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"Bee My Baby" is the third segment of the first season of The Mighty B! that aired on April 27th, 2008.[1]
Summary[]
Portia and Gwen trick Bessie and Penny into babysitting Gwen's brothers by saying there's a Brat-Wrangling badge.[2]
Plot[]
When Bessie comes to deliver taffy to Gwen's house, she finds out that Gwen is babysitting her five rowdy little brothers.
As neither Gwen nor Portia enjoy babysitting, and in contrast Bessie would love to babysit, Portia and Gwen decide to trick Bessie and Penny into babysitting by saying there's a babysitting badge (the "Brat-Wrangling" badge). Bessie and Penny fall for it, and Gwen threatens Bessie by saying if anything happens to her brothers, she'll squish Bessie like a grape.
Now outside, Portia pushes the taffy cart away and proceeds to go to the mall with Gwen. Bessie thinks that it's going to be easy, but she soon realizes that babysitting is hard work after she loses the youngest boy, a baby, when she changes his diaper and then slides out of the house due to the large amount of baby oil Bessie used.
Bessie and Penny scramble to find Gwen's youngest brother all around San Francisco. Meanwhile, Gwen and Portia eat gelato and talk about fashion downtown and near the harbor, where they come close to seeing Bessie, Penny and Gwen's baby brother numerous times.
In her and Penny's absences, Happy takes over, and in an unexpected twist grows to love the kids, playing Jenga, helping them with math homework, tucking them into bed and even making a turkey for them as dinner.
Bessie and Gwen's brother end up on the Golden Gate bridge as terrified citizens oversee the event. Bessie tries to convince him to listen to her, but it doesn't work. Penny, who had been trying to say something but got interrupted, yells at Bessie and tells her to be assertive in order for Gwen's baby brother to do as she says. After Bessie does just that, he obliges.
However, he falls down off the bridge and lands on the very same cart that Portia pushed earlier, which Bessie and Penny run after. Gwen's brother eventually reaches his way to Gwen's home and rings the doorbell. Happy comes and takes the baby, but closes on Bessie and Penny.
Portia and Gwen return, with Bessie admitting to Gwen she let her down by being irresponsible and doesn't deserve the Brat-Wrangling badge. Gwen then responds that there is no badge and that they made it up to get out of babysitting. Gwen and Portia proceed to go inside Gwen's house, where they enjoy Happy's turkey dinner.
Production Music[]
- Hush-A-Bye Baby (A) - Curtis Schwartz (Title card)
- Dance of the Lights - Buddy Baker ("Taffy delivery!")
- Pizzicato Strings 4 - Harry Bluestone [CPM] ("We're getting our brat-wrangling badges right now.")
- Suspense [#83] - Eric Gemsa ("I usually know all the badges...")
- Pizzicato (e) - Richard Harvey [West One Music] ("Well, we are friends.")
- Straight From Hell B - Gregor Narholz (Penny leaps onto Bessie)
- Hide and Seek (C) - Dick Walter ("There's four of them and two of us.")
- Silent Enemy D - Gregor Narholz ("You better not mess this up, Higgenbottom.")
- Foreboding - Gregor Narholz (Portia kicks the taffy cart down the hill)
- Clockwork Elephant B - Walt Rockman (Bessie getting Gwen's siblings lunch)
- Plaisir D'Amour [#14] - Xavier Demerliac, Florence Caillon ("A bonus baby!")
- Darting Around - Harry Bluestone [CPM] (Bessie changes the baby's diaper)
- Teasing - Gregor Narholz (Baby slides out of the house)
- Suspense [#83.2] - Eric Gemsa ("Baby?")
- Strings of Tension - David Farnon [CPM] ("Did you take the baby?")
- Artistry In Drums 2 - Mark Nolan (Bessie and Penny leave to chase the baby)
- String Note [#30.02] - Terry Day [CPM] ("There he is!")
- Artistry In Drums 3 - Mark Nolan (Cymbal crash)
- Sitar Romance - Yasotha Somasundram (Hippie flying)
- Bart's Nightmare A - Charlie Brissette, Norman Mamey (Bessie and Penny on the unicycle)
- Copacabana - Marc Durst (Happy playing Jenga with Gwen's siblings)
- Bart's Nightmare A - Charlie Brissette, Norman Mamey (Bessie and Penny still chasing the baby)
- Street Riot - Charles Francis (Sk8 park)
- Hush-A-Bye Baby (A) - Curtis Schwartz ("Get it off me!")
- Copacabana - Marc Durst (Happy still watching Gwen's siblings)
- Preppy Woman - Marc Durst ("I'll take a pound of flounder.")
- Quirky Bridge - Gregor Narholz (Baby lands on a seal)
- Cartoon Caper - Gregor Narholz (Baby bouncing on awnings)
- Hush-A-Bye Baby (A) - Curtis Schwartz ("Hey, baby. Whatcha doin'?")
