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Fish Hooks
Don't Let The Fish Drive The Party Bus/Milo In A Cup Rant
Reviewed: 05/20/2017
Please Let Milo Drive The Cup Party Bus!
Well; we continue down the lame duck road of Season three with Milo wanting to create a party bus. Then we see Oscar wondering how Milo became such a party animal and Milo offers to give him a magical amulet in order to give Oscar partying powers; only for Milo to lose his in the process. Geez; those are Milo Moments if I ever saw two of them. So; how does these episodes fare? Let's rant on shall we...?
Don't Let The Fish Drive The Party Bus is written by Maxwell Atoms, Darrick Bachman, C.H. Greenblatt, Craig Lewis, William Reiss and Noah Z. Jones. Storyboards are done by Maxwell Atoms, C.H. Greenblatt, William Reiss and Noah Z. Jones; while the direction is done by C.H. Greenblatt. Milo In A Cup is written by Maxwell Atoms, Darrick Bachman, C.H. Greenblatt, Craig Lewis, William Reiss and Noah Z. Jones. Storyboards are done by Tyler Chen and directed by C.H. Greenblatt and William Reiss. 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.
Don't Let The Fish Drive The Party Bus: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Hot Guys ) as Bud has clothes on a stick giving the thumb at us complete with bowling pins cracking on cue. Whatever; as we zoom into the Hokey Poke and then zoom into a paper taped on the wall overlooking the window with Milo's shaded mug on it stating to come to Milo's Party. We zoom out as the thing is posted everywhere, and Chief is not amused as usual. In comes Oscar and Milo with piece of paper as they go over to the same table with Bea and Shellsea. Oscar is not amused by this as Milo gives out party invites to the party of the centuary, so claims Milo. Apparently; he spent actual money renting out a party bus as Bea is liking this since the only buses she has been on, take her to places she doesn't want to go. I'm guessing two of them are her school and her house. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm...Shellsea teases going into dance mode; but then recoils due to the presence of salty crackers which Milo tosses like someone tossing their cookies, only it's literal rather a metaphor for vomitting. Shellsea gets hit by crackers as she wants real snacks while Milo eats in a dirty way. I would love to hear what Shellsea thinks is a "real snack". Oh; she wants big burgers as Bea suggests that they get the food. Shellsea teases partying; but recoils because we need hot boys and we'll use the Gruffi pose to reinforce the rigid gender identiy of girls loving hot boys. Shellsea is pounding the table; so I assume that the hot boys is just not possible as Milo rips his shirt off of course as Shellsea's eyes pop out and rise to the surface. Yip; she needs eye bleach now. Shellsea protests this outrage and swims up to look for her eyes. She is yelling and I'm giggling for no reason whatsoever. So we continue to talk as the party starts now. Bea get the food, Oscar gets the hot boys (which Oscar doesn't like) and Milo will get Mr. Baldwin. Why? Is it because they need a guardian for the party to make sure nothing goes out of control? BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Are you kidding me?! It's Milo; it's really because Mr. Baldwin needs a break from babysitting. Yeah; he is babysitting babies and now must babysit teenagers during a party. That is so totally different in Milo's mind. We head to Mr. Baldwin's run down apartment complex and head into the hallway as Milo is chanting "derp" in the hallway. I swear to god he is doing this.
