Historionics is the second half of the tenth episode of season 3 of My Life as a Teenage Robot.
The episode was produced in 2006 and premiered worldwide on April 9, 2006 in the United Kingdom and on Nickelodeon in the United States on February 28, 2009.
Plot[]
Jenny, Brad, Tuck and Sheldon end up stranded on a deserted island inhabited by hostile robotic clones of historical figures. To make matters worse, Jenny's battery is about to run out!
Summary[]
The episode opens with Brad and Sheldon watching dolphins leap through the ocean from Jenny, however, Tuck is too busy playing his video games, that unfortunately causes Jenny to lose half of her battery and crash into the water, after having and escaping an dangerous encounter from a Giant killer squid. The group eventually ends up on a deserted island, where Jenny tells her friends that she might be running out of power (Thanks to Tuck's stupidity) sooner or later, But Brad and Sheldon ignore this, and head into the jungle, only to return moments later. with Tuck telling them that he was too busy making friends with a hermit crab, Jenny soon sees someone moving in the bushes, and the group soon goes after the mysterious person, they soon catch up with Sheldon, who reveals that he couldn't sworn that the mystery person who attacked him was none other than Albert Einstein. The group than starts to complain, Until Tuck tells them about a nearby building. they than make it to the building, that just so happens to have an electric fence, Jenny thinks that they can climb up the fence. only to get shocked instead. The group then hears some strange growling and are soon confronted by 2 more historical lookalikes. after the group manages to escape them both, they soon head inside the building, we're they meet Uncle Wizzly (parody of Walt Disney) the creator of Wizzly world (as seen in The Wonderful World of Wizzly) Wizzly then introduces the group to his next upcoming theme park, Historionics world, After a short introduction video. Sheldon tells Wizzly that his historical animatronics nearly tried to attack them. But Wizzly just minds his own business, When suddenly the power goes out. when emergency power kicks on, Sheldon and Brad soon notice the histrionics climbing the fence. Jenny then tells Wizzly to shut them down immediately, But Wizzly just thinks that there's a lever or something, But, the group is soon confronted by even more Historionics, after a bit of a short battle that ends with Jenny failing to stop the historionics and Wizzly getting attacked by his own creations, Jenny manages to rescue Brad, Tuck, and Sheldon From The Historionics, The group manages to reach an airplane and outsmart the Historionics, Sheldon than tells Jenny, where the plane will take them next, and Tuck replies I'm going to Wizzly world, to which Brad also replies Uh...no. The episode ends with Uncle Wizzly (now left depressed on a raft) saying that he had a hard time trying to find his happy place, before his raft sinks due to the weight of butterflies on it.
Quotes[]
Brad: You're not gonna abandon us again, are you?!
Uncle Wizzly: Visitors, I am Uncle Wizzly!
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 April 9, 2006.
- This episode premiered in Australia on May 5, 2006.
- This episode premiered in Japan on September 29, 2006.
- This episode premiered in Germany on October 6, 2006.
- This episode premiered in Mexico on October 13, 2006.
- This episode parodies both Jurassic Park and Disney's attractions, with Uncle Wizzly himself looking like a caricature of Walt Disney.
- When Abraham Lincoln is introduced, he speaks in a high pitched voice reminiscent of Disney's mascot, Mickey Mouse.
- Where the Jenny, Brad, Sheldon and Tuck of the Columbus, Abe Lincoln and Ben Franklin in British colonists. "I Will Find You" and "Promentory" Escape from the Island. This is a reference to the movie The Last of the Mohicans (1992).
- Brad and Sheldon had torn-up clothes from venturing through the jungles of the deserted island, though Tuck’s clothes remained intact despite being stranded with them. This is most likely because Brad and Sheldon were searching for food across the wilderness, while Tuck stayed on the beach.
- The historical figures featured include (in order of appearance): Benjamin Franklin, Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Albert Einstein, Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, and Christopher Columbus.
Production Notes[]
- Although this episode premiered in the USA in 2009, it was actually produced in 2006 according to the credits.
- This episode was finished in March of 2006.[1]
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