Original Air Date: July 11, 2003
When Billy, Mandy and Grim go to the beach, Grim falls in love with a gothic woman named Malaria. Grim and Malaria have fun dating, but Mandy points out that it will change once Grim tells Malaria that he's not human and is actually the Grim Reaper. In the following date, Grim demonstrates his supernatural powers while dancing and, as predicted, Malaria leaves in panic.
"Grim in Love" contains examples of…
- Armor-Piercing Question: Mandy gives one to a lovestruck Grim regarding Malaria.Mandy: So I take it your date went well?
Grim: I'm King of the Underworld!
Mandy: Have you told her you're not human yet? - Downer Ending: Grim works up the courage to tell (or rather show) Malaria the truth, and she… doesn't take it well. After she runs out screaming, all Grim does is utter a heartbroken "Call me…"
- Falling-in-Love Montage: Grim and Malaria get one right after they first meet.
- Little "No": Grim gives one in response to Mandy's Armor-Piercing Question.
- Love at First Sight: Grim and Malaria.
- The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: Grim had been hiding his supernatural nature from Malaria for this exact reason, as Mandy points out when she confronts him about it.Mandy: You realize, once you tell her, she won't be so keen on you.
Grim: She'll be okay with a little reaping.
Mandy: Prove it. Tell her… tonight.
Grim: Fine. I will. And she'll still love me! …I hope…
Original Air Date: July 11, 2003
At the Endsville Elementary School, Irwin attempts to ask Mandy if she would like to go to the spring dance with him as his date. Shivering with terror and anxiety, Irwin's glasses are shattered and blood drops drip out of his nose. Mandy crudely rejects Irwin's request and Billy loudly announces his new mute companion, whose name is unknown to all of them at the time.
Billy introduces his friend to Irwin and Mandy, who is stunned and astonished of herself, as her legs and trembling, her cheeks blushing, and her palms sweating. She begins to experience an unknown feeling to her: love. Mandy runs off in embarrassment and fear as Billy and Irwin try to think of a name for their new friend, in which Billy comes up with Piff. Mandy visits the school nurse who acts like a therapist. She explains to Mandy that she is experiencing love and that it is producing from her heart, the only road to internal happiness. After school, Billy, Piff, and Mandy head towards Billy's residence.
Piff quickly makes rivals with Grim and Mandy inquires that her heart must be cut out. Grim straps Mandy up and Mandy explains her dilemma and why she wants her heart gone. Grim quickly offers another method and brings out a table full of cosmetics. As Billy tries to feed Piff, Mandy gets both of the boy’s attention and flabbergasts them. Piff begins to experience Mandy's same emotions from earlier. As Piff tries to invite Mandy to the spring dance, he is dreadfully rejected (worse than Irwin) and punched in the face, losing a tooth and shattering his glasses, as Grim watches in joy, as payback for spitting in him.
"Crushed" contains examples of…
- Arc Words: “Romance is for the weak minded.”
- Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Piff actually had the balls to spit in Grim’s face.
- Line-of-Sight Name: Subverted. Billy looks around and sees multiple names to call their new friend, but ends up choosing Piff. A nonexistent name.
- Love at First Sight: One-sided. Mandy has this reaction to Piff. It frankly terrifies her.
- Piff has this reaction to Mandy after her makeover. She rejects him.
Original Air Date: July 11, 2003
It is Valentine's Day. Grim makes cards and Mandy decorates candy hearts while Harold and Gladys prepare for a weekend getaway and leave Aunt Sis in charge. While everyone else is in a romantic mood, Sis recounts the bad breakup she went through as a young girl and is in no hurry to repeat the experience.
However, an equally lonely Nergal has been observing Sis through his monitors. He arrives in his earth cruiser with a horde of Nergalings. Naturally, the trio assumes that he's here to raise hell again and prepare to fight him. Nergal ignores them in favor of Sis and asks her out on a date, to which she indifferently agrees. Mandy warns Billy that if the night goes well, he'll have a mortal enemy for an uncle. Billy immediately sets out to stop the love.
Nergal takes Sis to a romantic Mexican restaurant. Grim, posing as a waiter, places a cloche in front of Nergal, who opens it to find Billy brandishing a stick of celery. The attack is sadly spurned when Sis douses her nephew in ketchup. When the couple go on a boat ride, Grim suggests dumping a bucket of spiders over their heads as they pass under the bridge. Billy takes the bucket but is distracted by a ladybug and falls into the river.
Nergal takes Sis to Lover's Leap, an outlook point with a beautiful view of the city. He makes intentions known by literally offering his heart to Sis, who understandably rebuffs him. He then sees another man giving a diamond ring to his girlfriend and gets an idea. Being far away from the nearest jewelry store, Nergal fashions a ring from a nail, but manages to drop it. Above him, Billy makes one final attempt to sabotage the evening by sawing off a beehive. Nergal is attacked by the bees, but rather than ditching him for looking like a dork, Sis is impressed with his nimble 'dance moves' and happily accepts his marriage proposal. Nergal tenderly declares Billy his nephew before taking his bride home.
"Love is Evol Spelled Backwards" contains examples of…
- Fourth-Date Marriage: Aunt Sis accepts Nergal’s marriage proposal on their first date.
- Relationship Sabotage: Justified. Billy, with Mandy’s and Grim’s help, tries to sabotage Nergal’s attempts at wooing Aunt Sis, because he doesn’t want Nergal to marry into his family. He winds up failing due to one of his attempts actually making Aunt Sis fall in love with Nergal.
- Valentine's Day Episode: The episode takes place on Valentine’s Day.
