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4* "Roar!": A hay merchant is trying to get his horse, drawing the hay-cart, to move, but the stubborn animal won't budge. Then, just as the merchant is giving up on moving the animal, Chris, Joy and Gizmo fall from the sky after [[ItMakesSenseInContext having been catapulted out of Darius's palace]], with Gizmo landing on the horse's back and [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou the kids landing in the hay]]. The horse is spooked enough to run away, taking the trio several miles along for the ride and leaving his owner behind.
5--> '''Merchant:''' ''(seeing the horse galloping away)'' Now that's more like it. ''(beat)'' Hey. HEY! Come back! Thieves!
6* "The First Christmas": After meeting Mary and Joseph, who are on their way to Bethlehem right at the time Mary's to give birth, Chris worries that the census King Herod has ordered will lead to the couple and their unborn child being more easily targeted for elimination. Then the kids spot newcomers approaching, Gizmo's sensors indicate that there are hundreds more behind them, and Chris immediately panics, thinking it's Herod's men...until Gizmo irritably clarifies that the hundreds his scanners have picked up are ''sheep''--the newcomers are shepherds. Joy, the resident DeadpanSnarker, just can't resist mocking Chris:
7--> '''Joy:''' Shepherds--the most dangerous men alive.[[note]]Evidently she's forgotten about the exploits of [[BadassIsraeli the shepherd boy David]].[[/note]]
8* "Miracles of Jesus": As the group is preparing to sail across the Sea of Galilee, Gizmo gives the passengers on his boat some safety instructions, culminating in...
9--> '''Gizmo:''' ''(creates a pirate captain's hat on his head)'' This is your cap speaking! Remember, stay seated at all times, keep your hands inside the vessel, and in the event of an emergency, please use... ''(creates a RUBBER-DUCKY INFLATABLE RAFT around his torso)'' ...your flotation devices.
10--> '''Joy:''' ''(hissing)'' ''No duckies!''
11--> '''Gizmo:''' ''(sighs)'' Fine. ''(the rubber ducky deflates)''
12* "Rahab and the Walls of Jericho": While attempting to follow Joshua's spies into Jericho, Chris and Gizmo start considering how to get past the guards at the front gate. Gizmo suggests a rocket-pad to get over the wall (which Chris dismisses as too obvious), then using fireworks as a diversion (which Chris dismisses as too dangerous). Joy then says they could do ''this''...[[StatingTheSimpleSolution and just calmly walks right through the gates]].
13--> '''Chris and Gizmo:''' ...too easy.
14* "John the Baptist": The titular prophet offers to share his meal of locusts and wild honey with the kids. They're naturally apprehensive at first, due to [[ForeignQueasine the locusts]], but after seeing John and his two followers casually snacking away, Chris and Joy decide to join in...and Gizmo, who's been visibly struggling not to hurl, gets a [[{{Squick}} Squicked out]] expression and drops down in a dead faint.
15* "The Birth of John the Baptist": When the kids meet John the Baptist's mother Anna and get to discussing marriage customs, Anna informs Joy that, despite being 12 years old, according to Jewish law her father would be making arrangements for her to be betrothed for marriage in at least a few years.[[note]]This is a case of [[ShownTheirWork the creators doing their research]], as the age at which a girl is betrothed under Hebrew religious law is age 12[[/note]] Cue Chris's rather snarky (and ShipTease-laden) comment:
16--> '''Chris:''' Sorry, you're my best friend, Joy, but I promised my mom I'd finish middle school before I tie the knot.
17* "Isaac and Rebekah": The kids and Gizmo join Abraham's servant Eliezer to find a wife for Isaac. While packing for the journey, Chris is loading stuff onto a camel's back, but he rather inexpertly ties the ropes securing the baggage despite his assurances that he knows what he's doing. Well, seconds later everything falls right off...and [[DeadpanSnarker Joy]], witnessing it all, gets off a good moment of ribbing Chris for it.
18--> '''Joy:''' Nice tie-job, Chris. What'd you use, a ''slip''-knot?
19** A little later, the group reaches Abraham's hometown of Nahor, where Eliezer sets about seeking Isaac's future wife as per his mission. But while Joy is content to observe Eliezer put his faith in God to provide the right woman like in the source material, Chris makes every effort on his own part to pick out a potential bride. Every attempt he makes fails miserably, culminating in a group of very angry women dousing him with their water jars when it's made clear that Rebekah is the chosen bride.
