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Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series - Puck Fiction
Reviewed: 06/29/2014
Geez; That Was Some Fiction This Show Pulls Out!
Okay; so we have another episode of Mighty Ducks as Grin and Nosedive channel Pulp Fiction and TMNT 1988-1995 in trying to clear their friends name because they are accused of jewel robberies; and just because Klegghorn is a fat little prick. Yeah; this should tell you all about the Mighty Ducks in a nutshell. Let's rant on shall we...?!
I don't know who wrote, story edited or did animation in this episode. I have no ED and unlike some of the episodes I have ranted on where I thought I had ED; I really don't have the ED. Probably for the best in hindsight
We begin this one with a black slug with the title of the episode on it; like Captains Outrageous from TaleSpin! Then we see that the camera is in the trunk of a car because the back is open; and we see Grin and Nosedive taking out their guns (which they actually call blasters; so yes, Disney is to blame for the Outlaw Star Toonami version. Or not.) while wearing black suits, black pants and black shoes. They look like Men In Black agents; which is not nearly as cute as them dressed up like Phil Palmfeather. So Nosedive and Grin are exchanging notes while walking into this apartment building as they talk about this television series called Bernie & The Bear because Bernie is not really a bear; it was merely a nickname. Nosedive points out that it looks like a bear and Grin's response is that it has a pet dog; what kind of bear has a dog for a pet. I was hoping and praying that Grin had a puppy for a companion because then I can safely say that the irony is so lost on him. So they made it to a door in the hallway and put shiny glasses on because they think that makes it cool. It doesn't by the way; as they knock on the door and the door is opened slightly ajar because it has a chain lock to it. There is an orange hair man in a purple shirt and grey pants looking out and Nosedive claims that the "comedian" sent him. So the door is open; and the two MIB goofballs walk into a room with a thug in the background doing nothing; and there is Klegghorn tied up, gagged and only in his underwear. Wait; what?! So the orange haired thug proclaims that Klegghorn was just being a cocky prick in trying to bust them; and he failed even harder than Candace Flynn-Fletcher. How bad do you have to be to be worse at your job than Candace? Anyhow; we get the scene where the thug shows them a briefcase on the table. They open it in way that we don't see it on-camera; other than it glows like gold. So Grin and Nosedive suddenly bring out the puck guns and turn on the heels since they are not with the "comedian". So then Grin recites a poem and the heels oversell pain, suffering and simply bail out the door hating the poem. Ooooookkkkkaaayyyyy.
Grin proclaims that this works everytime; and then they turn to the left and panic. They shoot the puck guns into the wall about 100 times on screen (and this is the Toon Disney cut! There is little difference between a puck and a bullet guys! And you wonder why no one was happy about it?) to make the wall into Swiss cheese; which a spider comes out of it. Nosedive hates spiders you see as he goes over and ungags Klegghorn in order to mock him for his epic failure of busting robbers. Klegghorn protests this and claims that the ducks are no good. I love real comments that aren't suppose to be real comments. So Nosedive opens the briefcase and there was a tiny flashlight in the briefcase with an amber light...and also a big ass jewel. Yeah; the flashlight is more interesting than a jewel. I have to remember that in my studies of Nosedive-ian quirks. Or maybe not. Anyhow; apparently, Nosedive and Grin are doing this because Klegghorn arrested their team mates. How?! So yes folks; we are redoing a flashback like in The First Face Off; only this one is supposed to be media-res. So we tease a flashback and of course Nosedive has to screw this up somehow to get a cheap laugh out of it that doesn't work. Nosedive is dizzy you see; as we finally HIT THE FLASHBACK~! So we cut to the Arrowhead Pond as the ducks are practicing hockey on the ice; because that is their gimmick. Mallory gets an easy goal and the babyfaces all praise her for it. Then Phil shows up yelling that it's all over and they are ruined, which confuses the ducks. Phil tells them to watch the television; and so Wildwing tells Tanya to patch the jumbotron with her wrist communicator; which she does. We then go to the press conference room with the press noticing Captain Klegghorn at the podium announcing that the six alien ducks are going to be arrested. One of the male reporters asks on what grounds does he have? I was hoping that they would be arrested for all the pointless vandalism they caused in this series; but continuity means nothing in cartoons anyway. So Klegghorn wants them to go to the tape; and they show the Mighty Ducks OP just for another cheap laugh. Yeah; Klegghorn sucks!
