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Nosey Neighbors

Reviewed: 03/10/2013

Except Donald Has No Nose; How Can He Be Nosy?


So; we have finally made it to the final four episodes of Quack Pack. YAY!! The pain is almost over. So our next episode for bids is Donald being a part of a Neighborhood Watch group after having his stuff stolen by thieves Sounds like a redo episode of Goof Troop (Max-imum Protection I do believe). So; let's rant on and find out shall we...?!

This episode is written by Robert Schechter. The story editing is done by Gary Sperling. The animation studio is unknown.


Opening Moment #1: Today's title card features a Tiki lamp with green shading and green background. Whatever.

So we begin this episode with the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as we see Donald in the backyard BBQ'ing burgers and buns while humming. So Donald does the bun arm spot where he flips the burgers onto the buns which defies the laws of physics; but still looks cool. He then flips them onto four yellow plates at the picnic table which seemly has become circular now and two of the condiments were red on the far shot and now they are proper colors (mustard is yellow, ketchup is red, etc.). So the fly of doom rears it's ugly head because we have to waste time somehow as the fly is swiped into the off-screen electric Tiki lamp as shown in the title card; and somehow the fly is still alive as it somehow teleports to in front of Donald coming down. Donald uses the spatula to flick the fly into the lamp and the bug fries and disappears, indicating that it died. Look; it's easy to point out the double standard here, but it's a "real" fly and not a chimera fly so it isn't considered human and therefore passes muster with BS&P. Okay? And we cut to the far west side of the backyard as we see the nephews in fatigues ruining a perfectly fine start to this episode with a paintball match which no paint is spewed until it hits the grass missing Louie by about three feet. Louie mocks Dewey (who is on the roof thinking he's the Terminator. He's not.) and then more shooting around as they get involved with Donald and Donald gets paint balled on his back and then some splat on the Tiki lamp. Donald takes a cloth and wipes it off treating it like a human. The nephews sit down at the table and apologize which sounds sound until Huey does a prayer and proclaims that the lamp is precious. He sounded like he was almost ready to mock Donald there. Donald blows him off for being careless; and then the dreaded force of irony strikes again as his chef's hat makes contact with the bug lamp and fries his hat to ashes. HAHA! He should only be so lucky. And like so many episodes in this series; we fade to black two and a half minutes in.

So it's morning at the Donald household as we cut to inside the bedroom where Donald is snoring. It appears he stole Linus' blanket and is about to unintentionally swallow it whole along with a pink door. The door then flings open and the nephews run in. You just cannot leave Donald alone for more than ten seconds; can't you nephews?! The nephews are still in their paintball gear as they yell at Donald to wake up because they were robbed. You just noticed that now? The nephews are robbed of their likableness and Donald is robbed of his temper. You just noticed that now? Oh wait...Donald no sells until Huey mentions that they took his bug lamp and that wakes Donald up as Donald runs outside and indeed it is gone. How dumb is Donald Duck for leaving that thing outside and not bringing it into the garage? Judging by the soil in the ground; this looks like a gopher had stolen his bug lamp as the nephews act like smug asses the whole time calling it another stat in the annals of crime. Oh sod off nephews! Donald's bug lamp is much more over than you; get over yourself. Donald does the loud wah sound as we get a shot of some roof tops and we scene change to outside a police station. Complete with big ass fishbowls as covers for the lamps. So we head to the desk as we see a human police officer at his desk writing papers and he is your stereotypical fat officer who doesn't give a damn about Donald's stolen lamp. Normally with officers of the law; the LAW OF DTVA would apply and I would just be annoyed, but this looked like a bad case of white male entitlement. Which is more rigid than I about because Donald is an angry white male. So you cannot be half duck to get the juicy entitlements. Wow; just wow. Donald jumps onto the officer and he (or the animators are) is so lazy that he (they) forgot to get dressed. And how is anyone going to take the nephews seriously wearing those paintball outfits. All it does is incriminate them as the thieves. Donald yells that they stole his bug lamp and the police officer cannot believe the warped mind of someone stealing a bug lamp. Well; when it comes to flies, Donald is a sadist. Maybe he can recommend President Obama one to keep those pesky flies and projecting Far Righters away.

