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Fish Hooks
Hare & Back Again/Milo's Pony Rant
Reviewed: 12/27/2013
Back To Dealing With Bunnies and Ponies Again!
So next up on the "Lame Chicken" edition of Fish Hooks; we have Milo getting a pony and his dorky friends role-playing to help save the bunnies. Yeah; it's a lame duck season to be sure. So; let's rant on shall we...?
Hare & Back Again is written and storyboarded by the directors. Yeah. The story is done by the directors (who are the writers of course), Maxwell Atoms, Craig Lewis and Darrick Bachman. Milo's Pony is written and storyboarded by Niki Yang & the directors. The story is done by Maxwell Atoms, Noah Z. Jones, William Reiss, CH Greenblatt, Craig Lewis and Darrick Bachman. 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.
Hare & Back Again: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Epic Adventures) which shows the only thing Bud can do in terms of epic adventures is sweeping with a broom with red bristles and get eaten by the out of nowhere dragon. So we head to Unicorn Camelot. I know this because there is a pink unicorn in the foreground and a castle in the background. So we head Oscar monologing about a story of the kingdom which was built from the gold of the Leperchauns and their rainbows which dot the village. Then the sky turned dark and they were eaten and inprisoned by the evil spider-like creature called Clawmongus causing the kingdom to degrade into total anarchy; which is normal in JRPG's actually. So we return to the library as we see Oscar, Jumbo Shrimp and Albert Glass dressed up as complete dorks. Come on Oscar; do you honestly think wearing a hat of a lion's head is cool? At least Jumbo Shrimp wearing a purple football helmet is sort of neat. So apparently; Oscar is talking about two heroes saving the day when Milo shows up claiming that someone silly happened to Fimberly and Koi which I'm sure involved Fimberly bumping because the writers hate Fimberly being an actual character instead of a toy to play with. Anyhow; they are playing Maze & Monsters; as JS's warcry sounds like he has been smoking cigars; or something. Albert shows off his wizard missile launching skills while sounding like laser fire. Albert claims that they are invisible which Milo jumps up and down. I should note that even though this is a library; Milo's voice sounds so loud that he would have been kicked out about five minutes ago. Milo wants in and they agree to do that; so they ask what does he want to be; and Milo then dresses in a pink bunny outfit; proclaiming that he is a bunny. Okay. Better Milo in a bunny suit then Bea; because Bea's acting skills are so bad even playing a bunny wouldn't get her fin in the door. Albert shows off his bunny underwear; which the bunnies sing. HAHA!
However; Albert claims that cute bunnies have no place on the battlefield; which Milo calls discrimination. Ah; so Albert has played Final Fantasy 5 and 6. No surprise there; since those bunny monsters really, really suck. Oscar checks the rulebook and proclaims that there is no rule that states that Milo cannot be a pink bunny which causes Albert to sigh. Jumbo Shrimp threatens to be really angry if this quest is not finished because of Milo being a dumb bunny; but Milo assures everyone that things will be fine. So we head to a mountain chain that appears to be a parody of the Paramount Studios logo and then head into a dungeon like hallway with JS, Albert and Milo Bunny; as I discover this cave is basically the cave from The Golden Fleecing. So Milo burps and it echoes as everyone is happy; then Milo burps the alphabet. Sadly; Maxwell Atoms has to do the alphabet sounds because Kyle apparently is no R.J. Williams when it comes to doing cartoonish burping sounds. Geez; you couldn't just auto tune the burps there? Sadly; no echoing this time as the babyfaces huddle together and we hear a fart sound and the ceiling crumbles to reveal Clawmongus; which is basically the most oddist chimera design I have ever seen; with a blue lion's head; purple spider body and red snake legs. I betcha SquareEnix steals that design for Final Fantasy XV when it comes out in a few years time. Anyhow; Oscar is roleplaying the Chimera and he asks who dares enter his lair; which somehow amuses Albert and Jumbo Shrimp. How is "layer" offensive? At least with Beavis & Butthead; when they point out something, it is usually saying something offensive even though it really is not. Milo tells them to stand back and act all tough while he goes to the front and puts up his dukes. Yeah; even in storyline, despite all of Milo's anger towards bigotry; bunnies are REALLY STUPID. On par with Drake Mallard actually. Albert blows him off for violating some rule and I don't care as the Chimera proclaims that the only way to win is to find the Singing Sword of Flame. So they have to defeat Vox Day to get that sword? Good luck fools; you cannot break through that wall of bigotry, even if you are a bunny.
