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Duck Quake

Reviewed: 01/27/2013

How To Trapdoor Your Show After Just 39 Episodes...


We have finally reached the halfway point of Quack Pack and this one is a doozy as the nephews are suckering Donald into giving them expensive camping gear by using Ludwig Von Drake's earthquake machine. Why do I get the feeling that this episode is going to cause physical pain to me? Then again; I thought Need 4 Speed and a couple others would do the same; and they were almost a thumbs up for me. So; let's rant on and find out shall we...?!

This episode is written and story edited by Kevin Campbell. Sadly; Juan F. Lara did not release the animation studio here and since there are no cuts to be had in this episode; I don't think I will never know what the studio is.


Opening Moment #1: Today's title card features Donald's house swaying on a tree branch like mountain over a huge ocean of lava with a nasty nuclear like sunset. One of the best title cards I have ever seen; so points for that. This better lead to that happening in the show; because if not, I will be so disappointed.

So we begin this episode with a sky shot of Ludwig Von Drake's lab (which looks like a redesigned building of Doctor Axolotte's lab in Bullethead Baloo) and we head inside and we have an...EARTHQUAKE~! This is only a 3.6 on the Richter Scale because only assorted glass flasks and test tubes crash and burn onto the floor. We see the nephews huddled together and I thought that they were getting the wrath of god; and then I realized that if that happened; then the nephews would be dead by now. Nope; Ludwig has a green remote control with a knob which is supposed to cause earthquakes. That is one terrorist away from being a tool to make all of us kneel before ZOD; I swear to god! Or not. Anyhow; Dewey shakes Ludwig's hand as a symbol of praise and showing why he is the classy nephew of the three; while Louie shows how crappy he is by elbowing Ludwig and grabbing the device while calling Ludwig, Luddie. That has to be a giant rib on Ludwig's woo and quackery; there can't be any other explanation to this. Ludwig steals the device back before Louie tries to be an idiot again and blows him off because it's important for science. Wow; this is SOOOOOO ethical. NOT!! So the nephews notice a vacuum cleaner like device which is painted neon green and the nephews think it's an atomic weapon. Ludwig disagrees and pushes the button on it and after a long transformation sequence it turns into a semi tent filled with the latest camping supplies. I'm going to skip through all of this because none of the camping supplies are amusing nor random as Dewey wants someone to pinch him. Sadly; Randy Pincherson doesn't exist at this point so nothing happens. Ludwig calls this emergency camping gear as everyone should have this in case of a real earthquake. And one of the those damning moments for hand drawn animation occurs: The nephews are drawn like they are stoned and there is no blinking eyes whatsoever. It looks like a complete still frame. No wonder Toon Boom and CGI got so over. The nephews seem to have evil intentions and they race out of the lab causing Ludwig the whirlwind spot because Butterbear isn't coming back.

Ludwig waves goodbye outside as the nephews have that look of "I hate waving goodbye" while waving back. So the nephews whisper yell in the football huddle. See; the general plan is so sucker Donald into coughing up cash to buy the latest camping gear so Donald thinks he's doing it to get earthquake prepared; but the nephews are using it for the school camping trip thinking that they will be the best campers ever. And also to erase last year's debacle which I was hoping not to see; but we hit the flashback of doom anyway. It was a dark and stormy night in the forest of Duckberg as we pan over to the campsites and we see the nephews with a stick and a makeshift piece of white cloth over their heads. They moan and groan about this trip and they make a mental note to suck up to Donald on buying camping gear. Thunderbolt ensues and they fry with ash and soot over their bodies. Then we return to reality (no, not really) with a lightning segue and head to Donald's living room as Donald blows it off and then flops on his back and laughs this all off. HAHA! The nephews are shocked and Huey is appalled as he jumps down and blows off Donald for being such a careless person when it comes to preparing for an earthquake. Donald blows it off because there are no earthquakes in Duckberg and then realizes that he is being tricked into giving them camping supplies just to be cool and he's not falling for it as he goes stage left and slams the door off-screen. What does BS&P have against slamming doors on-screen now? Dewey and Louie do Gruffi pose and proclaim that they can kiss steps one through four goodbye. Huey no sells because Dewey and Louie give up way too easily. Dewey points out that Donald will never be convinced unless there is a real earthquake; so Huey has a Krackpotkin plan to solve that little problem as we fade to black to turn Michael Eisner on almost five minutes in. So we head to Ludwig's bedroom on a sky shot AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as we zoom into Ludwig sleeping and snoring with a purple night cap on. He hears noises and his eye opens for a second and then Ludwig flops out of bed putting his robe on which is still attached to the coat hanger. HAHA!

