The Dress

**"The Dress"** is the sixth episode of season 1 of *The Excellent World of Rumball*.

## Synopsis

Rumball goes to school in a dress and becomes the darling of King College Prep.

## Plot

Coiny is at the bottom of the staircase, calling for Rumball and Hammer Bro, who have covered themselves with ice cubes. They attempt to glide down the stairs with but they fail and Rumball lands naked right in front of Coiny. Coiny tells Rumball that he cannot go to school naked, so he tries to find his clothes. Rumball soon finds Numberblock 1 asleep in the garden. Numberblock 1 tells Rumball that he was doing the laundry when Spiffy told him not to do so. Rumball's clothes have shrunk and they no longer fit him, forcing Rumball to wear Spiffy’s wedding dress to school. When Rumball's class sees him outside, they do not recognize him, so he makes up a fake name "RumballOopsEggWobbleUnderpants" and country of origin "RumbaldNoWigBattleAxeNinja" based on what he sees outside. They all believe him and head off to school. When they get to class, Mister Boris falls for the act as well. Rumball is confused. When they all leave class, there is a puddle in the hallway and everyone is offering Rumball a way across as an act of love, but he decides to walk around it to avoid any complications. Still confused, he asks Coiny what is going on, and she tells Rumball that anyone will do *anything* for a beautiful girl, which the students believe he is. Rumball realizes this, and abuses the power in a montage. Hammer Bro is shown to fall in love with Rumball, not knowing it is his brother. Rumball receives a love letter from Hammer Bro, requesting him to meet him on the Stomach Destroyer roller coaster after school. Coiny informs Rumball that it is a love letter, but he is ignorant and believes Hammer Bro just wants to hang out with him in a platonic way. He goes on the coaster with Hammer Bro, where Hammer Bro tells Rumball (as a girl) that he loves "her" and tries to kiss her. Rumball comes home terrified, and has a thought of what would happen if Hammer Bro did not move on, married him, and had eight children with him. Coiny tells him that he simply has to tell Hammer Bro the truth but Rumball refuses to do so, knowing that his brother would be heartbroken (and for fear of losing his "powers"). So they come up with a scheme to stop Hammer Bro from loving Rumball and start moving on.

They stage a goodbye act for the "Darling of King College Prep" with a bus. When Hammer Bro comes, Rumball hides in the bus and proceeds to attach the dress to a balloon with his face poorly drawn on it. He jumps out of a window on the bus while naked, but the balloon does not go into the bus. Instead, it flies toward the sun and pops. This leaves Hammer Bro devastated. Rumball goes and cheers Hammer Bro up. Just when he feels better, Hammer Bro immediately falls in love with a fire hydrant that the dress landed on. Rumball remarks that some people can not help but make fools of themselves, just as everyone laughs at Rumball for being naked. He walks away, humiliated, and the episode ends.

## Trivia

* Hammer Bro draws a sketch of Rumball using his left hand, but in later episodes, he is seen drawing with his right hand, hinting that he may be ambidextrous.
* Spiffy’s wedding dress reappears in Numberblock 1’s flashback in "The Wand" and in the episode "The Ape." However in these episodes his dress is longer, as it fits her perfectly and would be appear to be too big for Rumball, and has more layers on the bottom, and his crown has a long veil.
* Pictures of Arthur and the Keyboard Dog can be seen in Rumball's future home.