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It Came From Beneath The Sea Duck Re-Rant

Reviewed: 05/18/2010
Additional Commentary: 09/15/2021

I Hope Scrooge Doesn't Watch This; I Don't Think He Could Handle It!

Original Airdate: 05/19/1990 (Disney Channel); 09/11/1990 (Syndication); Episode #6 (Volume 1, Disc 1); Episode #5 (Production Order)

It Came From Beneath The SeaDuck Notes
It Came From Beneath The SeaDuck Transcript

We finally come to my favorite episode of all times in DTVA. No matter how better the other episodes are; this one I always keep closest to my heart. (2015 Gregory Weagle Says: Still do in fact; mostly because this was the first major sign of TaleSpin's pathos that was slowly starting to work on DTVA. We are slowly going into Walt Disney mode very soon. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: It's still one of my favorites, but Mommy For A Day has surpassed it now due to the better animation and writing a more mature Molly who loves to bury Kit for my pleasure.)) It's the second Don Rosa episode written for television; it's the DTVA debut of Molly, it's the first real focus Kit Cloudkicker episode (Hell of a debut as a focus episode: Kit Cloudkicker and his first babysitting job. This should have failure written all over it; but somehow it didn't.) and it has a title on a pun of a movie written by Flintheart Glomgold's voice actor the late Hal Smith. (No it's not. It Came From Beneath The Sea was written by a person who was credited as Hal Smith; but the writer's real name is Harold Jacob Smith. Keep that in mind.) Plus; we get payoffs from other series and much more as I always found this episode to be tons of fun. (Still is.) Now will this episode hold up to the critical thought? (Storywise: Yes. Characters: Yes. Animation: Not so much. Anyhow; the plot of this episode is that Kit babysits Molly and a sextopus gets involved. That's all you need to know about it.) Let's rant on shall we...?!

This episode is written by Don Rosa. The story is edited by Jymn Magon. The animation is done by Hanho Heung-Up Company Limited animation. Like Sunwoo Entertainment; I should have a supplemental on this animation company as well shortly. (In short; Hanho-Heung Up Company Limited is not good at animating and maintaining continuity as you'll see here. One of the main reasons why this episode is only my favorite and not the best episode of the series.)

We begin this one with the panning STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM (Higher...For...Hire (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Higher as in "Up" and Hire is for money. Rebecca Cunningham showed the meaning in Whistlestop Jackson, Legend.)) complete with gleaming water and even a bird flying from left to right. How is TaleSpin animation subpar? Compared to what? Feature? (Hanho Heung-Up did this episode no favors in the animation department.) with subdued music as we head to the dock as Baloo is sleeping on the job again literally in his hammock snoring. Kit then opens the door from the SeaDuck and asks Baloo if he is ready (It's Alan Roberts voicing of course.) and of course Baloo completely no sells him. However; Kit doesn't get angry; he just smiles because he has a way to get his attention. He also has the clipboard and so he uses it to splash water on Baloo's ass and then uses the metal clip on the clipboard and Kit literally clips Baloo right in the ass. HAHA! Natuarally, Baloo completely oversells it and does about five twirls with the hammock and then falls into the ocean. HAHA! Baloo pops up and thinks that a shark bit him in the ass (Considering Kit's past and pre-production plans; that is a more accurate sell than it deserves to be. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Huey was much gentler to Kit in The Lost Cargo Of Kit Cloudkicker by the way.)) as Kit tells him to wakey, wakey. Baloo sits on his ass to relieve the pain as Kit rocks off his heels (neat sequence) as he calls Kit out for scaring a year's worth of flight time. Kit pulls Baloo's up because they have to be at Rebecca's apartment in ten minutes (Kit of course almost alway calls her Miss Cunningham to show that he is a gentlemen and reasonable. Sadly; his actions make him the most insane kid in all of DTVA and pretty much on par with most adults in DTVA too. (That's about right. For all the people skills Kit has, it's a mask to hide the fact that he will do crazier things at a much younger age than the rest of the audience. And Kit doesn't have the naive excuse like Molly does.)). Baloo tries to weasel his way out of the deal because he hates shopping; so Kit has to push him from the hammock and Kit calls himself Mr. Shark. HAHA! Too bad Baloo figured out it was Kit all along. Still too funny as that is enough for Baloo to walk stage right.

Baloo keeps whining about trying to sleep. (I like the little touches in this with Kit being all sneaky and clipping Baloo in the bum with the clipboard, Baloo's twisting his hammock before falling into the water, Hanho doing a pretty good animated moment with Kit rocking off his heels (it's more subtle than when Bobby did it in Bobby's world), and Kit saying he's Mr. Shark. Kit putting Baloo in his place will always make me laugh because Kit knows how to gently do it right. Kit to me is the best child character in DTVA history, and I'm not alone in this assertion. Gosalyn's wonderful in many ways, but her slimy heelish behavior in certain episodes does not help her.) We head to Rebecca's apartment for the first time in the series and if there isn't a better example of why TaleSpin takes place in it's own universe; I don't know what is. That waterfall even reminds me a little bit of Nintendo's new Redmond Washington headquarters that they moved into last week. Hopefully; I'll show a link to the pictures of the outside later on. (I never did get that picture; but it is certainly on the web somewhere. The apartment complex with the waterfall is pretty creative since you don't see them much at all unless there was a flood or something. There is a picture on Google images of a icy version of a waterfall coming out of a window of an apartment building in one shot.) Anyhow; Baloo keeps whining like a baby about a part of town giving him the willies. I see Baloo is still a hypocrite after A Touch of Glass with the judging a book by it's cover part. (Well; he was a hypocrite in A Touch Of Glass, so it's another case of making Rebecca look weak.) Don't worry Rebecca haters; you'll get your licks on her too later on. (I think that came in The Bigger They Are, The Louder They Oink. At least 2010 Me is willing to let haters hate instead of bashing them outright for hating Rebecca.) They make it to the elevator as Baloo continues to try to weasel his way out of this; but Kit blows him off and makes me proud by calling him out as a whiny baby. HAHA! (Manchildren tend to be whiny babies when they don't get their way.) Kit pushes on the faraway button (the far shot doesn't show the button; but it's forgivable) as Baloo and Kit enter inside when the door opens.

We go to the elevator shot as Kit explains that if Baloo doesn't go with her; Rebecca will stay home and Kit won't get a chance to do his first babysitting job. Now this episode was produced and aired before Plunder and Lightning; which explains why he doesn't say Molly outright. (It really doesn't matter since most of us knew it would be Molly Cunningham since she's the only child Rebecca has, so everyone should have seen it coming when the episode went into syndication. Still, back when the Disney Channel episodes were previewed; since Molly was never shown in the Disney Channel promo, this was a surprise to most viewers in the sense that Rebecca has a child and she's a single mom on top of it.) Baloo is shocked to hear that Kit would be willing to take this job. Kit explains that he wants to prove that he can be responsible and dependable. One small problem: In Rebecca's eyes; Kit is the most responsible employer she had so he really admits that it's for the MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. I like that kind of honesty. Nice Gruffi pose there to show your "honesty" there Kit. (Considering how "difficult" Rebecca can be, trying to prove his abilities to be dependable actually make sense. I think Kit was in fact honest about it, but he does like money too, so I can see why 2010 me thought his agenda of "honesty" is so transparent.) So we go to the lobby outside the door to Rebecca's apartment and man the place looks weird. I just don't buy an apartment having a door near a side wall since to it's left that there is a window overlooking a mountain outside. Baloo backs up and blocks the door trying to talk Kit out of this as Kit no sells and wants Baloo to move. Baloo then launches into a full scale rant on Rebecca as Kit notices Baloo didn't block the red doorbell and uses the clipboard to ring it. HAHA! (Baloo actually did block the button on the wall which 2010 me missed; however, Baloo was dumb enough to taunt Rebecca that he moved his arms just enough to unblock the button and Kit used the clipboard to ring it. So in essence, Baloo screwed himself with his sexist rant. That is what made it funny.) Now IMDB claims that there is a revealing mistake in this scene; but I don't see it at all. It looks like simply a weird apartment design.

Anyhow; Baloo mocks Rebecca's feminine side (THAT'S SEXIST! (He was mocking the way Rebecca shops. It's stereotypical in a way, but not full blown sexist like Baloo can be.)) as Rebecca opens the door and hears the whole thing complete with Gruffi pose in amusement. HAHA! (Yeah; she was all like "I'll give him thirty seconds to grab enough rope to hang himself" in that look of amusement.) Baloo finally stops acting like the most sexist, dumbest bear around (still smarter than Rintindumb and Drake Mallard combined. (Still stand by that claim.)) as he turns around and tries to weasel lie through it but Rebecca doesn't buy that bill of goods. No WRAITH OF BECKEY from her which is a good thing, thank you. (Yeah, Don Rosa actually does a decent job in writing Rebecca. At least it's not Jermey Cushner writing her. Oh lord.) Rebecca greets Kit and welcomes him into the apartment as Baloo follows him. So we head into the apartment and once again; I see that it wasn't outside; but simply part of the apartment. Although; there is a revealing mistake as the gray statue to the left of the door wasn't gold when we first saw it. The mirror on the right reflects some more stuff as Baloo mocks Rebecca over where her profits went. Huh? What profits?! I thought Higher...For...Hire was so screwed up that they could barely break even. (This also shows that Rebecca's success as a business person was more profound than we thought if this episode was any indication.) Now if anyone wants to blow the logicitans off here's a good target: On the shot where Rebecca blows off Baloo again; instead of the reflection in the mirror; we simply see the waterfall from the window. (Hanho Heung-Up's background animating was bad continuity wise. I'm glad that they were demoted to ink & paint and finishing in later episode when PAC finally became Walt Disney Animation Japan. I should note that Pacific Animation Corporation usually ships episodes of Thundercats to either Hanho Heung-Up or Anime-R depending on the episode. I wonder if Anime R was involved in TaleSpin? I wonder if more than one studio was involved in this episode and Disney forgot to write the credit in. (Sean Newton Animation is one example of this.) Hopefully; like the Plunder & Lightning memos Tim Van Hal showed a few months ago, we'll get memos for this episode too.)

Then Rebecca finally calls out for Molly as the sitter is here as we cut to the door and here comes Molly Elizabeth Cunningham running right towards the camera with glee. (She's so sweet, she even has a middle name (as per Mommy For A Day) that is actually a normal name. Compared to the last name, where Cunningham could be a play on "Cunning as a ham!") Something tells me this is going to be fun to watch. Molly of course is the blond little six year old girl with blue overalls, pink shirt, oversized underwear (And some accuse Spongebob of this?! Although to be fair; I didn't buy it at first and thought it was white lace trim which would be a boring design choice. Now it's a cute choice that gives the censors of today's children's cartoons headaches. (Not really anymore. If you don't do underwear shots nowadays, kids will change the channel. Although it's nice to see them loosen up a bit anyway.)) and of course two blue ribbons tied around her ears. (Some TaleSpinners thought the ribbons were making Molly get hearing problems and that's why she often disobeyed her mother. That would be giving her not nearly enough credit to have a mind of her own.) Naturally, some TaleSpin fans have more disdain for Molly than for Rebecca; but most are based on her interfering with Rebecca's love life. (The disdain for Molly Cunningham in the early days of the fandom was far higher than the disdain for Rebecca and her feminist determination now. However; most of the complaints were that Molly kept interfering in Rebecca hooking up with a man like in Molly Coddled and Her Chance To Dream. However; Convington was clearly using Rebecca to get the Cara Stone back from Molly who was keeping it and is a criminal. And while I can understand why people thought Molly "interfered", she actually didn't. The ribbon was in Rebecca's pocket when the finish happened, in the Rebecca/William Stansbury relationship because William was really a great babyface, there was no way Disney was going to let Rebecca die. In the early days; they were projecting their sexism on a six year old character just to avoid projecting it on the adult. Nowadays, they leave Molly alone and project directly onto Rebecca.)

