| Fiend is Like Friend Without the "R" | |
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| Series | Grim & Evil |
| Season | 1 |
| Production code | 106 |
| Writer | Craig Lewis |
| Broadcast information | |
| Broadcast number | 6B |
| Cartoon Network US Premiere | December 14, 2001 |
| Paired with | The Smell of Vengeance: Part 1 and The Smell of Vengeance: Part 2 |
| Chronological information | |
| Previous The Smell of Vengeance: Part 1 |
Next The Smell of Vengeance: Part 2 |
Fiend is Like Friend Without the "R" is the second segment of the sixth episode of Grim & Evil, and the first segment of the third episode of the first season of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
Plot[]
After watching his favorite show, Billy runs out to play. He happens upon a junkyard when an earthquake opens the ground. While Billy pays the incident no mind and decides to run back to his friends, an unseen entity grabs him and pulls him into the crater.
When Mandy and Grim investigate the junkyard, they are taken in the same manner. They land at the Center of the Earth where they are welcomed by Nergal, a devilish creature.
The lonely Nergal explains how he's been observing the trio through his surface monitors. He is jealous of their friendship and fun times and demands that Grim let Billy and Mandy be his friends from now on. Grim agrees to letting Nergal take the kids off his hands forever and returns to the surface.
While Billy takes to their new situation quickly, Mandy suggests they run away. She is viciously grabbed by Nergal, who says there is no escape, suggesting that he is trapped here as well. Soon, even Billy has his fill of their captor's psychotic behavior.
Grim has been enjoying his freedom, but has a change of heart and returns to the kids' rescue. However, Nergal is not willing to give up his new friends that easily. He seizes Grim with his electric tentacles and tears him apart. It is Mandy who saves the day when, while Nergal is distracted, she kicks him hard in the shin.
Credits[]
- Written by: Craig Lewis
- Storyboard by: Paul McEvoy
- Directed by: Brian Hogan
Trivia[]
- This is the last episode to use the original title cards.
- This is the last episode to be produced on cel.
- This episode marks the first appearances of Nergal, the Dinobonoids, and the Center of the Earth.
- There's an online game based on this episode named Heads Will Roll.
- This episode was nominated for the 2002 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Television - Animation.
Gallery[]
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| The image gallery for Fiend is Like Friend Without the "R" may be viewed here. |
| Previous: The Smell of Vengeance: Part 1 |
Grim & Evil Episodes | Next: The Smell of Vengeance: Part 2 |