Papa Pluto's Pitchfork

Papa Pluto's Pitchfork
In-Universe Information
Era	Dime-Store
Release date	193?
Preceded by	To the Moon
Followed by	Yukon Bendy
Real-Life Information
Artist	Ciro Cangialosi

Papa Pluto's Pitchfork (a.k.a.: Beware Imps Bearing Gifts) is the second known comic of the Dime-Store Comics Era. The exact date of its publication is currently unknown.

Characters

• Bendy
• Boris the Wolf
• Alice Angel
• Papa Pluto
• Bubbles
• Maildemon
• Dancing Tree
• Mansion Monster
• Footmen
• Alice's Fans

Plot

Bendy, while having breakfast and reading the newspaper, hears his doorbell ring. After answering it, a maildemon from mailbranch-express delivers a package to him. Bendy then quotes Boris' catchphrase as he admired his own devil's pitchfork he received from Papa Pluto, King of the Underworld. He immediately decides to use it selfishly.

The first thing he does with it is turn his pet goldfish, Bubbles, into a sea monster. Upon receiving his new form, Bubbles bursts through the roof and into the town. Instead of fixing the damage, Bendy replaces his home with a mansion with treasure and at least one picture of himself. As his ego swells, he decides to help others with his wish-granting powers.

After exiting his house, Bendy conjures a car. His first destination is Boris the Wolf, whom is resting in the shade of a tree as Bubbles causes havoc in the background. Boris is surprised to see his bud own a classy car. Bendy shows Boris the pitchfork he received from Papa Pluto. He then demonstrates its power by making a tree sing.

Boris, being the lovable chowhound that he is, wants all the fine food he could ever eat. Bendy grants it immediately for selfish reasons. As his lupine friend feasts on a seemingly never ending buffet, Bendy leaves as he decides to visit Alice next. He finds her doing laundry outdoors. Alice comments about how fancy he looks as he nears. When shown the pitchfork, Alice is suspicious of it before asking for more fans to further her music career. Bendy grants before walking off, proud to help someone else.

Returning to his mansion home, Bendy mentions its luxuries. One of them being a comic collection of his own adventures. As he nearly names one of them, the mansion nearly chomps its owner. As it roars and stomps around, Bendy uses his pitchfork to destroy it. He then wonders why it happened as the Dancing Tree creeps up on him and swipes the pitchfork away.

Bendy attempts to give chase, but the Dancing Tree outran him. Meeting up with his loyal pet, Bendy congrats Bubbles for completely destroying the entire town before berating Bubbles for completely destroying the town he lived in. After realizing the pitchfork Papa Pluto only casts curses, Bendy goes to his friends as he worries about their well being with Bubbles joining him.

The footmen reveal their true forms and continue to feed Boris with no end in sight. Alice is in a similar predicament as her fans force her to continue singing. Bendy thinks of an idea: destroying the pitchfork to break the curses. Before doing so, he decides to distract the other devils as he proclaimed to be only devil allowed to menace Boris and Alice. He does to by calling the footmen over to feed Alice's fans.

As the two groups collide, Bendy drags Boris and Alice away. They use Bubbles to find the Dancing Tree, which takes Alice by surprise. After spotting it, the Dancing Tree attempts to defend himself by shooting a beam at the trio. Bubbles manages to dodge it as Boris reminisces about all the pleasant naps they had together.

Bendy suggests Alice sing for the tree, which Alice complies as she wants the nonsense to end. He approaches the Dancing Tree and asks if he could dance with her. Bendy tells her to hurry as her fans are approaching. Alice manages to trick the Dancing Tree to give her the pitchfork before stating his dance steps are "too wooden" for her act. She proceeds to snap the pitchfork over her knee, causing everything to return to normal. As he catches Bubbles in a fishbowl, states he has learned a valuable lesson and promised never to mess with powerful magical objects ever again.

Back at home, Bendy sits in his chair to relax. It only lasts for a few seconds before the maildemon knocks on his front door and delivering another and bigger package from Papa Pluto. Bendy opens it, showing he did not learn his lesson. Bubbles facefins as Bendy examines his newest possession.

Trivia

• Twice in this comic, the pitchfork was called a trident. Possibly because it resembled a trident more than a pitchfork.
• The mansion monster appears to have been based on the eponymous main antagonist from the 2006 film Monster House.
• This comic hints that Papa Pluto has a reverberated voice via every word in his letter being said twice and overlapping in a way that makes it hard to read. Once that is worked around, the letter says: "Dear Bendy, this magic trident will grant any wish. Use it selfishly. Hate, Papa Pluto"