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Never Give A Gummi An Even Break/Friar Tum
Reviewed: 08/14/2011
You're Not Kidding Michael!
Well; my ranting on Gummi Bears has hit a huge roadblock as I mentioned on Livejournal; so I'm doing the scraps left from sources which are reliable. So this is the first two shorts that was left from the search which is the last short of Season Five and the first short of Season Six. I haven't seen these episodes before either; so let's rant on shall we....?
Never Give A Gummi An Even Break is written by Terrie Collins and Bruce Reid Schaefer. Friar Tum is written by Duana Capizzi. Strangely according to the USIMDB; Guimaraes Productions is the animation studio for Friar Tum and I believe Never Give A Gummi An Even Break is either done by Walt Disney Animation Japan or TMS. I cannot tell since there is no ED to compare them to.
Never Give A Gummi An Even Break: We begin this one with a shot of a black cauldron of stuff as Grammi is stirring something and tastes it as she claims that it needs some dandispice. So she goes to the cupboards and then turns around and there's Cubbi with a goblin mask on scaring Grammi out of her wits. She drops the jar and it breaks of course. Maybe next time; do not invest in banana yellow jars as Cubbi giggles for me. Cubbi takes off the mask as Grammi blows him off for scaring him because that is not nice. Cubbi admits his guilt and apologizes; but it's clear that he's doing it to distract Grammi as Tummi practices the fine art of not being seen and steals two pops of a jar in the cupboard while Grammi cleans up the mess. Cubbi leaves as Grammi picks up the mess and places it in the barrel of laughing waste. However; Gruffi comes in carrying Cubbi and Tummi proclaiming that they made a sucker out of her. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Cubbi admits that the Gummi Bear lollipops are really good. I know they are Gummi Bears because they have Gummi Bear heads on them. I wonder if they were sold in real life. Too bad the Children's Television Act didn't go into effect until after Gummi Bears became persona non grata. Grammi actually defends them because her cooking is too good to resist. HA! Since when? After episodes upon episodes of Cubbi and Tummi blowing off her cooking she found one good recipe. How sweet of her?! No, not really.
Gruffi calls it harder to swallow as Cubbi and Tummi leave with the pops and Gruffi blows off Grammi for being too soft hearted as Grammi goes to the cupboard and opens it, remembering to whack Gruffi good in the head with it as she blows him off for being so hard headed. Grammi gets her basket and states that she's going to the royal garden of Dumbwin...ERR...I mean Dunwyn to pick up some more dandispice or dinner will be ruined. Gruffi gleefully answers that one for me as we head to Castle Dumbwin as it is BEFORE HAPPY HOUR (sunset with clouds) as the lights go on inside the castle. We then go to a sky shot of Grammi at the royal garden as she finally picked enough dandispice in her basket and decides to leave. However; she hears a voice as he tells everyone to come to his wagon as the denizens of Dumbwin gather around a man wearing all red with a whip who is standing near a wagon with a red curtain. Grammi hides behind some boxes as the man as he cuts his circus promo and opens the curtain to show a blue Gummi Bear inside of a cage wearing a fool's outfit. So yes; this is the first Gummi Bear in 500 years for 99.9% of Dumbwin. At least in theory. The crowd is in awe as one of the denizens thought they were fairy tales. Wait a second? So it was all in those stories written 500 years ago?
Grammi gasps in horror as the circus trainer (there are two additional voices Townsend Coleman and Barry Dennen according to USIMDB. No matter since I have seen Barry in Ducktales and Townsend has already been mentioned in TaleSpin.) whips the cage and Fool Gummi sings...badly. Sadly; the denizens of Dumbwin are about as smart as Jonas Brothers fans and they are instantly popping for him which sounds better than Fool Gummi singing. The circle of life indeed. Grammi is not amused by this as someone needs to help that bear and she's going to do it. So we go to the wagon AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as we see the trainer come to the door and opens it to reveal Fool Gummi who casually steps out and unmasks to reveal a midget with the buzz cut and a triangle nose. Well; this kills the episode right there folks. Why not have him come out and then Grammi springs into action; saves him, go through the motions of an episode and then wait until the end before he unmasks? That would be suspenseful and allow us to have some sympathy for Grammi for being taken in by a professional criminal. With the unmasking now; it is going to make Grammi look REALLY STUPID in the long run. The goblin like midget wants some water and his trainer gets some as Fool looks at the spoils and it's not much as he doesn't like this dishonest job for some reason. The trainer returns with the water and the midget drinks it and blows off because they have a show to do and he needs more customers. He also replaces the mask on his head as he walks back in the wagon.
