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I.O.U. A U.F.O.
Reviewed: 02/12/2013
...And you thought this lingo was limited to the Internet?!
Well; we have to do this one at some point. This episode is pretty basic; but it has one memorable moment for me and another one that looked so BS&P'ed it wasn't even funny. This story is about Dewey thinking UFO's are real and that is all you need to know. So; let's rant on and find out shall we...?!
This episode is written by Cathryn Perdue and story editing is done by Karl Geurs. Juan F. Lara doesn't mention a studio here in his notes.
Opening Moment #1: Today's title card features Dewey with binoculars in a neon green spotlight watching three alien ships which has the same color schemes as the viruses in Doctor Mario.
So we begin this episode in the desert AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as a blue jeep drives down the dusty sand and then stop near a shack like building. Out comes a cowboy sounding...ummm..cowboy with his dog which he proclaims that it's name is Cody when he pets it. He notices a sign buried in the sand. It's funny that Cathy teases the cowboy entrance with a flashlight as if he was bringing out a shotgun. Silly Cathy; BS&P thinks the shotgun is a tool of Satan. Or something. So the sign sezs "Government Property - Keep Out" and he blows off the sign and heads inside. We get some mature lighting as he sees something covered in a white sheet and uncovers it saying that finders are keepers. Then we get rumbling and green neon lights which shock the cowboy as we cut to outside as the lights flash like neon green spotlights complete with machine noises and then we cut to morning with a hot sun of the sun; literally. So we pan down to the road as a turtle crosses the road and nearly gets murdered by the speeding RV causing it to do the whirlwind spot. We hear a radio announcer claiming that the heat is not keeping the crowds away from Hallow Gulch because there have been 10 UFO Saucers shown in the last week or so. We then see Daisy blowing this whole thing off while having the same problems with the map as Baloo in Stormy Weather. Sadly; Daisy doesn't have Kit around to help her navigate; or at least allow Daisy to drive safely. So we pan up to the top of the RV as Donald is repairing something and trying to put a long screw into the device. I'm guessing that it's the air conditioner since Daisy is asking Donald about it. The screw falls and the device crushes Donald's hand allowing the oversell and Daisy wishes she covered the tundra story instead. We get a shot of Dewey appearing to be on the right hand side of the table; but on the next shot, he's on the left side of the table as he puts film in his camera. He claims that you have to make changes as we pan over to see Huey and Louie with ice blocks on their heads, ala Kit Cloudkicker. This sight gag was much funnier in Pizza Pie In The Sky; because Kit and Baloo cooked pizzas in a volcano. They moan and Dewey flashes them with the camera. Whatever Dewey.
Dewey runs around wanting to see close encounters with the strange kind. Okay; here's something of a problem: IMDB and Juan claim that the episode was the third episode to air; but Wikipedia claims that it was the 28th episode to air. The problem with this is that if Wikipedia's account is correct, then Dewey has already seen aliens like FOUR times already! If Juan is correct; then that is perfectly fine. Otherwise; we have a major continuity error here because why would Dewey act like he has never seen a real life alien before? I realize that this show has little continuity nor logic to begin with, but at least try to make sense here. A large metal object with wires bounces on the floor as the other nephews act bored and Donald blows off flying saucers as phooey. Again; if Wiki is correct then Donald makes no sense since he was fighting the ZO aliens. TWICE! He even went to their home planet for crying out loud! Dewey offers Daisy a cola can and wants Daisy to pretend that it's cold. Daisy tries to open it; but it sprays around like crazy. Like a rocket and bounces and bumps Donald into the air conditioner unit as Dewey wipes Daisy's face with the towel which makes Daisy mad as she notices that she is going to crash into a lineup of RV's which pops Donald out of the AC unit and he bumps two dozen bumps into the roofs of RV's which looked fine and then bumps off the UFO sign and splats like a bug on my windshield on the front RV. The male driver blows Donald off for cutting in uses the washer blades to make Donald bump some more and then Donald bounces off various amusement park rides (some of them look far worse than Upper Clements Park. Ponder that one for a moment.) and then lands ass first into the owl hole of a CACTUS JACK OF DOOM. Donald invokes the Gruffi pose of course. So we scene change to the RV's driving in as the WITW RV stops in front of the sign for no reason and Dewey hops out (complete with auto steel steps). He takes snapshots of the place and then we notice that the cowboy is manning the area where the games are. It's hard to tell with what he is selling; but he is the exact same guy at the beginning of the episode, only without Cody. He has to be the heel and Cathy blew her load again.
