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Princess Problems/ A Gummi Is A Gummi's Best Friend

Reviewed: 08/20/2011

Unless You Are Peggy Charmon Of Course.....


Boy; what a week I had. Here I was about to wrap up Gummi Bears; and then one of my readers found a neat website that has most of the remaining Gummi Bear episodes on reliable streams. Only three episodes are missing at this time actually. So right now; two shorts from Season Five and one full episode of season six are unavailable to rant on. The first one is basically Princess Calla Vs Princess Marie as she makes her second appearance on Gummi Bears and she didn't look good character wise when I saw her. Then again; tree house syndrome and all; will it change now? Then there is the second one which I haven't ever seen before. Let's rant on and find out shall we....?

Princess Problems is written by Sheryl Scarborough and Kayte Kuch. A Gummi Is A Gummi's Best Friend is done by Rich Fogel, Mark Seidenberg and Gordon Bressack. The teleplay is done by Gordon Bressack. Gordon started with the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo in 1985 and then did the usual cartoons from there until his most recent credits being Sushi Pack and The Electric Company 2009 edition. Gummi Bears is his DTVA debut and he also wrote in Darkwing Duck and story edited the infamous Dirtysomething episode. He has 25 writing credits and six other credits to his resume. Sadly; I have no clue who did the animation and since it's 1989, it's would be a huge toss up at this point.


Princess Problems: We begin this one at Gummi Glenn with Gruffi complaining again. We see him with a pile of laundry which is probably bigger than his body weight as he complains about Sunni not helping like the teenybopper diva that she is. Grammi has her load which is smaller than that asking what is more important than clean clothes and Gruffi is about to speak; but gets the door slammed in his face by Sunni. Damn; I was hoping Cubbi was the one to do it. It's funnier when the most over character does it to the jerkass. She's off to Castle Dumbwin...ERR...Dunwynn as she tries to leave; but Grammi blocks her and tries to give her the basket. So Sunni proclaims that she'll do it tomorrow; which of course she has used as an excuse the last couple of days actually. Sunni states that another princess is coming to visit Princess Calla today. Why is this so special? Grammi tells her that it's not what she is according to the ancients; which Sunni cuts off as knowing. The proper response to that is “You just don't care Sunni” which would make Sunni so mad that she does the laundry. Sadly; Gruffi goes for the “humans are poison” card and Sunni's response is to have Gruffi cover for her for this one time....and since Gruffi has mellowed out somewhat since Road to Ursalia and agrees to it. This is why I like Kit Cloudkicker folks as Sunni slaps his back thanking him and runs off stage left....as Gruffi falls on his ass and gets clothes dumped on his head. Heh. I think Gruffi needs to take his own advice too when Sunni tries the cannot fail cute routine.

So we head to Castle Dumbwin as we hear Princess Calla as we head inside as Calla is sitting at her desk having Sunni do her hair. I see she's in her pink garb today. Calla wonders who the princess is and Sunni claims that she's perfect. Of course she's perfect Sunni; she'll be the perfect storm for this episode as we cut to the door as the trumpet flourish plays as Calla walks to King Gregor's throne and the trumpeter announces that arrival of King Jean-Claude “I don't give a damn if my princess is a bigger asshole than Gruffi”and her daughter who is wearing the same dress according to Sunni (and she doesn't like her one bit too). Umm; no she's not. She is wearing a purple dress; not a pink one. Logic break #1 for the episode. It's Princess Marie herself (voiced by Kath Soucie) who has black hair and a purple bow on the back of the head; and the king is supposed to be a French king (to counter the English king Gregor I guess) as Calla does greet her along with Gregor. Marie wastes no time blowing her off as Jean-Claude tells Marie that he has a surprise for her and Marie snaps her fingers as a page runs in with a scroll on the pillow. Sadly; we never know his name as Gregor grabs the scroll and it's the royal symbol of Jean-Claude. Gregor finds it extraordinary as Marie claims she designed it herself and Jean-Claude calls her such a jewel. What kind of jewel equals annoying brat? Hmmm; I cannot think of it right now...