We then cut to Grammi raising a gray cloth as she practices the fine art of not being seen and then opens the side door which is clearly unlocked. Geez; doesn't that give away the obvious eh? Even more so when Fool is blowing her off for cutting into her act. When someone acts like a dick on your first meeting; it's possible that he is not a real Gummi Bear. Grammi hugs him as the Fool Gummi struggles like mad as Grammi tells him to trust her. So yeah; Grammi is kidnapping him. Like I said; the unmasking is one of the dumbest things the writers could have done. Grammi grabs him and runs out and slams the door as we cut to the Quick Tunnels as Fool struggles and protests this outrage; so Grammi slams him into the back seat of the quick car. Grammi gets into the front seat with seatbelt on telling him to thank her later. Yeah; thank her for kidnapping him. Grammi starts the car as we whiz by before Fool can get another word in.
So we head inside Gummi Glen as Grammi is in the living room with Midget Fool Gummi as Grammi offers him a seat at the round table and Grammi leaves to go get the others. Fool wants to get the hell out of here as he takes the mask off and then gets inspired. See; those were real Gummi Bears and he runs to a conveniently placed CHEST OF DEMONS and opens it as he waxes about finding their treasure somewhere according to the legends. He closes the chest and decides to play along for a while so he can get the treasure. Now; I wish that he would not unmask at all until the end because the dialog would have made it suspenseful and make us rethink about all Gummi Bears being good hearted. So we scene change to the roundtable as everyone has arrived (sans Gusto) as Zummi asks where he is from, Cubbi wants to know how he was captured and Sunni wants to know why he dresses awfully which Concarrie blows off as that is his name when Zummi asks for it. Or Carnie for short as Gruffi isn't amused. Grammi comes in with a bowl of hot soup as she puts it on the table. Carine eats a spoonful and oversells it so much that he can only grin and claim that it is tasty. Riiiigggghhhhtttt. Is he on Gummi camera or something?!
Gruffi brings Grammi over and blows her off for being soft hearted again. And I AGREE with him. See how important it is not to have Carnie unmask? Grammi counters claiming that it's a Gummi Bear who loves her cooking. Funny since Cubbi and Tummi love her lollipops; so that is a logic break. Gruffi knows he's a Gummi Bear; but they don't know where he is from. Gruffi proclaims that there is something strange about Carnie. So this is the template for A Spy In The Ointment; except that Jack Cases did a much better job of keeping up the facade of being a spy for almost 18 minutes. So we scene change to a hallway as he unmasks again just to annoy me claiming that the cooking would make him gag. So he looks behind a picture and then hears a door slam as he puts the mask back on and here comes Grammi asking where he has been, so Carnie offers the OUT OF NOWHERE flowers. Well; he IS a con-goblin so it makes perfect sense logic wise. Grammi loves the flowers as Gruffi steps in and gives him the RIC FLAIR BROOMSTICK OF DOOM proclaiming that working is the Gummi Way and not picking flowers. Carnie sweeps like crazy and doesn't seem to mind cleaning up since he's going to rob them blind anyway so we walks away sweeping stage left.