So we head downstairs with mature lighting as the nephews are practicing the fine art of no being seen with a big ass box of stuff. And then the spotlight gets put on them by Ludwig as he calls the boys out while sleepwalking. HAHA! When you get spotted like that; you know you are hosed. Huey and Louie come over rationalizing their stealing as Ludwig is more concerned about what they plan to do with said machine than actually stealing it. I shake my head as Dewey claims that he wants to make a big ass milkshake; which even Louie and Huey blow off as being lame. Ludwig actually likes milkshakes; although I have no idea if he likes big ass milkshakes. So the nephews twirl Ludwig around and Ludwig sleepwalks back towards his bedroom and we jump cut to Ludwig Von Drake in bed snoring as we get a shot of a window and in the background we see the nephews with the big ass box containing the earthquake machine. Okay; here is the most obvious problem with this: Ludwig already has the camping gear; so why not just steal that instead? Is that any worse than stealing the earthquake machine and duping Donald into parting with his MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH? Oh yeah; that was end the episode too quickly and we need to humiliate Donald even more because doing that puts kids butts in seats. And Ludwig wakes up when they are gone and shout giant milkshake and we fade to black to turn Michael Eisner on nearly six minutes in. Sigh. Anyhow we return to Donald's living room in the morning as he has a submarine sandwich with way too much mustard to be healthy for him and a big ass stack of movies. They better be his home videos of him in the old Disney shorts being a dick to the nephews; or Donald has lost all heat with the fans. So Donald flicks a VHS tape into the VHS player (which defies the laws of physics; but is a really cool spot) and flops on the green love seat to eat his sub; but something happens and mustard splatters all over Donald's face and shirt. HAHA!

We pan down under the house which apparently seems to be on steel support beams and somehow; Huey was able to dig underneath with something as he has his cellphone and the earthquake device. He calls Dewey who is in the front yard dressed up as a news reporter with green glasses on and a makeshift soap box with canvas at the back to indicate that it's a newsroom. Louie is also in the front yard with drums and speakers for no reason. Huey asks if they are ready and they are ready to push the crappy button on all of us; well, mostly Donald Duck as we execute the plan with Huey turning on the device and Donald's living room shakes around and Donald is bouncing in the bouncing chair around the living room as the television magically changes channels to Dewey proclaiming that this is a real earthquake and not a trick. Here's a clue guys: When someone proclaims that this is not a trick; it IS a trick. It doesn't help when your face still looks like a nephew. Sadly; Donald is panicky as he runs like Scooby Doo on the tilting spots which means that the house is somehow on hydrolics. I did not know Eddy was once a house salesman before becoming a wrestler. Donald slips on a skateboard and crashes right back on the loveseat; just to get the big ass fish to come out of nowhere and eat him up again ala Pride Goeth Before The Fall Guy. Louie plays drums and international objects hanging from the trees as Huey switches the knob (Irony is so damn ironic sometimes!) and we get the big quake as we pan up from the hill of the suburban area of Duckberg as Donald's house is shaking and then it rises up with the hydralics pushing it up about 20 feet into the air much to the surprise of Huey. And then the house dances like it's on Mickey's Mouseworks two years too early. Donald bumps like a madman including getting crushed by his own love seat in a fistful of irony that shows this show is trying way too hard to be over. So we cut to inside Grumposki's grill as Grumps is grilling burger. As I said many times; Grumps is fine when he is NOT talking. He bumps like a wuss and then heads to the window as he calls this an alien robot from outer space trying to torment Donald who is his best customer. Somehow; I doubt that Grumps.

