Adult Animated Comedy Web Series Episode Review: Camp Camp - Camporee

In the Camp Camp episode "Camporee", the three main camps around Lake Lilac, Camp Campbell, the Wood Scouts camp, and the Flower Scouts camp, compete in fifteen events to determine which camp is the best. This is a traditional summer camp story, but it is satisfyingly twisted in the way that only Camp Camp can.

Cameron Campbell is back in America after his attempts to try to avoid prosecution by federal agents. In typical Wood Scouts behavior, they want the Camp Campbell grounds and campers to be part of the Wood Scouts. Then, in typical Cameron Campbell behavior, he agrees to the terms if the Wood Scouts will give him their profits from popcorn sales.

The events are divided into three parts. The first five events are chosen by the Flower Scouts, the second five are chosen by the Wood Scouts, and the final five are chosen by Camp Campbell. The events range from normal, such as rowing across Like Lilac to Spooky Island, to the absurd, such as walking across a narrow board over bubbling green liquid while avoiding giant swinging metal balls with spikes. The Camp Campbell campers struggle throughout the events until Gwen has an idea. 

This episode was great as a pastiche of camp competition stories as well as fun in the whole absurdity of the events. It's always great to see the other camps, as every story needs a good adversary. Pikeman always fits well in this role, and he's just as annoying as usual, and more than a little bit creepy. It's only natural that the Camp Campbell campers wouldn't want to be under his command, which offers up a believable reason that the socializing-adverse Max and Neil would compete. It's also the first episode where the ending leads right into the next episode, although both can be viewed independently.

Final Verdict:

4 out of 5