Bump in the Night (film)

Bump in the Night is a 1994 stop-motion animated comedy horror film directed by and David Bleiman. Produced by Pontac and, the screenplay was written by , , , and , from a story by Pontac and Bleiman. It follows the misadventures of a small green monster named Mr. Bumpy, a blue monster named Squishington, and a rag doll named Molly Coddle in a bedroom of a 10 year old boy.

Produced by, Danger Productions, and  in association with ,  and , the film is an American-British co-production. It premiered in London on August 25, 1994 and was released theatrically in the United States by on September 1.

Prior to its release, it received positive reviews from critics and fans, and had a worldwide gross of $131 million against a $13 million budget. Its critical and commercial success has spawned a.

Plot
Mr. Bumpy is a small green, purple-warted monster living under the bed of a ten-year-old boy, where he eats dirty socks and dust bunnies as if they were delicacies. His best friends are Squishington, a blue monster that lived in the bathroom's toilet cistern; and Molly Coddle, a Frankenstein's monster-like rag doll belonging to the boy's sister who acts as the straight man to the other's crazy antics.

On the bedroom of a ten-year-old boy, Mr. Bumpy looks at the back of a cereal box, showing a big "Turbo Totra Noid" Robot. Bumpy knocks over the cereal box and shoves the cereal in his mouth and washes it down with a carton of milk. Bumpy then starts shaking and dancing around so the "milk can be chocolaty nutritious". He is accompanied by his best friend, Squishington. Bumpy is collecting the box top and is excited about winning a free toy robot.

The next night, Bumpy and Squish are waiting for the mail man to deliver the package. A giant box from Japan arrives, which further excites Bumpy. Bumpy hurriedly opens the box, but is disappointed when the robot is smaller than expected. Bumpy leaves upset, while Squishington is relieved that the robot is small and cute instead of big and scary. Squish follows Bumpy, hoping to cheer him up, but the Little Robot then transforms into a large threatening killing machine.

Meanwhile under the bed Squishy tries to cheer up Bumpy telling him that he got all the vitamins and minerals for every piece of cereal he ate but Bumpy says he want a big cool "Turbo Totra Noid" robot. Squishy then brings out a box of Shark Puffs and Bumpy is thrilled by the realistic scent. Squishy tells him everything was going to be fine and by tomorrow they can mail back that little robot for a full refund and get a cool realistic submarine. Bumpy then goes to sleep right away and tells Squishy he's snoring already, Squishy giggles and tells Bumpy good night.

Meanwhile in the bathroom Squishy is asleep inside his toilet home, then he wakes up when he hears a strange noise and goes into the hallway to investigate. He sees a giant cool "Turbo Totra Noid" robot that Bumpy wanted and he freaks out, running under the bed to tell Bumpy. He tries to wake him up and tells him it's the actual giant "Turbo Totra Noid" robot, Bumpy then wakes up all excited and runs into the hallway and just sees the little robot. Bumpy tells Squishy he probably dreamed it and tells him to go back to bed and that he needs his beauty sleep. Squishy then thinks he just dreamed it.

Back in the bathroom, Squishy is asleep in his toilet home and he hears the noise the second time which wakes him up again. Then this time Squishy really sees the giant scary robot and realizes it wasn't a dream and shouts for Bumpy but Bumpy is sleeping. Then Squishy realizes that Mr.Bumpy didn't hear him and tries to make a run for it but he once again sees the giant robot and runs to get Bumpy. Squishy tries to wake him up and Bumpy tells him to show him tomorrow and that he's sleeping. Squishy realizes there's no one to save him from "That mean old machine" then Squishy gets an idea. Then Molly Coddle is in the hallway after Squishy came to get her and show sher the so-called scary robot. Squishy asks Molly that if it's the scariest thing he's ever seen and then he says he can't look but Molly says she personally thinks it's cute.

Then Squishy is surprised by Molly's response and sees that it's just the little robot and he tells Molly how big and enormous it was. Molly tells him she thinks it's a matter of perspective and that he probably just imagined it really big then it actually is. Then Molly tells Squishy there's nothing to worry about then she tells him "Sweet Dreams" then she leaves to go to bed. Then Squishy thinks that Molly was right maybe it was an optical illusion and Squishy says to himself that he should go back to bed.

In the bathroom Squishy tries to sleep and this time he hears the noise and wakes up saying that whoever it is out there could they please stop making that sound and says that the noise is vexing him. Then Squishy realizes he must do this himself and then he lifts up the lid to the toilet tank and realizes he must try to defeat the robot and runs into the hallway and starts a battle between him and the robot.

Then the run all the way to the Boy's room trying to fight the Turbo Torta Noid causing it to fall then Squishy cheers saying how he defeated the robot and he says he feels like a million bucks. Then the robot cries and tells Squishy that she (Little Robot turns out to be a girl) doesn't wanna hurt him in Japanese. Squishy doesn't know what she just said and he tells herself "she makes another he'll deck the robot again, Squish is then interrupted by the giant robot tuning back into Little Robot and she starts crying.

Squishy then feels sorry for her and tells her not to cry and he hand her a hankie to wipe her tears. She then blows her nose and she tells Squishy in Japanese that she has a family in Osaka. Squishy at first doesn't understand then he realizes there are subtitles then he finally understands, then she tells him about her identical brothers and sisters at the factory. Then Squishy tells her that he'll get her home and brings in a box, Little Robot thanks him and she gets in the box. Squishy tells her to write to him and that they can be pen-pals. Then the next day Squishy gets a letter from Little Robot and Bumpy asks when his realistic submarine will get here and where that little robot go and Squishy tells Bumpy that she is home.

