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Fluppy Dogs

Reviewed: 06/05/2010-06/06/2010

The End Of Original-ism In DTVA......Sort of....


Welcome kiddies to my special attraction known as Father's Day Specials. I decided to try my luck with another OAV (and this one is more OAV than the ones I re-ranted for TaleSpin). This one focuses on a DTVA property you probably never heard of. It was also one of the reasons why Disney decided to go with familiar characters soon after it was released. Welcome to the Rant Shack: Fluppy Dogs. Disney actually wanted to make this one an animated series to go along side Gummi Bears and even the Wuzzles. Sadly; this pilot episode tanked in the ratings much faster than the Wuzzles did. One possible reason might be due to the characters being dead ringers to The Pound Puppies. Or maybe it was because the show was way too colorful even by Disney's standards (and the Fluppy Dogs book suggests that it was intended for a younger female audience then the animated series we got here which is funny considering that had Disney reinstated this production for the new Disney it would have gotten monster over with the girls) and the dogs stuck out like a sore thumb compared to the rest of the show. This is also the first animated movie on Disney Channel which beat out Kim Possible's: So The Drama (Yeah right?!) by 19 years. Personally; I have never seen this special from start to finish and I'm ready to be surprised. I got through the Wuzzles without any problems (in spite of Rhinokey stinking up the joint) so this should be easy since it's only about 44 minutes long. So let's rant on shall we....?!

.The special is written by Haskell Barkin and the late Bruce Talkington. The director is Fred Wolf and I cannot find any story editor or teleplay. I'll assume it's Bruce Talkington again. Haskell usually wrote episodes for Hanna Barbara starting with Scooby Doo/Dynamutt Hour in 1976 and Jabberjaw. He also wrote for Clue Club, The Love Boat, Carter Country, Yogi's Space Race, Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics and the Smurfs. Fluppy Dogs is his DTVA debut and he also wrote an episode for Darkwing Duck in 1991 which is his last credit along with Monsters. He also wrote some episodes in The Twilight Zone and Pound Puppies (which might have been based on Fluppy Dogs and that one lasted longer. You know HB was in trouble when Pound Puppies lasted longer than it should have). Fred Wolf has been around since 1964 with animation shorts (The Bird in 1964) and animated series like TMNT 1987. The Wuzzles is his DTVA debut and he directed for Ducktales as well before founding his own film studio Fred Wolf Films in 1992. He produced 27 productions, wrote for four, directed 16 productions, was an animation director for 13 productions and even did some acting in four productions (noted for The Adventures of the American Rabbit as Fred Red.). The animation was done by TMS.


Opening Moment #1: We start this special with a pan shot on a DARK & STORMY NIGHT mountain side with lots of thunder and lighting and creepy music. I should note that one of the credits states that the music was done by the late Shirley Walker (passed away in 2006) who started in 1979 with Apocalypse Now and The Black Stallion. He has done over 55 productions as a composer and did the soundtrack for Dick Tracy in 1990. Fluppy Dogs is his DTVA debut and his only appearance. This is a common theme among the first introductions by the way (if you discount Fred Wolf and Haskell Barkin of course). Black Christmas was his final credit (although Final Destination in 3D is listed but is in 2009 after his death. It should be in archive footage on the IMDB since his music was recycled for the 3D version). I see some interesting movies in his resume too: Edward Scissorhands (loved that movie), Backdraft (!!!), Days of Thunder, Black Rain, a number of Batman animated productions, Final Destination 1, 2 & 3, Child's Play 2, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and Escape from LA. The title is in banana yellow with a dog's tail on the Y right in the middle of the screen along with the Disney logo. I hate to say it; but Kick Buttowski clearly has the better title card here.

So we head to a cliff with four shadowy figures on top as we see the writing credits in white as I mentioned in the opening spiel. I should point out that the Youtube print sound on this is muffled a bit so I'm not sure who is talking. Then again; the creepy music is REALLY LOUD here. We then see the five dogs in different pastel colors (one is clearly medium green, medium blue, medium violet, banana yellow ( which is the female Fluppy Dog) and a brown one) sniffing around as the green one thinks he has the scent. The medium purple and yellow ones are female so I can safely say that Susan Blu is doing their voices. More sliding and looking down as the brown dog looks down and is forced back by the yellow dog as we get more lightning and thunder. Purple dog yells to Dink and since she is looking left I'm assuming by the process of elimination that Dink is the brown dog which means that he's voiced by the late Hal Smith. According to Wikipedia; Dink is the red dog of playfullness so the darkness has turned him brown for some odd reason. The yellow dog (sometimes peach) is Bink, the purple one is Tippi (although Wiki claims it's pink; but she's clearly purple here), so the blue one is Stanley and the green one is Ozzie who is voiced by Lorenzo Music. Stanley is voiced by Marshall Efron who started in Pound as Dachshund in 1970 and then went on to THX 1138. He did little of note other than movies and got into voice acting in 1980 with Shogun Assasin and It's An OK Life. Fluppy Dogs is his only DTVA appearance and Home on The Range was the only other Disney appearance as Larry the Duck. He has since done bit roles for Robots, Ice Age 2 and Horton Hears A Who. City Island is his most recent credit. He also wrote the television movie The Richest Cat In The World in 1986.

We get some running with yellow dog over the hump as we get Shirley Walker's music credits as Dink tries to jump over and does; but the ground cracks from the right side and he is forced to grab onto the edge on the mountain side. Sadly; he manages to climb up and we head over to the Tippi, Stanley and Ozzie (Ozzie gets all Jungle Aces on us before TaleSpin even existed since he's wearing a pot on his head) as the backpacking color dogs look around some more. Tippi wants status on finding something and the voices are still muffled. This is a Disney show and yet we get one of the bane elements in Z-Grade movies. Stanley asks Ozzie for a status on something as Ozzie sniffs the air again and proclaims that he's found something. Stanley asks where to put the keys and Ozzie points to about three feet away. Stanley then starts sniffing. Geez; isn't that a little pointless there dear sir?! Stanley finds it and takes out the GLOWING CRYSTAL OF DOOM and orders everyone to stand back as we get the producer and director credit (Fred Wolf of course as I mentioned earlier). That leads to Stanley trying to put the crystal into the air; but nearly loses his balance as Ozzie is forced to grab him to keep him from falling. Stanley then manages to lock the crystal into an invisible something and turns the crystal like a key. That causes the ICE FOG OF DOOM to engulf about half the screen and out pops a pink door with a golden frame trim which looks too good to be in this special. Must be Tippi's birthday. The door opens by itself (what a shock?) and we see golden light inside. Ozzie asks (Lorenzo sounds different from his usual acting roles by the way) if they should go through and Stanley proclaims that it's better than this place. I agree; this is like watching Red Zone Cuba so far; only animated and without the screw ups that made that movie worthwhile to watch on some sadist level. The dogs all jump into the door as some rocks drop from the mountain side and the door vanishes into the blue mist. Ummm; yeah.

So we head into a tropical place as the dogs are already on the other side and the door vanishes on their side. Okay; I'm getting the premise here as they are lost dogs trying to find the door to some place. Nice to see that we got that down pat in the first 90 seconds of this special. To where is still the question. Tippi asks if this world is safe and Stanley thinks that it's safe as Tippi proclaims that it is beautiful. Sadly she sulks because it's not home see. If Rebecca were here; this is where she would sing the most awesome song in existence and Disney would cut it out because it goes against her character and it might somehow make Kit's betrayal....Oh wait; she doesn't exist yet. Never mind what I said. And how does she know it's not home anyway? Then we cut to a rose bush and we see the RABID BARNEY DINOSAUR OF DEATH (even more purple than Barney ever was with pink spots) growling. That of course leads them to go all Scooby Doo on them on the far shot (which shows the height of the dinosaur and it's not much bigger than I thought it would be) and it's the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE RABID BARNEY EDITION~! Oh joy! Neat spot: the dinosaur subverts the trip bump by destroying a tree root instead of tripping on it.

Stanley jumps over a molten lava river (I think) as the dinosaur causually walks over it. More running as Ozzie stops and sniffs the air. Oh come on guys! If you want me to hate Ozzie; at least make Ozzie be unlikable. Otherwise; this is BOR-ING! Ozzie then tells Stanley that he's found another door and wants Stanley to give him the GLOWING CRYSTAL OF DOOM; as we cut to Stanley being chased by the dinosaur. Stanley throws the crystal to Ozzie and Ozzie catches it without incident. Ooooookkkkkkaaaayyyy. Ozzie does the steady arm spot in the air; but finds the invisible lock and turns the crystal in which the blue ice fog rears it's ugly head and the DOOR OF DOOM reappears and this one is round and grey with dragon markings and hand chains. Ummm; yeah. I see the prop designer has his working boots on today (sadly there is no credit on USIMDB that I see yet). The door opens and we get more light as the dinosaur screams on the close up of his face and his claw swipes keep missing Stanley by a mile. We then cut to the open door with light as Ozzie calls for Stanley as the other dogs all enter inside.

We then cut to the supermarket (!!!) as we see the door and the Fluppy Dogs are inside the supermarket as a black baby (about two years old) in the shopping cart watching on as her mother is looking for food. Well; you have to get them in somehow; lest you want to be seen as a bigot. The baby calls them doggie; but the mother doesn't care as she still looking for stuff. I have no clue who did the voices here (the baby is probably a stock voice for all we know) as we cut back to the dino world as Stanley arrives and he and Ozzie finally go through the door as it vanishes into blue mist (and closes) allowing the dinosaur to commit logic break #1 for the episode as he headbutts the tree with a MAN-SIZED bump and somehow the tree still stands. SOMEONE FIRE THAT TREE! Or burn it. Same thing basically. Even more hilarious is that he gets the dizzy eyes BEFORE he makes contact with the tree and he loses them when he lands on his ass rubbing his head. So we cut to the supermarket from the aisle shot and there is....say it with me....more running. The baby sezs doggie as the black mother with cereal asks about doggies and pulls a box out to reveal Tippi's head and she screams pretty well and drops the box. We then cut to the cleaning section of the store as we see a dark skinned man in supermarket gear with a black mustache and has baldness with black hair hearing the screams with a white male (I think) wearing glasses with dark brown hair.

