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Episode
Credits
Your Real Best Friend!
Season 1, Episode 1 (1st overall)
Your Real Best Friend
Air date October 11, 1996
Length 23:42 Minutes
Written by Robert Mittenthal, Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi, Rick Groel
Directed by Mark Marek
Episode guide (Original airing)
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Next It's Flavorific!
Episode guide (Nicktoons rerun)
Previous What the Astronauts Drink!
Next You've Tried The Rest! Now Try The Best!
Episode guide (Paramount+)
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Next It's Flavorific!


"Your Real Best Friend!" (S1E1 on Paramount+) is the first episode from the first season of KaBlam!.

Synopsis[]

Henry and June explain the build-up, interactions and possibilities of the comic book world compared with ours, all while showing off some of their zany abilities, including being able to swallow watermelons whole!

In Sniz and Fondue, Squeaky Fondue buys a deadly scorpion to guard his room from best friend Sniz Bronkowski, who loves jumping on the bed.

During Action League Now!, a group of superheroes known as the Action League go after their arch nemesis, the Mayor, when they see him littering through town in his large automobile.

In Life with Loopy, Lupicia "Loopy" Cooper makes a new friend...literally!

During Prometheus and Bob, an alien named Prometheus teaches Bob, a caveman, how to create art and how to play the game of ten-pin bowling.

Segments[]

Henry and June Act 1
Sniz and Fondue
Henry and June Act 2
Action League Now!
Henry and June Act 3
Life with Loopy
Henry and June Act 4
Prometheus and Bob
Henry and June Act 5


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Henry and June Act 1
Episode 1 Henry and June Act 1 Scene 2 For the first time, Henry and June introduce themselves and explain the premise of the show KaBlam!. Henry says it may seem like just another comic book, but there's a "crucial kablam-difference." June tells the viewers they won't have to deal with painful paper cuts, or agonizing staple wounds, and best of all they'll have the pages turned by the two co-hosts. Henry lies in a hammock with a drink, as he encourages everyone to sit back and enjoy the "kablammiest" cartoons in the known universe. June now tells the audience to prepare their eyes, ears and bladder for KaBlam!, karate-kicking the screen which shatters! Henry and June then introduce the first cartoon featuring two guys who will "steal your heart and sell it for scrap," Sniz and Fondue. However, as Henry tries to turn the page, he gets a paper cut!

Sniz and Fondue
Sniz & Fondue A toxic Tail

A Toxic Tail

Sniz is jumping on the bed in Fondue's room. Fondue, for the "billionth" time, asks Sniz to leave, but Sniz says according to his log book it is actually "one billion and three" times. Fondue gets furious as then decides to go trash Sniz's room, but walks in to already find it a mess. Fondue then makes a plan to keep Sniz out of his room by going to exotic pet shop Darwin's Den and ends up with a Madagascar Scorpion. Fondue returns home, and finds Sniz snuggled underneath the sheets in his bed with a drink and cookies. He gets curious about the scorpion Fondue bought, but it gets loose after the container shatters on the floor. Sniz and Fondue suggest to their housemates, Snuppa and Bianca, that they all tape their feet up. The four split up into two groups in an attempt to capture the scorpion. Sniz and Snuppa discover "soap scum" in the bathroom while Fondue and Bianca are in the living room, luring out what they think is the scorpion underneath the couch. Fondue is eager to smash on sight, but Bianca urges him to stop, as it's his missing Luke Skyrunner action figure! Snuppa and Sniz come into the living room, as they've found out the scorpion is on Fondue's back. Sniz scoops it up with a tennis racket and it lands outside in a girl's sandbox where she smacks the scorpion with her shovel. Back in the house, Sniz resumes jumping on Fondue's bed. Fondue allows this, but he makes money through it, charging Sniz each time he wants to jump on the bed!


