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Fish Hooks
Principal Bea Rant
Reviewed: 10/22/2013
The End Of Stickler's Rein As "Principal"!
Our next rant up for bids on the "New Disney Price Is Silly; But I've Seen Thousands Worse" is Bea becomes the principal of Freshwater High because Stickler is gone, or something. And apparently; Nurse Fishington is FINALLY going to get her long overdue exposure as a focus character. So how does this episode fare? So; let's rant on shall we...?
Fish Prom is written and storyboarded by Joe Johnston. The story is done by the writers, directors, Joe Johnston, Maxwell Atoms and Noah Z. Jones . All episodes are done with Toon Boom; thus correcting a serious mistake I made calling this series (and Kick Buttowski for that matter) done in Flash. My opinion is the exact same: Medium don't matter; talent does.
We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Fruit Cups) as Bud is sweeping the floors and a headless torso like robot sneaks in from behind and walks stage left. Bud turns around in confusion and we head to the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH and into the hallway as there is a massive wave of panic and yelling. The whole hallway is a mess of tomatos and balloons as we pan over to Oscar not suspecting a thing while taking stuff out of his locker. Bea floats over and we exchange notes. We discover that the back of Bea's head contains a lot of burning red hair because someone had set fireworks in the girls' bathroom. Where is BS&P when you really need them? Oscar is not too happy about being used as target practice from the football team. An eel with a sweater panics and then floats off. Bea is pissed because Principal Stickler has disappeared for one solid week. Wait; I thought Stickler was so dense? How can this be any different than when he IS around? I mean Jocktopus being crowned King with his queen Piranica is far from being considered a national crisis; and then we pan over to Nurse Fishington sliding the blue seat Stickler would sit in and sadly; no Kirby's Epic Yarn closeup of her yet. Fimberly comes in to get her contracted lines in a running gag that is getting to the point of being sadder than being Meg from Family Guy. Then she does her bump by having Milo bounce off her face and into the waiting arms of Oscar. See Albert and Jumbo Shrimp built a catapult in Mr. Baldwin's class room while he was asleep. I see the Seanut Butter Coffee is working fine as Bea slams her books down and she's pissed off. She rants that this school needs authority because she will never be able to live in a white male entitlement world and she'll be pissed off complete with red jackhammer background and bludging eyes. Then we hear Doctor Frog on the PA system; acting like a deranged Kermit the frog. Oh wait... He proclaims that he wants all the staff to meet in the theatre at noon time for an emergency meeting as Bea storms off stage left relieved that DERANGED KERMIT is taking charge. Ponder that one for a moment and despair. Even more despairing is watching Fimberly face down crying.
So we head to the stage as Doctor Frog is addressing all the staff at Freshwater High. Lotarda, Miss Lips, Mr. Baldwin, Coach Salmons, Zeus Mussels and the libraian from Fish Flakes are in the building and Doctor Frog wants to know who stole from the staff fridge. Bea is looking on and she is not amused by this as Coach Salmon proclaims that he was the one who got his fruit cup stolen and he sobs like a baby. Miss Lips consoles him because she's denser than all the staff in this school combined. Bea is not happy to hear about this as Milo is trying to get a fruit cup open and thus shows that he was the one who stole Salmons' fruit cup. Oooookkkkaaayyyy. Bea's future is on the line...in bed. So Frog (who is lying on the podium stand) puts it to a vote on the camera in the fridge. Everyone agrees; but Bea floats in and blows it off. She demands that one of the adults take over as principal; but the LAW OF EXECS proclaims that in the modern age of cartoons; the adult must be so stupid that they cannot even get over a simple fruit cup because kids need to laugh at every joke even if the joke is not legit funny. And so; the adults act like idiots on that demand and Bea is so pissed off now that she nominates herself as principal...in bed. POW! OUCH! Ummmm... Salmon loves this school spirit and Miss Lips doesn't know what is going on...AGAIN! Mr. Baldwin float up and demands one question to her: What is she going to do about their saleries. Bea stammers and then slowly admits that she is going to raise them. Baldwin accepts the deal without further incident and they all vote in favor of Bea being the school principal. This would have been extremely offensive...if I didn't see the exact same thing happen with the nephews when they took over Scrooge's business in Yuppy Ducks. Yeah. Oscar questions all of this and Bea claims that she has it covered...in bed.