The mustache man asks what is that and goes over stage left along with the glasses man. That allows us to clearly see Dink and Bink (How fitting?) hiding behind the SHANE DOUGLAS' MOPS OF DOOM. Man; you know you suck when you have to hide behind Shane Douglas' pants. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! CRUNCH! OW! MY ARM! Damn you! And they are wearing sherlock hats by the way (and so is Stanley) as we cut to Stanley and Tippi smacking into a shopping cart when running. We then see the mustache man assuring the black mother that there are no ceatures as we see the black boy (logic break #2- He went from looking like a baby in a coat to a five year old with a yellow shirt, blue shorts and shoes. For goodness sakes TMS; that is so Z-Gradeish of you) as we are near the oranges and the boy notices a green tail. If you cannot guess which Fluppy Dog it is; then I cannot help you in following this special. Needless to say; the boy tugs on Ozzie's tail and he yelps....badly and knocks down about 100 oranges in the process. What lesson is learned here? Never leave your tail unattended. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ozzie runs away stage left as the mustache man wants someone to grab those damn dogs.

Interesting Moment #1: We then see Stanley and Tippi running away from the camera and hilariously the sign hanging from the ceiling (about 2:54 into the special) is in Japanese! How about that?! And this is supposed to be an AMERICAN store! Once again; another justification for anime purists to bash dubs for wiping Japanese culture. That leads to the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE SUPERMARKET EDITION~! Ozzie then jumps onto the stack of doggie treats flipping boxes with his paws to get away. Chaos and spilled messes ensue as the dark skinned young supermarket guy slips and slides and cannot grab those dogs waste some more time. Tippi plays misdirection on the chaser as Ozzie gets behind him and invokes the shopping cart of doom and he bumps into the can with a MAN-SIZED bump and his ass is in the shopping cart and gets entombed with cans. HAHA!

Ozzie runs out of the store as the supermarket leader yells at someone to call the animal shelter. That makes no sense since they are pastel colored dogs. Why not call the SWAT teams since in the real world; they would be aliens?! Never mind as the dogs all run out like humans (see what I mean?) and that leads to them running on the sidewalk (Kick Buttowski is a rebel!) and then runs into the street with reckless abandon (NOT!) as the cars are forced to stop. That leads the weirdest looking dumptruck I have ever seen with an overflow of rubber tires. Ummm; yeah. I don't get it either. It's forced to stop and the tires drops in bunches as Tippi has a hell of a time dodging them. Sadly; we then see the conveniently placed police officer (with male pattern baldness and greying hair) getting nailed with at least one rubber tires and dropping on his face. He yells at the mutts as the cars honk and protest this outrage some more for fun I guess.

That leads to a pan shot of a brown limo as an old man (complete with white sideburns) and a grey suit with red tie on the phone in the back calling for someone. He talks to someone and then covers the phone and yells at Hamish demanding what is the holdup and Haimish (voiced by the late Hal Smith) pointing out the obvious to J.J. Wagstaff himself which I do believe is the main heel according to Wikipedia (Michael Rye- which explains the Dukie voice I hear here). And just to make it more obvious; Stanley jumps onto either the dashboard inside the car; or on the hood near the window in front of the car. I'm not sure which; the FPS shot makes it hard to tell. Wagstaff panics because Stanley talked. NO?! REALLY?! No wonder the Rescue Rangers hid all this time. Anyhow; Wagstaff opens the door just in time for the police officer with whistle to run in and get nailed with a pretty decent bump into the face (and the window was open; so it's understandable) and drops on his ass as Wagstaff walks out. In America; that would be assaulting a police officer even if unintentionally. You know how police officer gets all piss and vinegar nowadays. And then Wagstaff hurts his creditability as an upstanding citizen (but helps him as a heel) by grabbing the whistling police officer by the shirt and yells at him that Stanley talked. And the officer has a gray whistle in his mouth. Why do you ask?! We cut back to the GANG OF FLUPPY MUTTS sandwiched between the blue/greenish car and the car of cheese as Stanley wants to get the hell out of here. I cannot blame him; Wagstaff is turning heelish now as the dogs run away stage left. We then cut back to Wagstaff continuing to shake the whistling police officer around to get those damn dogs. And then he throws him down on his ass as we see the dogs running past the photography shop where a dark skinned man comes out and tries out a camera; which Wagstaff grabs from him (!!!). THAT'S RACIST! Of course it is; Wagstaff is the evildoer see.

Wagstaff runs off stage right (because he wants proof see) which leads to that animation sequence which shows that this is television animation (cardbox detail like buildings, running on a loop three or four times with the same animation motion etc.). We then see Ozzie as Wagstaff is close to him (I knew this would happen since Ozzie is voiced by a guy who does mostly characters who are fat and out of shape) with camera in hand. Wagstaff tries to grab him as the backgrounds suddenly get a million times better for some reason and then the LEGAL HAND OF GOD grabs him and takes the camera back to the black man. It's the police officer as Wagstaff protests this outrage. However; the police officer proclaims that he is basically under arrest for stealing his camera. Folks; that makes that police officer officially the smartest police officer in all of DTVA right there by default. Something tells me he didn't get over. Sadly; that lasts about ten seconds as Wagstaff threatens to have him fired (THAT IS LAME!) and the police officer gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and recoils. Thus my good graces with the officer end right there. He is now average in DTVA. Of course; if he was anything but; the episode would get more boring than it already is. The officer apologizes and offers to brush off his suit (I see he's been bought and paid for) as Wagstaff blows him off because he wants the GANG OF FLUPPY MUTTS for his collection as we see them go into a dead end alleyway and stop to catch their breaths. Ozzie drops on his chest to further increase my evidence that he is the out of shape one. Then we see an FPS shot of a dumptruck coming straight at them. Huh?! And then we get a zoom in shot of the truck's grate and that segues into.....

....a scene changer as we head to the dog pound and a shot of the inside of a cage seeing all other normal dogs in their cages. We then pan over to the right to see the Fluppy Dogs in a floor cage sharing it with a normal long dog. It's dark and spooky like the mountainside from the start of the special I should note. Stanley tries to make small talk with the dog; but the dog just barks at him from another cage (didn't notice that until now) as Tippi has the Gruffi pose on full blast. Something tells me she's the Rebecca Cunningham of this outfit. Tiffi blows him off because they don't even wear clothes. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Projection much there Tiffi?! That's the first hilarious thing I have ever heard from the dogs and we are barely six minutes into this thing. Ozzie is sleeping on the job of course which shows that he's the Baloo of this outfit. I guess Stanley's WildCat and Dink is Kit. Bink must be Molly then. Or maybe not. Ozzie wakes up as he is scratching himself complaining about bugs. Bink and Dink of course (because rhyming dogs doing something is cool! Or maybe not) trying to plan an escape as Bink wants to do the soft way; while Dink wants to do it the hard way (saw through the bars. The sound is muffled so I cannot tell what Bink is saying. Plus; there are no captions to guide me).

We cut to a shadow of the door opening from the stairs and down comes a woman shadow proclaiming that it has to be the right dog. We then see Ozzie going to the chain linked bars and proclaims that someone is coming. HOLY CRAP! Music sounds more like Fred Flintstone here for some unknown reason. Then the dogs do one of the stupidest things I have ever seen: They open a manhole cover and throw their gear away. Wait a second? There's a SEWER in that cage?! So why not ESCAPE?! Logic break #2 for the episode right there. Stanley wants the dogs to bark like a dog as we hear barking from the dog. So that leads to Bink trying out some barking class and both she and Dink giggle which Tippi blows off. So Tippi is the jerk in this special I see. So we cut to the dog pound attentant (I'm guessing the late Hal Smith) and where did he come from? He's wearing official gear as a lady in a green sweater with brown hair appears and the attendent addresses her as Mrs. Bingham. Mrs. Bingham is voiced by Cloyce Morrow who started on a bit role with Sons & Daughters as Mrs. Wilson in 1974, then was in Serpico in 1976 and The Greatest American Hero as Penny Sherwin in 1982. Then it was on movies as Dr. Betsy Nolan in The Gong Show Movie, Joni as Barbara Marshall, Rich & Famous as Martha Antillies, Happy New Year as Dinner Guest, Can't Buy Me Love (!!) as Judy Miller and Christmas on Division Street as Susan in 1991 which was her last credit. That's it. Naturally Fluppy Dogs is her first and only appearance.

Mrs. Bingham walks forward as the dogs proclaims that she might take one of the dogs home and Tiffistates that Stanley should go. Wait; how did they know that already?! We then cut to Mrs. Bingham going over to a friendly puppy in a cage on his hind legs as Mrs. Bingham gets friendly and explains that it's for Jamie; her son. I know he appears later; however, I'm going to reveal his voice actor now and get it over with since Jamie is voiced by a real child as well. Jamie Bingham is voiced by Carl Steven who started on Little House On The Prairie as Jess Miles in 1981 at the age of five or six. Needless to say that he did mostly children roles including playing Pig Pen and Franklin in a Charlie Brown special (the one where Snoopy almost gets married) and Franklin in the Charlie Brown & Snoopy Show. Fluppy Dogs is his DTVA debut and his only appearance. He then went on to being Joey in Punky Brewster, Roger in Webster, Quigley in Out of This World, and Freddy Jones in A Pup Named Scooby Doo (!!!). Weird Science was his most recent credit back in 1996 at Matthew. By the way; you win bonus profits from me if the child character is voiced by a real boy by the way. And Jamie is ten years old (Carl would be around 11 years by this time) as Mrs. Bingham asks the attendent about what he would pick.

The attendent thinks for about three seconds before saying that a rugged dog like the long dog as he is more friendlier with her than he was with Stanley earlier as we see. You know this is an idiotic plot when there is a way for the dogs to escape and we are forced to waste time building up this subplot. We then cut to Stanley looking cocky and he stands at attention and does some of the worst fake barking I have ever heard; but the power of the plot forces Mrs. Bingham to turn around and she ultimately picks Stanley as the cage opens by itself it seems and Mrs. Bingham grabs Stanley, walks out as sad music plays and the other Fluppy Dogs look sad. I know that they need to build the plot for later on; but this is NOT the way to do it since logic is already broken. I perfer the chance meeting to take place in her home later on than the dog pound. The attentent closes the cage door and walks away with Mrs. Bingham.

