"Throw Mummy from the Train" is the twenty-eighth episode of Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers. It premiered on October 18, 1989, and is the fifteenth episode of the second season.
Plot[]
At the tomb of King Nutun-Khamun, an archaeologist known as Dr. Crockery finds the ring to unlock the diamonds of the Sphinx of Inka-dinka-do. His greedy assistant Wexler steals the ring and eludes the mummy assigned to guard it, Hiram. After the Rescue Rangers help Sandy the Camel with a beetle problem, the gang is getting tired of Dale finding souvenirs, then get stuck in the water jar. Wexler tries to hide the ring when Dr. Crockery starts looking for him. Dale gets ahold of it for a while, but after Gadget's miscalculations cause her experiment to fail, Hiram finds the ring (but not without causing a panic with the locals) and is accused of kidnapping Dale, but Hiram explains about the ring and puts the Rangers on the case.
Gadget tries to get the ring off Dale by throwing him on a spear into the gong, but the experiment doesn't work and Wexler, who almost gets impaled by it, captures Dale. Wexler knocks the heroes into Hiram's sarcophagus and Wexler plans to cut Dale in half. He is stopped by Crockery for using a "priceless ceremonial knife", and Dale falls into the bucket of soap. After Crockery scolds Wexler, Dale gets stuck in a bubble and is caught by Wexler, but escapes without the ring (revealing that Gadget forgot about soapy water). Wexler then takes the ring into the night train. Hiram explains that Crockery mistook the ring for a key to the pharaoh's diamonds, but it is actually a key to a demon that followed Nutun-Khamun's commands in ancient Egypt, and without the pharaoh it will destroy all in its path.
Sandy carries the Rescue Rangers to the train where Wexler is hiding. The Rangers disguise Hiram as a maiden to keep the passengers from suspecting a mummy on board. They find Wexler sleeping with an overzealous Egyptian, preventing them from taking the ring from Wexler. Wexler wakes up, sees the mummy and tries to escape, but Zipper pulls the emergency cord to stop Wexler. The ring ends up on Dale's neck, and Wexler gets knocked off the train.
Wexler finally reaches the Sphinx, only for Dale to go souvenir hunting again. Wexler succeeds, but awakens the Sphinx, who then asks who has summoned him. Wexler realizes why the mummy was after the ring. The Sphinx would've destroyed Wexler for not only his greed, but also his arrogance and stupidity if it weren't for Monterey Jack posing as the Pharaoh. Wexler, not learning his lesson, goes after the diamonds where the Sphinx was, only to be once again a target. The Rescue Rangers and Hiram use a bus to keep the Sphinx busy while Gadget tries another experiment, which works this time. To stop the Sphinx, Hiram helps Chip and Dale land on the Sphinx's head. Dale causes him to sneeze while Chip pulls the ring, returning the Sphinx back to its position. Wexler then tries to steal the ring again, only to run into Dr. Crockery and the Egyptian constables. Crockery realizes Wexler stole the ring (and that he made a translation error) and the diamonds, and demands the law to arrest him. Wexler is horrified that he'll have to do the one thing he hates most: cleaning and cataloguing in his prison cell. Hiram thanks the Rangers for their help and their friendship. Dale tries to get a new souvenir but ends up with a broken model of the Sphinx.
Cast[]
- Corey Burton as Dale, Zipper, Wexler
- Peter Cullen as Monterey Jack, Sphinx
- Jim Cummings as Hiram the Mummy, Dr. Crockery, Man on Train
- Tress MacNeille as Chip, Gadget Hackwrench, Tour Guide
Trivia[]
- Chip and Dale enter Wexler's shirt to tickle him in order to prevent him from inserting the Pharaoh's ring into the Sphinx's forehead. This is a reference to the 1954 cartoon short, The Lone Chipmunks, where the same gag occurs.
- The title is a pun on the name of the 1987 comedy film "Throw Momma from the Train".
- The roars used for the Sphinx were used in some non-Disney movies, cartoons, and videogames such as El Chupacabra in Scooby Doo: The Monster of Mexico (and several other Hanna-Barbera cartoons), Kingsley's Adventures with the Trolls and Ogres, and Dogadon in Donkey Kong 64.
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