As you may remember, one of the earliest reviews in his blog was the movie review for that Penguins of Madagascar TV movie, The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole.
Now, in that review, I found the movie great, but it also had some weird stuff in it. You know what? I'm just going to have fun with this and give the weird scenes their moment to shine. You'll laugh at some these, I promise you. So, without further ado, this is my Top 10 Weirdest Scenes in The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole.
10. Dr. Blowhole breaking 4th wall
Breaking 4th wall is uncommon in Penguins of Madagascar, except in a few episodes. However, this was an obvious 4th-wall comment made by Dr. Blowhole. Just listen to his line at the beginning of the second half of the movie:
Dr. Blowhole: "And now, part two...
(and then looking at the audience)
...of my plan."
I only broke 4th-wall to get your attention, audience. So, carry on.
In fact, on the DVD, the movie showed the movie's title at the beginning of part 2, which made the 4th-wall comment even more obvious (in case, some of y'all haven't known that yet).
The reason why I found this part of the movie weird is because... it's breaking 4th wall! What did you expect?!
9. Dr. Blowhole breaking into the Penguin HQ
It's bad enough when a prowler breaks into your house... but what if that prowler happened to be Dr. Blowhole? Dr. Blowhole would be the last person that anyone would expect to make one hell of an entrance. In fact, I got the feeling that he just wanted to make another big entrance on set, besides the one that he did at the beginning of the movie with his beach-ball-looking submarine lair.
What made this scene even more creepier was when Dr. Blowhole says the line: "Guess who, peng-you-ins..." (Not the game Guess Who? but the... well, you know what I mean.)
8. Dr. Blowhole, the Penguins, and the lemurs watching King Julien's iPod turn into a monster
Question: What would you do if you came across an inanimate object turning slowly into a live creature?
A. Get the hell out of there
B. Try and fight it
C. Find a way to turn it back to normal
D. None of the above.
Now I can tell you right now that for this scene, Dr. Blowhole, the Penguins, and the two lemurs stupidly chose Answer D. Like I was saying in the movie review: Feel free to leave, guys.
I mean, they just stand there looking at the mutating iPod, as if they're watching grass grow. Just remember, guys. If something is going erratic and/or is about to do the most wicked things to society, then your best bet is to either leave this to the professional and get the heck out of there, or do something about it! This emphasizes my point in most of the characters not doing a great job in problem-solving. Weird!
7. Dr. Blowhole driving his attack pod
Kind of a lame joke in this movie is that Dr. Blowhole can't really fit into his attack pod. This results in obnoxious close-ups to his face, and a subtle moment where he straightens his neck as soon as he gets to the Penguin HQ.
Plus, Dr. Blowhole's driving is insane. Cutting off a bus and taxi? Playing Russian Roulette with a subway?
Not only his this guy evil, but also... insane! Nothing but the weirdest for this dolphin super villain.
6. "Thump, Thump" song
This song had to be on of the weirdest songs in this movie. That's King Julien dressed as a wannabe super star and singing to the mutated iPod that's in the control of Dr. Blowhole.
The plan of that song was to lure the iPod towards King Julien so that the Penguins come jump on board and stop Blowhole. Unfortunately, the plan failed, resulting in an embarrassing fall from the sky and into a billboard... that so happened to come fresh from the fireworks factory.
How was this scene weird?
1.) King Julien is singing. As I said before, this was the singing choice that I didn't like. The Penguins chose him out of all the zoo animals, because apparently, he was the best singer that they had, and for that, he's the only one that can out-sing Blowhole. NOT TRUE! Kowalski did a much better job than him. Just refer to the duet that he did with Blowhole!
2.) While Julien is singing, Blowhole is trying to control the iPod, but struggles. It's like trying to handle a hyper dog on a leash! That had to be an awkward moment for Blowhole.
5. Dr. Blowhole's motivational speech to his minions
Blowhole makes this lame, long-winded speech to "inspire" his minions that his evil organization can do anything under his power.
