Jacks the Giant Slayers / The Most Beautiful Voice

Episode Summary
Jacks the Giant Slayers: When the famous Jack gets crushed by giants, the kingdom has to call in whatever other Jacks are left.

The Most Beautiful Voice: Prince Eric holds a singing competition to learn the identity of his true love.

Segments

 * 1) MADvent Calendar - Been hearing the ringing in your ears all month? Here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * 2) *Monday, 7:00 PM: Children everywhere get excited for the Fourth of July, or as they call it the 17th Anniversary of the movie, Independence Day.
 * 3) *Wednesday, 8:00 PM: Angus T. Jones gets replaced on Two and a Half Men as the producers change the title to "Just a Matter of Time, Jon Cryer."
 * 4) *Friday, 5:00 PM: The Lone Ranger starts wearing a mask, because he worked on this!
 * 5) Opening Scene
 * 6) Jacks the Giant Slayers (Movie Parody of Jack the Giant Slayer)
 * 7) Animated Marginals segment
 * 8) A Jury of Fears (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 9) Crate & Arrow (Store Parody of Crate & Barrel / Spoof on Hawkeye) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 10) Know the Difference (Cartoon)
 * 11) Gandalf the Grey's Anatomy (Spoof on Gandalf the Grey from the Lord of the Rings / TV Parody of ABC's Grey's Anatomy) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 12) Castaway Sees that a Walkie-Talkie is in a Toy Boat (Cartoon)
 * 13) Spy vs. Spy - Black Spy's Punching Machine (Spy vs. Spy segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
 * 14) Animated Marginals segment
 * 15) Dog vs. Man (Cartoon)
 * 16) The Most Beautiful Voice (TV Parody of the Voice / Movie Parody of Disney's the Little Mermaid)
 * 17) Credits
 * 18) 5-second Cartoon - (from Jacks the Giant Slayers) (5-second Cartoon segment)

Trivia

 * This is the 12th episode of MAD to have only one Mike Wartella segment.
 * This is the first time Jack the Giant Slayer, the Voice, and the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack showed up.
 * This is the second time DreamWorks' Rise of the Guardians, Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas, Independence Day, and the Lone Ranger showed up.
 * This is the third time Cartoon Network was mentioned. The first was I Am Lorax and the second was Taking Nemo / Once Upon a Toon.
 * 49th time Spy vs. Spy was done in stop-motion.
 * This is the fourth episode of MAD where Rachel Ramras has returned. The previous episodes were:
 * Pirates of the Pair of Tweens / Konan the Kardashian
 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus / Adjustment Burro
 * POblivion / Umbrellamentary
 * This is the fifth time Disney's the Little Mermaid showed up. The previous ones were:
 * Snott Pilgrim vs. the Wonderful World of Disney / Malcolm in the Middle Earth
 * Fast Hive / Minute to Flynn It
 * Addition Impossible / New Gill
 * Taking Nemo / Once Upon a Toon

Voices

 * Chris Cox - Jack Skellington and Hawkeye
 * Brian T. Delaney - Jack Black and Carson Daly
 * Mark-Paul Gosselaar - Prince Eric and Jack Frost
 * Grey DeLisle - Ariel and Vanessa / Ursula
 * Arif S. Kinchen - Usher
 * Jim Meskimen - Gandalf the Grey and Sir Elmont
 * Rachel Ramras - Shakira
 * Kevin Shinick - MADvent Calendar Announcer, Jack, Grimsby, and Jack White