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A Gummi A Day Keeps The Doctor Away/Let Sleeping Giants Lie
Reviewed: 09/10/2011
Nothing Keeps The TV Exec Away.....
Never thought I would return to Season Five this quickly; but with more choices, I have my work to do. Now I have never seen either of these episodes yet; so I'm ready to be surprised. Let's rant on shall we....?
A Gummi A Day Keeps the Doctor Away is written by Mark Seidenburg. Let Sleeping Giants Lie is written by Rich Fogel. Both episodes are done by Walt Disney Animation Japan I do believe.
A Gummi A Day Keeps The Doctor Away: We begin this one with a western pan shot in the forest as a short man wearing a tunic is running away. He's running away from a mob who is accusing him of creating a fake elixir as the fat lady with the purple shirt and white apron would say. More running and we cut to Tummi attending to his garden and the plants just are not growing at this point. Tummi grabs a rotten tomato and calls it sadder than him when Grammi is out of cookies. So we hear shouting and one of the males in the mob calls the man a quack and throws the elixir (which looks like apple cider) bottle which drops onto Tummi's plants and the contents spill out. In one fell swoop; there is good tomatoes in that garden now. Tummi wonders what that stuff is as we cut to the short man (voiced by Andre Stojka in his third appearance) proclaiming that he's ruined as we see his wagon with a banner called magic elixir. Well; that explains the tomato plants suddenly growing healthy now doesn't it? Tummi practices the fine art of not being seen as the man's wife is Martha as we see a picture of him and his wife with fourteen children. Now there's a man who does NOT withhold sex from his wife. The good doc is upset about a worthless recipe as he bounces another bottle of elixir and the glass somehow doesn't shatter. BS&P RULEZ~!
The good doc calls himself worthless as he covers his eyes in shame. Tummi feels bad for him and the doctor cannot afford to give up as he puts the ingredients into his doctor bag and goes out to find new ones to revitalize the elixir. Tummi states that Zummi sezs that he must always help humans as he decides to see what he can do to help the doctor as he opens the rock and goes through the trapdoor. So we scene change as the horse is eating and noticing Tummi struggling to go through the poster which is the actual window. Tummi pours a barrel of Gummi Berry juice right into the black pot and then uses the conviently placed wooden spoon to stir it. And it glows for no reason that I can think of. Tummi bails as he claims that it's working already as the doc returns and places flowers and mushrooms into the elixir claiming that he won't let Martha down this time.
So we head to Gummi Glen as Gruffi yells at Tummi while holding a barrel of laughs and it's probably the same one Tummi used to pour the juice in. Tummi points out the helping part; but Gruffi still blows it off because you don't give Gummi Berry Juice to strangers. It could be disasterous according to him. So what is Cavin's excuse in the pilot episode?! Gruffi runs off to get the juice back (too late Gruffo) as Tummi follows him out wonder what kind of trouble GBJ could cause. Anyhow; we head to Castle Dumbwin....ERRR...I mean Castle Dunwynn as the doc is cutting his promo and the denizens of Dumbwin are gathering around him. One of them blows him off for being a pain so to speak as everyone mocks him and here comes Sir Lazybones to butt in. The doc offers him a bottle of the elixir claiming that he'll feel 20 years younger and Lazybones will try ANYTHING once as he drinks the elixir and it's ROID RAGE TIME~! He lifts a crate of watermelons proclaiming that he can take on an army. Gruffi gets on Tummi's case behind the barrel as the doctor is so pleased with this happening. And of course the white haired lady from the beginning of the episode takes a bottle for herself as everyone runs in and wants the elixir so badly. Tummi thinks his troubles are over and Gruffi blows it off naturally just to be a stick in the mud.
So we segue to some denizens looking at the blueprints as we finally discover that the good doc's name is Doctor Dexter as we see bricks weighing a ton getting placed in the foundations of the buildings. Then we head to the forest as a couple are having a picnic and out of the bushes comes Gad and Zook. The blond girl with the red coat drinks a vial of elixir and it's ROID RAGE TIME as the ogres get MURDERED by an uprooted tree (uprooted by the Princess Calla sounding girl by the way.). Both gets popped out of the picnic by the same tree and same girl of course. I'm guessing that the male no longer wears the pant in that future family. So we head to Drekmore BEFORE HAPPY HOUR (sunset) as we get some of the worst trumpet playing this side of Fanboy which suddenly gets better as we discover that it's ultra-cool sidekick Toadie playing. Since that makes him look cool; Dukie's LEGAL ARM OF GOD grabs the trumpet away of course. He's certain that they heard the call and Gad and Zook both fly in and squash Dukie flatter than pop after being opened for a long time. Toadie is in a stupor and Dukie wants a good explanation for this. Gad tells the truth and Dukie shoves him and then catches himself. He deduces that it's Gummi Berry Jucie as he runs out of the castle while Toadie actually has the stones to sell injuries to his leg and ass. Well played Toadwart; well played.