So we head to a junkyard (It's UNCENSORED BABEE!) as we see who stole his bug lamp and yes folks; this is not a dream sequence. They look like the thieves from the Village People. One of them is a cowboy and the other is a honky Elvis imposter man wearing a lot of banana yellow. Well; Elvis did like peanut butter and banana sandwiches so this works well. Or so we think. Boy; that hairstyle is really crappy by Elvis imposter standards too. So one of the thieves is voiced by Jeff Glenn Bennett and I cannot tell which is which as the guise of this is that they are planning to steal Donald's BBQ next and then they talk at each other and slap each other in the back for longer than it should take to perform that spot. The other thief is voiced by Jess Harnell and according to Wikipedia (DANGER!, DANGER!): Harnell started his career with minimal experience. In 1989, he provided the voices of Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox in the then-new Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland Park, reviving the roles last played in 1946 by Johnny Lee and James Baskett, respectively, in the film Song of the South. Harnell also recorded some new character dialogue for the subsequent Walt Disney World version of the attraction. He was later called in to reprise these roles once again for the 2011 video game Kinect Disneyland Adventures. In 1993, he went on to voice his most popular roles, Wakko Warner on Animaniacs and Secret Squirrel on 2 Stupid Dogs. From 1994 to 1996, he supplied the voice of Sewer Urchin in the animated series The Tick. In the late 1990s, he first recorded the voice of Bluebeard in the English dub of the 1994 Trickompany film, Felidae but was replaced by Kiefer Sutherland. Also in 1996, he was Hunter on Road Rovers.

Harnell's next appearance was as the principal stormtrooper in the 1997 Star Wars fan film Troops, a parody of the Cops TV series set in the Star Wars universe. Harnell voiced Joe Tabootie on the Nickelodeon show ChalkZone, Petrol on Firehouse Tales, Crash Bandicoot in Crash Tag Team Racing, Crash of the Titans, and Crash: Mind over Mutant, Lo-Lo in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Spyro the Dragon in Spyro: A Hero's Tail and Spyro: Shadow Legacy, Marlin and Bruce in Finding Nemo (video game) Jerry in Totally Spies, Linguni in Pucca, and Doctor Finklestein in The Nightmare Before Christmas's video game spin-offs, as well as in the Kingdom Hearts series replacing the late William Hickey who voiced him in the film. In 2005 he voiced Buzz Blister in Tom & Jerry: Blast off to Mars. He also voiced wild and energetic Cro Magnon Doubledome from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts for Cartoon Network's Big Pick (also starring Daniel Davis as Longhair). In 2001, he was the singing voice of Buster on Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure. He also voiced Captain Hero on Comedy Central's animated comedy Drawn Together and he also does the voices of Wooton Bassett, and Bennett Charles on the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey, as well as playing the lead role of Finnian Jones for the Lamplighter Theatre Radio Drama. He also made a few appearances on Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, both on-screen and voice-over. His voice also made an appearance in NASCAR Rumble, and is credited for in-game commentary in the follow-up game Rumble Racing. Jess also replaced Brad Garrett as the voice of Fatso during season 3 of The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper. He also played a small role in Samurai Jack as he voiced Ringo and a waitress in the episode "Jack Under the Sea".