So he welcomes the ducks as he addresses himself as Shorty Hollow; which is ironic because he's taller than Donald. And most MALE wrestlers. And Cody magically appears out of nowhere for Dewey to snap it's picture while Donald blows off the UFO's again. I see he saw through Overlords of the UFO which is absolutely hilarious as a documentary and even more so as unintentional comedy. I think the Agony Booth has the review somewhere. If you want to make Dewey swear off UFOs; this is the "documentary" for you. Dewey seems to like the boots as Huey and Louie try on some masks and blow off Shorty for the high price ripoffs. HA! Cute spot ensues as Dewey takes multiple shots of Louie wearing a mask and mocking him for thinking that this is real. Sadly; this is the 28th episode aired; so I'm automatically with Dewey on this one. Which was probably whomever was in charge's idea from the start despite the fact that the whole point of this was this was supposed to be a tease of alien encounters to come. Huey looks like a dead bug walking as Dewey blows them off because he'll show them. Show them Return Of The T-Squad; that'll convince them. Unless they don't consider the ZO as an alien and only as an anthro elephant. Huey and Louie dress Dewey like a UFO with an alien on it and then tell Dewey to ask Daisy and Donald about it. Why not ask the scientists who were involved in Overlords of the UFO? I'm sure that it wouldn't be any worse than asking Daisy and Donald. They claim Shorty is trying to part Dewey from his money as Daisy looks at a large map like pamplet and notices that this costs $100 a night. Wait; so you didn't book this in advance, nor CALL the place in advance?! That's REALLY STUPID! Donald gets bit on the ass by a owl and finally pops out of the cactus for fun. Bugs Bunny the short version spot ensues as he blows off the money and the overlords of the UFO. HA! Daisy then brings up that they are from What In The World and Shorty gets so giddy that he rips the paper in half and they stay for $50 a night.
Shorty goes over to his jeep which has been painted with stars and crescent moons now as the male babyfaces hop in the back while Daisy hops in the passenger side and Shorty gives them tickets for just $5.50 cutting it down to $10. See; Shorty has a UFOur Bus which Donald blows off as absurd. The back window gets slammed in his face and we drive off. Shorty talks on about seeing a UFO about a month ago as Daisy is tending to Cody and playing along with Shorty's...ummm... "short on evidence". Daisy thinks Shorty is making profit off of this; but Shorty doesn't believe that as he stops the jeep near a cliff as we are at Alien Acres which is basically your basic look off. Dewey, Daisy and Shorty hop out and walk to the cliff while Donald huddles Louie and Huey together and they have a crappy Krackpotkin Plan. Look; I can see why Huey and Louie are doing this crappy stuff on Dewey; but DONALD?! So Dewey takes snapshots of the three circular circles printed on the bottom of the look off as Huey and Louie mock the crap out of Dewey. Shorty shows some pictures he took last night and they clearly look like he painted them since the sky makes it broad daylight; and not even nature would stoop to using Gedo fashion sense unless bananas are involved. Dewey looks at the pictures and claims that they were similar to the sighting in Bolivia which Huey and Louie mock him for being full of it. Can you smell the psychological projection oozing out the pores of these two kid duck losers; or do I have to smell it out for you?! So Shorty has the Gruffi pose on while Donald channels Monty using a lizards skin leg attached to a stick as he makes tracks with it. Then we get another logic break: Huey and Louie are shown and they point to the left which would be in the direction of where Dewey, Shorty and Daisy are despite the fact that they are yelling to Dewey about alien footprints which are directly BEHIND them. Dewey of course buys it as he head to the side of the jeep and sees the fake footprint. He take photos of them which pieces of black paper spew out of the camera. BAD!! So Donald jumps down and scares Dewey as Dewey jumps like he has a super ball up his ass and the camera strap hangs onto the top of the cactus.