So we head back to Dumbwin as everyone is buying and Gruffi wants to step in and grab the elixir before anymore humans by it; but Gruffi and Tummi are forced to bail again as the STOCK HUMAN FARMER OF DOOM appears putting Besty over his head along with the melon cart. And then it stops and he gets squashed. This would have been funnier if they had maintain continuity and had Sir Tuxford do this spot. Tummi gleefully sums it up as the denizens want their MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. See; it doesn't last long enough. Dexter thinks that this is some mistake and Square Jaw proclaims that he is the mistake more or less as Tummi realizes that he really made a mess of this guys life. Which is silly considering that he was ALREADY a mess before Tummi put the juice in. So we head outside Dumbwin into the forest as the Elixir Wagon (Now that I think about it; this is lifted from the Medicine Wagon in Teddy Ruxpin; only Dexter is the clueless one) sulks away and Gruffi and Tummi follow. I don't know why Gruffi is bothering since no one wants Dexter's elixir.....Oh wait; Toadie invokes the LEGAL HAND OF GOD to stop the wagon. Dexter stops; but not before he gets squashed by the horse. HAHA! Dexter goes over to help Toadie up and Dukie kicks the ultra-cool sidekick away. Heh. Dukie wants to get down to business and sample the potion. Gruffi isn't liking this as Dexter goes to his wagon and returns with a bottle of elixir.
Dukie grabs it and isn't so sure about it being what he thinks it is. He bottoms up and it's ROID RAGE TIME as he smashes a rock to pebbles with his fist. Dukie deduces that it's Gummi Berry Juice. NO?! REALLY?! Dukie grabs Dexter and demands to know which Gummi Bear gave him this and Dexter laughs it off because they are fairy tales. Which is true since this show is one big fairy tale anyway. It's an old family recipe as Dukie likes this anyway since he doesn't need Gummi Bears to make the elixir of strength anymore. So Dukie grabs Dexter and demands him to make more as they run off together with the wagon in tow. Gruffi blows the whole thing off and Tummi runs to help him which Gruffi blows off too.
So we get a sky shot inside Drekmore with the wagon inside the castle already. We head to the kitchen as Dukie is annoying the doctor while Dexter is at the stove creating his elixir. Dexter gives him a ladle of the stuff as he proclaims that he made this batch extra strong. Dukie grabs the ladle and forces it into Toadie's mouth while calling him mush mouth. THAT'S RACIST!! Toadie takes the stuff and likes it calling it dandy. So Dukie tries it and of course it tastes yucky as he spits all of it out. HEE HEE! Dukie calls it horrible as Toadie blows it off and grows flowers on his chest and head. HAHA! Dukie demands answers to this outrage and gets on Dexter's case as we cut to the open window as Gruffi and Tummi drink their vials of roided juice. It's BUTT BOUNCING TIME~! We bounce in over Toadie and the ogres as Dexter wants to know what is going on. Gruffi and Tummi grab Dexter and we bounce away. They try to bounce out the door; but orange and yellow ogre were ready for that one as the bear gets bounced back and trapped by Zook clone. He's got the Gummi in a barrel of laughs as he dumps them into Dukie's hands.
Dukie's loving this as Tummi admits that he poured the juice into the pot as Dexter is in shock. Dukie orders the ogres to take them to the dungeon and persuade them to make real Gummi Berry Juice. I think we know where this is going. Toadie is giddy and Dukie blows off Dexter's elixir as swill. Dexter is alone as he looks at the stew he created and realizes that he got lucky Tummi was there to help him. So Dexter is going to pay back Tummi for his good deed as he pours bottles of stuff into the pot. We head to the dungeon as Gruffi is holding onto the bar and demands Gad to let them out. Gad no sells and Zook chuckles gleefully. It's dangerous to chuckle and hold a spear at the same time. Then we get the SMELL OF DOOM and it overwhelms Gad and Zook like Monty having a cheese attack. It's pond scum and fungus rot; which is two of their favorite dishes all rolled into one. HA! They run down the hallway and notice Dexter holding a glass of the rotten stuff (to us; to them it's heaven on Earth.) . Dexter calls it Ogre's Delight and offers them a taste. Gad and Zook shove each other to get first dibs on the stuff and then we have a shoving match going on as Dexter steals the key and runs stage left. Too easy even at this point of the series.