After the "House-Hunters" animated sketch from is shown, Mr. Bumpy pretends to be a superhero named Super Bumpy. He boast about his super powers and then tries to fly off the bed. Bumpy tries jumping off the bed post, loses balance and falls off. Bumpy is then shown crying in pain, Molly Coddle then enters to help up the poor injured monster. Bumpy shows Molly that he has a splinter in his finger, Molly pulls out a large pair of pliers which scares Bumpy. She removes the splinter and Bumpy ask if she can kiss his finger better. Molly kisses Bumpy's boo-boo and he instantly feels better. Bumpy calls Molly a miracle worker and says she should be a doctor. Molly takes Bumpy's advice seriously and runs off.

Molly then writes a letter and orders a doctor's kit in the mail. Later that night, Molly is waiting by the mail slot and Bumpy enters through the slot. Bumpy ask if she came to scare the mailman, but Molly says she's waiting for her "Easy-Does-It Doctor Correspondence Course" set to come in.

Molly's delivery arrives and she gets a box with a small doctor lab coat to fit her size. Then the rest of the medical books come through the mail slot, which crushes Mr Bumpy. Molly pulls Bumpy out from under the books and he is squashed flat as a pancake. Molly asks Bumpy how he feels and he says he feels like an elephant sat on him, Molly is thrilled that she has her first patient saying he needs an internal treatment and looks at a book called "100 medical uses for the leech" and she thinks Squishington might know where some leeches are and goes to find him.

Molly finds Squishington in the bathroom and tells him that Bumpy feels like he's been squashed by an elephant, Squishington then gets excited because he always wanted to see an elephant and comes with her.

Meanwhile, the flatten Mr Bumpy inflates himself up and becomes three dimensional again. Bumpy then starts to rip out the pages in Molly's medical books and eats them. He loses controls and eat all the pages in the books and he then hears Molly telling Squishy to hurry that Bumpy's life depends on them.

Bumpy realizes what he has done as he hears Molly coming back with Squishy then replaces the medical books with home improvement manuals, then Bumpy goes to lay back on the floor. Molly then comes in with Squishy and tells him that Bumpy is her first patient and Squishy says he thought there was going to be an elephant.

Then they help Bumpy sit up and Molly notices Bumpy looks better and asks him if there are any other symptoms and Mr.Bumpy mentions he's got a bit of a stomach ache. Molly is thrilled she got back in time and she looks at the books not noticing Bumpy ate the pages of the actual medical books and she thinks there electronic diagnostics. Open heart surgery and etc...

Squishington then is about to tell her that those were the wrong instruction manuals until Bumpy elbows him causing Squishy to sound like he almost gagged. Molly thinks Squishy is sick too and she tells him and Bumpy that she'll be hospitalizing them both, Squishy was about to tell Molly about the books when Bumpy put a band-aid over his mouth.

In the bathroom, Bumpy is tucked into a hospital bed looking at one of the manuals while Molly wheels Squishy in strapped to a dolly cart and tells the two to rest while she gets the supplies. She takes the book from Bumpy and walks out of the room looking at the book saying to herself how fascinating it is.

As soon as Molly leaves Squishy is struggling and Bumpy tells him he's got himself tied up in knots and Squishy reminds Bumpy that Molly has the wrong instruction manual and that she the wrong five or six of them. Bumpy admits to Squishy he ate the real ones which makes Squishy worried and Bumpy tells him he should've saved some for him and to play along with the whole thing and that Molly has her heart set on this doctor business and he doesn't want to let her down and wonders how bad it could be.

Meanwhile Molly goes all over the house with a wheelbarrow and collects the wrong supplies a rake and other things and when she collects the last thing she thinks that should about do it. Back in the bathroom Squishy wonders what is taking Molly so long and Bumpy tells him she might be in the kitchen eating Popsicles so she can make "Tongue Depressors" with the wooden sticks and Bumpy says she's a cute kid.

Then Molly comes in with a wheelbarrow full of random things, Bumpy and Squishy freak out and Molly tells them it's exciting. Squishy asks if that was all really doctor equipment and Molly replies while holding a drill saying it's exactly what the books called for. She tells Mr.Bumpy and Squishington if doesn't cure them nothing will.

Then Molly asks them who will like to be the volunteer, Bumpy hides under the blanket while Squishy shakes with fright. Molly goes up to Squishy and tells him he's it. Molly then examines Squishy by pumping his arm up and down causing him to inflate like a balloon, then pours dirt on him and feeds him vegetables.

Then Molly tunes a radio and puts radio antennas on his head and starts to crackle like a radio that's badly tuned. Molly then checks everything and realizes that the so-called "test results" say Squishy is in perfect health.

Molly tells him that he can get up now and she tells the second time until Squishy starts receiving radio broadcasts all over the world. Bumpy notices this to and Molly thinks she probably followed the books instructions very well and she tells Squishy to snap out of it.

Then Bumpy burps out one of the pages from the book, Molly sees it in the corner of his mouth and she looks at him suspiciously and asks him what he did to her instruction manuals and Bumpy tries to cover it up by asking her what makes her think he did something like that. Molly then picks up the page and reads it lastly saying doctors are professionals and not to try it at home. She asks Bumpy how could he do this to her and Bumpy tells her that it was easy he ate the first manual and the rest went down in no time.