So we head outside the theatre as the kids watch on waiting and growing impatient by the second. Bo Gregory, Albert and Jumbo Shrimp get their contracted lines in as the doors open and out comes Oscar and Milo from the white light to announce that we indeed have a new principal...in bed. POW! OUCH! Ummmm...It's Bea by the way as she gets wheeled out in a blue chair and everyone except Jocktopus pops for her. Well; it could have been worse; it could have been the EVIL ONE himself being the school principal. That would have almost assured us of the first negative star episode of Fish Hooks right there. Bea is wheeled over to Jocktopus and Bea non-verbally gives Jocktopus the thumb which is a signal for Jocktopus to take a hike and he sells it. Bea sits down on Jocktopus' red throne and someone passes a crown with two Christian crosses on it. By the way; I was watching an LP of Gremlins 2 for the NES and the gravestones had all the crosses kept in the NA version; joining both Zelda titles. I thought religion are barred altogether? Or is it religion cast in a negative light? I don't know. Anyhow; Deranged Kermit floats down and officially declares her principal of Freshwater High; thus I'm guessing that he is the vice principal by proxy. Whatever. And Bea gets a red spotted bowtie for her title which is lame because it doesn't have a camera in it. Taking pictures with your bowtie is ultra cool. So the kids pop on cue as Bea proclaims that she will restore excellence to this school as it was before and her first act as principal is to throw a High School Musical Dance Party complete with disco ball and strobe lights. Okay; I can accept that one...in bed. POW! OUCH! Ummmm... And we hit the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM as we see Bea take charge and use her blue beam riding segueway to paint the B&W disaster of a school light Wii blue. Okay. So Bea basically plays crossing guard, brings in Muffin day, does a dance party in Mr. Baldwin's classroom in the middle of a class as we spin around and Bea winks at the camera from the FPS shot in the hallway on the segueway with the kids popping her.
So we head to a closeup of an orange phone ringing; and it's a rotary phone to boot! We discover that Bea's secetaray is of course Shellsea because this rigid gender role is what we see in a walking female stereotype like Shellsea. She's filing her nails too just to up the sexism a notch. Shellsea hangs up on whoever as we zoom out to see Bea putting her feet up on the desk and relaxing claiming that she should have done this a long time ago. Milo opens the door and greets Bea and then whisper yells principal Goldfishberg as he and Oscar float in. Oscar is in awe over the makeover of the office along with a picture of herself drawn to the exact scale of her ego over the fireplace. Bea proclaims that the only thing she couldn't get out of the office was Stickler's old filing cabinet which has cobwebs; dust and is shaking like a leaf. Whatever. Milo then notices a stone pillar featuring a stone statue of Steve Jackson posing. Milo is in awe of the life likeness of Steve; which Bea points out that it really is Steve Jackson in stone colored makeup. Oooookkkkaaaayyyyyy; does that count as child molestration or not? Milo is stunned as he is motioned back to the desk with Bea as Bea offers them milkshakes; and Fishington arrives with a platter of milkshakes with plastic covers/straw combinations on top. Oscar and Milo go oooo on us as Oscar proclaims that this was a great idea after all. For you kids, yes. For the adults; this is painful. Bea asks what they would like as Bea reads a sheet of paper as Oscar wants a video game class. If that involves programming games, hacking games to create a whole new game, and learning how to use games in the workplace; then I'm all for it. Milo's request is to help him open the fruit cup that he stole from Coach Salmons...
...allegedly.
