Hey Arnold! - "Helga Sleepwalks"

Once upon a midnight dreary, I woke up running out of ideas weak and weary until I realized, now is the perfect time to get back into the reviewing community. And tonight, we're reviewing "Helga Sleepwalks."

The story is that Helga Pataki, still on her love for Arnold frenzies, is starting to sleepwalk all over the city. Know why? Must have something to do with her dad's pork rinds. How can she get out of this? Watch to find out. But first, let me explain what are pork rinds, Pork rind is the culinary term for the skin of a pig. They could be confused to be potato chips if you ask me. And sleepwalking is something that happens when while you are asleep, your body loses complete control and you walk in your sleep, It is classified as a sleep disorder. And take it from me, I never sleepwalked ever.

This episode is pretty interesting. There are several episodes that had cartoon characters sleepwalking that I'll review in the future. I sympathize with Helga as usual, she's too nervous to confess her love as usual. It's pretty funny when Gertrude, Arnold's grandmother, mistakes her for some old childhood friend of hers. And yet again, Miriam lost the purse on the top of the car, again, like in "Road Trip." I also like the minor reference to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. But anyway, Helga is just so scared and trembling with fear that she may never be able to sleep ever again. But the thing is sleep is important.

One more thing, don't eat too much pork rinds, otherwise you'll end up in sleepwalk mode like Helga did. I do have one burning question. How, and I do mean HOW on Earth did Helga end up in the boarding house shower?! That came totally out of nowhere, ladies and gentleman. That's just crazy. And worse than that. THAT'S JUST.............weird. But overall, I thought the episode was okay, it didn't blow my mind or anything but it wasn't that bad.

Oh yeah, there's a Quick Draw McGraw reference in this episode, please, PLEASE, look for it.

Rugrats - "Hiccups"

Now let's review the season five episode, "Hiccups," which was written by Bill Braunstein. I looked him up and he also worked on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and Pinky and the Brain. But we're not here to talk about his writing, we're here to review cartoons! Let's go!

After eating some popcorn that Stu dropped, Tommy gets a pretty bad case of the hiccups. Angelica tries scaring Tommy to get rid of his hiccups, but he doesn't scare easily. Good for him, but not good for Chuckie.

Will Angelica, Phil, and Lil scare away Tommy's hiccups? Or will Tommy be sacrificed to the Hiccup gods?

Well, I'm not telling! (raspberry noise) Because you've got to watch and see for yourself!

This episode is pretty funny. With Angelica appearing, you'd think I would hate this episode. Well, nope! She acts in character, and she even lets Phil and Lil in on her curing hiccups game. The problem is the only grown-up who appeared in this episode, doesn't do a whole lot of screen-time. He only appears at the very beginning getting rid of the spider Angelica sees when she was trying to get her cookies. You would think that Stu would hear Tommy's hiccups and try to help him cure them. But nope, he just disappears the rest of the episode! What a waste of a Jack Riley character appearance.

In the end, all nitpicking aside, it doesn't matter if Stu didn't appear in this episode that much, because it's focused on Tommy and Angelica. And in the end, the guilty got what was coming to her, by having her get the hiccups as seen in this picture here. And here's a not-so-fun fact for ya. There is no medically known cure for hiccups. That is ENTIRELY untrue. There are several remedies. For example, drink some water, hold your breath, or for that matter, drink the water upside down. Believe me, I've had the hiccups once in a while. Besides, hiccups are no biggie, it's just an air bubble that has landed into your air lungs.

Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside Review

Hello, and good evening. I'm delighted to welcome you to another review. Tonight, I'm happy to review my favorite computer video game from Humongous Entertainment, "Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside." Yeah, I never reviewed a video game before, but I thought it's worth a try. Let's begin, shall we?

The story is that Sam is fed up with his fear of the dark and decides to conquer his fear by going into the Land of Darkness inside of his own closet. After getting his items stolen by Custom Trees, you help Sam retrieve his stuff around the Land of Darkness, along with meeting new friends like Otto, King, and Carrot. Along the way, you come across waterfalls, gold mines, a game of Cheese and Crackers, as well as a game of The Brain Tickler, and spoiler alert, you finally come across Darkness hiding in his closet only to realize that this Darkness guy is a lot more friendly than you can imagine. And with that Sam isn't afraid to sleep with the lights out anymore, good on him. Now, let's talk about what this game brought as a major upgrade from Freddi Fish and the Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse.