Personally; I think Molly is the most improved character in TaleSpin. I went from not liking her to absolutely putting her on the same area as Kit, Cubbi and Gosalyn in terms of child characters in Disney. Consider that the nephews are just under that; you can understand why I like her. She basically takes the best parts of Cubbi and Sunni (In Cubbi's case; his spitfireness; in Sunni's case; the looks) and added a sense of really being sneaky to anyone. (Nailed it! Molly Cunningham is such a master of manipulation that she acts like she's not doing this on purpose and being sweet about it. An amazing talent Molly had. Combine that with Kit's maturity and you have mind blowing chemistry; which sadly they only got two episodes (including this one) and a comic book story to work with. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: It's too bad TaleSpin will never get a reboot because adult Kit and Molly would have been gold. Again, the kids are the main event and Kit started it, so Kit has no one but himself to blame for that.) At least with the television series, the built in excuse was that Magon wanted to be like the Peanuts specials and have the children voiced by actual children, and there are a lot of complications if you go that route. However; the comic books? No excuse. They deserved more. Then again; the series deserved better than Disney management gave them, which pisses me off more than anything else considering what Disney actually did.) She IS a spitfire as when she runs in; she actually blitzes Kit and jumps on his chest to try to knock him on his ass. Of course; Kit shows his sense of balance by jumping about a foot into the air and catching her which allows him to stay on his feet and back up to greet her. That was an awesome spot to watch and Hanho nails this one. (I wonder if Walt Disney Animation (Japan) Inc. was animating this episode with Hanho?) Molly Cunningham actually sounds like a six year old too. The reason behind it is because she IS voiced by a six year old and not a middle aged woman. Molly is voiced by Janna Michaels(-Parr as she is clearly married and 26 years old by now. (I think she was always Janna Michaels-Parr and Disney dropped the -Parr part in the credits. She was supposed to be the next star, but she got out before she could be exploited into more adult content and really, who can blame her?).

Ironically; had she stayed in voice acting; she could have been a true star because her live action roles were meh. Not terrible; just not good. This is not only Janna's DTVA and TaleSpin debut; this is basically her first acting role! (In terms of debuts on Disney Channel, without a doubt yes. Syndication? It's close.) However; she will always be known as Molly Cunningham. I have heard conflicting reports about what she is doing now; other than the fact that she is alive and well. (2020 Gregory Weagle: No changes on that front, so I'll leave the matter alone.) So Kit puts her on her seat on the floor and goes through the rules of engagement about running in the house and Molly apologizes bashfully. Word of thumb to Kit: She's lying. (About being sorry because she's so adorable. Why she has to apologize is another question? She's at her best when she's a spitfire and putting a cocky little boy like Kit in his proper place.) Rebecca then has her purse and the continuity is great because it's the exact same purse from A Touch of Glass too. (Amazing since Hanho Heung-Up drew that since they are no great shakes in continuity.) She gives Kit some money for ice cream later on. She wants Kit to go no further than the corner store and both Kit and Molly slaute in unison in a cute spot. One is lying of course. Can you guess who? Molly then goes over and Rebecca kisses her on the cheek. Rebecca walks away as Molly waves goodbye and then proclaims that she will be "extra, specially very good". Best...lie...ever. (The fact that she uses three adjectives on top of a verb and Janna Michaels almost overshot the line makes it so adorable and you know she doesn't mean it.) Rebecca tells Kit that she is serious that her job is to protect Molly no matter what and Kit repeats her and proclaims that he will not let her down. Remember that all for later on. Rebecca then mocks Baloo with this gem of a line:

Rebecca: Come on Sonny Jim; the white sales beckon! (Baloo sulks as he tips his cap to Kit and walks off. HAHA!)

We then get a third person shot of Kit watching the door as it closes. Sadly; he should have watched out for Molly as Kit turns around to address her and she's missing already. Molly just allowed Kit to surpass the record for going missing over Webby in Back Out In The Outback. Kit looks around confused and then Molly comes back and jumps on him from behind; grabbing his hat and using her hands to blind him. HAHA! (At least Molly came back, so the nephews are still more irresponsible than Kit could ever be.) It's blind horsey time~! Disney captions screws up big time by claiming that Molly merely shouts when she clearly said "Ride'em Cowgirl!" in the audio. Kit walks around blind as a bat and takes a MAN-SIZED bump into the conveniently placed coat rack (The same one we saw in the reflection when Baloo and Kit entered the apartment; only it has clothes on now. I club BS&P again!) and box of umbrellas. (Actually, the clothes on it didn't break their fall and the white fur coat was needed for the very next spot they would do. So it made sense. Syndication BS&P was not very tight compared to broadcast television at the time, according to several interviews Jymn Magon had (Including his admission of screwing up a spot where the nephews in Ducktales went through the glass face first.)) I see that the glass mirrors are part of the structure. I see logic break #2 for the episode as the waterfall has replaced the skyline of the city in the background. We see Kit flat on his face as Molly's reaction to Kit falling down is priceless. Horsey fall down indeed. HAHA! (This is so funny because Kit is realizing really fast, that Molly sweetness is a mask for her to cause chaos.) Kit repeats her as Molly puts the baseball cap back on his head and jumps off. Kit then panics and even swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE ("Holy prop wash!" No wonder everyone was complaining about Holy being changed to Pearl and White or Fade.) (Of course, Nintendo doesn't do that level of editing anymore; but back in 1990, subtle religious references, even if they aren't in the context of religion were not allowed. To be fair to Nintendo, that time was also a time when video games caused a lot of hostilty by moral guardians and the competition alike and Nintendo didn't want to be seen as "invading" the country even though Pearl Harbour happened about 47 years before and Japan was much different in 1990 than in 1944.) as he sees a small mess as Molly grabs the furcoat as she wants to help.

Kit ignores her offhand as he fixes the coathanger and cleans up the coats while proclaiming that Miss Cunningham would skin him alive if she saw this. HOLY CRAP!! I'm amazed people complain that the d and k word is bad (kill and die) and yet; skining someone alive is not only bad; it's downright cruel, bloody and disgusting. I know it's implied; but come on guys! (Even funnier is that in Bearly Alive, Kit thought Baloo was going to "kill" him for breaking Baloo's compass. And this show has no problems having people threaten to kill or cause serious injury to others, even babyface on babyface.) Molly then tells Kit to look at her trampoline as Kit's eyes narrow in panic as he sees on a shot of Molly on the dresser drawer (which she used the drawers as steps (Nice touch of detail there.)) as we see a makeshift trampoline (made of chairs and a furcoat) and jumps off. It's only about five feet; but Kit panics anyway and run throwing the coat away and does a picture perfect jump to catch Molly on the way down and manages to clunk his face right into the chairs to boot. Remember that one for later on too. (This isn't the only time Kit's face got clunked in this episode.) Molly then does the funniest thing I have ever seen a child character do in DTVA history (Including Webby's infamous: "This adventure is going to ruin my dress" blast. (Hoo boy! That one was way too easy to mock!)) as she gets off this gem of a line:

Molly: You are a good pretender Kit; that looked like it really hurts.

The line itself is pretty funny; but it's what she does that puts it over the top. When she says "that looked like"; she actually climbs over Kit and does a MAN-SIZED stomp right on Kit's poor little nose. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Trust me; I laughed my ass off seeing that. (Not only did she stomp on the nose; she pretty much climb over Kit's head to do it.) See; this is the template for the old "Torture the kid with mean stuff" plotline I see in new cartoons today. The sad thing is that it seems producers and writers FORGET why the plotline was so good: Molly is at least hiding the fact that she's doing it on purpose to make it look like she's the cute little girl who is not doing it intentionally. She even eliminates the non-verbal cue to make it look even more so like an "accident". Add on to the fact that Kit really doesn't deserve it; but on the other hand; he should have realized that kids aren't all cute and cuddly on the inside. Kit is way too soft with kids and that makes the babysitter plot work out even more and is more refreshing than the heel babysitter I often see in today's cartoons too. Not to say that heel babysitters make terrible characters per se; they are just not exciting anymore to watch. Once Vicky in Fairly Oddparents perfected it; it was all downhill from there. In today's shows; this "torment" plotline is done with the characters creating intentional malice on the tormented character. Even worse; they don't even bother to hide it and make the audience wonder if this is "mean spirited" or not. And it goes on forever to boot. It only risks makes the kids watching it feel dirty when they shouldn't be feeling that. Also; this isn't the last time, Molly does this angle because it is not an angle; it's a character trait. (The reason that they do the gimmick with a heel babysitter is because writers think a heel babysitter tormenting the child is funny and thus allows the babyface to get the comeback and the heel gets his comeupperance. The problem is that everyone does it and assumes that it's only a kids cartoon, kids aren't going to notice the jackhammering the point here. Vicky was the pioneer of the spot; but it's not funny seeing the babyface get buried like that because they have to rinse, lather, repeat the spot since Vicky is supposed to be the number two heel of the show next to Crocker. In this episode's case; both kids are babyfaces and one of them is cocky (Kit) and thinking that this is going to be easy, so the babyface who is the one being babysat (Molly) simply puts him in his place to remind him that it's not easy. It's a friendly case of sibling rivialry and while they are not related in anyway, they are treated like brother and sister. Molly's not trying to be mean; she just wants to play with Kit and his mind. Kit's trying to be serious about proving to Rebecca that he's dependable and Molly is too naive to not realize it and so we get really funny chaos because it knocks Kit down a peg and seeing burials of Kit Cloudkicker by Molly Cunningham will never fail to make me laugh out loud. As for Molly's character trait: Mommy For A Day is the next episode where she does this to Kit as well. The Long Flight Home comic also did this, and showed off Molly's maturity and naiveness all in one stroke.)