20--> '''Joy:''' Well, doing it your way certainly made a ''splash.''
21* "Noah and the Ark:" During the herding of animals into the ark, poor [[ButtMonkey Gizmo]] gets pelted from above with bird droppings. He wipes that away with his face-shield's built-in wiper, declares, "It's a good thing cows don't fly," only to then step in an even larger pile of elephant-feces on the ground.
22* "The Prodigal Son": While Jesus is telling the titular parable to His listeners, the kids go to help a shepherd boy retrieve his runaway lamb, Rebel (the scenario for which Jesus has just used moments earlier to provide a structure for the parable of the lost sheep). Gizmo eventually uses one of his built-in devices to lock onto Rebel so that it'll fire a net to catch the lamb...only to go [[OhCrap "oh, no"]] when Rebel starts running ''his'' way just as the device is about to fire the net. And then? Well...
23--> '''Gizmo:''' Get back! Doggie Bot-Wing, do ''not'' drop the net until I am at least ten feet in front of Rebel! Confirm you understand! Get back, Rebel, get back! Back, back, back, back, back, BACK! ''(the device fires the net, causing robot and lamb to get entangled together)''
24** Then, to add insult to injury, when Rebel walks back to the kids with Gizmo on his back, Joy and Chris heap praises on ''the sheep.'' Gizmo isn't amused.
25* "Elijah and the Prophets of Baal": When the titular false prophets start their incantations to ask Baal to send rain, what does Elijah do? He reclines quite comfortably against a rock and takes a nap, sleeps for a couple of hours, then wakes up and stretches. And that's ''before'' he starts snarking about what Baal must be doing to delay answering the prophets' cries (to include daydreaming or using the toilet).
26--> '''Elijah:''' Or maybe he's asleep--sshh!--and you have to WAKE HIM UP!
27* "King Solomon": Moments after Superbook deposits the kids in a spot where they'll meet the titular king, they hide so as not to be seen by his armed soldiers. Unfortunately, Gizmo getting scared by a scorpion gives away their position, and the soldiers haul them out--but [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Solomon]] orders the men to let them go, with this reasoning:
28--> '''Solomon:''' They hardly look dangerous.
29--> '''Soldier:''' But, King Solomon, they were--
30--> '''Solomon:''' --[[DeadpanSnarker hiding from the big men with scary weapons. I would have done the same thing]].
31* "The Good Samaritan": You really don't want to cast any snark about Joy when she's hungry.
32--> '''Gizmo:''' When Joy is hungry, she gets very cranky.
33--> '''Joy:''' ''(having already walked off)'' I heard that!
34--> '''Chris:''' ''(whispering)'' And her hearing gets better.
35--> '''Joy:''' That, too!
36--> ''(Chris and Gizmo share uneasy looks and follow after her)''
37* "Jesus Feeds the Hungry": When one of the disciples approaches the boy with the five loaves and two fishes to bring them to Jesus, Gizmo assumes he's trying to shake the boy down for his lunch...only for Joy to remind him that this is one of Jesus's disciples. Cue this exchange...
38--> '''Gizmo:''' Fine! Last time I stand up and be ''your'' robo-protector!
39--> '''[[DeadpanSnarker Joy]]:''' Robo-protector? Giz, you couldn't be a ''pocket''-protector.
40* "Paul and Silas": This little exchange after the kids are brought back into Bible times, when Joy decides she's going to get something to eat despite Chris warning her that she's not supposed to eat anything for 12 hours before her tonsil-removal surgery.
41--> '''Joy:''' Thanks, Nurse Quantum, but technically it's almost 2,000 years before my operation. So I'll take my chances. ''(walks off)''
42--> '''Gizmo:''' "Nurse Quantum." That is a good one!
43--> '''Chris:''' ''(glares)''
44--> '''Gizmo:''' [[VerbalBackspace ...no, it is not]].
45* "Elijah and the Widow": Gizmo probably needs to get his GPS checked.
46--> '''Gizmo:''' Boosters BLAST! ''(he takes off flying toward downtown)'' Wowmart, here we come!
47--> '''Chris:''' Uuuhhh, wrong way, Gizmo.
48--> '''Gizmo:''' Oh. Right. ''(does an about-turn)'' So, fine, you guys don't want to take the scenic route.