Klegghorn blows off his VTR guy and then we show the B&W security footage of the ducks stealing a diamond from a glass case; and basically causing vandalism in a jewelry store that looks like a museum to me. The ducks wonder about this as Nosedive asks if they can do their distinctive voices. Answer: Yes. Why? Because they are done by the same ten to 12 voice talents anyway. Phil then proclaims that he cannot allow them to be arrested. Ummm; wouldn't that mean Phil would be arrested for obstructing justice? This sounds like a poorly thought out plan to me as Wildwing wants to find out who is impersonating them as they skate off stage right. Phil is on the phone proclaiming that he'll get the best lawyer money can buy. So; Phil is not a lawyer after all? That's disappointing because I would love to see Phil as a scummy lawyer. That would be more buys than a Pulp Fiction parody no one cares about. So we scene change to the Migrator sequence which includes showing the bill board with Duck Dogs on it; because it's a running gag. At least they animated the palm trees whipping the wind well this time. So we are in the city AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) near a jewelry store which the babyfaces claim has not been robbed yet. Now; here's why this is a stupid move: Why would you go to a place that is similar to the places that "you" robbed in the videotape. This is completely counter-productive and it incriminates you more than the videotape has already. So we hear an alarm bell and exploison noises as we see the wall blown off of a diamond exchange. So the babyfaces foolishly run in and they are face-to-face with six clones of the Mighty Ducks robbing the place. The clones turn around and we bring out the puck guns for a fight. Doesn't BS&P realize that pucks are basically disc versions of a bullet?! If you shoot them from a gun; they travel at the same speed as a gun; not a slapshot which is much, much slower. Wildwing has the Ice Shield on while Duke destroys a gun from his clone for fun; and they grapple. I should note that they reuse the shooting sequence because the second time we see it; Clone Duke is shooting at them.
Clone Grin gets shot in the chest and they are robots. Clone Grin's head pops from the body and rockets up. 2:1 odds Doctor Droid is behind this; but the credits say no. More shooting as Duke slices Clone Duke at the torso and Grin gets nailed and takes the stunt duck bump over a trapdoor which is out of nowhere. Nosedive tries to grab Grin and pull him up; but Grin is too fat and Nosedive is dragged in. They freefall into the basement into some conveniently placed trash to break their fall. That is so wrestling-equse as we cut back to inside the diamond exchange as the babyfaces destroy all the robots and Wildwing proclaims that they have all the evidence they need to end this plotline; but then in a white aura, the parts all disappear which Tanya points out to us. So I'm betting that Klegghorn shows up and formally arrests the ducks for robbery and vandalism. At least robbery. Damn; I'm so good as we fade to black barely six minutes in. We return with the Ducks propped against the wall; as the police handcuff them and then they are escorted out while Klegghorn does the most slit-shotted version of the Maranda Rights promo I have ever witnessed. Cut to the vent as Nosedive and Grin notice that they have been busted...and then we return to reality as Nosedive is talking to Klegghorn about Dragonous being behind this facade as we have a crowd gathering in front of the diamond exchange looking somewhat apathiec about this moment as the babyfaces are escorted to the police car. Then we zoom out to inside the cockpit of the Raptorous with Dragonous cheering victory with Chameleon and Wraith. Dragonous proclaims that 2/3's of the group is subdued and calls them disgusting; probably in a different context to what we call disgusting. Chameleon proclaims that he basically deserves all the credits for creating the exploding robots of the Mighty Ducks; and basically wants a bonus. Dragonous then goes over and he has a piece of paper with columns; smiley faces and golden stars. What is the point of this?!