So Bea stamps the paper as approved and orders Fishington to deliver the goods as Oscar calls her the best principal ever and the male goofs walk out with Fishington as Bea cuts a full of herself promo and then faceplants her... umm... face onto the desk. She complains about this job being so hard (I see she has the Sir Tuxford complex into her brain) as she asks Shellsea what time it is and Shellsea states that it's one o'clock... on a FRIDAY no less. This outrages Bea so she get on the PA system microphone and informs everyone that school classes are over early and they can beat the crowd home. To put a paraphrase to that nugget. Everyone pops and floats out of school as we see Nurse Fishington winking her eyes and we get the martial arts zoom in of said eye and the evil music of doom. For goodness sakes Fishington; do a Kirby Epic Yarn pose for once in your life madam! So we head back to the office as Bea and Shellsea are cheering and having a gay old time as the weekend has gotten started. Bea floats out as Shellsea tells her that she'll be there in a minute and apparently; she stole one of the boy's milkshakes because she's slurpping down one while looking at Steve Jackson who has stop selling and wants to go home now. So we head to the hallway entrance as everyone cannot get outside because the doors are barricaded and taped shut. Bea floats in demanding answers to this outrage as we discover that Clamantha was given orders to lockdown the entire school. Bea wants to see the order and Clamantha opens her mouth and gives Bea the paper which looks completely legit with B stamped on it indicating that Bea gave the order. The babyfaces point that out as Bea giggles on her own mistake and proclaims that she's make new orders and calls for Nurse Fishington. UH OH! I think we all know where this is going. Bea gets no answer as the evil music of doom beckons. So we head to the darken room of Bea's office as Bea slowly opens the door and heads inside calling for Fishington as we see the red light eyes and we finally get the Kirby's Epic Yarn pose; only this is the HELLFIRE AND BRIMSTONE version of it. Martial arts zoom in of Fishington with clanking sounds ensue and that ends the segment eight minutes in.
After the commercial break; we head to inside Bea's office as Bea looks frightened as she goes to the spooky filing cabinet of doom and it shakes and howls. Bea blows it off as stupid and goes straight to the desk to open the side drawer. She is looking for her official stamper in the drawer as she turns on the lamp and it's Nurse Fishington standing right behind her. Bea turns around and oversells the screaming part; which at least looked apporos here. Bea blows off Fishington for scaring her and then knocks on her chest and it's made of metal as she claims that Fishington has been working out a lot more than usual. So Bea searches for her stamper stating that she is letting them go early as Fishington points out that this is against school policy. That sounds so much like the Auto Avaitor in From Here To Machinery; only Fishington is like the grandmother of Astro Fish Boy. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ZAP! OUCH! Ummmm...By the way; Nurse Fishington is voiced by Annie Potts and according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): Potts made her debut on the big screen in 1978 in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy film Corvette Summer, with Mark Hamill. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1979 for her role in the film.[3] In 1982 she won Genie Awards for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress for role in the film Heartaches, about a young woman, married to a stock car racer and carrying his friend's child. Potts played Janine Melnitz in the Ghostbusters film series and Mary Jo Shiveley on the CBS television sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993), and has had a wide variety of prominent roles in both television and film. She was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1994 for role as Dana Palladino on Love & War (1993-1995).
Other notable roles include Mary Elizabeth (O'Brien) Sims on the Lifetime Television drama series Any Day Now (1998–2002), for which she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, the voice of Little Bo Peep in the first two Toy Story films, a supporting role in John Hughes's Pretty in Pink as well as guest-starring roles on such CBS's television series as Magnum, P.I., Joan of Arcadia, Close to Home, Two and a Half Men and ABC' Men in Trees, Ugly Betty and Boston Legal. She played a recurring role as Sophie Devere in the NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2005 to 2009. Potts has done work on audio books, including as the narrator and heroine of Larry McMurtry's "Telegraph Days." She starred in the film version of McMurtry's Texasville, a sequel to The Last Picture Show. She made her Broadway debut upon joining the cast of the Tony Award-winning play God of Carnage on November 17, 2009, succeeding Hope Davis in the role.[4] In 2012 Potts starred as Elizabeth "Gigi" Stopper in ABC's Comedy-drama series GCB, with Leslie Bibb, Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor and Marisol Nichols.[5] She says she based her portrayal of the character on Dixie Carter, adding, "Were she still alive, the role would have been hers and should have been."[6] Potts played a leading role in the 2012 Hallmark Channel original musical movie The Music Teacher, about a high school music teacher who is on the brink of losing her beloved school music program because of district budget cuts. In an effort to spare the program, Daley's former students band together to stage a musical to raise money to keep the program alive.[7] In March 2013, Potts signed on for the lead role of the ABC comedy-drama pilot Murder in Manhattan about mother and daughter who team up as amateur sleuths.[8]
