On a rainy day, Helen, Martha, Skits, T.D., Truman, and Carolina are sitting in the living room bored. Martha decides that they could put on a show, and she picks up a book, saying they could base the show on that. Helen explains that the book is on Greek myths, and while Truman's on board with that, T.D. is not. Martha brings another book, but T.D. isn't interested in that one (an atlas) either. Carolina finds a dictionary, and Martha is keen to do a show about that, perhaps one show per word. However, Helen is more keen to do the Greek myth book, and everyone agrees except T.D.
Helen and Truman start acting out the story of Sisyphus in the basement, while Martha and T.D. watch, and T.D. insists that Greek myths are "not real stories". Helen chews him out for being a "stick in the mud", then they continue, with Skits as Sisyphus and Carolina as Zeus. She has him push a bouncy ball up the stairs repeatedly, saying that he has to do it over and over forever, then the show ends.
Then, they act out the myth of Prometheus, with T.D., Martha, and Truman acting. They pretend that they're very cold since they can't light fires, while Carolina plays Zeus refusing to give them fire. Martha plays Prometheus and asks "Zeus" for fire. Carolina-as-Zeus says no, so Martha-as-Prometheus takes the fire (portrayed with a torch) while Carolina acts as Zeus sleeping. Carolina then acts as Zeus waking up, discovery the fire is stolen, and punishing "Prometheus" by chaining "him" to an umbrella outside forever.
Martha complains about the Downer Ending, and T.D. again states that it isn't a proper story and it's pointless. However, Carolina says that the story is a story, since it has a moral. T.D. however insists it's not a story since it doesn't have a proper ending.
Next, they do the story of Narcissus, with Martha in the leading role. She pretends to fall in love with her reflection and become obsessed with it, only to freak out when it goes away as she drinks. Then, Helen says that Narcissus just stayed there thirsty and lonely for the rest of his life, making Martha agree with T.D. that the stories are pointless. Carolina likes the story, but T.D. is still frustrated and thinks it isn't a story.
Next up, Truman plays Orpheus, and he pretends to go to Hades to rescue his wife Euridise, played by Helen. He is then stopped by Cerberus, played by Martha, Skits, and a teddy bear. He sings to try to think, which makes "Cerberus" fall asleep, so "Orpheus" saves "Euridise". T.D. is glad that he's finally found what he thinks of as a proper story, but when Helen explains that the story ends with Orpheus breaking the rule not to look at Euridise and her having to stay in Hades forever, he sulks.
The other kids dare T.D. to write a better story, but before he can, Danny comes home and reveals it's already time for dinner. T.D. and Truman, however, still want to write the better story and they promise they'll have it ready the next day.
This episode provides examples of
- Adaptational Species Change: Possibly. When Martha is playing Narcissus, Truman asks "him" to come play with a stick, hinting that she's still playing a dog, but it's left up in the air.
- An Aesop: Conversed. Carolina points out that since the myth of Prometheus has a moral it must be a story.
- Age Lift: In-Universe. Carolina, a young girl, plays the adult god Zeus.
- Alliterative Title: Myth Me?
- Alternate Aesop Interpretation: In-Universe. The myth about Prometheus was originally about hubris and challenging the gods, but Carolina and Helen interpret the moral as "Don't steal".
- Ambiguously Human: It's unclear whether Martha is playing a man or a male dog when she plays Narcissus. While she's not playing herself with a different name, as Narcissus is still referred to with he/him pronouns, Truman invites "Narcissus" to play with a stick.
- Bad "Bad Acting": Due to T.D.'s not wanting to be in the Prometheus play, he doesn't bother to pretend to shiver; he just states that he's very cold.
- Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Helen and Truman dress Skits, then later Martha, wearing a toga and laurel wreath, but no shoes.
- Continuity Nod: Truman as Orpheus sings the same nonsensical llama song that the bearded man sang in "Martha Sings", with some of the lyrics changed.
- Cross Casting: In-Universe, Carolina plays Zeus, then Martha plays Prometheus, then Narcissus, then one of Cerberus's heads.
- Downer Ending: Conversed when Martha complains that the story ending with Prometheus being punished forever is too sad, then later after they do the myth of Orpheus, Carolina complains, "Enough with the sad endings!".
- The End: Conversed when T.D. says that in order for a story to have a proper ending, they must end on "The End".
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Martha says that if she had a show of her own, it'd be all about words. Words are one of the themes of this actual show.
- Never Say "Die": When they act out the story of Narcissus, they gloss over his death and just say he sat by the pond forever.
- No Ending: Conversed. T.D. doesn't like Greek myths, as he thinks they lack proper endings.
- Pet-Peeve Trope: In-Universe. T.D. really hates stories with No Ending.
- Pun-Based Title: The episode is a pun on "myth" and "miss".
- Questioning Title?: The title ends in a question mark.
- Rain, Rain, Go Away: The episode begins with Helen, her dogs, T.D., Truman, and Carolina really bored with the rain.
- Running Gag: The laurel wreath keeps falling on Truman's eyes.
- Space Whale Aesop: The girls say that the Prometheus myth has a moral: don't steal or you'll be punished. In the story, Prometheus was punished forever.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In the real Narcissus story, he dies and is turned into a flower. In Martha and her friends' version, he just gets very thirsty but isn't mentioned to die.
- Spoof Aesop:
- T.D. says that the real moral of the Prometheus myth is "Don't call a myth a 'story' because a story has to have an ending'."
- Helen claims that the Narcissus story's moral is not to fall in love with yourself, or you'll be thirsty and lonely for the rest of your life.
- Toilet Humour: Truman as Orpheus sings "placed it in the loo" as part of his Word Salad Lyrics.
- Word Salad Lyrics: Truman sings a similar song to the nonsensical song sung by the fisherman in "Martha Sings", except the line "You treat me like you get to know a llama" is replaced with the equally-bizarre "I think I really like being a llama", and "Llama coyote Africa banana, they play a fancy instrument kazoo" is replaced with "My baby's gonna find a ripe banana, there's some hot and placed it in the loo".