(2020 Gregory Weagle Says: One of the big problems with fan based materials is having Kit marrying Molly. On it's own in a vacuum, it's not beyond the pale horrible because they are not siblings by blood, but by heart it would be considered incest. It's an even bigger problem when you consider that one idea during the pre-production stage was to have Kit be the son of Rebecca Cunningham. So, having a marriage between adult Kit and Molly would have been a huge problem even if Kit was adopted by Rebecca, rather than be by blood. This is why it's much better off if they are siblings if you understand the pre-production process.) Molly runs towards the outside window and tells Kit then she wants to play "High Diver Queen" (which led people to believe that Rebecca was a diver in her early tender years too) and Kit looks and his eyes bug out (and it still looks plausible in this setting) as Kit yells no and grabs Molly before any more damage can be done to his face and nose. (And his reputation of being dependable.) Kit has the HHH nose you know; and before Molly jumps off and dies like those who saw Superman and thought they could fly. (Or in some countries, like Pigdey in Pokemon.) Sadly; Hanho screws up the scene as when we see Molly go over on the first shot and Kit runs towards her; the second still shows her repeating the sequence before Kit grabs her for real. They should have just removed the insert shot of Kit running as it was a pointless shot anyway. Well; there goes the perfect episode right there. I didn't say it was the best episode though; as I stated that it was my favorite episode. (No one should be surprised by this; Hanho Heung-Up is better off with additional services. I'm guessing this was the point where Walt Disney Animation Japan was still trying to organize and find their way through.) Kit scolds her in a pretty whiny voice as he plops Molly on her seat on a blue couch and Molly apologizes to him and this one actually sounds a lot more sincere. (I suspect R.J. Williams would be done the same thing since Ginny McSwain was voice directing at this point.) Kit's seriousness doesn't last as he sits down and ask if she wants to listen to her favorite radio show.

Kit then goes over to the STATIC RADIO OF DEATH (One TaleSpin fan I know from the Kit Cloudkicker forums seems to has a static fetish for some reason. (Much less creepy then foot and tickling fetishes though, so at least this fan was trying.)) and turns on the old model radio and it doesn't cause much static as we hear the radio announcer does the old Superman promo (Only with "speeding airship and more powerful than a turbine". Apporos for this series so no BS&P'ing in this one.) and we cut to the top of the second couch (which is green; forgivable since Molly was on a blue loveseat) as Molly jumps up wearing her trademark red cape, metal colinder on her head and spatula. Anyhow; The radio announcer is voiced by Peter Cullen. (Peter Cullen was also known as one of the choices to replace Phil Harris and was the leading voice to star as Baloo for TaleSpin. However; after a few auditions, Magon and company didn't feel the voice was quite right and so Edmund Gilbert got the role after Ed studied Phil Harris' voice mannerisms.) See; Molly is a BIG fan of Dangerwoman and thinks that she is real. In fact; the writers actually DID plan an episode where Molly actually meets Danger Woman; but finds out that she is not only not a real hero; she is in fact in a wheelchair. The series ended before they could produce it; but that would have been killer. In fact; I went further with it in Unforeseen Impact in that she wasn't only in a wheelchair; I also explained how she got there and also revealed that she created Dangerwoman. I don't know what name the writer had in mind to give her; my fanfic name for her was Ray Marion. It's probably the best fanfic I ever wrote (I know; that isn't saying much at all) because it tied all the loose ends and changed Molly Cunningham forever in to accept heroes who were real. But enough of my work; let's move on. (My fanfics in a nutshell were: Great ideas, very poor execution. So when I say that execution is more important than ideas, I speak from experience. (2020 Gregory Weagle: The best talent isn't that they can make new ideas, it's how well it's executed. Anyone can come up with a new idea, but the most skilled, most experienced and most talented are the ones who can wonderfully execute that idea. In Ducktales 2017; Molly became Danger Woman for real and made me want to see TaleSpin rebooted with Molly as the star and Kit as the sidekick since that is his best role ever.))

The radio announcer tells the kids to tell mom to buy them Danger Woman's favorite food; which is an ice cream treat known as Frosty Pep. (2020 Gregory Weagle: Damn, even in 1990, the word "mom" was used, although Molly would say Mommy as well. Pep is actually recycled from a gum in Ducktales 1987 to the ice cream in this show to a soda drink in Ducktales 2017!) This actually plays into one of the most hilarious scenes in DTVA which I mentioned before in my rants; but I'll mention it here later on. Disney Captions has it as Frostipep which actually works better as a pun. (and the fact that later on in the episode, it was spelled that way, so Disney Caption was right on that one.) Molly then jumps off the top of the couch and seat into Kit's lap wanting some Danger Woman ice cream. HAHA! (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Danger Woman herself got a few lines in the comic book story: F'reeze A Jolly Good Fellow. Oh, and Don Karnage is a Dangerwoman fan too; cannot forget that.) Kit still catches her and doesn't have to jump to reach her this time around. Kit sets Molly on her feet and tells her that if she wants some ice cream now; she must promise to take her nap once they walk back home. Molly pleads and agrees to the terms. So we go outside as Kit is pulling a wagon with Molly in it and she whines about the wagon being sissy. I think that's the first time I have ever heard the word sissy used in a DTVA show. Kit states on the near shot that it's not a wagon, but the Dangermobile. Okay; that is funny even though it is not a Superman reference; but a Batman reference. She likes the name of course and makes car noises as Kit dashes along proclaiming that he finally is getting the hang of this babysitting stuff. If only Kit; if only. Molly wants Kit to go downtown as we get some more shots of the buildings as Kit no sells because her mother would explode. What is with Kit and his violent words about what is going to happen to Miss Cunningham? Isn't this kind of talk just going to have him profiled as a loner by the police. Oh wait. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Well, he was raised by a wolf for a year, so lone wolf would be more accurate than it should be allowed by law. Reminder: This episode was written before Plunder and Lightning was in production, so a lot of these great touches were also unintentional. You'll see why when we go over the logic breaks...kind of now actually.)

Molly then hears an explosion and there she went to the Dangermobile. HAHA! (Yes; that was funny, except that it had nothing to do with the Dangermobile. Kit stated that he cannot go downtown because Rebecca would explode. Then an explosion sound is heard and Molly takes it that Rebecca actually did explode as Kit said. That was the funny part.) Nice parallax scrolling on the background which helps keep the background from looking too fake. Kit corrects her and points to the big guns (In Outlaw Star on Toonami; he would have said cannon or blaster. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: It's funny because they are technically cannons. Cannons and lasers are allowed on Ducktales 2017, but the gun ban there is mostly on Frank Angones. And again, Kit was relieved either way.) Saying gun apparently MURDERS people see. (Different times of course.)) on the Cape Suzette cliffs and thinks that it's Air Pirates. Molly is confused as Kit tells her not to worry because they NEVER got inside Cape Suzette. Now in the previous rant; I called this a logic break since the Air Pirates DID get into Cape Suzette before this in Plunder and Lightning. However; seeing this again; it's clear to me now that Kit is trying to reassure her that nothing bad is going to happen to her; so this is more of a white lie than a logic break. Kit has been notorious for lying by omission in Plunder and Lighting; so it's not out of place for this to happen. So there you go. Nice white thunderbolt on the side of the orange wagon by the way. (This was also the fifth episode in production; written before an origin story was ever written. Today; I would have Kit saying in his head (echoed voice) after that line "well, almost never" in order to play up that he is self aware that he was not telling the truth.) Molly proclaims that Danger Woman was on the job when that happens which implies that Molly is onto Kit's white lie. And she makes more car noises to amuse me. Kit and Molly walk away and so we go outside the cliff guns of Cape Suzette as they are firing on an ugly Air Pirate plane (check the pirate wolf skull symbol on the left side of the nose cone.) All the gunfire is dodged in A-Team fashion as we go to a front shot of the cockpit from the window as we see Don Karnage blowing them off as sisters of a warthog. HAHA! (Better the bullets missing than have it all lasers and stuff I guess. However; we are up to four straight episodes when the firearms are pulled out. Yes; I'm including the flare gun Baloo was using in A Touch Of Glass.)

Hacksaw is piloting the plane on the right side as Don tells him to stay out of range (first yesno of the series by the way) as Hacksaw nods like a rabid dog. Don then goes into the cargo hold and calls someone out for taking so long. We pan over to see Mad Dog and Dumptruck pushing and shoving about not wanting to go in first as Dumptruck chokes Mad Dog!! Wow; I've seen several episodes of Digimon having scenes like this cut out (and somehow they KEPT (some) the wooden crosses in the finish of the Starmon episode in Digimon 02). (Not only that; they don't add impact stars or flashes on kicks and punches to the face for the most part, and the ones they do add are for scene changer purposes.) Mad Dog whines on cue as usual as Don breaks it up by threatening to turn their worthless hides for seat covers. HAHA! That's enough for Mad Dog and Dumptruck to play with each other and squeeze themselves into the blowhole of the submarine while Don is flustered on that one. Geez; and no wonder BalooDumptruck thinks these two are gay. (They aren't gay of course; but these two do have eyes for each other. It's not in a relationship of love and more of a relationship of hating each other.) Mad Dog whines about the safety of all this and Don Karnage reassures that it is. Don proclaims that their well being is his concern as he stomps on Dumptruck's head and squeezes them into the submarine. HAHA! Mad Dog and Dumptruck do some more hijinks with each other off-screen as Don Karnage reminds them to sneak into the harbour; rob the place blind and do not be seen. Somehow; this is REALLY STUPID to send just two guys to try to rob an entire city. Although; if done right, I suppose you can do it in this world. (Expecting Mad Dog and Dumptruck to eat lunch is a feat in itself.) Mad Dog pops up and asks what they should steal. Don Karnage blows him off and proclaims that they should steal everything including the kitchen sink. More on that one later I assure ye. Don slams the port door and jumps off as we see a shot of a dark window with Mad Dog's eyes asking Don where they should meet. Don tells them to meet behind the old tugboat wreck; away from those nasty cannons. Funny how the heels cannot say gun; but Kit can. He's SUCH a rebel! Well; he is; but not in that sort of way. (And we all wish he wasn't that sort of way.)

Mad Dog asks if that is where they are going to land and Don asks about who said anything about landing as Mad Dog and Dumptruck chatter teeth like mad. Such a pair of Scooby Doo's those two are. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! We then see Don go over to the panel where there is the red button and he pushes it which causes the trap door underneath them (of course) to open and the submarine freefalls (along with the steps and cargo – nice touch there guys) and does about three skips on the water before taking a MAN-SIZED bump into the rocks and then sinks down into the ocean. Good spot there guys. (Not quite as the submarine at first free falls straight down and then free falls at a 45 degree angle for no reason whatsoever. Another Hanho miscue.) So we head underwater with the most awesome lighting I have ever seen in a cartoon complete with sun reflections inside the water. Now THAT is dedication to your entertainment there. (Probably why Hanho was demoted to ink, paint and lighting since they did a decent job of it in later episodes.) The submarine sinks towards the bottom as Dumptruck proclaims that the submarine handles rough. Dumptruck has such a dirty mind; assuming he had one to begin with. We head inside and the two pirates are holding hands and cuddling. Oh man; no wonder some people think these two are gay. It's not a bad thing to be gay; it's bad to be a terrorist. Even more nastier when it's someone who is gay because it only encourages the bigots even more. Mad Dog slaps him away and orders Dumptruck to get on the bike as there is more pushing and shoving. (Mad Dog kicked Dumptruck in the mouth at least twice and none of it was edited to include a flash or an impact star.) That leads to this awesome sequence:

Dumptruck: How come I got to pedal?
Mad Dog: 'Cause I went to school.
Dumptruck: Did not!
Mad Dog: Well; I saw a picture of one once.

