Tusk

***Tusk*** is the fifth episode from the first season of *Perfect Hair Forever*. It first aired on December 18th, 2005 on *[Adult Swim]*.

## Plot

After walking through the forest for a week and a half, Twisty and Norman Douglas get into a knife fight while Gerald and Hotdog go off without them. Gerald then runs into Catman at the outside of his house in the forest and is offered LSD by Rod. Coiffio shows up on an oversized motorcycle whose spokes are made of hot dogs and challenges Gerald to a race to the death. In exchange for Coiffio agreeing to sell his house to him, and Gerald agreeing to buy Rod's Journey tickets, Rod magically transports the two (along with most of the other characters) to a racetrack where buns and cats fill the stands and the Young Man and Sherman provide the commentary from the booth. Cat Man releases an alligator onto the track to attack Gerald, but it goes after Coiffio instead. Astronomic Cat lifts the alligator off of Coiffio's bike and onto Gerald's, but Hotdog transforms into a "wienercycle" and saves Gerald by dueling with the gator, using only a sword. Gerald appears to have the advantage when Coiffio's hair falls off, as it is actually a toupee, but he abandons the race when he sees a chance to launch his bike to Tuna Mountain and tells Terry to flick his cigarette at some gas tanks, with the latter only responding to a "what?". The episode ends with the gas tanks exploding from the Terry's cigarette while Gerald is launched in the air.

## **Characters/Cast**

* Gerald Bald Z (Kim Manning)
* Uncle Grandfather (Matt Maiellaro)
* Brenda
* Action Hotdog (Will Armstrong)
* Inappropriate Comedy Tree (Nick Ingkatanuwat)
* Terry/Twisty (Dave Hughes)
* Catman (Dennis Moloney)
* Rod The Anime God (Matt Maiellaro)
* Coiffio (Dave Willis)
* Astronomic Cat
* Young Man (C. Martin Croker)
* Sherman The Giraffe (MF Doom)
* Yellow Eyed Creatures
* Space Ghost (cameo)
* Squirrel
* Cats
* Buns
* Alligator
* Secret Military Policeman (cameo)
* Model Robot (cameo)

## Trivia

* While this episode originally premiered as the fifth episode in the series, "Tusk" was actually the last episode to be produced for the first season of the series while the sixth episode "Woke Up Drunk" was produced after "Happy Suck Day." *Adult Swim.com*'s website even places this episode last on the section of Season 1. The production code for this episode is also 106. The series' last episode "Muscular Distraction" even placed these two episodes in production order. Though, the crashed motorcycle is briefly seen in "Woke Up Drunk" and the Young Man and Sherman are seen out of the ditch.
* In "Return to Balding Victory", Gerald confirmed that he recently woke up from his motorcycle crash and Norman Douglas wore his enormous helmet, implying that the events of "Woke Up Drunk" were probably a dream or that this episode canonically takes after "Tusk."
* This is the only episode of the entire series where Uncle Grandfather's temple doesn't make any appearance.
* This episode reveals that Coiffio wants to move into space as Rod is buying his house.
* The Wolf and the human face from the "Beware of the Wolf" opening theme from "TiVo Your eBay" make a small cameo in the brief dream that Gerald has. Although, two wolves are actually seen in the dream.
* Despite technically having his hand being ripped off of his arm by Astronomic Cat in "Happy Suck Day", the Young Man's hand is still shown to be intact on his arm in this episode. This was also seen again in "Woke Up Drunk" and "Muscular Distraction."
* Interestingly, Gerald refers Terry as Twisty when he tells him to flick his cigarette at the gas tanks.
* The ending theme song for this episode was performed by Widespread Panic while all of the characters stand around in the credits. Model Robot and one of the Secret Military Policemen also make their only appearances in this episode in these credits.
* A small clip of this episode can be seen on the Aqua Teen's television in *Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters*.

## References & Allusions

* Space Ghost makes a cameo as a small floating imaginary vision.
* Rod's Journey tickets are a reference to the American rock band with the same name.
* Skillet the Chinchilla, Mouse Fitzgerald's best friend, from the *Adult Swim* series *12 Oz. Mouse* makes a cameo on the paper of LSD from Rod.
* Coiffio says to Gerald "how about them apples", which is a reference to the movie 1997 movie *Good Will Hunting*.
* Sherman the Giraffe says "Maybe the peanut man will probably come up here", this is possibly a reference to Mr. Peanut.

