Ecto Cooler / Schlubs

Ecto Cooler / Schlubs is the 57th episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. It first aired October 14, 2005 on Cartoon Network.

Plots

Ecto Cooler

Billy wants to be the coolest guy at school since Sperg and his posse keep beating him up. Suddenly, a ghostly arm pops out of Billy's mouth, beating the bullies up. That night, while Billy was sleeping, he's sucking on Grim's head, sucking ecto-plasma. While Billy is brushing his teeth, the ghost of Lord Byron comes out as he spits. He turns Billy into a gentlemanly poet. At school, Billy was reciting poetry, which offends Sperg because it describes his mom. He challenges Billy to a showdown outside after school. Sperg gives Billy and Lord Byron a good beating. Afterwards, Lord Byron tells Billy to learn to appreciate who he is, and disappears. Back at Mandy's house, she also is sucking on Grim's head, and releases three spirits from her mouth, Attila the Hun, Rasputin, and Abraham Lincoln.

Schlubs

Grim's favourite soap opera, "My Troubled Pony"(a parody of My Little Pony), gets cancelled, leaving him to wonder what happens at the end. Grim needs money to finance the last season of "My Troubled Pony," but he doesn't have enough money. Later, he discovers a mushroom village in Billy's front yard, a home of the Schlubs, hundred small green fairy tale people. Grim realizes that he can get the money he needs by melting Schlubs into gold. But Schlubs aren't helpless as Grim expected, and he must make a good plan to capture them.

• The Schlubs are clearly modeled after the cartoon characters The Smurfs, both in appearance, the names which represent abilities(Kicky Schlub, Dorky Schlub, Eye Gougey Schlub), and the odd male / female dynamic. However, the Schlubs are green, and a lot more violent. Billy still thinks of them as their blue counter-parts, not realising that they are abusing and hurting him. He told Grim that they teach him to the advanced words, although the Schlubs haven't shown any signs of the English language.
• There was no Papa Schlub. One of the Schlubs looks like Irwin. The only female shlub is gigantic and monstrous.

End Credits

Grim saw the ending of "My Troubled Pony" Billy created. It was in a simply crude animation with crayons. Grim gave Billy two pennies.

Trivia

• Ecto Cooler: In the 1980s (and part of the 1990s) Hi-C produced a Ghostbusters-themed fruit drink called Ecto Cooler, which featured the green ghost Slimer prominently on the packaging.
• First appearances of Windham and Meadowberry, Sperg's two friends, bully sidekicks. They haven't appeared in any further episodes.
• Billy's asking Lord Byron for exactly the same kind of weapon that the Terminator asked a modern-day gun shop owner for in the 1984 movie "The Terminator," before remembering that plasma rifles haven't been invented yet.
• For the reference, the word "Schlubs" was actually said once in the episode Chocolate Sailor.
• First and last appearance of Sperg's mom.
• Billy doesn't change Milkshake's litter box more than once a year.
• Billy kissed Mandy in Ecto Cooler, for giving him a great idea.
• When Billy claims to be afraid of fighting Sperg, Lord Byron recites the "Litany Against Fear" from "Dune".
• In the begining you can see a shlub village and a pony is in the village

Guest stars

• Greg Ellis as Lord Byron, Windham
• Peter Renaday as Abraham Lincoln, Attila the Hun
• Chris Cox as Principal Goodvibes, Rasputin, Meadowberry
• Pat Fraley as Schlub #1, Jeeves
• Tom Kenny as Schlubs #2, #3
• Pat Musick as Female Schlub, Female Pony
• Jill Talley as Nerdy Girl, Sperg's Mom
• Rino Romano as Javier, Guillermo