Molly says she'll never practice medicine again and she starts to cry, she takes off her doctor lab coat and runs off saying what a fool she is. Bumpy feels bad about what he did and he tries to get Squishy to stop receiving radio broadcast. Then Squishy falls to the floor and his eyes start glowing yellow keeps receiving radio broadcasts looking like he's about to blow.

Bumpy goes and gets Molly telling her she has to save Squishy but Molly says she can't she's not a doctor she's a comfort doll. Bumpy then tells Molly she's the only one who can possibly perform mouth to monster resuscitation because Bumpy doesn't want to do it and tells Molly it's the only way.

Then Molly starts giving Squishy CPR and the minutes ticking by and Bumpy is so nervous he bits he finger nails and grabbing his eye-stalks hoping one of his best friends can make it. Then Molly keeps giving him mouth to mouth resuscitation then Squishy eyes are open and tells Molly that they shouldn't do it here cause people are watching.

Bumpy then tells Molly that he knew she can do it and Molly realized he was right. Then she tells Squishy to prep Bumpy for the "Instruction Manuel removing operation" Bumpy then freaks out and Squishy holds Bumpy's mouth open. Then Molly tells him to hand her the pliers and then Squishy then hands them to her and he holds Bumpy's mouth open. Bumpy keeps shouting at them to not do it as Molly is almost near his mouth, before the "Baby Carriage" and "And Now... Music" animated sketches appear.

Mr. Bumpy blows a gum bubble so gigantic that it shakes the entire room. The Bubble explodes and there is gum splattered all over the walls, Squishington laughs with joy and ask Bumpy to do it again. Bumpy then reaches into the drawer for another piece gum, but he is horrified when he realizes that he is all out of gum.

Bumpy is upset that there is no more gum (despite the gum splattered over the walls), Bumpy then grabs Squish and shakes him in desperation. Bumpy's eyes then go bloodshot and he miserably says that he can't live without gum. Squishington then tells Bumpy about the myth about gum stays in your stomach for 7 years until it is all digested. Bumpy hears Squishy's comment and wonders if it's true, Bumpy then puts his eyestalks in his mouth and concludes that he must have tons of undigested gum in his stomach.

Bumpy then clicks onto a computer that shows a pie chart that his stomach is 92% gum and Bumpy thinks he has hit the jackpot. He then yells out "WANT IT", and then he sucks his whole body into his mouth, creating a green and purple vortex in the middle of the room. Squishington screams as various objects are sucked into the black hole, the computer then has a warning countdown saying that there are 6 minutes until global destruction.

Squishington is sucked into the black hole and comes falling through the green and purple portal. Bumpy is then shown inside a mysterious room, he reaches out his arms to catch Squishington but he lands and splats away from him. Squish wonders where they are, Bumpy doesn't know either.

Just then, Albert Einstein comes through the door, Mr Bumpy ask if they are at his place, Einstein then says it is Bumpy's place and they are inside Bumpy. Einstein sticks Bumpy's hand inside a jar with a piece of gum in it, saying that Bumpy has created a paradox, he is trying to take something from himself creating a loop in the space time continuum. Einstein then Bumpy's black hole will destroy the world, the alarm then says 5 minutes to global domination and Einstein then runs off back into the door.

Squish tells Bumpy he must do something, Bumpy claims he is not the problem but it's his stomach. Bumyp says that the stomach is hogging all the gum, and if they take the gum from it, their problems will be solved (and he will get the gum he wants). Squish is worried but Bumpy ignores him and claims that he is in charge. Bumpy then finds a room that says "Bumpy's stomach" with a radiation symbol. Bumpy enters while Squish has a bad feeling and follows him inside.

Inside the room, they find Mr. Bumpy's Stomach, a large fat brown organ with eye stalks like Bumpy. Bumpy demands the stomach to had over the gum, the Stomach belches and sends the two flying back. The Stomach claims that it's not his job, and he only digest the gum, he then tells Bumpy to go see the Heart, saying that he loves the stuff. Bumpy then swipes a piece of gum from the Stomach's hand, and gobbles it up. The Stomach calls for his guards to digest the intruders.

A group of small Bumpy-looking henchmen then chase Bumpy and Squish with knives and forks, Bumpy and Squishington find a pink heart shaped door and start knocking at it. The duo are cornered by the henchmen, but then the door open's revealing Mr. Bumpy's Heart. The Heart looks exactly like Mr Bumpy except he has a thin black mustache and a romantic french accent. The Heart kisses one of the henchmen, the henchman is disgusted and they all leave. The Heart then claims that "love conquers all" and invites the duo inside.

Inside the room, Bumpy's Heart is lying on a pink heart shaped couch and suggestively lures them to come in. Squishington whispers to Bumpy what is he going to do, Bumpy then says he will sweet talk the Heart and he will melt like butter. Bumpy then changes his appearance and dresses like a woman, the Heart is attracted to Bumpy and claims to be an expert on love. The Heart starts counting the ways he loves gum in french, but doesn't know what comes next and counts in English, Squishington starts to tear up saying that it is so beautiful.

