Ki-Chouel's Very Bad Mood

Ki-Chouel's Very Bad Mood is a Season 1 episode

## Characters

* Ki-Chouel
* Dong-Chouel
* Myung-Hee
* Lee-Choi
* Jimmy
* Mr. Chouel
* Ms. Chouel
* Young-Chouel
* Sid-Jeon
* Sae

## Plot

Dong-Chouel and the Gang try to find out why Ki-Chouel has been in a bad mood for days on end.

## Summary

In an alternate telling of his everyday existence, Dong-Chouel (in an obvious *Around the World with 79 Days* parody) with Lee-Choi are at the Gyeongbokgung palace and reports of how it got build in the year 1394., Dong-Chouel is quite contented with his life, except for one thing: Ki-Chouel! Imagined as a ferocious giant, Ki-Chouel chases Dong-Chouel, Young-Chouel and Lee-Choi away and wreaks havoc around the world in Godzilla-like fashion, sending everything into pandemonium as he takes out his latest temper tantrum on the innocent people of the world, But, it turns out to be a nightmare that Dong-Chouel had.

Dong-Chouel is baffled because Ki-Chouel has been in an especially bad mood for days, yelling and ranting at everyone around her and not wanting to do anything he's told. At school, Myung-Hee invites her friends to her brother's prom, but Dong-Chouel is exhausted and says he can't attend. Myung-Hee mentions that the party is only one week away, and Dong-Chouel tiredly explains that Ki-Chouel kept him up the entire night screaming at everyone and slamming doors around the house. Myung-Hee suggests Dong-Chouel should ask his little brother what's wrong, and he counters by saying Myung-Hee should do it. After a moment's thought, she agrees to try.

That night, Myung-Hee comes over for dinner with Dong-Chouel's family (kimchi, japchae, braised ribs and rice), but matters quickly turn unpleasant when Ki-Chouel snaps at Ms. Chouel for scolding her about her less than polite table manners (consisting of reaching across the table to get braised ribs, and grabbing more than one rib at once and shoveling them into her mouth). Ki-Chouel is about to launch into a rant against Dong-Chouel when Myung-Hee politely asks what's wrong with her. Shocked, Ki-Chouel runs off in tears, making Myung-Hee groan and Ms. Chouel sigh.

Myung-Hee excuses herself to try to settle problems over with Ki-Chouel, She explains to Ki-Chouel. that she didn't mean to hurt his feelings, but something had to be done because Ki-Chouel has been acting so strangely, and as Dong-Chouel's friend, Myung-Hee wants to help when something is bothering him. Ki-Chouel doesn't accept Myung-Hee's explanation and exhaustively tells her to leave.

The next day, Dong-Chouel is in a state of nervous aggravation because Ki-Chouel spent much of the previous night slamming doors around the house again. Dong-Chouel and his friends imagine a show called *Tantrum 112* (*The Tantrum Patrol Squad*), in which the police apprehend children engaged in temper tantrums. In Dong-Chouel's vision, the police try to arrest Ki-Chouel, but his temper is too strong, forcing the officers to call for backup. Returning to reality, the kids discuss how to solve the problem. Dong-Chouel's other friends bail on helping. Myung-Hee and Lee-Choi has the feeling something is really bugging Ki-Chouel, but Dong-Chouel can't believe a four-year-old would have any reason to be so upset.

The next afternoon, Myung-Hee, Lee-Coi and Dong-Chouel spy on Ki-Chouel from the roof as he is eating lunch outside. They see him eating a sandwich but spitting out the bologna, which Jimmy proceeds to eat. Disgusted, Dong-Chouel yells for Jimmy to not do that because it's gross, but in doing so accidentally blows their cover, and Ki-Chouel tells them off again.

That night, Dong-Chouel spies on Ki-Chouel sleeping in Mr and Ms. Chouel's room, and Myung-Hee and Lee listen in on a walkie-talkie. As Dong-Chouel relays that his little brother is mumbling "something's wrong" supposedly in his sleep, Ki-Chouel sits up, yelling, "because Dong-Chouel is a dodo brain!", which Dong-Chouel automatically repeats into the walkie-talkie without thinking. Lee-Choi laughs, and Dong-Chouel and Myung-Hee tell him to cease it.