So Dexter unlocks the cell door and the babyfaces run out. Tummi and Dexter shake hands on the saving bit as Gruffi scouts out the shoving and yelling match between Gad and Zook. No winner is forthcoming that I see. So Tummi wants to be excused right in front of them and the ogres show good manners just to let them run off. Gad and Zook then get the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and we get the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE DEXTER EDITION~! Dexter wants the bears to run interference while Dexter gets the wagon. Dexter bails south, the bears bail west and we go to the Scooby Doo Door Slamming Sequence of Death. Umm; writers; we watch Disney to get away from Hanna Barbera; not be REMINDED of it! It ends with Gad and Zook having a meeting of the skulls and it wasn't at the pond of scum. Tummi and Gruffi run south and we see them going up the spiral staircase to the top of the tower and we get Scooby Doo spot #2: The circle around the tower spot that was in The Wuzzles episode. Is Richard Merwin ghost writing this episode for some strange reason? Which leads to the disappearing act by the babyfaces of course. We pan north to see Gruffi and Tummi on top of the tower near the rope bucket as Tummi wonders how long they will continue to run.
The answer is about ten seconds flat as we cut to Dukie on the drawbridge blowing off the ogres. The ogres finally stop as Tummi notices the rope bucket and Gruffi uses it's pulley system to take them down and in a shock; Zook doesn't even bother to grab it right away until the Gummi Bears are already on the ground and out. I know the ogres are stupid; but this is beyond REALLY STUPID even for them. Zook grabs the rope with the sandbag and Dukie gets in the perfect position to look really stupid himself as Zook squashes him on the way down. Contrived spot; BEGONE FROM MY COMPUTER FLATSCREEN~! We see Dexter putting the barrel of laughs on the back of the wagon as he doesn't want to leave without his elixir. Wait; I thought that WAS the elixir he was holding? IDIOTS!
Thankfully; the bears force him to the front and we ride off around the castle streets of Drekmore as the barrel lid opens and the stuff comes out and it grows a spiky big ass thistle plant. Tummi gets inspired and Tummi pours the barrel in a straight line as it grows thorny bushes and the ogres foolishly run into them and suffer thorny pain as expected. Bouncing spots ensue as the wagon drives past Dukie and he blows them off before gets “Thorned” himself. How ironic eh?! Dukie bounces into the air of course as the wagon drives out of the castle. So we scene change to Toadie picking thorns out of Dukie's ass. HAHA! Okay; that contrivedness was damn worth it after all. Sadly; Toadie gets the wrong pun; it should be the agony of dethron as Dukie tells him to shut up selling the thorn pain all the way. So we head back to Dumbwin as Dexter peddles his new elixir which is a growth potion as he demonstrates it by putting it on a pot of soil and it grows flowers. We pan over to Gruffi and Tummi watching on as Tummi has a bottle of the stuff and he pours it on his pot of soil and it grows just one violet daisy. Tummi smiles and that ends the episode at 10:32. Good enough story; but the finish was contrived and the Scooby Dooing of the episode got silly. *** (60%).
Let Sleeping Giants Lie: We begin this one with fall leaves blowing in the wind as we head into the forest near the Gummi Berry bushes as Cubbi pops from the bushes. He then jumps out, does some flips off the spring and lands on the tree shooting from his wrist pebble shooter at some fake orange ogre targets which go down easily. He cuts a promo on them and then it starts to snow as a snowflake lands on Cubbi's nose and this one is much better animated then the one on Rebecca's nose in Jolly Molly Christmas. Cubbi runs off to tell the others as we head inside Gummi Glenn as Cubbi is so excited and with glee. Zummi almost screws up carrying the box as he tells Cubbi to slow down. Grammi already knows about it as Gruffi is on the ladder putting up ribbon rope onto the walls. Cubbi of course is too excited to slow down as he states that it's the festival of the first snow. Zummi puts the candle stick on the table as he resonates as Tummi likes the food of course. No really; I'm as shocked as you are. Grammi puts the cookies on the table as she loves the songs by the campfire and Cubbi likes games. Did Tummi mention the food? He did? Well; let's move on as Tummi's hand gets slapped away as Gruffi proclaims that there is a lot of work to do and everyone must pitch in. He also wants to know where Sunni is and Sunni comes in wearing a green dress with a green cone wizard like hat on her head. Wow; that is the classiest dress she has ever worn. And I mean that in the nicest possible way.
