My Life as a Teenage Robot -- Episodes 309-310

First Aired: 26 October 2008

"Girl of Steal" (Episode 309)

Directed by: Robert Alvarez, Rob Renzetti

Plotline

Brad showed Jenny his new portable music player, the Musique. Jenny was impressed with the Musique's awesome features so she rushed to the mall to buy one for herself. She was shocked to see the extremely high price. Since everybody and their child had one, she asked her mother for the money to buy one. Mrs. Wakeman wanted one for her upcoming birthday and told Jenny if she wanted one, she would have to get a job to make the money. She took many jobs and failed at all of them.

Jenny was cheered up when a boy invited her to a dance party that required a Musique. Since she didn't have one, he fled. Jenny then went into a Musique store, stole a special edition version, then got discovered. She disguised herself as a red rocket, dubbed "Ruby Rocket," and zoomed home. She vowed to tell no one of what she did.

After developing a guilty conscience, Jenny decided to return the Musique to the store. She got sidetracked by the request to capture the mischievous Ruby Rocket. Upon seeing Skyway Patrol forming a mob, Jenny returned home where Mrs. Wakeman mistook the stolen Musique for her birthday present. The mob was led to Jenny's house by red footprints. The mob watched as Jenny fought and finished her double. Jenny claimed Ruby Rocket had the Musique when she was destroyed. Instead, Mrs. Wakeman was discovered with the special Musique and the mob was about to destroy her.

It was then Jenny admitted she stole the Musique and that there was no Ruby Rocket. After apologizing and getting mobbed herself, Jenny's punishment was to work at the Musique factory. She felt bad for wanting to have what everyone else had. She learned if one wanted to blend with a crowd, stealing would never be the way to go.

Trivia

• In the title card, we see the shape of a diamond (where a Superman S can be inserted) and the title "Girl of Steal" (based off of "Man of Steel"). This is a reference that Superman is a "man of steel." I wonder what word the ribbon on the logo that says "steal" is covering.


• As we see once again, Jenny still has that "Roby" poster in her room. I compared the "Roby" poster in this episode versus the "Robi" poster first seen in It Came from Next Door The images of the male singer are similar but:
• One version has a the mouth shaded black and the other has an unshaded mouth.


• Hairstyles are different.


• He must have undergone a nose job when he changed the spelling of his name. The noses on each poster are drawn differently.


• Are they even the same person/celebrity?


• One thing similar between the two posters is that both their necks are protruding from a corner.


• The Musique is the MLAATR universe's equivalent of our Apple iPod. From a time where seemingly everyone was wearing those white ear buds while listening their iPod non-stop.


• It's possible Mrs. Wakeman's birthday is in November. Our clue: "Nora-vember" (but not "Noreen-vember" Ha!). It seems "Nora-vember" flows better so that's what went.


• Why are the calendars in the MLAATR world drawn so differently than the ones in our world? I'm just curious, not considering this a goof. Ours are square grids (mostly) and theirs don't even look like calendars like we know them. See "There's No Place like Home School" (S3).


• When Brad was dancing over to the Monkey Burger restaurant in the mall with the Musique in his ear, the music and the way he was dancing was reminiscent to the music and dancing in the movie "Flashdance" (1983).


• The supervisor at the arcade who motioned to Jenny to turn in her hat wore a Pac-Man t-shirt. That Pac-Man looked evil as it had sharp teeth.


• The fly that took Jenny's penny laughed in the same way as Carol the Cockroach with the Chipmunk laugh.


• Look at the baby with a Musique on a mother's back
• Observe the store's name in the background.
• Doesn't the name and the logo look similar to our "Macy's"? (Pacy's)


• I didn't know the Wakeman house had a fire pole leading to the basement. I thought Mrs. Wakeman's lab was either on the first floor or a higher floor. It must be the underground lab or workshop we haven't seen yet in the series.


• A guy in the angry mob had a white shirt (with a black collar), blue pants, but dark skin and shorts and a hat. He seemed similar to Homer Simpson from "The Simpsons."


