Little Einsteins - The Dawn Is Your Enemy

Does anyone remember the PlayHouse Disney TV show Little Einsteins? It's a show about a group of 4 kids named Leo, June, Quincy and Annie who go on musical adventures. This show was my childhood and I even have a couple of favorite episodes.

Heck, when I was still 6 years old in 2010, I would usually get up super early to catch an episode of Little Einsteins. However, there is an episode that rather disturbs me to this day.

My dad, my older brother and I had went to see "Thor: Love And Thunder". I thought it was a pretty good Marvel movie. We then headed to Wendy's for lunch. My meal was a baconator combo with a strawberry frosty. After I finished eating, I had to use the restroom. Before walking in, I spotted a box close to the Jacksons convenience store which was paired with the Wendy's restaurant.

I figured I bring the box with me just so I can frame THX for making all those lost THX trailers. As soon as we got home, I got a steak knife and opened the box. My thoughts were somehow wrong, as it was instead a Little Einsteins DVD. However, it looked rather, strange. The cover consisted of the 4 kids standing in front of a black and white grassfield.

The DVD was titled as "Little Einsteins: Annie's Solo Mission And Other Missions". The only reason I thought it was strange is because I don't think that black and white grassfield appeared in "Annie's Solo Mission".

I took a look back at the DVD and saw the episode list. But the fourth episode on the list was an episode I have never seen in my life. The episode's name was "The Dawn Is Your Enemy". I found that very odd.

"Hold on a second, isn't The Dawn Is Your Enemy a Warner Bros thing? If it is, then why would it be here?" I questioned in my head.

But I was glad to see a rare DVD about Little Einsteins. I popped the disc into my PlayStation 4 and lied down on my bed. It began with the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo and then it showed a trailer for WALL-E.

It then went to the menu. It looked rather low budget as the background was a black and white drawing of a rose. In the background was what sounded like the Little Einsteins theme song being played by an orchestra. The options were like all those other Little Einsteins DVDs I've seen. They were "Play All", "Episode Selection", "Bonus", "Set Up" and "Sneak Peeks".

I hit Play All and sat through 3 episodes of the show including "Annie's Solo Mission", "The Northern Night Light" and "Go West, Young Train". Both 3 episodes were good, but the last one made me obviously frightened. A warning came up before the episode started, it read:

"The following Little Einsteins episode was created by Ezio Goodman before he was fired from Disney in 2007. This episode was also made as a promotion for "Psycho Ward" even though it is not a film by Disney. It contains unnerving nature and disturbing scenes that must not be seen by children. Viewer discretion is advised."

"Oh dear!" I muttered.

It started off with the intro which played normal. The curtain closed as the little einsteins began to get the show ready. Annie poked her head out of the curtain while saying the title of the episode. June came out and said that the art was made by nobody. There wasn't any music of the day which felt odd. The episode started with the 4 main characters in their normal clothes watching TV. For some reason, the characters never watched TV throughout the series.

June looked at the camera and said, "Hello! I'm June! We stayed up late watching a network not for children." Annie yawned and said, "I barely got any sleep from watching TV. I'm gonna head to bed." The kids said okay and Annie went upstairs. Leo, June and Quincy then decided to make some breakfast. They made some cereal and they sat down on the couch. All of a sudden, the closing bumper from Adult Swim which was The Dawn Is Your Enemy played on the TV.

Leo read the words in confusion. Just then, a black colored hand poked out of the TV which I don't think ever happened in the original bumper. The hand then dragged Leo, June and Quincy into the TV as they screamed. As soon as the hand left, the TV in the episode froze. As the sun came up, Annie woke up and got out of bed. "I hope you guys saved some breakfast for me!" Annie said.

Annie got downstairs only to notice that the 3 kids were nowhere to be seen. She called out the names of Leo, June and Quincy in shock. Annie called for them again, but she started to grow tears from her eyes.

She wiped the tears and went over to the TV screen. As she went to touch the TV screen, the black colored hand grabbed Annie by the throat and dragged her into the TV. Annie screamed as she fell into what look like the Illuminati scene from Multiverse of Madness. Leo, June, and Quincy were in a cage, watching in horror as a familiar figure walked in with a Ultron bot head.

It was Wanda Maximoff!

"What's Wanda doing in a kid's show?!" I asked.

"Well well well. It seems you came looking for your friends. You kids shouldn't even be staying up late." Wanda said.

At that moment, the Illuminati, Captain Marvel, Black Bolt, Reed Richards, and Captain Britain walked in, surrounding the cage that Leo, June, and Quincy were in.

