Beany Meets the Monstrous Monster
Captain Huffenpuff (actually Admiral Huffenpuff this time) of the Leakin' Lena charges his crew with the task of locating the Monstrous Monster, a giant octopus-like sea creature whose fey, Ed Wynn-like voice and mannerisms make him no less a villain, as he gobbles ships as if they were chips. Top secret telescopic photographs from J. Edgar Hoo-Hoo-Hoo-Heh-Heh-Heh of the F.I.B. show the beast eating "whole ships as if they were anchovies," drinking tankers of oil and finally enjoying an after-dinner smokestack. Cecil disguises himself with a moustache and a deerstalker cap and goes under the sea to see if he scare up any information about the monster. He meets an Irish-accented police officer who is also a starfish, his very shape providing him with his necessary badge. Then he meets this segment's main cast of characters: Snappsy Maxie, the lobster, Staring Herring, the Peter Lorre-like fish with hypnotic eyes, Louie the Loan Shark, an actual cigar-smoking shark, and Jack the Knife, a French-accented swordfish who sings all his dialogue with hipster-like cool. Just when Cecil begins to doubt the existence of the Monstrous Monster, he hears Beany's cries for help and sees that the creature is about to eat the Leakin' Lena. Cecil tries to stop the monster, but the beast hammers him into the sea floor with one of his enormous tentacles and holds him there as he opens his mouth wide for Beany and the ship. Luckily, Cecil's friends are there to help. Snappsy snaps the tentacle with his claw, and Jack stabs the creature's rear end with his sword. The Monstrous Monster, in his pain, abandons his meal. Finally, Staring Herring hypnotizes the monster into transforming himself into a Mississippi steamboat. The monster sails harmlessly away, as Cecil gives credit to the "sea people who made tonight's save possible."