History Recap / PeteAndPeteS2E5TimeTunnel

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The reuslt? A complete disaster date. And the perfect revenge on Endless Mike.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The whole use of Endless Mike's car as a "love cocoon", and his tips of a 'date'- "No fog, no fun!"

* {{Adorkable}}: Big Pete nervously asking Ellen out, and Ellen nervously (but happily) accepting. Pete is also asking her from atop a giant tree that gives no clear indication how he got up there in the first place.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Overly confident from Endless Mike's date, Big Pete turns into a lech and angers Ellen. Being himself and apologizing for his idiocy on their walk home turns out much better.

!!"Time Tunnel" provides examples of:

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Wrigleys take the extra hour of time literally, which gives Older Pete a chance to rectify his behavior towards Ellen.

* CallBack: To the original OpeningNarration of the 60-second shorts, where Ellen introduced herself as Big Pete's girlfriend and then he insisted that she was only a ''friend''.

* EnemyMine: Big Pete is not overly trusting of Endless Mike for good reason, but he does need a car for his date. Mike is surprisingly helpful on his date, [[spoiler: but only so he can peep in on Pete embarrassing himself]].

* ChekovsGun: The "go" button in Mike's car.

* BetterAsFriends: Ellen thinks this is probably their fate after their terrible fate, but in true ''Pete & Pete'' form, by the end of the episode, it's all up in the air ambiguously [[spoiler: after they kiss goodnigt]], never to be resolved.

* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Little Pete and Nona go to the Hellstroms' house to pick up a box containing irrefutable proof that Endless Mike used to be a kid. A big, fat kid, but a kid nonetheless. He ends up being publicly ashamed when the photo is projected onto the screen of the drive-in theatre in front of Big Pete and Ellen.

"''Time Tunnel''" is the fifth episode of the second season of "''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete''", and it was written by Will [=McRobb=]. Originally aired on October 2nd, 1994.

The end of Day Time Saving is a huge deal for some people, given that it means that the Autumn is coming out and that Summer is finally ending.

And it's is a huge DEAL for both Wrigley brothers this year, because both of them want to take advantage of the "time warp" it produces: the extra hour the DTS gives when it ends. Little Pete wants to be prepared for that exciting moment and become a legend as a "time traveller". For his older brother Pete... it's a whole different situation, mostly because he is already realizing that he is not a kid anymore: he wants to know where is exactly going his ''relationship'' with his best friend, Ellen Hickle. Because why ''not''? She was always a girl, and a friend... but was she a ''girl''friend?

Dissapointed by his older brother succumbing to his hormones, he then reccurs with the help of ''his'' best friend, Nona Mecklenberg, to make an epic preparation to that moment.

In the meantime Big Pete engage a date with Ellen, he asks for help to his friends and even Bus Driver Stu to help him how to act with her...

...little did he know that both his and his brother's paths into the past and the future were crossing into each other thanks to a common denominator called 'Endless' Mike Hellstrom.

Gladly, Endless Mike is content that his nemesis was growing up and in an agreement with him to lend his customized Ford Mustang car, he also shared some secrets to make the date much more smoothly. Pete was in heaven, since it was going to be perfect. Way too perfect to know if he and Ellen deserved to be with each other. Meanwhile, little Pete was plotting a revenge on Mike after being him and Nona being pulled down on their bikes, since it was also 'perfect' to return in time after a BANG moment of success and embarrassment to their nemesis.

The final destination? A drive-in theater. \\
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But the DTS has yet to do its magic, and while the last thing for little Pete is to run against time to an angry Endless Mike, it was also big Pete's opportunity to fix things with Ellen before their friendship would be lost forever.

At the end, both brothers got what they wanted: [[spoiler:the younger to become a legend (and be immortalized in one of those mobile novelty pens) and the older got a better reward with his best friend.]]

!!"''Time Tunnel''" provides examples of:

* BadDate: And ''oh, boy''... it ends up as a complete disaster... [[spoiler: risking big Pete's friendship with Ellen]].
* CallBack: To the original OpeningNarration of the 60-seconds shorts, where Ellen introduced herself as the older Pete's girlfriend and then he rectified that she was only a ''friend''.

* CrapGettingPastTheRadar: The whole use of Endless Mike's car as a "love cocoon", and his tips of a 'date'- "No fog, no fun!"
* DriveInTheater: The location of this particular episode.
** Also, it was the first time the filming crew got out of New Jersey to film in another specific place.
* [[spoiler:EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Little Pete and Nona go specifically to the Hellstroms' house to pick up a box. What was on it? Well, the proof that Endless Mike used to be a kid. Mind you, a big and fat child. Of course, he ended up being publicly ashamed in the form of a photo slide, in front of the drive-in theater people, including his ''nemesis''. Of course, little Pete wouldn't escape so easily of it.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: From Bill and Teddy... to Bus Driver Stu... to Endless Mike... everyone was expecting that one day big Pete & Ellen would date. At least once.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: And again, big Pete and Ellen. The whole plot of the episode plays on the whole idea of 'will they or won't ' because they have been friends from almost all their lives. And meanwhile they just want to refrain as JustFriends... would have this taken to another step if such? [[spoiler:Especially after the kiss in the end of the episode?]]
** However, the NegativeContinuity and RelationshipResetButton becomes much more prominent in their friendship given that the creators didn't played too much over the idea of them being a couple, as part of their CharacterDevelopment, again... (the first being "''Day Of The Dot''") for the rest of the series.

* RunningGag. Oh, by the way... Stu broke up with Sally. Again. '''''OVER NOTHING'''''.
* SeriousBusiness: The Wrigleys completely think that the DTS is serious stuff. It also helps fixing past mistakes before it is too late.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: And again, big Pete and Ellen. The whole plot of the episode plays on the whole idea of 'will they or won't ' because they have been friends almost all their lives. And meanwhile they just want to refrain as JustFriends... would have this taken to another step if such? [[spoiler:Especially after the kiss in the end of the episode?]]
** However, the NegativeContinuity and RelationshipResetButton becomes much more prominent in their friendship given that the creators didn't played too much over the idea of them being a couple, as part pf their CharacterDevelopment, again... for the rest of the series.

...little did he know that both his and his brother paths into the past and the future were crossing into each other thanks to a common denominator called 'Endless' Mike Hellstrom.

* CallBack: To the original OpenningNarration of the 60-seconds shorts, where Ellen introduced herslef as the older Pete's girlfriend and then he rectified that she was only a ''friend''.

** Also, it was the first time the filming crew got out of New Jersey to film in an specific place.
* [[spoiler:EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Little Pete and Nona go especifically to the Hellstroms' house to pick up a box. What was on it? Well, the proof that Endless Mike used to be a kid. Mind you, a big and fat child. Of course, he ended up being publicly ashamed in front of some people, including his ''nemesis''. Of coruse, little Pete wouldn't escape so easily of it.