No Harmony with Melody
Year produced: 2005
Production code: 302a
Original U.S. air date: 10/5/2008
The one with Melody's return.
"No Harmony with Melody" contains examples of:
- Downer Ending: The episode ends with Melody leaving Brad over her difficulty in proving that she isn't like her father.
- Interspecies Romance: We have the main one between Brad and Melody, and a one-sided minor one with Carol the Champion Cockroach also towards Brad.
- Not Me This Time: When Jenny tries to explain to Tuck that Melody is the daughter of a heinous villain, he initially thinks it's Vexus (despite Vega being the anti-thesis to her mother's ideology), The Biker Gang, or Skippy The Evil Wonder Puppet. Jenny is really referring to Dr. Locus, but Tuck blanks on the name as he never interacted with him before.
- Only Sane Man: Tuck is not against Brad dating Melody, stating that the best thing they could do is trust Brad's judgement. Jenny completely ignores this advice to instead spy on Melody and Brad and engineer a breakup between them.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Melody during the climactic fight, when she temporarily transforms into her endoskeleton form after Jenny calls out on her for being evil.Melody: I. AM. NOOOOOOOOORMAAAALLL!!!!!!!
- Sins of Our Fathers: Jenny has it out for Melody all because her father is Dr. Locus, who nearly killed her in their first encounter.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Carol the Champion Cockroach, introduced for seemingly a one-off scene after Jenny and Tuck returns from a trip to Dallas, Texas, is singlehandedly responsible for all the destruction that happens around Melody (out of jealousy, no less), inadvertently fueling Jenny's paranoia towards her leading to the Downer Ending.
- Walking Disaster Area: Jenny assumes Melody is this, as every location she and Brad goes to usually results in something destroyed. It eventually becomes Subverted, as it was Carol the Champion Cockroach causing those disasters out of jealousy towards Melody.
- Wham Shot: After Melody temporarily transforms into her monstrous endoskeleton form, she sees Brad shocked and frightened amongst Jenny and the intimidated citizens, which causes her to revert back to her regular form and tearfully realizes she doesn’t belong anywhere, leaving in the process.Melody: (tearfully) I don’t belong here… I don’t belong anywhere...!
- What the Hell, Hero?: After Melody leaves in tears, Brad angrily and rightfully tears into Jenny for her actions, especially since at the end, Melody wanted to fit in like a normal girl, exactly the same thing Jenny wants.
Tuckered Out
Year produced: 2005
Production code: 302b
Original U.S. air date: 10/5/2008
The one with Tuck's nagging... again.
"Tuckered Out" contains examples of:
- Amateur Film-Making Plot: In order to pass second grade, Tuck has to do a presentation on the person he admires most. He decides to make a movie about Jenny, but becomes a huge Prima Donna Director towards her, Brad, and Sheldon. On the day of the presentation, Jenny, Brad, and Sheldon get back at Tuck by showing a montage of embarrassing home movies of him. Fortunately, Tuck passes anyway because his teacher mistakes the home movies for an autobiography.
- Bandage Mummy: Brad is in a full-body cast by the end due to Tuck's movie-making mishaps.
- The Dog Bites Back: After putting up with Tuck's nasty behavior towards them, Jenny, Brad, and Sheldon get back at him by swapping out his movie for a series of embarrassing home movies about him, humiliating him in front of his class.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Tucker telling Jenny that she's not acting "robotic enough" echos the experience of many actors of color being told that they weren't acting enough like their ethnicity or didn't look close enough in the direction's minds in some cases.
- Fantastic Racism: A brattier-than-usual Tucker tells Jenny that she's not acting "robotic enough" for his shoddy amateur film to which she angrily shouts, "EXCUSE ME?!?".