SCORE! HAHA! That's enough to convince Dumptruck as he gets on the bike. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Dumptruck head is so boney; dogs would have a meal to last them until 2019. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! (The joke is that they are such uneducated lackeys that Mad Dog outsmarts Dumptruck because he at least knows what a school looks like.) Dumptruck crawls to the bike and starts pedaling as Mad Dog does the Gruffi pose to annoy him. We then get an outside shot of a badly drawn fish (still better animated than Lenoard Part Six for you Agony Booth fans out there (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: That's the least of the movie's problems when you consider who the star was...)) as the props on the tailpipe start and we see the submarine go towards the camera. Such enivornmentalists these Air Pirates are. Such bastons to fitness. No wonder critics hate television so much: their heroes are the heels here. (Which Kit proved everyone wrong by joining the track team in A Baloo Switcheroo. Unless the guardians still see him as a heel for the obvious reason of course.) We then cut to the top of the cliff gun area where we see a marine mouse in marine gear (with goofy white hat) and I'm taking back what I said about Mickey Mouse in the previous rant. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: According to Tim Val Hal; the creators were trying to bring in Ricky The Rat into the TaleSpin world in some way after the failed B-Players project. Judging by this spot, this might very well be Ricky's legacy in a nutshell. Yeah, the bigots won. As usual.) Michael Eisner might be evil; but this is no way a conspiracy to get the show buried. He fires the cannon with a string as we get a really cool special effect off-screen that partially consumes the screen as we go to a far shot of the shot missing the pirate plane as usual. (It still took one cliff gun firing to scatter the heels because the other cliff gun had no one near it.) The airplane turns around and flies away as we go to another shot of the cliff guns from a different angle and then pan down towards the water and then do a scene changer as we head underwater with the submarine heading towards a large net and it's metal as we we hear Dumptruck pedalling and asking what the net is for. Mad Dog proclaims that it's to get out sharks and stuff. The clippers come out from the submarine and snips the net good. Dumptruck proclaims the net is BUSTED. HAHA! Wait until later on Dumptruck and you'll see BUSTED indeed. Dumptruck chuckles as Mad Dog wants a full speed ahead.

So Dumptruck pedals backwards and takes a MAN-SIZED bump into another rock. HAHA! Dumptruck even oversells it by flopping onto the ground with a decent bump as Mad Dog blows him off as a moron. Dumptruck blows him off as he gets back to pedaling as the submarine breaks some rocks up (that is one tough prop) and pedals beyond the net as we see the plot device of doom in the dark shadow with yellow eyes follow them from the net. (It's the sextopus octopus from It Came From Beneath The Sea; only purple and having 4-6 tentacles depending on what mood Hanho was in.) So we go to an empty sidewalk like street as Kit runs with Molly in tow of the Dangermobile (HA!) towards the ice cream shop (labeled helpfully as such) and stops. Molly wants to get out; but Kit tells her to stay in the Dangermobile (while almost blowing his cover by saying wagon) because she might get a call from the chief of police. Molly as Dangerwoman is still a million times better than Batwoman/Hippy Vampire Kathrine Victor played in a movie. (Because she does have fashion sense and Molly also is cute when she does become Danger Woman. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: For goodness sake, someone get TaleSpin rebooted with Molly's Danger Woman Cicrus as the main event. Let her do a duet with Kit Secord from The Rocketeer for crying out loud! This is money! Stop apeasing old, rich, white dudes!)) Molly sells it with that look of "I'm on to you Kit and you don't know it" as Kit asks the ice cream salesman who is a light brown bear (judging by the face; he's not related to Kit in any way) you calls him a sport. I believe this is Chuck McCann given that his voice does sound like a Beagle Boy. My notes confirm that by the way. He gives an ice cream cone of Frosti Pep (which looks like Napeleon ice cream with sprinkles of chocolate and strawberry on top) and Molly goes all Grandpa Simpson on us (I'm old. GIMMIE! GIMMIE! GIMMIE!). (For some strange reason; I remember that line and the character who said it; but do not remember what episode he actually said it. I'm old. FORGET! FORGOT! FORGOTTABLE!) Kit gives her the ice cream cone and asks her to please sit down until he pays the man.

Kit goes over and pays him as Molly bumps the Dangermobile and the Dangermobile goes riding down the hill as Molly goes all moronic with glee. HAHA! Told you she would screw with Kit's mind at some point. No way I'm calling that an accident. Of course the sequence involves rapid movement; so the buildings are all like cardboard and repeat two or three times. This also happens even in TMS animated Ducktales episodes so this isn't just a "sweat shop" problem either. (Animating Ghibli style cost a lot of money and talent and Hanho trying to do it is asking for trouble at this point.) Kit finally turns around as he waits for change and he panics again with bouncy eyes and then it's running time with Hanna Barbera looping effects; but no sound effects (Only select episodes had Ronald Eng who did foley and this is not one of them. (No; this show does have foley even in the Sam Horta editorial ones. The Bigger They Are, The Louder they Oink uses them a bit in some of the running sequences.)). And in some frames; Kit's legs look so blurry that they might be mistaken as feeces. It's television animation; you were expecting a feature movie? (Well; yes, because we have standards DAMMIT! Too bad most of them are way too high. We have standards for television animation too you know, snobs!) We run down town with the second best chase sequence in the history of DTVA and through a busy street as both kids are just a few feet away from being run over as Kit screams oh my gosh several times. We get more car noises from Molly as she is on a high speed chase in her own little mind. So we cut to a sky shot of a blimp and then a closer sky shot of a boat with a crane doing some fishing as we get some submarine bubbles as Mad Dog is in awe because he has never been in Cape Suzette harbour before. One small problem; in Plunder and Lightning part two, that's exactly what happened and in terms of time this takes place after Plunder and Lightning. Now if Mad Dog had only said "I have never been in Cape Suzette harbour before alone with my buddy; then I would agree with him. Otherwise; this is logic break #3 for the episode. I blame this one on the fact that this episode was the fifth episode ever written in the series. This is where the Rescue Ranger syndication editing would have been a good thing to lop off this kind of break. (Yeah; and they have less an excuse for it because, you really cannot redub all Alan Roberts lines to put R.J. Williams in because then you basically put the burden on him. And while R.J. is much more talented than Alan Roberts, he's still a 12 year old at this point. Mad Dog can be redubbed easily since Charles Adler is his voice.)

We cut to inside as Dumptruck is still pedaling and Mad Dog is still looking around with the periscope. So we cut to the surface with a crane trying to start his motorboat; but with no dice. The periscope pops up and Mad Dog sees nothing and sees even less now that the crane has tied the rope around the periscope and twists it violently. HAHA! Mad Dog gets whacked about ten times with the periscope of death, more or less and is punch drunk. HAHA! Mad Dog sees stars and it isn't Don Karnage kicking his ass. AHHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm... damn that screw punch. (Although he sees stars; more shots to the face not edited with an impact star nor flash.) Mad Dog wants to pedal as we see the submarine riding away stage left on the underwater shot as a purple tentacle tries to swipe it; but no dice. So we head with the scene changer to the full profile shot of the Farmer's Market (which was in A Bad Reflection On You Part One) as Molly yells at two cows with oranges to make way for the Dangermobile. This Molly fellow is just too funny. How she turned into a mature character is beyond me. (She always was mature; but she also was more naive and sneaky than Kit is. As per sneaking on board the SeaDuck in Plunder and Lightning Part 2.) Molly manages to bowl over baskets and everything as Kit dodges all bears (mostly bears and a parrot lady) as this scene is going way too fast for me to call. (Damn; I didn't know that there was a parrot furry in this show. Outside of Ignatz of course.) So we cut to Baloo carrying a million presents while blinded and unable to see as Rebecca asks about what he thinks about the towels. I see Rebecca is already punishing Baloo for giving Kit the "carry stuff bigger than his body weight" spot to chew on BEFORE he even does it. (What a nice jerk Rebecca is?!) Rebecca is like George W. Bush in that it's supposed to be the empire striking back; not pre-emptively. (Thank you This Hour Has 22 Minutes for that one.) So Molly's Dangermobile arrives and knocks Baloo on his ass which causes Baloo to lose the presents and Rebecca gets a present tomb. HAHA! See; even the writers can laugh at themselves once in a while. (Once again; as unintentional as that was, it's man on woman violence which was caused by unintentional woman on man violence.)

Baloo is on his belly as Kit carefully steps over him to make sure he doesn't step on Baloo's nose; so he steps on Baloo's head. It's not as funny as Kit getting his nose stomped on. (I think that's twice now Kit has stepped on someone's head.) Baloo turns around and proclaims that it couldn't be Kit since HE'S the responsible one see. We cut to more Kit running on the street (see this is why Kick Buttowski is NOT a rebel) as the Dangermobile is heading for the docks on the next shot as Molly continues to go down the hill to fetch a pail of Davey Jones Locker Nuts. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm... So we cut to Dumptruck inside the submarine on the periscope as he sees the shipping docks at last. He also sees a cargo plane as Mad Dog is tried and pedaling. Man; Mad Dog is more out of shape than Gyro is as he asks how close is it. It's real close see as we go to the periscope shot and we see a prototype of the SeaDuck (seen in pre-production sketches; only in green) as it comes straight at them. HAHA! Dumptruck swears in DUBBED SWEDISH STYLE (Jumpin' Jiminy!) as he orders Mad Dog to DIVE! DIVE! AROOGA, AROOOOOOOOGGGGAAAAAA! (We keep making Dive Man jokes from Mega Man 4 even in 2010. Not funny 2010 me.) Sadly; the periscope grabs onto the wing and the submarine flies with the prototype plane into the sky. We head back to the docks now as Molly is heading for the ocean harbour and Kit does the leap of faith and grabs onto the Dangermobile end and slides with his belly (which has got to be chaffing for him) as he manages to stop the Dangermobile which is about a foot away from being completely over the dock edge. And the scratching foley is actually dubbed in here. The blue pelican (from the beginning of the episode no less!) is perched on the stump as Molly greets him as a prudy birdie. HAHA! (Kit manages to clunk his head on the wooden boardwalk and the wagon at the same time.) The blue pelican flies away as Molly gets out of the wagon without any irony whatsoever as she calls herself a good driver. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I sense that no one sober will EVER allow her to drive. She is obviously the one who taught the Wuzzles how to drive. Now that's paying off the show five years ago even if no one gets the joke.