Bumpy then starts counting up to random numbers, the Heart is angered now that he lost count, Bumpy is pushed off the couch and his disguise falls off. Bumpy then becomes aggressive and starts whacking the Heart with a pink heart shaped pillow. Squishington then ask what happened about the sweet talk plan, but Bumpy doesn't care about that now and sits on top of the Heart. Bumpy demands the Heart to give him the gum, but the Heart says that it's not his decision and tells the duo to ask the one in charge, the Brain.

Squish then grabs Mr Bumpy and they go off to see the Brain, the Heart then calls for his Guards and says that his "sanctuary has been violated". A group of pink Bumpy-looking cupids then start shooting arrows at Bumpy and Squishington, they are hit with suction cup arrows and escape the Heart's room.

The warning alarm then goes off again, saying that they only have one minute left, Bumpy and Squish then run into the Brain's room to confront the Brain. Bumpy tells the Brain to give him the gum or the world will be destroyed, and he also wants it. A loud booming voice is heard on top of a large pedestal, saying "never ever ever", Bumpy then leaps up onto the high pedestal and see's his brain sitting on a throne. Mr Bumpy's Brain is revealed to be a tiny creature with a mouth and eye stalks like Bumpy.

Bumpy says that he expected him to be taller, the Brain demands gum and uses his tail like brain stem to grab the jar. Bumpy and the Brain start fighting over the jar, and Squishington comments that the whole event is really twisted. Bumpy tells the Brain to give him the gum, but the Brain says he doesn't have any, they start arguing like little kids and continue fighting.

Squishington climbs up onto the pedestal and points out to Bumpy that he does indeed have the gum. Bumpy looks over to the jar on his hand and realizes he does have the gum, and he has been fighting himself the whole time. Bumpy then becomes tranquil and says he doesn't need the gum, the Brain shouts out that he lies and slaps him in the back of the head.

The alarm goes off again saying they only have 5 seconds, Bumpy Squish and the Brain are now worried now that time is running out. Bumpy then repeatedly tells himself that he doesn't want the gum, he finally let's go of the piece of gum, the self destruct is cancelled and Squishington cheers for Mr Bumpy.

Meanwhile, Squishington jumps out of the black hole and calls out for Mr Bumpy, he jumps out of the portal and it disappears. Squish is glad that everything is back to normal and ask if Bumpy has learned his lesson about not being greedy. Bumpy claims that he has learned his lesson, but then shows Squish all the gum in his hand that he took. Bumpy then starts eating the gum and the alarm starts to go off, Squishington turns to the viewers and says "here we go again".

Mr. Bumpy and Squishington plays Pirates, with folded newspaper hats, a newspaper ship and a wind-up mechanical parakeet. Bumpy finds a silver snail trail and claims that there is a leprechaun's "pot of mold" at the end, Squish and Bumpy follow the trail and it is revealed to be a sleeping Baby Snail.

Bumpy is disappointed that there is no treasure and Squish points out that the treasure map is actually a map of Kansas. The Baby Snail latches itself to Bumpy and he tells Squish to get it off, Squish pulls off the Snail and falls back. Bumpy then tells Squish it's time to leave but Squish thinks the Snail is lost. Bumpy shows that he has a great dislike for babies and doens't care about the Snail.

The mechanical parakeet swoops down and snatches the Baby Snail and Bumpy and Squish go to rescue her. Bumpy sits on the edge of a see-saw while Squish jumps of the other end, Bumpy is launched in the air and knocks the parakeet. Squishington catches the Baby Snail and Bumpy crashes badly, Squish decides to go find the Baby Snail's mother while Bumpy is left with the baby.

Bumpy claims to dislike babies, and tries to ignore the Baby Snail, the Cute Dolls come driving in their pink car and start to go gaga for the baby. The Cute dolls take the baby, but then Baby Snail starts crying and Bumpy takes the snail from the girls.

Meanwhile, Squishington is searching for the Mother Snail inside a video player, he sticks his arm in the VCR and gets sucked inside it.

Later, Mr Bumpy lets Baby Snail sleep in his bed, although he still denies that he likes the baby. Bumpy sings a lullaby to the Baby Snail and she then falls asleep. Bumpy tells her not to get too use to it, because when Squish finds the mother, she's out of here. Bumpy then goes of to find Squishington.

Molly Coddle then appears and shouts to Bumpy if he's seen Squish around, Bumpy tells Molly to be quiet and that Baby Snail is asleep in his nest. Molly is confused and that she didn't know Bumpy liked babies, Bumpy denies it and goes to find Squish.

Molly and Bumpy then leave to find Squishington, just then Squish appears wrapped up in video tape. Squishington see's a shell on top of the shelf, he thinks it's Baby Snail's mother and climbs up to investigate.

Bumpy and Molly check the bathroom for Squish, Bumpy hears Baby Snail crying and he is worried. He tells Baby Snail he's coming and Molly then says she wants to see this.

Bumpy returns to his nest where Baby Snail is crying, but she soon stops when she see's Bumpy. He then starts to move away and Baby Snail cries again, he then moves back and she stops. Bumpy notices the pattern and starts moving away and coming back. Bumpy then starts dancing to Baby Snail's mambo like crying.

Squishington reaches the top of the shelf, but it is only a sea shell from The Boy's shell collection. Squishington then accidentally backs up to a stuffed blowfish, he pricks himself and falls of the shelf. Squish lands on the floor and says there is no Mother Snail up there.

