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* SpannerInTheWorks: If Emily hadn't taken Wishbone to the tree, the characters wouldn't have found out about Mr. King's plans to demolish it.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: If Emily hadn't taken Wishbone to the tree, Jackson Park, the characters wouldn't have found out about Mr. King's plans to demolish it.the historic tree there.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: If Emily hadn't taken Wishbone to the tree, the characters wouldn't have found out about Mr. King's plans to demolish it.
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The gang takes on greedy developer Mr. King, who wants to cut down a historic tree in order to make room for a new shopping center. Meanwhile, having been abducted by David's little sister and taken to the tree in question, Wishbone remembers a man who was similarly held captive and just wanted to get home, and imagines himself as Odysseus in ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' by Creator/{{Homer}}.
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The gang takes on greedy developer Mr. King, who wants to cut down a historic tree in order to make room for a new shopping center. Meanwhile, having been abducted by David's little sister Emily and taken to the tree in question, Wishbone remembers a man who was similarly held captive and just wanted to get home, and imagines himself as Odysseus in ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' by Creator/{{Homer}}.
Creator/{{Homer}}.
This is the first of four episodes to adapt a story from Myth/ClassicalMythology. It's followed by "[[Recap/WishboneS1E34HerculesUnleashed Hercules Unleashed]]" (Hercules and the golden apples), "[[Recap/WishboneS1E36TheEntrepawneur The Entrepawneur]]" (the King Midas story from ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses''), and "[[Recap/WishboneS2E10TheRoaminNose The Roamin' Nose]]" (''Literature/TheAeneid'').
This is the first of four episodes to adapt a story from Myth/ClassicalMythology. It's followed by "[[Recap/WishboneS1E34HerculesUnleashed Hercules Unleashed]]" (Hercules and the golden apples), "[[Recap/WishboneS1E36TheEntrepawneur The Entrepawneur]]" (the King Midas story from ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses''), and "[[Recap/WishboneS2E10TheRoaminNose The Roamin' Nose]]" (''Literature/TheAeneid'').
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The fantasy portion of this episode served as the basis for the 1996 computer game ''VideoGame/WishboneAndTheAmazingOdyssey''.
Two tie-in books were released -- ''Wishbone Classics'' #2: ''The Odyssey'', featuring a less compressed adaptation of the original story with comments by Wishbone rather than the modern-day segments; and ''The Adventures of Wishbone'' #13: ''Homer Sweet Homer'', a straight adaptation of the episode.
Two tie-in books were released -- ''Wishbone Classics'' #2: ''The Odyssey'', featuring a less compressed adaptation of the original story with comments by Wishbone rather than the modern-day segments; and ''The Adventures of Wishbone'' #13: ''Homer Sweet Homer'', a straight adaptation of the episode.
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Two tie-in books were released -- ''Wishbone Classics'' #2: ''The Odyssey'', featuring a less compressed adaptation of the original story; story with comments by Wishbone rather than the modern-day segments; and ''The Adventures of Wishbone'' #13: ''Homer Sweet Homer'', a straight adaptation of the episode.
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The gang takes on greedy developer Mr. King, who wants to cut down a historic tree in order to make room for a new shopping center. Meanwhile, Wishbone imagines himself as Odysseus in ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' by Creator/{{Homer}}.
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The gang takes on greedy developer Mr. King, who wants to cut down a historic tree in order to make room for a new shopping center. Meanwhile, having been abducted by David's little sister and taken to the tree in question, Wishbone remembers a man who was similarly held captive and just wanted to get home, and imagines himself as Odysseus in ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' by Creator/{{Homer}}.
Two tie-in books were released -- ''Wishbone Classics'' #2: ''The Odyssey'', featuring a less compressed adaptation of the original story; and ''The Adventures of Wishbone'' #13: ''Homer Sweet Homer'', a straight adaptation of the episode.
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* AdaptationalContextChange: In the poem ''The Odyssey'', Penelope was forced to set a challenge for the suitors and so gave them an ImpossibleTask that only Odysseus could do: shoot an arrow through twenty battle-axes. Fortunately, Odysseus had already arrived, won the challenge with ease, and slaughtered everyone for violating SacredHospitality. Here, Odysseus reunites with her and they hatch the plan for him to kick the suitors out and establish himself as the real Odysseus. Penelope after After she sets the challenge challenge, Penelope whispers for her husband to have courage before she gracefully exits.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: The suitors in ''The Odyssey''; in the poem, Odysseus brutally murders them for the crime of invading his home and pressuring his wife to marry them. Here, Odysseus and Telemachus merely humiliate them in a food fight and allow them to leave.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: The suitors in ''The Odyssey''; in the poem, Odysseus brutally murders them for the crime of invading his home and pressuring his wife to marry them. Here, Odysseus and Telemachus merely humiliate them in a food fight and allow them to leave.leave.
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The fantasy portion of this episode served as the basis for the 1996 computer game ''Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey''.
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The fantasy portion of this episode served as the basis for the 1996 computer game ''Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey''.
''VideoGame/WishboneAndTheAmazingOdyssey''.
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Originally aired on October 13, 1995.
