Cuke of All Trades! is the second LarryBoy Super Short.
Plot
It is a very quiet Tuesday in Bumblyburg, especially since it is LarryBoy's birthday! The plunger-headed hero decides to go to Mr. Mahoney's bakery to see if anything special is happening, though the only thing he has to do is to deliver some letters and no one can watch over his shop. LarryBoy agrees to help out, so Mr. Mahoney leaves and tells that him to help out anyone if they need anything. Sure enough, as soon as Mr. Mahoney leaves, another citizen known as Mr. Vanderhosenhagenmeir enters the shop, expecting Mr. Mahoney. Since no one is available to watch his candle store, LarryBoy agrees to do so before a pea kid enters looking to buy a cookie. Before LarryBoy can get him such, he sees Ma Mushroom enter the candle store and rushes over to help her out. Ma Mushroom asks to see a red candle on the top shelf, which LarryBoy brings down. As she looks it over, LaryBoy dashes back to the bakery and gets the kid his cookie before rushing back to the candle shop just as another customer enters the bakery.
LarryBoy enters the candle shop with a crash just before Lutefisk the mailman enters, putting an order on one dozen candles. Before he can take care of this order, LarryBoy rushes back to the bakery and takes care of another order from Mr. Cuchimi. Before Mr. Cuchimi leaves, he asks LarryBoy to make a cake, to which LarryBoy quickly takes care of. After hearing a crash from the candle shop, he rushes back there to see Ma Mushroom holding a white candle. LarryBoy then turns on the candle making machine, but he inadvertently makes it go too fast, causing a mess. He then rushes back to the bakery to take the freshly baked cake out of the oven. During which Mr. Cuchimi reminds LarryBoy to write "happy birthday" on it, but he cannot remember who it's meant for. LarryBoy then rushes back to the candle store and escorts Ma out with her purchase.
Back and forth, LarryBoy goes between the bakery and the candle store until he screams with frustration. Suddenly, the machinery in both stores start emitting smoke from being unattended for too long. Suddenly, candles and cake batter and frosting immediately fly out of both stores and land on LarryBoy. Everyone then gathers around and wishes their hero a happy birthday. The short ends with Mr. Cuchimi asking LarryBoy to watch over his store for a few minutes.
Characters
- LarryBoy
- Mr. Mahoney
- Mr. Vanderhosenhagenmeir
- Ma Mushroom
Other Languages
- TBD
Fun Facts
Explanations
- The short's title is a take on "Jack of all trades, master of none."
Trivia
- This is the first LarryBoy short for a few things:
- The first short to have dialogue.
- The first short to be composed by Christopher Davis.
- The first and only short to be storyboarded by Bill Wray.
Remarks
- The title card depicts LarryBoy in different suits (representing jobs), which he never did any of them in the short.
- The animation of LarryBoy turning away and get the ladder is the same animation that was used in the previous short, Fly By Might.
Inside References
- When LarryBoy is in Mr. Mahoney's bakery and after his eye starts twitching, he yells like he did in Fly By Might when he got his plunger ear stuck to a fast moving truck before smashing into it.
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