Fatter

Fatter is the second episode of the third season of Action League Now! and the 30th episode overall. It first premiered on the final episode of KaBlam!, Just Chillin on January 20, 2000, making this, in release order, the final Action League Now! episode to air on KaBlam! before going on to launch the spin-off series in late-2001.

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The episode begins at a carnival. While Meltman rides the spinning teacups, the rest of the Action League looks for Madame Shyster, a fortune teller and con artist. Sure enough, she is right behind them, ready to tell their futures. The Chief walks up to her and tells her that she is under arrest for fraud in the first degree. However, Madame Shyster simply warns him to stay back, lest she put a curse on his head. The Chief isn't afraid because he doesn't believe in curses, so Madame Shyster put a special curse on him called "Fatter", which The Chief just laughs off, thinking nothing bad will happen. Suddenly, the spinning teacups speed up, launching Meltman into the air and causing him to land on the Chief.

Madame Shyster is soon sent to prison. Back at Action Headquarters, the League awaits orders from the Chief, who is pigging out on various foods. Even after eating from a box full of Chinese food, the Chief, who has gained quite a bit of weight from eating it, is hungry again and orders the League to buy him more meals. He then says that he'll be in the kitchen if they need anything. After that, the League is concerned that his newfound over-eating might be bad for him. Meltman suggests that they keep an eye on him at all times.

Later that day in the kitchen, the League finds lots of discarded food wrappers all over the floor, then wonders where The Chief is. As if getting an answer, they suddenly find him in the refrigerator, having gained even more weight and continuing to feel hungry. The League decides that The Chief needs expert medical attention as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, the Action Health Plan only covers visits to Bill the Lab Guy. At his lab, as usual, there's nothing he can do. While the League talks to Bill, The Chief, who is now in the shape of a bowling ball, chows down on a chicken leg. Thundergirl claims that it wouldn't hurt Bill to try, who takes Thundergirl's advice and asks The Chief when he started getting hungry. Taking a pause from his meal, The Chief tells Bill that it started right after Madame Shyster put that curse on him at the carnival. Bill disagrees that he doesn't see any connection, but Stinky insists; Madame Shyster's curse is making The Chief fatter and fatter. Meltman suggests getting The Chief to Madame Shyster's prison cell before he explodes. The Chief likes this idea, but says that they should buy some hoagies on the way.

The League begins to roll The Chief (who sings a spoof of "99 Bottles of Pop") towards Madame Shyster's prison cell, which is hard because of his size. Stinky asks The Flesh if his super strength can help them, so The Flesh backs up and rams into the Chief, causing him to roll across through the hall and down over the stairs. Stinky then realizes in shock that The Chief is headed right towards the prison! At the bottom of the stairs, Madame Shyster is telling a prisoner his fortune, saying that a mysterious stranger will soon flatter him - or flatten, since she has trouble reading. Sure enough, The Chief lands on the prison, crushing it and killing Madame Shyster as well. The Chief congratulates the League on getting him to the cell, then asks where Madame Shyster is. Stinky and Meltman nervously say that he accidentally crushed and killed her. The Chief is furious with the League, as Madame Shyster was the only one who could change him back! The Chief then realizes that he's doomed, but is still hungry. The Narrator asks the viewers if the Chief will come to an explosive end and if he'll leave any food for anyone else, then tells them to stay tuned for part two.

In the second act, Bill measures The Chief, informing Thundergirl that there's nothing he can do because The Chief is soon going to "burst open like a rotten piñata." The Chief blames the League because if they hadn't flattened Madame Shyster, he would have been freed of her curse. Stinky then blames The Flesh for pushing The Chief too hard, to which The Flesh blames Stinky for shoving The Chief. Outraged by this, Stinky starts attacking The Flesh, who tosses him and makes him land on his spear gun, which is pointed at The Chief, and once its spear hits him, it pops him! This causes all of the food he ate to fly around the lab. Finally, The Chief, who is now back to normal, rises from the eaten food. The League are happy to see the Chief once more, who congratulates them and asks how he can repay them. The Flesh asks if he can buy them lunch. However, grossed out by having seen the eaten food, the rest of the annoyed League and Bill turn to him. The Flesh then asks, "What?", ending the episode.