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Time Waits For No Bear Re-Rant

Reviewed: 05/08/2010
Additional Commentary: 09/12/2021

Time Waits For No Television Exec Either!

Original Air date: 05/06/1990 (Disney Channel); 09/12/1990 (Syndication); Episode #7 (TaleSpin Volume #1 , Disc #1); Episode #3 (Production Order).

Time Waits For No Bear Notes
Time Waits For No Bear Transcript

So we got off to a pretty good start with setting up the Kit/Rebecca/Baloo triangle with Don Karnage and his goons; now we are off to introduce WildCat in a more notable role (2015 Gregory Weagle Says: Actually; he was supposed to debut on I Only Have Ice For You since Don Rosa had storyboards showing Wildcat involved in the work of chipping out an iceberg with Kit and Baloo. However; that scene didn't make the cut and Wildcat was also edited out. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: WildCat made a non-speaking cameo in I Only Have Ice For You. Len Smith has confirmed that Wildcat's full name is WildCat Puma so expect a lot of modifications to the rants. ) and the debut of TaleSpin major villain number two (More like number five, similar to Mid South wrestling with Jake The Snake Roberts being the number five babyface in the promotion before being forced to go to WWE despite nearly burning his bridge there when WWE bought Georgia Championship Wrestling. Jake Roberts somehow lives on even today, in spite of doing everything in his power to kill himself.) which is known to me as the Mobster Sam (Bugs Bunny paraphrase reference there.) and his goons who might as well be the template for Hack and Slash from Reboot. The show; not the company. (Boy; the writers seemed to love Trader Moe even less than Shere Khan because Trader Moe had fewer stories than Khan ever did. Trader Moe was literally playing fifth fiddle in this show, although he got to go against the Thembrians in The Golden Sprocket Of Friendship.) I remember giving this episode high marks too; but the last episode I deducted almost a full star for logic breaks. So let's rant on and see if this episode holds up shall we....?!

(The plot is like this: Baloo screws up another delivery; only he gets involved in criminal activity of being in accessory of a thief of a crown in a city called Kanjipoor. Baloo decides to party at Louie's beforehand and loses the crown trying to get back to the office on time. Rebecca gets pissed off and punishes Baloo by forcing him to do an airplane tour. Baloo finds the crown and returns it; only to find out that it's stolen by a gangster named Trader Moe. And this episode is the most engerious when it comes to firearms.)

This episode is written by Jeremy Cushner and Karl Geurs. The story is edited by Mark Zaslove. The animation is done by Walt Disney Animation (Japan) Inc.

We begin this one in a Middle Eastern city AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) which looks quite static to me. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Somehow the "AFTER HAPPY HOUR" stuff sounds more lewd now than it did back in 2010.) Then we go to a pedestal where an elephant thief with brown sleeves on his shirt has the CHEST OF DEMONS (13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo invasion of course.) and he swipes Herb's tiny little crown into it (See Darkwing Doubloon for the reference. (What a mess that episode was?! And half of it can be placed at the feet of Kennedy Cartoons of course. At least they didn't break internal logic like in Up, Up & Awry.)). We then see the elephant furry (wearing purple pants and a blue hat which has got to be a major fashion faux pas for him) climbing down the walls via a rope tied to a pillar and then drops onto ground level to the sidewalk. He gets into his car and drives away. We go inside to see him driving as he proclaims (Chuck McCann) that it's all right on schedule and the pilot better be ready to go so to speak. Nice parallax scrolling of the background by the way as we head to the docks as a lighthouse shines it's light in blue/green cartoon colors. Ah; I see the Diablo 3 guys can start mocking this show now. (Riiiigggghhhhhttttt. That'll really make Blizzard change their minds. Not.) We then cut to a close shot of Baloo tying his hammock to a golden pillar as Kit is behind him to remind him that it would be a better idea to warm up the plane because the cilent will be ready to go at midnight. Baloo goes over and grabs the pillow and tells Kit not to get his engines in an uproar. See; Kit is the conscience of the series; but Baloo rarely if ever listens to him. It's another sign that Higher For Hire is slowly softening his learned behavior. (Average Disney Exec: What the hell is this character development doing in my cartoons?! Dumb it down. DUMB IT DOWN!! You stupid writers know nothing about the psychology of children! They hate character development because it will remind them that they must grow up; and they'll change the channel. Why do you writers hate money?!)

(2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Creators geniunely want to create great cartoons and try to please the audience. They really do care about the audience. Some of them don't, which is understandable when a chunk of that audience is bigoted. However, the execs will always try to shoot down ideas because of money and power. Never forget that and never forgive the execs. ) Baloo puts the pillow onto the hammock as he proclaims that deadlines are for the birds see. (And people are suddenly shocked and (more to the point) angry when Rebecca Cunningham gets pissed off?!) Baloo bounces onto the hammock and somehow; the hammock doesn't break under the fat ass's weight. POW! OUCH! Ummm.... Anyhow; speaking of fat asses...POW! OUCH! Ummm... (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Even in 2010, myself had the pulse of why fat shaming is bad. Never mind that Kit in this series had no trouble poking fun on Baloo's big tummy; which is why I wasn't offended when Peppa Pig did the same thing to Daddy Pig's belly. Because Baloo and Daddy Pig are adults and scolding kids risking punching down on them. I was more upset with Peppa punching down on George though, since he's younger than Peppa and kids shouldn't punch down on other kids for the same reason adults shouldn't punch down on kids. Although, punching down is merely a sign of weakness on the puncher's part, I personally think using children as shields is far worse.) We hear some tire screeching and cut to another shot as the elephant thief runs in with the CHEST OF DEMONS and uses the hammock to fling Baloo onto the ground and takes a decent bump onto the ground (while trying to fly in mid air I should note). Baloo protests this outrage; so the thief basically gives the chest to Baloo and pushes him around. Now that is ASSERTION BABEE! He even calls him snail brain. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments.

Okay, now Kit is PISSED as he wants to slug that elephant good (It's Kit; so I give him a better chance to do it than Baloo anyway.). Sadly; the elephant thief is too big as he grabs Kit and throws him into the back of the Seaduck. He takes a good bump too as the thief closes up the tail door of the Seaduck. (Nowadays; kids can take much bigger bumps and be injured, although it's hard to tell if Kick is really a kid or a midget because the writers really miscasted his voice. If they had used a child's voice that was this deep, then I could forgive them for it at least; but they used an adult as the voice.) Baloo starts the engines on the next shot and violates the rhyming rules to boot. He also basically names a Darkwing Duck episode (The one with Suckyputt in it – Getting Antsy. And boy did that villain suck. An evil operator of a mini golf course; that'll draw money. Not. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Lulliput in a golfball shell everyone. And I love mini golf a lot more than regular golf.)) and flies the SeaDuck into the skies as apprently the sirens wail in the background. We see on a sky shot that the police have surrounded the docks, the green car and the elephant thief. So let me get this straight; Baloo is doing a delivery for someone who employs thieves to steal priceless stuff? Would the new Disney approve of this one? (Yes; but more importantly, how can the old farts defend this nonsense when it happens in the cartoons they defend?) We go to a shot of the SeaDuck flying towards the clouds and then we head inside the cockpit as Baloo shakes the CHEST OF DEMONS around and wonders why the elephant thief was so upset to throw little kids around. Baloo then throws the chest onto the ground behind his back as he wants to go to Louie's for some burgers and fries and Kit calls him out on it. Baloo then rubs his stomach and claims that it's all right. It's the LAW see as Kit blows him off because the stomach law doesn't outclass the WRAITH OF BECKY (bad spelling intentional. (It normally should be "WRATH OF BECKY"; but I use the word Wraith for a reason: Many times; that comes back to bite her on the ass. See A Spy In The Ointment and It Came From Beneath The SeaDuck. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Considering Her Chance To Dream and the consequences of what might have happened had Rebecca not killed William Stansbury in deep regret, Wraith somehow makes more sense. And not the useless lump known as Wraith from Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series.))).

