| Last Train to Gloomsville | |
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| Season: | 2 |
| Episode number: | 39 ("Pt. 1") 40 ("Pt. 2") |
| Directed by: | Robin Budd |
| Written by: | Carolyn Hay |
| Production number: | 219 ("Pt. 1") 220 ("Pt. 2") |
| Air date: | May 25, 2008 (Pt. 1)[1] June 1, 2008 (Pt. 2)[2] |
| Previous episode: | "Disaster Becomes You" |
| Next episode: | N/A |
"Last Train to Gloomsville" is the two-part series finale to Ruby Gloom. It was written by series developer Carolyn Hay, and aired on May 25 and June 1 respectively.
Synopsis[]
Ruby and the others go on a train ride together to pick up Doom from a kitty spa. On the way, weird stuff begins to happen on the train. The conductor goes missing and so does Poe, and there's a little weird man who keeps spying on everybody. It's up to Ruby to put things right and solve these mysteries.
Opening Sketch[]
Scaredy Bat's hammock takes him on a magical ride.
Closing Sketch[]
We are shown what sheep are like when no one is looking at them.
Trivia[]
- This is the final episode of Ruby Gloom.
- We learned that Poe is scared of trains because of a pop-up book about trains that he read when he was a child. Ironically it was The Little Engine That Could.
- This episode contains cameo appearances by Malady and Malaise, Mildew, Gunther and Uta (from "Ubergloom"), The Whites, Millie (from Tooth or Dare), the bunny (from Bad Hare Day), and Mr. Mummbles. None of them actually have any speaking parts.
- The Skele-Tunes also make a cameo, with a speaking role for Skele-T.
- Running Gags:
- Frank and Len want to take a picture of the "waka-waka bird", but every time it passes by, they miss it completely.
- Dramatic background music turns out to be performed live by Skele-Tunes and his band.
- Ruby tries to speak "detective lingo", then has to explain to everyone what she meant by what she just said.
- Misery's illness
- Goof: In part two of the episode, in the dark shadow of the train before the intro, Misery is nowhere to be seen in the caboose when she sneezed in part one
- The title of this episode is an obvious reference to "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees.
- The last scene before the closing sketch shows the gang's shadowy outlines as they walk in a row, just like in the theme song.