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** And there's the fact that Dr Wakeman _did_ design non-teenager "hero" robots -- XJ8 and Armageddroid, for example. Both were proven to be far less _effective_ than Jenny, whose human tendencies give her things like the ability to think creatively.

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** Second - though this is entirely subjective, depending on your view of the Space Bikers - Jenny's solution is a tad overblown. In the scant few seconds shown of the bikers in their teacher jobs, it's made very clear that they are loved by the community and that they are very ''good'' at what they do; they just come to Earth to "blow off steam". To me, it seems that the fact that they are valuable members of society on another planet is a far, far better thing than being criminal nuisances on Earth; if anytihng, Jenny's exposing them has made the problem even worse, because now they're ''doomed to be bikers for the rest of their lives''. They've lost the respect of an entire town that they worked hard to deserve. Sure, what they did to Jenny was bad and they were unrepentant about it, but there were probably other solutions to the problem, in my honest opinion.
*** Their "relaxation" involves massive property damage, probable injuries, and generally criminal behaviour. They rack up indictable offences at a frightening rate every time they show up; why shouldn't they be called to account?

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** Second - though this is entirely subjective, depending on your view of the Space Bikers - Jenny's solution is a tad overblown. In the scant few seconds shown of the bikers in their teacher jobs, it's made very clear that they are loved by the community and that they are very ''good'' at what they do; they just come to Earth to "blow off steam". To me, it seems that the fact that they are valuable members of society on another planet is a far, far better thing than being criminal nuisances on Earth; if anytihng, anything, Jenny's exposing them has made the problem even worse, because now they're ''doomed to be bikers for the rest of their lives''. They've lost the respect of an entire town that they worked hard to deserve. Sure, what they did to Jenny was bad and they were unrepentant about it, but there were probably other solutions to the problem, in my honest opinion.
*** Their "relaxation" involves massive property damage, probable injuries, and generally criminal behaviour. behavior. They rack up indictable offences at a frightening rate every time they show up; why shouldn't they be called to account?account?
*** If a real schoolteacher spends her vacation days trying to beat the hell out of people in another jurisdiction, we don't go that much easier on her just because she's [[WantsAPrizeforBasicDecency not an asshole on her workweek]].




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*** To get your answer about Ball and Chain, you might want to check out this cool new profession called "[[MeanCharacterNiceActor acting]]".
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** Downloading information for tests is likely against the rules; if not the school's rules, then something in her programming.



* They're that stupid. AdultsAreUseless is a common trope in shows like these.

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* ** They're that stupid. AdultsAreUseless is a common trope in shows like these.

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* One thing that bothered me while I watched the show: Brit and Tiff. Why does Jenny have to be so naive when it comes to these two? I mean she should get the hint that they are ''not'' her friends.

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* One thing that bothered me while I watched the show: Brit and Tiff. Why does Jenny have to be so naive when it comes to these two? I mean she should get the hint that they are ''not'' her friends.friends.
** She may be that desperate to fit in and have a normal teenage life.
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** Third, this troper recalls no such buildup to this twist anyway and couldn't buy into it. All these hints supporting Tuck's Rob Zombie-style fantasy about what kind of world the bikers live on (not to mention the implications of Ball And Chain), and then it just so happens that said world is as organized and tidy as Earth? Try again, writers.
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** Maybe Jenny is BrillaintButLazy.

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** Maybe Jenny is BrillaintButLazy.BrilliantButLazy.
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** Because failing tests and having trouble at school are things normal teenagers worry about, and if there's one thing she definitely wants, it's to be normal. She's probably doing it on purpose to try and make herself more relatable.

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* I loved this show for as long as I remember, but one episode really bugs me, both positive ánd negative; The episode begins with Brad cycling while singing a REALLY bad song from apparently five years ago. Jenny then proceeds to tell him that she's technically five years old, while looking 16. So, the principal, overhearing the conversation of Jenny and Brad, then calls some kind of elite protection force to bring her to kindergarten. Even going as far to tell Brad that he has to stand down from the toddler and bring her down to the kindergarten by two bodybuilders of caretakers! Now, the second stupid fact here, is that the caretaker in the kindergarten is so blindfolded to not see that there's ''a f*cking girl made out of steel and capable of turning into a f*cking helicopter!!!'' The real stinger is when at the end Nora had to come down and show her a couple of drawings to show her that she's a f*cking robot! Are they just that stupid in this world or is something else happening in this world??!!