So he makes it to Room 4A and rings the doorbell with letter in fin. He rings it over and over again; which causes the babies inside to cry. Baldwin answers the door and blows off Milo for waking up the babies after he tried to give them a nap; only for the doorbell to ring literally seconds later. Milo gives him a poem asking what is Baldwin going to do and Baldwin proclaims that he's not going; which Milo claims that Baldwin thou must. Umm; Milo, you are a teenager; he's an adult. So you cannot make him go unless you sweeten the pot in his favor further so that he would want to go. It's basic informed consent and you cannot even do that right. Baldwin's back is worse than seeing women drawn in the most impossible sex poses ever; and somehow it's funnier when Baldwin does it as he claims that he's fine. No; you are not fine Baldwin. You need the hospital now as Baldwin goes back into his apartment and closes the door. Poor guy. See what you have wrought, Milo?! Milo proclaims that this baby needs him more; so Milo still doesn't understand informed consent, what a shock?! Scene change to the Green Hoobsteak as Fish Vartan is back as the clerk wearing the most absurd leather hat with horns on it. Shellsea wants burgers and there are four kinds of them despite the menu clearly showing only three kinds. Shellsea thinks these names are stupid, so she's Mrs. Hardcore when it comes to the burger world. Whatever, Shellsea. Bea insists that burger is fine; but Vartan cannot figure out what button to press unless she says "Hooba" first. So in other words; Shellsea was right all along. That's like saying a half dozen nuggets and the guy saying that they don't have that because it's only available in six. Shellsea is getting so pissed off that she's now saying it and Fish Vartan understands her and we get more dumb promo cutting as they spin around like complete fools as Bea is yelling for Shellsea to come back to her, but nothing hoobadoing. Oh great; now I'm doing it. That's horrifying. Shellsea wants help; I don't care. Bea bails to find Fimberly at Taco Place dressed up like an avacado taco. Bea comes over and informs Fimberly that Shellsea needs help (no she doesn't; but storyline comes first, so whatever...); and Fimberly rips off her taco suit with jackhammer background and brings out the WCW KEY OF DOOM as she jumps in and inserts the key into the conveniently placed keyhole containing the switch for the over ride, causing flashing spotlight and flying onto the floor.
Pfft; whatever. Shellsea pumps her fist with joy and Bea proclaims that Fish Vartan is reset. Wait; so Fish Vartan is a fish robot like Principal Fishington is?! Why do I get the feeling that we are not going to get a relationship between Fishington and Vartan? Fimberly wants a burger and she then gets sucked into the vortex of Hooba, because Fimberly is the bump machine and thus must be extremely stupid to the intentional max, man! Jump cut to a baby doing hand signals in his bed. He gets a baby bottle to suck on as Baldwin is calming down the babies with baby bottles. Baldwin stops because of course Milo is in one of the baskets dressed up like a baby. Of course! Baldwin no sells of course as Milo asks how he knew it was Milo as Baldwin claims that babies cannot talk; which is a lie, and they cannot text, which is almost a lie. Milo of course feigns igorance as Baldwin blows him off and bails. Milo asks about changing him and Baldwin no sells that instantly. Damn; I wish he went back, teased it and then no sold it; that would have been funnier. Milo's pouting again; so you know he's serious BABEE! So we head into the Sports Blast Store with Oscar, Jumbo Shrimp and Albert as we cut to three muscle bodybuilder fish. Two of them have anime hair and one of them is bald and his head is shaped like a middle finger. This is not going to end well as Oscar brings out a megaphone in the store as he proclaims that he is looking for hot boys; and everyone has that look of "What the hell is this?!" and "Why are you doing this, Oscar?!" It doesn't help that Oscar is so awkward in saying this; as apparently face to face encounters with normal speaking voices aren't funny enough, I guess. Everyone ignores him as Albert proclaims that no one is listening to them. You don't say? I'm surprised none of them are calling the police for disturbing the peace. Jumbo Shrimp looks around and deduces that hot girls are needed to make this work. I don't like where this is going...Oh dammit! Yip; Albert, JS and Oscar dress up like women and only Albert approaches anywhere close to lukewarm at this point. Now; you would think that no one would sell this; but you would be wrong. You would think that only the bodybuilders would sell this because they are idiots; but you would also be wrong. Yes; EVERY MALE in the goddamn store sold this and ran after the cross dressing boys. This is so stupid.