Gregor motions to Calla as Calla has something to give and in comes Cavin with a golden eagle statue which is mighty impressive to me. Jean-Claude is not impressed though which shows that his tastes are not exactly good either. Gregor asks if he wants to go to the conference room and Jean-Claude agrees to it as they want to discuss the treaty for everlasting peace between the two countries. So Gregor was at war with Jean-Claude? Odd that this little tidbit came up as all the humans walk to the door and Princess Marie wants to hold on to the eagle statue because it's too common for him. Calla is ticked off; but Gregor apparently heard it and tells her to escort Marie to her room and give her anything she desires. Calla decides to obey his father anyway as we cut to Sunni behind the curtain as she wants a closer look. So we head to the master bedroom of doom as Sunni is hiding above a closet as Marie is complaining about the bedroom like the spoiled brat that she is. Calla assures her that it's the best bedroom in the castle. Marie doesn't seem to give a damn as he throws the pillows and one hits Sunni right in the kisser. HEE HEE! So this asshole does have some use after all. Marie rips the entire bed much to the pleads from Calla not to ruin it and she hates the bed, the bedroom and the castle. And she throws the statue right out of the window and it smashes onto the ground below.

Marie actually gasps in horror (Ah; the pitfalls of temper tanturms) as Calla calls her out on it and they all run out of the bedroom as we notice that Gregor and Jean-Claude are at ground level who wonder what happened here. So we see Marie lying that it was Calla who threw the statue out. Which makes no sense since Calla GAVE her the statue as a peace offering. Okay; actually her father, but Marie doesn't like it. Now for those who know about the denizens of Dumbwin; you do realize that Gregor is going to take Marie and Jean-Claude side of this; regardless of how accurate Calla's defense is; don't you? Oh wait; Gregor actually DEFENDS Calla and Jean-Claude is not amused by this. Marie then proclaims that it's not her fault because she's not used to being with a real princess and decides to “forgive” her. Riiiigggghhhttttt. I'm guessing that Marie has not forgotten Princess Problems either. Calla is not impressed as Sunni is at the window breathing a sigh of relief thinking that things can only get better. Sadly; we are barely five minutes in and I'm certain things will only get worse from here on.

So we head to Calla's room AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as Calla paces around with Sunni on the bed. And man she is still very sore about what happened earlier too. Okay; Marie claims that it was an accident as we see grape stuff on her dress and Calla blows it off because it was on purpose. How do we know that when we didn't see the scene? This is where a flashback actually comes in handy and we don't even get one. No thank you Seth Macfarlane for ruining that plot device. So Calla hears Marie yelling about weeds and Calla throws Sunni into the pillow in a panic as Marie enters the room and throws the vase of flowers on the floor shattering the vase complete with water puddle. At least the animators aren't screwing up; yet. Then Marie wants answers in what Calla is hiding behind her back on the bed and then Marie shoves Calla aside. Now; I'm not sure if it was a double over from the stream; but it appears that they repeat the shove twice before Marie picks up Sunni. Marie gets all cute and cuddly with Sunni and wants her as Calla claims that it doesn't belong to her. Which is true but for a different reason as Marie and Calla play tug of war with Sunni (second good thing this ass has done in this episode) and Marie wins! However; Calla is such a rotten loser that she grabs Marie's dress and rips it....UH OH! That's a no-no Calla.

