Pie in the Sky

Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers"Pie in the Sky"
Season 2
Number 40
Episode information
Written by	Sindy McKay Larry Swerdlove
Directed by	John Kimball Bob Zamboni
Original airdate	February 22, 1990
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers Episodes
Previous	"Good Times, Bat Times"
Next	"Le Purrfect Crime"

"Pie in the Sky" is the fifty-third episode of Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers. It premiered on February 22, 1990, and is the fortieth episode of the second season.

Plot

The Rangers help a lost swallow return to Capistrano, and discover a bad "chicken" pie outfit using an electromagnet to catch the migrating birds.

Cast

• Corey Burton as Dale, Zipper
• Ruth Buzzi as Mrs. Sweeney, Midge
• Jim Cummings as Monterey Jack, Jack, Nickels
• Tress MacNeille as Chip, Gadget Hackwrench, Sherriff
• Frank Welker as Todd, Plane Captain

Trivia

• Mrs. Sweeney and her son Todd are named for Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
  • Also, their plan is about similar to the plot in Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street where Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett secretly making and selling meat pies out of human flesh, while Mrs. Sweeney and Todd tried to use various migrating wild birds for their pies because they're cheaper than chickens.
• Jack and Nickels are named for Jack Nicholson, whom Jim Cummings based his voice for them on.
• Monty mentions Alfred Hitchcock when the Rangers hear the sound of birds coming from the hideout; a reference to Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds.
• At times, Mrs. Sweeney sings her own rendition of the nursery rhyme Sing A Song of Sixpence.

Gallery

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Media Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Videography) • Feature film (Soundtrack) • Video Game • Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 • The Adventure in Nimnul's Castle • The Legend of the Chaos God • Disney Comics • Boom! Studios • The Big Cheese Caper • The Mouse Watch Characters The Rangers: Chip and Dale • Gadget Hackwrench • Monterey Jack • Zipper Characters: Spunky • Cheddarhead Charlie and Camembert Kate • Tammy • Mrs. Booby • Baby Booby • Conrad Cockatoo • Sergeant Spinelli • Officer Kirby and Officer Muldoon • Donald Drake and Plato • Flash the Wonder Dog • Clyde Cosgrove • Mr. Gribbish • Colonel • Professor • Foxglove • Midge • Humphrey the Bear • Kookoo and Boots • Sparky • Nemo • Spirit of the Lamp • Bric, Brac, and DTZ • Pepto Gizmo • Harry • Harriet • Hiram the Mummy • Sir Colby • Tom • Butch the Bulldog • Darby Spree • Cassandra • Queenie • The Pi-Rats • Captain Colonel • Elliott • Ting-a-Ling & Ming-Ting • Bruin • Heebee & Jeebee • Roger • MacDuff • Steggy • Chirp Sing • Myron • Canina La Fur Villains: Fat Cat • Fat Cat's Gang • The Siamese Twin Gang • Maltese de Sade • Le Sewer and Ratatouille • Professor Norton Nimnul • Robot Dogs • Aldrin Klordane • Percy • Juice-Lee • Billy the Squid • Sewernose de Bergerac • Banshee • Rat Capone • Arnold Mousenegger and Sugar Ray Lizard • Spy Rats • The Greatest Spy in the World • Lahwhinie • Captain Finn • All Hands and Mr. Starfish • Louie the Mountain Lion • Tick-Tock the Crocodile • El Emenopio • Winifred • Bud • Lou • Mrs. Sweeney • Todd • Jack and Nickels • Desiree D'Allure • Erol • Baby Thaddeus • Monrovia and Pomona • Kismet • Dr. Piltdown • Bubbles • Irwina Allen • Quigley and Abba-Dabba • Lord Howie • Su Lin • Heinrich Von Sugarbottom • Wexler • Ratso Ratzkiwatzki • Moose and Rocco • Buffy Ratzkiwatzki • Zsa Zsa Labrador Film Characters: Ellie Steckler • Sweet Pete • Bob the Dwarf • Jimmy the Polar Bear • Captain Putty • Millie • Bjornson the Cheesemonger • DJ Herzogenaurach • List of cameos • Insurance Sheep • Ugly Sonic Episodes Season One: "Catteries Not Included" • "Piratsy Under the Seas" • "Dale Beside Himself" • "Flash the Wonder Dog" • "Out to Launch" • "Kiwi's Big Adventure" • "Adventures in Squirrelsitting" • "Pound of the Baskervilles" • "Risky Beesness" • "Three Men and a Booby" • "The Carpetsnaggers" • "Bearing Up Baby" • "Parental Discretion Retired" Season Two: "To the Rescue" • "A Lad in a Lamp" • "The Luck Stops Here" • "Battle of the Bulge" • "Ghost of a Chance" • "An Elephant Never Suspects" • "Fake Me to Your Leader" • "Last Train to Cashville" • "A Case of Stage Blight" • "The Case of the Cola Cult" • "Throw Mummy from the Train" • "A Wolf in Cheap Clothing" • "Robocat" • "Does Pavlov Ring a Bell?" • "Prehysterical Pet" • "A Creep in the Deep" • "Normie's Science Project" • "Seer No Evil" • "Chipwrecked Shipmunks" • "When Mice Were Men" • "Chocolate Chips" • "The Last Leprechaun" • "Weather or Not" • "One-Upsman-Chip" • "Shell Shocked" • "Love is a Many Splintered Thing" • "Song of the Night 'n Dale" • "Double 'O Chipmunk" • "Gadget Goes Hawaiian" • "It's a Bird, It's Insane, It's Dale!" • "Short Order Crooks" • "Mind Your Cheese and Q's" • "Out of Scale" • "Dirty Rotten Diapers" • "Good Times, Bat Times" • "Pie in the Sky" • "Le Purrfect Crime" • "When You Fish Upon a Star" • "Rest Home Rangers" • "A Lean on the Property" • "The Pied Piper Power Play" • "Gorilla My Dreams" • "The S.S. Drainpipe" Season Three: "Zipper Come Home" • "Puffed Rangers" • "A Fly in the Ointment" • "A Chorus Crime" • "They Shoot Dogs, Don't They" Objects Ranger Wing • Ranger Plane • Screaming Eagle • Gyrotank • Meal-O-Matic • Steggy's Spacecraft • Coo-Coo Cola • Gigantico Raygun Songs Rescue Rangers Theme • Fat Cat Stomp • The Best of Everything • You're the Best Bee for Me • The Coo Coo Cola Song See also Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour • Let's Go to Disneyland Paris • Gadget's Go Coaster