King (2003 TV series)

King
Genre	Fantasy
Created by	Gordon Coulthart
Developed by	Mary Crawford Alan Templeton
Directed by	Jerry Popowich (season 1) Gordon Coulthart (season 2)
Voices of	Mark Rendall James Kee Adam Greydon Reid Robert Tinkler Julie Lemieux Cathal J. Dodd Marnie McPhail
Composers	Amin Bhatia Arin Posner
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Steven DeNure Beth Stevenson Frank Taylor Rick Morrison (season 2) Firdaus Kharas (season 2)
Producer	Gordon Coulthart
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Decode Entertainment Funbag Animation Studios
Original release
Network	Family Channel
Release	August 15, 2003 (2003-08-15) – March 19, 2005 (2005-03-19)

King is a Canadian children's animated television series produced by Decode Entertainment and Funbag Animation Studios that aired on Family Channel between August 15, 2003, and March 19, 2005.

Plot

Russell Wright is a young boy who finds a portal under his bed that leads to an alternate universe called Under. As he is from 'Up' (i.e., the regular world) and acquires the crown of Under, he is proclaimed the King.

Most episodes have multiple subplots, and deal with villain Bob Wire's attempts of stealing the crown and becoming king himself; however, he is regularly foiled by Russell and/or his friends. Other recurring themes are the attempts of Cliff, who was the former king of Under, to bully Russell into handing over the crown while he's in Up; and various confrontations between Under and the neighboring country of Near Under. Added to this are issues involving monsters, money, environmental issues, and even time travel.

Characters

Protagonists

• Russell Wright (voiced by Mark Rendall) moves into a new house with his family, comprising his older sister Lou, and his parents (the father was only seen briefly in short scenes throughout the series). Thanks to Gus (and Cliff, technically), Russell discovers the passageway beneath his bed in the turret room (which he chose after unknowingly seeing Vernon's eye-looker probe in the window) and uses it to descend to Under. There he befriends Loopy and Vernon, and challenges Bob Wire for the crown, subsequently becoming Under's new king. Even though he's only 12 at the onset of season 1, he is a smart and righteous ruler of Under in contrast to other former rulers. The crown confers upon the wearer certain abilities, at least one of which is the ability to breathe underwater, as long as the crown is being worn. It is assumed these abilities work only in Under.
• Gus (voiced by James Kee) is a West Highland White Terrier, who can talk with a Scottish accent in Under (where dogs, cats, and possibly other Up animals are sapient). He is "doggedly" loyal to Russell and his friends, and is very brave, sarcastic, blunt, and gutsy, often taking on (and usually scaring away) much larger foes.
• Loopy (Adam Greydon Reid) is one of Russell's subjects, who displays effeminate and cowardly tendencies, such as being obsessed with butterflies, Shoosh-Bangs (fireworks), and the name "Gack" (which he wishes to name everything from pet animals to Up). He is part of the royal court as Under's First Buffoonist. He is also shown to be too stupid for a Brain Sucker to affect him. Loopy does come through for Under in his own special way: he has the inherent ability to tame almost any animal, from squumps to sky cows to various undersea creatures. Loopy and Vernon are best friends, despite their slapping and bickering now and again. In the series finale, he is revealed to be a member of The Secret Society of Nose Bellers.
• Vernon (voiced by Robert Tinkler) is one of Russell's subjects, who is an android built by the Clockmaker and is also part of the royal court as Under's figurer-outer and gizmologist. As he's made of metal, he is immune to most things that happen in the realm. Unlike Loopy, Vernon is a genius inventor, and their differences often lead to sibling-esque slap-fights.
• Ex-Princess Populah (Julie Lemieux) is a former princess, who used to be the ruler of Near Under but "gave it up" because it was "too much trouble" (as revealed in the episode "Ex-Princess Up a Tree"). This is reasonable as Near Underites are quite demanding and fickle, difficult for their leaders to rule. She is related to Auntie First. (Although everyone calls her "Auntie", First has confirmed her relation to Populah by referring to her as her "favorite niece"). She is also a blood relative of Cousin Tess (although everyone calls her "Cousin", in the same way as everyone calls Auntie First "Auntie"). She speaks with a Southern accent and is very athletic. She can breathe underwater naturally, without the need of the crown, as can Cousin Tess.

Antagonists

• Cliff (voiced by Robert Tinkler) is the former King of Under. Cliff is a bully who constantly picks on Russell because he wants to be king again. Sometimes, he attempts to sneak into Russell's room (and down to Under) while Russell away, usually being foiled by Russell's teenage sister Lou (Voiced by Stacey DePass) or his own stupidity. In the series finale, he temporarily succeeds in regaining the crown via a deal with Russell to defeat Gag Pune, but he abdicates it when he is unable to defeat the creature. He has a sister named Sissy who is affectionate towards Russell, which only makes Cliff angrier.
• Bob Wire (voiced by Cathal J. Dodd) is Cliff's former assistant, who has taken to trying to make himself king of Under by stealing the Crown from Russell. He is made out of coils of metal barbed wire (hence the pun on his name), and like Vernon, he is immune to most things that happen to him in Under. His plans generally tend to be rather badly thought out and self-defeating, but he usually bounces back when he is defeated. The few things he is good at are singing, high finance, and show business. He appears to be the main antagonist of the series, appearing in all episodes except for "Random Opportunity Knocks" and "The Museum of Tomorrow".
• Frags (Robert Tinkler and James Kee) are two small green creatures (there were several in the original few episodes) who are henchmen of Bob Wire. They tend to be extremely lazy and are generally somewhat more intelligent than their boss. They sometimes take the side of Russell or one of his companions. Their voices are high-pitched but randomly switch to low-pitched in a manner akin to croaking. Like their boss, they appear in all episodes except for "Random Opportunity Knocks" and "The Museum of Tomorrow".
• Auntie First (voiced by Marnie McPhail) is the narcissistic, self-absorbed, oppressive despot of Near Under. She is not very good at her job but maintains it nevertheless, generally through a combination of threatening bodily harm, bribery, and blackmailing. She is referred to as "Auntie" by everybody, even those who are not related to her (the sole exception is Captain Darling, who instead calls her "ma'am"). She and Bob often team up to try and defeat Russell.
• Captain Darling (voiced by James Kee) is Auntie First's beloved and loyal assistant. Darling will do anything to help Auntie, even if it means teaming up with her enemies, like Russell. He's in charge of the Near Under's By The Book Brigade. He's a very polite man, always apologizing to somebody when jailing them, and even when expelling people from Near Under. Speaks with an English accent. Unlike the rest of the cast, he calls Auntie First "ma'am". He wears a British police uniform and pink fuzzy slippers.

