HOUSD - Just Don't Ask (2003-2006)

  

Burger Kingdom

After a lengthy absence, Neil returns to his port of employment, that pinnacle of healthy food – Burger Kingdom. Where as his alter ego, Burger Boy and his young ward, he must fight against the tyrannical threat of Ronald McDonald.

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The Ultimate Console

After being sent out on a mission to discover the fictional ultimate gaming console, Neil takes it upon himself to invent his own. Yet he underestimates the power of artificial intelligence.

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Love Be A Robot Tonight

When forced to purchase more clothes at the dreaded sales. Craig gets more than what he bargains for, in the intriguing and beautiful Chrissy. But her lust for the true gaming fix, will only lead to heartache and loss.

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Love and Hair

After a big change in hairstyle, Jess is bombarded with suitors, one of whom is childhood bully Wayne Gully, who remains as hurtful and insensitive as ever, but his unattainable charisma may well get the better of Jess.

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Quitters

After taking the rap for one of Ali’s many idiotic mistakes, Craig decides to quit HOUSD, which sends Ali into a state of mild insanity, which must be endured by the remaining cast.

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Jailhouse Rock

After being accused of armed robbery, Neil must quickly adapt to life in prison. But with the aid of his knowledge of SEGA he quickly befriends Big Boris and becomes one of the gang.

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Job Search

In need of money, Craig seeks new employment in a few familiar places, but cannot resist the calling of the place he called home.

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The Witch and the Fridge

On finding an alternate entrance into Narnia, Craig is brought before the surprisingly beautiful ice witch, where he discovers how cold love can really be

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The Madness Of King Neil

The pressures of life become too much and Neil breaks down. With the aid of an incompetent doctor, he is flung into a world of hallucinogenic wonder, where people are animals and hate crimes towards puppets are the norm.

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Ghosts Of The Past

After a wild night out, Craig manages to hook up with the seemingly perfect Rachel. But all is not well when it is revealed that Rachel was childhood rivals with Jess, and merely using Craig for revenge.

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Welcome to New Jersey

Waking from a drunken evening, Cubert finds himself amongst the company of two mischief makers by the name of Jay and Silent Bob, and after being sold to a begrudging Clerk, asks Craig and Neil for their aid. While Craig must deal with the Clerks, Neil is faced with a different sort of challenge when he winds up in Jersey.

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The Boy And His Chimp

When Mr. Chimpy feels that his rights have been impeded on by Ali, he founds a militaristic group of primates called A.P.E. which takes control of HOUSD, replacing Craig with a monkey equivalent. Only post-modern self referential creation can end Mr. Chimpy’s reign of terror

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The Drive of Your Life

On turning seventeen Ali is in search of someone to teach him to drive, a task Craig is burdened with. On deciding the carnival would be a better use of everyone’s time, Ali and Craig must don their crime fighting gear to tackle their most evil foe yet – The Clown.

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Summer Lovin’

The HOUSD gang are in need of a vacation, so they pack up and hit the beach. Although Mr. Chimpy must change his style in order to become irresistible to women. Unfortunately for him, the sort of women he is attracting are less than favourable, and it is down to Cubert and Craig to save the day.

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Sister Trippin’

When Jess’ sister Maggie comes to stay, Craig is faced with the dilemma of chosing between two old friends. He must take Maggie on an adventure through his sordid past to teach her the error of her ways. But finally all must be dciced in that true old fashioned way – A good old Jelly Wrestle

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The Cheesios Saga

On winning a cereal slogan competition Neil is flung into the dark world of the mafia, where he is forced to move away and take on new identity.

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Replacements

When Neil is kidnapped, Jess is promoted to sidekick, meaning she must sport the trendy red jumper, as well as endure a new, more appealing Jess to take her place. Made all the worse when Neil returns

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Running On Empty

In a vain attempt to get fit, Craig lays out a brand new exercise program, yet Neil insists on coaching him, pushing him to reach that optimum level. The Eye of the Tiger.

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Stone Loving

The gang are invaded by a bunch of animal rights inclined hippies, who convince Cubert to hit the road in their endless battle to fight against the corporate machine that is McDonald’s. Only a certain celebrity spokesman can convince him otherwise.

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Party Hard

When Jess indulges a bit too much at the annual office party, it is Craig and Ali’s duty as loyal friends, to make her look as stupid as they can, with the use of a pen and a video camera.

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Customer Service

When falsely accused of shoplifting Craig goes to Mr. Chimpy in search of revenge tips. When a grass roots campaign against the employee fails, they take the law (and a harpoon gun) into their own hands.

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Mr. Wolf / Café Trouble

Needing to dispose of the recently deseased employee, Mr. Chimpy calls in a favour from Ali and finds himself to be not the only talking animal in the area.

To recover from their ordeal Craig and Chimpy stop off at Burger Kingdom, for a quick snack, only to find it is being robbed. Spurned on by a true inspiration Mr. Chimpy decides to take control of the situation.

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Moby Dick Vs. T-Rex

When the police catch up with the fugitives, Mr. Chimpy makes a ridiculous claim which is taken far too seriously. He is sent to deal with the menace that is Moby Dick, but instead is swallowed. Craig decides to make it his mission to rescue him, with the aid of Ali and a long extinct reptile.

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Inside The Stomach Of A Whale

After mysteriously escaping from Moby Dick’s innards, Mr. Chimpy tells his tale of maddened biblical figure, small wooden boys and life-size killer pills.

