Owl House Season 1 Episode 14 – Really Small Problems
And now it's time for some Really Small Problems! After this episode the real show can begin. The next episodes of Season 1 are the most important ones and I can't wait to show you guys what I've done!
It's a bright Monday morning in the Boiling Isles, Luke spent the weekend hanging out with King, receiving lessons from Eda, doing errands for her, hanging out with Amity and helping her out in the library, spending time with Willow and Gus and doing the homework given to him by his teachers, now that he's officially enrolled into Hexside as a multi-track student. It's a lot of work but worth it.
In the kitchen Eda is stirring something on the stove while King is watching Luke talk to Willow and Gus on a crystal ball. He's wearing his school uniform.
Luke: So, these jerks at the market called us humans powerless flesh bags. I was about to kick their asses but there were Emperor Coven Scouts. So, I totally freaked the dudes out with one the oldest tricks on Earth. Watch.
He appeared to be removing his thumb, one the oldest "magic" trick human could pull out. Gus is horrified and Willow finds the trick amusing.
Gus: You sliced it off! You sliced off your own thumb!
Willow: She chuckles a little. You make doing homework actually fun.
Luke: And they say humans can't do magic.
King: Luke... King climbs up the table. You've been talking to them all morning. Don't forget about the Luke and King comedy hour!
Eda: Please, no. Not the comedy hour...
Luke: Ooh! Right! Let me just…
Luke quickly gets out a scroll and opens it, revealing his own Penstagram account: Luke-Out13
Luke: Thanks again for the Penstagram, teach. I already made my own account. I've named my profile…Luke-Out13. Luke laughs. Luke-out, get it? No response, King stares and Eda just stirs. Luke-out? Because my name's Luke and I'm replacing "look" with my name. Get it? Still no response. No? Not getting it?
Eda: Yeah, I got it kid. It wasn't funny.
Luke: Ouch.
King: I don't care about name puns, I want bread puns.
Luke: Luke taps his scroll. And…record.
King: This week I've been working with props! He turns around to show a cardboard tube on his nose. Oh dear, I've gotten a tube stuck on my nose! Will I ever eat again? He slams through a piece of bread. Looks like I'm toast!
Luke and King laugh much to Eda's dismay as she continues stirring.
Eda: It just goes on like this for an hour!
Luke: Heyo, dough boy, quit loafing around!
King: Why don't you bake me?
Luke and King laugh again until the crystal ball buzzes with an alarm and flashes red. The time, 8:00, flashes below Willow and Gus, meaning it's time for school.
Luke: School time! Luke turns off his Pensta and pockets it. See you guys in class!
Willow: Bye!
Gus: But what about the thumb?!
Luke ends the call with a slap and King sighs disappointedly as they barely even got started with their comedy hour.
Luke: Don't worry little buddy. We'll finish our comedy hour when I get home.
He ruffles King's skull, causing him to chuckle a little.
Luke: Luke runs to the door. Be good King. Try not to miss me too much. Byyyeee!
Luke runs out and King scrambles to the door to see him leave through the keyhole.
King: You...you really think he's coming back this time?
Eda: Yes, he'll be back; he always comes back. It's cute you miss him, though.
King: The King of Demons— He tosses the bread and tube off. The King of Demons misses nobody! I wouldn't care if he came through this door right now! Wha!
Suddenly the door opens, shoving King and revealing Luke much to Eda's surprise.
Eda: Hey, you're—
King: You're back! He climbs up onto Luke's head. I didn't miss you at all.
Luke: Apparently there's an infestation of pixies at Hexside, so school's been cancelled.
King: That sounds like a crumby situation.
Luke and King laugh, causing Eda to frown, just when she thought the comedy hour would be on hold. Hooty comes.
Hooty: Hey! Guess what's been in my mouth that I'm about to throw up!
Hooty began dry heaving to the floor. This made Eda give him a bland look while Luke and King gained disturbed faces at the sight, silently wishing they could look away. After a few seconds of heaving, Hooty vomited up several envelopes and a medium sized packages covered in his saliva.
Hooty: The mail!
Eda: Eda goes through the letters. Junk, junk, death hex.
She tosses the death hex letter into a trashcan, which condenses into a dark purple ball before disappearing entirely. Eda finds something interesting.
Eda: Oh, a carnival's in town today!
Eda presents the flyer and it reads:
Bonesborough
CARNIVAL
1
DAY ONLY!
Luke: Ooh! A carnival! They do those here in the Demon realm. Luke takes off King. You know, I've been so busy with school lately, what do you say we take this comedy hour on tour? It'll be a Luke and King Day!
King: That's my kinda day!
Luke: Luke runs up to and puts an arm around Eda. Let's all three of us go!
Hooty: An adventure with friends! I'll go pack my stuff!
Eda: Hooty leaves. Carnivals bring crowds and crowds bring suckers. This could be the perfect chance to try out my new get-witch-quick scheme. She takes out her stirring spoon which was really Owlbert. She shakes the goo off him. I'm in!