I should note that Wraith, Dragonous and Siege is spelled correctly; but Chameleon is spelled Cameelyun even though it has the same amount of letters (8) as Dragonous. This has to be a rib. Dragonous has three golden star, Cameelyun..I mean..Chameleon has one gold star and two blank faces, Siege has two blank faces and Wraith has one blank face. So Chameleon is basically the #1 henchmen on the show while Siege is now officially worse than Wraith. This has to be rigged. We return to reality as Klegghorn blows this all off because they clearly were not there; therefore they are making crap up. Nosedive claims that they are not; because Nosedive brings out some papers and claims that this is a real script of this episode! Remember this is supposed to be a shoot. This is not supposed to be a work like in Phineas & Ferb with the Doofensmirtz/Perry segments. This show can kiss my ass! And then they screw it up completely because Klegghorn was suppose to say that it's all bladerdash since Nosedive actually shows him the script; but he didn't say that when it was a shoot. Bad, bad logic break there guys! Then we stop exposing the business and we return to a television store as one of the tv's is on as Nosedive and Grin are watching a red haired woman journalist explaining that since the arrest of the Mighty Ducks; more robberies have been committed. Nosedive is not impressed by this and ponders out the biggest Hot Ice in town. What the hell is "Hot Ice"?! So Nosedive wants to make sodium acetate to enhance his food's flavor or something. Grin blows him off for being into materialism which is actually apporos in this case; as Nosedive snaps his fingers and proclaims that he can find hot ice from someone called Limpy Lombago who was on America's Funniest Most Wanted. Oooooookkkkkkaaaaayyyy. Nosedive and Grin have a bad rep see and he wants to make the most of it. I don't think robbing stores makes their rep any worse than vandalizing and playing ice hockey. So we cut to a warehouse and go inside as a mobster in a purple suit with black hair is examining diamonds.
We are now dead ringing every TMNT story from 1988 onward; and keep in mind, TMNT was still on at this point and it got darker because the BS they pulled in the early season wasn't working anymore. So seeing this on a Disney show is so NO BUYS~! Then in comes Nosedive and Grin in their Men In Black gear and Nosedive wants to talk about hot rocks. So what the hell is HOT ROCKS?! This is a Rolling Stones reference from the early 1970's which was well before the target audience was even born, including ME! Again; so NO BUYS! The mobster is looking at his purple jewel ring whom I assume is Limpy Lombago; which is a dumb booking name. Should he be called Limpy Eggplant? That would make more sense. So Limpy is asking how these two ducks manage to evade the police (answer: Luck!) and Nosedive claims that this is their cover and they are in the jewel racketeering business. Somehow; I can Nosedive seriously on being a gangster, mainly because he doesn't wear the outfit Dale wore in Mind Your Cheese & Q's. So Limpy calls Rob and Bob (because hethinks that they are pulling his collective leg see) to bring out the bullet shooting guns and nail those two ducks. Then we go off-screen with grinding noises and then a shot at the floor to see two machine guns on the floor bent out. WHAT?! Limpy calls them tough; but he doesn't think they have street cred; which proves his point when Nosedive shows him a press clipping and it was for a sale at a men's suit store; thus blowing their cover completely. And Limpy has to sell it like that didn't happened; so again, NO BUYS! So Nosedive shows the newspaper clipping of the ducks being arrested earlier; and Limpy wants them to prove their loyality by visiting Shetcky "The Comedian" Carter to clean his clock. Which is a nice way of saying: "Kill him". This better lead to Nosedive and Grin cleaning Shecky's clocks for real; or this is NO BUYS! See; Shetcky has been butting into his business and stole his house! Okay; that was different at least.
Then Limpy talks like he seriously needs a grammar book worse than even I do; as Shecky got the deed and he was evicited; thus he is "displeased" with this and wants the MIB ducks to do something about it as Rob and Bob appear once again for no reason doing the Gruffi pose. And they look like clones of each other actually. Limpy tells Bob to escort them out; and we do the clone confusion spot again which gets Limpy all flustered. So yes; Nosedive and Grin are cosplaying double agents. Only; it's a shoot. Yeah; this is....you guessed it. So we head to a house near a power tower of some kind as a black limo drives in front of the house. Nosedive and Grin walk out to the front door; and Grin picks the lock by breaking the lock completely, thus opening the door. Subtley is something Grin would confuse for a demon; I swear to...no one. So they enter the house which I assume was Limpy's and we see a library and a desk where a bunch of big fat movers are placing stuff inside while at the desk there is Sketchy on the phone complete with a purple suit, pink tie and red hair. He wear ruby rings and he talks like Rob Paulsen in his usual comedic voice. He is talking to someone about diamonds and making jokes about elected official which make no sense to me. The green sweater mover shows a clock and asks where to put it as I discover that the desk contains a mess of papers and a personal computer. Sketchy wants the clock above the fireplace; while the picture of Limpy can go in the fireplace. HAR HAR HAR! The orange mover has the picture as Limpy calls his taste comparable to mackrel which is implying that Limpy's fashion sense stinks. At least he doesn't dress in banana yellow suits like a clown Sketchy. The movers still laugh at the unfunny joke before catching themsleves as Nosedive and Grin walk in mocking the joke. Well; at least someone has a sense of humor. Hint: He's the big guy with the calm mind. Laughable animation mistake: The green sweater mover's face on one of the far shots is legit white; as in not human flesh color.