## Quotes

* **Rod the Anime God**: We now journey to join-- uh...Already in progress.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Man. We've been walking here for a week and a half.
* **Action Hotdog**: La!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Maybe I need to give a motivational thing.
* **Action Hotdog**: Oh.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Friends... We're all in this together. So, Tree, if Terry pulls a knife on you--
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: What?!
* **Terry**: Ha, ha, ha.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: He's crazy. But we have to continue our journey to Tuna Mountain or I'm gonna be stuck with this imperfect hair forever. And you know people are trying to kill us. And weird things happen. So, let's just put our heads together and get through this.
* **Terry**: Hey, friends, I have an idea.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Yes?
* **Terry**: Let's make a list of all the things that are trying to thwart our significant quest.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Alright.
* **Terry/Twisty**: First one is this tree.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: Aagh! He stabbed me in my neck!
* **Terry/Twisty**: Ha, ha, ha.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: You want a piece of me?!
* **Twisty**: Yes.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: Come get some, man! Aagh!
* **Twisty**: On your knees.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: Aagh!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: I'm frustrated by my journey and you people aren't helping.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: Stop doing that! stop it!
* **Action Hotdog**: Tada, la, la, la, la.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Hotdog?
* **Action Hotdog**: La, la, la, la.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Hotdog... Your starting to piss me off.
* **Cat Man**: If we can find the ball and then ram the whole head of it into the ground. I mean, it didn't even... uh,.. Bye. Hey, Paul?
* **Action Hotdog**: La!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: What?
* **Cat Man**: Where you guys-- Where you guys going?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: I'm on a journey to mount Tuna Mountain.
* **Rod the Anime God**: Dynamite. What's going on, yo. What's up, what's happening, what's shaking? I heard somebody say journey.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: I'm on a journey.
* **Rod the Anime God**: Yeah man. I hear they're coming to the tune arena. I got tickets...For you.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: No, thank you.
* **Rod the Anime God**: Look, you gonna buy these tickets or not, 'cause I really need some cash for a down payment on my house that I'm buying from Coiffio, who wants to move space.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: We don't need tickets. We need to get to Tuna Mountain.
* **Rod the Anime God**: Whoa. If Tuna Mountain is what you seek, just look for the sign.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: What sign is that?
* **Rod the Anime God**: I don't know. There's probably a sign. Anyone have a map? Anyone have a map to the signs?
* **Cat Man**: You want to get to Tuna Mountain, you're gonna need motorcycles.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Really?
* **Cat Man**: Yeah, motorcycles. Tuna Mountain.
* **Rod the Anime God**: He's in a cat suit.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Yeah.
* **Cat Man**: What cat suit?
* **Rod the Anime God**: Hey kid, come here, look, look down here, look down here. Put this on your tongue.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: What is it?
* **Rod the Anime God**: LSD.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Is it dangerous?
* **Rod the Anime God**: Yeah. Ha, ha.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: No, thank you.
* **Rod the Anime God**: And it's fun and legal.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: No, thank you.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: Hey! Anybody like funny jokes?!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Aagh!
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: Ah, ha, ha, ha!
* **Rod the Anime God**: You're already on part of this drug. Dumbass.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Ow!
* **Cat Man**: What?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Bitch!
* **Coiffio**: Cat Man. I'm enraged to see you with Gerald and not killing him.
* **Cat Man**: You said to kill Paul.
* **Coiffio**: Oh, who the f\*\*k (Eff) is Paul? I said Gerald!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Are you Coiffio?
* **Coiffio**: Aha!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: The evil controller of cats.
* **Coiffio**: F\*\*king (Effing)-a right, little bitch. Ha, ha, ha. I challenge you... To a chopper duel.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: What?
* **Coiffio**: A chopper duel.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: What?
* **Coiffio**: Chopper duel!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: What?
* **Coiffio**: Oh... I challenge you to a motorcycle competition.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: But we're in the dense forest.
* **Coiffio**: Yeah, but... I mean...
* **Gerald Bald Z**: We'll need a race track.
* **Rod the Anime God**: Someone say race track or not? Huh? Damn it! Someone say racetrack, or... Yes. Who needs racetracks?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: We do.
* **Rod the Anime God**: I got all that stuff, but... I gots to get paid.
* **Coiffio**: Oh, hello, Rod.
* **Rod the Anime God**: Huh?
* **Coiffio**: Are you prepared to make an offer on my house, giant flame?
* **Rod the Anime God**: Ha, ha. Well, don't you think you're asking a little too much for it, man?
* **Coiffio**: This other couple seems not to think I'm not asking too much.
* **Rod the Anime God**: Dude, listen--
* **Coiffio**: Rod!
* **Rod the Anime God**: Dude.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: That man in the cat suit says we need motorcycles to get to Tuna Mountain.
* **Cat Man**: What cat suit?
* **Coiffio**: But--but...I challenge him to a race to the death! So, we need a race track.
* **Rod the Anime God**: Alright, look. I can clear all this up with a low 8.9% APR financing on a 30-year mortgage with no down payment, alright?