Meanwhile, Baby Snail won't stop crying, Bumpy tries comforting the baby but then thinks she doesn't like him anymore. Molly comes in to comfort the baby and ask if she's been fed yet, Bumpy realizes that Baby Snail is hungry. Bumpy then tries feeding the baby a sock but Molly says it's too big. Bumpy then tries chewing up the sock and spits it out for Baby Snail, but she doesn't like it.

Bumpy and Molly then try to find different food for Baby Snail, Bumpy tries different things like toothpaste and kiwi. Bumpy then panics when Molly hands him salt, he then tells Baby Snail to stay away from salt. Molly then worries that Baby Snail doesn't like anything, so Bumpy decides to cook up something for Baby Snail.

Bumpy then pretends to be a french chef on a cooking show, he then hooks up the bowl to a TNT bomb. He pushes down the lever and the food explodes. Bumpy claims that the bomb was instant cooking and Baby Snail happily eats up the messy food. Baby Snail then lets out a large burp and Bumpy is impressed, and says that she is a "chip off the old bump."

Molly then starts laughing and reminds Bumpy that he hates babies. Molly then reminds Bumpy that Squish will eventually be back with the baby's mother. Bumpy then feels dreary that soon he will have to take Baby Snail back to her mother, but then decides to go have more fun before they have to part.

Later, Bumpy and Baby Snail are sitting together at the top of the curtain rail overlooking the Boy's bedroom. Bumpy admires the view, then Baby Snail ask Bumpy in baby talk why he doesn't have a shell like her. Bumpy then says to Baby Snail that he has too many warts on his back to have room for a shell. Bumpy then gives Baby Snail a small parting gift, he removes one of his warts from his back and attaches it to her face so she will have something to remember Bumpy.

Mr Bumpy then gets misty eyed because he knows he will miss Baby Snail. Just then, Squishington enters the bedroom with Baby Snail's mother. Squishington is excited to find the mother, but Molly is worried that Bumpy will be upset. Bumpy then decides he doesn't want to give back Baby Snail and then tries to run away and hide.

Bumpy then starts walking across the curtain railing, he loses balance, but Baby Snail is safely holding onto him. Bumpy then jumps onto the shelf with Baby Snail, he says sorry for scaring her but he doesn't want to part with her and wants to be together forever.

Squishington then calls out for Bumpy and he hides Baby Snail, Molly spots Bumpy peeking from the top shelf. Molly ask why he is up there and Bumpy says that he is reading. Squish then tells Bumpy that Baby's Snail's mother is here to take her home.

Bumpy puts Baby Snail down next to a pile of books, he then backs up into the blowfish and pricks himself. Bumpy accidentally knocks the large sea shell off the shelf, which he thinks is Baby Snail. The large pile of books also fall off and then crushes the sea shell.

Bumpy is horrified and thinks that Baby Snail is dead, he becomes upset and blames himself for putting her in danger. Bumpy then starts crying loudly, without realizing that Baby Snail is right there on his shoulder. Squish thinks that Bumpy must have been reading a sad book, Molly ask if Bumpy has really seen Baby Snail. Bumpy tells Molly that Baby Snail is "smooshed" with horrifies Molly.

Just then Baby Snail then comes face to face with Bumpy and he is overwhelmed with joy, he starts giving her kisses and his happy that she is alive. Bumpy tells the other below to never mind and he found Baby Snail, and that he will bring her down to her mother.

Back on the ground, Squishington waves goodbye to the snail family while Bumpy returns Baby Snail to her mother. Bumpy gives Baby Snail one last hug and then give her back to Mother Snail. Bumpy then says he will miss Baby Snail, but the excitedly says that he wants to babysit anytime. He then starts rambling on that he is the best baby sitter and likes babies, especially the slimey ones.

Mr. Bumpy and Squishington plays a game called "Hide and Go Freak", similar to "hide and go seek" but instead they make wild freaky faces to scare each other. Bumpy and Squish are having fun together and decide they want Molly to play the game with them. Later, Molly Coddle is shown looking at herself in the mirror, while Bumpy and Squish sneak up behind her. Molly sees their reflection and is terrified by their hideous scary faces and faints. Molly regains consciousness and Bumpy and Squish fix up their faces to look normal again.

The boys ask Molly to play "Hide and Go Freak" with them, Molly says she is a comfort doll and she isn't good at scaring people. Mr Bumpy tries to encourage Molly and tells her to make the scariest face she can. Molly puts her fingers in her mouth and sticks out her tongue, but Bumpy and Squish are disappointed that she's hardly scary at all.

Squishington then takes Molly to give her a scary make over. In the bathroom, Squishington is pretending to be at beauty salon, he rubs cream over Molly's face and pretends to be a flamboyant hair dresser. While Squish is distracting Molly, Bumpy removes the back of the mirror to trick Molly that the makeover work. Molly looks at the mirror thinking Bumpy is her reflection, Bumpy mimics her and then roars at her. Molly jumps out of her seat in fear, Bumpy then tells Molly that he'll have to teach her about playing the game.

Later, Squishington and Mr Bumpy are teaching the rules to Molly, she says she doesn't want to play "Hide and Go Freak" anymore. Bumpy and Squish still want Molly to play with them and they beg at her with big cute puppy dog eyes. Molly then reluctantly agrees to keep playing with them.