Just remember: he makes this speech after threatening one of his minions of boiling them in hot water and turning them into a gourmet meal (that would prove worthy of Red Lobster restaurants).
I don't know. I just found this scene weird.
4. Dr. Blowhole using his Mind-Jacker on Skipper
This scene became the focal point of the movie: Skipper robbed of his memories to his arch nemesis.
This scene was technological BS with a side of pending doom to the victim.
Is it weird to say that during this scene, all I'm thinking about is why the Mind-Jacker looked like it was sucking up Skipper's soul instead of his "memories"?
Plus, Dr. Blowhole mentions that Skipper will forget everything, especially simpler things, such as swimming, because... Skipper (now drowsy, I guess) passes out and falls directly into the ocean. This sort of takes Blowhole's evil demeanor a whole new level, because in most Penguins of Madagascar episodes, it's rare that the antagonizing figure would want to kill the protagonist(s) and side character(s)... but in here, Blowhole just wants Skipper dead! How weird is that!
And also... this inspired an online game on Nick.com called The Revenge of Dr. Blowhole, where the player has to match at least three symbols of Skipper's "memories in order to fill up Dr. Blowhole's Mind-Jacker.
Pretty sadist, for a game. I mean, geez!
3. Dr. Blowhole threatening one of his minions
I found this scene not only weird, but also threatening.
First of all, why would you want to threaten the life of your employee? If they give you lip, just write them up or fire them. Plain and simple.
Second of all, Dr. Blowhole has attempted murder twice on Skipper. So why does he have to keep trying to kill people, including his own minions? It's like he has an addiction of killing people and being violent. Kind of typical of a super villain, right?
Third of all, listen to how Blowhole says this line to the minion has give him attitude: "You know, that big pot of water in the back that I keep at a steady slow boil... next to the movie butter?"
Minion: (Whimpering) "Okay. Sound is frozen." When I first heard that line, I remember getting goosebumps. Not only was this scene weird, but it was also creepy.
2. The Many Times Dr. Blowhole Sticks His Face In Front of the Camera
I remember criticizing Dr. Blowhole for being too photogenic when it came to his appearances. When he gets right into the camera lens, he just takes advantage of it by showing off to the audience on how evil he is and can be.
I understand that he's a bad-ass villain and all, but why waste time getting up close to the camera, when you've already proven that you're evil and stuff? It's like the movie can't go on if he doesn't stick his face into the camera for two seconds. And guess what? He did this in his first appearance, Dr. Blowhole's Revenge, and up until now still hasn't learned his lesson.
Well, that's also typical of him. A super-villain almost always never learns their lesson.
1. Almost Every Scene in "Brand New Plan"
I'll have to admit... this was one of my favorite songs in the movie. Neil Patrick Harris was top-notch during his performance. His voice was so out there, that it felt like he was singing directly at you.
However, for the weirdness, I will say that the song is weird, because one, we're in Dr. Blowhole's mind. We're given an insight on Blowhole's psyche. It's like: what are we looking at?
It's like the world of Tron if it was suddenly pimped out into a nerds-and-technology psych-ward asylum room-looking place... Or it's like the Nintendo GameCube main menu if it was controlled by Awful Alvin from the LarryBoy Cartoon Adventures!
And plus, wait until Dr. Blowhole sings the last lyric in his song. We get to the end of the song, and then... literally zoom out of his eye (emphasizing that the song was all in his head the whole time).
As I pointed out in the movie review: What the heck is he doing?! Did he get possessed on his way to the zoo?!
Despite the song being serious and all that, I still think that this was the weirdest scene in The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole.
Well, that was my countdown. I hoped you enjoyed it; and please stay tuned for editorials and for the LarryBoy and the Bad Apple movie review.
Amateur Critic
Sources:
The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole
Dr. Blowhole's Revenge
All specials are from Penguins of Madagascar. All rights go to DreamWorks Animation.
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