Jump cut back to Baldwin in a panic because the babies and Milo are going on strike. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Okay; THAT was funny. Baldwin demands answers to this outrage and Milo explains the obvious to us. Male on female violence ensues as one of the babies whacks another with a strike sign. Baldwin is demanding Milo to get the babies back to sleep; sounding panicky in the process. Geez; I wonder what the compenstation to Milo is going to be in this deal?! Wink, wink, nudge, nudge! Baldwin panics and in comes Lulu Lips and she panics as Baldwin claims that it's all Milo's fault as Milo claims that they were doing it so Baldwin could have a nice time at the party, and Miss Lips is all for it and she orders Baldwin to not disappoint the babies. HAHA! Okay; this kind of consent I could get behind. So we finally head inside the dance floor with a legit sea cucumber singing on stage with an electronic keyboard and lots of strobe lights. There is a disco ball in the center; which means we are in Shellsea's wet dream now. POW! OUCH! Ummmm... (Shellsea: You wish it was. I like it! DISCO~!) I discover that this is Milo's Party Bus; known as Milo's Tank Of Swag. I am not making this up! Bea brings in the drinks and Shellsea brings the whine. POW! OUCH! Ummm...Fimberly and Koi wait outside the party bus as they want to really be stupid and be fashionably late. Yeah; we cannot have Fimberly act like an actual character and go in, or actually be fashionably late. Brandon Blubber also made the trip as does Bo Gregory. Jump cut to Shellsea and Bea eating a lot as Shellsea claims that she's carbed up and wants some hot boys. So the door slam open and in comes Oscar, Jumbo Shrimp and Albert with Gruffi poses on. Just to make the males look even stupider; the trio of dorks aren't even wearing their woman outfits and yet the males bowl them over like nothing had actually happened. This is exactly what happen when you have six writers for one episode and no filter to make sure the booking makes sense. Shellsea is giddy and we get the DISCO JACKHAMMER OF AWESOMENESS for old times sake. Jump cut to Fimberly acting like a stupid idiot while Koi is texting, and probably shopping for Fimberly. I think it's for two clicks in the making of a clue! So we jump cut to a yellow fish with a mustache and a top hat on top of a puppet like dog who is panting as he checks his watch and it's time for the party bus to start.
So he cracks the reins as the fish tank is the bus' inside while the outside of the bus is the dog. So it's more like a Party Bobsled to me. Don't you just hate it when they don't deliver an actual party bus?! I am very disappointed in you, Milo. Of course; Fimberly and Koi are left behind like stupid idiots! HAHA! At least this means Fimberly won't be a rag doll the writers use to amuse themselves, so at least I can live with this disrespect. Jump cut to inside the party tank as Bea wonders where Milo is and we jump cut to the top of a fish tank as Baldwin tells Milo that his visit to the party bus will be short. As in one minute tops. Milo is like "okay" and he grabs Baldwin's fin and jumps into the party bobsled tank as Milo proclaims that Mr. Baldwin is in the house. Don't you mean; "In the party bus", since that is what this episode has been shooting for since the episode title? So the musclehead with purple hair wants burgers and of course Fish Vartan comes in and the Bobba Vortex consumes everyone again, because reasons. One of the peach muscleheads addresses him as Jerry (or Cherry; which would be funnier methinks) as he is getting a good workout. No, he is not. He is going down the whirlpool of intense trans fats and calories. He's also carrying Shellsea for no good reason at all as they all want what he is having. What a bunch of stupid idiots these males are? Geez; the males in Ghostbusters 2016 were smarter and more compelling than these losers. Ponder that one for a moment. Shellsea of course hates this as we get a huge whirlpool inside the party bobsled basically engulfing everyone except for Fimberly, Koi, the bus driver and the dog itself. Now; if I was booking this, the finish would be Fimberly and Koi going in somehow and stopping this and Fimberly gets her heroic moment in the sun and becomes a character. However; this is Fish Hooks and dammit, Fimberly is a prop in this darn foresaken show. And yes; the EVIL ONE gets thrown out of the tank and pinches the tail of the dog. Of course; the dog sells pain and goes faster. I'm not Kenny Powers; but I sure as hell wish I was! Baldwin blames Milo for everything of course even though this was caused by Fish Vartan. Baldwin thinks he's going to die; and considering his status in DTVA, he's already there long before this. Fimberly and Koi panic in their fish tank as the party bobsled is racing around the pet store and annoying Wilford....