That leads to the scene changer as we head to the SPOOKY MANSION OF DOOM in the morning (complete with wavy hills, creepy trees and a wavy driveway with front gate) as we zoom in and go directly inside to the office of Wagstaff. I know this because he has stuffed animals and animals in cages that are clearly too small for them to be in. Most animal researchers in REAL LIFE don't stoop to this. We then see Haimish walk in towards the desk (and the back walls has shelves of books natch) walking towards a book shelf with a box of food towards a snake in a glass tray as he talks to the snake who puts his tails on him while he sweet talks about lunch. Then we get a close up of Wagstaff reading the LIBERAL BOOK OF RED LIES as he proclaims that it is just as he thought it was. We get a sequences of the book turning as Wagstaff proclaims that it's a Fluppy Dogs. They even show a B&W page of a drawing of the dog to force the point. Sadly; I doubt we will ever know how the writer KNEW those kind of dogs exist. Wagstaff continues to flip the pages of the book on the desk as he asks Haimish on the status of police reports. Wagstaff closes the book as he explains who the Fluppy Dogs are. I think we got the picture about 90 seconds into the special already; but thanks anyway for pointing out the obvious. Wagstaff then taunts a platypus in a glass cage with something I don't get and then orders Haimishs to get the white coats and the nets because they are going on a mental illness dog hunt. No, not really. Just a Fluppy Dogs hunt.

Haimish tries to walk away stage left; but the snake coils his tail around his shoulderblades and he complains as he struggles to get free. Wagstaff opens the double doors from the office and proclaims that his collection will finally be complete all thanks to the Fluppies! His words, not mine and that ends the first segment nearly eight minutes in. In other words; Wagstaff is a clone of Duke Igthorn. I can see why the pilot episode tanked: Why bother watching this pilot when we could watch Dukie capture the Gummi Bears?! Same type of show basically. In fact; this is ALMOST turning into a 1986 era version of the Gummi Bears. Maybe the problem wasn't original characters after all; since Wagstaff is basically a 1986 version of Duke Igthorn. Maybe it was cloning original characters instead of creating new types of heels. Don Karnage is one ultimate example of the later and he's an original character who never appeared in other DTVA shows before (and even after this). Then again; expecting Eisner to come up with original characters to star in new shows as the leads is difficult when he is seeing nothing but money. It's understandable for him to say that he's not making art or a statement since at least he knows that he is not in those businesses. However; he lost his creditablity with us because he was in it for just the money. If he said that he is here to entertain; then Eisner wouldn't be nearly as hated as he is right now. He would still be hated by the art freaks (also known as Mr. Hardcore) though for obvious reasons; but Eisner wouldn't be suffering from myopia packaged in a different context.

After the Youtube break; we head to the streets in the suburban part of the city as a boy is riding on a skateboard in the street. We then see on another shot as we see our lead character Jamie (in a cheese shirt with a blue baseball cap with jeans and shoes) being chased by a dork wearing glasses (black hair, green shirt, jeans and shoes on a blue skateboard) who wants Jamie to wait up. Jamie tells him that he's getting a dog for his birthday and tells him that he will see him tomorrow. Something tells me that we will not be seeing the dork again in this special. We then head inside the orange kitchen as Mrs. Bingham (mother of Jamie of course) wearing a black skirt preparing a bowl full of something (I'm guessing it's Jamie's birthday cake) as Jamie walks in and everyone has their backs turned to us. Not a good sign for us as the viewers. Jamie asks about getting something and Mrs. Bingham states that it is under the table. We head to under the table as we see the JOKEY SURPRISE OF DOOM with holes in it (of course) as Jamie takes it out and opens it. And he doesn't look too happy to see Stanley as Jamie grabs him gently. Jamie was thinking something a little bigger as Mrs. Bingham has the leash and wants him to take Stanley for a walk to break him in so to speak. Jamie relucently agrees to it as he hooks the leash on and thanks his mother for the birthday present. Hmmm; he reminds me somewhat of a clone of Cavin 1986ish. Stanley is placed on all fours onto the floor and Jamie tugs on the leash to get him to go and Stanley sells it and walks.

So we head outside on a street from the sky shot. We then go to a street shot of them walking on the sidewalk (cute spot: When Jamie's back is turned; Stanley is walking on his hind legs) as Jamie claims that this is nothing personal; but he's afraid that his friends would think of him as a liar because he didn't get a big dog like he promised. I guess Mrs. Bingham hasn't been paying attention; or it's the "Idiot Mother" spot so that the plot would continue kind of thing. Jamie whines about his friends laughing at him (for getting a gay dog?! Time to switch friends there son) as Stanley gets on his hind legs and uncorks the collar and then runs away stage left. Jamie gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY as we see Stanley running in the street and Jamie yells at him to come back. That leads to the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE JAMIE EDITION~! Geez; this IS turning into a Scooby Doo special. We see Jamie and Stanley run into a construction site (!!!) and Jamie actually claims that his mother is going to MURDER him. And he does say kill here too. So that is the first time a child said the word kill in a DTVA cartoon. BS&P?! WHAT BS&P?! Jamie walks around as we see Stanley hiding behind some planks of wood. Jamie then climb up a wooden ladder towards a steel structure and I must admit that this is pretty gutesy considering how dangerous this CAN be at times even in 1986. Jamie calls for Stanley and then the wooden ladder breaks. That ladder is NOT UP TO CODE. At least we can see that even early DTVA shows are not immune to that happening.

Stanley panics and yells to Jamie to look out which is absolutely stupid because Jamie twists a bit and that will only cause worse things to happen to that ladder. Jamie is forced to grab onto the steel and struggle and yell for help. Logic break: when the broken ladder falls down; it appears to land perfectly as if the ladder was never broken to begin with. Stanley then notices the conveintly placed rope OUT OF NOWHERE (UGH!) and grabs it. He then ties it to the wooden ladder (which has magically repaired itself on the sky shot making the logic break even worse – or the breaking spot absolutely pointless depending on your view) as we see Jamie's legs wiggling about. Stanley throws the rope over the steel near Jamie and Jamie's struggling sounds like a bad porno flick. OH GOD! This puts all those Canadian anime dub organism noises into their proper prespective doesn't it?! How did Alan Roberts get black balled again? Thankfully it stops as Stanley climbs up another wooden ladder and walks onto the steel. Okay; then what was the point of all that rope? Just pull Jamie up and then run. Easy. This is turning into a 1986 version of Gummi Bears now. So Stanley ties the rope around his waist and then jumps down which raises the ladder up. I don't see the point of this because it's clear that the only one who yelled at him was Stanley his dog and it's not like he didn't SEE Stanley run on his back legs like a human. Jamie climbs down and sees Stanley hanging from the rope in mid air and yells what are thee? Okay; here's another fatal flaw to this whole thing: The pastel colors. No real dog is blue (Blues is a puppet dog by the way). So Jamie or more to the point Mrs. Bingham should have realized that something was amiss right there. This is why I perferred the escape through the sewers and then have the Fluppy Dogs meet Jamie at his house by chance. Then it would make somewhat more sense and then not waste time with the obvious idiot plot.

Nevertheless the SCENE CHANGER OF DOOM occurs and we get a shot of an automatic can opener opening a can of dog food. Clearly this is in the Bingham's kitchen. Jamie then talks to Stanley as they talk like human beings about magical doors and such. Good; they finally stop acting so stupid and we can finally enjoy the rest of this silly story. Stanley is sitting on the counter for the two of you who still care. Stanley sniffs the food and hates it questioning human taste and Jamie states that he doesn't eat it since it's dog food. Funny since most dog food is made from human food mushed up into something we don't like eating. Jamie then decides to open the fridge and raid it. He grabs two slices of pizza (which look like they are fresh judging by the animation) and Stanley chows down on it and seems to like it. Jamie addresses him as Stanley as he has the birthday MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH and agrees to use it to get his friends out of the dog pound. I guess Stanley spills his guts out on the way home. Then the door opens and here comes Mrs. Bingham with the groceries blowing Jamie off for feeding a dog pizza. Hey lady; at least he didn't feed him chocolate which can kill a dog so cut him some slack please. Although you could teach him to stop acting like he is in soft core porn. POW! OUCH! Ummm.... Mrs. Bingham puts Stanley down onto the floor and calls him a little rascal as he puts the bowl of dog food down. Stanley actually eats it and Mrs. Bingham slaps his back causing Stanley to swallow the food. Ooooookkkkkaaaayyyy. Stanley doesn't like that one bit.

So we head with another scene changer to the animal shelter as we see Jamie come out with Stanley and Tippi on leashes as Jamie complains about the amount of money needed for a dog. Don't animal shelters usually give out pets for free?! Maybe I'm not getting something here. No logic break here; just odd in my eyes. It might not be for someone else. Anyhow we get another SCENE CHANGER OF DOOM as Jamie is facing Mrs. Bingham and she has her hands on her hips which signals that she is not too pleased with Jamie on something. Jamie explains that Stanley and Tippi are family and belong with each other. Mrs. Bingham stands her ground because they cannot feed two dogs. However; she does pet Tippi and decides to tell Jamie to talk to Clarie about having Tippi who just happens to be Jamie's neighbour. Clarie is voiced by Jessica Pennington who started on the CBS Library episode Once Upon A Midnight Dreary as Blossom Culp. Then got cameos on Fraiser in 1994 (as Yvette), The West Wing (Sally), Gilmore Girls (Luke's Customer #2), and Gold as Leslie in 2009. She also did ADR for Bobby, played a nurse in Ed in 1996 and did Walla in The Transformers Video Game. That's it. Naturally Fluppy Dogs is her first and only appearance. Incredible; all the newcomers had only Fluppy Dogs on their resumes for DTVA and only one had a Disney credit outside of it. Jamie doesn't like that one bit because Clarie HATES him for some unknown reason. Don't ask me why; this is the first time I've watched this special from start to finish.

So we get another scene changer as we get a closeup shot of a doorbell button and Jamie pushes it of course. We then get a far shot as Jamie is on the doorstep of a wooden house with Tippi. The door opens as we see an orange haired girl in a purple shirt listening to a walkman answering the door. She addresses him as runt and Jamie stutters on cue. Clarie then instantly forgives him (WHAT?! Why?!) and Jamie has a peace offering. So in other words; Jamie merely made a mistake and Clarie and Jamie are legit friends instead of rivals. That is so peachy. Jamie offers Tippi to Clarie and Clarie cuddles her as she licks Clarie's face. Whatever. Clarie is wearing all purple as Tippi loves her new pet as Jamie states that she is all hers. Clarie proclaims that he is still a runt and pulls the baseball cap over his eyes. Sorry; about I like it with Kit better because he is a little runt and rascal all rolled into one. Literally. POW! OUCH! HEY....Jamie blushes on cue as we cut to an outside shot of the city as the brown limo of Wagstaff drives in like a hot rod. I see Haimish comes from the Wuzzles Driving School of Doom.