The trio then play another round of "Hide and Go Freak", and they run off in different directions. Mr Bumpy finds Squishington and says he has an idea to scare Molly, and wants him to help him.

Later, Molly is searching around, Squishington then appears screaming in horror, with a large green snot monster chasing him. Squish tells Molly that it's the “Snot Gargling Drool Drinking Mucus from Alpha Centauri”, and it has already eaten Mr Bumpy and is going to eat him next.

Molly is terrified and watches the Mucus Monster devour Squishington before her eyes. The Monster comes towards Molly and she tells him to stay back, Molly then screams in horror and is frozen stiff.

It is revealed that the Mucus Monster is actually a hoax, Mr Bumpy and Squish unzip the costume and start laughing. The two boys think their joke is funny and they really scared Molly. Bumpy then says "its amazing what you can do with a lot of snot and a little imagination".

Bumpy then ask Molly if she is okay, but Molly is frozen stiff and doesn't respond. The boys begin to worry and Squishington says they "freaked the living freak out of her." The boys realize they made a big mistake and don't know how to fix it.

It turns out that Molly isn't really frozen stiff and it's only a trick, Molly giggles a little bit that her plan is working, but then goes back into her scared stiff pose. Bumpy tries to get Molly's attention, and Squishington begs her to say something, but their attempts fail. Squishington grabs a megaphone and shouts out to Molly, but she still won't move.

Squishington thinks that they can "scare her un-stiff", Bumpy then tries roaring at Molly but scares Squishington instead. Squish then comes up with an idea, he takes his eyeballs out of their sockets and starts doing tricks with them. Squish starts bouncing his eyes on the floor and juggling them. Molly is still stiff and Bumpy says it usually works too.

Squish then pushes his eyes back into their sockets and comes up with another idea, that if "they make her feel wanted, she'll snap out of it." Bumpy thinks it's a good idea, and "after all, she is a comfort doll".

Bumpy then starts making up excuses, and tells Molly that the Cute Dolls have lost their hair from a blow drier accident and only she can help. Squish then also says that the house is filling up with snakes and there is a hurricane and a black hole, then they beg Molly to help them.

The boys then pause to see if their plan worked, but Molly is still frozen stiff. Bumpy and Squish are heartbroken and break down in tears. Squish says it's all their fault for forcing Molly to play hide and go freak. Bumpy says she is too stiff to play with and she won't even make a good hat rack, Bumpy then puts a hat on Molly and says she is actually okay at that, but he doesn't want a hat rack and wants Molly to come back.

While the boys are feeling miserable, Molly sneaks up behind them taps them on the shoulder and says "boo." Squishington and Bumpy then start freaking out, and run around in panic, they slam into each other and fall on the floor in defeat. Molly is proud of herself from getting back at the boys and says that she won the game.

Later, Bumpy and Squishington are playing checkers, they are acting jittery and are babbling nonsense. Molly tells the boys that she wants to play "Hide and Go Freak" again. Bumpy and Squishington are still high strung, and have learned their lesson about scaring others. Bumpy says that they will stick with checkers and Squishington agrees. Molly then faces the viewers and says, "I was just getting good at it too", and the "Whizzo Butter" sketch from MPFC plays.

In the bathroom, Squishington is asleep inside his toilet home, just then the earth begins to rumble and he wakes up. The toilet house starts shaking and rocking and Squishington is uprooted from his home.

He falls out of the toilet tank and is splattered over the floor, his porcelain vase's then fall on top of him and break. Squishington comes out of the shattered pieces and sees the bathroom has been completely ruined. It then shows a plumber leaving the bathroom and scratching his backside.

Later, under the bed, Squishington visits his friend Mr. Bumpy and tells him what happened to his home. Bumpy comforts his upset friend and tells him that he can stay with him until it is safe to return home. Squishington is touched by Mr Bumpy's hospitality and Bumpy tells him that they are the best of friends and he would do anything for him.

Squishington gives Bumpy a big hug and thanks him, he also promises Bumpy that he will pull his weight around, meaning that he will do his share of the work. Squish promises to help cleaning and cooking while living with Bumpy. Bumpy isn't concerned about doing work and would rather have fun, he searches through his mess and finds a remote control.

Bumpy shows Squishington his remote, which activates the tiny spores in his home, he pushes a button and mushrooms instantly grow from the floor. Squishington and Bumpy then start playing sword fight, with the mushroom caps as helmets and the mushroom stems as weapons.

Bumpy and Squish then start their battle, while moving around the mushrooms. Squishington knocks Bumpy to the ground, Squishington is about to finish the fight, but Bumpy tricks him and tells him that his shoe lases are untied. Squishinton looks down and Bumpy then whacks him with his weapon and Squishington's helmet breaks in two.

Squishington sneezes and says sorry for being allergic to mushrooms, Bumpy pushes the button on the remote and the mushrooms disappear. Bumpy tells Squish that it's okay, he then decides to have a nap and he starts snoring. While Bumpy is sleeping, Squishington observes Bumpy's home and see's it is a disgusting mess. He then has an idea to surprise Bumpy by cleaning up his nest, thinking he is helping his friend.

Later, Bumpy's nest is neat and clean, Bumpy wakes up in horror and thinks it is a bad dream. Squishington tells Bumpy he must be having a "day-mare", Bumpy is temporarily revealed but he sees that his home is still neat and tidy. He tries pinching himself to wake up but it doesn't work, he tries pinching himself harder but his arm then breaks off.

