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King Igthorn Part Two
Reviewed: 10/16/2011
The Real End Of The Gummi Bear World.
After over four years of waiting; we have finally reached the official final episode of Gummi Bears. Dukie is now the King of Dunwyn and no one can stop him. Or can he? Let's rant on and find out shall we....?
This episode is written by Kevin Hopps, Marion Wells, Mark Seidenberg and Rich Fogel. The animation is done by Walt Disney Animation Japan and Jade Animation Japan. I should point that this is the exact same combination that worked on All's Whale That Ends Whale and Save The Tiger for TaleSpin. This episode was more towards Save The Tiger quality I should note.
We begin this one in the Castle of Dumbwin...ERRR..I mean Dunwynn as we start with a closeup shot of the denizens horrified at a shot of a destroyed flower pot. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Dukie killed an innocent pair of roses. YOU BASTARD!! And then Dukie steps on it. It wasn't enough that it was on the ground in pieces wasn't it. Prick. Dukie walks to the stage as Gregor (who is now wearing nothing but all red) is chained up with Princess Calla (who at least is wearing her normal clothes) as ultra-cool (and evil) sidekick Toadie is in front of a Thanksgiving basket of fruit (this episode first aired during the week of Thanksgiving for those who want to know) and he introduces King Igthorn. I personally like King Dukie better; it sounds cooler. The denizens are bored with their response and sadly; orange ogre with club threatening them does not increase the acting any for them. So Dukie grabs an apple and walks around cutting his promo of his struggle to conquer Castle Dumbwin and boy was it ever a struggle. Dukie isn't even trying to hyperbole this. There's nothing for him to hyperbole. Okay; except for calling Gregor a tyrant. That is simply weapon grade projection and Calla doesn't like it. The only tyrant Gregor is the tyrant of making his denizens dumb. I don't call it castle Dumbwin for no reason after all. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm.... Anyhow; Gregor goes for the threat so Dukie stuffs an apple in his mouth. Dukie then tells the denizens to fill his coffers with gold which Calla asks if they refuse. So Dukie shows Gad guzzling down a barrel of the juice and uproots that well we see in every episode in the series. Farewell well; we hardly knew ye.
The denizens scream and flee like scalded dogs. Wait; so they refused after all. Cowards! I knew that they secretly hated Gregor and they needed an excuse to flee. Gad then loses his strength and gets crushed by said well damaging it in the process. Huh? Boy; that juice seems to gone rancid in recent hours. Toadie notices it as Dukie isn't worried since they can always get some more. Toadie informs him that there are only four barrels left and Dukie isn't amused. Toadie claims that ogres were thirsty; but Dukie shrugs it off because he can always get more as he winks his goatee in Gregor's face for fun. So we scene change to Toadie on the ogre wagon as Zook is riding the wagon on the forest path back to Drekmore as Toadie proclaims that now that Dukie is king; he will get somewhere. Zook gleefully answers that one for me as we see Zummi hiding behind the bushes panicking again. Zummi sits down on the rock as he summarizes the whole situation and hopes things don't get any worse. And then the Gummi Scope laser beam shoots into the sky. This might be the worst day in Zummi Gummi's life. Zummi paces around and then decides that he'll let the Barbics help him as he walks away stage left. Wait; the Barbics live in Ursalia and that's where Arte went. How convient eh?
So we get another far shot of Dumbwin (which seems to have fixed itself since the ending of Part I) as we head to the dungeon as a spear green ogre is guarding the cell with Gruffi and Gusto in it. Gusto calls it painting themselves into a corner. Gusto is sitting down feeding Bigtooh pieces of wood as Gruffi points out that he doesn't eat iron nor stone. Gusto looks at the termite proclaiming that he has bitten off more than he can chew. Scene changer and we see Cavin pushing on the wood to pry the rocks open calling for Sunni and Cubbi; but no dice. Cavin stops and is about to declare them dead; but Cubbi and Sunni call out barely. Cavin jumps down and digs out some rocks allowing Cubbi and Sunni to be freed; and only with dirt marks. Cavin tells them that they aren't safe yet since the place is crawling with ogres. Cubbi and Sunni decide to go for help as we run out and we head to the collapsed Gummi Glenn. We hear Cubbi and Sunni call out for the Gummi Bears and they are inside as Sunni is in tears pouring sawdust out of a mug. Now here the emotion is apporos considering the ages, so yeah I can safely say that them seeing the whole Glenn collapse is epic now. Cavin does not know what to go as he looks at the hole in the roof.