In 2007 he replaced Neil Flynn as the voice of The Plumber in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. He also voiced the Smuggler in that series. In that same year, he voiced the characters of Ironhide and Barricade in the Michael Bay-directed Transformers, making him the only voice actor to play both an Autobot (Ironhide) and a Decepticon (Barricade) in that film. He returned to voice Ironhide once again in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen[1][2][3] and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. He also voiced a character in the popular animated film Up, which Ratchet & Clank co-star David Kaye was also in. He replaced Brad Garrett as the voice of Professor Buffo in Special Agent Oso. He also is the voice of Wooton Basset on Focus on the Family's Adventures in Odyssey. He started as a performer for New Kids in 1985 and has 32 soundtrack credits. He also has 7 Self credits. Darkwing Duck is his DTVA debut and he appeared in Goof Troop, Bonkers in various cameos, The Snookums & Meat Funny Cartoon as Floyd The Insane Rattler, Timon & Pumbaa as Bugs, Jungle Cubs as Toucan, Hercules: The Series, Recess as Ricky McCloud, Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command in various roles, Teamo Supremo in various roles, House of Mouse in various roles, The Buzz On Maggie as Eugene/Wendell, Kim Possible as The Mayor, Phineas & Ferb in cameo roles, The Replacements as Donny Rottweiler, Kick Buttowski, Secret Agent Oso as Professor Buffo and Sofia The First which is his most recent credit. He has 236 acting titles to his resume. So we return to the fat officer's desk as he apparently knows how it feels to be helpless and powerless; which is the symbol of old farts yelling at kids to get off his lawn. This pitch is basically a setup for the officer to show a piece of paper with an eyeball in a keyhole and it's called the Nosey Neighbors which is basically your Neighborhood Watch group. Donald blows it off as a load of phooey. The nephews want Donald to reconsider because they get to play evil informants and wear snazzy outfits. Whatever guys.

Donald ponders it over and decides that it is worth a try. So we head to a pink house AFTER HAPPY HOUR as we get some giggling and lit windows. Then we get a shot at the door with the same piece of paper we saw with the police officer; then we head inside as a red haired lady wearing all green with blue bow tie, bronze earrings and blue shoes. She looks like she escaped the Tiny Toons human protection program and voiced by Mary Jo Catlett (for the second time in this series.) . So we do the oath of the Nosey Neighbors which is basically to snoop in other people's business and then call the cops. Also; we discover that Gwumps is part of this and there are three other members, all humans and are basically nothing of note. So the leader of this group asks (as she has a clipboard and pencil) asks for business and then the door slams opens and the nephews come in with their paint guns and point it at everyone causing everyone to scream. No, nothing objectionable about this scene at all, no siree. Pay no attention to the perverse writers behind this. I betcha that scene won't be allowed again; although considering the characters involved; it's probably for the best. So Donald enters with a machine gun rifle which is modded to be a paintball machine; and he plays his best Rambo look which is fitting for him somehow. The nephews claim that they have a crime to report and the Nosey Neighbors are all shocked and appalled. I am too; albeit for a different reason. It's a stealing in the 1st degree as everyone is shocked again. Huey demands to know what they would do to help Donald and they suggest lots of threatening signs. Donald is flustered and does his "oh brother" speech again. He seems to say that a lot in later Quack Pack episodes; often once an episode. The leader wants everyone to settle down and asks Donald for suggestions. Donald loads up the rifle and wants to get tough. The leader then questions this attack on their manhood as Huey agrees with Donald. The nephews introduce Donald as rough, tough and not afraid of senseless violence complete with trumpet fanfare. Donald thanks them for describing Donald's gimmick before the FCC Navy incident.

Sadly; Donald pulls the trigger "unintentionally" and the nephews remember to duck on cue; but the neighbor humans are so dumbfounded by this that they get hit with paint balls. HAHA! Yeah; like that wasn't on purpose from Donald. These neighbors sucks; most so because they accepted Gwumpski as a charter member of the group. So Donald has that "I'm dead" look as he asks if they are with him and the SCREAM OF WINDBAGS forces Donald out of the house. There is the power of suggestion; and then there's the POWER OF SUGGESTION. And it's a no by the way. So we head back to Donald's living room as Donald paces around and blows off the Nosey Neighbors claiming that they know nothing. Of course they don't; they accepted Gwumps as one of the members for goodness sakes! The nephews tell Donald to ignore them and Louie suggests showing them up by using a security system. Donald ponders this over and likes the idea because this requires some strategy. Okay; so we head outside to a shot of a window as we see the prison bars coming down on the windows as Huey explains the plan as we see two water buckets on the roof. Wait; why are the Nosey Neighbors here? I thought it was clear that they didn't want anything to do with Donald. Anyhow; Dewey goes and steps on the conveniently placed red button and that makes the balding brown haired man (I'm guessing he's the Vice Leader of the Nosey Neighbors) with his dog to slide down the steps and landing on his ass on the sidewalk. Donald pushes the red button and yes; Donald is back with his normal duds now; but somehow the nephews are still in their paint ball gear. Donald walks up as Louie pulls the cord near the garage door and the garage door comes down and squashes Donald's car and Donald completely no sells it. Wow; he really does have security on the brain as the leader is questioning all this. Donald actually agrees with her and wants to get even tougher which we fade to black again seven minutes in. Sigh.

