Ep 10/12 - "Nightmare On Wilson Way"

[Bloo2daMacs]

The "3-D" wasn't very good with my Shrek 3-D glasses, but the episode was beyond greatness. Lately, Foster's has been proving to me just how far a cartoon can go.

Take a guy getting stuck in a sewing shop, Foster's makes it amazing, take a classic zombie-invasion plot, Foster's makes it BEYOND amazing.

Out of five stars, I'd have to give this episode six....
....and a half.

And seeing Madame Foster in a Yoda costume made my day.

[cartman414]

Originally Posted by Mr. Marshmallow

By the way, what was started with the word "kill" in "Affair weather friends" we have now progressed to a full blown acknowledgment of DEATH and dead, even a corpse (sort of.

Ever since I heard Ben 10 say the word dead in its big movie, I was hoping more and more toons would start accepting death, dead, kill, and other REAL words that toons have pathetically avoided all these years.

Fosters, thanks for accepting reality in your show by having Herriman "die".

You forgot Goo's seance from "Infernal Slumber". "Why is they dead?"

[Mr. Marshmallow]

Originally Posted by cartman414

You forgot Goo's seance from "Infernal Slumber". "Why is they dead?"

Yeah but, Bloo actually thought he killed Mr. Herriman I mean he REALLY believe he took someone else's life.

That's kind of what I was more aiming at with that statement.

[Kootiebirdo]

I definitely enjoyed it a HECK of a lot more than the recent ones. It was great seeing Mac's sugar rush again as well as Wilt in his werewolf form. I was a little bummed that the end credits were squished just so Cartoon Network could show a Goosebumps commercial. All 'n all, a solid episode.

[WiltsAKGirl17]

I'm actually watching this one as I type. (The scheduling is a little off in Alaska) It's been interesting so far, but I'm enjoying it. (It's hard to watch without the 3D glasses...)

I loved the scene where Bloo "killed" Mr. Herriman. I hate to admit this, but I saw the "death by fake peanut brittle can" thing coming, but it was still classic. I loved Bloo's version of CPR-- funny all the way.

I'm keeping this as a short mention so I don't send y'all on overload, but I loved Wilt in the tux. It was really cute.

The costumes of all the characters were great-- the animators did a fantastic job creating some serious visual interest. I loved the PPG nod with Frankie's costume-- I got a kick out of it.

I am a little disappointed that the end credit sequence was cut-- it looked like it could have been cute. Maybe it'll be shown when they do this ep on reruns.

Overall, pretty good. I still prefer the earlier seasons of the show, but this was still a good one.

[WiltFan]

IMO, this episode is one of the best in season 5.
I loved everything about it, the references, the humor...
Sure, the 3-D effects weren't all that great, but it was still tons of fun to watch!
10/10

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by Mr. Marshmallow

This wasn't a background costume really, but it was my favorite: Madame Foster dressing as Yoda during the canned snake flashback she had after tripping over Frankie and Mr. Herriman.

Which reminds me, what was Frankie dressed as during that flashback? A Punker or something? I couldn't tell.

I thought that Madame Yoda..I mean Foster, tripped over the lamp in the flashback scene, after blissfully stepping over Frankie and WILT(NOT Mr. Herriman), who were sprawled on the steps after Frankie fell over Wilt, who had been knocked unconcious by the aforementioned lamp(was that the same lamp that Coco fell in love with in "Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree"?). That scene reminded me of a fan art pic on DA-don't know who made it-which has Madame Foster squaring off against Yoda; it's pretty darn funny.

Even funnier than Bloo's notion of CPR, though, was his "thorough" burial of Mr. Herriman in the backyard. He just chucked a few shovelfulls of dirt over him, not even really bothering to dig a grave at all, and figured that nobody would notice! It IS a bit disturbing, when you think about it, that Bloo would be that nonchalant, and even joyful at one point, about actually having caused someone's "death", but I guess since Bloo thinks like a kid, his concept of actual death and it's permanency is rather primitive, and it goes hand-in-hand with his selfish nature and rebelliousness against authority. He was torn between guilt, and being thrilled that he'd finally gotten rid of a major thorn in his side, and the latter won out.

Upon later reflection, I also wondered how they got Wilt to go along with the whole plot, since basically, he WOULD have been lying, by pretending that not only he, but everyone else, was being killed and turning into zombies. I suppose that with Wilt, your approach to a situation makes all the difference. Ask him to lie and he's got problems with it, and can't follow through, but tell him to role-play and it seems as though the acting talent takes over from there; I gotta admit that his "death scene" as he was being dragged out by his feet, screaming in terror, was pretty darn convincing. Even though there were obvious and much-less-gory differences, it sorta reminded me of that scene in Jaws where Quint is sliding down into the jaws of the shark.

pitbulllady

[Starsky]

Originally Posted by Mr. Marshmallow

Which reminds me, what was Frankie dressed as during that flashback? A Punker or something? I couldn't tell.

She was dressed as Tank Girl. Awesome comic-book reference.

Okay, I'm willing to give Darrick Bachman another chance. As I've stated a million times, I didn't really like any of his previous episodes, but this was beyond brilliant. Bloo yelling "controlate, hombre!" had me in tears. And my goodness, the animation really shined in this one. Almost every expression and/or pose had a certain charm and quirkiness to it few cartoons have these days. Great stuff, great stuff.

[Crash-N-Cortex]

I also liked Bloo's last-year costume, Mojo Jojo. It seems that Bloo comes up the same tric each Halloween, and the residents are sick of it, so they pretended to be zomibes. Madame Foster's Yoda costume was kinda cool. Mac can be a bit strong and fast when he has a sugar rush. He's almost as fast as XLR8 from Ben 10.

[fosters-fan]

I loved this episode! It was awesome!!!

The only downside that I have of it is that we didn't get to see Eduardo in a Halloween costume. Can't sat say I blame him for shaking in his boots on this of all occasions, since Halloween is a time for frightening things to happen. But if Ed DID have a costume, whaddya suppose he would have gone as? The only thing I could possibly imagine him going as is a werewolf, or a minotaur, courtesy of CG's mytholigical Eduardo picture on DeviantART. I doubt they would have used the latter.

Still, I loved this episode through and through! On a scale of one to ten, this episode is an eleven! Even if the 3-D effects didn't seem like they were working.