Say Uncle

**Say Uncle** is a trilogy of episodes from Season 9 of the Cartoon Network series.

## Synopsis

Zayats is leaving town to spend a few days with his lovesick uncle.

## Plot

* Part 1
* Part 2
* Part 3

### Cold open

At the Tabaryet residence, Zayats has a conversation with his mother about his poorly-prepared dinner, which ends in her announcing that she'll be leaving to West Town for a few days, Zayats asks her about what will she do with him, she replies that she will take him with her, but she's leaving him with his uncle who lives there.

### Episode

At the train station, Zayats explains the events to Mano and Lucille. Mirana then arrives at the scene, and Zayats says a dramatic farewell speech to his beloved, in which he hands her a forget-me-not before leaving in the same manner, only to be interrupted in the act by an emotional Leonidas, who misinterprets the scene as Zayats leaving forever, but Zayats corrects him saying that he's just spending a few days at his uncle's house. Despite this explaination, Leonidas remarks that he'll miss him greatly, but Zayats tells him that whatever happens, he must be strong, and take good care of his friends while he's away, Lucia then grabs her son and they both leave.

After a long train ride, Zayats and his mother finally arrive at West Town, where they're both instantly picked up by a bus. Zayats is led to an apartment home, where Lucia gives him a paper where she had written down the apartment in which his uncle lives, before leaving on that same bus. As Zayats enters the apartment home, he overhears crying, which leads him to the apartment written down on that paper: Apartment 59.

He opens the apartment door to a large, overweight rabbit crying helplessly, surrounded by a small pile of empty snack bags and ice cream containers. The two of them scream as they first meet, and the big guy is embarassed as at that moment he's wearing nothing besides his underwear, but Zayats doesn't mind, as they're family. This surprises the big guy, who says that he only family he knows are his parents and sister Lucia. Zayats explains that the big guy's sister is his mother, making him the big guy's nephew. He then says "I have a nephew?" before realizing he's still in his underwear and quickly goes to change clothes.

Now in his casual wear, the big guy explains that he was crying because every girl he falls in love with rejects him. As Zayats gets interested by this story, his stomach growls, and asks the big guy: "Hey, do you know any restaurants anywhere around here, mister... mister...?" As the big guy hears these last words, he introduces himself as Zinovy Tabaryet, Zayats then introduces himself to Zinovy before beginning to call him "Unky Z".

At the West Town's local cafe, Zinovy orders a mousse and Zayats gets durian juice. Zayats asks his uncle to tell him more about his history of failed romances. Zinovy then, slowly breaking into tears, begins his story: Zinovy had been a hopeless romantic since he was in middle school, he often attempts to get girls to go out with him, but he always gets his heart broken, either because the girl's not interested in him, or because she's already in love with someone else. Zinovy tearfully says that girls don't stop saying he's a fat slob who eats everything in sight and does nothing but play with his belly all day, despite hypocritically doing both right in front of Zayats.

Zinovy asks Zayats for help, but he replies that he's not a matchmaker, and that maybe he should find help on his own. The scene skips to nighttime at Apartment 59, where the two just have finished dinner they had ordered from an app. Zayats asks Zinovy where he's going to sleep, before realizing he had just passed by a notoriously old piano. Zayats plays a few notes on the out of tune piano, taking a liking to its sound. Zinovy is surprised to overhear Zayats play a brief, sloppy version of Chopsticks, and Zayats tells him he should get his piano tuned, to which he replies while he can play piano, he can't tune one. Zayats is surprised to hear that Zinovy can play piano, and asks him to play a song. Zinovy at first seems reluctant, but then he plays a rendition of Prelude in E Minor while slowly diving into tears as the echoed voices of some of the girls that turned him down are heard in Zinovy's POV.

Zinovy breaks into tears, but hears Zayats applauding him, who decides to help him find a girlfriend, telling him that he'll teach him everything he knows. However, as Zayats plays a note on the piano, he changes the topic by asking him if he watches western movies, to which Zinovy says yes, but before asking him if that has anything to do with what's happening, he realizes what his (unbeknownst to him) nephew means, and begins to play *The Entertainer* while Zayats starts dancing like a cowboy, as the credits begin to roll. Zinovy delivers the final line, saying "They don't call this the **West** Town for nothing!"

The rest of the credits are shown with a short 1930s-esque cartoon sequence of Zayats (in his pre-1969 design) dancing around a forest setting with Zinovy's piano still being heard in the background.

### Cold open

As it is customary with story arc episodes, Zayats gives a summary of the previous episode as footage of it is shown.

### Episode

The sun rises as Zayats is asleep on his sleeping bag in Apartment 59, before being awoken by Keron. Zayats gets off the sleeping bag and heads to the kitchen, looking for breakfast. On the way, he overhears Zinovy yelling at a Magic 8 Ball for saying "Outlook Not So Good" when he asked if he would ever get married. Infuriated, Zinovy throws the ball off the room, hitting Keron, who at that moment was on top of Zayats's head. Zayats picks up Keron and the Magic 8 Ball, about to scold Zinovy for not watching where we threw things, when he realizes why he was upset.

Upon hearing from Zinovy that he tried everything and everywhere to get on a lasting relationship, which to him is two weeks and up, failing at every single one of his attempts. Zayats tells his uncle that there are times where he should just "let himself show", and suggests he knows just the right place to do it: the beach.