So the place caves in as Albert and JS bail stage right. Milo wants to raise the roof; but is forced to bail as well since a million rocks are coming down from the ceiling. So they run out of the cave as Milo is hungry; but JS cuts him off because they must find the Singing Sword of Flame. And speaking of convenient on par with Backyardigans convenient; there is a giant ass carrot growing in the snow. Well; this is a fantasy, so it makes sense for this to happen even in storyline. So Albert uses his magic staff to cast a spell on the leaf portion of the carrot and it rises to reveal eyes and a mouth. And yes; Oscar is the voice of this creature. I'm going with either Carrotdrake or Carrmadoga for the booking name; anything else and the writers have lost their minds. Albert asks for the location of the Singing Sword of Flame and the Carrotdrake proclaims that the willow told him that the sword is still in the hands of the Zombie King. So demon is on the forbidden list? Really? After Wade Against the Machine (the devil's stairs promo)? FACKING BULLSHEET! So then we zoom out and see that Milo is eating the stem of the giant ass carrot. I see Milo is fully into his role now. Jumbo Shrimp blows him off with near nerd rage; but it doesn't catch. Albert doesn't care because they have to find the zombie king. So we see them travelling through the forest with lots of carved statues; and then through deserts with what appears to be props from Gravity Falls. Oscar's monologing is so annoying here that I was happy when they made it to the zombie king's straw hut (complete with wishing well and chained up owl) AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as they make it to the door. Milo wants to do the knocking; but Jumbo Shrimp blows him off because bunnies do not knock. This offends Milo so much that he doesn't notice Albert using his staff to create a phantom fist which does the knocking on the door for him. Ummm; yeah, there are bigots in this RPG. The door opens and out comes Mr. Baldwin dressed up as an scummy elf like creature with glasses on. Oh; I betcha Mr. Baldwin has arrived in real life. Damn; I'm so good.
Yeah; Mr. Baldwin joins in as he's the zombie king since he keeps sleeping during these things. He sits down with the team and even brought his own dice with him on retainer just in case. Mr. Baldwin notices Milo as a bunny rabbit and Mr. Baldwin claims that this is a bad idea. Milo looks heartbroken as Mr. Baldwin explains that he has seen the horrors of battle as we relates a story of battling a level 88 boss in this game. So we hit the flashback as they go up the mountain with Mr. Baldwin, Zeus Mussels (as a viking), Deranged Kermit Dr. Frog as a Roman and Coach Salmon playing a Greek bard. Why doesn't that last one surprise me in the least? Nor Zeus? I thought Doctor Frog would play the viking and Zeus would play the archer? I discover that Coach Salmons is a baby duck which Zeus blows off because baby ducks sucks; which completely offends Coach Salmons. I can take Milo seriously as a kickass pink bunny rabbit who kicks ass and hates bigots. That works. I cannot take Coach Salmons seriously as an ass kicker in any animal form. I should point out that all four guys in this fight; their handles are the names of American presidents. Sadly; they ruined the continuity a bit by not calling them Fish American Presidents. We get a Betsy Ross reference from Zeus as Salmons blows him off and storms up to fight what is a giant hairy blue monster who might be the God of Cookie Monsters from Sesame Street. Seriously. Salmons is so dead and I feel so bad for him because he's now the David Flair of RPG: little talent, hard worker who gives his all. Everyone panics except for Deranged Kermit who brings in a pan of hot pizza dough bits for fun. Salmons gets squashed and in storyline; he is dead and has a huge memorial to him. What a cocky bastard?! We return to the hut of the zombie king as Baldwin explains that if Coach Salmons had picked a better character; he might still have been playing with them. Ummm; Baldwin, don't you think that if this were real; then Salmons would have never existed in the Fish Hooks world? I think Milo believes the same thing; calling the story dumb and pointless. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments.
