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Good Neighbor Gummi/Girl's Knight Out
Reviewed: 08/02/2011
Unwin's Nightmare In!
So we finally made it through the first 14 of 16 episodes of season four as we we see Gruffi have his focus episode to prove that he's a useful asshole and Calla try to prove that Unwin is such a useless asshole. So let's rant on shall we....?
Good Neighbor Gummi's story is done by Rich Fogel and Mark Seidenburg. The teleplay is done by Doug Hutchinson. Girl's Knight Out is done by the late Bruce Talkington, Rich Fogel and Mark Seidenburg. The teleplay is done by Sheryl Scarborough and Kayte Kuch. Both episodes are animated by TMS.
Good Neighbor Gummi: We begin this one at Gummi Glen and zoom into and cut to the hallway and then to a room with a wooden table as we see Tummi and Grammi spotting Gruffi on a CHEST OF DEMONS, three books, and about 100 international objects to make a ladder as we see Gruffi on top with a chair pounding on a trap door with the wooden hammer. See; he couldn't find a ladder that wasn't broken as Tummi wants to help. Gruffi blows it off because when he needs help on a simple task; he'll hang up his tinfoil hat. So the trapdoor screws him by nearly murdering Gruffi in the process; but nails the pile on the right side and Gruffi comes tumbling down after as his neck gets sandwiched by a wooden chair. So; ECW stole another spot from a cartoon. And ECW mutants are surprised when we don't take them seriously?! Gruffi proclaims that he'll survive as Tummi gleefully sums it up for me (Hint: The chair broke his fall). Gruffi tries to stand up; but it appears that he broke his foot as he is doing the foot grabbing spot in pain.
So we segue to Gruffi sitting in the chair with the broken foot in bandages doing his trademark Gruffi pose while Gusto brushes him. I think Gruffi is more annoyed at Gusto than having a broken foot at this point. For what reason other than Gusto is Vaino; I do not know. Zummi tells Gruffi to stay put in roundabout terms and let the foot heal properly as Gruffi blows it off because he has work to do. Gusto tells him to relax as apparently; he's making a plaster cast out of the cast. Gruffi is not amused as he tries to walk on the foot and trips and somehow lands in the conveniently placed bucket of plaster. Explain THAT one kids?! Grammi and Gusto pop the bucket from his head as Grammi tells him not to continue this foolishness and Gruffi blows it off and tries to walk away; but pratfalls on his face again. Heh. Gusto gleefully sums that one up for me (Hint: He doesn't have a leg to stand on.) HAHA! That has more contextual purposes than being mere literal as they say.
So we scene change to Gruffi sitting on the chair with the cast propped up near the fireplace. Now you know how Grammi felt in What You See Is Me you jerkass paranoid bear. Gruffi twinkles his left hand as Tummi arrives and places a blanket on him to keep him nice and warm. Sadly; it does nothing to warm up his personality though. Gusto comes in and places a pillow behind Gruffi as Grammi comes in with a bronze kettle of tea and then steals the blanket because he'll overheat as Gusto stuffs a second pillow behind his back. HEE HEE! Gruffi is pissed as he throws the second pillow at Gusto accusing them of thinking that he's a baby. Well; you usually act like one and I think after Gummi's Just Want To Have Fun; Nogum proved that Gruffi is a BIG baby. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm... Gusto gets stuffed in the kisser and blows off Gruffi for lack of gratitude as Gruffi walks out (complete with OUT OF NOWHERE wooden cane) blowing off all this funny nonsense and then we rumble in the Glen. Gruffi is not impressed of this either...
So we head to Glen Control as Gruffi looks through the telescope and sees four vikings on horseback in the forest as Gruffi declares them “I think they are humans”. The leader (Peter Cullen) looks like that viking from Astro Boy 1980's I should note with a purple cape, fur suit, eyepatch on the left eye, red hair and still has two arms. The three viking grunts are Green Thin, Orange Medium and Blue Fat. I'm guessing by process of elimination the leader who is between Green and Orange in terms of weight is Kerwin the Conqueror. They cheer for death, rape and plundering of course as Kerwin offers a reward for such. The green viking is Rocky as he pitches the tents, Bruiser is supposed to be the orange one; but the blue one runs right and then Bubbles is the one eating berries in the buckets (and is the blue one anyway. Logic break #1 for the episode) and getting blown off by Kerwin. Kerwin then throws Bubbles over his head and Bubbles must WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE! The tree splits of course and Bubbles is addled more than usual. I'm guessing that Bubbles is the idiot of the trio. He gets knocked out of course as we cut back to Gruffi proclaiming that they have company. Gruffi leaves telling Grammi not to put out extra plates because they are not invited of course.