The scene cuts to Zayats and Zinovy as they arrive at the beach, both in their boxers. Zinovy explains that he had tried picking up chicks at the beach, but it just didn't really land. Zinovy eventually is blown away by a beautiful, yellow furred rabbit. He initially tries to talk to her, but Zayats attempts to stop him as he's aware that she might already have someone, but Zinovy tries to get her attention anyway, until a svelt guy comes towards the girl. Zinovy's jealousy drives him to sumo wrestle the guy, with a petrified Zayats saying "Uhh... Unky Z? I wouldn't do that if I were you...!" The man shoves Zinovy off, before having the woman tell him off: "*Oh, and FYI: This guy right here is my **husband**, and even if I WANTED to cheat on him, **it would NOT be with you.***" The two go away, leaving Zinovy heartbroken.

Zayats scolds Zinovy for overlooking that the woman had a wedding ring on her finger. Later, Zayats reminds Zinovy that if a woman has a wedding ring, that means she's married. They both meet a pretty girl, relaxing at the beach. Zayats notices that she has no wedding ring on her hand. Jackpot!

After being convinced by Zayats to start talking to her, Zinovy decides to come closer to her. He introduces himself to this girl. The girl's name was Eve. Zinovy and Eve then begin to have a kind conversation. Zinovy finally convinces Eve to come over to Apartment 59 for a date. Eve surprisingly agrees to meet with him. Zinovy has never been so happy.

Cut to Apartment 59 at nighttime, Zinovy is playing Arabesque No. 1 on his out of tune piano, as Eve arrives on the scene. He welcomes her to his house, and they have a seemingly romantic dinner. After a sweet conversation, Zayats is happy with what he's helped do, knowing that it's all perfectly fine between his uncle and Eve. Ultimately, Zinovy gets awkwardly close to Eve, and asks her if she wants to be his girlfriend. To which Eve replies with a kiss... albeit on the nose, before saying goodbye to him and leaving the place.

The end credits roll as Zayats phones his mom and the two have a conversation in which Zayats tells her about Zinovy's date night.

### Cold open

As it is customary with story arc episodes, Zayats gives a summary of the previous episode as footage of it is shown.

### Episode

The episode starts in a wedding between Zinovy and who appears to be Eve. After the priest, a grown Zayats, pronounces them husband and wife, Zinovy unveils his bride and is horrified to see that it's actually a hideous woman. Thankfully for Zinovy, this turns out to be nothing more than a dream, as he wakes up with a loud scream, awakening both Zayats and Keron in the process.

Zayats is later at the convenience store, looking for an item in Zinovy's shopping list, before bumping into Lucia. He tells his mother about everything that's been happening the time he was with Zinovy at that point, including the part about his new girlfriend. As they are about to cross the street, the two see Eve... with a male rabbit. Zayats is horrified to see them, as Eve was the one he was talking about. Lucia realizes that she knows her: Eve is her childhood friend and the rabbit next to her, Adam, is her **boyfriend**. The two are worried about Zinovy finding out about it, and go separate ways, with Zayats heading to Apartment 59.

As he gets closer to the apartment door, he overhears Zinovy playing on his out of tune piano. Relieved that Zinovy doesn't seem to know anything about Eve's relationship with Adam, Zayats knocks at the door and leaves the groceries on the table. Zinovy is the most happy and in love he's ever been in his life, showing impatience for a second date. Zayats doubts about telling him about it, but then remembers overhearing Eve and Adam talk about meeting at the local bistro, and decides to set up a date for Zinovy there, as it's better for him to know the truth on his own.

After getting dressed, the two head to the bistro. Zinovy prepares a bouquet of flowers for Eve, only to find her with Adam. Zinovy's heart shatters into dust as he hears Eve taking Adam's compliment lovingly, causing him to drop the bouquet and lash out at Eve for lying to him. He and Zayats go away and Adam visibly doubts keeping up the date. Later at Apartment 59, Zinovy is lying on the ground, half-naked, and heartbroken, with the sole company of an infuriated Zayats and a worried Keron. Zayats reveals that he's been trying to tell him about Eve's relationship with Adam, but it seemed like he wouldn't take it seriously, so he was left with no choice but to let him see it for himself.

The next day, Zinovy is still upset over last night, and sees Zayats packing his bags. He then realizes that his mom sent him to spend a few days with him and that now the two had to go back home together. Nephew, uncle and pet head to the train station, where they find Lucia. Zinovy is overjoyed to see his sister again, and she properly introduces Zayats to her brother. Now realizing how Zayats was related to him, Zinovy finally acknowledges Zayats as his nephew, before saying goodbye to his sister and nephew before they go away in the train, before delivering the final line: "I'll see you again, **kiddo.**"
## Characters

### Major Characters

* Zayats
* Zinovy Tabaryet (debut)

### Minor Characters

* Keron
* Lucia Tabaryet

#### Part 1

* Mano
* Lucille
* Leonidas
* Mirana

#### Part 3

* Adam (debut)
* Cornerstore Clerk (debut)
* Restaurant Receptionist (debut)

## Voice Cast

* Part 1
* Part 2
* Part 3

## Trivia

* Alec Brawnston, despite regularly voicing Zayats, does not reprise his role for the first two parts, being replaced by Mona Marshall. Alec explained that he had to undergo surgery on his throat, and while he could talk, he couldn't do high-pitched voices or even yell, thus being unable to voice Zayats.
	+ However, he later confirmed that he had recovered, and now he came back in the third part.
* It's unknown if Eve and Adam are still together after the bistro incident.

## Censorship

* Like with many overweight characters, Zinovy's nipples are edited out in the European version.

### Part 2

* In the European version, an unbuttoned hawaiian shirt was added onto Zinovy in the beach scene.
* In the Korean version, the scene where Zinovy sumo wrestles a husband on the beach is cut, albeit poorly.