Sheeboodles! is the 34th episode of Season 2 of Chowder. It is the 74th episode overall.
Endive longs for a companion so she creates one in the form of a beefcake. However, she does not to let it cook completely and it comes out as an ugly food person named Todd. Things couldn't get any crazier until everyone, from Panini to Gazpacho, starts becoming friends with Todd.
Summary[]
On a quiet night, Ms. Endive feels lonely and tries to get Panini to comfort her, but Panini (preferring to keep their relationship professional) states she's going on a date without Chowder knowing. Ms. Endive then decides to make her own company and chooses a literal beefcake but rejects the idea, thinking that doing this would be embarrassing. Nevertheless, she does it after a burst of pressure. After putting it in the oven, she gets ready to date the cake, but the cake has not baked completely and takes it out, waiting for it to grow. When the cake grows, it starts to slop and jiggle and an ugly food person appears, exclaiming "Sheboodles! Where's the party?" Horrified, Ms. Endive tries to get rid of the messed up food named Todd by locking him out of the house, but he somehow gets in and she instead shoots him into space with a cannon.
The next morning Todd wakes Endive up with a gift of space boots. Panini walks in and says they're friends and that she and Chowder should double date with the two. When the three go to the market, Todd keeps talking about his and Ms. Endive's first meeting. Ms. Endive sarcastically fires Panini when she says she and Todd will be good friends and goes to Gazpacho's stand wanting Shmubarbs. Todd sneaks in and introduces himself while Ms. Endive is about to leave. He becomes friends because Chowder, Gazpacho, and Mung because he is made of food (Chowder), is sweet like a baby (Gazpacho), and thinks Mung looks like a movie-star, courtesy of his moustache. Todd teaches his new friends his Sheboodles Dance (which is wiggling your arms like a cooked pasta noodle), but Ms. Endive interrupts and asks Panini to get a shovel so she can dig up a hole for them to hide in.
That afternoon while Endive is tanning, Todd says he's having an '80s engagement party for him and Endive, who is now even more desperate to do something before getting engaged. When Margarine turns up the heat to get some heat on her, Ms. Endive gets an idea to heat up Todd when no one's looking and Todd will completely bake up. That night, everyone of their friends comes dressed as famous '80s singers. Ms. Endive then puts Todd under a heat lamp when no one is looking and tells Todd it's just a proposal gazebo, but before Todd is almost finished baking up he breaks free but is put back quickly. When the others see Todd getting cooked they all encourage Ms. Endive to love Todd the way he is. Ms. Endive understands but rejects what she says when Todd finally turns into a fully cooked beefcake. Angry at Endive not liking his uncooked appearance, Todd breaks up with her (calling her 'she-bad-dle') and falls in love with Margerine instead. Ms. Endive, now depressed, laments that he was her only hope for love and falls into the cake. However, she is cheered up when her friends give her a book called "2000 Different Beefcake Recipes". The episode ends with everyone saying: "SHEBOODLES!"
Trivia[]
- When Endive tried to get Todd out of her catering company, he left a trail of grease that Endive slipped on.
- Panini says that Todd taught her how to dance; however, she danced in The Apprentice Games.
- In the party, everyone is dressed up as famous people in each of their attire from the '80s. Most notably:
- Panini is dressed as Cyndi Lauper in her She's So Unusual attire.
- Mung is dressed as Michael Jackson in his Thriller attire and even does his Thriller Dance.
- Shnitzel is dressed as Boy George.
- Truffles is dressed as Cher.
- Gazpacho is dressed as Dee Snider in his Twisted Sister attire.
- Chowder is dressed as Bobby Brown.
- Endive is dressed as Madonna.
- Apparently, this episode was aired not too long after Michael Jackson's death, so it was a fitting tribute.
- This is the fourth episode Margarine appears in.
- Credits: What Mung says may be a callback to The Sleep Eater.
- The beefcake's voice copies the voice of Mandark from Dexter's laboratory. This supports the fact that Todd is voiced by Eddie Deezen, who voices the aforementioned character from the aforementioned cartoon.
- Endive fires Panini in one scene, but this has no effect on the plot and they continue to work together in later episodes.
- This is the last time an episode premiered alongside with its sister episode. From Gazpacho Moves In onwards, all 11 minute segments would premiere individually.
- This is the first time Endive's bedroom is seen.
- This is one of the many episodes with Panini in it where Chowder does not say, "I'M NOT YOUR BOYFRIEND!"
Goofs[]
- Mung's Thriller outfit shows him without his mustache, but this may have just been to make him look more similar to Michael Jackson.
- Margarine was turned to bacon in the tanning bed scene and was eaten by Ms. Endive; however, she reappears in the masquerade scene