04x04 - Reap Walking/The Loser from the Earth's Core

[bunniefuu]

Ha ha ha ha ha!

What, you again?

Hey, it's your life.

[Rats squealing]
[screeching]

[Eek]
[screeching]

[Eek eek eek]
uh! Uh! Uh!

Ha ha ha hee!

Billy.

Hey, grim, wait till you get
a taste of my super-secret

Waffle mix.

Smooth.

Hee hee hee!

Hey, grim, would you like one
chocolate-dipped pickle or two

With your waffles?

Neither, you bubble-nosed
baboon.

♪ La la la la la la
morning, billy.

Morning, grim.

Isn't this a glorious day?

Oh, my gosh!

Help me!

Are you mad, woman?

It's raining cats and dogs and
harolds out there.

Oh, grim.

No need to get moody and start
filling the air with...

[Imitating grim]
"I'm the grim reaper and I hate

Glorious days.

Ooh ah."

Can't you have a pleasant
morning for once?

♪ Na na na na na
lady, my name

Is the grim reaper, not
the happy morning sunshine

Reaper.

Oh!

Maybe some cartoons will cheer
you up.

[Music playing]
[babbling]

We interrupt regularly
scheduled meaningless

Programming for a special
bulletin.


White-winged owls were found

Tethered to a flagpole over the
rodents emporium small animal

Boutique at the endsville outlet
center.

The owls have been covered in
what appears to be mu... Hey, can

I say "mucus" on the air?

No?

Uh, well, they were found
covered in slippery nose goo

And cave shavings.

Renowned animal activist and tv
dinner enthusiast cory nebraska

Was called in to nurse them back
to health.

Who wants to go to the outlet
mall?

I do! I do! I do!

Rat mucaca is awesome!

It's mucus.

Rat mucus.

The stuff your head is filled
with.

Really?

Mucaca rocka!

Maybe you should come, too,
grim.

The outlet center always cheers
people up.

We can even get you some lotion
to moisturize your old, dried

Bones.

Oh, that's wonderful!

Well, actually, I have been
running low on lavender fig

Restorative body cream.

Oh, yes, my feathered friend,
eat.

I promise everything's gonna be
all right from now on.

What the...
[Screeching]

Ow!

What's gotten into you?

Say, you're the bloke from the
surveillance camera.

Security!

Oh, get off me.

I'm on grim!

Ha ha ha!

Why are you beating up my
bone sack of a friend?

This bone boy in the sheet
was caught on tape last night

Tethering those owls to the
flagpole.

What do you say to that?

Ooh hoo hoo!

I don't think that's possible.

Grim went to bed early last
night after milk and cookies.

That's right.

Milk and cookies.

You don't say?

I guess the combination of my
years of tracking animals in

The wild and the modern
technology of the surveillance

Camera are wrong.

Dead wrong.

Well, sorry about the mixup.

I guess you can go.

Thank you.

I do hope those owls will be all
right.

Don't you worry, baby.

They'll be just fine.

Have you been sleepwalking,
grim?

I haven't done that since I
made billy's dad dig his own

Grave.

Good thing saliva started to
chew me bones, or who knows

What would have happened?

[Snoring]
see?

[Snoring]
see?

I told you that bag of bones was
up to no good.

Let's not get ahead of
ourselves, sherlock.

I invited you here to prove that
grim had nothing to do with

This.

Yeah?

I bet he heads straight for the
caged owl I placed next to that

Creepy tree in the front yard.

Bingo!

Told you.

Now let's take him before he
does something he regrets.

Wait.

Ha ha ha!

Grim, what are you doing with my
chocolate-dipped pickles?

Huh?

Uh, whatever you saw, it's not
what it looks like.

Didn't I tell you grim wasn't
the culprit, my stanky,

Dimwitted fellow?

Now pony up, jungle boy.

Drats!

That was my last 20.

[Alarm ringing]
halt! Freeze! Don't!

You?

Billy's mom?

Crikey!

Caught you red-handed.

Shame on you.

Hold on.

I can explain.

This ought to be good.

For years I've been compelled
to avenge the loss of my dear

Pet rat sniffles.

I named him sniffles
because... Can you guess... He

Sniffled a lot.

Ha ha ha!

He'd be covered in so much
mucus, he would look like a

Tarred and feathered rat.

[Rat snorts]
oh, he looked so cute.

One day I had to clean his cage,
so I let him out into the

Backyard.

After I was done, I called out
to him.

Sniffles!

