![]() But every time he gets one of them out to the corridor, the robot has decided to revert to its original two-inch size. Squishington encounters the creature in the corridor, panics, and attempts to alert Bumpy and Molly. He emerges to incestigate, little realizing that the robot is actually a transformer, and has converted itself to a bot twelve times its original size, armored and with twin missiles strapped to its back. At night, Squishington hears the strange sound of motors, and a menacing roar. Bumpy is equally furious and disappointed at the false advertising, while Squishington actually things the mini-bot is kind of cute. A goodly-size box arrives, but after removing the packaging, all that is inside is a pipsqueak, seemingly weaponless automaton of about two inches in height – with not even so much as a sinister countenance. In Made in Japan (9/10/94), Bumpy has swiped from the kitchen and devoured countless boxes of cereal, just to get the purchase seals to send away for what he believes is a humongo-mechi-robot, loaded with weaponry and explosive goodies. The group made a dependable repertory company for almost any situation and mishap, with voice of Bumpy supplied by the venerable Jim Cummings, and Squishington by Rob Paulsen.Īt least three episodes dealt with the subject of toy robots. Many other toys make semi-regular appearances, in addition to a villain – the nefarious Closet Monster, a beast composed of a heap of old clothes fallen on the closet floor, and armed with the hooks of old coat hangers which it uses as claws. ![]() Third member of the team is Molly Coddle, a rag doll made of old remnants in the style of Raggedy Ann, who prides herself on being a “comfort doll” for the little sister who resides in the next bedroom. He actually has an apartment built inside, and is a habitual neat freak, often leading to differences of opinion as contrasted to Bumpy’s lifestyle. His best pals are Squishington, a blue, gooey-like monster of equal size who lives inside the tank of the toilet, like the little man in the rowboat for Tidy-Bowl. He lives on a diet of unwashed socks left under the furniture (taking great care to only eat one of a pair at a time, leaving the perennial confusion as to who broke up the set). Though devoted to being chronically messy while trying to be hip and cool, his intentions are generally good, although he has an instinctive knack for getting into trouble. Bumpy, a green, bug-eyed miniature monster, of the type that lives under the bed in a child’s imagination. Some random ramblings about radical robots, some from network, some from prime time, and some from Saturday syndication.īump in the Night was an innovative claymation series which aired for a few seasons on ABC Saturday Morning block. ![]()
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