So Marie screams....badly.....as she drops Sunni on her ass on the floor and Marie proclaims that Calla will regret this and she storms out. Calla consoles Sunni as Sunni proclaims that Marie is not all right. Calla decides to talk to her father before Marie makes it look like she's at fault again. So we head to the hallway as Gregor claims that he believe him; but then plants seeds of doubt by asking if this isn't a misunderstanding again. If you don't believe her story; just say so Gregor. Calla claims that this was on purpose and that she's a royal brat. And here comes Jean-Claude and Marie as Jean demands an apology. Gregor thinks Marie should apologize and really in my view; both should just apologize for making Sunni's life a living hell. Even if I don't care if they do. You know something; this is better than I thought it would be. Well; at this point anyway. Back to the rant as Marie embraces and Jean declares war on Gregor. Wow; I see where Marie gets her spoiled influence from. Jean has Gizmo Duck's voice on so it's the late Hamilton Camp voicing. So we head outside in the morning as the entire fleet of Jean-Claude and Trojan Horses (Why?) and what not are at the battlefield in front of Castle Dumbwin. What are the tombstones doing lying on the ground? Calla is looking on from the terrance as Sunni now wishes Marie had kidnapped her. Calla blows that suggestion off proclaiming that she would just make life for her more hellish. As opposed to war? Although Jean-Claude declaring war over this is really pushing the boundaries of creditability.

Sunni proclaims that this is all her fault and that she must stop this....So we cut to outside Marie's tent as a soldier runs out in a panic as Marie throws away a bowl of something that she blows off as disgusting. Then see notices the OUT OF NOWHERE orange JOKEY SURPRISE OF DOOM and brings it into her tent. She opens it and it's.....Sunni Gummi? Seriously; that's Sunni's Krackpotkin plan? Marie blows it off away and stuffs her into the wooden basket in the tent. Marie leaves as Sunni whines about staying home instead of going to see Calla. So we head to Gummi Glenn as we see Calla with Grammi and Gruffi as Calla exchanges notes on the situation in the hallway. They open the door to Sunni's room and notice that it's been ramsacked with scissors and paper skewed all about. Okay; this doesn't make all that much sense since there was no scene change between Sunni wanting to stop the war and Marie's tent. Logic break #2 for the episode as Calla just realized that Sunni has done the unthinkable. Grammi goes to the drawers (NOT THOSE ONES!) and brings out some green cloth as she wants needles and thread. I think we know what Grammi's plan is going to be.

Scene changer as we head back to Castle Dumbwin and Jean-Claude and Gregor has the catapults on full blast. It seems Gregor is winning despite neither side losing any soldiers on the count that he destroyed a catapult. So we head to the guarded tent of Marie as we pan west to behind the tent as Gruffi wonders how they are going to replace Sunni with the dummy of Sunni. He's got a point because it's not like replacing Kick with his dummy since Kick's dummy has more workrate than the real thing. Grammi insists that she has it all covered as she drinks her vial of roided juice along with Gruffi. It's BUTT BOUNCING TIME! They bounce the guards on their heads allowing the guards to bump the tent and Marie opens the tent and the power of suggestion makes the guard fly away stage right. Indeed; the power of suggestion is powerful. Marie naturally blows off the guards as Calla practices the fine art of not being seen by Marie as she cannot find Sunni on the first go. Sunni does speak as we pan over to the wooden trash basket as it topples over and Sunni falls out. Sunni proclaims that being a doll is no fun anymore as Calla hopes this won't be a surprise either....and Marie blows their cover instantly. No really; I'm as SHOCKED as you are. Marie grabs Sunni and runs out as Calla chases after her. We see Gruffi proclaiming that Grammi's plan didn't work out well as Grammi proclaims that it isn't over yet as they decide to get the damn doll. So we get the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE MARIE EDITION IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREAKIN BATTLEGROUND~! God; this is so stupid and perversely funny for some reason I cannot put my thumb on right now.