Sunni dances around as Cubbi mocks the teenybopper. HAHA! We discover that Princess Calla invited her to the royal ball which of course Gruffi is going to blow off because she's disgracing tradition. And Gruffi handles it well as Sunni sits on the chair and complains. Zummi tries to reason with her since it is the first snow after all. It's hard for me to have sympathy for Miss Diva. After all; the first snow is a big deal. How many balls does Princess Calla have every year? Answer: Lots....LOTS! The first snow of the year only comes once a year. Sunni hates doing the same damn thing every year and Zummi's answer is that it's the day that they defeated a terrible FOE (NOT THOSE BASTARDS! Close enough though) as we go to the flashback as we see 15 Gummi's who look nothing like the Gummi Bears in coats and stuff dancing, drinking and being merry. So these Gummi Bears DID join them and they all died off. That explains Sir Gallant's appearance in Knight to Remember. We clang Gummi Cups (which are filled with Gummi Berry Juice) as we return to reality (no, not really) as Sunni continues to whine like a diva. Gruffi blows it off as too dangerous and celebrating the first snow is the GUMMI WAY see. And she needs to get out of those clothes as Sunni obeys and sulks off. Okay; that is going too far Gruffi. I can understand not letting her go to Dumbwin; but taking off that dress. That is NOT the GUMMI WAY Gruffi and you know it.
So we scene change to see some red something being thrown into a squash which looks like a giant's face. Remember that for later on; I betcha it's the giant for this episode. Gruffi approves of this as Cubbi is on a stool (NOT THAT ONE) throwing that red beanbag (I guess) as Sunni has the Gruffi pose on full blast and is not amused. Cubbi is STILL wearing the pebble shooter I should note and Sunni is in her green tunic and elf shoes again. Cubbi throws the beanbag into the mouth perfectly as everyone cheers but the diva of course. I thought we punished her enough for Who's Gumming For Dinner? I guess this is Cubbi's revenge. Tummi wants to eat as he notices the cookies on the table. Gruffi gets the squash down and Grammi grabs the beanbags as it's Sunni's turn and Cubbi mocks Sunni's throwing skills. Sunni gets on the stool as Sunni isn't amused and Zummi proclaims that the prize is that she gets to take the potion to Leviathan Mountain (I think that is the name) which Zummi so happens to be pouring into a flask. According to tradition; it's a great honor. Sunni blows it off and grabs the red beanbags. She still want to go to Dumbwin as she carelessly throws the beanbags and they go into the mouth perfectly at once. Well; Sunni's carelessness just earned her the right to wake the sleeping giant as per the episode. Leave it to the teenybopper to screw tradition up.
Sunni and Cubbi are the winners as Grammi ties a scarf around Sunni's neck and doesn't tie it tightly enough for my likening. Sunni is not impressed at all as we head outside in the snow covered hill as Cubbi seems happy enough in his winter gear to slide down the hill on his ass and touch his boots. Sadly; they are those Gedo yellow rain boots which negates the cool red coat he's wearing. Cubbi tells Sunni that they need to get there before noon as Sunni is dragging the sled with the potion as she blows it off as usual. Well; so only one of them doesn't like Gummi tradition. Hint: She looks like Molly. We see the mountain ranges as Cubbi runs up and thinks it's fun to do this. Sunni isn't convinced as usual. She wants to rub elbows in Dumbwin of course as Cubbi pushes the sled down with her and Sunni doesn't like that at all. Sadly; the sack with the potion falls into a crack and both bears gets buried in a snowbank. Both pop from the carnage and Sunni wipes the snow off and blows Cubbi off for that fun. Sorry diva; but it's YOUR fault for dropping the potion. Cubbi tries to grab the sack with the potion (which seems to have only dropped about three feet) but Cubbi's arm is too short to reach it. Sunni uses her scarf and makes a snowball and wraps it up because they'll throw something else into the cave.