So Grump bails and returns with a spatula and a Nazi helmet proclaiming that he will save Donald. If only he had worn a strainer on his head then he would have channel the power of Molly Cunningham and be actually cool. Oh well. So we see Louie still not wanting to work and bang on the drum all day as Huey walks in and turns the earthquake device to stop and the house finally drops down to it's normal position and we cut inside to Donald buried under the living room debris. And sadly; the big ass fish is still trying to swallow him in one gulp and failing as Donald pops the big ass fish from his body. Donald groans and Grumps kicks the door open and rushes inside calling for Donald as there are holes in the ceiling as well on the previous far shot of the house; just because I wanted to point that out. Grumps pulls Donald out of the carnage as Donald is almost half-dead while Grump proclaims that he saw a dancing robot shaking the house; but the nephews cover his mouth before he can say anything. The nephews proclaim that Grumps is safety minded and wanted to help Donald after the earthquake was over. And they help Grumps by throwing him out of the door and slamming the door on-screen. Okay; so the animators are cheaper than day old bread. We get a lot of bad acting on them proclaiming that they were unprepared for this earthquake as they continue to point out the consequences. Donald goes over to the blinders and opens them to see that the rest of the houses are still standing. D'OH! Donald kicks his heels up and mocks the nephews because that earthquake was weak sauce. So Huey tells him that it could have been a foreshock and Donald looks as confused as I am. Sadly; fore shocks do exist despite OpenOffice not seeing them as words. Huey gets off the educational lines of the episode while acting really smug while doing it which in any other universe would indicate that Huey is trying to con Donald out of his money. Like a master of quackery; it's fitting that the nephews are half duck. So Huey turns on the television as Dewey repeats the educational line just to show that jackhammering the point home was born here and not in the new Disney like so many people think it does. Donald gulps and panics right on cue...

...AND WE HIT THE DREAM SEQUENCE OF DOOM~! Which results in the entire earth crumbling leaving only the house, a small mountain holding it and a sea of lava. Man; in Donald's minds GOD hates everyone but him; or is that the other way around in that GOD hates Donald so he lets him live in a real hellish place. Anyhow; Donald almost gets WARNERED but manages to hang on from the steps and screams like a duck to end the segment exactly ten minutes in. This is a lot less funny when you consider how absurd this episode can be and it's just another idiot plot for the sake of it. I mean; just steal the camping gear and then get your comeupperance for it. See; easy. Otherwise; it's just a sad attempt to bury Donald Duck as a hopeless dumb guy on par with Goofy.

After the commercial break; we continue the dream sequence for no reason whatsoever since we got the point BEFORE THE COMMERCIAL BREAK! And we find out that it's only because the nephews come out and blow off Donald for not listening to him and being a lousy parent. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Hypocritical much there nephews? I mean; you are lying for a bunch of camping gear aren't you? Donald does the overdramatic apology and free falls towards the lava and then returns to reality (no, not really) as Donald has had enough and proclaims that he will become earthquake prepared; and doesn't know how. Huey proclaims that they have this one covered. Now this is where the commercial break should be and then return with the nephews pointing out what Donald needs. Louie shows him a book called Pricey Things with dollar signs on it. Ummm; yeah, more smug ass stuff that we complain about in the new shows of today. They aren't even trying to hide the fact that they are screwing Donald out of his money as they have a $500 50" television/radio. To be fair; that is cheap by 1996 standards; but this is so stupid; it would have been easier just to, you know, STEAL the camping gear Ludwig had at the beginning of the episode. Dewey is checking off stuff from a notepad and forgive me if I'm skipping most of this checklist stuff because there is no subtlety in this. It's basically confuse Donald into buying the most expensive stuff and this goes on for a long ass time as I am just watching this in disbelief and not noticing Donald saying ANYTHING; let alone pointing out how absurd this is. Reference to the famous Wolfgang (Duck) ensues and I don't care because it is out of nowhere and it goes the same place. And holograms suck at this point. Say what you will about CGI and Toon Boom; but at least those tools are monster over now. 3D not so much and holograms are not over at all. Donald checking over his wallet is more interesting as the nephews tease acting reasonable with the food and water until the juice bar comes out. Like I said; they are not even trying to con Donald here; they seriously believe Donald is stupider than Goofy; which would be a feat in itself I might add. Dewey continues checking; I continue to gag.

