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"The Great Gonzo's Desert Grand Prix" is the first segment of the twelfth episode of the 2018 version of Muppet Babies. It premiered on July 20, 2018.[1]

Synopsis[]

Gonzo decides to make everything a race and challenges the whole playroom to a Grand Prix.

Plot[]

The kids are all drawing in the playroom. While doing so, Gonzo finishes his drawing before anyone else, declaring himself the winner and doing a victory dance. However, the gang is not amused as they weren’t racing in the first place.

The others start getting frustrated with Gonzo treating everything like a race, where he took Kermit’s tissue when he was about to sneeze, ruining one of Fozzie’ jokes and even taking Summer’s turn to use the bathroom. But then he draws the line when he colors in Piggy’s drawing, which makes her furious. The others tell him that it’s not fun to race since Gonzo’s the only one racing, so to put a stop to it once and for all, Gonzo challenges the other muppets to a race where if he wins, they will have to declare him the best. But if they win, he has to give up racing and never do his victory dance again, to which they all agree.

The kids all go out to the backyard to have a race (in the desert) with Mr. Statler and Waldorf as referees. The race begins with Gonzo taking a head start, leaving the others (literally) in the dust. Once Gonzo sees them catching up, he decides to pull a few tricks up his sleeve. First, he uses a spout to dump some water into the sand, which creates a big puddle of mud. The others are able to move past it, but Piggy’s Sparkecycle gets stuck in the mud, thus leaving her out of the race.

As the race continues, Gonzo sets up another trap. This time, dropping a bunch of banana peels onto the ground, causing Summer and her Atomic Bobsled to slip on them and spin around nonstop. Soon enough, Fozzie manages to catch up in his Wockamobile, which runs on funny jokes. Knowing this, Gonzo sabotages it by telling a bad joke (which doesn’t make any sense) and the car slows down. Fozzie tries to start it up again, but it doesn’t work as the engine dies out.

Animal then takes the lead in his Monster Truck, but Gonzo creates a tornado in the sand, sending him flying into the air. Finally, towards the end of the finish line comes Funnel Canyon and Kermit and Gonzo are the only ones left. Unfortunately, as they go through the canyon, the cliffs get narrower and narrower until Kermit’s Jolly Frogger ship gets stuck.

Gonzo is almost at the finish line, that is until Statler and Waldorf give him a reality check on what he did to his friends. Gonzo then stops and looks back at what he did and starts to feel guilty. He wanted to win so much and wanted them to join in the fun, but that didn’t make it okay to cheat by setting up a bunch of tricks. Feeling remorseful, Gonzo decides to go back for the others. He starts by freeing Kermit and Animal from the canyon, then gives Fozzie a good joke to start up his car, stops Summer from spinning (though she still feels a bit dizzy from it) and finally blows Piggy out of the mud.

With everyone back in the race, Gonzo apologizes to them and they all decide to finish the race fair and square. At the end, Fozzie wins first place, with Summer in second and Gonzo in third. Fozzie then decides to give Gonzo the trophy, not for winning, but for being a good sport.

Trivia[]

  • Moral: Not everything in life is a race, and racing isn’t always about winning.
  • Gonzo’s racer is actually the Time Machine used in Piggy’s Time Machine.
  • In that regard, the Jolly Frogger ship makes its second appearance after Playground Pirates.

References[]

  1. "Disney TV Animation News post". Twitter (June 11, 2018).