Henry and June Act 2
Episode 1 Henry and June Act 2 Scene 1 Henry is glad Sniz and Fondue is over because scorpions give him the "willies." June then asks Henry how he feels about the "deadly" black widow spider, the one that's right behind him, with the fangs. Henry believes this is the "always enjoyable" part of KaBlam! where June desperately tries to top the previous cartoon, before the spider shoots a web at him! June says this is the part of KaBlam! that she forgets something, as Henry begs her to save him from a painful death! June now remembers, introducing the "plastic," "spastic" and "fantastic" superheroes of Action League Now!. Henry is still screaming for help, and June will now free him as long as he starts being nice to her!

Action League Now!
Action League Now! Road to Ruin

Road to Ruin

The Action League, a group of superheroes, are in Danger Driveway washing the new car of their leader, the Chief. Thundergirl complains that she doesn't remember the job being in the Action League oath. Stinky Diver thinks if he wanted to be a swabbie, he would have stayed in the Navy. The Chief says they missed a spot, but Meltman and the Flesh have them covered by using the hose, although they accidentally hit the Chief who is sent into the road. He wants the League to quit fooling around and demands his car shine, but then gets run over by another car that is littering. The League, now with the Chief's clean-looking ride, is in pursuit, as the one littering along the road is none other than His Dishonor, the Mayor who snides that "all the world's a dump." When the League (who has been singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat") catches up to him, he tosses garbage at them. One of the pieces of paper he threw covers up the car, causing them to lose the Mayor and crash into a fruit stand and some boxes. A few minutes later, the Flesh asks if they're close to catching the Mayor. Meltman hopes so, too, because he needs to go to the bathroom. When the paper (that was blinding them before) flies off, they suddenly see that they are about to fall down over a cliff. As they do, Thundergirl departs to chase after the Mayor herself. She catches up alongside him, before an oncoming vehicle hits her. It didn't hurt at all, until the Chief's car lands on top of her, as the Flesh thinks there's no time for a nap! The League uses their tracking skills to find the Mayor, before they engage in a Western-style showdown in their respective vehicles. The Mayor's demolishes the League's with no effort and he gloats in victory, before determining it's a draw as he veers off the road and down a cliff, with his vehicle exploding in the process. The League look on at the wreckage and ponder what sinister thing draws a person to litter. Meltman isn't sure what it is specifically, but he's sure it's flammable. Still in his burning car, the Mayor asks if it's hot in there or if it's just him, and the League laughs in response!


Henry and June Act 3
Episode 1 Henry and June Act 3 Scene 1 After the conclusion of Action League Now!, June doesn't understand how it was put together. Henry explains that in traditional animation, teams of artists slave for hours to create the thousands of images on "cels" that go into every minute of a cartoon. June nods, since she was not aware of that. Henry continues, as the people at Action League Now! developed a process called "chuckimation" where all one needs is a good, strong arm and a passing car! June thinks it's great cartoon action, before Henry corrects her by saying it's "great chuckimation action," as they snicker. June says KaBlam! is leading the way in state of the art animation, and Henry adds just like the next "cutting-edge" cartoon, Life with Loopy. He turns the page, but this time, wears a mitten to protect his hand from another possible paper cut.

Life with Loopy
Life with Loopy Hi-Fi Frankenstein

Hi-Fi Frankenstein

Larry, a 12-year-old boy, says to get the ultimate enjoyment out of rock band Bugsteak, one has to turn up the volume but some just don't get it. His 7-year-old sister, Loopy, urges him to play with her but he's too busy dancing to a song from Bugsteak and then calls Loopy a "goober," which upsets her. Larry is just going through a "phase" according to Mom, so she encourages Loopy to make a new friend. Loopy takes this the literal way, however, by creating a robot-like companion named Frank, mostly made out of parts from Dad's old stereo system. Frank and Loopy are getting along great to start, but Larry has concerns after he overhears Frank talk about taking over the world and enslaving all humans. Mom is missing several of her kitchen appliances all of a sudden, which are in the basement with Frank to scheme. Loopy is bummed since all she wanted was a friend, but already has one in Larry, so together they work to stop Frank. Larry holds up 30-day money back guarantees to threaten the kitchen appliances back to manufacturing, but Frank says those guarantees are already expired. Loopy attacks Frank from behind, putting in Larry's Bugsteak tape which shuts down Frank's systems. Larry thought Loopy might have been bummed losing Frank, but she never seemed to notice as the kitchen appliances join the kids by dancing to Bugsteak.


