Bumblin' Stumblin' Rumblin' Jumblin'!

Question

_{This is an entry into the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #36}

Jumble_® was one of my favorite puzzles growing up. They were quick and fun and relatively easy; they took just long enough to keep me occupied while eating cereal before the school bus came every morning.

Below are eight jumble-style puzzles, each with a picture that may help you to understand each section's respective answer.

The basic rules are these:

• Each puzzle consists of a series of anagrams for you to solve. Please note and respect the no-computers tag.
• The underscores(_) and boxes(⌼) show letter position. The ⌼ is an indicator that the specified letter(s) will be used in the solution of that individual Jumble-style puzzle. This solution will be a caption of sorts for the adjacent picture.
• The eight solutions will be comprised of (2) or (3) words, for a grand total of (18) words.
• The (18) solution words will fit (somehow) into the Final Problem as indicated by the "____" placeholders.
• The final word in the last couplet (indicated with "????") in the Final Problem is the ultimate goal.

Good luck and have fun!

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The Final Problem:

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There was a ___ ___ who ___ like a ___.

One day he ___ his ___ ; his ___ just went ___.

His ___ ___ the dosage with ___ he had been ___.

They ___ him up! They ___ him ___ of ___ ___ ___ ????™

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Answer 1

Thanks @Hagfy for these $^1$ (A really big part of the puzzle)
Thanks @David Starkey for these $^2$

Row 1

feared -> f d $^1$
Violin -> i l i n
Magic -> g i c
Warthog -> w h
devilish -> d h $^1$

Caption

(WHICH FIDDLING) $^1$

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Row 2

firearm -> f i
regulator -> u o
Rifled -> f l d $^1$
Restricted -> s t e
Phalanx -> h l x $^1$

Caption

Fixed Shot Full

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Row 3

Pocket -> o
protector -> t
goofball -> o o
Magician -> m
juggles -> j l s

Caption

Lost mojo

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Row 4

Station -> s t i $^1$
methane -> h e
pollution -> p u $^1$
petrol -> e t r
chemistry -> h
gasoline -> g s

Caption

Super High Test $^1$

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Row 5

Arboreal -> e l
Haired -> h d $^1$
dirty -> dir
infested -> i d
accomplice -> c m p $^1$

Caption

Riddled chimp

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Row 6

Prescribe -> e c $^1$
traction -> r c t o $^1$
Hospitalized -> h d $^1$
checkup? -> c k
scoped -> s o e d $^1$

Caption:

Doctors checked

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Row 7

islander -> i a n r
zigzag -> z z
creole -> el $^1$
republic -> pui $^2$
Habitat -> h a t $^1$

Caption:

Haitian puzzler

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Row 8

flaccid -> l c i $^1$
Satisfy -> i $^2$
complete -> l e
harrumph -> m p $^1$
phony -> p n

Caption:

Pencil Limp? $^1$

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Final words:

which fiddling
Fixed shot full
lost mojo
Super high test
Riddled chimp
Doctors checked
Haitian puzzler
Pencil limp

The Final Problem: $^1$, $^1$, $^1$, $^1$

There was a HAITIAN PUZZLER who RIDDLED like a CHIMP.
One day he LOST his MOJO; his PENCIL just went LIMP.
His DOCTORS CHECKED the dosage with which he had been FIDDLING.
They FIXED him up! They SHOT him FULL of SUPER HIGH TEST RIDDLING!™