Under the Oak

> (Quentin Mayor) Hey, you can't be here. I'm giving a speech!
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> (Bugbo) No you aren't.
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> *Bugbo, right before Quentin's murder, Under the Oak*
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**Under The Oak** is the second episode of *Bugbo* and was released on February 5th, 2023. The video lasts for eight minutes in length.

## Under The Oak

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## Synopsis

Bugbo, Gerbo, and Gradient Joe work together to help The Hollow Clown reopen his circus of his residence with a mayoral election.

### Said by description

*Bugbo and his friendliest friends discover a mysterious secret buried deep beneath the oak tree! What does fate have in store for them today, I wonder?*

## Story

### Introduction

The episode starts once the title screen of the Flash animation have been shown, with Bugbo standing next to a tree. Right after the intro, the episode starts with the camera zooming into Gerbo.

Gerbo notices and then greets the viewer, before being abruptly interrupted by Bugbo. Otherwise, greets Bugbo as well. Bugbo asks about Gerbo's day until he get's distracted by a big tree, which is answered by Gerbo. Bugbo doesn't like it and wants it gone before Gradient Joe requests to cut it down. Gerbo shows grief afterward.

After the tree gets cut down, a hole is left uncovered. Bugbo informs they found a secret. Gerbo remarks that secrets are fun before Bugbo tells to him that one having many knowledge of their own secrets can lead to trouble. After Gerbo is swayed, Bugbo, aware of the dilemma and the hole, announces to the viewer that it's time to ask "What Would Gradient Joe Do?", if he would, *A: Jump into the hole, B: Drop something into the hole, or C: do nothing.* The answer is later by doing nothing as Gradient Joe is still left unfazed. Bugbo disapproves of his choice and proceeds to push Joe into the hole and quickly grabs Gerbo down with him as well.

### The Stripy Tent

They eventually fall down and stumble upon a derelict, *stripy tent* which is owned by the Hollow Clown who is shown afterward. After the trio greets them, Bugbo asks for his appearance. The clown then responds with a story of how the circus was comprised of arcade games and entertainment and was the most public attraction at the time. During the circus' presence, the Mayor, performing one of his speeches, accidently slipped on a circus ball and later announced all circuses illegal due to his anger and embarrassment. The Hollow Clown, indecisive and unlike other circus owners, who would destroy their attractions immediately, hid the circus under a tree the trio currently discovered because of it being only his familiar residence.

Gerbo, feeling sympathy with the clown says that someone has to do something about this problem. Bugbo implicitly agrees, but wonders how, adding to the fact that the Mayor is too powerful. Bugbo then has an idea of Gradient Joe being a worthy candidate of being the new mayor. With the idea settled, Joe reluctantly agrees. After they cheer for his agreement, the trio launch themselves out of the circus with a revealed canon.

The trio then arrive to Quentin Mayor, who is disrupted of their appearance. After a small conflict and an attempt of Quentin Mayor alerting the security, he finally settles on the vote against Gradient Joe, however is surprised of Bugbo deciding that the vote will be held the very next day, but it was accepted shortly after Bugbo's passive-aggressive speech.

### The Next Day

The next day, before the Hollow Clown approaching the election, the trio are at backstage, getting ready for Gradient Joe to appear at the front and to the public of where the election will begin. Gerbo becomes aware of Joe not having the ability to speak. After Bugbo notices this fact, the candidate period has already begun. After Quentin Mayor's sarcastic good luck to them and Gerbo becoming pessimistic of the circuses not going to be legalized again, Bugbo gains another idea that could work.

The camera cuts to the election with Quentin Mayor starting his speech first before being disrupted again by Bugbo. Quentin Mayor confused and furious of his interruption shouts at him of his behavior before Bugbo non-physically erases Quentin Mayor only leaving his skeleton behind. Quentin Mayor's absent allows Gradient Joe to win by default giving the right for him to be the mayor!

Everybody cheers in the background. With Hoppo being seen to take Quentin Mayor's corpse and the Hollow Clown's father appearing near his happy son to see the celebration. Bugbo asks Joe what his first act will be, considering he's the mayor. Needless to say, it would be to make circuses legal again as proof of his oncoming written paper letter.

Bugbo and Gerbo walk off stage. Agreeing to themselves that they did it, however Bugbo thinks that they did 'something much better', a valuable lesson, with it being that *"togetherness makes anything effortless!"* As Joe is seen waving goodbye to the crowd, he accidently trips on a ditto circus ball. Joe being enraged similar to the incident of Quentin Mayor, negates his law when ripping his paper in half before the credits sequence.

### Stinger

After the credits, The screen cuts to an unknown setting with a dartboard on the wall with a drawing of Bugbo at the center. A dart is thrown at the picture. A voice speaks out, angry; "I *hate* bugs..." The video then ends.

## Characters That Appeared In This Episode

BugboGerboGradiant JoeHoppoThe Hollow ClownQuinton MayorThe Hollow Clown's Father
## *What Would Gradient Joe Do?*

### Dilemma

Bugbo, Gerbo, and Joe find a hole that was hidden by the tree it was cut down and it the hole lies a underground circus.

## Trivia

* In the Pilot/Set in Stone, the episode isn't very as fast paced/quick like **Under the Oak**, and the planet Bugbo and his friends live on, isn't light blue compared to the pilot.