Food of the Clods

Norbert has been sleepwalking due to his long nights of eating spicy food and watching monster movies, so Daggett decides to take drastic measures in order to show Norbert the errors of his ways.

Episode Summary

Norb is preparing to watch an old B movie, The Amazing Colossal Colossus, on TV. He invites Dag to join him, but Dag declines, stating as he goes off to bed that they've already seen it multiple times. While watching the movie, Norb engorges himself on spicy junk foods and falls asleep in front of the TV, hypnotizing himself into acting out the movie in his sleep and waking Dag up by spraying him with water. Dag puts his brother to bed, commenting how their mother told them never to wake a sleepwalker or they'll "go bahooties."

The next night, Norb denies having sleepwalked and prepares to watch another B movie, X: The Creeping Thing. Once again, he falls asleep in front of the TV and begins to act out the movie, scaring Dag awake. After Norb wakes up the following day with no memory of the previous night's events, Dag decides to stay up with Norb and keep an eye on him. As the two watch yet another B movie, Viking Women From Venus, Dag falls asleep in front of the TV. He is quickly awoken by Norb dressed as a Viking woman, who begins chasing Dag around the dam. Norb is not sleepwalking, but "nightmare-walking!"

As Norb chases his brother around the dam, Dag tries to wake Norb but fails. He traps Norb inside their closet and begins to overeat with the intention of sleepwalking himself. Right as Dag falls asleep, the movie cuts to a hair loss/dance commercial. As Norb begins to stalk his brother, Dag reveals himself as a dancer with a fancy hairdo acting out the commercial he just saw; Norb, after a brief moment of confusion, attacks him anyways. The beavers begin to mimic the movie to the point where they are shown in the movie itself. As the Viking women in the movie drink more radioactive lava, the beavers eat more snack foods. As the beavers' stomachs expand, the Viking women in the film explode.

The next morning, Norb and Dag lie on the couch bloated and nauseous, blaming each other for the previous night's events. As the TV begins to play another B movie, The Oozing Flesh of the Rotting Hand, the beavers are heard to vomit.

Background Information

• This is the second episode with the title card to be animated. (The first being is "Bummer of Love").
• This is the first episode in the title card to have in black and white. (The second being is "It's a Spootiful Life").
• This is the only episode to use Associated Production Music.

Production Information

• This episode, along with "Bummer of Love" is the season 1 finale of the series.

Allusions

• The episode title is a play-on the H.G. Wells novel The Food of the Gods.
• The Amazing Colossal Man - The B-movie The Amazing Colossal Colossus is an obvious spoof on the 1957 black-and-white science-fiction film.

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Cast

• Richard Horvitz as Daggett
• Nick Bakay as Norbert
• Tom Kane as Vic, Male Actor
• Antoinette Spolar as Jean, Viking Woman
• Gregg Berger as Commercial Announcer
• Kenneth Tobey as Scientist, General ^{(Credited as Kenneth Toby)}