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Gummis At Sea
Reviewed: 08/07/2011
Wonder If They Float Like Fat?
So now we come to the end of 1988 and Season Four with an “epic” battle between the Gummi Bears and Dukie as a submarine gets involved and so does Dunwyn of course. So will Dukie make a good impression before Lady Bane takes over....or will he fall to the heat loss? Let's rant on shall we...?!
This story is written by Rich Fogel, Mark Seidenburg and Len Uhley. The teleplay is done by Len Uhley. The animation is done by TMS.
We begin this one inside Tummi's workshop as we pan to a shot of the tools on his work bench and Tummi grabs a wrench and apparently is fixing a Gummi press made from a barrel of laughs. Oh geez; this stuff just writes itself. Tummi twists an nut (see what I mean) inside the barrel as Gruffi walks in with a cuckoo clock. Come on writers; stop making this episode write itself already. Gruffi storms in and grabs the wrench as Tummi was fixing Grammi washer and Gruffi blows him off for using his tools. Tummi protests that he's not a kid anymore; but Gruffi simply projects the image onto him as he uses the wrench on the top of the washer. Tummi tries to reason with him to tighten the bolt inside the washer first; but Gruffi projects. Tummi may be a child; but Gruffi is turning into a man child the further this season goes on actually. And to further demonstrate my point; Gruffi is forced to ride shotgun on the washer as it bounces complete with Hanna Barbara boink-dee-a sound effects. Then it chases Gruffi and takes a good bump into the wall in the process before they both run out. Tummi tries the bull cloth spot with his scarf; but it fails as Gruffi then tries the LASSO OF BANE TO ALL ACTION CARTOONS EVERYWHERE; but it fails even harder. So Tummi grabs the scissors and cuts some line on the washer and it stops almost on a dime. Gruffi slides in and blows off Tummi for making the mess that GRUFFI made. Tummi tries to point out the project; but Gruffi pushes him out and tells him to play with Cubbi. Tummi is not impressed as he walks out. The washer then acts up again; so Gruffi whacks it with the scissors to shut it up for good. Stick in the mud indeed...and he's got the psychological projection down too.
We head to the kitchen as Tummi comes in with a sailboat asking Cubbi if he wants to sail it with him and then he eats puddings. HAHA! We see Cubbi behind a big ass chair with pudding on his face claiming that he's mounting a counter attack as we we get a different shot and see Sunni behind another chair with a spoonful of pudding ready for her counter. And she wants to be a princess?! Cubbi nails Sunni good with the pudding and then Sunni runs in and they circle Tummi threatening each other before Tummi whistles for them to stop because Grammi isn't going to like this and it's a waste of good pudding too. Sunni blows him off and calls him a fuddy duddy. When Gruffi isn't around to project; Sunni will do in a pinch I guess. So we see Zummi and Grammi come in with a basket of berries and Zummi is SHOCKED AND APPALLLED. No really; I'm as shocked as you are. So Sunni and Cubbi make the mess in the kitchen and guess who gets all the blame for it? If you said Tummi; you win the no prize. Apparently; he didn't set a good example because he's the oldest. Great; now Grammi is projecting since she is actually the oldest Gummi Bear in the Glen. Or at least she doing it since Zummi is too old to do it himself. Tummi leaves in a huff much to the surprise of the Gummi's. And really; can you blame him?
Anyhow; Tummi heads to the Quick Tunnels as he calls this all not fair while pulling a lever (WRONG LEVER!). For once I agree with him as there is only one Gummi his age who can understand him....and speaking of that one Gummi; here comes from behind Gusto Vaino. Tummi offers Gusto a chance to sail his boat; but Gusto blows it off as a toy ship because he has to show a new painting to everyone to let them bask in the glow. Tummi hops in the Quick Car and blows him off before leaving. Gusto wonders what is eating him as we head to the shore as Tummi does the sailboat on a string trick while sulking on a log about sailboat and Maple Nut Ice Cream. Am I the only one who wouldn't mind taking Tummi's offer to sail his boat? I mean; it does have the payoff of Maple Nut Ice Cream and I like maple syrup and peanut ice cream. Anyhow; we then see coming down the river; a ship containing Dukie and about five ogres not including ultra cool side kick Toadie. Dukie wants the main sail host so Toadie REPEATS THE SPOT. So Dukie orders Toadie to shut up. So Toadie REPEATS THE SPOT and Dukie squashes his head. Maybe one of the few times repeating the spot was funny. Toadie does apologize for getting carried away as Gad is at the WHEEL OF IMMORALITY for goodness knows what reason. Dukie's Krackpotkin plan is to attack King Gregor's ship when he comes after his summit meeting. Huh? An actual plan that might just be effective?
