Review: Robot Chicken “Bitch Pudding” Special!

Spoilers Below!!!

Granny Grahamcrackers has sadly passed away so the entire town of Pastryville has gathered to pay their respects. Kind words are spoken, tears are shed and the ceremony is almost over except for one, last guest: Bitch Pudding! She walks to the podium with an unprecedented swagger and begins to speak. She starts out sweetly, bringing up nice moments in the life of one of the sweetest people that Pastryville has ever known. And then she talks about her farts and how Granny is probably having sex with Satan as they all mourn. After a quick humping of the casket she queues her theme music and makes one of the grandest exits Robot Chicken has ever seen.

We return to see Bitch Pudding in her house playing a video game. It’s a stormy night and the power gets knocked out. Crashes of lightning reveal that an intruder is in the house with BP and they’re out for blood. Bitch Pudding gets knocked out cold by a baseball bat and awakens on the back of the bird that delivers the mail. But this delivery isn’t headed to any normal post office. It’s headed for an active volcano. Bitch Pudding is untied and before she drops to a fiery demise she reaches up and strangles the bird, regains control and takes out the bird’s eyes with a vicious stabbing. He plummets into the volcano and Bitch Pudding falls down the side in a similar style as Homer Simpson falling don Springfield gorge.

She awakens in Schlarptown, populated by Smurf-like creatures called Schlarps. They seem like nice enough people, which is the exact type of people that Bitch Pudding hates. They sing a happy tune to introduce themselves but she returns the favor by destroying their tools and leaves. Grandpappy Schlarp helps fix her busted arm and tries to give her some Schlarpnut Soup but she smashes it on the floor for “tasting like moose dick.” The schlarpnuts are in short supply because the evil Squirrel Wizard and winter is coming. The Schlarps are down to make a deal. If Bitch Pudding helps them get their schlarpnuts back then the Schlarps will help her get home.

There’s a knock on a door and when the poor squirrel bastard answers he gets his head crushed in with a rock. Schlarpette yells out to Bitch Pudding and warns her that the squirrel that died wasn’t the Squirrel Wizard but rather it was his “life partner.” Squirrel Wizard comes out and begins firing lightning from his scepter. Squirrel Wizard chases Bitch Pudding into Schlarptown and starts bringing the pain and killing all the Schlarps. Bitch Pudding skips town as the massacre happens. She has a moment of clarity and realizes she should help, regardless of the fact that all the Schlarps have perished.

Bitch Pudding and Squirrel Wizard fistfight in the center of town and my God is it an epic battle! Squirrel Wizard ends up losing a close fight and begs for death. Bitch Pudding delivers as Grandpappy Schlarp walks up and mourns. Bitch Pudding begins to sarcastically eulogize the fallen, but is cracked in the back of the head by another Schlarp. She goes down like a sack of bricks. When she wakes up she’s in the back of an airplane without a parachute or a seatbelt. The Schlarp pilot does a little flip and Bitch Pudding is ejected. Although she bounces off of a roof and a dumpster, Bitch Pudding is happy to be home. Well, happy until she sees the entire town celebrating her death.

They’re holding a “Bitch Pudding Is Dead’ festival and Bitch Pudding quickly realizes that the whole town was in on her kidnapping. The town gathers inside of the church to sing and when they do, Bitch Pudding lights the place on fire. The front door is locket but the townspeople are able to bust through and escape. When they look up, they see Bitch Pudding with a rail gun and she mows them all down. She walks away and we hear her in voiceover because apparently this all happened a while ago. She doesn’t know what’s going to happen next in her life as a red convertible rolls up. Nick Fury is driving and tells her that her life has a greater purpose as the credits roll. Just before we see the production company screens, we flash back to Bitch Pudding, now driving the convertible, as Fury writhes in pain on the ground.

I’ll be 100% honest with you; I had mixed emotions about this special going in. It was going to either be amazing or a complete flop. Thankfully it was a success! The laughs never stop, the action scenes are extremely fluid and the show never lost my interest. There are few B-characters that would be able to carry their own special. RC Nerd probably could carry a special like this but Humping Robot wouldn’t stand a chance. The crew at Robot Chicken made all the right calls here by choosing Bitch Pudding and running with it.

Side Note: The scene where Bitch Pudding falls down the side of the mountain, cursing all the way down, may just be the funniest scene in Robot Chicken history. Think I’m wrong? Comment with your “best scene of all time” and maybe we can debate the topic like civilized human bei…who am I kidding, comment with a scene and let’s fight it out!