| It's Hokey Mon! | |
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| Series | Grim & Evil |
| Season | 2 |
| Production code | 201 |
| Writer | Gord Zajac |
| Broadcast information | |
| Broadcast number | 1A |
| Cartoon Network US Premiere | June 13, 2003 |
| Paired with | Boskov's Day Out Tween Wolf |
| Chronological information | |
| Previous Dream a Little Dream |
Next Boskov's Day Out |
It's Hokey Mon! is the first segment of the first episode of the second season of Grim & Evil, and the third segment of the first episode of the second season of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
Synopsis[]
Grim uses his supernatural powers to animate imaginary monsters Billy and Irwin's trading card game, but they soon begin to terrorize Endsville.
Plot[]
The episode begins with Billy and Irwin in the middle of an intense trading card game, Hokeymon. They take turns drawing cards, each one presumably more powerful than the previous. Billy eventually jumps across the table and tackles Irwin. Grim walks into the living room during the commotion. He picks up one of the cards and uses his supernatural powers to bring the monster to life, a green, one-eyed goblin. At the sight of this, Billy and Irwin are absolutely star-struck and beg Grim to make the rest of their cards come to life. Grim works his magic to turn all the Hokey Mon cards into real monsters, but warns Billy and Irwin that no one else is to know.
In the back alley of a building somewhere in Endsville, two kids are playing Hokey Mon. Billy and Irwin enter the alley and challenge them to a card duel. The two of them draw first; the cards they draw, Dimples and Creampuff, are the two weakest in their decks. The alley kids make fun of them, until they notice the monsters come to life from the cards, in sheer defiance of Grim’s orders not to let anyone else know of their special monsters. Eventually, a large crowd of Endsville kids gathers in they alleyway to witness the real things. Billy and Irwin are dueling a fat kid, whose cards are eaten up by the real monster. When the two realize they may be in trouble, they hightail it back to Billy’s house, with the Endsville kids in pursuit. Billy and Irwin hide while Grim confronts the angry mob outside, who demand he make their cards real as well. Grim agrees, thinking nothing could possibly go wrong.
A single-file line forms outside the house, with each kid eagerly awaiting to have their decks transformed into monsters. Soon however, the real-life Hokey Mon cards begin terrorizing Endsville. A news broadcast shows footage of a dragon breathing fire. During the news segment, a small Hokey Mon trespasses onto the set of the show and devours the newscaster’s entire head. Without explanation, another more hideous head grows in its place.
Mandy is minding her own business coloring when she notices the ruckus outside of hundred-foot Hokey monsters destroying Endsville. Declaring that she’s had enough of this, she brings to Grim a custom-made card Mandy’s Monster, with the superpower to “make toast out of all the other monsters.” Grim animates the card.
Later on, on the nightly news, the crudely drawn green monster (a rectangular body with stick figure-style arms and legs) is seen flying around with Mandy on its shoulder and turning the other bigger monsters into gigantic pieces of toast, prompting a flock of pigeons to consume them. The episode ends with Mandy’s Monster eating toast in bed.
Credits[]
- Story by: Gord Zajac
- Storyboard by: Mike Diederich
- Directed by: John McIntyre, Robert Alvarez
Trivia[]
- Hokey Mon's full name is Hokey Monsters.
- Hokey Mon is a reference to Pokémon.
- It’s unknown if Hokey Monsters can evolve like Pokémon can.
- One Hokey Monster, Snuffleups, is a reference to Mr. Snuffleupagus (Snuffy) from Sesame Street.
- It's also the first segment to use the new title card theme by Gregory Hinde & Drew Neumann that most segments from Billy & Mandy segments from Season 2 of Grim & Evil & later on for Billy & Mandy as a standalone show used.
- The nightly news reporter sounds like and even bears an uncanny resemblance to legendary broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite (before his head is bitten off).
- The reporter ends the first broadcast with, "And that's the news." This is a reference to Walter Cronkite's famous departing catchphrase, "And that's the way it is."
Gallery[]
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