It Takes Two to Tangle

**"It Takes Two to Tangle"** is the second episode of the third season of *Popples*. It first premiered on July 24, 2016 on Netflix and August 5, 2019 on Discovery Family.

## Synopsis

### Netflix

Bubbles' and Gruffman's tails get tangled.

### Discovery Family

After some pushing and shoving, Bubbles and Gruffman end up tied to each other by their tails. The two must work together, despite their differences.

### Official YouTube episode clip

After some pushing and shoving, Bubbles and Gruffman end up tied to each other by their tails. But Bubbles has a Popeo and Juliet rehearsal and she’s got the lead role. Gruffman is forced to tag along, causing trouble during the rehearsal and threatening the success of the play. The two have to work together, despite their differences until they can figure out a way to separate.

## Characters

### Major characters

* Bubbles
* Gruffman

### Minor characters

* Lulu
* Sunny
* Izzy
* Yikes
* Margaret Shush
* Mike Mine
* Penny Popplar
* Polly Popplar
* Coach Loudly (background)
* Mrs. Snooply (background)
* Milton Maynot (background)
* Gus (background)

## Trivia

* In the French version, the episode is called "Une union im-Pop-sée", meaning "An im-Pop-sed union". "An im-Pop-sed union" is a play on the term, "An imposed union".
* In France, the airing order for this episode and "Messy Pop Friends" have been switched. Instead of this episode having its sister episode be "Tele Popples" like on Netflix, the next episode both TiJi and Gulli aired is "Hocus Pop-us".
	+ This also happened when the episode premiered on Discovery Family, which makes "It Takes Two to Tangle" the thirty-third episode to aired on that channel instead of being the thirty-second.
* The episode title is a play on the term, "it takes two to tango". Sunny even teasingly said the episode title after Bubbles' and Gruffman's got tangled up.
* On July 30, 2016, Ezra Weisz, the English dub director, posted on Periscope a live stream video of himself watching both this episode and its sister episode, "Tele Popples". According to Ezra, he's been waiting to see the episode after he voiced Gruffman.
* Apparently according to Sunny, a Popple's tail can grow back if it got cut off.
* This is the only episode in Season 3 in which Gruffman doesn't portrayed as an antagonist despite having a major role. This episode also revealed that despite his grumpiness and lack of intelligence, Gruffman is secretly an insecure person.
* This is the only episode in which a Popple is seen without their fur.
* This is the third episode in which an on-screen kiss is seen after "Pop-Tivity Week" and "Popposites Attract". In this case, Bubbles kissed Gruffman on the cheek after she intentionally tangled up her and his tails near the end of the episode.

### Errors

* Bubbles' Juliet hat is missing on her head in two scenes:
	+ When Miss Shush suggested that Gruffman could be Popeo.
	+ Before the scene transition from the Popple Theater to the Treepod after Gruffman agreed to play Popeo after Mike left.

## References

1. ↑ https://instantwatcher.com/title/80075962?content\_type=1%202&source=1%202%203&q=Popples
2. ↑ https://cf-media.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/2019/08/09/104025/DFC\_Highlights\_-\_August\_2019\_-\_Final.pdf
3. ↑ https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/tiji/27-02-2016/
4. ↑ https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/gulli/28-03-2016/
5. ↑ File:Popples - Episode Clip - It Takes Two to Tangle
6. ↑ https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/tiji/28-02-2016/
7. ↑ https://playtv.fr/programmes-tv/gulli/29-03-2016/
8. ↑ https://www.pscp.tv/Warmupguy/1ZkKzpEYqQyJv?t=2