Bunch O' Scrunch

**"Bunch O' Scrunch"** is the fifth episode of the second season of *Centaurworld* and the 15th episode overall.

## Official Synopsis

Horse discovers a powerful ability: She can jump into backstories! And seeing the tough times her herd friends faced helps her feel less alone.

## Plot

The episode opens with Horse sitting sadly at the bottom of a hole, as Wammawink panics about her being stuck and the herd works to get her out. A short time later their overly complicated rescue method has resulted in Horse being frozen in ice yet again, much to her annoyance. Wammawink apologizes for upstaging her by suggesting the hootenanny, but Horse assures her that it's a good idea and that she isn't mad at her, but frustrated with how much trouble she's had recruiting the centaurs.

Wammawink suggests they play a game of bunch o' scrunch as a team-building exercise before they start planning, until she notices Horse walking away and goes to console her. Horse tells her that the light-hearted preparations feel out of place with the war that's coming, and mentions what she saw of Wammawink's history being orphaned by the war, something she'd never shared with anyone before. Wammawink realizes that Horse had entered her memories and that the Tree Shamans hadn't sent her there with their own magic, but allowed her to tap into magic she already had, and explains how to activate it again.

In Wammawink's next backstory, Horse sees her shortly after her village was destroyed attempting to befriend a ladybugtaur and using her shield spell to protect him. When she returns, everyone is excited by her new ability and celebrates, save for Ched, who mocks her, angering Horse who declares she's jumping into his memories next, despite Wammawink's protests.

However, she misses and jumps into Glendale's backstory where she witnesses her meeting Wammawink, with a tweenaged Glendale first believing Wammawink is with the police and trying to run away from her, then telling her she should leave before she steals from her (and implying that many people have left her for doing so before). She explains that her magic comes with a habit of kleptomania, but Wammawink remains unphased and asks if she wants to travel together, which Glendale accepts before excitedly offering to show Wammawink her helicopter (which from then on is never seen directly, only its rope ladder).

After returning, Horse jumps into Ched's backstory where she learns that he grew up in a tree in the horsetaur fortress courtyard, and once admired the tulip steppers, even dreaming of being one himself. While he's watching the tulip steppers, Malandrew shows up and mistakes Ched for a ball; though Malangella initially corrects him, after Ched demonstrates his tulip stepping, she leads the other horsetaurs in mocking him and allows Malandrew to use him like a ball. Horse quickly leaves before she can see this, and when she does Ched is furious with her, but becomes surprised when she sympathizes with him and praises his tulip stepping.

She asks who wants to go next and Zulius volunteers, but she instead chooses Durpleton and finds herself in his childhood living in a moving house with his neglectful parents. When Durpleton tries to show his father his homemade toys, his father becomes annoyed and throws one of them out the window, Horse watches in horror as Durpleton runs outside to retrieve it and is left behind. A teenage Ched sees this and consoles him before Wammawink appears, riding a helicopter, and offers to take both of them in, which they gladly accept, with Zulius also suddenly appearing and joining them on the rope ladder.

When Horse leaves, she sympathizes with Durpleton and praises his kindness and creativity, however, Ched is still furious and berates Horse for entering their minds. Though Wammawink feels he goes too far in his rant, Horse agrees that what she did was weird and admits she had been wallowing in self-pity, but that the experience has made her realize that everyone has been through difficult times, and she asks if she can still join the game of bunch o' scrunch. Meanwhile, Zulius still wants Horse to look into his backstory and begins telling it, but is cut off by the episode ending.

## Features

### Locations

* The Lost Forest (in the past)
* The Horsetaur fortress (in the past)

### Songs

* Portal Tummy and Me
* My Very Favourite Time of Day
* The Best Dad

## Trivia

* Going by the King of Leaves' birthday, it's revealed that the day Wammawink first met Glendale falls on the same Centaurworld calendar day as the final battle against the Nowhere King.
* In Glendale's backstory, the statue of David fused with a horse to form a large centaur statue is one of many items ejected from her portal tummy. This is one of the few times a photographic image is used in an episode.
* Young Glendale's song implies that she may have absorbed her parents into her portal tummy, as she belches right after mentioning them.
	+ This was later confirmed by series creator Megan Nicole Dong in an interview Q&A. She added that there was a scene cut from The Last Lullaby that shows Glendale's parents waiting for their daughter while still inside the portal tummy.
* Glendale's helicopter may be the same one used in The Last Lullaby during the final battle against the Nowhere King.
* Zulius' description of his backstory may be a reference to Batman's origin.
* Regarding Zulius' backstory, show creator Megan Nicole Dong has stated in an interview that if there was ever an opportunity for new Centaurworld stories, she would like to work on a spinoff for Zulius which would detail his actual backstory.
* Story editor Meghan McCarthy posted the rules to the Bunch o' Scrunch game on her twitter. The members of the herd can be seen wearing items referenced in the rules sheet throughout the episode.official rules for Bunch o' Scrunch
* **Items stolen by Glendale:** the King of Leaves, and his crown (in the past)

## Gallery

### Production art

Young Glendale color turns by Leigh Luna, Color DesignerYoung Durpleton color turns by Leigh Luna, Color DesignerTony Durpleton color turns by Leigh Luna, Color Designer
### Screenshots

Who wants to Bunch o' Scrunch?a Durple hug

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sbnV6JMH4g