by SpiderBraids
It doesn't take a rocket scientist (pun intended) to figure out that "racer on dirtboard - axle bolt - wheel = ground beef", and Otto is no exception. He's asking for his sister's board, and her response is short, but totally not what he was hoping for: "No way!" Theodore's passing them, and dad, the Otto-backer he is, is wondering "What is going on out there?" as Reggie takes off away from Otto. Simple, Ray. She's actually (gasp) trying to catch Theodore!
So instead of boarding on his sister's board for the rest of the race, Otto will have to wait, and then take Twister's board, while The Ditz will take Squid's board, and Squid will take Otto's board for repairs. As Casey Kasem once said, "Confused? You won't be." Or was that Rod Roddy?
Well, maybe Sam will be confused: Otto's axle bolt is missing, of course, and the whole gang needs to finish. Oh yeah, and his spares are missing too. So he's left wondering "What would Tawiki (the giant squid) do?" Quite frankly, this trend of saying "What would (fill in someone's name here) do?" has to come to a stop someday. I mean, we've had "What would Brian Boitano do?", for crying out loud.
Anyways, I said that the necklace Sam got was going to be a big deal later on. It is now, as he's using that to replace the missing bolt. I'm not so sure whether Chief Kupe would be rolling in his grave, er, burial ground, over Squid doing this. I mean, it's clever usage, but isn't this somewhat sacrilege to the Chief's legacy?
So while Sam's riding Otto's "fixed" board for the rest of the race, we head over to near the end of the race, where (rolls eyes) Theodore and Reggie are fighting for first place. And... both of them cross the finish line at the same time. Seriously. It's a fracking tie.
The rest have also finished, Squid included. While Ditz and Squid are congratulating her however, Otto's ox is broken. OK, it's not so much as his ox being broken as much as his board, but that's not really the point. Point is, Otto is really steamed, and he's taking it all out on daddy and blaming Reggie on it. Ray is complaining that Otto didn't check his gear out properly before the race. This makes Otto even more steamed at Reggie. See why I've been comparing him to Colin Guinn (TAR 5)? He's packin' it alright.
And as for that giant monkey on Reggie's back, you'd also wonder if you've just turned invisible after your old man doesn't acknowledge your win. The others for that matter: Twist's too busy following Mini-Colin, Sam is too busy being a Maori Tito ("Actually, I prefer my Maori name: Tawiki the giant squid"), and Tito is too busy chasing the kiwi bird from earlier. "AARRRGGHHH!!!!" You'd think that she's being discriminated just because she's a girl or something... But has that ever really been a problem for her before? I think not!
Back to Violet at the Shore Shack, as now she's putting up a "no collared shirt, no service" policy there, and insisting on giving Tice a collared chiffon shirt. Seriously, you'd think that Cheery's gonna take over the business by the time they're done competing.
Back to Kiwi-land as we have the gang participating in the haka, "a traditional Maori dance celebrating the spirit of competition." I still think Phil would make a better race coordinator than Tatupu, no? While Phil's Understudy busy showing Sam, time to take a quick look at the competition.
Ray wasn't pleased at Otto, and Chester is not too pleased at Theodore's result either. Tomorrow is windsurfing, and dad adds: "those little ocean roaches are bound to be good at it. You just make sure you're better." Okay, so that was pretty bland.
Ditz and Otto at the campfire. OK, he's somewhere between Colin and Flo (TAR 3 winner) now. I mean, I can imagine Otto whining like Flo: "Waaaah, my sister wouldn't lend me her board!" Twister is trying to get him to chill, especially with the team in an OK position, but Otto intensely sez: "Chill? I'm trying to be Prince Waikikamukau! My sister steals a win from me and I got Raymundo on my back. How can I chill?!" As I said... he's packin' it, although he's not packin' himself with marshmallows.
Dad and Reggie watching the haka. Reggie is upset, of course, because of that giant monkey on her back (yeah, I like saying that just to get Twister's goat). However, Dad has pretty much no idea about her situation. The first thing he says about the upset Reggie: "You're worried about Otto. It's understandable." Writers get lots of story mileage from the "One Side of the Story" cliche, where during an argument (or conversation), one character isn't letting another even attempt to explain the other (and always correct) side of the story, and this scene is no exception, as Ray won't stop flapping his yap about how Otto doesn't like to lose to actually listen to Reggie talk about the real monkey on her back. Smell another "broken ox" incident in the distance, anyone?
And with Chester replacing the Rockets' windsurfing map, figure that smell to get much stronger. Time for Nick to plaster Aaron Carter and Lil Romeo all over our screens. They're to Nick as Raven is to Disney.