Doom With a View is the second half of the third episode of season 1.
The episode was produced in 2002 and premiered worldwide on November 1, 2002 in Australia and on Nickelodeon in the United States on August 15, 2003.
Synopsis[]
A snowball battle between Jenny, Brad, and Tuck gets interrupted by a strange robot who wants to invite Jenny into the all-robot Cluster as a new member. But the real fight starts when Jenny shows that she's not interested in joining a robot race that plans to enslave humans for manual labor.
Plot[]
Snow Day[]
Doom With a View (2002) begins as a mysterious figure, soon revealed to be Brad sneaks up on to Tuck's battle flag. Suddenly as he is about to take it Tuck suddenly throws a snowball at him, causing him to fall down when he finally sees how big the fort is. Tuck states that it can withstand anything when he suddenly notices Brad sneaking in. Brad compliments it, then goes on not noticing his brother's annoyance.
Brad states that since he's the older brother, he's allowed to be the owner of this fort and promises that once Tuck wears the helmet then he can be in command. As he takes down the flag its then Tuck asks who the enemy is. Brad then goes to a small picture of Jenny in the snow, then they notice her plowing around trying to locate them. Stating that they have the element of surprise they suddenly launch a snowball at her, followed by plenty of more afterwards until she decides to launch plenty of them back at them.
Cluster Prime[]
Jenny is then put into the captain's position as the two of them share a laugh. Tuck is upset that his fort got destroyed, stating that it took hours to build. Brad insists him to get over it while Jenny apologizes, but a random robot suddenly appears. He claims to feel Jenny's pain of having to deal with humans and invites Jenny to come to Cluster Prime with him. Stating that she would be free and have a lot of fun there. She likes the theory, except for the enslavement of the human race. She refuses him, then is forced to dodge multiple attacks while fighting the red bug robot back. She notices that slicing his antennae isn't any good as he keeps growing more powerful instead.
The head flies off, to which Jenny flies after it as she tells Brad and Tuck not to touch anything. Tuck accidentally falls inside and Brad deems these parts to be a very good fort. So Brad and Tuck then begin to do work on this new fort and in no time its complete. He notices a left-over arm and goes to get it. Tuck does not see the arms grab onto him and force him into the heads spot. Which then takes over him and steals Brad's hat.
Brad doesn't understand and tries to talk him out of attacking him. He then tells Brad to build a better snow fort but before he can finish the head returns. Taking both Brad and Tuck into his chamber when Jenny appears and threatens to destroy him. But she cannot attack since they were inside of him and she would possibly harm them. Tuck tries to tell Jenny something important but he is prevented from speaking.
A Happy Ending?[]
As Brad panics about becoming a house pet for a robot, Tuck reveals he has a button on his back that would turn him off and Jenny tricks it into bumping into the tree from behind. Which causes him to shut off. Tuck then puts on the hat and refuses to give Brad back the hat he stole from him while under the robots control. The episode ends as Jenny sits and waits for the two brothers to stop bickering.
Trivia[]
- Like most episodes of the series, this episode premiered in a handful of countries before the United States.
- This episode premiered in Australia on November 1, 2002.
- This episode premiered in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2002.
- This episode premiered in Mexico on February 28, 2003.
- This episode marks the debut of the Cluster robots.
- The robot receiving a 'Cluster Cremissimo' ice-cream is the robot-brother (Brobot) from the series "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" (2002-2005).
- Coincidentally, "Brobot" is from the same year as this episode, 2002.
- The robot says "Domo Arigato" which means "Thank you very much" in Japanese.
- As he says "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto", he is referencing a catchphrase in the song Mr. Roboto (1982) by Styx.
- Jenny chopping off the robot’s antennae only for the robot to be made more powerful is a reference to the battle between the legendary hero Hercules, versus the many-headed serpent Hydra — when Hercules chops off Hydra’s heads only for it to gain more.
- The title is a pun on the phrase, “a room with a view”.
- Brad refers to the famous "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" quote from Apocalypse Now (1979), replacing napalm with robot.
- This is the first episode to not feature Dr. Wakeman.
- Jenny's flag that was raised up had her head on it, which specifically at the same time is the official theme logo and title appearance of her head.
Production Notes[]
- Although this episode premiered in the United States on August 15, 2003, it was actually produced in 2002 according to the credits, as with every other season 1 episode.
- This episode was finished in July 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 July of 2002. [1]
- The first draft of this episode's script is dated June 6, 2002.
- The second draft is dated June 10, 2002.
- The script was finalized on June 12, 2002.
- The episode's production code is 102-012.
Gallery[]
Credits[]
Attack of the 5½ Ft. Geek / Doom With a View (credits)