Difference between revisions of "Zap It!"

**Episode chronology**
	Zap It!
	Sportacus only becomes invisible?
Episode no.	17
Original airdate	June 08, 2005
Story by:	Matthew Donlan; Martin Carlton; Magnús Scheving
Written by:	Noah Zachary; Cole Louie; Magnús Scheving
Directed by:	Steve Feldman; Jonathan Judge
Featured song(s)	"Gizmo Guy"
Robbie's Disguise(s)	The Little Boy
Guest character(s)	-
Dear Diary	Record's Day
	List of Episodes

Revision as of 18:12, 2 December 2016

Premise

Pixel builds a machine called the Zapper6000 that makes things vanish, thinking that he can help his friends get out of chores the easy way (by not doing them).Robbie gets a hold of the machine and uses it to make Sportacus vanish! Pixel soon realizes there is no easy way - he didn't make the chores go away, they’re just invisible. The only way to solve a problem is to roll up your sleeves and do the hard work. Can Pixel right his wrong before all of LazyTown is gone from sight?

Plot synopsis

Prologue

Sunrise, Sportacus is asleep. He wakes up and makes his bed. Sportacus equips rollerblades and a hockey stick, he then proceeds to make his bed using these. He then has a look of accomplishment. When Sportacus throws something into the air, he is fast enough to get below it or ahead of it in order to catch it again.

Main episode

The kids rooms are really messy and need a clean-up. They have to find a way to clean it quickly and properly. Sportacus is also doing spring cleaning up in his airship. He knows how to do it properly. Pixel tries to help by making a device that makes things disappear, but in reality this is just a useless short cut and still leaves the actual work to be done. The kids soon realize their mistake and have to go back and fix things.

Mini Save

Ziggy gets stuck under a pile of sticky sweets while looking for a chocolate bar in his bedroom. Sportacus has to dive in and save him.

Rotten Plan

Robbie doesn't see the sense in a machine that gets rid of junk, but he can think of at least one thing that he would love to get rid of. Robbie plans to “borrow the zapper until he doesn't need it anymore”. He plans to use it to make Sportacus invisible. He climbs into Pixel’s house and steals the Zapper6000. Later he actually plans to destroy the Zapper after he has made Sportacus invisible.

Big Save

Sportacus has to rescue the Zapper6000 from being destroyed by Robbie Rotten and then restore all the invisible things back to visibility.

Moral Lesson

When there is work to be done, there are no shortcuts!

Epilogue

Robbie goes down his tube into his lair, then, the Zapper6000 previously thrown by Sportacus falls into the tube. when it falls on the ground of the lair Robbie states that he is over using the Zapper6000, then without anyone's assistance the Zapper6000 fires and turns Robbie's pants invisible, he then does the cliche crossed legs and walks out of the camera's view.

