Behind Closed Doors (Zhu Zhu Pets)

Behind Closed Doors is a Zhu Zhu Pets episode aired on November 28, 1992

## Characters

* Mr. Squiggles
* Pipsqueak
* Num Nums
* Chunk
* Patches
* Scoodles
* Jilly
* Nugget
* Winkie
* Bucky
* Sweetie
* Stinker
* Rocco
* Masticate Nutria the brown and canary family guru rat (guest)
* Rattatak Coypu the brown, canary and purple rat (picture)
* Eon the brown and canary top portrait photographer hamster (cameo)

## Synopsis

After Bucky runs away from home, Num Nums attends an emergency college meeting with family "guru" Masticate Nutria. Fresh off The Rattatak Coypu Show, and pimping his new book, "Good Hamsters, Bad Villians," Nutria eggs her on in front of the rest of the hamsters because she doesn’t know exactly where Chunk is. Feeling suddenly ashamed that she, Mr. Squiggles, and Chunk seem to be drifting apart, Num Nums decides that she’s going to do whatever it takes to bring her friends closer. Num Nums schedules a friendship Christmas portrait with Eon, the top portrait photographer in town at Portraits by Eon; buys a dry-erase board that Mr. Squiggles, Chunk, and herself will use to track their comings and goings; and buys cell phones for everyone so they can stay connected-even though they can only make and receive calls to and from her. Furthermore she decides that the friendship is only allowed to wear underwear in the house; and she removes all of the doors — including the bathroom doors and shower curtains — in hopes of the friends being more open with one another, therefore creating a sense of closeness. Instead, freaked out by her new behavior and smothering changes, Mr. Squiggles and Chunk begin avoiding her. When Num Nums discovers that her friend portrait is scheduled a day earlier than she originally thought, she begins calling Mr. Squiggles and Chunk frantically in hopes of getting them to the studio on time. When Mr. Squiggles and Chunk hear their cell phones ring, they both decide that they can’t handle any more of her extra attention and sharing. They avoid the calls altogether, leaving Num Nums to take the friend portrait alone. Num Nums comes home, and realizes that Mr. Squiggles and Chunk didn’t call her back because they were avoiding her. She leaves the house with a broken heart, and Mr. Squiggles and Chunk sit on the couch feeling guilty. The next day Mr. Squiggles discovers that Masticate Nutria is going to be signing books outside Boremans' Books at the ZhuZhu Mall. Mr. Squiggles decides to force him to call Num Nums to tell her that she’s a good friend. Chunk thinks maybe he can convince Eon the photographer to reschedule a portrait of the family, to help make his friend happy. At the ZhuZhu Mall, Chunk is having no success begging Eon to reschedule, and Mr. Squiggles is threatening Masticate Nutria, who is now nervous as he realizes that his methods provoked Mr. Squiggles in the first place, into calling Num Nums. Num Nums just happens to walk by and discovers Mr. Squiggles threatening Masticate Nutria. With Mr. Squiggles distracted, Masticate Nutria runs away in a panic. Num Nums finally realizes that both her two male hamster friends were trying to make things better for her. Realizing that they don’t need all that new-age "guru" stuff to prove that the family loves each other, the ZhuZhu Pets make up. They plot to steal the undeserving Wild Bunch-family’s portrait session. Chunk bribes Bucky into running away once more so that they can step in line. As they stand there ready for their portrait, the happy family truly knows that they are fine just the way they are. Just as Chunk begins to sneeze, Eon snaps the portrait.

## Errors

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## Trivia

Behind Closed Doors is the episode with 12 errors.