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Beginning credit

"The Eel" is a G-Bitez short from the "Phase One: Celebrity Take Down" compilation DVD.

Background Information[]

According to Murdoc, the plot for The Eel was based on a true story:

ā€œ A mate of mine whoā€™s a chef was working in this place, and couldn't kill this eel which he was meant to be cooking for the lunch menu. The head chef came in, with a stinking hangover, grabbed the eel and shoved its face onto the gas. And thatā€™s how you kill an eel, apparently. Melt its face.[1] ā€ž

Character Appearance[]

Transcript[]

[Murdoc enters looking very unhappy, to find 2-D hitting something in the sink with a mallet]

Murdoc: For the love of sweet Satan, my hea... OW! Ugh, What is that banging!? Stop that banging!

2-D: It's this eel! Russel told me to knock it out 'cause he's gonna cook it for the...

Murdoc: STOP IT BANGING! STOP IT BANGING!!

[2-D goes into a sudden state of panic]

2-D: I can't catch it, look! It's all slippery! I can't, I can't, can't, can't, kill it!

Murdoc: Can't kill it!? What do you mean you can't kill it!? I'll show you how to kill an eel, you grab the damn thing and you melt it's face!

2-D: NO, NO, NO! NO! NO! WHAMOW!

[2-D bites his nails at an alarming speed while Murdoc struggles with the eel in front of a hob]

Murdoc: MELT ITS FACE! MELT ITS FACE!

[Russel enters, looking impatient]

Russel: Ayo, Muds, where my eel at? Where my eel? Where my eel!?

Murdoc: It don't feel too good. He feel... "eel"! Haw-haw!

Official Video[]

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Gorillaz The Eel-1

Storyboard[]

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Gorillaz - The Eel (Storyboard)

Trivia[]

  • 2-D had his left hand in the sink while hammering the eel (properly holding onto it). He then tells Murdoc later on that he can't catch it.
    • It was revealed in a Phase 3 biography that 2-D has a phobia of eels, which might explain his agitation when handling it during the sketch.[2]
  • Noodle has a cameo appearance in this G-Bite as a fridge magnet.
  • One frame shows an animation mistake featuring Russel's thumb at an impossible angle.
    • Another error showcases Murdoc, 2-D, and Russel completely disappearing in one frame.
    • And one where 2-D's left ear clips in front of his head when he says "I can't catch it!".
  • The phrase "MELT IT'S FACE" is graffitied on 2-D's Pac-Man machine in the music video for PAC-MAN.

References[]

  1. ā†‘ Gorillaz. Page 109 Rise of the Ogre. Penguin Group. Published 26 October 2006.
  2. ā†‘ Mark Eckoā€™s Complex, April/May 2010 issue
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