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A Pest Of A Pet
Reviewed: 04/20/2008
First redo episode of DTVA....
Well; it had to happen sooner or later. So let's rant on shall we...?!
The episode is written by Mark Evanier and the story was edited by Eleroo and Moosel.
We begin this one in the WONDERFUL LAND OF WUSS...ERR...WUZ as we pan over to the theatre because according to Narrator Stan; Hoppo is doing ballet lessons. CONTINUITY BABEE! Nice to see someone paying attention even if it's a demanding diva. We go to the curtains in the front of the stage as Eleroo plays peek-a-Baloo for a bit before we cut to behind the curtain as Hoppo is dancing around in her ballet outfit which at least it is apporos for this show. And again; why is Eleroo getting buried by the writers here? I can understand Butterbear wearing a tutu; but Eleroo? See; Hoppo is scared because CC Goosesomething (who is sitting in the audience along with Moosel and Bumblelion reading the RED BOOK OF LIES because there is nothing left to read in this world since the RED BOOK OF LIES IS LAW SEE!) is watching and Hoppo doesn't know how to handle him. CC is also wearing the goofiest fedora I have ever seen which proves that no one in Wuz has any fashion sense. Butterbear and Eleroo tell her that everything is all right and they are behind her for support. Eleroo of course is a complete clutz so he's out of the running for Hoppo's support. Hoppo calls this ballet: The Dying SwanPig. BWHAHAHAHAHAHA! Isn't that just an obvious sign that Hoppo is going to get screwed or what?!
CC is getting restless as Hoppo tells her Wuzzle swans to do everything she does and they sell. This is going to be a train wreck I just know it. Moosel and Bumblelion notice that Rhinokey isn't here which allows classic imagination Moosel to come up with a reason why he isn't here. The sad thing: I was hoping Moosel was right. Maybe those Pie-rates got assaulted with a deadly punchline and they MURDERED the joke itself. AHHAHAHAHAHA! Or maybe he's just late. We can only hope as CC is now really restless. I guess Moosel's presence is too much for him. Cannot say I blame him as much as I like Moosel. CC is half goose, half bear. Funny how The Wuzzles had all those animal fusion combinations and TaleSpin STILL pounded its ass in diversity of spieces. The curtain is opened ajar as Hoppo nicely blows off CC because the music isn't on...and then blows off Eleroo harshly to turn the music on like the demanding diva that she is. Eleroo manages to put the pin onto the record player and the dumbest dance in history is underway. Hoppo bounces on stage and does her ballet spots without bouncing CC and the babyfaces out of the cinema. Wow; Hoppo isn't even trying to make an effort to suck. If you're going to be awful; be historically awful. Eleroo and Butterbear follow her lead and they somehow don't screw up as CC is impressed. He must be a Christian Ballet Director; since no talent is required as long as you say the words of the lord about 200 times during the one hour show. I wasn't making a funny here folks.
More ballet spots as CC is impressed some more since no one has screwed up the play...yet. Well; until Hoppo starts flying and does a MAN-SIZED collision bump right into Eleroo and they take a nasty MAN-SIZED bump into the left side of the stage off-screen. Now you know why it's called the Dying PigSwan. The ballet is DYING before our very eyes. Well; except for Butterbear since she doesn't even suspect a thing. Must be wearing ear plugs before this show started. The two bigger Wuzzles return with more ballet spots as Eleroo calls this act dangerous. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. CC is impressed even more as he claps for joy. And then we see Rhinokey on the catwalk on the pan up and now I shudder to think as he is going to play a joke on Hoppo to screw her. Rhinokey has a big of the itching powder and perfects his aim while cracking a bad joke and a thinly veiled fat joke at the same time. Which means there is no joke present. More dancing as Eleroo and Butterbear exit while Hoppo foolishly stands there in her pose as the ITCHING POWDER OF SATAN is dusted on her. Of course Hoppo starts to scratch herself and CC is slightly shocked at these turn of events. And of course the followers of Hoppo start scratching themselves. Leave it to Rhinokey to ruin this episode since he was always a real pest: AHHAHAHAHA!
