The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (season 2)

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (season 2)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	8 (17 segments)
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network
Original release	June 11 – July 30, 2004
Season chronology

This season includes eight regular half-hour episodes. For the most part, from this season on each episode includes only two segments, each of eleven minutes (without commercials), instead of three of seven minutes each.

In this season, new characters that are introduced are Sir Raven (Julian Stone), a humanoid raven that serves as the storyteller for some segments; Lord Pain, the fearsome warrior looking to serve his master, the Grim Reaper; Cerberus, the gigantic, three-headed, fire-breathing dog of Grim; Pinocchio, the puppet made of wood who wants to eat Billy's flesh to become a real boy; Lord Moldybutt, a parody of the main and primary Harry Potter villain, Lord Voldemort; and Boogey Man, the Boogeyman himself and a longtime adversary and rival of Grim.

Other recurring characters that feature prominently include Billy's "son", Jeff the Spider; Billy's neglected pet fish, Little Porkchop; Billy and Mandy's school teacher, Miss Butterbean; Billy's first cousin, Nergal Junior, and his shapeshifting abilities. The stories presented are varied, including Billy helping out dwarves in their war against the elves.

Episode list

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy season 2 episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Story by	Storyboard by	Original air date
19	1	"Spider's Little Daddy / Tricycle of Terror"	Robert Alvarez Brian Sheesley	Maxwell Atoms Gord Zajac	Spencer Laudiero Carl Greenblatt	June 11, 2004
Spider's Little Daddy: At a father-and-son picnic, Billy re-encounters with his spider "son", Jeff, in a dirty bathroom. Once again, Jeff tries to make Billy love him as a true father does, but Billy remains terrified of all bugs. Mandy tells Jeff he is being too nice, and to get Billy's attention he needs to be meaner. After being coached by Mandy, Jeff finally snaps and ensnares Billy in his spider web, forcing Billy to say he loves him. Tricycle of Terror: When Billy crashes his bicycle, he obtains a free tricycle from a mysterious boy in a supernatural porta-potty. While Billy loves his tricycle, which he calls Trykie, he is also mocked because of it by Irwin, Pud'n and Sperg. Trykie moves on its own and attacks the three of them. Mandy realizes the problem with Trykie, and Grim confirms that he is possessed by an evil force. Billy realizes that Trykie is indeed evil as well, and he lets Mandy destroy it once and for all.
20	2	"Dumb Luck / No Body Loves Grim"	Juli Hashiguchi Shaun Cashman	Maxwell Atoms & Mike Diederich Craig Lewis & Celia Weiss	Mike Diederich Celia Weiss	June 18, 2004
Dumb Luck: After spilling salt in a restaurant and not throwing salt over his left shoulder, Billy starts having an unusual amount of extremely bad luck. The next day, Grim analyzes Billy and finds out he has a "Catastrophe Snail" attached to his brain, which is causing him the bad luck. No Body Loves Grim: Billy, Mandy and Grim go to the beach where Grim falls asleep and Billy buries him in sand. When they leave, Billy only takes Grim's skull, leaving Grim's body to be found by a rich family that take it with them. With his adoptive family, Grim's body becomes a celebrity and refuses to go back with Billy and Mandy. Eventually, Grim's skeleton is reunited with his skull, but instants later it is shattered by dogs.
21	3	"Li'l Porkchop / Skarred for Life"	Brian Sheesley Juli Hashiguchi	Brett Varon Maxwell Atoms & C.H. Greenblatt	Brett Varon C.H. Greenblatt	June 25, 2004
Li'l Porkchop: After he turns down his dad's invitation to go fishing, Billy gets a tiny, weakling, pet fish, which he names Little Porkchop. To make Billy happier, Grim makes the fish grow overnight to become a giant. Billy takes Porkchop to play under the Sun, and never gives him water again. He burns to ashes and is flushed down the toilet. Billy's dad returns form his fishing trip having caught Porkchop, now back to his normal size, but plans to cook him. Skarred for Life: General Skarr buys a home in Endsville and becomes Billy's neighbor. After Skarr invites Billy into his new house, Billy mentions Grim's scythe as he strongest and most powerful weapon in the entire universe, and Skarr tries to battle his desire to be evil again. Eventually Skarr steals the scythe but Mandy proves to be even scarier than he is, and takes it back. Note: This is the first appearance of General Skarr.
22	4	"House of Pain / A Grim Prophecy / Mandy Bites Dog"	Shaun Cashman Robert Alvarez	Maxwell Atoms & Mike Diederich Maxwell Atoms Gord Zajac & Spencer Laudiero	Mike Diederich Maxwell Atoms Spencer Laudiero	July 2, 2004
House of Pain: Lord Pain, a fearsome warrior from the Plain of Eternal Suffering, appears in Billy's house looking to serve his master, Grim. Lord Pain is put to clean the bathroom and is confused as to why Billy and Mandy treat Grim the way they do. Eventually, Lord Pain realizes that Mandy is to be his real master, and prepares mashed potatoes for her. A Grim Prophecy: In this short, set in the Stone Age, a child version of Grim undertakes his first assignments as the Grim Reaper. When he goes to visit a cave witch, she shows him his terrible future being abused by Billy and Mandy. Mandy Bites Dog: When Mindy mocks Mandy's dumb and cowardly dog, Saliva, Mandy decides to train her dog to be meaner. After Grim keeps mentioning his own dog, Cerberus, Mandy decides to use Grim's special whistle to call the gigantic, three-headed, fire-breathing hound. Cerberus marries Mindy's chihuahua, Little Delicious, and Saliva snaps against Mindy for a brief moment.
