My Life as a Teenage Robot -- Episodes 103-104

First Aired: 8 August 2003

"Raggedy Android" (Episode 103)

Directed by: Rob Renzetti

Plotline

While Mrs. Wakeman was testing Jenny's weapons, Brad and Tuck invited Jenny to the Townsquare Fair. Jenny wanted to go but since she didn't look "normal," Mrs. Wakeman wouldn't let her go. After Jenny threw a huge tantrum, Mrs. Wakeman formed an idea.

Mrs. Wakeman showed Jenny a design for an "exo-skin" that would help her appear like a normal girl. Jenny got excited and thought she could wear it to the fair the next day. Despite working all night on a hold-over prototype, the skin wasn't finished but Jenny took the skin anyway. Mrs. Wakeman predicted disaster. She came running after Jenny.

Tuck wanted to face his fear of giant wheels by riding the Ferris wheel. During the event, Jenny arrived at the fair and people thought she was a killer monster and ran from her. Overweight fair patrons hunted her down. Why? Since the exo-skin was unfinished, it didn't give Jenny the proper appearance she desired. Instead, it made her look worse. While Brad and Tuck were on the Farris wheel, the wheel operator, out of fear of the "monster," made the ride spin so fast that it rolled off its hub and rolled toward nearby power lines. Now it was up to Jenny, without the suit, to save the riders from their electrocuted doom. Once everyone was saved, it turned out that Tuck had faced his fear of giant wheel and wanted to ride it again.

Thanks to Jenny, the day was saved! Everyone thanked Jenny for saving the fair. Jenny reluctantly kept the Ferris wheel hubbed so there could still be a Ferris wheel at the fair.

Trivia

• As you might of guessed, the title of this episode was named after the doll, "Raggedy Ann."


• List of Jenny's weapons as of this episode:
• Raise a Limb
• Dynodrill
• Blazing Blades
• Mighty Mallets
• Fist of Fury
• Shiva Sword
• Rocket Paw
• Poppin' Shield
• Thor's Hammer
• Swiss Mix
• Crossbow
• Lobster Claw
• Monkey's Paw
• and, of course, the oh-so-classic, Stretchy Arm and Extendo Fingers


• Jenny's instruction manual, Your Body, Yourself (stylized as "YOUR/BODY/YOUR/SELF," words were stacked on top of each other on the cover), was taken from Our Bodies, Ourselves, a book about women's health.


• Tuck mentioned a tickle fight. Apparently, Tuck likes to have tickle fights as also shown in "This Time with Feeling."


• Tuck still thought that Jenny was a "scary, freaky robot." In later episodes, especially after this one, this thinking was no longer expressed.


• Yes, this is about Tuck again. Tuck mentioned "Mr. Ferris and his giant hoop of horror." Just if you were wondering, the Ferris wheel was invented by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. This was probably the "Mr. Ferris" to which he was referring.


• Jenny slept in a bed but sitting up and with her eyes opened. This was probably in great excitement and anticipation as in later episodes she was shown sleeping eyes closed, lying down, and under covers.


• One of the attractions at the fair, a puppet show called "Junch and Pudy" was a parody of "Punch and Judy," a traditional yet violent puppet show.


• While Jenny was attempting to stop the Ferris Wheel from rolling into power lines after it spun off its hub, Jenny was struggling to hold on to something to keep her grip. One of those things on which she was holding to keep her grip was an "Only you" sign on a short post. This was a Smokey the Bear reference.

Goofs

• When seeing the Ferris Wheel from afar, the cars looked like they were covered by a type of plastic glass. When seen up close, especially when Brad and Tuck got into the car, there was no glass covering the car, just a lapbar. It seemed like a very deceiving way this Ferris Wheel was designed.


• When the Ferris Wheel was about to speed really fast and out of control, Brad and Tuck's pants turned green again like in Pest Control. This seemed to happen a lot in the very early episodes, especially with color changes.

Quotes

Mrs. Wakeman: "So, XJ-9, you ready for action?"

Jenny: "I can take anything you can dish out."

Mrs. Wakeman: "We'll see about that."

Jenny: "Bring it on!"

Jenny: "You never let me do ANYTHING I WANT! WORK! WORK! WORK! I NEVER GET TO HAVE ANY FUN! If you don't let me go, I'll...I'll..."

Mrs. Wakeman: "Don't you raise your lasers to me, young lady!"

Jenny: Bawls loudly

Brad: (after he and Tuck got on the Ferris wheel) "You gonna be OK there, Tiger?"

Tuck: "Fine...Fine. From this angle," (gulps) "it doesn't even look like a whee...whee...whee..."

Brad: "Tuck?"

Tuck: "...whee..."

Fair-Goer: "Wow! Look at the size of this wheel! This must be the most giantest wheel in the whole tri-state area."

Lap bar closes

Tuck: (struggling to get off) "NOOOOOO! LET ME OFF!"

Jenny (in exo skin, after being called "monster") "Monster? I'm not a monster. I'm a normal teenage girl...aren't I?"

Looks at self in fun house mirror and screams

Jenny: "I am a monster!"

Mrs. Wakeman: "What's wrong, XJ-9? I thought you wanted to be part of the fair."

Jenny: "I wanted to be part of the fair but I didn't want to be part of the machinery."

TLDR

Jenny wore an exo skin to make her look like a real girl. The results were horrifying.

"Class Action" (Episode 104)

Directed by: Tim Walker, Rob Renzetti

Plotline

Thinking she is going on an endeavoring mission, Jenny realized that she was being dropped off at her first day of high school, an endeavoring mission in itself. Jenny called this opportunity to fit in with other teenagers.