Sadly; it would be effective if Gad didn't break the wheel and yellow ogre isn't just hanging around. Tummi bails and hides in the water which has to be the dumbest idea possible and the water sweeps him away into the conviently placed cave and Tummi drops on his ass on a dry spot in said cave. Tummi walks in further and then we zoom out to see Tummi on top of a hill and below it is a sub marine machine sea serpent which Tummi mistakes as a real one. Tummi stammers and tries to bail; but slips on the BLUE GOO WATER OF DOOM and drops on his ass right near the port hole which opens up and Tummi finally realizes that it's a submarine. Tummi looks around as he calls it an ancient Gummi machine and then sits down near the front of the sub and takes the conviently placed captain's hat and it conviently covers his entire hat too. Tummi cosplays for a bit to get into character for this whole episode in general. Sadly; like Kit in Flight School, he turns the engines on by mistake and Tummi even realizes that he just screwed himself. So we get a shot of the chains unbinding the sea serpent and the we DIVE! DIVE! AROOGA! AROOOOOGGGAAAAA!
We go underwater for a while as the sea serpent rides out of the cave and bops up and down the water surface as Zook notices him in the crow's nest and drops head first right on the deck with a MAN-SIZED bump. HOLY CRAP! I can see where Baloo got his sick bump in Polly Wants A Treasure from. Dukie blows him off because he could have hurt him. Dammit! I wanted to see Dukie get hurt by an ogre as Toadie blows him off as Zook points to the dragon according to him. Dukie blows him off because it's clearly a sea serpent and then they catch themselves and panic. We cut back to Tummi as he tries to push a button to stop the thing; but all that does is speed up the sub and cause Tummi to suffer from whiplash. The sub speeds up as Dukie wants Gad to go hard to port. Toadie asks if it's left or right; and Dukie screams left. Toadie sezs right and Gad throws the wheel to the right of course as Dukie panics....for no reason since the sub misses the ship by about 50 feet or so. That would have made more sense; if the ship made even a graze of contact with the submarine.
Tummi pulls on the lower red lever (WRONG LEVER!) and the serpent blitzes forward as it turns around towards the ship again as Toadie bails of course to avoid the lizard meat. Dukie tries a spear from the conviently placed harpoon rack (?); but it bounces off the mouth. Tummi pushes another lever (WRONG LEVER!) as the dragon mouth opens and it bites right into the ship. Now THAT is more like it Tummi! Dukie then loses even more heat by getting on the lifeboat as Toadie informs him that he's the captain and thus should go down with the ship. To quote Boomer Phillips from Video on Trial: That is a bull*** rule. You know what is also one: Women and children first! YOU WANT EQUAL RIGHTS! There You Go! Dukie then shakes Toadie's hand and deputizes him as the captain before releasing the lifeboat. I shake my head in shame of course to think when Dukie used to be cool. Toadie likes it and then catches himself when the serpent takes another bite out of ship slime and dives into the water after Dukie.
Tummi breathes a sigh of relief as he decides to go topside to check for damage as we pan over to see the total carnage (HA!) of Dukie's ship as Dukie blows off the sea serpent and remembers to pump his fist in feigned outrage while doing it too. Toadie gleefully sums that up for me as we hear the porthole open and Dukie is in SHOCK as he realizes that it's a submarine disguised as a sea serpent. NO?! REALLY?! Dukie loves this because he can rule the world and not get some Gummi Bear fishing as Toadie would paraphrase. So now Dukie is been reduced to Don Karnage without the flair nor charm. So peachy indeed. Toadie gets dropped in the boat as Dukie orders Toadie to follow the sub and Toadie rows for his life calling Dukie an abmorality. Sadly; that is not a word and oh I wish it was as Dukie falls backwards into the drink. HAHA! Dukie is not impressed on that one.