The brown limo parks next to the animal shelter (I guess) and both Wagstaff and Haimish walk to it and pound on the doors demanding to be let in. Did I mention that they used mature lighting inside the animal shelter on the inside shot? Haimish proclaims that the pound is closed (funny since it's clearly reads animal shelter) and Wagstaff is not pleased with that word closed for some reason. Wagstaff runs into the brown limo as Haimish wishes the police called sooner as Wagstaff swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (bloody zits! Okay; that one is good) and gets onto the phone to call someone. Wagstaff demands the mayor of the city and Wagstaff yells at someone because apparently the mayor is in bed. What the heck?! I didn't know mayors worked the graveyard shift since it's still daylight right now. He then reveals his full name as J.J. Wagstaff. Personally; his name is too goofy and pornish to be a serious heel even in DTVA.

So we head to inside Jamie's bedroom AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as we pan over to the bathroom (!!!) as Jamie is in his green pjs and brushing his teeth the proper way; not the Kick Buttowski way of course. Stanley paces around outside as it's green/blue tint/mature shadows lighting here. Stanley asks about how much money it would take to free everyone. Jamie states it would take a month with his allowance as Stanley has problems with a red nightgown. Stanley looks himself in the mirror as he wants to break into the pound and Jamie isn't too keen on that decision. Jamie tells him that BREAKING INTO PLACES IS AGAINST THE LAW~! So is violating copyright and this show is breaking into Gummi Bear copyright rather easily I might add. And Jamie is acting like Cavin so he really has zero right to complain. Stanley jumps onto the sink and proclaims that they are treating his friends like dogs as he starts brushing his teeth with Jamie's toothbrush (!!!) to rid him the taste of dogfood. We get a knock on the door and then cut to Mrs. Bingham wanting Jamie asking him if he is still up.

Jamie runs to his bed and lies in it. Why? There's no indication that Mrs. Bingham wanted him asleep as he was clearly GETTING READY FOR BED. Man; this alternative human world is whackier than the Rescue Rangers human world; or even the Darkwing Duck version of it. He even turns off the lamp and Mrs. Bingham has the door open. She asks if he did his homework and Jamie yawns. Okay; that makes MORE sense now. Jamie sheepishly proclaims that he will finish it before school tomorrow as Bingham kisses him and walks out. That is one tolerant mother there as Stanley walks in and asks where he is going to sleep. Jamie wants him at first to sleep on the floor; but then recoils on Stanley's cute face signal and changes it to right beside him on the bedroom. Stanley jumps on the bed as Jamie asks about them telling the truth about themselves and Stanley states that people would think that they were freaks. As opposed to normal dogs Stanley? I think most people freak out when they SEE a dog. I know I do so I can relate. He orders Jamie to promise never to tell and Jamie agrees to it. This is almost completely recycled from the pilot episode of The Gummi Bears I should note. No oaths on Satanic books are involved in this one. They both fall asleep on the far shot......

And so we change scenes to Clarie on the floor in her bedroom combing Tippi's hair or fur. Same thing basically. Clarie loves Tippi and puts her in front of her dresser mirror to have Tippi admire herself. Tippi growls at herself as Clarie agrees that it's not her as he pulls the ribbons out of her hair and comes back with about 100 bottles and brushes (seriously) to create a bigger fashion statement. Wow; so far after all this the humans have more character development than the dogs and the dogs are the star attraction here. No wonder this show never got over. We then head back to Jamie's bedroom as Jamie is still talking to Stanley as he asks about why the Fluppy Dogs left home in the first place and Stanley proclaims that it's adventure. In other words; no really good reason other than being rebels for the sake of rebelling. Of course they get trouble with that excitement which is funny considering that it's the entire point of being in an adventure. Jamie sighs about adventure himself; but Mrs. Bingham is too busy trying to be a mother.

Jamie yawns and nods off to sleep as he rubs Stanley's head and then the episode goes from being merely boring to being really whacked out as the MAGIC SOUNDS AND WAVES OF DOOM beckon and then we get some smoke mist and the bed floats in midair. Wow...just wow. The bed floats out of the bedroom and into the moonlight while spinning. We then cut to Jamie continuing to rub Stanley hair some more and wakes up to notice that the freakin bed is floating! Jamie yells to Stanley to wake up and Jamie grabs onto the blankets (which are purple by the way like Kit's blanket in the movie edition of Plunder and Lightning which Disney changed to navy blue in the syndication version) in a panic. Stanley wakes up and notices that they are floating...and it's ALL YOUR FAULT TOO STAN! Which Stan? Does it really matter?! YES IT DOES FRANCINCE! The bed then spirals down towards the city below as Jamie panics and screams badly and that officially ends the segment (Disney Channel commercial is placed here) 15 and a half minutes in.

After the commercial break (and Youtube break) we continues with a shot of the moon with Jamie still screaming badly. Boy; R.J. Williams truly is an awesome child actor isn't he?! I'm feel lucky that he did Kit Cloudkicker; seriously I do. The bed dives down towards the city as Jamie tells Stanley that he merely scratched his head and Stanley tells him to do it again. So Jamie does it again with feeling and the bed does a hyperbole up above a tree into the sky again. We fly to waste some time as Jamie breathes a sigh of relief and Stanley claims that strange things happen when his head is scratched. Or something like that. More flying and panicking as the bed goes under a bridge. Stanley calls this adventure as they land on the water and then back into the air for more craziness as Stanley sees this as a perfect way to break into the animal shelter and Jamie isn't going for it. Stanley reminds him of adventure (as if breaking and entering is an adventure somehow? Has the dog food gone to his brain now?). We fly some more and then we get the scene changer to Clarie's house outside as the bed flies right beside the window and Stanley calls out for Tippi. Tippi pops up from the window and she looks like a punk rocker. HAHA! Stanley is in shock so much that he almost literally falls out of the bed. Stanley climbs back on as he asks if it's Tippi and Tippi states that she believes so as Stanley wants her to hop on the bed. Tippi sells just as Clarie walks into the bedroom with the earrings and she sees the floating bed clear in view with Stanley and Jamie. Oh my; Jamie is SO FREAKIN BUSTED! So Jamie tells her that he'll explain later and for Clarie to tell no one else as the bed flies away twice into the moon light as the tree leaves fall. Clarie looks out of the window as the bed spirals some more towards the moon light.

So we go to the animal shelter of course as the mayor (I don't who is voicing him so don't ask me) talking to Wagstaff on the front porch as a number of humans (two of them including a night gown wearing attendent; not including Haimish of course) appear. The attendent from earlier in his PJ's (the mayor is fully clothed thus adding evidence that he works graveyard shifts) as he opens the door. Wagstaff then blows off the attendent for being too slow of course as he doesn't sell and finally unbolts the door. The door is opened and everyone runs in of course. We then cut to the bed still flying as it lands on top of a roof with a decent bump. I see where Nemo in Slumberland came from; sort of. I'm guessing that they are on of the animal shelter right now. We then see the dogs and Jamie sitting on the bed and jumping down as Tippi still looks like a punk dog at this point. They head to the solar ceiling window (of course) and Jamie and Stanley open it. Jamie wonders how they will get down and considering the blankets that they have on the bed; I betcha they use them as the rope. I check the Youtube video...Damn; I'm so good and Jamie doesn't like that one bit as the bed sheets are being used too much to his horror. Oh no! Not the makeshift bedsheet rope spot. ANYTHING BUT THAT! (Kit: You have been reading the Snuff review on the Agonybooth again; haven't you Gregory? Future Gregory: Not anymore since they stop doing written reviews.)

Tippi ties the end of the bedsheet rope to the bed leg post (of course) as Stanley tells Tippi not to let it go. Somehow; I don't see that as possible sir. Stanley and Tippi climb down on the rope as Jamie tells them to hurry. This is actually a smart move on the dogs part not to have Jamie come down for obvious reasons. Stanley and Tippi practice the fine art of not being seen inside as we cut to Jamie watching the rope and then he notices some lights on from another solar window and looks down to see Wagstaff, the attendent, the mayor and Haimish trying to unlock another door (I assume that this leads to inside the actual holding cells by the way). Wagstaff gets giddy about adding the Fluppies to his collection like a good heel would. The door opens as Haimish proclaims that he will be famous as the humans walk inside. Jamie panics and calls about for Stanley and orders him to come back because someone is here. Wow; Jamie's acting is getting better for some reason. Did R.J. Williams suddenly step in for some reason?!

Anyhow we head to a shot of the wall with nails holding the cell keys as we see Tippi's arm grabbing the keys with Stanley doing the boost spot. We see Tippi planted back onto the ground as we cut to the cell and see Dink, Bink and Ozzie sleeping. Tippi and Stanley run to the cell and the boost spot allows Tippi to unlock the padlock on the cell as the other dogs wake up and address Stanley. Stanley opens the door and everyone tries to leave; but the main door opens from the stairs and here comes Wagstaff and his human henchman of doom. Wagstaff and the dogs notice each other and of course it's the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE WAGSTAFF EDITION~! The dogs bark like crazy in their cages as the Fluppies go up the stairs towards the light. Everyone climbs the bedsheet ropes as Jamie helps everyone from above. Bink is last which probably means that she is the least over in the eyes of the viewers. Wagstaff grabs the bedsheet rope as Bink climbs up and she does a million times better than anyone from Red Zone Cuba. The bedsheet rope lifts up and Wagstaff's hands slip and he drops with a wussy bump on his ass. Sigh. We then see from the ground shot towards the solar window; the bed flying away instantly. Whatever you think works guys. Ozzie and Bink hang on from the bedsheet rope of course as Bink wants answers on Wagstaff. Wow; this is so thrilling. No; not really. The rest of the humans show up from the sky window shot as the mayor asks about the dogs and Wagstaff answers it gleefully. They look outside and see nothing but dogs barking and the moon light (the dog barking is at least reasonable compared to the barking in Monster A Go-Go) as the mayor questions Wagstaff's sanity. I would also question his soberity at this point too.

