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Love 'Em or Leash 'Em the first half of the fourth episode of season 2 of My Life as a Teenage Robot.
The episode was produced in 2004 and premiered worldwide on October 15, 2004 in Australia and on Nickelodeon in the United States on January 26, 2005.
Synopsis
Jenny's got a new boyfriend, a rather cute boy robot named Kenny, YK-9. Despite having been made by Dr. Wakeman's rival, Dr. Mogg, Kenny seems to be the perfect match for the young teenage robot girl. But why is he scratching himself with his legs and howling at the moon? And what happens when Sheldon gets jealous?
Plot
Love was in the air! Everyone was affected with this contagious disease...except for Jenny. Jenny wanted the love...exactly from Sheldon but from a boy robot. It was instant love between between Jenny and Kenny, a newly found boy robot that made Sheldon jealous. Kenny walked Jenny home. Jenny invited Kenny to pizza night at Mezmers. It was a date!
Jenny told her mom about her potential boyfriend, the male teenage robot. Mrs. Wakeman correctly guessed who plagiarized her idea, her rival Phineas Mogg. She confronted him by visiphone. Both Wakeman and Mogg forbade their robots from going out with each other. Luckily there was a workaround for both of them, sneaking out that night.
When at Mezmers, the oven was broken. Kenny saved the day by baking a delicious pizza by himself. This made him popular. Sheldon thought otherwise when he felt there was something different about Kenny. After realizing Kenny was part dog, Jenny dreamed of a future where Kenny would always be her "pet dog." Wanting to break the relationship with Kenny the next day, the kids at school told Jenny about Kenny's coolness. Jenny thought if Kenny was popular, she would be popular, too. She also had to face the fact that Kenny was a needy part-dog. Jenny decided not to break the relationship. Sheldon found out about this and attempted to sabotage the night/relationship. Every dog-like thing Kenny did at Mezmers the other patrons copied. Eventually, Mogg showed up at Mezmers to see the mess Kenny (YK-9) caused and took him home. Mrs. Wakeman did the same thing to Jenny. She forbade Jenny from seeing Kenny again.
Despite losing Kenny, Sheldon assured Jenny he would serenade in the cat suit he used to chase off Kenny. Sheldon (in the cat suit) did not make it past the first night as a shoe was thrown at him.
Quotes
Mrs. Wakeman (to Jenny): XJ-9! You disobeyed a direct order and went out with that, that, ANIMAL! Maybe, I should've followed Mogg's pathetic modifications and made you part dog!
Trivia
- Jenny gets grounded one last time once more in Crash Pad Crash making it the final episode and last season of the series. Jenny does not get grounded at all in any Season 3 episodes since she grew up in Escape from Cluster Prime.
- Like most episodes of the series, this episode premiered in a handful of countries before the United States.
- This episode premiered in Australia on October 15, 2004.
- This episode premiered in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2004.
- It is shown that Sheldon owns a full-body cat costume that he claimed he wears at the Feline Fan Convention, establishing that he is a cat lover. He wore the costume to expose Kenny as part dog (causing Kenny to chase him), and later to "serenade" Jenny by meowing on her backyard fence at night.
- The episode's title is a pun of the phrase "Love 'em or leave 'em".
- In this episode, Jenny has a nightmare about Kenny. But as shown in Daydream Believer (2002), Jenny, as a robot, isn't able to have dreams. It's a possibility that she is able to dream properly now.
- She has another nightmare in Mama Drama (2005).
Production Notes
- This episode's production code is 202-031.
- Although this episode premiered in the United States on January 26, 2005, it was actually produced in 2004 according to the credits.
- This episode was finished in August of 2004.[1]
- According to Gabe Swarr, who storyboarded this episode, the influence for the comedy of the episode was Warner Bros. cartoon tropes, surreal gags and teen angsts. As a result, the pitch was criticized by the executive producer for being different than most of the second season episodes since the show already found it niche by then. However, Rob Renzetti defended the episode and each specific gag which led to the producer's approval for the episode to be made. [citation needed]
- The first draft of this episode's script is dated March 9, 2004.
- The second draft is dated March 12, 2004.
- The script was finalized on March 17, 2004.
- The second draft is dated March 12, 2004.
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