Trivia

Stingy only appears during the Bing Bang Song in this episode.
Stephanie has an easel in her bedroom. Does she use that for art and painting?
Sportacus is also doing some Spring Cleaning, but when he opens his storage cabinet, the equipment is all different to what was there earlier in the morning when he made the bed. Did he already clean it once today?
The game Pixel and Stephanie are playing involved monsters and jumping over things. There are obviously many kids games which involve doing such things, but the most famous is Super Marios Bros.
Pixel invents a “Zapper6000” to make the messy things disappear. It seems to have the intelligence though to distinguish between items that should remain and items that should disappear. For example Stephanie’s bed and duvet and her dressing table are still there after all the other messy things have disappeared.
There doesn't appear to be any glass in Stephanie’s window. Either that or she ALWAYS leaves the window open.
When Ziggy is looking for his chocolate bar in his messy bedroom. He dives to the bottom of the pile to find it. Before he goes in he gives a shout of Cowabunga! Originating as a greeting by Chief Thunderthud (the only Indian ever to have a mustache) to the Peanut Gallery on the 50's television program "The Howdy Doody Show", the term was later adopted by surfers in the 60's. It was re-ignited on the kids cartoon show, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Sportacus’ crystal not only has the power to tell when someone is in trouble, but can actually let Sportacus know who that person is.
The chocolate bar that Ziggy comes up with when Sportacus saves him is the same one that Julianna Rose Mauriello poses with in a famous behind the scenes shot.
After the kids run out of Ziggy’s house, Sportacus notices Robbie’s periscope device and takes a closer look by peering straight into the device. It seems like Sportacus does not know what it is. But later on in LazyTown's Greatest Hits we find out that Stephanie knows what the device is for and that she can speak to Robbie through it.
Robbie contemplates using “Groucho Glasses” (the iconic old funny glasses and fake nose disguise), thinking it is a “great disguise”. But he decides against it because nobody would give him anything looking like that. Groucho glasses, also known as the beaglepuss, are a humorous novelty disguise based on the stage makeup that caricature comedian Groucho Marx wore (i.e., large fake mustache, eyebrows, and glasses). They typically consist of black horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, large plastic nose, bushy moustache, and occasionally with an attached plastic cigar. Considered one of the most iconic and widely used of all novelty items, Groucho glasses were first marketed in the early 1940s and are instantly recognizable to people throughout the world. Groucho glasses today are often used as a shorthand for slapstick.
With all of Pixel’s amazing technology, cameras and surveillance, he is not able to detect a guy climbing through his window and stealing from him!
When Robbie starts using the Zapper6000 to try and make Sportacus disappear, Sportacus does not even notice all of the buildings and walls disappearing all around him! But then later, he is able to point out to Pixel all the things that need to be made visible again!
The Mayor actually falls and breaks his leg on the junk in Stephanie’s room. Quite a serious consequence!
When Sportacus gives the Zapper6000 back to Pixel, Pixel says “prepare to re-materialize!” But that is not really the correct term as Sportacus was only invisible.
The Zapper is thrown away by Sportacus, but lands in Robbie’s lair (It takes an awful long time to land there – see “Suspension of Disbelief” for this episode). When it hits the ground it makes Robbie’s underwear disappear. Robbie is wearing the same underwear that we saw in Lazy Scouts (which he used for the flag).