We get to the top of a wooden castle terrance (after Marie shoves some guards for fun) and both princesses climb the ladder and Calla grabs onto Sunni's ankle and we have tug-of-war number two. We go to the telescope shot as Gregor notices the two fighting over the doll along with Jean and both kings want a ceasefire right now. That's right folks; a ceasefire declared over a petty tug-of-war between two princesses. Peachy; eh? Sadly; the catapult CANNOT BE STOPPED as the rock hits the terrance and both princesses get WARNERED~! They free fall into the moat and splashdown. Marie pops up and blows off Calla once again as Calla and Marie fight each other as Sunni swims stage right away from the carnage. Wow; that's the smartest thing that teenybopper has done actually. Gruffi grabs Sunni and is happy to see Grammi as Grammi tells her to save her strength and get the hell out of here before there are three Gummi dolls as they throw the doll away. So we return to the catfight as both Gregor and Jean pull their daughters away. Marie of course doesn't realize that her father is within earshot of her as she blows off Calla and destroys the doll much to Calla's shock. UH OH! That's a no-no Marie. Jean hears it all and asks her if she's been lying to him all this time and Marie calls it a little lie which Jean blows her off and grabs her by the arm and walks her away. Princess Calla and Gregor seem happy that the truth came out as we cut to the bushes as THE GANG OF GUMMI WAY proudly sum up Marie for us.

So we head to the castle as Jean-Claude apologizes to the king for his indiscretions and Marie does some weasel words and Calla decides to be the better lady and accept the “apology”. Jean leaves with Marie wanting to discuss some problems of his own as Marie is pleading to avoid punishment as we pan northeast to the lookout as Sunni admits that the ancient Gummi's were right in this case and Gruffi is relieved she realizes it. So we cut back to the throne room as Gregor comments about the doll and Calla calls it made from a perfect friend as Sunni's eyes light up and that ends the episode at 10:33. Yeah; I originally thought this was the full episode; but it turns out this short was Princess Problems. No worries; May The Best Princess Win is on another stream; so nothing lost. This primer for Marie is better than it had any right to be. *** ¼ (65%).

A Gummi Is A Gummi's Best Friend: We begin this one inside Gummi Glen in the book room as Zummi is at the great book of Gummi as Zummi has found a spell to move stuff from one place to another. He turns around and we get the SPELL OF SATAN ten seconds in; a new record for him:

Zummi: Movemo Humhear Tummoo Zummere!
Translation: Move My Hum Hair Tummi Zummi Hair!

This would make more sense if he was removing facial hair and putting it on Tummi. The spell makes the milk jug disappear as Zummi claims that the spell is working as Gruffi storms in with a shovel blowing him off for not working. He questions Zummi's friend status as Gruffi claims that he promised that he would help him unblock a quick tunnel passage as the jug magically appears and dumps on his head. HAHA! Methinks Zummi screwed up there. Gruffi is mad as Zummi unpops the jug on his head and Zummi goes flying and takes a wussy off-screen bump into the bookshelf. Sigh. Zummi wonders why the spell backfired on him and Gruffi gleefully states that Zummi doesn't know what he is doing. Zummi gets helped up as he proclaims that the new spell will make doing the job easier. Gruffi does his trademark pose claiming that he'll believe it when he sees it. So Zummi puts the pitcher on the table and tries the spell again (exact same one as before) as sadly; since Zummi is a level 34 mage instead of a level 34 wizard; the spell makes Gruffi disappear after he blows off Zummi again. HAHA! Like I'm buying that Zummi did that one unintentionally. Sorry Zummi; that gasp of horror is not going to change my mind either.

Zummi looks for the counter spell in his hat as Gruffi reappears and disappears as he wants to MURDER Zummi. I think you are better off if Gruffi stays that way Zummi. So we head to Lady Bane's carriage as she looks at her Gummi Medallion and it glows. She sees it as proof that Gummi Bears are nearby. Oh; and the Troggles are leaping up for joy when riding the horses on the claim of Gummi magic. So Lady Bane claims the world is imperfect and she hopes to change that as she brings her mirror which moves by magic natch. She also wants to murder the forest because it clashes with her. Ooookkkkaaaayyyy. So we head on a pathway in the forest as Gruffi has his shovel and is blowing off Zummi who is behind him. Zummi doesn't understand why he's so mad and Gruffi gleefully answers that one for me as he hands Zummi a shovel and we start digging near some rocks which I assume is the blocked tunnel. Then some rocks above comes tumbling down on Gruffi; so Zummi casts the spell in rapid fire and Gruffi disappears just because the boulder smashes onto the ground. Zummi cheers for victory as the spell worked; and then Gruffi reappears and drops right into Zummi's lap. HAHA! See Gruffi; the spell DOES have some use after all.