HOLY CRAP! They ARE going to do my finish! OH MY GOD! IT'S A MIRACLE~! Fimberly finally gonna do it! She rips her dress! She invokes the jackhammer background and brings out the dreaded WCW KEY OF DOOM! Koi throws Fimberly into the air and Fimberly acts like Superman! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! Maximum Override as she bursts into flames! Oh wait; no...no......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! She crashes and burns onto the floor. Damn you, show! Just damn you! Okay; I laughed during this; but come on! You had one job writers; and you still couldn't resist Fimberly taking a monster bump. And she gets squashed to boot. Fimberly's hair is on fire as shelves inside the pet store fall like dominoes. So apparently; the party bobsled crashes into the shelves and the tank breaks causing everyone to be worse off than Fimberly ever was. Meaning Koi is the only one who escaped injury. Everyone starts to leave as they feel dizzy; Shellsea wants a burger as she calls this the worst party ever. I wouldn't go that far. It was certainly the most violent party I have ever seen that wasn't caused by a terrorist nor a criminal shooter. Milo looks around and throws away Brandon and Fish Vartan, finding him as he consoles him. Well; it's nice to know that he actually cared about someone, even though he was the least injured in the entire thing. Milo of course blames the babies for this for talking them into this; despite the fact that Milo was the one who did the demonstration with the babies in the first place. To be fair; Fish Vartan is to blame for having a defective memory that causes everyone to do what he is. Weak willed dorks! Baldwin finally speaks and he grabs Milo; proclaiming that this was the greatest party bus experience he ever had, even though it was the only one ever. Wow Baldwin; you really do need to get out a lot more. Okay; the rest of this was basically Baldwin wanting a more extreme party bus experience; which would be fine except that he is magically wearing a leather jacket and shades; for no reason. Milo is surprised by this and asks if he has a concussion and Baldwin acts like "Who am I?" Oh, swell; they are making light of this. Dammit; and this finish was fine until that moment. Milo and Baldwin leave as the dog licks the fish tank filled with a pile of teenage fish and nearly eats Jumbo Shrimp in the process to end the episode at 10:20 approx. Sorry show; but no extra credit for repeating Vartan's Yolo rap since it's the exact same rap. Still funny though, so I'll give it that much. Episode wasn't as funny though as the party bus thing was a disappointment and the finish was not good either. ** 1/2 (50%).
Milo In A Cup: We begin this one with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Sign: Ducks For $$$. Seriously?! ) as a really badly looking Scrooge like Duck rises up from a tomb of gold coins. There you are; you Ducktales nerds, the DTVA reference I don't care about. We zoom into the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH and head to Mr. Baldwin's classroom. Baldwin is at the chalkboard showing off 4+4=; a math question you do in Grade one, and these fish are supposed to be high schoolers in Grade twelve. This is the biggest pitfall of doing a kids show with a school setting: You have to push everything below the sixth grade level learning because the target audience is in that grade. Normally; if your characters are in said grade or lower; that's okay. The problem here is that it's high school and it makes the students look like morons, barring that; it mades the education system in the area look like a backwater redneck town. Neither one is a good idea. Milo of course if more interested in beating up a pinata wearing a straw hat than calculating four plus four; so even he thinks this angle is total BS. The candy flies and everyone cheers at their desks and we do the limbo dance as Baldwin has the Gruffi pose on. Oh goody; Deranged Kermit is back! Doctor Frog, everyone. It's been a long time since I wanted to say that; so thank you Tyler Chen for that. Milo wants Oscar to swim on in and Oscar is more indecisive than a weight-lifter. Oh geez; even Oscar is trying too hard to avoid that flushed toilet in his future. Baldwin simply gives up and joins in with Miss Lips and Escarmargot because Oscar is such a fuddy duddy. Pfft; whatever. Koi and Bo Gregory also join in as we ring the damn bell and everyone stops as Baldwin tries to reveal homework and then just gives up. Jocktopus lifts Milo up and down, praising him as everyone except Milo and Oscar leave the classroom. Milo turns around asking Oscar why he didn't want to Conga as Oscar asks about his partying out of nowhere. Wait; isn't the pinata and dancing part of the party?! Milo has no clue what he is talking about. Geez; we all know why Milo parties out of nowhere: Because he's Milo. Milo claims that the party was not out of nowhere and is simple mathmatics, which I'm surprised that he didn't call it herd immunity. I should note that there is an automany chart in the background, featuring Oscar as the test subject. I smell a flushed toilet in Oscar's future, just for that.