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-{{Infobox character
+{{Infobox episode
-| name             = Stingy
+| episode_name     = Zap It!
-| image            = Stingy.png
+| image            = LTS01E18.png
-| caption          = [[File:Stingy_Name.png]]
+| caption          = Sportacus only becomes invisible?
-| icelandic_name   = [[Nenni Níski]]
+| episode_no       = 17
-| actor/puppeteer  = [[Jodi Eichelberger]]
+| airdate          = June 08, 2005
-| voice            = -}}
+| story_writer     = [[Matthew Donlan]]<br>[[Martin Carlton]]<br>[[Magnús Scheving]]
+| writer           = [[Noah Zachary]]<br>[[Cole Louie]]<br>[[Magnús Scheving]]
+| director         = [[Steve Feldman]]<br>[[Jonathan Judge]]
+| song             = [[Gizmo Guy]]
+| disguise         = [[The Little Boy]]
+| guest_star       = -
+| prev             = [[Dear Diary]]
+| next             = [[Record's Day]]
+}}
+==Premise==
+[[Pixel]] builds a machine called the [[Zapper6000]] that makes things vanish, thinking that he can help his friends get out of chores the easy way (by not doing them).[[Robbie]] gets a hold of the machine and uses it to make [[Sportacus]] vanish! [[Pixel]] soon realizes there is no easy way - he didn't make the chores go away, they’re just invisible. The only way to solve a problem is to roll up your sleeves and do the hard work. Can [[Pixel]] right his wrong before all of [[LazyTown]] is gone from sight?
-== Personality ==
+==Plot synopsis==
-Stingy, as his name implies, is the stingiest and greediest person in LazyTown. His catchphrase is "It's Mine!", which he says about almost everything, going as far as to having a song, [[The Mine Song]], where he claims that everything is LazyTown belongs to him. Most of the time, this is played for laughs or to the slight exasperation of his friends except in the episode '''''[[The Great Crystal Caper]]''''' where, after causing Sportacus to lose his crystal, Stingy finds and keeps it. He eventually gives it back and is deeply sorry and vows to try and do better at returning things that don't belong to him. His most prized possessions are his pink piggy-bank, simply called '''Piggy''', and his yellow toy-car, in which he can often be seen driving, or parked next to the Sports Field. Despite his greedy manner, he is a good friend who generally cares about them, and wouldn't let them down. He enjoys playing especially with his friends, but becomes hurt and angry, when he is excluded, or they don't want to play with him, as seen in '''''[[My Treehouse]]''''' when his friends exclude him from their "Friends Forever" club, on the basis that he can't work in a team (Later in the episode this is shown to be true, but he does immensely improve) he ties up the clubhouse with rope (While they are still inside!) and attempts to drag it away, he is stopped by Sportacus, who after asking him why, convinces the kids to let him join. He is very musical, with him shown on the Saxophone, Harmonica, Bass, and Recorder. He is great on roller-blades (Of which he owns many), and is quite good at soccer. He is very clean and hygienic (Owning ''many'' toothbrushes, and he even taught Ziggy how to brush his teeth!) As well as teaching the kids how important it is to clean up, and to keep everything tidy ('''''[[Trash Trouble]]''''').
+===Prologue===
-His best friend is shown to be Ziggy. At the end of '''''[[The Great Crystal Caper]]''''', [[Trixie]] kisses him.
+Sunrise, [[Sportacus]] is asleep. He wakes up and makes his bed. [[Sportacus]] equips rollerblades and a hockey stick, he then proceeds to make his bed using these. He then has a look of accomplishment. When [[Sportacus]] throws something into the air, he is fast enough to get below it or ahead of it in order to catch it again.
-==Character Development==
+===Main episode===
-===Appearance===
+The kids rooms are really messy and need a clean-up. They have to find a way to clean it quickly and properly. [[Sportacus]] is also doing spring cleaning up in his airship. He knows how to do it properly. [[Pixel]] tries to help by making a device that makes things disappear, but in reality this is just a useless short cut and still leaves the actual work to be done. The kids soon realize their mistake and have to go back and fix things.
-Of all the characters, Stingy's outfits, are the most similar to each other.
-In the first play, Stingy's outfit, consists of a yellow suit, a large black bow-tie, and black shoes. When he is next seen again, in '''''[[Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ]]''''', his outfit is almost identical to his current one, except his shirt is short-sleeved, he has short socks, and black Oxford Shoes.''
-His current outfit is, a long-sleeved button-up shirt, with small pale blue/grey lines, a daffodil yellow waistcoat, knee-length shorts in the same yellow, long white socks, dark brown loafers, a red bow-tie, with a polka-dot pattern, and cuff links. He is the only person in LazyTown besides Sportacus (Whose hair is always hidden) who has brown hair. He wears it short, with some of it being swept over to the other side.
-He is of average height, he has a circle-shaped face, with dark brown eyes, and heavy eyelids.
+===Mini Save===
+[[Ziggy]] gets stuck under a pile of sticky sweets while looking for a chocolate bar in his bedroom. [[Sportacus]] has to dive in and save him.
-===Personality===
+===Rotten Plan===
+[[Robbie]] doesn't see the sense in a machine that gets rid of junk, but he can think of at least one thing that he would love to get rid of.
