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| Filming in November 2004. This dude think he Messi |
Original airdate: August 1, 2005
Story by Magnus Scheving
Written by Noah Zachary, Cole Louie, Magnus Scheving
Directed by Magnus Scheving
Executive producers - Magnus Scheving, Ragnheidur Melsted, Raymond P. Le Gue, Mark Read, Brown Johnson, Kay Wilson Stallings
Starring Magnus Scheving, Stefan Karl Steffanson, Julianna Rose Mauriello
Puppeteers - Ronald Binion, Gudmondor Thor Karason, Jodi Eichelberger, David Matthew Feldman, Julie Westwood, Amanda Maddock
Now it’s time to play!.. this episode of LazyTown on YouTube.
The episode begins with a combination of cold opens from ‘Sportafake’ & 'Cry Dinosaur’, mixing scenes where Sportacus is stepping on buttons from Cry Dinosaur with scenes where he is controlling the airship in Sportafake. This all in all might actually be my favourite cold open of the season.
Except, this time, it takes him 42 seconds to do all that stuff. It’d take me the full 60 seconds! Trixie and Sweetacus are playing Daredevils. Sweetacus is going down the slide, but Trixie thinks that what he had done (going down the slide like a normal person) was lame, so she decides to show him by going down the slide.. on a wheelbarrow.
So then whaddya know? Sportacus has to save her (shocker!!) and she interrupts Robbie’s nap. I forget this scene exists, then I suddenly remember it: “Oh yeah, that scene from New Superhero.” Sportacus asks what they’re doing and she tells him about Play Day. And guess who is coincidentally eavesdropping?
Robbie Rotten, who doesn’t like the sound of Play Day. At all. But he hopes that they play something quiet. When Sportacus leaves, they decide to play dinosaur, and Stephanie joins them. Ziggy wants to eat candy (they say no, LOL!) but they wanna do something exciting and noisy - like cowboys. Robbie is about to sit down, but he bobs back up super fast when they say 'cowboys’. LOL!’
The disguise time sequence actually features a DIE HARD reference, which was nice that the writers put it in. So anyways, Robbie ends up in his cowboy disguise, The Rotten Kid. He is going to challenge the kids to a showdown.
Then he says when he wins that they’ll have to be quiet forever. But being the softie he is he would want them to be loud again. Anyways, he takes out his weapon (a cane..?) and he throws it, declaring he needs some more practice. Meanwhile, Ziggy and Trixie are playing cowboys, and Stephanie shows up in what is probably my favourite costume from hers aside from the jumper.
Then Rotten Kid shows up with hay in his mouth (what???) and says that there ain’t enough room for the four of them.. but he puts up three fingers. For number ten on the list of the smartest villians.. he is really dumb.
So, anyways, Rotten Kid spits out his hay and nobody knows who he is. It’s funnier because Ziggy’s like 'Oh no, it’s the.. who is this guy?“.. and I took about 4 screenshots of Stephanie during this scene because she looks so goofy.
He introduces himself as The Rotten Kid, and says it’s high noon (it’s 3:15). And he has had enough. So he gets out the rope, swinging it around, but Sportacus’ crystal beeps like in Rottenbeard.. so here comes another epic fight scene rated G by action film legend MAGNUS SCHEVING!!
He brings his ping pong paddles and a backpack and starts pedalling downtown. So The Rotten Kid finally ties them to the tree, but Sportacus comes to the rescue, saying that it’s just 'you and me’.. then Rotten Kid asks about the kids. LOL!! So Sportacus tells him to make his move, and cue an epic staredown.
Then Rotten Kid’s nose twitches (WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN IN THE MOST. RANDOM. TIIMEEESSS???!!!) and he rubs it, yelling that it wasn’t his move. So they stare at each other for a while, and then the two grab something from their pockets. Robbie’s are empty, from the time he threw the cane in his lair. (Plot armor!!) Sportacus grabs the ping pong paddle and yells for an apple, hitting it with the paddle.
He says 'Look out, kid!’ but then all the Tumblr fans saw this scene in 2016 and declared he said 'batch’.. and I’m not talking about a cookie batch. Anyways, the apple hits his hat and it falls off. (Funny thing is that the hat wouldn’t have fell off if Rotten Kid didn’t move his head!!)
