S3E10: Komodo Lumps

## Summary

"Komodo Lumps" (Japanese title: The Komodo Brothers Fired and Banished?!) is Season 3's tenth episode, and the thirtieth episode of the series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Mobians (1987)."

## Plot

The episode opens with Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the Chao playing hide-n'-seek in Central Park with Tiny Tiger and Dingodile. After Cream easily finds Cheese in a bush, they then began their search for Tiny and/or Dingodile next. Then immediately, they find Tiny hiding behind a rock, and they began their search for Dingodile. In the Jotundrome in the center of the Earth, Loki and Uka-Uka's groups and their henchmen are trying to think of a new plot to destroy the TMNM and their allies, but they can't think up of a plan. After the Komodo Brothers accidentally break one of Vanitas' helmets, the villains, mostly Vanitas, got livid at their clumsiness, and told them off, saying that if they screw up again, then they'll "Get it." Then the Komodo Brothers, after reminiscing their childhood and contemplating a bit on how to show off the plan to defeat the TMNM and their allies, got an idea finally. They reveal to the villains that they could defeat the TMNM and their allies by luring them into a trap with TNT and Nitro Boxes. But after their explanation, they accidentally activate a TNT Box and after the Komodo Brothers hit the deck along with the villains, the TNT and Nitro Boxes blow up, damaging the monitor screen. Finally livid and fed up, Loki and Uka-Uka's groups scream at the Komodo Brothers to leave them. At first, the Komodo Brothers were confused, especially on the word said by Myotismon "Abrogate," but they soon realized that Loki and Uka-Uka's groups are serious on firing them forever and, to their shock, banished to the surface forever. As they walked down the pathway made by the Gauntlet Soldiers, Stone Warriors, and even the reluctant henchmen as the Walk of Shame, the Komodo Brothers and the henchmen looked at each other in sad silence for a brief moment before the villains shouted at the henchmen to resume giving the Komodo Brothers the cold shoulder for their walk. Then with that, the saddened Komodo Brothers went into the Module and went up to the surface. In Central Park, Cream, Cheese, and Tiny just found Dingodile, concluding their game, and right on time as the rain began pouring. After putting their raincoats on, Cream's group were about to head into the sewers for home when they heard two people crying underneath the Glen Span Arch. They look and saw the crying was coming from, to their suspicious, yet confused, surprise, the Komodo Brothers, who are under the arch. After approaching them, Cream's group ask them what's wrong, only for the Komodo Brothers to jump in surprise, startling them and Cream's group. After Dingodile asks the Komodo Brothers if they want to fight, they tearfully reply that they were fired and kicked out of and banished from the Jotundrome. Cream's group thinks they're lying just to trick them at first, but when the Komodo Brothers pointed out they really are the only ones here and that they are fired and banished, Cream's group, after contemplating, decided to believe them for now. After asking them to go back to their home, the Komodo Brothers broke down crying again and explained that they have no home to go to since they were human kids. Feeling sorry finally upon hearing them reveal this, Cream's group decided to have no choice, but to talk the TMNM and their allies into letting the Komodo Brothers stay with them in the sewer lair. After contacting the TMNM, Cloud Strife, Aerith Gainsborough, and Yuffie Kisaragi, including their human allies and even the visiting Punk Mutants, consisting Ashitaka, San, Arren, and Therru, on their Mobiancoms, Cream's group convinces them to let them bring the Komodo Brothers to the sewer lair by explaining what happened. Then after the rain ended, Cream's group leads the Komodo Brothers to the sewer lair, only to be spotted by Chief Clancy Wiggum and the cops. After Cream's group explained why the Komodo Brothers are here, the cops and even Hoffman decide to trust the Komodo Brothers for now, promising that if they do their evil deeds again, they will be treated as the enemy again and go to jail.

