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bironicHave any of you seen "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" on Cartoon Network? It's worth it at least for the Jamaican Grim Reaper and in-jokes for sci fi/fantasy/horror fans. This afternoon they ran a Christmas special with Santa and Mrs. Claus as vampires, and it was on again tonight during Adult Swim as usual, only in this episode, "One Crazy Summoner," Billy declared that to rescue his parents from a giant snake they needed the help of wizards, who communicate through toilets; he led Mandy and Death to the bathroom, they got sucked through the plumbing to a beach somewhere, and they were greeted on shore by a spotty dark-haired kid with thick-framed glasses and a moon-shaped scar on his forehead. "Harry Potter!" I cried. "Right, sure, quiet down," said my TV-watching buddies. "No no! Harry Potter! Look -- scar, glasses, wizard!" They shushed me and we went back to the show. The kid introduced himself as Nigel Planter, a boy wizard just hitting puberty, and in a constantly breaking voice he said he was a Partial Tongue -- stuck out his tongue and there was a hole in it. "Oh HO!" said I in triumph. But it didn't end there.
Nigel Planter explained to our heroes that he needed help getting a girl. Cut to a saucy redhead lying on a beach towel (looked like Lily Evans 'f you ask me), name of Herfeffone. Nigel's main competition was a blond hulk of a young man with a thick Californian surfer accent, named Dirko Malfly. Hijinks ensued as they tried to help Nigel win Herfeffone's heart, complete with love potion (but no Snape!) and enchanted chocolates. Here's the kicker. The froggy Headmaster of Nigel's wizard school, Toadblatt School of Sorcery, dropped by and drank the love potion by mistake, and the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was this giant squid who'd been playing guitar to a crowd. "Squiddy!" cried the Headmaster, and they rode off into the sunset on a jet ski, cartoon hearts trailing behind them.
Oh yes -- Nigel lost Herfeffone to hunky Dirko and fell in love with his chocolates instead, and Billy's parents got eaten by the snake. But I was almost too busy being astonished at the flagrant Dumbledore/Squid pairing to notice.
...Also, just scrolling through the episode listings on cartoonnetwork.com, there's another one called "Toadblatt's School of Sorcery" and one called "Nigel Planter and the Chamber Pot of Secrets" whose description reads, "Billy, Mandy and Grim return to Toadblatt's School of Sorcery to rescue Nigel Planter from the evil Lord Moldybutt." Seems the Headmaster/Dean and Giant Squid/Sorting Hat/Professor (voiced by Weird Al Yankovic, how about that) are in all three. Note to self: Keep an eye on the listings...
Nigel Planter explained to our heroes that he needed help getting a girl. Cut to a saucy redhead lying on a beach towel (looked like Lily Evans 'f you ask me), name of Herfeffone. Nigel's main competition was a blond hulk of a young man with a thick Californian surfer accent, named Dirko Malfly. Hijinks ensued as they tried to help Nigel win Herfeffone's heart, complete with love potion (but no Snape!) and enchanted chocolates. Here's the kicker. The froggy Headmaster of Nigel's wizard school, Toadblatt School of Sorcery, dropped by and drank the love potion by mistake, and the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was this giant squid who'd been playing guitar to a crowd. "Squiddy!" cried the Headmaster, and they rode off into the sunset on a jet ski, cartoon hearts trailing behind them.
Oh yes -- Nigel lost Herfeffone to hunky Dirko and fell in love with his chocolates instead, and Billy's parents got eaten by the snake. But I was almost too busy being astonished at the flagrant Dumbledore/Squid pairing to notice.
...Also, just scrolling through the episode listings on cartoonnetwork.com, there's another one called "Toadblatt's School of Sorcery" and one called "Nigel Planter and the Chamber Pot of Secrets" whose description reads, "Billy, Mandy and Grim return to Toadblatt's School of Sorcery to rescue Nigel Planter from the evil Lord Moldybutt." Seems the Headmaster/Dean and Giant Squid/Sorting Hat/Professor (voiced by Weird Al Yankovic, how about that) are in all three. Note to self: Keep an eye on the listings...
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Date: Dec. 26th, 2005 06:12 pm (UTC)Oh, how I wish I had seen that.