She casts a spell circle that changes Luke into his usual outfit.
Eda: To the carnival!
Luke & King: To the carnival!
The trio run out the door, leaving Hooty to be alone with a fly right after he got ready.
Owl House Intro
As the portal gate opens and the camera zooms in on it. Luke opens his eyes to see his falling down, causing him to freak out before something zoomed past and caught him. Luke saw he was saved by Eda along with King, who smirked at the human boy as they flew to her house on her Palisman staff with Luke raising his fist in excitement.
The door where Hooty was opened as Luke steps outside now wearing goggles, twirling his Rebellion sword and struck a pose, aiming his Glyph Gun at the screen. Eda came out with her staff, sharing a grin with Luke. King popped up in front of them in a pose.
A Boiling Isle mural appears, three windows flipping to briefly reveal Gus, Willow, and Amity striking their own poses before burning away to show King commanding an army of stuffed toys, which all fall on him.
Luke rode on Eda's staff like a surfboard, zooming past Bonesborough, flying past Tinella Nosa, sharing a high-five with Gus, Willow being beside him with a plan releasing vines and evading guards that chase him down. Eda and King join in on the fun and they have blast taking to the skies…until they hang on for dear life as a massive monstrous worm-like monster, mouth wide open, lunges at them as they scream in horror.
Then the scene changes back to the Owl House, where it's night-time, and stars twinkle in the sky as the trio are on the roof and looking up into the sky, Eda holding her staff beside her, Luke holding Rebellion downward and King riding his shoulder. Luke opens a hand, sending a ball of light floating into the sky where it bursts to release a blinding flash.
The title card appears:
Owl House
The trio have arrived at the Bonesborough Carnival. To Luke it's like a regular carnival mixed with a haunted house and in a delightful way. There were large stands of food of games that looked like monsters, candle lanterns hanging all around, and monster rides that may or may not be alive like a giant starfish like Ferris Wheel with an eye in the middle.
Eda: Well, here we are, kids. Look at all that fresh meat.
Luz, and King looked over the people at the fair, one of which was a cyclops eating a "fresh"/rotting chicken on a stick.
Luke: And smell all the fresh meat…among other things!
Luke takes a whiff of the air only to inhale a fly. He whizzes and coughs it out. Owlbert proceeds to twist off his staff, but Eda stops him.
Eda: No games for you, Owlbert, we've got scams to run.
Owlbert sighs in defeat and a familiar voice calls out to the troublesome trio.
Tibbles: Friends! Welcome!
Everyone jumps into defensive poses when the source of the voice lands in front of them. It was Tibbles, now wearing a ringmaster's outfit.
Tibbles: I see you got my postcard.
Luke: Uh…Eda, am I remembering it wrong or isn't this the little pig guy who almost scammed you at the night market until Willow, Gus and I accidentally crushed his stand with Hooty on our Moonlight Conjuring party.
Eda: You remember correctly kiddo. Tibbles? You sent this?
Eda looks on the back of the flier. It reads: "To my Owl House Pals, From Tibbles", and has a picture of Tibbles dancing when Eda tilts it. She lowers it and the real Tibbles is doing the same dance.
Tibbles: Mm-hmm.
Luke: Dude. What's your game? Why would you invite us? Didn't we destroy your stand?
King: Ooh! We also ruined his life! That was the best part!
Tibbles: No, no, no. I should thank you. After my stand was destroyed, I re-evaluated my life and found my true calling! I'm now ringmaster of... He snaps his whip. Tibbles Tent of Tiny Terrors!
With the crack of a whip, Tibbles gestured to a hamster terrarium on a blue and yellow stand. Looking closer, they saw it had small creatures inside of it with a circus ring set up and tight rope walk! The animals inside were two unicorns, a manticore, and a griffin.
Luke: Whoa! I've never seen a circuit like this before. So tiny. One of the griffins hiss at him. Aww. They're so cute when they try to act tough.
Eda: I don't buy it. Eda dismisses her staff. What kind of con are you running?
Tibbles: No cons here, Owl Lady, only pros. In fact, why don't we toast our newfound friendship with this totally innocent bottle of water.
Tibbles pulls out a bottle of purple potion which Eda takes.
Eda: Oh yeah, sure! Why don't I just—LUKE! FIRE!
Eda tosses up the potion and Luke summons one of his Glyph Guns, firing one shot that destroys the bottle and its remains sprinkle on the ground.
Eda: I know poison when I see it; you can't scam a scammer!
Luke: Same here pal, I used to get tricked a lot. I know a con when I see one.
Luke and Eda share a quick high-five.
Eda: Now speaking of scams...
Eda walked to a stand selling snacks and other things run by a snake man.
Eda: Beat it loser!
She knocks the vendor's stuff to the ground and he runs off, taking it over.
