The Last Stand

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## The Last Stand

A still from the episode, which shows Patrick preparing to "Kill" Penny.

### Episode

06-07 (In season)
386-387 (Overall)

### Writer

TEG1994
Regina Cross

**The Last Stand** is a 2-part episode from PBS Logo Bloopers. It is the 6th and 7th episodes of Season 19, and the 386th and 387th overall. The episodes served as the last of the 2023 Summer Season, which focused on Patrick Fitzgerald's revenge against the Blooper Center, which escalated into a brutal bloodbath inside and outside the studio.

The episode received mixed reviews among fans and critics, some praising it for the mindblowing visuals, but others criticized it for being "Too violent" and contained a large number of swearing in the episode.

The episode aired on the TEG1994 YouTube channel as a pre-release for the TV airing, and later on Two TV 2 on a watershed slot.

## Production

As the Summer Season reaches its climax, TEG1994 started making plans for what will happen on the last 2 episodes of the 2023 Summer Season. The channel decided to create Patrick Fitzgerald, an abusive father of Penny, who swears for revenge against Gumball and Penny for being together.

Patrick's storylines included from him trashing Test Tube's office to kidnapping Kaya. The end of Funny Memes Episode 231 also saw Patrick with a gun in his prison cell, which leads up to Monday's PBS Logo Bloopers episodes.

After the episode aired, promos for the episodes have began to air on Two TV 2. The channel dubbed the episodes as "The Most Blood-Chilling Episodes in PBS Logo Bloopers history". The promo also used the background of the 1989 PBS P-Head with blood on his face.

TEG1994 revealed that a "Brutal Bloodbath" would occur in the episodes, also saying that some characters would be killed off.

## Bloopers

1. SSSSSSSSSSS
2. Hello, ZooReeKee!
3. Wood Knapp Production
4. Franchise Pictures
5. Code Red
6. Wounded
7. No Enough Time

## Plot

### Part 1

Orlando and Test Tube talk about Marshmallow and the trial that will begin in September. Amado then walks in and gives OJ a document from the bank account, which says that Test Tube's bank account could be terminated within 30 days. While the gang do the bloopers normally, Gumball tries to call the police to report Patrick's blackmailing of Test Tube. Suddenly, a gun was pointed at him, which reveals to be Patrick Fitzgerald, who escapes from prison and gets his revenge on Gumball Watterson. Patrick then shoots Gumball in the stomach, then collapses to the ground, and Patrick shoots him again to make sure that he's "dead", splattering blood in the process.

Patrick later goes to Gabriela's office and holds a gun at her, declaring retribution against the Blooper Center and its staff. Gabriela calls out Patrick for kidnapping her daughter and raping Penny, and tries to call the police, but Patrick forbids her to do so. He threatens to kill Gabriela's family if she calls the police. Then, an office phone goes off and tries to answer it, but Patrick shoots her thrice in the stomach, knocking her out cold. Amado and Knife heard the noise upstairs, and sees Patrick running away. Amado goes inside the office to find Gabriela unconscious.

Anna tells everyone in the studio that there is a security alert imposed in the studio when she reveals that Patrick has escaped from prison. JunJun then realizes that Gabriela was shot and tries to find her, but was stopped by Zadie. Patrick then bursts into the main studio and holds everyone hostage. He demands everyone to switch off their phones as he locks all exits. Outside, the police arrive to the scene.

Penny calls out Patrick for not giving her enough support for her, and Axel accuses Patrick of raping her daughter. Sam then begs Patrick to turn his life around, but Patrick says it otherwise. Patrick then claims that there was nothing left for him to do except killing everyone "In the most glorifying way possible". Malik stands up to Patrick and claims that he is not scared of him, and tries to escape, but Patrick fires 2 shots at him, one in the back and the other in the chest.

### Part 2

Shortly after Malik was shot, panic erupts. Test Tube tries to help Malik, but Patrick tells him to back off. Amado and Knife talk about what Patrick is doing, and Knife tells Amado about who got shot in the studio, realizing that it was Malik. Amado tries to go downstairs to help, but Knife stops him. The 2 agree to talk to the police to negotiate with Patrick.

The staff then tries to beg Patrick to let them go and get Malik to the hospital, but refuses. JunJun dares Patrick to shoot him, which he does, splattering blood all over his stomach. Patrick then threatens to take Zadie hostage, but OJ tells him to take him and not her, claiming that "It's him he's he wants". Patrick later admits to shooting Gumball outside the studio, but just as when OJ was about to unlock the doors, Patrick shoots him in the abdomen. Then, Patrick draws a pistol at Test Tube, shooting her as blood splatters on the screen.

