Survival is a five-part short that was first released alongside Chuck E. Cheese's Video Hits 1 in September 2003.
This short was never released in any official format outside of the aforementioned DVD, being unused from a showtape.
Synopsis[]
Munch's Make Believe Band participates in a challenge in the middle of the South China Sea, attempting to survive 39 days on an island. Every third night, they participate in a tribal council until one is left standing, winning 1 million dollars; in cheese.
There were two tribes at the start, consisting of Ping, with Chuck E. Cheese and Jasper T. Jowls, and Pong, with Helen Henny, Mr. Munch, and Pasqually.
The start rumors a merge, as the tribe members predict who will be voted off the island first. Helen suggests Munch, due to an incident where he claims "rats aren't that bad, they kinda taste like chicken", and his nonstop talk of pizza.
Tribe Ping won the merge challenge, and Pasqually was voted off the island.
On Day 19, the merge of the tribes began with Helen from Pong, and Chuck E. from Ping to assess the livability of their camps. Helen is impressed with Ping's campground, wishing to move over. Chuck E., however is disappointed upon seeing Pong's campground, as Pong's campground barely had anything compared to Ping's, likely due to Munch's hunger.
The pow-wow took place with Chuck E. and Helen at the sands, engaging in a nice dinner while discussing their decisions on the merge. Helen's crush on Chuck E., however got the best of her, the mouse claiming she was a bit "too excited about the dinner", and not the best choice for ambassador, remaining oblivious of Helen's crush at the time. Helen, on the other hand, felt the meeting was a success. The dinner resulted in a newly formed name for the tribes; Ping-Pong, merging Pong's operations with Ping.
The immunity challenge would begin later on, being 30 minutes to make something useful with Tinkertoys to help survive on the island. Munch would "make" 56 sticks to roast marshmallows off. The members discussed voting plans again, with Chuck and Jasper wishing to vote each other off, Munch wanting to vote himself off, and Helen asking for a request to vote for two people (Munch and Jasper).
After the break, it is now time for the tribal council, and Helen has won the immunity challenges. The votes were then casted. In order; Munch would vote for himself, wanting to get off of the island fast. Jasper would vote off Chuck E., and Helen voted for Jasper, aftewards getting caught having another piece of paper with Munch's name. Chuck E. changing his mind on wanting to vote for Jasper, decided to vote for Helen, finally becoming aware of the chicken's crush on him, despite Helen being immune to being voted off the island.
Mike Manly reads the votes, and upon realizing there is a tie, quits the game show for the night in annoyance of the game not working. The band decides to go night fishing afterwards, and so ends Survival.
Cast[]
- Duncan Brannan as Chuck E. Cheese
- Jeremy Blaido as Jasper T. Jowls, Mike Manly
- Annagrey Labasse as Helen Henny
- John Bowen as Mr. Munch
- Pasqually (cameo; non-speaking role)
Trivia[]
- This short is a parody of Survivor. Another parody of Survivor was made called Pizza Survivor, which was released a year prior to this short.
Goofs[]
- Despite the show's title being claimed as "Survival", Mike refers to it as "Survivor" at the beginning of part 2.
- When Chuck E. visits Pong's camp, Mike mistakenly refers to it as "Ping's" camp.
Videos[]
Transcript[]
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