So we head to the forest AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as the vikings sing while we get a south pan shot of the moon and the animals all flee like haters who hate bad music. They are singing about gold in the vault while clearly drinking themselves drunk with the WE KNOW IT'S ALCOHOL BUT WE ARE NOT TELLING ANYONE drink of doom. Kerwin pounds on the tree with his chicken leg as we pan down to the lake and then segue inside as everyone gathers at the Gummi table in their night gear watching from above. Gusto is not liking this sleepover which at least explains why he is here as Cubbi rubs his eyes and Tummi gleefully has the solution to all that racket by wearing ear muffs. I see where Kit got his idea from dealing with Pop-A-Bear's snoring. Tummi talks about naps and then somehow we cut to Cubbi coming out of the tree in his regular clothes. Wow; that was either one nasty jump cut; or something was censored there by Toon Disney. Since the logo is there; I'm taking the later. We'll see.
Cubbi and Tummi waddle to the bushes with baskets as Tummi proclaims that he needs to get something from the his personal gardens before the vikings plunder that too. So we scene change to the garden as it is clearly ramsacked as Cubbi declares it too late and Tummi blows them off for not even leaving enough for a starter. Then we get more rumbling and here comes Kerwin and two of his vikings (just two?) as Cubbi and Tummi bail into the bushes. So we go back to the round table in Gummi Glen as the GANG OF GUMMI WAY exchange notes on the situation. Gruffi wants to kick those bums off the land; so Grammi stuffs a ball of coconut in his mouth and blows him off because he's in no condition to be helping at this point. Gusto proclaims that he doesn't have a Gummi army either as Cubbi suggests King Gregor take care of it since he has knights and Cubbi wants to inform Cavin about the situation. However; Gruffi blows it off because it's a Gummi problem and he's solving this one alone. Grammi blows him off and takes Cubbi's side natch.
So we head back to camp BEFORE HAPPY HOUR (sunset) as Rocky is pouring the bag of jewels on the ground and Kerwin likes the good haul in spite of the fact that it was a small bag. Kerwin proclaims that there is more where this stuff came from as Bubbles and Bruiser throw their garbage into the lake as we get a ground shot of the bottom of the lake as Gruffi blows them off for littering. Gusto wants Gruffi to calm down but Gruffi only gets more pissed off by the second. Gruffi then suddenly recoils and yawns proclaiming that he needs to stop worrying so much. Huh? Why the sudden out of character moment there Gruffo? Gruffi walks out proclaiming that he's going to call it a night as Gusto is glad that Gruffi sees things his way. I trust that as much as I can throw El Vaino there. So Gruffi closes the door and pushes a button on the Gummi candlelight trim which opens a secret passage in front of Gruffi as Gruffi proclaims that he'll show the home wreckers who is boss around here as he enters and that ends the segment five and a half minutes in.
After the commercial break; we return to outside AFTER HAPPY HOUR as Gruffi is next to the conviently placed pile of logs over a mountain side (there's a mountain near Gummi Glen? Since when?) which is clearly a trap Gruffi designed as we get a sky shot of the camp. Gruffi proclaims that he'll show those idiots (which means a lot more than mere vikings according to Gruffi's line of thinking of course). He pulls on the rope and the stake pops free; but the log pile does nothing....AND THE ROCK MEANS NOTHING! So Gruffi does the stupidest thing possible; walk over and whack the underside with his cane. Then underneath it completely....and then gets on top of it and stomps once...which is enough for the logs to move freely. And Gruffi rolls on logs as the vikings wake up and the logs miss the camp by a mile. HAHA! Bruiser cuts a Tweety promo (A freaking Tweety promo?! SHOOT ME NOW!) and Rocky blows it off and proceeds to fall asleep again. We then cut to Gruffi riding on logs again and then crashes off-screen with a MAN-SIZED bump and then gets logged tombed for his troubles. HAHA! Gruffi raises his arm and proclaims that he hasn't even begun to fight. Even though he sounds like he is finished fighting forever. There is stubborn and then there is Gruffi.