Kit nods with that "Sure you are; just don't screw with my mind again please?" as he lets go and the wagon drops into the harbour below and instead of a splash, we get a metal sound clanking which is a segue back to inside the submarine as Mad Dog and Dumptruck are in a heap (and Dumptruck is on bottom) as Mad Dog is relieved that it nearly got them only. (Actually; the metal clanking sound was from the next scene in the submarine as a segueway. Nice one guys.) Mad Dog wants Dumptruck to check the periscope again and Dumptruck drops Mad Dog and goes to the periscope with Mad Dog hanging on him. Mad Dog asks what he sees and Dumptruck sees a sky shot of Cape Suzette and we see logic break #4 for the episode as the periscope has grown a radar since we last saw it. Mad Dog asks if it's the docks or the cannery and Dumptruck proclaims no to both. Dumptruck proclaims that he sees all of it and they both panic as we get another shot of the prototype SeaDuck from the ground as the submarine finally unlashes from the wing and free falls. So we cut back to the docks as Kit is trying to get up panting as he proclaims that they need to get back to Rebecca apartment before he is sunk. Sadly; he can only sit on his butt as Molly no sells because she wants to go pirate hunting as she literally talks in the third person while saying it. I'm wondering if copyright was the reason for Relm not doing it in Final Fantasy VI in both English versions. (I'm sadden that this wasn't Molly's Danger Woman gimmick because it is hilarious and cute.) Kit proclaims that there aren't any pirates in Cape Suzette. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I think we ALL know what Molly really means by pirate hunting. Nice foreshadowing towards Plunder and Lightning guys and this is the DTVA start of the whole Kit is an orphan and former terrorist plotline. (Nah; they weren't foreshadowing it because it was the fifth episode in production. That said, her saying it is hilarious because Kit is a former air pirate and standing RIGHT THERE waiting to be a target for Molly to have her way with him and Kit is sounding like he's trying to keep Molly from going after him playfully. These two kids are just a blast to see, and again; they only got two episodes to work with. In new Disney; they are the main event siblings without question. Something I would like to see.)

Just before they can leave; the submarine cuts a MAN-SIZED hole through the docks into the drink. HAHA! Kit and Molly climb onto the box as they see Mad Dog and Dumptruck climb out of the porthole as Mad Dog whines that Dumptruck should pedal now. Molly points with the ice cream cone (Now THAT is different!) as she proves that there ARE pirates in Cape Suzette. I guess Kit lost his pirate title after Plunder and Lightning. (He should only be so lucky. Not.) Mad Dog does the pointy finger of death and yells kids (At first I though Disney Captions screwed up and thought it was Kit; but the audio clearly has it as "kids".) as Dumptruck pops up and proclaims that the Captain told them not to blow their cover more or less. Mad Dog decides to just kidnap both of them as Mad Dog climbs onto the box and grabs Molly making her drop her ice cream onto the docks. Kit yells for Molly and that ends the segment 11 minutes in. Funny how the logic breaks in this episode were DIFFERENT from the ones I saw in the previous rant. It's still a really fun episode thus far though. (The animation is not good; but the storyline and characters are super as I expected them to be.)

After the commercial break; we go to a far shot to see Molly struggling with Mad Dog and Kit on top of the crate, deciding to do the ultra foolish move in that he jumps right into Mad Dog and Molly gets dropped on her can as Kit, Dumptruck and Mad Dog struggle, strangle and in Kit's case bite the pirates. KIT BITES DOG~! (Actually; a lot more happened in this scene than 2010 Me said: Kit wraps his legs around Mad Dog's throat while Dumptruck used Kit as a swing to try to get Mad Dog off of Kit. Kit basically did a headscissors and tried to choke Mad Dog out. The swinging part probably did more damage to Mad Dog.) Molly somehow gets on top of the crate as Mad Dog and Kit get dropped on their asses by Dumptruck as she has the spatula on full blast and blows them off because they have no idea who they are messing with. She's Danger Woman see and under normal conditions; she would be MURDERED in about three seconds flat. (Because she's outmatched and sadly, too naive not to realize it.) However; a shadow befalls as the GIANT PURPLE SEXTOPUS OF DEATH arrives from the water and both Mad Dog and Dumptruck panic and want to scram as Kit pushes them backwards (I noticed the pushing motion on the shot where Dumptruck and Mad Dog back up) and Mad Dog pushes Dumptruck and himself into the porthole in the submarine with considerable effort. Far shot sees the submarine pedaling away stage camera while the squid swims away from the camera. We cut to Kit flat on his face looking like he is dead as Molly jumps down from the box as Kit pops up and asks how she did that. (I want to know how Kit managed that headscissors on Mad Dog and got away with it. Oh wait; it's because this is not anime in 2000's.) Molly then gleefully answers that one for me as I just laugh my ass off to how much of a moron Molly can be. (Molly's grand promos are hilariously great on a lot of levels. Mainly because she's so naive and innocent while at the same time having Rebecca's sharp observation and being sneaky as Kit can be.) Kit grabs Molly and they jump over the hole caused by the docks and walk up the stairs as Kit wants to get Molly home right now. (Cannot blame him for that, he's already my hero and we aren't even halfway through this episode.)

We then cut to the ice cream cone as the squid comes over and eats it. Yeap; there is a payoff to this as I stated before: In the second episode of Cash as Catch Can in Ducktales; Scrooge went ballastic over a sea monster eating his ice cream (in reality it was his fortune). Sadly; the writers used a whale instead of a squid ; in which a squid has more sea monster-equse than a whale and thus the joke wasn't paided off to my liking. (Actually; it's a sextopus because the squid they claim it to be is supposed to be a funny version of the sextopus from It Came From Beneath The Sea, since the monster outfit they did and the stop motion animation was overbudget that they couldn't afford to have eight tentacles, so they reduced it to six to save money. Which explains the 4-6 tentacles used by this sextopus in this episode. So, I'm guessing this might have been on purpose. That said, it's still a great payoff to the entire "A seamonster ate my ice cream!" angle in Ducktales. I'm shocked no one has done a Youtube Poop video on this. ) So it's only fitting that Don Rosa (who had zero input on Ducktales by the way) paid the joke off for us. (To be fair, Don Rosa didn't hate Ducktales.) In fact most of Don Rosa's stories in TaleSpin features the elements of Carl Barks and Ducktales. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Ironically, Jymn Magon was involved in the infamous "A SEAMONSTER ATE MY ICE CREAM" and look who is story editing this episode? Jymn Magon. Both do have a sense of humor after all.) In a strange way; TaleSpin became a Ducktales wannabe even though TaleSpin really was a Disney Feature wannabe. (Yeah; imagine a lot of heat that was localized for the most part because of the lack of internet. If the internet was as big now and it was equal to today in 1990; we would never hear the end of Disney's "disgraceful" act of taking Walt's last movie and turning it into a parody of Jungle Book mixed with Robin Hood. AeroCross indeed!) The squid purrs like a kitten as we cut to a wooden house as we see inside a pelcan in a red cap and purple suit sleeping in his office on the job as usual. He wakes up and hears splashing as he sees the sea monster cause some damage and then dives in.

The pelican goes to the phone to get the harbor patrol fast since the sea monster is in the bay. His voice sounds very familiar; like Gyro Gearloose's voice. Could the late Hal Smith made an uncredited appearance in this episode?! It's either that or Hal Rayle. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: It's likely Hal Rayle, even though Hal Smith does have a big guest role later in this series.) So we head inside the apartment as Kit and Molly walk in. Kit thinks that he is safe as she tells Molly to promise not to tell her mother about going down to the docks which as you will see completely makes him guilty right there. Molly promises because she ALWAYS keeps her promises and she addresses Rebecca as Mommy as Rebecca is right behind Kit and downright parently PISSED OFF. Sadly; I have to agree with her on this. Remember this it was Kit who asked Molly not to tell her about the docks thing right IN FRONT OF Rebecca. So Kit is BUSTED as Kit has zero defense for anything she says and Kit is supposed to be the responsible. Although in reality Molly unintentionally caused the chain of events; but Rebecca is not going to buy that one and she'll probably blow him off for accusing Molly of causing the events to take the heat off of him for not watching Molly (Which he was supposed to no matter what when he couldn't do it to pay the ice cream vendor.). Notice that Baloo is in the background eating popcorn all this time on the couch, as Baloo wants Rebecca to allow Kit to explain himself. However; Rebecca doesn't buy it (Remember that Kit has already said in front of Rebecca that he took her to the docks. There is no misunderstanding here folks.) and she does a really funny spot as she hyper projects BALOO right onto Kit (Now THAT is weapons grade projection – See; this is why Magon hired Sally Struthers to voice Rebecca in the first place.) and then throws the popcorn bowl right over Baloo's head. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I am so loving this. So she acts like a jerk here. But on the other hand; I would be parently pissed off if I discovered that Kit did something that he wasn't supposed to and quite frankly; Molly was in danger the whole time it happened regardless of what Molly did or what Kit didn't do. So Kit is screwed and I'm glad Rebecca is acting like a bitch. (1995 Dave Brown Says: STOP USING THAT...YOU GUESSED IT!)

Molly is Rebecca's daughter and that is what parents do is to protect them. Rebecca is showing that she takes no crap from anyone; even if it's the most responsible employee on her team. Rebecca blows him off as Kit tries to explain; but Rebecca orders him out and Baloo pushes Kit right out of the door into the lobby before any further damage can be done to Kit's reputation nor Baloo's head. Probably the smartest move Baloo has ever made in this series as Baloo tries to tell Kit that there is no point in reasoning with her now. At least like most early episodes; she is justified in being such a jerk. She loses that sympathy in the next rant though, mark my words. (TESTIFY~! Rebecca is only acting like this because Kit did in fact screw this up (with help from Molly of course). I can understand why the audience thought she was an asshole, and to a large extent she was very difficult here. And sure, she went a little too far in calling Kit irresponsible; but she is right on the reckless part because that's Kit Cloudkicker for ye. Considering what he went through, calling him reckless is a rational response. Also of note; remember: Kit came in telling Molly not to tell Rebecca about going to the docks and Rebecca was IN THE APARTMENT when he said that. More to the point; Kit never also said "or that I had to chase you from the ice cream shop to the docks" because if he did, Rebecca assholish behavior is not justified in anyway. Kit did himself in and it's neither side's fault. Molly did sit back on the wagon to cause the chain of events, but seriously; she didn't do it on purpose even if 2010 Me thinks she did because she knows how to play head games on Kit. Also remember that Rebecca Cunningham is a single mother caring for a daughter while running a business containing a reckless, irresponsible pilot and a goofy mechanic. The last thing she needs to be let down by the one person who is responsible, which is Kit. When this occured, she lost her cool because it was the safety of her daughter at stake. To call her an asshole for that just exposes the person making that statement as a sexist twit and is also being an asshole in thinking that Molly doesn't deserve to be safe or well. This is the fourth straight episode in which she was justified in her behaviour, but in this case, I can sympathize with Kit on this one as well. He had a really difficult day and only the audience knows what really happened. To ask Rebecca to know what the audience saw is just daring them to break logic and reason. For Rebecca to assume the worst is understandable in this case and to think otherwise is to kill the believability of the show that it is shooting for. So in other words; this was a real misunderstanding between an adult and a child trying to prove that he can be one.)

