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- Animal Crackers
- Season 2
- Episode 19
Downsizing
Animal Crackers - S2 - E19
Dodo misunderstands a news report and sets all of Freeborn competing to prove their 'worth' to the community before being turfed out.
Animal Crackers: Season 2 - 36 Episode s
2x1 - Sleepover
February 5, 1998
Eugene can't sleep, and decides no one else can. What he calls a sleepover is really an invitation to entertain him all night.
2x2 - Classified Casanova
February 5, 2003
Gnu uses the classifieds to find a true love match. Things don't work out the way he'd hoped when Eugene turns out to be his surprise date.
2x3 - Eight Hooves Out
February 6, 1998
Dodo gets his friends in way over their heads when he accepts a challenge to a baseball game from the All-Star monkeys. Especially when Eugene, the Babe Ruth of Freeborn, would rather do anything else.
2x4 - My Brother's Keeper
February 6, 2003
Lyle takes over the responsibilities at a Ranger's Station when Dodo's misreading of a holiday brochure leads them to an abandoned park.
2x5 - Lyle's Ark
February 7, 1998
Everyone ignores Lyle's warnings of an impending monsoon, and the good-hearted lion ends up building an ark with room enough for everyone — but him.
2x6 - How To Be a Millionare
February 7, 1998
When news spreads about Lyle's inheritance, the lion becomes very popular as everybody starts manoeuvring for a piece of the riches.
2x7 - Lyle Files
February 8, 1998
A firefly caught in the lens of Lyle's telescope has all of Freeborn believing in flying saucers.
2x8 - The Butler Did It
February 8, 1998
After the gang convinces Eugene that Dodo saved his life, the pachyderm reluctantly agrees to become his butler. When Eugene finds out the truth, everyone pays.
2x9 - Lyle in the Fast Lane
February 9, 1998
Lana shows appreciation for hard-partying monkeys, provoking a misguided Lyle to steal a jeep and take the gang for a joyride.
2x10 - A Wing and a Prayer
February 9, 1998
When Dodo tries to take advantage of a money-back guarantee, he accidently attracts the Godfather of vultures to the Preserve.
2x11 - Schooldaze
February 9, 1998
Much to their horror, our gang of regulars is invited to a Class Reunion.
2x12 - Call of the Wild
February 9, 1998
Dodo, upset with how domesticated the Freeborn animals have become, arranges a return-to-nature expedition -- portable TV and all.
2x13 - The Cold Shoulder
February 10, 1998
Lyle returns from meditating with Tibetan monks and tries to force his quacky ideas on a flu-ridden Freeborn. Thanks to Lyle's tireless efforts, everyone gets worse.
2x14 - The Last Dodo Egg
February 10, 1998
When Dodo believes he's laid the last Dodo egg, he treats it with all the reverence the event implies. Eugene just wants to eat it.
2x15 - Lana Turner Overdrive
February 11, 1998
Lana's had it with Lyle's constant pestering for a date, but when her efforts to chase him off works, she misses him.
2x16 - Trust Me
February 11, 1998
The past comes back to haunt Lana when a Trust Councillor she hires turns out to be someone she slighted in school.
2x17 - Birthday Palooza
February 12, 1998
No one throws a surprise birthday party like Lyle, except it's HIS birthday. He's got to get the idea into someone else's head before it's too late.
2x18 - Tito in Love
February 12, 1998
A female chameleon moves to Freeborn, and Tito is smitten. With the help of his friends, his chances of capturing her tiny heart becomes next to none.
2x19 - Downsizing
February 13, 1998
Dodo misunderstands a news report and sets all of Freeborn competing to prove their 'worth' to the community before being turfed out.
2x20 - Gnus in Canoes
February 13, 1998
When Gnu sets off on a father/son adventure with Jr., the last thing he expects is to be joined by Lyle and Dodo.
2x21 - Beauty and Eugene
February 14, 1998
The biggest star in the world is an elephant named Ella, and when her show makes a pit stop in Freeborn, Eugene does everything he can to capture her heart.
2x22 - Freeborn for Rent
February 14, 1998
J.P. Weasel manages to turn Freeborn into a tourist trap with Eugene the Mad Elephant as its main attraction.
2x23 - Horrorscope
February 15, 1998
When Eugene becomes a devout follower of his daily horoscope, all of Freeborn pays the price.
2x24 - Lights! Camera! Gnu!
February 15, 1998
When a film director, famed for turning nobodies into big name stars, arrives in Freeborn for some R&R, Gnu sees it as an opportunity to find a new career path. Unfortunately, Gnu is lacking in that one quality the director desperately needs -- talent.
2x25 - Loony Bin
February 16, 1998
A bird arrives believing he's Dodo's cousin. Much to Dodo's dismay, everyone falls for the loony imposter.
2x26 - That's What Friends are For
February 16, 1998
Lyle and Dodo's friendship is tested when a piece of clothing proves more popular than the both of them.
2x27 - Look Who's Not Talking
February 17, 1998
Lyle gets to play Uncle to his little nephew Louie, with all the expected, and disastrous results.
2x28 - Paris, Freeborn
February 17, 1998
Lyle, just back from a trip to France, tries to instill some Parisian manners on his less than enthusiastic Freeborn friends.
2x29 - Eugenius
February 18, 1998
Eugene is struck by lightning, provoking two startling changes; One, he's getting smarter in leaps and bounds. And two, he's become the largest magnet in the world!
2x30 - Citizen Eugene
February 18, 1998
Eugene decides to publish a quality Freeborn newspaper which quickly deteriorates into a tabloid.
2x31 - Dial-A-Phobia
February 19, 1998
A local radio shock-jock convinces the Freeborn community that EVERYBODY has a phobia!
2x32 - Time Flies but Dodo Doesn't
February 19, 1998
Dodo bangs his noggin' and travels back to prehistoric times when dodo birds were a dime a dozen.
2x33 - A Rumour of Her Own
February 20, 1998
Lana decides to prove how gullible everyone is by starting a ridiculous rumour. Problem is, everything she makes up keeps coming true!
2x34 - Prime Time Crime
February 20, 1998
Dodo is everybody's best friend when they discover he has illegal cable. That is, until the cable police start asking questions, and the gang disappears.
2x35 - Dustbusters
February 21, 1998
The gang believes unless they clean up their act, and Freeborn, they'll be sent packing by the Park Ranger.
2x36 - Freeborn Online
February 21, 1998
Dodo discovers that ANYTHING can be bought online, provoking a Freeborn-wide buying spree. Then, the bill arrives.