49** Once the Superbook trip starts and the trio gets deposited in Bible times...they wind up in a tall tree...on a rather brittle branch. With their combined weight putting the branch in danger of breaking, Chris warns them not to move...and then a bird comes and starts pecking Gizmo on the head, Gizmo tries to fan it off with his hands...cue branch breaking and kids falling.
50--> '''Joy:''' Nice going, Giz!
51--> '''Gizmo:''' ''(distastefully)'' Huh. Birds.
52* "Jesus in the Wilderness": At one point, Superbook takes Chris, by himself, to witness Jesus's trials at the end of His 40 days of fasting in the wilderness. Chris ends up getting deposited on a rather slippery rock-face, where he slides off--and gets caught by ArchangelMichael, who puts him down safely. Chris starts to thank his rescuer, only to be startled at the realization of ''who'' exactly he's facing...and falls off the edge of their current position AGAIN. Michael's only reaction to that is to shake his head and smile before saving Chris again.
53* "The Birth of Moses": Moments after meeting Miriam, Chris and Gizmo offer to help move her stubborn donkey from out of the field where he's been standing. Gizmo tries to move the donkey from the back...[[ButtMonkey and gets field-goal-kicked]].
54** Then, a little later, Gizmo suffers more slapstick as he crashes through Miriam's family's front door...and Miriam's little brother Aaron jumps up and down on top of the door, which happens to be on top of Gizmo.
55--> '''Gizmo:''' No...jumping...on...Gizmo!
56* "Nicodemus": The modern-day plot starts with the kids joining in on some fun at a ski slope. Gizmo brags about how he's downloaded all the info there is to know about skiing, so he's ready to take on the mountain...and then he slides and gets himself stuck on a snow mound. Joy puts in some snark at his expense:
57--> '''Joy:''' You downloaded all that info--did you ''read'' it? You're starting on the bunny slope today, Giz.
58* "Isaiah": While the kids are scouting out the Assyrian army that's set to attack Jerusalem, Gizmo proposes an utterly boring activity that only he, a robot, would find enjoyable. The kids proceed to immediately shoot down the idea.
59--> '''Gizmo:''' For tonight's entertainment, I will be running and monitoring a randomly generated binary code. After which, we can all take turns decompiling it!
60--> '''Chris and Joy:''' ''(flatly)'' Good night, Gizmo.
61* "Jesus--Friend of Sinners": Joy, trying to return a set of bags that's fallen off a man's cart, gets held by Roman soldiers who assume the items are hers and thus inform her that she'll have to pay a tax for them. She's hauled before Matthew (still a tax collector and not yet a disciple of Jesus, though Joy remembers him as the latter), who insists she pay the tax despite her efforts to explain that the bags aren't hers. Finally, in frustration, Joy sits down under the shade of a nearby tree, going into full DeadpanSnarker mode when Matthew tries to talk to her again...only for Matthew, who's no doubt used to insults due to his profession, [[SnarkToSnarkCombat zinging back in kind]].
62--> '''Joy:''' Do whatever! I have no money and those ''aren't'' my bags! Ugh!
63--> '''Matthew:''' ...are you just going to sit there?
64--> '''Joy:''' Why? Are you going to tax me for using your shade?
65--> '''Matthew:''' ''(chuckles)'' No. But it ''is'' three shekels for sitting on my rock.
66--> ''(Joy jumps up in fright)''
67--> '''Matthew:''' I'm joking! ''(Joy starts to sit back down)'' [[{{Troll}} It's four]]. ''(Joy jerks up again)'' I'm ''joking!''
68* "Paul Keeps the Faith": Gizmo uses a camera-strobe-light to blind some guards so the kids can rescue a Christian believer named Julia from being interrogated and executed. The kids manage to grab Julia and escape while the guards are disoriented from the flashing lights...and Gizmo tarries just long enough to smack the guards ''again'' with the strobe-light.
69--> '''Gizmo:''' Okay, group picture! Short guys in front! ''(blinds the guards again)''
70* "Love Your Enemies": Chris can be a real [[{{Troll}} troll]] when he wants to be. He receives a perfectly normal-looking pizza...and what does he do?
71--> '''Chris:''' Aww, who ordered the artichoke-pineapple-fried rice with anchovies?
72--> '''Everyone else:''' ''(gags)''
73* "Rescued!": Gizmo's role as the kids' designated protector is really under question, as shown when they and their new friend Mateo have to save him from sliding down a muddy hill.
74--> '''Chris:''' ''(sarcastic)'' My robot ''protector''.
75--> '''Mateo:''' Protector?

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