They go into the elevator as Kit tries to explain that it wasn't his fault that Molly unintentionally pushed the wagon down the hill. (He's right, but still safety and well being of Molly...) He claims that he did everything he was supposed to do as they make it to the bottom floor and walk out as Baloo proclaims that this is the way it goes some days. And here comes WildCat sliding in to tell Baloo that the harbour patrol is using dynamite to chase a sea monster out of the bay. Fraley's voice tone acting is hilarious as usual. And he asks for some tartar sauce! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (Oh that cooky Wildcat! I should note that the character drawings were dangerously close to growing penises since someone snapped a picture of the there with their groins digitially pixeled in some blog.) Baloo asks Kit if he heard it and wants him to forget all this Rebecca stuff and watch the fireworks. Kit refuses because Rebecca Cunningham thinks he let her down and he's right. I'm glad that Kit has quickly admitted that fact. Kit believes that he can convince her to give him one more chance which is got to be absolutely insane even by Kit's standards. He's going to try to convince Miss Cunningham that he didn't screw this one up. Baloo wishes him good luck because he is going to need it as he walks off. You don't know the half of that one, brutha! (More so since Kit has pretty much felled on his own sword when he entered the apartment.) So we go to the scene changer as we go inside the submarine as Dumptruck is still pedaling while Mad Dog does nothing but stare. Dumptruck pants as Dumptruck talks about the sea monster in Cape Suzette and asks what this city is going too. I'm guessing Z-Grade movie shooting is coming judging by this turn of events. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And then they hear an explosion as we see on the surface a tugboat with a walrus sailor throwing dynamite into the harbour as an otter sailor (looking like someone from the FCC Navy) in white watches on. The walrus sailor (Chuck McCann I do believe) thinks that will chase the critters out of here as we get some sea waves after the explosion which pushes the tugboat back as an otter sailor notices the squid going the other way (Hal Rayle hear for sure) as they realized how screwed they really are.

I guess they are the Keystone Harbour Patrol. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (DTVA authority figures are usually pretty stupid and clumsy; because it's supposed to be comedy and all wacky, even though using dynamite to kill a seamonster is wacky enough on it's own.) The otter sailor among other cameos are voiced by Hal Rayle. (He started his career in the Z-Grade movie Star Worms II: Attack of the Pleasure Pods in 1985. Yeah; a movie that only appeared as a sequel!) So we go to the scene changer into the kitchen as Rebecca is at the island closest to the fridge and starts unpacking. She gives Molly something and then continue to nurse that grudge of Kit being irresponsible as we hear Kit's voice in the background as Kit wants to talk to her; but Rebecca blows him off because she has nothing more to say to him as we see Kit still knocking on the door. (I betcha Teddy Ruxpin would nurse a personal grudge by talking you to death until you submit to his will.) Kit swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE ("gosh all fishhooks!" (Disney Captions missed the "gosh all" part. Yes folks; someone watched this show and thought this swear was so great that they used it as the title of a certain Disney Channel cartoon starring Corey Baxter. Yeah, Fish Hooks!)) as he sits down on the side of the building proclaiming that she is never this mad at him. (Outside of A Baloo Switcheroo; perfectly true. Although more understandable in this case compared to those other times Rebecca was not amused at Kit's actions.) Kit wonders how he can get her to let him in. Then he proclaims that he plans to trick her by telling her that there is a giant squid going up a waterfall and then he catches himself and swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (Holy crow!) as he sees exactly THAT happening for real. Well; not really reality; but close enough.

(You know what is really funny about all this: Kit Cloudkicker is trying to get himself out of the doghouse by trying to explain her what really happened which we know was in fact what really happened. Even going as far as trying a trick that actually comes true! Johnny Test/Ass and Kit might be alike in some respects (I feel dirty to say this; but I need to prove a point here.) such as that they are reckless, brazen, selfish, disrespectful to parents, and try to get themselves out of trouble to avoid the consequences (like Kit is trying to here.). The major difference is that Johnny Test does all the things I mention and cranks it up past a million in terms of intensity. Plus; Johnny Test couldn't care less about anyone and may not even care about himself which is traits of a psychopath. Kit is selfish to a certain extent; but he does respect Rebecca and Baloo not only as friends, but as partners and understands (sometimes better than Baloo actually.) that there is a job to do. Kit did his job and had a bad day. Test would not do his job and then pass the buck onto others. And none of the TaleSpin characters combined could do the damage the Test/Ass family could do and the Test family mostly does this without a care in the world. At least when the damage occurs in TaleSpin, it is unavoidable for the most part and even then there are consequences. This shows the difference between 1990 and 2015 with the average modern cartoon. It used to be disgusting, now it's old; which is in fact worse than being offensive because being offensive makes it at least memoriable even if it is for the wrong reasons. Comedy. The execs keep saying that. It does not mean what you think it means. Okay?) Kit slides over to the other side and manages to kick a flowerpot over the waterfall in the process of doing it. Okay; that was interesting.

Now we start with the real fun of the episode as Rebecca is in the kitchen with a jar of blood mayo as she hands it literally over to the sea monster; who in terms starts eating it. I know it's blood because a red drop goes into the squid's mouth. He throws the jar away as Rebecca brings out the container of Frosti Pep which is the real plot device for the rest of the episode. Rebecca hands it to what appears to be Molly; but the squid takes it and eats it. Rebecca then notices Molly is in front of her and Molly asks if she called her. Rebecca then shoves the bags of stuff away and turns around and sees the worse nightmare of her life: HER HUSBAND'S BEEN REINCARNATED INTO A SEAMONSTER~! I couldn't resist that joke; seriously I couldn't. Rebecca screams really badly and Struthers sounds like a chain smoking seagull I should note. Kit goes to the windows and notices that it's too late which is funny since this was the plan to trick her IN THE FIRST PLACE~! (Don't you just love it when the trick backfires and Kit still isn't at fault for causing it?) The reincarnated husband of Miss Cunningham (Come on; you know it's a joke right?) stalks Rebecca and Molly as we see Molly terrified with the container Frosti Pep in her hands. (Sadly; in one of the far shots; Hanho Heung-Up had no clue what they were doing because she was holding a yellow milk carton instead of the obvious ice cream bucket. This one should have been done by Sun Woo animation because even they don't screw this up.) She must have grabbed it and we didn't see it when her back was to Rebecca. No logic break there; just weird. (Actually; as Rebecca pushed the bags and turned around, she absently gave the ice cream container to Molly and then screamed like a chain smoking seagull. That's a great talent Miss Cunningham has there.) Kit finally bust in through the back door (which has a conviently placed black phone) as Kit grabs Molly before the POWER OF HENTAI strikes and scares Peggy Charmon out of her wits. (Well; she was already scared of this show because it might make kids love furries over human beings. Here's a clue guys: Maybe if you act better in meatspace, kids wouldn't have to relate to fictional characters who do not act like bigoted assholes. To paraphrase the Rock: We don't hate you because you're not cool and furries are. We hate you because many of your fellow human beings are in fact international a-holes!)

Kit goes over to the phone and tries to dial Higher...For...Hire for help and that leads to the most hilarious oversell of a bump I have ever seen from anyone: I see that BS&P tried to prevent Molly from being whacked by it; so Kit takes the tentacle shot right in his face (and it's a nasty shot too. (which they didn't use an impact star nor flash; and keep in mind, he's 12 years old in storyline.)) and then dramatically oversells it as he collides with Molly and they go over the edge hanging by a telephone thread and the phone. No sense of danger?! Who's the idiot who claimed that? (The same idiots who think Ideon was realistic. If it was, then we would even more screwed up than we are already.) That line breaks; it's 100+ feet and they go splat dead there. That makes the whip shot he took in Mommy For A Day look completely wussy in comparsion. (Actually; the bump is not as wacky as I thought it was because as Kit flew out; the telephone cord caught Molly in the chest and forced her out the door with Kit. This makes more sense actually. Still; Kit's selling of this bump is Curt Henning-equse. If he didn't have a broken nose before, he sure hell has one now.) So we head back to the sky shot of the docks with the SeaDuck as Baloo blows WildCat's story off about a sea monster. Baloo goes to the hammock and prepares it; but turns around and notices the tentacles (and Kit and Molly hanging on by a thread) and swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (flaming cat whiskers). We head back to Kit and Molly hanging by the telephone literally as Kit is calling WildCat for him to talk to Baloo. We then cut to WildCat's house for the first time in the series as he tells him to hold the phone. HAHA! (Oh; that cooky Wildcat and his accurate statements. That's why it's funny.) Kit proclaims that he is as WildCat steps out as he sees the SeaDuck leaving and he yells at Baloo that the phone is ringing. Baloo tells him not now because he has to save Kit from the sea monster see. WildCat calls and tells Kit to call back when he's not being eaten. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That cooky WildCat. I cannot believe he just said that! (I can. Wildcat's too honest to admit that he's funny.)

The sea monster uses the POWER OF HENTAI to grab thbe phone to raise Kit and Molly up. Molly is so terrified that she doesn't want to play anymore. We then head inside as Rebecca is whacking her reincarnated husband with the spatula. HAHA! I see who has been enabling her daughter with that superhero after all. (Yeah. Considering that she has never tried to scold her for such an imagination, I suggest that she has no problem with the gimmick, which I'm perfectly fine with, thank you.) Rebecca then notices Molly outside and does in my opinion to be the most unjustified blowoff in the episode to yell at Molly to get in this instant. Time to stop nursing the personal grudge Miss Cunningham; it's not worth it now as Kit grabs onto a steel pipe and it breaks. No really; I'm as shocked as you are. The pipe bends over the edge and now it's about 150+ feet to their deaths. This time Rebecca yells at Kit to hold her as we see Baloo fly in with the SeaDuck while swearing in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (Holy schmoly! I'm heard more Holy's in this episode than in all of the NES and SNES version of Final Fantasy the English versions.) as we see Baloo using the pulley wheel (logic break #5 for the episode since there wasn't one in the rest of the series) as that opens the top of the SeaDuck. We cut back to the seamonster as it slaps Kit's arm and both kids freefall. HOLY CRAP!! And unless the SeaDuck makes it; there's nothing to break their fall; not even water. (Again, there is a major difference in having a sense of danger and having a sense of death. Most people who complain about the lack of danger often confuse them as the same.) Luckly; the SeaDuck flies underneath about thirty feet from the ground and they land right into the cargo hold net easily. By the way; get use to seeing little children free falling in this series. This makes the nephews look like wimps; seriously. The SeaDuck flies away as we cut back to the net as Kit calls it some ride. Molly then finally decides to no longer play screw up games with Kit anymore as she is ready to take a nap now. Kit tells her to sit tight as he half hugs her in a really cute spot and then jumps down and heads into the cockpit. (Too bad Molly's moment of staying out of this and wanting to nap now will be short lived because HEAD GAMES~ are funny. In Kit's case: Yes. Everyone else: Not really.)