* **Coiffio**: Hmm.
* **Rod the Anime God**: And if you-- If you buy my tickets... Then I'll do this. So, everyone agrees with me?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Agreed.
* **Coiffio**: Agreed.
* **Rod the Anime God**: Oh, yes. I'm gonna take a little trip.
* **Buns**: La, la, la.
* **Cats**: Meow.
* **Young Man**: Here we are, folks, at the ultimate immortal death race 3200 dot.com between Coiffio and young Gerald. And I'm being told we have Astronomical--
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: Not to interrupt and cut you off, Young son, but we have Astronomic Cat providing aerial views of the race.
* **Young Man**: We're just moments away from he start, as the racers make their last-minute preparations.
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: And the breeze is in the northeasterly direction.
* **Coiffio**: Oh no! Hey, what plans have you--Aah! Hey, what plans did you give me to prevent Gerald from a victory.
* **Cat Man**: Oh, I got a little something. Check it out.
* **Coiffio**: Alligator.
* **Cat Man**: You know, throw it on the track. Ahh! My ear! Ahh! Alligator! Get off me, you f\*\*king (Effing) gator!
* **Coiffio**: Ha, ha, ha. Helpful as usual.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Look hotdog.
* **Action Hotdog**: Ah!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Tuna Mountain.
* **Coiffio**: Oh, did you want to get to Tuna Mountain?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Yeah.
* **Coiffio**: You're going to have get past me first!
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: Bring it on, man! We'll kick your ass! Stop it! Stop doing that!
* **Coiffio**: Now I'm gonna do it with the engine.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: Quit it! We'll kick your ass!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Tree, I have bad news for you.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: What?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: I'm afraid I've got to do this alone.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: What do you mean, alone?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: I'm sorry. It's your enormous helmet.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: What do you mean?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: The drag on your enormous helmet will be too much. And you can't draft with a helmet that enormous. And you're also you just a tree.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Come on now. You're being overly emotional because of the drugs you took earlier.
* **Inappropriate Comedy Tree**: It's so unfair that I'm not accepted by you all!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Come on, Hotdog.
* **Action Hotdog**: Na, na, na?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: I need to race.
* **Young Man**: Gentlemen start your engines.
* **Buns**: La, la, la.
* **Cats**: Meow.
* **Coiffio**: I will end you! How about them apples, my young nemesis? Emenis. Emenesis.
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Alright.
* **Uncle Grandfather**: Buns.
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: And they're off! Who will win the race to the death, young Gerald or the evil Coiffio?
* **Young Man**: This is so neat.
* **Coiffio**: You don't know how to drive! Look at this big hair!
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: Uh-oh! There's something else on the track, or someone. Looks like a baby--a baby--In an alligator mouth? The racers better be careful!
* **Coiffio**: Oh, no! Oh, no! A gator. Astronomical Cat, save me!
* **Astronomic Cat**: Meow.
* **Coiffio**: Get back there, gator!
* **Astronomic Cat**: Meow.
* **Young Man**: I can't believe it! The aeronautical flying cat is using his wings volition crystal croc toss powers to hoist the motor gator rider off his bike!
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: What? What's did you say?
* **Young Man**: Oh no!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Ahh.
* **Young Man**: Gerald's in real trouble.
* **Action Hotdog**: Na, na, na! Na, na, na!
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: But wait, wait. What is that there, a hotdog thing? How about he turns into the wiener cycle wagon.
* **Young Man**: My goodness, I've never seen a wiener cycle.
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: Look out now, they're going to--uh-oh! What's that? Oh, seeing that, that Frank dog thing reminds me I'm kind of hungry.
* **Young Man**: Shh.
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: Maybe the peanut man will probably come up here.
* **Young Man**: Excuse me, these guys are racing to the death.
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: I don't see nobody dying over there.
* **Young Man**: They're racing to die.
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: Nothing happening to these guys.
* **Young Man**: The racers are now neck-and-neck.
* **Coiffio**: I will have you, Gerald! Ha, ha, ha! Ahh! My hair! My hair!
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: Oh, snap.
* **Young Man**: Oh, my stars.
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: And the man's hair fell off.
* **Coiffio**: Oh, no! My fantastic do! Call 911.
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: Wait, wait. If that hotdog defeats the Alligator and then drags his body over and props him up against that hair, If Twisty flicks his cigarette at them gas tanks...
* **Terry**: What?
* **Sherman the Giraffe**: The young balding boy just could use that hair as a ramp!
* **Gerald Bald Z**: This whole race is confusing. Maybe if Twisty would flick his cigarette towards those gas tanks--
* **Terry**: What?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: The explosion would drive me around the track, and up that hair ramp, to fly towards the mountain that does not exist. Twisty! Confusing my road to free combustion power ash flick force! Activate!
* **Terry**: What?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Perform chesterfield slims iron lung fuel flip synergy ignition!
* **Terry**: What?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Activate Lucy flip phase 9 power fuel consumption protocol!
* **Terry**: What?
* **Gerald Bald Z**: Do it! Now!
* **Voice**: Everybody's got to Journey. Everybody's got to Tuna Mountain. You know there is gonna be more cats?

## Links

* https://www.adultswim.com/videos/perfect-hair-forever/tusk