter into Gusto's new home and of course it's a mini version of Rebecca's apartment. I feel so betrayed at Jymn Magon. I was hoping that was his original idea. Sunni asks him why he doesn't live with Gummi Glenn with the rest of them. Gusto states that he needs his privacy and that he cannot carry his weight in Gummi Glenn and Gruffi would make his life miserable. Got that?!
Gusto goes to his canvas and checks around for his sketch books; while Sunni goes to the window (overlooking the waterfall) and grabs some pink curtains and wraps them around her body to get approval from Gusto. Sign of diva: Always getting approval. Gusto blows it off as cute but silly. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Sunni then acts all diva as she blows off Gusto's comments and wraps the curtains way too tight against her neck because she trips backwards and falls into the waterfall. What a doofus Sunni is as Arte shouts for Gummi overboard as Gusto storms out as Sunni falls over the falls and Gusto dives in after her. He looks around and finds no Sunni. I knew one day her teenybopper attitude would kill her. I just needed the episode to prove it. Sunni is under water; but Aqua comes to the rescue and pushes Sunni's feet up as she and Sunni pop out of the water. Sunni's hair is of course blinding her and she thinks Gusto saved her. Now there's a spot that Molly or Kit should have stolen right there. Sunni turns around claiming that Gusto does care (Yeah right?!) and pushes her hair up as she realizes that it was Aqua that saved her. Gusto is amazed by her heroism as he swims to Sunni. Aqua reveals her name for real and Gusto is charmed by her name..and he's SO vain! He forces Sunni onto land as she is his inspiration. Which is like taking a sledgehammer to Sunni's brain as she blows her hair and Aqua off.
Sadly; Aqua shows him the sketch book which is completely ruined now. Sunni has ruined Gusto life; just like Sunni always annoys me with her diva attitude. Gusto has a way to make up for it: Allow him to sketch her. Aqua is surprised because she doesn't think she is worth sketching. Gusto insists because he is vain, charmed and inspired which Sunni blows off while tapping her foot to show Rebecca how it is done. Gusto decides to return to his house to get another sketch book. After he leaves to find it; Sunni runs over and tells Aqua to swim for her life because Gusto wants to capture her. Which allows Gusto to return with sketchbook in hand saying I've got you now Aquarianne! I hate you Sunni Gummi; you teenybopper diva wedge driving freak! Sunni keeps telling her that Gusto uses sea life to stuff as decoration and Gusto responds that he'll hang her by her fireplace. Gusto doesn't even suspect a thing and I'm really feeling sorry for him thanks to that heartless diva. Gusto then realize that he doesn't have a fireplace; so he'll build one. Bricklayer isn't a bad job and that's enough for Aqua to thank Sunni (BOO HISS!) and swim away. Gusto comes down and asks Sunni where she went and Sunni responds that she had to go home and she suggests sketching Sunni instead. So Gusto runs into the forest to find her. HA HA! Sunni has no one but herself to blame for denying true love to Gusto. Well; as true love would be as they say. Gusto drops his sketchbook of course which will likely come into play later on..So...
We head to the river as Dukie, ultra-cool sidekick Toadie and the other ogres are at the river. Toadie spots Aqua swimming so Dukie orders the ogres into the bushes while throwing Toadie right into the steam since he is the ultra-cool sidekick of course. Dukie tells him to pretend like he is drowning. That shouldn't be too hard since Toadie is drowning in funny heat at this point. Of course; Toadie cannot swim either which helps a lot so Aqua goes over to ultra-cool sidekick Toadie as Toadie screams...badly..for help. Aqua grabs him which allows Toadie to blow her off and grab her back by the wrists. And of course Aqua whacks Toadie with the FISH FIN OF DEATH which allows him to fly past Dukie and take a sick MAN-SIZED bump off-screen. Memo to future land lubbers: Never screw with a mermaid; even a fish one. However; that was part of the plan as Dukie orders the ogres to pull the rope and that springs the net capturing Aqua. Now that's what I call getting your plans straight there Dukie. He might be heatless; but he's trying so hard. They pull her out of the water as she blows the red couch to wake up Finbitit which is perhaps the DTVA debut for Frank Welker I should note.
