Tradeshow Showdown

Tradeshow Showdown
Season 1, Episode 12, Segment 2
Air date	Produced in 2002 February 9, 2003 September 12, 2003 October 10, 2003 January 23, 2004 March 25, 2004
Directed by	Rob Renzetti
Episode Guide
Previous	Saved by the Shell (2002)
Next	The Wonderful World of Wizzly (2002)

Tradeshow Showdown is the second half of the twelfth episode of season 1.

The episode was produced in 2002 and premiered worldwide on February 9, 2003 in the United Kingdom and on Nickelodeon in the United States on January 23, 2004.

Plot

Jenny is stuck going to a robotics convention with Dr. Wakeman; at first she thinks she'll get to meet new robot friends and have fun. However, she is proven wrong... Snubbed by all the other robots and insulted by Dr. Wakeman's rival, Dr. Phineas Mogg, Jenny finds herself going to a nurse robot called "Vee" for comfort. Unfortunately, "Vee" is actually Vexus in disguise, and she's looking to add more than a few new robots to the Cluster by any means possible.

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 February 9, 2003.
  • This episode premiered in Australia on September 12, 2003.
  • This episode premiered in Mexico on October 10, 2003.
• This episode premiered worldwide before Daydream Believer (2002) and This Time With Feeling (2002), which are chronologically before Tradeshow Showdown (2002).
• Dr. Wakeman calls Jenny "Jenny" and not "XJ-9" for the second time in this episode, after Pest Control (2002).
• The song Jenny plays on her headphones in the car and during her dream sequence is used again in Call Hating (2002) when she's at the music store in the mall.
• Phineas Mogg makes his first appearance.
• On May 23, 2016, when this show was pulled from NickToons' lineup, this was the last episode along with Saved by the Shell (2002) to be broadcast.

Production Notes

• Although this episode premiered in the United States on January 23, 2004, it was actually produced in 2002 according to the credits, as with every other season 1 episode.
  • This episode was finished in November of 2002.
    • Saved by the Shell, this episode, The Wonderful World of Wizzly, and Call Hating were added to the United States Copyright Office on December 17, 2002.
• This episode's production code is 102-022.
• The first draft of this episode's script is dated July 15, 2002.
  • The second draft is dated July 17, 2002.
    • The script was finalized on July 19, 2002.

Gallery

Making a silly face

Script cover