This episode is in reference to the Disney Afternoon show, Adventures of the Gummi Bears. The formula that was so important was the gummi berry juice, able to temporarily give the drinker super strength and the ability to bounce.
Kelvin James Landon
2025-01-17 03:43:14 +0000 UTC
GUMMI BEARS!! Bouncing here and there and everywhere!!! I love the little nods and tributes to other Disney Afternoon shows in this series.
AnakiK
2025-01-15 17:26:14 +0000 UTC
I'm so excited to hear more of your theories in upcoming episodes!
Terrell
2025-01-04 07:46:45 +0000 UTC
I would agree. The design, plus its placement on an Island, is to close to be a coincidence.
Ian Driscoll
2025-01-03 21:53:45 +0000 UTC
I know! They get so close, but so far.
Brett
2024-12-31 22:11:19 +0000 UTC
I keep forgetting sometime that she missed out on the Disney afternoon and have now been reminded of how fudging old I am getting
Christopher Malone
2024-12-29 18:05:17 +0000 UTC
Hell, I'd love to see Elijah react to all the Disneytoon intros from the late 80s to mid 90s. OG Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, Winnie the Pooh, Goof Troop - all the classics! π Don't know if that's possible, but it'd be great fun. It'd be like prehistoric media for her.
og.monstr
2024-12-29 16:03:30 +0000 UTC
Fucking calm down, Elijah, how many ladies are you gonna fawn over?! ππ
og.monstr
2024-12-29 11:16:16 +0000 UTC
you have no idea how hard I am biting my tongue right now hearing your theories, you are so close to nail, and yes I would love to see you react to Gummi Bears at the very least the bop that is the theme song
Christopher Malone
2024-12-29 01:31:39 +0000 UTC
it's a shame that the webby secret won't be revealed until season 3
nekolover321
2024-12-29 01:30:38 +0000 UTC
Fake Spoiler, we will see The Wuzzles in the distant future
John Bossert
2024-12-29 01:03:37 +0000 UTC
Gets stuck in my head every time I see this episode.
Joey Quixote
2024-12-28 23:39:12 +0000 UTC
Elijah's Mom is amazing at designs
Jeal Tar
2024-12-28 22:57:27 +0000 UTC
https://youtu.be/yYZH7B498gE?feature=shared
David Johnson
2024-12-28 22:10:15 +0000 UTC
I'm pretty sure the bubble thing is an homage to the 60s show "The Prisoner."
David Johnson
2024-12-28 22:05:37 +0000 UTC
Mind you, they can't *technically* be part of the Duck universe as there were actual humans in that show...but maybe they were traveling across dimensions or something.
David Johnson
2024-12-28 22:04:43 +0000 UTC
Great Reaction Elijah and that jacket your Mom made you is so wicked awesome So Glad You Had A Great Christmas with your family and Mosco Have a Wonderful Day & Canβt Wait For Your Next Ducktales reaction π
Pamela Kibildis
2024-12-28 21:54:29 +0000 UTC
Agree with Elijah and Mosco on the tea bag thing. They cost cheaply enough to use once. No pennies saved is worth the same pale wet bag of overly diluted leaves used in one month. Scrooge, you should be rich enough to have standards. Iroh would be ashamed and insulted. π€’π€£
Liam Gradwell
2024-12-28 21:05:44 +0000 UTC
It is fun to see a less old Scrooge be more devil-may-care like that. Not just in his approach, but what he was even going after for adventures; seems to have been less interested in things than he was in antics and interesting people.
Matthew Dunne
2024-12-28 20:47:47 +0000 UTC
This episode was an homage to another Disney Afternoons show called "Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears". The titular Bears made and drank a concoction called Gummi Berry Juice which gave them the bouncing powers you see and hear (same sound effects as the old show) here. An evil king wanted to get the recipe because (for some reason) the juice made humans super strong instead. I think you'd have liked it. Sunni Gummi and Princess Calla in specific for being the thrillseeking girls in the show. Maybe a one-off (one episode) reaction or Discord watch party at some point?
I'm very interested to hear the result of your combined brainstorm with Mosco. You both had some very similar observations.
Joey Quixote
2024-12-28 20:43:58 +0000 UTC
That's an awesome looking jacket! Nice to back into these reactions too. Really looking forward to more DT in particular because there's a lot of episodes I'm super into watching you react to. One in particular above all the others, because it's my favourite in the show, and up there in cartoon episodes in general honestly. But it's a season 2 episode, so it'll be a while.
Bailey
2024-12-28 20:34:16 +0000 UTC
That is a pretty slick looking jacket.
Matthew Dunne
2024-12-28 20:11:17 +0000 UTC
The "mysterious creatures" on the page at the auction are the Gummi Bears from the early '90s Disney Channel show. Apparently there was some kind of legal issue that kept them from appearing in person but a drawing was okay. Also, Heron's line "Bouncing here and there and everywhere, mass destruction beyond compare" is from the show's theme song, which had "high adventure" instead of mass destruction.