But he was nowhere to be found.

On a nearby tree, I spied a
white-winged owl looking

Triumphant and full.

[Coughing]
from then on, I vowed to avenge

My dear sniffles and rid the
world of those white-winged

Demons of the sky.

Framing grim was just a bonus to
get the freeloading sack of

Bones out of my house.

You eat as though food and money
grow on trees!

I don't eat any more than
that bottomless pit of a son of

Yours.

Tee hee hee!

I would have gotten away with
it, too, if it weren't for

Those meddling kids.

No, no, no.

Down here.

Thank you.

But, mom, why would you do
this?

And besides, white owls don't
eat rats.

They're known to be vegetarians.

That still doesn't explain
what happened to sniffles.

I think I can explain.

Allow me to shed some light on
this mystery.

Harold, you know what
happened to my sniffles?

Yeah.

About that, babe.

It's a funny story.

You see, I had just finished
devouring second breakfast, and

I was still hungry.

I didn't think I was gonna make
it to lunch.

I was wandering around the house
looking for something to eat,

When out in the backyard I saw a
badger.

As I was picking it up, some
stupid owl tried to steal it

From me.

Instead, it missed and grabbed a
chunk of hair off the top of my

Head.

I was so hungry that I didn't
even notice.

And it was the most delicious
badger ever.

And that's how I survived that
fateful morning.

It's survival of the fittest,
baby.

The circle of life must
continue.

You ate my sniffles and never
told me about it for all these

Years?!

That's right, baby.

I didn't tell you, because I was
trying to protect you.

Why?

Because I love you.

Oh, harold, you're too good
to me.

Oh, yeah, baby.

Papa's gonna make everything all
right now.

So, harold, you ate my pet
rat sniffles.

Now, whatever happened to my pet
goldfish, mr. Floppy?

Oh, yeah, him.

That's another funny story.

I don't know about you guys,
but I'm gonna be sick.

Me, too.

I know what will make us all
feel better.

If you say chocolate-dipped...
Chocolate-dipped pickles!

That's it.

I'm out of here.

But, mandy, I found more
chocolate by saliva's doghouse.

Grim!

Cory!

Oh, well, all for me!

[Country music playing]
[squealing]

[Bell ringing]
quitting time already?

Hmm.

Ok, boys, see you tomorrow.

Who's the new guy?

Don't know.

Smells kind of funny.

[Whistling]
[vacuum cleaner running]

Billy, is that you?

No, it's my evil twin
sherlock billy.

I'm a detective.

Well, I just finished
vacuuming, so be extra careful

With the floors.

Ok.

Who the heck is that?

Oh, uh, gee.

I don't know.

I'm your mother, billy.

Hey, all right.

That's great.

Let's play along.

Don't want to make her upset.

Hi, mom.

Hi, dad.

Hi, uncle nergal.

Hello, nephew billy.

Long time, no smell.

[Passes gas]
I'm sorry, what was that?

I said long time, no smell.

[Pfft]
did you say something?

I said long time, no...
[Pfft]

I said... [Pfft]
time no... [Pfft]

Hey, billy, we...
I... [Pfft]

Long... [Pfft]
said... [Pfft]

What... [Pfft]
i... Just... [Pfft]

It seems we've interrupted an
intimate family moment.

Hoo hoo!

I'll say.

Now that I'm intimately familiar
with billy's lower intestine,

Let's get out of here.

Hey, wait, guys.

Don't you want to say hi to my
uncle nergal?

He just dropped in to visit for
no particular reason at all.

And he brought his purse.

Overnight bag.

Aw, come on, just be nice,
grim.

Go on.

Shake his hand.

Well, all right, billy.

But don't say I never...
Well, it's like they say.

Never trust a guy with electric
snakes growing out of his back.

Yeah.

What are you doing up here
anyway, nergal?

Come to try to k*ll us again
with another convoluted scheme

Disguised as a cry for
friendship?

No.

This time I thought I'd just use
this old lawnmower.

Cool.

Nergal, you're the lowest of
the low, and I'm not just

Saying that because you live in
the center of the planet.

Oh, come on.

I'm just k*lling around.

Can't a man just pop by to see
his beloved relatives now and

Then?

Besides, I brought presents.

Presents?

Really?

No, not really.

Well, you kids play nice with
your uncle nergal.

Daddy and I are off to our
swing-dancing classes.

It's tuesday night already?

Swing dancing?

Oh, that sounds delightful.

It would be, but harold here
is just a mess on the dance

Floor.

