Mud Boy

Mud Boy
Jumanji Elements
Crystal Ball Message	"FOOLS DRAW RUIN FROM THE EARTH. THE ONLY HOPE A MAGIC BIRTH."
Characters	Alan Parrish Judy Shepherd Peter Shepherd Mud Boy (character) Mud Girl
Wildlife	Leech Snake Crocodile Mole Rat
Episode Credits
Directed by	Dave Schwartz
Written by	Neil Alsip
Air date	November 9, 1997
Previous	Robo-Peter
Next	The Magic Chest

Mud Boy is the 8th episode of season 2, and overall 21st episode of the animated series.

Plot

In Brantford, Judy is practicing her violin for a recital later that night which Peter has no choice but to go to. Against Judy's wishes, he rolls the dice and gets the clue "FOOLS DRAW RUIN FROM THE EARTH.
THE ONLY HOPE A MAGIC BIRTH." before the two are sucked into The Game.

The two land in the Bayou of "JUMANJI"and encounter Alan who is running from a giant Leech. The three split up and the giant Leech decides to focus on Peter. He nearly gets sucked up by its breath, but when Alan and Judy distract the Leech to try and save him, so it turns its attention to them, but Alan defeats it by tossing a Snake he accidentally grabbed at it and the snake holds its mouth shut. After hearing what Peter and Judy's clue is this time, Alan figures it could mean the old Dirt Mines on the other side of the Bayou and heads off to find the paddles for his canoe. While waiting for Alan to come back, Peter finds some bubbling mud and draws a picture of a boy in the mud, which comes to life and Peter names it Mud Boy. Judy isn't too happy about Peter's new friend when she finds out about how lively and loud he is, but Peter can't bear to leave the child alone so reminding them about the clue, they take him with them.

In the canoe, Mud Boy fools around and scares Alan causing the canoe to tip over, attracting the attention of a Crocodile that destroys the canoe although they get safely to shore. Judy angrily tries to impose rules on Mud Boy after being fed up with his trouble making, but Mud Boy, who doesn't like rules, yells at her and runs off in a huff. At the abandoned dirt mines, a drilling machine attacks them and Peter gets separated from Judy and Alan, encountering Mud Boy in an underground tunnel and the two head off to find Judy and Alan. In the upper level, Judy pulls a control lever lacking any cobwebs and the two fall through a trap door into the underground tunnel and encounter a giant mole that attacks them, but Judy causes a flood that washes it away.

Mud Boy reveals that all he wants to do is to have fun forever, and takes Peter to a place with some spongy substance and a nearby mud waterfall. The two bounce around, and then Mud Boy decides that "Ahwan and Boss monster" would just spoil their fun, so before he and Peter can stay to have fun forever, he takes off to get rid of them for good after sticking Peter to a wall. Alan and Judy are nearly drowned in the mud river while Mud Boy just watches them sink, but Peter manages to free himself and saves them. Feeling angry and abandoned by Peter, Mud Boy starts adding more mud to himself and grows to giant size to chase the three up to the surface of the dirt mines.

On the surface, Mud Boy proves himself indestructible and no longer listens to reason that his fun is going too far. Peter finally stops him by creating Mud Girl, Mud Boy's older sister, who orders Mud Boy around like Judy does to Peter, finally getting him to stop. Mud Boy returns to normal and heads off with Mud Girl, but not before he gives Peter a friendly wave and appreciates what Peter put on Mud Girl for him: a kick me sign inscribed into her back.

Alan realizes that Mud Boy was the "ruin from the earth" and Mud Girl was the "magic birth" thus solving Peter's clue and sending him and Judy back home. At home Peter decides to go to Judy's recital despite her saying he doesn't have to, but he wears a Walkman.

Continuity

• Previously in Ransom of Redhead, Alan mentions the existence of Mud People as one of the 476 tribes in "JUMANJI".