Episode 165

Frederick vs. the Serpent

## Chapter Link

[1] 165

CPC OST vol. 7

* Track 8 "Dinner Party Tips (Reprise)"

**Episode 165**, titled "**Frederick vs. the Serpent**", is the 174th episode of Cursed Princess Club.

## Synopsis

*The Fight of the tiniest prince who also a catboy (as similar with his mentor, Whitney) with judo move taught by the Spider Queen VS The Giant Serpent - The Plaid King !!!*

## Characters

*Characters are linked in order of appearance. First appearances will be in bold.*

* Gwendolyn
* Leland
* Frederick
* Celso
* Aurelia
* Syrah
* Monika
* Orson
* Curtis
* Pastel guards and Plaid soldiers

## Music

* CPC OST vol. 10
	+ Track 20 "Fighting the Serpent"
* CPC OST vol. 8
	+ Track 8 "Dinner Party Tips (Reprise)"

## Location

Pastel Kingdom

* Pastel Palace
	+ Groundfloor
	+ Gwendolyn's bedroom
* Cursed Princess Club's field for Whitney's Slumber Party (flashback) as well cliff path leads to Pastel Palace (flashback of Frederick)

## Story

Gwen awakes as she remembers about her crazy dream of meeting fairy tale characters - and a mysterious woman that looks like her. Gwen initially surprised to see a big bad wolf still appears in her waking world, but calmed down when she realizes that BBW is just Leland - she is also worried about Leland that looks rough. Leland restraining his anger as he had enough with the pastel kids. Leland says that he indeed hates Gwen the most because she look just like Lilyth. Gwen realizes the mysterious woman in her dream is her mother, and begins crying. CeLiaNerd arrives at Gwen's room, Frederick initially so scared over Leland that becomes the giant serpent in his imagination - but then he realizes that his father's hand are bloodied and Gwen is crying... along with bloods and broken thorns of her siblings' protection beside her. Frederick quickly leaps to Leland and begins to attack him. Aurelia hopping to Gwen's bed and explaining everything, but she stops Gwen from trying to help Frederick - because once the plaid king gets hold of Gwen, everything will be lost. On the ground floor, Syrah - Monika - Saffron are on their limit to protecting their wounded allies at the makeshift aid station. Thankfully Curtis comes at the right time as he just finds his weapon, the broom, due to vision impairment as his eyeglasses are shattered. Leland in confusion as he literally didn't touch Gwen but Frederick is mad at him, and then Leland throws Frederick but Celso catches Frederick. Celso then cheers up Frederick for the next part of the fight.

Leland admits that he always factored that Frederick will accidentally ruin everything about his 'grand plan' but he never imagines that Frederick actively against him as well as turns Laverne against him too. Leland slamming the wall and nearly hits Frederick, which crawling to hides under mirror table of Gwen's. Leland crawling under the table to catching Frederick, but Frederick finds a comb to hits Leland's hand that covered with thorns. Leland as getting angrier, kicks the mirror table in half to make it shattered. Leland approaching Frederick, and Celso halts the movement by making (failed) sneak assist. Celso gets KO'ed, and Aurelia hopping to treats him. Leland prepares to attacking Frederick that grows so scared with his father - and then Frederick has remembrances about "taking a hit" as he taken it lots of times... Frederick then opened his eyes and repeated the moves that Prez teaches to him at Whitney's slumber party - effectively 'judo' knocked out Leland and made a hole at the wall. Frederick is surprised to successfully do it, but quickly moves to approaching Gwen. He explaining about everything to Gwen in hope for Gwen believing him. Gwen smiling as she truly believes him. Frederick worries that Leland harms Gwen, and Gwen assuring him that she's OK but there's something that confusing her about the plaid king's exclamation that she looks like her mother that she meets somehow in her crazy dream. Aurelia quickly exclaims that's not crazy but a truth, and then she gives Lilyth's diary to Gwen