So it's suddenly morning as we head to Clarie's house (the wooden one) as we head inside on the dresser in Clarie's room as Tippi is normalizing her hair with the hairdryer, DUH! Clarie is watching on like a Peeping Tammy. POW! OUCH! Ummm....They exchange insults as Tippi acts like a jerk because she has been talking since the age of three and hasn't seen her family in ages I guess. I think Tippi has the Gruffi/Grammi genes in the outfit here. Clarie questions about talking dogs as we get a funny logic break of her window still being nighttime despite it clearly being daylight outside. She only wants to find her world; that being Tippi as Clarie is still confused about the situation. We then head inside to Jamie's bedroom as he is still sleeping in his purple blankets with Stanley despite the bedsheet rope giving them away. Ooops! We pan over to the right as Dink and Bink sleep in a basket and Ozzie sleeps in the drawers (NOT THOSE ONES!). We then cut to the door outside as Mrs. Bingham with banana yellow clothes walks to the door. She knocks and calls out Jamie to wake up of course. Jamie wakes up and then gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY as he yells as Ozzie, Dink and Bink to hide. We cut back to Mrs. Bingham opening the door as she reminds Jamie that he needs to do his homework this morning too. So we cut to inside Jamie's room again as she walks inside and only Stanley is sleeping on the floor while Jamie is at the desk doing his homework. Mrs. Bingham is SHOCKED and APPALLED (in that order) because Jamie's room is messy see (despite the fact that it looks quite reasonable all things considered. Neat freak!). Jamie states that he was looking for something as Stanley pushes some bedsheet rope into the bed for good measure. Mrs. Bingham tells him to shape up the room as soon as he gets home from school. Jamie promises and Mrs. Bingham leaves without further incident. Jamie breathes a sigh of relief on that one.

So we head at the kitchen as Stanley is wearing Jamie's baseball cap as Jamie puts down in front of him some fried chicken legs (!!!). Stanley eats them sitting at the table as the toaster does the flip toast in the air spot and Jamie grabs it. Jamie states that he needs to find the magical door soon. Stanley proclaims that the Fluppies aren't safe in this world and that he'll miss Jamie; but always think of him in his heart. They are trying pathos here; but Stanley and Jamie have barely enough character development combined to barely make it remotely worthwhile. All it does is create jeers more than tears here. Jamie steals back his baseball cap and drops to the ground with the chicken leg to demonstrate how to eat like a real dog since until they find the magical door of doom; they must act like dogs. Jamie's knawing on the leg is hilarious as Stanley joins him just as Mrs. Bingham enters from the door with the bedsheet rope asking question on how it happened. I got a good excuse for it: He's watching too much Scooby Doo on television. She then notices Jamie on the floor and starts questioning his sanity. She checks his head and Jamie claims that he's fine and is dog training Stanley of course. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Mrs. Bingham calls it strange (she has never had a pet in her life I see) as Stanley barks of course. Jamie calls him a special dog and both Jamie and Stanley walk out as Jamie sezs goodbye to her mother. So we head outside as Jamie and the Fluppies meet as Jamie and the Fluppies kneel down and say their goodbyes. Everyone embraces Jamie (Stanley first and then the rest) as some sniffling is present. Sorry; this does not work simply because only Stanley and Jamie have any character development and it's barely there in itself. Stanley wants to get Tippi and Jamie waves goodbye to Stanley and Stanley waves back of course. We get a zoom in shot of Jamie's face and apparently that is that....

We head into a school room as students have sat down in their desks and an Asian lady wearing a green dress with black hair wearing glasses holding a sheet behind her desk. It's Jamie's sheet as he tells Jamie that the homework is incomplete and that he can pass it in complete with a lower mark. We then pan left to Jamie sitting in his desk not too thrilled about this as Stanley waves to him using his paw of course. We then cut to outside the room into the hallway as Jamie suddenly runs out into the hallway and runs literally out of the school. Ooooookkkkkkaaaaayyyyy. Jamie runs towards a tree and notices the Fluppies stand in front of it. Jamie asks what they are doing at his school and Ozzie states that he has found the magical door at last. However; they cannot find it. WHAT THE HELL?! Did Ozzie suddenly become redundent or something?! They want Jamie's help and Jamie doesn't like this one bit since he is supposed to be at school. Stanley reminds him of the adventure bug and Jamie states that he can't whining. No selling from the Fluppies and Jamie suddenly changes his mind. WHAT THE HELL?! Cavin's tirade in the pilot episode made more sense than this. Jamie agrees to it as long as he gets back before lunch of course. They run into the city dodging conviently placed human on the sidewalk to waste more time. Ozzie then stands on the road like a dog and sniffs some more. Ozzie has found that the door is underneath the sewer system. Jamie whines again about it because they either have to dig up the street or go down the porthole down the sewers. Funny since they didn't choose that option to escape the dog pound earlier in the special.

The Fluppies practice the fine art of not being seen and drop into the sewers as Jamie whines to them again. Oh for goodness sakes Jamie; just follow them already. The workers on break yawn; but they don't suspect a thing as Jamie drops down the sewer and takes a wussy bump on his ass on the ground. I've seen better bumps from Cavin I should note. Tippi, Bink and Dink run back from the right pan shot and ask if Jamie is all right as his baseball cap comes off. Jamie whines again about school (I think the teacher is already considering detention for him since he ran out DURING A CLASS so he's screwed anyway) as the Fluppies and Jamie walk in the sewers. Ummm; yeah. Ozzie looks around and he sees where the door is without sniffing. The Fluppies wonder if this is the magical door home and Stanley decides to find out as he reveals the GLOWING CRYSTAL OF DOOM as there is only one way to find out. Stanley then notices something wrong as the crystal seems to be glowing a lot weaker now (as it gets harder to open a door) as Jamie asks how many times can they use it before it dies. Stanley has zero idea how to respond (what a surprise?) as he invokes the glowing crystal and the blue mist engulfs the area again (and breaking logic since it seems even easier than the first two times they used the crystal) as Jamie is shocked. The door appears and it has a grass door trim with a wooden door and a golden knob. Stanley opens the door and that leads to the tidal wave spot as the babyfaces run away and that leads to surfing in the (moral) sewer a year before TMNT existed. No; not really.

So we go to the street above as Wagstaff's limo is driving down the street. Wagstaff orders his driver Haimish to keep his eyes peeled for the Fluppies of course. We then cut back to the Fluppies and Jamie being all washed up in the sewers (much like the ratings for this special in general). They grab onto a pipe to slow themselves down; but the pipe is too fragile for Jamie and it breaks forcing Jamie down further. We then cut to a shot of a porthole leaking water. Ummm; yeah. Wagstaff's limo drives past it as Haimish asks Wagstaff if this should be reported; but Wagstaff blows him off and he has the butterfly net. Does he seriously believe that the Fluppies are FAIRY GODPARENTS~?! I think Wagstaff needs to stop drinking hard alcohol. He then proclaims that they are after Fluppies; not Gummis. Worst rib ever since the Gummi Bears was a lot better than this special by a mile. We cut back to the sewers as we get the whirlpool effect from the babyfaces. More splashing leads to the porthole cover blowing it's top and we get the water pillar spot from the babyfaces to waste more time. Wagstaff's limo conviently turns around and stops near the water pillar as Wagstaff sees the Fluppies in full bloom. Wagstaff and Haimish open the doors and run out with the nets as we cut to the top of the water pillar as Jamie feels like Kit from All's Whale That Ends Whale (an episode that is a lot more interesting than this special) as the babyfaces jump off the porthole and the porthole goes flying stage left like a CGI prop and Haimish pushes Wagstaff into the water pillar to dodge it and the porthole crushes the limo. That limo is NOT UP TO CODE~! Something tells me Wagstaff is the reason for him violating safety standards I see. Of course; he looks like a template for the Wizard from the Ying Zoo in Teddy Ruxpin. The babyface land safely into the cloth roof (orange of course) and then drop down safely onto the sidewalk and runs away from the camera. We then see Wagstaff and Haimish manage to cause the water level in the pillar to drop as Wagstaff yells at Haimish to get those Fluppies. Haimish runs after them in the same scene from ten seconds ago and Wagstaff yells at Haimish for some reason. I guess to help him from the sewer hole. That officially ends the segment 24 and a half minutes in.

After the Youtube break; we return to Clarie's house outside as Clarie apparently jumps out of a green car and waves goodbye to the group in the car and will see them later. The car drives away. Clarie runs towards the wooden steps and hears Tippi's voice calling for her. Clarie turns around and out pops....Jamie?! Did Susan Blu replace Jamie's....Ah forget it! I must be going tone deaf listening to this special. Yeah; that's the reason. He's wet as hell and shivering as Jamie wants Clarie to promise not to tell his mother that he was in a sewer. That must be one clean smelling sewer if Clarie doesn't notice that fact. Clarie asks if he's a nerd and Ozzie replies that he is not and Clarie calls it fantastic. Wait; who in the world were they talking about?! I don't get it at all. Anyhow we go to the scene changer as we see Wagstaff in a purple robe (!!!) walking in his living room (I think) as there is a fire in the fireplace. He paces around asking what he needs to do to catch those damn Fluppies. Wagstaff sneezes as we continue the "thrilling" saga of Haimish having a cloth tug-of-war with the snake from earlier. The snake actually has a name and it's Lucy (!!) as Wagstaff sits down in his red loveseat and blows off Haimish for teasing Lucy. Haimish decides to sell and lets go of the cloth and snake springs back. Wagstaff then notices the conviently placed book is still open (huh?) and he has a MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN as the snake coils his tail around Haimish's neck again. Wagstaff is now offering a $5,000 reward to capture a Fluppy. Now here's a little problem with this: Who other than him, Haimish, the guy who wrote the book, Jamie and Clarie believes that these ceatures exist? I don't think anyone is going to bite here. Wagstaff wants the car prepared to go to the television station and they won't escape him this time because everyone will be after them. Of course Wagstaff has a bigger problem: Haimish is tied up by Lucy of course. More sneezing which segues into Jamie sneezing and the dogs sneezing in the basement as they cuddle up in blankets shivering.

We pan over left to Clarie near the dryer as she is drying all of Jamie's clothes while Jamie whines about mother coming any minute now. Clarie tells him not to worry. She puts the clothes in the dryer (huh?) as Ozzie drops the blankets and walks around sniffing the air. Ozzie (I guess the water short circuited his voice because he's sounding like the Lorenzo Music I remember now) then states that he has found another magical door somewhere in the basement. Jamie hides behind a water heater because he remembers what happened when the sewer flooded earlier and doesn't want them doing that in the house. Stanley and Tippi side with Ozzie because it could be the way to their homeland. Stanley then goes near the red box and invokes the CRYSTAL OF DOOM (which seemly is not glowing here) and then it glows for a bit and then completely stops glowing. The dogs gasp in horror as Bink proclaims that that hasn't happened before. I guess the flood made them forget about the dialog earlier where they stated the crystal was getting weaker. Suddenly with effort the crystal reglows and Stanley manages to unlock the next door which appears in a blue mist and it's a big ass door as Clarie calls it fantastic. Stanley pulls on the big ass door ring and that does nothing; so all the dogs are forced to help him. The door opens and there is light and the world is a million times better than earlier as Clarie asks if this is their world. Bink and Dink state that it isn't sadly because it contains rainbows see. Clarie picks some flowers from the world in awe. And that act alone forces everyone (did I mention Jamie is wearing blue sandals now?) to bail as a peach alien with purple hair who looks like a defanged Mighty Hercules monster (which means he's an orange Wooly Whats-it) appears OUT OF NOWHERE. Oh goody; this is the evil aliens angle Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!) was talking about. And he sucks badly I might add. This actually ends the segment 27 minutes in.

