That Word

Title Card

**That Word** is the thirtieth episode of *Mike & Friends*. In this episode, Mike's nephew Hunter starts swearing, so Mike and Connor must get him to stop that before Hunter's dad comes to pick him up.

#### Characters

* Mike Mormon
* Connor Wettermenn
* Mark Mormon
* Ashley Anderson (cameo)
* Hunter Mormon (debut)
* Johnny Mormon (debut)
* Darcy (debut)
* Hypnotist (debut)
* Seth (cameo)
* Lego brick (debut; in movie)
* Cheerleader doll (debut; in movie)
* Superhero action figure (debut; in movie)
* Baby (debut; in movie)

## Synopsis

The episode opens at Mike's house, where Mike and Connor are gaming in the living room. Mike goes to answer the door when the doorbell rings. It turns out that Mike's four-year-old nephew, Hunter Mormon, came to visit. Hunter's father (who is also Mike's older brother), Johnny, tells Mike to watch Hunter while he and his girlfriend, Darcy, go on their anniversary date. Mike says yes to this, and Johnny tells Mike to make sure Hunter is on his best behavior while they're gone. The couple leaves, and Mike and Hunter go back to the living room.

Mike tells Connor to pause the game, so he can say hi to Hunter. Connor does so, and Mike lets him unpause. Connor loses his game and swears in a fit of rage. Mike scolds Connor, and Hunter interrupts him by saying the swear word that Connor dropped ("fuck"). Mike tells Hunter not to say that word, because it's a bad word, and that his parents wouldn't want to hear that come out of his mouth. After, Connor decides to watch a movie called *Toy Party* with them. Mike thinks that since the movie has toys in it, it must be a movie for everyone. They proceed watching, but 15 minutes into the movie, the characters in it start swearing while a baby chews on one of the toy characters. Mike whispers to Connor that the movie doesn't seem family-friendly and asks what rating it is, to which Connor replies that it's rated R. When Hunter repeats an explicit line from the movie, Mike yells at Connor to shut the movie off.

Mike then takes Hunter to the bathroom and washes his mouth with soap. This backfires when Hunter continues to swear. He then puts Hunter on the couch for a timeout. Mike and Connor sit in the kitchen, where Mike worries that if Johnny sees Hunter swearing, he'll put the blame on him. He explains that Johnny doesn't like when his son gets into trouble and usually blames Mike whenever he gets him into trouble. Connor then gives Mike the idea to teach Hunter a lesson about swearing.

Later, Mike teaches Hunter how to be polite. In this lesson, Mike demonstrates by greeting Connor as an example. This also backfires when Connor copies Mike, which gets him to yell and cuss at him and Connor repeating him. Mike tries again by having Hunter greet him, but this backfires when Hunter cusses and gets bored of this. Mike is now out of ideas, and Connor gives him the random idea of mind-controlling him. Mike then settles on a similar idea: taking him to a hypnotist.

At the hypnotist's office, Hunter, who thought that they were taking him out for ice cream, is mad that Mike lied to him. Mike promises both him and Connor that if this plan works, he'll fullfill his promise and take them out for ice cream. The hypnotist calls Hunter into his office. In there, Mike tells the hypnotist about what happened, and the latter proceeds to hypnotize Hunter to stop swearing. He does this by saying the word "Johnny" which will stop him for that habit. If he says "Johnny" again, he will continue to swear. This works, and the boys go home.

Later, Johnny and Darcy wait outside Mike's house, while the former continually rings the doorbell. Mark answers it, and Johnny asks where Mike is. The boys arrive back home, and Mike tries to hide the fact that Hunter was swearing and neglecting to call his brother by his actual name. Mark offers everyone pizza. As everyone walks inside, Connor accidentally says the magic word ("Johnny"), which snaps Hunter back to his swearing phase. Hunter drops an F bomb and gets scolded by his father. Johnny later carries his suspisions onto Mike, driving him to tell the truth. Mike admits about the whole situation and apologizes, calling Johnny by his name in the process, which gets Hunter to snap back to his normal self.

Johnny decides to not stay mad at Mike and punishes the three by washing their mouths out with soap, like what Mike did earlier to Hunter. Mike cries with soap in his mouth, and lets out a mumbled F bomb, and the episode ends.

## Production Music

* Ulkerein - Gerhard Trede (title card)
* Clown in Town - Phillippe Pares (opening)
* Danse Comique - Kenny Graham ("Oh, hey, little brother!")
* Dramatic Impact (2) - Ivor Slaney ("You know what I'm talking about!")
* Danse Comique - Kenny Graham ("Good!")
* Hippo Bird - Arthur Wilkinson ("Your father is crazy.")
* Dramatic Cue (d) - Ronald Hanmer (Mike screams)
* Too Tired (a) - Hans Ehrlinger (Mike tells Hunter that the F word is a bad word)
* House of Horror - W. Merrick Farran (watching "Toy Party")
* Emotion Blues - Francois Fournet (Mike and Connor in the kitchen)
* Vibe Link (b) - Richard Myhill (Mike gets an idea)
* Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen (Johnny continually rings the doorbell)
* Drama Link (b) - Hubert John Clifford

## Trivia/Goofs

* This is the first episode to show relatives of Mike's family, rather than just his parents.
* This is also the first episode to feature explicit language, which remains uncensored.
* This is the last episode to premiere in 2021.
* A sneak peek for this episode was uploaded on August 1, 2021, which makes this episode the third one to have a clip of the episode uploaded to YouTube as a sneak peek before the episode is uploaded. The first being "It's the Great Pumpkin Flavor, Mike Mormon!" and the second being "Sugar Bash".
* As this episode is about swearing, this episode has a similar plot to episodes like the *SpongeBob* episode "Sailor Mouth", the *Loud House* episode "Potty Mouth", the *Arthur* episode "Bleep", and many others.
* This episode has a unique watermark at the top right corner, with the M icon placed on the screen throughout the episode. This is because when editing, the episode originally had a KineMaster watermark, considering that the episode was produced on said video editing software.
* Johnny Mormon is named after Michael Pakenham's brother, Johnny Pakenham.
* Seth makes a brief cameo in this episode, as the deskman at the hypnotist's office. This marks the first time Seth has made an appearance in the show since "Brain Mix".
* *Toy Party,* the movie that the boys watch on Netflix, is a reference to the 2016 adult animated comedy film, *Sausage Party*, and a parody of the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film, *Toy Story*.
* This episode spawned a Mercy's Meeting parody remake of it, which is episode 164 (part 2) of The Adventures of Mercy And Friends.
* After Connor says that they should teach Hunter a lesson for swearing, Mike asks him if he's "pondering what he is pondering", to which Connor replies with a non-sequitur ("When is Seinfeld getting a reboot?"). This is a reference to the *Pinky and the Brain* segments on *Animaniacs*, where Brain asks Pinky the former question, and Pinky replies with a non-sequitur.
* This is the first episode Ashley appears in without Missy, considering almost all of her appearances, she is shown alongside her.
	+ Ashley only appears in this episode as a non-speaking cameo, in the scene where Mike, Connor, and Hunter sit in the waiting room at the hypnotist's office.

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