So we scene change again as Carnie has the broom and looks under a vase (I think; the stream I'm using is quite blurry) and still no luck. So Carine looks in the hallway and notices Zummi in the book room of doom writing more passages in the Great Book Of Gummi. He finds something and here comes Carnie cutting a promo about all those earthly human riches as Zummi wonders what he is talking about. We see a cute spot with Carnie flipping the pages before falling on his face behind the pedistal as Zummi tells him that he was merely looking for a spell. That's the first real good spot of the episode nearly six minutes in. Zummi tells him that the Great Book is their greatest treasure because it's filled with Gummi wisdom. Carnie backs up and walks out sulking proclaiming that there is no treasure and then notices a life sized picture of the Gummi family and gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY as the biggest treasure is the Gummi Bears themselves.
So we scene change to outside in the forest as Carnie has set up a curtain booth (which looks like something out of Fantasia and may have been used in Presto Gummo. He calls it his impossible escape box as he whisper yells to his human trainer who so happens to be in the bushes. Wow; that was OUT OF NOWHERE. Cubbi and Sunni arrive and they are in awe. Oh; did I mention that the box is a painted outhouse? Sunni volunteers for the trick and steps inside the box. Carnie shows nothing up his sleeve with pointy stick as he does the whirlwind spot on the outhouse three times counter-clockwise and opens the outhouse and it is empty. Cubbi is amazed so Carine offers him to go inside and Cubbi does so. We then segue to inside the wagon as everyone has clearly fell for it including Gruffi? Really? Logic break #5 for the episode I do believe as Cubbi and Sunni gleefully answer that one for me as the trainer brings in Grammi who is struggling. Carine comes in and grabs onto Grammi's legs as he helps the trainer much to Grammi's dismay. Grammi then dropkicks Carine who does some back rolls and crashes into the tree backwards which unmasks him. See; NOW the unmasking is apporos since the Gummi Bears are captured. If the mask was kept on then the suspense on weither he is a heel Gummi Bear; or just another heel would have worked. Instead; this episode makes Grammi look REALLY STUPID. It also just forces the moral (soft heartness) down our throats. Sure in Spy In The Ointment; Rebecca was a hypocrite; but at least the suspense was kept up for 18 minutes so it made Rebecca look like she was merely taken in due to her intelligence being too high.
Gruffi gleefully blows it off as an elf in Gummi's clothing. Again; why is Gruffi captured when HE was the one who noticed the problem? Have him make the save; which would have made more sense even with Grammi looking so stupid. Instead it makes Gruffi also look stupid. Carnie proclaims that he got six sucker born this minute as Grammi is grabbing onto a tree branch as the trainer and Carnie try to pull him in. However; Grammi springs and crashes into the top of the tree allowing a glorified shot of her panties in the process. I'm guessing that's why they decided to have Grammi be free instead of Gruffi. Stupid perverted writers. Anyhow; Carine decides that five is enough and decides to leave with the trainer towards Dumbwin as Grammi jumps down from a tree and kicks a rock in defeat wishing that she wasn't so trusting. Then she notices the mask and has a Krackpotkin plan in mind. So we head inside Dumbwin as the wagon is in place and Carine is behind the curtain as he is loving this. He then goes to the side door and we see all the Gummi Bears wearing fool gear as Zummi blows it off and proclaims that he won't do it because it's embarrassing. So Carnie has the whip and wants to lash him ten times. Ooooooo.
However; Grammi arrives with her basket of marble fudge cake and offers a trade with her cooking in exchange with her friends. Carnie of course accepts as he takes the cake as Grammi opens the side door and Grammi gets her ass kicked and dropped inside the wagon. Heh. Carnie throws in a bell for good measure. If this guy were like Randy Pincherson; he would have ripped off Kenny Powers from Eastside and Down only with a lot less panche. (Kenny: Do we want the principal inside our secret place of learning? Kids: No. Kenny: I'M KENNY POWERS!) Carnie slams the door as Gruffi blows her off again and Grammi is just so smug as a bug and wants them to play along because she has learned a lot. So this is why they went with Grammi making the save. Okay; I can accept that even though the unmasking too early bit is still unforgivable. So we cut to the front stage as Carnie and his trainer lift the curtain on the Gummi Bears Jester Family as they dance in such a contrived matter. The denizens are still too dumb to notice as Grammi then whacks Gruffi good as he hits the wall good. The denizens laugh on cue; so Gruffi goes over and misses the shove on Grammi by about five feet; but Grammi oversells it anyway and drops on her ass and....a mask comes off revealing....a human Grammi face? WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! Oh; that opens a huge can of worms premise wise. The denizens are SHOCKED and they are pissed off as the tomatoes fly as they think the act is a fake. With just one of them? Carnie and Trainer get on their wagon and bail like a bunch of scalded dogs.