Sportacus says you can’t be a cowboy without a hat, and Robbie bends down to pick it up (hear me out..), Sportacus kicks a bucket (how did that even get there? plot armor.), calls for another apple, hits it with the ping pong paddle so it hits Robbie’s.. ehm.. posterior and his head falls in the bucket.
So, he has lost the fight. But, Sportacus, being the kind, awesome dude that he is gives Rotten Kid the hat back and he even has the audacity to say thanks. As Rotten Kid goes back to the lair, Sportacus flips over to the kids in a reused shot which was edited to make it look like he has the ping pong paddles in his hand. Sweet editing.
The kids are debating on what to play next, and they ultimately decide something noisy, soccer. But Stingy tells them to change because they’re using HIS ball. Meanwhile, Sportacus is playing some soccer of his own.
Then he checks on the kids to see what they’re doing, and then Playtime is performed, a song which I genuinely and honestly love so much! Then the kids have a game of soccer, and once the ball is kicked in the goal, Stingy checks on the ball.
It has a grass stain, and he stops the game of soccer. What a clown. If I was in the town, I wouldn’t make it 4 episodes without punching Stingy right in his latex nose. Anyways, Robbie is eavesdropping (how can he even see with the bucket on his head?) AGAIN and the kids decide to play something wild - WILD ANIMALS. LAZYTOWN FURRY PROPAGANDA NOT CLICKBAIT AT 3AM!! And Robbie is raging in the lair, asking himself "WHAT HE’S GONNA DOOOOOOOOO!???!!!”
Until he realizes the answer is in front of him (but he can’t SEE in front of him!!!) and he throws the bucket off his head, performing ’Master of Disguise’, a recycled and better version of Versti Fantur. Damn, Stefan Karl could SING!
So then out of nowhere Robbie goes up on the stairs where there is a mirror waiting for him. Classic 'who-are-you-oh-you’re-me’ trope because comedy. So the kids are playing Wild Animals. Stephanie is a lion, Trixie is a tiger, and Ziggy is a…
mouse. So Stephanie is playing her bongo drums, Trixie and Steph are roaring and Ziggy is squeaking. Robbie decides to fulfill their wish of playing wild animals.. by becoming a wild animal.
Then he jumps over the railing. LOL!! But he thinks he is missing something. What could it be? A gorilla soundboard? Some bait? No.. you won’t believe what he needs. SPORTS. CANDY.
But it’s too healthy for him so he decides to unpeel it and throw the peel away. Foreshadowing shot of the peel plays! Anyways, the kids are still banging on the drums, roaring and squeaking, and Robbie is disgusted. What’s so bad about having some fun?
Plus, he has noice cancelling headphones for trains. How doesn’t he think of using them? So he calls for a rope Sportacus style, and he decides to climb up a wall (while making gorilla noises, LOL!!!!) and swing down on them. But he is too scared, and cue a hilarious sequence where he talks to himself.
One side of him is like “Hurry up and climb the vine, Robbie!” and the other side is like “NO!! I CAN’T!!” until he finally gets the courage to do it. So he’s on the wall with a gorilla head and suit, and nobody notices him until Trixie points it out.
So they run away, but Robbie slips on the wall OVER NOTHING (in movies and shows, the character must always trip over nothing.) and swings on accident.. then he hits a tree. LOL!! The scene isn’t that funny until we see Stephanie’s reaction.
XD!! Then the funny meter turns up a notch when he slips and falls onto his unicycle. Plan - failed. Crotch - broken. He rides around town and scares the kids on accident, then the crystal beeps. I think the guys at LazyTown really liked ropes, because Sportacus uses a really longly knit scarf behind his bed as a rope instead of just flipping down like he did in other episodes.
I guess Magnus really likes ropes. Sportacus kicks a wheelbarrow nearby, then the unicycle hits the edge of the wheelbarrow and Robbie does a frontflip into the unicycle. Sportacus tips him out and now everyone can see it’s Robbie.
So, the kids decide to play Bing Bang next (pretty sure that’s a dance routine, not a game) and Robbie is super sad and annoyed. When he goes back to his lair, he says nothing can happen to him there.. then he slips on that banana peel he threw out and breaks the lamp.
LOL!! Then the credits play.
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