So we head outside BEFORE HAPPY HOUR (sunset) as we cut to Huey in front of the barbed wire fence with various video cameras, a watch tower, and near the house on the right side; it appears to be a green tank. It looks roughly the same house that the Hells Angels would reside. Huey talks about good fences being good neighbors; but VPNN isn't so sure about that. I wonder where LNN went? Donald appears and slams the door which is a prison cell door. VPNN calls this absurd and only missing the attack dogs. Donald proclaims that they aren't missing anymore as the truck arrives and it has the picture of the stock character of that damn guard dog that appears in more DTVA series (Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Quack Pack, The Proud Family and that's the ones I know.) than even Donald & The Nephews (House of Mouse, Quack Pack, Ducktales, Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse). So the big ass cage get punted onto the property and Donald is so stupid that he doesn't try to move out of the way before the cage squashes him flatter than my sex life. Donald pops from the bottom and opens the cage. At least these guard dogs have brown fur this time; so I'm guessing that the black guard dogs are asking for a raise and not getting one. Although they are much more likely to get one before the scene changer does. So Donald realizes that he's an idiot and runs around the house with the dogs chasing him from behind. HAHA! Nice detail of him running uphill as he shovels into the ground coming up. So they chase him up and down the roof; but when Donald braces against the white garage door; the dogs run past him. What?! That doesn't make sense. So Donald tugs on the garage door and it squashes him flatter than Alexander the Grape. Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk! And we fade to black almost a full minute after the last one.

So we return as Donald has made a wooden dummy to look like a Ducktales Beagle Boy which is labeled a crook on his sign. 318151511 in alpha code? Interesting. Sadly; they killed the continuity that they were shooting for (or more to the point; Toby) by having the dummy wear prison stripes instead of the red sweaters they normally wear in Ducktales. And this dummy (which one; o'wise one?) is carrying a pillow case filled with what appears to be badly drawn bagpipes. Donald's head is bandaged which is silly because his entire body was squashed in the last scene. So the dogs are let out (at least we know who let THESE DOGS out. It's the nephews) to sic the dummy; but they MURDER Donald instead. HAHA! Should have seen that one coming a mile away Donald. They love to chew on mallard bones it seems these brown guard dogs. So we try again as Donald's arm is in a Gedo fashion sense sling as he wraps a steak necklace around the dummy. The dogs are let out again as Donald is about 100 yards away from them. Why you may ask? So that he can the telegraph the fact that the dogs are chewing on the wooden pillar of the dummy while the steak necklace flies into the air and lands around Donald's neck silly! Called that one about 30 seconds before it happened. You can guess what happens next to Donald as he gets murdered off-screen and we fade to black almost a full minutes after the last fade to black. This is the fourth fade to black in this episode and we haven't even got out of the first act yet. So we return with Donald sitting on a red pillow on top of a stone pillar of the barbed wire fence as he is dressed like a badly dressed robot. The nephews ask Donald if this is worth it and Donald wants them to release the dogs again. So they do and the brown dogs stop and notice Donald right away and they see him as a can of Dead Duck Dog Food. HAHA! And apparently; dead ducks are caught dead with banana yellow cans too. You can guess what happens next here. Funny logic break; the dogs stop when they arrive face to face with Donald, and one of them brings out a Swiss army knife complete with can opener as they cut through the trashcan right on the middle section. Ummm; OW!!