So Dewey slingshots the cactus and 1000 needles pop out and fly stage left. Ah; someone was playing Final Fantasy again as Donald laughs it up; but his ass is in the perfect position to get needled. So it's Donald's turn to oversell with a super ball up his ass. HAHA! That'll teach you to hate UFO Entertainment. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And yes; UFO is a legit video game company who does games for Nintendo's eShop. So it's nearly sunset as we return back to the camp AFTER HAPPY HOUR as Louie and Shorty are on the back of the jeep using big ass pliers to pull the needles out of Donald's ass. That was perversely entertaining as we pan over to Dewey trying to convince Daisy to return to the look off because he's sure that the alien will show up. Well; at least Dewey is talking to someone who hasn't seen an alien encounter in the last 26 or so episodes that I ranted on, so this makes sense. Daisy calls this a scam story. Oh come on Daisy! It's an AMUSEMENT PARK! It's for entertainment purposes only. It's not like that creationism park...oh wait. Never mind what I said. Shorty is still pulling needles out of Donald's ass as the handle has shrunk for some reason. Shorty claims that the saucers will be flying tonight. Oh come on Shorty Hallow! That's too obvious that this is a scam on your part. I would say: "Chances are; there will be a sighting tonight". It's more subtle, and it creates suspense in order to convince the less enlightened people to fall for it. Saying that it will is going to be dismissed out of hand, only believed by children...Oh wait, never mind. Donald isn't liking this; so Daisy decides to stay for one night which is fine because it's already night time anyway and thus ducks need their shuteye anyway. Shorty is happy as he goes over and slams the truck door which misses Donald by three feet; but Donald oversells like there is a...you guessed it. So we head inside Shorty's house as he is looking at a model of his amusement park and pets Cody for a while and then goes to the window thinking that there will be a UFO sighting tonight. So we pan outside and then pan over to the RV roof where Daisy and Dewey are looking at the sky with binoculars. There are no signs of a UFO; let alone the Overlord of the UFO multiplied by 16.
So we get the binoculars shot as we hear whistling and then we pan west to see a badly drawn UFO which it's movement is so forced that you know it's the nephews and Donald playing with a paper model of a UFO on a stick and string. And damn it to hell if I'm not right. Donald and the nephews laugh their asses off as Dewey call this awfully low. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Even Daisy thought it was funny as she puts the binocular strap on Dewey's neck and walks away yawning. Dewey blows off everyone claiming that he will show those skeptics and they will be sorry. I'm already sorry Dewey; sorry that I'm still reviewing this stupid cartoon full time. I must want to hate myself for goodness knows what reason. Huey squashes a bug and blows off the non-existent insects before heading back in. The lights go out in the RV as Dewey just looks on in shadow on the far shot. So we head inside the RV on a makeshift bed as Donald is snoring while covered in a blue blanket with a pink pillow. Don't ask me why. Donald's snoring is hilarious of course and then he wakes up to UFO sounds and notices Huey clearly playing a Nintendo Gameboy. I know this because it has neon green lights; although they painted it black to avoid a lawsuit I guess. Donald's temper teases a flare up; so Huey turns off the Gameboy and falls asleep. Memo to Huey: earphones, or MUTE THE DAMN SOUND~! The later is what I do to play my games on the bus. It's legal as long as you use earphones or have no sound. Donald falls back to sleep and then we get even more noises as Daisy is waking up and blowing off Huey for the sound. Huey wakes up and goes over to the Gameboy behind the pillow and smashes the screen with his fist; but then the batteries fall out. Donald covers his ears with the pink pillow as Huey and Louie go over to the front of the RV and open the curtain to reveal a lot of yellow lights. We then go the side window shot of Huey and Louie looking on with a lot of white light and stunned looks which ends the segment nine minutes in. Well; that was...average and dull. Feels like a weak Goof Troop episode actually.
After the commercial break; we get a far shot of the RV which is somehow on a rock with it's own cliff. I guess Shorty gave them the best "seat" in the house. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So we get a lot of noises and finally; we get our first UFO sighting nearly ten minutes in as Daisy wakes up with the neon green lights flashing which is a clear giveaway that this is a scam. Again; this is why you save this "discovery" at the beginning of this episode until later on because anyone above the target demographic is going to notice this. They are not that stupid. Humans come out as Daisy runs back and yells at Donald to get the video camera right now! Huey and Louie are in awe while Dewey has the tape cassette recorder on and does a stat check on this big ass UFO (well; as big ass as UFO can be). One note: Dewey said "random" in the exact same way Fish Hooks uses it and this is at least 17 years ago. So yeah, it's not recent popular culture to use the word in the pop culture context. It's fine in it's true meaning; but not as slang. So Donald is still the only one who is sleeping. Now personally; I would have had DEWEY asleep the whole time while Donald wakes up so then it creates a funny reaction from the one guy who claimed that they would be sorry in an ironic way. Dewey snaps photographs and the pictures all come out better this time when they pop out of the camera. The big ass UFO stops in front of the three circles on the bottom of the abyss and out comes three Doctor Mario style UFO's (red, blue and yellow which are the primary colors) which zoom around at a really fast speed as Daisy films them and then goes inside as the three small UFO's are over Donald's sleeping body as Daisy still yells at Donald to wake up. So Donald wakes up with one eye and tries to kill the UFO's which seem to perform the Spongebob trick on him which shows that they are clearly fake. Donald blows off the UFOs. I'm guessing these three aliens are the overlords of this UFO. Donald wakes up again and then notices that the UFO on the stick is tucked in a corner somewhere and he looks and sees the UFO's and then runs like a roadrunner up the walls and down the floors with no sense of gravity or reality. BAD!!