+[[Robbie]] plans to “borrow the zapper until he doesn't need it anymore”. He plans to use it to make [[Sportacus]] invisible. He climbs into [[Pixel]]’s house and steals the [[Zapper6000]]. Later he actually plans to destroy the Zapper after he has made [[Sportacus]] invisible.
+===Big Save===
+[[Sportacus]] has to rescue the [[Zapper6000]] from being destroyed by [[Robbie]] Rotten and then restore all the invisible things back to visibility.
+===Moral Lesson===
+When there is work to be done, there are no shortcuts!
+===Epilogue===
+[[Robbie]] goes down his tube into his lair, then, the [[Zapper6000]] previously thrown by Sportacus falls into the tube. when it falls on the ground of the lair [[Robbie]] states that he is over using the [[Zapper6000]], then without anyone's assistance the [[Zapper6000]] fires and turns Robbie's pants invisible, he then does the cliche crossed legs and walks out of the camera's view.
 ==Trivia==
-*According to '''''[[LazyTown's Greatest Hits]]''''', his favorite song is [[The Mine Song]].
+*[[Stingy]] only appears during the [[Bing Bang]] Song in this episode.
-*As of '''''[[School Scam]]''''', Stingy starts using glasses for reading.
+* [[Stephanie]] has an easel in her bedroom. Does she use that for art and painting?
-*Stingy can play [[When We Play in a Band|bass]], the [[Good Stuff|harmonica]], the [[Man on a Mission|saxophone]] and the recorder.
+* [[Sportacus]] is also doing some Spring Cleaning, but when he opens his storage cabinet, the equipment is all different to what was there earlier in the morning when he made the bed. Did he already clean it once today?
-*Although his motto is "Mine!", he has also disclaimed certain things, like a ladder he finds in '''''[[Sportafake]]''''' ("Hey, what's this doing here? It's mine. Well, no, but it might be my father's.") and Robbie's Robodog in '''''[[LazyTown's New Superhero]]''''' ("That dog is not mine!").
+* The game [[Pixel]] and [[Stephanie]] are playing involved monsters and jumping over things.  There are obviously many kids games which involve doing such things, but the most famous is Super Marios Bros.
+* [[Pixel]] invents a “[[Zapper6000]]” to make the messy things disappear.  It seems to have the intelligence though to distinguish between items that should remain and items that should disappear. For example [[Stephanie]]’s bed and duvet and her dressing table are still there after all the other messy things have disappeared.
-{{Character List}}
+* There doesn't appear to be any glass in [[Stephanie]]’s window.  Either that or she ALWAYS leaves the window open.
+* When [[Ziggy]] is looking for his chocolate bar in his messy bedroom. He dives to the bottom of the pile to find it. Before he goes in he gives a shout of Cowabunga! Originating as a greeting by Chief Thunderthud (the only Indian ever to have a mustache) to the Peanut Gallery on the 50's television program "The Howdy Doody Show", the term was later adopted by surfers in the 60's. It was re-ignited on the kids cartoon show, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
+* [[Sportacus]]’ crystal not only has the power to tell when someone is in trouble, but can actually let [[Sportacus]] know who that person is.
+* The [[chocolate bar]] that Ziggy comes up with when [[Sportacus]] saves him is the same one that [[Julianna Rose Mauriello]] poses with in a famous behind the scenes shot.
+* After the kids run out of [[Ziggy]]’s house, [[Sportacus]] notices [[Robbie]]’s periscope device and takes a closer look by peering straight into the device.  It seems like [[Sportacus]] does not know what it is.  But later on in [[LazyTown's Greatest Hits]] we find out that [[Stephanie]] knows what the device is for and that she can speak to [[Robbie]] through it.
+* [[Robbie]] contemplates using “Groucho Glasses” (the iconic old funny glasses and fake nose disguise), thinking it is a “great disguise”. But he decides against it because nobody would give him anything looking like that. Groucho glasses, also known as the beaglepuss, are a humorous novelty disguise based on the stage makeup that caricature comedian Groucho Marx wore (i.e., large fake mustache, eyebrows, and glasses). They typically consist of black horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, large plastic nose, bushy moustache, and occasionally with an attached plastic cigar. Considered one of the most iconic and widely used of all novelty items, Groucho glasses were first marketed in the early 1940s and are instantly recognizable to people throughout the world. Groucho glasses today are often used as a shorthand for slapstick.
+* With all of [[Pixel]]’s amazing technology, cameras and surveillance, he is not able to detect a guy climbing through his window and stealing from him!
+* When [[Robbie]] starts using the [[Zapper6000]] to try and make [[Sportacus]] disappear, [[Sportacus]] does not even notice all of the buildings and walls disappearing all around him!  But then later, he is able to point out to [[Pixel]] all the things that need to be made visible again!
+* The [[Mayor]] actually falls and breaks his leg on the junk in [[Stephanie]]’s room.  Quite a serious consequence!
+* When [[Sportacus]] gives the [[Zapper6000]] back to [[Pixel]], [[Pixel]] says “prepare to re-materialize!”  But that is not really the correct term as [[Sportacus]] was only invisible.
+* The Zapper is thrown away by [[Sportacus]], but lands in [[Robbie]]’s lair (It takes an awful long time to land there – see “Suspension of Disbelief” for this episode). When it hits the ground it makes [[Robbie]]’s [[underwear]] disappear.  Robbie is wearing the same [[underwear]] that we saw in [[Lazy Scouts]] (which he used for the flag).
-[[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:TV Series Episodes, Season 1]]