So we get the scene changer of doom (at last; at nine minutes in!) of a far shot of Donald's house AFTER HAPPY HOUR as we zoom to a lit window where Donald is using the binoculars and we notice that the NN house is opposite of his; and then we pan west to see the Village People Thief #2 (The Elvis imposter) putting a red BBQ pit into the back of a truck that leads "Nervous Rex". They also stole Goofy's ukelele! Those thieving bastards! Thief #1 (The cowboy) has stolen about a dozen chairs for fun. Why did they steal an anvil? And who is dumb enough to keep one of those? Donald then somehow comes out of nowhere with the flashlight as they raise their hands in the sky. Now you would think that when a bunch of thieves reach their arms in the sky would imply that they are thieves in the most obvious manner would have been instantly noticed by Donald. Yeap; Donald doesn't suspect a thing like a Goofy on goofballs. Come on guys! Thief #1 even said that they are busted in spite of Thief #2 lying that the chairs are busted when they clearly have not been. So Donald throws one chair into the back as Donald tells them that he's on the lookout for thieves as #1 and #2 get into the car and #1 continues to go on and on about Donald having guts and saying that again and all that bullcrap. Thief #2 thankfully pushes his face away as they drive away without any incident. And apparently; they somehow have magical powers because Donald's flashlight is stolen despite the fact that neither thief made any attempt to steal it. Donald is pissed as he goes to the gate and tries to open it; but it's locked. So Donald climbs over the gate and slips and catches his shirt on the spike bar. If you cannot guess what happens next; you have no business reading this rant. Damn; I'm so good as the alarm sounds, the spotlights shine on Donald and we see the brown guard dogs resting near the dummy Beagle Boy like the traitors that they are. The guard dogs growl and come towards Donald which ends the segment almost 11 minutes in. Not a bad episode thus far.

After the commercial break; we get a sky shot of the dogs which apparently have been replaced with black guard dogs. I'm guessing that the deal went through during production. Whatever as we gets the STOCK MUSIC OF HIDEOUS DOOM playing as Donald's shirt is ripping while the dogs growl, grit their teeth and slobber. Donald realizes that he's screwed as he sezs a prayer of gibberish right on the hard camera. Damn you 700 Club! I wanted to see a hilarious prayer from Donald and you ruined it! Donald finally drops to the ground which leads to the FCC FRIENDLY DUSTCLOUD FIGHT OF DOOM which looks more like a smoke cloud. Donald's shirt is slightly more torn as he runs up the steps; so the dogs push the red button (which has apparently been moved inside now) and Donald slides down the slide steps despite his best effort to run like Scooby Doo. Donald then jumps up and allows the dogs to have a meeting of the jaws which sadly don't shatter teeth nor jaw. Donald runs up the stairs despite the fact that he slid down them earlier and grabs on the pink door demanding someone to let him in. Donald's shimmering is so awesome that the power of suggestion allows the red buckets to sway and drop onto Donald's head, blinding him. The guard dogs run in and Donald magically takes off the buckets and we chase to the backyard and have the FCC FRIENDLY OFF SCREEN FIGHT OF DOOM; which Donald somehow makes it to the front as his shirt has magically repaired itself. Sigh. Donald is about to open the garage; but backs off. Then he turns around and the damn guard dogs surround Donald. Dog #1 pulls the rope with his teeth and Donald gets MURDERED off screen. HAHA! So we head into the living room as the nephews (still in their paint ball gear) rest Donald on the green couch as Donald has a damaged right ankle which is clearly bandaged. He was clearly roughed up a bit as the nephews put pillows and an ice pack on his head. The nephews proclaim that the security system works which is downright stupid because Donald still got into the house anyway! Idiots!