So we head to Castle Dumbwin (at 6:32; a new record for this series) as Cubbi and Cavin exchange notes on the situation. We see Cavin, Cubbi and Grammi practice the fine art of not being seen around the look off. And just to make Gruffi look even worse; Gregor has been after Kerwin for YEARS, so Gregor would offer his services just on that alone. This is made even more obvious when we see three peasants complaining to the king and one of them is wearing a barrel of laughs as clothing. Gregor calls this intolerable as Tuxford agrees; but they don't know where the camp is. Grammi wants Cavin to speak up as Cavin pops up from the look off and somehow teleports to the ground stammering and making up a BS story about picking mushrooms in the forest as Gregor tells Cavin to show the way as King Gregor wants to ride at dawn. So we head back to the forest as Gruffi is now reduced to making slingshots out of trees as Gruffi brings in a rock; but stubs his toe on the conveniently placed OUT OF NOWHERE rock as Gruffi gets slingshot while the rock is on the ground. Gruffi flies into the air and where he lands, does anyone other than Dukie care? Which allows Bruiser to tell Rocky that he saw a flying squirrel. Yeah; you know Disney is losing it when they have to resort to trying to get over at the expense of other better shows like Rocky & Bullwinkle. Good moon shot spot though as Gruffi lands in the bushes with a sickening thud. As in a really crappy bump.
Gruffi pops from the bushes and proclaims that he is not done yet. Apparently; he landed in rose bushes as he picks a thorn out of his ass and we scene change to a small river as Gruffi is building something to flush out the vikings. Gruffi pounds on stakes as he proclaims that he will prove that he doesn't need anyone's help. So we head into the hallway as Zummi and Grammi in night gear with candles in hand go to Gruffi's room to inform him that their troubles are over. They knock on the door and open the door and notice that Gruffi isn't in his bed sleeping. Grammi blows him off because he's probably stirring up big trouble. He sure is Grammi; all at his expense I might add. Zummi proclaims that the knights of Gregor will be attacking at any minute. Grammi calls that big trouble. So we head back to Gruffi finishing what looks to be a dam of wood and rock. What? He expects THIS to defeat Kerwin and the vikings. Riiiiiiggggghhhhttttttt. Gruffi tries to climb up; but the cast gets caught in the tree root. D'OH! You know you are screwed when THAT happens.
The dam is about to burst as Gruffi manages to get the cast unstuck and climbs up quickly; but the damn bursts completely and Gruffi is washed away. HAHA! Gruffi screams badly as we see Kerwin wake up thinking that Bubbles is snoring and throws his stinky boot right in Bubbles' kisser. Heh. The water wave arrives just before Kerwin can completely blow him off and they don't get washed away sadly as Gruffi gets whirl-pooled and washed to the bushes. Kerwin blows off the complainers and whiners because they didn't have a bath in three years. Wow; they must be wearing something good to prevent those dirty odors. Gruffi proclaims that things cannot get any worse for him heat wise; and then here comes King Gregor on horseback (with sword in hand) with Tuxford on horseback and the knight. Gruffi asks who invited them. Answer: Cavin, DUH! Gruffi hides in the bushes as Grammi and Zummi notice him right away in the trees as Gruffi has really done it this time. No crap Sherlock as everyone charges and Rocky unseats Tuxford easily from his horse using the spear as a counter. Riiiiigggghhhhttttt Lazybones; think you would get the funniest spot in the episode, sure.
Gregor squashes Bubbles and Bruiser easily though as Kerwin does his run in with the shortest oak club in the history of Vikingdom. I almost confused it with his chicken leg from earlier in the episode actually. Gruffi crawls away stage left from the carnage asking what he did to deserve this. Memo to Victor: Gruffi is the ultimate example of selfish pride. You on the other hand, are terrible when it comes to being blackmailed by Dukie. And then Bubbles unseats Tuxford AGAIN as Lazybones takes an awesome bump on his face right next to Gruffi. HA! Now THAT is the funniest spot of the episode right there. Kudos Tuxford for proving me wrong again. Gruffi bails around as Gregor circles his horses, Grammi and Zummi bail, Gruffi bails in front of a rock and declares himself as a goner. When it comes to creditability as a tough guy, yes. Otherwise; not bloody likely. The battle resumes on as the spears get involved in the clash as Gruffi screams for help and Gruffi gets pulled over the rock by Grammi and Zummi. Grammi wants him to thank them later as they bail into the tunnels.