Hoppo dances and bumps into the record player and it changes tune as more dancing and scratching occurs. I think we can safely say Hoppo's chances at being a ballet star are scratchy and itchy all over. AHHAHAHAHAHA! I'm amazed that they can dance without screwing up much as Rhinokey laughs it up on the catwalk. Where's that gun from Sean Malstorm's play “The Fools Paradise” when you REALLY need it? More scratching and rolling on their backs in perfect tune. Rhinokey might be a bad jokester; but this is the BEST BALLET DANCE EVER! And of course that means CC won't accept it because he's an elitist see (and what a surprise; he's mad) as Bumblelion and Moosel cover their eyes and hope this is over. Wow; Rhinokey finally did something right for a change. He's no longer a bad joke unless it's a fat joke cracking wimp. CC finally has enough and he blows off the play (confirming that he's a hardcore ballet watcher in the same line as the hardcore Sustainer gamer) and walks out. Bumblelion tries to convince him that it was a bad joke as he leave with him; but no dice. The BALLET BELLY ITCHERS OF DOOM pant and wheeze on the stage as Moosel pops for it. Finally; someone has good taste even if it's Moosel and he has to pop for it (probably because Hoppo will squash him for hating it if he doesn't pop.). Bumblelion comes back and basically tells her that she will get another audition when the Wuzzle desert freezes over. Well; this is 1985 and hell was a no-no on Disney television of any kind. Thankfully; Xantos changed that in 1994.
Hoppo continues to scratch herself and then see gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY after hearing Rhinokey laugh. Boy; that music was sure LOUD during the dance for NO ONE to notice him laughing. Rhinokey blows her off with a promo that Oniz used in my fanfic The Nega Puppet (minus the laughing) and unlike Gregory AeroStar blowing her off (THAT'S NOT FUNNY ONIZ!); they just look SHOCKED. Now; all the Wuzzles should be angry beyond belief since Rhinokey's joke cost Hoppo a good job (and let's face it; she was pretty much flawless (In CC's eyes anyway) until Rhinokey started playing the joke); but they just look stunned. I know this is a pre-school show; but no human being would ever react this way. Rhinokey then cracks a surprisely good joke (huh?) and continues to laugh..badly...and he falls off the catwalk and takes a MAN-SIZED bump right in front of the Wuzzles who finally get their cue and they are angry. And rightfully so I might add.
Rhinokey doesn't care as he laughs like a pest as the Wuzzles blow him off for his stupid antics. Why bother doing it now instead of before he fell off the catwalk? It wouldn't have made a difference since no violence is allowed in this show. It just sends a mixed message to kids and merely confuses them. Moosel didn't like the joke either (what a shock?) and Rhinokey blows everyone off for that because he's a stupid monkey see. He is questioning their sense of humor. Goodbye irony meter; we hardly knew ye. Hoppo gleefully blows off his sense of decency and Bumblelion calls out Rhinokey on his joke. Decency? From Rhinokey? That's like Rhinokey calling Hoppo thin. AHHAHAHAHAHA! Rhinokey calls it merely a joke....a joke gone too far. AHHAHAHAHAHA! Oh wait a minute? I shouldn't laugh because that wasn't supposed to be funny. And finally; the Wuzzles do some eye contact violence which shows that Hoppo doesn't have a monopoly on that spot. So; that logically leads to....
....the bad scene changer as we head to the streets of Wuz as the Bumblecar (since Bumblelion is driving) drives along as the babyfaces continue to blow off Rhinokey's sick sense of humor. Moosel nearly makes fun of Butterbear's rash by mistake and he apologizes for it. Butterbear forgives him as she wonders how they are going to get back at Rhinokey. Bumblelion is thinking of an evil scheme on Rhinokey to get back at him. Hoppo really want to Punch Line him; but physical violence is a no-no; so it's the MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN for Rhinokey. Bumblelion talks about the plan and Moosel repeats everything that he saids which earns him a blowoff. Thankfully; Moosel apologizes to him for him instead of the usual stupidity and just repeating him to annoy him. Bumblelion then considers that Moosel's idea is the right one. Bumblelion's plan is to get Rhinokey a mocking BirdDog to mock him with scorn and relentless revenge. Oh boy; I knew that stupid creature Crock had would be the focus character in one of these episodes. It was just waiting to happen. I should have seen this one coming since they stopped right in front of the Wuzzle BirdDog Pound (that wooden building in the background).