So we head to Ursalia AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark – which doesn't seem to make any sense but whatever) as we head to the dining room with Ursa and Gritty as Zummi exchanges notes on the situation. Gritty proclaims that this is just like a human and Ursa brings her sword. Well; it's nice to know that they CAN be depended on when GUMMI BEARS are in danger at least (which they are). She wants to attack now; but Zummi stops it because they are no match for super strong ogres. Ursa wants a better plan from Zummi and Zummi's plan is to do the sneak approach as he steals the sword and points it at Ursa. Gritty likes this idea (of course you do; you did it in True Gritty which was like two episodes ago.) as Ursa concedes and helps. Zummi is thankful and wants to start after he signals the Great Gummi's.
So we head to the top of the roof with the Gummi Scope as Zummi and Thornberry is pulling on the wheel and having no success whatsoever. Arte is with them in case anyone thought we lost him in the shuffle. Thornberry is clueless as usual while Arte tells him that he has a screw loose. AND THAT'S REAL BRUTHA! Both ways since there is a screw dropping out of the pulley. Thornberry is still clueless as the pulley snaps and Arte gets whacked. The Gummi Scope spins like mad and the telescope part of it drops onto the ground missing Zummi by about ten feet. Zummi just cannot buy a break at this point as Thornberry proclaims that he'll fix it and doesn't know how of course as Zummi tells Arte to help him. Arte perches on his head and proclaims that two bird brains are better than one. Well; Arte cannot be any more clueless than Thornberry now; can't he?! So we cut back to the throne room as Dukie is grabbing fistfuls of gold. The entire throne room is filled with gold coins and is getting closer and closer to Scrooge McDuck levels. The ogres keep bringing in gold coins in wheelbarrows as Dukie enjoys himself. Dukie goes to the Great Book of Gummi (so he DID bring it with him?) on the podium proclaiming that as long as the juice keeps flowing his power will keep on growing as we get a closeup shot of a wine glass of juice.
Scene changer and we head to the juice factory as yellow ogre is stirring the juice and we pan over to the conveyer belt to see Grammi and Tummi sorting out berries. Grammi cannot believe that she is working for Igthorn. Three times no less! Tummi eats a berry and proclaims that they have lots to eat. Grammi grabs some berries and greases the cuffs on Tummi's ankles and Tummi giggles. Oh so we are going to pay off Secret of the Juice after all. Grammi greases her chains and they manage to get their ankles out of the chains and they hide behind some barrel of laughs. Tummi notices that there is only one way out and that is through about five ogres and some juice. Grammi has a Krackpotkin plan as she and Tummi jump into a barrel and seal it up. Yellow ogre with a hammer walks in and bangs on the top and then grabs the barrel. I know this because when we see Grammi and Tummi inside; they are upside down. Yellow ogre puts the barrel on the wagon.
And we scene change to a road leading to Drekmore as the kids arrive and Sunni asks Cubbi how he knows that Grammi is in Drekmore. Cubbi calls it a hunch since how did the ogres get all that Gummi Berry Juice. Then they see the wagon coming and they bail behind the trees as Toadie is riding on wagon and singing gleefully as Zook is the horse again. Cavin grabs some rocks as the kids are going to ambush the wagon so Dukie cannot get the juice. I heart that idea and they can free Grammi and Tummi all at the same time. Rocks are thrown at the wagon and Zook takes a huge bump to the head. Yeah; I know I'm being hypocritical after the rant I did with the snowball fight and yes; in reality, this scene will make me cringe, but this is desperate times in this world and these ogres are not going to show mercy. Now that I think about it; they were guzzling down juice by the barrel full: Doesn't that contradict Toadie's Wild Ride? The finish at least? And speaking of silly logic; Cubbi's wooden sword somehow cuts the rope holding the barrels and they tumble off the wagon and down the hill to fetch a pail of dumbass nuts. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm... So Gad and Zook notice the kids and we invoke the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE KIDS EDITION~! Zummi pops from a rock from Ursa and Gritty as Zummi claims that they are close to Drekmore and then they hear the kids scream.
