| Previous: "Ding Dongers" |
"Animation Abomination" | Next: "The Van" |
The following is a transcript for the episode, "Animation Abomination".
Greens' house[]
Greens' TV[]
Announcer: You're watching Animation Abomination!
(Our title appears as the logo of this programming block, which ANIMATES IN with special effects; the Kingdom of Lore title screen is shown. Takes you back to the days of old... syndication and programming blocks were all the rage back in the 80's.)
Announcer: Now back to Kingdom of Lore!
Kingdom of Lore[]
(A female protagonist, evoking some Star Butterfly vibes, stands in a devastated landscape...)
Protagonist: You'll never get away with this, Ghost! (holds wand high)
(...before a large, looming ghost holding his own wand.)
Ghost antagonist: You think you can defeat me?
(The ghost POOFS! our hero's wand out of existence. Not. Good. Our protag gasps...)
Bat sidekick: (flying in; evoking some King feelings) Oh, snap! Looks like this ghost is gonna make us toast!
Living room[]
(All this is all but a scene playing out on the TV: "TO BE CONTINUED...")
Announcer: Don't miss the exciting next episode of Kingdom of Lore!
(Cut to Cricket and Tilly watching on the sofa.)
Cricket: Wow...
(Two fans of the show...)
Cricket: This show is awesome!
(...one a superfan...)
Tilly: I know! I've seen all the episodes, read all the books, and they make my favorite cereal!
(She pulls out Princess Tarin-O's (The official cereal of Kingdom of Lore).)
(...and one newbie.)
Cricket: This is the first episode I've seen. It makes no sense, and I love it!
(It's like tuning in to a show DURING the middle of an arc; say Chip Whistler's arc.)
Cricket: How do you think the season will end?
Tilly: I have a theory that the evil ghost is actually the king.
(To demonstrate, she takes a tissue and covers a pepper shaker in it; then takes it off and puts a "crown" [actually a popcorn kernel] on top of it.)
Cricket: Ha ha, that's cool, but I think the main girl lady...
(Represented this time by a salt shaker...)
Tilly: (her fangirling/superfan status paying off) Princess Tarina.
Cricket: Princess Tortilla? I think it'd be cool if she...
(THROWS THE SALT SHAKER AT THE BOWL OF POPCORN - You know it's bad luck, Cricket...)
Cricket: ...BLOWS EVERYTHING UP BECAUSE SHE'S EVIL NOW!!!
(He mimicks explosions and such; he's one rowdy boy and one who wants things to explode, 'cause he's done it before.)
Tilly: Brother, that would never happen. As someone who has seen every episode of Kingdom of Lore, leave the creative ideas to me.
(Cricket gasps in offense.)
Cricket: I have good ideas! Sometimes!
Tilly: Excuse me, but...
(She takes "Tilly's Fanatic Fiction (DO NOT READ!)")
Tilly: ...have YOU written 1200 pages of Kingdom of Lore fanfiction?
(Yep, superfan.)
Cricket: Well, just 'cause I HAVEN'T doesn't mean I COULDN'T.
(Our favorite barista arrives.)
Gloria: Oh hey, Kingdom of Lore. I just got a job working on that show.
Cricket and Tilly: You work on Kingdom of Lore?!
(Oh, the many potential...)
Gloria: Eh, technically I'm an intern, so I'm not getting paid.
(...never mind.)
Gloria: In fact, I had to enroll at a community college to even qualify, so I'm actually paying to work there.
(Big dreams start small. Oh, wait, working at a dang animation studio is a big dream, even if it's just as an internship. Just ask Carl Mann. O.W.C.A. intern.)
Cricket and Tilly: Please, please, please take us! Take us, Gloria!!! Please!
Gloria: Yeah, okay.
Big Animation[]
(Exterior lookin' modern! And complete with a watertower.)
A hallway[]
(Inside, Gloria and the sibs pass by a Kat & Moose and Kingdom of Lore poster, and a woman working on a notepad.)
Cricket: Wow, Gloria! I can't believe you help make cartoons!
(Cafeteria. A guy passes by on a scooter; a woman lies down and drinks up all the coffee she could have ever wanted in the world...)
Tilly: You must have nonstop fun!
(...eventually getting to the Kingdom of Lore Showrunners room.)
Gloria: Okay, just remember that the creators of Kingdom of Lore are my bosses, so don't do anything stupid.