Baloo tells Kit to relax because they have until morning to make it back anyway. Baloo proclaims that they will zip in, eat and zip out. What could possibly go wrong? (Those are famous last words for a certain bobcat that had the worst pilot in existence. (2020 Gregory Weagle: Anything can go wrong when you don't give a damn was more than a caption on a rant you know!) So we go to a shot of Louie's as the TaleSpin theme plays in the background and then a rooster crows and then in one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen Disney Caption do; the caption reads as follows:

Caption: [cock crowing]

Now the term used is techincally correct (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: A cock is a rooster and that is what Disney Captions was referencing there. Listen, I have a dirty mind; but I embrace my dirty mind, not try to deny I have one, Monica Cole.) ; but if anyone with a fetish for eliminating all sex while projecting it themselves would proclaim, you know what it REALLY is. (Geez; what a bunch of cocksuckers these Disney Captions morons are. See what I did there?) There is only one response I can give to this: BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (And Disney Captions does this more than once. See Stormy Weather.) And then in typical cartoon fashion; the sun rises and it looks like it's sunset as Baloo proclaims badly that it is now dawn. Like I said; what could go wrong? (Answer: A lot when it comes to Baloo.) So we return to the docks of Higher For Hire as we see Rebecca with the MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH being overshadowed by a huge rhino in a green suit that seems about two sizes too small for him with a yellow tie and orange shirt; along with an huge gorilla in a better fitting blue suit with a white tie and a black shirt. Gorilla Goon looks at the watch and they talk about the little hand being on the seven and they repeat stuff and look dumb (The hand is on the thirteen; because they are dumb you see.). There is your template for Hack and Slash right there. I wonder how much did REBOOT steal from this show? (Not as much as you would think; but Hack and Slash are clearly these goons right down to their mannerisms; thus violating the Seven Year Gimmick Rule as per Jim Cornette.) Rhino Goon is voiced by Chuck McCann while Gorilla Goon is voiced by Jim Cummings, I should note. Rhino Goon threatens Rebecca with that the deal is fallen through within one minute (at 3:24 of running time) and they repeat themselves as Rebecca has that look of "I thought Baloo was an idiot".

We return to the SeaDuck flying as Baloo proclaims that they will not make it as we see Baloo in a green leaf skirt and a two tone pink lei as he tries to come up with an excuse. (Because apparently; you cannot finish the delivery first and then go to Louie's because it's more hilarious to spite your boss than it is to do your job properly. That's why most people would call the average fan who cheers Baloo and boos Rebecca a bunch of sexist deplorables.) This exchange is downright hilarious:

Baloo: I'm gonna to say we ran into a hurricane.
Kit: Nah! You used that story last week. (Baloo throws the innocent flower ring away)
Baloo: Oh...How about a volcano
Kit: Week before.
Baloo: Cannibals?
Kit: Last Tuesday.
Baloo: Oh baby...this is serious! I got it. We'll tell her we were attacked by air pirates.
Kit: Ah Baloo. You used that one yesterday.
Baloo: There we were, outnumbered a jillion to one. (Sky Pirate Theme music on to force the point) We were dodging and weaving and dodging. But it was my double-decker pretzel loop that did it. (Baloo pulls on the stick and does the actual move for real. This makes Bygones look more awesome than it already was.)
Kit: BALOO!

Baloo puts the hat on and we see the SeaDuck zipping around and then pull a hypoerbole 90 degrees into the sky. That leads to the HANS SOLO MOVE OF DISMEMBERMENT (as seen in the pilot (because Baloo is supposed to be a 1930's version of Hans Solo; only much fatter.)) and everything starts falling out as he does the loop-de-loop for only fifteen cents as we cut back to a far shot of the docks as Rhino Goon and Rebecca have a tug-o-war with that MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. Rhino Goon wins that fight easily and walks off stage right just as the plane apporaches exactly one minute after the threat (at 4:23) and that confuses the goons as Rebecca grabs the money back. Too late Miss Cunningham as we see the SeaDuck flying in doing barrel rolls (at 4:28) and lands onto the water and splashes Ape Goon, Rhino Goon and Rebecca with an overpowering wave. HAHA! Both hang on though as the SeaDuck lands onto the side of the docks and out comes Baloo continuing to do his really ultra lame Air Pirate story on Rebecca despite being only 15 seconds late at best. (And at this point the Rebecca haters are cheering victory...) Baloo waltzes over to the side door and opens it and it reveals nothing...AND THE ROCK SAYS NOTHING. So now Miss Cunningham has an excuse to strangle Baloo now. (...and then the writers tear the hearts out of the haters. That is such amazing talent the story writers have.) Kit is out now as the goons walk in and basically tear the SeaDuck asunder off-screen on the sky shot of the SeaDuck; but on the close shot we seen them tearing stuff and throwing it out the door. The goons pop out and proclaim that the boss isn't going to like this. (I don't think bosses like anything other than money; so everyone is hosed either way.) Rhino Goon takes the MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH from Rebecca and the goons walk away for real. To be quite honest as we will see later on; it was probably better if Rebecca never did business with these two ever again.

Still doesn't change the fact that Baloo is such a douchebag. (Yeah; you are doing business with a gangster. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: I fell into the trap with the Lost Cargo Of Kit Cloudkicker when Kit was delivering a box that had FOWL's name on it like a lot of Ducktales 2017 fans did without even realizing that this is exactly what Higher For Hire does on a regular basis. It shows how very few fans have ever paid attention to TaleSpin and cared more about the theme song than the actual storytelling. Then they wonder why people like me do these tear downs instead of "just enjoying the show". Listen, this is how I enjoy watching entertainment and art. Okay? Don't tell me how to enjoy these shows since I don't really care if your enjoyment of these shows is to just "consume and go to the next one.") Rebecca runs to the Iron Vulture colored car (or the car recycled from Dime To The Future) as the goons head inside and Rebecca just makes things worse for her reputation as she rips Rhino Goon's trenchcoat despite institing that he company will send a boat out to get the thing back. Rhino goon blows her off because DA BOSS (FAIRY...oh wait; wrong pun) needs the box by noon. And naturally in Hack and Slash fashion, they repeat themselves before slamming the door and driving away in a cloud of dust. We cut back to Baloo and Kit as Baloo admits that he really blew it this time. Baloo thinks he is safe from the WRAITH OF BECKEY; but Kit proclaims that it is just got worse as Rebecca goes over and we get the first official WRAITH OF BECKEY of the series nearly six minutes in. She really backs up Baloo against the SeaDuck wall as Baloo is a clod and a nincompoop (Again; this shows Don Karnage's version of it in Plunder and Lightning was a time cut.) as Rebecca sounds a little weird for some reason. (Sally Struthers' acting is A-rated today, which is still better than most cartoons, even the great ones. Also of note; this episode is Ginny McSwain's debut and she probably was getting her feet wet on how the characters should act. Thankfully for us; Ginny managed to make it work within one episode. Compare that with 4Kids where it sometimes takes up to 10-15 episodes before the voices come out of the wash. And many times; it takes a voice actor replacement to complete the job. Alan Roberts fits under the later category in some respects; but Alan Roberts was fine as an actor. It was attitude problems backstage that caused the switch to R.J. Williams. I can understand people wanting Disney to pull a Hookwinked and redub Alan Roberts' lines with R.J.'s; but this show was so rushed that doing it wouldn't have been possible because even R.J.'s voice was cracking much later on as per Captains Outrageous.)