The people at Humongous Entertainment must've had a much larger crew the entire time they were making this game, because all of the improvements are properly represented here. For example, in the cut scenes, the characters' lip-sync movements match perfectly, however, there are still a few scenes where the lip-sync is off, but still, it's pretty good. Pamela Segall also doing the voice of Sam is also a treat to listen to, you don't even want to skip his dialogue because it's just so interesting to watch. Also, the music in this is pretty good, even the songs in Darkness' kitchen. Go back and check the character animation on Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon and check it against this and you'll see what progress was made between 1993 and 1996, three years, boy it took them three years to learn that.

So, bottom line, this video game is a game that is meant for everyone, for young and old alike. Just keep in mind that the dark is nothing to be afraid of, we think of it as our little companion. Having slept in the dark, I should know.

I'm not sure if I'll review more Pajama Sam games in the future, but overall, I'm not going to give up on the review industry

Dexter's Laboratory - "Quiet Riot"

Tired because you didn't get enough sleep last night? Well, this episode is for you, :"Quiet Riot." Look guys, I don't have a lot of time, I'm kind of in the middle of a crisis of having my review location moved so I really can't explain, so I'll try and do my review real quick alike.

Dexter had work late last night and has become very tired, so he decides to sleep in, in that case, Dee-Dee decides to try to keep things quiet in comical and over-the top fashions, whether on purpose or accidental.

And the final nail in the coffin was where Dee-Dee accidentally makes a bomb go off, and with that, Dexter tries to find somewhere else to sleep and where Dee-Dee won't bother him.

Oh well, can't say she didn't try.

Anyways, what do I think of this episode? I thought it was realty funny. Like for example, Dee-Dee yelling out to her mom that Dexter hasn't gotten enough sleep last night even though she promised to keep things quiet for Dexter.

I also like how Dee-Dee swats a fly onto Dexter's face, and even squishing onto a Puppet Pal Clem puppet, which for some reason is a squeaky toy.

Another thing, I thought this episode has a clever plot. It's very interesting in my opinion.

I wish there was more that I can say, but I can't go for anymore thoughts, mostly due to the fact that my computer location is being moved to the kitchen and there's not much to talk about.

Believe me, talking about moving my location is making me sick to my stomach.

But either way, just watch this episode if you run across it. See you later, hopefully if I don't plan a schedule for making my reviews during the weekends or using the computer period.

Johnny Bravo - "Freudian Dip"

And now, here's a review of the season three episode of Johnny Bravo, "Freudian Dip," this episode is rather interesting, considering that this aired the EXACT same day The Fairly OddParents premiered, March 30, 2001.

Johnny Bravo has been having trouble sleeping lately due to the fact he's been having the exact same nightmare night after night about the Monster from "The End." The next day, Little Suzy comes over and decides to help Johnny Bravo get to the root of his fears, how? By using a dolly, and using hypnosis on Johnny Bravo.

Will Little Suzy fix Johnny Bravo from his fears? Or will she just lose her decree from the internet? Well, I'm not telling! Because you've got to watch the episode to figure this out for yourself.

This episode is just downright funny! The plot's all over the place, but in a good way. I kind of like how Mama turns off the light, Johnny reacts going "Aah! Dark! Johnny scared!" Causing him to shiver in his blanket like in the picture right here.

I also like how the Dolly Johnny plays with tells Little Suzy about his darkest secrets like kissing his pillow and pretending it's girls, as well as causing Johnny to cry that "Malibu Tracy is right!" This is so funny, I have no idea how to sum this up. But one thing I do know is that Carl bullying Johnny when he was a teenager is not what his character is suppose to be.

All in all, this episode had a lot of humor, even at the very beginning when Mama talks in her sleep. Carl's minor appearance is well-timed, and Johnny Bravo and Little Suzy react according to their characters.. And I also like the character design for Carl's monster, oh, and the reason for Johnny giving Carl a wedgie is beyond me.

I especially like the ending of the episode where the monster peeks from the the end card saying in a menacing voice, "Or is it?!" Indicating that it's not over, but as we all know, Johnny Bravo is episodic.

And that's the end of this review........or is it? No, I'm just kidding, it is the end.

The Powerpuff Girls - "Power-Noia"

Let's take a look at some of the later season 4 episodes of the Powerpuff Girls, this one is called "Power-Noia." But first, I would like to give a shout out to Phoenix Pen and PIEGUYRULZ for reviewing this episode during a listing of episodes from Seasons 4 through 6.

Here's the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q074ll9WE8U

Now, with that said, let's take a look at this episode which was the last one that was directed by Craig McCracken.