Tilly: (excited, she pulls her arms into her dress) We woooooon't...
(Cricket raspberries.)
Kingdom of Lore Showrunners room[]
(Gloria enters with the cups of joe in hand and sibs in toe.)
Gloria: Hey, Topher? Blaine? Oh! I see you're wearing your sibling shirt, again.
(An establishing shot: the abovementioned Topher and Blaine - indeed wearing a very long conjoined shirt - are working on, well Kingdom of Lore; being a busy place for the last five seasons of the series, stuff is scattered all around the room. Oh, and let's not gloss over all the posters; one for Bear Cowboy in particular is to their right.)
Topher and Blaine: Of course! Brothers who work together, wear a big shirt together!
(They must have a blast; reminds us of Chris and Shane Houghton. The brothers push the two boards away, allowing us to get a full view of the surroundings. Yep, big room.)
Blaine: Say, why don't you introduce us to your guests?
Cricket: We're Gloria's best friends!
(Yep, true...)
Gloria: No, no, they're --
(Tilly curtsies; Gloria realizes who she's in front of... and the many things they've done for her...)
Gloria: ...Oh, crud, they are.
Topher: I'm Topher!
Blaine: And I'm Blaine!
(Our music swells as the showrunners adopt a pose...)
Topher and Blaine: And we're the showrunners!
(...with a response of applause.)
Tilly: Wow, a team of creative siblings! (side-eying Cricket) Can't relate.
(Cricket gasps in offense!)
Cricket: Me?! Are you saying I'm not cre-a-tive???
Blaine: Hah, Topher and I bicker a lot, too. But the rewards of a creative partnership make it all worth it!
Topher: We don't bicker!
Blaine: Yes, we doooooo!
Topher: That's it! Sibling shirt is coming off!!!
(They take off the sib shirt and pout, looking away from each other.)
Topher: But hey, would you kids like a tour of the studio?
Cricket and Tilly: Yeah!
(Topher and Blaine exit out the room, both sibs vaulting over each other...)
Topher and Blaine: Follow me!
Writer's room[]
(Topher and Blaine lead the kids inside...)
Topher: There's a lot of steps in making a cartoon, but it all starts in the writer's room!
(...where everyone is in a panic.)
Lead writer: WE HAVE WRITER'S BLOCK!!!! We can't come up with anything for our big season finale!!!
Topher and Blaine: Uh oh! Problem!
Topher: We need to come up with an ending!
Blaine: And fast!
(Tilly gasps; it's her time to shine.)
Tilly: Well, I have an idea!
(Her fangirling and attention to detail has paid off... she steps forward to present her idea.)
Tilly: What if the evil Ghost was the King from Season One? And Princess Tarina must fight him to reclaim her kingdom, therefore payin' off seasons' worth of buildup in a dramatic and emotionally satisfyin' way!
(What does the writer think?)
Lead writer: That... is... BRILLIANT!
(But Cricket, not wanting to be left out in shaping the ending of "Kingdom of Lore", presents his nonsensical ending next...)
Cricket: But, what if it turns out Princess Tostada was EVIL THE WHOLE TIME!??!?! And everything--
(More "explosions".)
Cricket: Explodes.
(What will they think about this?)
Lead writer: That... is... easy!
(To the writer next to him...)
Lead writer: How long 'til lunch?
Female writer: Five minutes.
(Final decision?)
Topher: We go with the easy idea.
(Then it's decided! Tilly is in shock; the season finale will end with the show enormously jumping the shark.)
Cricket: Yay!
Lead writer: Get.. WRITING!!!!!!!!!!
(The whole room erupts into screaming; IT'S TIME TO WRITE THE CRICKET CUT!)
Topher: Good show writing, Blaine.
(They share a high-five.)
Blaine: You too, Topher.
(They leave.)
Tilly: Wait! But what about my ending?!
(Looks like the Tilly cut isn't happening, and Tilly is not very happy about this...)
Tilly: Hm. Cricket, could we talk in the kitchen?
Cricket: Okay!
Cafeteria[]
(A can in Cricket's hand is opened.)
Cricket: A toast, to my brilliant ideas!
Tilly: Cricket, your ending is hot garbage.
(Cricket spits his drink out in surprise that Tilly hates his idea!)
Tilly: Well, it's true!