23	5	"Nursery Crimes / My Peeps"	Brian Sheesley Juli Hashiguchi	Brett Varon Matt Sullivan & Celia Wyss	Brett Varon Celia Wyss	July 9, 2004
Nursery Crimes: After Billy eats 19 creme-filled Atomic Frenzy Cakes he cannot sleep and wants Mandy to read him a bedtime story. Mandy, Billy and Grim each tell a story. For his story, Grim uses a supernatural storybook from the Underworld, which makes Billy and Mandy enter the book and reprise the tale of Hansel and Gretel. Billy departs from the story and follows Pinocchio, who wants to devour Billy to become a real boy. Mandy saves Billy from Pinocchio, but she and Billy remain trapped in the book as Grim, the storyteller, falls asleep. She tries to get out of the book but fails as she says "Someday, you should all pay". My Peeps: When Billy ruins his eyes by playing too many video games and looking directly into the Sun, Mandy and Grim suggest he see an ophthalmologist. When Billy refuses wearing glasses or having laser surgery, Grim uses his own scythe to zap his eyes. Although Billy has sharp and clean eyesight, he can also see glimpses of the future, specially horrific accidents that occur to his best friends such as Irwin injured while riding a bike, Pud'n getting crushed by an elephant and Mandy's severed head on the table with a pink sheet over it. Grim zaps Billy's eyes multiple times to restore them to normal. Billy ends up with unusual-looking eyes.
24	6	"Nigel Planter and the Chamber Pot of Secrets / Circus of Fear"	Shaun Cashman Brian Sheesley	Maxwell Atoms & Mike Diederich Gord Zajac & Rich Chidlaw	Mike Diederich Rich Chidlaw	July 16, 2004
Nigel Planter and the Chamber Pot of Secrets: When Billy, Mandy and Grim go playing golf, they encounter boy wizard Nigel Planter again, who is there hiding from the dark wizard Lord Moldybutt. They head back to the School of Sorcery, where they keep on running into Moldybutt, who warns them to stay away from the "Chamber Pot of Secrets" hidden in Dean Toadblatt's office. It is revealed that Lord Moldybutt is actually Toadblatt, who was disguising himself to scare off Planter. Note: The title is a spoof of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Circus of Fear: When Billy and Mandy are utterly bored, Grim takes them to Underworld's "Circus of Fear". The ringleader, Dr. Fear, notices Billy and Mandy, and tries to recruit them into the circus to attract customers, who would pay to see real, live humans. After they go back home, Dr. Fear captures the two kids, and Grim has to get them back. During the show, Mandy breaks free and in a strange twist of the story, she reveals that the beastmaster, Clortho, is actually Dr. Fear, who in turn is just an earthworm, leaving Billy confused.
25	7	"Bully Boogie / Here Thar Be Dwarves!"	Juli Hashiguchi Robert Alvarez	Spencer Laudiero, James Silverman, & Zena Wyss Gord Zajac & C.H. Greenblatt	Spencer Laudiero C.H. Greenblatt	July 23, 2004
Bully Boogie: After failing to scare a fifteen-year-old, the Boogeyman decides to visit his old middle-school victim, Grim. Grim remembers how Boogie used to be a bully, and demands an apology from him. Boogie disappears to the Underworld, taking Billy with him. Mandy and Grim follow Boogie, and to settle their differences Mandy suggests having a scaring contest, in which whoever can scare a kid the most wins. Boogie's transformation as a werewolf is not enough to scare the kid, but Grim's transformation into a giant, horrific rubber duck is. Here Thar Be Dwarfs!: As Billy walks into the woods to have a picnic, Yogi and a giant, feral version of Boo-Boo (from The Yogi Bear Show) come to steal his basket, and he escapes by hiding in a cave. Billy is taken to the mushroom lair of the dwarfs where King Beardbottom tells him the story on how the different races split the food-services industry, after the conference of Rivendell. The king sends Billy to infiltrate the elves' cookie factory to deactivate their force field, so the dwarves can assault the factory. After a fierce battle (censored out "for younger viewers", by a single clip of a pink koala continuously licking a eucalyptus leaf) and Billy's words, the elves and dwarves decide to work together and split the profits.
26	8	"Which Came First? / Substitute Teacher"	Brian Sheesley Shaun Cashman	Matt Sullivan & Vincent Waller Maxwell Atoms & Chris Reccardi	Vincent Waller Chris Reccardi	July 30, 2004
Which Came First?: While going to a science museum, Billy and Mandy's school bus breaks down in the middle of the desert. After digging for fossils, Billy, Mandy and Grim wander around and find an abandoned mine, where Billy is captured by a giant, mutant chicken. When Mandy and Grim go to rescue him, they find an underground laboratory from the days of the Cold War where mutant chickens were created. The mountain makes eruption, the chickens are roasted by lava, and the whole class obtains food so they do not have to resort to cannibalism. Substitute Teacher: Billy's first cousin from the center of the Earth, Nergal Jr. goes to school for the first time, but he is worried that people may not like him. Soon enough, Junior becomes bullied by Sperg, with Miss Butterbean's allowance. Billy suggests Junior to use his shapeshifting abilities to take on the form of Miss Butterbean, so Junior can help him pass a math test. Junior likes the idea, but he morphs into Miss Butterbean to get revenge on Sperg instead. Sperg is seen living in the center of the Earth as Junior's pet.