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What's Eating The Flesh is the 44th episode of Action League Now!. It first premiered on the Kablam! episode, Under New Management on December 18, 1999.

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Plot[]

The episode begins at Bill the Lab Guy's laboratory, where he shows the Action League his latest discovery. At first, The Flesh thinks he's talking about the guinea pig, which he says that someone already invented it, but Bill argues that he's talking about the virus it carries, which he calls "the body eating virus", because it eats any victim's body until there is nothing left. He warns the League not to touch the infected guinea pig, as the virus is highly contagious, but The Flesh doesn't listen and rides the infected guinea pig, pretending to be a cowboy. As a result, he loses an arm.

At Action Headquarters, Bill analyzes The Flesh through a microscope and tells the League that there's nothing he can do to cure The Flesh. Plus, if anybody touches him, they will be infected with the virus, too. The Chief still says that Bill must cure him, and Thundergirl agrees that The Flesh's life is at stake. The Chief then interrupts, declaring that the annual Chief's golf tournament is today and he needs The Flesh to be his caddy. Bill tells The Chief that he could look for a cure in the rainforest, as he knows a shaman who could help. The Chief then orders Bill to find the shaman, as he tees off at 1:30 and can't win without The Flesh. Bill sets off as The Chief assures The Flesh that he's going to be fine. Just then, The Flesh loses his left leg, but is still relieved after hearing The Chief.

While Bill drives his go-kart to the rainforest, Stinky, Thundergirl, and Meltman all take care of The Flesh. Stinky cleans out his ears, Meltman shaves his chest, and Thundergirl brushes his hair.

Meanwhile, The Chief is in the living room, practicing his golf swing. When he hits the first golf ball, it bounces off of a lamp in the kitchen. Back at Action Headquarters, Meltman has just finished successfully shaving The Flesh's chest without touching him, but at that moment, the golf ball hits him and knocks him into The Flesh, causing him to get the virus as well. After seeing his arms fall off, Thundergirl leaves so she doesn't get infected, too. When she tries, however, The Chief hits another golf ball, which bounces off of a pot in the kitchen, hits her, knocks her into Stinky and The Flesh, and causes her and Stinky to also get infected.

At the rainforest, Bill meets the shaman and asks him about the virus' cure. The shaman tells him in his own language that the cure is medicinal sap. Bill then asks the shaman where the sap is. Just as the shaman is about to tell him, however, The Chief hits yet another golf ball, which knocks a plant over that squashes the shaman. Bill then asks him again where the sap is, hoping he is all right. The shaman then weakly tries to tell Bill, but The Chief hits another golf ball, which knocks over a bottle that lands on Bill.

Back at the living room, The Chief has just run out of golf balls as the heads of Stinky, Meltman, and Thundergirl roll to him. Meltman then says that they need help. The Chief promises as long as they don't touch him, becuase he doesn't want to get the virus either. The Flesh's head catches up and accidentally knocks Thundergirl's head into The Chief's golf ball machine, which launches it onto The Chief. Since he now has the virus as well, all of the League is doomed! The Narrator asks the viewers if the virus will devour them completely, then tells them to stay tuned for the second act.

In part two, Bill awakens and finds the medicinal sap he's looking for inside the bottle on top of him.

Back in the living room, the League's heads look at each other, being sure that the virus will shortly devour them completely. The Chief is angry with the others, yelling that he'd stomp them if he had any legs left. Suddenly, Bill arrives and pours the medicinal sap on them, finally curing them of the virus. The Chief, who now has his entire body again, is pleased that he's cured in time for the tournament, but all he needs now is a golf ball, since he's lost the ones he hit earlier.

Moments later at the golf course, The Chief uses The Flesh's head as a golf ball, which he hits as it bounces over various courses, landing perfectly in the hole. The Chief then tells Bill that he said he couldn't win without The Flesh, and everyone laughs as the episode ends.

Allusions[]

  • This episode's title is a parody of the 1993 film, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, starring Johnny Depp.
  • The body-eating virus is revealed to be the popular Namco arcade game, Pac-Man.

Quotes[]

  • The Flesh: "Look, guys! I'm a cowboy! Yee-Haw!"
  • Thundergirl (singing): "Thundergirl, fleeing a virus, before it infects..." (she gets hit by The Chief's second golf ball and knocked into The Flesh with Stinky)
  • Meltman: "My arm!"
  • Thundergirl: "No! That's mine!"
  • The Flesh: "Can someone pass me a leg?"
  • Announcer: "The league; infected, their heads; ejected!"

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