Sadly; Albert and Jumbo Shrimp decide to foresake Milo unless he changes his character; but Milo no sells and tries to get Oscar's approval. So Oscar checks the rulebook and find nothing in the rulebook that sezs that the gang cannot tell the guy to change his character. That is one really vague rulebook there as Milo is pissed off and he grabs his chair and proclaims that he'll take his bunny business elsewhere. Which is at the end of the table as he cosplays eating a carrot and claiming that he's happy despite demonstrating that he is pissed off. Another victim of WASP Bunny Racism~! Anyhow; we cut back to the zombie king hut as Baldwin proclaims that he has a quest for them to complete as we see bunny Milo outside at the window still angry at the world while eating a carrot. So Baldwin states that in order to get the Singing Sword of Flame; they must wash his car. Jumbo Shrimp points out that in this world; cars do not exist. However; Baldwin points out that he wants his real car washed in the school lot, then asks if they want the sword or not. Which leads to Jumbo Shrimp and Albert Glass literally washing Mr. Baldwin's car. HAHA! Now THAT is funny. So we return to storyline as Baldwin gives the dorks the Singing Sword of Flame and warns them not to cut themselves or do anything stupid like burn themselves with it. So JS grabs the sword and it shows light blue flame as we hear it sing like Clamantha. Oh wait; it is Clamantha stalking Oscar again. Remember a time when Clamantha would get at least one contracted line in almost every episode in the early first seasons of the show? I sure do. Oscar then changes his mind and calls it the Silent Sword of Flame which doesn't make sense since Oscar is talking via the sword now. Even the dorks aren't exactly thrilled to see it; but life goes on and we have two minutes in this short to go. So we go on a long journey near a volcano towards the Castle of Shadow and someone knocks on the shadow door and it opens to reveal the red snake legs of the Chimera; when suddenly, Bonnie appears and orders them to get out of the library because this is not a chat room see. She just noticed this NOW?!
Then Bonnie blows off the RPG as disgusting and not wholesome as Milo mentions bunny rabbits; which causes Bonnie to laugh with glee and show her singing rabbit underwear. I never get tired of that spot. Milo claims that the bunny is the hero of this story which makes Bonnie go all happy inside. Wait; you couldn't have this game in Mr. Baldwin's classroom? I mean; if you are not going to go there, at least book some contrived excuse as to why Mr. Baldwin just cannot move the game to his classroom. Anyhow; you can guess where this is going now as Bonnie lets them continue to play in the library because she's an idiot who has a problem with RPGs. So the gang all cheer for Milo and Jumbo Shrimp offers Milo to come back as is. Milo accepts and they embrace; as JS claims that bunnies are soft. Oscar and company screw up the HUZZAH spot by doing it four times rather than three. So Oscar asks if they are ready to defeat the future FFXV Chimera and same the universe; and everyone is cheering. So we see the human CGI Fardigs in their green cages pleading for mercy (This makes me feel so good that Farrdigg is finally been put in his place) as we get the epic final battle between Chimera 15 and the dorks with their pink Namingway Bunny. Milo cuts a funny promo; and Chimera squashes everyone making it a total party wipe. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! See; this is why video game RPG's are better: Because CPU's are dumb. When humans are dictating the storyline; the players involved are at it's mercy and therefore will lose everytime. Computer CPU's on the other hand are only as good as their programmer; and sometimes the programmer sucks. JS and Albert don't seem to mind anymore and offer to be bunny rabbits next session since they got squashed together. Mr. Baldwin proclaims that he's done because he would rather get squashed by his mother in law as we see a closeup of Mr. Baldwin's face which looks the worst for wear. Circle fade out to end the episode at 10:20 approx. The finish was contrived; but the ending more than made up for it. Another great Milo Moment despite the stale bunny rabbit suit routine. **** (80%).
