Grim Review #4: "Get Out Of My Head!"

Howdy folks. Turtle here again with another Grim Review. This time we're dealing with body possession. The episode is entitled “Get Out of My Head”. Let's get to it.

Title card from the Grim Adventures Wiki



The episode opens on a B-Horror flick on TV. A young woman is possessed by a....mummy's ghost....and proceeds to eat someone off-screen. Billy is freaked out by this and turns off the TV. Grim is hardly phased by it.

Image from the Grim Adventures Wiki


“I've seen scarier stuff in your toilet.”

Well cheesy B-movies are pretty easy to top on the scare-o-meter.

Billy inquires about “jumping into people's heads”. Grim demonstrates possession on Billy's cat, Milkshakes. Billy attempts to do the same to his dad, but fails. It only works if you jump in head first, not butt first.

Mandy is outside messing with what appears to be a voodoo doll. Billy dives headfirst into Mandy and takes over her body. Billy does various things in Mandy's body: messes with Grim, flirts with Irwin, bothers Mandy's parents, etc.

It looks like Mandy's parents are about to bang on the couch when Billy runs in.

There is a short montage of Billy messing around as Mandy, until Billy is forced out. Enraged, Mandy forces Billy to leave.

You done messed up, Billy.

Later, Billy is speaking apologetically about the events to his cat Milkshakes. As it turns out, Mandy has possessed Milkshakes and attacks Billy to end the episode.


There wasn't a lot to this one. This was the first appearance of Irwin, but he's more of a random dude at this point. The montage could've been a bit shorter, but the overall 7 minute episode length made this story bearable, despite the massive amount of Billy being an idiot.



The highlight of the episode was the B-movie opening. The bad acting, the effects, all of it works. Billy being legitimately afraid was the cherry on top. There's also the bit between Billy and his dad where Billy is trying to jump into his head, which is amusing. There's a small moment where Grim is watching TV and one character says “I'm pregnant” to which another replies “That's the third time this week”. It's funny in a “What does that even mean?” sort of way.




A lot of things in this episode work. The comedy is good and the length is just right for this story. The story gets told without being too over-saturated with Billy. Sure, Billy is annoying for about 2 minutes, but Mandy getting revenge as Milkshakes is quite the payoff.



“Get Out of My Head!” gets a Good rating.

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