Snake Eyes

**Snake Eyes** is an episode from the first season of *Camp Lazlo*. In this episode, Clam, Patsy and Nina help a baby snake find its way back home to its mother.

## Plot Synopsis

Clam, Patsy and Nina are playing “jungle exploration” when they find a little garter snake in a bush. It is cold, hungry and wet, so Clam grabs a towel, berries from the cafeteria, and a blanket and pillow fit just for the snake. Patsy tries to communicate with the snake, but fails due to not speaking hiss; so Clam decides to try instead, and Nina is able to translate what is being said by Snakey, the name of the snake. He apparently went for a slither down the fields of Camp Kidney, but got lost and is now trying to finds his way back home to his momma. The trouble is, he doesn’t remember how to get home, so the trio decide to ask Ms. Doe for help; she says that the best way to find Snakey’s home is to look for a bigger snake that is red with indigo stripes and a vanilla-colored belly, which is the momma of Snakey.

As the group begin their journey, a harpy eagle spies on them and spots the snake, so he decides to follow them in hopes of eating the snake. On the way, they find Slinkman doing a little birdwatching, so Nina quietly asks Slinkman if he knows anything about snakes; this scares him and thus the birds he was watching, but he is soon relieved to hear that she, Patsy and Clam are returning him to his home. He then makes an agreement with the group: if they return the snake home safely, then they will receive their “Honorary Creature Safety” badges; if the snake gets eaten, however, then they will be in big trouble and remain indoors for a week-and-a-half. But before he can finish, the harpy eagle swoops down and tries to eat Snakey, scaring him and making him slother away down the dark forest. Not wanting to be in big trouble, the trio races to the woods to find Snakey, with Slinkman having faith they will return the snake home safely.

In the woods, the harpy eagle reports back to the Cave Wizard, who is his owner. Vexxer as he is called tells the Wizard through his caws and other eagle/hawk sounds that Clam, Patsy and Nina are searching for the snake in the wood; the Wizard, in response, tells Vexxer to awaken the other woodland creatures and make the three campers lost without a clue. So with a flap of his wings, Vexxer summons the bats and wolves with his caws, and the Wizard gives them the exact commands of making the campers lost in the woods, and the do just that, scaring and separating them in the process. Patsy eventually finds Snakey though, who is crying because Vexxer scared him.

Not wanting him to feel too upset, she takes him to Lazlo for the best advice. Unsure what to do at first, Lazlo decides to do a dance he learned back home – the Silly Face! A confused Patsy asks what that is, and Lazlo shows her: first he jumps up and down in a circle while making a fish face; next he does an Irish jig as he speaks like a pirate and pokes out his tongue; finally, he does ballet while hanging by his tail on the tree branch above and puts on a clown nose. This cheers up Snakey greatly, and Nina and Clam soon arrive to see where the music came from; then they and Patsy laugh so hard at Lazlo’s dance that they don’t realize Snakey has gone off again. Clam then notices, and he and the girls set off once again, with Lazlo wishing the trio good luck.

Then, while they did find Snakey, it comes at a price: the Cave Wizard has snatched him and is about to feed him to Vexxer as a reward for following his orders. Clam then tells Snakey to bite the Wizard’s finger, to which he does and the Wizard lets go of him. While Patsy and Nina take him home, Clam does the Silly Face dance to distract the Wizard and Vexxer, making them laugh so hard they get caught in a bubble and fly away, laughing in oblivion. Clam then catches up with the girls as they return Snakey to his mother; Momma Snake than gives the three each a kiss on the cheek, and Slinkman gives them their “Honorary Creature Safety” badges, ending the episode.

## End Credits Scene

Lalzo says goodbye to his llama friend (named Spitty according to co-executive producer Stephen Hillenburg), but every he tells the animal to go home, the llama kicks him with his hind legs, similar to a zebra. Eventually the llama goes back home, but not before kicking Lazlo one last time.

## Cast

* Howie Mandel as Clam/wolves
* Jodi Benson as Patsy/Nina/Almondine
* Paige O’Hara as Ms. Jane Doe
* Cloris Leachman as Ms. Mucus
* Carlos Alazraqui as Lazlo/Chef McMuesli/bats
* Dee Bradley Baker, Rob Paulsen, Tara Strong, Jill Talley and Fred Tatasciore as the bats
* Valri Bromfield as Amber
* Jim Cummings as Slinkman/wolves
* Katie Leigh as Gretchen
* Frank Welker as Clam’s vocal effects/Snakey and his Momma/Vexxer/Spitty/bats/wolves
* Rip Taylor as the Cave Wizard

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first for a few things:
	+ The first in the entire series to be double-length.
	+ The first of a few episodes where a camper is seen without their scout uniform; in this case, Patsy wears a safari uniform rather than her Squirrel Scout uniform for the entire episode.
		- Also, Patsy is seen with a different hairstyle when in that safari uniform.
	+ The first to show a character using their animal traits; in this case, Lazlo is seen swinging with his tail during the Silly Face dance.