They go through the city as there is a pig and his farmer in clear view as they turn the wagon sharply to the left and it overturns and crashes off-screen. Whatever. The GANG OF GUMMI WAY escape as the angry mob is arriving and Carnie and Trainer bail stage left like a bunch of scalded con dogs. We go over to the barrel of laughs as we discover that the Grammi face has lost her red lips and her hair has turned white too as Sunni praises Grammi who unmasks to reveal the real thing. Okay; that won't open a can of worms as Gruffi admits that Grammi isn't a big fool after all. See this would have been convincing to the audience if Carnie didn't unmask until he captured the Gummi Bears. Grammi takes the flowers and gives them to Gruffi proclaiming that she's no bear's fool as they walk out of the castle and that ends the episode at 10:43. Wow; that was longer than I thought; although it's probably due to the fact that it was a leftover episode for Season Five. Wonder if 23 or so seconds of it was cut in international releases when it was combined with Friar Tum when it was combined in the syndication package? Oh; and this episode sucked by the way. ** (40%).
Friar Tum: We begin this one with a shot of the trees and then pan down to Tummi attending to his garden of cherry like ground plants. I'm guessing that they are radishes as he is trying to save them from whatever. Okay; they are tomatoes as he keeps watering them and talking about eating more stuff from Grammi. And speaking of her she is carrying a basket of berries and asking Tummi to help her carry a few more. Tummi gleefully decides to help; but then realizes that it's about 10 baskets of berries behind the bushes. So we scene change as Tummi has managed to stuff the baskets into a closet with only a few berries dropping out. Tummi slides down looking sweaty and relieved that he can go back to working on his tomato plants; but Sunni comes in like a diva and asks for help wrapping a mirror for a present she is going to give to Princess Calla. Tummi doesn't like it; but she said please, so we segue to Sunni's room as the present is wrapped up in Jokey Smurf style. However; Sunni wants blue ribbon because it's better and tries to wrap it around the present much to Tummi's protestations. If Tummi wasn't so warm hearted and dense; he would put a...Oh wait; never mind; let's move on....
Gruffi comes in and wants help with unclogging the sink and Tummi doesn't want to; but decides to help him anyway. So we segue back to the garden (because unclogging a sink on-screen is a BS&P no-no) as the tomatoes look perfectly intact; but the power of suggestion claims that they are all ruined according to Tummi. Huh? They look EXACTLY THE SAME when we first saw them. Logic break #1 for the episode as Zummi comes in and Tummi states that they were ruined because he helped everyone else. Zummi tells him that he has to learn how to say no; and Tummi agrees as he is not going to be a pushover. So Zummi asks him about getting some indigo root since he's out of ink and Tummi decides to be a pushover. Which would have been fine if his tomatoes were not ruined in the first place. After all; he has nothing to do now that they are ruined; so why not do something for someone else anyway. It's not like the tomatoes are suddenly going to return to normal even if we saw them in the exact same state from the beginning of the episode.