Eda: Step right up to...
Drawing a large spell circle, Eda transformed the stand to be filled with pictures, clothes, and diagrams of Luke with Christmas lights all around and a model of Luke's head peaking over the top!
Eda: Eda's Human Horror House! Humans shed their skin and I've got proof.
Luke and King become disturbed to see Eda pull out and stretch one of Luke's socks.
Luke: Wait, is that one of my socks? Has Eda been looking through my things?
King: You should really put a lock on your closet.
Luke: You know what, I seriously don't care right now. Luke wraps an arm around King. Because today is all about having a great time with my partner in crime.
King: That's me! I love crime!
Luke and King laugh and walk off to have fun, not knowing Tibbles was deviously watching them with revenge in mind.
Tibbles: Have a good time, friends…while it lasts.
After getting a good distance from Eda's stand and putting King down, Luke walked with the small demon as they passed by several games and rides that caught his attention, including a dunk being ran by an abomination student that gave a skeleton living skin when it fell in.
Luke: This place is crazy. He smiles. I love it! So, what do you wanna do first? We could brave the molar coaster or eat that weird blob thing on a stick.
King: Ooh, what's that?
King runs up to a booth with various prizes and the vendor is taking a nap. King eyes the 2 bracelets with half a heart attached to them both.
King: Ah! Some kind of deadly string weapon.
Luke: Actually, no. Those are friendship bracelet.
King: Is that a type of deadly weapon?
Luke: Nerp! He grabs and presents them, putting the two pieces together. It's basically a declaration to the whole world that you're best friends for life.
King: Ooh! That's way safer than becoming blood brothers! Luke, we must have those bracelets!
Vendor: And yoink. The vendor wakes up and snatches the bracelets. Sorry, sir. If your bone son wants these bracelets, you'll have to play the games and win the tickets. You know, carnival rules.
King: King tugs Luke's trousers. Beat up the man and steal his things for me.
Luke: Or we can just play the games and win the bracelets.
King: Oh, okay.
Luke and King laugh as they run off to play those games and chant.
Luke and King: Games! Games! Games! Games!
Luke stops chanting when he sees Willow and Gus (in their casual outfits) walking up him.
Luke: Amigos!
Willow: Luke!
Gus: Hey, Luke!
Luke: The trio hug. This day just keeps getting better. I didn't expect to see you guys here. Let's take a selfie.
Luke gets out his scroll, opens his Penstagram and the trio get together, striking happy poses and smiling at the camera just as Luke snaps the picture. He puts his scroll away.
Willow: I didn't know you had Pensta, Luke?
Luke: Eda gave me my own scroll. I named my account Luke-out13.
Gus: Luke-out? Oh! I see, because you're replacing "look" with your name which sounds similar.
Willow: Willow and Gus burst out laughing. That's funny!
Luke: Ha! Thank you! At least some people get my jokes! But seriously, what are you guys doing here?
Willow: We got an invitation from Tibbles.
Willow presents a similar flyer that Eda got and it reads:
COME TO THE CARNIVAL!
TO: YOU OTHER TWO
Gus: We figured it's a trap since we squashed his stand with a walking house.
Willow: But who cares?! This place has a Scarris wheel!
Gus: It's like a human Ferris wheel but it gives you long-lasting nightmares.
Luke: Woo-hoo! I am ready to be traumatised for life!
King: Ahem!
Luke: Oh, right! I'm gonna have to do a rain check on those rides, guys. We're on a very important quest to win a special prize for King.
Willow: Oh! We can help with that.
Gus: Gus bends down to King. Aw. Does the little guy wanna win a prize? Uh, does he? Uh, does he?
Gus coos as he waves a finger at King and the little demon slaps it away, annoyed.
Luke: That sounds like a great idea! You okay with it King? The more the merrier, right?
King is a little hesitant. He wanted this day to be about him and Luke but he doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, especially that of his new friends.
King: Um…sure. Whatever you want, Luke.
Luke: Yes! Approval secured!
Luke, Willow and Gus cheer as they jog away with King attempting to keep up, tripping along the way.
(Montage)
Their first stop was at a skeeball game and unsurprisingly the machines were alive. Willow rolls a ball into the machine's mouth. Luke and Gus cheer her on and the three of them run off. King arrives and to his dismay he misses the game. The machine spits the ball at him much to his annoyance.
For their second stop the four of them are walking and talking together when they notice a picture board. They all stick their heads through the hole, but King is stuck with being the trashcan. He saddens while the rest smile.
For their third stop Luke takes a bite out of a fried orb (and enjoys the taste) and hands it to Willow. She takes a small bite out of it and hands it to Gus. He eats the rest of it, leaving none for King, who had been between Willow and Gus and crosses his arms with a huff.
Luke, Willow, and Gus are leaning against a dart game stand called Pop the Poltp where King attempts to play while Luke talks with his friends.
