Bamboo and Hank's Big Fling (Zhu Zhu Pets)

Bamboo and Hank's Big Fling is a Zhu Zhu Pets episode aired on February 17, 1996. Hank and Bamboo attempt to have a romantic time together, but with everyone around they can't get time alone. They end up going to a reserve where they are completely alone. Meanwhile, Jilly, Chunk, as well as Nugget make a delivery on a planet inhabitied by animals, including Moo.

## Characters

1. Mr. Squiggles
2. Pipsqueak
3. Num Nums
4. Chunk
5. Patches
6. Scoodles
7. Jilly
8. Nugget
9. Winkie
10. Moo
11. Bamboo
12. Hank
13. Dezel
14. Zu Zu
15. Song the indigo purple hamster
16. Darlene the light pink hamster
17. Seashell rabbit
18. Lavender blush chipmunk
19. Salmon moon worm

## Plot

After a succesful day of work with no injuries except Nugget in the locker room, the Zhu Zhu Pets say goodbye to each other and goes back to their own places except Mr. Squiggles who has no idea where's he going for the night. When everyone has left the building, Hank and Bamboo leave their locker where they've been hiding for a private evening while everyone was leaving. Hank then reveals his plans to Bamboo: a romantic dinner on the Zhu Zhu Ship prepared with all kind of materials and foods found in the office. When they where about to share a kiss, they realise that Winkie is still here mopping the floor. Looking for a private time, they decide to take a walk on Zhu Zhu Central Park where they are the only couple. However, they meet Chunk, who tries to rob their wallets with a carrot. Bamboo beats Chunk to the ground as she and Hank run away from him, but not before collecting stolen wallets and purses stolen by Chunk in the process. They then go for a romantic dinner at Lumpy restaurant where they are disrupted by Nugget who works there as dishwasher because Scoodles doesn't pay her. Bamboo then decides that they should go to her apartment. While the two begin to kiss at her apartment, Dezel watches them with his second eye and they suddenly stop. After Bamboo complains that it is impossible for them to be together with no one around, a targeting ad pops up from Bamboo's bamboo device promoting the Casa Isalada eco-resort, a resort designed for couples. Winkie thinks that Bamboo can't afford to pay for the trip, but the ad says that she can have a 25% discount for being a return guest. Bamboo then reveals that she once went there with her ex-boyfriend Song. The two agreed to go there as Bamboo won't exclusively think of Song. The next day, the rest of the gang is loading the Zhu Zhu ship with tiny cars for a delivery on Simian 7, a planet exclusively inhabited with animals and where hamsters are not allowed. Hank and Bamboo arrive at ZhuZhu Building and say that they are going on vacation. Mr. Squiggles initialy refuses their vacation, but agrees when he realises that they are hamster beings. He then chooses Nugget as Hank's substitute and Jilly for Bamboo's substitute. However, since she's a hamster, she must wear her mole-like pajamas as a disguise. Hank and Bamboo then arrive at their resort where they are well served by mechanical arms who can do anything they want including nose picking. While strolling, Bamboo makes a hat from flowers, while Hank creates one from pineapples (which promptly slides down his head, lacerating his face). After some other activities, supper and drinks, they go for a peaceful swim in a pond with lots of surrounding fireflies. They decide to play Marco Polo, but Song appears, puts on his swim trunks and joins them in the pond much to Hank's disgust. Although the resort is only for two hamsters, Song says that their shuttle is broken and that he must wait here until it is fixed by the mechanical arms. Bamboo then decides to go talk with Song while Hank will wait for them while feeding the mosquitoes. Meanwhile, Jilly, Chunk and Nugget arrive at Simian 7. After completing the delivery of the cars, the CEO of Bonobo and Associates (who's a rabbit) appears and say that they only want the tires for their new chairs. A vast group of animals appears and happily take all the tires from the cars. After Jilly signs papers with a chipmunk who is attracted to her upright posture, she then meets Moo, who recognizes her and promises to not say anything about her being a hamster in a costume. Back at the resort, Bamboo and Song are discussing about what happened after they broke up. Song reveals that his musical career made it to another step when he recorded a demo and a video, but then lost his phone. Bamboo then reveals that she is not a panda, but a panda hamster. Song then starts playing his saxophone, which Bamboo appreciates just like when she was dating him, but becomes bored with after awhile. Meanwhile, Hank is watching them while drinking cocktails prepared by the mechanical arms. Since the mechanicals arms can't go out with Hank, he decides to fight Song, but breaks his saxophone reed. An angry Song wants a dollar to fix his reed is about to beat up Hank when Song's wife, Darlene, appears and says that the shuttle is fixed. Song and Darlene leave the resort while Bamboo watches a woozy Hank eating peanut butter. Back on Simian 7, Moo gives a tour of the planet to Chunk, Jilly and Nugget. He reveals that Simian 7 was founded by Christopher Colobus to make a world where animals don't have to be specimens for hamster experiments, chained to organ grinders, or forced to drive tiny vehicles. They then go to all-you-can-eat buffet where they pick and eat bugs off living monkeys. Moo then take the gang to an art gallery which displays simian art, literature and music. They then go to a zoo where creatures are in fence-free enclosures, but held in captivity with force fields. At the same time, a sad Bamboo sits on the resort bed. Hank then comes in to apologize for ruining their vacation, but Bamboo blames Song and says that she has no emotions for him. Finally together, they start to kiss much to Jilly, Chunk and Nugget's disgust who watch them as they are in the Simian 7 zoo enclosure for the Hamster species. Noticing that the fireflies are all around (which is in fact the flashes from the visitors' cameras) they start to make love. To save them from humiliation, Jilly, Chunk, Nugget and Moo visit the zoo director who is in fact Zu Zu. Chunk argues they can't keep Hank and Bamboo against their will, but Zu Zu says that they paid for their vacation and that it is fair to put hamsters on display just like humans put apes on display. Zu Zu reveals that when Song arrived with his wife, they chose to invite Bamboo and Hank with the targeted ad and then pretended Song's shuttle had broke as they wanted to observe how they would react to each other's presence. He also tries to discourage them from saving Bamboo and Hank by showing them some clips of Bamboo and Hank talking behind their back. Those clips reveals to Zu Zu that Jilly is in fact a hamster. After Zu Zu attempts to tranquilize Jilly with a dart gun, they run away from Zu Zu except Moo, who was hit. Trying to save Bamboo and Hank despite their comments, Jilly, Chunk and Nugget make their way through several creature enclosures. When they finally reach the hamster habitat, they are swallowed by a giant moon worm. After 1 week being trapped in the moon worm, they are "digested" out of it and manage to get into the hamster habitat. However, as they enter into it, Hank and Bamboo are already leaving in their shuttle. When everyone returns to ZhuZhu Building, Hank and Bamboo tell what they did in the resort. Chunk wants to tell them the truth, but Jilly says that he should not because it would make them feel bad. As Bamboo notices Jilly's pajamas are torn apart, she and Hank ironically talk about the comments they made regarding Jilly, Chunk and Nugget in the resort, infuriating them. Jilly decides to let Chunk tell them, which results in him yelling "*You were in a Zoo!"*.

## Trivia

* Bamboo and Hank's Big Fling is the episode with one error and no deleted scenes.