Imitation Owl

"**Imitation Owl**" is a *Maggie Muffin* episode from season 2. In this episode, Eddie disguises himself as a robot version of Mrs. Owl.

## Characters

* English Narrator
* Florence Owl
* Maggie Muffin
* Eddie Babyman
* Robot game show host (debut)
* Helen Luggins
* Robot Owl (debut)
* Jellyfish (mentioned only)
* Lucy (debut)
* Sandra (voice only)
* Arms

## Synopsis

As the episode begins with Eddie in his newest bid for the Coffee Cup secret formula entering the Lightbulb Office as a robotic salesman, he presents Maggie with an offer for one million dollars if he reveals the formula. Maggie explains, in no uncertain terms, that the formula is the property of Mrs. Owl and may not be divulged. Enraged, Eddie bursts out of the robot and threatens Maggie with violence, only to be caught by Mrs. Owl and shot out from a straw back to the Dice Bottom. Mrs. Owl stresses the importance of the formula's safety to Maggie, who takes it upon himself to be more vigilant. However, Maggie attacks a customer mentioning the formula in passing, thinking him to be Eddie in another disguise. To prevent further customer trauma, Mrs. Owl clarifies that the formula will be safe as long as Maggie only discusses it with him.

Little do they know that Eddie's newest robotic disguise has been made in the image of Mrs. Owl. He first encounters Helen, tasked by the real Mrs. Owl to take inventory of the storage room (in response to his wise-guy remark about "why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?"). Eddie, as Robot Owl, fails to fool Helen, but the offer of a day off buys Helen's silence. Maggie enters as Helen skips out and notices Robot Owl, who he believes is Mrs. Owl; the oddities of the robotic suit only slightly faze Maggie. When Mrs. Owl starts calling, however, Robot Owl distracts Maggie and turns into a toaster. To keep Mrs. Owl out of the way after his repeated appearances, Eddie takes out a penny and sends it rolling into Mrs. Owl' office. The enticing coin lures Mrs. Owl out of the business place, leaving Eddie's plan unimpeded.

Robot Owl finds Maggie scrubbing the floors in the kitchen and asks him about the formula. Surprised, Maggie says they have not initiated the secret handshake yet, so Robot Owl allows Maggie to lead them through it. The "handshake" consists of standing on one foot, balancing a glass of chocolate milk on their heads, and singing the Bikini Bottom national anthem. What follows is a ritual that goes on for six and a half hours and consists of many bizarre and ridiculous feats, leaving Eddie worn out from controlling Robot Owl. After all this, Maggie still will not discuss the formula, causing Eddie to explode in anger at all of the things that he did were seemingly for nothing. However, Maggie explains that it simply must not be discussed *out loud* and holds up a bottle containing the formula in written form.

As Robot Owl eagerly reaches for the bottle, the rolling penny from earlier enters the kitchen, followed by the real Mrs. Owl. He gets into an argument with Robot Owl, and the two try to convince Maggie that they are the genuine article. Unable to handle the situation calmly, Maggie threatens the both of them with a vat of tartar sauce until he gets some answers, deciding that the best way to weed out the impostor is to present the two with a quiz about the Lightbulb Office. The first two questions are generic ones that anyone who has been to the business place could answer and Robot Owl answers both correctly. The third and final question is one so complicated that not even the real Mrs. Owl can answer it. Maggie promptly blasts him with the tartar sauce and rolls him out the door in a fry basket, convinced he is the impostor.

Believing Robot Owl to be the real Mrs. Owl, Maggie presents him with the formula. As Eddie laughs in triumph, Maggie notices the penny that Mrs. Owl was chasing and unwittingly drops it into Robot Owl' coin-operated self-destruct mechanism. With only ten seconds until detonation, Eddie briefly ponders the intelligence of such a design choice before making a frantic dash back to the Dice Bottom. Unfortunately, he arrives too late, and the robot explodes, obliterating her business place and causing the metal fist to crush Eddie (a simple "ouch" shows he is only injured). As the formula coffee cup rolls back to Maggie, he realizes his grave error.

Suddenly, Mrs. Owl is heard screaming for help, and he is shown still in the fry basket fending off Arms wielding a folder. Maggie rushes over and carts Mrs. Owl back to theLightbulb Office, apologizing for believing him to be the impostor. Mrs. Owl forgives her but ends the episode by saying that the penny will be coming out of his paycheck.