So we head to a mountain near a village as Tummi is picking indigo root as he proclaims that he did it again; but is done picking and he's returning home to his tomatoes which is pointless since they are supposed to be destroyed according to Tummi. Only they are not as the SMELL OF DOOM appears and overwhelms Tummias he walks stage left down the hill and towards the village which appears to be a Christian town as the clotheslines are connected with Christian Crosses. So we pan east as Tummi smells right in and notices a pack of monks in black hooded robes. So Tummi practices the fine art of not being seen and dresses up like a monk. Now watch how stupid the monks are in order to make this work since the blue face of Tummi should be a dead giveaway that something was wrong. On the other hand; if they had the hood mask; they would look like the KKK; so there you go. BS&P RULEZ! Tummi looks around and notices some monks going into the church as he decides to back away right into the front of a fat monk who looks like a cross between Netwon Gimmick and Friar Tuck. He addresses himself as brother Abbott Costello (Hal Smith) and that's a pointless name to use. Why not Netwon Tuck? That would make more sense. AC is too dated to work in this era. Anyhow; they go into the mess hall as AC dips some grub from the stew pot conviently placed into a bowl and offers Tummi some peace and food. Tummi seems to not mind this one bit.
So we head outside as a wagon filled with the barrel of laughs approaches as some of the monks outside are asking help for the poor to a bunch of farmers I think. Hard to tell from the far shot; although the stream is a lot less blurry this time. I'm guessing they are Prior Richard and Brother Everly (Michael Rye and Jim Cummings) . The barrels open and OH MY GOODNESS; it those trolls from Over The River And Through The Trolls, Nip, Tuck and Clutch. I thought the writers forgot about them (You forgot Beg, Borrow And Steal Mr. Weagle). They climb off the wagon and bail as we return to the Abby garden as Tummi looks at it and is in tomato heaven. Tummi wants to leave and get back to Gummi Glenn; but AC arrives telling him that he has three monks that need a lift. Tummi decides to help him with it as we head to a lake as we see the monk's clothing as three of the monks are butt naked in the lake. Seriously; they are. Lucky; the water covers their naughty parts. See; this is why the whole “naked is so disturbing part” from critics of new cartoons is so hypocritical. Stuff like THIS happening in a Disney Cartoon, in 1990! The thin one is Prior Richards by the way, the small fat one is Brother Everly and the third one is unknown. They are taking a bath after helping the poor (I was so right after all) and I'm betting that the trolls come in and steal their clothing while the monks dive underwater. I check the Youtube video....Damn; I'm so good.
So we scene change to inside town as Nip or Tuck wanting to get out; but Clutch wants to go on because they are invisible in those outfits. Riiiiigggghhhttt. And an old lady in period gear agrees with me as she drops a coin while the troll monks dives on their bellies and cower in fear. The troll monks come up and are shocked because they didn't do their robber routine as an balding peasant in a cyan blue tunic gives them a sack of gold coins as a donation. He's voiced by Lorenzo Music (The Tummi voice gives it away when Clutch grabs onto the tunic demanding answers to this unfunniness. See; they give the money to the poor as Clutch asks if it's a handout. The man nods and bails stage left as Clutch likes this. The one with blue hair is Tuck as they do the direct Friar Tuck reference from Robin Hood (Which if memory serves me had the most religious references in a ten minute span. Mostly involving Tuck fighting the Sheriff with a stick.). So the one with the black mask is Nip as we see them having arms for the poor as they chant away.
We then see a horse and wagon with Tummi riding it blowing himself off for having such a big mouth. He is still upset that he cannot say no as the troll monks jump into the wagon (which seems to have been reduced from a regal wagon to a regular one as Clutch takes control of the horse and we gallop in the opposite direction as Tummi is forced to say sure. Well; considering that someone overtook Tummi; I can see why he said that. So we head to the Abby as AC shakes hands with the troll monks as he offers them a place to stay and asks where they have been before this. One of the troll (methinks it was Tuck) claims the slammer and Clutch ribs him for it and rephrases it as Slammer Abby. AC has never heard of that one before. Here's a clue: When you have no idea what Slammer Abby is; you better call the cops because you are room feed! Anyhow; we scene change to the mess hall as Tuck is getting all pissy at the table wanting food. I see the trolls and Tummi have the same table to themselves tonight. So AC arrives with bread and water on a tray and Tummi asks where is the real food; so AC explains that it's the 40 days of fasting to reap the benefits. HAHA! Tuck gleefully calls this food from the slammer. HAHA! I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments.
