Phantom Investigators - Skating the Plank - Toonstalgia

Phantom Investigators - Skating the Plank

Toonstalgia

"Aww...pig knuckles."

Briefly

Jericho's skateboarding rival has a haunted board.

Thoughts

I love the pirate puppets. Their sculpts are cartoonish glory. Evil Dead: Army of Darkness instilled a love of skeleton puppets in me at an early age.

Details, Details

Jericho's practicing for an upcoming skateboarding competition. He runs into a rival skateboarder, Rick, who has a lucky board. The encounter ignites Jericho's jealousy. His concerns increase when he sees Rick's new moves. Suddenly, Rick's skateboard trashes a record store all by itself.

Rick calls the Phantom Investigators for help with his haunted skateboard. They learn Rick's skateboard was carved from a piece of possessed driftwood. A pirate ghost appears and takes possession of the skateboard. Rick admits he can't afford a new skateboard but can't skate on a haunted board.

With Kira's abilities, they learn Pinky, the pirate, is the ghost attempting to reclaim the board. Pinky claims he only wants his plank back but reveals he might have more sinister intentions. Kira calls out Jericho for his petty behavior towards Rick. It's one thing to compete, it's another to revel in your competitor's misfortune.

Pinky gets his plank back and rather than rest in piece, he awakens his pirate comrades. They head off to pillage San Francisco. Daemona and the team retrieve her grandmother's soul collector. It's like a camera crossed with a Ghostbuster trap. They suck up the pirates with the soul collector. Then Jericho throws the soul collector in the ocean.

A fish releases the pirate ghosts. Pinky returns with his pirate ships a few moments later for revenge. Jericho demonstrates swimming talent to retrieve the soul collector from under water. Casey distracts the pirate by morphing into a mermaid. Daemona seals the pirates in a bottle (which would be the coolest thing to have on a shelf aside from the fact that she permanently imprisoned sentient entities inside of it).

Jericho shows kindness and mercy to Rick by loaning him his board so he can compete.