The gang takes on greedy developer Mr. King, who wants to cut down a historic tree in order to make room for a new shopping center. Meanwhile, Wishbone imagines himself as Odysseus in ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' by Creator/{{Homer}}.
The fantasy portion of this episode served as the basis for the 1996 computer game ''Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey''.
!!Tropes
* AdaptationalContextChange: In the poem ''The Odyssey'', Penelope was forced to set a challenge for the suitors and so gave them an ImpossibleTask that only Odysseus could do: shoot an arrow through twenty battle-axes. Fortunately, Odysseus had already arrived, won the challenge with ease, and slaughtered everyone for violating SacredHospitality. Here, Odysseus reunites with her and they hatch the plan for him to kick the suitors out and establish himself as the real Odysseus. Penelope after she sets the challenge whispers for her husband to have courage before she gracefully exits.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Odysseus on-screen at least [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale doesn't submit to Calypso's forceful advances]], is much less arrogant when [[OhCrap Poseidon confronts him]] and he chases away the suitors with slapstick combat rather than brutally slaughtering them and [[RedShirts the maids]] that betrayed his wife to them.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: Odysseus and his son expel the suitors with a slapstick fight rather than killing them.
* CompressedAdaptation: ''The Odyssey'' is reduced to just three events: Odysseus leaving Calypso's island, the storm sent by Poseidon, and the battle with the suitors. At the end, Odysseus does refer to the cyclops as one of the dangers he faced, but that's just a brief in-passing reference.
* EdibleBludgeon: Odysseus's son uses a large ham as a club while driving the freeloading suitors out of Odysseus's home.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The bulldozer operator was hired to do a job and is not a bad guy. When he realizes a dog got into the bulldozer scoop, he's horrified and immediately lowers it. This allows Wanda to issue a court summons to Mr. King before the tree is knocked down.
* JerkassGods: Poseidon sinks Odysseus's raft simply because he doesn't like him (in the original tale, Poseidon hates Odysseus for blinding his son).
* LoopholeAbuse: Mr. King used sneaky tactics to get his development approved before the neighborhood could object and before a new law protecting large trees was scheduled to take effect.
* SavingTheOrphanage: The contemporary story centers around saving a beloved section of Jackson Park from Mr. King's plans for a shopping center. Its connection to ''The Odyssey'' is a bit tenuous to say the least.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The suitors in ''The Odyssey''; in the poem, Odysseus brutally murders them for the crime of invading his home and pressuring his wife to marry them. Here, Odysseus and Telemachus merely humiliate them in a food fight and allow them to leave.
The gang takes on greedy developer Mr. King, who wants to cut down a historic tree in order to make room for a new shopping center. Meanwhile, Wishbone imagines himself as Odysseus in ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' by Creator/{{Homer}}.
The fantasy portion of this episode served as the basis for the 1996 computer game ''Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey''.
!!Tropes
* AdaptationalContextChange: In the poem ''The Odyssey'', Penelope was forced to set a challenge for the suitors and so gave them an ImpossibleTask that only Odysseus could do: shoot an arrow through twenty battle-axes. Fortunately, Odysseus had already arrived, won the challenge with ease, and slaughtered everyone for violating SacredHospitality. Here, Odysseus reunites with her and they hatch the plan for him to kick the suitors out and establish himself as the real Odysseus. Penelope after she sets the challenge whispers for her husband to have courage before she gracefully exits.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Odysseus on-screen at least [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale doesn't submit to Calypso's forceful advances]], is much less arrogant when [[OhCrap Poseidon confronts him]] and he chases away the suitors with slapstick combat rather than brutally slaughtering them and [[RedShirts the maids]] that betrayed his wife to them.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: Odysseus and his son expel the suitors with a slapstick fight rather than killing them.
* CompressedAdaptation: ''The Odyssey'' is reduced to just three events: Odysseus leaving Calypso's island, the storm sent by Poseidon, and the battle with the suitors. At the end, Odysseus does refer to the cyclops as one of the dangers he faced, but that's just a brief in-passing reference.
* EdibleBludgeon: Odysseus's son uses a large ham as a club while driving the freeloading suitors out of Odysseus's home.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The bulldozer operator was hired to do a job and is not a bad guy. When he realizes a dog got into the bulldozer scoop, he's horrified and immediately lowers it. This allows Wanda to issue a court summons to Mr. King before the tree is knocked down.
* JerkassGods: Poseidon sinks Odysseus's raft simply because he doesn't like him (in the original tale, Poseidon hates Odysseus for blinding his son).
* LoopholeAbuse: Mr. King used sneaky tactics to get his development approved before the neighborhood could object and before a new law protecting large trees was scheduled to take effect.
* SavingTheOrphanage: The contemporary story centers around saving a beloved section of Jackson Park from Mr. King's plans for a shopping center. Its connection to ''The Odyssey'' is a bit tenuous to say the least.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The suitors in ''The Odyssey''; in the poem, Odysseus brutally murders them for the crime of invading his home and pressuring his wife to marry them. Here, Odysseus and Telemachus merely humiliate them in a food fight and allow them to leave.