Clutch is not impressed as he wants to reap some benefits tonight. So we go outside of the Abby AFTER HAPPY HOUR as we zoom in northeast and into the outside of the building as Tummi tries to practice the fine art of not being seen; but his stomach keeps screwing him. HEE HEE! He wants a midnight snack of course and then leave altogether as he goes to the kitchen and we see that the troll monks are raiding the pantry. Geez; what a shock that is?! Tummi speaks as they notice him and the troll monk lackeys want to MURDER Tummi with celery sticks and chicken legs. Riiiiiggggghhhhttttt. Thankfully; Clutch stuffs Nip and Tuck's mouths with hams to shut them up and then gathers them as he has a plan to involve Tummi to stealing stuff as Tummi tries to sneak out; but Clutch grabs him off at the pass. He proclaims that share and share are alike as he offers a chicken leg and stuffs it in his mouth. Oookkkkaaayyy.
So we segue into town as Tummi is riding on the front of the wagon as the troll monks get off to do some donation looting. First victim is the old lady in night gear who gave them the gold coin earlier. She protests this; so the trolls shove her inside and she screams loudly. We get the rumble and then the troll monks open the door and steal a moose trophy head and some rugs. Oooookkkkaaayyyy. They go to the wagon and stuff it behind Tummi's back as Tummi calls this a lot of arms. Then we jump cut...ERRR...I mean move along as the thing is a medium size pile now as Tummi is questioning this donating thing. Tummi thinks the monk trolls are going overboard. NO?! REALLY?! We pan east to the final door as they knock on it and it opens revealing a mean, nasty seven foot man with a square sized jaw. His nightcap doesn't match the color of the nightgown by the way. The trolls ask for his arms or else and the mean man calls his bluff. So they bring out the ACORN MACHINE GUN OF DEATH OUT OF NOWHERE (and they lift Cubbi's Nuts To You insult too! YOU BASTARDS!) as Tummi runs in and asks about why they are taking stuff. Clutch blows him off and demands him to drive.
Tummi is about to leave and be a pushover again; but he catches himself and no sells. Considering that most of the troll interactions with Tummi involved stuffing a chicken leg in his mouth; saying no was really difficult when your mouth is full. So color me sort of impressed. Clutch orders him to go; but Tummi no sells and he feels good saying no. Clutch gleefully answers that one for me and blows his cover bringing out the ACRON MACHINE GUN OF DEATH as Tummi realizes that they are trolls. NO?! REALLY! As if the green skin didn't give it away? Anyhow; here comes mean man with a 2X4 as he smashes the window and it's STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD....Oh wait; wrong show. Everyone bails to the wagon as the troll get in first and they drive away allowing Tummi to fall flat on his face on the road. The wagon drives away as Tummi now has to deal with Square Jaw who wants to crush someone. So Tummi drinks his vial of roided juice. IT'S BUTT BOUNCING TIME~! He bounces out of the town as Square Jaw decides to throw away his wooden 2X4 and blows off the monk's cookies from the bake sale. Whatever turns you off sir.
So we head to the Abby as Tummi bounces in and we see a lighted window and hear machine acorn firing as we head inside the mess hall as the trolls are shooting AC at his feet and he even does the foot grabbing spot in mid-air. How about that for agility?! The trolls want more food so AC runs to the dough on the desk and kneed it quickly. So why did the trolls come back? Answer: So they can be defeated by Tummi silly. Yeah; this is REALLY STUPID. He makes them into French Loafs and then bakes them and gives them to the trolls. Even though it took 20 seconds to do it all. Logic break #2 for the episode. Still makes more sense than Oscar making flowers from the oven in Doris Flores Gorgeous. The trolls gobble down and throw the plates to AC because they want desert. So Tummi comes in with a tray of a purple chocolate cake. Ooookkkkayyy. The trolls blow him off as Tuck swipes the top of the cake claiming that there is not enough icing which gives Tummi the perfect position to bring out is ICING SHOOTERS OF DEATH which he splats purple icing in Nip and Tuck's kissers. HEE HEE! So Clutch goes for the ACORN MACHINE GUN OF DEATH and tells him to say his prayers. Okay; now THAT is completely fitting for the location eh? However; AC throws dough on it to stop that one. He gets one in the kisser as AC calls him a holy hooligan. WHAT? Don't you mean unholy hooligan? Holy turns the guy babyface you know. And yet another example of why Final Fantasy fans hated Nintendo censoring their games in 1991.
