My Life as a Teenage Robot -- Episodes 311-312

First Aired: 25 October 2008

"The Legion of Evil" (Episode 311)

Directed by: Chris Savino, Rob Renzetti

Plotline

Mr. Smellhaus's current events class turned into ancient history class when he assigned a visit to the history museum to complete a group project. Jenny's randomly selected group, including Brit Krust, did not get along well. Initially, they would complete the assignment collectively.

After an alarm went off, Jenny found the Lancer newly released from jail. Because the Lancer hit Jenny, he was returned to jail where he was returned to his evil group. They break out of jail to get revenge on Jenny. It was the day before the the project was due and the group had barely started the assignment. An emergency call to the fish galley took away assignment completion time.

While there, Jenny was taken hostage and found she was faced with a group of previous villains, the Legion of Evil. Soon Jenny fought the Legion, got trapped but freed herself to go after the Legion as they were on their way to the museum. That was where the rest of Jenny's team was researching while having fun. Thanks to the Jenny's group's efforts, they stopped the Legion from committing more evil.

When it was time to present the project the next morning, Mr. Smellhaus was impressed with the group's statue. This statue included the Legion of Evil and the symbolism each member brought to the visual product. The project did well thanks to the leadership from "great" leaders.

Trivia

• This is the only episode where we see Brit make an appearance without Tiff.


• The Legion of Evil members consist of the following past villains (mostly from season 1):


• The Lancer (Appearances: "Ear No Evil" (S1) and "Mist Opportunities" (S3))


• The Mudslinger (Appearance: "The Great Unwashed" (S1))


• The Mad Hammer Bros. (Appearance: "Sibling Tsumani" (S1)) )


• Vladimir (Mrs. Wakeman's "Mr. Scruffles") (Appearance: "Pest Control" (S1))


• In this episode of Vladimir's second appearance on this show, it seems like the artists wanted to make him look different or they forgot how to draw him (after, it has been over 2 seasons, 5 years(?)("PC" was copywritten in 2002 and this episode aired in 2008) since he last appeared). Here are some differences:


• In "Pest Control," has a stronger Russian accent. It was smoother and more authentic. In this episode, Kevin Michael Richardson must have forgotten how to characterize Vladimir so his accent sounds a bit weaker. His voice sounds more exaggerated and annoying than in the previous episode.


• In "Pest Control," he spots yellow gloves while in this episode, he spots white gloves.


• In "Pest Control," he has a more serious tone. In this episode, he's less serious and more humorous and making more jokes.


• In "Pest Control," his shape was more slimmer and pointier. In this episode, he was not as slim and had rounder edges. He looker more cartoonier in appearance.


• In "Pest Control," his ears looked longer and his "beard" (the pointy appendage on his chin) looked longer. In this episode, he had smaller ears and a shorter point on his chin.


• Brit said, "Diamonds are a girl's best friend." This familiar quote was made famous by a song using said quote as a title from the Broadway production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."


• Brit bribed the owners of the museum for them to stay in the museum after hours. Nickelodeon seems to be teaching kids not to trespass and to always ask permission to do something out of the ordinary (but bribing is absolutely fine).

Goofs

• So after all I've seen Skyway Patrol do throughout this series, they also served as policemen and arrest people (and evildoers). In "Class Action" (S1), actual firefighters took away Brit and Tiff after causing Jenny to burn down the school. Where are the actual police on this show and what do they do for Tremorton?


• Did Vladimir always have buck teeth or is it that we haven't seen him with his mouth shut long enough to see them? In the end, he and Brit were crouched down in the same position with the same facial expression, showcasing their buck teeth.

Quotes

Brit: "Great. Two Cro-Magnons and a walking blender. Couldn't you have rigged your number-generating thingy to put me in a decent group?"

Jenny: "It was totally random. I couldn't fix it. That would be cheating."

Brit: "And it's that kind of attitude I simply can't work with."

Lancer: "The Lancer toldeth thou we shouldst built a castle and a moat. Presentation is everything."

Mad Hammer Bro. (Green): "That's a lot of work. Who do expect to build that?"

Mad Hammer Bro. (Red): "Us, of course. Well, phooey on that."

Mudslinger: "Newsflash, paesans, that's why you're in this gang."

Mad Hammer Bro. (Green): "We do destruction..."

Mad Hammer Bro. (Red): "not construction."

Brit makes a run toward the museum exit and Jeremy stops her

Fat Teammate: "Oh, no, you don't! Jenny just saved our bacon."

Jeremy: "We owe her."

Brit: "By all means, you saved her."

Fat Teammate: "If you don't help, I'll tell everyone that you made out with me."

Jeremy: "And I'll say I saw it."

Brit: [agitated] "Oh."

concluding project presentation to the class

Sheldon: "So, you see, that's how the pyramids were build by ancient astronauts."

Brad: "Now who wants punch and cookies?"

TLDR

The Legion of Evil did their worst while Jenny and her group worked on a school project.

