12 Oz. Mouse

[itsacoaster]

Hello Mousinites. Mouseketeers.

I've been watching a LOT of Mouse lately. I can't put down the bottle, man, I just keep going to the fridge to pull out a hand and a cold phone.

Anyway, to the meat of my post:

One of the parts of 12 Oz. Mouse that was totally lost on me was why Pronto stole the Skillet-shaped "animal chain" (as it was called by Shark) to resurrect Amalockh. In the scene where Amalockh crawls out of his grave, it appears as if Pronto trades the animal chain to Amalockh in exchange for a treasure chest. As we all know, Amalockh is greatly angered by this and devours Pronto. But I could never understand why this occurs.

Also note: when Fitz is climbing his clothes closet, at the very top there is a Skillet-shaped locket. My theory is that the "animal chain" that was delivered by Pronto was some kind of fake, and that the true "animal chain" was the Skillet locket in Fitz's clothes closet. There was really no further elaboration on this in the show, as far as I can tell.

Of course there's probably no way of ever knowing for sure, but I was wondering if other Mouse fans had thoughts or insight on Pronto or Amalockh's motives here.

[MaNamesDirty]

Because it never came up again, I'd forgotten about that; but I had a similar thought about the locket/animal chain, or something to do with the treasure chest being a "test" of character a sort of reverse Pandora's box.

[itsacoaster]

That's an interesting thought, especially considering what RBM says to the Shadow Figure in the second-to-last episode (courtesy Corndog Central):

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yes... amalockh brings the darkness, a note of evil which is inherent in all of us. it's a choice he made... we all make choices. i choose victory.

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Amalockh goes largely unexplained in ozMo (he's only described as "killing us all" and being a "mean bitch"). Perhaps he is simply representative of the darkness that resides in the antagonists.

[duzitickle]

good discussion points, itsa.
i never really loooked into the locket/pronto death,
i always felt a little vindicated when pronto bites the big one.
ya know, that little dude deserved it.
>_>

but now that you bring it up, its possible that youre right.
i wonder what might have happened if amalockh had gotten the 'right' locket.
would he still have gone on his rampage?
ahhh.. the wouldas..

and like you said.. theres probably no way of ever really knowing.