"A Fly in the Ointment" is the sixty-third episode of Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers. It premiered on September 26, 1990, and is the third episode of the third season.
Plot[]
Professor Nimnul has invented a device to transmit himself across telephone wires, and uses it to steal scientific devices from guarded laboratories. A neglected Zipper discovers Nimnul in the act and is caught in the Modemizer with him, leading to two creatures out of The Fly.
Cast[]
- Gregg Berger as Male Guard, Doctor, Police Operator, Man in Window, Squad Commander, Man at Restaurant, Dispatcher
- Susan Blu as Female Guard, News Reporter, Scared Woman, Teenage Girl
- Corey Burton as Dale, Zipper, Kid in Window, Kids at Park
- Peter Cullen as Officer Kirby, Officer Muldoon
- Jim Cummings as Monterey Jack, Professor Norton Nimnul, Waiter
- Tress MacNeille as Chip, Gadget Hackwrench, Radio Voice
- Fran Ryan as Teacher
Trivia[]
- Final appearance of Officer Kirby and Officer Muldoon.
- It is also the final episode where Peter Cullen is credited with a role.
- The episode is clearly a nod to the 1958 film The Fly.
- One scene features a teacher scolding a boy named Franz for writing a story about a man who wakes up as an insect, accusing him of reading too much Spider-Man, years before Disney would buy Marvel. The boy is a reference to Franz Kafka and the story is a nod to The Metamorphosis.
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