Other rulers

• Cousin Tess (voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith) — Ruler of Undersea (capital city: Bubble Town). She and Auntie First used to wage war on each other because they wore the same dress to a formal dance when they were in Despot School. Captain Darling put an end to the fighting by colorizing an old home video of the two fighting, deceptively coloring the dresses in different colors. Regardless, Auntie and Tess still fight all the time as a hobby, and as Populah puts it, "they enjoy hating each other".
• Hugh the Yu-Yu (voiced by Maurice Dean Wint) — Ruler of Under Under. He rules over the Yu-Yus (even though he is not one himself) and Slythers (including his pet Slyther, Mavis). He is very hippie-like, loves to party, and goes where life takes him, rolling a pair of fuzzy dice to make his decisions (even if it means disaster).
• "The Queen" — Ruler of Throng (on the continent of Ahead of Under). Like her people, the Queen (whose name has not been revealed in the show) has a phobia of germs, uncleanliness, and pretty much everything else. Bob worked for her in one episode, reversing her continent's direction to cure their motion sickness, by facing their sofas the other way, making it nearly flatten Under and causing Russell to intervene.
• King Lugobrius Rex — Ruler of the Empire of Flax. He summons many entertainers to his abode, and if they fail to please him, he then has them shaved naked and thrown in his dungeons forever. So far only Bob Wire's act, in which he inadvertently puts himself through large amounts of pain, has made Lugobrius laugh. He only speaks in wet burps, and is surrounded by massive Gordilators who do his bidding.

Past kings of Under

• King Cliff the Grim was the king before Russell. He was immensely unpopular in Under (except the Valley of the Outies, where he was worshiped for defeating the Great Big Gehh); one of his more disliked actions was the outlawing of numbers (he was sub-literate). He was called Grim for his poor hygiene as well as his immature and selfish personality. Bob Wire was Cliff's right-hand man before he succeeded him after Cliff moved away in Up.
• Kings Matt and Pat were twin kings that ruled Under before Cliff. They constantly fought over the crown and neglected their kingly duties, leading Under into disastrous and monster-plagued times. Vernon made a second crown so each twin could have one, but the plan failed as they promptly started fighting over the second one, ignoring the first one.
• King Hobart - A young king who ran away after Loopy gave him an extra leg on a previous King Appreciation Day, allowing him to sprint at amazing speed. Since Vernon and Loopy never saw him again after he ran out of the castle, it's likely that Hobart never returned to Up, and what his parents did about his disappearance is unknown. This also poses the problem that he took the crown with him, meaning another one had to be constructed.
• King Baxter - When Loopy gave him extra fingers as a King Appreciation Day present, Ex-King Baxter ran away and joined an insurance company in Up, becoming a "top-notch typist".
• King Rocko - A teenage-looking King of whom Bob Wire was not particularly fond, as Rocko would often beat him and tie him up.
• "King Bob Wire"- There have been some occasions where Bob did succeed in stealing the crown from Russell, though none of his reigns lasted longer than a day, if not a few hours. His longest-known rule happened when Thornhop locked out Russell in Up, taking Bob's voice as payment for his service. The Frags remarked that Bob would then be tagged "King Bob Wire the Silent", but Russell returned and soon set things right. However, the reign he had after King Cliff moved away may have been longer. Bob is shown to be tyrannical in his own way; once he ordered everyone in Under to belch, which they promptly did. In some episodes, Bob did not desire to be king but thrived for the next greatest thing, such as being the top performer of the circus or a successful entrepreneur of his own talk show.
• "King Loopy" - When she was imprinted on Loopy due to one of Bob's schemes, Loopy had Auntie First steal back the Crown from Bob. Loopy was later seen wearing the crown, meaning he was King of Under, though it seemed no one (not even himself) addressed the fact. When Russell asked for it back, Loopy immediately returned the Crown, ending his "reign".

Non-Kingdom places

The world Under, where the show takes place, is made up of three different continents. Under (where the Kingdoms of Under and Near Under, and the Empire of Flax are located), Ahead-of-Under and Before-Under. The caverns below the continent of Under Sea are called Under Under, and the ocean surrounding all the lands is called either Under Sea or the Sassafras Sea (though Under Sea may refer to Cousin Tess' underwater realm only, i.e. excluding all the islands, etc.). Unless otherwise stated, the places below take place in the Kingdom of Under (not to be confused with the central town of Under surrounding the castle). Also, all islands are located on the Sassafras Sea.

