Other dub names: Happy Daze (4Kids); The Happiness Gun (Studio 100)
Pin is not in the good mood. He puts a huge pile of things in a wheelbarrow and throws them into the landfill. Among the discarded things, Krash and Chiko find a mysterious device and ask Pin what it is. Pin says it's a happiness gun; Whoever is shot by it will become happy. Krash and Chiko try to use it on Pin, but nothing happens. Pin explains that an important detail is missing: a green ball with holes, which is lost somewhere in a landfill. Krash and Chiko decide to find it.
After a very long search, Chiko finds the desired part. He and Krash are about to return, but they find themselves lost. It starts raining, and the two take shelter among the metal debris and soon fall asleep.
They hear a roar through a dream. A few seconds later, a huge robot with glowing eyes appears in front of them, controlled by Pin. He is very happy to find his missing friends and escorts them out of his dump. But as he gets them home, the ball falls out and is lost again. Chiko asks Pin to stop and pick it up, but Pin refuses. He think that all they need for happiness now is a mug of hot chocolate and a warm blanket. Krash and Chiko fall asleep in cozy armchairs.
Tropes:
- Continuity Nod:
- Chiko pulls out a mind-reading helmet from a pile of things Pin throws out.
- Among the things in the dump there is a submarine, a rocket and a Perpetual Motion machine.
- Chiko finds a ball in a slot machine from "Big Snare".
- For Happiness: Krash and Chiko want to fix the happiness machine to make their friend Pin happy.
- Shout-Out:
- The characters go to an abandoned area in search of a ball that, if used correctly, can grant happiness. Like the characters of a Roadside Picnic.
- 4Kids dub had a bit of fun with the invention Pin made to find Krash and Chiko. According to him, it's a search engine he was going to call "Yahoot", but decided to go with "Boogle" in the end.