Nosedive and Grin want a word with Sketchy; which Sketchy proclaims that they meant "quack" and then laughs. Oh boy; he wishes he was even Rhinokey because as bad as Rhinokey is with jokes, at least his laughing is considered both a catchphrase and fodder for endless amusement from me. Sketchy cannot even get THAT right! Grin sezs to hell with karma and wants to flatten him as we get another far shot of the green sweater thug having a legit white face. Whoever the color stylist is for this episode; needs to be paying me for unleashing this dumb moment to me; and then pay twice since it happened twice! So the thugs bring out the machine guns which are so BS&P'ed they might as well be banana yellow laser pucks...Oh wait; that's exactly what they are. Babyfaces bail behind the boxes while Sketchy continues to be completely unfunny including the old standby of "Why Did The X Cross The Road?" joke that was dead in 1956 and is even deader now even with the target audience in 1996. Sketchy then does his MASK impression and Grin comes out of nowhere to grab Sketchy by the purple suit as Nosedive pops from the boxes and shoots his puck gun with two shots that pop the guns out all at once; followed by rope which ties the thugs up literally two seconds later. This makes no sense! So Nosedive goes over to the desk; and picks Sketchy's coat to find the letter containing the deed of death. He also accuses Sketchy of stealing his material which actually makes sense in the long run because Nosedive accused Dragonous of trademark infringement earlier in the episode with the robot clones. Even more so: Sketchy is voiced by Rob Paulsen and he did the Mask voice which is apporos because Rob Paulsen is Jim Carrey's voice double when movies are edited to television. The heels all bail out of the house without further incident and then Nosedive takes a white hanky and cleans the clock on the fireplace. HAHA! See; make the joke and then pay it off. It's so easy to do Sketchy!
So we return to the warehouse as Nosedive and Grin are saying that they did clean Sketchy's clock literally and they got the deed of death back. However; Nosedive withholds the deed and wants Limpy to promise that they will get a cut into the racket. Limpy sighs and decides to let them join as he has a task for them. He basically wants them to steal the Malureian Falcon which we get about a minute of exposition which Limpy admits that it is such. Make up your minds guys! Is this a work or a shoot?! The ducks shake their heads no and then Limpy cracks a joke about keeping up with their relevates or something. We see the Malureian Falcon againest a blue background which is a crappy drawn statue. Apparently; it is from Damourian which is not a real country unless you are referencing Star Wars. See; a certain guy named Mr. Big (yeah; we are so being original here. NOT!) has bought the statue from a certain Mr. Stanley Cortez. Now; the point of this is that the beak of the statue is a diamond of some sort and when Mr. Big got the statue; the diamond beak was gone from it. Geez; I wonder why? So if they manage to get the diamond beak back to Mr. Big on Limpy's behalf; they get $50,000 and a free ham. Yeah; because this is a cartoon and the cartoon world ain't got enough of those already. So apparently; they walk out as Nosedive and Grin are exchanging notes, as they agree to take Sketchy's place in some kind of conference of heels or something in order to solve this mystery and for Nosedive's pleasure, a free ham. This is turning into a joke now as we head back to reality (no, not really) as apparently; the story is over and we're back at the present. Yes; it's a stupid media-res story that doesn't make a lot of sense. So Nosedive has the briefcase and states that they are going to find out who Mr. Big is and solve the mystery. Klegghorn demands that they untie him right now; but then Nosedive blows him off because Klegghorn would just arrest them; and they walk out of the room. Yes; Nosedive does in fact have a brain. And how in the world did Klegghorn get tied up in the room in the first place?