Cricket: Nah, it's this weird French soda.
("Le Crux")
Cricket: It's got no flavor.
(He turns the can to the nutrition information...)
Cricket: What the -- ? Weird.
("Sugar (Tricked Ya!)")
Cricket: But I was also reacting to what you said! How could you say it's no good?!
Tilly: This show means a lot to me, and your version ruins Tarina's whole character! You can't sacrifice five seasons of growth for cheap spectacle! You've gotta help me convince them to change it back!
(Of course, Cricket does not understand anything about what Tilly is saying since he is a new time fan of the show.)
Cricket: Huh. Sounds to me like SOMEONE is upset that their brother is a creative visionary.
(Tilly glares angrily; a blush fills her freckled, bucktoothed face. With Cricket's ego inflating...)
Cricket: Looks like I DO have great and awesome ideas after all.
(Tilly is mad that the Cricket Cut is being released, but wipes it away like a windshield wiper; she is once again smiling.)
Tilly: Oh, look! Is that a screenin' room?
(Indeed it is; now it's playing the KoL finale; Princess Tarina exchanges wandfire, Star Wars E-11 sounds emitting from her wand.)
Cricket: Wow, cool!
(He notices a slight detail he wouldn't be able to catch until his second watch...)
Cricket: Hey, why are you so far away?
Tilly: I'm gonna grab us some popcorn and I'll be right in.
Cricket: (voice fading as he enters) Okay... I do like popcorn...
(One wipe and Tilly's back into determinant mode; she wants the show to be saved.)
Tilly: If I wanna save Kingdom of Lore, I gotta act fast.
Writers' room[]
(Tilly runs in...)
Tilly: DON'T WRITE THAT ENDING!!!
The Writers: The... end!
(Uh oh.)
Lead writer: And... print!
(He presses the special button on that lappy; uh oh.)
Tilly: No... Cricket's version doesn't make any sense!!!
(The writers aren't buying it either...)
Lead writer: Oh, that doesn't matter. This is animation.
(Except if it's animation enjoyed by a very large fanbase... The lead writer dumps letters into a very sophisticated and ahead-of-its-time printer.)
Lead writer: We can make it as stupid as we want.
(The writer stumbles...)
Lead writer: Dang printer.
(DING DING DING! An egg comes out...)
Lead writer (OS): And there!
(...and hatches, revealing the script for all to see. Makes us wonder if Big City Greens eps are produced like this, in a very fun and creative way...)
Lead writer (OS): The finished script, hot off the presses.
(Gloria, donning gloves, an eyemask and expertise in handling burning hot lattes, even those supposed to be delivered to the weirdest of places, is ready...)
Gloria: Very hot. Out of the way!
(She runs!)
Gloria: Gotta deliver the script to the storyboard artists so they can turn it into a cartoon!
Tilly: Hm, not without a little help.
(She sneaks out the room...)
Storyboard artists' room[]
(Two storyboard artists (a male and female, who both look vaguely familiar) are drawing away on their Wacom tabs; their wall has stuff like a Burger Clown toy and a poster for HaĆ¼t-Dawg In Space)
(And here comes Gloria!)
Gloria: New script, comin' in hot!
(Both artists catch and get to writing!)
Female storyboard artist: Oh, this battle scene has a thousand horses!
(Here's Tilly, dropping from the vents and quickly sketching...)
Female artist (OS): I have to draw a thousand horses! Great!!!!
(...and replacing all the Cricket Cut boards with the Tilly Cut's. At least you don't have to draw a thousand cars. The male storyboardist notices the changes...)
Male artist: Huh? Hey! Did you change all my drawings?
(Uh oh; beeping. A small screen with a timer appears from the ceiling. Timer.)
Voice: You have 15 seconds left to finish storyboard.
Male artist: Never mind!!! Just hit the deadline!!!!!
(As their heads look back and forth, Tilly replaces the boards.)
Gloria: Hey, guys! How's the board lookin'?
(It's all the Tilly Cut boards; both artists are tied up in their own desks and notes. They shrug.)
Gloria: Good enough.
(Hooray! The Tilly Cut is ready to be made! But Cricket won't like this....)
Tilly: Success.
Halls[]
(She is wheeled off by Gloria; Tilly laughs, but Cricket, having come out of the screening room, watches all this, popcorn in arm, and grumbles... and catches up to Gloria on a scooter!)
