The Unfortunate Cookie Crumbles

"**The Unfortunate Cookie Crumbles**" is the second segment of the 19th episode of **season 1** of ***The ZhuZhus***.

## Summary

Frankie and the Zhus have an unlucky day while avoiding one.

## 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 Pamplemousse**
* **Stacey DePass** as **Ellen Pamplemousse**

## Plot

**Frankie** arrives home happy about having a great baseball game, and says she is starving. **Pipsqueak** then, says her and the other ZhuZhus worked up an appetite cheering for her. It then, shows her and the ZhuZhus entering the kitchen. **Ellen**, says she is sorry she missed the game and **Frankie** says it is okay because they had to work.

**Ellen** then, says she left them Chinese food for lunch. It then, shows them after they ate. **Frankie** asks if they saved room for fortune cookies. Only one cookie is left and **Frankie** and the ZhuZhus try to get it first. **Frankie**, is able to grab it first and runs away with it. While celebrating that she got the cookie, **Mr. Squiggles**, grabs it then **Num Nums**, **Pipsqueak**, and **Chunk** each take it after he grabs it. **Chunk**, drops the cookie out the window and it opens. **Chunk**, **Frankie**, and the other ZhuZhus, go outside to see what the fortune is, and it says they are going to have a bad day. **Frankie**, says as long as they avoid anything bad they will be fine.

**Frankie**, then says they should play a board game because it is safe. **Pipsqueak**, then throws the dice to see how many spots she can move in the game. While throwing them one hits **Chunk**, causing him to slip on the cards which makes them fly at **Frankie**, and the ZhuZhus. **Pipsqueak**, says the cards are attacking them. Afterwards, **Frankie**, says that **Num Nums**, can get them through the day and to tell them what to do.

**Num Nums**, says anything with wheels needs to be put in the closet and they put the things with wheels in the closet. She then, tells them to do a few more things to help them have a good day. Afterwards, the closet door opens and the stuff in it starts to fall everywhere. She see her skateboard rolling out of her room and runs after it, it runs into the pool and she and **Mr. Squiggles**, fall in it. It then, goes to **Num Nums**, saying her plan was fool proof, and **Frankie**, says **Num Nums**, is having a bad day.

**Pipsqueak**, then wonders if the fortune was meant for **Num Nums**, and she says she is not safe to be around. **Frankie**, says they are not abandoning her because she is their friend and that they need to protect her. **Frankie**, then puts her in the safe room to protect the other ZhuZhus from having a bad day, and asks her if she needs anything, and says she needs a snack. **Frankie**, says she needs to make her a safe snack and decide to make her a sandwich. While making it, **Pipsqueak**, falls into the mustard jar and **Mr. Squiggles**, says it appears she is having a bad day.

She is then, put into the safe room, then **Chunk** walks into there, and they say he is having a bad day as well. **Mr. Squiggles**, then tries to test his perfect invention. Afterwards, it is shown he was injured while testing it, and he goes into the safe room as well. **Frankie** then says maybe they had a bad day because they spent the day trying not to have a bad day and that they should make their own luck and she takes them out of the room. It then, goes to next morning where they tell **Ellen** good morning. She shows them a bag of fortune cookies they forgot, and asks if they want to open them. They run away in fear of another bad fortune.

## 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 the phrase 'that's the way the cookie crumbles.'

## 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.