Dairy Baby

"Dairy Baby" is the third episode of the first season of the animated series Meelk n' Creem. It originally aired on Nickelodeon on July 5, 2000 and was written by Ralf Hat and BaconMatthew. In the episode, Eten goes into lockdown when a giant baby invades the kingdom in search of dairy when the dairy supply in its land runs out. This is the first episode to feature Meelk and Creem's parents.

Plot
In the land of Gargantuland, a group of giant agents discuss the current dairy drought in the kingdom after the last of the giant cows dies out. A baby overhears this and, outraged, storms out of the kingdom in search of dairy.

Later, the baby returns to Gargantuland. Telling his parents he could only find tiny dairy, he goes to the library to read up on dairy. He finds a section about Eten, and delighted, leaves to go there.

Meanwhile in Eten, Meelk is at the library reading about giant babies, as it his one of his greatest interests. He finds a large section on the baby who is coming to Eten, before the ground begins to rumble. He looks up from a picture of the baby in the book to see the baby out the window.

The baby, who is throwing a tantrum because of how little dairy he's had, begins to march into Eten. He picks up an old lady and eats her, as the woman mistakes him for her husband. Eten's army begins to fire at the baby, but their guns are no use to the giant baby.

Back in Gargantuland, the giants see a news report about the baby invading Eten. They begin to plan an intervention to stop the baby.

In Eten, Secretary of Defense Parmizan announces a total lockdown of Eten. As everyone retreats to their homes, Meelk and Creem decide to stay out to stop the baby. They start punching the baby's feet to get his attention. As the baby cannot hear them, they buy some giant megaphone from the Novelty Giant Items Store to communicate with him. They try to reason with the very stubborn baby.

The giants cause chaos as they march through several kingdoms to get to Eten.

Later in Eten, Meelk and Creem have climbed up to the baby's head. They threaten to poke the baby's eyes if he doesn't stop his invasion. Suddenly, the baby eats Meelk.

The giants have arrived in Eten, where they stand off with the baby. They tell the baby they have found a massive warehouse full of powdered milk, and promise to keep a solid supply to Gargantuland if the baby stops attacking Eten and goes home. He tells them he must wait a couple of days before he can return.

Two days later, Meelk returns, stating he now begs for death. Back in Gatgantuland, the giants have the 1st Annual Powdered Milk Festival.

Cast

 * BaconMatthew as Meelk, Baby, Sundai, Omlit, Giant #2, Hoel, Skyscraper Guy, Powdered Milk Salesman
 * Jason O'Mara as Creem, Giant #5, Library Security Guard
 * Tress MacNeille as Parmizan, Graytid, Choklit Lollee, Giant #1, Giant #4, Library Owner
 * Stephen Fry as King Iyce Creem
 * Mary Kay Bergman as Giant #3, Mayor of Gargantuland, Skyscraper Woman
 * Richard Pearce as Novelty Giant Items Store Cashier, Library Reader
 * Tamsin Heatley as Awrganik
 * Sue Elliott-Nicholls as Wipt
 * Ralf Hat as Sawer, Soldier

Production
This episode uses a voice changer for the baby's voice. He is voiced by BaconMatthew, with the voice edited to sound higher. This technique was later used in other episodes to portray Meelk and Creem as children.

A scene of the baby kicking a skyscraper down was cut following 9/11. It was reinstated in mid-2002.

Broadcast and reception
The episode premiered on July 5, 2000 at 6pm on Nickelodeon. It was viewed by 0.23 million people, being the second highest rated episode of the season behind Store-bought Pineapples.

In the United States, the episode premiered on December 11, 2000 at 5:30pm EST, during a 1-hour special in which the first four episodes of the series premiered. It was viewed by 0.91 million people.

On IMDB, the episode has a rating of 7.1/10 based on 194 reviews.