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|prod. code= 1604a
|prod. code= 1604a
|writers= [[Claudia Silver]]
|writers= [[Claudia Silver]]
|titlecard= Get Smart Title Card.png
|titlecard= Get_Smart_Title_Card.jpg
|storyboarders= [[Cilbur Rocha]]
|storyboarders= [[Cilbur Rocha]]|image = Get Smart.JPG|number = 4a|us = October 18, 2012<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001604</ref>|uk=April 9, 2013<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2013/04/09</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|1|4|16}}
|image = Get Smart.JPG
|number = 4a
|us = October 18, 2012<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20001604</ref>
|uk=April 9, 2013<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2013/04/09</ref>
}}
{{Cquote|Today, we are going to learn more about our very own Elwood City|[[Nigel Ratburn]]}}
{{EpisodeHeader|1|4|16}}
==Summary==
==Summary==
A battle begins when Hugo, the new interactive whiteboard, corrects Mr. Ratburn in front of the class.
A battle begins when HUGO, the new interactive whiteboard, corrects Mr. Ratburn in front of the class.
==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] announces the beginning of a match between Mr. Ratburn and the unknown challenger from Cupertino, California. [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] and [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] are shocked to see the challenger, and Mr. Ratburn nervously gulps at the sight of the challenger. Arthur tells the two to have a good, clean match and to shake hands before beginning.
The intro starts as a match between Mr. Ratburn and the unknown Challenger as announced by Arthur. Francine and Buster were shocked to see the Challenger.


<center>'''Get Smart'''</center>
The episode starts with Principal Haney announcing that Mr. Ratburn's class was chosen to test out a whiteboard for two weeks. After Brain helped Mr. Ratburn turned on HUGO, the smartboard, the students asked HUGO questions. Then, Mr. Ratburn tried to read the directions but was unable to do so. Luckily, Brain offered to help him after Mr. Ratburn tried to read the directions. With that, Mr. Ratburn accepted Brain's offer, and after school that day, Brain spent some time trying to help Mr. Ratburn; then they manage to go through the whole manual. Then Brain saw something in the manual that said that HUGO was 100 percent accurate and questions how something can be 100 percent accurate. The next day at school, HUGO said that Mr. Ratburn was incorrect when he said that Jacob Katzenellenbogan was Elwood City's founder because HUGO believed that Francis Wheaton was the actual founder of Elwood City.


After the title card, [[Francis Haney|Mr. Haney]] announces that Mr. Ratburn's class was chosen to test out a new smartboard for two weeks. After Brain helps Mr. Ratburn turn on [[Hugo]], the smartboard, the students ask Hugo several questions. Then, Mr. Ratburn tells the students that he has to read the instruction manual first. Then, Brain offers to help Mr. Ratburn after class, and Mr. Ratburn accepts Brain's offer.
But it turned out that Jacob Katzenellenbogan was Elwood City's real founder. Brain did some research on the history of Elwood City and even brought Alfred Katzenellenbogan, the great-nephew of Jacob Katzenellenbogan, to school to reveal a letter that says that his great-uncle was the founder of Elwood City.  
[[File:Getsmart - hugo's manual.jpg|Hugo's manual|thumb|right]]
After school that day, Brain spends some time helping Mr. Ratburn, and they manage to go through the whole manual. Then Brain sees something in the manual that proclaims Hugo is 100% accurate and he questions how nothing can be 100% accurate.


The next day at school, Mr. Ratburn is teaching the class about the early history of Elwood City, including how Elwood City was catapulted into the industrial age by the opening of the first steam-powered sawmill. Hugo says that Mr. Ratburn is incorrect when he mentions that [[Jacob Katzenellenbogan]] opened the first steam-powered sawmill in Elwood City, because Hugo believes that [[Francis Wheaton]] was the one who built it. The class is shocked that Mr. Ratburn was wrong, but Brain isn't convinced.
After HUGO was proven wrong by the evidence Brain presented, HUGO malfunctioned. Mr. Ratburn asked if Alfred Katzenellenbogan would mind telling the class about Elwood City in the earlier days, which Alfred Katzenellenbogan was more than glad to do.
 
