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The Amazing Carnival of Complaining
Music by

Kurt Heinecke

Released

November 16, 2001

Runtime

33 minutes

Previous episode

The Cheating Scales of Bullamanka

Next episode

Runaway Pride at Lightstation Kilowatt

The Amazing Carnival of Complaining is the third direct-to-video episode for 3-2-1 Penguins!

Plot

Jason is thumb wrestling himself in the table, feeling bored. After a while, he gets bored of thumb wrestling and decides to play with the chicken teapot cover and pretend it's the "Forty-Foot Chicken" in an attempt to bring the Penguin figurines to life. He asks the Penguins to get him out of the cottage. When no answer comes from the figurines, he reads a comic book about Space Camp and eats a grape. He crunches into a seed and comments about it. Grandmum hears him say "seeds" and offers Jason to join her and Michelle out in the garden to plant pumpkin seeds. She lists what the pumpkins could be used for and Jason gets disgusted at what kinds of treats she says. Michelle asks if it's too bad the video game's busted. Jason then proceeds to complain how there's nothing to do at the cottage and how much he'd rather be at space camp. After Jason finishes complaining,

Fun Facts

Remarks

  • The seed Jason spitted out is too large to be a grape seed. Fidgel later stated that it's a watermelon seed.

Inside References

  • Like the previous episode, many mentions from the first episode are in here, including:
    • Jason wanting to go to space camp with his friend Trevor.
    • The Turbo 3000 being busted.
    • Jason stating the landing was better.
  • The verse quoted is "Philippians 2:14."

Real World References

  • Comic-Con is a fan convention. Several of them are held in America, but the best known area is in San Diego.

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