Needless to say; the vikings all run away stage left like a bunch of scalded dogs and Gregor warns that it will be prison time if they ever come back and Tuxford proclaims that this is telling them sire. Riiiiggggghhhhtttt Lazybones. Like prison time is going to make those barbarian of laughs change their tune. They probably see death as a badge of honor. Make them bathe once a day; that'll make them change their tune. Anyhow; we return to Gummi Glen as Gruffi is sitting down and has the trademark pose as Grammi lectures him about not asking for help and Gruffi blows her off. No gratitude whatsoever as Gruffi drops his cane and Tummi offers to get it as Gruffi blows him off and tries to get it. However; he trips again and falls right into the arms of Gusto who gleefully answers that one for me. Gruffi decides to thank him lest he loses anymore heat and that ends the episode at 10:39. So there was no editing; it was a jump cut. Real bad form there guys. Okay; but not very humorous due to Gruffi sucking the life out of it when he is on. Logic breaks didn't help either and the dreaded jump cut reared it's ugly head. ** ½ (50%).
Girl's Knight Out: We begin this one on a river of sinkers and floater as Sunni is dodging some maniac with her staff. Sunni defends herself against Calla who is dressed up like an archer; and blows her off because they are merely practicing. I'm guessing Miss Teenybopper whizzed on Calla for some reason I cannot put my thumb on right now. So Calla backs off and Sunni falls into the drink. HAHA! Calla apologizes to Sunni as she is mad that she cannot take part in the Squire's Tournament because Gregor is acting like a sexist since she's a princess and it's not dignified. Sunni wishes she had her problems as Calla buries all the boys in the tournament as she fires two arrows and picks apples and pierces them through stuck to the tree. Well played Calla. Calla calls it unfair; which is apporos since sexism is so unfair; but she does have a Krackpotkin plan in store as we head to Castle Dumbwin and then outside the castle about five miles away as there are tents everywhere as Gregor proclaims that the tournament begins. Huh? Already? No build up?
Okay; we see a squire in a suit of armor who looks like a pencil-necked beanpole geek on horseback rush towards the dummy with three golden rings and he uses his spear while riding to grab them while it does the whirlwind spot to annoy me. We find out that the squire is none other than Unwin and he only manages to grab two rings in one run as we cut to Gregor looking impressed with Tuxford while Calla sulks like mad. The three squire boys in armor and on horseback proclaim that she is winking at them and Unwin blows them off because he'll win showing off his spoils. Calla blows it off and walks down to fetch some water. Gregor pleads for her to come back since she'll miss jousting. Calla gleefully answers under her breath and she won't miss Unwin. I sure won't either; since we already have one asshole on this show and his name is G-R-U-F- POW! OUCH! Ummmm..... So we see the tubby squire try his luck on horseback and he crashes with a MAN-SIZED bump right into the dummy. HAHA! Takes a dummy to know a dummy eh? He gets spun around to amuse me as Lazybones can only swear in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (egads!). Even better; the knight helmet has a cross as eye-holes and the dummy's shield also has a cross in front. Unwin giggles badly at his expense as we find out that his name is Gar.
Gar is not impressed as he gets peeled off by the knights as the X shield squire proclaims that he's loose in the saddle; so Unwin loosens the strap on the saddle with the squire distracted. The squire proclaims to victory as he rides and then notices the loosen saddle and the power of suggestion manages to strike it's ugly head as he bounces off the saddle onto the ground and sticks the spear right into the ground and wobbles. Everyone laughs at his expense. Unwin addresses him as Roland and laughs his ass off. And so we see a white horse rides in and it's clearly Princess Calla with a Gummi Bear helmet, armor and shield. Like I'm buying that it's anyone else. Calla rides like the wind....a northwesterly wind as Unwin mocks her like the sexist pig that he is. Anyhow; Calla manages to ride and spear all three rings for the easy win as the sexist losers call this beginners luck. If only Roland; if only. Calla jumps off and heads for the orange tent as she takes the helmet off and proclaims that she did it. Sunni is worried about her getting caught; but Calla blows it off. After all; if Unwin wins; she'll never get to visit the Gummi Bears anyway.
Sunni helps her with the armor as we scene change back to the King's Court Box as Calla returns and Gregor exchanges notes on the contest. Gregor notices that her hair is frizzled and Calla has to play with it as we cut to field level to see a knight bring in a wagon filled with hay and a target on it. Lazybones proclaims that it's time for some archery. The long bow is the weapon of choice as Gregor proclaims that this is his favorite event; which is apporos since this is clearly Calla's strong point as demonstrated at the beginning of the episode. Nice continuity there fellow writers. Gregor then turns around and notices that Calla has disappeared. Gregor sulks thinking Calla should take more interest in this event. You don't know the half of it sir as we head back into the tent as Sunni helps Calla quickly to put on her outfit again. Sunni wants to give her a sash; but Calla has no time as she takes her quiver of arrows and bow outside. Sunni then panics because despite the helmet on; the braid is still showing. Anyhow; we get a shot of the target as Unwin shoots close to the target but cannot hit the bullseye. Umm; yeah Unwin, you are so pleased with yourself.
