The eighth episode of TaleSpin.
A workaholic Rebecca takes Molly to Higher for Hire in an attempt to spend time with her. While there, Molly finds a Yenkara, a tiny mythical creature that grows massively in size when it gets wet. Molly befriends the Yenkara, naming him Henry and protecting him from MacKnee, a bounty hunter who is trying to capture and sell him.
This episode provides examples of:
- Breaking the Cycle of Bad Parenting: Molly tries to invoke this trope towards Henry when she feels that Rebecca doesn't spend enough time with her.
- Cassandra Truth:
- Henry trashes Molly's bedroom when he grows to an enormous size. When Rebecca sees the state of Molly's bedroom, she's quick to blame Molly for the mess. When Molly tells her that Henry was the one who made the mess after he grew, Rebecca doesn't believe Molly and makes her clean her bedroom as punishment.
- When MacKnee is arrested by the police, they don't believe his story about the Yenkaras.
- Description Cut: Kit tries to convince Molly not to run away to the Valley of the Yenkara, telling her to think about how worried sick her mother will be. Molly tells him "She doesn't even know I'm gone!" Cut to Rebecca in the Sea Duck, worrying about Molly.
- Full-Name Basis: Rebecca exclaims "Molly Elizabeth Cunningham, what have you done?!" when she sees the state of Molly's bedroom after Henry shrinks back to his normal small size.
- Gentle Giant: In his wet state, Henry is this to Kit and Molly.
- I Want My Mommy!: Played for drama; Henry keeps shouting "Mama!" because he misses his mother, having been separated from her when MacKnee captured him. Molly empathizes with him, as Rebecca is too busy with managing Higher for Hire to play with her.
- Instant Mass: Just Add Water!: Yenkaras like Henry can grow up to twelve feet tall when wet, but shrink when dry.
- It's All My Fault: When Molly gets taken to the Valley of the Yenkara by Henry, Rebecca blames herself for it happening, feeling it wouldn't have happened if she had spent more time with Molly.
- Literal-Minded: Rebecca is on the phone with a client, telling him to get her his mangoes by noon or stick them in his ear. She then clarifies by saying that she knows they won't fit, and that it's just a figure of speech.
- Mama Bear:
- Rebecca, both figuratively and literally. When she sees Molly has been taken away from her by Henry, she travels to the Valley of the Yenkara with Baloo and MacKnee to get her back. When MacKnee tries to shoot at Henry, Rebecca stops him since Molly is riding atop Henry.
- Molly, to a lesser extent. When MacKnee captures Henry near the end of the episode, Molly is shown to be very protective of Henry, and uses the water from MacKnee's canteen to make Henry grow and sit on him.
- Mythology Gag: When Kit, Molly, and Henry arrive at the Valley of the Yenkara, Henry floats on his back with Kit and Molly on his belly, in a nod to a similar scene with Baloo and Mowgli in The Jungle Book (1967).
- Not Now, Kiddo: Molly gets this from everyone at Higher for Hire when she wants them to play with her.
- Pet Dress-Up: Molly dresses Henry in a bonnet and a diaper when she makes him her pet.
- Pet the Dog: At the end of the episode, as a reward for helping her rescue Molly, Rebecca gives Baloo and Kit the day off, partially so she can spend some overdue quality time with Molly.
- Squirrels in My Pants: Henry hides from MacKnee in Molly's clothes, tickling her from inside them.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: A female example; managing Higher for Hire leaves Rebecca with less time to look after Molly, much to the latter's dismay.