She began her career with Busting Loose as Helene in 1997 along with Black Market Baby as Linda Cleary. Hercules: The Series as Syrinx The Muse is her DTVA debut. Chu & Blossom, Murder In Manhattan as Blythe Sutton and Paging Doctor Freed are her most recent credits. She has 74 acting credits, 34 Self credits and one producer credit (Over The Top) to her resume. So Bea turns around and is surprised that she can talk and she even has her stamp; which incriminates her as the one who is giving out orders to seal the doors. Fishington proclaims that this is not working as Bea giggles like an insecure little fool as Fishington's teeth are glowing neon green; which is NEVER a good sign as Bea we talk some more and we discover that Fishington is running the school all these years and Stickler was taking all the credit. Which actually makes sense because Stickler built Fishington to run the place while he did nothing; so apparently Fishington decided to turn evil and off Stickler. Bea tries to leave the office; but Fishington does the GO GO GADGET ARMS spot to reel Bea in and force her to the desk. Yeah; this IS getting food. Bea yells that a robot cannot be principal and Fishington AGREES with her which Bea takes as a great sign. So Fishington proclaims that she can be principal as long as Bea follows her orders to the letter. See; if she becomes principal outright (Fishington); then her robot plan is exposed and the place will be in chaos. Ummm; maybe it's because you are not a "people" person Fishington. I mean Astro Boy is a robot and he's a people person himself; so I don't think it's because you are a robot. Fishington thinks that having Bea as her puppet will make everyone happy. Which is silly because when has Fishington ever BEEN happy? And I'm talking about the Stickler era; not after Stickler left. Ooops; I spoiled it again. I am such a naughty boy! ZAP! OUCH! Ummm... Bea blows it off and Fishington responds reminding Bea that she wants to be an actress when she grows up and she teases wanting to kill Bea; and then Fimberly opens the door and proclaims that the drama club funding has been cut; which is absolutely LAME-O!
Now; I am ranting on this episode after seeing South Pafishic and after seeing this spot; this makes Bea look a LOT WORSE in hindsight now since she asked the same thing and got no sold anyway despite the fact that Fishington had mellowed out since this episode aired. Idiots! So Bea is forced to go on stage to announce the new school rules and all of them are basically the same "zero tolerance" rules and regulations that we have seen before in schools today because it's so charming to make fun of this after school shooting. Except this is about failing standards. Milo does enjoy the school uniforms they are forced to wear now; so he's sort of taking this well. Miss Lips is screwed on the toilet and there is no muffin day as the fish are all throwing muffins on the bonfire. Well; that turns Fishington into such a heel now as apparently; failure to comply will result in terrible consequences which are not even talked about or shown on the poster board. We see Fishington using a broom to stick a poster of Bea as principal saying "Bea-Ware" as Bea just looks defeated and simply gets patted on the shoulder by Fishington before leaving. And yes folks; we head outside as it is bleak and it doesn't work; because the bright colors of the show completely negate the dark noire bleak world that they are shooting for. Then again; Recess wasn't any better at this, so I expected as much. So yes; Freshwater is a prison school now which is not much different from Freshwater High School actually. So the camera are on as a droning voice yells at them to not loiter in the hallway. So we see Oscar and Milo at the lockers as Oscar isn't loving it because it's so oppressive and Milo hates it because he cannot find anyone to open his fruit cup. So then the locker opens and it's Bea hiding in the locker. Oscar wants to know why she's hanging out in his locker and she grabs them and drags them into the locker and slams the door shut and as this happens; a banana peel is dropped.
So Oscar demands answers to this outrage; along with Milo concerning these laws as Oscar has Bea pictures stuck inside the wall of the locker; so he's forced to bring out a picture of Angela which of course makes him look like an idiot since Angela has already blown off the relationship in Oscar Is A Playa. So Bea pushes their eyes through the vents of the door and we see Fishington outside as she uses her eyes and shoots a red laser; destroying the banana peel and then wheels off stage right. The locker opens as Bea explains that Fishington is a robot and she has ruined high school for everyone involved; and she is in control and thus Bea is the male Randy Hales in that she is nothing more than a figurehead. Oscar and Milo decide to join her and Milo has a secret place to meet. Ummm; wouldn't it make sense to meet inside the locker? I mean; how is the camera going to notice you if it hasn't already done so?! But no; we go to a dark gym as the stands have not been destroyed as the goofs with attitude float in complete with monk suits which are the same ones Milo wore in Fish Flakes. So they go below the stands as we discover that all the kids are inside wearing monk suits as Jumbo Shrimp has a flashlight and shines it on his face as this is the Brotherhood of "Bea Equals Bad" which is shown on a poster containing Bea being censored out. HAHA! They should have done this ages ago. Fimberly is so upset because she cannot text message her boyfriend in the last ten minutes because her cell phone was taken away. The horror...THE HORROR! No, not really. Anyhow; Jumbo Shrimp is introducing a new member for membership and tells this person not to be shy and reveal her name. Bea has the flashlight and stammers before blowing her cover and the kids panic and want to abandon base. Wait a second?! If there is Bea, Oscar and Milo in the room against like eight other students; then why not just atta...Oh wait; never mind, I know why. Milo joins in because he's a funny idiot; and blows Bea off anyway. HAHA! Oscar defends her because there is a robot in the school and they think Bea is a robot. HAHA! Well; her singing is pretty robot like..POW! OUCH! Ummm..