Zummi notices on the path that the kids are all right. Ursa and Gritty correct him and use the BOLA ROPE OF DEATH as they throw it at Gad and Zook's ankles and they fall like trees with faceplants. And Toadie gets squashed of course because he's Toadie. The kids finally stop running and this is one of those things that show that The Rite Stuff should have happened before this episode judging by Cavin's reaction to it. I'm sure American critics would have cited that as a logic break. Gad and Zook hop away out of sight like the cowards that they are as Toadie follows them. Gritty gleefully sums the obvious for us as Sunni embraces Zummi and everyone has a bonding moment as we hear Grammi and Tummi yelling. So we cut to the front of a tree as the barrel of laughs has propped itself and Zummi pulls the top off the barrel (How I don't know) and out comes Tummi and Grammi. Tummi gleefully sums up saving the trouble of rescue for him. How nice eh? Grammi wants to know what happened to Gruffi and Gusto and Zummi points out what happened and Grammi wants to fight; but feels bad since she taught him too much already. Zummi proclaims that Cavin will help free Gruffi and Gusto; as he tells Grammi to return to Drekmore and destroy the juice factory as Tummi doesn't like that at all. That I believe is the turning point in this war of an episode.
So we return to Castle Dumbwin as Dukie is not happy as he see Toadie and the ogres with an empty wagon. Dukie demands answers to this outrage as the denizens seemly are not interested in selling anymore and cheer as Dukie grabs Toadie by the ears again. I'm guessing that is what they are really cheering about. Dukie yells that them to shut up and walks off stage right as one of the kids gives Dukie a raspberry in response. Dukie doesn't even bother to notice as he throws Toadie away stage left and yells at Gregor because all Dukie wants is some respect. Good luck on that one; as Gregor so gleefully responds. So Dukie brings out his sword and proclaims that Gregor is going to have an “accident” (Codeword: I am going to murder you in cold blood); but Gad yells at him from the terrence as there is company coming. So we go to the telescope shot and there are three boats heading toward the shoreline of Dumbwin; and they have Gummi Bear symbols on the sails. UH OH! The Great Gummi's have finally made their first (and only official appearance – flashbacks notwithstanding) appearance and Dukie is giddy as her wants to blast them to Kingdom Come. That ends the segment almost 10 and a half minutes in.
After the commercial break; we return with the front gate shot of Dumbwin as we head to the dungeon cell as Gruffi is reduced to digging his way out. I see he's teaching Drake Mallard bad habits already. Gruffi proclaims that this is not working as Gusto is being the smart one and doing nothing but look at the hallway through the bars. The green spear ogre paces down the hallway as Gusto notices that the rescue team is coming (Zummi, Ursa, Cavin, Gritty) as Gritty practices the fine art of not being seen and the fine art of removing keys with a spear. The others tell him to be careful; but the hook on the wall keeps screwing him just to make him look weak. So Gummi Bears like honey too? I thought that was limited to “Poo Bears”. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Needless to say; the keys fly off; and we have noise as spear green ogre turns around and the cover is blown. Ursa grabs the key and throws them to Zummi. Zummi unlocks the dungeon door while Ursa and Gritty do the off-screen fist fight on the ogre. Gruffi and Gusto run out as Gruffi wants to help; but Gusto stops him because green spear ogre is dead judging by the tongue sticking out. Yes folks; Ursa and Gritty legit murdered an ogre off-screen. They drag him into the dungeon cage and we scene change to the hallway as we march on with Zummi proclaiming that it's time to save King Gregor; and Gritty and Ursa turn on the bears. Oh swell; you just knew that would happen. Zummi pleads for them to stay; but Ursa proclaims that they don't help humans. Zummi mentions the Great Book of Gummi; but before we get a response, we scene change to the throne room with Dukie pacing around yelling at the prisoners who have joined them. Dukie accuses Gregor of sending for Gummi Bear ships and wants him to stop playing dumb. Toadie agrees because playing dumb is his part. HAHA! And guarding the GBOG too. Gregor isn't buying this bullcrap at all and I only have one thing to say: Dukie; torment Calla NOW! Why? Because she DOES know about this, kind of. Gregor claims that he has lost his mind. No Gregor; Dukie hasn't lost his mind, Calla just won't talk.