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* I loved this show for as long as I remember, but one episode really bugs me, both positive ánd negative; The episode begins with Brad cycling while singing a REALLY bad song from apparently five years ago. Jenny then proceeds to tell him that she's technically five years old, while looking 16. So, the principal, overhearing the conversation of Jenny and Brad, then calls some kind of elite protection force to bring her to kindergarten. Even going as far to tell Brad that he has to stand down from the toddler and bring her down to the kindergarten by two bodybuilders of caretakers! Now, the second stupid fact here, is that the caretaker in the kindergarten is so blindfolded to not see that there's ''a f*cking girl made out of steel and capable of turning into a f*cking helicopter!!!'' The real stinger is when at the end Nora had to come down and show her a couple of drawings to show her that she's a f*cking robot! Are they just that stupid in this world or is something else happening in this world??!!world??!!

* One thing that bothered me while I watched the show: Brit and Tiff. Why does Jenny have to be so naive when it comes to these two? I mean she should get the hint that they are ''not'' her friends.
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** The reason she goes to school is to have a social life, but yeah, your point about her tests still stands.

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** The reason she goes to school is to have a social life, but yeah, your point about her tests still stands.stands.

* I loved this show for as long as I remember, but one episode really bugs me, both positive ánd negative; The episode begins with Brad cycling while singing a REALLY bad song from apparently five years ago. Jenny then proceeds to tell him that she's technically five years old, while looking 16. So, the principal, overhearing the conversation of Jenny and Brad, then calls some kind of elite protection force to bring her to kindergarten. Even going as far to tell Brad that he has to stand down from the toddler and bring her down to the kindergarten by two bodybuilders of caretakers! Now, the second stupid fact here, is that the caretaker in the kindergarten is so blindfolded to not see that there's ''a f*cking girl made out of steel and capable of turning into a f*cking helicopter!!!'' The real stinger is when at the end Nora had to come down and show her a couple of drawings to show her that she's a f*cking robot! Are they just that stupid in this world or is something else happening in this world??!!
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** Well, ignoring the obvious answer of "There wouldn't be a show" What if the Hero robot still just wanted to be normal? And the Teenage one might look up to the hero and want to be like her. That should answer your question. Maybe.
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** PlotInducedStupidity

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** The reason she goes to school is to have a social life, but yeah, your point about her tests still stands.
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** Second - [[YourMileageMayVary though this is entirely subjective, depending on your view of the Space Bikers]] - Jenny's solution is a tad overblown. In the scant few seconds shown of the bikers in their teacher jobs, it's made very clear that they are loved by the community and that they are very ''good'' at what they do; they just come to Earth to "blow off steam". To me, it seems that the fact that they are valuable members of society on another planet is a far, far better thing than being criminal nuisances on Earth; if anytihng, Jenny's exposing them has made the problem even worse, because now they're ''doomed to be bikers for the rest of their lives''. They've lost the respect of an entire town that they worked hard to deserve. Sure, what they did to Jenny was bad and they were unrepentant about it, but there were probably other solutions to the problem, in my honest opinion.

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** Second - [[YourMileageMayVary though this is entirely subjective, depending on your view of the Space Bikers]] Bikers - Jenny's solution is a tad overblown. In the scant few seconds shown of the bikers in their teacher jobs, it's made very clear that they are loved by the community and that they are very ''good'' at what they do; they just come to Earth to "blow off steam". To me, it seems that the fact that they are valuable members of society on another planet is a far, far better thing than being criminal nuisances on Earth; if anytihng, Jenny's exposing them has made the problem even worse, because now they're ''doomed to be bikers for the rest of their lives''. They've lost the respect of an entire town that they worked hard to deserve. Sure, what they did to Jenny was bad and they were unrepentant about it, but there were probably other solutions to the problem, in my honest opinion.
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**** If that is the case, then he was ''far'' from single-handedly carrying her. It was already established that he couldn't lift her without help, and it was outright ''shown'' tha Melody was helping him along the whole way.