So Milo points out that the robot is Nurse Fishington and so the mob blows them off because Bea created Nurse Fishington; and is going to turn everyone into robots. Actually; that is so dumb because if they are turned into robots; then Fishington's plan is exposed anyway. That's really stupid as Bea is the one to point out that Fishington is running the school and using Bea to enforce all of this horrible rules as a puppet and she needs to be stopped before their high school is ruined forever; and she kills them with laser beams. The kids then finally ponder this over and respond with "why didn't you say so?". I was hoping Bea would faceplant here; but she doesn't. So Bea has this Krackpotkin plan in mind to stop this; but it could be dangerous. She asks if they are with her and the fish kids don't think twice to that question as they agree to it without further questions. Bea sezs this is good as she brings out a bunch of papers containing scripts because it is time for a fish revolution BABEE! Ummm; yeah. That ends the segment 14 minutes in. Pretty neat episode thus far...
After the commercial break; we head outside to the ROMAN ARENA PRISON OF DEATH ( I might not be committing hyperbole this time around) as we head into the hallways and notice that there is a fight going on between Jumbo Shrimp and Albert Glass in goofy period gear; and threatening to off each other. Randy Pincherson is not amused (of course he isn't; he got his gold brick bars taken away during the metal detector sequence) as I cannot take Albert seriously in that outfit. He looks like a dorky pimp in that outfit. Which is probably what the writers were shooting for here. They sword fight for a while with all the school kids looking on in the hallways as the camera spots them instantly just after Jumbo Shrimp skewers Albert's hat. That is just goofy. So we cut to Fishington's desk as her eyes go off red and blue and she plows right through the wall into the hallway. She bails stage left and so we see Bea, Oscar and Milo going through DA...HOLE in the wall as Oscar has a giant fork and Milo has a pot on his head. Bea ponders this one over and asks where Stickler would keep stuff since apparently BUILT the robot. So we have now officially found the big excuse for Stickler's incredibly sexist acts against Fishington in Dances With Wolf Fish. So we discover that it might be in the spooky filing cabinet which shakes like a leaf. So we slowly open the door as the camera is IN the filing cabinet and we find...Principal Stickler? Huh? So Fishington took him and threw him into the filing cabinet. So Fishington is a cyborg fish female who wants revenge on scumbag men. Okay; that was probably better in my head, but it sounds more accurate to me. Stickler is more interested in his own voice echoing in the filing cabinet as he is fished out of a frying pan. Bea and Stickler exchange notes on the situation and we discover that Fishington has overstepped her policies and she's unstoppable. So we hit the flashback with Stickler at his desk as he was eating a banana and threw the banana peel on the floor and Fishington slips off-screen. Damn; so even females slipping on inanimate objects is a no-no for BS&P.
