"Supermarket Scandal" is the 22nd episode of Season 1 and the 22nd episode overall of Big City Greens. However, it is the 10th episode in chronological order. This episode marks the debut of Chip Whistler and serves as the first episode of the Chip Whistler arc.
Synopsis[]
Cricket makes a deal to sell Bill's produce to a major grocery chain.
Plot[]
If only Cricket wouldn't lie to customers.
Bill, Cricket, and Tilly head to the farmer's market to open their very own Green Family Farms to the public. Cricket tries to add some "pizzazz" to their fruits and vegetables by making outrageous claims about them. Bill reprimands Cricket, insisting that they need to be honest about their products.
Suddenly, they are approached by Chip Whistler, the manager of Wholesome Foods, who is impressed with Green Family Farms and wants to buy a shipment from them because his other shipment deal fell through. However, Bill can only fulfill half the order and respectfully declines. Cricket cannot understand why Bill would turn down the offer when they could have made money, so he goes behind Bill's back and promises Chip that they can fulfill the entire order, with Tilly reluctantly going along with Cricket's plan.
Looks like fruit to me.
Realizing they don’t actually have enough fruits and vegetables, Cricket and Tilly decide to take various items from around the garage and paint them to look like produce. Tilly distracts Bill by asking him to take her to see a balloon artist while Cricket gives all the fake fruits and vegetables to Chip, who pays him generously. Unable to pay the balloon artist, Bill offers him a painted apple, which the artist loves. However, when he attracts more intrigued customers to his stand, Bill is horrified to discover the missing produce.
Cricket and Tilly explain their plan to Bill, and he becomes furious with them, telling Cricket, "What do you think will happen when people eat your fake food?" To which Cricket replies, "Uh, gee, Dad, I don't know. You really think ten steps ahead." Bill reminds him that if customers eat the fake food, they will turn against them and ruin their reputation, making it impossible to sell their vegetables again. Realizing his mistake, Cricket vows to make things right.
At least they got all the fake produce back, even if they lost all their money.
The family races to Wholesome Foods, where Chip catches Bill and asks him to give a speech to the gathered crowd about farming. Cricket and Tilly manage to locate every fake piece of produce, but Cricket is forced to use all the cash he earned from Chip to pay for it. He apologizes for his actions, while Bill admits that he does appreciate the pizzazz Cricket adds to their advertising, as long as he's honest.
What causes the Greens to gain their biggest enemy.
Cricket then gets the idea to sell the fake produce to customers who want to give the impression that they are eating healthy, and this strategy proves to be successful. Chip, unaware of the change, decides to take a bite of the fake produce. Cricket sees this and tries to warn him that it's fake, but Chip ignores him and bites into it, chipping his tooth and vowing revenge against the Green family, just as Bill predicted. Tilly, jokingly referring to Chip as Saxon, adds, "Now his name fits his mouth!" The Greens then laugh it off.
Cast[]
| Main article: Gargoyle Gals and Supermarket Scandal/Credits |
- Chris Houghton as Cricket Green, Red Boy, Orange Male Customer, Senior Citizen
- Bob Joles as Bill Green, Bald Customer
- Marieve Herington as Tilly Green, Purple Female Customer, Cashier
- Paul Scheer as Chip Whistler (debut)
Additional voices[]
- Nicole Byer as Green Female Customer
- Brian George as Mime
- Shane Houghton as Green Male Customer
- Zeno Robinson as Teen Boy
- Lauren Tom as Stella
Titles in other languages[]
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
Escándalo en el supermercado | Scandal in the supermarket | |
 German
|
Supermarktskandal | Supermarket scandal | |
 Spanish
|
Escándalo en el supermercado | Scandal in the supermarket | |
 Japanese
|
ニセモノ騒動 Nisemono Sōdō |
Counterfeit Commotion | |
 Portuguese
|
Escândalo no Supermercado | Scandal in the Supermarket | |
 Vietnamese
|
Vụ Tráo Đổi Hàng Ở Siêu Thị | The Supermarket Swap Case |