camp laszlo is a pretty weird show overall i don't hold this big attachment to it like
some out there might but i do remember watching quite a bit of it when it was
on the air but recently i revisited some of it and i realized i never saw the ending i
was speaking with a friend of mine jainiac jr who initiated the birth of making this video
but he's not in this video his channel however is linked down below so please go show him some love
but for today after refreshing myself with the show for a bit and finally catching the ending
color me shocked and it was weird wow it's like the title of this video makes sense crazy but
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to brief you about the show if you aren't too familiar or haven't watched it in quite some time
camp laszlo was a cartoon network original series that aired from 2005 to 2008. we follow our main
character laszlo a camper who attends camp kidney who spends his summer here doing camp related
things like earning badges making friends and all around getting into some pretty wacky situations
and as you can tell all the characters are anthropomorphic animals the show was created by
joe murray an industry veteran who has worked on so many projects for example rocco's modern life
for nickelodeon keep that in mind for later but for the finale episode we focus on the camp scout
master lumpus a character that has literally been here the whole time and has been a major driving
force in the majority of the plots or in general used in episodes for various reasons but all of
that to be assured to you that he yes is a main character within camp laszlo so when we finally
get to the finale of the show how was it both shocking and weird what could this show do to pull
a random rug from under your feet and leave you on a note that literally no one can even boast about
that they saw coming there are twists turns and a whole lotta what in the ever loving campfire did i
just witness to start let's break down the episode and see how it progressively gets weirder and
weirder before the credits roll for a final time on this series the episode was titled lumpus's
last stand we start off with lumpus setting up to lawn bathe while all the other campers of camp
kidney stand around just watching him they're all shown to be drenched in sweat and stink
as apparently this whole time at camp they've never had their uniforms washed not by choice
but by the laziness of putting off getting them washed by lumpus as slinkman shows him that there
is only one day left to wash them no more time for procrastination here so like a responsible
scoutmaster lumpus just eats the proof so in an effort for him to prove that they don't need to go
and get them all cleaned up he shows them all his air breathing cleaning technique which atomically
blows up the area so now they have to go get everything washed anyway so they quickly take
a trip to the laundromat in town everyone now back having clean clothes for once this entire summer
things seem pretty good except for lumpus who is traumatized by the cleaning experience literally
he has washing fluids pouring out of him but luckily slinkman is there to help him out and
show him that hey these freshly washed clothes aren't that bad and this should be an exciting
thing to look forward to but unfortunately he only has one of his socks as slinkman thinks
that the other one was lost back at the laundromat so being rational about this he beat slinkman up
all night long that rational part yeah that was a lie for whatever reason this whole thing about
being cleanly and wearing clothes really bothers lumpus to a point that he writes a message that he
has had it and is running away to go live off the land in the woods some may see this as an extreme
overreaction others may see it as personal freedom that's up to you as he is finishing his note he
knocks over his ink bottle that falls on his one sockless foot covering it completely and making
it look like if he was wearing his lost sock this leads to him seeing if it was convincing enough
that he was wearing said sock so later on he tries showcasing it around to the campers to see
if they notice if it's a sock or not so after foot tenderizing some lunch and noticing that
they can't tell the difference he has a full-on breakthrough with how to never wear clothes again
so here is where it gets weirder and weirder until the end his full idea is to completely go uh
all-natural and paints himself as if he was wearing his scalp master outfit prime subs in
the chat any primers in chat he goes out into the camp to see if anyone realizes the truth about his
painted on clothes laszlo notices a difference but thinks that it's just a new leather outfit
no laszlo that's just his skin so thinking that there is a new version of the outfit
the campers get interested lumpus for whatever reason decides that he should
now show the campers how he accomplished this and convinces them all to do the same yeah they um
they do just that now with them picking their own outfit so they're choosing to paint on themselves
as this is happening a motorcycle cop comes by and what seems like would be the worst thing ever
happening in front of his eyes ultimately just wants his own outfit and motorcycle dressed up
in paint now in love with his new look is about to head back to town and tell all of his friends
about it because of this and how information spreads it becomes a phenomenon with everyone
adopting the look of no clothes and full paint news articles are written about it and laundry