Fishington apparently squashes Stickler on cue and then we fade to black and see Stickler inside the filing cabinet seemly more interested in whistling than repenting for his sins of doing the stupid spot that was debunked by Mythbusters some time ago. So we return to reality (no, not really) as Bea snaps her fingers to snap Stickler out of his funk. HA! Stickler proclaims that it's time to go to the secret lab as he opens the filing cabinet and we have a SECRET PASSAGE (copyright HCBailey; all rights reserved.). So we head down the elevator as Milo amuses the hell out of me by humming to the music while wearing a pillow tied to his chest. And then stops and then starts again as I notice that he is wearing green boxing gloves. When you need to spice up a boring episode in the new Disney, call Milo. So the elevator door opens (complete with white light in the elevator which makes no sense) and we head down the hallway to the door leading to the lab which has a digital lock. Stickler uses his spikes to push in the password which is 1234. Well; Fishington didn't get to the lab from the filing cabinet so I guess a "dare the hacker to hack in the system password" is good enough. So we discover that Stickler has a central super computer which has a kill switch to kill Fishington so to speak. Oscar questions this; but Stickler blows it off because all principals have a super computer; which means Stickler is more computer literate than half of the real life school principals in North America. Anyhow; we see Fishington on the screen and her mouth looks like a neon sign exploded in her face. She praises them for getting this far which renders her into a video game villain. Everytime I see Summerall's tweets on how Wii U sucks and Nintendo pulling a Sega; I hear him in this video game villain voice. I mean; doesn't Summerall realize that one of his former employees said the same thing about how PSP was supposed to make Nintendo quake in it's boots. I mean come on! Nintendo's grabbing ad revenue from LP's on Youtube is more idiotic on Nintendo's part than dissing Electronic Arts.
I have heard of being butt hurt; but this takes it to levels not seen since the hardcore meltdown on Wii five years ago. And that crap is getting old. Back to the rant as we discover that Fishington is in the room as Bea calls this impossible. Fishington gleefully points out the tiny flaw in Stickler's plan: there are stairs. And I know this was played for comic because the "wah-wah-wah" sound is used here. Stickler is in the frying pan proclaiming that Fishington will be stopped; so Fishington is going to KILL YOU~! So she fires the red laser eyes of damnation and everyone scatters as apparently no damage was done anywhere. THAT WAS WEAK! THAT WAS WEAK! So Milo bails as Fishington uses her hell x-ray vision and both Oscar and Milo do the weakest bashing this side of Brad Buttowski on Fishington. HAHA! And yes; Oscar has a shield, why do you ask? So the goofballs get tired and Oscar is sweating. How can we tell Oscar is tired here? He sweats all the time. So we go off-screen as Fishington shoots her eye lasers to MURDER Oscar and Milo as Bea watches Stickler in his chair on the computer trying to find the fail safe switch to stop Fishington's rampage. So Fishington stalks Milo and Oscar and none of them are injured at all as Bea steps in and calls Fishington out. Well; at least she is doing something that doesn't repulse me for a change as she shows the bow tie which gets it's own jackhammered background. Fishington's eyes glow and Bea bails as she shoots at Bea. SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE FISHINGTON EDITION ensues as Bea runs into a molten metal factory which she and Fishington are on the catwalk. This is SOOOOOOO overbooked now and you know it's intentional when BEA is the one to point it out to us. So Fishington shoots the laser and destroys part of the catwalk to stop Bea; so Bea invokes the red bowtie which in a sane universe would have fried Bea to a crisp along with the bowtie; but it deflected off the bowtie and nails the conveniently placed vat of molten metal and it pours right onto Fishington.
Oscar and Milo pull Bea away because even molten metal cannot deny Fishington's revenge. So we head back to central control as we discover that Stickler found something. Bea thinks it's the code to subdue Fishington; but it's really a cat picture as we see a kitten on the red love seat eating popcorn and having a soda which is inside a beer bottle. Bea blows him off and so Stickler continues to punch in the code and apparently; the screen gives a green thumbs up to indicate that it worked. However; Stickler's computer is about as reliable as a Playstation 2 as Fishington storms in still in murder mode. Apparently; we discover that one of Stickler's spines is gone from Stickler and lodged itself into the right ear of Fishington and it's blocking the signal. Pfffttt. Bea then has a Krackpotkin plan and tells everyone to follow her lead as Fishington cuts a promo about how amusing this all is. So Bea floats in and "surrenders like France". Scare quotes intentional I might add. So Bea proclaims that Fishington can have the bow tie and be the principal of Freshwater High School; under one condition: Open up Milo's fruit cup (which is not Milo's as it was stolen from Coach Salmons. We all know that don't we.). So Fishington grabs the fruit cup and tries to open it; but the seal is more secure than the most secure computers in the history of mankind and IBM. She shoots an eye beam for fun; but no go, which is the opening Bea needs as they tackle Fishington down. Well; Milo and Bea anyway as Oscar is in a headlock from Fishington. HAHA! Milo has one of the legs as Bea goes to the right ear and proclaims that the nightmare is over in roundabout terms and pulls out the gray spine. Fishington shuts down and drops on her side dead as Oscar thanks Bea as she deduces how she pulled it off which we all saw clear as day about thirty seconds ago. So Fishington's eyes light up as she is in normal boot mode as Stickler plops onto Fishington's lap and Fishington's memories are fuzzy. So Fishington asks what is going on and Milo pretty much answers the whole thing for me as Oscar agrees with that response.
