Last Train to Gloomsville

Episode Number: 39/40
Season: 2
Production Number: 219/220
Airdate: June 1, 2008
Previous Episode: Disaster Becomes You
Next Episode: N/A

Synopsis

Ruby and the others go on a train 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 everyone. It's up to Ruby to figure out these mysteries.

Opening Sketch

Scaredy Bat's hammock takes him on a 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
• The second one-hour special.
• This episode was supposed to air as a one hour special on YTV, but they only showed the second half.
• 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" a.k.a. "The Pony Engine".
• This episode contains cameo appearances by Malady & Malaise, Uta & Gunther (from "Ubergloom"), Mr. White & Mr. White and Mr. Mummbles. None of them actually have any speaking parts.
• Misery got the large-pox (got sick) and she's been hiding it
• 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.
• We learned in this episode that Ruby thinks Skull Boy has a nice voice.

Allusion

• The closing sketch in this episode is quite similar to a well-known Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson where cows only walk on four and act like normal farm animals when a car passes by.

Skull Boy’s Persona

Train conductor, Train enginer,French inspector and Adventurer

This Episode Revolves Around

The Gang

Quotes

SB:I love detective work!In fact,I think I may be related......

The rest of the gang:...to a long line of detectives!

SB:How did you guess?

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Len:Good thing you're here Skull Boy,and not up-front driving the train!

Everyone but Len:Gasp!!!!!!!!!

Len:What did I say?

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SB:Hi guys!What's up?

RG:(hugs SB)Oh Skull Boy,it's you!(SB smiles and hugs her until the lights come on)I mean,you know,good to see you!(nervously)

SB:Oh,yeah,sure!

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SB: (falls off a table)

Iris: I'm good!

(Everyone looks at Iris)

Iris:...Sorry, second nature after a crash. Heh-heh.