"The Great Snipe Hunt" is a Camp Lazlo episode from season 2. In this episode, Scoutmaster Lumpus sends the scouts on a wild-goose chase after a snipe.
Plot[]
Lumpus wakes up the Bean Scouts in the dead of night and takes them into the forest. The scouts wonder what they might be doing once they get there. Lumpus explains to them that they have to capture called a "snipe". Once they catch it, they must put it in a cage and bring it back to his office. He takes his leave and observes the hunt from a secret treetop area.
Lazlo prepares for the hunt, but Edward tells him that one of his brothers, a former Bean Scout, told him everything. The snipe hunt is a prank Lumpus pulls every year and the supposed snipe doesn't exist. It seems Lumpus's prank is now ruined only for it to restart when Lazlo doesn't believe Edward and insists on the hunt. The other Bean Scouts go back to their cabins, leaving the Jelly Beans the only ones to go on the hunt.
The Jellies try using all sorts of ways to lure the snipe out to no avail. Once morning comes, Lumpus, having slept in his treehouse, falls down in the cage and a nest of bird eggs lands in his throat, making him unable to speak. When the Jellies check on the cage, they find a messy Lumpus locked in, not recognizing their own scoutmaster. They mistake him for a female snipe that they name Jennifer Soufflé. Their hunt supposedly complete, they take "Jennifer" back to Lumpus's cabin as they think he hasn't returned yet. Lumpus tries to tell them something and they realize "she" wants water. Giving her a glass, they believe snipes to be aquatic creatures and return "Jennifer" to Leaky Lake. Lazlo cries over their parting as he feels good to have helped a dumb creature like Jennifer.
Later, the Jellies tell Lumpus that his office is back in order. He orders them to leave and, as they're gone, spits out the bird nest, hoping to never hear the word "snipe" ever again. The eggs hatch, amd the birds start chanting "snipe".
Music[]
( ‣ ) Production music |
( • ) Original music |
( ◦ ) Camp Lazlo music |
• Good Night - Andy Paley [Opening]
‣ Did Anybody Spook 2 - Johnny Hawksworth [Lumpus comes in]
• Charge - Andy Paley ["Get up, Scouts!"]
‣ Advance and Retreat - Eric Allen [Lumpus gathers the scouts]
‣ Fatso 2 - Alan Wilson ["Nobody sleeps tonight!"]
‣ Martial Tension - Sam Fonteyn [The Bean Scouts follow Lumpus]
‣ Dinky Doo 4 - Keith Papworth ["It is obvious we are going to the hot springs!" (with drums)]
‣ Finger of Suspicion 2 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Lumpus says he wants to catch a snipe]
‣ Finger of Suspicion 2 [#86] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Lumpus says the scouts have to bring it back to his office]
‣ Fright Night - John Dwyer, Ronald Mendelsohn [Lumpus fools the Bean Scouts]
‣ Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford [Lumpus laughs]
‣ Link (O) - Patricia Cory [Lumpus goes in an elevator tree]
‣ Link (M) - Patricia Cory [The elevator rises]
‣ Hopping Along - Patricia Cory [Edward says that snipe doesn't exist]
‣ Link (C) - Patricia Cory [Lumpus gets back up]
‣ Funny Walks - Johnny Pearson [Edward goes back]
‣ Ultimate Shocker - Kevin Hiatt ["The hunt goes on!"]
‣ Appalachian Banjo Duel - Larry Hochman ["...but why do we have to catch a snipe?"]
‣ Blaze of Brass (D) - Cecil Milner [The Jelly Beans agree to catch the snipe]
‣ Swamps 'N' Gaitors - Chris Franklin, Paul Bishop [Jelly Beans go to look for snipe]
• Bingo - Andy Paley [The Jelly Beans hear something]
‣ City Heat - Larry Hochman [They set down a tuna bean sandwich]
‣ Link (X) - Patricia Cory [Clam eats the sandwich]
‣ City Heat - Larry Hochman [They keep looking]
• Bingo - Andy Paley ["Check this out!"]
• Percussion Introduction - Nicolas Carr [Lazlo rolls out a red carpet]
• Snare Roll Crash - Nicolas Carr [Carpet has rolled]
‣ Link (V) - Patricia Cory [There's no snipe]
‣ William Tell - Overture - Gioacchino Rossini [The next morning]
‣ Curious Cub - Patricia Cory [Clam as a pig roast]
‣ Editor's Falling Over (F) - Dick Walter [Lumpus rolls down]
• Cliff Hanger - Andy Paley [Lumpus hits the branches]
‣ Link (E) - Patricia Cory [Eggs jump out of the nest]
• Cliff Hanger - Andy Paley [Lumpus gets into his own cage]
‣ Link (Z) - Patricia Cory [Lumpus in a cage]
‣ Editor's Falling Over (F) - Dick Walter [Eggs fall in Lumpus' mouth]
‣ Fatso 1 - Alan Wilson [Lumpus chokes]
‣ Cat Burglar - Patricia Cory [The Jelly Beans think Lumpus is a snipe]
‣ Slippery Sid - Roger Roger [They think snipe's playing charades]
‣ Musette Madeleine - Roland Kovac ["Ooh! That's pretty!"]
‣ Buffalo Billy - Patricia Cory [Raj thinks they should let Lumpus go]
‣ Bear Cubs (B) - Walt Rockman [They decorate the cage]
‣ Great Moments [#53] - Gregor Narholz ["This is a historic moment!"]
‣ Link (Y) - Patricia Cory [Lazlo gets hurt]
‣ Bruce Trail - James Kalamasz, Alain James [Lumpus drinks the water]
‣ Courage - Larry Hochman [The Jelly Beans bring Lumpus to the lake]
• Banjo Bit - Andy Paley [Lumpus sinks]
‣ Tragicomic - Dennis Farnon [Lazlo cries]
• Buffalo Gals - Andy Paley [Ending]
Trivia[]
General[]
- We learn that one of Edward's big brother's name is Mel. This is a continuity error, seeing as their names are later revealed to be Cheesly, Alpine, Fancy Pants and Phillip. However, Mel may actually be another Platypus brother.
- According to Edward, the snipe hunt is a trick Lumpus pulls on the Beans every year.
- There actually is a real-life creature living in the wild that is known as a snipe. Snipes are little white birds that live on rhinos in order to feast on parasites that live on the rhino's skin.
- The title of this episode refers to North America practical joke named "snipe hunt" in which an unsuspecting newcomer is duped into trying to catch an elusive, nonexistent animal called a snipe. Although snipe is an actual family of birds, a snipe hunt is a quest for an imaginary creature whose description varies.
Quotes[]
Samson: I heard about these kinds of things. The insane Scoutmaster takes his troupe out to the woods, uh, there's an axe, and a pile of bones, and, and some marbles, an' a bag of cereal! An' all they find is an eyebrow!
(Lumpus glares at Samson, now wearing a huge bushy monobrow.)
Raj: It is obvious that we are going to the hot springs.
Clam: No. Night picnic.
Lazlo: I think we're going out to collect glow worms!
Samson: Killer glow worms.
Edward: (mockingly) Hold onto your eyebrows!
Lumpus: Did I put in a request for stupid comments?!
(Edward's eyebrows fall right off.)
Edward: (mumbling)
Lumpus: I didn't think so.
(Lumpus is choking on the snipe eggs in his throat and pointing at it)
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