• Wire Keep - Bob Wire's home, resembling barbed wire.
• Quithering Forest - A Forest with trees that launch into the air when their safety is threatened. The Underites call this 'Quithering'. Home of Populah's treehouse.
• Flatulent Swamp - A swamp with many foul-smelling plants and animals. Known as Under's top tourist attraction.
• The Floating Mountains - A mountain range outside of Under (the town), the mountains are within the Kingdom's borders but are also visible from Near Under. As the name says, the mountains float. The exact mechanism that keeps the mountains afloat is a mystery. Early in the series, Vernon said that as far as he could tell the mountains are kept up by "sheer stubbornness", although it was later revealed that the rocks themselves are lighter than air, though they stop floating when the sun goes down, becoming regular mountains until the next sunrise.
• Frolicking Island - This island is advertised as a tropical paradise resort and spa, but it isn’t anything but that. It is an extremely poorly run and effectively prison, where the only people having any fun are the people running it. It is a tourist trap.
• Horrible Caverns - Caverns of Under Under. Home to the Night Slythers, horrible monsters with mouths on each hand. Other sections of Under Underplay host to plain Slythers and housed Under's plumbing.
• Wall Eye - A gargantuan, continually weeping eye set in a cliff-face. The source of almost all the monsters in Under.
• The Moon - Under's Moon. Formerly used as Under's trash dump until the combined weight of all the garbage threatened to cause the moon to crash into Under, forcing Russell to whack it far away from the planet. The only resident is a kooky and chatty hermit and his once-strayed dog.
• Argyle Flats - A "wild-western" area inhabited by Sock Boys and wild Squumps. It borders Under (and presumably Near Under as well).
• Time Town - A giant metallic-like with the mechanisms of a clock. Only one person, The Clock Maker, lives there. He is also the one who invented Vernon and is usually sought out to help repair him.
• Outieville - A jungle valley. The villagers all have outie belly-buttons and used to worship King Cliff for driving off the Great Big Geh.
• Miss Atilla's School for Lady Despots- A despot training school that Populah is sent to by Auntie First and Cousin Tess (both of whom graduated from it) so she will live up to the family name of being a horrible tyrant. Their motto is "To cheat is to win, and to win is to cheat". It may be located in some sort of neutral territory, as both Underites and Near Underites can attend.
• Unclimbable Mountain - A pink mountain. If someone almost reaches the top, a nasty troll makes the mountain grow. As a result, it is unclimbable. However, "King Bob Wire" did manage to conquer it through sheer desperation to get away from Auntie First. See "King Loopy" under Past Kings of Under.
• Bottomless Pit - A pit in the ground that is never-ending. Some people choose to jump into the pit with their belongings and live out their lives in constant freefall, as part of a recent trendy new lifestyle. There is a basket attached to a rope and winch next to it for those who wish to contact the pit's residents.
• Volcano Metamorpho - A Sea Volcano where Plurns go through the vents and erupt into bird-like creatures. Also, the victims of being inked by a Plurn can return to normal via the same procedure.
• Hot-Diggidy Desert - A desert which is probably in neutral territory, as Auntie First once used it to conduct peace-talks with Russell.
• Rolling Hills - Hills with large grassy spheres rolling perpetually up and down. Again, the exact mechanism that keeps the balls rolling is a mystery.
• Equatorial Glaciers - Giant pillars of ice on tropical beach shores located at Under's equator and far away from the Kingdoms of Under and Near Under. People are never sure whether they should wear parkas or swimsuits when they visit here.
• Grim Island - Loopy's fortress of evil when he was playing The Grimzer, a character from one of Russell's comic books. Once Russell decided to forgo posing as the superhero The Coyote, Loopy returned to normal and the Island fortress was destroyed by an encapsulated Zombie Swamp Leech (created by Bob Wire).
• Uncertain City - Ancient abandoned city within Near Under that appears and disappears from existence at random, anyone in it, when it disappears, goes with it, not knowing when they will return. Its inhabitants left long ago and founded (the town of) Under.
• GeeIForget River - A river containing water that causes you to forget everything if you fall in, hence the name. The memories are then washed downstream to the Cave of the Recollector, a large immobilized monster who generally refuses to relinquish any of his collected memories.
• Chimney Mountains - A barren area consisting only of huge chimney stacks with lava inside.
• West Pole - The West Pole of Under. When it is electromagnetically charged with positive energy, it emits the Horrorborealis, which turns all organic beings into Ghouls as long as it is in the sky.
• Hole Island - An island inhabited by pirates. Has an enormous treasure hole beneath a round land bridge; the pirates believe that if they dig deep enough, they'll find treasure.
• Dandylion Cliff - the only known places in Ahead-of-Under are Dandylion Cliff (located at the continent's edge facing Under) and Throng (a town). The only known local wildlife are gerbil mice and bedrock beasts.
• Tower of Derision - A sentient tower that insults people who try climbing it to the point that they run out crying. Great Great Uncle Zeb placed a secret at the top of the tower on how to stop a Nossix. It is located in Near Under within Hotfrog Forest.
• Kiosk of Random Opportunity - A Wheel of Fortune-like spinner with careers on it instead of amounts of money. When someone spins it, whichever career it lands on becomes that person's new career and they are instantly teleported there.
• Valley of the Zinkas - An abandon "lost" ruins of a society now gone. They were chocolatiers, taffy-pullers, and candy fans that ate nothing but sweets. Before dying out, they left behind a giant orb of gumlacose in a booby-trapped maze with a guardian monster.

Species

Anthropomorphic creatures

There are a variety of creatures who are quite intelligent and can be considered the "people" of Under (the world). Some species are common while others are rare to the point that only one or two members have been seen on the show, most of these rare creatures aren't listed here. Many species haven't been given canonical names and the majority of this section is conjectural.

• Underites - (various species) The inhabitants of the 'Kingdom' of Under (as opposed to the continent of Under or the entire Planet of Under, which plays host to various nationalities). Some people inhabiting certain areas of Under don't think of themselves as Underites, but as Florians, Outties, etc.
• Near Underites - (various species) The inhabitants of the Kingdom of Near Under, unlike Underites, the majority of Near Underites seem to be members of the Bulb-Headed Species).
• Throngegerians - (various species) The inhabitants of Throng, the town on Ahead of Under. Known for their cleanliness and of being afraid of almost everything, especially germs.
• Loopy's Species - One of the more common species (particularly in Under), with other notable members being Captain Darling, Mr. Queep, and Hugh the Yu-Yu. This species is characterized by high foreheads, large bulbous noses, and protruding jowls.
• "Populah's Species" - As juveniles (such as ex-Princess Populah), members of this species have no discernible noses, growing them later in life (such as Auntie First). Because this species is identical to Loopy's Species in adulthood, it is unknown how abundant or how rare it is in comparison. Because of the similarities, it could even be possible that both people are subspecies of one single race. Certain members of this species can breathe underwater (Populah, Cousin Tess), but it sometimes 'skips' a generation (as it did with Auntie First).
• Wire Guys - Sentient bundles of barbed wire taking a vaguely humanoid appearance (eyeballs on stalks extending up from the head, tails, two arms, and two legs). Like cyborgs, Wire Guys are very resilient and can use their coiled-wire form to extends limbs, filter through tight spaces, or even be totally unwound. Bob Wire is the only Wire Guy seen in the show, although a photo of his mother (a barbed wire fence) has been seen. This could mean that once Wire Guys 'die' they become normal inanimate wire. Bob also refers to himself as 'the Wire Man'. Being made of metal as well, he's also immune to organic ailments.
• Frags - Small green creatures with two arms and two legs, small tails, and small shark-like dorsal fins on the backs of their heads. Bob Wire's henchmen are both Frags (although there were originally three), and aren't called anything other than "Frags". They usually have high nasal voices, but sometimes their voices go low to emphasize certain words in their sentences.
• Sock boys - A race of cowboys that inhabit the wild-western Argyle Flats. They're woven sentient socks.
• Bulb-Headed Species - A common race very similar to Loopy's Species, but whose foreheads are shaped like lightbulbs (Loopy's Species have flat foreheads that taper off to a rounded dome). They reside mostly in Near Under.
• Yu-Yus - Small creatures (about the size of frags) that inhabit Under Under. They are usually white (somewhat resembling living marshmallows) with spiky hair that can't be discerned from the rest of their bodies. At least one blue Yu-Yu has been depicted in the show. Like their leader Hugh the Yu-Yu, actual Yu-Yus love to party and tame giant Slythers, earning themselves a reputation of being fierce and terrifying party animals.
• Guardilators - Large hulking people in the service of King Lugobrius Rex. They are tall with very muscular torsos and arms, and they have no noses.
• Florians - Plant people. Two notable factions, the Red Florians and the Yellow Florians had been waging a never-ending war over the last Thussle Bush. They communicate through smells and bursts of pollen.
• Cyborgs - Robots such as Vernon, who was built by the Clockmaker. The Hermit who lives on the moon may also be a cyborg since he appears to only be an upper torso with garbage can making up his lower portions and the usage of a single small wheel for locomotion. However, unlike Vernon, whose legs (also terminating in wheels) and arms can grow, the Clockmaker acts much more human (except his mode of transportation). Vernon can also extend his glasses to use them as microscopes or binoculars. Sometimes when his glasses are removed he is shown to not possess eyes behind them, while other times the eyes are very small. Because they are inorganic, they are unaffected by organic ailments and the Horrorborealis.
• Outties - The inhabitants of Outieville, they all have "outie" belly buttons.
• Ipples - The inhabitants of a small and secluded jungle village. They are unable to make decisions for themselves, preferring to ask either Loopy ("The Great Decider" of Ipple lore) and later a butterflier (on Loopy's instructions).
• Juice Beasts- Sentient creatures who can squirt juice out of their tentacles. One of the most popular locations in Under is the Juice Beast Stand, which serves as a major social gathering place (like a pub). The second most popular place is the Wriggly Pie Stand.
• Nossixs - Creatures that can change between being very small and weak to very big and muscle-bound while wearing wear lederhosens. Great-great Uncle Zed once defeated a Nossix and locked it away in a bongo drum until Bob Wire used the Nossix to chase Russell out of the kingdom.
• Ghouls - Any creature (sentient and non-sentient) during the Horrorborealis. They are zombie-like creatures that have an uncontrollable craving for pickles. They must be kept away from pickles until the Horrorborealis is over because if they eat them, they will remain Ghouls permanently. Being made of metal or having an invincible electro aura can keep you safe from glorification.

