Barye in the Texas

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"" is the 6th episode of AniTales, It first aired on Greeny Channel in October 30, 2005, a day before is Halloween of 2005, The episode was written by Katrina Pierson, and directed by Neil Patrick Harris, the episode was also the first Halloween episode.

Summary
Fearing that his long work hours are negatively impacting his relationship with his children, Mitchell takes the girls on a string of father-daughter outings. Meanwhile, Emily reluctantly agrees to give Jack lessons on how to be cool. The process turns out to be more strenuous than they expected, after Jack borrows Emily's motorcycle and does not come back until the next day.

Plot
Emily notices her husband exit the bathroom without flushing the toilet. Mitchell assures her it was unnecessary since he didn't "do anything." Concerned, Emily fixes Mitchell a glass of Metamucil, an all-natural laxative. Being a manly Texan, he refuses to heed her advice and her bran muffins opting for sausages instead. Emily tells Karen about her husband's constipation. Soon after, word spreads throughout the town, and well-wishers stop by the house with tips on how to become regular once again, causing Mitchell great embarrassment.

As time passes, Emily grows more and more concerned. She tries sneaking melted chocolate laxative onto Mitchell's ice cream, but the scheme fails. Mitchell experiences a nightmare in which Mitchell not died from his irregularity. Hysterical, Emily rushes to her husband and begs him not to die. Moved, Mitchell promises to see a doctor. With great embarrassment, Mitchell keeps his promise. Assisted by Sarah, a beautiful medical student, Dr. Lashley inserts a sigmoidoscopies, a bandlike camera device, into Mitchell's backside for a view of his colon.

When the procedure proves inconclusive, Dr. Lashley tells Mitchell that his "low fat, high fiber diet" isn't effective. Mitchell insists the diet simply needs more time to work. To be on the safe side, Lashley books an operating room. He tells Mitchell that, unless his condition improves, his colon will have to be removed by the end of the week.

Mitchell, Jack, Emily, Karen, Emma, Jerry, and Ella later go to a local health food store after flying out while falling down, back to "Action Studios", then there stuck, and the director is leaving "Action Studios". Mitchell had a new director called a same name from the shows little enthusiasm for tofu dogs and other vegetarian offerings. Growing increasingly desperate, Mitchell tries everything from bacon grease to acupuncture needles but they, too, fail. While chatting with Karen, Emily realizes her husband's new diet and lifestyle is making him miserable.

A short time later, Mitchell tells his wife that he'd rather die with a burger in his colon than spend the rest of his life eating faux-fur. Surprisingly, Emily agrees and tells Mitchell how much she loves him. Tears in his eyes, Mitchell tells his wife how lucky he is to have her in his life. Suddenly, a strange look passes over Mitchell's thing. He goes to the bathroom, and after a simple flush echoes through the hallways, Mitchell flings open the door and triumphantly enters the hallway. Emily and Jack rush to his side and Mitchell shares a hug as Ode to Joy blasts in the background.

Goofs

 * When Emily's enters the bathroom to give Mitchell a product to help him "make", her hair color goes from a light brown color to her normal hair color when Mitchell turns around.
 * In the scene where C. Cloe talks about constipation, Mitchell changes the channel only to find Karen telling the whole city about . Mitchell takes out the TV plug from the outlet. When the scene focuses on Mitchell and Emily talking, the TV is glowing on, despite Emily taking out the TV plug from the outlet.
 * Mitchell is persuaded to see a doctor. He goes to the Heimlich County Medical Center, according to the outside sign seen on the screen shot. Later, when he is told to fill out a form, the top of the paper clearly says Hillview Hospital, which is not said on any sign outside of the hospital.
 * When Mitchell goes to the restroom at the end of the episode after holding Emily in his arms, he throws Jack out of the bathroom who is seen clearly wearing his pajamas, but when Mitchell emerges from the bathroom, Jack is seen to be clearly wearing his regular clothes, but when the family goes in for a hug, Jack is seen to be back in his pajamas.