When the twins turn out to be poor captains on the junkboat they've built, the other gumbles mutiny and put Toot in charge, but when the twins are captured by the Snike's enemy ship, the gumbles must mount a swashbuckling rescue mission.

When Willi causes the furnace fire to go out, leaving the gumbles freezing cold, he lures Smiggles to the gumbletree to try to enrage him enough to use his burning ears to relight the furnace.

When his Bottersnike costume fails to beat Tink's at the fancy dress party, Willi ventures to Snike Hill to prove how convincing his outfit is, but ends up stuck in the King's ear, where he poses as his conscience and begins instructing him on what to do.