• Mrs. Wakeman sings along to "We Have No Bananas Today." The song Yes! We Have No Bananas is a novelty song written by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn for the 1922 Broadway revue Make It Snappy. Is Mrs. Wakeman really that old to know and appreciate a show tune that old?


• Ah! The Musiques were made locally in the good ol' U S of A (and not in China).

Goofs

• The biggest goof is why did Jenny need a Musique when she can do all the features a Musique can do (play music, visualize pictures, call people, polish her own metal...)?


• ...because she wants to be like all the human kids. Owning the latest gadget, Jenny believes, would make you blend in better and in the know.


• How was Jenny able to go through so many jobs in one day (it seemed like one day)? Why did each employer make her wear some goofy hat?


• Jenny's stolen Musique had preloaded songs. Each one of those songs were about stealing. My iPod was songless when I first got it. How did she not have to put it in her "ear" like everyone else?


• Was it really November during the episode? Why weren't the stores decorating for Christmas at the time? Though it might have been November, there was absolutely no mention of Christmas being around the corner like it is in real life.


• In town, why was there a building that read "Skyway Patrol"? Weren't they headquartered at The Polygon?


• When the red footprints were mentioned by the mob, they just appear in the interior doorway and on the sidewalk. When Mrs. Wakeman found the Musique and when the mob showed up, they were nowhere to be seen.

Quotes

Brad: "Oh, hang on a second. I couldn't hear you [takes off hood] over the sweet sound of my new Musique."

close-up of the Musique is shown

Jenny: "A Musique? What's that?"

Brad: "It's the latest thing. Everybody's getting one."

Jenny: "Everybody?"

Brad: "Yeah, pretty much everybody."

Tuck: "Fine print? Who reads the fine print? [throws bags of box tops at store associates] Take that, and that! I've got my 3000 box tops and I want my free Musique NOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!!"

French Store Manager: "But son, you have got to mail in those box tops. Mail them in!"

Tuck: [about to hurl a bag of box tops at the manager] "Forget it, stooge! You either make with the free Musique or..."

manager flies toward Tuck and pummels him

Jenny listens to the stolen Musique for first time

Country Singer (singing): "You plumb stole my heart, you theivering [sic] thief. I should lock you in the jail or just knock out your tee-eeth..."

Jenny: "I never cared for country." [changes song]

Oldies Singer: "Wanted. She's on the lam and on the run. She's wanted. She's public enemy number one..."

Jenny: "There's an oldie." [changes song]

Rock Singer: "Why you do wrong, wrong, wrong to take my song, song, song. This is a long, long, long..."

Jenny: [covering her "ears"] "Stop it! Stop it!" [puts Musique in a round box, ties a ribbon around it] "That settles it! I'm taking you back right now."

Jenny: "What's the big deal? It's just a music player?"

Brad: [voice only] "Just a music player?" [jumps out from bushes] "Bite your tongue! Can a mere music player make a milkshake, file your taxes, and trim your nose hair? I don't think so." [sticks Musique's ear piece up his nose to trim his nose hairs] "A Musique is more than a machine, it's like a family member; a family member you can stick up your nose. That makes Ruby Rocket a family member stealer!" [calmly] "So, what's in the box?"

Jenny: "Box? What box? What are you talking about? I didn't do anything!" [wails and runs away]

Brad: "Man, she is so weird." [discreetly jumps back into bushes]

TLDR

Jenny stole a popular music player she couldn't afford and blamed it on her mischievous double.

"Mist Opportunities" (Episode 310)

Directed By: Randy Myers, Rob Renzetti

Plotline

Jenny accepted Brad's offer to go to an event but trouble arose at a construction site. The molverine returned, destroying everything on the site. Misty returned to save a worker, fight the monster, and resolved what was bothering him. She and Jenny reunited once again, causing Jenny to completely miss her event with Brad and Sheldon.

When Jenny was improving her response time by responsibly working out, more trouble arose at the well-to-do side of town. She arrived to find that Misty did all the work for her. Since it seemed that Misty was saving the city now, Jenny felt she had more time to do what she wanted to do. Knowing about who Misty really is, Brad and Sheldon questioned Jenny about her decision to let Misty do all the crime fighting.