The next day, Myung-Hee, Lee-Choi and Dong-Chouel watch Ki-Chouel and his classmates being released from preschool. Ki-Chouel appears to be looking at a small group of kids from her class talking among themselves, including his best friend Joon-Woon and boy named Minjun. The group is discussing Minjun's upcoming birthday party at the movie theater.

Myung-Hee catches on to the situation, and later that day pays a visit to Dong-Chouel's house to talk to his troubled little brother. Ki-Chouel once again reacts sarcastically toward Myung-Hee, but her bad behavior is curtailed by his mother. Ki-Chouel claims she would feel much better if she could see *Happy Little Koalas: The Adventures in the Joseon Dynasty* at the movies. Ms. Chouel protests Ki-Chouel. has already seen it a lot of times and won't be rewarded for his behavior, but Myung-Hee says she, Lee-Choi and Dong-Chouel will take her to it, much to Dong-Chouel's panic-attack inducing annoyance.

At the theater, Ki-Chouel doesn't seem to be having fun until he sees Minjun and his birthday party guests arrive, and then he starts laughing almost maniacally. Minjun greets Ki-Chouel. with disinterest, and Ki-Chouel. boasts loudly about all his own good friends, and how he gets invited to lots of birthday parties in an effort to one-up the birthday boy. Minjun says that's nice, but soon it appears he and his friends are intentionally excluding Ki-Chouel as he crashed a birthday party that she was not invited to. Claiming he feels sick, Ki-Chouel asks to go home as the movie is just starting, a suggestion to which Dong-Chouel readily agrees (while upset about the wasted money). Finally realizing what has been bothering Ki-Chouel, Lee-Choi informs Dong-Chouel and Myung-Hee that he's going to take just Ki-Chouel. to the Bozana Canteen for tteok-bokki, giving them some time to talk alone.

At the Bozana Canteen, Lee-Choi confronts Ki-Chouel to tell him to shouldn't feel bad or left out just because he wasn't invited to Minjun's birthday party. At first, Ki-Chouel pretends to not know what Lee-Choi is talking about, but then she explains that his recent bratty behavior was because, as Lee-Choi has figured it out, she felt terrible over not being invited to Minjun's party. Ki-Chouel then fantasizes about enacting revenge on Minjun and his friends by ruining the party and asks if Lee-Choi might be able to help with the plan; Ki-Chouel's ultimate revenge fantasy involves her flying a blimp to Minjun's party and ruining it by making it "firecrackers on their little parade"--he would activate explosive firecrackers and grenades which would make it explode so hard on the party that everything will be destroyed and everyone in Minjun's party starts crying.

Lee-Choi doesn't care for the idea of revenge but admits that he can understand how Ki-Chouel feels about being left out of something, though this makes Ki-Chouel think that Lee-Choi's not on his side. But when Lee-Choi asks Ki-Chouel. how close he and Minjun actually are, Ki-Chouel ultimately admits that they aren't really all that close (at least not close enough to really be considered “friends” in a sense). As it would seem, the main reason that D.W.’s mad about not being invited to Minjun's birthday party is how her best friend, Joon-Woon (who’s much closer to Minjun than Ki-Chouel is), was invited, but not Ki-Chouel. herself. Lee-Choi, in an effort to keep those fantasies at bay, explains that not everyone can be invited to every party, but he has an idea to cheer Ki-Chouel up; Ki-Chouel follows him, asking what it is.

The next morning, Ki-Chouel receives a letter in the mail, which he has his mom read to him. It is an invitation to Myung-Hee’s brother's prom. Ki-Chouel. is thrilled and his bad mood immediately lifts; he exclaims, “This is better than Minjun’s party! This is a high-school party!” All is finally well again as Ki-Chouel is now able to brag to Minjun about it, and Young-Chouel compliments, “What a nice friend Myung-Hee is.” However, Dong-Chouel is less than thrilled to be bringing his little brother to Myung-Hee's brother's prom.

## Trivia

* **Morals:** You can't get invited to every party, and there is no feeling (or amount thereof) you can have that makes it okay to misbehave or have a bad attitude.
* When this episode aired on Disney Channel Asia, The scene where Ki-Chouel smashes the Gyeongbokgung Palace, The White House and the Leaning Tower of Pisa is cut, this scene was also cut on KBS1, But was seen uncut on Cartoon Network Korea.
* This is the first digitally-colored episode where Ki-Chouel appears.
* This episode takes place before Ki-Chouel and the Sparrow.
* The police officer in Dong-Chouel's imagine spot is voiced by Don Messick.