So Klegghorn sees the leg of a table and wiggles towards it so he can use the smoothest object ever to try to cut the ropes. I CLUB BS&P! This was not the dumbest thing of the episode so far. The dumbest thing is the next scene where we see the four Mighty Ducks who were arrested in a prison cell. We pan over to Tanya and Duke as Duke complains about how little a role they are getting. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS?! This is the first obvious moment in DTVA history of the "Do nothing of note and see if the kids laugh at it" spot. If you need to do that in a show that is failing in the ratings; this means you are desparate and the execs are idiots for green lighting it. So we head outside to a street with the driving sequence in the black limo as Limpy is in the back on the telephone talking to either Mr. Big; or one of Mr. Big's henchmen. Also in the back are Grin and Nosedive are still arguing about Bernie The Bear for no reason as Limpy is talking and complaining about obscure movie references and 39 steps and other such dumb stuff. It's so "hilarious" that Nosedive has to point out that Bernie is a cartoon to Grin even though they are cartoon ducks, literally. So we do the scene changer of doom and head in the middle of the street somewhere in the factory district which I sadly do not see anything that resembles 39 steps. So; that went nowhere as we head inside a messy office with a grey haired man wearing a trenchcoat who looks like a refrigerator so I assume this is Mr. Big. He's even bigger than Grin who enters the officer; and Mr. Big gets up and protests the outage of the ducks being here. Limpy tells him to calm down because they got the beak see. Nosedive refuses to give the thing to him until Mr. Big tells us why it is so important. Mr. Big is voiced by Jim Cummings; in case you care about such things. So Mr. Big sits down and calls Nosedive Drake which would have been funnier if Nosedive's last name wasn't Flashblade. Unless Mr. Big thinks Nosedive is Drake Mallard or something. Did I mention that the back of one of Mr. Big's hands has three green dots on it?
So he goes on and on about the Falcon and the beak in it has super powers to power up some laser cannon which the ancients sound so space like that this has to be Dragonous involved in this. How does this make sense? I don't know. So the Falcon was in the filing cabinet all this time and there is no doubt that it's Chameleon because Nosedive is now pointing the puck gun at Mr. Big; and Mr. Big instantly transforms into Chameleon; which shocks Limpy which implies that he didn't know what was happening here. So Wraith and Siege teleport out of nowhere as Siege blitzes Grin and Grin trips Siege and he pratfalls on his face. Yeah; he is clumsy today as Wraith chants a spell which there is a out of nowhere conveniently placed chain which turns white and ties up Grin with it. Nosedive then manages to back up two heels all by himself with his puck gun as Chameleon comes over to Limpy and does a Klegghorn impression stating that if Limpy wants to get paid; he needs to turn on Nosedive. So after doing some more Rob/Bob nonsense; Limpy steals the gun and decides to do it himself as he simply walks behind Nosedive and thrusts the machine gun into Nosedive's back. Nosedive stops shooting and gives up. Yeah; he was able to subdue two aliens; but gives up to a human with a machine gun that shoots yellow particles! I am almost yearning to watch Huey Duck P.I. again. So we scene change to the death trap du jour: It's basically the same type of trap with Nosedive tied up and hung over a death trap; this time, it's a giant ass fan. Grin is chained to the conveyer belt which is basically a gear squisher. So we dead ring Many Love Is A Splintered Thing; only Nosedive is going to die as well, instead of Monty just dying to the horror of the rest of the babyfaces. Nosedive asks about this being a parody of a gangster movie which Grin actually agrees with him, sort of. The devices turn on by themselves and they get lowered and forwarded in that order to end the segment 16 minutes in. This is like Huey Duck P.I. without the perverse entertainment of seeing Huey channeling Tradewinds Troy and failing.