Milo's Pony: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Glittery Ponies.) AFTER HAPPY HOUR as Bud is inside riding a pommel horse stick spraying glitter everywhere. So we head to Fimberly's house as Bea and the girls are showering gifts to Fimberly because apparently; it's HER birthday. Do my eyes play tricks on me? Are they finally going to give Fimberly an actual focus episode here? Are they going to have one episode where they DON'T use her as a toy to play with? Nahhhhh...The girls are probably showering her with gifts just to convince her to stay on the show and take all this crap. That's distressing. Bea gives Fimberly sparking hair products while Koi gives her a DVD called "Four Sassy Girls in the City". Oh wait; that is their home movies. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! POW! POW! POW! OUCH! OUCH! OUCH! OUCH! Ummmm... Shellsea shows a present and her cheap side because she got it at a dollar store for a dollar; and then she gets whacked on screen and goes flying stage left by Milo. Wow; I'm guessing the entire female audience has stopped watching this show; because I have never seen so much violence on women by men in the last three episodes or so. Milo shows off his present which he unwraps to reveal a super powered mustard gun. I betcha Fimberly gets it in the face too. Damn it to hell guys! STOP IT! Fimberly has been fridged for so long now; the body is absolute zero now. It's not funny anymore guys. Pick someone else to play with. Why not pick on THE EVIL ONE~?! Yeah; Milo shot mustard right in Fimberly's kisser and I'm pissed; what a surprise? This is probably one of the low point Milo Moments ever in the series. Fimberly just stands there and likes it. Oh screw off guys! Shellsea is sarcastic as Bea comes in and plays peace maker. Then a delivery guy comes in with a clipboard from the doorway; and it's a pink seahorse which gets her own jackhammered background. Apparently; Fimberly's Grandmother Neese has a seapony farm as Fimberly has pink diamonds in her eyes.
She names her Lady Glitter Lemon Drop; and it's not enough to just say it. We have to jackhammer the point home by showing the words on screen; like in a Frederator cartoon. Lady Glitter Lemon Drop is a neat booking name; but it doesn't top Lady Majestic. Fimberly comes over to hug it; but Lemon Drop panics and goes wild destroying the place as Fimberly calls it a wild seahorse. Geez; even her grandmother hates her for some reason. So Fimberly orders someone to tame that damn horse; and so as Lemon Drop is knocking down stuff, Milo sprays it with the mustard gun and then rides on it and places the mustard gun underneath her throat and we go all Fish Calgary Stampede inside Fimberly's room. Yeap; this is just an angle for Milo at Fimberly's expense. Man; even Escarmargot has shredded the Zipper label at this point. So Milo manages to calm down the pony and they have eyes for each other; so much so that they have a dream sequence of them in front of a waterfall; showing a rainbow while they want to be best friends forevermore. Okay; I can accept that as Lemon Drop licks Milo's belly and he sells it well as Fimberly runs in with a face shield and a green chair; calling Lemon Drop a meance to fish society. Does anyone care about Fimberly other than me? Ummmmm; nope. This pretty much eliminates whatever sympathy and empathy I had for Fimberly. And it took hating a pink seapony to do it. Way to go Fimberly, way to go! Fimberly forces Lemon Drop out of the house as the dorks come to Milo and thank him for taming the pony. We notice Jumbo Shrimp wearing shades and he admits that the glitter hurts his eyes and the dorks blow off males who love ponies because it's a girly thing. This is the kind of thing I saw in Ducktales with the nephews; and I hated it there almost as much as I hate it now. Milo sweats bullets as the dorks talk about doing man things; and then all the boys simply walk out of Fimberly's party. What a shock that Fimberly gets treated like a piece of meat? I have given up on Fimberly; and should have long ago. She is Meg Griffin and I should get over it. Sadly; Fimberly won't and protests this outrage. Fimberly; you are screwed.
