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Overall
Rating- 6/6
It's windy out, and Gimmick thinks it will be
perfect for the voyage. Grubby agrees...Teddy
and Burl are anxious to be back in Rillonia.
Tweeg, LB, Buffy and Elroy are enjoying the beach.
Tweeg is not so thrilled about his dad's pleas to come surfing, and he
narrowly escapes being engulfed in a title wave.
The wind isn't quite a breeze anymore, and up in the Airship things are
getting dicey as the wind blows the trio and Burl around. In a bit of
deja 'vu from "Captured" (episode 33), Teddy is sent dangling over the
ledge of the Airship and nearly falls into the sea, before being
rescued by Burl. Soon, a Tornado appears and the Airship heads directly
into the eye of it. Grubby takes the moment to enjoy some root stew and
amuses himself and attempts to lighten things up by pointing out some
"flying fish".
The Grunges join Tweeg, LB and crew on the beach while Elroy shows off
his surfing skills.
QUOTE
LB-
"Your daddy-o is
real good. howcome you can't do anything right?"
TWEEG
"I
take after my mommy".
The Airship finally finds calm airspace and lands
in a small meadow. Grubby points out, for the second time in the
episode, that Gimmick has no idea where they are. Burl however
recognizes the meadow as a place he used to pick flowers for Teddy's
mother. Rillonia Rosadalias are the flower of her choice.
Meanwhile, Tweeg is finally getting the hang of surfing, and LB even
congratulates him on finally doing something right, and even manages to
call him "Tweeg".
After Burl points out some landmarks from the Air, Teddy and Burl
realize they are in their village and are finally home. Teddy opens the
door to find the house empty. Digger, an old friend of Teddy, excitedly
greets the group and tells Teddy that his mom is in the town square for
a dedication of a statue of Teddy's long lost father. Teddy then
introduces his father to Digger, who says they had better hurry down
there. Burl decides to wait a bit and tells Teddy to go along, then
asks Gimmick for a little help.
As they are walking towards town, Grubby, Teddy and Digger are nearly
run off the road by a carraige. They find it to be Teddy's mother, who
rushes her son and Grubby when she finds they are home and safe. Grubby
even gets a peck on the cheek from Ms. Ruxpin, and blushes accordingly.
Teddy introduces Gimmick to his mom. Gimmick and Teddy keep quiet
momentarily about the discovery of Burl. The Mayor in the town square
announces it's Burl Ruxpin day, and Illana is then called on stage to
unveil the statue of the brave, but "lost" explorer, Burl. Burl has
taken the place of the statue and reveals himself to Illana by sneezing
at her favoirte flowers. Illana is overcome with emotion, and Burl's
journey is finally over.
Gimmick reveals how he hid the
real statue of Burl- by reducing it with the reducing machine. He then
sends it back up to actual size, and proclaims it's the best vacation
he's ever had. He and Grubby, thinking their time with Teddy is over,
head to the Airship but before taking off are called back inside by
Teddy, who invites them to join in on all the catching up they all have
to do.
EPISODE REVIEW
A
very sweet episode, and also a very bittersweet episode for me. It's
the last time we see Grundo in the series (and so far, the last time we
have seen Grundo in any new material) and it essentially is the
conclusion of the epic part of the series, even though we still have a
couple of episodes to go. That, paired with seeing Teddy reunite with
his father and Tweeg (for the first time) appear to find some happiness
(yes, we can root for Tweeg when he's being good) almost brings a tear
to this old fan's eyes. It was a very well-written episode with a
couple of very good songs and it's very fitting that
there were a few of different shots of characters- and the Airship-
riding off into the sunset. The episode is also very different from
ones earlier in the series. The characters relationships have changed,
especially Tweeg and LB (although that formula, thankfully, gets back
to normal by the end of the series)
So in closing, I'm glad Teddy made it home... I just hope he doesn't
stay there much longer. ;-)
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