The Patrick Star Show: Season 3, Episode 6 - Who's the Dummy Now? (2024)

Cecil begins the episode at a funeral home, where he gives a eulogy for a dummy that was destroyed by termites. He is there with Bananas Foster, a monkey puppet on his hand, and he brings Bananas home afterward, disturbing the rest of the Star family with the strange new addition.

At home, Cecil explains that he cannot get Bananas off his hand and gets so desperate that he prepares to chop off his own hand. Before he can do it, Bananas starts telling jokes, and the others are won over by the puppet's personality. Because of that, the family decides to keep Bananas around.

The next day, Cecil returns from work and discovers that Bananas has become successful and made a lot of money. Instead of being in charge, Cecil has been demoted to Bananas's assistant, which puts Cecil in a humiliating and subordinate position.

That night, Bananas openly takes advantage of Cecil by using his shaving cream and sleeping in Cecil's bed. Cecil is left in a degraded role in his own home while Bananas acts as if he owns the place.

The following morning, the rest of the family each has their own puppets, and Bananas reveals that he has brought his family to live there too. The Foster family settles into the Star household and immediately starts acting as if they belong there.

The Fosters take over the household routine. They eat breakfast, head off to play tennis, and gradually begin occupying everything the Stars normally do, effectively replacing the Stars in their own home.

During dinner, Cecil decides he has had enough and plans to free the family from the puppets. He summons everyone beneath the table, where the situation abruptly shifts when he encounters the Dartfish family instead of a straightforward solution.

Daddy Dartfish offers to go inside Bananas to find out what is wrong. He climbs up Cecil and into Bananas, then tickles him from the inside, which makes Bananas laugh uncontrollably and move in a wild, unmanageable way.

The chaos carries Daddy Dartfish and Cecil outside, where Daddy Dartfish explains how to get rid of the puppets: the people wearing them only need to unclench their hands. Once they do that, the puppets collapse to the ground, no longer active.

With the puppets defeated, Squidina suggests that Bananas's family be given a new home instead of simply being cast out. Cecil then gets an idea involving Granny Tentacles, who had insulted the family twice earlier in the episode, implying she will be the one to take in the puppet family.

Patrick and his family manage to get rid of the dummy family by making the puppets go limp, and the Star home returns to normal for the moment. Cecil ends the episode with a new plan for where the dummy family should live instead.

The episode begins at a funeral home, where Cecil is giving a eulogy for a dummy that termites have ruined, and he replaces it with Bananas Foster, a monkey puppet that talks and tells jokes. Cecil brings Bananas home, but the family is disturbed by him, especially when Cecil says he cannot get Bananas off his hand and even prepares to chop his own hand off. Bananas changes everyone's attitude by telling jokes that win them over, and the family decides to keep him around.

The next day, Cecil comes home from work and learns that Bananas has already become successful there, while Cecil has been pushed down into being his assistant. That night, Bananas uses Cecil's shaving cream and sleeps in Cecil's bed, showing that he has begun taking advantage of him in the home.

By the following morning, the rest of the family each has their own puppets, because Bananas has brought his family over too. The Foster family then takes over the Star house piece by piece: they eat breakfast, go to play tennis, and begin doing the things the Stars normally do. Cecil grows frustrated and finally decides to free the family from the puppets during dinner.

Under the table, Cecil encounters the Dartfish family, and Daddy Dartfish helps by climbing into Bananas and tickling him from the inside until Bananas laughs uncontrollably and loses control. Cecil and Daddy Dartfish end up outside, where Daddy Dartfish explains that the puppets can be removed simply by unclenching their hands. The family does so, and the puppets collapse to the ground.

After that, Squidina suggests giving Bananas's family a new home, and Cecil decides to solve the problem by sending them to Granny Tentacles, who had insulted the family twice earlier in the episode.

There is no evidence in the available sources of a post-credit scene for "Who's the Dummy Now?"; the episode listings and summaries only identify the episode and its plot, not any extra scene after the credits.

The most likely answer is that it does not have a notable post-credit scene, or at least none is documented in the sources I can verify. If you want, I can also summarize the episode's main plot instead.

Cecil first appears with Bananas Foster at a funeral home after losing his original dummy to termites. He brings Bananas home as a replacement, and the puppet's joke-telling quickly shifts the family's attention toward him.

After Bananas is accepted, he brings in his family of puppets, and they begin occupying the Stars' routines. They eat breakfast, go play tennis, and gradually take over the usual day-to-day activities in the house.

Cecil becomes frustrated because Bananas becomes dominant in the household and treats him like an assistant after making money at work. Bananas also exploits Cecil by using his shaving cream and sleeping in his bed.

Daddy Dartfish goes inside Bananas to investigate, then tickles him from the inside until Bananas laughs uncontrollably. He explains that the puppets can be freed by unclenching their hands, and once they do that, the puppets collapse.

After the puppets are removed, Squidina suggests finding them a new home. Cecil decides to place them with Granny Tentacles, who had insulted the family earlier in the episode.

Yes--this episode is generally family friendly and is aimed at kids, but it may include a few mildly unsettling or silly-spooky elements that some children may not like.

Potentially objectionable or upsetting aspects: - Ventriloquist dummies are a central element, and some kids may find dolls, puppets, or dummy faces creepy or uncomfortable. - The opening reportedly takes place in a funeral-home setting and includes a eulogy for a dummy, which may feel odd or upsetting to very sensitive viewers. - There is some cartoonish physical comedy and exaggerated chaos, which is typical of the show but can be a lot for very young or sensitive children. - One summary mentions a character briefly reacting so strongly that he prepares to chop off his own hand, but the tone is presented as absurd comedy rather than realistic violence. - The episode's humor is described as absurdist and slapstick, so it may be too weird for children who are easily unsettled by bizarre visuals or loud, frantic cartoon behavior.

If your child is uneasy around puppets, dummies, or slightly macabre jokes, this is one to preview first.