Daisy is filming this the whole time. I don't give a damn about the UFO's or even the overlords of the UFO; I want to know the secret of Donald running around without any sense of weight or gravity. Because that would be useful for winter time when there are no Mr. Icy Roads! Daisy doesn't know what to say. Donald's answer: HELP! My answer: FACKING BULLSHEET! So Dewey continues to snap photos as the UFO rises into the sky and then disappears as Daisy has the VHS tape out and runs inside. Dewey bounces like a Gummi Bear on the cliff and runs into the RV as Dewey throws the camping gear/digging tools out. As they run back out; we pan over to Donald hiding underneath his pink pillow and blanket. See; Dewey wants to stay because he thinks they will come back as Donald hears this and runs outside and grabs the shovel (and I noticed that most of the gear minus the shovel is gone now) and we get the FCC CLOUD DUST BUILDING SPOT OF DEATH as he builds an army bunker which is a throwback to the Donald army films which I sometimes remember; but forget if they also included the Nazi/racist Japanese stuff because I don't remember what version I was watching in the 1980's. My memory as a kid is shot; what can I say?! So we go to the closeup of Donald's head popping up with an army helmet on. He aims the shovel as a gun for fun because BS&P is an ass as usual. So we head inside the RV truck as Daisy is sitting down with the nephews looking at the footage. Then Dewey wants to rewind the tape and we notice that the mini aliens went right through Donald's body which doesn't appear what that is on the footage. So Dewey looks at his photo and notices that the big ass UFO clearly goes through the sign. See; this is why I would rather have Dewey asleep instead of Donald: So that Dewey feels bad at first about missing it and then notices the flaw which puts the heat on him when he tries to point out that it's a hoax in some reversal of roles. This doesn't put any sympathy heat on Dewey as a character because he saw the whole thing and he's playing skeptic here while the rest believe that this is real and Dewey is a hypocrite. Which is silly because you can believe in something and still notice BS when you see it which is what Dewey is noticing.
Shorty is looking on and not liking this as Huey and Louie walk out blowing off Dewey saying that they don't know him anymore. You are just jealous that Dewey is more over than you Huey. Not much I know; but still. Daisu shrugs his shoulder as Dewey stares at the blank screen and sulks. Daisy asks what is wrong and Dewey rants on about UFO's being solid and built solid; and that UFO is not solid. So he basically is admitting that this was a hoax; but he just sezs whatever and mopes. So we scene change to a far shot of Dewey walking in the desert moping. Nice parallax scrolling as we see Shorty's truck driving beside him as Shorty is all giddy about these UFO sighting; but Dewey doesn't look thrilled. Shorty informs us that the television stations are coming over in the morning and this place will be famous. Dewey then counter claiming that he'll be rich. Ummm; that sort of the way science works too Dewmeister. See; if you find a cure for cancer that actually works with little downside, you would be instantly famous and rich. Maybe even be famous and rich until well after the day you die. Shorty claims that it's partially true; but he wanted to give something to believe in as Dewey isn't so happy about it. So we see Dewey climb up a mountain as the animators basically have him walk up and towards the cliff. Whatever. Dewey sits down and ponders as the moon glows on him. This would have been an awesome sequence in TaleSpin; but that show has much better characters than this so it's just there as we get Huey and Louie blowing him off for being a hypocrite. Dewey then yells into the sky and there is no answers. Figures as Dewey would say. Then he hears noises and then turns around to see green lights near a mountain and gets happy. Yeah; so not fake. So Dewey runs stage left towards the mountains......and we scene change to the time wasting padding of doom as Donald is in the bunker still. He is using the binoculars to look for signs of aliens from...