Cubbi isn't so sure about this at all as Sunni wants to know who would notice; the ancient Gummi. And now I have a decision to make concerning someone's wedding. I did have the option of going to the reception; but it's at an eatery and I keep telling mother that I'm barred from them. She keeps end a rounding me; and I keep saying that I cannot go. Don't ask me why the reception is there. It looks like my promise is going to be broken after nearly six weeks of avoiding such places myself. Cubbi wants Sunni to wait up as we head to the mountain which contains a nest with a bird laying in it. We pan down to the cave entrance as Cubbi still doesn't like this idea at all. Sunni asks what difference does it make? What should we be surprised that Sunni is acting like a whiny diva here? Cubbi isn't so sure as Sunni shivers and throws the scarf with the snowball in it towards the cave and takes the sled home. Cubbi looks in and then hears some noises and runs to Sunni claiming that he heard something. Sunni dismisses it as the wind. Like the wind sounds like a voice Sunni. You aren't fooling anyone you disrespectful diva. Cubbi doesn't think so as we see a closeup of the giant's face as he wakes up and we got rumbling and the kids oversell it. I love it when CUBBI is the reasonable one of the gang. That's why he was so cool; before Kit Cloudkicker murdered his ass six ways from Sunday. Snow wave ensues which knocks the nest and the bird away as Sunni and Cubbi slide down the hill on a wave of snow. Sunni's yelling is not so good by the way. She needs another kick to the nuts to make it work better.
The giant wakes up and yawns as Cubbi calls this a big mistake. NO?! REALLY?! Cubbi and Sunni try to bail; but the GIANT ASS HAND OF GOD stops them at the pass. Sunni tries some small talk and the giant snarls and is generally PO'ed. Good for him; teenyboppers never learn not to wake sleeping giants. Ask Kit about it with Michael Eisner. POW! OUCH! Hey......Cubbi decides to step in as he brings out the pebble wrist shooter and threatens him with it. Sorry cool one; this is NOT going to make the giant sell. You need to light him on fire. Then he'll sell and BS&P is not going to allow another Backdraft on this show; unless it's Kick Buttowski where logic need not apply. As I expected; he no sells the shot and both kids are forced to bail as the chop of doom misses by a mile. Chase sequence ensues as the giant grabs an uprooted tree (I sense a theme commencing) as Cubbi and Sunni go underground from the rock trap door and the giant whacks the door; but doesn't make much in the way of damage. The giant seems happy and walks away. The kids pop up from the carnage as Sunni talks about being on the wrong side of the bed. Sunni then realizes that this giant was the foe Zummi talked about and that potion was to keep him asleep because KILLING him is so wrong in the Disney world. Never mind Lion King in 1994; or the amount of times heels got killed in the Walt era of Disney. It's all just a figment of the imagination created by a bunch of armchair critics who didn't see Walt's real films of bunny rabbits and rainbows in his feature films. Yeah; that's the ticket.
Anyhow; Cubbi springs into action as he wants to stop that giant before he causes anymore damage while Sunni finally gets it through her thick skull about tradition being important. Cubbi walks about three steps and then drops on his belly inside the footprint of the giant. Sunni gleefully mocks Cubbi just to annoy me and Cubbi blows her off in kind. I'm taking Cubbi's side here since Sunni is the one who messed up here. Thankfully; the trail is easy to follow as we scene change to a closeup shot of the sled as apparently they got the potion out of the crack earlier which we didn't see. Sunni is so tired as she sits on the sled and whines about having Gummi Berry Cider. Wait; so the Gummi Bear kids DO drink alcohol? Cider is a form of alcohol (not all the time of course; but since GB juice is already taken...) and that is going to open a can of worms much more so that Mr. Mussels calling Milo a bitch...and I DO mean bitch! Cubbi tries to get her to continue as Sunni whines some more and then we hear the denizens of Dumbwin screaming and running for their lives as the kids bail into the snow bushes. Cubbi pops out and proclaims that they just found them. YOU THINK?!
We discover that he's not in Dumbwin; but a port town. I know this because the ocean is in the background as the giant slowly walks and walks into the icy water near the docks without doing any damage whatsoever. Geez; where's the havoc and destruction that we were promised? This giant seems to respect the denizens safety more than Sunni respects Gummi tradition. So the giant finds a boatload of food and grabs it as a yellow raincoat man with red hair swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (holy mackerel!) before getting WARNERED into the drink. Whatever sir; this mayhem is more boring than The Wild World of Catwoman. He eats the raw fish and then shakes the boat before throwing it away. He then finally causes some damage by grabbing the lighthouse from the foundation and drinks water from it. I see that lighthouse has plumbing after all. He crushes the lighthouse and then takes the sail from the same boat he ate the fish from and wipes his chin. How about that for continuity?! And then he burps on cue. See why it's difficult for children to take us old farts seriously about bodily fluid jokes?
