Jenny told her mom about the exciting upcoming Sadie Hopkins dance at school. She wanted to invite a boy to the dance but Mrs. Wakeman said no. A boy would be too distracting in the event the random threat indicator goes off. Jenny kept begging so Mrs. Wakeman gave in and allowed her go...but no boys!
At school, Jenny told Sheldon about her mom's no-boy rule. Sheldon suggested asking the Silver Shell; he's a robot, technically not a boy. After school, she met the Silver Shell in front of Mezmers, asked him out, and he accepted. Both robots were overjoyed to have dates for the dance. Sheldon would use this opportunity to show Jenny he is the Silver Shell and they would be happily together.
The robot couple showed up to the dance on their first date. The Silver Shell was the first to spy the arrival of the Space Bikers who where about the crash the gathering. Worried that Jenny's night would be ruined, the Shell kept her in the hallway while he fought the reckless Space Bikers. Jenny got suspicious of the Shell's frequent absences so she entered the gym. Just as Shell was about to reveal his true identity, Jenny sternly asked the Space Bikers to leave and they did.
Jenny confronted the Silver Shell and told him of how had he embarrassed her. She would rather date other guys other than him. She wished she had listened to her mom. She would date any other guy...even the nerdy hall monitor.
Trivia
The title of this episode was taken from the song "Dancing with Myself" written by Billy Idol and Tony James with their Band Generation X.
A Sadie Hawkins dance is when women ask men to go to a dance instead of the traditional other way around. Sadie Hawkins was the homely daughter of Dogpatch's early settler from the comic strip "Li'l Abner" (ran from 1934-1978). When this event happened in the comic, her father gathered together the eligible bachelors of Dogpatch (the town in the comic). At the boom of his gun the bachelors scramble. The boy who attracts Sadie the most will become her husband. Usually no man is attracted to her. (11-15-37 worldwideweirdholidays.com)
There is not exactly one set date on when this day really is. Some dates listed include February 29th, November 13th, November 15th, and November 27th (citation above).
The generic party music was heard throughout this episode especially in the title card and when Jenny and the Silver Shell first arrive at the dance. This music is also heard in other party scenes throughout this series especially in scenes containing being at Mezmers(which is throughout the series).
Throughout this series, we see Jenny's first visits to the fair and an amusement park, her first date, and now her first dance.
This is the first time we see Jenny in just a ponytail and not pigtails.
Someone on the MLAATR crew must have been a Wizard of Oz fan upon hearing these allusions to the movie (ie. Tin Woodsman or Tin Man).
When Shell and Jenny have the dance gym all to themselves, a Barry Smooth record comes on. This is an allusion to Barry White, a real-life soul music singer.
Goofs
Mrs. Wakeman sure has a nose of steel. In Pajama Party Prankaplooza, her nose pierces the front door. In this one her nose pierces a flyer after it was shoved very close to her face.
Where did Mrs. Wakeman's face mask go as soon as she lifted it off after Jenny crashed through the door? It disappears. It didn't even guard her nose either.
The "Fire Stopper" sign next to the old-looking fire extinguisher was stylized as "FIRE STOPPCR." Later, when Silver Shell and Jenny clink oil cans, the sign disappears. It then reappears in another scene.
When confronting Letta, did Sheldon make Silver Shell say, "Because I hate confrontation"? He had no microphone to his mouth.
When Jenny and Silver Shell drink their oil, how did Jenny not see Shell spill his oil on the floor? Shouldn't she have slipped on it?
Why was there a dirty gym sock bin in the gym where the dance was held? I thought they should have removed that before the dance. The balls in a closet or volleyball net was also not put away. The net disappears in the next scene.
Does Sheldon use controls to move Silver Shell? Shell was at a stand-still when he was about to reveal his identity to Jenny. Is this an unseen upgrade that has happened since season 1?
