"Shoots & Ladders", Way to Die #79, is the fourth death to be featured in "Eat, Pray, Die", which aired on August 8, 2011.
Plot[]
Ralph lived by his rules which he called "The Book of Ralph", the rule number 1 was not to disturb Ralph while he watched reruns of The A-Team. The new dog of the ditzy girl who was his neighbor was barking non-stop, Ralph went to his neighbor and asked her if she could quiet her dog, but she thought it was normal for him to bark so much since he was a dog. The dog kept barking so Ralph used plan B, another rule of the Book of Ralph was that “guns are a man's best friend.”
Ralph went up to the attic and took a slingshot, he looked at the dog through the window, loaded a 38 caliber steel ball into his slingshot, hit the dog and this made him shut up, the Book of Ralph said, “after committing a crime, hide all the evidence,” but 1000 Ways to Die has its own book of rules and one rule is that if any idiot messes with a creature of God, he would be ready for a cosmic slap... upside da head.
As Ralph came down from the attic, a screw of the ladder came out causing the ladder to move, this caused his right leg to get stuck and he fell off the ladder backwards and hit his head against the floor, thus causing a cerebral hemorrhage that killed him and sending this fool to Hell.
At that moment, the dog recovered and barked again.
"The book of Ralph states, 'After committing a crime, hide all evidence. But check it out, Ralph. Here on 1000 Ways To Die, we got our own book of rules. One of 'em says, 'If any asswipe messes with one of God's creatures, be prepared for a cosmic slap... upside da head!'"
Goofs/Trivia[]
- Factual Error: Unless you’re old or have osteoporosis, a fall from an eight-foot ladder won't kill you (Ralph in this case) -- he would've just suffered a minor concussion.
- The last line in the doggerel quote was a derivation of Mr. T's catchphrase "I Pity the Fool" from the 1982 film Rocky III.
- The CGI would later be used in Homie's Dead.
Foreign Names[]
- Perros y Escaleras (Dogs and Ladders) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Escaleras al Infierno (Ladders to Hell) - European Spanish dub
- Tiros e escadas (Shots and Ladders) - Brazilian Portuguese dub
- Eskalera katunulahan (Ladders' statement) - Lazoran dub
Segment Nicknames[]
- See You Ladder (Spike TV)
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