So; the guise of this is that Oscar is jealous of Milo's natural ability to party and do stuff out of nowhere; before leaving the classroom. Close up of Milo looking bad with Oscar echo voiceover of wanting to be as good at what Milo does as we segueway to Milo on his bed looking at the ceiling, feeling bad. Milo then sits on the edge of the bed, as we get the martial arts zoom in of doom and he proclaims that he knows what to do. We segueway to an apple orchard as Milo is picking apples and putting them into a purple basket. Jump cut to Milo in a darkened science lab as he is basically making the most complicated version of apple juice the world has ever seen. Then Milo spits into the drink and then we jump cut to Milo writing on a desk in front of a computer on a piece of paper with a pencil. He puts the paper in the apple juice glass. Why? Why not?! I have seen much worse fart jokes than this as he seals the juice glass with a blue lid. Jackhammer background ensues complete with Milo gaining doll arms. Why? Why not?! Oh wait; it's rope which makes slightly more sense as Milo is yelling for Oscar. I don't know why; since Oscar no sold it anyway. Oscar is playing with wooden blocks, a sign of a repressed childhood as Milo comes up and is so giddy that he forgets to turn the volume down on his voice. Milo's got the buck teeth on and tells Oscar to close his eyes before Milo wets himself. I think you are well past that stage, Milo. Oscar closes his eyes as Milo puts the Milo In A Cup necklace around Oscar's neck and we open the peepers up. Oscar asks what is this and Milo claims that it's him. Of course; BS&P was never going to allow Milo to piss in the cup with urine (but it's perfectly okay to make verbal pissing jokes though) so it smells like apple juice, man. And yes; Oscar did indeed said that. So basically; it's a piece of him -- which is the party one -- to help Oscar in no longer being socially awkward. Being around Milo is socially awkward in itself; so this is not going to work and even Oscar confused. Milo cannot pronounce amulet properly, calling it an amula. Milo calls it a Majiamula as Oscar backhandedly thanks him because this is more complicated than that. Preach on, brutha! Milo Moments are usually funny; but this is ineffective just the same as Milo winks on the far shot and the pink jackhammer background shows up on cue. Wait; sparkles? Is Sunwoo animating this?! Nah....Oscar decides to give it a chance to make Milo happy and Milo is giddy happy now.
Oscar claims that he's only going to wear it for a couple of days, because he's skeptical...nay...playing along with the fact that Milo is an idiot. Milo sounds like a quack doctor in claiming that Oscar must believe in the apple juice and must promise that. Oscar sounds like he cannot promise that; but promises anyway as Milo brings out Bryan (a dolphin in a red shirt and party hat) with a funnel containing pureed broccoli. Because; why not?! Somehow; this causes Milo to gain five hundred grams and then spit out green liquid. Pfft; whatever. Milo blows off Bryan for no reason and Bryan does the most tortured dolphin cry I have ever heard before we head back to the ROMAN ARENA OF DEATH. We head back to Baldwin's class as we resume the lesson of first grade math. Milo gets on Oscar's case because it's time to party now, and Oscar is more confused than I ever could be. Oscar of course is against this; but thou must says Milo. Escarmargot chimes in on the partying stuff as Oscar waves his arm in the air and wants to go to the bathroom, causing Milo to tackle him down onto the floor in protest; because Oscar promised to BO-Lieve in the Majicamula. Oscar claims that it's basically an apple version of homepathy; but Milo don't care as he kisses Oscar on the forehead; telling him to go to the bathroom. Then come back and it's time to PART-IE UP~! Milo slaps Oscar in the ass as Oscar walks out of the room, plus he tells him to wash his fins. Speak for yourself, Milo. So we head to the boy's washroom with Oscar talking to himself and looking at a mirror above a sink. Oscar calls this stupid; and then denies it as he's more socially awkward than he was before this angle even started. Oscar proclaims that he promised Milo and he must BO-LIEVE~! You wish you were Bo Dallas, Oscar; since you never been to Suplex City. Jump cut to the classroom as Bea is talking to Shellsea for no reason. Oh wait; Bea is being Bea. What a fool I am?! Door slams open and Oscar sprays everyone with an air compressor machine asking if anyone has ordered a party. Well; Bea has, so there you go. Baldwin is rubbing his head in pain as Oscar basically goes nuts with the cultural apporation party of death as we basically REPEAT THE SPOT of candy flying around as Doctor Frog is involved in the Congo dance...AGAIN! Bea and Oscar exchange pleasure thoughts as Bea is surprised that Oscar can do this better than Milo. Riiiigggghhhhttttt, Bea.