After a typical fight with a giant monster, as the Girls prepare for a good night sleep, Buttercup argues to Bubbles about her yelp when the monster laser zapped the three girls. In the process, Buttercup sees something on her pajamas, which kind of looks like a spider, but brushes the smudge of her dress. Anyways, after that stunt, The Professor tucks them in and tells them to prepare for the big test tomorrow which Blossom unfortunately was unprepared for. Once the Professor leaves, the nightmare starts when Him places nightmares on all three of the girls, mainly on what we fear.

Blossom's nightmare is all about failing her final exam and thinking it could be the end of her life, I've had that experience before. But you should know that it's not the end of the world if you get a C, a B, or even an F, but grades are important. Miss Keane was pretty creepy. By the way, tell Olga that about getting a B+ is not the end of the world, okay? And Bubbles nightmares are kind of Tim Burton like with the toys attacking her and Bubbles almost being suffocated by a snack, and Buttercup's nightmares, the best part, are all spider related and the CGI backgrounds kind of look like Pablo Picasso paintings or something. If I didn't know better, I'd say Buttercup just fell into the fly of despair.

This episode is pretty unique for it's dark tones, and even Him's fiendish plan to make the girls too scared to fight back. In my opinion, Him's evil schemes were the best part of the original series. Ranging from turning the people of Townsville against the girls in "Tough Love" to taking over the world in "Speed Demon." I felt bad for the girls in this episode, all those terrible nightmares they have, even going so far as to not wake-up themselves. I wonder if that's how Princess Snorebucks came to be, and I wonder if that's where the Justice League episode, "Only a Dream," got this from. If that's the case, then I won't say it's stealing.

I thought it was a straight-forward episode, I thought it was good. But PIEGUYRULZ didn't think it needed to be 22 minutes in he and Phoenix Pen's review of these episode. But in my opinion, it needed to be 22 minutes so we can explore more of the Girls going through their bad dreams and how they came to be.

I also like Him's evil spider-like form! But in the end, the Girls manage to defeat him, somehow. And it ends with The Professor in their bedroom because he had a nightmare. Ironic, isn't it?

If you still wish the reboot was canceled, go watch this episode, please?

SpongeBob - "Graveyard Shift"

This episode is filled with imagination, it takes you to another dimension, a dimension of sound, a dimension of fear, a dimension of mind, a dimension of 24 hours a day in a restaurant, where the Hash Slinging Slasher exists, and Nosferatu turns off the lights, you're crossing over into "Graveyard Shift."

Around closing time, when Tom comes to the doors to the Krusty Krab, when Squidward tries to inform Tom that he has to go home soon, Mr,. Krabs overhears all this and decides to make the hours to the Krusty Krab unlimited, in other words, 24 hours a day, With that Mr. Krabs leaves the scene leaving SpongeBob and Squidward in charge of the restaurant. Over time, Squidward spooks SpongeBob by telling him the story of The Hash Slinging Slasher, which results into SpongeBob into screaming in a rhythmic fashion, until Squidward snaps him out of it saying it was only a joke and a story, which results in SpongeBob laughing in the same rhythm. How will this end? Stay tuned.

This episode is scary........with humor! It's got a lot of good jokes about SpongeBob doing stuff, at night that is. Even rushing outside to take out the garbage and beathing heavily when he gets back inside. It's also very funny when SpongeBob takes off one of his arms and they grow back much to the surprise of Squidward, and even Patrick's little cameo was good. But the best highlight was has to be the reveal of the hash slinging slasher! Especially Squidward mispronouncing the name like SpongeBob did earlier, and he and SpongeBob's eyebrows and eyelashes rising up and shaking in fear. That's pretty funny, folks.

So, the bottom line, this episode is funny, with terror, and it's got a good story. Working late at night and telling scary stories along the way.

I must say, there should've been a Twilight Zone reference where Mr. Lawrence, who wrote this episode, would voice a parody of Rod Serling, explaining about the story of the Hash Slinging Slasher. Maybe it was a deleted concept or something from the storyboard artists.

Anyways, I like Dee Bradley Baker's character for the Hash Slinging Slasher who turns out to be a nice guy.

This episode to great to watch, even at night.

Dexter's Laboratory - "911"

Huh, I really don't have much to say about this episode. Except, it's a pretty cute episode. All right, all right, I'll give you the basic premise, my opinions, and my final thoughts. afterwards, this will be my last review until this Thursday night. So,, let's uh, let's begin.