So we head outside with the dorks as Lemon Drop is hiding behind the bushes eating bush. Milo goes over noticing her; and then Oscar yells to Milo why he isn't following them. Milo claims that he's buying beef jerky for the man snacking later on. Oscar tells him to meet up at his house and we have a bonding moment with Lemon Drop and Milo. So Milo pulls the reins and wants to help her be protected from the dangerous streets of manism. Actually; that is almost accurate. Lemon Drop stands her ground; so Milo just decides to get on her back and we start riding into the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM. I like musical numbers; because most of them I don't have to call scenes. Mainly since the first one is the same footage from the dream sequence with Milo and Lemon Drop having eyes for each other. Lady & The Tramp spot, Rockette picture taking spot, and riding ensue as we head to the Horse Hideaway Hotel and into a room with horseshoe prints on the walls. Lemon Drop is on the bed chewing at the blankets as Milo gets the smallest bed possible and doesn't mind because Lemon Drop is awesome. Well; she's all right, I guess. I still say Lady Majestic is a much better name for her. Lemon Drop destroys the bed as Milo giggles. There is a bale of hay in the background just because as Milo walks out because he has school and must fill his head with knowledge. Milo is about to go on the sidewalk; when Lemon Drop goes to the door and sulks. Milo tells her that he would love to bring her to school; but doesn't want to be called Pony Princess by the boys. Another victim of the sexist homophobic WASP world we live in. So Milo looks glum as we head to the lunchroom with the dorks sitting at the table with Milo in a segueway. It's card night tonight as I realize that Albert is keeping his continuity post Last Glass Standing moment. Jumbo Shrimp brings the chips, Albert brings the tunes and Milo brings himself as he gets poked with the end of the pencil. Ummm; yeah. This was funnier when Jane told Baloo to just be himself in Waiders Of The Wost Tweasure. So Milo stammers and sweats like an idiot which is supposed to be Oscar's gimmick.
So we head to the Horse Hideaway Hotel AFTER HAPPY HOUR as we see in the window in shadow; Milo trying to explain to Lady Lemon Drop that he has card night and acts like a sexist doing it as well. So Milo walks out of the hotel and assures her that he'll be back after one game of cards. Lemon Drop floats outside and sulks. So we go to Oscar's living room as Jumbo Shrimp is eating all the nacho chips on the table. Oscar and Jumbo Shrimp exchange blow offs on each other as Jumbo Shrimp finishes the chips before Oscar puts in the CD into the tape recorder from Deadman's Drop. I'll never understand how a tape recorder is supposed to act like a CD player. We play the music and it's B-level 1970's porn music which Oscar protests at Albert. Wait; I thought 1970's porn music was manly? Albert claims that the music is for the mood because he wants Milo to confess to something. Oh great; we are going to do Fish Lips Sink Ships again; only this one is even more idiotic and only with three jackasses instead of one. No; Lemon Drop doesn't count you sexist twits! Albert claims that Milo now smells nice and Jumbo Shrimp accuses him of buying bales of hay which is strange because Milo never eats hay. Maybe he needs it to prove his manliness to eat such crap. Have you ever thought of that and Occam's Razor Jumbo Shrimp? Wait; what am I saying here? So Albert accuses Milo of having a...wait for it...a girlfriend. Huh? Are we going to redo Guy's Night Out...Oh wait; we basically are replaying THAT episode! Dammit guys! Milo; you better run now because being called a Pony Princess is the LEAST of your worries since the dorks want to hear the story of his girlfriend. I betcha that during this; Milo makes up the most factual story in history; only that he blows his cover and admits that he is friends with the seapony. Because apparently; redoing Fish Lips Sink Ships was hilarious. It would have been if Bea wasn't such an asshole. So Milo shows off his lying lips because he has multiple girlfriends. I betcha one of them is Majestic. Oh come on guys! You knew that joke was coming a mile away.