Gruffi blows him off because his shovel is broken. I see Gruffi is pissing away his heat right now. Zummi claims that he was trying to help and Gruffi blows him off as he has lapsed back into his jerk-ass attitude. He yells slowly that he must return to the Glenn to get a new shovel. Wow; that talking down at Zummi is not Gruffi's character at all as Zummi decides to take his shovel and shovel the rocks for him; because that's the least he can do...and then Gusto comes OUT OF NOWHERE and cuts a vain promo. Oh goody! I wondered when he would show up. Gusto frames Zummi (not the same way Gruffi does it however) and goes over to the conveniently placed big boulder (the same one that dropped on Gruffi) and Gusto is inspired to do some stone statue making. Zummi doesn't want to pose because he's already disappointed Gruffi enough today. Gusto grabs the shovel from him and insists because Gruffi is a stick in the mud and Zummi shouldn't worry about him. Gusto has a point there Zummi. He has no gratitude whatsoever. Besides; the statue could be an inspiration to make the Gummi's work harder. Zummi likes that idea. I should point out that I am aware of the voice being Gladstone's; but I did notice that the face looks like Kit without the blue color at times.

Zummi asks if this will take too long and Gusto proclaims that he's the fastest chiseller west of Dumbwin. Yeah; that really gives me confidence since west of Dumbwin is Drekmore. Anyhow; he chips away and we segue to finally seeing the statue of Zummi shoveling. It looks great; but Gusto then declares that it sucks. It has no originally and no style see. West of Dumbwin indeed. Gusto goes over to a fatter rock and asks Zummi for some help as Zummi lifts the rock with him and they walk stage left. Gusto is going to the studio to make a great statue as Zummi proclaims that he was supposed to help Gruffi. Gusto tells him to lighten up; since he did remove a rock anyway and he's going to be a work of art. So Gusto and Zummi leave with the rock stage left as we segue to Gruffi returning with a wheel borrow and another shovel (I think) as he continues to blow off Zummi. Gruffi proclaims that Zummi hasn't turned himself to stone and then he notices the statue and panics hard because he thinks Zummi has turned to stone. Now as much as the audience knows that Zummi has not turned himself to stone; this makes sense now since it makes Lady Bane's attempt to capture the statue look fine without making everyone involved look dumb. Good writing there writers. We pan up to a ridge as two Troggles come out of the bushes noticing some Gummi Bears before leaving.

So we scene change to Gruffi carrying the wheel borrow (how convenient he had that with him despite not bringing it with him the first time eh?) with the statue of Zummi on it as he blows him off for not turning into something lighter than stone. He hopes the Great Book Of Gummi can turn him back to normal. I wonder if it involves a golden needle? We then see Lady Bane in the foreground noticing Gruffi and she's somewhat happy; but not very happy that Zummi is a stone statue. However; she has a plan which is to turn Zummi back into a Gummi Bear and then persuade him to help her; and she can force the issue so to speak as the four Troggles cower in fear against a tree. Bane tells the Troggles to fetch Zummi and the Troggle scatter stage left like a bunch of scalded dogs. So we cut back to Gruffi with the wheel barrow as he panics when he sees the Troggles after him and he bails completes with Roadrunner sound and looping effects. Okay; THAT is different. So it's the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE TROGGLE EDITION~ to waste some time. They go through the hallowed log and then somehow the Troggles all bail out despite nothing else being inside the log. WHAT THE HELL? Gruffi goes out the other side and gets on top of the hill. He proclaims that they lost them and it's all downhill from here; but he lets go and the wheel barrow goes down the hill.