While watching an episode of Action Hank, Dexter gets interrupted by the Emergency Broadcast System. This results into Dexter solving emergency after emergency, but the signal doesn't stop going off. By the end of the episode, it was revealed that it was just a test, and if it was an ACTUAL emergency, the signal you would have heard would've been followed by information. The test took so long, it skipped over to the end of the Action Hank episode. Poor Dexter, okay, enough with that. Let's talk about my opinions.

What I do like about this episode is that it's cute, very cute. I especially like Dee-Dee's appearance here, She has quite an overactive imagination. For example, laughing for no reason at the TV as if it were a comedy, Dee-Dee becoming scared as if she was watching a horror movie, and even getting up to the point to where Dee-Dee is offended by someone named Jeffrey doing something to Marsha. Even Dexter thinks this is just crazy. Heck, she even thinks the ending of the test of the Emergency Broadcast System was a sad ending. She's not stupid, she's just energetic and quite ditsy, for Dexter's taste at least.

Okay, let's wrap things up with my final thoughts. Even though the beeping on the Emergency Broadcast System got annoying at times, I must say, it is pretty much a good episode. The comedy is cute, especially Dexter mistaking boy babies for girls, as well as Dee-Dee's overactive imagination. It's pretty much just a cute, cute episode.

Not much else to say except, join me Thursday night when I'll review the Johnny Bravo episode, "Cookie Crisis."

Kids Next Door Review - Operation: TRAINING

Since it's still winter, let's review my favorite episode of the Kids Next Door from the third season, "Operation: TRAINING." But before we begin, I want to give a shout out to Arthurengtine's Review Jungle for reviewing this episode along with the episode it was paired with "Operation: BUTT." Here's the link the his review.

http://arthurenginereviews.blogspot.com/2015/12/codename-knd-s3e05-operation-butt.html

Okay, let's get started.

The plot is that Numbuh 2's little brother, Tommy Gilligan is part of the Cadets Next Door, or CND for short. And during some training in the Arctic Base, an emergency mission has been called forth because of Father. Once they leave, the cadets, Tommy, Sonia, and the soft-spoken Lee try the simulation anyway despite the orders not to touch anything. And, here comes the big shocker, on Level 3, it was revealed that Father, voiced by Maurice LaMarche, made the entire mission for the KND just a false alarm, and by the time the real operatives realized they've been fooled, it'll be too late, because Father plans to steal the code module. So, it's up to the cadets to save the day.

The funny thing is usually whenever none of the main characters appear in this episode, it would usually make it not a good episode, a good example being The Powerpuff Girls episode, "Custody Battle," where those girls don't appear at all. But, this episode does the exact opposite. Instead of doing an episode without the main characters that would disappoint me, they instead brought me an episode that really good, and hey, it features other Kids Next Door operatives, so, there's no need for me to complain. My favorite character in this episode has to be of course, Sonia, who would later become Numbuh 83 after the events of Operation: GRADUATES. For those who don't know, Sonia is voiced by Janice Kawaye, who's been featured in several other cartoons like Captain Planet, Dorothy Meets Osma of Oz, Invader Zim, HiHi Puffy AmiYumi, and the voice of Jenny Wakeman on My Life a s a Teenage Robot. I think Sonia was one of Janice's cutest characters. She is just so afraid of everything, the cuteness even goes so far when she winds up in the darkness, shaking with fear, proving to me that Sonia is a nyctophobic. In fact, Father threatens to throw the three, including Sonia into a "terrible, scary," dark little room, which caused Sonia to freak out, and she beats up some of Father's minions to the point of them surrendering, Sonia then says, "What? I don't like the dark." This expects me to believe me that Father probably knew about Sonia's weakness. But aside from all that, this is pretty much a Tommy story.

So, the bottom line, this episode is so awesome, it never tried to disappoint me at least once. A nice slice of life episode, It gives us more information about other operatives outside of Sector V, and it also has an interesting story. All I know is that the Kids Next Door never ceases to amaze me. You could find this episode on the second volume, Codename: Kids Next Door Super Hugest Missions File 2 DVD. I'm not sure if you would find it on Amazon, but you'd probably find it on eBay by now. But don't find a copy that's TOO pricey. You have been warned. Anyway, enjoy the episode all you want. It's perhaps one of the best.