"Wanda, stop," said Reed. "You've possessed an innocent woman and kidnapped innocent children. But you can still do the right thing. Let them go."

Wanda said nothing.

"Black Bolt can destroy you with one whisper from his mouth," said Reed, pointing at Black Bolt.

At that moment, Wanda snapped her fingers.

"What mouth?" asked Wanda.

The camera than panned to show Black Bolt, frantically tapping his face, trying to find his mouth. Then, POW!!!!! Black Bolt's head exploded, causing Leo, June, Quincy, and Annie to scream in horror.

"Oh my god!" Annie screamed before crying.

I felt upset for Annie in this scene. But I was quite shocked to hear one of the kids say god in a kids show.

Then, Reed tried to fight Wanda with his stretching powers. But Wanda used her magic to shred him into spaghetti. This caused the Einsteins to scream even more.

"Kids, go now! We got this!" said Captain Britain, as she and Captain Marvel charged at Wanda.

The 4 kids did as Captain Britain said and it showed the field from the "Dawn Is Your Enemy" bumper. "Guys, Scarlet Witch shouldn't find you if you climb all the way to the top of this tree!" The sun in the bumper said. Annie, Leo, June and Quincy climbed up the tree and did what they could to keep quiet.

But at that moment, the channel changed! This time, Annie, Leo, June, and Quincy were in the final battle from Madagascar. Marty, Melman, and Gloria heard Alex's roar from a distance.

"Now Madagascar is in this?!" I asked, in shock.

"Alex?!" asked Marty, as he punched a foosa in the face.

"That's my kill! Mine!" yelled Alex, as he slowly moved towards Marty, Melman, Gloria, Annie, Leo, June, and Quincy.

June screamed like she was seeing a serial killer in front of her. But then the channel changed once again. This time, they appeared in what looked like the final battle of Avengers: Endgame. All the heroes were in the process of killing most of Thanos' army.

Scarlet Witch is not shown in this scene despite being in the film.

"What is this place? there's a bunch of people and creatures fighting." June said.

Out of nowhere, Thanos came out and said, "Welcome to the endgame. Prepare to meet your fate."

Thanos snapped his fingers making Leo, Annie and Quincy disentegrate in the process.

June looked in horror seeing her 3 friends vanish.

"As for you little girl, this is the fate you'll be receiving." Thanos said.

Any last words before you die?" Thanos asked.

"The Avengers will be here to destroy you." June said.

"Oh, I doubt it," said Thanos, as he pulled out his sword. "I am inevitable."

Before Thanos' double edged sword made contact with June, it was for some reason a dream as June woke up hard breathing.

Leo woke up and asked, "June, are you okay?"

June replied with, "Yes, it was a terrible nightmare I had. You, Annie, Quincy and I were watching TV and then we got dragged into the TV. And there was this witch, she was murdering a lot of Marvel heroes, then the channel switched with a lion coming up towards us, and then you, Annie and Quincy got snapped by Thanos."

Leo then said, "How horrible."

"Let's just get back to sleep. It's still a bit early." June said.

They went back to sleep and the curtain before the curtain call closed. The curtain opened up and June was the only one on stage. In some funny and odd way, June was not wearing her shoes which was confusing.

June then said, "Remember kids, it is best that you all don't stay up late to watch a channel not meant for kids. Cause if you do, you'll see things that can frighten you, like the bumper The Dawn Is Your Enemy. Good night."

It then displayed the credits. In the background was the porch theme from Avengers: Infinity War. Overall, the credits seemed normal, including the logos that played after that.

After the credits, it stayed at a black screen for about 15 seconds, which was rather unusual. I was going to assume that the DVD would show one more thing. And you guessed it, something happened.

The 15 second black screen was interrupted by a close up shot of the dog from Baby Mozart. In the background, I could hear what sounded like the jumpscare sound from Sally EXE. Because of how loud the jumpscare was, I screamed in shock.

Then the episode ended and took me back to the menu. I couldn't believe that I had seen a Little Einsteins episode with this much fucked up stuff. My dad came in the room wondering what I was screaming about, so I went to Episode Selection and played the exact same episode. After he watched it, he felt scared too.

The next day, I took the DVD and threw it in the garbage instead of smashing it. I then wrote an email to Disney Television Animation about the episode. As you know, Ezio Goodman was the one behind making the episode.

I still enjoy Little Einsteins to this day, but that lost episode, I hope to never see again in my lifetime.