She basically gives him the nth degree as Baloo has zero defense against it. Sorry treehouse syndrome fans; but Baloo deserves EXACTLY what he got because he LOST the box in the first place and he WAS late by about a minute. (Heck; I can forgive Baloo somewhat for being a minute late, but when you lose your cargo in the process; that is a lot more unforgivable on the "Orders of Magnitude" scale.) Baloo is dropped on his ass after he hears that Rebecca lost $10,000 and Rebecca finishes with a flurry as she stuffs the green skirt over Baloo's head and then storms into the office and slams the door. Baloo throws the green skirt into the water and sulks causing the first logic break of the episode (six minutes in) as he states that he never lost his cargo before (despite losing it in Plunder and Lightning which came before this episode according to the timeline of logic. (This should have been redubbed to "I never lost cargo this important before.")). Baloo wonders how he could make up for this one and Kit suggests swearing off burgers and fries. I would swear off music and Louie's altogether; but it is a reasonable start. (If only to lose weight; which would be a tease to Gruel & Unusual Punishment. Somehow; the television writers , as independent as they are (and that is a good thing, thank you), knew the ground rules of writing enough to actually write the episodes properly without making the characters look like one dimensional gimmicks. Boy; threatening them with firings does come in handy. I wish they would do it more often; although at Nickeledeon, they'll find a way to screw even that up. (Although to be fair, Loud House has done a great job in making Nickeledeon look better than it has been in recent years, even if people are overblowing the whole "Wow; Loud House beat Spongebob in the ratings" nonsense. Oh; sure it did. It's so absurd when you consider that Loud House is doing ratings equal to current season Spongebob Squarepants instead of doing ratings equal to Spongebob's peak. Although to be fair, TV ratings are in decline since the social media era began, so I can see why they are parading this as a macho success.)) Baloo ignores him and snaps his fingers and decides to do something about it.

We head inside Rebecca's office as she is writing down some paperwork and probably one that includes a pink slip for Baloo that will probably never be executed. (Probably because of the fact that finding another pilot that would be willing to work for her might be a problem as Feminine Air demonstrated really, really well.) Baloo opens the door (General error for the series: Sometimes the door opens in different directions in different episodes. (These kinds of logic breaks can be explained in some fashion. Maybe Baloo breaks down the door and when it was repaired, it swings in the other direction. Sure; it makes Baloo look more destructive than he actually is; but at least it makes sense. The placement of the docks for instance is another example. The yoke on the navigator seat might be a clip on, although that one I can understand being a logic break because that is pushing it.)) and clears his throat as he addresses him as Miss Cunningham (now there's a good start if I ever saw one) and apologizes. Rebecca no sells and still writes as Baloo adds that from now on he'll follow the instructions to the letter. Rebecca gets up and accepts the apology wholesale and shoves the clipboard right into Baloo's midsection. Baloo asks what it is and Rebecca states that they are instructions for the next job and then Rebecca gives out logic break #2 for the episode as she magically reveals the Flavor Flav alarm clock to wear around his neck to make sure he is on time for it. (Wait; how is that a logic break, 2010 me?) Baloo asks what the job is and it's a sightseeing tour around Cape Suzette which Baloo completely blows off as the worst and Rebecca gives the look of "I'll do more than fire you if you don't fall in line" and Baloo decides to fall in line with it. Rebecca tells Baloo to come here with a cute look and Baloo ofoolishly puts his head close to Rebecca in position for Rebecca to grab his ear and pull on it; dragging Baloo like he's her bitch. (Oh lord; stop it with the language 2010 me!) Good selling from Baloo there.

Again; Baloo deserves everything he gets here for screwing up the previous job big time. (Again; Baloo lost the cargo which in my opinion is WORSE than merely being late which he was barely on time here. You have to be a sexist twit not to notice that detail because it was RIGHT THERE in front of me!) We cut back to the docks as somehow the SeaDuck nose is in front of the sign (I guess Wildcat can fly a plane.) as WildCat is checking the right engines while Kit looks on from the navigational seat. Rebecca continues to pull Baloo out by the ear as I am surprised that Baloo's ear didn't just get ripped off there. (Mick Foley should have gotten into voice acting, because I betcha he could sell an ear pull better than Ed Gilbert ever could. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: If he did this before 1998, Mick might likely still be somewhat healthier than he is now. I'm just saying.)) WildCat continues to throw out bad spare parts as Rebecca tells Baloo to be on time; check off each item as he goes and Rebecca will be running errands and checking up on him and if he fails to produce happy faces at exactly noon; he will be fired more or less. Baloo gets the check and tells her that he'll perform this right down to a T. Kit realizes that they are doing a tour and Baloo basically lies to him as this will be fun see as Rebecca storms back into the office on Baloo's voiceover. Rebecca then yells at him to force the point and Kit sulks down in disgust over that one. (Can you blame him? This is only happening because Baloo lost the cargo. Kit gets it that Baloo is responsible for this mess and that Rebecca's anger is justified.) So we head back to the window shot as WildCat floats down and has a wrench and the CHEST OF DEMONS as he found something in the second engine. Okay; that is downright weird as everything fell out from the back side of the plane and somehow it landed into the engine in the front. Then again; it might have fell out into it during the loop-de-loops for only fifteen cents. I'll give the writers the benefit of the doubt on this one. (Yup; since we never actually saw the chest before the loop-de-loop.)

This is of course; WildCat's formal debut speaking (Since his first appearance was on the dock in I Only Have Ice For You; but didn't speak otherwise.) and he is voiced by Yogi Wii Instructor and I Am Legend cameo star; Patrick Fraley. No; really. I'm serious. I didn't make any of that up. (I also didn't make it up when he was THE FINISHER~ in WWE Slam either in an uncredited role. By the way; some of the Camp WWE episodes were sound edited by Libby Hinson's beloved, Rick Hinson. So; yeah.) Baloo pulls him in and proclaims that he did it and WildCat is happy and of course he wants to know what he did. HAHA! Baloo kisses the CHEST OF DEMONS (EWWWWW!) and remembers that the goons needed the box delivered to DA BOSS by noon. Kit then shows the clipboard to remind Baloo that he has a tour to finish by noon time. WildCat gleefully proclaims that Baloo cannot be in two places at once, so Baloo looks at WildCat and he has a Krackpotkin Plan for real nine minutes in. So we do the scene changer as we go to the far shot of the SeaDuck at the dock (at least they are keeping the continuity well within the nose) as we cut to inside to see Baloo showing WildCat what he needs to do. Possible coloring mistake #1: The pilot cap WildCat is wearing is pink; although I'll wait and see if it's a real mistake; or WildCat painted it pink. Judging by the fact that Baloo has no hat on; it looks like the former. (Watch what happens here because it's clearly one of the show's biggest quirks: Intentional errors. This is a leftover from The Wuzzles; which is to a greater extent than TaleSpin is, a slice of life show.) See; Baloo wants WildCat to do the tour and arrive one minute before noon so Baloo can get back into the plane after he finishes the job with the goons so Rebecca doesn't figure out that he grifted her. WildCat is completely confused on that one. So Baloo tells WildCat to repeat after him on following the clipboard, watch the clock, land on the docks and make smiles as WildCat seems to have it down a little as Kit swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE ("By George"; which is funny considering what R.J. Williams would do in one scene in A Baloo Switcheroo later on along with Baloo in A Jolly Molly Christmas.).

