| Scary Poppins | |
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| Series | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy |
| Season | 5 |
| Production code | 618 |
| Writer | Shaun Cashman |
| Broadcast information | |
| Cartoon Network US Premiere | June 5, 2006 |
| Paired with | Dad Day Afternoon |
| Chronological information | |
| Previous Dad Day Afternoon |
Next Hurter Monkey |
Scary Poppins is the 18th episode from season 5 of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
Credits[]
- Story by: Shaun Cashman
- Storyboard by: Alex Almaguer
- Directed by: Sue Perrotto
Summary[]
When Billy's mother realizes that Mandy has become an eternal houseguest, Mandy returns home. But her own parents can't deal with her and they hire a nanny bent in shaping her into a proper young girl.
Plot[]
At Billy's house, Gladys calls for Harold, Billy and Mandy to report to dinner, but refuses. Gladys' insane temper triggers and she wrecks her husband with a chainsaw, forcing the trio to report to dinner. She, however, excuses Mandy due to realizing that she is an eternal houseguest and constantly remarks as she is not part of the family. She returns home, with her parents terrified and are so scared of her. When she demands dinner, they have had enough of Mandy pushing them around and decide to call a nanny to help them. The nanny does everything she can to get Mandy's parents to stand up for themselves, but Mandy is too ruthless and mean. Grim decides to intervene by making Mandy's parents assertive, but sadly, even then, Mandy wins explaining the town is under her control and that she is only letting the Nanny live here before ordering her minions to kill the Nanny.
Voices[]
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Billy, Harold
- Grey DeLisle as Mandy
- Greg Eagles as Grim
- Jane Carr as Pud'n
- Jennifer Hale as Gladys
- Vanessa Marshall as Claire, Irwin
- Dee Bradley Baker as Phillip, Doctor
- Mitzi McCall as Nanny, Worker on the Phone
Characters[]
- Mandy
- Grim
- Billy
- Nanny
- Claire
- Phillip
- Harold
- Gladys
- Irwin (cameo)
- Pud'n (cameo)
- Jeff the Spider (cameo)
Trivia[]
- The plot is a reference to the ABC TV show Supernanny, as lampshaded by Grim at one point.
- The title is a reference to the 1926 book character and 1964 Disney movie, Mary Poppins.
- The movie Total Recall is referenced when Harold is shocked upon "learning" that Mandy isn't his daughter, prompting him to get paranoid and question the reality that surrounds him, asking: "Is this all part of some interplanetary conspiracy to make me think I'm a lowly construction worker?!"
- Mandy's parents plan a second honeymoon to the "Gilligan Islands", which is a nod to the 1964 sitcom Gilligans Island.
- Mandy magically being in charge of everything and everyone is a reference to The Twilight Zone episode "It's A Good Life", where a young boy controls his family with unnatural powers.
- Mandy regains control of her parents from Grim's magic by telling them what they want to do and making a hand motion which is a reference to the Jedi mind trick in the Star Wars movies.
- In Sickly Sweet, Mandy couldn't pronounce the word "please" without it being clear. But in Scary Poppins, Mandy says "Okay, go suck a lemon, please" without any problems.
- (Response: She had to say it nicely. But in this episode, she said it to be rude.)
- Credits Scene: Mandy and the nanny are later shown arguing.