Zhu And Improved

"**Zhu And Improved**" (stylized **Zhu and Improved** in TV guides in conflict with uppercase A used onscreen) is the first segment of the 19th episode of **season 1** of ***The ZhuZhus***.

## Summary

Mr. Squiggles quits science after many failures are made.

## Cast

* **Jenna Warren** as **Frankie Pamplemousse**
* **Tajja Isen** as **Pipsqueak**
* **Richard Binsley** as **Mr. Squiggles**
* **Stephany Seki** as **Num Nums**
* **Robert Tinkler** as **Chunk**
* **Zachary Bennett** as **Stanley**
* **Stacey DePass** as **Ellen Pamplemousse**
* **Nicole Stamp** as **Whendy Sails**

## Plot

The episode begins with **Frankie**, eating breakfast. **Chunk**, then begins to eat her cereal and she says he can have the whole bowl. **Stanley**, then opens the cabinet to get the cereal to pour her a new bowl, however, it shows the box empty, and **Mr. Squiggles**, **Num Nums**, and **Pipsqueak** are sitting in it and say they ate the rest of the cereal. **Num Nums** wonders what **Frankie** will eat and **Mr. Squiggles**, says that she can eat toast and **Stanley** says he can't make toast because the toaster is broke.

**Mr. Squiggles**, then say he fixed it. **Ellen**, and **Frankie**, then mention his failed inventions of the past. **Stanley**, then decides to try it and it works, and they are happy that it works. **Mr. Squiggles**, then says he will try to improve everything in the house. It then, shows the family trying to use different things he improved none of them work after he tried to improve them and **Frankie**, says that someone in the family needs to talk to him.

They have **Frankie**, talk to him while trying to talk about his improvements. He says that he has a wonderful feeling and he never wants it to end. **Frankie**, who does not want to upset him says she needs to go. She then, goes into the living room, and finds out that he gave the washer a blender setting and that **Num Nums**, and **Pipsqueak**, got trapped in a self spinning hamster wheel. **Ellen**, asks **Frankie**, if she talked to him and she said she couldn't because it would upset him.

They then, say his inventions never work and he overhears it and is upset by what they said. **Frankie**, and the ZhuZhus, talk to him, and he says he is not inventing, any more. He says he found a new passion surfing. **Frankie**, asks him if he knows how to surf and he says that surfing is a state of mind. They then, realize he over heard them, and talk to **Ellen**, and **Stanley**, about it. They say they are happy.

New windows then, appear all over the house and **Mr. Squiggles**, says that adding a home security system, was the last thing he did before becoming a surfer. **Frankie** then, asks if he can fix it and he says he can't. The security system traps, them armed and **Frankie**, and the ZhuZhus, are able to run up to the bathroom to avoid them. She then, asks **Mr. Squiggles**, what is he doing and he says he is waiting for the next wave. He then, says he is a failed scientist and inventor and **Frankie**, and the rest of her family say his security system is working well and convince him he can fix it. He then, tries to guess the password to stop it from securing the house. He gets it wrong and it sends a vacuum out to chase him and **Frankie**, then figures out if he stops the vacuum it will stop. He then, throws a baseball into the basement and the vacuum falls down the stairs breaking it.

It then, tries it's final attack on them and **Mr. Squiggles**, decides to go over to it's power supply to pull the wire that is powering it. He is able to pull the correct wire, and turns the security system off. He then, says they should celebrate with toast, though the toaster burns the toast while attempting to make it.

## Broadcast

* Poland: June 22, 2017 on the **Disney Channel**
* Czech Republic and Hungary: July 13, 2017 on the **Disney Channel**
* United States: July 15, 2017 on the **Disney Channel**

## Trivia

* The title of the episode is a pun on 'Zhu' and 'new and improved.'

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Zhu and Improved; The Unfortunate Cookie Crumbles". *Screener*. Retrieved on 2017 June 10.
2. ↑ "Disney Channel - program tv na 22.06.2017" (Polish). *Telemagazyn.pl*. Retrieved on 2017 June 11.
3. ↑ "A Disney Csatorna júliusi újdonságai". *Gyerek-Világ*. Retrieved on 2017 June 10.