We then cut to a unique shot of the docks as we see a stock tourist in pink with banana yellow and a black hat along with a hippo tourist wearing a yellow hat; red lipstick, and purple trunks that look like something from Yokozuna. Come to think about it; she might be Broadcast Sally for all I know (She's in The Time Bandit. (It really is Broadcast Sally; only with a much different voice. Mrs. Featherby from Ducktales got the same treatment, more or less.). This was an interesting concept in Disney cartoons during that time where the married couples were in fact different spieces as an interesting symbolic use of interracial couples. This was taken to new extremes in Road to Macadamia later on; but the creators didn't at least go all the way like in Teddy Ruxpin and had a child birth as a fusion in Jack W. Tweeg in which the father and mother were two different spieces – a Grunge and a troll. A troll is easy enough to explain; a Grunge not so much. (Because a Grunge is the show's version of surfer dudes and native people; if that makes any sense whatsoever.) We go inside as WildCat holds the alarm clock and checks down the clipboard at 10:59 which gives Baloo one hour to not try to screw this all up. WildCat thinks this could be easy. Baloo and Kit open the door and walk out as Kit is now known as Lester which makes no sense since the tourists probably have no clue who Kit is. Baloo should have called himself Lester as Kit gleefully calls Baloo off his royal rocker. Nice way to kill off the logic break and still make Baloo look like a doofus. (Yeah; Kit at least realizes that they probably don't know Pop-A-Bear either. Although Kit doesn't refer to Baloo by name either.) WildCat walks down with the clipboard as the tourists are not exactly thrilled with this ride.

Well; reading the clipboard isn't exactly endearing to customers while not looking at them when addressing them. Baloo should have taught WildCat the importance of customer happiness. (I think that would be way too complex for WildCat. I know that from experience and I'm less dimwitted than WildCat is.) They all go inside as WildCat checks the clock and he has less than a minute to start the engines so he shoos the passengers to the seats and gets in the front seat of the SeaDuck. We then cut to an office shot of the docks as Kit and Baloo walk towards the camera. Kit asks if this is such a good idea. Baloo calls this a great idea as we see WildCat timing the clock and he starts the engines and then does a kick ass job of flying into the sky and turning on a dime so much that it forces the tourists back into their seats easily. We then end the segment with the SeaDuck flying towards the camera at the 11 minute mark. Another good start for the flyboys in this one. (And yes; WildCat knows how to fly a plane. Again; this plays into Wildcat being autistic; which is actually pretty brilliant since while he acts in an oddly matter, he's generally kind-hearted and does have a considerable amount of intellegence. I say that because autistics are often one of the most persecuted groups in our society today as one troll from Respectful Insolance (who has stolen my name; and I am not that troll. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: And despite changing to a new blog, this troll is still around even in 2021! COVID-19 has no effect on this troll whatsoever!)) has called these people brain damaged, and accused them of head banging, poop throwing and screaming. Of course we are head banging because we do this after reading ablest BS! In the case of screaming; same reason! In my case of poop throwing; I'm cleaning my ass out in the shower because I'm 447 lbs (now down to 398 as of November of 2016. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: The last weigh in I was around 370 or so. I have forgotten the weight since the pandemic started.)) and it's difficult to wipe my ass normally because my ass is huge. Sometimes, poop smears on the wall. That's unintentional on my part. Sometimes my bowels are so creamy that cleaning my ass out in the shower with water is the only way to clean the ass and make it not smell like poop. There is a good reason for it and it's not because I'm brain damaged! GOD!! Oh; and this is a good start for an episode; but again, Rebecca is still justified in her behavior.)

One Final Note: This Broadcast Sally is voiced by Jodi Carlisle and the Stork Tourist is voiced by Corey Burton. (Corey Burton is a great voice actor and deserves all the props he gets as one, but when it comes to common sense and real life; he's not so good at it , as the case with his comments about Edmund Gilbert. As for his views on this show, I'm fine with him not liking working on the show. He wouldn't be the first one to say that nor even the last. To be fair to Corey, it was uncalled for to bash him for the Fantasia redubs because as mentioned before, much of the audio of Fantasia for the narrator was so poor that it needed to be redubbed anyway.)

After the commercial break; we get a shot of the clock tower as we hear a really bad voice for a kid proclaim an extry as we find out that the crown that the elephant thief stole was known as the Kranjipoor Crown according to Disney Captions (That actually sounds better than the one TaleSpin uses which is Krungypoor. (Here's where Disney Captions wins the argument again since Kranji refers to a county in Singapore as per the additional notes and trivia of this episode. So there you go. Sometimes, Disney Captions is not totally stupid.) (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: The first DVD set subtitles were bad, the the next two sets were an improvement.)). The kid furry is a pig in blue overalls (striped shirt) and a green beret with a newspaper (Voiced by Corey Burton, I think in a rare non-child voicing a child role.) asking Baloo if he wants a newspaper as Baloo tells him maybe tomorrow. Baloo proclaims that this is going to be way too easy as they make it to the front glass doors with awesome zig zag patterns. Baloo and Kit enter inside the lobby near the elevator (complete with chandelier) as Kit has a funny feeling about this. Baloo tells him to trust him as all they got to do is deliver the box, push the red button on the up elevator; get the MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH and return to Higher...For...Hire before noon. What could possibly go wrong? (Huh. I wonder...At least he didn't say it ten times in an episode like Bubsy and his gaggle of losers did.) Baloo then finds out first hand as the elevator opens and he bounces with a decent bump onto the ground by Gorilla Goon. He asks if he knows him and Kit and Baloo both wink at each other which is the non-verbal cue for Krackpotkin #2 as Kit knocks on Gorilla Goon's arm and Baloo knocks on boney head and Gorilla Goon blushes because he takes after his mother. HAHA! Wonder if mother is on speaking terms with him?! He even keeps the watch on the same arm as in the first scene he was in as Rhino Goon barges in and realizes that it's Baloo.

Memo to Baloo: Taking off your pilot hat does not equal a disguise let alone a good one. Just so you would like know. (Sadly; he still doesn't learn that lesson as per The Bigger They Are, The Louder They Oink, along with All's Whale That Ends Whale. Strangely; the smartest goons were the only ones to fall for it.) Baloo proclaims "Eureka!" (7) because he struck brains. Baloo proclaims that he's hear to see the boss and tries to get through; but Rhino Goon stops him because no one sees DA BOSS see. So they get backed up and thrown out right into the trash can's with MAN-SIZED bumps as they both have trash can's stuck up their asses. HAHA! Even scarier; that throw out sequence could be used later on and no one would notice they were from two different scenes when used in the opening! (Even more cringeworthy; Kit's eyes are rolling as if he hit the garbage can with his head and got a concussion. Or he's showing off.) Baloo then gets off the most hilarious line to date in this episode:

Baloo: Maybe we're too smart for those guys.What they need is a stupid plan.