Everyone gets out (with Moosel coming out last of course) and thank Moosel for his idea. Scene changer of doom and we get Narrator Stan explaining the Mocking Bird Dog (complete with bad purple/violet/pink backgrouind) which is half mocking bird and half dog who mocks you. He does the silly glasses spot to annoy me and then it's another bad scene changer as we head inside the Wuzzle Bird Dog Pound as the GANG OF WUZ walks down the hallway of cages (wooden cages are in the background). The Bird Dog yap as the gang cannot stand the noise. Neither can the Pound Director who is sitting in his paper filled desk wearing pillows on his head. He's orange and half reindeer, half beaver (wearing a goofy red bowtie) as he is SHOCKED that Bumblelion wants the nastiest, cruelest Mocking BirdDog in the land. Deerbeaver offers two; and Butterbear insists that they want one. Deerbeaver decides to sell and then nicely blows them off for losing their minds before going into his closet and he returns with the PICNIC BASKET OF YOGI'S (UGH!) which contains Mohawk. The cover is uncovered and he is asleep.
The gang wonders why that is the case as Hoppo questions the Mohawk ability to be nasty. Deerbeaver explains that he is nasty for 23 hours and 50 minutes; and then he takes a ten minute break before starting up again. Bumblelion asks when he'll start up again and DeerBeaver proclaims that it will be in about five minutes. Bumblelion calls him Beaverbuck (which is better than my version) and thank him as the babyfaces leaves with the picnic basket. BeaverBuck pleads for them to take a second one but there is no dice. BeaverBuck takes the pillows and put them over his ears and sulks because he still has about 63,000 Mocking Bird Dogs to go. What a lonely life this goofball leads?! So we head to the scene changer as the babyfaces are at Rhinokey's house quickly. I guess the pound is two minutes away from getting Rhinokey's goatducks. AHHAHAHAHAHA! Moosel uses the pulley to raise the MOCKING BIRD DOG OF DOOM up to Rhinokey's front door as Narrator Stan cuts a promo about teaching a dog new tricks on Rhinokey's future as the segment ends nine and a half minutes in. Hey; if this Mocking Bird Dog performs well; this episode might actually be worth it. We'll soon see...
After the commercial break; we see the Mocking Bird Dog continues to be raised up to Rhinokey's front door (this time using a far shot) as Narrator Stan calls Rhinokey's next ten minutes or so a real basketcase. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. We head inside Rhinokey's house as he is checking his joke fixing closet (seriously; on the close up; it's full of joke stuff) which includes the spotted JOKEY SURPRISE OF DEATH. That surprise was apparently stolen by Mama Bear and given to Kenny Blankenship as a peace offering/moral message in my MXC Scripts. He even has fake meat which really isn't a joke since he was really showing a turkey instead of a fried chicken in the joke closet. At any rate; the bell rings which is not rigged. Big mistake there Rhinokey! We cut to the outside of Rhinokey's front door (like they are going to actually use the front door since it's probably rigged with jokes). Rhinokey is wearing his fake glasses (geez; that was so IRONIC on SO MANY levels) and heads for the front door as the Wuzzles outside bail to hide. Rhinokey opens the front door (with fake glasses on mind you) and sees the picnic basket on a pulley in front of him. Now you would think that if there is nobody there with the basket that he would be smart enough to realize that he is being conned; however, this is Disney and joke characters are supposed to be REALLY STUPID. See Drake Mallard. See Fenton Crackshell. See Gusto Gummi. See Dale. See Colonel Spigot. Get the picture?! I hope so.