Miscellaneous creatures

• Sky-cow – A flying cow-like creature. Russell and his friends use these as transportation regularly.
• Squirt Hog aka "Engene" - An elephant creature that filled with water and a trunk nozzle to squirt. They're usually used for watering eggs to grow into buildings and other construction structures.
• Greenback – A green frog-like creature that was once used as currency when Russell attempted to introduce money to Under. When Bob took control of all the greenbacks, making Under destitute, Russell repealed money, which made the greenbacks worthless.
• Sky-beast – A more commonly used creature used as transportation by Bob Wire and Auntie First. They have handlebar-like horns and saddles which are generally used for this purpose by their riders.
• Slyther – A large raptor-like creature with a shovel-like mouth used for digging. Many are domesticated, ridden as transport, and milked to make Slyther Cheese by the Yu-Yus.
• Night-slyther – Although it sounds like a relative to the common Slyther, it is more monstrous-looking than the more common Slyther. It looks like a big green ball with multiple eyes, tentacles, long arms with claws and mouths on them, as well as a big spiky mouth on its body. They use to living in the shadows of Under Under hence would only emerge overground at night.
• Corola Vines - Similar looking to Night-Slythers but are carnivorous plants. Native to the Flatulent Swamps. On Pollen Holiday, their "hand-vines" grow excessively outward of the swamp to catch prey but are eaten by a migration of giant sea herbivores. Auntie First grows one in her greenhouse.
• Thoosh – A large walrus-like creature native to Wall-Eye Lake. It spouts jet-water to instantly grow Tither Ferns and eat them. Its water can also instantly clean places.
• Asymtote – A large monster that normally harmless. When hungry, every step it takes is half the length of its previous step before it (to conserve energy). It feeds on seaweed. It is also called 'A Monster that Never Arrives'. It also seems to be constantly humming a tone-deaf tune that induces high stress.
• Rebuloc – A vicious badger-like creature native to the Flatulent Swamp. Avoid.
• Blue Bird of Happenstance – A large blue bird with beak and eyes in reversed position (beak above eyes). Whoever it poops on is cursed with bad luck for a year. Its feathers bring good luck.
• Krenit – The ultimate defensive beast. It has a large body, multiple eyes to spot prey, and a super-fast sticky tongue that grabs anything it touches. You'll need slow plums to outrun a krenit, otherwise, you must stay absolutely still to avoid its tongue.
• Ippy Clippy – The ultimate offensive beast. It is the natural enemy of the Krenit. It has eyes on stalks, a large club-like tail, and two huge Popeye-like arms. It was so dangerous that they were run out of the continent. Great-great-uncle Zeb beat the last Ippy Clippy of Under and hid it inside the Wall Eye. Bob Wire rehydrated it to stomp Near Under's Krenit but it was beaten up by two Krenits.
• Slorch – A large red furry creature that can breathe fire. They only eat spicy hot peppers (from its home, the Hot Pepper Jungle) and need to live hot climates. They can also talk.
• Plurn – A large one-eyed squid-like fish. Baby Plurns live on land and breathe air, then the mother squirts them with ink and they turn into aquatic adults. The Plurn ink can also turn other land animals into fish-like creatures. Later in life, Plurns swim into the underwater Volcano Metamorpho and are erupted with wings, living the rest of their lives in the sky. Going into the volcano will return Plurned (ink-squirted) creatures back to their normal terrestrial selves.
• Spitesucker – A red leech-like creature. It feeds on anger. Once it is attached to someone, the only way to get it off is for the person to get so angry that the spitesucker flies off because of overload.
• Dream Gulper – A strange gelatinous creature. It can make dreams and nightmares real. If reality isn't corrected by sundown it becomes permanent.
• Gorble Birds – Hideous blue-birds with udders. They poop out gross smelly organic pink slop. They usually migrate to Near Under.
• Sea Clutch – A small fish-like creature. It got its name because it grabs things in its clutches.
• Rock Monkey - A monkey-like creature. Its arms are where its nose is supposed to be. Its favorite food is pumpernickel.
• Sea Sloth - A sloth-like creature native to the sea.
• Jelly Droppers - Large hovering jellyfish-like creatures. They drop huge balls of blue jelly. Cousin Tess uses them as heavy assault bombers.
• Skiffer Skink - A bloodhound-like creature with a pig's snout. Once it locks on a certain scent, it will never give up on the target.
• Great Big Hairy Eye-Ball - A floating hairy eye that temporarily turns anyone who looks directly at it into stone. Its only weakness is being squirted in the eye with the juice of SourSquirt Berries.
• Bedrock Beast - A large, stout caterpillar-like creature that eats any kind of rock or rock-derived material, such as brick houses.
• Parabat - A flying manta ray-like creature. It is used as a parasail on Frolicking Island.
• Sharkrunner - A red dinosaur-like creature with a shark-like head and a shark fin. It is used to pull the Parabat on Frolicking Island.
• Squump - A dumb, lazy cow-like creature. It gives both eggs and milk which are used for certain food products such as wriggly pies. When they get old, they leave to go spend their golden years in retirement. When that happens Slaphappies show up and cause trouble. The only way to get rid of Slaphappies is to get a new herd of squumps. To get a new herd you have to wrangle the herd leader which is usually the biggest and meanest Bull Squump. Bull Squumps have bull horns.
• Fang Ferret - A small ferret like creature with sharp fangs and a strong bite. Used at Miss Atilla's school for part of dispute battles between students.
• Donkey Horse - A donkey-like horse. They are treated like real horses in Argyle Flats.
• Gigagut - A giant stomach monster. It eats almost everything. It can't swim according to Populah since she said it would go to Near Under, then Under, then Under Under. This also reveals it can burrow. Consuming Vegidoubles of Quackvain Bushes makes it belches everything it had consumed.
• Slaphappy - An incessantly happy creature who loves playing pranks on townsfolk. Their natural enemy are Squumps since they're the only thing that will get rid of them. They come in four colors; red, orange, blue, and green.
• Pool Clam - A clam-like creature with three tongues that look like hands. They are quite common on Frolicking Island.
• Piranha Moth - A savage moth-like creature that eats clothing. It can eat people's clothes to their underwear.
• Skitchybug - A tiny blue bee like creature that swarms around people as pests.
• Brainsucker - A moving lump of flesh. They jump on people's heads and make them dumb as squumps. Loopy is curiously immune to this. Brainsuckers are afraid of light and only come out of their nest during the month-long eclipse.
• Ice Eel - Small flying eels that inhabit the Equatorial Glaciers, moving through the cracks in the ice.
• Pudrick - A small purple monster that acts as a "blame sponge". Unless blamed continually for everything that goes wrong, it will transform into a gargantuan creature and run amok.
• Fhrobish - Small, weasel-like creature. Its bite can cause Monsteritis.
• Fhrobish victims - Underites and humans that contracted Monsteritis from a Fhrobish, having changed into monsters.
• Dongo Worm - A giant worm that lives in the Uncertain City in Near Under. Anyone with Monsteritis needs to eat some of its mouth slime to revert to normal.
• Pilf - Tiny creature that looks vaguely like a rat with a robber's mask on. Fond of stealing anything and everything they can get their hands on.
• Lurber - Enormous plant creature with a highly specific diet: it only eats Kings. Its fronds (referred to as a "head-lawn") must be kept trimmed to keep the creature dormant.
• Guardgoyle - Vicious bulldog-like creature used as a royal guardian. It will obey the King of Under, whoever is wearing the crown that is.
• Hammer Rhino - Large animals that can be ridden and/or used as Battering Rams.
• Omnivorous Fatloid - A large obese gluttonous creature that inhabits the new garbage dump of Under, Glass Box Canyon. Since they are omnivorous, they will eat anything, including garbage and people.
• Dandilinium Vartibrus - A rare species of butterfly found in Under.
• Noflier - Another rare species of butterfly in Under. Sought by Mr. Queep in Ipple territory.
• Sea Scarf - Large aquatic creatures that migrate through the Edible Archipelago. They have sweet teeth and while they will eat Dessert Islands they will leave Salad Islands be. They also don't like marzipan.
• The Great Big Gehh - A mountain-sized snakelike creature that inhabits the Valley of the Outies.
• Shine Toad - In infant stage, they look like glowing frogs before metamorphosis. Later, transforms into large green feathery beings.
• Doubler - A mass of sentient green slime that can morph into any creature it wants to, even going so far as to copy a person's voice and mannerisms.
• Geet - A Giant creature that vaguely resemble a land-dwelling kraken. The adult Geet will use its giant tongue to catch food, ranging from people to cheese, pulling them back to its giant nest where the prey gets attached to the ceiling. The baby Geets then hatch and spit digestive enzymes onto the food until they liquefy and are then drunk by the babies.
• Gurd - A large swimming and walking creature that will eat people and then lay them as eggs. When the people hatch, they get imprinted and obsessed over the first thing they see.
• Dart Bird - Crane-like birds that are fired from crossbows, carrying letters in their claws. They travel great distances as Under's main courier service, even to Up.
• Monster Skiddadle Spray - Rabbits that spray repentant at monsters to chase them away. But they don't work on Bedrock Beasts though.
• Esculizard - Alligators with stairs in their mouths that revolve like escalators. Seen in the Big Cloud Mall.
• Squirt Pigs - Small pigs filled with paint to colorize anything. They can both squirt and mist color out like a spray can and hose.
• Excavator Camel- An all-terrain beast that Populah once used to help bring a Slorch back in its home.
• Hole Beast - A creature with a portal hole on its chest. Jumping through the holes will transport him/her to anywhere randomly, to another hole beast or distant place. You never know.
• Gob Shooter - A monster used to dirty up Under in one of Bob's schemes.
• Triviper - A three-headed snake that was used by Aunti First and Captain Darling to try and capture a giant worm. It wraps its tail around its target and snaps at its face.
• Spitballer - A monster used to dirty up Under in one of Bob's schemes.
• Foot Launcher - A monster used to dirty up Under in one of Bob's schemes.
• Megaphone Speaker - A megaphone creature whose mouth moves to whatever is being said or broadcast with it.
• Living Furniture - Living chairs, tables, ottomans, stools, scales, lamps, and many other things. Primarily seen in Under's castle. Some furniture isn't alive, such as Throne and Auntie First's desk.

