Run Chuck Run is the twentieth episode of Angry Birds Toons.
This episode was aired on July 28, 2013.
Title Etymology[]
The name is a portmanteau of Chuck, the main character of the episode, and Run, Forrest, run!, a famous quote by Jenny Curran from the movie Forrest Gump.
Toons.TV Description[]
The birds are fed up with speedster Chuck winning every race, so they unleash their secret weapon - Terence!
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Plot[]
The episode begins with Chuck, Bomb, Terence, and Jay, Jake, and Jim warming up for a race. Chuck examines the other competitors preparing and was confident that he would win, knowing that he can out-run all of them. Then he notices Terence looking at Chuck angrily, scaring Chuck and causing him to try to get as far away from him as possible without crossing the starting line. Then, Matilda fires her pink pop gun to start the race. Everyone runs, except for Terence, much to the confusion of Matilda and Red.
Convinced that he would win, Chuck boastfully races backward, taunting Bomb and The Blues (by kissing Bomb and shaking his butt at The Blues). In a forest, near the entrance, Chuck saw the other competitors far away. Feeling cocky, he resumes running, just to crash into Terence, who somehow appeared in the forest. He decides after a quick check to carry on, just to meet Terence again shortly after. Convinced Terence was after him, as he runs through the course into a desert.
After resting for a while, He checks to make sure Terence was not behind, but when he turns around for the third time, he sees Terence right in his face. Shocked, he runs, just to crash into a cactus and yelling in pain as he ran into a cave, shaking off the thorns in the process.
Inside the cave, Chuck could not see anything, so he lit a match, just to see Terence again. Realizing he was somehow always been nearby, he runs past him into a river where he sank into the bottom, just to meet Terence yet again. Shocked again, he speeds past a King Pig mermaid statue, which breaks as Chuck runs past.
Once he reaches the riverbank, Chuck gets out and races to the finishing line. Knowing he was about to win, he jumps into the air to performing a majestic finish, just to bump off Terence. Confused as to how that could even happen, Chuck unintentionally gets trampled by Bomb and the Blues who cheer for Terence. Injured, Chuck pulls himself to the finishing line, figuring that if he can't win, he can at least finish what he started.
Later on, in the award ceremony, Chuck is given the bronze medal, Terence gets the gold medal, and both Bomb and the Blues gets the silver medal. Chuck, who is jealous at Terence for winning by cheating, moves far away from him, just for Terence to crash down the podium stand onto Chuck, sending him flying. Knowing that he would not be back so soon, Terence smiles.
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Errors[]
- Jay, Jake, and Jim wore silver medals along with Bomb, and Chuck with a bronze medal, although Jay, Jake, and Jim finished the race after Bomb. So Chuck should technically be in fourth place as opposed to third unless they were tied.
- Terence was on the finish line when Chuck bumped into him, but less than five seconds later, he is completely on the other side of it.
Trivia[]
- This episode was originally supposed to come after Slingshot 101 but was replaced by Thunder Chuck.
- This is the 4th title that has Chuck's name in it. The other three were: "Chuck Time", "Full Metal Chuck", and "Thunder Chuck".
- This episode portrays Chuck with an arrogant attitude, which was also seen in Full Metal Chuck.
- While Chuck is racing underwater, a static stone King Pig with a fishtail on it was shown. This may be a reference to Piglantis.
- The gun that Matilda uses is recycled in Dogzilla as a missile.
- When Chuck enters the cave and encountered Terence here, his scream sounds almost identical to Gruntilda, a witch from a 1998 video game Banjo
-Kazooie. - The theme song from Chuck Time to Off Duty and Slappy-Go-Lucky makes an appearance in the intro.
- Footsteps can be heard while the birds are running, which was possibly done for comic effect.
- The sound when Chuck dupes Bomb and Jay, Jake, and Jim, the music from Chuck Time when Chuck sees the butterfly can be heard.
- The scene at 1:29 was later modified and used in Hamshank Redemption, with a Prisoner Pig instead of Chuck.
- This is one of the few episodes along with The Bird That Cried Pig (not counting cameos such as Toy Hoggers) where Red appears, but does not become angry.
- This is the second time that all the first five flock members have an appearance together. The first is Off Duty.
- This episode is referenced in The Angry Birds Movie, where Terence beats Chuck to the beach, right before The Porkchop Express arrives.
- When Chuck thinks he is about to make a glorious finish, he sounds like Tenor Pig.
- The plot of the short is inspired by the fable of the hare and the tortoise, because Chuck is the hare and Terence is the tortoise.
- The moral in this episode is about being slow and being steady wins the race.
- This episode shows that Terence can somehow randomly teleport to places without doing anything.
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