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"Der Monster Klub" is the twenty-second episode of the first season of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. It premiered on March 25, 2013.
Not to be confused with the group of the same name, Der Monster Klub.
Synopsis[]
When Randy and Howard are forced to share a lunch table with the outcast group "Der Monster Klub", Randy accidentally tells them how to get people stank'd, and they realize these oddballs are playing a dangerous game that could destroy the whole school, as the Sorcerer gets involved when some of the members get depressed.
Plot[]
The episodes starts as Principal Slimovitz opening of the new cafeteria after the Ninja, though protecting the students of Norrisville High, failed to protect the cafeteria itself. Randy and Howard hope to score the most desirable seat there, which they call "Shangri-Lunch." Howard beats Bash Johnson to the Shangri-Lunch table with stunning acrobatic moves, sliding on a chair to the table, to Randy's surprise and delight; however, Bash quickly tosses them aside, and Slimovitz hands them both detentions for sprinting and soaring.
After Howard stuffs the crumpled detention sheet into Stevens' trombone, Randy and Howard are then invited to a small table gaming group called Der Monster Klub, formed by unpopular students at the school, who all have previously been turned into monsters. They play a game in which they become monsters and take revenge on those who mistreat them. Juggo dislikes Stevens for playing the Sad Trombone whenever he drops something when he juggles, Accordion Dave hates Bash for bullying him over his skill on the accordion, and Theresa Fowler hates Principal Slimovitz for spending the Norrisville High Twirl Team budget to rebuild the cafeteria. Even though Randy and Howard are reluctant to play at first, they start to enjoy the game and its vicarious revenge.
However, the fun comes to a halt after Randy rolls the dreaded 5, which Julian proclaims that they will be turned into monsters for wearing the same underpants for five days. Randy, who is taking the game too seriously like the Klub does, accidentally tells Julian how monsters are spawned. Julian then intentionally humiliates his friends in order to have them transformed into monsters by The Sorcerer in order to take revenge on their tormentors. While Randy goes Ninja, Howard quickly finds the opportunity to occupy the popular table. Randy tries to stop the monster, but Julian gets in the way several times. When Randy stops Julian by strapping Julian onto a chair, he gets so upset over losing the chance for revenge that The Sorcerer manages to transform Julian as well, causing a multiple monster rampage.
Randy goes into the gym to find a gigantic web holding Bash, Stevens, and the Principal. As the Ninja attempts to rescue him, he is caught in the web, but he manages to escape. He tries to figure out what precious item the monsters hold dear, and realizes it was the die they used to play the game. After barely crushing the die with his sword, Randy is relieved to find that Julian has forgotten how to spawn monsters and everything reverts to normal, although he forgets the victims who are still trapped on the web.
Randy and Howard are pleased to sit at their preferred lunch table, Shangri-Lunch. After a quick talk about accidentally revealing the secret to spawning monsters, the screen zooms out to show that since the gym was unusable at the moment, the cafeteria had temporarily had became the gym and their food is squashed by a basketball.
Characters[]
Main characters[]
- Randy Cunningham
- Howard Weinerman
- Der Monster Klub, consisting of:
- The Sorcerer
Secondary characters[]
Background characters[]
- Cafeteria Lady
- Bucky Hensletter
- Cass Simonson
- Dancing Fish
- Doug Jaminski
- Doug
- Glenn
- Mick
- Steve Riley
- Nameless Boy with Black Shirt
- Nameless Boy with Glasses and Blue Shirt
- Nameless Boy with Red Hoodie
- Nameless Boy with Red Shirt
- Nameless Girl with Blue Sweater
- Nameless Girl with Dark Red Hair
- Nameless Girl with Green Hair & Dress
- Nameless Girl with Mauve Dress
- Nameless Girl with Red Shirt
Storyboards[]
Here is the link.
Series Continuity[]
- It is hinted here for the second time that Theresa has a crush on Randy. The first time it was hinted at was in "Night of the Living McFizzles."
- Randy is also hinted to like Theresa back when both of them are about to touch hands with each other, although his crush wasn't consolidated until "Shloomp! There It Is!" and later "The Brawn Also Rises".
Trivia[]
- The title of the episode and name of Julian's club are German for "The Monster Club." This is commented on in the episode, when Julian explains to Howard that a "Klub" (pronounced "kloob") is just a "European" way of saying "club."
- This is the first time when the students intentionally turn into monsters (at least, this was Julian's intention for himself and Der Monster Klub).
- The Sorcerer briefly mentioned an incident called the "Great De-pantsing of '81" where a simultaneous humiliation occurred likely resulting in a mass student stanking, much like when happened in the episode.
- When fighting for the Shangri-Lunch table, a parody of he's a pirate can be heard.
- This marks the first speaking role of Dave.
- In the storyboards, instead of playing "not quite friends", it plays the iconic theme of the popular show "Friends".
- This is the second episode in which the NinjaNomicon did not give any lessons or make an appearance, the first being "Night of the Living McFizzles."
- More symptoms of Stanknesia are showcased in this episode; in this case, the victims', such as Julian's, memories are clouded, which makes him forget the reason why he and the Klub got stanked in the first place.
- Several characters' secrets are disclosed by Julian in this episode:
- Juggo is revealed to have a stuffed kitty named Admiral Cuddles.
- Dave is revealed to shave his butts frequently, because his butts are hairy.
- Theresa is revealed to have an unspecified food (or allergy) which she is discomforted with and detests greatly.
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