Ah, it's so nice and lovely today!
Oh hey, didn't see you there!
I didn't see you there!
How kind of you to join us again.
Oh, hey Bugbo.
Hello, my friendly, fun friend,
hello indeed!
Hello!
How are you today, Gerbo?
What's this
Oh, this?
It's a...
Big tree, I think.
I don't like it
I want it gone
Joe, cut it down
Aw, man!
Don't worry, Gerbo, it's for the better.
Woah!
Hold on, what's that?
It would appear as though we have
discovered a secret.
Secrets are cool!
On the contrary, Gerbo.
Keeping too many secrets can only
lead to trouble.
Huh...
You're right, Bugbo.
From now on,
I'll never keep secrets again!
Excellent, Gerbo!
But this is irrelevant.
Now what do we do about this hole?
I'm not sure...
What a dilemma.
Do you know what this means?
That's right, folks.
It's time to solve yet another problem
by asking ourselves:
What Would Gradient Joe Do?
Do you think he will:

Let's find out.
Well, Joe, it's very unlike you to refuse
to take initiative,
but if that's the way you want to be
I can't stop you
Well, no time like the present.
Wow... We got pretty lucky.
We could've really hurt ourselves!
Well, Gerbo, life's all about taking risks.
I don't like risks...
Wow...
Look at all this!
Woah!
A stripey tent!
Even better, Gerbo.
A whole underground carnival,
all to ourselves!
Hello, you three.
Oh, I didn't
I didn't know you were here
Hello
Hi, Mr. Clown!
What are you doing here, then?
My name is The Hollow Clown,
and this is my home.
The decaying circus you see before
you now was once the most beloved
attraction in the land.
Every day, visitors would line up for
some joyful circus fun.
That was,
until during on of the Mayor's speeches,
when he tripped on a bouncy circus ball.
He felt humiliated.
In his anger,
he immediately got back up onstage
and declared all circuses illegal.
Circus owners were ordered to
destroy their attractions at once
For many,
this was only a minor inconvenience.
For me, however,
it was a great tragedy.
The circus was the only place I'd known.
I couldn't get rid of it!
But I couldn't keep it open, either.
So I hid it all under the oak tree.
That's what I'm doing here all alone...
[WEEPING]
Oh no!
This isn't fair at all...
Someone has to do something about this!
Hmm...
You may be right, Gerbo.
But how, oh, how?
The Mayor is too powerful.
You're right...
The only person who can challenge
the Mayor is...
...The Mayor!
Hmmmmm...
How right you are, friend!
This gives me an idea.
[SCRIBBLING]
What is he doing?
I don't know...
"Vote for Gradient Joe as your new Mayor!"
You're a genius, Bugbo!
I may be, yes.
But the plan won't work if Joe isn't on board.
Joe.
Are you on board?
I don't mean to pressure you at all, Joe,
but it would mean a great deal to me
if you at least tried.
Could you run for mayor,
to save my home?
ALL: HOORAY!
Wait...
But how do we get back up?
The cannon, Gerbo!
The cannon!
Ohhhh!
Good luck, you three!
Bye, Mr. Clown!
Well, guys
Let's run for Mayor.
As the Mayor, I hereby declare
Not so fast, Mr. Mayor!
We have a new candidate in town.
What?
What the devil is going on?
I'm the Mayor!
The next vote isn't until
Until when?
Until the people are tired of you?
Well, Joe and his team have reason to
believe they already are.
Yeah!
Leave those circus people alone!
I
What?
Okay.
I don't have to listen to you hooligans.
Security!
That won't work.
I implore you to let the people decide.
Yeah!
Let the people decide, circus hater!
Vote for Gradient Joe
as your new Mayor!
[APPLAUSE]
[SIGH]
Well, I suppose we ARE built on democracy.
Yeah!
Democracy!
The vote will be held tomorrow.
WHAT?
That's much too early!
We need time to...
To prepare the election,
to sort out the voting system,
I don't think you heard me, Quentin.
The vote
will be held
tomorrow
Okay...
Okay. Tomorrow.
tomorrow
Well, it's tomorrow.
I smell a mayoral election!
Alright, Joe.
We've spent 24 bug hours preparing
for this moment.
You can do this!
Wait...
Joe has to give a speech to get
everyone's votes, right?
Correct.
He doesn't talk.
Oh
Oh, grub!
What are we gonna do?
{PLEASE WELCOME OUR TWO CANDIDATES}
{QUENTIN MAYOR, AND GRADIENT JOE}
[MUFFLED APPLAUSE]
Okay, Joe, listen.
He's already gone!
Oh
Good luck, charlatans!
[LAUGHTER]
Oh no...
The clown's circus is doomed!
Not on my watch.
Hello, good people of this land!
As you may know,
An early vote is being held here today.
Hey, you can't be here!
I'm giving a speech!
No you aren't
{MR. MAYOR DISQUALIFIED!}
{GRADIENT JOE WINS BY DEFAULT!}
[APPLAUSE]
I'll be taking this!
Hehehahahaha!
My home... It's saved!
If only my father were here to see this...
You did it, Joe!
So, "Mayor Joe",
what will your first act as the Mayor be?
That will be all, everybody.
Well, Gerbo, we did it.
We sure did!
But I think we did something much
better too,
we learned a valuable lesson.
What was the lesson?
TOGETHERNESS
MAKES
ANYTHING
EFFORTLESS!


Grr...
I HATE bugs...