| Mountain Dude | |
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| Season 4, Episode 17 | |
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Mountain Dude is the seventeenth episode of season four.
Synopsis[]
Jake becomes a mountain goat.
Plot[]
Mr. Mandrill notices that motivation at C.D.M.S. is down, so he gets a famous, former alumni who is a mountain goat named Billy Daniels, and he lives his life to the extreme. However, all of Billy's talk about living life like a mountain goat makes Jake convinced that life would be much more fun as a mountain goat than as a spider-monkey, so Jake starts to live like a mountain goat. Now Mr. Mandrill must get Adam's help and work together in doing everything they can to get Jake back to normal.
Characters[]
Major Roles[]
Minor Roles[]
- Principal Pixiefrog
- Windsor Gorilla
- Stag Moose (Cameo)
- Slips Python (Non-Speaking)
- Donna Dorsal (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Kaku Tiger (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Latanya Hippo (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Jake's Mom (Mentioned)
- Ingrid Giraffe (Credits Only)
- Lupe Toucan (Credits Only)
Production Music[]
- Bush Trail (B) – Sam Sklair (title card)
- Russian Doll – Alec Gould (opening)
- Born To Bossa – Dick Walter (in the principal’s office)
- Watermelon Woman – Matteo Ciavarella (“You see, P.F.?”)
- Quiz Wizard (B) – Ed Welch (Dennis Billy in person)
- Weggis Yodel Polka – Renato Bui (in the cafeteria)
- Buam – Lars-Luis Linek (“What up, brah?”)
- Tiroler Jodler 1 – Werner Brueggemann (Jake will only eat ferns and grasses)
- Da Jodel-Rudel – Werner Brueggemann (Jake has gone full goat)
- Hard Hitter – Keith Papworth (Mr. Mandrill loves cop shows)
- Drummed Up 2 – Johnny Hawksworth (knocking out Jake)
- Light Four – Barry Morgan, Herbie Flowers (waking up in Mr. Mandrill’s office)
- Drummed Up 1 – Johnny Hawksworth (“OK! This plan ALWAYS works!”)
- Giant Steps – Ramon Codas (a montage…)
- Cheerful Twist – Ennio Morricone (…an ending…)
- Watschnmann (B) – Wesley Plass, Johann Treiber (…and an end credits scene)
Trivia[]
- The fourth wall is broken a total of seven times in this episode.
- When Jake gets the idea to become a mountain goat, Adam turns to the camera and says "Well, here we go, kids.", referencing to how the plot is officially staring.
- After Jake had completely transformed, Mr. Mandrill and Principal Pixiefrog call their endeavor a win and give a thumbs up to the camera.
- Windsor asks why Adam suspects something wrong is happening and Adam says that it usually does at the point in the episode, they're in.
- Adam turns to the camera and says "I told you something bad was gonna happen!"
- Once again, Adam says to the audience, "Here we go again, kids!" and laughs like an idiot.
- Mr. Mandrill suggests they reprogram Jake by giving him a training montage.
- After the montage, Jake again shows awareness that they were going through a montage.
- Jake's two favorite foods are said to be bananas and wormy joes.
- The theme from Dennis Billy’s appearance at the auditorium, is the second version of the UK Game Show, Blockbusters.
- This episode has a running gag of Mr. Mandrill acting like a conspiracy nut, believing in a group of clowns who brainwash children.
- Ingrid and Lupe are completely absent in the episode, itself, but they do make cameos during the ending credits. Slips is also left without dialogue, but is still heart bleating in the credits, which could be subjectively considered "speaking".
- Credits Gag: The pack standing on mountain tops and bleating like goats.
Continuity[]
- Mr. Mandrill attempts to knock Jake out cold with a shovel, and refers to his weapon of choice as a "pillow." Adam says that it's actually a shovel, and they should use something softer to knock him out, like an actual pillow. When using an actual pillow, it has the same effect as a shovel, which is what Mr. Mandrill calls it. This gag is referenced to in "Glazed and Confused", when Jake knocks Adam out with a shovel and later gives the shovel to Windsor, thanking him for letting him borrow his "pillow".
Cultural References[]
- The title is a pun on the sports drink, Mountain Dew.
- The training montage is a parody on those from the Rocky Balboa movie franchise, having an instrumental soundtrack, sounding similar to Eye of the Tiger.
- In the book of former student alumni, one of the names listed was Cal Thulu, which sounds like the mythical lovecraftian beast, Cthulhu.