After the commercial break; we see the orange Wooly Whats-it with purple hair run in from a far shot as Jamie and Clarie back up (Clarie still has the handful of pink flowers I should note). Jamie screams to someone with the POINTY FINGER OF DEATH to get him the hell out of here. Stanley runs in and smacks his paw onto the monster's name and calls him a name that I cannot say since I can say it; but I know I cannot spell it. Stanley then invokes his POINTY FINGER OF DEATH; and the monster naturally no sells it. He then runs towards the flowers (his source of food I guess) and Clarie is forced to bail. Oh goody; a Z-Grade horror flick scene; only funnier and better edited and animated. Clarie backs up to a wall; everyone bails and the monster only eats her flowers. I called that one the moment the monster appeared I should note. Clarie gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY (oh the irony) as Jamie is still whining and panicking as usual. GET A FREAKIN GRIP there Jamie! Okay; I take it back. You are not a clone of Cavin. You are a clone of Sunni only male. Stanley has an idea as he goes over to the door and tries to open it. His MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN is to gather more flowers and lead him out. What could possabily go wrong? The door opens and I answered my own question right there as eight Wooly Whats-its appear at the door. Or their heads only; it's hard to tell. Stanley drops on his ass of course seeing that.

Everyone runs in (including Jamie) slams the door shut as Stanley proclaims that they will have to try later. That leads to Jamie doing what he does best: whine and complain. And his acting skills are dropping by the second. Clarie comes over to the original Wooly Whats-it and pets him because he is scared see. Jamie pets him and does some...say it with me....more whining and then he hears Mrs. Bingham coming (so they are in Jamie's house after all; I thought they were in Clarie's house since he was using the dryer). Jamie climbs upstairs as the monster wants to follow; and he manages to get his wish and everyone else is forced to ride them cowdogs and girls on him up the stairs. We hear some breaking as we head to the hallway as Mrs. Bingham is in the kitchen calling for Jamie and we see Jamie open the door and telling Mrs. Bingham that he is doing his science project downstairs. Mrs. Bingham asks about the potatoes spouting and Jamie states that they are. Oh; and how convient, she forgot her shopping list as Jamie closes the door and the babyfaces calm down the monster. Mrs. Bingham leaves (I think) as the calm down session fails badly and LET THE MAYHEM ENSUE as it knocks open the door and runs in the house with reckless abandon. The dogs manage to save the vases on the shelves along with some plates; but the monster shatter a desk with a lamp and then goes to the blue daisy couch; tumbles over and causes some minor damge to the piano and a footstool. Damn; this diaster is easier to clean up then a babysitting session with Molly and Kit. He runs some more; knocking some more things down and gets his body stuck in the fireplace. Ho hum...The babyface pull him out by the tail; but he manages to go up the fireplace causing soot to fly and break logic by not covering a single person nor thing.

And then we get a really bad logic break as we get the Z-GRADE JUMP CUT OF DEATH with the monster running into the kitchen. WHAT THE HELL?! He slides on the floor and headbutts the fridge which opens it easily as the food comes out. The babyfaces run in and Clarie trips on a can and drops with a wussy bump on her ass. HAHA! The table gets knocked down of course as there is more chaos and mayhem and Jamie's acting just drops into Z-Grade grown man doing a girl levels here. The orange Wooly Whats-it runs into the living room again as he waves the carpet and goes up the stairs; causing the babyfaces to slide on the carpet off-screen and everyone goes up the stairs as Jamie does nothing but run and whine. We go off-screen for some Scooby Doo bumps as a ball bounces down the steps and Stanley runs down the steps himself to avoid the carnage that we don't see. Stanley returns and grabs the same flowers (WHAT THE HELL?!) from the world and runs back into the carnage. That leads to Stanley backing up as the monster follows him since he wants to eat those damn flowers. They walk him towards the basement towards the door as Ozzie (or Stanley; does it really matter anymore since there is no character development from the dogs I can figure out) opens the door; but is forced to close it since the orange Wooley Whats-its are still there like "Peeping Moms". POW! OUCH! Ummmm....Ozzie proclaims that this might take some time. Jamie is on the wooden stair platform....say it with me....whining and complaining. Jamie pets the nose of the monster and at least admits that it wasn't the monsters fault.

So we see Jamie return to the chaos as the house looks somewhat messy; but for the most part it looks better than my room EVER was. Clarie and the dogs follow and Jamie calls himself a dead man. Wow; he said the d and the k word all in the same special. This kid is more awesome than Kit Cloudkicker, right anime purists?! Right?! Jamie walks around the carnage inside the living room as Jamie whines that he is doomed (so much for being awesome) and he wants Stanley to take him to another world. Jamie cries on the piano as he cannot face his mother. Oh please; I betcha she couldn't suspect a thing even if her live depended on it. Stanley and Ozzie then decide to do something sensible for a change and help Jamie clean up the mess before Mrs. Bingham comes back. Clarie offers her services as we get a long sequence of the dogs and Clarie cleaning up the living room. Human chain ladder spot gets involved to shuffle the books back onto the book shelves by Bink, Dink and Stanley. I'm guessing that Bink and Dink are a running joke to Donald's nephews. Except the nephews even in Ducktales had some character development to tell them apart (Louie cracks jokes, Dewey is the planner and Huey is the risk taker).

Some baseball spots with the vases from Tippi and Ozzie on the shelf as Clarie ushers Jamie to come help them as Jamie continues to cry on the piano. Oh god; this kid is so unlikable. And to think; he was pretty reasonable until the dogs came to his school. Now he's whining worse than hell now. Stanley and Tippi jump on the sofa and it is upright and Jamie suddenly pops up and laughs badly. Oh dear lord that was a terrible laugh as Jamie finally decides to help as he uprights the piano. Oh goody; he gets to clean the object he cried on; how symbolic?! And he cannot even do that properly without help as Bink puts the lamp which apparently didn't shatter despite an obvious shatter sound dubbed in when the monster went loco. Ozzie then does a cute spot with the carpet as he takes a MAN-SIZED bump into the wall as a result which straightens the picture. Dink is in the kitchen using his tail to dip into a kitchen pail of soapy water and washes the floor which is pointless since the floor seems squeaky clean already. We get some good music though as we cut back to inside the living room with Ozzie carrying a lamp and Jamie carrying enough books to equal his own body weight. No; not really. He almost trips on his sandals too as he breathes a sigh of relief. More cleaning as Tippi of course invokes the vaccum cleaner. Now this special really sucks. HAHA!

Ron Sparks: It sucks more than Shuan Desmond.

There is flowers in vases, broom sweeping, chair uplifting (from Jamie of course), picture rearranging, spit shining (from Ozzie of course), vase running, mat spinning, candlestick grabbing and happiness all abound as the living room and kitchen is clean as a whistle. Okay; now what about upstairs?! Tippi and Stanley embrace and then Jamie hears a sound and orders everyone downstairs which leads to the babyfaces to run down the steps with a running sound effects (it's not from Hanna Barbara though, probably from Jay Ward or something.) and Jamie shuts the door. We then see Mrs. Bingham in the kitchen calling for Jamie as we see downstairs with Jamie putting on his orange shirt under his blue blanket. We then head into the kitchen as we hear the blue phone ring on the wall and Mrs. Bingham grabs it and answers it. It turns out to be the school princpal as Jamie runs up the stairs in his normal clothes now telling the gang to stay put. Jamie goes into the kitchen as Mrs. Bingham has the Gruffi pose on him because apparently he cut school. UH OH! And I have no sympathy for him since he has been whining and complaining since HE was the one cutting classes. Jamie grabs a soda (I think) from the grocery bag on the counter as Jamie gulps and explains that he had some trouble with some kids; but that problem is solved. That makes no sense whatsoever; but Mrs. Bingham doesn't notice that and focuses on the fact that he never cuts classes before.

She then hear that noise again (and there is someone talking in the background and I cannot tell if it's a recording mistake or a stock voice) and demands to know what is going on here. Jamie calls it a sonic boom as that doesn't sound convincing even to me as the voice in the background gets louder and apparently it's Haimish on the television as we cut to a television screen showing Haimish and Wagstaff with a blue background showing a B&W picture of a Fluppy Dogs. I think Wagstaff has a fatal flaw in this plan: The Fluppies are pastel colors; so how could anyone tell if that is a Fluppy Dog; or a mere dog who looks like it was abused by the FASHION POLICE OF LAW?! The other babyface watch on from the door and Bink notices that Wagstaff is from the pound. We get a shot of a televion reporter with glasses on asking Wagstaff to show the picture again. Sadly; Jamie, baston to all whiners everywhere turns the television off and Mrs. Bingham isn't thrilled to see that happen because she wants to see what the dog looks like. I would let her Jamie. It's not like she could tell that it's Stanley Wagstaff is after. And if Wagstaff was going to use this method; why not claim that the dogs are rabid? At least that would be convincing. Otherwise; no one is going to buy this as threatening and assume that Wagstaff just hates dogs. Now if they were Fluppy Cats; then Wagstaff might have a better chance; albeit still being an overall failure on that tact either. Jamie waltzs around, and does a scare spot that makes no sense and runs off to check the science project. Mrs. Bingham then gets a slightly evil look on her face. Huh?!

We then cut to Dink, Bink, and Tippi hugging each other in the basement as Stanley looks on. Clarie tells them to be careful. Dink, Bink and Ozzie run off through the wooden shed door on the side as Jamie walks down the stairs as Stanley informs him that they are looking for the magical door to their homeworld as Stanley wants to put the orange Wooly Whats-it back into it's home world. Sadly; we cut to the door leading to the basement from the basement shot as Mrs. Bingham arrives with the laundry basket of clothes. Like I'm buying that she wants to use the dryer here. The rest of the babyfaces hide stage left as Jamie comes up the stairs and grabs the basket because he wants to clean the clothes for her. That should eliminate any thought that Jamie is not hiding something from her. Luckly for her; it's not drugs that he's hiding. Mrs. Bingham grabs it back and doesn't buy what he is selling as he walks down the steps. Jamie continues to whine (UGH!) as Mrs. Bingham walks to the washer and puts some dry cleaning stuff into the washer as Jamie proclaims that he has something to tell her and Stanley wants him to shut up about them (because Jamie made a promise see). Jamie has nothing to say as Mrs. Bingham isn't thrilled to hear about Jamie's excuses anyway since his room is a mess, he's doing actual chores, and cutting classes She decides to talk about it later as a box of cleaning stuff falls into the washer. Something tells me that will be important for later on as Jamie breathes a sigh of relief on that one which ends the segment 33 minutes in.