Dukie acts like a spoiled child because the Gummi Bears foiled his plans for years and years...I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Calla goldbricks and giggles as Dukie shows evidence #1: The Great Book of Gummi on the podium. King Gregor calls it a book. I wish he would say; Oh My Goodness; IT'S A COOKBOOK! Thank you Dingojack; you made my day with that during the birther nonsense going on the last three years or so. Dukie grabs the book and tries to open the lock; but the WHITE ELECTRIC SPARK OF DOOM fries him. Toadie is in shock; no pun intended. Yeap; Dukie has me convinced. I mean; what sadist would electrify a lock. Even the Illiops were too kind to not have that kind of lock. And he gets squashed by the book for good measure as Toadie asks if it would be easier to show the Gummi Bears in the dungeon. Dukie calls it a brilliant idea and drags Calla and Gregor out of the throne room and proclaims that he'll show them who is out of their mind...and then we head to the dungeon and the green spear ogre is sleeping and ALIVE?! Dammit; so close....so very, very close, and yet so far. Gregor gleefully sums this one up for me as Dukie opens the cell doors and yells at green ogre to wake up. Dukie demands to know where the prisoners are and green ogre sezs that they are not here. Dukie blows him off and decides to leave with the prisoners because there will be more Gummi Bears where that came from.
So we scene change to another hallway as Zummi pleads for the Barbics to help him; but the Barbics are done helping as far as they are concerned. Ursa and Gritty go through the trap door and want the humans to solve their own problems. Well; that's an improvement from their usual MO: Kill humans whenever possible. So I can say that this is character development. So we pan to Dukie ordering the ogres to fire on the Gummi ships as the ogres bring out the catapults. Toadie salutes him and screws up the promo as usual and then Toadie acts all cool as he cuts another great promo about him winning this fight. Oh man; I never get tired of ultra-cool sidekick Toadie; and it's a damn shame that this is the last episode of the entire series. Dukie grabs Toadie by the ears and asks where he is going. Toadie claims that he wants to fight with him and Dukie blows it off and throws him down. Prick. See; Toadie is staying to find the prisoners. Zummi offers this as evidence that no one is safe from Dukie's wrath and Ursa and Gritty finally agree that human problems equals Gummi problems after all; turning face again. Gusto wants to put a cramp on Dukie and the Gummi Bears attempt to leave. Zummi wants the GBOG (because it's a powerful weapon see); but Gruffi blows him off and leaves. On the other hand; this is a good idea for Gruffi to leave with the other bears since they can run interference while Zummi book hunts. It's still win-win; yet they treat it as if that is a bad thing.
Cavin decides to side with Zummi (YAY!) and Zummi tells him to free the knights. Cavin salutes him and bails stage left. This is the scene where I realized R.J. Williams was voicing Cavin the first time I watched this series. Although I didn't know the actor's name at the time. I just said: “He sounds exactly like Kit Cloudkicker here.”. Zummi proclaims good luck and they are going to need it. So we head to Dumbwin AFTER HAPPY HOUR as we head to a far shot of the throne room as Toadie swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (nuts!) and sulks about not finding the prisoners. Toadie notices that GBOG and thinks that he can make a name for himself; if he can open the book. Good luck Toadie; that lock is worse than a cockroach at this point. At least a cockroach doesn't protect himself with electricity. Zummi is hiding behind a blue curtain and has to work fast and we get the first logic break in this part of the episode (at 14 and a half minutes in) as Zummi simply snaps his fingers and the magic sparkles still work managing to hit the chandelier. Huh? No spell chant?
We get the fireworks (which makes sense considering part one) and Toadie is distracted instantly. Toadie walks away from the throne chair as Zummi hides behind the chair and makes it to the book. He grabs the book and opens it with the medallion. That is NOT smart Zummi; I would have taken the book; hide BEHIND the chair and then open it. Or better; get the hell out of the castle and then opened it and start looking for spells. Zummi is looking for a way out and Toadie blows his cover. D'OH! So Dumbwinish of you Zummi; which is fitting considering that we are in Castle Dumbwin after all. So we really see why they did that dumb move; so Zummi could kick the podium right in Toadie's kisser. Okay; that was a cute spot; but come on. It's still not a smart move on Zummi's part. He could have kicked the throne with my suggestion if he was in trouble. Same thing basically. Zummi flees and the book is so heavy that Zummi slows down like James Storm to make Earl F'N Hedner look like speedster. So Toadie grabs his ankles and drops Zummi down as the book flies into the air and opens up as Zummi lands on it. Zummi sees the spell and if Toadie were smart; I would tickle Zummi's feet. Why? To try to disrupt the spell silly. Instead he does nothing and Zummi casts the spell....