Brad woke Jenny from her sleep to warn her about a monster downtown that Misty was doing nothing about. Jenny went on the job but after not working out for two weeks, her mechanisms were declining. The monster was a tiny evil bunny about to lead Tuck to his demise until Brad saved him himself. Jenny discovered Misty was allowing the town go to ashes because no one paid her. Misty just wanted money. Jenny cared about the well-being of the city. After the two girls fought, Misty left Tremorton.

After putting in extra workout time, Jenny was late for her engagement at Mezmers with Brad and Sheldon. She was willing to take on responsibility now that Tremorton was no longer under Misty's watch. With those extra workouts she's been doing, she was now willing to once again take on anything. Does this include scores of evil bunnies, Jenny?

Trivia

• Misty's 3rd and final appearance on this series. The two other episodes in which she featured were "Teen Team Time" (S2) and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Troubles" (also S2)


• This is also the second appearance of the molverine in this series. The first time was in "A Pain in my Sidekick" (S2)


• Jenny used her infrared vision to find and see "Infrared Ivan." Her vision software must have had a tremendous upgrade since "See No Evil" (S1).


• At the Mezmers dance party, we see the word "FUN" painted on the bottom molding of the walls. Did Mezmers get an interior paint job since its last appearance?


• This was also the first and last appearance of radio reporter Reid Tanner.


• After Misty saw Jenny fall from the sky after her flight mechanisms gave out, Misty said, "It's raining Jen." This alludes to the song "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls.

Goofs

• There were three goggle strap alerts in this episode:


• When she told Jenny to train to keep up her reaction time from a far away shot the strap is black After zooming in, the strap turns back to yellow.


• When doing target practice with playing cards, after calling out "7 of diamonds," as she was about to pull out and throw up the strap was black.


• After Misty had Infrared Ivan under control and Jenny was making her way to the mall, her mom called sporting a black goggle strap on the monitor.


• What was Brad doing in a kiddie pool on a downtown sidewalk with an ice cream in his hand? Downtown could be a harbor for potential danger and a random place for a pool.


• Then Brad gets out of the pool and dances in his swim trunks at Mezmers. Umm...is the "No shirt, no shoes, no service" policy in effect at Mezmers. I guess if Mr. Mezmer is away, it's probably not.


• Why would there be a toxic waste plant near a post office in the downtown area? Shouldn't that be more on the outskirts of town? The writers probably needed a way to show a character in danger so nearly dying in a toxic waste plant was probably the best thing to pop into their heads.


• When Brad was eating his ice cream sundae at Mezmers talking about Misty with his mouth full, why were there crumbs falling out of his mouth like he was eating dry cereal?

Quotes

Misty: "You busy? Let me buy my buddy a can of oil."

Jenny: "Well, I missed my chance to go to the sci-fi convention, so..."

Misty: "Hey, we are sci-fi!"

Sheldon: "Space Bikers, Jenny!"

Jenny: [playing electronic game] "Space Bikers, Sheldon. Misty'll take care of it."

Sheldon: "How much do you know about Misty anyway? You met her once for a day or two and she wanted you to leave Earth forever."

Jenny: "Well, forever turned out to be not very long."

Brad: [with his mouth full of ice cream] "And don't forget, Sheldon, she's also a runaway who was thrown out of school with no parents, no family, no rules."

Sheldon: "Yeah! Is this who we want protecting our city?"

Jenny: "Sure."

Brad: "Why not?"

Misty: "Your town, Tremorton. They wouldn't cough up the cash for services rendered."

Jenny: "I have no idea what you're talking about."

Misty: "I'm a hero for hire. I save people for money. You knew that."

Jenny: "And if they don't pay up you just let them get pummeled?"

Misty: "Pretty much. I have to eat, don't I?" [Jenny zooms off, Misty shouts...] "I'm not living with my mom like some people."

Misty: "The only reason I'm not destroying you is because no one is paying me to do it."

Misty leaves Earth

TLDR

Misty returned once again and began performing Jenny's civil duties. She did these duties for a different reason then why Jenny did them.

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