Rhinokey notices the basket and cracks another bad joke which is par for the course when it comes to him. Rhinokey grabs the note and takes off the fake glasses to read the note. He reads the note and it's the usual take care notice except for the thirty to forty years part. Rhinokey accepts the Mocking Bird Dog and takes the basket into his house. He shuts the door and the babyfaces come out from their hiding spots. They proclaim that he has fallen for it and it's time for him to be on the victim's side of a bad joke for a change. At least that is in theory as we cut to inside as Rhinokey goes to the table and places the PICNIC BASKET OF YOGIS on it. Rhinokey proclaims that this Mocking Bird Dog is defective as right on cue the Mocking Bird Dog wakes up and checks his Rolex (he's got a watch on? That is whack!) . The Mocking Bird Dog starting mocking as it flies onto Rhinokey's arm. Rhinokey tries to talk and it's the beginning of a timeless spot that started the whole craze of sisters and brothers having to hate each other because they do repeat mocking spots like this. They have yet to stop. Well; parents can now blame The Wuzzles for inventing this spot and annoying the hell out of parents the world over.
Rhinokey calls it a copycat fish and of course the Bird Dog repeats the spot just to annoy him and amuse me. Bird Dog flies up and then zooms around causing Rhinokey to panic and bail under his green rug. Rhinokey blows him off and Bird Dog repeats him as I'm laughing my ass off seeing Rhinokey get exactly what he deserves for being such a bad jokester. Bird Dog then zooms down and goes right under the green rug and the two have a nasty rug burn fight underneath with Bird Dog clearly winning this one since the rules are slighted in his favor. Rhinokey gets out of the rug and bails out of his house. Bird Dog mocks him as Rhinokey climbs onto his mail pulley and slides down. Rhinokey runs away as the Bird Dog follows him as we cut to the bushes where the babyfaces laugh at his expense. Well; Butterbear is the exception because she cannot express emotions other than concern, happiness and fright. Nice to see the writers realizing how wooden Kathleen is. Bumblelion blows her off (in a nice way of course) while laughing because Rhinokey deserves it. Hey; if it increases Rhinokey's workrate then that is A-OK with a cherry on top for me.
The babyfaces run stage left after Rhinokey as we get the scene changer as we see Rhinokey running in the town of WUZ to get away from the Mocking BirdDog and he stand behind a crowd wanting to get in to see the movie: To Kill a Mocking BirdDog (helpfully labeled as such). Wow; that's two death references in this episode. And I thought a production on race was too taboo for Disney to mention in anyway shape or form. Rhinokey butts in to the lineup and runs into the movie cinema as the Mocking BirdDog arrives right on cue. The crowd doesn't approve of this as the Mocking Bird Dog flies in after. We cut to inside the movie theater which is pretty much empty (so why is everyone waiting outside for tickets?) except for a couple of patrons as Rhinokey sits in front of a blue Wuzzle character and a raccoon beside him. Rhinokey thinks he's fine; but he makes the mistake of talking while watching the B&W movie (well To Kill A Mockingbird is in Black & White so it's actually apporos and so ironic on SO MANY LEVELS!) and the Mocking Bird Dog mocks him of course.
