Designing Women is the first half of the tenth episode of season 2 of My Life as a Teenage Robot.
The episode was produced in 2004 and premiered worldwide on January 21, 2005 in Australia and on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 7, 2005.
Synopsis
Looking to find a way into Jenny's heart, Sheldon steals a set of XJ-9 schematics from Dr. Wakeman. But Vexus also has eyes for those schematics, and is willing to disguise herself as "QT-2" to trick Sheldon into giving them to her.
Plot
Sheldon walked down the street holding a wrapped present. Brad inquired about it. Sheldon explained it was a Sharpenator 5000, a new weapon for Jenny for which she could not accept because she was too busy fighting Vexus at the time. Vexus observed that Jenny could dodge any of her attacks with her built-in weapons. She wondered what Jenny was made of that made her so quick. Sheldon wondered the same thing, only he wanted to find a way to win her heart. That night, Secret Agent Ninja Sheldon broke into Jenny's house to steal the blueprints that made up Jenny and he took them to his house. Vexus found out about this and plotted a way to get her hands on those blueprints.
Disguising herself an appealing robot girl, the type of girls Sheldon fancies, she had a crashfall outside Sheldon's house and he took her in. Vexus, disguised as "QT2," romantically deceived Sheldon so much that he fell in love with her. When he stepped out of the room, Vexus stole the blueprints then ran off. When Sheldon returned, "QT2" and the blueprints were gone. What would Jenny think when she found out Sheldon lost her blueprints to Vexus?
Now that Vexus knew Jenny's weaknesses, a showdown downtown took place. No matter what weapons Jenny brought out, Vexus knew the weakspots where they'll break easily. While in battle, Sheldon revealed to Jenny Vexus took her blueprints from his grasp. Still fighting, Vexus distracted Jenny from showing more anger to Sheldon. It turned out Jenny was listening to Sheldon when fighting when she asked for the Sharpenator 5000. This simple pencil sharpener scared away Vexus.
Jenny was now well-aware that Sheldon literally knows her inside and out. Sheldon ran from the angry, flying Jenny.
Quotes
Sheldon: I've been duped! How am I going to tell Jenny? What am I going to tell Jenny?
(Sheldon's imagination)
Sheldon: After I broke into your house and stole your secret diagrams, I lost them to this other robot girl who I was...uh...getting to know better. But we're still friends, right?
(Jenny smiles and nods, and then proceeds to blast Sheldon with a cannon)
Mrs. Wakeman: All I'm saying is Vexus is a smart cookie. You can't always rely on gizmos and gadgets to get the job done.
Jenny: (hushed tone) Why'd you put em' in me, then?
Mrs. Wakeman: What? What was that dear?
Jenny: Nothing. Gotta go, Mom.
Sheldon: I accidentally gave Vexus your blueprints.
Jenny: (getting enraged) What did you say?
Sheldon: I said... (Jenny is about to charge at Sheldon) Wait a minute, Jen. You wouldn't wanna obliterate your one true chance of happiness, would you?
Sheldon: Woman! You can't live with them, you can't outrun them!
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 January 21, 2005.
- This episode premiered in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2005.
- The episode title comes from the sitcom of the same name.
- When Sheldon opens a compartment in Dr. Wakeman's lab, a bunch of fur balls fall out, making squeaking sounds. This is a reference to the Tribbles from the Star Trek (1966-1969) episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967).
- While Vexus battles Jenny, as she effortlessly breaks a chainlink in Jenny's thunderfist weapon, she proclaims, "This is the weakest link!" This is a reference to Anne Robinson's famous catchphrase from the UK game show The Weakest Link (2000-present).
- While Eartha Kitt was the voice actress for Vexus in this episode, Cree Summer voiced her disguised form, QT-2.
- This episode was produced before Escape from Cluster Prime (2005) since Vexus is still the queen of Cluster Prime.
- This is evident as this episode bears a 2004 copyright notice in the end credits, while Escape From Cluster Prime (2005) has a copyright notice of 2005.
Production Notes
- Although this episode premiered in the United States on September 7, 2005, it was actually produced in 2004 according to the credits.
- This episode was finished in November of 2004.[1]
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