Bug-a-Boo is the second half of the seventh episode of season 1. In this episode, Dag fears a giant cricket that ends up in the dam after Drinking A Bottle of Yahoo With Grape new Taste and extra high powered vitamins to Help You Grow.
Episode Summary[]
Norb and Dag have spent the night drinking Yahoo and are ready for bed. Dag asks about the meaning of a warning label warning to keep out of reach of insects, but Norb disregards his brother, telling him to turn off the lights and let him sleep. Downstairs, a cricket sneaks into the dam through a crack in the door and drinks some of the leftover Yahoo. Dag, woken by the cricket's chirps, is terrified. Norb assures his brother that he has nothing to fear as a tiny cricket wouldn't hurt him. The cricket downstairs continues to drink Yahoo until it suddenly grows to an enormous size.
The gigantic cricket runs upstairs into the beavers' room, scaring Dag. He wakes Norb and tries to tell him what he saw, but Norb refuses to believe him. Norb drags his reluctant brother downstairs to prove to him that crickets are harmless. Dag sees the giant cricket land behind Norb and warns his brother; as Norb turns around, the cricket shrinks to normal size. Norb tries to catch the cricket, but it hops under the couch and resumes drinking Yahoo. As the cricket once again becomes giant and runs into the closet, Dag resumes freaking out. Norb enters the closet, find the once-again shrunken cricket, and traps it inside a Yahoo bottle. The cricket drinks the Yahoo left at the bottom of the bottle and, once again, grows to a huge size, breaking the bottle and scaring both Norb and Dag, the Warning label was stuck on the giant Crickets mouth Dag then reads the Label again "warning keep out of reach of insects" Dag Realizing that is what the Warning Label Means.
Both beavers and the giant cricket run around the dam, away from each other in fear. Dag And Norb Run to the Stairs in a Desperate attempt to hide in their room but the Giant Cricket Crawls onto the Ceiling and in front of the hallway blocking them, the giant Cricket then runs in fear way from Norb and Dag and Dag and Norb Run from the Cricket in fear. The giant Cricket Runs into the Tv Getting it's Head stuck in the frame and runs to Norb and Dag in fear, Both Beavers scream in terror and run from the giant Cricket and all three of them crash into the Sofa, Norb asks where did it go, Dag wonders if it is gone, Suddenly the Sofa lifts up the Giant Cricket is under Neath the Sofa.
Norb and Dag Hang on tightly as the Cricket runs around the House with the Sofa still on it's back, and the Beavers on the Sofa holding on. the Giant Cricket then Drops the Sofa and Runs off. Norb then decides that they need to get rid of the cricket, Dag asks Norb how is he gonna get rid of it, Norb Drags Dag with Him and enter the closet with him and returning with a makeshift flyswatter. He begins to chase the clearly frightened cricket around the dam and eventually corners it in the kitchen. Before Norb can finish the cricket off, Dag stops his brother, sensing the cricket's fear. The cricket shrinks down to normal size, and the two beavers let it outside into the night.
Back in bed, Norb asks Dag if he took care of the Yahoo bottles. Dag replies that be put them outside in the recycling bin. After turning out the light, Norb asks Dag if he remembered to close the lid of the recycling bin, to which Dag gulps in fear. Outside, a line of insects is seen entering the open recycling bin. As Norb and Dag begin to argue, giant insects are seen moving outside the dam.
Production Information[]
- This episode was originally entitled "Cricket In The House".[1]
Trivia[]
- Innuendo: It is implied in the beginning of the episode that Norbert and Daggett have hangovers from drinking so much Yahoos.
Errors[]
- Although Norbert says that crickets "wouldn't hurt a fly," crickets have been known to eat insects such as ladybugs and flies.[2]
- Norbert most likely didn't know this and/or only said this in an attempt to relieve Daggett.
Allusions[]
- The episode title is based on the word bug-a-boo, which in this case means "any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is".
Gallery[]
| The image gallery for Bug-a-Boo may be viewed here. |