Staci: Don't say it!
Bradley: Uranus!!
Staci:
Real mature, B-Man!
I'm surprised Noah Z. Jones hasn't stolen that one yet. It's a cute pee joke; it's subtle enough and Milo is a perfect Bradley to pull it off too. It's not like anyone going to notice that you stole it from Stickin Around since this show is Canadian and all. And it's not like you don't already steal 17 year old pop culture references already. We zoom in with military music as the three Dr. Mario aliens (that are fake) are behind Donald just to annoy him and amuse me. So we play the fine art of making Donald dizzy for a while and then they fly off stage left like a rainbow. Donald invokes the pointy finger and it is ON BABEE! The aliens zoom up and then hover around as Donald scratches his brain pan. Then the aliens swoop down forcing Donald to duck a few times; so Donald brings out the RIC FLAIR BROOMSTICK OF DOOM and we whack and miss more times than Dragon Quest characters trying to kill a liquid metal slime. So Donald gives chase and wishes he got that potion where his critical hits increase by 100%; so he can hit those things. He has the same problem as Bumble Swasher; only Donald is less game to make an ass out of himself. So we cut back to Dewey climbing and getting to the top and he notices an entrance to a mine. He walks inside with the wind whipping in his face as he notices a lightning gun like device; only it's solid bronze shooting green neon lights. Dewey is in awe despite the fact that this is clearly fake. No alien life form would be caught dead wanting their stuff bronzed. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! He gets in front of it as Donald is still bashing aliens and he finally makes contact. Or so we think as they disappear and then pull the Spongebob Trick from behind. HAHA! And this one makes perfect sense because it's merely a projector image. The aliens give Donald a triple raspberry. I didn't know Shorty could...POW! OUCH!...Ummm; I didn't think those robots could be programmed to do raspberries. Donald is pissed (duh) as he swings and misses over and over again. So Dewey goes over to the back of the machine and presses a button and pulls and pushes the lever (WRONG LEVER!) over and over again for no real reason that I can think of.
So we cut back to Donald looking to aim again; but the alien ships disappear on cue. Donald looks smug as he thinks he showed them. If only Donald, if only. So he walks stage left as out of nowhere pops a green skinned alien wearing a blue suit. Nice try guys; but he has the same body type as Shorty. I'm not fooled. Sadly; it's convincing enough for Donald as he panics and faints dead away. Nice spot: Donald lands on the ground and his camera takes a snapshot of the alien. The alien ships behind him disappear and reappear at times as the Shorty McAlien notices this and notices the mine shaft entrance where the lights are coming from. So we head back with Dewey fiddling with the controls as we get the "animators don't care about continuity": Remember when Dewey went in and in the background the model alien ships were bronze looking. On this shot; they are the exact colors of the flying alien ships. Bad logic break there guys! Dewey then realizes this and we comes to that memorable quote I was talking about which symbolizes Disney from 1995-2003 in one fell swoop. To quote Dewey....
Dewey: A projector?! It's a projector?! {Dewey gets pissed off.} I'VE BEEN RIPPED OFF!
You may remember one of my early editorials where I discussed feeling jobbed by Disney on Plunder and Lightning; most so with the song Home Is Where The Heart Is because it was quite sad that they cut out the most notable part of the entire episode during the syndication run which makes TaleSpin like the Disney I remember; instead of the Disney Michael Eisner wants us to see. I have already discussed this hundreds of times (well; it feels like it) in other rants; but here it's more of an allegory for that bad period where DTVA had no idea what they were doing and Quack felt like a rip off with so much BS that DTVA had to basically go to the school era to save their lives even though that didn't solve the original problem of Disney BS'ing the audience. I hate to say this; but I'm glad the new Disney is nowhere near this bad period. And Dewey's reaction is awesome; to the point where I actually liked QP Dewey for the first time ever, for real. He'll piss this all away in due time, but it was good to see this yelled loud and clear. Too bad no one in creative heeded this as Dewey turns around and notices the green skinned alien walking in. And the animators don't even try to focus the shot so it would hide his cowboy boots. Dewey walks backwards and then they go for the pan shot of the cowboy boots which was a waste of time since we clearly saw them on the previous shot. Idiots! Dewey stops as the mask comes off and it's Shorty Hallow. DUH!! Shorty proclaims that Dewey couldn't mind his own business which is funny because Dewey pretty much figured out that this had to be a hoax and Shorty apologizes as we get a closeup of his face and that ends the segment 16 and a half minutes in.