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I think the cat on your head is ripping out the logic sensors inside your brain there Pop-A-Bear. (And Kit's claw toes are the same color as his fur (only the right foot though.)) He then asks Kit for a dime as he is near the conveniently placed antique phone (Someone from the trash company doesn't like that phone one bit.) on the far shot as we head back to a shot of WildCat holding the Flavor Flav alarm clock as it rings again. WildCat pulls up on the stick to level the plane as he checks the clipboard again. And the hat is still pink which probably means Baloo painted it before the next scene. (Nope; as you'll see at the end of this episode.) Next up on our list is to put on a bad blond wig and a blue hat and walk back into the cargo haul as we see the stock tourist (with feathers coming out of his pink shorts taking pictures with the radar camera (complete with tripod and target sensor that 4Kids would always paint out. (Apparently; BS&P thinks target sensors equal violent act and lawsuit.)) and he gets it just right. For about two seconds as WildCat opens the cargo door and stock tourist goes flying in a mound of feather and that was a really good bump there by him. WildCat enters as it is time for sandwiches. Hippo tourist finally speaks (Man, she looks ugly. See; babyfaces can be ugly in DTVA and this whole "only heels are ugly" meme is nothing more than a pack of lies. (Doesn't make it less insulting, but at least this show proves that alignment doesn't directly relate to looks, which is what most critics hate about Disney female heels.)) and asks about what kind of sandwiches. And she still sounds only half as diva-ish as Sunni and Hoppo. (Maybe because Ginny McSwain focuses on acting and not stereotypical voices.) WildCat of course doesn't know; so he eats them. HAHA! Take that Guthner as one is baloney and one is the potato salad in his pockets. HAHA! To put it in symbolic terms; Kick Buttowski and Guthner Magumson.

Who is who? I'll leave that one for the readers to play with. It really doesn't matter either way. (Grossout humor? In a 1980's/1990's show?! That's crazy talk!) The Hippo tourist gets her trunks dirty as a result (BASTARD!) and WildCat walks away speaking Italian which won't work since there was a dub version of the show in Italy (Whom the voices for the TaleSpin Italian dub seem to do lots of anime dubs, too.). So we head to the front office (complete with awesome door paneling) as Rhino and Gorilla Goon guard a dresser with a telephone. I know this because the word telephone is on the wall in between the paneling. That scene pretty much is the measure of the IQ of these two goons. The phone rings and Rhino Goon answers it. Of course Disney Captions claims it's a male voice but it's clearly Baloo doing one of the series most enduring features I like to mock with Baloo: crank calling. And of course he calls the goons stupid because the boss wants to see them. (Somehow; this doesn't blow Baloo's cover because as you'll see later on. I wondered where Bubsy got his routine for Sid from.) The goons are confused about the time so Baloo opens one of the doors (Logic break #3 for the episode 13 minutes in since it's the same door they went through earlier and there was no extra wall nor dresser with telephone on it. (No. This is not a logic break because the telephone and dresser were in fact at the elevator. The logic break is that there is a telephone on the dresser in front of the elevator when there wasn't one earlier. Ironically; this can be explained away; but the name plate on the wall is a different matter.) ) in a gangster outfit and yells at them to go there now. The goons runs (and they run pretty good methinks) into the elevator and manage to squeeze in with a little effort before the door closes. Good bumping there. So we cut to Baloo and Kit (also in a gangster outfit) practicing the fine art of not being seen towards the stairs and they use mature lighting in the opening of the door sequence. Baloo in all green (not easy eh Pop-A-Bear?) shhhs Kit (in blue) as they walk up the stairs.

We then get a shot of the entire building as we get them running a full sprint up and then cut to Baloo and Kit up the top of the stairway looking dazed and tired. They both drop on their asses in response. Well; Kit did while Baloo drops on his face. HAHA! Considering that the building is about 50 stories up; I can see why Kit looked winded as well since they ran so rapidly. (Again, cheap but effective. I should point out that kids are not allowed to drop on their chins in children's television, but Kit did take a chin bump in the "Silence, You Cheater!" comic book story in France. So France's BS&P is looser than children's television. You can even say "damn" in those comics, too.)

Interesting Moment #1: I don't know if this is a mistake or not; but Kit is NOT wearing an undershirt with that suit of his. If it comes off; he's naked as a jaybird basically.This is only one or two times you can clearly see parts of his bare chest and belly in this series. (It's not a mistake actually; but it is kind of moot when the boy doesn't even wear pants to begin with to complain about. Pointing it out is fine; but if the critics had some sense they would be disturbed by this too like in the new cartoons.)

So we go to the scene changer as we see Kit and Baloo standing beside the double doors leading to DA Bosses office and DA BOSS is not pleased because he didn't call youse at all. Baloo and Kit realize that this is it as we cut to a shadow looking like a gator with a ten gallon hat blowing off the goons for being such spongeheads. I think Spongebob might have something to say about that insult sir. (By the way; Trader Moe's voice sounds like an evil Darkwing Duck actually. It's so obvious that Jim Cummings is voicing him. Also of note; even though I call the mobster Trader Moe; he wasn't named until Double Or Nothing.) See this shadow needs to get the Kranjipoor Crown delivered by noon. See; he doesn't have one because of some idiot pilot and Baloo is shocked as he opens the CHEST OF DEMONS and the crown shows up all sparkly like it got Sun Woo germs on it. Baloo closes the chest and catches himself. Now here's the obvious question about this episode: How did Rebecca get a deal with these gangsters and how did she NOT know that they were?! (2020 Gregory Weagle: Once again, with feeling: Why were fans surprised when Kit Cloudkicker was delivering a package to FOWL in The Lost Cargo Of Kit Cloudkicker?! Heck, Kit was a former Air Pirate for goodness sakes! Also, the Air Pirates were far more brazen and ruthless than the Sky Pirates Dewey faced in Ducktales 2017!. "Consume and go to the next one" is not a good way to enjoy a show. Trust me on that one!) Rhino Goon proclaims to DA BOSS not to worry because they threw him out with the box. We then see Baloo and Kit head towards the elevator and Kit pushes the red down button (funny enough; the up button is also red. (Again; another example of Walt Disney Animation Japan being wet behind the ears at this point.)) as the shadow of the boss blows them off for being morons. (And Kit is only wearing a yellow tie by the way. To Kit: Gedo is bad. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: He almost killed Chris Jericho in match for real in WCW. That really why Scott Keith doesn't like him.))

Rhino goon notices them and Kit panics right on cue (while showing he's naked without the tie and coat in full profile). Baloo and Kit run into the elevator and close the door; but the LEGAL HAND OF GOD grabs Baloo by the throat (!!!) as Baloo gets off this gem:

Baloo: We have got to stop meeting like this.

I agree considering that you're just encouraging the perverts out there with Kit not wearing a proper shirt. (Yeah; although it is still a moot point when he doesn't wear any pants.) So we head to a shot of the clock tower and HOLY CRAP! Those black statues have Satan's ugly mug on them. (2020 Gregory Weagle: Just wait until Shere Khan's debut and his fetish for black panthers rears it's ugly head. Headcannons claim that he's thirsty for Bagheera, or something.) Seriously; check it at 14:25 of the DVD. It's also 11:30 on the octogon clock face as the clock strikes despite not being noon (logic break #4 for the episode. (That one is kind of insulting because it implies that kids cannot tell time.)) as WildCat flies through town with the SeaDuck. We head back to the cockpit with WildCat flying with clipboard in hand as the pilot's hat is still pink. It's 11:31 and it's time to go to the Savoir Faire restaurant (I remember Jesse Ventura saying that in WrestleMania I about Mister T's life too. (Yes; and the explaination is in the trivia section of this episode.)) and then realizes that something is wrong. He calls to the passengers that they will be going fast now; and so he rips the petal to the metal so to speak and the tourists do backflips and take some really sicks bumps into the back of the door. Now THAT is attention to detail there guys! And the hardware tools get involved and come within inches of rendering animal flesh. (The usual cartoon spot; although in Paradise Lost, someone wasn't so lucky.) So we head to the Savior Faire restaurant which looks like something out of the Jetsons I should note as we hear Rebecca Cunningham proclaiming that Baloo has only ten seconds as we cut inside; but is stopped by the roar of the engines and she is HAPPY. The resturant food and area looks like a combination of cheapness and class which is only possible in steampunk like this show I guess. Rebecca looks to her left and we cut to outside as we see the SeaDuck go right through the resturant, breaking glass and making the patron scream in agony. And people are SHOCKED when this series was pulled after 9/11?!