So we scene change to a waterfall which indicates that we are at Gusto Vaino's residence (as if the Rob Paulsen voiceover doesn't give it away again) as Gusto is basically full of himself again. We head inside Gusto's room as the Gummi's (minus Tummi) are all sitting down and Gruffi seems not amused at all (what a shock?) as Gusto is about to reveal his latest masterpiece behind the curtain. Gusto keeps grandstanding for my pleasure and Gruffi's annoyance as Gruffi blows him off of course. Prick. Gusto walks to the curtain rope and pulls it down and reveals his latest vain work of “art” as it's a... SWEET CREAM ON AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH GUSTO; WHAT IN THE BLUE HELL IS THAT?! I think the Gummi's are asking the same question. Well; Gruffi anyway. Gusto claims that it hits them in the heart; Gruffi claims it's more towards the ..heart. Huh? He agrees with him then? BS&P RULEZ methinks since I think Gruffi was aiming for the groin originally. So we then hear Tummi's voice and everyone runs outside to a rock cliff as we see the submarine in all of it's glory. Tummi pops up and proclaims that it followed him home and asks if he can keep it. HAHA! That ends the segment eight and a half minutes in.
After the commercial break; we return as the Gummi Bears are all inside the submarine as Tummi listed the standardized features including his personal favorite; the Gallery. Geez; I wonder what that involves Tummi? Everyone looks happy; except for Grumpy Gruffi of course. Because smiling is so unlike him. Gusto calls it functional and stylists which means he loves it and so does everyone else....except for Gruffi I bet. I check the Youtube video.....Actually; we see Zummi reading the Gummi plaque on the wall and we discover that this submarine has enough range to get them to New Gumbera. Grammi and Zummi like this because they can meet the Gummi's across the sea and go back home. Tummi hopes he'll meet people who understand him as Cubbi climbs into the seat wanting to steer; but Tummi grabs him and puts him down because he found it and thus is the captain. Of course Gruffi, the bastion of “father knows best” blows it off because they need a responsible grown up and wants to be captain. Tummi claims that he can be responsible; and of course he screws himself by pushing the conveniently placed button on the wall which turns on the Gummi red alert. The sprinkler system turns on as everyone bails and Gruffi pushes the button to stop it and blows of Tummi of course just to be a dick. Gruffi wants to start packing now as Tummi follows him.
So we head inside the living room as we see the Gummi Bears start packing stuff as Zummi writes with his feather as they run down all the things they will do when they meet those Gummi Bears across the sea. Grammi wants to make some Busselnut Brownies (WHAT?) as Gusto gleefully sums that up for me. YAY! The door then opens as Gruffi comes in with a cloth proclaiming that the sub is a plumbers nightmare and it will take lots of work to make it work so to speak. Tummi offers to help him; but Gruffi blows him off projecting again. So Grammi actually stands up to Tummi this time because you got to do it in order to gain experience in roundabout terms. Gruffi does his trademark pose and decides to relent as long as he keeps out of trouble. Personally; if someone poke me in the chest like that; I wouldn't be smiling like a dense fatass Tummi. POW! OUCH! Ummmm..... Tummi nods like crazy as we scene change to outside on the ocean as ultra cool sidekick Toadie is rowing the boat while Dukie is looking for the submarine. Toadie whines that they have been searching for hours without success; but Dukie then points out the OUT OF NOWHERE sub right in front of him. Toadie calls it dangerous and Dukie agrees with him so he grabs Toadie; rolls him into a ball and throws him at the sea serpent submarine and that ends the segment at 10:42. Pretty good episode thus far.