We see Unwin mock Roland again as Roland prepares himself to give a shot Gregor would never forget as he aims the bow and of course Unwin keeps distracting him just to rub it in. I approve since that wet willie spot is not drole at all. Unwin yells at him to fire and he misdirects the arrow to hit three shields in a row; a rock and manages to force Gregor to duck and the arrow nails Gregor's tiny little crown against the chair. HAHA! Lazybones is worried; but Gregor pulls the arrow out of his crown as he barely made it. Roland sulks badly as Unwin blows him off. So Calla enters and unintentionally grabs her braid before recoiling and putting it back as she gets some arrows ready in her bow as we see Unwin go over to the conveniently placed horse hidden and tie the rope to the horse's leg. See he needs to cheat to win so he's not taking any chances this time. Unwin distracts the horse with two carrots and the horse moves enough as the first arrow shot misses the target completely. Calla is not impressed and then notices that Unwin has blown his cover; so she decides to play along and fires an arrow at the rope causing Unwin to pratfall on his face again. HAHA! Calla then fires two more arrows right on the bullseye for the easy win as the crowds pops her. Heh.
We then scene change to a sky shot of the King's Court Box as King Gregor addresses Roland, Gar and Unwin proclaiming that there is one challenge left as Calla reappears as a princess. Now at this point; Gregor should have figured out something is amiss since the Bear Masked Squire and the princess seemly never appear at the same time. Calla hides her leather glove behind her back that she forgot to take off. Gregor tells them that they need to gain the golden apple from Pentdragon Hill and the winner becomes the protector of the princess for real. Unwin comes in between Roland and Gar and proclaims that he will return victorious. Calla blows him off and Gregor asks what in the hell did she say so Calla recoils and proclaims that may the best squire win. Unwin cheat again right in front of everyone by shoving the rack of spears down which breaks the wood and Roland and Gar roll on them and fall down like a bunch of losers. So Calla bails to the orange tent again as Calla sits on a stool (NOT THAT ONE!) and takes her heels off as Sunni gets the boots. They need to hurry since Unwin has a head start. No fleas on you Calla!
So we head to Pentdragon Hill which is a plain hill with rocks and a tree on the top and I must say the artwork is mighty impressive as we pan west to the bridge leading to the hill as Unwin causally walks on the bridge with his sword and shield blowing off Roland and Gar again for being such useless losers. Better useless losers and useless assholes eh Unwin? Unwin thinks he's won as we see a black knight on horseback and I'm calling it right now that it's King Gregor in disguise. That's right; you heard it first. Unwin then bails like the coward that he is and has a meeting of the minds. And it wasn't at the squire table. Unwin then weasels his way out of it by giving Roland and Gar first crack at the black knight. Yeap; another big shot is reduced to lobster courage. Roland and Gar walk in and they are shaking like leaves that Calla cannot lose at this rate. They demand to let them pass and the black knight blows them off and cuts their swords off like hot butter. I see that they defend themselves like shaking cowards too.
So we cut to the path as Calla runs in with her helmet off and with Sunni. Calla hopes it's not too late (Don't worry Calla; it isn't) as she hears yelling and Sunni and Calla bail into the bushes. Roland and Gar run away stage left like a bunch of scalded dogs as Calla pops up and wonders what the hell is wrong with them. Lobster courage Calla; that's what is it. Unwin slowly walks towards the black knight; so the black knight says Booo and Unwin runs away like a scalded dog himself. Damn; what a useless asshole. Even Gruffi would blush seeing this coward run away. We cut to a rock as Calla tells Sunni to wish her luck as Sunni calls her crazy. Heh. She offers the vial of roided juice; but Calla no sells because courage and fairness is better than strength. She hopes her father is right too as she slowly walks towards the black knight who asks for more challenges. Note the double voice over here as the first voice is clearly Michael Rye's. It's King Gregor; there's no one else left. Calla calls his bluff and the BK rushes; as Sunni covers her face in horror. So Calla cuts a rope from the bridge and swings like Tarzan to the other side easily. Calla bails stage right to the tree as Sunni seems relieved.