So Donald brings out his wallet and is groaning; which is the signal for the nephews to really push the crappy button as Donald asks if there is a point to this and my answer is a resounding no; but the nephews all claim that it's a yes. GeoX; I hope you get into training for boxing; because these three would be perfect victims for you...and Maxie Zeus. Donald decides to go shopping; but the nephews cut him off at the door. See; they want Donald to stay in the house and read a paper bind booklet titled: How To Prepare For An Earthquake: The House Stuff. Complete with a globe sticking his tongue out at Donald. Real subtle guys. NOT!! So Donald stammers and is distracted as the nephews steal his wallet and leave stage right. You know; they could have just stolen it from Donald when he was sleeping and took the money they needed and then put the wallet back; so they could buy it from Ludwig. It's not like Donald is noticing the obvious ploy the nephews are preforming on him anyway. So Donald enters the kitchen and oh lord; here we go. Yes folks; the "How To Narrator" is back, only it's a lot less funny when Donald is around. Again; the "How To Narrator" (Corey Burton) is more suitable for Goofy, not Donald since Donald is not supposed to be dumb; although this show has been treating him as such. Basically; the first step is the top cupboards will fly open in an earthquake and stuff will smash right onto Donald's head. Donald oversells it and asks what he should do. HTN calls this easy as we get a page showing a childproof latch to install. Okay; now THAT's an easy and it cost little time and money to install. I hope this leads to Donald realizing that he has been had but I doubt this will go anywhere. So we scene change to Donald finishing putting a child proof latch onto the cupboard and closes the door.

Then he notices that the paper is gone and of course like a "Goof" he put it in the cupboard as the HTN calls him a doofus. Donald goes to the cupboard and then catches himself and now is PISSED. Sadly; it's at the HTN and not the crappy nephews as it is supposed to be with Donald Duck. Donald rolls up his sleeves and tries to open the door; but pulls out the knob and falls on his ass on the floor; then the cupboards smash onto the counter and the dishes all shatter perfectly on cue in a neat spot. Donald face palms himself, realizing that he has no one but himself to blame for that one. At least I'm groaning with him; albeit for a different reason. So we head to the living room as the HTN continues to monologue while I notice that everything is perfectly back to normal in the living room despite having two busted holes in the ceiling and everything was on the ground. Sigh. So we hit a music-less montage of really good safety tips from HTN and Donald securing them in an apporos matter; which is funny since that big ass fish on the wall needs to be taught a lesson on swallowing ducks whole. Then it's the water heater where we get a parody of Stickin Around! This is the best scene of the episode right there. To that Toonzone guy who hates Flash: If you think the animation is crappy there; watch Stickin Around; and you'll see animation that would make CGI/Flash even in that period look like Disney hand drawn feature. I'm just saying; you Flashater! So we see Donald using chalk to mark and using metal plumber's tape and nail to secure the top of the water heater all while using this Stickin Around artwork. AWESOME! See how good an episode is when the nephews are not pushing the crappy button: It turns out rather decent enough. Sure; Donald is no Goofy, but these writers don't care about quality at this point; so this will have to do on short notice. Although I could live without the HTN jackhammering the point home about stuff falling on Donald's head.

