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Season: 1
Episode: Nutcracker Sweet
Length: 2:10
Cast: Michael Benyaer (Lion), Dan Milano (Hyena, Random Lemmings), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Lioness, Female Lemming), Seth Green (Narrator, Mongoose, Random Lemmings), Kurtwood Smith (Bodyguard, Lemming)
Characters: Mongoose, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bodyguards, Hyena, Bucks, Hippo, Mouse, Lion, Lioness, Policemen, Lemmings
Segment Summary: The secret lives of nature's most fascinating beasts are exposed in "Secrets of the Animal Kingdom."
Themes: Animals, Death, Guns, Injuries, Literature, Motor Vehicles, Politics, Segmented, Sexuality, Violence
Allusions:
- Parody of nature shows such as Animal Planet.
- The mongoose assumes the part of the shooter on the grassy knoll in a reference to a popular conspiracy theory surrounding the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Here, the Mongoose ends up framing Lee Harvey Oswald for the crime.
- The mouse pulling a thorn from the paw of a lion is taken from a famous fable called "The Lion and the Mouse".
- The lemming yelling "For freedom!" before jumping into the blender is a reference to the movie Braveheart.
Trivia / Info:
- A Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII, which appears in Clown Car Accident is used to run over the Lemmings.
Goofs / Nitpicks:
- The shot of the lemmings going over the cliff is obviously repeated.
- Despite wearing bandages and a body cast after he is beaten up by the lion, during the scene where the lion is carted off by police, the hyena is seen with no injuries.
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