The Rat Problem

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**"The Rat Problem"** is the tenth episode of *Pancake's Show*.

## Description

A rat comes into Pancake and Mars' house and causes a lot of ruckus.

## Plot

The episode starts with a knock at the door, Pancake opens it, and sees a rat wanting to come inside the house. Pancake understandably slams the door on him, and the rat begs to get inside. Pancake quickly obliges, and the rat sits on the red couch. Mars asks who he was, and the rat makes a joke about Mars, which causes a laugh track to play. Mars tells someone (presumably Pancake) to stop the laughter, and a YouTube video of teeth chattering gets paused. Pancake sits on the couch and asks the other two what they are watching. Mars is about to respond, but then the rat interrupts him, saying that he knows what to watch. He turns on...Rap Rat, and Pancake leaves to go get some groceries. Mars and the rat have been watching the show throughout the night, until Mars goes upstairs to get some sleep. The rat then zips into a different room and says that the coast is clear.

Later that night, Pancake comes home and almost gets hit by a vase. He then sees a bunch of rats partying on his couch. A rat throws another vase at the door, and Pancake tells everyone to stop. Pancake then tells everyone to get out, so the rats kick out Pancake and Mars and party some more. Mars questions what they are going to do now, and Pancake's idea is to call an exterminator. Later, the exterminator comes and they stare at each other for a few seconds. The exterminator asks what they want, and Pancake wants the exterminator to get rid of the rats. The exterminator agrees, and immediately gets beat up by the rats.

Pancake and Mars' next scheme is to dress up as girl scouts to try to get back inside. They knock at the door, a rat answers, and Pancake says that they are selling girl scout cookies to help a homeless gumball. The rat asks where the cookies are and Pancake says that they're invisible. The rat now knows it is Pancake and kicks them out again. Pancake and Mars' next scheme is to order a pizza and give it to the rats. The rats eat the pizza and one of them ask what's in the pizza. Pancake says poison, and the rat screams in terror. The rats run away from the house, and Liam shows up to do...something. Pancake and Mars have now got their house back, and the episode ends with the house exploding.

## Characters

* Pancake
* Mars
* Rats (debut)
* Exterminator (debut)
* Liam (cameo)

## Trivia

* When the show was still in development, This episode was actually going to be the first one, with the concept being made as early as September 11, 2020. But it was moved around multiple times until it became the tenth episode instead.
* The episode was reuploaded on September 15, 2021 due to the original upload only being available in 360p.
* This was the last episode to use the Season 1 intro, with it being the last episode of said season.
* This episode marks the first appearance of the couch.

## Cultural references

* During the "Later" timecards, a reference to the Adult Swim logo would be seen for a split second.
* The rat on the spray bottle is a reference to Boognish from the band *Ween*.

## References

1. ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/863843086504165397/916122516949442570/20211202\_191937.png