Origins

"**Origins**" is the ninth episode of the third season of *Lamput*, and the 76th episode of the series overall.

## Summary

*Locked up in the back of a police van is a great opportunity to reminisce about where it all went wrong. The Docs ponder their shared childhood at "Lab School".* ~Official description taken from Foxtel.

## Characters featured

* Lamput
* Fat Doc
* Slim Doc
* The Boss
* Mr. Moustache

## Plot description

Lamput is walking on the sidewalk when he sees the docs approaching from a corner and putting a "wanted" poster of him on a building. The duo notice Lamput, who immediately goes into a nearby jewelry store and pretends to be a crown on display in their window. The docs go into the store and grab Lamput, in the process winding up with jewelry all over their bodies and breaking the window glass, making it look like they're robbing the shop. Mr. Moustache drives up to the store in a police car and immediately throws the docs into the vehicle to drive them away; Lamput continues to walk and whistles as if nothing happened.

In the police car, Slim Doc pulls a handkerchief out of his pocket to wipe the sweat off his head. A photo also falls from his pocket, and Fat Doc picks it up. He then shows Slim Doc the photo, which is of them as children. The docs laugh at the sight but are silenced by Mr. Moustache; they chuckle quietly to themselves before a flashback begins, showing a young Fat Doc entering Lab School for the first time. The teacher, who is the docs' boss when he was younger, introduces the new student to the class, and Fat Doc takes a seat. The bell rings to indicate the start of class, and the students are all doing their school work as usual when they look up and start to sweat in fear. Another student enters the class room and is yelled at by the teacher for being late. The student, who is wearing dirty clothes and chewing bubble gum, is a young Slim Doc; he goes to a desk at the very back of the classroom to sit down.

The teacher asks a question related to the school work and Fat Doc raises his hand to give an answer, with his answer being correct. After Fat Doc blushes in embarrassment at having given a correct answer, Slim Doc throws a paper airplane at him. Fat Doc unfolds the plane and finds that the paper is for a drawing of Slim Doc beating him up. Fat Doc looks in horror at Slim Doc, who gives him a wink, before quickly getting back to his school work.

The bell rings for recess. Fat Doc sees Slim Doc bullying a round kid by asking him to come closer and then knocking his hat off, causing the kid to run off crying as Slim Doc laughs. Slim Doc also tries to beckon Fat Doc towards him, but the latter runs off in panic and Slim Doc lets out another laugh. Fat Doc is playing on the slide in the school playground; when he gets to the bottom, Slim Doc appears behind a bush and tries to beckon him close again. Fat Doc runs away again and goes to the school library to read; Slim Doc is looking at him through the window, causing him to run off once more. Fat Doc goes to grab a new book from his locker, but Slim Doc appears another time, still trying to get him to come closer. Slim Doc gets angry when Fat Doc doesn't come towards him and starts to chase him, with Fat Doc tripping and breaking his glasses. Slim Doc laughs as Fat Doc cries before the latter hits the former with the book he's holding and chases him. The two run into the staff room, where their teacher is busy performing a science experiment; they bump into him, creating an explosion, and are chased out of the room.

The docs hide behind a wall while the angry teacher looks for them. The duo laugh because they thought that was fun and shake hands, agreeing to become friends. They see the round boy from earlier and decide to try to call him to them again, with the boy running away again. The docs laugh when the flashback abruptly ends with the police car coming to a jolt. Mr. Moustache grabs the docs and brings them into the police station, where he gives them a stern look. Slim Doc points Fat Doc's attention some photos of a younger Mr. Moustache on the wall; Mr. Moustache is the round boy they bullied back in school. Mr. Moustache repeats the "come forward" gesture the docs made at him back in their school days, causing the docs to scream.

The episode rewinds to when the docs disrupt their teacher's science project. In the staff room, the substance in a beaker gains eyes and a mouth, turning into a newly-born Lamput.

## Trivia

* A graph seen in the police station reads "Crime Rate 2019". This may indicate that production for the episode dates back to 2019, as it didn't air until early 2020.
* Lamput whistles the show's short theme song after the docs are thrown into the police car.