Gadgets ('Gizmets')

Gadgets are referred to in Under as 'Gizmets'.

• Enlargulator - A device created by Vernon (based on one he saw in the Museum of Tomorrow) to enlarge King to a size capable of deflecting Under's Moon from its current course, which would cause it to crash into Under.
• Smalluator - The opposite of an Enlargulator.
• King Car - Under's first automobile. Driven off a cliff into a canyon to prevent Auntie First and Bob Wire from reverse-engineering it.
• Big Cloud Mall - Flying mall, uses "stinks" as fuel. Once a bottled resource stink is used up, it is immediately dumped to the ground below, and the crew of the mall makes home movies of its splash.
• Drilling Rocket - Rocket drill that burrows through the earth.
• Eye-Looker and Eye-Looker Screen - Reminiscent of a periscope, but with video feed.
• Gargantubob - A mecha built by Bob Wire (when he was Smartulated) to look like himself and help him take over Under. It runs on Swamp Gas.
• Grim Balloon - The hot air balloon Loopy used to attack Under when he was masquerading as The Grim. It is shaped as the Grim's head.
• Outty spotlight - The Batman-esque spotlight the Outties of Outtieville shine on the clouds to call in help from the King (Cliff).
• Resmartulator - A device created to reverse the effects of Brain-Sucker attachment. Also capable of dramatically increasing the intelligence of normal individuals it is used on. It is solar-powered, which means during an eclipse (which is when brain-suckers come out and the Resmartulator is generally used) it can only be used a certain number of times before it runs out of power.
• Everything Log - A hollowed log that can provide a wish to anyone who places their hand inside it.

Episodes

52 episodes were produced over two seasons.