Gruffi panics and we get the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE ZUMMI STONE EDITION~ as we get the TMS repeat FPS shot to waste more time. Gruffi tries to grab the wagon; but trips on a tree root and the wheel barrow goes off the natural ridge ramp as we somehow segue to Lady Bane blowing off the Troggles for expecting the Gummi Bear to fall in their laps. I see she brought the carriage with her too as we get the WB dropping sound and two Troggles look up and the wheel barrow with Zummi statue MURDERS them flat with a MAN-SIZED bump off-screen. Heh. Lady Bane comes over and calls it excellent work as she will reward them someday for it. Bane gets giddy as she plans to use him not just for a paperweight as the two Troggles somehow pop out of the carnage off-screen and wheel Zummi to the carriage as Lady Bane walks in remembering to step on a Troggle like a step ladder in the process. Gruffi is not happy to see this because Zummi has not only turned himself to stone; but now Lady Bane's got him. So the horse carriage drives away as Gruffi chases after it in the foreground behind the trees.

So we scene change to Gusto's waterfall residence as Gusto blows off Zummi for moving as we head inside as Gusto is chipping away at the boulder while Zummi is trying to hold onto a pickax in the air. Zummi tells Gusto that he promised to help Gruffi and he knows how Gruffi gets in these situations as Gusto claims that he does know but Gruffi won't mind because he loves hard work as he adjusts Zummi again with the frame and Zummi isn't so sure about all this and he hates to let a good friend down. So we scene change to Lady Bane's castle (for the first time for rant purposes of course) as we pan over to the terrence as Gruffi slides on the edge proclaiming that he cannot let Zummi down even if he has rocks in his head. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments as the edge crumbles and Gruffi is forced to grab onto the ledge as the bricks fall into the moat which allows the Troggles to hear it and go to the terrance; but Gruffi hides behind a terrance and then over it as he runs like the wind to get away. Now we head to the throne room as Lady Bane tries to cast her spells on Zummi Statue; but nothing is working...AND THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING! Bane goes to her spell book and HOLY CRAP! The front of the book has a hexagram on the cover! So Lady Bane looks in her opened book and decides to add some sea slime to the mix as we get a closeup of the book in question; and it's changed to a pentagram! Incredible! So we have two series in DTVA with that symbol and this episode was released in 1989! (sadly; my new source doesn't allow me to rewind the scene) So she pops a cork from the test tube and it smells extremely foul. Bane calls it so not her scent as she pours the contents onto the statue and nothing happens of course despite some good animation effects.

Lady Bane is not happy as we see Gruffi behind the door feeling relieved. However; Lady Bane goes through her blue covered book and proclaims that she has the unpertification spell which is to grind the statue to dust as the one track mind of the Troggles strikes again. Gruffi panics of course as the Troggles have their wooden SLEDGEHAMMERS OF PLOT ready to smash Zummi Statue. Gruffi drinks his juice and it's BUTT BOUNCING TIME~! What? No “Boing” sound effect? That's very sloppy guys. Bane sits on her throne as the Troggles have their mallets set to profits as Gruffi bounces in and squashes the Troggles good. Bane demands answers to this outrage as Gruffi isn't going to let her pound Zummi into pumice as he bounces to the door and then for some reason bounces into the door before bouncing out. Okay; that just looked weird. Bane invokes the SPELL OF PULL which pulls the rug back with Gruffi on it. Did I mention Gruffi seems to stop selling the weight of the statue on and off even though he is under the influence of Gummi Berry Juice. So Gruffi throws the statue just after Bane calls him a whelp and that somehow causes the testtube to tumble and fall right on her right shoe. Okay; that makes no sense whatsoever. Gruffi bails with Zummi Statue and is selling the weight again as the Troggles wipe her shoes while Bane whines and then she invokes the SPELL OF WIND to push the Troggles away in disgust. Bane then threatens to make them throw rugs if Gruffi escapes and the Troggles panic and bail like scalded dogs. Heh.