Zummi:
Vombook Flimite Fumairs!
Translation: Vomit Book Fly My Fun
Airs!
I do not get that one at all Zummi; and the book flies into the air ala from the Pagemaster movie. It may have been lifted from an earlier film; but Pagemaster is the only one I can say off the top of my head on short notice. So the book flies with Zummi and Toadie in tow out of the castle and we end the segment 15 and a half minutes in. So now we have reached the final act of Gummi Bears in really good shape. So here we go.....
After the commercial break; we fly into the sky overlooking the castle as Zummi wanted to find the other bears; but this is not what he had in mind. And he's actually not as afraid of heights as he used to be. Character development BABEE! Toadie agrees with him and let's go and gets WARNERED~! What a shock that was? Toadie free falls and bounces off the roofs and the wall in a manner that is impossible in real life and drops with a weak bump onto the ground. That looked weak guys! The book flies away stage left and here comes Cavin with Sir Lazybones and the knights (Where the hell were they all this time? Jury duty?!) with swords drawn running in. He gets chased out of course and we scene change to the ocean as the Gummi Ships are arriving and it's nearly dawn. We cut to the shoreline as the bears make it; but it's too late as Dukie has his catapults ready to fire and they are easy pickings. Then Gusto notices Zummi on the flying book as it heads to the ships just as Dukie fires the boulders and they sail missing the ships by about 25 feet as Zummi pleads with them to turn back since it is a trap. The Gummi ships manage to turn on a dime (ah; the Mr. T logic strikes again) as Gusto is liking this turnaround. Gruffi hopes that Zummi can save himself as the ships are going back home. Sadly; for Zummi, the boulder nails the book with a weak shot and both Zummi and the book free fall. Zummi falls into the sea with the book ripped somewhat and everyone is shocked that Zummi might be dead. Gummi's At Sea with Tummi; I'm just saying guys.
Gusto thinks Zummi is dead as Ursa consoles him and it's time to finish what Zummi has started. Gruffi swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE and we cut to orange ogre chugging more juice from a mug as Gruffi taunts him into a game of catch the Gummi Bear. The ogre heels fall for it of course because if they catch him; then Dukie gets what he wants: Evidence that the bears exist and to rub it in Gregor's face. We bail as Ursa and Gritty pop from the tree and throw their spears at the barrels leaking them of the juice. We then see Gusto behind the rocks as he unleashes Bigtooth on the catapults. How ironic eh? This is revenge for destroying Gummi Glenn. Gad puts a boulder on the catapult as it gets buzz sawed and Gad gets MURDERED by the boulder. And that was one sick bump too. So we continue the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE GUMMI BEAR EDITION for one last time and we slip on Gummi Berry juice despite the fact that Gruffi raced through it without slipping. Explain THAT one kids?! Never mind the obvious dumb thing of not noticing the juice leaking and not stopping.
We bowl into the rock as yellow ogre get taken down and Dukie blows them off for fooling around. He then notices the Gummi Bears pouring the juice out of the remaining barrel of laughs as Toadie runs in to inform him that the knights are on horseback and they chase the big ogres away. We get a huge dustcloud and somehow Dukie is lying in a heap of a hole despite not being near the horses at the time. Oh please don't screw this finish up guys! Dukie calls the ogres cowards as Gregor calls this the turning point as the odds are 3:2 in favor of the humans now. Only Zook is left on the ogres side as Gregor stomps on Zook's foot and he yelps and grabs his foot just as Gregor grabs the rope of keys to the chains. See; this is why handcuffs behind the back are better Dukie. Tuxford rides in just as Zook leaves as Gregor unchains himself and gives the keys to Calla. Tuxford asks if he is all right and Gregor steals the sword from him and wants Lazybones to protect Calla while he gets his ultimate showdown to beat down Dukie. Well; we all knew this was going to happen sooner or later. So Dukie disrobes and brings out his sword as Toadie bails and here we go with the sword fight. Which we all know Gregor is going to win.