Later in the sewer lair, the TMNM and their allies are eating some spaghetti and meatball pizza for lunch when Cream's group and the Komodo Brothers arrive. After a little debate on which room the Komodo Brothers will sleep in, they decided on Knuckles the Echidna's room, despite Knuckles' reluctance. Back in the Jotundrome, the villains are now trying to think of a new plan to defeat our heroes since the TNT and Nitros Boxes are gone. Then realizing their new plot, Loki and Uka-Uka's groups silently whisper to the henchmen on the new plan and sends the henchmen on a mission. Back at the sewer lair the next morning, the TMNM, Cloud, Aerith, Yuffie, and Punk Mutants were bolted awake by the Komodo Brothers' bugle call. Then, after smelling something delicious, they see that Cream and Cheese, with Tiny, Dingodile, and even the Komodo Brothers' help, have made them breakfast and the bugle was only for today just to wake them up for this surprise. Not wanting to hurt their feelings upon learning this, the TMNM and their allies instead thank them in a reluctant way. At the surface, the henchmen manage to steal some laser ropes from a local gadget factory and got away. After the TMNM, their allies, and Komodo Brothers were called to the scene of the crime, they immediately learned that Loki and Uka-Uka's groups were behind the robbery. Despite feeling reluctant to fight Loki and Uka-Uka's groups in the future if they do come out with a new plot, the Komodo Brothers agree to help the TMNM and their allies. Unknown to everyone, a robot drone saw the Komodo Brothers with the TMNM and their allies in a friendly way and left for the Jotundrome. Back in the Jotundrome, Loki and Uka-Uka's groups praise the henchmen for their successful mission for the laser ropes, but then the villains decide to not stay mad at the Komodo Brothers upon the henchmen admitting that they miss the two and were too hard on them and were about to ask the henchmen to go retrieve them when the robot drone arrived and reported the Komodo Brothers' "Betrayal." Angered at first, the villains suddenly thought a version two of their plan to defeat the TMNM and their allies, which is involving the Komodo Brothers betraying them instead, upon learning from the robot drone of the Komodo Brothers' reluctance to fight the villains. At the surface, a bank is being robbed by the Rat King and his rats, but the Komodo Brothers accidentally damaged the money vault by blowing up a soda pop can bomb, causing the Rat King and his rats to get away, failing to rob the bank. Then hearing the Natural History Museum is being robbed by a burglar, the TMNM, their allies, and Komodo Brothers arrive, but the Komodo Brothers end up stopping the burglar by smashing some fake planets on him, knocking him out. Then when a mugger was about to attack the old lady, despite her wielding her pistol, the TMNM and their allies arrived and rescued her. But then the mugger ended up injured by the Komodo Brothers, breaking his arm during a scuffle and accidentally flipping a garbage dumpster on the TMNM and their allies. Shocked on the three harms the Komodo Brothers did, Shadow the Hedgehog finally snapped and screams at the Komodo Brothers to leave and live somewhere else. Hurt, the Komodo Brothers left. After they were gone, Shadow and the forgiving TMNM and their allies felt somewhat bad for yelling at them and agreed to just let them go on their own. Back in Central Park, the Komodo Brothers are upset over being kicked out again when Loki's group arrived in the Module and pretending to not be happy to have them back, talks the Komodo Brothers into returning to the Jotundrome, to which they agree, despite pointing out that they immediately figured out that Loki's group really is taking them back.

In the Jotundrome, Uka-Uka's group is watching the henchmen playing poker with Pinstripe Potoroo winning in the end, which he always did in the past, thanks to his "Old man" teaching him how to play it before. Then when Loki's group and the Komodo Brothers return, they let the Komodo Brothers explain their whole ordeal. Afterwards, the villains decide to let the Komodo Brothers stay with them forever. Then after Ripper Roo and Rilla Roo blabs about "A betrayed friendship," the villains soon came up with a perfect solution for their version two of the plan. The next morning, the TMNM and their allies were told by their human allies of the subway station being robbed by Loki's group and their henchmen and the Komodo Brothers are confronting them after telling them. Deciding to go there, the TMNM and their allies, except Tiny and Dingodile who stayed behind to wait in two minutes, arrive, but discovered that the villains and even the Komodo Brothers used the robbery part as a trap and that they forced their human allies to lure them in the trap by calling them earlier. Then the villains ambush and capture the TMNM and their allies and with the laser ropes, tied them up on the subway tracks, and even gagged them, to be run down by an oncoming subway train. Then Tiny and Dingodile arrive after their two minutes are up and are shocked to see the TMNM and their allies in danger as the train approached them because of the villains and even the Komodo Brothers, Tiny and Dingodile spring into action and manage to skid the train to a stop without damaging it and the tracks and free the TMNM and their allies. After the freed TMNM and their allies thank Tiny and Dingodile for rescuing them, they confront Loki's group and their henchmen and fought them and the Komodo Brothers. But unfortunately, Loki's group and their henchmen, including the Komodo Brothers, got away back to the Jotundrome. While celebrating the rescue and driving off the villains for now, the TMNM and their allies happily decide that they're better off not having villains like the Komodo Brothers on their side and then backstab them for good.