Then we cut to the screen where the two Wuzzles on screen declare their love. Memo to writers: In the actual movie; one of the lovers was wrongfully accused of rape because he was black and interracial love was considered taboo. Why is something the racists never could explain since they were bigots. It has nothing to do with love and everything to do with racism. Okay; and of course the BIRDDOG OF DOOM goes through the projector screen because he's mocking Rhinokey. Rhinokey yells and he gets kicked out for no real reason whatsoever. Oh wait; he didn't pay for getting in, my mistake. The Bird Dog just flaps his wings and mocks him again as the babyfaces laugh at his expense outside. Butterbear doesn't laugh at all as Rhinokey gets up and notices the GANG OF WUZ is here. Hoppo blows him off and laughs again. Rhinokey finally gets the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY realizing that they were the ones that duped him. Of course he doesn't think it's funny which means another irony meter just bit the dust on that spot. Rhinokey is like a fundie; no sense of irony or hypocrisy. Eleroo and Hoppo gladly blow him off because he has lost his sense of humor. Rhinokey blows them off in kind as the mocking birddog continues to mock Rhinokey for my amusement. Bumblelion hopes that Rhinokey has learned his lesson and Moosel gives it to him just to annoy him. I doubt he has learned anything guys. He will just MURDER them at the Improv next week. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
The babyfaces walk away to leave Rhionkey groaning; but Butterbear isn't so amused by this. Bumblelion tells her to relax since Rhinokey got the message. Keep dreaming Bumblelion; keep dreaming. Rhinokey sulks and proclaims that he doesn't deserve friends like them. Birddog mocks again standing on his head and tips to amuse me. Rhinokey proclaims that he doesn't need any friends at all and should be ashamed of himself. You can guess what the mocking birddog does during this time. So we get a circle scene changer as Rhinokey is back at his house writing a note while the birddog is perched on his swinging device. Rhinokey writes that he is leaving to go to Echo Wuz and is not coming back in thirty to forty years. Still doesn't work as pathos as Rhinokey waves goodbye and walks away stage left. Rhinokey leaves his house as the mocking dogbird heads to the closet and mocks it just to amuse me some more. Narrator Stan claims that this laugh worries him. Why he asks? Well; we head to Bearbuck's place AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as the lights go out and Beaverbuck leaves the store with pillows on his ear; the poor sap. Beaverbuck has a wife and 14 children according to him. He walks away stage left as the mocking bird dog arrives from a tree with a pink sack of tricks as he somehow manages to get inside the place and he does the mock call on the birddogs in their cages as we jump cut to the mocking bird dog OUTSIDE the place as he opens the door somehow (damn; I was hoping for no logic breaks in this recently found sequence on Youtube; but it is not happening) and the mocking birddogs all fly out. They are handed each a joke device as we see them fly into the night as Narrator Stan doesn't like this at all as a ton of problems start with the first pound. That ends the segment about fourteen minutes in.
After the commercial break; we head to a left pan shot to the beehive as Narrator Stan calls this day a perfect example of a normal day until nine o'clock in the morning as Bumblelion walks out of the beehive as he walks to his beehive mailbox and hopes there is mail in it. Oh; there will be Bumble and you will NOT like it one bit. He opens it and eats the clown water sprayer right in the kisser. HAHA! The birddog bails as Bumblelion blows off the mailman because he didn't order that. I beg to differ Bumble Swasher. Circle scene changer as we see Eleroo in his house at the table as he puts his cornflakes bowl onto the table and walks away. We then see birddog enter and invoke the hot red pepper sprinkles on the cereal and then bails as Eleroo returns after the puff of smoke ensues on the cereal like a nuclear explosion. Eleroo sits down and eats the cereal with a spoon. I think you can guess what happens next eh? Flamethrower spot ensues, Eleroo hops around wanting water as we see birddog using a mallet to cork up the sink tap. Birddog bails as Eleroo hops in and tries to turn on the water in the sink; but no go. The tap blows up as Eleroo opens it more and more and then it sprays into Eleroo's mouth which allows the power of suggestion to bounce back towards the table. Eleroo feels relieved. Sadly; we never get to see what damage the birddogs did to Hoppo or Butterbear for BS&P reasons of course. However......
…..we do the circle scene changer and then cut to Moosel's lighthouse as Moosel is doing some rowing in a canoe (now there's something you rarely see in an animated series these days or even in the past) and here comes the Mocking Bird Dog to screw with his mind as he has a fake octopus suit with him. Mocking Bird Dog clips a line onto the canoe and then flies away. Moosel turns his back and it's PSYCHOPATH MOOSEL TIME~! Now this is getting really good. Rule #1 of a good Wuzzles episode: Always play mind games with Moosel. It always works and seeing Moosel paranoid always gives me a good laugh; regardless if it's a joke or not. He paddles in circles around his lighthouse as the Mocking BirdDog watches on for his own amusement. Now that is showing good taste there and I'm glad the writers are going as far as they are with this. Bad scene changer and we head to the parking lot of Wuz Burgers (because making Flamingo suffer is like a religion with this show I guess) as the babyfaces minus Rhinokey exchange notes on the situation. Butterbear calls them cute and that enough for Hoppo to do the eye contact violence while blowing her off. And another irony meter bites the dust again. Maybe it's time for the irony meters to leave the LAND OF WUZ forever. They wouldn't last five minutes in this show.