Sadly; Donald secures the bottom way too tightly and the water heater explodes; the water fills above stick Donald's head and then we head outside with a shot of the garage as the garage door breaks and water spills out with only a tire and a bath tub (I think) spilling out. Somehow; Donald manages to stay inside the basement on his belly in front of the broken water heater. And the entertainment ends right there as the nephews come in and call their treck dead easy (death reference #1). Okay; if they were watching The Urban Peasant then my respect for them goes up about a notch, so shoot me. Huey has the vacuum cleaner like bag and Donald grabs it because he paid for it; which is partially true. Huey calls for the troop as he plays tug of war and doesn't even bother to hide the fact that it's theirs which is implying that they set Donald up all along. Dewey blows the whistle and order Donald to in front of Dewey and Donald sells it. Oh lord; why do you test me so?! So Dewey proclaims that it's time for earthquake training called Duck/Cover/Hold which is supposed to protect Donald in an earthquake. And yes; this is a legit earthquake tactic which makes it more heinous to me because you have to remember that the nephews aren't doing this to protect Donald's house and they are doing it for a school camping trip because they are wussy. I also find Dewey pointing the finger at Donald to be really insulting at this point since Dewey is acting like a drill sergeant. So we get Dewey ordering Donald to fall on the floor; go to a conveniently placed metal table filled with stuff and then go under it and hold on shaking like a leaf. I'm shaking my head in disbelief at how stupid these writers have made Donald Duck. The nephews then race up the out of nowhere ladder which I guess leads to their bedroom and leave Donald to shake like a leaf until HAPPY HOUR (after dark).

Donald then hears voices and it's the nephews cheering for victory as we pan to their room and this is where the writers really lost all logic and reason: Remember when we saw the vacuum cleaner device open up and it was a reasonable, half-decent campside with sleeping bags and other assorted stuff. So what do we see when we pan up: A five star hotel. WHAT THE HELL?! Seriously, WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?! It looks like NOTHING compared to what we saw at the beginning. Huey is eating like a greedy noble, Louie is playing video games on a VR machine and Dewey is running the hologram milkshake bar like he is in Star Trek or something. Why not use the same stuff from the beginning of the episode? It would have been enough to suffice and it's not like there isn't any modern stuff in that one. This is so beyond the pale absurd that I hope the creators of Spongebob Squ...Oh wait; never mind. Donald overhears them proclaiming that they played Donald for a fool by using Ludwig Von Drake's earthquake shaker device and now Donald Duck is pissed off. He gets his look of Satan on his kisser and proclaims that he'll show them. Finally; some heat from Donald that I can get behind. So we repeat the footage of Von Drake sleeping in his bed AFTER HAPPY HOUR as we pan to the window as Donald is practicing the fine art of not being seen and grabs the big ass box of stuff and leaves stage left. So the nephews returned everything from Ludwig? And why didn't we see them do that? There is a plot hole if I ever saw one. So we head into the living room of the nephews' new five star hotel as we see the nephews are sleeping on pillows in front of the big ass screen television covered with a mess of pizza boxes and uneaten pizza. What a shock that is? And then we get rumbling and shaking as the nephews bounce around, panicking like mad because there is an earthquake. That ends the segment nearly 17 minutes in; and this is getting better now. I just hope this doesn't have a really stupid finish because that would be sad after Donald had gotten all of his heat back from losing it due to acting so stupid in the beginning of the second act.