The dork sell with glee as Milo shows off his muscles and does some pushups on the table; which is pretty funny; and then Oscar panics because there is an animal outside the house. Milo turns around and it's Lady Lemon Drop floating around looking at nothing in particular. Milo decides to run interference by throwing the cards in the air; and they are all hearts and diamonds, meaning that Oscar rigged his entire deck. If that was for Bea's sake then damn it; it makes the "Pony Princess" meme sound even more sexist than it already is. So the dorks look outside and deduce that she is lost as Milo tries to change the subject; but Jumbo Shrimp is on his cellphone calling Animal Control. Ironically; he is using a pink cellphone, so I can see the hypocrite of manliness all over him. So we head outside to see Lemon Drop being chased and captured by a truck belonging to Animal Control as the ACG (a red redneck fish) goes over to the house and asks who knows this pony. Oscar, Albert and Jumbo Shrimp deny any relationship with the pony horse as I expected them to; despite the fact that everyone saw the horse at the birthday party. Milo is sweating and silent as the ACG gets on Milo's case about this seapony. Animal Control Guy is voiced by Matt Hill and according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): He is known for several roles, including Ed in Ed, Edd n Eddy, Kevin Keene/Captain N in Captain N: The Game Master, Kira Yamato in Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny, Raphael in Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, Ryo Sanada in Ronin Warriors, Carlos in Transformers Armada, Ironhide in Transformers Energon, and Artha Penn and Dragon Booster in "The Dragon Booster." He is also the voice of the Wonderbolt Soarin' in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He was born in the same place as Samuel Vincent. The two are often cast together as friends, most famously in the Cartoon Network programme Ed, Edd n Eddy, with Ed (Hill) & Edd (Vincent)and as the two protagonists of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED franchise; Kira Yamato (Hill) and Athrun Zala (Vincent).
He has one of the most youthful and recognized voices in the voice acting community, often cast in teenage roles because of this. His live action role was his portrayal of Raphael in third Teenage Ninja Turtles movie and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation. He also played the deputy in the live-action movie Shanghai Knights. He began his career in Canada on the Watchers movie and the television movie The People Across The Lake as Lisa's boyfriend. Lilo & Stitch The Series as Kato Stewart is his DTVA debut. Pac-Man & His Ghostly Adventures as Skeebo is his most recent credit. He has 105 acting credits and one Self credit (X-Quest doing narration) to his resume. Milo stammers like an idiot and then proclaims that ponies are for girls and he doesn't know it. I hate sexist twits! They even ruin Milo Moments for me too! So the ACG gets into his truck and drives off with Lemon Drop. The dorks all talk about the pound where it is cold, lonely and doesn't serve ice cream. Man; that is cruel and unusual punishment. Good going Milo; good going. At least Milo feels a lot of remorse; although instead of just running towards the direction of the pound, despite the fact that all the male dorks have gone inside and cannot see him; we scene change and see Milo playing cards looking like his eyes are going to bust like a dam. Milo's frowning face is a 0.8 Milo as Oscar calls it his poker face. Whatever Oscar as Milo looks at the cards and sees Lemon Drop riding with Milo on the cards. Milo then finally has had enough and confesses while sobbing like a baby. He calls himself a horrible fish and klonks his head on the table. The dorks are shocked and appalled; and then we jump cut to the couch as the dorks are with Milo consoling him about his soft side. Milo doesn't understand why he is not supposed to express it. Jumbo Shrimp admits that he's afraid people would make fun of him having a soothe; or Albert Glass being made fun of the fact that he literally has a love-hate relationship with chick flicks. Which is hilarious considering that most of Angela's picks for film involved female characters beating the crap out of scummy boyfriends. And yes; they showed a flashback of "Four Sassy Girls In The City" being hated and loved by Albert because there has to be a payoff. Oscar then pastes himself with sparkly stickers as Milo has a blue blanket on him.