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**** If that is the case, then he was ''far'' from single-handedly carrying her. It was already established that he couldn't lift her without help, and it was outright ''shown'' tha that Melody was helping him along the whole way.

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* I am a die-hard fan of the show. Seriously. But there's one episode in particular that really, truly irks me. That episode is "Voyage to the Planet of the Bikers" from Season Three. The synopsis goes a little something like this; Letta nd the Space Bikers fool around with Jenny and permanently weld her into a motorcycle. Instead of going to her mother for help (she says something about her 'warranty'), she decides to take Tuck with her to the Bikers' homeworld...where it's revealed that they're actually schoolteachers and far from the malicious bikers as we've come to know them. Jenny demands that they fix her, but they laugh it off some more; this results in Jenny exposing their biker identities to the entire town, ruining their lives. After she threatens to expose their schoolteacher identities to other villains, they finally agree to fix her.

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* I am a die-hard fan of the show. Seriously. But there's one episode in particular that really, truly irks me. That episode is "Voyage to the Planet of the Bikers" from Season Three. The synopsis goes a little something like this; Letta nd and the Space Bikers fool around with Jenny and permanently weld her into a motorcycle. Instead of going to her mother for help (she says something about her 'warranty'), she decides to take Tuck with her to the Bikers' homeworld...where it's revealed that they're actually schoolteachers and far from the malicious bikers as we've come to know them. Jenny demands that they fix her, but they laugh it off some more; this results in Jenny exposing their biker identities to the entire town, ruining their lives. After she threatens to expose their schoolteacher identities to other villains, they finally agree to fix her.


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*** She ''does'' seem to gradually soften towards them, however; in later episodes, she's much more open to using them in times of need. She probably doesn't want to have to look after all nine robots at once. (After all, Jenny is more than enough trouble on her own).
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*** Their "relaxation" involves massive property damage, probable injuries, and generally criminal behaviour. They rack up indictable offences at a frightening rate every time they show up; why shouldn't they be called to account?
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* Jenny often fails tests or has trouble at school. She's a robot. She can just download all the information and knowledge she'll ever need right away. She wouldn't even need to go to school, and can give herself intelligence rivaling that of Wakeman herself. It'd certainly help Jenny do her job better. Jenny has shown that she can download information, so why hasn't she done this already?

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* Jenny often fails tests or has trouble at school. She's a robot. She can just download all the information and knowledge she'll ever need right away. She wouldn't even need to go to school, and can give herself intelligence rivaling that of Wakeman herself. It'd certainly help Jenny do her job better. Jenny has shown that she can download information, so why hasn't she done this already?already?
** PlotInducedStupidity
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** They are considered "failed models" and Dr. Wakeman probably thinks they'll blow up at the slightest provocation. She doesn't hate them, she just thinks Jenny is more competent. And less glitchy. Seriously, none of those girls have the ability to focus properly on anything for any length of time.

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** They are considered "failed models" and Dr. Wakeman probably thinks they'll blow up at the slightest provocation. She doesn't hate them, she just thinks Jenny is more competent. And less glitchy. Seriously, none of those girls have the ability to focus properly on anything for any length of time.time.
* The entire premise of the show deeply bothers me. Nora Wakeman constantly complains about Jenny not doing her job well enough and Jenny often screws up big time due to her emotions and teenager tendencies getting in the way. An unstable, emotional teenager wouldn't be a very good hero, as her social life will often get in the way. If Wakeman wanted a daughter so much, why didn't she make two separate robots: a normal RidiculouslyHumanRobot daughter with the mindset of a teenager, and a super powerful battle robot with an adult mindset as hero? Nora would then have a daughter and a more efficient robotic hero. Jenny gets to live a normal life and the world has a more reliable hero. Everyone wins.
* Jenny often fails tests or has trouble at school. She's a robot. She can just download all the information and knowledge she'll ever need right away. She wouldn't even need to go to school, and can give herself intelligence rivaling that of Wakeman herself. It'd certainly help Jenny do her job better. Jenny has shown that she can download information, so why hasn't she done this already?
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* Why does Dr. Wakeman dislike the other XJs so much, to the point that she forces them to stay in the basement ('Sister Sledgehammer') and refuses to turn them on to help in 'Escape from Cluster Prime?'