Willow: So, the pixie infestation was actually caused when Boscha's pet pixie escaped its cage.
Luke: Heh, smart pixie. I'd escape from likes of her too if I were the pet of the most easily unlikable student at our school.
The trio burst into laughter over this and how right Luke is.
At the same time, Boscha, Skara, Cat and Amelia were walking through Bonesborough carrying some shopping bags, until Boscha suddenly sneezes, surprising her gang.
Boscha: Achoo!
Skara: You okay, Boscha? That was a big one.
Cat: You're not getting sick, are you?
Boscha: Boscha sniffs a little. No, it's not that. I just got the sense that someone must be talking about me.
Her gang exchange knowing looks.
Amelia: Luke?
Girls: Luke.
Boscha frowns upon hearing the name of her hated enemy.
Boscha: One of these days, I'll kill that guy.
Back in the carnival as Luke, Willow and Gus continue conversing, King jumps and grunts, trying to actually play the booth as he is not tall enough to throw the darts, much less be able to see the targets. He finally latches onto the edge of the booth but falls back.
King: Curse these stubby legs!
Luke, Willow and Gus laugh, and King saddens in disappointment as he feels left out, prompting him to walk away for some thinking.
(End of Montage)
(Timeskip)
King was sat down nearby a narrow booth, sulking over how badly today was going. This was supposed to be a Luke and King Day, but Willow and Gus had to come and ruin it for him. Every activity the three of them do he ends up getting either left out of it or the short end of the stick. He desperately wants to secure his friendship with Luke with those friendship bracelets, but it feels pointless if he can't get Luke's attention. It was at this time Tibbles posing as a fortune teller named Obvioso hands King the spray bottle he had tried to give Eda, explaining to him he can use it make Willow and Gus temporarily vanish and then bring them back with a couples slaps to the cheeks to which he happily accepts. The vanishing would only be temporary, and he can easily bring them back, but unknown to him that is most likely not the case and he's been scammed.
Now King is walking back to Luke and the others, but with second thoughts of using this spray bottle, not wanting to hurt anyone.
King: Hmm…maybe I should think about this first.
Luke: King!
King shoves the bottle in his fanny pack as Luke, Willow and Gus run up to him.
Luke: Sorry we lost you back there, little buddy.
King: Hey, it's okay. King grabs Luke's hand. Let's go back to the games and win those bracelets.
Gus: Gus grabs Luke's other hand. But we haven't gone on any rides and there's no line for the bumper carcasses.
Gus and King glare at each other as they hold Luke's wrists firmly.
King: Games!
Gus: Carcasses!
King: Games!
Gus: Carcasses!
Luke and Willow worry to see this is going to turn into a living tug of war.
Luke: Whoa! Whoa! Fellas! Ceasefire! Let's not turn this into a tug of war that'll rip my arms off! Luke's stomach growls and he frees himself. Oh, great! Right on cue! Listen, I'm gonna grab some rotten candy while you guys' figure this out. He runs off. Byyyeee!
When Luke leaves, Willow and Gus talk about the rids they plan on doing.
Willow: When Luke comes back let's go on the three-man cauldron spinner.
Gus: Or the triple swing.
Willow: Oh, and that's close to those photo booths that can fit exactly three people.
King is hurt, all these activities are for three people, not four. They were completely excluding him.
King: But today was me and Luke's day.
Gus: Aw. Does the little baby boo miss his buddy, Luke?
Willow chuckles as Gus holds King up, baby talking him much to the King of Demon's sheer annoyance.
King: The King of Demons misses nobody! I demand you put me down!
While attempting to free himself, the potion falls out of King's fanny and accidentally sprays Willow and Gus.
Willow & Gus: What?
Willow and Gus vanish in purple flames much to King's sheer horror when he lands. He didn't mean to do that.
King: Oh, no! What have I done?
He quickly hides the potion when Luke comes back with a cotton candy.
Luke: Willow? Gus? Huh, I guess they really wanted to ride those bumper carcasses.
King: Actually, Luke. There's something I gotta tell you.
Luke: No. There's something I gotta tell you, King. There's a slightly tense pause. I said I'd help you win those friendship bracelets. So, let's own those games and win them. We can look for Willow and Gus to go on those rides later.
King: Uh...
King is a little hesitant, he wants to be happy but with what just happened he's a little afraid. But like he was told he can bring Willow and Gus back simply by tapping his cheeks. He whispers to himself.
King: Willow and Gus will be okay for a little while, right?
Luke: What was that?
King: Nothing. Now let's go!
King holds Luke's wrist and the duo go to win those games.
Luke: Ready or not, here we crumb.
King: Yes! The comedy hour lives!
Unbeknownst to King, Willow and Gus didn't vanish. They shrunk down…to the size of dices.
Gus: First, I'm growing out of my clothes. Now I'm shrinking? Dang, puberty. You're the craziest coaster of 'em all. Willow groans. What happened to us? Did I blackout on the molar coaster again?