Now Bumblelion needs another MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN to stop the previous one which has gone out of control. No one cares as Moosel and the gang have a better idea: Have Rhinokey out joke the Mocking Bird Dog. So we gone from the moral of respecting other people's feelings (which is silly because most people use that tactic to lie and distort; or in this case Rhinokey's joke don't last while Bird Dog is annoying forever and does last too long) to don't use ideas if they don't work the first time. Now this plan is an obvious example of gang mentality which I explained in the Fence Sitter; with one twist: Bumblelion schemes suck and were already tried out and thus the gang mentality is better here. Sadly; it's another mixed message since that kind of mentality is risky since it's the same used in violent gangs and drug dealers. So they head to Rhinokey's house as we get the bad scene changer and the babyfaces head inside Rhinokey's house as they read the note and the Wuzzles' plan is screwed right off the bat since Rhinokey has run away since he took their blow off's way too seriously. Like I care since Rhinokey is an ass and at least he took the freaking hint and went away before he became a parody of himself. Too bad he has to come back since the Mocking Bird Dog is much funnier.
Butterbear realizes that she was right all along and this joke went too far. They have to get him back and then we get a really weird moment as there are hundreds of Mocking Dog Birds inside the house trashing the place allowing the babyfaces to wear joke glasses. Now there's a symbolic moment if I ever saw one. So we get the scene changer and head to Echo Wuz Canyon on a pan shot (which looks like a peaceful and nice place to visit) as Narrator Stan explains that this is the best place for a Cowell. I didn't know Stan Freberg predicted the success of American Idol? He is such a freaking genius. It's too bad this is a preschool show; or else Stan would be busting out his Grade A material here. The cow on the cliff is half cow/half owl, moos, and flaps it's wings. And it does the echo hearing spot because it is Echo Wuz Canyon. Cowell flies away right on cue as Rhinokey makes it to the cliff and calls out to the Echo Wuz Canyon and gets no response. Rhinokey walks away stage right into the forest as he sulks in despair because no one would speak to him. That's what happens when the joke is on you. Because you'll never work in this town again. AHHAHAHAHA!
Rhinokey then stops on a dime and is really upset as he climbs up into a tree because here come the babyfaces running towards him stage left. Bumblelion calls him out and Rhinokey hangs onto the tree because he wants nothing to do with his friends anymore. Bumblelion pulls on his tail and tells him that they need his help and Rhinokey blows it off as another trick. Well; if someone was pulling my tail I would consider this to be another trick too. Butterbear and the gang tell him it's not a trick and they need him to get rid of the Mocking BirdDog. Eleroo calls this a chance at redeeming himself Rhinokey asks if they aren't mad at him including Hoppo as Hoppo flaps her foot down in the Gruffi pose teasing a possible heel turn and then decides that she's not mad anymore. Rhinokey teases for a second and then hops down the tree because he would be a coward if he not monkey enough to out joke a Mocking Bird Joke. So he gets the Wuzzles together and whisper yells the beginning of his MIMI JOKE ZONE PLAN as we logically lead to the scene changer and we head back to BeaverBuck's place as there are Mocking Dog Birds on a statue of Beaverbuck complete with the fake glasses on because BeaverBuck is a joke character see.