So, Oscar and Bea twirl and dance, dance, dance to their doom. HEEHEEHEEHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm...Thank you Shellsea, you are a life saver. (Shellsea: Don't mention it, Gregory; I like it! DISCO~!) Somehow; Coach Salmons is involved as Oscar is moon walking and doing some really awkward looking dance moves that make this a lot funnier than it should be allowed to by law. Oscar waves at Milo as Milo calls this the proudest Milo Moment ever as everyone but the trio leave the classroom. Bea is loving this class party of doom. You know; maybe it's time for Baldwin to stop listening to Disney's demographic and actually teach actual character age apporos material instead. Because I don't have a lot of sympathy for him doing this crap at this point. Oscar has the Gruffi pose on as he wants to party up at the Hokey Poke and Bea agrees to it and leaves. Oscar and Milo then get so giddy that they hold hands and cannot BO-LIEVE that this actually worked. You get the feeling this is going to leave Freshwater as the Apple Juice Homepathy Capital of the World~! Oscar points at Milo and thanks him. Just remember, two fingers pointing at Milo; means four fingers are pointed back at Oscar, so there you go. So Milo walks out of Freshwater feeling so damn happy for Oscar as we see Jumbo Shrimp and Albert Glass with what appears to be filled water balloons. The two ask Milo if he wants a water balloon party as Milo says no, and they seem all right with that. Milo walks out proclaiming that Oscar is having the time of his life. Yeah; I'll bet. I also bet that there is a flushed toilet in his future, too. Milo walks past a musclehead fish with a military style haircut dressing up cats. Good luck getting your real pet into that; kiddies! Oh; and the musclehead fish wants to juggle them too. Milo no sells and moves on because he's tired and needs a rest for his good deed; only to be cut off by Bryan with a number 17 labelled balloon. It's Bryan birthday today, you see. Milo is too tired and asks him to postpone the party until next week and goes into his house. Next week?! I can understand tomorrow, but next week?! I get the feeling Milo doesn't like Bryan as we hear noises and see Bryan enjoying the tamalle juggling and water balloon fight Jumbo Shrimp and Albert Glass are doing. Wait; so why were there kittens in sweaters in the previous scene? Wait; WHAT?! Milo panics because now he thinks he has lost his partying touch.
I doubt that very seriously, you stupid idiot! Milo then deduces that he has lost his party powers because he spat once into a glass of apple juice with a note in it. Milo is panicky as he runs around and forgot where the door was. Pfft; whatever. You have to be weaksauce to believe that one spit equals lost partying powers. I can BOLIEVE that it saps your drawing powers as a wrestler; but partying?! Get out of town, man! So we head to the Hokey Poke as we jump cut to Bea at the table and calls the place dead. Bea sure knows how to badly bury anything as Oscar comes in being as smooth as an awkward fart in church. Oscar shows off his hand and Bea grabs it; causing a huge explosion which doesn't kill them, sadly. Teddy Ruxpin song of doom ensues and Bea is in a Gorilla Press Airplane Spin as Bea is loving this; and in runs Milo protesting this outrage as he asks why he doesn't like partying anymore. He also asks what is happening to him. Umm; didn't you already blame the Majicamula for this?! Bea wants to know what is going on and Oscar is claiming that it's NOTHING...AND THE ROCK SAYS NOTHING! The most amazing part is; is that Oscar is right and wants to have a whisper yell and calming down conference. Milo claims that the Majicamula has killed his party powers; which is so stupid it's not even stupid. Oscar rightfully points out that this is BS; so Milo does dance moves that look even funnier than when Oscar does it. Ummm; you aren't exactly proves that you lost your magical partying powers there, Milo; now you are just being a baby. But not Baby Legs; no siree! Milo's eyes are like a lake now as Oscar wants to figure this one out later. Milo whines about it; but Oscar apologizes because he cannot give the Majicamula back to Milo and walks out stage right. I don't blame Oscar; because Milo's magical thinking has backfired him in the ass, AGAIN! Milo is in tears and those are so sweet and tasty as Bea wonders what this was all about, and Oscar claims it's nothing. Which is in fact true, when you put logic and reason behind it. Oscar then claims that Milo had a crazy idea as Bea claims Milo has been depressed lately; while Milo rolls an out of nowhere ball of yarn. Bea asks if Milo is okay; Oscar says yes and Bea is fine with it as she praises Oscar. Then they hold hands and Oscar begins to do a 0.8 Rock Lobster Yeti Frowny Face. They look at each other; and then Oscar apologizes and bails stage left. Dammit! It's homepathy, it doesn't work! Oscar runs with anime background (hilarious considering that Oscar is literally ten feet away from Milo in previous shots) and Milo tackles him down. Milo is pissed off as he demands the Majicamula. Oscar keeps trying to tell him that he is going to give it back; but Milo keeps cutting him off and blowing him off for being a selfish prick. Let me guess: We are going to get the "they shatter the amulet" finish; because the spots are building to such a finish.