- Bart's Nightmare A - Charlie Brissette, Norman Mamey (Bessie and Penny chasing the baby on awnings; Baby lands on motorcycle)
- Night Falls - Dick Walter (Penny bites gum on Bessie's shoe)
- Against the Law (a) - Wilfred Burns (Bessie and baby on top of Golden Gate Bridge)
- Evil Alien Attack 2 [#19] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [CPM] (Baby walks off the edge)
- Strings of Tension - David Farnon [CPM] (Rocky and citizens give advice)
- Against the Law (a) - Wilfred Burns ("I don't know what to do!")
- A Hero's Story (a) - Gregor Narholz (Penny tells Bessie to take charge)
- ? (Baby leaps into Bessie's arms)
- Straight From Hell [#81] - Gregor Narholz (Baby falls)
- Bart's Nightmare A - Charlie Brissette, Norman Mamey (Baby in the taffy cart)
- Robot - Xavier Demerliac, Florence Caillon (Happy takes the baby)
- Straight From Hell B - Gregor Narholz (Happy slams the door)
- Horror Strike [#34.02] - Terry Day [CPM] (Portia and Gwen return)
- Woe Is Me! - Richard Myhill (Bessie apologizes to Gwen)
- Rubber Bear B - Walt Rockman (Ending)
Cast[]
Voice actor | Roles |
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Amy Poehler | Bessie |
Ken Wilson | Bessie's "angry" voice |
Dannah Feinglass | Penny |
Grey DeLisle | Portia |
Jessica DiCicco | Gwen |
Dee Bradley Baker | Happy and Gwen's Baby Brother |
Paul Butcher & Zachary Gordon | Gwen's Brothers |
Matt Besser | The Hippie |
Kenan Thompson | Rocky Rhodes |
Sarah Thyre | Mary Frances Gibbons |
Trivia[]
General[]
- Running gag: characters "flying" in the air, and saying their fathers were wrong.
- Bessie reveals her age in this episode, stating she is nine and three quarters (9¾) years old.
- This is the first appearance of Gwen's younger brothers.
- Several things are learned of Penny in this episode:
- Penny likes wrestling, and also knows about a butterfly's life cycle (using the term chrysalis when playing with Gwen's brothers).
- She can somehow "speak" seal, as she communicated with the seal playing with Gwen's youngest brother as a ball.
- Penny is revealed to have asthma, using an inhaler so she can catch up to Bessie.
- Mary Frances first orders a pound of flounder, but changes her mind and picks Alaskan king salmon instead.
- This is the first time Hilary's Café is not seen, however it is mentioned by Bessie.
- Penny mentions her father, who would not physically appear until "Super Secret Weakness."
- This episode takes place in the mid-to-late afternoon, as one of Gwen's brothers tells Happy it's only 3:30 when he tucks them into bed.
- Has two famous child actors as guest stars: Paul Butcher (known for his role in Zoey 101) and Zachary Gordon (later played Greg Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series) each voice some of Gwen's Brothers.
- This episode was a part of the Mighty Weekend block, and also the first to air on a Sunday.
Cultural references[]
- The episode title is likely a reference to the 1963 song "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes.
- The Hippie hums "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" before Bessie and Penny take his unicycle.
- The lullaby Happy sings the kids is set to the tune of "Hush, Little Baby."
Production information[]
- Production code: 102B.[3]
- Upon its first airing, this episode was viewed by 3.1 million people. An additional 116,000 recorded the premiere and viewed it later on a DVR device, giving it 3.2 million total.[4]
Goofs[]
- In one of the scenes, Penny found gum off of the bottom of Bessie's shoe, and then takes a bite out of it, and then she goes down with the gum and falls down onto the sidewalk on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. In the next shot of the scene, the gum rope disappeared.
- Right after Portia and Gwen leave, Happy is much smaller than usual.
- Gwen's eyes are discolored as black instead of her usual blue when she returns to her house and sees Bessie and Penny on the porch.
- Jessica DiCicco is not credited for voicing Gwen, despite the character appearing and having dialogue.
References[]
- ↑ Rusak, Gary (April 9, 2008). One-liners: Noteworthy news nuggets. Kidscreen. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ Moody, Annemarie (February 23, 2009). Akira, Samurai 7 on Blu-ray, Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder & The Mighty B. Animation World Network. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ↑ Gase-Baker, Jenny (May 24, 2008). THE MIGHTY B!. BlogSpot.com. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ↑ Ryan (March 12, 2021). Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending April 27, 2008. Ratings Ryan (BlogSpot.com). Retrieved January 22, 2023.
External links[]
- Storyboards and character designs from the episode, posted on Chris Battle's blog
- Pencil test for "Bee My Baby", courtesy of Wayne Carlisi