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* Why does Dr. Wakeman dislike the other XJs [=XJs=] so much, to the point that she forces them to stay in the basement ('Sister Sledgehammer') and refuses to turn them on to help in 'Escape from Cluster Prime?'
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** [[FridgeBrilliance Because having a parent who complains about your decisions is something normal teenagers have?]] So Dr. Wakeman is supporting her daughter's [[IJustWantToBeNormal dreams]] by complaining about them? Fridge [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]], or LogicBomb?
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* Why does Dr. Wakeman dislike the other XJs so much, to the point that she forces them to stay in the basement ('Sister Sledgehammer') and refuses to turn them on to help in 'Escape from Cluster Prime?'

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* Why does Dr. Wakeman dislike the other XJs so much, to the point that she forces them to stay in the basement ('Sister Sledgehammer') and refuses to turn them on to help in 'Escape from Cluster Prime?'Prime?'
** They are considered "failed models" and Dr. Wakeman probably thinks they'll blow up at the slightest provocation. She doesn't hate them, she just thinks Jenny is more competent. And less glitchy. Seriously, none of those girls have the ability to focus properly on anything for any length of time.
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** Second - [[YourMileageMayVary though this is entirely subjective, depending on your view of the Space Bikers]] - Jenny's solution is a tad overblown. In the scant few seconds shown of the bikers in their teacher jobs, it's made very clear that they are loved by the community and that they are very ''good'' at what they do; they just come to Earth to "blow off steam". To me, it seems that the fact that they are valuable members of society on another planet is a far, far better thing than being criminal nuisances on Earth; if anytihng, Jenny's exposing them has made the problem even worse, because now they're ''doomed to be bikers for the rest of their lives''. They've lost the respect of an entire town that they worked hard to deserve. Sure, what they did to Jenny was bad and they were unrepentant about it, but there were probably other solutions to the problem, in my honest opinion.

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** Second - [[YourMileageMayVary though this is entirely subjective, depending on your view of the Space Bikers]] - Jenny's solution is a tad overblown. In the scant few seconds shown of the bikers in their teacher jobs, it's made very clear that they are loved by the community and that they are very ''good'' at what they do; they just come to Earth to "blow off steam". To me, it seems that the fact that they are valuable members of society on another planet is a far, far better thing than being criminal nuisances on Earth; if anytihng, Jenny's exposing them has made the problem even worse, because now they're ''doomed to be bikers for the rest of their lives''. They've lost the respect of an entire town that they worked hard to deserve. Sure, what they did to Jenny was bad and they were unrepentant about it, but there were probably other solutions to the problem, in my honest opinion.opinion.

* Why does Dr. Wakeman dislike the other XJs so much, to the point that she forces them to stay in the basement ('Sister Sledgehammer') and refuses to turn them on to help in 'Escape from Cluster Prime?'
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* [[Troper:RetsofNoraa I]] am a die-hard fan of the show. Seriously. But there's one episode in particular that really, truly irks me. That episode is "Voyage to the Planet of the Bikers" from Season Three. The synopsis goes a little something like this; Letta nd the Space Bikers fool around with Jenny and permanently weld her into a motorcycle. Instead of going to her mother for help (she says something about her 'warranty'), she decides to take Tuck with her to the Bikers' homeworld...where it's revealed that they're actually schoolteachers and far from the malicious bikers as we've come to know them. Jenny demands that they fix her, but they laugh it off some more; this results in Jenny exposing their biker identities to the entire town, ruining their lives. After she threatens to expose their schoolteacher identities to other villains, they finally agree to fix her.

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* [[Troper:RetsofNoraa I]] I am a die-hard fan of the show. Seriously. But there's one episode in particular that really, truly irks me. That episode is "Voyage to the Planet of the Bikers" from Season Three. The synopsis goes a little something like this; Letta nd the Space Bikers fool around with Jenny and permanently weld her into a motorcycle. Instead of going to her mother for help (she says something about her 'warranty'), she decides to take Tuck with her to the Bikers' homeworld...where it's revealed that they're actually schoolteachers and far from the malicious bikers as we've come to know them. Jenny demands that they fix her, but they laugh it off some more; this results in Jenny exposing their biker identities to the entire town, ruining their lives. After she threatens to expose their schoolteacher identities to other villains, they finally agree to fix her.