The SeaDuck flew through a freaking building for goodness sakes. I'm not sure if Toon Disney cut this scene or not; but it wasn't cut before 2001 that's for sure. (They didn't by a mile. In fact; they didn't really cut anything out that wasn't already cut out by the 1995 Disney Channel edit (they might have re-edited the Pizza Pie In The Sky scene with Louie beating up the health inspector.) Again; do you see ANYONE in children's cartoons doing this in a believable matter in 2015 at DTVA? No. Anywhere else? Maybe. I haven't seen enough of the new shows to get a reading on it.) Needless to say; the DVD shows it in full profile. A lot of glass shattering too on that one as I'm sure 90% of the patrons are dead from dagger-like glass. So we head to the clock tower as DA BOSS sees the idiot pilot. We head inside to the office as Rhino Goon and Ape Goon surround the MIRACLE WORKERS CONNECTION. Baloo chuckles and admits that he is the idiot pilot. HAHA! I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. And Kit is STILL not wearing a shirt as a midget gator dressed in brown with a ten gallon hat that seems to fill up only up to two, opens his drawers (NOT THOSE ONES!) on the desk and pulls out about one pistol and puts it down (I smell Disney Channel cut here...and it wasn't.) and then throws down about a hundred weapons: guns, bazooka, TNT, the whole nine yards onto the desk. (This was not cut out either by Toon Disney; thus proving how laughable Toon Disney's BS&P really is. Also; here comes the firearms for the second episode in a row.) Kit is seemly seeing his previous life flash before his eyes there. Baloo and Kit shake like stiff leaves as Trader Moe (Might as well name him as such – Jim Cummings. (Actually; you should name him Trader Drake. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! BLAM! HEE HEE! Missed again! YOU ARE NOT....POW! OUCH! Ummmm...)) pulls out something and goes to Baloo and gives him the ten thousand dollars that he owes. Now that is classy stuff there folks even though the guy is supposed to be a Yosemite Sam clone (Only it's a Grand Theft Auto gangster rather than a Western cowboy gangster. Like I said; Disney did their GTA moment: It was this f**king show.)

Baloo and Kit look at their watches and walk backwards towards the door. Notable spot: When Kit says "yeah" the animation was supposed to have him giggle and then say "yeah"; but since Alan Roberts couldn't do a decent laugh or any laugh near R.J. Williams level; he basically strings the yeah out a bit more. (Alan Roberts as a voice was good; but R.J. Williams simply outshines him in every single way. It's like competing against Tiger Woods when he was at his best. It wasn't because you suck; it's because you were facing Tiger Woods. I realize that this is a bad analogy now; but it wasn't in 2010 when this was written.) Kit opens the door and leaves; but Trader Moe proclaims that Baloo is forgetting something and Baloo notices that he has the box still and chuckles again. Moe asks if he opened the box as we get a shot of Rhino Goon and Ape Goon with machine guns (why not?! (No logic break there at all since the guns were all on the desk for all to see anyway.)) as Baloo blows it off and then blows it by saying that he didn't sneak a peek of the crown. He tries to leave; but Rhino Goon grabs him by the throat (I wondered when he was going to do that?! (In anime, they would never allow wrining of grabbing necks and go to great lengths to edit such scenes. See Digimon Tamers at the end with Jeri.)) and that creates logic break #5 for the episode as Baloo somehow magically changed by into his pilot clothes despite also not wearing a shirt when he was a gangster. This break is even worse considering what is in store for Vowel Play. (Yup; that was was a clear logic break.) Baloo claims that he only took a peek and that ends the segment sixteen minutes in. (Actually; that was true. Not that it matters. Again; sloppiness in the early episodes was a problem; but the storylines were well written. I don't know how much Jeremy Cushner was involved with; but it was fine what he did at least.)

After the commercial break; we see Baloo with the CHEST OF DEMONS and Kit with their hands in the air (and Kit changed during the break and probably returned to see Baloo and saw the guns. No logic break there at least. (If there is a storyboard or script that proves that there was a scene involving Kit getting caught, then I'll drop it as a logic break officially.) and we do the You Cannot Do Not On Television execution promo and Kit does the world proud by saving themselves when the "aim" is said; Kit yells "About Face! Fire!". So the goons end up firing about a 0.5 Trigun right above Trader Moe and make his hat and desk filled with Swiss Cheese holes. Naturally Trader Moe is PISSED off by this A-Team Firing trope (He should only be so lucky since TaleSpin uses bullets 99.9% of the time.) and the goons apologize for that gaffe as I laugh my ass off on it. (I realize that you shouldn't laugh at someone getting shot at; but Kit Cloudkicker outsmarted two muscleheads. This actually makes me more convinced that Baloo has soften Kit up in The Idol Rich. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Well, you'll get more annoyed in the comics when Kit is outsmarting the three to six heels by himself.)) More Hack and Slash dialog as they were only following orders and Trader Moe's shut up is so dramatic and so beautiful in it's scream that Jim Cummings is truly in his element in this series. (Eat your heart out Drake Mallard.) Moe yells at them to not listen to Kit see. That is not the best advice to give though as Baloo does the promo and the goons shoot at Trader Moe again. (This is such a simple routine to pull on a bunch of henchmen with incredible tunnel vision.) We are up to 1.0 Trigun now in just two scenes alone. (Oh, just wait until Colonel Grogg gets involved and we'll see shooting on such a massive scale that even Toon Disney couldn't get to use the scissors fast enough.)

While I don't like 4Kids editing shows; I would love to see them handle TaleSpin. Seriously I do. It would make my day to see it. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. (Actually; I got a taste of it in the Plunder and Lightning comic books along with the hardcover books of various other episodes, so it did make my day. How disappointing?!) Moe's hat is getting MURDERED more than his desk is and Moe yells at them not to listen to Baloo nor Kit; but to listen to Trader Moe as Cumming's acting is top notch here and he foolishly proclaims that when he says fire; they fire just to make the execution promo complete. HAHA! Moe catches himself on that one and he gets shot at POINT BLANK RANGE that it causes smoke and dust to consume him and I betcha he lives through it too. Somehow; he dodged every bullet without damging his hat further. Trader Moe is truly a god. Moe is PISSED off (Just be lucky that A-Team Firing was in effect there, sir.) as Rhino Goon and Gorilla Goon state the obvious in Hack & Slash fashion. We are up to 1.7 Trigun already as Trader Moe yells at them to get the box and they sell as we see an open door and both babyfaces are gone. (This is the kind of episode that would NEVER pass muster BS&P wise even if the company does the least amount of executive meddling. This is glorified gun culture at it's nastiest and after Sandy Hook Elementary; I would not shed tears if I never see another show with this much gunplay on a children's cartoon ever again. Besides; there are bigger problems with them anyway. Like what happened in Love Loaf from Breadwinners.) So the goons run out and it's literally a stampede (complete with Hanna Barbara running sound and looping effects plus dust despite there being none in the office). Trader Moe runs out normally and the doors close and Baloo and Kit are inside. HA! Kit asks for the plan and Baloo has one which is to get back to the plane, turn in the crown and get the reward.

