Ready, Set, Ghost!

> "Ready to race, Jim?"
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> - Red preparing to race with Jim
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Ready, Set, Ghost1 is the 2nd episode of Season 1: Trick or Treat of The Angry Birds Seasons Show.

## Summary

The Angry Birds encounter a lonely Ghost Pig named Jim & try to cheer him up on his 13th birthday.

## Plot

### The Lonely Pig

Picking up right after the previous episode ended, the Angry Birds see a large castle rise in the sky, which produces a large hologram screen showing PhanHog on it. He announces to the Birds & says that he saw them defeat most of his army. He says that if they can take down a army of Ghost Pigs, they can take down the 2nd half. Red says that they'll doubt that challenge & say that they can take down any Pig. However, they hear a party horn sound & turn around, seeing a upset Ghost Pig sitting at a ghost table eating ghost cake. Matilda is sad to see that lonely Pig & says that they need to help him. She goes to him, but Hal holds her back, saying that the Ghost Pigs are bad guys & are untrustable. The Ghost Pig says that he does need help. The Birds rush to him & ask him what's wrong. The Ghost Pigs says that his name is Jim, & says that he needs their help to have a good birthday. The Birds are all confused & Jim says that since no-one appreciates him since he's the only good Ghost Pig, they never celebrate his birthday.

### Birthday Rituals

Now that he's lonely, he's almost close to commiting suicide. However, since he's already dead, the guns go through him. He says that the only way to stop him from commiting ghostly suicide is to celebrate his birthday with him. Red says that he just said that & Chuck tells him to stop being the butt of all jokes. The Birds agree to help him & they realize that the cake is a potato & Jim says that he couldn't afford a real cake. They decide to go get a cake, but they bump into the force field, because they forgot. They see that they still can't get out of Hallowtown & see a ghost cake next to them. The Birds grab it & bring it to him, making him smile a little. Jim thanks them & says that he has a list to the rituals. The list shows:

* ~~Bring cake~~
* Find friends of mine
* Find presents
* Get balloons & **DON'T** let them float away
* Sing Birthday song
* Open presents

The Birds see that this is gonna be harder than they thought it would be. Hal says that it'll be okay as long as they work together to celebrate the birthday. The others agree with him & take his advice. They then rush off to get the rest of the stuff on the list. Meanwhile, watching from a telescope, the Ghost Pigs & PhanHog are watching from the castle. They notice that the Birds are helping Jim & PhanHog is furious. He says that he can't let the Birds help one of his minions. He then smuggly says "Good thing I added this mind control feature on him" & presses a button, causing his eyes to turn swirly green & he tries to attack the Birds. Soon, they freak out & Red says what's got into Jim, & grabs binoculars & sees that PhanHog is controlling him. He throws a rock so hard that it hits PhanHog in the eye, causing him to release his claw from the button. Jim is then freed from the control & Matilda asks what's gotten into him. Jim apologizes & says that he has been programmed with a mind control mode made by PhanHog, that allows him to attack anyone.

Soon, the Birds continue & see friends of Jim's, who are citizens of Hallowtown. They ask them if they want to join Jim's birthday. They say yes & join. The Birds are happy that they're getting through the list & cross "Find friends of mine" off the list. The next is to find presents. They see no toys but toy costumes, so they rush around each child, asking them if they could have the costumes. They say yes, if it means getting rid of those ghosts. They get the costumes & toy-ify them. They cross if off their list.

Next, they need to get balloons. They see the balloons flying & try to grab them. They grab them & bring it to the table. They cross it off their list & move on to the next one, sing the birthday song, which is easier said than done since PhanHog has already brainwashed Jim & they fight Jim. They free him from the hypnosis & say sorry for attacking him. He says it's okay & says that they can sing. They sing the birthday song, & once they cross it off the list, they open presents & they cross everything off the list. Jim thanks them for giving him the best birthday & the episode ends with everyone shouting "Happy birthday!!!"

## Characters

### Focus

* Red
* Hal
* Bomb
* Terence
* Matilda
* Chuck
* Jay, Jake & Jim
* Jim (Debut)

### Supporting

* Ghost Pigs
* PhanHog
* Citizens of Hallowtown

## Trivia

* This aired on Ronald Kingston Jackson's 11th birthday.
* It is revealed that Jim is one of the Ghost Pigs that is not evil.

### Continuity

* This episode takes place after the previous episode ended.
* This is the 2nd time a character's birthday is celebrated. The 1st time was in The Angry Birds Show's Red Takes The Cake!.
* Mind control is used once again on the show.

### Cultural References

* The title is a reference to the phrase "Ready, set, go!", mainly used to start a race.