Bumpy then yells "has the world gone mad", Squishington takes Bumpy's arm and puts it inside a filing cabinet. Squish then helps Bumpy to the couch, saying that he's been scrubbing all the filth and grime, Bumpy is still in disbelief. Squish then tells Bumpy that he organized everything in alphabetical order in the filing cabinet. Bumpy tries searching for his missing arm by searching under "A" and finds random objects like "aarvark" and "anvil". Squish tells Bumpy to look under "L" for "Limbs", Bumpy finds his arm and is instantly re-attached.

Bumpy is glad to have his arm back, but he cries out that he misses his mess. Squish then has his feeling hurt, thinking that Bumpy liked what he did. Bumpy then tries to make Squish feel better and says he does like it, Squish is glad and says Bumpy will learn to love it and will become a clean living monster in no time. Bumpy then mutters to himself that he can mess it up later.

Later, Squish is wiping the floor while Mr Bumpy is reading a comic book. He blows his nose on the pages and rips it out and tosses it away, Squish then catches it in a waste basket and sets it down next to Bumpy, who is irritated. Bumpy can't take it anymore and wants his house to be messed up. Squishington then tells Bumpy that lunch is served and Mr Bumpy is excited.

Squish sits Bumpy down at the table and tells him that he has cooked a highly prepared meal, Bumpy ask if it taste good, Squish says the taste doesn't matter and what is important is that it's healthy. Squish lifts up the lid and it shows only a small carrot and a scrap of lettuce. Bumpy is confused by the tiny lunch, but Squish says it's high in fiber.

Bumpy then says he's trying to cut down and he'll have a sock instead, he searches the file cabinet again but can't find socks under "S". Squishington pops out of the drawer and tells Bumpy to eat some sweet potato pie and he can have a sock. Bumpy then pretends to eat the sweet potato pie and acts like it's delicious. Squish know Bumpy is acting and he feels unappreciated. Bumpy is frustrated and says he must have a sock, Squishington is heartbroken and Bumpy feels sorry, he then says he will eat it all up to make him feel better.

Bumpy then goes to the dinner table and eats everything on it, including the food, the candelabra and the table cloth. Bumpy then says he ate everything up and ask if he can have a sock, Squishington is annoyed and tells Bumpy that the sock is under "H" for hosiery. Bumpy gobbles up the sock and feels satisfied.

Later, Bumpy's stomach is gurgling, he tells it to be quite or he'll give it another candelabra to digest. Squishington appears by Bumpy's bed and is worried about him and gives him a pillow. Squishington then gives Bumpy hundreds of pillows until everything is buried except for his eyes. Squish then ask if Bumpy needs anything else, but Bumpy's voice is muffled under the pillows.

Squish then thinks Bumpy is cold and runs off to find something to keep him warm. Bumpy burst out of the pillows and begs Squish to stop smothering him, but Squish then wraps Bumpy up with a long scarf, a beanie and a pair of mittens. Squish then thinks Bumpy has a fever and goes to get the thermometer, Bumpy is getting annoyed saying that his best friend is trying to kill him with kindness.

Squish returns with the thermometer, which terrifies Bumpy. Squish thinks Bumpy is now delirious and goes to look for a circular saw. Bumpy finally snaps and jumps on Squishington's head and tells him not to help him anymore. Bumpy then tells Squish that he is driving him crazy, Squish thinks that he was just trying to help Bumpy by cleaning, cooking and comforting. Bumpy's eyes go bloodshot with rage and tells Squish that he like his nest messy.

Squishington and Bumpy are now both angry at each other, Squish tells Bumpy to go ahead and make a mess, but they will never ever be friends again. Bumpy says that will be fine with him, the two start calling names at each other like "dirty dirt ball" and "neat geek". Squishington grabs a suitcase and leaves Bumpy's nest in a fit of rage, Squish tells Bumpy to take a hard look at himself and see if that is the monster he wants to be. Bumpy doesn't understand what that means and tells Squish that he is too clean for his own good, and Squishington leaves.

Bumpy is re leaved that Squish is out of his hair and beings to relax on the couch. He starts playing with the mushroom remote, saying he's glad he doesn't have anyone to tell him what to do. Squishington returns to the bathroom, seeing it messy and filthy. Squish dislikes the condition of the bathroom but is glad to be away from Bumpy. Squish thinks he should give the bathroom a good scrubbing, but he feels tired and says he will clean up later.

Back under the bed, Bumpy has grown bored with playing with the remote and ask Squish if he wants to do something, but remembers that he is not here anymore. Bumpy realizes he feels lonely without his best friend. In the bathroom, Squishington rolled a giant ball of dirt and grime and decides to give the dirt clod to Mr Bumpy.

Squishington rolls the giant dirt clod under the bed, he calls out to Mr Bumpy, but see's that he isn't there. The dirt clod rolls from Squishington and the clod splatters all over the nest. The room has returned to it's messy filthy state, Squishington then feels lonely that he and Mr Bumpy are no longer friends. Squish doesn't know where Bumpy is and becomes worried that something horrible happened to him, or he made a new best friend.

Squishington is upset and thinks Bumpy replaced him, he runs out of the bedroom to try to find Bumpy. Squish returns to the bathroom and is surprised to see it perfectly neat and clean. Bumpy then appears with a dirty toothbrush, he surprises Squishington by cleaning up his place. Squish is in awe with his place cleaned up, and is amazed that Bumpy did this, even after he drove him crazy.

