Nightmare on Murphy Street

**Nightmare on Murphy Street** is an episode of *The Brothers* series.

## Plot

Jeff is meeting for dinner downtown with a client, and he drops the Brothers off at the cinema house. Danny thinks he can see a horror film called *Hideous Harold, Part XI,* but since Jeff is buying the tickets, he makes the decision, and gets tickets for the three to see a children's movie called *Fuzzy Bunny.* Danny passes the theater where Hideous Harold is playing and sneaks in, despite his brothers' pleas that it is a movie that will give them nightmares and Jeff did not want them to see, they go along with him. Sure enough, it is frightening, with the Brothers emerging from the cinema with their fur standing on end. Jeff nonchalantly asks if Fuzzy Bunny found his way home, and Danny remarks "it wasn't that scary".

That night, an electrical storm hits. While Jeff remarks to himself he sure is glad he didn't see any scary movies, the brothers fear Hideous Harold will come to take them to "land of nightmares", and Marlon devises a series of traps built from their toys. Jeff is awakened by a loud noise, but his attention turns to a lightning bolt and a blown fuse. He puts on his rain slicker and fisherman's hat, then goes outside to the fuse box, only to remark he is out of spare fuses. He tries to go to the kitchen to check for a spare, but a gust of wind blows the door shut and he is locked outdoors. Jeff raps on the door trying to wake the Brothers to let him in, but nothing happens. The rapping is indeed heard by the Brothers, who fell asleep, and think it is an intruder. Jeff, meanwhile gets a ladder and attempts to climb into the window of his room, but mistakingly climbs to the Brothers' bedroom.

When the Brothers see the silhouette of him wearing a fisherman’s hat they mistake him for Hideous Harold, and they run to get Jeff, who is gone! When the see the house is without power, Jeff is not in bed, and the phone is dead, they chalk it up all to the doings of Hideous Harold, and think their only hope is to fight back with Marlon's traps and Danny and Corey chasing after him with baseball bats. When they capture Hideous Harold in a snare trap, they hear the familar "DANNNY!!", only to realize they caught Jeff! In their bedroom, Jeff demands an explanation for all this. Danny admits to not seeing *Fuzzy Bear* as Jeff paid for them to see, and was scared by the horror film, culminating in all this. While Jeff accepts Danny's confession, he also holds Corey and Marlon accountable as Danny suggested theatre-hopping, and they went along with it, making them also guilty of disobeying him. Jeff says he will give them something to ensure they never forget not to disobey him in the future.

The following day, the storm has passed and it is a beautiful sunny day. However, the Brothers are indoors as they realize what they "got" from Jeff is a punishment: "Housework all day?!". Corey is glad he is over his fears of Hideous Harold, but Danny boasts he was never scared at all. When he accidentally turns on the TV, Hideous Harold appears, and Danny hides behind the couch in fear. Marlon and Corey laugh at Danny's actions, for all he saw was a TV commercial for *Hideous Harold, Part XII*.

## Characters

* Danny Murphy
* Marlon Murphy
* Corey Murphy
* Jeff Murphy

## Trivia

* The title of the episode and the horror movie *Hideous Harold* are based on the movie *A Nightmare on Elm Street*.
* **Goof:** When Danny clenched his right hand while saying "*We'll have to make Hideous Harold tell us where Dave is*," he has five fingers instead of the usual four.