Oh, he's got two left feet,
has he?

Actually, it's more like


Uh!

Ah, yeah!

3-Pointer!

Hey, billy, you doing your
homework?

Just a little target
practice.

Help me.

Lawn gnomes always fly so
much better when they're frozen.

They're aerodynamic.

Grim, please.

Watch your language.

There are children present.

Billy, I think this winter
weather is starting to affect

Your brain.

I know it's started working
on my hands.

Sweet merciful hoo-ha!

Billy, you ought to be wearing
mittens.

I would have, but uncle
nergal needed them.

Yuck.

Nergal.

It's hard to believe it's been
over a year since he came to

Stay for the weekend.

Yeah.

When is he gonna leave?

♪ Da da da
uncle nergal?

[Coughing]
yes?

What is it?

Oh, billy, it's you.

Come on, sit.

I'll throw another mitten on the
fireplace.

That's not a fireplace.

Really?

Then what is it?

It's my new video game
console.

Who needs video games when we
have family?

It's so nice to have family who
love you.

Right, billy?

Uncle nergal, when are you
gonna leave?

Billy, can we please not have
this conversation again?

Ok. Never mind.

I can't ever go home again.

Sure, you can.

Let me call you a taxi.

Billy, you don't know what
it's like when your closest

Loved ones think you're a
worthless failure.

You're right.

My family values me a lot.

That's why they keep me locked
away in the attic for days and

Days at a time.

It all started after dinner
one night.

I think it was a tuesday.

Oh, just go to a flashback
already.

We had just polished off a
lovely casserole prepared by my

Wife sis.

How was it, dear?

I thought the crust was
magnificent.

The interior was a little soft
and squishy and smelled

Slightly of pecans.

No, honey.

I don't want to hear about what
the dog did.

I meant the food.

Followed up with a
traditional game of crypt of

Failure.

7.

I find a tree of relief, gain 3
manna.

Your turn, dad.

11.

But that puts me right on...
The crypt of failure.

Ha ha ha ha!

Sorry, dad.

You lost again.

That makes 598 times in a row.

598?

[Sobbing]
actually, that's 599.

Oh, right.

Thanks, mom.

No!

No!

Noooo!

Ok, whose turn was it?

So you see, billy, I'm a sad,
sad failure.

I can't ever show my face in
that household again.

Maybe you can show some other
parts of your body.

[Sobbing]
so you're a little challenged

When it comes to board games.

That doesn't make you a complete
failure.

It's not just the game.

It's everything!

[Whistling]
[machine whirs]

No!

Nooo!

[Clang]
nooo!

Wow.

You really are a failure.

Maybe you should just accept
it, like I have.

Just accept it, huh?

Gee, I don't know.

Trust me.

It's the only way.

Really?

How do you think I make it
through life with these two

Every day?

Gee, i...

Nergal, the sooner you accept
the fact that you're a failure,

The sooner you can face your
family again.

My family!

I will travel the road to
acceptance, although I do not

Know the way.

Don't worry, man.

We'll take you there.

That's right, uncle nergal.

We'll teach you to be the best
failure you can be.

Failure in training!

Failure in training!

Failure in... There.

Go, nergal.

We'll be here.

Hello there, little doggie.

What's your name?

Oh, no!

[Whispering]
why, hello, little doggie.

What's your name?

Aah!

Yes!

You did it!

[Cheering]
degenerates.

I think he's ready.

Mom?

Yes, junior?

When's dad coming home?

Well, junior, if this is
anything like last time, it

Might be quite a while.

Quite a while, huh?

[Knock on door]
daddy?

Daddy, I knew you would...
Personal for a mr. Nergal.

Drop dead!

I have no father.

[Knock on door]
I said for you to... Dad!

Son!

Husband?

Wife!

Dad?

Son?

Are you all better in the
head now?

There's only one way to tell,
junior... By visiting the crypt

Of failure.

No, dad.

I'll go and set up the game
board.

But you just got home.

Round of virtue.

I gain a faction point.

It's your turn, mom.

No, it isn't, junior.

It's your father's turn.

Easy, dear.

One of the nice things about
uncle nergal being gone is

There's always toaster pastries
in there now.

[Chomping]


But that puts me out.

The supply room of victory.

Dad, you won!

I... I... Yes!

Huh?

Well, dad, it's good to have
you back, failure and all.

It's good to be back, junior.

And so remember, kids...

Don't be afraid of failure.

It's what keeps families
together.

Oh!

[Crash]