"Night Bill" is the 43rd episode of Season 1 and the 43rd episode overall of Big City Greens.
Synopsis[]
When Bill sneaks out at night with a mysterious duffel bag, the kids hide in his truck to see where he goes.
Plot[]
Cricket and Tilly are playing with the junk in their front yard when Bill arrives with two brand new bikes for them and two tickets to the movies. The kids are excited, but Tilly notices that Bill is tired. Cricket chooses to ignore it however and enjoy their new gifts. While using the bathroom in the middle of the night, Cricket sees Bill leaving with a duffel bag, but does not say anything about it. The next morning, Bill buys doughnuts for the kids from "the fancy place downtown" and the kids once again notice that Bill is tired and sleepy. Despite Cricket trying to convince Tilly to just sit back and let Bill do whatever he is doing so that they can enjoy the new things he is buying for them, Tilly coaxes Cricket to help investigate Bill's midnight runs. They sneak into the bed of the truck as Bill drives to a building deep in the city. The kids enter and discover that it is a strange and bland office building full of incredibly glum looking employees who are trying to sell an protein/energy soda drink called Beef Up over the phone.
The kids see that Bill works under a mean and abusive man named Jyle Donelan, a man who drinks his own product and brags about his past of having won "season 14 of the hit 90's competition show, Global Fight Race". The kids confront Bill about his new job and he reveals that he felt ashamed seeing his children playing with the junk in the yard and felt that he has not become a good provider. Out of desperation, he decided to join the sales team of Beef Up Protein Drinks to make ends up. While Cricket admits that he enjoys the new gifts from Bill's new job, he and Tilly convince Bill that he is all they need and that they want him to go back to being a farmer again. However, Jyle reveals that Bill signed a contract stating that he is to work for at his business for a whole year and cannot quit. Bill then resigns himself to his calls.
Not wanting to give up, Cricket and Tilly challenge Jyle to a Global Fight Race style competition to free Bill. Jyle counteracts; if he wins Bill will have to work for him for two (later five) years. The racers set their "chariots" (actually just office chairs) and their "steeds" (Bill for Cricket and Tilly and Mark for Jyle) as they race around the office to the mild amusement and indifference of the workers. Things seem lost when Jyle uses dirty tactics to trip up Bill, but Cricket quickly grabs a couple of Beef Up soda cans to use as rockets to propel them to the finish line. The kids tell Bill that they love him more than they love "things" and Tilly gives Cricket the original contract Bill signed for him to eat. However, he swallows a staple and Bill makes a declaration for him to go to the emergency room.
Cast[]
| Main article: Night Bill and Cheap Snake/Credits |
- Bob Joles as Bill Green
- Wallace Shawn as Jyle Donelan
- Marieve Herington as Tilly Green, Linda, Green Female Worker
- Chris Houghton as Cricket Green, Purple Male Worker
Additional voices[]
- Shane Houghton as Angry Neighbor
- Roger Craig Smith as Mark, Fight Race Announcer, Plum Male Worker
- Zeno Robinson as Fight Race Fan
Title in other languages[]
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
Bill de Noche | Bill's night | |
 German
|
Bills Geheimnis | Bill's secret | |
 Spanish
|
La vida nocturna de Bill | Bill's nightlife | |
 French
|
Le secret de Bill | Bill's secret | |
 Japanese
|
父ちゃんの秘密 | Dad's secret | |
 Portuguese
|
Bill Noturno | Night Bill | |
 Vietnamese
|
Bill Làm Việc Đêm | Bill late-night shift |
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