After the Youtube break; Toadie takes a really wussy bump onto the serpent and Dukie blows him off for lying there. Speak for yourself Dukie! Toadie salutes him and checks out the serpent as he stomps on it's head and then the eyes turn around and we discover that it's a real sea serpent. HAHA! Toadie slides down and gets the spike mace tail right in the kisser and then goes flying and knocks Dukie in the boat. HA! The boat then gets destroyed by the spike tail of course as the sea serpent acts like a snob and swims off stage right. We pan west to see the carnage as Toadie gleefully sums it up for me. NO?! REALLY?! So we head back to the real Gummi sub as the GANG OF GUMMI WAY pack up and head into the submarine as Cubbi likes going to New Gumbera. So we pan west to another rowboat as Gusto is heading Gruffi and Tummi wearing brown submarine outfit (matching Gruffi's fur how amusing) as Gruffi gets the glass bowl on his head as Gruffi checks the hydrulics while Tummi pumps air for Gruffi to breathe. Gruffi jumps into the water as Tummi blows him off because he found it after all. Besides; he warns Gruffi that is air hose vent isn't open and Gruffi blows him off and dives underwater. Remind me NEVER to allow Gruffi near anything ever again.
Gruffi swims to the panel and opens it to reveal wheels and buttons as we cut to the rowboat again as Tummi pumps and gleefully blows off Gruffi for me; including the pumping version of “Not Fair”. That results in Gruffi's suit blowing up like a balloon as he rises in the air proclaiming that there is something wrong. I agree; but it's not the suit, it's what is IN the suit. Gruffi is now like the worst portable floatation device ever as Gusto gleefully mocks him for my pleasure. Gruffi blows him off and demands to be normal size again. Ah; the poor little Gummi prick wants to stop being like a raft?! So Gruffi pops and it's the old air out of the balloon spot to amuse me some more and that ends up with Gruffi taking a MAN-SIZED bump into the submarine. Gruffi might be a prick; but he's still better as a character than the Aussie Stereotype. At least Gruffi is game for punishment; unlike Monty. Tummi grabs Gruffi and opens the glass to take out the water which was not a smart move as Gruffi blows off Tummi as Tummi tries to explain to him that he did tell him that his air vent was blocked. Of course Gruffi; the bastion of understanding projects his man-childness into Tummi claiming that Tummi never grows up. And he's SURPRISED when fans want him jettisoned from Gummi Glen altogether?
Anyhow; we do a scene changer as Toadie is dog paddling Dukie down the river with Dukie commanding and Toadie complaining as usual. Toadie claims to be paddling all night as Dukie no sells all and then Toadie pushes the wooden board away and swims to the shore and quits right there and storms off. HOLY CRAP! Didn't see THAT one coming at all! Not to say that Dukie didn't deserve it; but that surprises me since I wouldn't have expected a willful face turn from the ultra cool sidekick. Dukie just sits there and whimpers like a small child. And then that lasts about three seconds as Toadie comes back and Dukie shoves him into the water proclaiming that he had second thoughts; but refuses to give him the time of day anymore. Dukie doesn't like heel heat anymore. That's fine; Lady Bane will gleefully steal it from you. Toadie pops up and tells him that he found the submarine and Dukie grabs him by the ears and blows him off....before catching himself as he tells Toadie that he could kiss him. So Toadie puckers up and Dukie drops him on the wooden plank and dives into the water as he tells Toadie to point and he'll push as he dog paddles Toadie down the river. HAHA!
Scene changer as we see the exact same sequence of the Gummis heading into the submarine from earlier; only reversed and with the waterfall in the background as we hear Dukie from the BELLY BOMBS OF DOOM on the zoom out as he has plans to steal that ship and he wants to shanghai King Gregor. Wait a second; according to my BS&P to English guide; Dukie wants to rape King Gregor. What a bunch of bigots these clueless writers are?! We then pan east over to the boat as Gusto will man the boat while Gruffi and Tummi go underwater to work on the submarine. Apparently; Gruffi has ordered Gusto to put the helmet on Tummi just because as Tummi proclaims that Gruffi will not be let down. After all the prickness Gruffi has demonstrated this season; I would like it if Tummi just strangle Gruffi to death now and do the rest of the Glen a favor. Although that would make Gusto's job of mocking Gruffi a LOT harder. Gruffi is just doing it to babysit him and Tummi does Gruffi's pose just to annoy him as they put the masks on.