After the commercial break; we get a far shot of Donald's house shaking as Donald is underneath the supports and is as evil as Satan himself as he pushes it up to 11 on the knob of the device, or as the device would say: You Got To Be Kidding! HAHA! Donald bails to the front lawn as the house bounce up and down like one of Eddy's lowriders and then dances. Okay; this is much funnier when Donald is behind the controls as the nephews are getting exactly what they deserve for not just stealing the camping gear right from the start. So the nephews run out of the five star hotel and rush into underneath the wooden desk covered in stuff as Dewey beforehand has his golden whistle blowing as we duck, cover and roll. The house does a backflip to further amuse me as Donald hides in his black BBQ pit which is not only designed to protect him from a really unstable house; but also keep Shawn Michaels away from teaching Huey how to date a girl. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sadly; Donald shows how cheap his BBQ pit is as he is forced to bail as the BBQ pit gets crushed along with the hopes and dreams of Herb Muddlefoot. I can just hear him channel Homer Simpson in that episode involving Lisa Simpson dating a boyfriend who is a member of the Earth Liberation Front; after Kentucky Fried Panda got destroyed by a big ass log with Lisa's face on it. Classic! Speaking of racist eateries; out comes Grumps with his Nazi helmet and he's pissed off again. Only this time; he prepared himself for this alien robot invasion with the big ass green army machine gun of death. Yeah; we cut back to more shattering, shaking and tilting inside the nephews' basement as we cut back to Grumps with his telescope looking at the house and aiming the machine gun and firing it. Sadly; he misses the house by about 40 feet; but manages to MURDER Donald who was behind the wooden table. Crater is created as Donald is like the nephews in the flashback after getting hit with the thunderbolt and the earthquake machine is broken as it flashes an uncontrollable rampage. HA! Grumps for once did something right. IT'S A MIRACLE! This episode is saved for sure now; unless they reset button it as a dream.

So the house is out of control and Grumps shoots at it some more and misses but it's implied that Donald got MURDERED again as the house panics and runs away doing the Goofy yell "Yahooie" for my amusement. Grumps then drives the machine gun tank as he continues to shoot to kill as he calls the house "alien slime". Oh; this is so much better now and Grumps is getting probably his best moment in this show ever. Donald climbs out of the carnage and panics as he overheard Grumps calling his nephews alien slime. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Donald runs like Scooby Doo stage left as we chase the house around and cut to the nephews inside under the desk which is the best thing that has happened to them. The nephews then realize that the shaking has stopped and it feels contrived and forced now. The nephews risk their lives as they go to the window and notice that the house is running. Louie blows off Donald for teaching his nephews a lesson about irony; but Huey actually likes this because it gives new meaning to the phrase a mobile home. I hate to say this but: I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Grumps continues shooting; Donald continues running as all the soot and ash is off of him. So we get a long sequence of them on the superhighway overpass and circling around it to waste some time. They stop at an 83 cent toll booth as the house stops and turns around. An 83 cent toll booth? FACKING BULLSHEET! More shooting from Grumps as Huey realizes that Grump is behind this and he's flipped in a way other than flipping burgers. So Huey throws 83 cents (in all silver coins mind you; no pennies) at the toll booth and the barrier opens and everyone manages to race through without incident before the barrier closes. Well; runners are free; and Grumps tank is considered military; so I guess he's can cross free of charge too.

So we continue with the chase of doom as we cut to Daisy sleeping in her bed and looking almost like her classical 1950's style with a purple robe and purple bow on her head and curlers. Ooookkkkaaayyyyy; as Daisy hears thumping and goes to the window and see the house running away stage right. Daisy groans and then faints dead away. And now I'm groaning because this episode was getting into such a groove too. The chase continues on in front of Ludwig's building as Ludwig wakes up and looks out of the window and swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (Great Scott!) and then goes down the steps to quickly dress off-screen and head outside just after Donald is chasing Grumps. So at this point; this has been fun but now the CDS booking comes into play as we cut to outer space and dustcloud lines line the blue planet for no reason that I can think of; other than to waste time because we head back to the chase as it's slowly becoming morning. You know when the animation is awesome? When I'm not commenting on it in a negative way. So in comes Ludwig with the LASSO OF BANE TO ALL ACTION CARTOONS EVERYWHERE and loops a fire hydrant which trips the house. Here's the first real animation mistake: On the far shot; it appears that the house jumps over the rope with the front legs; but on the near shot, he clearly trips over. Well; I should have known it would end up like this. So the hydralics break and the house absolutely sails up and lands perfectly on the foundation of the house where it was originally. Yeah. Grumps stops in front of the building and goes to push the orange button and MURDER that alien house; but there is nothing...AND THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING. He tries again about a dozen times; no luck. Okay; I shouldn't have laughed at this quote; but I did and I'm sorry that I ever did...