Since Dukie isn't going to surrender peacefully; then we cheat by kicking to push Dukie back and Dukie loses the sword fight easily. Don Karnage can take some solace that Duke Igthorn is MUCH worse than he could ever be in a sword fight. Don would have lasted a lot longer with Gregor. Plus; Don lost to Captain Hook who is the star of the Disney show according to Michael Eisner's defected line of thinking. Dukie drops to his knees as Gregor wants his crown back. Dukie throws the crown right into Gregor's left eye and then runs away. And he calls the ogres cowards?! So we head back to Drekmore (19 minutes in no less!) as we head to the juice factory and the ogres are sorting out berries while underneath we see Cubbi, Tummi and Sunni trying to destroy the cogs underneath. You mean that they still haven't put a dent into the machine?! Typical when the leader is a teenybopper diva. Tummi and Cubbi stop as they claim that they have loosen the cogs enough and Grammi goes to the conveniently place lever (the same one used to trapdoor Quack Pack natch) and pulls on it (WRONG LEVER!!) and we speed up and the ogres screw up the sorting and gulp berries into throat. We slide onto the conveyer belt and slide into the juice vats and splashing abounds. We ride the mine car (!!!) into the scrubbers and we SPIN CYCLE OF DOOM. Ogres spin, I yawn. The pipe sucks in the ogres and we have the vacuum cleaner sound. Now this episode really sucks! HAHA!
Ron Sparks: It sucks more than Sean Desmond.
Yellow ogre's head pops out and the pipe is about to pop as the cogs and wheels are overheating and loosing up much to the horror of the ogres as we cut back to Gregor grabbing his crown and reclaiming the throne that got stolen from him. Tuxford cheers them on as Gregor and Calla embrace and we cut to the defeated Gummi Bears as Gruffi wanted Zummi to see this as Gusto sniffs and then turns around and notices Zummi floating with the book right on to the shoreline. Ack! Tummi's near death experience was much more awesome than this one since Zummi is recovering more quickly. Zummi wants to know what happened and Gruffi tells him that everything is fine thanks to him and they embrace. Okay; that was great and good for Gruffi too. He could have read the riot act on him and he didn't go for it. So we head to Drekmore AFTER “HAPPY HOUR” (scare quotes intentional) as we pan down to the drawbridge and see Dukie and Toadie walking to the castle as Dukie wants a fresh supply of juice as we see inside the juice factory as the thing is about to explode and then back to the drawbridge as the ogres all run out of the castle and then a far shot of the castle as the whole castle explodes into a rocket and blasts into the sky right into the crescent moon. We then cut to Dukie and Toadie on the ground with juice injuries as Dukie just cannot believe this even happened. Dukie sits down on the chair that is only left and then logic break #2 ensues as somehow; the termite returns and buzz saws through out. Dukie drops on his ass and sulks as he has lost everything. Dukie gets kissed by Toadie and proclaims that he still got him and Dukie just looks confused. That's right; Dukie doesn't even have the strength nor time to chase Toadie one more time for old time sake. Sad; really sad.
So we head to Ursalia as we head to the Gummi Scope roof as Grammi and Gusto talk to Zummi and thank him for being alive and defeating Dukie for good. Hey; his plan worked better after the fact that he the worst day of his life; so kudos to him. Zummi still feels bad because he realized that they cannot drop their guard against evil itself as he hopes the Great Gummi's can forgive him. Tummi notices a flash in the sky as we cut to the Gummi Scope board as it writes with a red feather on the paper. Cubbi wants to know what it sezs and Zummi translates that the Great Gummi's apologize for turning back; but they are returning back to Ursalia for real soon. In other words; the Great Gummi's have decided that it's peaceful enough to come back after all. Sadly; we will never get the actual reunion because Disney thinks denouncements suck. Gruffi loves this as they look at the sky as Zummi proclaims that it will be a great day when that happens. Sadly; it never does happen in canon because the series was finally put to rest forever; but the implication is that at least, the Gummi Bears succeeded in what their mission was originally; to inform them to come back and they will. Anyway; we get the far shot of the sunset in Ursalia and that ends the episode, the finale, Season Six and the entire series at 21:08. Few mistakes aside; the episode rocked a lot better than the buildup episode once Dukie's reign of terror was turned around against him. And no; Gregor never actually saw a Gummi Bear here despite the evidence of the ships in plain sight. Nor did Tuxford and the knights. So there you go; the Gummi Bears are still a mystery to him. Call this **** ½ (90%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; we end the series with a near perfect episode. The animation was great for the most part; the booking decision were correct and everything clicked well. I still think this could have better if they would play up a few more things to add some spark including one last chase by Dukie on Toadie at the end. However; this episode basically implies that the Duke Igthorn era as a major heel is officially over and the Great Gummi are coming back even if we never got to see them. Also; despite the Gummi Ships; Gregor never saw an actual Gummi Bear at anytime. If he did; he would have noticed and called it out. He probably assumed the ships were human ships with Gummi Bear symbols and likely were taken; or they were Gummi Bear worshipers (that later one would have really put the Barbics in a bind.). All I can say it this: if Disney brings Gummi Bears back to the comics with Marvel; Marvel would be complete, utter dumbasses not to play this up.