## Notes

* Heroes' Insult Count: 9 (1 by Hoffman, 1 by Twilight Sparkle, 1 by Chris, 4 by Sonic, 1 by Elise, 1 by Elise, Christopher, and Tai's groups, Kara, and Roxanne)
* Villains' Insult Count: 16 (2 by Vanitas, 1 by Eggman, 2 by Hunter J, 1 by Komodo Joe, 1 by Moe, 2 by Oxide, 1 by Arukenimon, 1 by Pinstripe, 1 by Myotismon, 1 by Rat King, 1 by Robber, 1 by Koala, 1 by Sephiroth)
* Insult count: 25
* Locations: City Streets, City Sewers, Mobians' Sewer Lair, Jotundrome, Center of the Earth, Central Park, Glen Span Arch, Gadget Factory, Bank, Museum of Natural History, and Subway Station
* Vehicles: Mobian Van and Pneumatic Module
* Gadgets: Mobiancom
* The Komodo Brothers' background origin when they were humans is revealed in this episode. It's even revealed that they snore loudly like bears when they sleep, and they mostly eat burgers.
* This episode is inspired by the "Donkey Kong Country" TV series episode "Klump's Lumps" and "The Powerpuff Girls (1998)" episode "Slave the Day."
* During the scene when the TMNM and their allies woke up in a panic by the Komodo Brothers' bugle call, Knuckles and Tails referenced the Titanic sinking tragedy of April 12th, 1912 by screaming "Batten down the hatches" and "Women and children first" respectively.
* The Rat King references "The Three Stooges" upon first meeting the Komodo Brothers.
* Pinstripe is revealed to be a champion poker player thanks to his father, whom he refers to as his "Old man," teaching him how to play it.
* Loki and Uka-Uka's groups' plot to defeat the TMNM and their allies by tying them down on the subway train tracks with laser ropes is, indeed, a homage to the old classic 1920s cartoons where a villain ties a damsel-in-distress onto a train track, and like how Tiny and Dingodile saved their friends from that doom, the hero comes to the damsel's rescue. Even during the villains watching the TMNM and their allies trying to escape their upcoming doom with just music playing in the background up until Tiny and Dingodile's arrival is a big nod to this reference.
* This is the first episode where a character has a broken limb, that being the robber breaking his arm, after the Komodo Brothers threw him at a nearby garbage dumpster, which, according to Shadow, he and the TMNM and their allies would never do when fighting crime at times.
* This is revealed that Komodo Joe is never a fan of girly things. This was shown even more in "The Case of the Missing Girl Mobians."
* The TMNM and their allies in this episode, at first, vow to never take in another adversary or two under their wings again due to the Komodo Brothers remaining the enemies upon the two betraying them. That vow, however, was reneged when the TMNM and their allies' trust is won over by the Fearsome Four upon capturing and teaming up with the four and then letting the four live with the TMNM in "Princess in Distress."
* It's revealed that Vanitas has a collection of his own helmet-like masks, which, according to him and the Komodo Brothers, he had about a million, but thanks to the Komodo Brothers breaking it, he now has 999.

## Goofs

* Wiggum's police badge is missing in one shot while Cream's group tell them of the Komodo Brothers being fired and banished by the villains.
* Arren's eyes are blue instead of brown in one shot when he and the TMNM and their allies glare at the Komodo Brothers are wrecking the fake planets on the burglar in the museum.
* Ashitaka's cut on his left cheek is missing in one shot when the Komodo Brothers accidentally spilled garbage on them from the garbage dumpster they accidentally dropped on them.
* The amount of broken glass shards from Vanitas' broken helmet keeps changing the number of pieces in between shots during the scene where the Komodo Brothers accidentally break it from their tug-o'-war on it.

## Character Appearances

**Heroes**

* Ace D. Copular
* Adagio Dazzle
* Aerith Gainsborough
* Agumon
* Allison Oriana
* Amy Rose
* Applejack
* Aria Blaze
* Arren/Lebannen
* Ashitaka
* Big the Cat
* Big William "Billy" W. Williams
* Biyomon
* Blaze the Cat
* Braeburn
* Caramel
* Charmy Bee
* Cheese the Chao
* Chief Clancy Wiggum
* Chris Thorndyke
* Christopher Aonuma
* Cloud Strife
* Comet Tail
* Cosmo the Seedrian
* Cream the Rabbit
* Dingodile/Dale Wallaroo
* E-123 Omega
* Eddie
* Elise Oriana III
* Ember
* Espio the Chameleon
* Flash Sentry
* Fluttershy
* Froggy
* Gabumon
* Gatomon
* Gomamon
* Grubber J. Gribberish
* Hoffman
* Izzy Izumi
* Joe Kido
* Kara Wallaroo
* Kari Kamiya
* Kayla the Wolf
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Li'l Arturo de la Guerra
* Lou
* Matt Ishida
* Max the Wolf
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Mimi Tachikawa
* Palmon
* Patamon
* Pinkie Pie
* Pokey Pierce
* Rainbow Dash
* Rarity
* Rouge the Bat
* Roxanne Pear
* San/Princess Mononoke
* Sanford "Snake" D. Ingleberry
* Shadow the Hedgehog
* Silver the Hedgehog
* Soarin
* Sonata Dusk
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Sora Takenouchi
* Spike
* Starlight Glimmer
* Sunset Shimmer
* Tai Kamiya
* Tentomon
* Therru/Tehanu
* Thunderlane
* Tikal
* Tiny Tiger/Tucker Tigerson
* TK Takaishi-Ishida
* Trixie
* Twilight Sparkle
* Vector the Crocodile
* Yuffie Kisaragi