After the commercial break; we get a sky shot of the factory district as we head inside a warehouse with all the heels (including the aliens) putting the beak into some robot called a Centapod which looks like a red Scorpion. Chameleon does another impression I don't get and asks Limpy about the babyfaces. Limpy tells them not to worry because they are taken care of see. Limpy also has the money in a bag and counting it as the aliens bail to conquer the world. So we head back to the DEATH TRAPS OF DOOM as the two continue to argue about cartoon bears not being allowed to walk their dogs. Then it hit me: Nosedive loves TaleSpin and Grin hates it! This is actually a debate on bears being cartoon characters. Why doesn't it surprise me that the reckless one loves the show and the fuddy-duddy hates it?! Anyhow; Grin gets himself out of the death trap by scissoring a conveniently placed lead pipe and jamming it into the gears to stop it. Which is amazing considering that it was 20 feet away on one shot; and then right beside him on the other shot. Grin then hops off the conveyer belt and goes to the fan and uses it to cut the chain that bind him. Then he basically walks out on Nosedive which Nosedive completely protests as he is trying to keep his legs from getting cut off. Grin proclaims that patience is a virtue (as Nosedive is close to getting shredded up! Psychopath!) and rips out a vault door and throws it and it lands in the fan; crushing the fan blades. Grin grabs Nosedive from the hook and unties him. Nosedive proclaims that they have to stop them; but the door opens and out comes a red centipede like mach truck with a laser on top. Yes folks; apparently; this vehicle which is basically a tank crossed with a mach truck is going to make the authority surrender faster than France. So Nosedive and Grin dodge the truck in oppposite directions as the thing crashes through the factory doors. Siege, Wraith and Chameleon are inside the truck; with Siege as the driver. Siege wants to crush everything; but Dragonous blows him off as it should be half since he wants to enslave them; not kill them. See; killing everyone doesn't do you any good if you are a despot dictator.
So Seige pushes a button and fires the laser on the factory and it crumbles into debris completely. Oh; so now we are channeling Plunder and Lightning. One problem: This episode isn't good enough to lick Drake Mallard's webfeet, let alone surpass that four part pilot. Grin and Nosedive look out of the window seeing the carnage and then they transform back into the Mighty Ducks for no reason. Now; I was half expecting Klegghorn out of nowhere at this point; but then Limpy, Rob and Bob come in with machine guns. Nosedive tells Grin to bail so he can handle the three human heels; as Grin asks if he is going to have problems. Nosedive tells him to relax as he tries to get his puck gun; but the puck guns are on the console. Now; the problem with this is: Neither Nosedive nor Grin were knocked out. So both babyfaces forgot to get the guns from the console before going to the window. This turns Nosedive and Grin into the dumbest babyfaces I have ever seen. They have surpassed Drake Mallard in "peak of stupidity" levels. So Nosedive pushes a button on his wrist communicator and he now has roller blades. So the heels fire on Nosedive. Nosedive dodges and tries to get the puck guns from the console; but a shot prevents him; so Nosedive pushes an green arrow button on the conveniently placed wall and that causes a pulley with a steel box to swing around; causing the heels to duck and the box to crash into a console in the background; which explodes on contact. Nosedive grabs the puck guns and I thought he would bail to help Grin. No; he returns driving a forklift for no reason at all. Limpy now looks like a James Bond heel now that I think about it as Nosedive uses the puck gun to destroy the machine guns of Rob & Bob. Nosedive uses the forklift to lift the heels by the coats and then gets off as the thing drives away. Limpy fires his machine gun and Nosedive bails behind something as he reloads his gun doing a mockery of a soul song from 1996. So we head outside as the RED MACH TRUCK OF DEATH is causing destruction; and a police car shows up and stops them in their tracks.