Grumps: I'm out of whammo!

You can fire when ready persons of Eastern European decent who are not like Grumps at all. So the nephews run out of the house calling this sublime and awesome just to annoy me; but thankfully, Ludwig is RIGHT THERE to give eye contact violence on them. He demands answers to this outrage and the nephews stammer like a bunch of idiots who got their hands caught in the cookie jar. I am loving this finish as Donald races in and blames the nephews for this and the nephews yell at Donald back for not being a responsible adult. Ludwig has had enough of this and points out to the nephews that they stole his machine and he told them that it's not a toy. Nephews stammer like idiots as usual because Ludwig is right. Ludwig then blows off Donald for tricking them because he got tricked because two wrongs don't make a right. FACKING BULLSHEET! Here's why Ludwig: You have perfect camp gear shown at the beginning of the episode; all they had to do is steal that, then play this stupid game of earthquake prepareness until Donald finds out; so then he steals your earthquake machine and gets revenge on them. That would justify your moral. There is none here because the nephews conned Donald for many episodes now; and you expect Donald to turn the other cheek? Screw you Ludwig! Bad moral; BAD! BAD! BAD! Donald apologizes and Ludwig proclaims that he better and storms off stage left. Yeah; no punishment for either of them. This ending is not good as Grumps comes in and is confused as the nephews blow him off for trying to kill them over nothing and they storm off stage right. Screw you nephews! Bad justification; BAD! BAD! BAD! Grumps then stammers and then screams no as we go to the sky shot and that ends the episode at 21:08. Well; this was a really fun episode; particually once Donald and the How To Narrator went into play and the third Act was awesome; due to GRUMPOSKI of all people. But that ending was poopy and the nephews suckering Donald into this was no where near subtle that they almost killed Donald's heat as a result. Still; the dancing house was a riot; even more so when Donald was piloting and getting revenge for them tricking him. Call it *** 1/2 (70%).


THE REVIEW LINE

Well; this episode did cause me some physical pain; but it was actually a really fun episode, most so when Donald started going evil all over again because the nephews screwed him out of his well earned money just to get a camping trip that wasn't embarrassing to them. The whole dancing and running house was fun along with the chase which was started by Grumps in probably the best five minutes he has ever had which was to shoot at the house with his machine gun. That made this episode for me. The whole first act was the usual nephews stuff as they conned Donald like a bunch of Gary Null wannabes and their act was horrible. No reasonable person would fall for this scheme and Donald shouldn't have either the moment the nephews started checking off stuff and showing off a pricey booklet of stuff without any hint of subtlety to it. I felt that sequence just offended me and there was few spots I liked and it's mostly slapstick stuff. However; once Donald and How To Narrator got involved; it got a lot better. I loved the Stickin Around blueprints sequence because it was pulled off so well and it was entertaining to me. Then the nephews came back and humilated Donald some more burying his heat until they got stupid to yell out their plan so Donald could hear. And then the fun was on as everything until Ludwig blew off Donald at the end was fun and exciting to me. Other than one blown spot and a few logic breaks; this was a good episode and it's memorable in a way because Grumps got the best five minutes ever for him. Heck; even one of his Broken English lines actually made my laugh. Sure it was for the wrong reasons; but I did laugh and when it comes to this show, sometimes laughter is the best medicine. Sometimes. So next up is Koi Fish which is not related to Koi from Fish Hooks; but you never know. So........

Thumbs in the middle for this episode and I'll see you next time.

 

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