So the doorbell rings and the nephews answer it. It's LNN and VPNN (with his dog) as they tell Donald that he was right all along as they were robbed as well. It's clear VPNN's dog has never been trained as a guard dog. The NN has been a failure and they want Donald to lead because they need some toxic manliness to counter this hideous stealing of BBQ's and ukeleles. Donald stands up and no sells the fact that he has a broken ankle; but then catches himself and tumbles onto the couch holding his ankle. HAHA! Now that is whacky selling there Uncle D! So we head outside at sunrise as everyone is outside on the sidewalk snoring on their feet. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That is so symbolic of this series isn't it? You can also add Jungle Cubs to that list and that is even more obvious than this one. Gwumps is leaning on what appears to be a pepperoni stick as Donald sneaks out of the window wearing clothing that makes him look like a general. Sadly; the damn dogs are on the scent and they chase Donald over the gate and out to the sidewalk. Donald mocks the dogs and then we finally see him wearing shades and in an obvious BS&P ploy; he is blowing bubbles from a golden bubble pipe. Considering that most anti-smoking groups can see right through this; it would have been better if Donald didn't have anything in his mouth. So Huey is up and seems to have the most energy and interest to help Donald, Dewey just wants to go to bed and Louie just wakes up and sezs nothing. So Donald inspects the humans and goes over to Gwumps who has somehow managed to sling the pepperoni stick over his right shoulder. Donald blows him off with orders; but somehow get bounced by Gwumps' big belly as Donald takes a MAN-SIZED bump off-screen and gets stuffed in a mailbox. HAHA! Gwumps apologizes for it. Why? That spot was actually funny; there's no need to apologize. Unless you are apologizing for being an offensive Eastern European stereotype. Which doesn't need one either since it's all Toby Shelton's fault. Donald still manages not to swallow the peace pipe so to speak.

So we scene change to cameras and walking fire hydrants on the sidewalk as LNN walks on the sidewalk with a letter and finds a blue mailbox. She is about to put it in; and then the door opens to show that Gwumps is inside. Gwumps gets off another hilarious line about being under the covers looking for crime. Ummm; isn't hiding in a mailbox a form of crime. I sure damn know Gwump's accent is a crime against good upstanding citizens from Eastern Europe, that is for sure. Gwumps is under Donald's orders and LNN seems to be having enough of Donald's antics. Geez; nice way to kill the build up towards Donald's down fall guys! We see Donald is in the yellow hydrant and then the shaggy dog comes over to pee on Donald; but Donald runs away out of sight and we fade to black for the fifth time 13 and a half minutes in. So we return as the babyfaces are staring at a manhole cover as one of the humans asks why they are doing this. The nephews claim that Donald has a secret weapon and then the pavement completely opens up at the manhole cover and it's Donald manning a gun-less turret. One of the nephews proclaims that this is a secret no weapon which is stupid because it's not a secret anymore. So Donald pushes some buttons and we have some side cannon and a long rifle like cannon to go to the front. Louie calls it cool and asks Donald how it works and Donald calls it simple as he pushes the red button and covers his ears with his fingers. And there is...nothing...AND THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING! So Donald continues to push buttons and then gets pissed off; which causes him to somehow not pull the obvious lever on the right of the button and then it spins around and points as LNN as she runs up a lamp pole in fear. Then we finally get gunfire as there are red flashes (I'm guessing Sunwoo Animation is animating this episode now) as it's not cut by Toon Disney; including the bullets destroying the lamp pole where LNN is hiding. VPNN drops down with his dog as it has a name known as Besty. Yes; the dog gets a proper name; but the humans don't. Why?! So the cannon of death bounces around shooting everything in sight in some great senseless violence as only Donald can do and BS&P would allow.

So VPNN gets burned to ashes as bullet fly everywhere and since this is Disney; none of them come close to hitting anyone but property. Louie sums this whole thing up nicely as a car deflates from the bullets; exposing where Gwump's hiding spot was. So his car is inflatable?! That's really stupid of him. So Gwumps crawls away stage right as mailboxes get destroyed and the mail goes flying; and then the damn guard dogs get MURDERED as well. HAHA! See; build up the joke and then pay it off. The damn dogs run away as they are wearing underwear for no real reason as we are in a damn war zone. Donald causes much more damage than Daisy ever did and this is much more wonton then that too. And Donald shot a jet plane down and then destroyed the garage of his own house. The cannon bounces around and finally explodes allowing the carnage to stop as Donald pops up as everyone proceeds to blow him off for destroying everything. Oh screw you; you idiots! You are the ones who wanted this mindless violence; but you just cannot take it! Even the nephews blow him off; but in a more diplomatic sense as they point out that he blew up the house. And yes; only the nephews and Donald are not in ash and soot as the humans all leave. Gwumps does call this a national disaster. HAHA! Sums up the worst aspects of this series; doesn't it? Did I mention that LNN's blow off had top notch acting. Why don't you just call the police LNN and have him arrested? Of course they are too stupid to notice; just like Donald not being able to notice that he blew up the house. So Donald storms off stage left as we cut to the Nervous Wrecks van as the two crooks call Donald alone and helpless. So they decide to steal Donald's things as they they laugh and push each other inside the van to end the segment 16 and a half minutes in. That was really entertaining.