So Clutch wipes the dough off his kisser and invokes the bread of pain because he just HAS to show Miss Cunningham how to invoke bread violence. Rebecca doesn't need your help on this one thank you. AC panics and Tummi brings out his shorter bread of pain and we have the bread sword duel on the table. So Nip and Tuck go after AC; but AC counters by rolling the big ass dough out of the bowl and they get stuck on it like a rolling bowling ball. Damn; I knew that would get involved somehow. We cut back to Clutch as he cuts through the bread sword (with a bread sword? Riiiiggggghhhttt) as Tummi loses his balance and falls off the table onto the ground. Tummi screams for help as AC rolls the big ass ball of troll dough onto the table as Clutch wants him to say his prayers but get engulfed and they roll out of the church and it's time to WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE~! Off screen of course as we see the whole tree covered in dough onscreen. Tummi calls it giving them their daily bread. Not quite Tummi; it should be daily bread dough. Clutch blows off Tuck; Nip wipes off bread dough thinking that they are safe. However; here comes Square Jaw in full clothes ready to kick ass. And with those fists; he can punch asses too. The trolls all bail and get chased out of sight by Square Jaw who running needs vast improvement I see. It's almost as hilarious (for the wrong reasons) as Fanboy's. Almost.
Anyhow; we head back in the Abby outside as the three brothers who lost their clothes are walking behind AC and Tummi. I see that they got their robes back as AC thanks Tummi and asks him to stay forever. Tummi ponders over it....and then we segue to back to Tummi's garden as he no sells that and looking for ivy for Zummi. Zummi thinks that is all right and he get Cubbi to help him instead. Tummi waters the garden as Zummi leaves and here comes Grammi with her ragweed pie overhearing Tummi and sees that he's busy so she walks away stage right just as the smell overwhelms him and he runs like a rabbit towards her proclaiming that there are some things he cannot say no to. Kind of like me before the eatery ban actually. That ends the episode at 10:35. Just your average Gummi Bears love in. *** (60%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Wow; not a really good set of episode this time around. Never Give A Gummi An Even Break would have made for an interesting temple to A Spy In The Ointment from TaleSpin; but the writers blew their wad within the first two minutes by blowing Carnie's cover right away. This all made Grammi look like an idiot and it killed the suspense this episode needed to make Grammi's soft hearted image go merely against her instead of making her look really stupid. So I was cringing throughout the episode until the plot required the bears being captured. Personally; I would have preferred Gruffi not be captured so that Grammi could learn the hard way about being too soft; but I did like Grammi's plan to rescue them, even though it required a bit of logic breaking to make it work (in this case a double mask). The rest is solid enough; but I was hoping for a suspenseful episode as the summary promised and it failed to deliver. As for Friar Tum; my first trek into Season six; I have nothing bad to say about it other than a few animation mistakes by Gumanires (the tomatoes looked the same in both shots) and using Abbott Costello as a joke; but otherwise it was a decent episode marred by the usual silliness DTVA is known for. While it's nice to see the writers were allowed to use a church setting; it could have been made less silly. So next up is Wings Over Dunwyn and then next weekend it's May The Best Princess Win, followed by three mini rant shorts to close out Gummi Bears until more reliable streams of the episodes are uploaded. So......
Thumbs down for Never Give A Gummi An Even Break and thumbs in the middle for Friar Tum and I'll see you all next time.