Number	Title	Description
Season 1
1	Down to Under	The Wright family moves to a new house and Russell discovers the passage to Under under his bed. He befriends Loopy and Vernon and together with Russell's dog Gus, they challenge Bob Wire for the crown of Under and Russell becomes Under's new King.
2	Ex-Princess Up a Tree	Bob sends a fake SOS to Russell from ex-Princess Populah so he can lure him into a trap and steal back the crown. Meanwhile, Loopy hatches what he believes is an Urklet egg, only to find it was a vicious Rebbuloc, which terrorizes the throne room before escaping to Up and encountering Cliff, who was trying to sneak down to Under.
3	In Near Under and Out the Other	While trespassing in Near Under, Loopy is mistaken as a pet by Auntie First and she locks him away. When Russell goes to help, Gus is also taken and Populah has to help the King rescue his friends. After leaving for Near Under, Vernon starts work on Under's new currency: greenbacks, which Bob quickly began hoarding to himself.
4	The Self-Mobilating Gizmet	By Russell's request, Vernon builds a car. However, Bob steals it to bring to Auntie First as their new secret weapon for invading Under, leaving Russell and his friends stranded in the desert.
5	Never Be Nice to a Pubrick	Russell orders the populace of Under to stop blaming the Pubrick for all their problems, not knowing that this will allow the creature to turn into a fearsome beast. Meanwhile, Bob commandeers Vernon's ripulator to create a fault around Under, ransoming the Crown in exchange for the key that will set things right and prevent Night Slythers from emerging at sundown and destroying everything.
6	Blame It on the Moon	When a stray dog keeps him up all night, Russell goes down to Under and finds everybody sending their garbage up to the moon, and Gus and the crown are sucked away as well. When he goes to retrieve them, Russell learns from the Hermit who lives on the moon that one more load of garbage will send it crashing into Under next year.
7	Pollen Holiday	Mysterious pollen flows from Under up into Russell's room, knocking out Cliff and sending Russell down to investigate with Gus. When they get rid of the bush responsible, Loopy discovers that a mass of unknown monsters are bearing down on the town.
8	Very Big Faces	Bob tries to trick Auntie into invading Under, eventually carving a Floating Mountain into the shape of Russell's head that motivates Auntie to build a giant wall. This forces the Gorbal Birds to fly to Under instead of to their normal roost in Near Under. This upsets Russell since the birds start pooping on his newly constructed Roller Coaster (which he built since he's too short to ride one in Up).
9	Down in the Dark with the Yu-Yu's	While doing some plumbing, Russell and his friends are sucked down to Under Under where the crown is eaten by a Slyther. They befriend her owner Hugh the Yu-Yu, who is living under a giant stalactite that is poised to fall at any moment. Since his Fuzzy Dice told him to stay, Hugh, despite Russell's insistence refuses to leave.
10	Roughing It's Not that Hard	Russell decides to practice for his Gopher Scout camping merit badge in Under. Vernon dislikes living off the land and sets up a big fancy forest camp for all the people of Under. Meanwhile, Bob steals Russell's scout handbook and tries to use its advice to steal the crown.
11	It's All in How You Play	Vernon and Loopy discover that Russell is upset about not making his school football team, and make him part of Under's Joustabout team (like simplified Quidditch on flying snowboards), rigging all the games so Russell would win. But when he discovers this, Bob makes a killing off of gambling bets, and soon moves onto betting the crown of Under on a one-on-one match between him and Russell.
12	No Cape, No Hero	Russell starts masquerading as his comic book hero 'The Coyote' but when no crime presents itself, Vernon starts making unreasonable laws that people can't possibly abide by. Loopy also becomes involved with The Coyote and takes on the role of the villain, 'The Grim'.
13	The Pirates of Hole Island	After accidentally turning Under into pumpernickel, Loopy runs away to be a pirate. Russell, Populah, and Gus go after him and are captured by Loopy's new crewmates. Meanwhile, Vernon tries to stop Bob as he sends rock monkeys to eat Under.
14	Monsteritis	While trying to get down to under, Cliff is bitten by a Frobish, catching Monsteritis and thus turning into a monster himself. Russell goes to the Uncertain City to get the slime of a fairly large Dongo Worm, the only cure for Cliff. Bob and Auntie also want the worm for their own uses, and Gus tries to organize with Captain Darling and the Frags so they can capture the worm together and escape the city before it blinks out of existence.
15	The Scottish Dog and the Everything Log	Gus digs up a dinosaur bone in Up but when he takes it down to Under, Vernon's latest gizmo reanimates it. Gus feels Russell loves the dinosaur more than Russell does Gus, so Loopy takes him to find the Everything Log so he can wish it away. But Auntie had already gone missing looking for it, and Bob decides to try to find it himself too.
16	Blizzard in a Box	In order to make ice cream, Vernon and Loopy set up a factory with a blizzard inside it, causing the outside world to turn into a desert. When Russell decides to get rid of the ice cream in favor of the climate, Bob starts a coup. Meanwhile, Near Under is beset by the petrifying Hairy Eye-Ball, so Auntie and Russell make a deal to for each to solve the problem of the other.
17	The Tower of Derision	Bob uses a monstrous Nossix to take over Under and steal the crown. Russell escapes and heads to the cruel Tower of Derision with Populah to read Great Great Uncle Zeb's advice on beating the Nossix. The Frags, having been outed by the monster, teach Vernon and Loopy how to indirectly disobey Bob's undesirable orders to stop Russell.
18	Brain Jam	Faced with a riddle he can't solve, Vernon breaks down and Russell takes him to the Clockmaker to be fixed. Unfortunately, the Clockmaker won't cooperate, needing Vernon to keep time correctly in his town. Meanwhile, Loopy helps Auntie first stop Bob from demolishing Near Under as part of his "Wire Man" show.
19	A Boy's Best Friend's Enemy	Gus chases a cat to Under and she takes Bob hostage, using him to fly her away from Gus to Near Under, the dog and the Frags (who don't understand the dog-cat feud anyway, believing peace was better) in hot pursuit. However, Auntie First is waging a war with her Cousin Tess, the leader of Under Sea because they once wore the same dress to their school prom. Russell tries to stop the war since all the sea creatures are being forced to flee to Under due to it. However, once Russell saw that the dresses were not the same, the evidence was destroyed.
20	Auntie Gravity	Embarrassed by the prospect of trading party supplies to Hugh the Yu-Yu for her weight in Slyther Cheese, Auntie (with help from Bob) kidnaps Loopy to make her his Lighter Than Air pastries. Without the trade, though, Hugh is faced with a giant rat attack, and Russell must step in to save the economy.
21	Pilfs Did It!	The mouse-like bandits start stealing things in both Under and Up, leading the Wrights to believe the house is infested by rodents. They then call an exterminator and Russell fears the passage to Under will be discovered, he is also blamed by Lou and his mother for the thefts.
