Vaudeville Fun

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“Heeheheehehehee....Miiix…”

— Gobba and Kraw

Vaudeville Fun

Information

Season

1

Episode Number

17

Production Code

501-296-04B^[1]

Original Airdate

June 12, 2014

Characters

Kraw
Gobba
Vulk
Slumbo
Volectro

Episode Guide
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Vaudeville Fun is the seventeenth episode in the first season of Mixels. It first aired on June 12, 2014.

Synopsis

A Frosticon and Balk mix and perform a series of vignettes, hoping to pass the big audition! [sic]^[1]

Episode Summary

Kraw and Gobba Mix and perform a series of vignettes, hoping to pass a big audition. In the end they receive three "no's" from the judges, saddening Gobba and Kraw.

Transcript

For a full transcript of "Vaudeville Fun", click here.

Songs

Vaudeville Fun CD Mix

Characters

Major Characters

Gobba
Kraw

Minor Characters

Vulk (non-speaking role)
Volectro (non-speaking role)
Slumbo (non-speaking role)

Mentioned

Nixel

Mixes

Gobba Kraw Mix #1 - Juggler
Kraw Gobba Mix #1 - Mime, dancing
Gobba Kraw Mix #2 - Street performer
Kraw Gobba Mix #2 - Swinging
Gobba Kraw Mix #3 - Shakespeare
Gobba Kraw Mix #3 - Hawaiian dancer
Kraw Gobba Mix #4 - Comedian

Trivia

This is the short that contains the most Mixes.
- The list of Mixes are as follows, in order of how they appear: mime, juggling, street performer, dancing (a repeat of the mime Mix), swinging, Hamlet, Hawaiian dancing, and stand-up comedy.
As the two Mixels go through their Mixes, the Fang Gang/Flexer cubits disappear from the table, implying that they used them and proving that there can only be one mix per cubit.
This episode implies the concept of family relationships (in this case, siblings and in-laws).
This episode also further implies that Mixels are somewhat organic creatures, as one of the Mixes holds a skull in the episode.
This episode aired during Cartoon Network's Ninjago Day marathon on November 22, 2014.

Broadcast

This episode aired on June 12, 2014 directly following the Teen Titans Go! episode, "Mr. Butt" and received a total of 1.763 million viewers.

Continuity

This is the third appearance of Gobba and the second appearance of Kraw.
Gobba and Kraw's Hawaiian dancer mix would later appear again in Epic Comedy Adventure.
This is the tenth absence of Flain. ("Electrorock", "Pothole", "Mailman", "Another Nixel", Changing a Lightbulb", "Wrong Colors", "Nixel "Mix Over"", "Bar B Cubes", "Hamlogna Conveyor Belt Madness")

Errors

On the iTunes and Google Play descriptions for this episode, Gobba and Kraw are referred to as "a Frosticon" and Balk, respectively.
After the first mix, they say "Max" instead of "Mix", thanks to using a recycled voice clip.
The break-dancing mix appears to have three fingers on his hand in one shot, rather than two.
Volectro and Vulk did not move while voting.
Throughout the episode, Kraw and Gobba are standing on a yellow circle. However, when it cuts to the judges, the circle gains a darker yellow border that was not visible throughout the episode, and disappears again when it cuts back to Kraw and Gobba at the end.
Gobba and Kraw make one last Mix at the end, even though there are no Cubits left.

Allusions

Vaudeville - Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.
Hamlet - One of the mixes is dressed in the clothes of Prince Hamlet and parodies his line "To be, or not to be? That is the question." from William Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet.
America's Got Talent - The judging panel is a reference to the popular reality show America's Got Talent.
Seinfeld - When the Kraw & Gobba stand-up comedian mix is performing, a bass riff similar to the one in the Seinfeld theme plays, in reference to Jerry Seinfeld's own stand-up career.
Carmen Miranda - The hula dancer Kraw & Gobba Mix is a reference to actress and singer Carmen Miranda, who was famous for the fruit hat she wore.
Van Halen - The Gobba & Kraw Mix swinging from a wire holding a boom-box and wearing tiger stripe pants is a reference to a scene in the music video of the Van Halen song Panama.