"The Price of Love" (Episode 312)

Directed By: Randy Myers, Rob Renzetti

Plotline

Inspired after watching a movie, Sheldon wanted to make Jenny be with him by making her jealous. He asked popular girl Pteresa to be his girlfriend-for-hire. Pteresa agreed but she had very strict guidelines and pricings. Meanwhile, Jenny was having trouble with one of her screws that kept her right pigtail on her head. This also caused her to have hearing problems, hearing nothing but static.

Everyone at lunch, including Jenny and Brad, shockingly feasted their eyes on Sheldon and Pteresa stepping out as a couple. Brit and Tiff also saw this and confronted their clique member. When they found out she was getting paid, Brit and Tiff did the same thing by wooing the less popular boys. Everything Sheldon and Pteresa did together, they did as they showed false affection for each other. Now all the girls in school had nerdy, unpopular boyfriends. Sheldon publicly courting the popular girl inspired Jenny to ask a popular boy on a double date with Sheldon and Pteresa. Sheldon couldn't afford a double date so he sold everything he owned.

At a fancy restaurant, upon seeing Jenny's date, Pteresa's eyes were permanently glued to his handsomeness and charm. Sebastian, Jenny's date, claimed to have bought her a robotic flower that helped Jenny hear better from a special shop. Sheldon didn't believe him. While Jenny and Sheldon were having a disagreement, it was discovered that Pteresa and Sebastian had a lot in common and they walked off together. After a catastrophe in the restaurant causing Jenny to storm off, she discovered that Sheldon made to robot flower. The next day she walked over to Sheldon's house expecting to forgive him. While Sheldon was fixing Jenny's pigtail with what little he had, he told Jenny how much he loved her. All Jenny heard was how he paid Pteresa to make her jealous. She got mad and returned the robot flower.

Pteresa loved her new boy in the present. However, it wouldn't be the same 20 years later. Instead of having a jailbird for a husband, she could have married Sheldon to be legitimately rich. By then, Pteresa should've seen what was behind that masculine facade of hunkiness and smoothness; nothing but a seeming genuine lowlife with a criminal record.

Trivia

• In the movie Sheldon was watching in the beginning ("Lovely Times"), the two love characters are named "Sheldonius" and "Jennibel;" similar to "Sheldon" and "Jenny."


• When Sheldon opened his closet, he had boxes of toys, figurines, books, comics, and magazines, including the fashionista magazines also shown in "Victim of Fashion" (S2).


• At Tony Vista Bella (date restaurant) there was a "Franki" photo on the wall. Was this alluding to "Frank Sonatra"?


• When the violinist played the Trek Wars "Scene from the Cantana," this piece is similar to the cantina scene music from "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope."


• It looked like Tuck's classmate, Milkweed, was at the restaurant celebrating his birthday.


• When the snooty-talking Tuck was at the garage sale, one of his deals mentioned the Silver Shell suite in Sheldon's garage. Tuck surely knew about the suit since the Silver Shell was last seen in "A Pain in My Sidekick" (S2).

Goofs

• Why was it that in these later episodes, they portrayed Brad as the stupid guy. He wasn't even able to open a bottle of "Fizz." He sucked the bottle like a baby. Like in the previous "Legion of Evil," he randomly asked, "Who wants punch and cookies?" twice in the episode.


• Behind Pteresa's back, characters pronounced her name the way she disliked, "Puh-Teresa" (pronounced like "Teresa"). She corrected an offender only once in this episode.


• Sheldon clearly asked the violinist to play "The Theme from Trek Wars." Why did the violinist divert that choice to other famous pieces from the franchise? Was the violinist a "Trek Wars" fan?


• When Sebastian presented Jenny with the electric flower (the one Sheldon made for Jenny), shouldn't the flower have electrocuted in that glass of water? Was Sebastian even smart enough to know not to put that flower in actual water? After all, he lied to Sheldon about where he got that flower and he was destined to be arrested within the next 20 years.

Quotes

while watching a movie, Sheldon gets inspired on how to win over Jenny

Sheldon: [slams open the doors to the theater auditorium] "Jenny's gonna be my wife! YAHOO!"

Through Sheldon's window, Brad sees him gathering money from a safe in his detached closet

Brad: "Uh, Sheldon, you've tried that already. Mrs. Wakeman says Jenny is not for sale."

Sheldon: "Don't you usually show up outside Jenny's window to give her unsolicited advice?"

Brad: "Aeh, I'm an equal-opportunity annoyer."

On the phone with Pteresa

Pteresa: "A double date? No way you can afford that."

Sheldon: "Oh, please! If I don't pull this off, my whole plan will be for naught."

Pteresa: "All for what?"

Sheldon: "You know, worthless, like a bikini sale on the ice planet of Klandathor? Trek Wars, volume nine, episode thirty-two."

Pteresa: "I told you, I don't speak geek."

Tuck, in a suit, hat, monocle, and snooty voice give a few knocks on Sheldon's time device

Tuck: "Excuse me, young man, what do you call this contraption?"

Sheldon: "It's a time travel device. I've spent nine years developing the technology."

Tuck: "Hmm, I'll give you two pence."

Sheldon: "What?"

Tuck: "Good day!"

Sheldon: "Sold!"

TLDR

Sheldon hired a new girlfriend to make Jenny jealous and want to be with him.

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