So that ends the series of The Adventures of The Gummi Bears for real. 64 total rants; 95 episodes done and one DVD review. I have to say that Gummi Bears still delivered the punch even though they were pushing it in the sixth season and in several parts of the fifth season as well. I enjoyed it, most of all when Cubbi is involved being cool (The World According To Gusto is a great example). Sure; it probably wasn't smart for management to release five episodes in 1991; but the rest of us saw it before King Igthorn; so we didn't know better anyway. Zummi improved greatly since season four and so had Gruffi since mellowing out and becoming more redeemable with Road To Ursalia and at the end of this episode. Sadly; the biggest victim was Grammi as she get slid down the slope more and more as time went on (Although her plan in The World According To Gusto was brilliant). Sunni got better; Cubbi pretty much stayed cool (The Crimson Avenger episode with Toadie notwithstanding) and Gusto was awesome.
The Barbics were a mixed bag: The Rite Stuff was fine, True Gritty wasn't. Thornberry was all right; but a huge disappointment as comedy relief since Tummi's deadpan humor made up for it. Duke Igthorn at least despite losing all his heat in Just A Tad Smarter showed flashes of heat coming back before King Igthorn, Toadie was cool, Lady Bane was good, Gregor was Gregor, Calla was all right, Cavin was all right, the animation was all right unless Tsesang does additional services. All in all; a fine series from start to finish. It still brings it; although you do have to be a little childish to fully enjoy it since it doesn't have the maturity level that TaleSpin and Gargoyles bring to the table. Still; it's fun to watch and it doesn't drain me like TaleSpin often does (in spite of the quality and awesome moments). So the final count stand as follows: Season Six had 7 thumbs up, 2 thumbs down, 9 thumbs in the middle for a grand total of 41 thumbs up, 10 thumbs down and 44 thumbs in the middle.
So now that we completed Gummi Bears; that leaves two more old DTVA series to complete: Ducktales and Darkwing Duck. I have committed to do both of them in 2012 with Ducktales first. GeoX (a hardcore Barks fan and comics fan) has already reviewed the series in full and let me say that anyone who has stated that I review in a harsh manner should read his reviews and be prepared to be surprised. And yes GeoX; you do know more about the duck comics than I do; which isn't saying much since I NEVER read a duck's comic book in my life and never pretended that I did. So there you go. Ducktales will start in the first half of 2012 with 25 episodes left (and all of them should be done this time with ease since the streams I'm using are NOT on Youtube); and then the second half will be Darkwing Duck which would be 37 episodes long. In between; my Father's Day Special will be Goofy in Soccermania which aired in 1987; and Easter Sadism will be Quack Pack (unless I cannot find the streams I want; otherwise I'll do more Fanboy & Chum Chum mockery since they are worse than Quack Pack actually). So it's pretty much all ducks, all the time next year (although I'll be doing season two of Fish Hooks and Kick Buttowski as well.)
As for 2011; I still have fourteen episodes of Kick Buttowski left for season one and one episode of Fish Hooks left before I can finish my work for the year. This Tuesday; I'm doing Halloween Haul; just to get it out of the way and then it's Kick Buttowski Season One for the next three weeks or so; then in Novemeber and December; it will be the big move to 50webs for real; followed by prep work and that should be that for 2011. So; we end with a.....
Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you all next time with Ducktales in 2012!