VeggieTales - "Daniel and the Lions' Den" Review

Let's start off the New Year with a another VeggieTales review. Only this time, we're going to go way back into 1993, 25 years it's been since the show first started. But Big Idea's not doing anything to celebrate is as far as I know due to VeggieTales in the House existing. This review is for "Daniel and the Lions' Den," from their very first show, "Where's God When I'm S-Scared?" Let's begin the review, shall we?

The story is pretty basic. Daniel, played by Larry the Cucumber, tells King Darius, played by Archibald, about what his dream was, and thus, he was granted the second in command, thus, making the Scallions very unhappy and jealous. Of course, they decide to trick the king into making the city of Babylon pray to only him, and if they wouldn't, some of them would be thrown into the lion's den. So, of course, Daniel is the victim of this sort of thing and gets thrown into the lions' den. But the angel of the lord told him that God is always there with him, so Daniel praised the lord and slept through the night, heck, he even got pizza from the lions. King Darius gave thanks to God on that very day, and decides to try to punish the Scallions, but eventually, the Scallions ran away to Egypt, probably for good, but Darius and Daniel give chase. The end.

What's so cool about this story is that the CGI animation on this is very simple, it's so simple in fact that it almost looks like a traditional hand-drawn animated cartoon. I guess that would explain why they only had four people on staff working on the first show at the time. My favorite thing about the story is the Scallions, I don't call them villains. I know, technically, they did a bad thing by changing the King's rules and throwing Daniel into the Lions' Den, but I never would call them villains. What I'm trying to say is that the Scallions were more comical villains, unlike Lasombra from my Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie review. They also were kind of dopes, remember they were like, "Better not be a lion!" and "Those lions are gonna, um, lie on you!" I also like the song after Daniel was granted the second in command, called "Oh, No!" where the Scallions try to figure out what to do with Daniel. I don't call it a villain song, though.

So, bottom line, the story is interesting, funny, visually interesting, has great music, has super simple animation that I think PIXAR experimented with back in the 80's, and it has a nice moral, that even in the bottom of the lions' den, you are in God's hand. For those of you who are big fans of VeggieTales, go ahead and watch this super simple masterpiece. Right here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djuHWIlWIQA

Rugrats - "Opposites Attract"

Now, I'm going to review "Opposites Attract" one of my favorite episodes from the sixth season of Rugrats. Not much to say except let's get started, shall we.

The basic premise of the episode is that Tommy wants to go jump on rocks, but Chuckie on the other hand wants to go pick dandelions. This results to your typical Rugrats episode where a main character's best friend gets stuck in a quarrel that they can't get out of until the very end. That said, Tommy goes find somebody else to play with, and he comes across Samantha, an energetic bandage filled young girl, voiced by Noelle North, famous for her roles on The Adventures of Gummi Bears, Jem, and The Smurfs, here, she plays her biggest role as the energetic girl who has the same personality as Tommy. Meanwhile, Chuckie comes across Freddy, who is afraid of everything like Chuckie, and he is voiced by Hynden Walch in one of her earliest voice roles. She's more famous for her roles as Penny Sanchez in ChalkZone and Starfire on Teen Titans. Meanwhile, Phil and Lil collect ants and Didi and Betty play cards.

Much like "He Saw, She Saw," this episode is pretty cute and funny at the same time. I especially like Samantha's voice that Noelle North pulled on her, her energetic voice makes her sound so unique, and Hynden Walch puts a worrywart sounding voice for Freddy on this innocent young kid. One thing that really confuses me is that Freddy is more of a scaredy cat than Chuckie is, in fact, it goes so far that Chuckie even calls him out on it. But the one thing that baffles me is that when Chuckie is yelling a Freddy, Freddy just stands there, just flinching, not even bothering to leave and call for his mommy, I get that Chuckie's mad at Freddy for making all that stuff up, but that shouldn't keep her from running away; Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

The highlight of the episode is when Sam jumps into a mud puddle and says "Geronimo, YEOW!" and also trying to go over the bar, like most kids would. The weirdest imagery I've seen is that from Freddy's point of view when Sam is "trying" to pull him up, is that Freddy thinks Samantha is an ant pulling her hair, that is weird, but funny at the same time when you think about it. In the end, as usual, Chuckie and Tommy cooperate to stop all this, and then they reconcile. Why am I not surprised? Anyways, this episode is pretty good, it's cute, funny, and it's got a good moral, don't always be afraid. Take note of that Professor Proofed you can actually make the Professor call out on the Girls for over protecting him and not make him go along with it. Go watch this episode if you come across it, okay? Good.

What is Blue Afraid Of?