Tilly: (surprised to see Cricket knowing what she did) Cricket?! BACK OFF!!!
(He latches on!)
Cricket: YOU back off!!!
(He starts to take out the various Tilly Cut boards, reverting them to the Cricket Cut ones as before.)
Cricket: My! Version! Is! Better!!! QUIT BEING SO STUBBORN!!!
Tilly: I AIN'T GIVING UP ON THIS, CRICKET!!!
(The sibs shout as they are flung off due to Gloria stopping! She has stopped by another sophisticated machine, one where she sucks all the Cricket Cut boards into...)
Machine: Upload complete.
Cricket: There. My version is permanent, now quit trying to interfere!!!
Tilly: It's about doing what makes sense for the show!
Cricket: My version makes sense! You're just jealous!!!
(Their argument is suddenly interrupted by a voice.)
Blaine (OS): Hey, kids!
(The showrunners have returned and are donning their sibling shirt once again. If only Cricket and Tilly had one...)
Blaine: Sorry to interrupt your squabble.
Topher: Blaine and I resolved our squabble from earlier, so now we're...
Topher and Blaine: Back in the big shirt!
Topher: We're about to record the actors for the episode, and thought you might wanna sit in!
Cricket and Tilly: Yeah! (growling at each other) Hm.
Recording studio[]
(Time for the voiceover session! Two actors are in the booth: a woman, presumably the voice of Princess Tarina, and a man, either the voice of the Bat Sidekick or Evil Ghost.)
Blaine: This is our recording studio, where the actors record voices for their animated characters!
Topher: These talented folks can make any sound with their voice.
(Indeed they can; the actor and actress, who both look very familiar, are both making dolphin sounds... and a FOG HORN?!)
Topher: Wait, what happened to your sister?
(In comes Tilly.)
Tilly: So sorry I'm late.
(The actors on vocals notice something's off...)
Actress: (who vaguely sounds like Gramma) Hey, something's weird here.
Actor: (who vaguely sounds like Bill) It looks like someone scribbled over the script with purple crayon?
(The scribbles are for the Tilly Cut; Cricket growls at Tilly, the girl smiles with carefree roll-eyes. It appears she succeeded in getting her ending made.)
Topher and Blaine: What the -- You did a rewrite?!! Now how're we supposed to record the script???
(They pull on the sib shirt, tearing it in half! Cricket clears his throat off-screen...)
Cricket: My big brain actually...
(He side-eyes the off-screen director of The Tilly Cut.)
Cricket: ...thought this might happen... so I went ahead and printed some spare copies!
(He produces the spare copies of The Cricket Cut script. As Tilly tries to grab them, he holds her back; eventually, Tilly pouts and leaves.)
Cricket: The good version may proceed! (doing a weird dance) Ha-Cricket wins again!
Outside the studio[]
(Tilly sighs; the Tilly Cut has no hope.)
Tilly: Guess that's it, then. The Cricket ending is gettin' made, and I'll watch reruns of it for the rest of my life.
(Tilly shudders a bit to think of a world where this happens... then steels herself. There is no room for error. The Tilly Cut will prevail.)
Tilly: No. There's gotta be a way I can stop this.
Cafeteria[]
(Tilly leaps in from screen right.)
Tilly: Gloria! What else needs to be done before the episode of animation is completed?
Gloria: Well...
(Gloria produces a small piece of paper... bingo-bango.)
Gloria: ...I've gotta collect art from every department on this list, so --
(Snatch.)
Tilly: Yoink!
Gloria: ...or you could do it.
(Anything to realize the Tilly Cut. Also, it may land her a credit on the show, so it's a win-win!)
Different halls[]
Tilly: I just gotta steal the art from each of these people...
(She passes by a lavishly-deco'd working space, taking every single thing with even the smallest mention of the Cricket Cut and explaining all the heroes of animation production to us.)
Tilly: The designers are the ones who decide how attractive the characters are.
(The designers turn to face her; lookin' good.)
Tilly: Wow, looking good, you two.
The designers: We know.
(An unfinished piece with the common palettes everywhere; this may be no Photoshop, but it'll do.)
Tilly: The painters choose the colors of every scene! Huh, looks weird...
Painter: I'm not done yet!
(And a station with Lots. Of. Clocks.)
Tilly: The editor and timer. They make sure everything in the episode moves at precisely the right time. Keep up the good work!