Quotes
Mrs. Wakeman: "Until trouble actually strikes, we have no way of knowing what form it will take. I cannot allow you to be distracted by some silly teenage mating ritual. Remember..."
Mrs. Wakeman and Jenny [in unison]: "When the red light's a-flashin', you can't go a-dashin'."
Jenny: "Note to self: destroy Random Threat Indicator."
Mrs. Wakeman: "What was that?"
Jenny: "Nothing; nothing."
Silver Shell: "Hey there, XJ-9!"
Jenny: [calmly] "Oh, hi." [talks excitedly, babbling] "So there's this dance at school where the girls ask the boys instead of boys asking girls and I was thinking since I'm a girl and you're a boy, except that you're a robot, but anyways, I was wondering if maybe you'd want to go 'cause it's going to be super fun and cool and full of snacksanddancingandstreamers..."
begins to talk faster and faster until she short-circuits
Jenny: [calmly]: So...dance, wanna?
Sheldon: Yes, yes,yes,yes! [bumps his head in the interior][reaches for microphone and turns down a thermostat]
Silver Shell: [cooly] Suuurre!
Jenny: "Cool. See ya."
Sheldon: [checklist checking inside Silver Shell suit] Okay, open door; check. Compliment her; check. Don't act like a raging dork; check. Soon I'll be able to reveal my true identity to her. Just as long as nothing goes wrong...[alarm goes off] The Random Threat Indicator! [looks through a built-in periscope, the Space Bikers arrive] Oh no, not them. Not here, not now. They'll ruin everything.
Jenny: "I'd rather date anyone than you."
Sheldon [inside Silver Shell]: "Anyone?"
Silver Shell: "Even Sheldon?"
Jenny: "You make Sheldon look like Prince Charming."
Sheldon [inside Silver Shell]: "Prince Charming. I'm the luckiest boy in the world!"
TLDR
Jenny attends a dance with the Silver Shell. Is the Silver Shell really as smooth as he appears?
"Around the World in Eighty Pieces" (Episode 211)
Directed by: Chris Suave, Rob Renzetti
Plotline
Jenny, Brad, Tuck, and Sheldon were on their way to a school event when Krackus, the inventor of the Cluster, appeared. He showed off his latest invention to disassemble and scatter Jenny's parts all over the world: the disassembler. The device did its job. Krackus was about report to Vexus when his communicator suddenly fell to bits. It was up to Jenny and the gang to find all of her parts and assemble her before Krackus' communicator was fixed.
The group sneakily took the keys to Mrs. Wakeman's minijet to find Jenny's parts. They found her neck used as a cookie cutter in Sweden, they traded a plate of cookies for her arm in the Middle East, and a calf was sticking Godzilla's foot in Japan. Another part was retrieved from a boobie nest in the Galapagos Islands and a battle for her leg was had in Transylvania. To get all her pieces all together, they had to retrieve her belly bolt lynch pin in Tremorton.
At an arcade, Sheldon attempted to win the lynch pin from a claw machine and a boy and his dad. The arcade closed before the pin was won so they couldn't get it.
Just a Krackus was contacting Vexus about his accomplishments, his disassembler fell apart once again. The group had taken out the communicator's lynch pin which embarrassed Krackus. It turned out they fooled him again by making it look like Jenny was back together when her pieces were only being held by a tree. The whole event of the day was so exhilarating that the boys wanted to go through it all again despite how Jenny felt.
Trivia
The name of this episode was taken from the the adventure novel, Around the World in Eighty Days by French author Jules Verne in 1873.
This episode marks the first appearance of Krackus (voiced by Jim Ward).
In this episode, Vexus was played by Cree Summers instead of Eartha Kitt for this one episode.
Another use of Jetsons sounds in this episode.
The stair painting used during the Transylvanian fight scene was taken from a painting called "Relativity" by Dutch artist M.C. Escher.
The names Krackus called Jenny include (in order): Benny, Junie, and Penny.