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Identity Crisis

After mistakenly robbing a petrol station on a vengeance mission Neil and Cubert must go on the run, and because of Cubert’s recognisable feature in that he is a penguin, he must take on a different identity. Which opens doors to a whole new universe of frivolity and regret

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Fire, Bunnies and Forgetfulness

When the house burns down, the gang are joined by a strange young man and his imaginary 6ft rabbit, who systematically attempt to kill Superman, as well as robbing a poker game. Craig and Cubert must follow them to Mexico to get the money back. While Jess discovers an amnesia ridden Superman, but unfortunately their relationship is cut short by greater powers

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Technicolor Realm

After stealing a very special dreamcoat, Ali is plunged into a Technicolor world full of greatly distorted inhabitants and the most annoying ruler to ever exist.

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Extreme Makeover

After feeling too plain, Jess decides to dramatically change here style, but in doing so becomes vain. So vain that she must be taken down a peg.

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Big Brother

When enlisted to appear on Big Brother, Jess must endure monotonous tasks and bizarre housemates. When supporting Jess, Craig and Neil come across a dark, gothic character by the name of Stitch, who immediately makes his mark by saving Jess from a new element added to the house by the producers.

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New Editions

When enlisted to appear on Big Brother, Jess must endure monotonous tasks and bizarre housemates. When supporting Jess, Craig and Neil come across a dark, gothic character by the name of Stitch, who immediately makes his mark by saving Jess from a new element added to the house by the producers.

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Ivy Club

Seducing the popular comic book villainess Poison Ivy with his nerdisms Craig needs a double date, in the form of Stitch. Unfortunately Craig must endure sadistic bouncers and the prospect of dancing. Fortunately for him, Stitch is a wingman worth having, but not good enough to help Craig keep his date.

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HOUSD Vs. The Outer Circle

The HOUSD gang must endure a weeks worth of the company of The Outer Circle’s Peekaboo. Can they survive?

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Maggie Returns

Out of the blue a far more sober and mature Maggie appears to share in his sadness, and makes her mark immediately on Craig’s life.

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Sin City Saga

In an attempt to lose himself, Craig attempts to parody the popular comic series by Frank Miller – Sin City

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Reading Festival 2005

Ali and Stitch go out to have the full festival experience, which includes beer, rain, camping and sunglasses.

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Reservoir Bill Fiction

Stitch must try and prove his devotion to Harley Quinn by robbing a bank, the story rapidly "inspires" a brand new cinematic feast by Quentin Tarentino

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The Chimpy Years

Ali tells the proliphic tale of how Mr. Chimpy overcame the troubles of his youth and how he finally became the writer of HOUSD

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A Stitch In Time

Stitch gets the oppertunity to have his storyline, but is sabotaged by Maggie's involvement. Looking for inspiration, he is frozen to death and is taken on a journey through his past and potential future by his spiritual guide Marylin Manson

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Sibling Involvement

Unhappy with Maggie's new relationship with Stitch, Jess tries to get Stitch out of the picture, while Craig's mysterious sibling Marco moves in to cause further complications

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Heard But Not Seen

After becoming Cubert morbidly obese in the closet he attempts to drop the weight, but finds a miricle cure, which has some slight side effects, resulting in him becoming invisible.

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Passing The Torch

Ali decides to take a break from the pressures of running a webcomic, and decides to put Craig in creative control of HOUSD

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Personality Assassination

Craig tries to dress the part of boss, but arises suspicion that he may have become a assassin targeting rival comics. Leading him to become a target himself.

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Skull Mafia

Craig is kidnapped, and his life spared provided he works off his debt, with the illusive underworld mobsters - The Skull Mafia

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The Boss' Son

The next step on the ladder to mob glory is babysitting, Craig must try and mould the boss' son into a hardened gangster.

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Zombie Mob

The boss' son is captured by the rival mob, meaning Craig must use all his talents or stealth and cunning to rescue him, while at the same time single handedly destroying their enemies and winning the favour of the boss

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The Boss' Daughter

Craig is set up on a blind date with the boss' very human daughter, the wine, they dine and fun is had, much like any blossoming new relationship

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In The Face Of Trouble

Cindy is rumbled as being slightly less human than she once appeared, putting Craig and his face in a lot of danger

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A Face In The Crowd

Craig decides to try and make the relationship work, but can it really last with the lack of trust, joy and skin?

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A Messy Breakup

Being dumped is never nice, not even for a face eating she-demon, but calling in the army of the undead to help in a ritual sacrifice of the ex boyfriend is taking it somewhat hard

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Achilles Intestines

Craig is must venture deep into a strange world within Cindy's demonic stomach, in which he meets a childhood star in hiding and must destroy the demon from the inside out

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Sea Treasure

After all the explosions and antics, the gang find themselves in a bit of a money problem, so they take the obvious route to making money ... selling limbs of unsuspecting sailors

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Monkey Of The Sea

Mr. Chimpy is dragged to the bottom of the ocean where he is reunited with his estranged father and where he must take up the family crest

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Avenging A Hero

Mr. Chimpy takes it upon himself to prove his worth and avenge the death of Steve Irwin, by declaring war on all Stingrays

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Underwater Wedding

The dispute between sea monkeys and stingrays is finally settled in the agreement of the arranged marriage between Mr. Chimpy and the Princess of the stingrays.

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The Return Of Ali

Ali returns to tell his miraculous and highly fictional story of how he travelled the globe with no money to get back to his welcoming home.

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Money Making

Ali takes it upon himself to get out of the comics' financial slump by selling himself to the street, as well as the others taking equally unappealing jobs

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Treasure Hunting

Ali and Craig in search of treasure come across the cries of a beast, and with the help of Kanye West they make their money problems

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Out With A Bang

HOUSD concludes with Stitch trying to give up smoking in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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