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Howdy folks. Turtle here with some more Grim Reviews. This time we're looking at “Mortal Dilemma”. Grim has an existential crisis. How does this translate to an episode? Let's find out. Title card from the Grim Adventures Wiki We open at breakfast at Billy's house. Billy is downing sugary breakfast cereal while Grim is just having his morning coffee. Hope you like diabetes, Billy. Grim notices his face on the milk carton. “Hey! I'm not missing. I'm being held hostage by children.” Sorry. They can't fit “Held hostage by children” onto a milk carton, Grim. One of Grim's buddies from the underworld pops in, urging him to come back to his job. Grim says that he can't and explains the situation brought on by the pilot episode. The demon laughs hysterically at the news. What did you expect Grim? Death got owned by children. While walking Billy to the bus stop, Grim misses his old life. Billy a...

Howdy folks. Turtle here again with another Grim review. This time Grim wants to be a swimsuit model. How will that turn out? Let's find out in “Look Alive”. Title card from the Grim Adventures wiki We open on Grim reading a newspaper. He is dissatisfied with the lack of obituaries that day, as no one has died recently, at least locally. After a brief interaction with a dog, Grim runs into Billy and Mandy, who have just gone fishing. Billy has captured a stick, who he names Derrick. Grim feels left out, to which Mandy suggests that Grim get a part-time job. Grim states that he'd always wanted to be a swimsuit model. Grim goes to a modeling agency, only to be rejected for being “too dead.” Grim doesn't understand why he was turned away. Billy and Mandy inform him that he's too scary to model. Grim is insistent on this career path, so Mandy forces a make-over onto him. Armed with a red wig, pool ball eyes, and a stocking full of meat products, Grim goes ba...

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 var...

Howdy folks. Turtle here with another Grim Review. Today I'm here to talk about the episode “Opposite Day”. Let's get to it, shall we? Title card from the Grim Adventures wiki Our story begins with Billy and Grim heading out to Mandy's house. Grim mentions how much he hates the two of them. “ You and that wretched girlfriend of yours are bad enough separately, but together, you're insufferable.” “ Insufferable? I don't even know what that means. Hey wait! She's not my girlfriend. She's just a friend who happens to be a girl. Just like I happen to be a boy and you happen to be a skeleton. It's the differences that make our world so rich, diverse, and wonderful.” Unless they're a giant spider, I suppose. Billy says this will be a special day, only to correct himself by saying it's ordinary. Grim is a little confused by this. The two arrive, and Mandy answers saying there is no one home. She tells them to leav...

Howdy folks! Turtle here with another edition of Grim Reviews. This time with the second short of the Grim & Evil era: “Skeletons in the Water Closet”. Image courtesy of the Grim Adventures Wiki Our story begins with Billy's mom cleaning the house and waking up Billy and his dad. When she approaches Billy's bed, Grim appears from under the covers, scaring her. She frantically goes to her husband, thinking Billy had turned into a skeleton. The parents go to their child, only for Billy to be perfectly fine. The dad, Harold, is annoyed with his wife, Gladys. Harold asks Gladys if she forgot to take her medicine, and they walk away. Grim, also annoyed with what just happened, goes to take a shower. Gladys readies some towels for Billy, who she thinks is in the shower, only to find Grim behind the curtain. Gladys has another episode and warns Harold about the naked skeleton in the bathroom. “ Naked skeletons? Well, I'd better get the flail.” ...

Billy and Mandy is a show I remember watching quite a bit while it was on. The show was part of a Cartoon Network viewer event in 2000 called The Big Pick. Several pilots were showcased over the course of a few weeks and viewers voted for the short they wanted to become a series. Billy and Mandy won the vote. From 2001 to 2007, we were treated to the antics of the happy-go-lucky idiot Billy, the cynical and snarky Mandy, and the Grim Reaper who was forced into a friendship pact with the two after losing a game of limbo. It was originally called Grim and Evil in 2001 because it showcased another series by Maxwell Atoms called Evil Con Carne , but the shows were separated in 2003. I've seen most of the show, but the question is: How does it hold up? I've given myself the task of reviewing every last segment of the show's six seasons. Without further ado, I'll start with the pilot “Meet the Reaper”. Image from the Grim Adventures Wiki Plot: Our ...