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A bunch of criminals create an extremely ghey kids' show called the "Wondrous World of Whimsical Willie" with the intention of tricking little kids into sending the criminals all of their parents' money. Bubbles goes one step further by stealing all the money in Townsville and giving it to Willie.

The inspiration for this episode comes from a very famous incident on a kids' show from the 60's. Now, if the writers had put any more thought into the plot beyond that little footnote in television history, we could have had a really good story. So many opportunities for something funny or interesting to happen were squandered. For example, the scene with the Mayor would have been much funnier if he too, went to the vault with the intention of giving away all the money and found it was gone. When Bubbles is learning that the show isn't real, I was trying to anticipate what her eventual reaction would be. Was she going to cry her eyes out? Would she go catatonic? Is she gonna freak out and beat the stuffing out of everything in sight? Nope, none of the above. She actually takes it rather calmly. Oh sure, she's miffed at Willie and his crew for deceiving her, but she doles out the beatings with an average amount of intensity. How exciting.

This could have been a great Bubbles episode. Darn.

One and a half stars

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