Bumpy then says that Squish may be a sneeze ball, but he is also his best friend, if he does want to be friends again. Squish then says he has been acting stupid and he tries a little too hard sometimes. A giant sign that says "Moral Alert" drops on Bumpy's head, and Squish says they hit the moral on the head pretty hard.

Bumpy and Squish are now friends again, Bumpy then gets excited and says they can go mess up his place, Squishington tells Bumpy that he already did. Bumpy is proud of Squishington for making a mess and can't wait to see it. Bumpy then wants to race Squish back to his place and says the last one there is a "rotten four week old tuna sandwich with grey gunk on it."

Bumpy runs off, and Squish turns to face the viewers, he says that he doesn't mind being last because Mr Bumpy loves "rotten four week old tuna sandwich with grey gunk on it." Squish then goes to follow his best friend, and the "Sit Up" animation from MPFC plays.

In The Boy's bedroom, with Molly Coddle, Squishington and Mr. Bumpy playing “Bumpy Ball” which is a combination of various sports, including baseball, football and basketball. Mr Bumpy is in the lead with 921 points, while Molly and Squish each have one.

Molly pitches the ball between her legs; Squishington swings the hockey stick and hits the ball between Bumpy’s eyestalks. Bumpy jumps onto the window to catch the football, Bumpy catches the ball and he falls out the window.

Mr. Bumpy celebrates his victory of catching the ball, he realizes he fell out the window and is confused why he stopped falling. It is revealed that Bumpy landed onto a Flying Saucer, Bumpy concludes that there are either Aliens inside or Elvis.

Inside the spaceship are two alien creatures named Sleemoth and Gloog. Gloog is short and fat, while Sleemoth is tall and skinny. They both see Mr. Bumpy outside the window and are disgusted by the ugly earth creature. The aliens try to shake him off but failed to do so, then they try electrocuting him.

Gloog is horrified by the frightening earth creature and think he's a brain eating, limb ripping monster, Gloog says to abandon mission, while Sleemoth says if one earth creature threatens their mission they would become a laughing stock. Sleemoth sends Gloog outside to get rid of the earth creature, while Bumpy is enjoying the view of Earth, saying he wished he brought his camera.

Gloog ask Mr Bumpy to vacate the space ship, Bumpy at first screams but then is amazed to see a real live alien. Bumpy then asks if the aliens plan to take over the earth, Gloog accidentally confesses that the invasion is already planned. He then tries to cover up his mistake and saying "we don't have plans to invade", Bumpy then realizes there is more than one alien and Gloog panics and runs back into the spaceship. Bumpy follows the alien inside and ask to invade Graceland instead.

Back inside the spaceship, Gloog tells Sleemoth that the earthling knows about the invasion and believes he has mental powers. Mr. Bumpy enters the ship, Sleemoth says that any attempt to save Earth is doomed. Bumpy gets excited about the alien invasion and says he wants to help.

Mr. Bumpy talks about his plan to put everyone on earth in one room, and when they are busy introducing each other, they change the doors knobs to the other side and yell out "Dinner". Gloog thinks the plan is crazy enough to work, while Sleemoth tries to dispose of Bumpy.

Just then, Bumpy is picked up by a giant metal claw and his arms and legs are secured, he is poked and prodded with metal probes and is pulled and stretched repeatedly. The aliens speed up the machine and Bumpy is stretched faster and faster, Bumpy then snaps out of the machine and starts bouncing around the room. He slams into the aliens, lands on top of them, and ask if he can do it again for a million more times.

The aliens resort to more drastic measures to dispose of Bumpy and send out their death machine robot to destroy him. Bumpy is bored and says he will play with the robot, Bumpy ask if the machine can do any tricks and it blasts him. Bumpy is impressed and wants to see the robot fetch, he throws a stick and the robot chases it and crashes a hole in the ship. The robot is defeated and two mechanical hands come to patch up the hole.

Bumpy then gets frustrated at the aliens and they become afraid of him. Bumpy then says since the aliens won't invade he will do it on his own. Bumpy then starts playing with the controls and sends the space ship spinning out of control. Sleemoth and Gloog are sent into a spin while Bumpy continues to play with the controls.

Back on Earth, Squish and Molly are still playing Bumpy Ball. Squish is tired from going around home base a hundred times, trying to tie with Bumpy. Molly beings to worry about Bumpy from being away so long, meanwhile Bumpy sees he is heading for The Boy's house. Bumpy crashes the space ship, comes flying through the window and lands on top of Squish. Bumpy declares himself the winner and the Bumpy Ball champion.

Molly ask Bumpy what happened to him and Bumpy tells his friends that he was abducted by Space Aliens. Molly and Squish don't believe him and think his story is unlikely and far-fetched, until Gloog and Sleemoth appear wearing bandages. Gloog then ask for directions to Graceland.

Voice cast

 * as Mr. Bumpy, the Closet Monster, Destructo
 * as Squishington, Dad
 * as Miss Molly Coddle, Anti-Molly
 * as Gloog
 * Mary McDonald Lewis as The Mom, the Cute Dolls
 * as The Boy
 * as Little Sister
 * as Big Mike
 * as Sleemoth
 * as Gloog
 * as Little Robot/Big Robot, Little Robot's Sister/Big Robot's Sister, Yellow Bunny