So we go outside and see Gruffi placing Zummi Statue in the wheel barrow. How convenient for Bane to not get rid of the device that would have made it more difficult for Gruffi to win eh? Gruffi runs like a roadrunner and bounces into the front of the wheel barrow as the power of suggestion squashes the Troggles again and the wheel barrow bounces out of Lady Bane's castle and Gruffi thinks he's safe and then the barrow bumps off a rock and both the statue and Gruffi go flying in the air and where they land; do we really care? Gruffi lands on his ass in a ditch next to a tree as he recovers; but the head of the statue (and a portion of his hat is smashed up too) bounces to Gruffi's left. Gruffi turns to it and panics as we see the crumbled remains of the statue as Gruffi cannot believe what he has done as we return to the terrance as Bane blows off the Troggles for failing and she broke a nail too. Damn; she was so enlightened until that comment too.

So we head to Gummi Glenn as we head to the living room as Grammi concedes that there is no way to save Zummi now as Gruffi is holding on to the head of the statue crying and proclaiming that if he were alive he would never bully Zummi again. Zummi just casually walks in and asks if Gruffi would really stop bullying him and Gruffi claims that he wouldn't...and then he turns around and jumps into Zummi's arms in glee. He asks where the hell he was and Gusto comes in claiming that he was with him as he wheels in his latest statue masterpiece under the white cloth. The cloth come off and it's Zummi Andy Warhol style as Gruffi is SHOCKED and APPALLED as Zummi was goofing off with Gusto. Zummi admits his guilt asking if he did this all for him and Gruffi does his trademark pose claiming that he's a confounded fool. Nice of you to admit it Gruffi Gummi as Zummi tells him that he's no fool and that he's a great friend. Gusto gets in between the two saying the episode title as Gruffi agrees even if he is driven up a wall. He wants some help in getting the abomination....ERRRR..... statue out of here and Zummi agrees as we see them pushing the statue out of the room and that ends the episode at 10:34. Just your average Gummi Bears love in with a few forbidden symbols. Although I hope that Lady Bane doesn't suffer the same fate Webby has to suffer. *** ½ (70%).


THE REVIEW LINE

Okay; I changed my plans quite a bit and ended up doing the origin Marie story instead of the followup. Princess Problems sounded cringeful considering my hate for May The Best Princess Win later on; but the primer was actually solid and decent with Gregor actually defending her daughter instead of looking dumb for a change. I found the whole “It's all Sunni's fault” thing very silly because Sunni really had nothing to do with this and the war would have happened even if Sunni wasn't there at all. Princess Calla's “She would have demanded something else” was a big clue and really it made Sunni learning her lesson look like a waste and her redempation look weak in hindsight. Despite that; Marie is a royal brat and she played the role well enough; but the screaming needs some work. So it was better than it had any right to be; but I dreaded for Marie's full 22 minute episode in Season six even more now.

As for A Gummi Is A Gummi's Best Friend; it was another decent one; but nothing really special as we all knew that Zummi was all right; but at least the writers wrote it correctly and make Bane look like a mere fool (more so her Troggles) and that Zummi turning to stone would have not be all that unusual in the context of Gruffi's disdain for Zummi's magic abilities. Lady Bane was fine; but I worry about her turning into a female stereotype on the broken nail comment. Gusto was vain as usual and it's also good to see that the hexagram was still legal in a children's cartoon here (although it broke logic and turned into a pentagram on the next shot). Overall; a middling two shorts here makes Gregory Weagle a happy ranter. So I'm going to change my plans again and do the remaining combined shorts of Gummi Bears starting with Bridge Over The River Gummi and Life of The Party tomorrow; then it's Zummi In Slumberland and Recipe For Trouble on Tuesday. Then it's all full 22 minute episodes for the rest of the series. Although I will skip King Igthorn until the very end of the ranting and between The Rite Stuff and that; I'll do the remaining orphaned shorts as mini-rants. So........

Thumbs in the middle for both episodes and I'll see you all next time.

 

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