After the commercial break; we see Dewey semi tied up to a chair as he is writing a list with a pencil on the table. Now here's the second memorable moment which I didn't like because it was a clear BS&P decision instead of a joke: We discover that this is a list of food Dewey wants to eat and it's about ten feet long. Shorty is offended by this and Dewey responds proclaiming that if he wants to keep him; he must feed him. I never liked that spot because it was done to please BS&P and it's not funny. Number one: No good heel would feed a captive unless to mock him and number two: Keeping someone tied up in your cave is very counter productive since he could easily escape. Although Shorty does retie the ropes on him tightly after the food list is completed. This just looks downright stupid. Dewey rants on Shorty scamming off people's dreams which is funny considering that UFO's are not real to begin with. Then again; Dewey is a chimera human duck so what do I know? Dewey claims that they'll find him soon enough even if Dewey fails in stopping Shorty from his press conference. Shorty then in roundabout terms claims that he'll kill Dewey (making him disappear for good.). Dewey mocks him with that faux bravado that anyone with an IQ of 10 and above could see right through as Shorty is about to leave. However; Dewey smugly refers to the food list and Shorty grabs it and walks out of the cave. Dewey then yells at him to not forget the doughnuts. Now if this was Dewey's way to run interference while he unties himself somehow; then more power to the writers, but knowing the extent of BS&P notes on this show; it's highly doubtful. So we head back to the RV as the nephews and Daisy walk back to the RV for no reason that I can think of. Daisy proclaims that the UFO is a no show; but she's staying until she gets proof. Huey and Louie blow that off because they think the visual proof is enough. And then in another massive logic break: Donald duck is hiding in the license plate in front of the bumper despite the fact that he was NOWHERE near the bumper when he fainted. And somehow he's alive and flipped out. Continuity?! WHAT CONTINUITY?! Me not know how this and Quack Pack go together.
The nephews notice Donald doing some cute insane spots and call him flipped. I think the writer has flipped. In all sense of logic and reason. Donald shows the fangs which apparently was enough for Huey to say that his "Peeing Coach" is here. WHAT THE HELL?! He is corrected that Donald saw a monster and then he points at the sky as we play charades with Donald which would be more entertaining than this show as Louie finds the camera on the ground with the picture of the alien and shoves it in Donald's face. Donald faints dead on the ground again as Huey claims that he's flipped. Louie and Huey notice that the alien is wearing Shorty Hallow's cowboy boots. Wait; wasn't those boots obscured when the alien and Donald met? And the photo was taken? Damn this logic! I'm not even going to speculate if that was the correct pose he was in because it probably wasn't. Then the nephews notice Shorty's jeep driving up into the mountains with bags of food in the back as the nephews claim that this is not just there to suck in roundabout terms. Some of the stuff is dropped onto the ground as we get a closeup of the stuff which is sugar cereal, and various candies and chocolate which are all Dewey's favorite food. Personally; I would have thought this would have been Louie's; but since these three guys are the same character, I shouldn't be surprised. So they do the shimmy against the mountain side as Shorty drives the jeep the other way. Huey wonders where Dewey is and Louie wonders where he has been. So we scene change to a incline hill as the nephews are following the trail of candy. Louie wonders how Dewey can eat this stuff. Answer: Because the writers say he can as we cut to a closeup of the table as all the goodies are on the table and Dewey is eating them hands free. Did I mention that the pile of goodies are big ass sized and is at least ten feet in height; but still managed to fill the table without collapsing?! Louie wants to talk about nature's seven food groups which is such woo; Louie could be a future quack if he wasn't a chimera duck. Huey unties Dewey asking how they found him and Huey claims that it was the cholesterol. Why not use "all the carbohydrates" since most goodies have lots of sugar in them anyway?
