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Nutty, who's walking by at the time, gets hit in the head by the lamp. Liking it,
he begins rubbing dirt off of it. Lifty and Shifty turn around upon noticing the
lamp is gone and see Nutty from the rear view mirror from the van. Suddenly Lumpy,
a genie, emerges from the lamp. Lumpy tells Nutty he'll grant him one wish. Nutty
thinks for a second and tells Lumpy he wants a lollipop. Lumpy nods and disappears,
and a few seconds later, a large lollipop falls out of the sky and lands on Nutty's
back. Thrilled at his enormous prize, Nutty tosses the lamp away and runs off to
enjoy his treat.
Elsewhere, Cub rides in a toy fire engine. His vehicle hits the lamp, which is
lying on the ground, causing one of the wheels to break. Pop runs over as Cub
starts crying and picks up the lamp which is covered in Disco Bear's blood. Pop
tries to wipe the blood off the lamp, but causes Lumpy to pop out. Pop, wanting his
son to be happy, wishes for Cub's fire engine to be fixed (or possibly for a "hot
ride" for Cub which would explain the confusion). Lumpy snaps his fingers but,
misunderstanding Pop's wish, literally sets Cub on fire. Cub runs out into the
middle of the road, screaming in pain, where he is hit by a speeding fire truck.
Despite some of his skin being burnt off, he appears to be okay and Pop is
relieved, but Cub is then run over by Lifty and Shifty's van, killing him, shocking
Pop. Not long after, the disco ball comes rolling down the street and crushes his
corpse. Pop tosses the lamp away and runs to his son's remains. As Lifty and Shifty
continue to flee from the disco ball, we see Nutty choking to death on his giant
lollipop, which is bulging out of his body and, since, being Nutty, he tried to eat
in one bite.
Nearby, Mime sits on his unicycle holding a group of balloons and makes a balloon
figure of a spaceship. Seeing the real spaceship speeding towards him, he pedals
away as fast as he can. Mime rides by Pop, who is scooping up his dead son's
remains, who ends up getting impaled on a sharp point at the top of the spaceship
even pushing Pop's heart out of his body. As the spaceship slowly creeps up on
Mime, it pops his balloons before popping Mime himself, in a very similar matter to
add humor.
Pop's corpse comes back to haunt Lifty and Shifty for their actions.
Further ahead on the road, Shifty picks Sniffles' hands off the lamp and the duo
are finally ready to make their wish. Before they can, however, the spaceship
pierces their van and Lifty starts losing his focus, eventually, the van flies off
a cliff. They think they're about to land on a nearby cliff, unfortunately, the
spaceship fizzles out and they begin to fall. They fall out of their van and
desperately rub the lamp. Lumpy comes out and, without waiting for a wish, puts the
brothers in a hot air balloon. They celebrate their good fortune and call on Lumpy
once more, wishing for a giant bag of money. Lumpy grants their wish, replacing the
balloon with a sack of coins. At first the brothers are happy at their wealth but,
as they fall, they realize, once again, their greed has its costs.
Moral