**Villains**

* Arukenimon (Temporally changes into her Beast form in this)
* Cubot
* Demidevimon
* Dr. Eggman
* Dr. Nefarious Tropy
* Dr. Neo Cortex
* Dr. Nitros Brio
* Dr. Nitros Gin
* General Traag (Non-speaking cameo)
* Granitor (Non-speaking cameo)
* Hunter J
* Infinite
* Koala Kong/Kent Kong
* Komodo Joe/Joe Komadipatatim
* Komodo Moe/Moe Komadipatatim
* Loki
* Mephiles the Dark
* Mummymon (Temporally changes into his Beast form in this)
* Myotismon (Temporally changes into Malomyotismon in this)
* Nitros Oxide
* Orbot
* Pinstripe Potoroo/Paul "Pinstripe" Potolini
* Rat King
* Rilla Roo/Richard Rooter
* Ripper Roo/Ricky Rooter
* Sephiroth
* Tribot
* Uka-Uka
* Vanitas

## Episode Titles in Other Languages

* Japanese
	+ コモド兄弟は解雇と追放?！
	+ Komodo Kyōdai wa Kaiko to Tsuihō?!
	+ The Komodo Brothers Fired and Banished?!
* English
	+ USA: Komodo Lumps
	+ UK: Komodo Lumps
* Latin America Spanish
	+ Los Hermanos de Komodo Despedidos
	+ The Komodo Brothers Fired
* Castilian Spanish
	+ Los Hermanos de Komodo Despedidos
	+ The Komodo Brothers Fired
* Catalan
	+ Despedit i Desterrat
	+ Fired and Banished
* French
	+ Le Problème des Frères Komodo
	+ The Komodo Brothers' Problem
* Canadian French
	+ Pwoblèm Komodo Frè m 'Yo
	+ The Komodo Brothers' Problem
* German
	+ Ärger Mit den Komodo-Brüdern
	+ Trouble With the Komodo Brothers
* Italian
	+ I Fratelli Komodo Banditi
	+ The Komodo Brothers Banished
* Portuguese
	+ Os Irmãos Komodo Demitidos e Banidos
	+ The Komodo Brothers Fired and Banished
* Brazilian Portuguese
	+ Os Irmãos Komodo Demitidos e Banidos
	+ The Komodo Brothers Fired and Banished
* Mandarin Chinese
	+ 科莫多兄弟被解雇？!
	+ Kē mò duō Xiōngdì Bèi Jiěgù?!
	+ The Komodo Brothers Fired and Banished?!
* Cantonese Chinese
	+ 科莫多兄弟被解僱？!
	+ Kē mò duō Xiōngdì Bèi Jiěgù?!
	+ The Komodo Brothers Fired and Banished?!
* Korean
	+ 코모도 형제가 해고당했습니다!
	+ Komodo Hyeongjega Haegodanghaessseubnida?!
	+ The Komodo Brothers Fired and Banished?!
* Danish
	+ Fyret og Forvist
	+ Fired and Banished
* Dutch
	+ Ontslagen en Verbannen
	+ Fired and Banished
* Swedish
	+ Komodo-Bröderna 'Klumpiga Aventyr
	+ The Komodo Brothers' Clumsy Adventure
* Icelandic
	+ Klaufalegir Komodo-Bræður
	+ The Clumsy Komodo Brothers
* Norwegian
	+ De Klønete Komodo-Brødrene
	+ The Clumsy Komodo Brothers
* Thai
	+ พี่น้องโคโมโดะถูกยิงและเนรเทศ?!
	+ Phī̀n̂xng Kho mo doa ̄Thūk Ying læa Nertheṣ̄?!
	+ The Komodo Brothers Fired and Banished?!
* Russian
	+ Приключение братьев Комодо
	+ Priklyucheniye Brat'yev Komodo
	+ The Komodo Brothers' Adventure
* Polish
	+ Smutek Braci Komodo
	+ Sadness of the Komodo Brothers
* Finnish
	+ Komodo Lumput
	+ Komodo Lumps
* Hungarian
	+ Komodo Testvérek, Kirúgták
	+ Komodo Brothers, You're Fired
* Greek
	+ Η κατάσταση των αδελφών Κομόντο
	+ I Katástasi ton Adelfón Komónto
	+ Plight of the Komodo Brothers
* Hebrew
	+ ייאושם של האחים קומודו
	+ Yyavshm Shl hahym Qvmvdv
	+ The Komodo Brothers' Despair
* Arabic
	+ حزن كومودو
	+ Hazn Kumudu
	+ Komodo Sadness

## Episode Links

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