War of the Weirds

War of the Weirds is a Season 3 episode

## Plot

Chang-Ho takes Dong-Chouel and his friends to the The Swoopie War, which was a border conflict on Yon-Jun Island,

## Summary

The episode opens with Dong-Chouel and his friends playing with water guns while, Sid-Jeon is reading With Education, Without Education that Rico got for him to Ki-Chouel after the events of Dong's Difference when Chang-Ho steps outside wearing an old-fashioned Korean hanbok. He explains to Dong and Young that he's wearing it to honor the anniversary of "The Swoopie War". Years ago, the area was half Korean territory and half British territory with ownership of Yon-Jun in dispute, Things came to a head when a Korean crocodile ate a Joseon military officer's Swoopie that was messing around him and both sides went to war with the Koreans emerging victorious and obtaining all of the land.

The kids are excited by Chang-Ho's tale and he happily tell them he signed them all up to be the Korean team during the annual reenactment. Young asks him how he was able to do that, and Harabeoji tells him he also signed Swoople as the Swoopie being fought over. Young is concerned, but Harabeoji assures him Swoople will not be harmed and it will be fun.

Weeks later, the team arrives on Yun-Jon Island and meets the British squad led by Hongdo-Geum and his grandson (from The Chuseok Play). The two sides exchange insults and the reenactment begin once Swoople is covered in grease. A chase ensues all over the island, but eventually the British team captures Swoople. To Dong and Sid's shock, they find out that whoever captures the Swoopie also gets to be eaten by a Big Caesar. The British team takes Swoople back to their fort and Harabeoji tells a distraught Young they still have until dawn to save Swoople.

At midnight, Dong-Chouel and the Gang must find a way to recapture Swoople before dawn, as a Confucian student arrives to the forest, and he told them that the Crocodile would eat Drake the Lizard (Lee's pet) and the Obnoxious one, Dong-Chouel tells the Confucian student that they will rescue him before dawn and they have to find the way, As the Confucian student leads them to the fort,

At the back of the fort, Swoople tells the redcoats to untie him, Drake tells Swoople that their time is up,

Initially, Dong-Chouel goes up to the fort gate and demands Hongdo III give Swoople back, but he's met with a barrage of rotted carrots and fruit. The rebels then try to get into the hideout using a Trojan horse shaped like Swoople. The plan works and the team attacks the Brits with a bow and arrow. Dong-Chouel and Myung-Hee make a beeline for Swoople but got caught as the Brits are about to feed him to the crocodile. Hongdo III refuses to release Dong-Chouel until he finds out that Swoople is Dong's master and denies it, Dong and Myung use a flag to catch Swoople and Drake as their about to be dropped to the crocodile and Swoople slides happily into Dong-Chouel's arms.

As the Koreans head home, Chang-Ho tries to persuade Young to do the reenactment again next year. Young tells him he wants to forget the whole experience, but Harabeoji keeps insisting. as the episode ends with Swoople winking

## Characters

* Swoople
* Chang-Ho Chouel
* Dong-Chouel
* Lee
* Young-Chouel
* Myung-hee
* Sae
* Amhed
* Rico
* Hongdo-Geum III
* Hongdo-Geum
* Sid-Jeon
* Woodpeckers
* Big Caesar
* Snakes
* Lizards
* Good Ol' Manfred
* Jimmy (does not speak)
* Ki-Chouel (does not speak)
* Harrison (mentioned only)

## Locations

* Mapo, Seoul
* Yon-Jun Island

## Objects

* With Education, Without Education book
* Water guns
* Arrow
* Bow

### Food

* Kimchi
* Porridge
* Sausage
* Boiling Oil

## Vehicles

* Buggy Boat (first digital colored appearance)

## Trivia

* The events in this episode took place after Tails of Woe
* Despite being animated by Fil-Cartoons, Wang Film Productions Inc. animated the rest of the episode with digital coloring until the ending
	+ This was likely Fil-Cartoons was producing Jetsons: The Movie
* Hongdo-Geum's grandpa is voiced by Clancy Brown, who also voiced Mr Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants.
* According to Ruegger's blog about the episode, This episode was originally called "Swoople's Secret War", but CBS renamed with to "War of the Weirds"