Gift Hoarse

"Gift Hoarse"

Season

1

Airdate

May 4, 1997

Staff

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Gift Hoarse is the first half of the third episode of season 1 of Angry Beavers. In this somewhat Christmas-themed episode, Dag is jealous after getting an air freshener for Arbor Day while Norb gets a train set.

Episode Summary[]

It's Arbor Day, and according to Dag, Christmas for beavers. After Dag drags Norb out of bed, they go to the door when the postman delivers the presents from their parents. Norb gets a giant train set, but Dag gets a little tree air freshener. Dag tries not to admit that he is jealous, even though Norb offers him to play with his train set.

Dag tries to make best of his little tree such as by dressing up as Muscular Beaver and using it as weapon. When he goes too far trying to sabotage Norb's train set, he ends up destroying the whole thing. Dag gives Norb his little tree in compensation, but then they receive another gift that apparently goes with the tree since it was too big to send together. It's revealed to be a giant remote controlled truck, and Dag just gives Norb his gift.

Production Information[]

This is a Christmas-themed episode, despite it suppose to be aired in December 1997 rather than in May 4, 1997.
Almost at the end on November 2016, this episode, along with "Go Beavers!" aired during TeenNick's "The Splat" 25th anniversary marathon. (citation needed)
On December 2016, this episode, along with "Go Beavers!", only aired on TeenNick's "The Splat" until Christmas Day.

Trivia[]

First time where Dag is dressed up as Muscular Beaver.
The train set returns in the Season 3 episode “Nice & Lonely” where Norbert and Bing ride it, despite it being destroyed in this episode, and Dag ends up destroying it once again.
- Norbert most likely got a new train set after the events of this episode and before the events of “Nice & Lonely.”
- Also, while Norbert's model trains make realistic railroad sound effects in this episode (such as diesel horns, wheel clicks, squealing brakes, etc.), in "Nice & Lonely" the train set just makes "regular" toy train sounds.
- Furthermore, the music during the scene of the train set being destroyed by Daggett in this episode would later be reused in “Nice & Lonely” during the scene where Norbert and Bing ride it.
The pine tree reappears in “Act Your Age”.
First time where a thought balloon visual (in this case, Dag's) shows everything like kindergarten drawings, colored roughly with crayons.
First time a music box version of The Angry Beavers opening theme is heard.
This episode takes place on April 25, 1996.^[1]
This episode takes place before "Muscular Beaver," "Muscular Beaver 2," "Muscular Beaver 3," "Muscular Beaver 4," "Muscular Beaver 5," "Bummer of Love," and "Long in the Teeth."
This episode takes place after "Born to Be Beavers," "Up All Night," and "Up All Night II: Up All Day. The Reckoning."
Despite Arbor Day being referred to as "Beaver Christmas", it has been shown that Beavers do celebrate actual Christmas as well.
- In "Brothers... to the End?", the exterior of Norbert and Daggett's dam has Christmas decorations shown.
- In "House Sisters", Stacy recalls their father getting frustrated trying to put together their Christmas toys.
- In the scrapped episode "Tree Flockers," the premise of the episode is that Norbert and Daggett sell flopped Christmas trees in July.
- Norbert even wears a Santa hat in the title card of this episode.
The events of this episode were referenced in "Tree Flockers."

Allusions[]

The episode title is based on the saying "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth". Though Daggett did try to enjoy his air freshener, so the suitability of the title is debatable.
"O Christmas Tree" - A short instrumental version of the German folk song was heard when Dag held up his Arbor Day present.