Henry and June Act 4
Henry&June Watermelon Henry and June stuff their heads with watermelons, which they then swallow into their stomachs. The two then shoot out the melon seeds in all directions, revealing the name of the episode's final cartoon, Prometheus and Bob.

Prometheus and Bob
Prometheus & Bob Art

Tape #17: Art

Prometheus tries to teach Bob how to make art. Prometheus paints a dog and then hands the brush to Bob, who bangs on the painting. Bob then uses the brush to make some artwork, but Monkey shows up to drink the pink paint and regurgitates it onto the canvas. Bob is making more artwork on the canvas, while Monkey is painting on Prometheus's spaceship. Prometheus is then knocked unconscious until Bob and Monkey wake him up with green paint. Prometheus spills pink paint onto Bob, who then plasters his face onto the canvas, creating an art piece until Monkey turns the camera to his masterpiece. Bob then tosses a rock at the camera in rage.

Prometheus & Bob Bowling

Tape #25: Bowling

Prometheus tries to teach Bob how to play the game of bowling. Prometheus rolls a strike, and then instructs Monkey to set the pins back up for Bob to take his turn. Bob with the ball goes right up to the pins to knock them down himself. Bob is ready to play again, but Monkey is standing right in front of the pins as Prometheus shoos him away. Bob hurls the ball up and it knocks down the camera. On another attempt, Bob rolls the ball but Monkey blocks the ball next to the pins and the ball flings back. For the final attempt, Bob licks the ball but his tongue gets stuck to it before Prometheus and Monkey free it, but not without consequence as it hits a pile of boulders above which come crashing down.


Henry and June Act 5
Episode 1 Henry and June Act 5 Scene 1 Henry says that's all the time for today, but June thinks before they leave, it's time for the Pledge of KaBlamlegiance, encouraging everyone to put their head over their heart and repeat after them: "I pledge allegiance to KaBlam!, and the excited snakes of America, and to the cartoonists who make us stand, one comic book, irreplaceable, liver-free, with jetpacks for all!" Henry and June fly with their jetpacks into the comic book, which closes.


Characters[]

Henry and June[]

Sniz and Fondue[]

Action League Now![]

Life with Loopy[]

Prometheus and Bob[]

Trivia[]

  • This is the pilot episode of KaBlam! as well as the pilot episode of Sniz and Fondue with Sniz and Fondue as its main characters (the animation is similar to how its predecessor "Psyched for Snuppa" looked).
  • This is one of three episodes to feature two Prometheus and Bob segments. The other episodes to do this are "It's Flavorific!" and "Better Than A Poke In The Eye!".
  • This is one of the last episodes of KaBlam! that has been initially rerun in the United States, airing in 2008 as part of Nicktoons Network's "100 Greatest Nicktoon Episodes," and on NickRewind (formerly known as The Splat and NickSplat) in October 2016, before it officially reappeared on VRV in late 2018 and on Paramount+ in March 2021.
  • This episode was ranked #30 during The 100 Greatest Nicktoon Episodes, a countdown of Nicktoon episodes voted on by viewers on Nick.com in late 2007.
  • The Pledge of KaBlamlegiance is a parody of the United States of America's Pledge of Allegiance.
  • This episode caused a controversy in the United Kingdom for its use of the word "spastic," which is an ableist slur in British English. However, it wasn't intentional, because of the differences between American English and British English.
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