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**** If that is the case, then he was ''far'' from single-handedly carrying her. It was already established that he couldn't lift her without help, and it was outright ''shown'' tha Melody was helping him along the whole way.



** Apparently you need to watch more episodes.

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* [[Troper:RetsofNoraa I]] am a die-hard fan of the show. Seriously. But there's one episode in particular that really, truly irks me. That episode is "Voyage to the Planet of the Bikers" from Season Three. The synopsis goes a little something like this; Letta nd the Space Bikers fool around with Jenny and permanently weld her into a motorcycle. Instead of going to her mother for help (she says something about her 'warranty'), she decides to take Tuck with her to the Bikers' homeworld...where it's revealed that they're actually schoolteachers and far from the malicious bikers as we've come to know them. Jenny demands that they fix her, but they laugh it off some more; this results in Jenny exposing their biker identities to the entire town, ruining their lives. After she threatens to expose their schoolteacher identities to other villains, they finally agree to fix her.
** First of all, her mother is ''far'' from the only person that can fix her. Sure, getting [[StalkerWithACrush Sheldon]] to rearrange her anatomy may be a little embarrassing, but at the very least it would work. Plus, whatever happened to the biker shop that gave her the bitchin' hot rod makeover? Those guys would have gladly helped her out.
** Second - [[YourMileageMayVary though this is entirely subjective, depending on your view of the Space Bikers]] - Jenny's solution is a tad overblown. In the scant few seconds shown of the bikers in their teacher jobs, it's made very clear that they are loved by the community and that they are very ''good'' at what they do; they just come to Earth to "blow off steam". To me, it seems that the fact that they are valuable members of society on another planet is a far, far better thing than being criminal nuisances on Earth; if anytihng, Jenny's exposing them has made the problem even worse, because now they're ''doomed to be bikers for the rest of their lives''. They've lost the respect of an entire town that they worked hard to deserve. Sure, what they did to Jenny was bad and they were unrepentant about it, but there were probably other solutions to the problem, in my honest opinion.
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*** That episode with Brad... I suppose you're referring to the one where Melody Locust helped him to escape with Jenny?

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*** That episode with Brad... I suppose you're referring to the one where Melody Locust Locus helped him to escape with Jenny?
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*** Apparently you need to watch more episodes.

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*** ** Apparently you need to watch more episodes.
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** You meant town Tremorton?

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** You meant town Tremorton?Tremorton?
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*** That episode with Brad... I suppose you're referring to the one where Melody Locust helped him to escape with Jenny?
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* Is Jenny's town ''ever'' given a name? At all?

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* Is Jenny's town ''ever'' given a name? At all?all?
** You meant town Tremorton?
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** Yeah! [[SarcasmMode The episode where Tuck gets launched into space without a helmet and crashed back into earth unharmed is proof that this show follows realistic logic!]]

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** Yeah! [[SarcasmMode The episode where Tuck gets launched into space without a helmet and crashed back into earth unharmed is proof that this show follows realistic logic!]]logic!]]

*Is Jenny's town ''ever'' given a name? At all?

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* In the episode "Histrionics" Jenny and the boys are trapped in a (seemingly) deserted island and she's running out of power. She says once her auxilary power runs out she's "just a 600 pound paperweight". Okay...except in one episode a bunch of kindergarteners picked her up body-surfing style and Brad carried her singlehandedly in another.

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* In the episode "Histrionics" Jenny and the boys are trapped in a (seemingly) deserted island and she's running out of power. She says once her auxilary auxiliary power runs out she's "just a 600 pound paperweight". Okay...except in one episode a bunch of kindergarteners picked her up body-surfing style and Brad carried her singlehandedly single-handedly in another.




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** It could be more that, anytime anyone picks her up, she's helping them with unseen thrusters or such. She's initially breaking chairs with her weight, but learns how to sit on them without breaking them (ie: she's not actually sitting on them - you could remove the chair and she'd still be in the same position).
*** Related - Dr. Wakeman probably had to reinforce the whole house so Jenny wouldn't tear it apart every day.




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** Meh. Typical mom?

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