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Recap / Martin Mystery S 3 E 41 Curse Of The Looking Glass

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Darla, a lonely and unconfident girl in Torrington finds a mirror that makes her pretty, "like the Jenni's of the world", but every boy she touches turns into a monster. Meanwhile, Billy has a new gadget that enables him to blend in with the group and helps the team in this mission.

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  • Amusing Injuries: Martin gets hit pretty hard by the girls he tries to flirt with, Teeth Flying and all, but he's fine afterwards.
  • Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Darla in her appearance as Darlene, likely to highlight her attractiveness.
  • Be Careful What You Wish For: Darla uses a magic mirror to become beautiful and well-liked to boys like Jenni, and it comes true. Unfortunately, the drawback is that every guy she touches becomes a crispangore, which would want to devour her once they got out of control.
  • Book Ends: At the start of the episode Martin suffers from some Amusing Injuries while trying to flirt with a girl. At the end of the episode the same thing happens when he tries to flirt with Jenni.
  • Casanova Wannabe: Martin is in fine form here, and he takes Billy under his wing.
  • Dude Magnet: As stated by the legendex, Darla with her new appeareance as Darlene has become irresistible to males, including Ian Saunders who was Diana's date and stood her up in their study date because of Darlene, and this is the main reason that Darla was reluctant to undo her wish.
  • Forced Transformation: Martin and other male students are turned into crispangore by Darla unwillingly.
  • Full-Body Disguise: Billy now can join in missions thanks to his new disguise.
  • The Glasses Come Off: Darla loses her glasses when she becomes Darlene.
  • Innocently Insensitive: Jenni at the beginning of the episode flirts with a guy named Rob, unaware he's Darla's crush and wanted to talk to him.
  • Magic Mirror: This is how Darla changes her appearance into Darlene.
  • Power Incontinence: Darla can't avoid turning the men she touches who fall in love with her into crispangores, including Martin.
  • Recurring Extra: After this episode, Darla Simmons is occasionally seen alongside other female students.
  • Rubber Man: Billy's disguise allows him to flex his limbs like a pretzel.
  • Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy: Darla has a crush on a fellow student named Rob, who while not the most popular in the academy, is liked by Jenni.
  • Shrinking Violet: Darla was too shy to speak to her crush, but Diana convinces her to be more assertive.
  • That Woman Is Dead: After Darla reverses her wish, Martin (who has returned to his human form) asked Billy and Diana if they saw Darlene but Darla replies:
    Darla: I'm sorry, Darlene is gone forever.
  • Vertebrate with Extra Limbs: The Crispagore have six limbs.
  • You Are Better Than You Think You Are: More or less what Billy says to Darla. All this time, she believed she needed to be Darlene in order to get boys to like her (much less to get the attention of her crush). But when she worries her crush will say "no" to her as she is, Billy points out it's his loss. Because he saw the photo of the real Darla earlier, and she's beautiful as she was. This is what convinces Darlene to wish to be Darla again.

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