We then cut to the bridge as the rest of the Gummis are doing the human catch spot as Grammi and Zummi are at the ends; while Cubbi and Sunni are the middle filling. Zummi grabs the box as he wonders if they are through and we see the SHADOW OF DOOM as Dukie grabs Zummi and proclaims that they are finished as he throws Zummi into the bridge and it crumbles as the Gummi fall into the drink. Ultra cool sidekick Toadie wants to know why he doesn't want the Gummi Bears and Dukie drops Toadie into the submarine and laughs because he got what he wants. See; he only wanted the bears for the juice or in this case the submarine and wants he has them they are useless to him as long as he conquers Dumbwin....ERRR...I mean Dunwyn. Cubbi and Sunni protest this outrage; but Dukie blows them off and gets into the submarine as it starts and it drags the rowboat with Gusto, Gruffi and Tummi away. The submarine goes out to sea leaving the women and children (plus male elder) behind as that ends the segment almost 15 minutes in.
After the commercial break; we see the sea serpent submarine swimming away with the rowboat in tow as Gruffi and Tummi are now surfing with their masks behind the rowboat which is both HAHA funny (for Gruffi) and downright painful at the same time (in Tummi's case). Gusto (with life jacket on) grabs onto the tubes and hauls them in proclaiming that it's going to be a bumpy ride. We then cut to inside the submarine as Dukie is looking through the periscope and notices King Gregor's ship floating in the distance on the periscope eye shot. Dukie tells Toadie to get to battle stations as they are going to sink Gregor's ship and Toadie salutes him without question. So we cut back to Gusto and the twin diving surfers as Gusto pulls Gruffi in and Gusto and Gruffi help Tummi in. And I betcha Gruffi will blame Tummi for all this because he's the projecting man child dick of the Gummi Bear outfit. Thankfully for Tummi at least; Gruffi takes off the helmet and he has a starfish on his head. HAHA! He is not enjoying this. Who gives a damn what you think you prick?! Gusto turns around and panics as the submarine is in the sequence of doing the DIVE! DIVE! AROOOGA! AAARRRROOOOOGGGGAAAA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm...and they are going to be dragged under unless Tummi does the sensible thing and untie the rope connecting to the submarine. Tummi tries to untie it; but the knot is too tight. Gruffi shoves Tummi away and whacks the golden post off the boat with his helmet as the submarine swims away.
The rowboat comes to a stop and then floats on water as Tummi sulks down upset that they will NEVER get to New Gumbera now. However; Gusto has bigger concerns on his mind as the sea serpent is heading straight for King Gregor's ship. So we get some shots of the ship and up into the crow's nest as a human sailor with black hair and a purple/red stocking cap notices the sea serpent heading straight for them. We then cut to the floor level where King Gregor notices the serpent heading towards them as the sailors all climb up the mast and undoing the sails. So we cut inside the submarine as ultra-cool sidekick Toadie asks for orders and Dukie gives just one: Fire. Toadie then pulls the OUT OF NOWHERE lever (WRONG LEVER!) and that allows about five cannon balls to fire and they land dead on with the ship causing a good $100,000 in damages. The sails get destroyed and the hull gets blown in causing water to piss right into the cargo hold. Wow; I think Dukie has finally got some heel heat on him. He'll lose it all in the end though; but still, I do like it when he tries for a last gasp before Lady Bane takes over for real in Season 5. Gregor tries to get everyone to fight; but the sails say otherwise as the ship is basically getting MURDERED and then two anchors gets blasted into the hull for good measure as Gusto proclaims in the row boat that the king doesn't stand a chance. The sailor crew also tries some crossbows; but all arrows get deflected off the submarine easily.