As Jenny's screws were unscrewing after Krackus tested his disassembler, as an up-close was shown, Jenny appeared very shiny and metallic-y.
Tuck alluded to the spiritual song "Dem Bones" which was composed and written by African American author and songwriter James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938).
Note: I have never seen a 2-player crane game on opposite sides before (see arcade scene). Are they real? Neat!
Goofs
Tuck was going to the Global Grab, too? Shouldn't he be in elementary school? For that matter, Jenny, Brad, and Sheldon didn't show up to school that day either. They were traveling the world and the seven seas without any adults knowing. Wouldn't that make them truant?
Before Krackus introduced his invention to Jenny, he gained eyelashes for a moment. The next moment, they were gone.
When the gang was stealing Mrs. Wakeman's keys to her MiniJet, why did Mrs. Wakeman keep her window right next to the kitchen window where anyone can look in, break the glass, and steal it?
Before that, when Mrs. Wakeman answered the door before a Jenny in a pancho came in, look at Mrs. Wakeman's pupils. Why were they not even? It was like she had lazy-eye.
When the gang travels to those other countries, how did all those locals understand their English? Especially the Swami who didn't speak but could nod to the offers proposed in English. No translation was necessary. There are several more examples of this through the rest of the series.
In Sweden where they find Jenny's neck, the neck was labeled "X-J 9 Neck." Why was the hyphen placed there it was? Also, why was the label necessary in the first place?
Is the minijet the only vehicle in the garage? Where does Mrs. Wakeman keep her other cars she had used thus far in this series (station wagon, round-top pod car)? Inside the garage it looked like there was much room for the jet. In the exterior shot when the jet broke through the garage when taking off, it made it seem like the jet was stored snugly fit.
On the title card, "Eighty Pieces" was actually spelled out. In the credits, "eighty" was abbreviated as "80 pieces." I am being picky when it comes to consistency. The abbreviation was probably to save space, right?
Tuck's car seat in the minijet didn't stay for the entire trip. It was gone by the time they escape the Galapagos Island.
When Tuck was using Jenny's neck as a cookie cutter, those were some large, round cookies. Actually looking at her neck part, the walls of the small tube seemed too thick to produce the size of the cookies Tuck was cutting.
That arcade owner was a real a$$. He wouldn't let Sheldon get the pin from the claw machine and he literally kicked out the gang. He didn't kick out the construction worker and his son.
Don't make me go into their legality while visiting these countries. I guess as long as the country's leaders don't find out of their arrivals, they shall come and go as they please. In real life, they would be in those countries illegally without proper papers. I know this happens once more in "Samurai Vac" (S3).
Quotes
Krackus: "Oh, lame am I? Mock me while you can for it is I, the great Krackus who will bring you to your knees. It is I, the gr...[falls over, turns facing away from Jenny] Hey, where'd you go?"
Jenny: "Over here!" [taps Krackus' shoulder and startles him]
Krackus: "Bah! Who are you? What do you want from me?"
Jenny: "My name's Jenny and I want you to take a nap."
Krackus: "You seem like a nice girl, Benny. Would you like to see my newest invention? It's called the disassembler."
Jenny: "Wow. Impressive."
Krackus: "Yeah, I know. It doesn't look like much but if you were a robot, you'd be quite frightened."
Jenny: "Well, let's pretend that I am a robot. Let's see it work."
Krackus: "Here we go!"
presses the button to test the invention
leaving the Galapagos Island, being chased by the flying evolved creatures as they fly away in the minijet
Brad: "What is this place."
Sheldon: "It's evolution gone mad!"
Tuck: "That was awesome! We got a real global grab bag and a treasure hunt to boot. Hey, come on, let's hide her pieces again."
Brad and Sheldon: "Eee-yeah!"
boys start running
Jenny: [Pleading for them to stop] "Hey, you guys, that's not cool. Hey, hey!"
TLDR
It's a race against time to find Jenny's scattered pieces before Krackus reassembles the pieces of his invention.
