Dressed To Kill is the first half of the tenth episode of season 1 of My Life as a Teenage Robot.
The episode was produced in 2002 and premiered worldwide on December 22, 2002 in the United Kingdom and on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 7, 2003.
Synopsis[]
Thanks to a screw-up from one of his Cluster troops, Commander Smytus loses a cache of super-powered Pip Crystals to the Crust Cousins. The cousins decide to flaunt both their style and newfound powers in front of Jenny, and take over Tremorton. Jenny must use her keen fashion sense to save herself, and the city, in time.
Plot[]
Pip Crystals[]
Dressed to Kill (2002): When Commander Smytus obtains the Pip Crystals (highly powerful and dangerous rare artifacts) he is inadvertently foiled by his soldiers when one of them accidentally presses the "eject" button, releasing the crystals out of his starship. Smytus desperately tries to retrieve them, seeing that they have fallen onto planet Earth.
Later, at the Wakeman house, Dr. Wakeman is alerted that a Cluster starship was headed for Earth, and Jenny spots Smytus chasing after something.
Smytus locates the crystals, which had fallen into a fashion house based in Tremorton owned and operated by Jean-Philippe, a fashion designer from France.
Dress Distress[]
The Crust Cousins, Brit and Tiff, are looking for dresses for their upcoming high school prom, but reject Jean-Philippe's entire spring line, calling it out-of-style and old-fashioned. The cousins are looking to find a new style to shame and humiliate Jenny. They tell the designer to find some inspiration fast, or they will take their business elsewhere. Suddenly the pip crystals rain into the shop, coating the dresses, and the Crust Cousins are thrilled, buying up the entire collection right away.
Meanwhile, Smytus knows where the crystals have landed, and has a plan to get into the store by wearing a wig and acting like a Ukrainian supermodel named “Smytlana”. When Smytus sees Brit and Tiff wearing the crystals, he forcibly orders Jean surrender then to him. Jean refuses, and Smytus is forced to act as a supermodel, which Jean enjoys, believing him to be a true Ukrainian supermodel. Even Brit and Tiff are fooled by his act, and Smytus is flattered by their praise.
The Power of Pip[]
Soon, Jenny appears, revealing Smytus' disguise. The Crust Cousins, using their newfound crystal powers, fight off Smytus, shrinking him down to the size of an insect and chasing him away. Jenny tries to warn Brit and Tiff about the crystals being extremely dangerous, and orders them to remove the dresses at once, but they attack Jenny as well. The intense power of the pip crystals allows them to overpower Jenny and defeat her. Delighted by having superpowers of their own, the Crust Cousins plot to take over Tremorton, as the crystals are beginning to control their minds.
Brit and Tiff continue to taunt Jenny, and she admits that she is no match for the crystals. However, she spots a magazine stand, and claims that there is something that not even the crystals can protect them from. Upon seeing a new fashion magazine that Jenny holds up, Brit and Tiff gasp in horror and fly away, giving up the crystals because they are apparently out-of-style, according to the magazine.
Out of Style[]
Dr. Wakeman later shows up, and Jenny reveals that the Crust Cousins will, for the sake of fashion, get rid of the crystals for good, revealing that they care more about keeping up with the latest trends rather than being the all-powerful rulers of Tremorton.
At the end of the episode, Brit and Tiff are shown at their personal dress storage unit, putting their pip crystal dresses away in a box, where they are stored away in a massive warehouse of neglected "out-of-style" dresses, indicating that they will never be seen again.
Quotes[]
- Tiff: You need to relax, child.
- Brit: Indeed. Chill out!
Trivia[]
- Like most episodes of the series, this episode premiered in a handful of countries before the United States.
- This episode premiered in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2002.
- This episode premiered in Australia on May 30, 2003.
- This episode premiered in Mexico on September 19, 2003.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Commander Smytus.
- A reference to Superman's origin was made in one scene when the country folk mention that they hoped to find a super-powered baby inside a spaceship, which they had mistaken Jenny for when she crashed to Earth.
- The ending scene is a parody of the ending scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Production Notes[]
- Although this episode premiered in the United States on November 7, 2003, it was actually produced in 2002 according to the credits, as with every other season 1 episode.
- This episode was finished in October of 2002.[1]
- This episode (and every episode up to This Time With Feeling) was added to the United States Copyright Office on December 13, 2002.
- This episode was finished in October of 2002.[1]
- The first draft of this episode's script is dated July 9, 2002.
- The script was finalized on July 12, 2002.
- The episode's production code is 102-020.
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