Chickie Chickie Bang Bang

Chickie Chickie Bang Bang is the 44th episode of Action League Now!. It first premiered on the Kablam! episode, In It to Win It on December 4, 1999.

Characters Present

• The Flesh
• Thundergirl
• Stinky Diver
• Meltman
• The Chief
• The Mayor
• Bill the Lab Guy
• The Smuggler
• The Many Easter Chicks

Plot

The episode begins at Kiddie Pool Harbor, where the League investigates an international smuggling ring. Stinky points his spear gun at the smuggler and The Chief tells him to swing the goods over to them. The smuggler does so, using it to knock the League over. He then tells The Mayor that the coast is clear, so The Mayor congratulates him and says that he'd like to investigate his treasure. He unravels the blanket, revealing two Easter chicks in a cage. With them as breeding stock, he will corner the Easter chick market quickly and be richer than Bill Cosby.

At Action Headquarters, the League is about to eat a giant hoagie, which is their their lunch. Just then, Bill the Lab Guy appears and tells the League that he found out what The Mayor was smuggling: a rare species of Easter chick. The League ignores Bill, replying that they're too busy eating their hoagie. Bill still insists that this species of Easter chick multiplies at an alarming rate and has been known to eat anything! The Flesh asks if that's bad.

Meanwhile, at The Mayoral Mansion, The Mayor has just built a corral for his Easter chicks. With the many chicks he's able to sell, he can pay off his student loan. Just then, the smuggler appears and calls out that the chicks have eaten all ten bags of birdseed. The Mayor's still sure, however, that the birdseed will be able to hold them for a while. He then tells him to help him with his Easter chick web site, and as soon as they leave, the chicks break through the fence!

Back at Action Headquarters, Bill continues to warn the League about the chicks, saying that if they don't stop them, they'll have an ecological disaster on their hands. The League continues to ignore him, as they'd still rather eat their hoagie. As soon as they turn around, the chicks have already eaten their hoagie and don't stop there! Bill witnesses that event and exclaims that the chicks are breeding out of control! Thundergirl then says that they are headed for the World Food Reserve, after which The Chief asks Bill why he didn't warn them (even though he repeatedly did). Desperate to stop them, he, Bill, and the League set out.

Moments later at the kitchen, the chicks are everywhere, eating food that is stored in every place. The League arrives too late to stop them, which Bill exclaims that he was also afraid of! Now that the World Food Reserve is gone, there's no telling what they'll next eat! The Mayor then appears and asks the League if he can sell them some of his chicks, which start attacking and eating The Mayor himself. The League cheers when the chicks eat The Mayor, but jeer when the chicks are also about to eat them. The Narrator asks the viewers if the League will be eaten by the chicks, then tells them to stay tuned for the second part.

In part two, Bill tells the League to back up slowly and not make any loud sounds or sudden moves. The Flesh backs up and accidentally steps on Meltman's foot, making him scream loudly in pain! At this, the chicks suddenly freeze. The Chief then tells Meltman to be quiet, but the chicks start again. Bill tells Meltman to scream again, but Meltman argues that he can't, so Thundergirl kicks the back of his leg and he demands her to stop. Bill says that Meltman's scream is remarkably similar to the chick's mating call, suddenly getting an idea.

The Chief tells the League to keep hitting Meltman so that his scream will lead the chicks to the harbor. The Flesh, Thundergirl, and Stinky take turns hitting Meltman (much to his dismay) until they lead the chicks the entire way.

Moments later, the chicks are sent away on a raft. The Chief thanks Meltman, who is now bandaged, for helping them lead them to the harbor with his screams. Bill then tells the League that the chicks can now go back to their natural home. Next, Thundergirl tells the League that aside from them trying to eat them, the chicks were kind of cute. Finally, The Flesh reveals that he kept one of the chicks, but unfortunately, it multiplies at an alarming rate and scares the rest of the League and Bill into the water as the episode ends.

