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Clover and Mandy compete for the title of Miss Beverly Hills. Clover seeks the best full-body makeover spa in the area, only to discover that Mandy has also booked the same treatment. Meanwhile, Diminutive Smalls, a former W.O.O.H.P. scientist, has escaped from prison and tries to enact vengeance upon Clover.

However, the makeover bed that he installed a special chip in ends up being used by Mandy instead. Soon, the spies are called to investigate the disappearances of contestants. Meanwhile, Mandy seems to be getting taller…

This episode contains examples of:

  • Acme Products: Par for the course for any agents of W.O.O.H.P. with this episode featuring, Hairpick Lockpick, Super Sticky Mega Mousse, and of course Diminutive’s Alpha X-10 Maximizer AKA a Resizing Ray Gun.

  • Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Mandy and later on, Clover.

  • Cat Fight: Pretty much what Mandy and Clover’s titanic brawl ends up becoming though with the occasional, and admittedly somewhat surprising, bit of Professional Wrestling too.

  • Comic-Book Adaptation: This episode, along with a few others of this season, was adapted into a comic book.

  • Conveniently Empty Building: For all that their fight takes place in the middle of the suburbs of Beverly Hills, and in the middle of the day no less, there’s not a soul to be seen in the entire area.

  • Curb-Stomp Battle: After receiving a growth spirt from Diminutive, Mandy proceeds to demolish the spies and other students in a volleyball match.

  • Disproportionate Retribution: Diminutive’s plan for vengeance against Clover, whom he had previously shrunk to match his own miniaturized stature, is to turn her into a giant.

  • Fearsome Foot:
    • As the Spies try to break into Mandy’s house to free the kidnapped contestants, the ground begins to quake. We see cars literally jumping in place with each impact before Mandy’s foot comes crashing down on one, crushing it with ease.
    • Clover demonstrates this as well, albeit unintentionally. She steps back while fighting the equally large Mandy and would’ve crushed Alex and Sam under her foot had they not dodged.

  • Giant Foot of Stomping: Done repeatedly by Mandy, most of the time unintentional but when done on purpose, with extreme prejudice.

  • Giant Wall of Watery Doom: While duking it out with Mandy across Beverly Hills, Clover ends up getting shoved into a pool that creates a tidal wave big enough to carry both Alex and Sam onto the top of a palm tree.

  • Giant Woman: Mandy of course who goes from Amazonian in stature to a full 50 feet by the climax of the episode. Clover too once she gets hit by Diminutive’s Ray Gun.

  • Huge Schoolgirl: Both Mandy and Clover are still students at Beverly Hills High and when she first starts growing, Mandy is literally a whole head taller than the tallest person in their gym class.

  • Hurricane of Puns: Mostly by Diminutive who just can’t seem to stop himself from making any kind of size related pun he can come up with.
    Diminutive: Who would have thought it would be so easy for a small person to escape from the big house?

  • Improvised Weapon: During their Cat Fight, both Mandy and Clover end up using throwing cars and palm trees at each other. At one point in particular, Mandy even rips up an entire house to try and bludgeon Clover with.

  • Laser-Guided Amnesia: Likely quite literally too given that its W.O.O.H.P. doing it to Mandy to make sure she doesn’t remember her brief time as a giantess.

  • Magic Pants: Somewhat averted. While it’s clear that Mandy’s clothes are torn and frayed at the edges, it’s still somewhat implausible that her jean shorts and shirt would survive when she hits 50 feet in height. Somewhat played straight with Clover when she grows just as tall and her W.O.O.H.P. outfit gets torn to match a similar state to Mandy’s own.

  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: During her fight with Mandy, a gigantic Clover does as much, if not more, damage to the surrounding area, often without noticing.

  • Police Are Useless: Whether because W.O.O.H.P. was keeping a lid on it or not, no action beyond that of the Spies is taken against the gigantic Mandy, which, considering she was literally big enough to tower over most skyscrapers, you’d think someone, somewhere would have called somebody.

  • Rage Breaking Point: Mandy reaches hers when Clover insults her hairstyle and looks. Mandy’s retaliating punch creates a massive hole in her own house as a result.

  • Shout-Out: As she rampages through Beverly Hills, Mandy steps over and poses atop a bridge in almost an exact match to a certain film

  • Skewed Priorities: After she gets turned into a giantess by Diminutive, Clover’s priorities are… far from ideal.
    Clover: Wow… Beverly Hills is really nice from up here. Ooh look! I can see The Groove!

  • Tantrum Throwing: Pretty much what Mandy does upon Clover being turned into a giantess like her. She even goes so far as to call her a copycat, as though being turned into a giantess was something that either of them intended to do in order to win the Miss Beverly Hills’ contest.

  • Teens Are Monsters: Mandy’s kidnapping of fellow beauty pageant contestants aside, she goes out of her way to enact a LOT of property damage as well.

  • Trampled Underfoot: Nearly so by Clover who almost steps on Sam and Alex. Played straight with Mandy who goes out of her way to crush cars and buildings.

  • Wardrobe Malfunction: Somewhat with Mandy and a bit moreso with Clover.

 
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Giant Clover vs Giant Mandy

Both Clover and Mandy have been hit with a growth ray by the villain of the week. It isn't long until the two giant ladies engage in a petty catfight that damages much of the city.

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