(Note From The Future: The box of cleaning stuff in the washer spot led absolutely nowhere. Just like most of this special. Go figure.)

After the Youtube break; we head back outside Wagstaff's mansion as a crowd of onlookers cheer and protest outside as everyone brought their dogs to Haimish to collect the reward as he is at the door blowing them off. HAHA! Nice to see the writer finally noticing the flaw I noticed. Too bad it makes Wagstaff look stupid anyway. Haimish gets bowled over by the humans with dogs as Wagstaff comes down the stairs and gets swarmed by the dogs as they lick him good. So we head with a pan shot down into the park AFTER HAPPY HOUR as Ozzie, Dink and Bink walk like dogs as a piece of paper goes flying. Bink and Dink want to eat; but Ozzie sniffs around and they run towards a museum up the stairs towards a door. Why not make Ozzie the hungry one since it's Music doing his voice? Dink isn't sure that this is a good idea; but Bink needs to know if this is their world. Ozzie then invokes the GLOWING CRYSTAL OF DOOM and it locks easily as the blue mist shows up instantly and reveals a pink door with star trim. So the writers have done away with the weak crystal angle now. That is just peachy. Ozzie and company pull open the door as there is bright light present and Bink sees that this is the right world to their homeland. We see a golden mountain in the background; but no rainbow creating yet another logic break. The writers aren't even trying anymore. No wonder the pilot tanked. We then see Wagstaff in his room as the lights are brighter than any sun present as he opens his window to the look off deck and Wagstaff looks out towards the city as he explains to Haimish that the Fluppies came from a world of snow and strange lights. He wants to see what is going on as he gets the evil look of doom. We cut back to the museum with the pink door revealing the world of Flupp. Ozzie and company close the door as the blue mist engulfs and the door closes and dies. Then the glowing crystal stops growing as Bink whines about something. Geez; make up your mind writers! Ozzie tells the gang to hurry up and they run into the streets as Wagstaff and Haimish run in the same motorcycle that the libarian would steal and jazz up in If Books Could Kill. When something is recycled are Kick F'N Buttowski; you have been buried as a heel. They are wearing helmets and their butterfly nets are set to profits. Death reference #3 from Wagstaff as it's the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE HEEL MOTORCYCLING BURYING EDITION~! Everyone separates as Haimish goes after Ozzie. You just knew that the least developed Fluppy Dog would get the honor of being captured as he slips on the trash can lids and gets cuaght in the butterfly net. Haimish should have been a dog catcher; since he does it so very well. Wagstaff crackles with glee as Bink and Dink notice Ozzie in the bet and the motorcycle drive away from the camera and that ends the segment 35 minutes in.

After the commercial break; we return in the city streets as Wagstaff drives the motorcycle with Haimish carrying Ozzie. Bink and Dink follow as we go quickly to a scene changer as the motorcycle enters through the front gate and drives up into the creepy manison of Wagstaff's. The gate closes as Dink holds onto the bars like a convicted criminal. Bink decides to go get some help and the two dogs run off stage left. So we head inside Wagstaff's office as Wagstaff comes in with Ozzie by his hair (I guess that prevents him from struggling) as Haimish enters and questions Wagstaff's orders to get the small cage we see to the right of Wagstaff on the opening shot. Wagstaff basically threatens to put Haimish into the cage (which would be funny to see I might add) and Haimish relents and slides the small cage forward. Wagstaff opens the cage top and places Ozzie in the cage as Wagstaff is giddy to make Ozzie talk. Wagstaff sits down in his green chair and wants a cozy chat with Ozzie. Okay; this could be fun to watch. Or it would be if Ozzie was more than just an object who sniffs at this point. Ozzie barks and Wagstaff blows him off for not being convincing. Still more convincing than seeing Jamie try to act outside of whining. I think the Cloudkicker haters are confusing Kit with Jamie see methinks. So we head to the living room with Mrs. Bingham on the blue daisy sofa watching television of course. Jamie closes the door as Mrs. Bingham is listening to an animal lovers show. Jamie sneaks down the steps as we see Tippi feeding the orange Wooly Whats-it with flowers. Jamie asks if Ozzie has come back and Tippi states that he isn't. At least Jamie has stopped whining now as Stanley runs in with more flowers from the wooden side door. The monster is hungry so Stanley leaves for more as Jamie decides to raid the fridge and that's what we see on the next shot. And if you cannot guess what happens next; you have no business reading this rant. As expected; the lights come on and Mrs. Bingham is standing right there as Jamie is SO DAMN BUSTED~! What makes this scene even stupider: The monster only eats flowers; so why raid the fridge?! Answer: To reach the next stupid part of the plot silly. Jamie's excuse is that he wants a snack and she's not buying it as the vegatables tumble to the ground as Mrs. Bingham sits him down and complains about him eating flowers. That leads to the window shot as Stanley steals all of the flowers on the window sill and just after he jumps down; Mrs. Bingham notices them gone and gets a splitting headache. We then cut to a shot of Stanley with flowers as Bink and Dink run in to inform him of the situation at hand. The panicking is too muffled for me to make out what Stanley is saying; but my guess is to get Jamie and Clarie and go to Wagstaff's house as they leave.

We head back to the kitchen as Mrs. Bingham and Jamie finally have the TALK OF DOOM and it has nothing to do with sex, I swear to God. Personally; I wish it was at this point even if the SBS&P catches wind of this. Anything to make Jamie likable and Mrs. Bingham not look like a talking object. The talk goes on for a while as Mrs. Bingham basically points the finger on Stanley as Stanley watches on from a trash can and then jumps down and decides to leave Jamie alone since he's in enough trouble as it is. The dogs decide to talk to Clarie since her parents don't have any clue they exist. And while I'm on that subject; where are Clarie's parents? I haven't seen them once since this special started. Anyhow we see Stanley running next door stage left to Clarie's house. That segues to inside Clarie's room as Stanley and Tippi along with Clarie exchange notes about the situation. Clarie agrees to help; but they are taking the car instead of flying in a bed because it doesn't show home movies see. Ooookkkkkaaayyyyy; Clarie is apparently supposed to be a diva, but she so far sounds like a nice girl. So we head inside the garage as everyone inside fills up the red car (I guess her car is different; which doesn't explain why she needed a ride in a green car earlier) and then we head back to Jamie's room as Jamie is doing his homework. I guess they DID have the TALK OF DOOM after all off-screen. Jamie notices Clarie's car leaving the driveway and looking weird as hell. Jamie walks out of his room and down the steps as Bink and Dink are helping the orange Wooly Whats-It. Jamie asks what is going on and Bink and Dink explain that Wagstaff (the man on television of course) kidnapped Ozzie and Jamie is mad as he pounds on the railing for this outrage. I yawn in response of course. Jamie orders Bink and Dink to open the doors as Jamie gets the RIC FLAIR BROOMSTICK OF DOOM and ties some flowers onto it. Ah; the old dangle the carrot trick that always seems to work on these cartoon shows. Personally; this is no worse than seeing Guthner use his ass on Oscar The Rabid Dressed Up Dog in Kick Buttowski. That of course leads to the old SCOOBY DOO RUN SEQUENCE THE FLOWER EDITION into the streets and away from the camera.

So we head back to Wagstaff's office as Ozzie in the cage still refuses to talk and barks badly. Now if Wagstaff was the spawn of Duke Igthorn; I would be bringing out the feather right about now. That would make him sell. Of course we go back to the cage jokes and Wagstaff begs for a word and gets none as Haimish claims that he might be just a dog spray painted green. Yeah right?! Like I'm going to buy that one. Wagstaff gleefully yells at him for that one. I mean; the dog is GREEN you numbskull! Is Haimish color blind or something?! Wagstaff has had enough and decides to go to the glass cage and unleash Lucy the snake on Ozzie. Oh goody! The most over character in the entire special gets some more screen time. Ozzie gulps in fear which would be good enough for a confession in any other universe; but not for Wagstaff, no siree! We get a cut back to the road where the orange Wooly Whats-it breaks through a white wooden fence and runs chasing the flowers on a stick. Ummm; whatever. Back to Lucy the snake hissing as she gets her face near the cage. And so we jump cut back to the gate as Claire's red car makes it there easily. That sound is enough for Wagstaff to notice as he throws the snake right onto Haimish again for fun and exits stage left. So we cut back to Clarie setting up a wooden ladder to climb as Stanley and Tippi climb up onto the top of the gate. We get a telescope shot and then the telescope seems to have stolen Wagstaff's eye for about two seconds as Wagstaff is on the look off seeing more Fluppies. Wagstaff looks evil as he tells Haimish to prepare for the reception to commence.

So we see Stanley and Tippi break open the door (which they see as unlocked) and enter inside the dark room. That leads to some scare spots from the dogs on the stuffed animals Wagstaff is keeping. Tippi and Stanley notice lights up the stairs on another jump cut and they climb up the stairs and open the next door in a hallway as they see Ozzie in the cage near the green loveseat Wagstaff was sitting on. Now at this point; it's clear to anyone with an IQ of a paintchip that this is a trap, but I betcha Tippi and Stanley waltz in anyway and get caught by Wagstaff and Haimish. I check the Youtube video. Damn; I'm good....and even better; Wagstaff's heat increases because he not only grabs the Fluppies; he got Ozzie to finally speak (who warned them it was a trap). Finally; a human that actually got over. And it took nearly 40 minutes to pull it off. This special cannot even lick Grammi Gummi's foot. POW! OUCH! Ummmm....Wagstaff even point it out for me as he takes Ozzie out of the small cage and throws the Fluppies into a regular zoo cage and slams the bars on them with the machine sound foleyed in for good measure. Wagstaff gets all giddy for having three Fluppies now. He calls them smart; but he is smarter than all three of them combined. I question the smart part on the dogs though as we cut to Clarie with the binoculars (oh crap...) as she yells at Jamie as Jamie arrives with Bink, Dink and the orange Wooley Whats-it. Jamie cannot stop as Clarie gets on which seems like a stupid move to me as we cut back to Wagstaff sitting down on his red loveseat in glee in front of his desk. He wants a celebration with champagene; just to get the censors their goat too. Spoken like a true DTVA heel. We cut back to a iron bar gate shot as the orange Wooly Whats-it breaks down the cage and slams into the camera (I think) as we hear the wrong foley sound (it sounds like glass instead of metal) as Wagstaff hears it and jumps out of the loveseat and to the lookoff deck again. Haimish joins him and Wagstaff invokes the POINTY FINGER OF DEATH and orders Haimish to get them. Wagstaff and Haimish follow to the stairs as the orange Wooly Whats-it basically runs around the mansion and causes it's usual chaos and mayhem. I'm not bothering to call it this time because he does a lot more damage than he did in Jamie's house. Wagstaff drops his ass onto a shelf natch; the monster gets a stuffed rhino mask for his trouble and walls crumble.