Finripit swims the river as Aqua blows off Dukie inside the net as it is on land now. Dukie of course doesn't care because he strips Aqua of the red couch and blows her off because Fingipit is now the personal monster of destroying Dumbwin of course. He orders the ogres to drag her back to Drekmore and the ogres sell as they drag the net away with Aqua screaming the cliché You won't get away with this line. Sadly; Dukie doesn't blow it off with an equally cheesy line as we cut to the bushes as Arte Deco, Sunni and Gusto pop out to notice Aqua is in trouble as she is in a cage on a cart with the ogres pedaling her away. Sunni then speaks loudly that it is all her fault as I wait with baited breath for Gusto to blow her off for killing his inspiration...However; we quickly cut to the scene changer and back to Drekmore Castle inside the throne room as Dukie proclaims victory as he has the red couch. The plan is to get inside Dumbwin so that when the horn blows; the sea monster will try to get inside and crush Dumbwin Castle's walls in the process. Ultra-cool sidekick Toadie wonders how a dumb ogre is going to get inside which is usually the signal that Toadie is going to get the honor of getting inside Castle Dumbwin...and of course we cut to the catapult and Toadie is POPPED OUT OF THE CASTLE INTO ANOTHER CASTLE! HA HA! I never get tired of that spot.
We cut to outside of Drekmore Castle as the ogres stand guard while Gusto, Arte Deco and Sunni will use the sewer entrance when the shot pans down. They get through the bars (which shows that Kit has no monopoly when doing that spot.) and of course the current is too strong. Gusto has got to get his restraint back in order and they sail into Drekmore Castle and land into the fountain. Sunni and Gusto pop out of the fountain and see Aqua in the cage. She needs water badly (so sezs Sunni) so she gets a bucket of water and splashes over Aqua which wakes her up. Aqua is confused as Sunni tells her that she is going to get her out. Gusto then appears and that scares Aqua to death. Sunni then tells her the truth that she lied to her in order to get Gusto to notice her which Gusto is surprised as he swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (gosh) and apologizes for ignoring her. Huh?! Sunni is a bit too much of a jerk and careless character to get forgiveness; but then again, Gusto is not a mean, assertive character so it's understandable. Personally; if she didn't just admit that it was all her fault right in front of Gusto earlier; than the pathos would have worked better. Gusto unlocks the cage and both Sunni and Gusto run..like a fish..away but they bump into Zook. So they go stage right and orange ogre blocks that exit; so they go the direction in front of the screen as Zook, yellow and orange ogre do after them. Gadd must be with Dukie near Dumbwin. They make it to the ledge and there is no way out; so they jump down using Aqua as a parachute. I knew she would be used as a plot device at some point. Okay; not quite, but it's close. Nice flying from Arte as they dive into the moat and they pop out as Aqua tells them that Dukie is using Finzippit to attack Dumbwin which Sunni goes into horror mode.
So we have about two minutes left in the episode so we head to Castle Dumbwin..ERRR..Castle Dunwyn as we repeat the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM of Dukie threatening King Gregor again to surrender the throne or suffer. King Gregor blows him off and this time; he's going to make him sit in the dungeon this time around. We cut to the back of the battlements as ultra-cool sidekick Toadie sneaks behind the knights just in time for Dukie to order him to call Fintippit and Toadie runs past the knights (who make little effort in catching him) blowing the red couch. Sir Tuxford sounds really drunk when he is speaking as Finquipit makes his debut of popping out of the water in the lake surrounding Dunwyn and he's ticked off as he smashes against the castle walls of Dumbwin. Toadie is now on top of the roof for no real reason other than to make me laugh at him of course. All the knights fall down and cannot get up as we cut to Aqua, Gusto and Sunni riding on dolphins with Arte Deco flying along the river. Sunni hopes that they make it in time as we cut back to Dumbwin as the knight fire arrows at Finxippit; but Finyippit blows water back MURDERING the knights down in the process. Gregor is safe of course as Dukie threatens King Gregor once again.