We see that Klegghorn is driving it and demands answers to this outrage. Siege points the gun at the police car while Chameleon does another gangster parody that is so lame; only Chameleon could make it funny. The laser hits the police car and it's so slow that Klegghorn can literally get out of the car in 10 seconds without getting hurt. Klegghorn tries to bail; but gets WARNERED into the most shallowest hole he could find and apparently is knocked out. Yeah; he's an idiot as we return back inside the factory with Limpy and his machine gun which is almost going limp at this point. Limpy demands that Nosedive come down saying it like it's Shakespere; so Nosedive swings down like Tarzan, nails Limpy, Limpy falls on his ass, Nosedive gets behind him, Nosedive ties up Limpy, Limpy cuts a Shakesperian promo and that is that. So then we head outside as Grin proclaims that he needs to stop this damn thing before it puts out any more bad vibrations and he jumps on the tail of the red tank of doom and punches the scale of one of the segments and that cuts the wires off. Siege cannot control the thing properly as Siege notices Grin on the back right away and redirects the laser onto the tail section where Grin is. If you cannot guess what happens next; you have no business reading this rant. In fact; it was Grin who telegraphs the finish by saying that a snake bites on it's own tail to live on. Even dumber; Chameleon is the one who sees that this a rotten idea which Siege blows off and Wraith supports Siege. Siege fires the laser. Grin jumps backwards to avoid it and the laser hits the back of the tank and the segments all explode in a sequence of flames. Yes; the comedy dork heel notices the stupidity of this. Even more amazing; Wraith proclaims that he knew this was a stupid idea; even though HE supported Siege. That is good heel heat because the #1 rule in being a heel is to always deny responsbility. So the tank is destroyed; Chameleon's wrist communicator flops off his wrist for no reason. He panics and grabs onto Siege as Siege blows him off and dumps him, because Chameleon told him that this was a bad idea.
So the final segment blows up and the heel are unharmed somehow because they fly into the air and then they teleport out. Grin grabs the diamond and goes over to Nosedive and Klegghorn as Nosedive proclaims that this solves the mystery as they have the diamond, we see Limpy and his henchmen tied up. This was perfectly acceptable and then they had to do something stupid because we pan over to a scruffy old bum wearing blue overalls with an orange cap tied up in the corner; which Nosedive calls Old Man Jenkins who runs a haunted amusement park. So now we have done a Scooby-Doo parody after doing a MIB/Gangster parody the entire time. They had to do another cheap laugh that wasn't funny. Then Nosedive admits that this is the wrong cartoon as Klegghorn states that they did good inspite of stealing property and being an accessory to a felon; but this is a cartoon after all. HAR HAR! Not funny Kleg as Nosedive demands that the babyfaces be let go; and Klegghorn proclaims that this is no problem because in a few hours, they will be free as a bird. Wait; what?! So they are implying that the police were going to allow for bail? Now Phil bailing them out would make sense at least, so let's go to the final scene and see if they explain this. So we head to inside a diner/malt shop with Nosedive and Grin continuing to argue about the merit of bears in cartoons. So Nosedive asks if Berine is not a bear; what is he then. Grin's response is that he is from another planet like the Mighty Ducks. After all; they don't fly on their own or go south for the winter. Nosedive gleefully concedes the debate to Grin as Grin puts money on a red dish (the same one used in licensed eatries) and they both walk out acting all chummy which ends the episode at 20:59. In other words; we never saw Wildwing and company after they were shown in prison. Why didn't they just move that scene to the final shot? Because that would have made sense for the joke that they were shooting for. This episode was like Huey Duck P.I. without the preverse entertainment of it. This was an unepic clustermuck as the writers simply just did every Scooby-Doo/TMNT spot in the book without any irony or reason. ** (40%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; another below average episode of Mighty Ducks is in the books. The storyline was not bad all things considered even though they threw every TMNT spot in the book and almost none of it was funny. I did like the clean the clock joke and most of this was pretty solid in terms of writing. However; this wasn't entertaining even on a perverse level. It felt like a poor media-res episode with no heat on anyone; and they screwed up spots and there were too many logic breaks and plot holes. How did Klegghorn get tied up by the heels at the beginning of the episode?! That was never explained. How did the ducks get free? Never explained; they just did jokes that didn't catch. I don't know who was writing this; but this feels like a decent episode sabotaged by bad booking and jokes that no child would laugh at. They had a decent ending to it; but they slot it in the middle of the episode with the ducks in prison as Duke cuts a promo about being left out of the story. The worst thing about this is that this is supposed to be a shoot; but they kept making insider references and exposed that the whole thing was fake; with the peak being Nosedive showing a script to a tied up Klegghorn. Overall; this was a below average episode that had a decent storyline; but it is so stable at this point that when the jokes don't catch, that's a bad sign. So next up is the final random episode of the six episode Mighty Ducks suffering; and then next weekend; it's Dave The Barbarian and Mighty Ducks together. Yiippee! So....
Thumbs down for this episode and I'll see you all next time.