Willow: Sketchy carnival rides are not to blame this time. King had something in his pouch that made us small.
Gus: And I just got tall enough for the rides!
As he was sobbing a large shadow falls over them.
Willow: Gus...
The creature that Tibbles sprayed before is now standing in front of them and roars. Willow grabs Gus' hand when it tries to eat them and they run to a styrofoam cup. Willow jumps and pulls the cup down and now they're sheltered under it.
Gus: I think we're safe now.
A tongue pierces the cup three times and Willow and Gus scream.
Gus: Ew!
Willow: Willow throws up her fists in anger. Enough of this!
Willow's eyes glow green. Vines sprout from the ground and grab onto the creature's tongue, trapping it on the cup and freeing Willow and Gus. The two run to a dropped rotten candy.
Willow: Quick! We have to find Luke and get her attention before any more carnival animals hunt us down.
Willow grabs some rotten candy and whistles. A one-eyed fly lands and eats the rotten candy.
Willow: Eat up, my stead. Lead us to safety.
Willow climbs up the fly, but Gus is too hesitant out of disgust.
Gus: It's so hairy. Why is it so hairy?
Willow: Because up close, everything is hairy.
Willow grabs Gus as the fly flies away in pursuit of Luke and King.
(Timeskip)
With Eda, the Owl Lady's scamming eventually gets her caught by the "Fun Police" after getting hilariously trapped in a cotton candy vendor and with Owlbert distracted by Carnival Games she has no other means of escaping.
(Montage)
King leads Luke through the carnival and they arrive back at the Prize Booth to see the friendship bracelets are still there much to their delight. They run off to earn the tickets.
Willow and Gus on their steed, fly up from behind the friendship bracelet frame and follow them.
Luke and King play Skee-Ball but every time King throws a ball the machine keeps closing their mouths. Angered by the cheating, Luke gets a ball and places a Fire-Glyph on it, causing it flare up in flames much to the shock of the machines. He rolled the ball, causing the game to scream and swallow as the flaming ball went in. This actually got them more tickets as the living game smoke in pain while and Luke and King cheer victoriously.
With Willow and Gus, the latter pokes the hairy back of the fly and recoils in disgust. Willow directs the fly to Luke and King who are covered in tickets, but they move. The fly lands in the rotten candy machine and Willow and Gus find themselves trapped and sinking.
Luke and King are now playing ring toss. One of the bottles hops out of the way of Luke's ring, much to the human boy's outrage. King shoves a ring over the attendant's body, forcing him to reluctantly hand over the tickets much to their delight and satisfaction.
(End of Montage)
Meanwhile Willow and Gus climb onto a stand, covered in rotten candy. Willow pants, she and Gus are exhausted after barely escaping the rotten candy machine. They've made zero progress in getting Luke's attention.
Gus: We can't keep doing this.
Willow gasps when she spots a house of mirrors, an idea coming to mind.
Willow: We won't have to for much longer.
(Timeskip)
After Eda gets caught, the carnival boss gives her two options. She either lets herself get turned over to the Emperor's Coven or she could work and scam for him for the rest of the day.
Luke and King are back the Prize Booth where the vendor is counting the tickets. King squeals in excitement.
Luke: King, you sure you want those friendship bracelets? I figured a King of Demon would want something like this for a prize.
Luke points to a cursed horse skull, whose eye glows as it roars.
Cursed Skull: I am the King of Night. And every breath you take brings you closer to darkness.
O_O was the only expression Luke could give.
Luke: Never mind, forget I said anything.
King: Yes, Luke. I want the bracelets. It's kind of important to me, okay?
Cursed Skull: I can be important to you. I, who have seen the birth and death of countless nations—
Prize Vendor: The prize vendor smacks the skull with a broom. Hey, stop it. Cursed Skull whines. No, no. Stop it. He gets back to counting. Yes, where was I, uh...oh, right! 2316, 2317, 2318…
The fly Willow and Gus were riding drops rotten candy in Luke's hair much to his disgust when he feels it.
Luke: Ew! Who put gum in my hair! I'm gonna need a mirror. I'll be right back, King.
Luke runs off to find a mirror and King is left alone with the vendor.
King: Count faster.
Luke is walking outside the house of mirrors, which is being pointed to by several arrows on the ground made of rotten candy.
Luke: Huh? He looks to see the arrows are pointed to the House of Mirrors. Well, that's strangely convenient?
Luke follows the arrows and enters. There are more arrows inside, leading past a wall of mirrors that alter Luke's character design as he walks past every one of them. He reaches the end of the arrows and it reads "YOU MADE IT!"
Luke: Made it to what?
Luke sees Willow and Gus are reflected in a mirror where they wave to Luke.
Luke: Hey! There you guys are!
Luke runs to them.
Willow: Wait, Luke, don't do it!
Luke comically runs into the mirror and slides to the ground.
