Review: Kirby Buckets ‘The Legend of Prank Williams Jr.’

Spoilers Below

Dawn pranks Kirby BIG TIME, so he wants to get back at her with getting the biggest prank of all time set by Prank Williams. Turns out this prank is long sought after, and many have failed in its pursuit. Kirby HAS to get this prank, because all of the other pranks he tries on Dawn she seems to know how to telegram them. While Dawn is planning a follow up to kit Kirby, but Kirby has landed a big clue to get HIS prank. Kirby eventually finds an old locker that leads to the backroom which has yet another clue.

This new clue sees the boy head to the basement where a teacher is trying to get in to grab some class supplies. Fish convinces said teacher to resign and go off to pursue his dreams. Dawn and Belinda finds out about Kirby’s quest, so she hires the wrestling team to prevent the guys from reaching their target.

When we come back from break, Fish and Eli keep the wrestlers occupied, and Kirby heads off to find the prank. He runs into Belinda and Dawn whom are caught in nets, and Buckets gets caught in the process. Kirby escapes, and Dawn tells some sort of sob story that distracts Kirby long enough for her to find the big ass prank. She opens up a tomb and her hair gets blown out. We find out that looking for Prank Williams was a big waste of time. We cut to Dawn prepping for next year, and end scene.

While this week’s episode of Buckets wasn’t as advantageous as the prior two episodes, we still got some new stuff. For starters, we seem to be still meeting new characters, which is always good, and we have learned that Dawn is probably the most evil sister ever, and Olivia Stuck does a fantastic job playing as her. I mean, she really plays the role to a point where I hate her all the while hoping that Belinda (Tiffany Espensen) wakes up and cracks her friend one every now and again.

The cartoons play a bigger role this week than last week’s episode, and Jacob Bertrand’s ‘Buckets’ character constantly walks the tightrope between imagination and real-life, and does so rather well. Cade Sutton’s ‘Eli’ is becoming more and more impressive, but I’m still not buying Mekai Kurtis’ ‘Fish’ character. That said, Kirby Buckets is staying strong, and surprisingly, Disney has been more consistent in airing episodes than it did with Crash and Bernstein so that’s a good sign.