Hooray, another classic character from the books gets the DatWoO treatment! Let's see what a glass cat looks like on this show. The Lion wakes up from a dream, only to find one part was real, and that's the mouse chomping on his toenails. (Eww!) It turns out the mouse is causing mischief all around the castle, chewing up Toto's favorite collar and the Scarecrow's hat, knocking over the Tin Man's oil can, andgetting into Ozma's make-up. Ozma doesn't know what to do, so she puts Dorothy in charge and skedaddles. (Another example of what Mari Ness calls "Ozma fail!") Cats deal with mice, and they have a big cat—but it turnes out that the Cowardly Lion is, no surprise, a scaredy cat, so it's off to Plan B. Unfortunately, the Wizard provides some trapb but his magic can't conjure a cat, so Dorothy skips over Plan C and goes straight to Plan D, for Dr. Pipt. She ruby slippers to his place, and the good doctor produces just the thing: a glass cat who comes to life with a drop of the Potion of Life, and reverts to a glass statue with another drop. He brings Bungle to life and gives her (caged up) and the Potion to Dorothy. Back in the Emerald City, things are getting worse as more and more things are destroyed. About the only thing not affected are the mousetraps laid out to stop the mouse! Then the mouse turns up, as scared as the Lion. It seems all the most recent destruction has been caused by Bungle as she chases the mouse! So now the gang has to stop the cat. In the Patchwork Girl's room, Scarecrow uses some yarn to lasso Bungle, but she escapes as the gang gets tangled up in the yarn. More chaos ensues until Toto gets the idea of enticing the mouse with some cheese, drawing Bungle out where Toto can trap her. Dorothy spills the Potion on Bungle, making her a lifeless statue again. The Lion puts Bungle in a statue garden. The mouse, happy with his cheese, enjoys munching on it in the branches of a nearby tree.
Well, there's another character from the books they didn't get right. Bungle in the books may be arrogant and aloof, but her ruby heart was at least in the right place, and she did respect her friends. But this Bungle is basically a destructive force of nature. And the solution isn't so great, either, as she's now trapped in a frozen state for all eternity. Of course, I dan't expect a showed aimed at the pre-tween set to deal much with issues of morality and conciousness. For that crowd, at least, this episode works fine.
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