Luke: What the-?
Willow's reflection points down. To Luke's great shock his two friends walk up to him, revealing they've been shrunk down.
Luke: Holy crap!
Back at the prize booth the vendor finally finishes counting the tickets.
Prize Vendor: One million. Yep, I just counted to one million. The bracelets are yours.
He hands the bracelets to King who takes them victoriously.
King: Yes. Yes! Now Luke and I will share a bond as mighty as these trinkets!
Somehow, King finds Luke in the House of Mirrors, rounding a corner to find him.
King: Heya, Luke. Good news. I got the bracelets.
King becomes confused when Luke stood up, facing him with a stern look.
Luke: King...what did you do?
King: Huh?
Luke holds out his hand, presenting Gus and Willow. King yelps in shock.
Willow: You splashed us with something to make us small.
Gus: And now I can't go on the big boy rides! You monster.
King: Y-you weren't supposed to shrink! You, you were supposed to disappear! King double takes, realizing he said the wrong thing. Ooh, no! Wait!
Luke: What!? Vanish!?
King: No, no, no! Luke, I can explain! I wanted to win the bracelets and there was this psychic, see?!
King holds outs the bottle and Luke puts his friends down.
Luke: That must've been what did it. Give me the spray bottle, King.
King: No, wait I-I-I can explain!
Luke: There's nothing to explain.
Luke tries to take the bottle and King pulls back, causing them both to have a tug of war.
King: I was just trying to...!
Luke: Shrink my friends?!
King: I was just trying to solve my problems!
The bottle slips out of their hands and is sent flying up. The spray nozzle loosens, resulting in both Luke and King getting splashed with the potion. They knew what was about to happen.
Luke & King: Uh-oh.
Luke and King shrink, and Willow and Gus walk up to them with deadpanned looks.
Willow and Gus: Hi.
The four of them are in a bad situation but King remembers how to fix it.
King: Wait, I can fix it. Obvioso showed me how. Behold. He taps his cheek but to his surprise nothing happens. He tries again but still nothing. Why isn't this working?
Tibbles: I'd say it's working quite well.
The four of them look to see Tibbles deviously approach them, revealing this was his scheme all along.
Tibbles approaches his Tiny Tent of Terrors as he held Luke, Willow, Gus, and King. The little demon is still slapping his cheeks but it's not working.
Gus: Um…Luke, I think King is broken.
King: Tapping my cheeks is supposed to turn us normal. The psychic told me.
Tibbles: Oh, did he? But, what if he...lied to you from the start! He summons a puff of smoke, now wearing mustache and patting out "Obvioso's" hat. Hold on. He puts the hat on. Lied to you from the start?! It's different.
King: You fiend. When Obvioso finds out you stole his mustache-! King double takes, realzing Tibbles is "Obvioso". Oh...
Gus facepalms at his stupidity.
Tibbles: The potion was designed by me. Guess whose cheeks control it?
Luke: Ugh! I knew you never wanted to bury the hatchet! But are you seriously that mad about your stupid stand!?
Tibbles: Stupid stand!? Tibbles angrily rips off his moustache. When you destroyed my stand, you destroyed generations of Grimm Hammer history! Now it's time to pay!
Tibbles steps inside his tent.
Luke, Willow, Gus and King are dropped into the Tiny Terror's cage.
Tibbles: Welcome to the greatest show on the Boiling Isles!
A crowd of Hexside students and other demons are in the stands cheering for bloodlust. Luke and the gang have stood up to see the situation they're in.
Tibbles: Will these witches and demon survive feeding time? Let's find out!
Tibbles rings a bell and tiny terrors emerge from their tent growling viciously, one manticore, one griffin, 2 two unicorns and 1 buff unicorn.
Luke: Oh Titan.
The tiny terrors growl as they advance towards the kids.
Tibbles: You ruined my livelihood. So now, you'll feed my livelihood.
With a twirl of his finger, a spotlight turns on. Curtains open to show the inside of the cage is magnified for the crowd's viewing pleasure. Luke, Willow, Gus, and King are backed into a corner by the monsters.
Tibbles: Place your bets and enjoy the show!
Gus: Well, if I have to go, at least I'm with my best friends…and King.
The creatures pounce and the kids make a run for it.
Meanwhile Eda is going around the stand dressed as a mannequin to hand out refreshments to people to avoid getting turned over to the Emperor's Coven, oblivious to the gang running for their lives.
Eda: Caramel Crab Apples. Get 'em hot and pinchy.
Man: Hey, over here!
Eda: Yeah, yeah. She winces when her finger gets pinched. Hold your spider-horses.
Willow summons vines to pull down the water holder, allowing Luke to run around and place King behind.
Luke: King, take cover here! We'll handle these guys!
And with that said, King watches Luke run off and he, Willow and Gus fight off the Tiny Terrors.