He may be no threat to Gummi Bears; but he's still getting some heat for his plans to invade Dumbwin. King Gregor blows it off because he NEVER gives up. Dukie likes that so he calls on Toadie to blow the red couch once again. Gusto tells Arte that this is all up to him now as Arte flies over and steals the red couch. However; Toadie is REALLY STUPID and hangs onto it for dear life as Arte Deco flies away. Toadie blows off Arte of course because the red couch is his and manages to get it away from Arte. However; he does the delay Warner Brothers spot again and dives right into the drink as Gusto and the dolphin swim over and manage to pop Toadie out of the water. Toadie goes into a deep tailspin (BWHAHAHAHAHA!) and loses the red couch to Gusto of course. It's always the rats of the sea that always spoil the fun. Gusto throws the red couch to Aqua and she blows into it. Dukie's hope chest is gone for this episode (his heat was gone about four episodes ago) as Flippotit swims away from the castle walls and Gusto's dolphin flips Toadie and he dives into the water in front of Dukie. Sadly; Dukie doesn't get wet as a result.
Flipjippit swims in front of Dukie as Dukie blows him off as an overgrown tuna. Finaippit takes that as fighting words and uses his giant fin to invoke the BIG WAVE OF DEATH which completely swamps Dukie and his ogres as they fall into the moat and the waves drag them out of Dumbwin and out of this episode. King Gregor and Lazybones both blow him off despite doing absolutely nothing in this episode...as usual. We cut to the beach as Sunni is on a rock apologizing for lying to Aqua and Gusto. Aqua forgives her of course and they hug each other because it was all just a misunderstanding. Suuurrre it was. Gusto sees inspiration and dollar signs on that hug so he sketches the scene in his Wii Artwork while looking like a goof. Arte flies in front of the scene and blows off Gusto for being corny. But it is art after all; and most art is corny as we fade to black to end the episode at 10:44. Although Sunni was pretty annoying in this episode; it still worked out quite well. I still think sometimes the writers forget those little things that hurt the pathos from time to time. Dukie was all right in this episode and Toadie was his usual funny self. I still think Sunni and Gusto are a better unit in the end. *** ½ (70%).
THE REVIEW LINE
My first mix of episodes turned out to be a mixed bag. I actually liked Day of The Beevilweevils despite the over use of plot threads. It went from Tummi doing something stupid and getting blamed for it; to everyone realizing that Tummi's actions didn't kill the Gummi Berry Bushes, to Gummi Bears being used as slaves do to someone's personal grudge for something unavoidable. The writers did a good job in at least making the plot threads work on some level and keep it together to create a good episode. However; I couldn't help but think that it could have been done better if it was a multi-part episode (at least 44 minutes long). The bugs were ultra-ugly as well as the oak trees. I also couldn't help that the fight between the bugs and the Gummi Bears would have more impact had they used sad dramatic music to make the sense much more sad and important. Outstanding animation and a good character relationship between Gusto and Tummi.
The Gummi Bears version of Water Way To Go is better than Darkwing Duck's version mostly due to Gusto being what he is always has: Being so vain at the expense of Sunni which is fine because of Sunni's attitude. And naturally Sunni lies to someone to get someone's attention like a diva and it nearly cost Dunwyn dearly. Sadly as much as I like the Sunni/Gusto pairing; I still felt like Sunni's decision to lie to Aqua was done in such a mean fashion as to accuse Gusto of being so mean himself to force Aqua to run away. Plus; I didn't really like Sunni admitting her guilt since she pretty much did it a moment earlier in front of Gusto and Gusto didn't say anything since we cut to Drekmore Castle. If she merely whispered that it was all her fault then the suspense for Gusto would have worked better. Otherwise this was a good short as Aqua and Finhipit (whatever he's called) were okay characters (love the design for Fin though); Toadie was his usual funny self as he got to be popped out of the castle again...only to be popped into another castle; and Duke Igthorn didn't look dumb until the end when he was supposed to look dumb. Great animation from TMS helped too. So now we are down to three rants and six episodes to go before Volume one is over. So.....
Thumbs up for Day of The Beevilweevils and thumbs in the middle for Water Way To Go and I'll see you all next time.