Ghastly Ghouls: The Rise of Phanhog

> "Welcome to HALLOWTOWN!"
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> - PhanHog's first words
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Ghastly Ghouls: The Rise of Phanhog is the 1st episode of Season 1: Trick or Treat & is the series premiere of The Angry Birds Seasons Show.

## Summary

The Angry Birds are excited to spend their Halloween in the city, but they have to go to Hallowtown to get rid of a foul curse from Ghost Pigs.

## Plot

### Ready for Halloween!

The episode begins at sunset. The Angry Birds are all watching excitedly out the window, waiting for the sun to fall behind the clouds & become nighttime. Red notices the viewers & gets away from the window. He says hi & says that it's been a while since we've met, which cuts to a flashback to Glitchatron's defeat in The Angry Birds Show. However, the flashback ends & Red tells us to forget that moment. He then tells them to think about today, because it's the best day of the year: Halloween! He says that he & the others waited all year for this day to come. He says that they've also worked on their costumes all month since October 1st, & shows us their costumes:

* Red as a mad scientist.
* Jay, Jake & Jim as a hydra dragon.
* Chuck as a cheetah.
* Bomb as a bowling ball.
* Matilda as a rose head.
* Hal as a Light-Up Bummerrang.
* Terence as a dragon.

Red is then stopped when Bomb shouts to him "Red! Bro! The sun's about to go down!" He then rushes back into the crowd & watches the sun set behind the buildings. The Angry Birds all cheer in excitement & Chuck shouts "EVERYONE GET THEIR COSTUMES OR WE'LL MISS OUT ON THE PUMPKIN MASTER'S GREETING!!!!!!!" The Birds then rush to get their costumes, but before they could get to the door, Matilda tells them to stop & tells them on the count of 3, they need to imagine what their Halloween will be like. Soon, Matilda starts to count down & thinking bubbles rise over them & they imagine:

* Red using his Candspense 8000 to get candy from neighbors & steal from the Pigs.
* Jay, Jake & Jim scaring the neighbors into fainting by roaring in their faces.
* Chuck speeding from door-to-door to get the most candy & do ding-dong ditches.
* Bomb using a bowling ball juggling act to have the neighbors give him some candy.
* Matilda growing flowers as a trick to get candy.
* Hal using his boomerang powers to get the most candy in his mouth.
* Terence waiting in the middle of the road to get candy by teleporting.

Everyone stops imaginating & before they cheer, Red asks why most of the imaginations involved tricks & treats. He soon says to forget it & they cheer, with Chuck shouting "THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT HALLOWEEN!!!!!!"...

### Entering Hallowtown

...That is until they see Bird City boarded up & closed. Chuck says "This is gonna be a awful Halloween!!!!!!!" in anger. Hal asks why Bird CIty is locked up. Matilda says that it might be a trick for Halloween, not to give them candy. Terence says that he'll doubt it & they head to Sam's house. Red knocks on the door & Sam comes out. Red asks why Bird CIty is shut down. Sam says that they have to close down the city because every Halloween, a army of Ghost Pigs show up to the town & attack cities that celebrate Halloween. 1,000,000 years ago, there was a army of Ghost Pigs, lead by PhanHog to attack cities & haunt them for centuries to come. He says that the Angry Birds are the only ones who can save the city from the curse.

The Birds say that they'll do it, but before they can set out, Sam says that the Ghost Pigs are in a town called Hallowtown, the national city of Halloween that celebrates it 24hrs. He says that it has a force field that blocks off the trespassers that come in, but once they're in, they can't get out... & it also has a time stop power where everyone in that town never grows up. Sam says that he's done now & they set off to find Hallowtown on a raft & swim around Pig City.

The Birds, on a large raft, question if Sam's tale was true for fake. While Red, Jay, Jake & Jim, Matilda & Hal say that it's true, Terence, Bomb & Chuck that it' false. They make it to the city, & Terence, Bomb & Chuck regret their decision. They enter the city & when Chuck memorizes Sam's words about the force field, Chuck nervously says that they should probably get out, but it was too late, they were trapped in the city. Soon, they hear a laugh. Red asks what was that.

### Meeting the Ghastly Ghouls

They then hear another laugh. They hear many more laughs & they spin around to find out where it's coming from, until a large smoke cloud appears & Ghost Pigs & PhanHog appear. PhanHog introduces them to Hallowtown & introduces himself & the Ghost Pigs. He says that one of their friends told them about him & the Ghost Pigs, & says that once this Hallowtown is done for forever, they will turn it into Ghostown. The Birds then scream in fright & their costumes blast through the force field, creating a hole in the force field. PhanHog says that they'll never get out as long as they defeat him.

He & the Ghost Pigs disappear far away. Red says that it's still fine & not scary as long as they have their costumes, but sees their costumes flung to the costumes outside the force field. Hal is upset & says that if they want their costumes back, they'll need to fight to PhanHog, but they'll have to beware the Ghost Pigs. They rush off to fight the Pigs.

### Birds vs Ghosts

The Angry Birds walk through the town & see possessed citizens of Hallowtown. For the rest of the episode, the Birds fight Pig Ghosts. They win & see that they've still have a lots to go before they take on the real mastermind, & the episode ends.

## Characters

### Focus

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

### Supporting

* Sam (Debut)
* PhanHog (Debut)
* Ghost Pigs (Debut)

### Minor

* Bird City residents
* Hallowtown residents
* Ross (Imagination)
* King Pig (Imagination)

## Trivia

* This is the 1st Halloween episode.
* It is revealed that the Angry Birds are always excited about Halloween.
* PhanHog, & the Ghost Pigs debut in this episode along with Sam.
* This is the series premiere of The Angry Birds Seasons Show.
* This episode was planned to air on October 1st, but was replaced by a rerun of Jiggling Juice.
	+ It was later planned to air on October 2nd, but was replaced again, this time by a rerun of In-Bird-Ception.

### Continuity

* Chuck says "I knew that modern city was watching us!", a reference to Danger Above!: Part 2: City Escape!.
	+ The modern city from the aforementioned episode also appears.

* This is the 3rd Halloween themed episode of the the show. The 1st 2 were Drawing of the Dangers & Five Nights at Bomb's.

### Cultural References

* When the Birds row through the ocean, Chuck sings "Boatin' at night", a reference to what Old Man McGucket sung in the *Gravity Falls* episode "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel.
* Red says "This is Halloween.", a reference to the song "This is Halloween" from the stop motion movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.

### Errors

* When PhanHog scares the Birds, his tongue is missing.
* PhanHog's name in the title card has 2 lower H's, instead of 1 lowercase h & 1 uppercase H.
	+ Ronald Jackson, creator of the show, says that it was a typo.