The buff unicorn charges Luke, aiming his horn at him. Luke quickly summons Rebellion and blocks against its horn. The unicorn huffs in Luke's face.
Luke: Ugh! Dude! Breath! Haven't you ever had any water!
Luke pushes it off and slashes the unicorn, it quickly dodges and lifts it front hooves up to crush Luke. He quickly jumps out of the way and engages in a sword duel with the unicorn. Both are parrying each other's blows, unable to land a hit on each other.
Luke: You should know this is the strangest thing I've ever done! (1)
The unicorn thrusts its horn and Luke blocks with his blade, struggling to hold the buff creature back.
Gus finds himself faced with the manticore and one of the smaller unicorns who growl at him. He quickly makes a lot of duplicates of himself that attack the creatures and pile on them, doing all they can to pin them down.
Meanwhile, Willow is faced with the griffin and another one of the smaller unicorns that proceed to rip her apart. She quickly summons hundreds of vines to form a huge plant wall. The unicorns and griffin try to rip their way through, Willow keeps holding her spell circle together to hold them back. Eventually the unicorn ploughs through with its horn and proceeds to stab Willow but she quickly summons a vine to swat it away. Unfortunately, the griffin cuts through and grabs Willow with one of its feet. She screams as she's dragged into the air.
Willow: AAAAHHHH!
Luke is still trying to hold back the buff unicorn until he hears Willow's screams.
Luke: Willow?!
Willow: Luke! HELP!
Luke: Willow! He looks to Gus. Gus!
Gus is backing away from his creatures after they destroyed his illusions. He quickly turns to Luke.
Luke: Willow's in trouble! I need some assistance!
Gus: On it!
Gus quickly casts another spell and Luke gets out a Light-Glyph, activating it and a burst of light blinds the buff unicorn, causing it to stumble back while neighing in pain. When it regains its sight it growls in anger the illusions of Luke that have just appeared and they attack the larger creature. The Real Luke rolls away and switches out Rebellion for his Glyph Guns, combining them and firing at Griffin. His shot makes a hit, causing the griffin to screech in pain and release Willow who screams as she falls.
Luke: I got you!
Luke quickly catches Willow and holds her bridal style. She sighs in relief and smiles gratefully.
Willow: Thanks, Luke.
Luke: I've got your back, Wil!
Suddenly a large shadow looms over them and they find the buff unicorn huffing with rage after dispatching the Luke illusions. Luke and Willow's eyes shrink in fear.
Luke & Willow: Oh, crud/titan!
Gus creates an illusion of a vacuum, causing the manticore and smaller unicorn to cower. Luke and Willow are sent flying and screaming into the water holder. The manticore steps through the illusion vacuum, having seen through Gus' tricks. The three of them take cover behind the water holder with King seconds before the manticore runs into it.
Luke: We're gonna get torn apart at this rate! There's gotta be a way out of this!
King looks around to see the danger his actions have put his friends in. Unicorns bite at both ends of the water holder, making Willow and Gus flinch. Luke ducks under the manticore's claws.
King: Ah! King, you idiot. This is all your fault. King pulls out the friendship bracelets. But I think I know how to fix it.
King runs out from cover. The buff unicorn watches and chases him, neighing in rage. Luke, Willow ad Gus pop up from their cover.
Luke: King! What are you doing?
King runs to a corner just as the manticore and unicorns hungrily approach him, growling as he looks in Luke's direction apologetically.
King: Willow, Gus, I'm sorry for poofing you. And Luke, I'm sorry for taking away your friends. The animals get closer. I know you'll eventually go home and now you're spending more time at school. I just...wanna be around you!
Luke looks surprised after hearing this. All King wanted was to spend time with him but he hadn't been able to make enough time for his friend lately. King jumps and dodges all the remaining animals, causing them to knock themselves out and he climbs to the rim of the cage.
As Tibbles lays atop a pile of snails the crowd boos to see no one getting hurt.
Tibbles: No refunds.
Hearing his Tiny Terrors whimper catches Tibbles' attention and he looks to the screen in surprise to see his animals aren't doing very well.
King finishes climbing and with Tibbles distracted he has a clear shot at his cheeks.
King: Alright. I only have one shot.
King spun the two friendship bracelets like bolas and tosses them away. The bracelets land on Tibbles's cheek much to his surprise as they fall off, prompting him to…tap his cheeks.
Tibbles: Darn flies. Tibbles double takes, realizing what he's just done. Oh, no.
In response to Tibbles tapping his cheeks, King, Luke, Willow, and Gus all begin to glow purple.
Eda is getting annoyed dealing with an annoyed crowd member.
Eda: Hey, hey. No discounts, buddy.
Man: You guys owe me. There's nothing happening in this show.
Man 2: Not a single one of those dumb kids have gotten hurt yet.
Eda: Dumb kids? She turns to the screen and to her outrage the kids on the screen were Luke, Willow, Gus and King. Wait. Those are my dumb kids!