We then hear Dukie on the P.A. (there's one in that thing?) as he demands that King Gregor surrender or die in roundabout terms. King Gregor gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and gets his MEGAPHONE OF JIMMY HARTS and calls him out for being deceptive. Are you really surprised that he would resort to such heel tactics my lord?! Dukie pops from the porthole and blows off Gregor's gab and wants him to surrender as the crew looks to be no longer able to fight anymore. King Gregor agrees to surrender as long as the crew is spared. Dukie I believe lies through his teeth about agreeing with King Gregor as we head to the rowboat as Tummi regrets ever finding this submarine. Gusto tells him to bite his tongue and sadly Tummi is not in the funny mood of doing that as Gruffi blows everyone off and wants a plan to stop Dukie. Well; at least he's no longer blaming Tummi anymore as Tummi ponders and realizes that the only thing stopping the Gummarine is the Gummarine itself. Gruffi gleefully thinks he's talking gibberish. Tummi then has a plan which is to screw the controls of the Gummarine and maybe the sub will destroy itself.
Gruffi no sells the idea because it's the only ticket to New Gumbera; but Gusto takes Tummi's side because this is Gregor's only chance and Gruffi proclaims that he has no chance. Oy vey Gruffi; if there was a moment where the writers should have paid off the Toadie three second face turn with Tummi; this was the time to do it. Gruffi points out that his suit is filled with holes and his helmet is busted. However; Tummi's isn't as Gruffi steals his helmet because it's too dangerous for a kid. Tummi steals it back and doesn't give a damn what Gruffi thinks and puts the helmet on and dives into the drink. Good for Tummi; I wish he would deck Gruffi and get THAT over with too. Gusto pumps the suit as he calls him gusty and Gruffi blows it off; before weaseling with the good luck kid under his breath. Like I'm buying that one Gruffi. So we see Tummi underwater heading to the underbelly of the submarine and he opens the panel on the side and notices the pipes connecting to the machine. Tummi calls it Grammi's noodle pot pie. HA! So Tummi starts screwing with the pipes...Wait a minute; let's try that again and this time: GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE GUTTER!
So Tummi starts messing with the pipes as we see Dukie pop up with Toadie on the porthole as he wants to sink the ship anyway after Gregor is on board as Toadie salutes him. We then cut back to the rowboat as Gruffi blows off Gusto for making fart sounds and Gusto blows him off and then he panics as he notices that the pumper has also sprung a leak. Gruffi and Gusto grab onto the tube to pull Tummi up as Tummi is getting light headed underwater; but has enough fortitude to notice Gruffi pulling on his tube and he pulls back and resumes his work as we segue back to Dukie rubbing him palms proclaiming that victory is his. Dukie yells to Toadie to reel the ship in as Toadie salutes him at the controls and pulls the lever (WRONG LEVER!). And then trouble....as the anchors all release themselves and the sea serpent mouth moves uncontrollably and the sub spins around much to the dismay of Dukie. Wait; shouldn't the ship be sinking now? The sea serpent bounces on water like a skipping rock as Gusto cheers for victory. Which Gruffi ruins because the thing could crush Tummi as they try to pull him up; but the tube line is torn from the helmet as Gusto proclaims that they are too late now. Oooooo.....
So we head back in the submarine as Dukie becomes the bump machine and then runs to the controls and grabs Toadie by the ears demanding answers to this outrage. Toadie gleefully answers that one for me. Dukie throws Toadie away and takes the controls; but he screws up and the serpent dives like crazy into the water as we cut back to the rowboat as Gusto and Gruffi cannot believe that he's gone and Gruffi now wishes that he wasn't such a prick. How convient eh as Gusto then notices a Gummi floating on his back in his suit. Gruffi pulls him up and takes off the helmet and it's Tummi and he appears to be dead as Gusto just dances around it...which probably means that he's not dead. Gruffi is ready to cry his eyes out; but Tummi coughs and he's perfectly alive of course. Gusto proclaims that Tummi did it and Tummi is in such shock that he faints away, remembering to crush Gruffi in the process. HAHA! We then see more hopping from the sea serpent as it somehow returns to the exact same spot as it was BEFORE the chaos happened; right in front of Gregor's ship. How about that? Then the sea serpent explodes like crazy shooting sharpnel as the Gummi's duck into the rowboat. More explosions ensue as the hull opens up and takes on water as Toadie does a funny spot of trying to get the water out with a bucket. HAHA!