## Episode credits

* Art, writing and music by LambCat
* Edited by Eunice Baik
* Art assistants:
	+ @sheidraws
	+ @CatBurgerHelper
	+ @i.aint.shihwi
	+ @kyorin24
	+ @meeshywy
	+ @BBMOCHI\_ART
	+ clovercomplex

## Notes & Trivia

* According to this episode...
	+ Leland is seen very differently in the perspective of Gwen (as **Big Bad Wolf**) and Frederick (as **the giant serpent**) - but both the monster are the main villain antagonist in their respective favorite fairy tales, "The 3 little pigs and the Big Bad Wolf" and "The Tiniest Prince"
	+ Curtis has a hard time to navigate as his glasses are shattered, which means his eyesight without eyeglasses is so poor.
	+ Frederick's attacks is similar to that of a feral cat: as he's leaping at his father's upper body in anger, flying without getting damaged (although once Celso catches him), he could quickly hide under the table - and like a cat that clawing its way out to anyone approaching it (with hitting Leland's thorn-covered hand with the comb), he has the flexibility of a cat during the series of fight while like even living the myth of cat having 9 lives (like, surviving table's explosion at the middle) and so fluid at movements to implement the basics of self-defense (opening eyes as not being afraid of getting hit, but using the moment to change the course of action) - this means he implement what's Whitney and Prez (Calpernia) taught to him quickly, directly and indirectly.
	+ Celso's shouting "SNEAK ASSIST!!" to help Frederick that just recovering the huge explosion attack, is ATLA's reference of Sokka's "SNEAK ATTACK!!!"
	+ What Frederick do as near-perfect judo move at the end, to even could slamming his father to the wall if seen on the law of physic actually frightening - as technically Leland stomping in intend to punching hard as approaching Frederick with the force equals that realistically enough kill his own son to the wall.
	+ The montage of Frederick's flashback of getting slapsticks of getting hits is ironically dominated by Prez (Calpernia) especially at Whitney's Slumber Party.
	+ This is the third episode in the whole series that has warning which need viewer discretion that LambCat says as "*It's pretty much just the Plaid King's hand*" but actually much more disturbing as realizing what happened at Gwendolyn's bedroom. Leland is technically a stranger old man (44 years old) that creepily approaching a slumbering girl (16 years old) that's on setting similarly with the original version of Sleeping Beauty - and in order to breaks free of protection's thorns there's blood spilt from Leland. It's no wonder for Frederick that always overthinking of everything, and likely already read all of Fairy Tale Book versions, to assuming the worse when he seeing Gwendolyn is crying while at her bed there's pool of blood and his own father's hand are bloodied.
	+ The image of Frederick, Gwendolyn and Leland at this episode actually been 'intentionally' leaked (albeit for Frederick's case is without scratches) by LambCat at her holiday post in IG with the link : https://www.instagram.com/p/C1Sit6HyUqS/?igsh=MTd3bWxiMzdzNXJ2aQ%3D%3D&img\_index=1

## Gallery

Gwen's realizationThe Giant SerpentThe Cover Image of Episode 165Frederick rightfully angryFrederick's remember Prez self-defense lessonPerfect judo moveTrio Downstairs are happy for Curtis interventionCurtis sweepThe Heroes to saves GwendolynAurelia approaches Gwen along with VerminsGwen wondering about what happened to AureliaAurelia and Gwen amidst the explosionFrederick being feral cat #1Kings supports each other, tiny king and short kingA feral orange cat just got flying by the giant serpentThe reason of trigger warningThriller genre worthyPreparing the comb is akin to sharpening the catboi's clawsSo awful, maaanAbility to high kick that likely runs on Plaids familyThe Catboi's live saves him from the explosion damageFrederick is scared, his face turned purpleCelso channeling inner Sokka's "SNEAK ATTACK"...sadly failed / that's such a huge SLAMFrederick's montage of misfortunes thereOthers should see these limping bald headAwaiting GwenDerick moment!!!Final phase of feral catboi of simply being happyAurelia - duuuuuuuuuhAurelia as the sensible one in the roomGwen is confused...Gwen see her mother's diary