That was Considerably Heavy is the 11th episode of the
Parappa the Rapper anime, written by Hiroshi Hashimoto and
directed by Ken Andou. Much like episode 5, this episode's
storyboarder was Hiroyuki Imaishi, best known for
spearheading Studio Trigger.
Following this, Matt dramatically tells Parappa and PJ
about the book he's reading and how great of a person he
is, but Parappa just asks him who is the person the statue
is meant to represent. The other dog then tells him it's a
statue of Mr. Ieday, a figure notable enough to have a
bronze statue of him erected in that very same skatepark.
After getting his friends interested, Matt explains to
PaRappa and PJ that in order to become great men, they'll
have to run away from home with him and not tell anyone else
about it, much like Mr. Ieday. The two of them agree with
Matt, and after picking their things up, they reunite
again at the skatepark.
When Matt asks PaRappa and PJ if they kept their promises,
however, PaRappa reveals that he actually told Sunny about
it, and that she's interested.
It also turns out that Katy and Paula found out about it
too, and despite being skeptical at first, Matt convinces
them to support their journey - which leads to a farewell
party being hosted by Katy in the middle of Parappa Town,
much to Parappa's chagrin. However, he starts feeling
better as he sees the girls, and specially Sunny cheering
for him.
After the boys get in the bus, things are seemingly
going smoothly. The atmosphere is great, and everyone is
having fun. Little do they know, however, that Gaster and
Groober are not only riding the same bus, but also scheming
a plan to become similarly recognized as well.
While most of the people in the bus are singing Love
Together, however, the foil Gaster and Groober used to make
some popcorn with their portable cooker explodes,
causing the driver to completely lose control of the bus
due to the sound distracting him away, with it falling
through cliffs until it lands on a train track - but things
only keep getting worse as a train actually comes and
completely destroys the bus, causing all the passengers,
including Parappa, PJ and Matt to fall down, with them
continuing to go down the river's stream even as the other
passengers save themselves.
Meanwhile, Gaster and Groober, who are now dressed as
seaw creatures are swimming fast - with Gaster eating
chicken so quickly one of the legs he had falls off his
hand and ends up next to Parappa, who suspects it was
given by his relatives.
However, this does not prevent the boys from falling down
into a waterfall, with them barely saving themselves
through a falling branch which leads them into a cave.
After arriving in this cave, the guys find a treasure
chest of all things there, but immediately after, Gaster
and Groober end up in the same cage, mad at the fact that
they ended up there. Parappa tells them to go away, but
knowing that these two are not the types of people to leave
quickly, Matt decides to throw the treasure chest on Gaster,
causing them to fall down and allowing Parappa and friends
to keep going until they finally see a highway.
Once they see a highway, Parappa and friends are very exhausted, but Matt and PJ remind the dog to keep his hopes up - and it is at this moment that they see a heavy-load truck driving through, and whose driver is kind enough to drive them to their destination, even if things don't seem like they'll go as planned.
Eventually, the trio drops off the truck they were in
and end up in the scorching heat of a desert. They
are hungry and tired, but Matt thankfully finds some fruits
- which turn out to be impossible to eat. Despite that,
Matt reminds them that on the way to this desrt, they
faced many other threats - first an elephant man crashing
his horns into the truck and then a tornado, and after that
almost falling off a cliff. Parappa then adds a volcano, a
meteor shower and a cave with a mysterious creature in it.
PJ then follows with a story about a pizza delivery that
turned out to be anything but pizza, but Matt then asks
them if these things even happened.
It's at this point that Gaster and Groober appear again,
with them now dressed as Statues of Liberty and Gaster
using an ice cream for the torch. However, they don't
act upon anything this time around.
The day turns into night, however, and Parappa and
friends are now trying to sleep in makeshift hammocks.
However, they're also hungry, and become unable to sleep
for this very reason. And once they wake up, they go
back to the desert in order to find some food.
As the boys start imagining a town that has nothing but
food for them to eat, PJ tells them that this town they're
imagining is literally in front of their own eyes, which
leads to them instantly entering the town.
Soon after, they enter the local burger joint, and the
boys then proceed to order as many burgers to eat as they
possibly could. However, the temporary bliss doesn't last
long as the waiter forces them to wash all of the plates
after it turns out that they didn't have any money with
them. The boys don't care much about having to clean things,
however, and they decide to make things faster by breaking
the plates instead. The employee at the burger joint,
immediately kicks them out of the establishment after he
finds out, however, causing dissappointment.
This leads Parappa and PJ to consider going back home, which
they tell to Matt. However, Matt refuses to give up on his
goal of becoming a great man, and decides to keep moving
on.
At the same time, Gaster and Groober are now carrying their treasure chest, hoping to bring it somwhere. Since the duo is now tired of carrying it around, they decide to throw it into the highway - which leads to a policeman to find out about and chase them. At the same time, Matt is now tired, hungry and thirsty from walking for hours across the desert, and he now feels like his bodt is about to give up.
While on their way home, meanwhile, the now tired and
hungry again PaRappa and PJ meet a kindly old lady who was
cooking some stew at the forest. After noticing the smell
of the food she was making, Parappa and PJ quickly rush
to the place she was on, and she lets them eat her stew out
of kindness.
As they devoured through the grandma's stew out of kindness,
however, Parappa and PJ remember about Matt. However, the
old woman tells the best friends that she has no issue with
them giving the remaining food to their friend.
Ultimately, the tired Matt finally finds an Ieday statue,
and he realizes that this is the real one. Following that,
he starts reading the inscription in its base: "IEDAY
Bridge. This was build by IEDAY who worked hard for years
without sleep to complete the bridge. However, after
completion, he had suffered from an illness and passed
away. In gratitude of IEDAY, we name this IEDAY Bridge -
IEDAY."
Matt turns around, however, and sees Ieday next to him -
except it's not really Mr. Ieday, but Gaster and Groober
pretending to be him.
This leads the duo to try passing Matt as the culprit to the policeman, which starts confusing him - but right at this moment, Parappa makes an appearance, skateboarding his way to Matt and feeding all of the stew he got from the kind old lady at the forest with him. This food not only fills Matt's stomach, but also convices the policeman that Gaster and Groober are the real culprits after looking at Matt's now healthier face, which means that the troublemaker duo is now being arrested - and as a show of gratitude, the police officer gives the boys bus tickets back home.
Once the boys return back home, the girls welcome them
back. Matt tells them that while the journey was pretty
crazy and fun, they did not become great men.
After they leave, the boys decide to go back to their homes.
However, it is at this point when Parappa finds out that
his dad and little sister also went out of town as well, in
this case to the beach. Before leaving for home, Pinto gives
Parappa a little pineapple as a souvenir to him.
The episode ends with Parappa, PJ and Matt looking at the sunset, wondering what to do next. Parappa tells them he wants to run away from home again, but Matt responds to his idea critically, telling him to forget about it.
