The Oblongs — Season 2
Just one more toxic family.
About this season
The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional. Living next to a polluted swamp has left them with the occasional missing limb or mysterious growth, but through it all, this close-knit family sticks together.Sometimes literally.
Episodes (5)
1. Pickles' Little Amazons
Aired 25 August 2002 • 22 min
When Pickles is convicted of being an unfit mother, her punishment is having to do community service -- as the leader of a Girl-Scout-like group called The Little Amazons. When it's brought to her attention that her group is short one girl, Pickles comes up with a solution -- putting Milo in drag.
2. Get Off My Back
Aired 8 September 2002 • 22 min
Everyone is excited about Dump Day -- the day when the Valley people get to loot the stuff the Hill people have thrown away.
3. Please Be Genital
Aired 15 September 2002 • 22 min
When Bob's coworker, James, orders a mail-order-bride on eBay, he throws a bachelor party at a strip club -- which Bob mistakes for a "colonial themed steakhouse." Bob accidentally ends up on stage and a stripper steps on his "family jewels." He goes to the doctor, who says he can't have sex for two weeks.
4. My Name is Robbie
Aired 6 October 2002 • 22 min
A freak accident at a Globicide-owned amusement park leaves Bob unable to use his mouth. Out of compassion (and at the advice of their lawyers), the people at Globicide build him a robotic suit with limbs that he can use to perform his duties.
5. Father of the Bribe
Aired 20 October 2002 • 22 min
Biff and Chip finally get their driver's license -- and end up smashing Bob's car. To make it up to their Dad, the male siblings chip in to buy a new car at an auction.