Dewey proclaims that they are not going to believe this and Huey acts like a smug ass on cue. I shake my head as we return to in front of Shorty's house with the spotlights on from the RV's in a cute visual as the PRESS OF FRAUD has arrived in human form. So Daisy asks Shorty about how many sightings he has seen and Shorty claims it's hundreds of them. So he brings out the white stopwatch and clicks on it proclaiming that there is one reckoning right now. When someone sezs that; you know that he's lying. And damn I'm good as we cut back to the cave as we notice an alarm clock wired to wires which have clearly have been cut on a shelf against the cave. Which we never saw until NOW!! That was completely out of nowhere and it pretty much goes the same place as the human press is not happy to see that there is nothing...AND THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING! And this is clearly one of those: Do nothing of note with clock ticking and see if the kids laugh at it spot. No one cares as Shorty recoils on cue and proclaims that the aliens come and go as they please. Not unlike the concept of God actually. Shorty checks his watch wondering why the aliens are this late and then we hear alien noises and out drops the big ass UFO complete with neon lights and sound. The press is in awe while Donald digs a hole and buries himself complete with the out of nowhere metal sewer plate. HAHA! It makes little sense; but I laughed at it anyway. Anyhow; we then see a spotlight as the green skinned alien arrives and throws a raspberry at the crowd and greets everyone. Then the spotlight disappears and reappears with Huey and Louie making crappy faces and cutting alien promos right on the hard camera. Yeap; Shorty is SO BUSTED! Should have killed Dewey while you had the chance buddy! Shorty smiles like he's busted as the alien reappears and unmasks as Dewey as we see him in front of the projector calling it a high tech slide show.
So Shorty smiles again and then hops into his jeep; but cannot turn on the damn thing as we see Dewey is now without the alien suit on as we see him magically show up the wires and pipelines to start the jeep. How did he do that is what I want to know when the trio was nowhere NEAR the jeep at anytime during the sequence. This was out of nowhere and goes the same place. Wow; they had a perfectly fine finish and Cathy still found a way to screw it up. So Shorty is done as we cut to the police handcuffing Shorty and placing him in the police car while Daisy is confused about that projector as we pan over to see the police putting the projector into the back of a military truck. I'm guessing this is some message about the police and the military completely overlapping each other, but it still annoys me since they are not supposed to be the same. Police protect the normal population from within while military protects the country on the outside and the borders (and used for wars). That's what it used to be before 9/11 anyway. Anyhow; Dewey pretty much explains the obvious for us as the police thank the kids and they'll take it from here. The military truck drives away as Huey and Louie apologize to Dewey for not believing him which is funny because they didn't believe him when he was believing this UFO stuff anyway. Dewey tells Louie that they got scammed; but he believes that they are out there and one day they will be here. Which leads to the "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?" ending that Fish Hooks makes famous for. So the military truck drives on the road and ramps up and it's suddenly floating on air. We cut to the police officers driving it not noticing a thing and they change into aliens from...
Staci: Don't say it!
Bradley: QUACKERIA!!
Staci:
WHAT THE HELL B-MAN?!
So they look like something out of Ad Infinitum for the Commodore 64 as they push a button on the dash and the truck turns into a green hairdryer; which looks downright weird by hairdryer standards. Then it does the Team Rocket exit complete with star twinkle effect and that ends the episode at 21:07. Other than the logic breaks and bad animation, this was just an average Goof Troop episode with Donald playing Goofy in a cute perverse way. Basically; a weak Goof Troop episode which is fine by Quack Pack's lower standards. Call it ** 1/4 (45%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; this episode is in the books and it was completely average. Other than the silly logic breaks and Donald's gravity defying road running inside the RV, there was nothing actively bad about it. Sure; the ending was absurd but at least I expected it to end that way since the finish demanded that it ends in that manner which looks totally fine. Shorty was a dumb heel; but he wasn't actively bad or anything, most of this was basically like a Goof Troop episode: Average and not memorable; aside from the BS&P stupidity of the food list spot and Dewey iconic "I'VE BEEN RIPPED OFF" promo which was still awesome to this date. The Donald stuff was cute enough and the finish made sense although it would have been better if they didn't blow their load at the beginning of the episode like Cathy has already done in Captain Donald. With that said; this was the better episode and the nephews were actually fine until they did push the crappy button on Shorty; but the finish made perfect sense anyway so I'm fine with it. As they say; sometimes a little crap must fall to succeed. See Wii. See DS. Yeah; not much else to say about it so our next weekend's menu is Cannot Take A Yolk, Long Arm Of The Claw and Duckerlation of Independence. So we have another Dewey focused episode on privacy, the return of The Claw and Donald regressing back into his classic form. This looks like a fine combination. So........
Thumbs down for this episode and I'll see you next time.