So Milo asks if they have finally got in touch with their soft side; because it's time to rescue Lady Lemon Drop from the evil clutches of Anti-ice cream pounds. So we get a long sequence of the dorks dressing up like gangster hippies with doo rags and we drive to the pound via Albert's SWANK corvette. And yes; their girly loves are now their booking names for this operation. So the goofs practice the fine art of not being seen as ACG walks out and goes to his truck and leaves; as we see Soothe of Doom on the sky above; Albert underneath in the sewer (called Chick Flick). Milo and Oscar opens the doors and head inside (called Pony Prince and Glitter Sticker Boy) as they play like 1980's cops on speed. So we head to the Animal Control Office as a green redneck fish with hunter's gear is at his desk as Milo counts down on his watch and then the fish guard sees fireworks outside and turns around to see them. When he turns around again; he gets sprayed in the face with mustard from the mustard gun of Milo. Milo threatens more mustard and then hugs the guy like an idiot as the ACGO tells him that all Milo has to do is sign a release form and he can have Lemon Drop back. Milo stammers like an idiot and then signs the form. Geez; no built up to that whatsoever. I thought that they would have bust Lemon Drop out and THEN did the spray mustard in the face spot when the babyfaces were cornered? DUMB! So we head back on the road as the dorks are in the car having a fun time with Lemon Drop in the back seat. I should point out that Jumbo Shrimp is wearing a pickle style satellite dish hat on his head. I cannot take anything Jumbo Shrimp sezs seriously. That hat SUCKS! So Milo and Lemon Drop look at each other as Milo seeks forgiveness and Lemon Drop accepts it as we get a dumb; but cute sequence where Bea, Shellsea and Fimberly are riding seaponies with them through various fishtanks. I realized that this was just another excuse for Fimberly to take another stupid bump because she proclaims that they aren't awful and then smashes herself into a bird cage hard. We end the sequence with the same footage when Milo and Lemon Drop have eyes for each other; only everyone is in the paradise and that ends the episode at 10:40. This is was not a good Milo Moment as the whole thing reeked of stupidity; only it was not cute for the most part as they rushed the finish through and the ending was just silly. And I have finally given up hope on Fimberly ever being a character. I hope you are proud of yourselves writers. ** 1/4 (45%).
THE REVIEW LINE
We had a mixed bag of shorts this time around. Milo Pony was below average as I just couldn't buy all this stupidity that these boys hate doing girl things when most of them have already done so in this series so many times; it was comical. I was disappointed that the pony was not called Lady Majestic to pay off the ending to Doggonit (although Lemon Drop is a nice name); and they rushed the finish so much that they didn't even bother to have the boys bust Lemon Drop out first before they sprayed mustard in the guard's face. Milo did some nice spots; but the storyline was just plain stupid and lacking of the charm that Spongebob Squarepants brought to the table in terms of the "dumb, but cute" type of episode. Finally; I have finally decided to stop having sympathy/empathy for Fimberly after she hated Lemon Drop at the beginning of the episode because it's clear now that the writers are using her as a toy to play with and it's not worth complaining about anymore because they aren't going to change their minds. Hare & Back Again was much better in spite of the stale bunny suit angle. Milo was great here and I took him seriously on his pright. The finish was contrived because they could have just played in Mr. Baldwin's classroom since Mr. Baldwin was playing. Actually; having Coach Salmons be Mr. Baldwin would have been better in the sense that he was the one who played a baby duck. The ending was out of nowhere and was actually legit funny to me. Plus; that Chimera is going to get stolen for a future RPG at some point; I just know it. So last up for 2013 is Jocktopizza and The Brandon Bubble to end ranting for this year.So......
Thumbs down for Milo's Pony and Thumbs up for Hare & Back Again and I'll see you all next time!