22	Not Necessarily Russell	In order to go river rafting, Russell has Vernon create a Veggi-Double clone to attend the G-4 meeting in his stead. But when a Giga Gut attacks Near Under, Auntie First, Cousin Tess and Hugh the Yu-Yu find "Russell" to be no help at all in finding a solution, and the situation worsens when they are informed by Bob Wire that they were dealing with a clone.
23	Luck be a Birdie	When it does its annual flyby to Under, the Bluebird of Happenstance poops on Loopy bestowing him with bad luck and takes off with Russell's crown, leaving a blue feather behind. Loopy locks himself inside a rollable glass ball to stop getting bad luck while Russell tracks down the bluebird. Meanwhile, Auntie causes her subjects to run away again to Under over an unfair "Light Tax" and has to rely on Bob to bring them back when he gets the crown from the bluebird.
24	Ancient Air	When he loots the Uncertain City, Bob comes across three ancient urns. Auntie confiscates one with a freeze-dried Giant Nose (an extinct monster) which comes back to life and starts attacking the towns. Loopy buys an urn filled with ancient air from Bob and releases it in the castle, sending it and everyone inside back to prehistoric times.
25	Feed a Cold	Russell infects all of Under with his cold, turning them all into uppity superheroes who kick Russell and Gus out of the town. Bob and Vernon, being inorganic, were immune. They go to Near Under and Captain Darling tells them a plant native to the Equatorial Glaciers will cure the infected Underites, but Bob tells their plan to the Underites in an attempt to get into their good books. Vernon tries to find the cure for Russell's cold in Up.
26	The Accordion of Doom	Faced with a daunting school recital, Russell has a recurring nightmare about performing the accordion in front of a hoard of monsters. In Under, the Dream Gulper arrives and materializes the dreams of its sleepers. Bob catches the Dream Gulper for his dream of being a giant and ruling all the local kingdoms to come true. Russell has to confront his fears to reach the Dream Gulper and stop Bob's dream from becoming reality forever at sunset.
Season 2
27	Artificial Intelligence	When a month-long solar eclipse takes place in Under, it becomes overrun by Brain Suckers, turning all their victims into mindless drones. They can be "resmartulated" with Vernon's solar-powered Resmartulator, but Bob tricks Vernon into smartulating him without being brain-sucked first, making him a super genius (at least by Bob's standards) and able to successfully take over Under. To stop Bob, Russell also has himself super-smarted, but he becomes conceited and uncaring as a result.
28	Random Opportunity Knocks	Sick of being a hated despot, Auntie goes to the Kiosk of Random Opportunity to get a new job. Auntie becomes a "great big sacrifice" to the Great Big Gehh, a monster terrorizing the Valley of the Outies once defeated by ex-King Cliff. Loopy also gets tired of his job and heads to the Kiosk. When they go to find Loopy, Russell and friends find a light signal of Cliff coming from the Valley of the Outies. (NOTE: This is the first of two episodes in which Bob Wire does not appear, nor do the Frags.)
29	The Lawn of the Lurber	Bob kidnaps the Truth Teller and has the Frags masquerade as her to make him King and to make Russell and Gus disappear. Unfortunately, he chose to act just as the Lurber rose from the ground, intent on eating its only prey: Kings.
30	Good Stenches make Bad Neighbors	The Big Cloud Mall kidnaps Auntie First, the Flatulent Swamp and Under after its Belch-Bean Cookoff in order to keep its engine (which runs on bad smells) running. Russell and friends head to the Mall to save Under but are slowed down by security. Fortunately, Bob, seeing them on the Mall, realizes Under is going to be saved either way and decides to do it himself and earn their undying gratitude.
31	Despot School Confidential	Populah is sent to Miss Atilla's School for Young Despots by Auntie and Tess. With Populah not having any despot edge, she can never graduate. So, Russell, Loopy, and Gus pretend to be girls and sneak into the school to help Populah win the despot derby for Populah for instant graduation. Bob also cross-dresses to get in as a teacher to steal Russell's crown, which had been taken from him when he enrolled.
32	El Spectaculo Del Squumpo	Loopy gives Russell an attachable tail as a King Appreciation Day gift, and Russell uses it to perform acrobatics at the traveling circus (ironically, the one Bob Wire was also working for). Unfortunately, when the circus is summoned to Emperor Lugobrius, they are faced with either making him happy with a good show or get shaved clean and locked away forever (like all the other entertainers who attempted to please him and failed).
33	Slow Plums and Krenits	Auntie First and Loopy are both swindled into getting the Ultimate Defensive Beasts: Krenits, thus both of their populaces had to remain perfectly still or be eaten by the monsters. Russell goes to get the Ultimate Offensive Beast, the Ippy Clippy, to get rid of them, but Bob beats them to the punch and they are locked in the Wall Eye (where the Ippy Clippy had been stored by Great Great Uncle Zeb) with a flotilla of monster guppies.
34	Return of the Moon	After being weighed down by too much garbage the year before, the moon is about to crash into Under. Russell plans to stop it by becoming giant and smacking it away with a tennis racket, but Bob steals the Enlargulator to make a new town for the Underites when the moon crashes, making much profit from the deal.
35	Continent Adrift	To gain favor with the Queen of Throng, Bob reverses the direction that Ahead of Under was moving and thus ends the motion sickness experienced by the continent's populace over the years. Unfortunately, this sent the landmass on a collision course with Under, and Russell has to travel to Ahead of Under and try to set things right before his kingdom's crushed. Meanwhile, Vernon and Populah have to protect Under from the ravenous Bedrock Beasts emerging from Ahead of Under.
36	Escape from Frolicking Island	Russell, Gus and Loopy decide to go on vacation on Frolicking Island, only to find it is not a resort, but a horrible trap ruled over by Happy Fernando and his pain-inducing whistle. Russell works with Captain Darling (who is also trapped with Auntie First on the island) to try to escape. Meanwhile, Vernon creates an Unmeltable Ice Cube that turns all liquid it touches solid, but when he tries to dispose of the dangerous invention, Bob Wire steals it to set up a bogus sales campaign.
37	The Coming of Kleng	Bob's advertisement campaign for the metal polish Kleng has everyone in Under and Near Under mistakenly awaiting an attack by Kleng, believing it to be a fearsome conqueror. When Auntie quickly surrenders her country to Bob before "Kleng" comes, he quickly takes the opportunity to trick Russell as well for his crown. Russell becomes suspicious and tries to find the truth about Kleng.
38	Ride'em Squump Boy	When Under's Squump population gets too old and retires, the irritating Slaphappies move in, forcing Russell to go to the Argyle Flats and rope up another herd, a task only possible by subduing the biggest bull Squump. Bob Wire is also out to get the Squumps and hires some local help to do it.
39	Stolen Voices	Desperate to get Bob out of his funk, the Frags go to the shady swindler Thornhop. He agrees to get the crown and remove Russell from the picture in exchange for Bob's beautiful (singing) voice and the Frags agree. Thornhop installs an unbreakable latch on the portal to Up and refuses to let Russell return home unless he handed over the crown. Bob tries to go back on the deal, but Thornhop steals the new King's voice. Meanwhile, Russell tries to crack the combination lock from his side of the latch.