After the commercial break; we head to Donald's house as Donald is taking down the entire security system and throwing it down on his deck. The nephews mock Donald with the worst acting I have seen from them and they walk into the house. Donald blows them off and I'll give the animators credits for keeping the right side of the house damaged from the last scene. Donald then sees something and goes to his telescope to notice that the Nervous Rex van is parked there. Donald gets the CHILD BALLOON OF CORRUPTING DOOM as we see Elvis Thief go from a van shot to a jail cell shot complete with stripes when he cuts his promo. Donald then finally gets the LIGHT BLUB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and then we hit the dream sequence! So we see the thieves with plates and such as they proclaim in a contrived acting manner that the police are puzzled because they cannot stop their crime spree as the back of the van opens and it's Donald Duck. The criminals give up faster than Escarmargot and get handcuffed as Donald is too tough for them. We return to reality (no, not really) as Donald proclaims that he is going to show those crooks as he storms off towards the Nervous Rex van as we discover that both Village People Thieves are hiding behind the junk and plant pot. They mock Donald and run away with the security stuff as Donald opens the van door and hops to the back slamming the door. This is too obvious; but I'm certain the VPT don't suspect a thing as the nephews do see the VPT stealing Donald's security stuff and they run out and call the thieves out. The thieves run and open the back door and throw all the stuff into Donald's body before slamming the door and before Donald can get the jump on them. Well; that's one way to cover up the logic break as the VPT drive away before the nephews can catch up. Louie takes a stick and dips it into the motor oil and calls it 30 weight which Huey blows off. Louie deduces that it came from Nervous Rex. The nephews think he deduced it from the motor oil; but Louie clearly saw the van that said Nervous Rex on it.

So we scene change to AFTER HAPPY HOUR in the Nervous Rex junkyard (It's UNCENSORED BABEE!!) as the van has already been unloaded with the security junk dropped on the ground as we zoom in to Donald barely able to pop out of the carnage. He then goes beak to face with his Tiki bug lamp. Awwwww. He kisses it and greets it like a human being as we hear noises and Donald carries the lamp and hides behind the shack as the VPT bring out the red BBQ pit as VPT #1 wants his hamburgers squishy which means rare as hell's poison. Donald practices the fine art of not being seen stage left; and this is completely ruined as shots of paint splatter on the heels. VPT #2 does some awesome dodging as we see the nephews hiding behind some junk firing paint balls. They demand they surrender in the name of the Nosey Neighbors. Wait; the NN doesn't want any part of Donald; so they cannot be part of that group. Now Smug Aleck Neighbors is still available for them to steal. VPT #1 kneels and begs for mercy; but VPT #2 stands his ground because they are heels and the babyfaces are kids. VPT #1 asks if they get them and now we are talking as VPT stop selling and run towards the direction of the paint ball guns as the nephews realize that they are screwed and they bail. We cut to Donald at the gate with his bug lamp and hears the nephews scream for help. Donald turns around and you know he's going to help them because the BS&P plot demands it. So we see VPT #1 looking around in the junkyard as VPT #1 has the burger flipper and he gets tired up by the nephews from above. Well; so much for making Donald look strong in this one, it's been rendered as another nephews squash as VPT #2 comes in with a tractor plow as the nephews run like Scooby Doo in opposite directions. VPT #2 wants a demolition derby; and VPT #1 likes it until he realizes that he's in the way and rolls to safety into the camera. So VPT #2 combs his hair in a vain attempt to get heat and he rams into a pile of junk cars and they slowly tumble and bury VPT #2 with MAN-SIZED bumps and impact stars. Yeah; so the nephews beat the cowboy while the Elvis imposter beats himself. That is just peachy.