is now a thing of the past don't need clothes don't need to do laundry right at this point
the whole world has adopted this new lifestyle why make buy wear or wash clothes if you don't
even need them now thanks to everyone having more free time because of the cut out time spent
washing clothes they're all able to accomplish great things like this time machine which now
has these two characters from the future come out and tell lumpus how worshipped he is in the future
no one has worn clothes for a thousand years so to commemorate lumpus for his life-changing
concept they brought back a statue of him to set up in his honor inside of it are the original 1
000 year old clothes for the sentiment these were the last bits of clothes that were ever washed as
well just you know aged a thousand years probably could use another wash after all that time so now
for his acceptance speech for how honored he is he begins to go mad with power exclaiming how
much of a genius he really is it really is such a quick turn into these thoughts i mean sure he's
full of himself anyway but it becomes like pure evil here and this ain't even the craziest part
yet as he continues his self-loving speech a quick storm rolls in raining down upon the camp
as quickly all of the paint that they were wearing just washes right off and now everyone once again
is all natural so you're telling me between the moment of the idea and 1 000 years from then
no one happened to be rained on revealing that their painted on clothes would
wash away no all right sure the skies clear up and yeah no one has clothes on anymore meaning the
future has changed so the statue now morphs back into the pile of clothes that were put inside of
it and now everyone has no clothes to wear except for these a thousand-year-old stinky clothes that
don't really fit on anyone too well either now with everyone angry at him it looks like lumpus
really wasn't a genius in fact he's a whole lot of other things too okay right paddle right paddle
so here is the big finale twists a cop car and ambulance come rolling up to the scene in out
steps a hairless heifer from rocko's modern life aged up a good bit but it's actually him not by
name of course but we'll get to that he points at lumpus saying that that's the bad moose who
locked him in a closet all summer long and stole his job as scoutmaster he's an impostor
the campers are blown away at this revelation as lumpus admits to it being true he gets put
into a straitjacket and hauled away into the back of the ambulance to take him to some form of jail
or institute or asylum or funny farm yeah or that whatever he truly needs oh not before
telling heifer i'll get you for this cow which he responds so being driven away he yells out one
more time that he's a genius as laszlo wishes him well and says to the others what a happy
ending this was and that he's pretty pumped about coming back to camp next year we end the episode
with this line here it can't get any weirder yeah you got that right no this isn't some well done
fanfic version of the show this was all real the fact that this whole time this whole show this
dude was an impostor pretending to be a scout master after locking the other one away in a
closet hey m night shyamalan you taking notes here buddy because this is a twist ending for the ages
the fact that this was the show's actual ending legitimately blows my mind ending the series on
not just a weird note but an uncomfortable one nah beyond that a pretty dark one for the show's
own terminology lumpus was a deranged lunatic pretending to be a camp scout master with no
right to be supervising these campers and on top of it all was just well closed list with them all
not a first for the series with lumpus having no clothes but i just can't fathom cartoon network
seeing this turned in and them going yeah that seems like a good end to the show i do however
like the fact that we get a cameo from heifer from rocko's modern life since it's the same creator
between both shows here though without his hair most likely for likeness reasons to not get in
trouble with nickelodeon the fact that they don't even call him heifer however once more there is
an alternate ending of the show well an official alternate ending but the youtube channel dan sills
actually animated the regular look for heifer into the scene which was a really professional looking
feat to do so i linked that video down below so you can go and check it out and show that some
love originally joe wanted heifer to look like how dan here animated it for the final bit but
like i said the networks couldn't let that happen but it was the original plan to do so but overall
this ending is one of if not the most shockingly weirdest ending to anything i've seen in a long
time for sure at least what we've already covered on the channel i do enjoy making these videos that
explore these shows and how cartoons end so if you'd like to see more of them i'm totally
up for more but as far as topping this episode yeah good luck this was such a trip and it blows
my mind that i never watched this finale when it originally came out to see this version of heifer
show up would have blown my mind back then amongst all the other stuff that happened but how do you
feel about camp laszlo and more importantly what do you feel about this strange ending
to the series please let me know in the comments thanks so much for hanging out with me today make
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