Joey Styles: We just fixed those walls!

Scooby Doo chase sequence beckons for a while as they go up the stairs into Wagstaff's office and Lucy the snake hisses at the monster. So the monster acts like Scooby Doo and runs stage left like a coward. YAY! I really love Lucy now; she's monster over literally. Everyone gets dropped on their asses with wussy bumps in response (sigh). And the monster slides underneath the bear rug shaking like Scooby Doo. And I do mean Scooby Doo as they use the Hanna Barbara teeth chattering sound effect to boot! We then see Tippi, Stanley and Ozzie holding onto the metal bars and we get the anime teleport (in this show?) to the other babyfaces as they recover and here comes Wagstaff in glee for two more Fluppies. He's GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL! Now Jamie invokes the POINTY FINGER OF DEATH on Wagstaff ordering him to let them go. I love to see Jamie try that on Ash Katchum; and then whine like a little baby when he get schooled by Ash. Or Red. Or Gary Oak. Or Blue. Same characters basically. Wagstaff grabs Clarie and Jamie and threatens to call the police for them breaking and entering. Clarie threatens to reveal his plans; but Wagstaff blows that off since the broken house will still be there; but the Fluppies won't. Huh?! How?! That makes no sense whatsoever. Stanley tells Jamie to leave because it's not worth it anymore. Jamie goes over and whines again. Oh god; not this again. Just call the police Wagstaff now! They won't believe Jamie and Clarie since they are in your back pocket. You cannot lose Waggy; JUST DAMN DO IT NOW! Clarie comes out as Jamie proclaims that this is the best thing that ever happened to him. WHAT THE HELL?! I disagree with that one Jamie big time. Stanley then changes his mood and wants Jamie to have one last scratch for old times sake. Memo to Wagstaff: Grab Jamie and Clarie now! You have won! Don't let them do anything with the dogs.....Oh crap! They just did it.

Magic dust flies and it you look closely you can see what little of Wagstaff's heat fly away as well. The magic dust spreads as the monster is still hiding under the bear rug (what a shock?) as Wagstaff demands to know what is this? It's your heel heat dying on you; that's what Waggy. That leads to a lengthy sequence of the entire office of Wagstaff's being torn from the rest of the mansion as Wagstaff gets overcome by one of the stuffed bears. See; Bruce Talkington is a bear fan and knows full well that DUCKS DO NOT RULEZ~! Wires and pipes snap on cue of course; the desk slides around inside as Wagstaff is on the floor crawling and panicking. Do I care? Ummm...not anymore. Wagstaff gets a cage in the gut and he takes a wussy bump into the wall and gets to play with the platypus. Too late to be paying off jokes now guys; the special cannot be saved anymore. The babyface huddle near the regular cage as there is more head scratching and more hanging onto the green carpet from Haimish. I betcha he slides right into the glass cage and plays with Lucy again. It doesn't happen sadly as the room flies into the sky on the outside shot. Wagstaff orders them to put his room down (stupid move Waggy) as he crawls to them; but the monster Wooly Whats-it slides in and takes off Waggy stage right. Damn; I knew he would get involved somehow. And then in the most fitting burial spot ever; Wagstaff takes a MAN-SIZED bump into the edge of the fireplace and then his face gets splatted right in the orange Wooly Whats-it's ass. Oh; that is going to leave a mark for sure. We see the room flying around the city on various shots and then the room drops right in front of the libaray and then it crashes violently onto the sidewalk into pieces to end the segment 43 minutes in. WHAT THE FREAKIN HELL WAS THAT?!

After the Youtube break; we then see on the next shots that the house didn't completey crumble to pieces as the babyfaces all walk out without any injuries whatsoever. Yeah; I give up on explaining the logic of this special. There is less than four minutes to go and I just want the special to end. Ozzie is last and he doesn't look too happy about this as the rest go up the stairs in front of the door. Bink calls for Ozzie to bring the crystal and Ozzie isn't happy as the crystal is fizzling out more and more. Wait; wasn't the crystal ALREADY out of power?! Stanley grabs the crystal and puts it in the same lock and manages to twist it and the blue mist engulfs and that reveals the pink door with star trim. Stanley tells the dogs that it'll take everyone to open this door and they all open it to reveal their own world in full. And there are still no rainbows. It's basically a recycled shot of the world; only with more special effects. Tippi is happy because this is their homeworld. Jamie and Clarie sniffle because it's goodbye for real this time as Stanley offers to let them come into their world. However; Jamie refuses because Mrs. Bingham would be worried about him and Stanley actually gets the message this time around and they embrace as Stanley admits that Earth was pretty damn close to being as good as their world. That is pretty leient standards these Fluppies have. Even Gruffi would be taken aback from this too. I'm sorry folks; but the pathos don't work here even with a child character because the acting wasn't good and it didn't have the character development to make me feel SORRY for them in the end. This to me is just them going through the motions. Ozzie almost gets left out as he gets Jamie to embrace while the rest embrace Clarie. And finally out comes Waggy, Haimish and the orange Wooly Whats-it as Waggy still wants to get those Fluppies. The dogs realize this and they run into their world as Waggy and Haimish follow without any struggle from the kids. TRAITORS~! Wagstaff and Haimish stand by the door which is their last mistake as the orange Wooly Whats-it bumps them into the cloudy world and Waggy drops onto the clouds. Waggy pleads for the door not to close and it does completely as the orange Wooly Whats-it is inside with Wagstaff and Haimish. We cut to an outside shot of Jamie and Clarie watching the door disappear and the story of the Fluppies is over.....At least in theory. Jamie wipes his eyes as we get a shot of Wagstaff's destroyed office in the foreground and we fade to black.

So it's a few months later (and it's wintertime) as we see Jamie and Clarie in the park overlooking a large frozen snowy lake on a wooden sled and log (in that order) sulking about those Fluppies. Of course this scene was needed because Disney planned to turn this into a series; but considering the last scene being a clone of the Care Bears; I'm glad Disney scrapped it for legal reasons. Jamie whines about it as usual as Clarie calls him a nerd. Memo to Clarie: He's a dork. Nerds are good as well as geeks; dork aren't. Get your terms straight at least. Some snow falls from the tree as Jamie and Clarie wonders what the Fluppies are doing. Jamie thinks it must be great as some snow falls on Jamie's pinhead and OUT OF NOWHERE drops Stanley right into the arms of Jamie. WHAT THE HELL?! We then see on the tree branch shot the rest of the Fluppies jumping down on Clarie as I'm completely confused about all this. Laughing and licking arises as Ozzie gets dropped off the sled as the sled goes down the hill with Jamie and Stanley laughing and licking. I hope Jamie dies; this would make a fitting segment for 1000 Ways To Die on Spike TV. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. The sled heads towards a cliff (or a mountain; I cannot tell anymore) as Clarie badly tells them to look out as we see them seemly go around the cliff and then drop. However; apparently, Jamie scratched Stanley's head because we see the magic floating sled thingy now. The sled flies into the sky as the rest of the babyfaces wave at it. We then cut to Jamie and Stanley in the sky enjoying themselves scratching Stanley's head. Jamie then notices something and we pan down to the libaray to see hundreds of Fluppy Dogs coming out of the magical door running towards the camera. What is the point of this? There's no reason for this scene to occur at all even if this was made into a series. I now see why Gummi Bears didn't do this until the END of 1990. Something tells me the writers weren't keen in doing this project at all either. Stanley calls it adventure and he and Jamie embrace as the sled flies into the sky towards the city to mercifully end the special at 47:00 aprox. I'm sorry folks; this is the worst pilot I have ever seen in the early Disney Television Animation era (1984-1996). All it turned into was a Gummi Bear clone in 1986 with bad acting, stupid contrived plotlines, underdeveloped characters (and Ozzie had zero development whatsoever), a whacked out finish and an ultimately pointless ending. In other words; when Gummi Bears really "dogs" it to pardon the pun. The funny thing about this is if the new Disney went exactly with the books and released it before Nintendogs was born; they would have a phemon on their hands. Then again; what do you expect from a demographics, Detriot Disease company. Call it * (20%).


THE REVIEW LINE

Oh my goodness; I can now see why this series never got past the pilot stage. Instead of going through the flaws (many of them fatal); I'm just going to call it for what it is: A Terrible Care Bears Clone. Nelvana must be laughing their butts off thinking this was competition for them. Anyhow; Fluppy Dogs might have been something of a unqualified if they had stuck exactly to the script on the books and just released it to the female audience. It's not like the new Disney isn't doing that now with their demographic attitudes and Eisner is basically a demographic freak as well. The original wasn't all that different; but it probably would have had more fluffy plotlines which would have made more sense to the audience than what we ultimately got here. As expected the special tanked and the series was scrapped. Ironically enough; this would lead to every project DTVA did from hence on to have Disney characters in them regardless they fit the series or not. Ducktales would be the next project and that turned into a monster success on par with TMNT among others. Even TaleSpin required Baloo, Louie and Shere Khan and yet it and Ducktales among them still get talked about to this day while Fluppy Dogs is forgotten. Of course during those runs; the people running the creations had creative control and the quality was high. Once Eisner started to reign it in and then went from parodies of Disney characters to outright series of Disney characters from movie without realizing what made TaleSpin so awesome in the first place; the critics cracked the whip and that lead to the end of the Disney Afternoon era and into the One Saturday Morning era with human characters and a more balance of original and Disney characters from movies. Overall; if you want to watch this and understand why it failed; this movie is for you. Otherwise; I would stay away as I give a......

Thumbs way down for this special and I'll see you next time.

 

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