The gang grow back to normal size and shatter through the terrarium in the process, dropping to the ground and sitting up to share sighs of relief to know this nightmare is over. Behind them, the animals also grow to full size, making them shocked too. Luke glares at Tibbles.
Luke: Seriously, man! You shrunk the animals too?!
Tibbles: It's the Tent of Tiny Terrors. Something needed to be tiny.
Meanwhile with the 5 animals, the crowd was still booing at them for not finishing off the kids and small demon. One of them even threw their caramel crab apple at them, which the buff unicorn caught and ate. It had a look of wonder at the wonderful taste and demanded more, getting the attention of his fellow beasts as he growled at the crowd. The crowd grew silent as some of them stared at their treats and knew this would be bad, VERY BAD!
The buff unicorn neighs violently, commanding his former tiny brethren to charge and get the treats which they do with vicious hunger. The crowd took off running in a panic as Tibbles looked on in horror, his livelihood was ruined...AGAIN!
Tibbles: They... foiled my plans! You will pay for this! He pulls out another bottle. This time I'm gonna personally squash you!
Just then, Eda walks up behind him and she takes the bottle from him.
Eda: Oh, no, Tibbles. That's not how entertainment works. She tosses the bottle. The bad guy always gets his just desserts.
Eda dumps the crab apples on him much to Tibbles painful dismay.
Tibbles: Oh, no! Not desserts!
Eda: Eda looks to the animals. Hey, girls. This one's on the house.
The three unicorns that stayed behind stop eating as they all look at Tibbles. The buff unicorn has a crab apple on their mouth and immediately crunches it. Tibbles looks down at his clothes, knowing what's about to come next. The unicorns chase him out and he screams for his life.
From what they just witnessed; Willow had to comment.
Willow: Looks like we ruined his life for a second time.
Gus: We're on a roll.
King: Gus, Willow, you're okay!
Luke: All thanks to you, King. King looks to Luke who smiles forgivingly as he kneels. Here.
Luke hands him four cracked pieces of the bracelets.
Luke: Sorry, little buddy, this was all that was left.
King: King takes them but isn't sad. It's... it's okay. Because now there's a piece for everybody. He holds two out to Willow and Gus much to their surprise. If you'll accept it, that is?
Touched by this gesture of friendship and forgiveness, Willow and Gus take a piece.
Willow: Thank you, King.
Gus: Yeah. I've always wanted to own a jagged piece of cheap metal.
Luke holds King up to his face.
Luke: That was a pretty cool thing to do, King.
King: I'm sorry, Luke. Demons do crazy things when they've been missing somebody.
Luke: It's fine, I'm sorry too. I should've paid more attention to you. Next time you want to hang out with me, all you've gotta do is talk. And let me tell you a secret, pal. I've been missing you too.
King: King smiles from that. Hey, we still have a few hours of carnival left. Wanna hit those bumper carcasses?
Luke: You bread my mind.
King: King laughs. Yes! Bread puns! Bread puns forever!
Luke: Group selfie!
Luke got out his scroll, opens it and his Penstagram again the quartet get together, Luke wrapping their arms around each other with climbing onto Luke's head.
Luke: Everyone say, "Luke-out"!
King, Willow & Gus: Luke-out!
Luke snaps a photo and the picture came out great. King jumps down from Luke as they all separate and the human boy looks to Eda.
Luke: You coming, Eda?
Eda lays on Tibbles pile of snails, content and satisfied with how today went.
Eda: Nah. I think I got everything I wanted. The stands collapse behind Eda but she doesn't care. Yep. Another great year at the carnival.
At the Owl House, Hooty is talking to the fly.
Hooty: Boy, fly, we sure get into some wacky hijinks, don't we?
The door opens, King, Eda, and Luke peek in to see what Hooty's doing.
Hooty: Sure, feel sorry for anyone that missed seeing us two rabble-rousers getting into scrapes.
Feeling disturbed and greatly uneasy, Luke, Eda, and King all duck back, closing the door.
Hooty: Good thing I brought a camera. Yep. Hooty and fly. Together forever. You and me. Every single day— The fly enters his mouth and Hooty coughs. Now I know what friendship taste like. Yum. He makes smacking lip sounds. Taste like a bug.
References
(1) Tangled – Flynn vs Maximus
Well…despite the little mishap, today's carnival tour was a smash for our heroes. And Luke, King, Willow and Gus' friendship have gotten stronger. Plus, Eda made a ton of money and evaded the Emperor's Coven again. So, all in all, this was a successful day.
Up next, when she spots evidence of her old friendship with Willow, Amity ends up accidentally damaging her former friend's memory. Now she and Luke must dive in Willow's mindscape and fix everything up. It's here Luke finds out just how much Amity truly cares for Willow and how a sisterly friendship these two girls once shared was torn apart by one despicable woman.
Owl House Season 1 Episode 15 – Understanding Willow
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