Beard Buddies is the 9b episode of the first season of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. In this episode, Captain K'nuckles enters Peppermint Larry's annual Adventure Beard-Off Contest, with the intention of winning the hand of Larry's Candy Daughter, believing she is actually made of candy. Though, in order for K'nuckles to participate, Flapjack has to cover himself with hair and pretend to be his beard, as the captain has none.
Plot[]
It all starts when K'nuckles is leading Flapjack on in a story about his glorius beard. He states that if he removed his hat the sun would reflect off the crystaline structure of his stubble and reduce stormalong to cinders. That isn't actually true. Later, the pair notices that Peppermint Larry is hosting a contest known as "The Beard Off". K'nuckles and Flapjack plan too win the contest and claim Pepperment Larry's Candy Daughter and eat her. That night, Flapjack and K'nuckles fall asleep in Bubbie's mouth. Flapjack wakes up before K'nuckles and notices that all this time K'nuckles has been secretly wearing a fake beard. Saddened, Flapjack and K'nuckles roam Stormalong trying to find a solution to K'nuckles' beard problem. Slippery Pete sells Flapjack a bottle of "Eel oil Whisker elixir," dousing K'nuckles in it. Suddenly, finding out that it is eel oil, K'nuckles runs away stating eels dont have hair. Flapjack gets the idea to glue hair to himself and pose as a beard for K'nuckles in the contest. Throughout the contest, K'nuckles is shunned due too his misunderstanding of the performance he is meant to do. Flapjack later sweats off the hair by accident and is revealed to be a fake beard. In the end, the Dock Hag wins the contest having a large beard. She states "she forgot to wax". Disappointed, Flapjack and K'nuckles find out that Peppermint Larry's daughter was adopted, therefore not made of candy.
Trivia[]
- Flapjack sings the tune to "Big Rock Candy Mountain," which is the inspiration to the theme of the show.
- Goof: After Flapjack pins K'nuckles' name tag on his coat, the reflection in the mirror is at the same angle instead of in reverse.
- It is revealed that K'nuckles' face is actually covered in lots, lots of stubble, giving some explanation as to why he is blue.