So we see Sunni and Cubbi hiding behind a barrel of laughs as Sunni wonders how to get it away from the port town. Cubbi decides to run interference as he makes a snowball and drinks the vial of roided juice. IT'S BUTT BOUNCING TIME~! He bounces in much to the concern of Sunni (Riiiigggghhhhhtttt teenybopper!) as Cubbi bounces on the giants nose and calls him out. Unless that snowball has ice in it; I doubt the giant will sell that. The giant no sells and invokes the LEGAL HAND OF GOD on Cubbi; but Cubbi bounces up and the giant palms himself in the kisser. The giant is pissed off as Cubbi mocks him good and bounces away. We get the Scooby Doo Chase Sequence the Giant Edition as Cubbi proclaims that he got his attention. NO?! REALLY?! Sunni asks what is next and Cubbi doesn't know as the juice wears off and he's forced onto the sled. Sunni bails and the chase sequence MUST CONTINUE! We then get the dumbest sequence ever as Sunni and Cubbi enter through two houses which the giant destroys easily when he tries to grab them. Never mind that some of the denizens might STILL be inside. Idiots!
The giant shakes the houses away and we continue down the bunny hill as we slide down and Sunni loses her hat in the process and nearly gets thrown off before Cubbi catches her. Cubbi is so generous that it isn't charming anymore. The giant finally invokes the LEGAL HAND OF GOD after some sliding and grabs the sled. Cubbi yells for Sunni as he freefalls and lands on a branch of a tree. The giant chuckles as he opens his hand to reveal Sunni with the potion in the sack. Now if you cannot guess what she does next; you have no business reading this rant. Sunni blows him off and then realizes the trick as Cubbi invokes the pebble shooter of doom as Sunni throws the bag in front of the giant's face and the pebble shoots through the sack and we have the YELLOW SLEEPING DUST OF DEATH. I wondered where I got my idea for the Terror of Terrastone fanfic I wrote. The giant yawns as Cubbi thinks it's worked as Sunni drinks her vial of roided juice and it's BUTT BOUNCING TIME as Sunni waves goodbye and bounces off the hand. The giant falls on his ass and then lays down asleep. Sunni wonders how long that will last and Cubbi thinks about a year as it snows again. Sunni and Cubbi bail back to Gummi Glenn as the giant tosses and turns.
So we get a shot of the snow hills and then a shot of snowy Gummi Glen as we are at the table and Tummi is of course pigging out and Gruffi has his pose on anyway. Grammi walks in with a platter of fourths (according to Tummi when he shows his empty plate to Grammi). Gruffi doesn't want anymore pie though as Cubbi proclaims that this is one day he'll never forget as Sunni admits that she has learned her lesson and Zummi is glad to hear it. Gruffi calls this a time for a big celebration as he gets his mug to toast. Sunni chuckles that he doesn't know the half of it as we end the episode at 10:23. Nothing special; but solid enough. *** (60%).
THE REVIEW LINE
We have a pack of middling shorts this time around. I don't have much to say about either one. Let Sleeping Giants Lie was a solid enough episode with nothing really wrong about it other than Sunni's whining and usual stupidity that she's known for. Plus Cubbi was his usual carrying self. A Gummi A Day Keeps The Doctor Away was fine enough and Dexter was pretty cool with his growth potion; but it could have been better if the Scooby Doo finish didn't mar the experience. I know this is television animation and all; but this is a Disney show and it's not supposed to remind us of Hanna Barbera. Sure; Scooby Doo was thrilling as it was; but almost every other show by HB used the same formula and the same animation skills and we got sick of them by this point. Tummi was fine and Gruffi was overbearing as usual. So nothing really standout or anything; just two solid middling Gummi Bears love ins. And that is not a bad thing either.
So next up is Beg, Burrow and Steal which is the final appearance for Nip, Tuck and Clutch rant wise and then we head back to Season Six with Queen of The Carpies and True Gritty which I finally found a reliable source to use. So......
Thumbs in the middle for both episodes and I'll see you all next time.