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"Light Makes Right" is the thirteenth episode of the Adventures of the Gummi Bears, which aired on December 21, 1985. It serves as the first season finale.

Plot[]

The story begins with a retelling of the Great Gummi Exodus, when the bulk of the Gummi Bears population fled across the sea from human persecution.

The scene shifts to the Gummies of Gummi Glen hearing that tale and of how their specific ancestors chose to stay behind as a caretaker colony, waiting for the day when they could signal that it was safe for the Great Gummies to return. Inspired by the story, they talk about the possibilities if they could reunite with their brethren. Unfortunately, the combination of humans not changing for the better and the fact that the colony never found the signaling device meant that the commission of their ancestors could not be fulfilled.

Meanwhile, Duke Igthorn, ever hungry to conquer Dunwyn, recalls a childhood story about the great Gummi signaling device and its potential as a weapon. He and Toadwart sneak into Dunwyn, and break into Igthorn's childhood home to consult his old library. They find a children's book about Gummi technology that describes the Gummiscope, a gigantic machine that harnesses sunlight as a means of long-range communication and as a means of projected destruction. Spotted by Cavin and Unwin, Igthorn tears out the relevant page and escapes. Cavin, wondering what Igthorn was after with a children's book, decides to speak with the Gummi Bears.

Absorbed in the mystery, the older Gummi Bears ignore Cubbi who finally has to drink Gummiberry Juice to jump up and be able to see the book they are looking at, and notes that he himself has a copy. Consulting Cubbi's copy, the Gummies set out to find the Gummiscope in hopes of signaling their brethren, and before Igthorn can find it.

They are successful in finding the device and, against Gruffi's advice about being so hasty with Igthorn looking for it, raise it into the open on top of nearby Mount Sentinel. There, the Gummies attempt to signal the present locations of the newer Gummi colonies. After two non-responses, they make contact in the third attempt, New Gumbria, but an excited Tummi bumps into the orientation controls, resulting in not only the return message being interrupted, but also in giving away the Gummiscope's presence by destroying a swath of forest with Igthorn in the vicinity.

As a result, Igthorn attacks to seize the Gummiscope, which the Gummies cannot bring underground again with its elevation function being jammed. The Gummies are overwhelmed and forced to flee, leaving Igthorn in control of the massive machine. So armed, Igthorn immediately uses it to demand King Gregor's surrender. When the King refuses, Igthorn blasts one of Dunwyn' Castle's towers into rubble as a show of force, which has Cavin and Princess Calla inside at that moment.

Cavin, forced to use his dose of Gummiberry Juice, rescues the unconscious Calla and runs off to alert the Gummi Bears, who are horrified at Igthorn's abuse of the device. Since Cavin cannot help destroy the device because he has used his effective dose of juice for the day, the Gummies have to resort to other means. Meanwhile, Igthorn not wanting to destroy his prize, awaits Gregor's surrender. With no signal of that, Igthorn targets the castle's granary. As the Gummiscope is aimed, the Gummies interfere to prevent more firings. This becomes a battle of wits, as Igthorn's Ogre forces struggle to counter it. By sundown, the Gummies manage to keep the device from being used before nightfall, which robs the device of solar energy.

The Gummies feel triumphant, but Gruffi reminds them that they have only bought themselves some time until morning, when Igthorn would be able to resume his bombardment. Conferring over a camp fire, Gruffi convinces them that the Gummiscope is too powerful to have, and the only way to prevent Igthorn from using it is to destroy it.

Meanwhile, King Gregor swears revenge on Igthorn for wounding Calla and insists on personally leading his knights against the Duke. The next morning, the Gummies work to undermine the Gummiscope's underground support beams, even as Gregor's forces confront Igthorn, who threatens to destroy the castle. When Igthorn decides to carry out that threat, the Gummies complete their sabotage, and the Gummiscope begins to collapse.

Meanwhile, Zummi sneaks into the Gummiscope controls in a desperate attempt to reestablish communication with New Gumbria. While he is successful in receiving a message, the resulting text is lost with the destruction of the device. Zummi despairs at his failure, but the others remind him that they thwarted Igthorn and saved the lives of the people of Dunwyn. As for now, since at least they have the knowledge that other Gummies are alive across the sea, Gruffi reassures his community that they will carry on. After all, that is the Gummi way.