Kit sits in his navigational seat and praises Baloo's flying skills. Baloo is not happy as he swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE (blue blazes) and wants answers. Kit proclaims that they must talk later because Rebecca must be saved now. We fly up as Baloo tells him to hold his kneecaps (this catchphrase only happens twice in the series) as they head for the apartment as we head inside as Rebecca blows off her reincarnated husband and she has the RIC FLAIR BROOMSTICK OF DOOM. You know it's SERIOUS when that happens. The reincarnated husband of Rebecca doesn't give a crap about the legacy of Ric Flair (Like everyone who sees him on TNA making an ass out of his legacy now. (Although he sort of got it back now in 2016; and Charlotte Flair is a great worker in her own right.)) and takes a decent blow into the face by the POWER OF HENTAI. Nice to see Rebecca take that bump though as we see the squid go through the walls of Rebecca's apartment. (Nope; Rebecca took the tentacle in the chest, not the face. So this proves my theory that the sextopus is in fact male under the Man On Woman violence rule.) We cut back to the SeaDuck as Baloo wants to know how that squid; but he is stopped as they do a triple faceplant right into the panel (and in Molly's case right into the floor off-screen which makes sense actually) and those bumps were MAN-SIZED. Almost whiplash in fact as Kit asks how he taught the SeaDuck to hover like that. HAHA! I don't care if it's out of character; the tone of voice is still pretty funny. Besides; Kit is STILL a child. He might have Stockholm Syndrome; but come on! (Yeah, apparently critics want one dimensional stereotypes because they are cooler than the real world. Keep in mind; if they were, most people would switch off their televisions and make friends in real life. Great way to bury your own product.) Baloo proclaims that the plane cannot hover (Disney Captions spells plane as plan. FACEPALM~!) and Baloo realizes that this is getting really serious as we go to a far shot with the SeaDuck in mid-air while the squid is like a rack between the plane and the apartment. This squid is hellbent on eating that ice cream and when it does; Scrooge is never going to be the same again. The zoom out shot ends the segment 17 and a half minutes in. (Once again, animation is not good, everything else is great.)

After the commercial break; we continue on with the same scene and then inside as Rebecca is now riding cowgirl (Now that is paying off the episode's jokes from earlier...) shotgun with the spatula whacking the POWER OF HENTAI as we pan over to the kitchen sink (Remember what Don Karnage said earlier?) and the sink get ripped out which forces Rebecca off onto her ass as the squid is now on the SeaDuck as it flies away stage left. Rebecca even has enough decency to get wet on that shot. So we go into the sky.shot of the SeaDuck flying in the air as the squid (And yes; I'll stop with the husband reincarnation cracks) climbs towards the front of the SeaDuck. We cut to a front nose shot of the window (Wow; the detail is causing me whiplash now.) as Kit proclaims that they have a hitchhiker. BWHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA! Projection much there Kit (remembering Plunder & Lightning part one) as Baloo gleefully mocks that one for me (At least Baloo realizes how silly that response was from Kit.). When Baloo is pleasing me you know this episode rocks performances wise. (I don't think Baloo was awful; but Kit, Don Karnage and Rebecca were running rings around him like crazy. And Molly and WildCat also did when they had the chances to.) So we head back to the submarine in the harbour as Mad Dog is whining about Don Karnage blowing off his stack because they are going back empty handed. We head inside as Mad Dog is still doing nothing but stare and talk and Dumptruck is pedaling. Mad Dog wants Dumptruck to check their status and Dumptruck agrees to it. Dumptruck proclaims that he won't be using the periscope no more as we cut back to the squid infested SeaDuck as he talks as the sink is dropped from the squid. So we cut to a shot of the porthole as Dumptruck opens it and we get the beginning of another really hilarious sequence as Dumptruck looks up and we get this gem:

Dumptruck: Jumpin' jiminy! SINK! SINK!
Mad Dog: You mean DIVE! DIVE! (Dumptruck takes the sink right in the face and chest and drops down onto the ground with a thud.) Oh; I'm so sorry! You were right; that IS a sink! HAHA!
Dumptruck: Heave-ho me hearty. Mad Dog; let's go home..... (We go to the outside shot as Dumptruck closes the porthole.)

Don't worry; we'll come back to this joke a little later on as we get more flying sequences with the SeaDuck as the squid is now interested in grabbing onto buildings as the squid blocks the entire window blinding Baloo's progress now. Kit tries to warn him; but it's pointless to try anyway. The squid grabs onto the top of the clock tower (from Time Waits For No Bear. (By the way; I just realized that while the clock tower had no official name in the show; the pre-production artwork gave it a name: The Zibaldo Clock Tower.)) and we get the marry-go round spot as Kit yells at the big seaslug to cut it out. We fly in the opposite direction as Baloo decides to get the hell out of Cape Suzette to avoid any more buildings. So the squid realizes that and pops his head in front of the winodw licking his chops at Molly. Now remember the seamonster wants the ice cream; but the gangs thinks the seamonster is trying to eat Molly and Kit. Kit grabs Molly and they run into the cargo hold as the squid breaks through the window; but the POWER OF HENTAI through the window cannot grab them and Kit thinks Molly is safe now. That only last about two seconds as the side window breaks and THE POWER OF HENTAI gets it's perverted paws on Molly's ankle. And Mr. Fat is blowing a gasket as we speak; if the PTC isn't doing it for him. Molly screams and does a million times better than when Sally Struthers screams! Wow. That scene is just amazing to watch in hindsight as Molly drops the Frosty Pep and you can clearly see Disney Captions was right after all as the Frosti written is written as Frosti and not Frosty (probably to avoid a lawsuit with Rankin Bass. (which is hilarious considering that Rankin-Bass was originally Videocraft and an off-shoot for Top Craft which was an animation studio that was a path towards Pacific Animation Corporation working on Thundercats before Disney bought them out and became Walt Disney Animation Japan, working on TaleSpin episodes.)) and the squid sees it. He lets Molly and Kit go and they take a MAN-SIZED bump on their asses off-screen. Man; everyone has their working boots on today in spite of the animation mistakes. The squid tries to grab the container as Kit and Molly sit down and get the LIGHTBULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY as Kit grabs the container away from the squid.

Baloo screams at Kit to stop the squid now as they are heading out of Cape Suzette now through the cliffs. Kit balances himself as Molly sits down. Kit goes to the conveniently placed shelf and grabs the black container containing hot red pepper. Yeap; this is the same thing we saw in The Status Seekers; but as I said before, I like this version of it better. Also; this is the same gag pulled on a Halloween edition of World Wrestling Federation's Saturday Night's Main Event which is where Roddy Piper was making candy apples out of bowling balls and fudge out of bricks. So the kids get back at him with chocolate covered red pepper and of course Piper eats it and has to gasp for water. HAHA! Trick or treat indeed. The footage is on DVD now in clip form from WWE's The Best Of Saturday Night's Main Event and it's on disc one. (Actually; the origin of this Barkism is The Ghost & The Grotto believe it or not and was later adapted for The Status Seekers in Ducktales.) The container changed from black to red when Kit grabs it. Kit opens the container and pours all of it into the container of Frostipep. Actually; I thought he said originally that it would have a lot more effect; but he clearly says pep in the audio and captions. Which actually makes more sense as a pun actually since I remember not liking this pun earlier. So we head back to the Air Pirate plane docked on the water BEFORE HAPPY HOUR (Sunset. Which might partially explain why we don't see Hacksaw here since it's possible that he had time to go back to the Iron Vulture anyway. So, no logic break there either. (Most of the logic breaks in this episode are animation related. The storyline is tight to the maximum! )) We zoom down and then we cut to a shot of the submarine coming up beside the plane as Don Karnage blows off the weenies for being late. HAHA! I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. It stops as Don proclaims that his master thieves have returned. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! If only Don; if only. So the porthole opens and Mad Dog comes out as we get the second third of the payoff to the sink joke and I will just post the dialog and you can guess how funny this ultimately is:

Mad Dog: Simply hi; Captain. How's every little thing?
Don Karnage: Never mind about that. What treasures have you brought me? You may now shower me with them. Come, come.
Mad Dog: Well; um...Well; we just got what you asked for. A kitchen sink! (He shows the kitchen sink to Don Karnage. HAHA! See; set up the joke and then pay it off.)
Don Karnage: (Angry as hell.) SINK?! I DON'T NEED NO STINKY SINK! (He kicks the kitchen sink into the ocean and it sinks of course. HAHA!)
Mad Dog: He sank our sink. (If Charlie Adler would have only whined a little better on that spot; it would have been perfect. I think this is the point where Ginny McSwain was finally called in to be voice dialog director since Jymn Magon wasn't quite getting the job done at this point. Sadly; it also sealed the fate of Alan Roberts as a voice actor. Excellent red water effects with the sunset I should point out.)

(I was doing transcripts for this episode and that meant listening to the audio portion of the episode because Disney Captions is such a joke that they get stuff wrong and miss dialogue right and left, including dialogue that was said but not transcripted; one of the main reasons why the additional commentary is being done separately. Anyhow; I listen to the Mad Dog line he said and the whining was actually what it should be. Ginny McSwain debuted on the second episode of the series on Disney Channel in Time Waits For No Bear, and the acting actually got a lot better because Adler did a good job here. Also; this goes back to my point in "I Only Have Ice For You": They build the joke that Don Karnage wanted them to steal everything, including the kitchen sink. So Mad Dog and Dumptruck return and bring him the kitchen sink. Don gets mad because he gets a figure of speech and they do not. It's a simple, to the point gag that they built up and there was a pay off to it. It's better to do three or four major jokes and build them up before paying them off then doing a hundred jokes in succession with no payoff. Mainly because then the kids will laugh at them still years after the show means nothing. When you throw hundreds of jokes for no reason other than "they're kids and they just want comedy" then that's why years later, the shows which did that are seen as hacks. It's okay to do fart jokes if they are creative or built up to mean something in the end because as long as they are paid off after the build, most kids will not only laugh at them, they will laugh with them as well.)

So we head back inside the cargo hold of the SeaDuck as Kit present Mr. Sweettooth (I wish Kit would have said that to pay off the Mr. Shark thing.) with the HOT FROSTI PEP OF DEATH. The squid's eyes open as Molly's moronic levels click in again (I told you she lies through her teeth somehow) as she grabs the Frosti Pep from Kit because it's all hers see. And SHE NOTICED THAT NOW?! We get a tug of war and then the squid invokes the POWER OF HENTAI (again Mr. Fat blows a gasket) and goes through the window as Kit drops on his face again. Man; Kit is NOT having a good day being a hero here. (One of the shots made it looks like Kit bent his back at a 45 degree angle. OUCH! Once again, Molly becomes the naive sneaky girl that we all love to see. Molly's burials of Kit Cloudkicker will never fail to make me laugh.) Molly squeals as the squid grabs her, take her onto the roof of the SeaDuck and shakes her; which forces Molly to drop the container as the squid finally gets the ice cream container and eats it. And if you can listen closely; you can hear Scrooge screaming all the way to the hospital. Man; that killer whale has completely shot his mind. (Yeah; another payoff that only the Ducktales adult fans will get. I love it!) We get a shot of Baloo in the cockpit as Kit tells Baloo to hold the SeaDuck steady because he's going out. Baloo is just dumbfounded even though he SHOULD know what is coming from Kit. (Well; considering how dangerous and reckless Kit is, looking like what Baloo look like is more rational than we give credit for. I mean; a 12 year old kid is about to jump off the tailsection of the SeaDuck to grab a free falling Molly Cunningham and land on the water surface in order to tread water and prevent Molly (and Kit) from drowning. Considering the timing and the skill required to do this, I can understand why Baloo somewhat looks horrified.)

