"The Apprentice Games" is the 38^th episode of series and the final episode of Season 1 of Chowder. It is the second 22-minute episode of the series, after "Shnitzel Quits".

Characters

• Mung Daal
• Chowder
• Apprentice Game Guards
• Ms. Endive (antagonist)
• Panini
• Gorgonzola
• Stilton (debut appearence and only talking appearance)
• Queen
• Pepper Spray Saleswoman
• Ceviche (debut appearence)
• Pâté

Plot

The Apprentice Games has begun. Mung and Chowder try to enter the contest, but the guards will not let them in due to being considered "non-legitimate" (likely something to do with Chowder being out of shape). They will let in Endive and Panini, but Chowder and Mung go into the contest by riding Endive by her big butt. Then Panini tells Chowder that the contest is a physical contest, which Mung purposely forget to tell Chowder, so Chowder hides. However, Mung convinces him to play when he got the ultimate thrice cream. Chowder then teams up with Gorgonzola as Panini teams up with Ceviche. The two boys were fighting each other, making them lose as Panini and Ceviche wins, so Mung and Stilton decided to dress up as Chowder and Gorgonzola to win. They bag them and send them floating down the river on something floating. When they get out the bag, Gorgonzola fell into the river. Chowder saves his life. The boys go back to the games and sing a population-driving song off key:

"I don't know how I got here. I don't know where I`m going, but I'm not letting my pride go down the river a flowing. Mung and Stilton here our plea, we're doing the best are we. All we ask of thee is ultimate thrice cream... in the name of dignity! Woo."

With the Queen and everyone else gone, everyone starts fighting and no one wins. Chowder says at the end they will buy some ultimate thrice cream with the medals while their masters fight for it.

Characters

1st Appearence: Ceviche, Stilton

Trivia

• Ceviche is introduced in this episode, portrayed by Elan Garfias in Season 1-2, and Nicky Jones Season 3.
• The medals that Mung, Stilton and Endive were fighting for were fake since Chowder has the real ones.
• The second episode hints Endive's true feelings for Mung, though Mung does not like seeing Endive behaving this way.
• This episode is the season 1 finale.
• Stilton's wax candle was blue instead of red.
• The rabbit character dancing with the girl character looks very similar to Roger Rabbit from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
• The winner of the Marzipan City Hunger Games is never determined in the end.

  

  When Panini was scratching Chowder and the others with her claws, Chowder's fake ears disappeared.
• When Panini said "Don't judge me" is similar to a song called "Surfacing" from the band Slipknot when the band's vocalist sings the lyric "Don't ever judge me!".
• The title of the episode may be a reference to The Hunger Games.
• In this episode, Gorgonzola was worried his flame will go out when he was in the river, this means that he might die if it goes out, but in "The Apprentice Scouts", his flame went out and he was okay.
• The reason Chowder and Mung were not considered legitimate was possible because of Chowder being out of shape.
• This episode hints Chowder to have a slight, on-and-off rivalry with Gorgonzola.

Gallery

v • e List of episodes
Season 1	The Froggy Apple Crumple Thumpkin • Chowder's Girlfriend • Burple Nurples • Shnitzel Makes a Deposit • Grubble Gum • The Cinnamini Monster • Certifrycation Class • The Sing Beans • The Wrong Address • The Wrong Customer • Mahjongg Night • Stinky Love • The Thrice Cream Man • The Flibber Flabber Diet • Gazpacho Stands Up • A Taste of Marzipan • The Puckerberry Overlords • The Elemelons • At Your Service • Chowder and Mr. Fugu • The Vacation • The Sleep Eater • Sniffleball • Mung on the Rocks • The Heavy Sleeper • The Moldy Touch • The Bruised Bluenana • Shnitzel and the Lead Farfel • The Thousand Pound Cake • The Rat Sandwich • Chowder Loses His Hat • Brain Grub • Shnitzel Quits • The Broken Part • The Meach Harvest • Banned from the Stand • Créme Puff Hands • The Apprentice Games
Season 2	The Arborians • The Garage Sale • Panini for President • Chowder's Babysitter • The Fire Breather • The Flying Flinger Lingons • Hey, Hey It's Knishmas! • Chowder's Catering Company • The Catch Phrase • The Hot Date • Shopping Spree • The Party Cruise • Won Ton Bombs • The Big Hat Biddies • The Deadly Maze • Kid Shnitzel • Gazpacho Fights Back • The BLT's • The Trouble with Truffles • The Dinner Theater • Big Ball • The Brain Freeze • The Snail Car • The Lollistops • Endive's Dirty Secret • Big Food • Paint the Town • The Blackout • The Dice Cycle • The Chain Recipe • The Garden • Sheboodles • Gazpacho Moves In • My Big Fat Stinky Wedding • Apprentice Appreciation Day • The Grape Worm • A Faire to Remember • Tofu Town Showdown
Season 3	Hands on a Big Mixer • The Blast Raz • The Spookiest House in Marzipan • The Poultry Geist • The Apprentice Scouts • The Belgian Waffle Slobber-Barker • A Little Bit of Pizzazz! • The Birthday Suits • The Heist • The Prank • Old Man Thyme • Chowder's Magazine • Weekend at Shnitzel's • Taste Buds • Gazpacho! • The Toots • Chowder Grows Up