Hooky

"**Hooky**" is a *Maggie Muffin* episode from season 1. In this episode, Maggie and Kira play with hooks.

## Characters

* English Narrator
* Fishermen (debut)
	+ John Lurie
	+ Jim Jarmusch
* Helen Luggins
* Maggie Muffin
* Florence Owl
* Kira Moonhead

## Synopsis

In the beginning of the episode, Ms. Owl rushes to the Lightbulb Office while shouting and panicking like a maniac, telling his customers of the "return of the hooks." The other fish ignore him, while Maggie is confused, and Ms. Owl tells him that he has to try not to go near a hook, or he will be brought up to the surface and eaten or sold at a Gift Shop. As Maggie returns to the grill, Kira shows up from outside the window, saying that the new carnival has come to town, insisting that Maggie comes with him. He agrees, assuming that he is not quitting work but just taking a break.

The two friends go to the carnival, but much to Maggie's horror, the "carnival" is really the site of the hooks that Ms. Owl tried to warn everyone about. Kira deliberately hooks himself and shoots up towards the surface. Maggie panics with concern until Kira returns, explaining that he jumped off and floated down just before he reached the surface. Ignoring what Ms. Owl said, Maggie then plays "hooky" with Kira.

Meanwhile, at the Lightbulb Office, Helen has taken Maggie's place as the fry cook for the time being, and is not making the Gold Shake correctly, causing a mob of hungry customers to criticize his poor cooking skills. Ms. Owl bursts out of his office to confront the ruckus and notices that no one is taking a break at the Lightbulb Office since the Chum famine of '59; but now is informed by Helen that Maggie "took a break," making Ms. Owl angry as Maggie has disobeyed her work policy. Ms. Owl then finds Maggie at Fish Hooks Park playing on the hooks with Kira, shocked at his disobedience. He then scolds the duo for their dangerous behavior and has them make a sailor's promise never to go near the hooks again.

The next day, Maggie is heading off to work and keeps his promise about not playing on the hooks, until Kira appears and pressures him to ignore Ms. Owl and play on them anyway. As much as he is tempted, Maggie refuses, knowing what consequences pursue him should he break his promise. Eventually though, seeing a hook in the middle of the street ceases his resistance and Maggie then starts playing on the hooks once again. Unfortunately for him, this time he is unable to get off of it, as the hook is attached very tightly to his pants. He goes to confront Ms. Owl outside of the Lightbulb Office to tell him about his current predicament. Ms. Owl tries to confirm whether or not Maggie broke his promise and continued playing on the hooks anyway, with the latter trying to hide the hook in his pants from view. Maggie finally admits to doing so in a regretful and apologetic voice. Ms. Owl tells him that the only solution would be to take off his pants, which Maggie reluctantly does. Since the hook has got his underwear too, he is forced to remove that as well, but Maggie is very hesitant to out of humiliation. As he is about to be reeled in by the fisherman, he hangs onto the clam pole as a self-restraint method before the hook tears off the underwear instead and Maggie is sent flying onto the Lightbulb Office doors naked, with Pearl and her friends laughing at him.

Maggie runs back to his house, horrified and embarrassed. Helen returns to the Lightbulb Office with a fishing pole and Maggie's underwear, indicating that Ms. Owl, Pearl, and Helen got together to teach Maggie a lesson about hooks, and Helen has seen that Maggie will never play with fishermen's hooks ever again.

Just before the episode is about to come to an end, Kira is dropped off at his house by the bus, trapped inside a tuna can as karma for playing on the hooks, asking if anyone has a can opener to free him out of there.