The Debt

The Debt is the fourth episode of Season 1 of the Amazing World of Pibby.

## Synopsis

After Aunt Tresa supposedly saved Pibby’s life, the latter is determined to repay her debt.

## Plot

The episode starts with Pibby, Bun-Bun, and Tiffany hanging out on the street in front of their house. Pibby is waiting for Aunt Tresa senior talent show performance, which, as Tiffany points out, does not start for another eleven hours and has explicitly banned her from attending. Just then, Aunt Tresa and Jackie pull into their parking spot. Bun-Bun and Tiffany move out of the way, but Pibby is frozen by panic on the spot. Despite Bun-Bun’s telling her to just step aside, Pibby truly believes she is done for. Aunt Tresa simply stops, and Pibby, believing this to be an act of great kindness, jumps onto Aunt Tresa’s windshield and starts thanking her, much to Aunt Tresa’s annoyance. Aunt Jackie eventually throws Pibby off by flinging up the hood, launching her into space, where she makes a deep promise to repay Aunt Tresa for supposedly "saving her life."

Pibby then decides to follow Aunt Tresa around in hopes of finding a way to save his life, much to Aunt Tresa’s dismay, ultimately ending up at a convenience store. While Aunt Tresa reviews a brand of mouthwash, Pibby notices a wet floor sign. Thinking it is dangerous, she moves it out of the way, only to see Aunt Tresa slip over the puddle it was warning about. The fall knocks Aunt Tresa out, prompting Pibby to attempt CPR. Before he can try, though, Firey performs it instead. Aunt Tresa awakes just in time to see her huge mouth make contact with her.

Annoyed and grossed out, she walks outside to a vending machine near the store. She buys and drinks a something hot, hoping it would soothe his vocal chords. She tests out a few notes, clearing her throat to try to get the right pitch, but Pibby interprets it as choking and runs in to perform the Heimlich maneuver. This causes Aunt Tresa to cough up his heart and collapse to the ground. He struggles over to where his heart landed, and scoops it back into his body using his tongue, berating Pibby and storming off immediately after.

Aunt Tresa arrives at a tanning salon and steps into a tanning bed to enhance his appearance. Pibby then arrives and mistakes the tanning bed for a casket, woefully mourning his death. He refuses to give up, though - he grabs a defibrillator and attempts to revive Aunt Tresa with a zap, but since Mr. Robinson is still alive, all it does is electrocute him. Regardless, Gumball continues zapping him for the sake of safety.

Aunt Tresa returns home to find Pibby waiting at his front door to greet her. Pibby informs him that she booby-trapped his front door. She demonstrates this by ringing the doorbell, causing Aunt Tresa to get slugged in the chest by a bowling ball. Aunt Tresa, frustrated with the day's events, starts crying and begging Pibby to leave him alone. This finally reaches Pibby, who realizes he failed and decides to give up, breaking his promise to the universe and starts sobbing.

Tiffany and Bun-Bun witness Pibby’s angst, and decide to help her out. They throw over a note informing him that Aunt Tresa will be assassinated at the talent show. Pibby, seeing this as an opportunity to redeem herself, tries to warn Aunt Tresa, but her warnings get ignored. Refusing to accept defeat, Pibby follows posthaste.

At the talent show, there are only two entries and three people in the crowd. Following a brief tap-dancing routine from the senior citizens, Aunt Tresa gleefully performs “I Wanna Be Free.” Throughout his performance, Bun-Bun and Tiffany start attempting to hurt him with various props and effects. Pibby, however, fails to notice. Finally, as Aunt Tresa sings his last note, it causes an overhead light to fall down. Pibby taking notice, pushes Anut Tresa aside right as the light falls to the ground. Aunt Tresa, acknowledging the fact that Pibby just saved her life, looks thankful for a moment, but nevertheless scolds Pibby for cutting her performance short.

Despite the abrupt ending to his performance, the two audience members (Aunt Tresa left, disgusted by her husband's success) start applauding like crazy. Aunt Tresa bows repeatedly, ignoring the fact that the lift that was carrying Tiffany and Bun-Bun was about to crush her. She eventually does get crushed, and Tiffany and Bun-Bun run off without helping him.