The two: Thank... You.
(delay.......................) ...You.
(She has made it; the Cricket Cut is ready to scrap!)
Tilly: Goodbye, Cricket ending!
(...if only Gloria doesn't get in her way. She takes everything right out of her grasp!)
Gloria: Hey, thanks for grabbing this for me!
Tilly: Dang it!!!!!
Gloria: Next, we ship all our materials to our overseas animation studio!
Tilly: Overseas? That sounds pretty normal.
Gloria: Well...
Roof[]
(...this isn't your traditional animation studio. The orange glow from the setting sun sets the scene. Welcome to the shipping of the unfinished animation... drums are blaring, and Gloria, wearing an "INTERN" robe over her usual gear, brings in the contents of The Cricket Cut, addressed to none other than South Korea, where a lot of the world's cartoons are outsourced to for animation production. She places the final piece, a reel of film, into the boulder, mounted onto a HUGE catapult aligned to the exact co-ordinates of the overseas animation studio. The process of making cartoons is a LOT harder than you think.)
The crew: Make it move! Make it move!
Cricket: Huh, making cartoons is way weirder than I though it'd be.
Topher and Blaine: You know it.
(The ceremony is about to conclude; Gloria is holding a candle.)
Gloria: I will now send this story and all its artwork overseas, where they will be combined into a cartoon.
(The rope starts to light on fire... but Tilly blows the candle.)
Topher and Blaine: AHH!!!! PRODUCTION DELAY!!!!!
(Her totally livid brother is not having it.)
Cricket: Dang it, Tilly! WE'RE MAKING THAT EPISODE!!!
(He leaps...)
Cricket: Hi-ya!
(...and Tilly is unable to catch! Cricket has cut the rope, sending the Cricket Cut to...!)
Seoul, South Korea[]
(Welcome to South Korea! Where a majority of Western animation and American cartoons are outsourced to and yet a vaguely familiar looking Korean animation studios building that animated this episode. The boulder CRASHES on the target! The guy watching BLOWS his horn, alerting everyone inside...)
Animation director: (in Korean) ģģ ģ¬ė¬ė¶ ģ¼ķ©ģė¤! (ja ja yeoleobun ilhapsida!) (Subtitles: Let's get to work!)
(The group of three Korean animators CHEERS!)
Roof[]
(We return to Big City; the sun is setting in the background with Cricket and Tilly angry with each other over their creative differences.)
Cricket: You just won't give up, will you???
Tilly: Not until you see the erroneous nature of your misdeeds!!!!
(Says the one who rudely tells Cricket he will not have a role in shaping the ending of their favorite show. The two then march closer to each other, more offended with each other than ever.)
Cricket: (Still not understanding Tilly's reasoning for her ending) How dare you??! And could you repeat that? 'Cause I didn't understand.
Gloria: Okay, guys, break it up.
(This is coming from the very same favorite former barista who approved of their fighting. Well, chaos ISN'T good entertainment, after all...)
Gloria: And Tilly, you can relax. Nothing's set in stone until we get the final approval of the head studio executive.
(Incoming...)
Gloria: Oh no!!! I forgot to set the net!!!! Everyone SCATTER!!!!!!
(Everyone scatters, and the complete episode reel lands with a BANG!)
Cricket (OS): Whoa, the episode's already done?
Cricket: That was lightning fast!
Gloria: That's animation for ya.
(It would take lots of time in real life, but in the world of Big City, production moves at lightning speed.)
Tilly: When's the execs supposed to arrive?
(Boulder #2 has arrived. That's gotta leave a dent... The boulder OPENS to reveal a pale blue-skinned man drinking Le Crux soda.)
The exec: Hi. I'm Ed Zecutive, and I'm here to watch a cartoon.
(The showrunners arrive and salute the exec.)
Topher: Ed Zecutive, sir!
Blaine: Very excited to show you the new episode, sir!
Topher: It's a real zinger.
Exec (Ed Zecutive): I'll be the judge of that.
(Tilly growls at Cricket, the boy is smug; Gloria is confused by that turn of events.)
The Cricket Cut ending[]
(Welcome to a preview of The Cricket Cut! The kingdom is all but destroyed...)
Bat sidekick: Uh oh! Looks like things are getting boomy!
(BOOM!!!!!!!!!!)
