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I'll Be Home For Misery
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Season: 2
Episode number: 37
Directed by: Robin Budd
Written by: Carolyn Hay
Production number: 217
Air date: May 4, 2008
Previous episode: "Frank & Len Unplugged"
Next episode: "Disaster Becomes You"

"I'll Be Home for Misery" is the 37th episode of Ruby Gloom. It was written by series developer Carolyn Hay, and aired on YTV on May 4, 2008.

Synopsis[]

Misery is hosting her family reunion, which only happens once every millennia. At first, no one comes. Then her relatives, such as Mayhem, Mildew and Migraine show up, and begin clashing. It's up to everyone in the house to keep the family happy and healthy.

Opening Sketch[]

Iris puts on a puppet show.

Closing Sketch[]

Scaredy Bat goes over his family tree.

Trivia[]

  • Running Gag: Mayhem chasing after Scaredy Bat saying, "Here birdy, birdy".
  • The title is a reference to the Christmas song "I'll Be Home for Christmas".
  • Since this eventually turns out to be a dream sequence, there's a possibility that some of Misery's relatives may be long dead, or existent only in Misery's imagination. However, it is possible that the reunion may have been real, and Ruby only tell her that it was a dream in the hopes that the incident doesn't repeat itself.
  • Migraine shouting "I'm the queen of the world!" is an obvious reference to Titanic.
  • Multiple audio clips of voice lines throughout the episode are either reused in later scenes or recycled from other episodes, such as the following:
    • Mayhem's Tarzan yell when Misery hears her outside is heard twice and reused when she knocks Mildew out of Misery's bed and Migraine on the floor.
    • Misery calling "Hello? Hello...!" is recycled from "Skull Boys Don't Cry" and "Misery Loves Company".
    • Mayhem's Tarzan yell when she crashes into Misery is reused when she swings in to give Misery a burnt flower retrieved from the Great Fire of London by Motley. The first time it is used can barely be heard.
    • Misery's scream when Mayhem crashes into her is recycled from "Ruby Cubed" and "The Beat Goes On", only at a lower pitch.
    • Mayhem's Tarzan yell after knocking Mildew out of Misery's bed and Migraine on the floor is reused when she leaves on her vine near the end of the episode.
  • In the Latin-American Spanish dub of the episode, Mayhem, Mildew, and Migraine are all doing a Tarzan yell at the same time when they crash into Ruby's bedroom window, not just Mayhem.[1]

References[]

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