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Episodes
Season One: "Sir Kermit the Brave / Animal Fly Airplane" • "Hatastrophe / Fly South" • "The Great Muppet Sport-A-Thon / You Say Potato, I Say Best Friend" • "Super Fabulous vs. Captain Icecube / Piggy's Time Machine" • "How Kermit Got His Groove / One Small Problem" • "Playground Pirates / The Blanket Fort" • "Summer Penguin, P.I. / You Ought to Be in Pictures" • "Kermit Levels Up / Frogs of a Feather" • "Animal Cleans Up / Best Pals Pizza Parlor Palace" • "The Good, the Bad, and the Froggy / Muppet Rock" • "Upside-Down Day / Tooth and Consequences" • "The Great Gonzo's Desert Grand Prix / Animal Kong" • "Bunsen Knows All / Doctor Fozzie" • "Grandpa Camp / A Backyard Divided" • "Happy Hallowocka! / The Teeth-Chattering Tale of the Haunted Pancakes" • "Kermit's Big Show / The Card Shark" • "A Very Muppet Babies Christmas / Summer's Super Fabulous Holiday Surprise" • "Summer the Great / Planet Gonzo" • "The Best, Best Friend / Counting Kermits" • "Puppy for a Day / No Laughing Matter"
Season Two: "The Froginizer / My Fair Animal" • "Starship Piggy / My Buddy" • "Finders Keepers / Monster Next Door" • "The Great Muppet Cook-Off / Animal and the Egg" • "Tagalong Polliwog / Sparkly Star Switcheroo" • "Mystery on the Muppet Express / Mister Manny" • "The Karate Cub / Don't Over Duet" • "Run Fozzie Run / My Brother Vinny" • "Beaker 2.0 / When You Wish Upon a Rizzo" • "Chicken Round-Up / Summer's Snow Cone Stop" • "Wocka by Fozzie / Gonzo's Clean Sweep" • "Meatball Mayhem / Bunsen Honeydew, Show Stopper" • "Best Friends Fixer Uppers / Gonzo's Coop Dreams" • "Win a Twin / Skeeter and the Super Girls" • "Animal Gets the Sneezies / Library Leapfrog" • "The Spoon in the Stone / Gonzonocchio" • "Summer's Big Kerfloofle / Frog Scouts" • "Animal and the Magic Mummy / The Friends of Zorna Club" • "Secret Agent Double-Oh-Frog / A Tale of Two Twins" • "Rise of the Pickler / Friend-a-versary" • "Sherlock Nose / Block Busters"
Season Three: "Oh Brother / Fozzie's Boo Boo Patrol" • "The Legend of El Tomahto / Interplanetary Kickle Ball" • "Summer's Disaster-Piece / Farewell, Statler and Waldorf" • "The Mystery of the Missing Pearls / Rowlf Gets the Blues" • "The Copy Cub / Animal Loses It" • "Gonzo's Bubble Trouble / Fozzie Can't Bear It" • "Muppet Space Camp / The Best Best Friend Beach Day" • "The Ribbiter / Presto Uh Oh" • "Lone Eagle / The Fellowship of the Rainbow Yo-Yo" • "Kermit and Fozzie's Eggcellent Adventure / Animal and the Little Accident" • "Backyard Safari / The Invisible Frog" • "Best Pals Pizza Delivery / Summer the Science Penguin" • "A Very Sticker Situation / Boo Boo Bamboozle" • "It's Not Easy Being Greeny / Dueling Harmonicas" • "Best in Chicken Show / No Takesies Backsies" • "Sam and the Skyscraper / Animal Too Loud" • "Rozzie and the Big Bad Sound / Muppets of the Caribbean" • "Robin Digs Deep / Fozzie and the Fairy Tea Party" • "Gonzo-rella / Summer's Car Trouble" • "Rootin' Tootin' Sheriff Showdown / The Trouble with Chickies" • "Phantom of the Dollhouse / Tarzanimal" • "Scooter MVP / Rizzo for Mayor" • "Kitchen Catastrophe / Kermit Gets the Grumpies" • "Oh My Gourd / The Curse of the Wereanimal" • "Moon Muffins / Muppet Newsflash" • "Eagle in the Middle / Rizzo's Space Race" • "It's a Wonderful Elf-bot / A Merry Litter Christmas" • "Mitzvah for Miss Nanny / Winter Sport-a-Thon" • "Happy Villain-tine's Day / My Best Toy's Wedding" • "The Muppet Babies Show"
Songs
Muppet Babies ThemeStart Up Your ImaginationWhat's So Scary About the Dark?Never Have to Say Goodbye (To the Summer)Get Back in the GameMe and My PotatoSuper FabulousGood Things Come to Those Who WaitYou Can Be a Dancer!Muppet Pirate ShantyThe Rules of the KingdomI'm on the CaseThe Lily Pad BluesWhat This Frog Likes to DoCar WashDirty ZoneSummer's Square DanceHopalong Froggy and the Buckin' BroncoDo You Wanna Rock?You Can Be a StarUpside-Downsy CongaYou're Not AloneFozzie's Tooth Fairy SongI've Been There, BuddyHow to Grow a Rubber Chicken TreeLaughter is the Best-est MedicineI Don't Know But I've Been ToldSuper Spooky HalloweenTry Something NewImproviseA Very Muppet Babies Christmas SongFamilyThere Are Lots of Ways to Be GreatJust Like MeFrogs and DogsToo Much MePuppy Come HomeTo Get You LaughingMeanzo FabulousMy Fair AnimalStarship PiggyMy Buddy and MeMust Be a MonsterSteppity SteppitySlow Down, AnimalPenguin with a PlanAll Aboard the Muppet ExpressOpen Your Mind Up (To Something New)Kick it Up a NotchHappy Birthday Miss NannyGetting Away from it AllI Gotta Be Me • A Beautiful Friendship • Genie in a Lamp • You'll Get There Soon • Muppet Rocksplosion • We Can Fix It • Two of a Kind • You'll Get Better • Let's Get on the Bus • Follow Me Little Floofle • (So You Wanna) Be a Frog • Even Mummies Gotta Be Careful What They Touch • Look at Me!
See Also
The Muppets
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