Swampy Seconds

"Swampy Seconds" Season 1, Episode 38 Prod. Code: 120b Premiered: October 19, 2013 Credits Written by:   Hugh Webber Storyboard by:   Peter Ferk & Larry Houston Mike Milo Directed by:   Mike Milo Episodes ← Previous Episode "Enter the Nomicon" Next Episode → "McSatchle"

"Swampy Seconds" is the thirty-eighth episode of the first season of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. It premiered on October 19, 2013.

Synopsis

Randy misuses his Ninja powers, and the Nomicon refuses to let him Ninja out and rescue Howard from a psychotic Cajun trapper named Catfish Booray.

Plot

The episode begins with Randy and Howard listening to an announcement from Principal Slimovitz not to go near the swamp. However, Howard states he heard that they should be near the swamp, to which Randy agrees.

After the boys reach there, Howard is annoyed because there is fence there. Randy states he can cut it off by using the Ninja Suit, but Howard asks whether the NinjaNomicon allows him to do that, as it glows disapprovingly. Randy, however, deliberately disobeys the Nomicon by using the Ninja Sword to cut the fence with Howard even kicking the Nomicon to gloat at the boat.

After entering the swamp, the boys change the signposts and head in different directions. Randy unfortunately is caught in a trap, and also unable to escape by using the mask, as the Nomicon punishes him for abusing his power by restricting the powers of the mask. He is then abducted by the swamp wizard Catfish Booray, who cages him and heads off to catch Howard. He leads the hypnotized animals to Howard, beside the bear so that it can keep an eye on Randy to make sure he doesn't escape. Using the time in the cage, Randy shloomps into the Nomicon which gives him a lesson on him needing to un-abuse his powers in order to regain his right to transform.

After managing to lure the bear into destroying the cage and escaping, Randy uses a speedboat to look for Howard. Catfish decides to eat both boys, but let Randy survive as he is more noble. His attempt to free Howard causes himself to fall into the swamp and battles with his animals. Due to his selflessness, he is able to use the suit again, and uses the NinjaNomicon advice to free the animals from his control by using the Ninja Rings. Catfish is agitated and transforms himself into a Pythanthigator, and chases them all the way back to the fence. Ninja gets caught and asks Howard to save himself, but Howard states he would not abandon his best friend, even though he still runs away in the end. Fortunately, Howard still plays a part in helping faze Catfish with a cinder block, and thus Randy manages to depower Catfish, who subsequently gets pursued by angry animals.

After this ordeal, Randy vows that he will only use the suit for important matter from then on. Principal Slimovitz catches Howard for going into the swamp, until Randy comes up as the ninja and claims Howard was helping him to seal the fence. The episode ends with Howard blaming the Ninja, who is dismayed by Howard rebuffing his fib.

Characters

Main characters

• Randy Cunningham
• Howard Weinerman
• Catfish Booray

Secondary characters

• Bucky Hensletter
• Principal Slimovitz

Background characters

• Mac Antfee (pictured)
• Nameless Blond Boy with White Shirt
• Nameless Girl with Green Shirt

Series Continuity

• The Nomicon brings up Mac Antfee and showed how he lost his position as the Ninja because of his disregard for the rules.
• Randy mentions another Grave Punch video game, from the Grave Puncher Series, Grave Puncher: Grand Theft Fan-Boat.

Trivia

• The title is a reference to the phrase "sloppy seconds."
  • Sloppy Seconds is also the name of a punk band.
• These were the first paired episodes not to feature either Hannibal McFist or The Sorcerer.
• Randy tells Catfish Booray that his name is "Ranginald Bagel." A later episode, "Bring Me the Head of Ranginald Bagel," reveals that this pseudonym is actually the name of a particular student at Norrisville High.
• An error in continuity is that Randy hears only Catfish's first name, but somehow knows Catfish's last name later on.
• Catfish's magical abilities come from the Spirit of the Swamp, his pouch and collars marked with an eye. Whether, this is a swamp spirit or someone else is unknown.
  • The Swamp Spirit may possibly be a Loa, a spirit from voodoo mythology.
• Although he struggled to throw an Electro Ball very far in "The Ninja Supremacy," Howard was able to throw a cinderblock impressively far enough to hit Pythanthigator Catfish.
• Jim Cummings also voiced another Cajun character, Ray from the Disney Princess film Princess and the Frog.
• Randy mentions playing a game called Swamp Puncher: Grand Theft Fan-Boat, an obvious parody of the Grand Theft Auto gaming franchise,

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