Sweetness and Light
For the Lemming Scouts annual fundraiser, the kids have to sell lightbulbs door-to-door! Just as Milo is trying to figure out how to move his crate of 100 watt white elephants – uh-oh! A kid in trouble! It's Ruth, and she's landed a part in a commercial they're shooting in Halverston and Area. But she's only in one shot, as an extra, and the camera only sees the back of her elbow. The Captain has to do something!
Tropes in this episode:
- Chekhov's Gun: Milo has to sell lightbulbs for the Lemming Scouts annual fundraiser in order to be the top seller to get the Quantum Vigilante box set. When Milo tries to sell the lightbulbs, it doesn't interest the crowd very much, causing them to leave and not buy them. Eventually at the episode, he sold all of his lightbulbs to the commercial production crew as due to him tripping over a cable and knocks down the camera lights, it led to the director asking for a lightbulb causing him to sell it to them.
- Demoted to Extra: In-universe. Ruth calls the Captain for help as once after getting a part for a commercial they're shooting for Halverston and Area, "the doorstop capital of the world", the producer decided to cut all of her lines out except for one, causing her to barely appear in the commercial.
- Didn't Think This Through:
- Milo uses his silly string to lure the auditionees out so that the commercial director can see Ruth for the commercial auditions. Although it briefly worked, she accidentally trips over one of the fallen auditionees, causing her to crash through the door. However, she accidentally improvised the door-smashing bit and dialogue for the commercial just after crashing it. Although the door-smashing bit was actually a genius improv which the director suggests to do it again but with stuntmen and more doors this time, the director suggests to Ruth to become demoted as a silent extra instead, causing her to have no lines in the commercial.
- Milo then puts a star in the dressing room to trick the crew into giving Ruth the star treatment. Although it worked briefly as the crew dressed Ruth with nice clothing for the shoot and gives her a script that contains many lines for her, he didn't trick the director to think Ruth is the star, causing her to complain to one of the crew members over drinking bad hot chocolate as the mini marshmallows is missing and doesn't want any fans to bother her.
- Milo uses his extendo-grabber to try to get Ruth to listen to him in order to get around Raoul. It backfired as she told the big guy that she doesn't want any fans to bother her during the shoot, causing Raoul to throw his extendo-grabber and himself out.
- "Eureka!" Moment: To fix up the problem that Ruth was having due to her starring in a bad breath commercial, Milo uses his "Bird Brain" as he got her into this mess in the first place by giving the director the idea so he just needs to sell him on something else. This led to Milo deciding to use his lightbulbs that he was meant to sell for the fundraiser after he accidentally trips over a cable, knocking the camera lights down and causes a blackout. This led to the crew members buying all of Milo's lightbulbs as the director needs a lightbulb to lit up the room, which led to the director having an idea by having Ruth to appear as a minor extra alongside Lizbeth instead of playing the girl with bad breath in the commercial, which doesn't make her mad anymore. Milo also receives his Quantum Vigilante box set after selling all of the bulbs.
- Idea Bulb: As Milo thinks an idea to get around big guy Raoul blocking Ruth, Lizbeth holds one of Milo's lightbulbs that he needs to sell for the fundraiser literally, which he then replies to her that he's okay and uses his extendo-grabber to try to get Ruth to listen to him.
- Improv: An in-universe example; just after Ruth accidentally trips and crashes through the door, she then improvised some dialogue for the Halverston and Area commercial during the shoot.Ruth: When you need to stop a door, make Halverston and Area your next stop.
- Oh, Crap!: After the director suggests Ruth to star in a big for an another commercial instead of wasting her talent in a doorstop commercial since Milo screwed it up, it was revealed that she will star in a mouthwash commercial that was also shooting today... as a girl with bad breath, which makes her furious.
- Staircase Tumble: Just when Ruth was about to walk the stairs during the commercial shoot, Milo's extendo-grabber accidentally grabs and trips her, causing her to tumble down the stairs and then lands on a cake.
- Suddenly Shouting: After Ruth finds out that she will star in a bad breath commercial as a result of Milo screwing up the doorstop commercial, causing the director to discover her to have her star in an another commercial:Ruth: A bad breath commercial? THAT LITTLE PINK NIGHTMARE!
- Visible Odor: After Otto feeds Ruth onions to make her bad breath worse just before the commercial shoot, her bad breath is represented in a rancid green color.
A Boy and His Yeti
On a Lemming Scouts campout, Leader Laura "entertains" the kids with scary stories about a hairy creature called the Yellow Gulch Yeti who roams the woods and Milo battles with Wendell over badge supremacy. Then — Uh-oh! The campsite’s been ravaged! And what’s worse, there’s evidence that a huge hairy creature is roaming through the campsite, creating chaos wherever he goes! What’s a big-beaked superhero to do?
Tropes in this episode:
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Milo, Lizbeth and the rest of the Lemming Scouts have to look for the Yellow Gulch Yeti after it allegedly wrecks their campsite.
- Didn't Think This Through:
- After following the Yellow Gulch Yeti's footprints to its cave, Milo tries to look for his yeti whistle to lure the yeti out but he instead finds a Cymbal-Banging Monkey toy as he was meant to pack it on the top. After he throws the toy out to cave, it wakes the yeti up and starts growling at them. Turns out that the yeti wasn't actually a monster like with the campfire story that Leader Laura told them about last night but rather a creature who hates noise and wants to be left alone. But to due to him discovering the yeti, this led to Wendell deciding to try to catch the yeti in order to become famous.
- To distract Wendell from catching the yeti, Milo uses his inflate-a-mingo from "Alley Oops!" to put on his tent so he'll be more focused on getting him out of there and forgetting about the yeti. It didn't work out as one he tries putting the inflate-a-mingo in his tent, the alarm goes off and traps him.
- Milo then uses a magnet to stop Wendell's compass from pointing in the right direction to lead to the yeti's cave. It worked as his compass starts navigating all around the place, causing him to get dizzy and falls rolling over a log. Unfortunately, he almost found the cave where the yeti is.
- "Eureka!" Moment: To prevent Wendell from catching the Yellow Gulch Yeti, Milo uses his "Bird Brain" to get the last Lemming Scouts badge that he doesn't have, which was revealed to be disco dancing. Even if Lizbeth was concerned about it as the yeti hates noise, the yeti eventually comes in the cave and starts dancing fine. Once the yeti starts dancing with Leader Laura, they spin around, causing Wendell to get covered in mud and grass. Milo then tricks Leader Laura that the yeti that Wendell was trying to get is just him dressed up as a hairy beast, despite the actual yeti being here, causing him to become reassigned to the Tent of Shame instead of the Tent of Honor.
- Gratuitous Disco Sequence: The only way to stop Wendell from finding the Yellow Gulch Yeti is for Milo to get the last Lemming Scouts badge that he doesn't have, and it is revealed to be disco dancing. Even if Lizbeth is originally concerned that the yeti hates disco, the yeti eventually comes in the cave and starts dancing.
- Secret Handshake: Wendell suggests that Milo will only keep the south half of the tent while he will only keep the north half. Milo thinks its fair but in order to seal the deal, they need to do the Lemming Scout honor handshake.Milo: Lemming Scout handshake of honor! Break the pact and you're a goner!
