Edgar and Ellen: Mischief Mansion (Vol 1)

Meet Edgar and Ellen: crusaders against conformity, busters of boredom, and masters of merry mayhem!

If ever in your life you are faced with a choice, a difficult decision, a quandary, ask yourself, “What would Edgar and Ellen do?” And do exactly the contrary.

Welcome to Nod’s Limbs, friend! You have just entered a town so saccharine-sweet, so drenched in syrupy goodness, so pure and corny, it will make your teeth ache. But on the edge of this picture-perfect town, a dark mansion stands, the sole bastion of salty mischief in this sea of sugar. The mansion’s occupants—playfully creepy twins with a penchant for all things mischievous, mysterious and adventurous—stand out like two gangrenous thumbs. Dressed in their matching footie pyjamas and armed with elaborate schemes and Rube Goldbergian-pranks, these impish siblings descend upon the chronically cheery citizens of Nod’s Limbs, bringing with them a tempest of trouble. Meet Edgar and Ellen: crusaders against conformity, busters of boredom, and masters of merry mayhem! Edgar & Ellen strikes a funny and exciting balance between dark and light, creepy and cute, edgy mischief and reluctant heroism. Though the twins may look a little weird, they are smart, bitingly humorous, creative, charming (in their own way), and courageous.

EPISODES

Episode 1:
It Came From the Sub-Basement - The twins discover a giant spider living in their sub-basement and get rid of it, only to be swarmed by all the bugs that the spider could no longer eliminate.
Beast in Show - The twins enter Pet in a dog show, determined to take the blue ribbon away from Stephanie and her poodle.
Edgar’s Satchel: Getting Antsy - A viewer challenges Edgar to pull a prank involving shaving cream, fire ants and toothpaste. Edgar targets Mayor Knightleigh during his morning shave.

Episode 2:
Commander in Stripes - Ellen accidentally becomes student body president, becomes crazed with power, and breeds a student revolt, led by Edgar and Stephanie.
Ellen vs. Slug - To save a new plant, Ellen battles a cute but destructive slug in her garden.
The All-Knowing Head of Poe: An Egg-cellent Question - Poe takes Edgar and Ellen back to the dawn of time and the first restaurant to answer the eternal question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Episode 3:
Condemned - Stephanie has a safety inspector threaten to condemn the twins’ mansion unless Edgar and Ellen can prove that it’s safe. A tall order in a home full of booby traps, sharp objects, and half-baked pranks!
Bolty, The Friendly Robot - Edgar invents a robot to do menial tasks, but the robot becomes a cleaning freak with an eye toward making the Gadget Graveyard its next project. Edgar and Ellen race to keep it from ruining their favourite spot.
Ellen’s Horrorscopes: Them Bones - Ellen reads chicken bones and informs the Mayor he’ll be taking a trip soon.

Episode 4:
Art for Art’s Sake - A prank of Ellen’s is mistaken for high art by the school’s art teacher, and she’s given a private gallery show.
The Game’s Afootie - The twins challenge each other to a game of “Hide, Seek and Subdue”. Who can capture the most Nod’s Limbsians in an hour?
Heimertz’s Family Album: His First Accordion - In flashback, we learn Heimertz found his first accordion in the gullet of a ballerina bear, whose maw he looked into as part of his circus act as a boy.

Episode 5:
Picture Imperfect - A film crew invades the twins’ mansion to shoot a horror movie. The twins ruin the film to get the crew out, but do too good a job, and the crew returns to make the movie all over again.
Pasta Their Prime - Edgar and Ellen conspire to keep Barbarino’s restaurant from cooking the world’s longest linguine noodle.
Nod’s Public Access: Stephanie’s “How to Be Like Me” - Stephanie hosts a low-budget cable show describing how to be as beautiful as she is. Edgar and Ellen sneakily subvert it to make Stephanie look ridiculous.

BONUS FEATURES

Back-to-school special: Accept No Substitutes
Dr. McStern, the only teacher Edgar and Ellen really like, loses his job thanks to the sneaky sabotage of Stephanie Knightleigh! The twins race against time, their nemesis, and the devious new teacher, Miss Cobbler, to prove McStern’s innocence and save themselves from a school year of torment!

Edgar and Ellen shorts:
Best for Wurst - Three construction workers sit down for lunch when two of their lunch boxes explode. Edgar and Ellen revel in their handy work as the third victim edges towards his lunch box. But when the pail doesn’t detonate, the twins realise too late that they have the explosive snacks.
Spider Goulash - Edgar and Ellen aim to make a fool out of Mayor Knightleigh by posing as foreign chili masters. The plan falls apart when the Mayor declares he actually likes the bug-based chili, and the resentful bugs attack the twins.

DVD Special Features

Back-to-school special: Accept No Substitutes
Edgar and Ellen shorts: best for Wurst and Spider Goulash