Thursday, October 22, 2009

Does he have a song in his heart to go with that spring in his step?

The door into the cage blocked by a ferocious panther (or maybe just locked by a key presently in the hands of a clown), and an angry tiger ready to pounce being held back only by the circus' resident giant, Tracy and Agent Ennen finally manage to pull themselves together and decide that if there's no way to go forward, backward, or to the side, up must be the right answer. Sending up a quiet prayer that's not too specific because you never know who might be listening, they cast their gazes upward and see a trapeze hanging through the hole in the top of the cage. (Gee, that sort of reminds me of the cage they had in Prancer, only this one doesn't contain a reindeer that might or might not be magic and I haven't seen Sam Elliott.) Time may be growing short, but at least they have a way out, if only they can reach it.
The trapeze their only hope for escape and survival, Tracy has no choice but to reveal the secret he's been keeping these many long years: there is another Inspector Gadget (for who else but a man with springs in his feet could jump so high while holding another person in his arms?). With Tracy and Agent Ennen sort of safe but not really, Fee Fi finally releases his grip on the tiger (and we had all better hope that the tiger doesn't have some sort of super jumping ability, or that Tracy has little to no upper body strength), and we are left to ponder the future of the two law enforcement officers who are now dangling above not just one big cat, but two (even though we haven't seen that panther for a while now).

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