Amado is called by Officer Flanigan and talk about the situation, and tells him to talk to Patrick. Patrick hears a phone ringing and thought everyone's phone's were switched off, but it's his phone. Officer Flanigan talks to Patrick and demands him to let the hostages go, but refuses. Judith then calls Patrick who begs him not to kill Penny, claiming that they raise their daughter together and built a family. She then hands over the Walkie Talkie to Polly, who she talks to Patrick. She also begs his dad to let the hostages go, but Patrick tells Judith that if she can't make it out alive, she'll tell Polly how much she loves and cares for her.

Eventually, Patrick decides to let the wounded and the hostages go, but keeps the others inside. Patrick then declares that time is right and prepares to start a brutal killing in the studio, and Lidia tries to talk down Patrick, but he holds Penny hostage and threatens to kill her in 10 seconds. Amado and Knife goes to the main studio and tries to talk Patrick down. As he starts the countdown, Mark runs into Patrick and tries to wrestle out the gun, but was shot and killed. Patrick later fires several shots at the staff, splattering blood all over the walls. Outside, people watch the rampage go on inside. Axel follows Patrick as he pulls out a gun at Amado, Knife, and Suki, and kills Axel by shooting him in the stomach and in the head. Watt, who was horrified to see Patrick's actions, watches Knife tries to wrestle the gun out of Patrick.

The episode ends with Patrick turning the gun on himself as blood splatters on the screen again.

## Critical Reception

The episode received mixed reviews from fans and critics. Fans praised it for the visuals and editing, but many others have questioned the violence that unfolded in the episode.

Maryjane French, an editor of Engarian TV Weekly, criticized the episode for airing such a violent episode on a family-friendly TV channel, also criticizing the episode for putting too much swearing. She later added by saying: "It may seem intentional because it is on watershed, but the characters were swearing too much. I would never let my kids watch the episodes like this. Everything looks something out of The Sopranos, with splattering blood added."

Gregory Lucas from Wiki TV questioned TEG1994 if it was okay to air the episodes at a death-slot. "The point being about the episodes is that a crazy gunman walks inside the building and kills a lot of people, splattering blood everywhere. I keep asking myself, is this okay? It's like something out of a horror movie, literally. You don't know who lives or survives, it's all gore."

Some fans also noticed other strange things during this episode. One fan wondered: "How are Patrick's ammos not out? Does he own an infinite gun? I don't know, it's so strange."

Other uses have criticized the episode on YouTube and demand Ramon to take the episodes down due to the violence. Clever Mark Entertainment commented: "We may have seen similar shootouts in the Blooper Center before, but this one was the most brutal of all. What i watched was absolutely terrifying. No Logo Blooper show in the LBC community would have ever had such violence and swearing. I also feel sorry for those who died or wounded, but the blood on the walls? It looked something like if someone was murdered with a chainsaw."

Fans also criticized the episode for its violence and swearing. YouTube user TennisBallFan commented: "Why didn't the Police do anything about Patrick Fitzgerald?! Why didn't they STOP HIM?!!?!? They just stood there and watch everybody dying. That episode so brutal i wouldn't even dare to watch it". However, other fans have expressed shock and sadness, with one user commenting: "I can't believe they aired these episodes. It's so brutal and scary. I feel sorry for that poor raccoon. He should've just stayed out of the way rather than just getting himself killed. The blood looked so realistic, and the blood splattering on the walls? This is like something out of a horror movie.

Additionally, the Engarian Broadcasting Authority received 210 complaints over the episode, making it the most complained TEG1994 video since its launch in 2021.

## Errors/Goofs

* At one scene in which he tries to talk down Patrick, OJ used Microsoft Sam's line.

## Trivia

* These are the last episodes of the 2023 Summer Season.
* Final appearances of Mark Kirschner, Axel Fischbach, Penny Fitzgerald, and Patrick Fitzgerald.
* This is the first episode to feature the studio's garden.
* The episode was originally age-restricted, but was later reverted.

## Ratings

In the first 5 days alone, The Last Stand became the most-watched video of the week on TEG1994's YouTube channel, watched by more than 3,500,000 viewers. The episode also performed well on Two TV 2, gaining 2,000,000 viewers, beating the Wiki TV 2 airing of CSI: Miami.