Toadie gets splooshed by a wave as he wants to abandon ship and Dukie refuses to do so. Wow; so he's going to follow the BS rule after all despite acting like a coward on HIS ship. I will never understand these cowardly heels. Then a pipe lets go from above and MURDERS Dukie right in the head as Dukie is knocked out. And after 20 years or so of concussions; this is no longer nearly as funny as it was in 1988. Toadie grabs Dukie and drags him to the crossbow torpedo platform as Dukie finally recovers from the head injury and Toadie invokes the CROSSBOW OF DOOM much to Dukie's disdain and both heels go flying into the air and they have been popped right out of sight and this episode just to kill the last of Dukie's heat. Well; bring on Lady Bane now because the heatless wonder joke is over and not even Toadie is going to keep Dukie around heatwise for long.
So we head back to Gusto's residence as we pan over to the shore as the Gummi's all sit down except for Gusto as he cuts another vain promo and the Gummi's all sulk over failing to reach New Gumbera. Tummi apologizes for destroying the sub; but everyone forgives him because he saved King Gregor and that was the right and mature thing to do as Gusto rubs it in Gruffi's face. Good for Gusto Vaino. Gruffi then shakes Tummi's hand and basically uses weasel words to save that he is sorry for being such a dick. Tummi forgives him away and proclaims that he feels older now. Tummi proclaims that he will never act like a stupid kid again and Gruffi likes it as he offers Tummi to help fix his cuckoo clock. Tummi and Gruffi walk off as Tummi gleefully jokes about the clock needing a extra set of hands. HAHA! Gruffi does his trademark pose and is going to regret this. Obviously; Gruffi still needs to know the concept of a joke as we end the episode and season four at 21:06. I still think Gruffi's a weasel; but a good effort by Tummi as he and Gusto made Gruffi look like the joke that he is coming now. And Dukie had a surprisely good effort too. Call it **** (80%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; I managed to get the entire fourth season in the books in less than three weeks which is amazing at this point. We end this one on a good note; although at this point; rendering Gruffi into a big jackass is starting to get very contrived and forced at this point. I would have not blamed Tummi if he strangled Gruffi after Gruffi's weaseling way of trying to act like a man child projecting that image into Tummi. Tummi was still his usual good self and it's good to see that he can be useful other than the fat joke. And for once since Just A Tad Smarter; I was impressed by Dukie's performance as he actually had a decent plan that didn't require a mass contriveness of Dunwyn being Dumbwin for a change and it was actually threatening if it wasn't for Tummi saving the day and nearly getting himself killed in the process. I also liked the tease face turn of Toadie too; just wish he stayed turned for more than three seconds and it made for a funny scene either way. So I had a good time here.
So that concludes season four of Gummi Bears. So we have five thumbs up, nine in the middle and two thumbs down; although only the Crimson Avenger Strikes Again was the only one that was truly a disappointment. So we total 29 thumbs up, 6 thumbs down and 28 thumbs in the middle for the series which is a pretty good ratio for a series that is 25 years old. So next up is Road to Ursalia and the debut of Lady Bane and Sir Thornberry. Season Five is only 13 episodes long this time (actually it's really 12; but I'm doing a Season Six episode Friar Tum during this season; so there) and should be done in three weeks with nine rants done. The plan is to do as many Gummi Bear episodes as I can until Labor Day when I get a chance to do four episodes in one week again. In fact I'll have Season Six's debut episode done before the end of August. So by the time I do Sir Thornberry To The Rescue; I should have every 11 minute short done. After that; I'll be working on Fish Hooks/Kick Buttowski shorts on Tuesday (one from Fish Hooks/one from Kick Buttowski Season One per day) while doing two rants of Gummi Bears a day until that series is done; or I run out of episodes on video streams. Whichever comes sooner; I think this will be done by the end of October. After that; then I'll be doing Kick Buttowski/Fish Hooks shorts until Christmas. Then I'll be doing prep work for Ducktales and start that in 2012; hopefully at the beginning of the year. That will take a little over two months and then it's Darkwing Duck in the Summer of 2012. In the Spring of 2012; I'm moving this website to 50webs. I'm running out of space for this site and it's well past time to put everything on one site and make the site ad-less for everyone. The only concern with 50webs is the number of files I can have; but I'm still well under that limit. So......
Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you all next time.