One problem with this: The police saw the SeaDuck leave at the beginning of the episode so if that happens; they would logically get arrested instead of Trader Moe. (Yeah. There is a promo explaining that in CWA/USWA where Bill Dundee is explaining to his son Jamie Dundee (soon to be JC Ice of PG-13 fame) that if you are in the car when they rob the bank; you are just as gulity as they are. Accessory of course.) Baloo calls it a good plan though as we see Gorilla Goon being used as a battering ram on the door. I see the Air Pirates made a deal with Trader Moe at some point. Gorilla Goon's hard head breaks through (nice CONTINUITY from the writers there) and the MIRACLE WORKERS CONNECTION runs towards the windows as the door opens and Trader Moe (with the hat STILL damaged) orders his goon to go after them. So we head to the edge of the building on the unstable bricks (check the animation underneath their feet) as Baloo and Kit slides against the building. Baloo assures that the goons will never look here and then gunfire MURDERS the right half of the side at we go up to 2.0 Trigun as the goons sing annoy Trader Moe in response below. HA! Kit and Baloo run around the side of the building which is amazing considering that Baloo seems too big for this and they see the Satan Head Statue to their left and more bullets to their right missing Baloo by about seven inches or so. Wow; the writers are gun crazy today. (This is exactly why having the creator of the show as your censor is not a good thing if you are marketing this show to children. It just isn't. That's why broadcasters should decide, because you know how it's all about being "creative" from the creators.) The MIRACLE WORKERS CONNECTION climbs up the statue as the goons have their machine guns set to slot machine profits as we cut back to the clock face as Kit and Baloo are hanging onto the long arm as Baloo has only ten minutes left before Rebecca basically fires him.

More shooting from the goon from a window of the clock face and the bullets miss them literally by an inch. HOLY CRAP!! Even Dragon Ball Z didn't have this much shooting in them; this is on level with Trigun. (Just wait until the near head shot Kit gets in the 1990 Disney Channel version of Plunder and Lightning. Even in 1990; that was too much for Disney to handle.) One of the bullets actually hits the middle of the clock hands and it lets go as this forces Baloo and Kit to swing like Tarzan. Even worse for Kit; Baloo is hanging onto Kit's ankle. OUCH! Kit is truly a MIRACLE WORKER to allow himself to do this gig. (Not only that; Kit has to use his groin muscles to hang onto the clock hand while doing all this. Kit is GOD! And I mean it too.) Trader Moe yells at them to grab the damn box; but the violent swinging makes the goons miss by a mile. Baloo swings a full hyperbole and we hear Rebecca yelling for Baloo from a distance. We then cut to a lookoff ajacent to the tower as we see Rebecca with the binoculars as she gets off this gem:

Rebecca: I'll strangle him!! Then I'll fire him!! Then I'll strangle him again!!

I don't think strangling is going to work on Baloo, Miss Cunningham. He's been strangled twice in this episode already and he's still alive and well. Kill his eardrums again and pull the ear. That'll make him sell. (This has to be Jeremy Cushner's handiwork. Cushner is notorious for writing Rebecca as unjustified in her anger and attitude. Although considering the damage WildCat has done; can you really blame her?!) The SeaDuck arrives and we cut to a sky shot of Rebecca yelling at WildCat to land so she can strangle him. Funny thing is; when she is holding up the sign; she misspells you with just U. And you thought Baloo's spelling was bad? So no; it's not a continuity error; it's a character development. She's a projector see and that is Grade S acting from Sally Struthers again. (Look; there are times where Rebecca does act like a jerk without cause. But it doesn't happen nearly as often people claims she does.) I see she still hasn't been warned about cartoon acting. (She never will because Ginny McSwain is the dialogue director for this show now and she puts the bully on the word "act" and not on the word "voice".) So the SeaDuck counters by slicing the clock tower with the wing (which makes no sense); and the clock hands get clipped in the process and Kit and Baloo free fall about four hundred feet and splash down right into the water. In any other universe; those two are dead meat. Like I said to Kick Buttowski: Meet the real daredevil. We then cut to the cockpit of the SeaDuck as WildCat gleefully proclaims that he's right on time and Miss Cunningham is going to be happy to see this. (No she isn't Pop-A-WildCat.) And the cap is still pink as the tourist are behind the seat as we cut to Trader Moe on the slide of the building yelling at the goons to go after the bears. The goons sell on the pitch and then they dive into the water. HAHA! Now THAT is funny as Tader Moe proclaims that he needs to get some new goons. I'm amazed that they kept the continuity of his swiss cheese hat for so long. (I am more amazed that this episode is still good despite Cushner's involvement in it.)

We cut to the docks inside an orange boat with a green flag as Baloo pulls Kit in and they are perfectly fine. Sadly; it's not far enough for Baloo's liking as the goons are alright and they get onto the blue boat with the banana yellow flag. And so we return to the front doors of the clock tower as Rebecca and Trader Moe run down the steps. And FINALLY; Trader Moe gets a new hat and I say good for him. He doesn't fit the Switzerland Mobster in any way. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm...And we get this gem from both of them:

Rebecca/Trader Moe: Wait till I get my hands on that fat bear.

In other words; even the TaleSpin characters realize that they are funny animals. It's just that they are also funny animals who can shoot to kill if commanded to do so. We then cut to a sky shot of the SeaDuck in the air flying away. So we then cut to Baloo starting the engines on the motorboat (The electric motor was invented in 1821 so it's entirely plausible for a motorboat to exist in 1937. (Actually; the motorboat was invented in 1886; so yeah. One of the greatest joys of cartoons like TaleSpin are seeing people accuse the show of anachronism when it comes to things and then doing actual research and discovering how wrong they are. (2020 Gregory Weagle: There are instances where those people do get it right. Ironically, the early pre-production sketches had Rebecca with desk with a modern computer on it, implying that the show would take place in 1990 with a 1930's style instead of being 1930's outright. If TaleSpin does get the reboot (Narrator: It won't because execs do not relate to non-rich people anyway.) this will be their out.)) and we drive away for the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE MOTORBOAT EDITION~! We then cut to Trader Moe running on the docks and trying to jump into the boat; but he misses by a mile as the goon boat drives away. Would have been funnier if they didn't screw it up since Moe wouldn't have landed in the boat or anywhere near it when he jumped in. That's the first screw up nearly 19 minutes in. Thankfully; the goons stop and back up near the hat where Moe dived in and picked him up as Moe is pissed off and Gorilla Goon can only stop with the "I'm going to be nailed aren't I" smile. HA! We continue the chase with a shot of the babyfaces on the motor boat and we get more gunfire (Which misses Baloo's head by three inches which makes the one with Kit in Plunder and Lightning even more of a time cut. (No it doesn't. Age was the bigger factor in that cut.)) and then we get a really unique camera shot of the goons shooting from the front of the motorboat.

We cut to a shot of the SeaDuck in the air as WildCat talks about Cape Park which is the recreational park of their fair city. We head into the cockpit as WildCat looks around and sees Baloo and Kit from the sky shot below and waves hello to them. And the pilot's cap is STILL pink. Kit and Baloo wave back as Kit does his usual Grade A acting job as Baloo proclaims that they are saved. WildCat flies lower; but he refuses their help because he's got to get to the docks at 11:59 am according to the schedule, you see. HAHA! He'll be back at 12:15 though as the SeaDuck flies away. (Oh; that cooky WildCat! Always actually following orders, in his own "method to his madness" kind of way.) Baloo then gets a brainstorm (we think) as it's a beautiful schedule. That leads to this awesome exchange:

(TaleSpin theme begins as Kit is confused.)
Baloo: Hey! Short, squat and ugly! (He taunts them and then restarts the engines and drives the motorboat like a jetski.)
Kit: BALOO!
Baloo: Hey Kit, trust me. Old Poppa Bear's got a plan. (Called Papa Bear in Disney Captions) First; we get them to chase us.
Kit: That part's working. (The goon motorboat twirls around and chases them)
Baloo: Then we got to let them catch us (Kit is in a panic as Ape Goon is shooting at him.)
Kit: That's a plan?! Look; I'll just swim home.
Baloo: No, no. It'll work great.