Oh wait; it's worse than that: Milo rips the rope from Oscar's neck and tosses the Majicamula away as it bounces off the wooden floor and doesn't break. What?! Worse; guess who grabs it? Yes folks; it's the EVIL ONE himself, Randy "I wish I was Kenny Powers" Pincherson. WHAT?! Why him? Why not Bea; who was in the Hokey Poke the entire time watching this?! This is a case of a swevere for the sake of one, which is far worse than being totally predictable. Worse; Randy breaks the Majicumula anyway and proclaims that he's Randy Pincherson. Screw you, show! Screw you in your ass, please! The one time where I wouldn't mind Bea being clumsey (hell; out of nowhere Miss Lips would be better); and you didn't go for it?! Damn you, show! Randy twinkletoes away proud of himself for ruining yet another episode with his presence as Milo and Oscar are horrified at the remains as the two brothers apologize for being stupid. Then Bea butts her nose into her business and the two brothers blow her off; but Bea ain't taking no for an answer nor a question nor a proposition. POW! OUCH! Ummmm... So Milo and Oscar confess in the most mean spirited way possible complete with Gruffi pose. I'm sorry; but there is no way I can take Milo being mean-spirited seriously in this scene. Bea blows them off for being rude and then finds a note inside the glass which reads "Believe in Yourself, Heart Milo". He is also a student in the game of random capitalization and also cannot write s's properly. Milo finally explains that the magic of the Majicamula is to believe in yourself; which isn't magic by the way. That is purely metaphorical as Oscar then proclaims that Milo can get his partying powers back if he just believed in himself. Milo proceeds to blank out complete with busy signal. HAHA! And then he raises his arms and proclaims that he got his party powers back complete with ding sound. HAHA! Bea and Oscar faint dead away; which isn't all that impressive underwater as Milo proclaims that he must right a terrible wrong. So we head to Milo's house after another failed attempt to be Spongebob Squarepants and have Bryan's birthday complete with balloons and presents. Hopefully; one of them will help with his dolphin cry, because that sucks as we see all the babyfaces zoomed out wishing him a happy birthday as his dolphin cry improves a tiny bit before we circle fade out to end the episode at 10:20 approx. Another nonsencial, but cute episode that got killed by Randy Pincherson, once again. Milo Moments are usually funny; but when Randy is involved, they sink like stones. ** 1/4 (45%).
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THE REVIEW LINE
Well; this was a let down of shorts this time around. Milo In A Cup was your standard magical thinking episode with Randy Pincherson ruinining the moment as always. The Majicamula angle was fine; but there wasn't much else to it as Oscar being Milo wasn't all that amusing and I simply didn't care enough about it to like it. The moral was all right and the Bryan party payoff was fine. Don't Let Fish Drive The Party Bus did have a really funny moment with Milo and the babies striking and Fimberly's one shining moment that failed was epic; but overall, it was another Milo Moment that ceased being funny by the end when they had to do a concussion angle at the end. Fish Vartan's antics are still hilarious in their own way; but they repeated it way too much for my liking, although it did play into the finish, so I cannot blame them for overplaying the payoff at least. Shellsea was cranky; but she was good as usual and overall the episode was decent enough, but I expected so much more out of this angle. Oh well. So...
Thumbs in the middle for Don't Let Fish Drive The Party Bus and thumbs down for Milo In A Cup and I'll see you all next time!