The BK is impressed by the smart leveled head and asks how long she can keep it as he rushes again and Calla bails into the bushes ducking the axe spear again. She bails to a rock as the BK circles the bushes and whacks the bushes with his sword calling for “him” to come out. Calla climbs onto the top of the rock pillar and dives down and manages to stick the sword on the black cape causing his horse to panic and the BK to fall on his back onto the ground. Calla runs stage right and notices the golden apple on the tree. However; it's too high to reach; so she's going to shoot them down. However; she needs to get closer as BK undoes his cape and throws a tree log underneath Calla's foot and she trips and calls flat on her face. Well played BK as Sunni finally decides to come in, drinks the vial of roided juice and IT'S BUTT BOUNCING TIME~! I see that they changed the sound effect for the boing sound here too. Sunni bounces and places the sack on BK's helmet to blind him. (HELLO? That's A DQ!) Sunni wants Calla to forget this dumb contest; but Calla no sells and does her double arrow trick to get the golden apple down and she gets to the tree and grabs the arrow with the apple on it. The BK stalks Calla and Calla turns around ready to MURDER him. And then of course as I expected; the BK takes off his helmet admitting that it was just a test and it's King Gregor. This would have been a more convincing twist if they used someone else to do the voice BEFORE he took off the helmet. The doubled voice over failed to mask Michael Rye's voice by the way.
Gregor proclaims that he passed the test with flying color and then Calla yells and runs away. Geez; Gregor it's obvious by the female voice that it's Princess Calla as Calla runs to Sunni and Calla is panicking as Sunni opens a rock to a underground passage and Calla jumps into it with Sunni. Gregor runs to the bridge; but by the time he gets to the rock; Calla is gone. So we head back to Castle Dumbwin as King Gregor is sitting on his throne asking Tuxford about finding one squire and Lazybones cannot find him either. We cut to a curtain in the throne room as Calla sees the King is upset. Sunni asks what she is going to do and Calla decides to tell Gregor the truth as she walks in and shows Gregor the golden apple. Gregor is in SHOCK of course as Calla explains that she is the squire in roundabout terms and Gregor grabs Calla's arm and walks her out because she has some serious explaining to do. Sunni doesn't like this one bit. So we head back to the squire field as Unwin continues to badmouth Roland and Gar some more and proclaims that he's the winner despite getting his head handed to him by the BK. So the King is at the King's Court Box and he blows them all off for being such cowards and declares Calla as the champion as Calla embraces Gregor and that is the correct booking decision as Unwin is in disbelief. And thus proves him as the useless asshole. Sunni is behind the box proclaiming that she knew she was the best as the episode ends at 10:42. Take that you sexist pigs at BRA! Maybe you should actually WATCH the episodes BEFORE you make articles on how Gummi Bears appeals just to whites. If only the twist of fate was more convincing though. **** ¼ (85%).
THE REVIEW LINE
So we end our two week special with another mixed bag of shorts. Good Neighbor Gummi was pretty average as the whole make Gruffi look bad just didn't click much since Gruffi's attempts to thwart the vikings was so stupid that he would have been better off staying home throughout the whole thing. The storyline was fine and it's nice to see Gruffi get put in his place; but I would rather had it with different plans in order to make the vikings look strong and impossible to beat; instead of two of the three screwed up due to Gruffi being so stupid to trip and make his target miss. The rest of the story was fine and Kerwin was nothing special.
I ended up liking Girl's Knight Out because it was past time for Calla to move past being a mere princess and into balanced female ground with her performance here. Of course it could have been better if Unwin wasn't the only one who had any hope in hell of winning (other than Calla) and that it was closer than it seems. It disproves the myth that the old Disney is above making males look very weak too. The only other problem I had was the Black Knight; he needed a different voice in order to make the twist plot more convincing because it's so ironic that Calla had to disguise herself to get into the contest that King Gregor did the same by playing the black knight. All the double voice over did was make it obvious that we were playing Economy of Characters again; which it wasn't supposed to be in hindsight. So overall; a very good short marred by some weak booking of Unwin, Roland and Gar. So we have gotten 14 of the 16 episodes for season four in the book in just two weeks. Next weekend is back to three episodes per week as I do Top Gum and Gummi's At Sea to complete Season Four. Then I finally start Season Five with Road to Ursalia as two new characters are introduced: One is a Gummi Bear and one is an all new heel: Sir Thornberry and Lady Bane. So......
Thumbs in the middle for Good Neighbor Gummi and thumbs up for Girl's Knight Out and I'll see you all next time.