We then cut back to the cargo hold as the tourists have had enough of WildCat's bellhop lady routine (like it's some form of torture) as WildCat has the clipboard and asks if it's too stuffy in the hold. So he foolishly opens a window and the clipboard gets blasted out of the window. HAHA! The tourists panic some more as WildCat sees it on the cam and opens the side door which causes even more panic. I am so loving this guy. Hippo tourist holds onto stock tourist in vain as we cut to a hydro seaplane flying around as a male voice on the radio (Jim Cummings) orders all police units to be advised (In the correct context of use I might add.) that the SeaDuck (A twin engined seaplane- Funny how the border patrol knows him; but not the police. (Not really since the border patrol is not privatized to the best of my knowledge in this show.)) in the area and we see a walrus police officer and a swan police officer flying it. This plane actually answers the description of aircraft used in the Kranjipoor Crown robbery. And the SeaDuck flies on past causing the seaplane to do barrel rolls it didn't want to do. We then hear the walrus police officer proclaim that that was the SeaDuck (Corey Burton). Now watch carefully and can you spot the logic break before I end this episode? So we return to the docks of Higher...For...Hire as Baloo is sitting down on the docks and Kit asks if he is sure about this. Baloo has got it figured to the second as the motor boat arrives and it Trader Moe is pissed off as Baloo just lays the entire "I'm defeated" routine thick and fast. Moe tells him to shut up and hand over the box. So Baloo throws over the CHEST OF DEMONS over to Trader Moe and Moe opens it and has the crown in his grasps. Who says the heels don't win in a Disney cartoon?! (Heck; TaleSpin has so many episodes where the heels appear to win and sometimes actually win that you would swear that they were the stars of the show. Considering how much of a star Don Karnage is, I can see why the audience think this way.)

Moe then goes over to the goons, orders them to fire at will and put swiss cheeses holes into the MIRACLE WORKERS CONNECTION. Kit yells at Baloo for that one as Baloo asks Trader Moe for the time and Moe proclaims that it's one minute before noon. Baloo thanks him for that (As he did with Mad Dog in I Only Have Ice For You. So yes; even this great cartoon is repeating spots from previous episodes.) and here comes the SeaDuck as it lands and the heels are forced into the drink as WildCat clips the boats with the wings. Those are killer wings, man. WildCat is a clock tower, restaurant, boat killer. (Yeah. Who says TaleSpin doesn't have babyfaces destroying other people's properties with impunity? They just don't do it in EVERY EPISODE! Johnny Test and Mighty Ducks; I'm looking at you!) WildCat looks at the Flavor Flav alarm clock and he's right on time as WildCat waves at Baloo asking if he did all right. He throws the clock and pilot's cap to Baloo and it FINALLY changes back to red. That was an intentional error instead of a coloring mistake by the animators since it clearly symbolizes Baloo brink with being fired by Rebecca Cunningham (the pink cap) and now he is in the clear (the red cap). (Nailed it! If this was a clear coloring mistake; then why did it last the whole time WildCat was wearing the pilot's cap? Knowing Walt Disney Animation Japan Inc. now from the interviews, it would not surprise me if this was an amusing joke from the animators that managed to make the final cut because the execs thought it was funny. Which it was funny actually. See; sometimes execs are not always morons nor evil.) We get a shot of the heels popping up from the carnage as the goons apologize to Moe again as Baloo uses the fishing rod to get the crown back. And then in comes Rebecca looking pissed as Baloo gives her the ten thousand dollars she earned from the previous screwed up mission and places the alarm clock necklace around Rebecca's neck as she is now confused at the events.

Baloo goes over to the arriving police car as the goons are on the piece of the boat with their hands up as the walrus officer thanks Baloo for getting the crown back. Yeah; all is forgiven despite the fact that it was BALOO's plane that was involved in the robbery in the first place. (Might as well point it out so I don't sound like a hypocrite.) Then again; DTVA police officers are REALLY STUPID. Strangely; the police officers in this series are the smartest. Ponder that one for a minute and DESPAIR! (You sound like Dracula's final form in Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night, 2010 me!) They shake hands and the walrus furry offers Baloo the MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH; but Rebecca steals it since it will cover the damages for WildCat's murderous rampage on innocent clock towers and restaurants. (So yes; there was an actual consequence to this victory. To be fair; at least the police were called in for this one unlike Love Loaf. They just decided not to nail Baloo on the accessory charge, probably because Baloo returned the stolen property to the police. So this makes sense actually. Doesn't change the fact that authority figures in this show are stupid; but at least it's not completely stupid here.) Rebecca is hoping for the joyride to have a happy ending and we see it with the tourists laughing and smiles or insanity. In Rebecca's mind; that is close enough as Rebecca proclaims that she'll find out what REALLY happened and when she does Baloo is so going to get it. Of course, that is what she would really say if the alarm clock didn't ring at the bell. Baloo tells Kit that it's time to leave and both MIRACLE WORKERS CONNECTION bail as the tourist dance in the background the whole time as Rebecca invokes the WRAITH OF BECKEY and she wants him back because she's not done yelling at him. (I don't really blame her for that because we all know what happened. Even if she had magical powers to see like the audience sees, it's still Baloo and WildCat's fault anyway for the damage caused here. So it doesn't matter either way.) We get a far zoom out shot of the chaos and dancing as we see Baloo and Kit running away with Baloo proclaiming that it was just in the nick of time (at least the pun works since it was as literal as you can get.) and they run away from the docks to end the episode at 21:15. Despite the logic breaks; the dialog was awesome and the goons shooting made up for it. This episode holds up as well as it did when I last ranted on it. (Nah; I'm dropping it down to **** 1/4 (85%) for a few more mistakes and some wonky animation. Still; I would be proud of this achievement since the second Rescue Rangers episode was Piratesy Under The Seas, which was one of the worst episodes in all of Rescue Rangers and one of the worst episodes in DTVA at the time it was released. Almost a DUD in fact.)

THE REVIEW LINE

Another episode that aged well and this one was on target this time. (Still aged well enough I suppose.) While the logic breaks were a little annoying (mostly minor ones); the episode was a performance driven one which made for some really great sequences and really great dialog which is the biggest part of the premise. While Trader Moe was only average (outside of his Darkwing Duck voice.); his goon squad had their greatest moments when they couldn't stop shooting bullets like Trigun. And while Rebecca was pissed off for most of it; I felt sorry for her as Baloo screwed with her mind the whole time with the WildCat thing. WildCat's debut was great and Kit got off some classic dialog of his own with the swim home promo he cut. The story made sense from start to finish and the time compression was reasonable (And in real time in the beginning of the episode which helped a lot.). I also see why a lot of people don't like Kick Buttowski either when Baloo and Kit fall fifty stories into the drink after coming close to getting murdered by the machine guns of the goons. (Consider that Kit Cloudkicker did almost all the work here in keeping Baloo from falling. Kick couldn't pull this off and Gunther is still half of the mass Baloo is.) That takes a special kind of daredevil and Kick will never reach that point in his life. (Of course it helps when Disney has a "no guns" kick in them. Then again; it's a moot point.) Overall; an excellent episode marred with a few mistakes and solid Walt Disney Japan Animation. Next up is A Touch Of Glass which will be the first episode not having it's animation done by a Japanese company in the series. It's also Louie L'Amour's debut (along with the best pathos writer in the cartoon television business.). So....

Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you next time.

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