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Media
Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Videography) • Comic stripBooksDisney Emoji Blitz
Disney Parks
Motor Boat Cruise to Gummi Glen
Characters
Gummi Bears: ZummiGruffiGrammiTummiSunniCubbiGustoBuddyGrittyChummi GummiSir GallantSir ThornberryUrsaGrubby

Other Characters: CavinPrincess CallaKing GregorSir TuxfordArtie DecoDragonsLoopyBeevilweevilsGriffinsAquarianneFinwithitChillbeardChillbeard Jr.BogglesSir GawainPrince Yen MoonPrincess MarieKing Jean-ClaudeDoctor DexterMadame PlaceboRamasVictor IgthornNogumGigglinAbbot CostelloTree FolkCliff DragonsGustav the Giant
Villains: Duke IgthornToadwartTadpoleOgresLady BaneEthelyn and EmmadrilTrollsTrogglesCarpiesAirielsFloogelJabberfliesSluggardGargoyleHunterGiantMalsingerAngelo DaviniRotocelliLord WilloughbyFlint ShrubwoodZorlock and GrotMarquis de BouillabaisseMarzipanDreaded OneUnwin

Episodes
Season One: "A New Beginning" • "The Sinister Sculptor/Zummi Makes it Hot" • "Someday My Prints Will Come/Can I Keep Him?" • "A Gummi in a Gilded Cage" • "The Oracle/When You Wish Upon a Stone" • "A Gummi by Any Other Name" • "Loopy, Go Home/A-Hunting We Will Go" • "The Fence Sitter/Night of the Gargoyle" • "The Secret of the Juice" • "Sweet and Sour Gruffi/Duel of the Wizards" • "What You See is Me/Toadie's Wild Ride" • "Bubble Trouble/Gummi in a Strange Land" • "Light Makes Right"

Season Two: "Up, Up, and Away" • "Faster Than a Speeding Tummi/For a Few Sovereigns More" • "Over the River and Through the Trolls/You Snooze, You Lose" • "The Crimson Avenger" • "A Hard Dazed Knight/Do Unto Ogres" • "For Whom the Spell Holds" • "Little Bears Lost/Guess Who's Gumming to Dinner?" • "My Gummi Lies Over the Ocean"
Season Three: "Too Many Cooks/Just a Tad Smarter" • "If I Were You/Eye of the Beholder" • "Presto Gummo/A Tree Grows in Dunwyn" • "Day of the Beevilweevils" • "Water Way to Go/Close Encounters of the Gummi Kind" • "Snows Your Old Man/Boggling the Bears" • "The Knights of Gummadoon" • "Mirthy Me/Gummi Dearest"
Season Four: "The Magnificent Seven Gummies" • "Music Hath Charms/Dress for Success" • "A Knight to Remember/Gummies Just Want to Have Fun" • "There's No Place Like Home/Color Me Gummi" • "He Who Laughs Last" • "Tummi's Last Stand/The Crimson Avenger Strikes Again" • "Ogre Baby Boom/The White Knight" • "Good Neighbor Gummi/Girl's Knight Out" • "Top Gum" • "Gummi's At Sea"
Season Five: "A Gummi a Day Keeps the Doctor Away/Let Sleeping Giants Lie" • "The Road to Ursalia" •"Bridge on the River Gummi/Life of the Party" • "My Kingdom for a Pie/The World According to Gusto" • "Ogre for a Day" • "Princess Problems/A Gummi is a Gummi's Best Friend" • "Beg, Burrow and Steal" • "Return to Ursalia" • "Never Give a Gummi an Even Break"
Season Six: "A Gummi's Work is Never Done" • "Friar Tum" • "Tuxford's Turnaround" • "Toadie the Conqueror" • "Zummi in Slumberland" • "Patchwork Gummi" • "Thornberry to the Rescue" • "Once More, the Crimson Avenger" • "A Recipe for Trouble" • "Queen of the Carpies" • "True Gritty" • "King Igthorn - Parts I & II" • "Tummi Trouble" • "Rocking Chair Bear" • "Trading Faces" • "May the Best Princess Win" • "Wings Over Dunwyn" • "The Rite Stuff"

Locations
Dunwyn CastleDrekmore CastleGummi GlenGummadoonQuick TunnelsDeserted IslandGusto FallsSouth GumtonShangwuUrsaliaLady Bane's CastleNew Gumbria
Objects
Great Book of GummiGummiberry JuiceGummi Bear MedallionGummi Flying MachineChanging HatGummiscopeTall Tales of The Gummi BearDragon DecoyUrsalia HornDoomsday Clock
Songs
Gummi Bears ThemeGummiberry JuiceRough, Tough, Burly Sailor Song
See also
The Disney AfternoonDisney Afternoon SoundtrackLet's Go to Disneyland Paris
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