40	A Glass of Memory	Cliff gets Russell to go to Under and recover his memory of Grade 4, which he forgot after falling into the GeeIForget River on the same day he had hidden the second Crown of Under. Bob was also looking for the second Crown and decides to get Cliff's memory so he could find the Crown and get 50% control over Under. Unable to steal it from the Recollecter at the river's end, Bob then decides to get Russell to get the memory instead then he'd steal it from him. But he remembered that he had set traps all along the river bank to stop Russell, and one of them knocks Russell into the river, making him forget everything.
41	The Monster Who Wouldn't Arrive	When a giant Asymptote appears but stops short of the town, the Underites start panicking, and Vernon goes dangerously Babbleyboing. To stop him from exploding, Russell takes him to the Clockmaker, who now lives in the Bottomless Pit. Unfortunately, the Clockmaker gave all his belongings to his love Flavia, and as such will be unable to fix Vernon until he marries her. Meanwhile, Loopy and Gus try to get rid of the Asymptote, with Bob (who is making a killing in the therapeutic business) fouling them up at every turn.
42	The Museum of Tomorrow	As an alien fleet approaches Under, Russell is arrested by Agent Greg and his Future Infractions Bureau for a crime he has yet to commit. The others head to the Museum of Tomorrow to try to find out what crime he will commit but are arrested themselves for planning on breaking Russell out of jail. Gus has everyone speak in past tense instead of future tense so they won't be caught again, and he and Russell escape with the help of Vernon, Loopy, and Populah, and head to the Museum to visit the future. (Note: This is the second—and final—episode in which Bob Wire does not appear, nor do the Frags. In fact, it is the only episode in which none of the main antagonists of the series appear.)
43	Treasure of the Zinkas	When he overhears that she needs money and is going to sell the house, Russell goes to Under to find some treasure for his mother instead. He and his friends head out to collect the Orb of the Zinkas, an extinct sugar-loving culture. Bob tries to stop Russell, believing if Under got a new King, he'd stand a better chance of stealing the Crown.
44	Run Russell Run	During the live production of Bob's new TV talk show, Auntie's prized Charismango Tree disappears and she wrongly accuses her new Thorch of eating it. Russell decides to save the Thorch and bring it back to its forest home, but Auntie hires the famous tracker Mr. Queep to get it back. Meanwhile, Vernon and Loopy try to find the real culprit, with Bob, the Frags, Hugh the Yu-Yu, and Cousin Tess as their main suspects.
45	The Egg Effect	Loopy "trespasses" in Near Under while picking flowers, causing Auntie to declare war. Russell calls for a truce but when they meet at the peace talk, Bob has them eaten by a Gurd, which turns them into eggs. When Russell hatches he becomes obsessed with getting to the top of Unclimbabale Mountain, but the Troll who owns it tries to stop him. When Auntie hatches she becomes infatuated with Loopy and puts him in a cage, he then asks her to get the Crown for him, since he saw that Bob had stolen it from the preoccupied Russell.
46	Russell Thussle Tussle	The Frags are forced to join Loopy as Gopher scouts for their community service hours and together they steal the last Thussle bush, which had been causing a war (both the Red and Yellow Floronians wanted it). They give it to Bob Wire to keep safe, and he tells the Floronians that Russell has it causing them to attack Under. Bob tells Russell he will give it back and end the siege if he gets the crown, however, Captain Darling decides to use the Thussle as a Despot Day gift to Auntie First.
47	King Russell the Repellant	Scared of a storm, Gus has Russell go down to Under where the Horrorborealis is filling the skies, turning everyone organic (i.e. not Vernon and Bob) into pickle-obsessed Ghouls. Russell, Gus, and Bob get hit by lightning and are negatively charged, protecting them from everything even turning into Ghouls. Russell decided to go to the West Pole where his charge will be neutralized, and end the Horrorborelais as well, allowing everyone to return to normal. Bob, however, gets himself positively charged and threatens to neutralize Russell himself unless he gets the crown, but Gus ends up turning into a Ghoul. Meanwhile, back in Under, Vernon has to eat all the pickles so the Ghouls can't themselves, as that would make them remain in their monstrous state forever.
48	As Good As Gus	Bob kidnaps Gus and Loopy, sending them floating away to Dessert Island where they are beset by ravenous Sea Scarfs. He then has a Shapeshifter turn into Gus to steal the Crown, but the plan is disrupted when Russell and the Shapeshifter have to save Vernon from a nest of baby Geets.
49	Thoosh Got Mail	The Kingdom inspector is making his rounds and Vernon, Populah and Loopy are cleaning up Under in preparation, kicking everyone out. If the kingdom's dirty, then Russell will lose his crown, so Bob sets out to turn the town into a dump. Unknowingly Auntie First uses an obscure legal loophole to swap ownerships of hers and Russell's kingdoms, leaving Vernon and Loopy to clean up filthy Near Under in a few mere hours. Meanwhile, Russell, Gus, and Populah have to get the last stamp required in Under's Stamp Collection from Elpsun C's post office (without which he will lose his crown also).
50	Terrier of the Ocean	Auntie gets a Spitesucker stuck to her face when she visits Bob's Aqua Zoo, forcing Captain Darling to make a deal with Cousin Tess to get it off. Unfortunately, once she was freed, Auntie couldn't remember being sucked and was forced to try Darling and Tess for treason. Meanwhile, Russell also visits Bob's Zoo and gets attacked by a Plurn. Gus saves Russell but the Plurn inks him, turning him into an aquatic animal. Russell goes to ask Tess how he can get Gus back to normal (leaving the finned dog with Bob and Loopy, who put him on the show), but Tess refuses to help Russell until he wins her and Darling's trial.
51	If This, Then That	Loopy accidentally activates the jetpack Vernon was making Russell and rockets away to a distant village of Iples who dub him their "Great Decider" (they can't make decisions themselves). Meanwhile, Populah's hair has been turned into snakes by Auntie's shampoo, and Auntie won't share the antidote unless Russell gets her a date with Mr. Queep. Queep agrees to go on the date once he has captured a Nonifer up in the monster-infested NotVeryKnown River, but his canoe sinks at the port. Gus volunteers Russell's King Ship and they accompany Mr. Queep on his quest, along with Bob and the Frags, looking for a story to sell their tabloid, the Hotwire.
52	Gag Pune Gets Out (series finale)	Bob Wire releases Gag Pune from Mount Stoney Lonesome, where he was imprisoned in when Cliff was King. Gag was imprisoned in the mountain after going on a rampage after being laughed at by Cliff, Bob, and the inhabitants of Under during a festival. Bob freed Gag because he knows the first thing he'll do is head to Under to destroy the place and Russell will have no choice but to get Cliff's help, and the price will be the Crown of Under. Meanwhile, Loopy needs to get his nose bell fixed and we learn that he's more than just the court jester...

External links

• Official website
• King at IMDb