We then go to a shot of the SeaDuck as Kit climbs on the roof as the squid purrs (the uncredited Frank Welker – DUH! (I have conflicting reports here. Frank Welker in an uncredited role makes sense; but some report that Peter Cullen did the sextopus voice. Personally; it might have been Hal Rayle since he was doing vocals for The Predator at around the same time as this show.)) as Molly is now holding on to the tentacle screaming for Kit and squid does the FIRE ALARM CHEAP HEAT OF LAUGHS and drops off the SeaDuck as the squid and Molly free fall for the second time in the episode alone. Kit then jumps off the SeaDuck from the back wing! HOLY CRAP! Kit is THAT insane folks. Get used to it; if you watched the series in order of episode air date, it gets much more insane from there. (No kidding?!) We cut to Molly free falling as Kit dives down and grabs Molly. Kit tells Molly to hang on and we get the iconic sequence of Kit Cloudkicker opening his airfoil from the opening and setting it down on his feet and the two glide down towards the ocean below. By order of airdate; that is the first time Kit has used the airfoil and it won't be the last. I still love that spot by the way. (Kit Cloudkicker does extreme sports that mean something in storyline and only does it when need be. He's a daredevil who has some self-control. If video games were around in 1937, he would be playing those too and probably be a master of it. He doesn't like school; but he knows that there is a good reason to go. Johnny Test likes extreme sports and video games; and is addicted to it with no self-control. Johnny hates school because in his mind "it's for stupid people!". It's one thing to hate school because a lot of kids do in fact not like school at all. It's natural to not love it since they want to have fun and school is not fun and games. However; what pissed me off about Johnny's hatred of school is that he basically called anyone who like school , stupid. If anyone heard that; I would call Johnny Test out on the spot and make him write "School is not for stupid people" a million times. School might be boring and not fun and I can understand not liking it, but stupid? Sod off, you disgusting, ablest little douchecanoe!)

So we head to the pirate plane as Don Karnage continues to blow off the two idiot and orders them to go back and steal something good. And then the SHADOW OF DOOM appears and the squid completely MURDERS the ship, the submarine and the three pirates good and dead into the water. HAHA! It's a fitting end to all the chaos and mayhem this episode caused. And remember it was Mad Dog and Dumptruck's fault for cutting the nets and allowing the squid to get in in the first place. (Again; build the joke and then pay it off. It's so easy and most writers should know better, but don't. Even kids will respect you when you do that because you actually gave a crap about them.)We see the squid pop up and he is back to just being steamed and normal. So we cut back to Kit and Molly as Molly is loving this ride as Kit skips onto the water and then the airfoil slips from his feet (not sticky enough I see) and they drop into the water. Kit and Molly grab onto the airfoil. And Kit wants to take Molly home as soon as Baloo picks them up. And Molly does me proud by making Kit do the Arthur face years before the real one did in his PBS cartoon. How? She wants to do it again. HAHA! That is so priceless to see. (Like I said before, Molly's burials of Kit will always make me laugh.) So we cut back to the Air Pirates on the submerged submarine as Dumptruck and Mad Dog are rowing (with wooden plank and prop) while Don Karnage sulks in defeat and we finally pay off the sink joke in full:

Dumptruck: Yeah; but why say "Dive! Dive!" when you are about to sink?
Mad Dog: Because you don't say, "Sink! Sink!".
Don Karnage: (angry as hell) ROW! ROW!
Mad Dog/Dumptruck: (we get a shot of them rowing faster towards the sunset) Aye! Aye! Captain ! Captain!

Yeah; not as strong as I though it would be. (They probably could have edited this out and it wouldn't change the fact that this joke was paid off. It's still pretty funny on it's own but, we didn't need to overkill it like Don Rosa did. Besides; editing it out would have made the final scene a little longer and I'll explain my booking for the ending would be.) So we head back to Rebecca's apartment (and I see she got the kitchen fixed; but it's a small hole and not all that noticable anyway. ) and into the living room where the chaos started as we get the first sign of pathos in the series as Rebecca is in tears holding a teddy bear wearing a green shirt. Someone on Youtube actually pointed it out to me and I didn't even notice it that she apparently was in tears for Molly and for Kit's well being. This is a non verbal cue which gives away what happens in the ending I should note. (This is something even the Disney cartoons wouldn't have done because they would be afraid of telegraphing the finish even though the finish they telegraph is the only one that makes sense.) The door opens and Molly yells for Mommy and Rebecca notices her and she yells out for Molly. Molly does the running sequence from earlier (and the animation is different from the first one) as we see Baloo and Kit at the door. Rebecca drops to her knees on the floor and they embrace as Molly gets a kiss on the cheek to boot. We cut to Kit doing the Gruffi pose as he decides to leave and let Rebecca and Molly bond. However; Rebecca stops him and wants him back in here. Kit sulks and walks towards Rebecca is if he is about to be executed. Another cue that Rebecca has forgiven him: She doesn't say young man here. Baloo tries to talk her out of it referencing Kit's victory over the squid and all; but Rebecca orders him to hush. Cannot blame her since Baloo almost called Kit a little bastard there. Rebecca then actually does the tease of non-forgiveness as he calls Kit young man again and Kit takes his baseball cap off and looks frightened. It looks like Kit is going to really get killed by the WRAITH OF BECKEY; but Rebecca actually asks for forgiveness because Kit saved their lives. Now that was just great and it's the correct booking decision. Excellent acting from Sally Struthers too.

Kit sheepishly thanks her for the praise. Rebecca ; however isn't going to let him off the hook that easily as if he wants to babysit he must complete the job and put Molly to bed. Molly watches the whole thing and looks cute through it as Rebecca gives Molly to Kit. Baloo chuckles on that one as we see Kit on all fours with Molly on top as Kit crawls on the floor ready to tell Molly a story. We cut to Rebecca and Baloo together and can you smell the family by heart coming out of them?! It's the kind of thing that America needs to see again; and not just broken or single parent families; but gay families as well; and even bisexual/transgenders and all points in between can join. They are all families. It's time for family values to stop being a codephrase for kill the homosexuals. (TESTIFY~! But the bigots won't stop though so the word family will still be a dog whistle for years to come until the bigots finally realize how stupid they are. They often won't.) So we go to a shot of Kit crawling with the adults in the background as Molly actually pays off the trampoline joke:

Molly: Great! Kit? Will you clunk your head on the chairs for me again? (She looks like she's trying to tickle Kit's neck there for a nice touch)
Kit: (looking annoyed) Uh...no. (Molly bounces on him and he cannot keep a straight face on that one. Kit Cloudkicker CORPSING?! SEND FOR THE MAN!!)

BWHAHAHAHAHAHA! Now THAT is great chemistry there. You know what; if Jymn Magon was smart, he would have just have a scene where Kit and Molly lock themselves into a room and just tickle each other. These two scream "Toy ship" and "TICKLE FIGHT" and we know R.J. Williams can do an awesome oversell of being tickled with that laugh of his. Janna Michaels isn't half bad either and as I said; if she had stayed a voice actress; she would have been KILLER. Kit of course cannot keep a straight face as we go to an outside shot of the apartment (with the waterfall animated) as the adults laugh at him. OH YES, YOU WILL! Kit needs to look up conflict of interest and get back to them. HEE HEE! (This is a case where you would think that Hanho Heung-Up left the camera on too long and thus they didn't edit out the four or five frames where Kit, who was acting serious when he said "no" and Molly is bouncing on him with glee; he couldn't help but smile. I still have the video of the SWAT KATS/TaleSpin Incenditary Dream tribute and one of the shots used was in fact Kit smiling in that final scene. What makes this "1980's laugh at the end of the episode" trope -- that has been used to death and is always lame -- great is that no one was cracking a lame joke here. They were not laughing at Molly's question nor Kit's answer. They were laughing because Kit corpsed and smile while trying to act serious. This was great and that's why Kit should look up conflict of interest and get back at them: because we all know that he will clunk his head on the chairs and like it! Brendala is right; these are the best siblings in all of Disney and this episode proves it. It's too bad that there was no tickle fight booked for this series because these two would go to town on each other and Kit would always lose because he has to. Like I said, burials of serious Kit by Molly will always make me laugh.)

That shot ends the episode at 21:15. This is a tough one to rate; it's techincally not good enough for a perfect monty with the animation mistakes; but most of the other logic breaks are too minor to count and the performances were absolutely brilliant for the most part. Oh; and Ginny McSwain did do this episode. Funny enough Ginny couldn't stand Alan Roberts; but his acting was perfectly all right. I guess Alan Roberts had an attitude problem backstage after all which drops my respect for him a notch. (2020 Gregory Weagle Says: Already addressed this in I Only Have Ice For You and it's because Ginny wanted R.J. Williams to be the voice of Kit and had nothing to do with Alan Roberts.) (I'm dropping it to **** 1/4 (85%) for the extra mistakes made by Hanho Heung-Up; but the story and the character performaces are a perfect *****. Kit and Molly together as siblings ruled; but the fact that real children were voicing them limited their chemistry together on television. Although; I still wonder what Bobbi Weiss' excuse is for the comics though. I also like that Rebecca apologized; but it didn't bury her because it was a case of a misunderstanding and both sides were guilty in this case. And Rebecca didn't let Kit off the hook that easily either (which would have weakened her as a character like it did in I Only Have Ice For You and A Touch Of Glass. Now the ending I had for this was that Rebecca apologizes to Baloo for doubting Kit and they talk for awhile. Then they go into Molly's room and see Molly is asleep and Kit is on the bed asleep with her in a really heartwarming moment. Baloo is about to grab Kit; but Rebecca stops him. Rebecca tells him to let him rest, he earned this babysitting job and they quietly walk away as the scene fades out.)

THE REVIEW LINE

After nearly 15 pages of ranting; (a lot less without the tributes) my favorite episode is completed and performance wise it is still as awesome as it was when I ranted on it previously. This showed if anything; that Kit and Molly should have gotten more episodes together as a focus. (Unless they had them voiced by middle age women; no chance in hell that is happening.) They had excellent chemistry; their voices sounded like real kids and Molly knew how to make Kit look good while Kit sold everything like mad. Still; it's surprising in hindsight how much danger Kit and Molly were put in throughout this episode; even more so when the squid came into the apartment. I'm amazed Kit didn't break his nose twice in this episode (Molly stomped on it and the squid whacked Kit in the face with the tentacle. (I'm more amazed none of it was edited as we saw the blows full bore.)). The animation mistakes prevented the full monty pure and simple and while most of them were not really bad (despite the mistakes; Hanho's animation was still good enough to be look like a Disney episode throughout and I'm a little surprised that they were reduced to animation services for Walt Disney Animation Japan soon after this); there were a few that broke logic. And Sally cannot scream to save her life. (Oh come on! Struthers' chain smoking seagull scream while giving the container of Frosti Pep to Molly is MANY BUYS~!) Overall; an awesome episode that deserves *****; but lost due to Hanho-Heung Up's mistakes in animation. (Yup.) Now we head into probably the weakest episode of the Disney Channel preview episodes with the longest episode title in history: The Bigger They Are, The Louder They Oink. Sadly; this would prove to be the lowest point for Rebecca Cunningham ever. Now witness Rebecca when someone writes her as a bitch as some people claim. (Please stop using that word before Dave Brown comes back from his smoke break?!) Something tells me that that episode was repeated way too much for my liking. So...

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

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