So we scene change to VPT #1 with a plank of wood walking around as Donald sneaks up from behind and ducks the board shot when VPT #1 swings; so Donald tries to murder him with the bug lamp; but he somehow gets whacked by a stray shot of the board and Donald goes flying stage left. Then VPT #1 turns around to hear Dewey's voice as he walks in and VPT #1 stuffs his hat down on Dewey to bind him. VPT #1 has a good laugh at this expense as Dewey threatens that his brothers will jump in anytime now. However; VPT #2 somehow comes in with a wheel barrow with two tied up nephews. Okay; how did VPT #2 get out of the carnage and how did he grab the other two nephews when he was stuck in a pile of junk cars created by his own stupidity? None of this makes any sense. On the other paw; at least it means Donald gets to play hero and we have a decent finish so I'll look the other way on this logic break. So the heels laugh and shove each other because they are the Village People Idiots. So we get the DEATH TRAP OF THE NIGHT which is the dreaded car press with conveyer belt as the heels man the multiple lever controls like a bunch of evil heels would. Dewey and company are strapped to the conveyer belt with steel which is a smart move if this were Ducktales. So it seems all over for the nephews (YES! YES! YES!); but then we hear a whistle which VPT #1 senses that it's familiar. And then we see a crane with the JAWS OF HALF LIFE as it grabs the heels and out pops Donald blowing off the heels for screwing with his boys. VPT #2 proclaims that no one can escape the long arm of THE CLAW~! You know; this was a bland finish, but it should have a finish where Donald brings out THE CLAW and sics them onto the heels using the gold transformation. That would have been a neat finish. Instead we spend the last bit of this episode with Donald struggling to pull the lever (WRONG LEVER!) because the death trap is still on. So Donald gets pissed off as the nephews get put underneath the press and it comes down; but Donald rushes in and saves them with his Tiki bug lamp. Damn you writers! I was hoping that the bug lamp wouldn't be used. The nephews are unstraped and they get out as the press finally gives way and MURDERS Donald's bug lamp into junk. I think I speak for everyone who watches this....

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There; I'm done as the nephews cannot believe that Donald would use his bug lamp to save them (and quite frankly; neither can I) as they embrace Donald and call him tough. Donald calls this nothing as the heels hang on the JAWS OF HALF LIFE with the full moon in the background. VPT #1 has a tear in his eye and calls this touching so VPT #2 backhands him and blows him off because they are not touched. VPT #1 tips his hat and we circle fade out to end the episode at 21:04. Fun episode with a lame finish. Damn you writers for making Donald look weak and damn you for killing the bug lamp. Hopefully; it will be in heaven with Goofy's ukelele. *** 1/4 (65%).


THE REVIEW LINE

I don't have much to say about this one. This was an average Goof Troop episode with lots of wonton violence during the second act, and a few logic breaks near the end. Donald was awesome here as he did an awesome job of killing almost everyone including the guard dogs who tried to kill him in the second act. That was five minutes of great cartooning there. Sadly; there was little character development with the Nosey Neighbors except for the leader's top notch acting and the heels were basically gimmicks from the Village People. They shove each other a lot. I also thought the finish was lame because they make a joke about THE CLAW and we never see him. And there is the bug lamp getting destroyed which pissed me off because it was perfectly fine and it had to get murdered to set up the payoff which I didn't want to see in any shape nor form. And yes; the nephews are still alive. Overall; a basic Goof Troop episode that seemed rushed in terms of jelling the guest characters of this episode to the point that they have no names (except for the bald man's dog), and some logic breaks. Animation was fine and nothing was screwed up; so HUZZAH! So next up is either Duckerlation of Independence or Take My Duck, Please since they are the only random choices I have left. So........

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

 

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