Rhinokey calls out the Mocking Dog Birds OUT OF NOWHERE and challenges them to step right up as we cut to Rhinokey wearing a goofy carnival barker's outfit and has his MEGAPHONE OF JIMMY HARTS. Who does he think he's joking: The Mouth Of The South?! You can clearly see that there is fencing in the back of his wooden box of jokes; but I bet the Mocking Dog Birds have the same trait as regular BirdDogs: They are REALLY STUPID. Sadly; the exploding Cheese Pickle is a DUD since explosions are wussy on a preschool show. I betcha the Dog Birds sell that; fly into the cage and that they will be caught as the finish. I check the YouTube video...And damn; I'm good. Proof that Dogbirds are really that dumb. They are very stupid. And no one has learned anything. Which is apporos for such a pointless song. Okay; I'm thinking about Hinder again...back to the rant. Rhinokey shuts the door on this episode as Bumblelion thanks him for his plan that ACTUALLY WORKED. Except Butterbear had to ruin everything since they didn't think their plan though since they still don't know what to do with them. The Bird Dog start crying like a bunch of whiny hardcore fanboys after seeing Wii Fit being just 200,000 units away from being the third game to outsell PS3 itself in Japan alone. They realize that their mocking was probably caused by Beaverbuck using them as caged pets in the first place.
Then Butterbear gets an idea on how to make everyone happy: Have the Mocking Dog Birds live in Echo Wuz Canyon which is the next scene changer as we head right there. Wow; if it wasn't for Butterbear's wooden voice, she would be a really good character. The Rhinokey Car stops near the cliff and Rhinokey opens the cage and lets the Bird Dogs out. They fly and mock themselves for a while; but the echo annoys them back. And yet another irony meter bites the dust as they fly away quiet this time around as Moosel points out that they don't like hearing themselves. Eleroo closes the cage door and asks Rhinokey if he would like to come back to Wuz. Rhinokey agrees and he even promises to never play another joke on them again. I give this about thirty seconds before he starts being chased by Hoppo again like in the previous episode.
Hoppo doesn't want to leave yet as she wants to pick this beautiful flower (bad acting there Hoppo) as she cuddles her nose too close to the flower and eats water. HAHA! I knew Rhinokey's promise wouldn't last five seconds and it serves Hoppo right for screwing her nose into a flower's business. AHHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm...Rhinokey then shows the evidence and blows her off. Hey; if you sniff a flower then you deserve to be played like a fool. You have no one but yourself to blame for that spot Hoppo. Hoppo is mad as hell and it's RHINOKEY CHASHING TIME~! Rhinokey bails stage right and it's the FAT JOKE CHASE OF DOOM as Narrator Stan pretty much sezs it all in one phrase as the Mocking Bird Dog makes one more appearance in front of the camera and mocks Stan. I smell grilled Bird Dog in this Bird Dog's future. Hmmm...BirdDog..SLURP! Bird Dog flies away before Stan can do anything to end the episode at 21:43. Decent episode that actually got better once the Bird Dog turned on the other Wuzzles. Call it *** ¾ ( 70%).
Note From The Future: Okay; I added a 1/4* for the funny water spouting spot Eleroo did after the Bird Dog corked up the sink tap. Fair is fair!
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; another middling episode in a series of them. This one wasn't really great and there were few logic breaks and overall it was really solid. I've been waiting for someone to finally screw Rhinokey for being such a bad character and this episode finally gave it to me. And Rhinokey actually rose to the occasion by actually improving as the episode went along. Sadly; I didn't see about three minutes of the episode due to being cut at around the 13 minute mark so I don't really know if Rhinokey acted like a jerk or something; but the Mocking Bird Dog was a nasty little one joke character that actually performed the role that he was supposed to play: Annoy the hell out of everyone. There is a good first moral (don't screw with your friend's feeling; most so when a job is at stake) and the second moral was actually even better (revenge doesn't work because it often backfires in your face and makes things worse than before). The ballet number was awesome once Rhinokey got involved and the episode as a whole showed that Rhinokey can be a good character in his role once he got better jokes and became the victim of said jokes. Next up is The Main Course and I have no witty retort here. So....
Thumbs in the middle pointing up for this episode and I'll see you all next time.