You scared, bro? You should be, because I'm going to review the Halloween episode for the first season of Blue's Clues, "What is Blue Afraid Of?" Although technically, Halloween is not mentioned, it has a bit of Halloween atmosphere to it. Like for example, the dark sky in the background indicated it might be early evening, and the skidoo sketch into the haunted house. Okay, let's begin.

The plot of the episode is that Blue is (as the title suggests) afraid of something, and we play Blue's Clues to figure out what she's afraid of. Along the way, we look at shadows with Shovel and Pail, look at close-up pictures of food with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper, get a video letter about shadow puppets, and finally, investigate the spooky sounds in Boo's haunted house. If you've watched the episode already, you will know that the answer to Blue's Clues was that Blue was afraid of an owl. Can you believe that? What's next? Blue being afraid of Sesame Street's Hoots the Owl? Anyways, my review.

What's really good about this episode is that unlike "Blue's Sad Day," Blue was really up to playing Blue's Clues in this episode, she was also up for it in other episodes about feelings like "Shy," and "Blue is Frustrated." But those are different stories. This episode had a lot of shrieks of terror and laughter! The funny parts of the episode are the scene were Steve pretends to be a vampire casting a shadow in the backyard and going "Bleh." Who is he, Count Dracula?, also, Mrs. Pepper's over the top screams are good, and Mailbox's knock-knock joke was quite clever, and Boo's over-the-top screams whenever Steve says his name are just priceless. JUST PRICELESS. I even like the phone call during the third clue, where the caller constantly says ?Who?" and Steve was like "No, I'm asking you who." Insert Abbott and Costello joke here, please.

Okay, let's wrap things up with my final thought. This episode was funny, with terror, and since it aired on October of 1997, it only airs around Halloween for Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. Hence a rerun of this episode on October 29, 1999 after the episode I wasn't crazy for, "Hide and Seek." In production order, it was episode 18, but in airing order, it was episode 19, and it was the last new episode from the first season until October 1998, when "What Story Does Blue Want to Play?" came along. Like I said, very strange airing order, folks. Pretty eerie.

You can find this episode on the 2010 DVD, Happy Halloween, with all of the other Nick Jr. related Halloween episodes. If you have the DVD, go ahead and check it out if you haven't already.

Junior Asparagus in "Bully Trouble"

Yep, I'm back from Christmas vacation to do more reviews. Actually, I didn't go anywhere, I just needed time ti think of what to review next. And I thought of the perfect one. One of my favorite VeggieTales stories from the mid 2000's, "Bully Trouble," starring Junior Asparagus.

The premise of this episode is that the playground Junior and his friends play in is being taken over by a bully named Gourdon the Gourd, voiced by Brian K. Roberts, who has worked with VeggieTales since 2000, he bans the kids from playing in the park declaring that it's his playground and HIS playground only, and anyone who comes across the playground, will get squished. Junior and his friends retreat, and while up in his treehouse/backyard, Junior tries to come up with ideas on how to defeat Gourdon. It wasn't long until his Dad comes along with some advice. Just let the bully pound you, and he'know you're not afraid of him and he won't bother you anymore. In other words, turn the other cheek.

This story is a heck of a lot of fun. It has Junior Asparagus in a situation that he needs to resolve and also gets some helpful advice. The highlights of the episode are the parts where Junior uses his imagination, for example, he imagined to be Robin Hood (no relation to the Disney character), a football player with Mr. Nezzer as the coach, and as a astronaut named Junior Spaceman. These scenes are very imaginative and clever in their own unique way. I also like how Kristin Blegen came back after a two-year absence to reprise her role as Laura Carrot, in fact, this was probably the last episode she ever voiced Laura. Also, I should mention that Annie here is voiced by Mike Nawrocki's daughter, Ally, since Shelby Vischer was reaching puberty, and speaking of Mike Nawrocki, Mike here voices Percy's brother, Li'l Pea, since Lesly Benodin left the company by the end of 1999 to become a fireman. Mike does a perfect Li'l Pea voice. One thing that really bugged me was Tim Hodge as the voice of Scooter, why? Was Jim Poole not available? Oh, well.

So, bottom line, this was a good episode, it has a clever plot, it was funny, and has good imagination sequences, and even a good moral on how to deal with bullies. Did I mention the writer of The Ballad of Little Joe, Robert G. Lee did this?

If you wanna see the story, go watch the Minnesota Cuke episode on DVD, or if you want to see it right now with the Schoolhouse Polka silly song intact. Click here:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5lcdpa

P.S. Just skip the Going Up silent short, it's boring.