Before school started, Jenny and Brad talked about degrees of popularity. Jenny thought she had found the definition of popularity by introducing herself to the most popular girls in school, Brit and Tiff Krust (the Krust Cousins) and asked to hang out with them. After going through a rough day, Jenny consulted a "problem droid." After Brit pulled a prank, Jenny ended up asking the entire school her questions. Later, Brad taught Jenny that to make friends, she should open up to them. The vice-principal thought Jenny's "opening up" was in the form of weapons so he gave her a warning.

In Chemistry class, the bunsen burner was broken. Brit volunteered Jenny to light up the beaker. This turned out to be another prank to malfunction Jenny's equipment. This malfunction caused Jenny to burn down the entire school. Jenny reentered the school to save the students including the Krust cousins.

After a broiler explosion, Brad thought the explosion took Jenny with it. Though Jenny was only minorly disfigured, she survived but in a lot of trouble. When evidence showed itself, it turned out that the Krust cousins were responsible for the fire and were taken away. It was then that Jenny became the Krust cousins worst enemy. Depite that, Jenny still considered them as friends. This was going to be a very interesting school year.

Trivia

• This was the episode that introduced the Krust cousins, Brit and Tiff. Brit was voiced by Moira Quirk, who is known to be the referee, known as "Mo," on Nickelodeon Guts in the 1990s. Tiff was voiced by Cree Summer, a voice actress with many credits in other live-action and animated works.


• In the one of the first shots of the high school crowd, there was a character that represented the Scooby-Doo character, Velma. She made multiple cameo appearances throughout this entire series.


• When Jenny was in PE class playing volleyball, notice how her Jersey number was 9. This was a nod to her name, "XJ-9." Nine was also the jersey number she had as the quarterback in "Grid Iron Glory."


• Mr. Piggot, the Chemistry 101 teacher desired that the flame from the bunsen burner to be 1200 "degrees" kelvin (K). That is equivalent to 926.85 degrees Celsius and 1700.33 degrees Fahrenheit.


• Mr. Piggot wore a wig to cover a balding head.


• Until this episode, in the first 3 stories, notice how Jenny was outlined in a blue color, similar to the color of her metal. Beginning in this episode, her outline was darker; not completely blue but more like navy. This bluish outline reoccurred throughout season 1. By season 2 onward, the line was very dark turquoise, maybe a little lighter.

Goofs

• Perhaps not really a goof but I'm just wondering, why in Chemistry 101 did Mr. Piggot want to give the class a "quick" essay exam on the first day of class? Essay exams aren't quick. What was he expecting the class to know? Man, the class was going to all fail. Good thing Jenny came prepared.


• Speaking of "Grid Iron Glory," there was a shot of the football team as Jenny was "talking to the problem droid." They were wearing more modern helmets, not the older ones as seen in the aforementioned future episode.


• I know for sure this is a goof: Brit and Mr. Piggot called that glass liquid container a "beaker." It's not a beaker! People who pay attention in real Chemistry class learn it's a flask; An Erlenmeyer flask.


• Another science-related goof: Mr. Piggot said "1200 'degree' kelvin." Depending on what year this cartoon took place, kelvin is to be expressed without the "degree" in it. The proper way to say it is "1200 Kelvin."


• Always wondered, now solved: When trapped in the building during a fire, after Jenny rescued them, why were Brit and Tiff running out of a hole in the wall that led to the outdoors when the hole should have led to an underground room?
• RE: They were trapped in a basement. When the fire spread, the Krust cousins fell through a burnt hole from a ground floor classroom, dropping into the basement. The hole in the ground was inside, not outside.


• There's the issue with Brad's pants color again. They've turned green again.


• When Vice Principal Razinsky was comparing the bobby pin Jenny found in her mechanism to the one in Tiff's hair...wait! Tiff visibly wore bobby pins? Toward the tips of her pigtails? They were not visible in the rest of the scenes through this entire series. But hey, in animation, must they show EVERYTHING?


• Why were Brit and Tiff escorted away from the school by firefighters and not the police (or even Skyway Patrol as we will see them do police-like duties later on in this series)?

Quotes

Mrs. Wakeman: (After dropping Jenny off for school) honk honk "OK! Bye bye, sweetie! Have a good first day!"

Wakeman drives off and students laugh

Jenny: "2.75 seconds into the new school year; my mom's already made me a laughing-stock."

Jenny (introducing herself to Brit and Tiff): "What is up homeslices? My name is Jenny. (shakes Tiff's hand) I've been doing some calcualtions and have concluded it would be totally fab if after a day of serious study, we can hang out, kick it, and chill, and do our homework together!"

Jenny (talking into the microphone of the problem droid (PA system)): "Excuse me, Problem Droid, can you hear me now? (Brit gives Tiff the cue to turn on the PA system) I have some questions about my schedule. First of all, do I have to wear an athletic support in every class or just in social studies. And if there is no recess, when do we play freeze-tag? Which hall is the study hall? And I can't find my next class. It's called 'Cafeteria'...cafeteria...(echoes)."

Brad: "Wow, some first day, huh? Don't worry, it can't possibly get any worse."

Jenny: "What do you mean? It was awesome! You were right, all I had to do was be myself. Now I'm in with the in-crowd. I can't wait for the rest of the year!" (smiles and throws her arms up in joy)

School crumbles in background

TLDR

Jenny experienced her first action-packed day of high school.

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