The evil Princess Tarina: Yes! I'm a bad guy now!
(With a cackle, she zaps to and fro; a blast hits the castle, destroying it! Roll end credits.)
Screening room[]
(Ed still loves it anyway as well as everyone else, only Tilly despises it.)
Ed Zecutive: I love it.
Blaine: So, it's approved?
Ed Zecutive: It will be once I finish...
(The clock until the Cricket Cut is approved and ready to ship to screens worldwide is fast ticking... Cricket is of course happy, but Tilly...)
Ed Zecutive (OS): This... Senten --
Tilly: WAAAAAIT!!!!
(She runs to the front to present her manifesto and reasoning behind the Tilly Cut in one last attempt to get her ending made.)
Tilly: This CAN'T be the ending! Tarina would never turn evil for nothin'! It doesn't make sense for her character! So I'm asking you once again to PLEASE reconsider my ending!!
(A pause... Ed Secutive approves; he claps for Tilly's passion for the show. Cricket does not.)
Ed Zecutive: Yes, yes! Now that's what I call passion. I need more of that, and less "Yes" men.
Topher and Blaine: Sir, yes, sir!
Ed Zecutive: Topher, Blaine, scrap this and get to work on changing that ending.
Topher and Blaine: Yes, sir! Right away, sir!
(Ed Secutive's phone rings.)
Ed Zecutive: Yes? Work, work. Work, work, work, yes.
Blaine: Well, guess we got an ending to rewrite.
Topher: At the end of the day, all that matters is that I get to have fun working with my brother.
Blaine: Sibling shirt?
(Topher gasps; the shirt is mended!)
Topher and Blaine: Mend it, don't end it!
(They cartwheel out the screening room; the Tilly Cut is finally ready. She looks to them, then a dejected Cricket, upset that his plan to approve the obviously nonsense ending was a total failure. Topher's comment has made Tilly realize something familiar and has struck a chord within her.)
Tilly: (Now feeling remorse for excluding her brother earlier) A team of creative siblings...
(Ed Zecutive continues to talk with "WORK WORK WORK", until...)
Tilly: Mr. Zecutive? I don't think this ending is a complete loss. Maybe we can keep a couple of --
(She mimicks Cricket's explosives.)
Tilly: ...for good measure?
(Tilly looks to Cricket with approval, Cricket is surprised by her change of emotions. A new cut is being produced, and he and Tilly will have a part in shaping Kingdom of Lore.)
Ed Zecutive: Ha! Yes, yes! You're full of great ideas.
Tilly: Well actually, those suggestions are from my creative partner, Cricket Green.
(Cricket squeals in excitement; now he has a role in the show! He falls.)
Ed Zecutive: "Creative partner"?
Tilly: We have some ideas that we'd like to pitch you. Together.
(Never mind the Cricket Cut, nor the Tilly Cut... now, it's the Cricket AND Tilly Cut!)
Ed Zecutive: I'm intrigued. Let's talk it out over lunch.
(He pulls up his left sleeve, revealing he's a robot all along!)
Ed Zecutive: (voice slowing down) I'm starved...
(The Robo-CEO 5000 has run out of battery.)
Cricket and Tilly: Sure thing!
(They walk to the cafeteria to talk about their ideas together.)
Kingdom of Lore season finale: the Cricket and Tilly Cut[]
(We return to Kingdom of Lore.)
The Ghost: Foolish mortal! Don't you realize I'm not just an evil ghost?
(He takes off the mask...)
The Ghost: I am the King! Your father!
(Exactly what was in the Tilly cut. Then comes a small bit of the Cricket cut...)
Princess Tarina: You may be my father, but I'm about to become an ORPHAN!!!!
(She shoots her wand directly at the Ghost, exploding him in a mushroom cloud! The end.)
Greens' house[]
Living room[]
(And that's it! The Cricket and Tilly Cut!)
Cricket: That's our ending! On TV!!!
Tilly: And because we put our big brains together and collaborated, we were able to come up with an ending that has somethin' for everyone! Now let's see what the fans on the Internet think!
(They bring the lappy in and take a gander...)
(They gasp in horror!)
Cricket: Oh...!
(Clearly not good. To compare to the Cricket and Tilly cut, which was met with negative reviews, presumably because it has some of Cricket's nonsense ideas in it, the cut that was just released recently of a certain movie got better reviews than the original.)