Episode: Nutcracker Sweet

Length: 2:10

Cast: Michael Benyaer (Lion), Dan Milano (Hyena), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Lioness), Seth Green (Narrator), Kurtwood Smith (Bodyguard, Lemming)

Characters: Mongoose, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bodyguards, Hyena, Bucks, Hippo, Mouse, Lion, Lioness, Policemen, Lemmings

Segment Summary: The secret lives of nature's most fascinating beasts are exposed in "Secrets of the Animal Kingdom."

Themes: Animals, Death, Guns, Injuries, Literature, Motor Vehicles, Politics, Segmented, Sexuality, Violence

Allusions:

• Parody of nature shows and documentaries.
• The mongoose assumes the part of the shooter on the grassy knoll during the JFK Assasination.
• The mouse pulling a thorn from the paw of a lion is a famous folktale called The Lion and the Thorn.
• The lemming yelling "For freedom!" before jumping into the blender is a reference to the movie Braveheart.

Trivia / Info:

• A Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII, which appears in Clown Car Accident is used to run over the Lemmings.

Goofs / Nitpicks:

• The shot of the lemmings going over the cliff is obviously repeated.
• Despite wearing bandages and a body cast after he is beaten up by the lion the next time the heyena is seen it has no injuries.
  

The male Lemming at the bar is drinking Carmello-Juice.