Quotes

• Narrator: "Dateline, Kiddie Pool Harbor, where an international smuggling ring has been blown out of the water by our Action blowhards."
• Narrator: "With a sleezy smuggling ring on the loose, the Action League starts asking tough questions."
• The Flesh, Thundergirl, Stinky, Meltman, Bill, and the Chief (After the chicks attack The Mayor): "Yay! The Mayor's toast!" (The chicks start attacking them) "Boo! So are we!"

• Narrator: "What's this? Is The Action League about to become Action Feed? Find out in the Action Pecked conclusion of Action League Now!"

Allusions

• This episode's title is a reference to the 1968 film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
• In the beginning of Part 2, the narrator says "Here a chick...there a chick...everywhere a chick chick!", which parodies a quote from the traditional children's song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".

Previous Episode

• Winds of Evil

Next Episode

• The Naked and the Dumb

Gallery

"Dateline: Kiddie Pool Harbor, where an international smuggling ring is blown out of the water by our Action Blowhards." "Freeze, you rotters! You're busted!" "Swing that contraband over this way, pronto!"

"No problem!"

"The coast is clear, Mr. Mayor!"

"Good work, yeoman. Now let me inspect my precious treasure!"

"Aye-aye, sir, Mayor, sir!"

"Hello, my pretties. With you two as breeding stock, I'll corner the Easter Chick market in no time! I'll be richer than Bill Cosby!"

"With a sleazy smuggling ring on the loose, the League starts asking tough questions." "Who wants some hoagie?" "I do!" "Let's eat!"

"I'm starving!" "Yummies!"

"Wait, stop the picnic. I just found out what those smugglers were... um, smuggling."

"A rare species of Easter Chick!"

"That's horrible, Bill, but we've got a hoagie to eat." "YAY!"

"You don't understand. These birds multiply at an alarming rate, and have been known to eat anything."

"Is that bad?"

"Meanwhile at the Mayoral Mansion..." "Look at them all! I'll be able to pay off my student loans!"

"They finished off all ten bags of birdseed, Mr. Mayor."

"Well... that should hold them for a while. Now come give me a hand with my Easter Chick website."

The Chicks break through the fence

"I'm warning you, if we don't stop those chicks now, we'll have an ecological disaster on our hands!"

"Ecological, Schmecological. Which part of 'We've got a hoagie to eat' didn't you understand?! "YAY!"

"Blimey!" "What the?!" "Not good." "There goes lunch."

"Oh, no. I was afraid of this. They're breeding out of control!" "And they're headed for the World Food Reserve!" "Blast it, Bill! Why didn't you warn us? Now let's move out!"

"Moments later..." "Crikey! We're too late!"

"I was afraid of this, too. Now that the World Food Reserve is gone, who knows what they'll eat next?"

"Hello, Friends."

"The Mayor!"

"Could I Interest you in some cuddly Easter chicks?"

"Ow! I mean, oh, wow! They sure are cute, and attractively priced. Act now...!"

"Yay! The Mayor's toast!"

"Boo! So are we!" "What's this? Is the Action League about to become Action Feed? Find out in the action-pecked conclusion of Action League Now!

"Here a chick..."

"...there a chick..."

"...everywhere a chick chick!"

"Is it lunchtime for our heroes?"

"All right, everybody back up slowly. No sudden moves or loud sounds."

"YEOW!"

"Quiet, you melted moron!"

"Wait, do that again."

"I can't!"

"Yeow! Cut it out!"

"Amazing. That sound is remarkably similar to their mating call. I have an idea."

"YEOW!" "Keep hitting him, that's an order!" "No more, please."

"Sorry, Melty." "Yeow!" "Hey, give me a crack!" "It's my turn!"

Meltman lands near the harbor.

"Moments later..."

"Good work, Meltman! Your whining led those chicks straight to the boat!" "Now they can go back to their natural habitat." "You know, aside from all that pecking to death, they sure were cute."

"That's why I kept one. I mean, two, four, eight, eleventy-five, nine?"

"Aah!" "No!" "Take them back!" "YOU BOZO!" 'The end."