Stickler hops on Fishington's lap and proclaims that he built her to do his job; but underestimated his own brilliant move and proclaims her as the perfect principal and takes the golden bow tie and places it on Fishington's chest. The shining light of the bowtie causes a yellow laser beam to hit the ceiling containing a circuit board and we head outside as all the cameras and that bleak lighting; which doesn't work because you cannot tell the difference with the bright colors. The hallway students are in awe as Fimberly's hair catches on fire; because the writers secretly think she is the next Meg Griffin. Fimberly panics as this bleak light completely makes all the prison stuff disappear on cue without any rhyme or reason. So we head back to the computer room as Oscar proclaims that they would have been awe if they were there to see it. Stickler asks Fishington (who half of her is ripped out I would note) how she feels and Fishington has no idea what to say; so Milo claims that she is hungry because he's hungry all the time. Fishington is not amused; so Milo damns his out of nowhere fruit cup for fun. HAHA! And sadly; the fruit cup wasn't paid off with Salmons discovering that Milo stole it. Damn you clueless writers! Oscar asks if Bea is all right with this and Bea is because as long as the place doesn't explode; Fishington will make a fair principal and therefore their futures are secured. Until South Pacfishic screws up everything of course. So they ask what is Stickler going to do now that he is no longer principal and Stickler then gets inspired and we see him inside a makeshift robot controlling it in a long sequence of him at the cockpit starting the controls and playing with the bobble Hawaiian doll (and she has a bra unlike the one in Sheepskin Deep). The Fish Tanks open in the middle as Stickler's robot walks out and walks behind Bud who is stocking the top shelves while Bea, Fishington, Milo and Oscar salute Stickler on his future endeavors. Bud turns around and notices the robot; but they cut to Stickler walking out of Bud's pet store before he can react in anyway. The robot walks towards the hard camera and apparently, the robot trips and falls right into the hard camera, and we end the episode right there at 21:20 approx. I'm guessing Stickler died in there because other than Get A Yob; which was produced before this episode was produced, we never saw him again. This was a really good episode with a couple of stupid spots; but I enjoyed it for the most part once Fishington went wild and almost killed everyone. Call it **** (80%).
THE REVIEW LINE
This was a half decent finale for Principal Stickler and a kick ass episode for Nurse Fishington. I didn't think that I could get this one done since I couldn't find a source for the complete episode; but somehow I did and in the end, I got a really good episode out of it. It wasn't without it's share of problems though; as I felt the middle was rushed quite a bit and the suffering was small at best. It felt like a "zero tolerance" school with a prison feeling than a prison feeling because the bright colors really worked against them because I didn't notice the bleakness even existed until the finish when Fishington was given the right to be principal for real. Also; I was really disappointed with the lack of payoff for Milo's fruit cup because it was dying to be paid off with Salmons discovering that Milo stealing it and then we discover that he is a robot. That would have been cooler than Stickler being in a robot and leaving the store and then killing himself by tripping into the hard camera. Although; to be fair, Jerry Stiller was on his way out anyway and so they had to book a send off for him; otherwise it would made no sense for him to just disappear since he was a major character in the series, like him or hate him. So it was time constrains more than anything else. The strength of this episode came with Fishington and she delivered in spades as I felt that she was a really awesome old fart who was a legit threat with the fact that she was robot. I know that she was wasted in South Pacfishic; but I blame Bea for most of that episode's stinkiness. Overall; this was an enjoyable episode; but the exec notes of what a successful series should be didn't do this episode any favors. So I should have Bye Bye Bea Bea and Last Glass Standing up later (Bye Bye Bea Bea is completed by the way); and then we'll do Pool Party Panic next weekend. So......
Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you all next time.