Dungeons & Dragons Animated Series Ep. 17

You may notice a slight resemblance to Return of the Jedi in this episode.

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Check out the previous episode recaps: 

Part One (Episodes 1-6)
Part Two (Episodes 7-13)
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Episode 17
Episode 18
Episode 19
Episode 20
Episode 21
Episode 22
Episode 23
Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 26
Episode 27
Episode 28

Episode 17 - The Traitor

It is night and the heroes are in a cold, dark forest. Wind keeps blowing out their fire. They have no choice but to make camp.

While the heroes sleep, Dungeon Master meets with Hank and tells him to listen to his heart.

Uh oh. Care Bears. Gonna be one of those episodes!

The bears try to steal the group's magic items. They are "cloud bears."

Orcs show up and abduct Bobby and Hank. The cloud bears take the rest of the group to their

The bears bring the heroes up a lift that leads to the ewok villa- I MEAN THE HOME OF THE CLOUD BEARS.

The orcs try to cut down the tree holding the cloud bear homes. The heroes drop fruit on them. Staggered from the sheer amount of citrus, the orcs make camp.

Shiela, invisible, sneaks around the orc camp, and sees Hank teaming up with the orcs. She is shocked and goes to tell her friends.

Later, Hank rejoins the group. He claims that he escaped. Shiela confronts him. She explains that she heard the plan Hank made with the orcs - if Hank fires an arrow, it will signal the orcs to attack. The group tells Hank to fire an arrow. He does so, and the orcs do attack.

The orcs fire ropes into the tree and begin climbing up. We zoom in on Hanks's sad face five times.

The cloud bears pray to their god, who calls down rain to cause the orcs to slide down the tree.

Shadow demon watches the group argue about what to do with Hank, "the traitor." He flies to Venger's lair to report. Venger has another new lair. I guess he has abodes all across the Realm.

It turns out that the bears wear heartstones on their necklaces. Venger is powerless against those stones. The bears are unaware of this.

Hank refuses to say anything, so they kick him out of the city. A cloud bear gives him a heart stone. Hank walks through the forest.

Dungeon Master appears before Hank. Hank explains that he had no choice - Venger had Bobby. DM tells him he already has the answer to his dilemma.

Hank returns to Venger's lair, where Bobby is dangling over a pit of glowing liquid. Venger demands that Hank brings the cloud bears to him. Hank agrees to do so and chucks the heartstone, dejected. He sees that it affects Venger.

Meanwhile, the orcs climb the massive tree next to the cloud bear lair. From there, they can get across and attack.

Presto summons a hot air balloon that the heroes and the bears momentarily escape in. Hank climbs in. He steers them to Venger's castle.

The bears suddenly have dozens of heartstones, which they throw at Venger. The stones shatter Venger into tiny pieces, which fly away as a swarm into the night.

The group reconciles. Dungeon Master shows up and gives them their next quest, which involves crossing bottomless swamps. 

Please, everybody, don't put the cloud bears in your game. Don't do it.

Stuff that Presto's Hat Does:

41. Summons an electric blanket.
42. Enlarges and functions as a hot air balloon.

Eric's Life is Horrible Because:

14. The group laughs at him as he is stuck upside-down while orcs try to drag him away.
15. The group and the cloud bears laugh at Eric as he dangles from a rope high above the ground.

Hank's Bow Can:

46. Fire an arrow into the night sky and light it up like it is daytime for a moment.
47. Fire an arrow at the ground to send a few orcs running.
48. Shatters the manacles holding Bobby.