Brain has a dream that night how Pseudo Meta Corporation intentionally programmed Hugo to only be 98% accurate instead of 100%, claiming that most people won't care about a little 2%, which makes Hugo sad. Brain then wakes up from his dream.
 
Over the next few days, Brain does some research at the library about the early history of Elwood City, while Mr. Ratburn keeps trying to prove Hugo wrong at school to no success. While doing research at the library, Brain learns in a Spring 1902 article of the [[Elwood City Gazette]] that Jacob Katzenellenbogan was the one who built the first steam-powered sawmill in Elwood City after all.
 
One morning at school, after Mr. Ratburn fails to prove Hugo wrong with a question about puppetry, Brain comes in with [[Alfred Katzenellenbogan]], the great-nephew of Jacob Katzenellenbogan, proving Hugo wrong with a document that proves that Alfred's great-uncle built the first steam-powered sawmill in Elwood City.
 
Hugo malfunctions after being told by Mr. Ratburn to admit that he isn't 100% accurate, after which the entire class cheers. Mr. Ratburn then asks Alfred Katzenellenbogan if he would mind telling the class about Elwood City in its earlier days, and Alfred is more than greatful to do so. He starts telling the class about the time he visited his great-uncle's sawmill, ending the episode.


==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
===Major===
*[[Hugo]]
*[[Alan Powers]]
*[[Hugo|HUGO]]
*[[Nigel Ratburn]]
*[[Nigel Ratburn]]
===Minor===
*[[Alfred Katzenellenbogan]]
*[[Alfred Katzenellenbogan]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
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*[[Paige Turner]]
*[[Paige Turner]]
*[[Technician]]
*[[Technician]]
*[[Alex]] (cameo)
===Cameo===
*[[Carlos (pen pal)|Carlos]] (pictured,cameo)
*[[Alex]]
*[[Fern Walters]] (cameo)
*[[Carlos (pen pal)|Carlos]] (pictured)
*[[Francis Wheaton]] (pictured,cameo)
*[[Fern Walters]]
*[[George Lundgren]] (cameo)
*[[Francis Wheaton]] (pictured)
*[[George Lundgren]]
*[[Jacob Katzenellenbogan]] (pictured)
*[[Jacob Katzenellenbogan]] (pictured)
*[[Maria Pappas]] (cameo)
*[[Maria Pappas]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire]] (cameo)
*[[Muffy Crosswire]]
*[[Prunella Deegan]] (cameo)
*[[Prunella Deegan]]
*[[Vladimir and Estragon]] (cameo)
*[[Vladimir and Estragon]]
*[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]] (cameo)


==Songs==
==Songs==
*"[[Daisy Bell]]"
*"[[Daisy Bell]]"
==Trivia==
===Cultural references===
*This episode is set in 2012, as 'cymotrichous' was the winning word of the 2011 national spelling bee, and Mr. Ratburn said it was the winning word of last year's national spelling bee.
*When Mr. Ratburn asks Hugo a question about poetry, a theme music similar to the music theme from "Who Wants to be a Millionare."
*The device looks similar to the Smartboard, and was referred to multiple times as "the smartboard".
*[[Hugo]] is a reference to the supercomputer HAL-9000 from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. In fact, both computers sing the 'Daisy Bell' song when they break down.
**In Brain's dream segment, one of the scientists in the lab testing on Hugo is referred to as Dave, which is the name of a main character in ''2001: A Space Odyssey''
*The title is a reference to the television show ''[[wikipedia:Get Smart|Get Smart]]''.
**"Smart" also refers to high-tech devices.
** HUGO is a parody of the smart boards.
*In the cold open of the episode, "The Challenger" is said to originate from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupertino,_California Cupertino, California], home of worldwide electronics brand, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. Apple].


==Trivia==
===Errors===
*In Korean, this episode is titled "인공지능 칠판", which translates to "Artificial intelligence (black)board."
* In the scene where HUGO is first switched on, the class start asking HUGO many frivilous questions like asking what the school dinner is or if they can watch a movie. Right before that, HUGO is shown with HUGO's face on the screen, however when HUGO next appears a few seconds later HUGO's screen is blank (as if HUGO had been switched off). It is possible that HUGO had in fact been switched off (because Mr. Ratburn was explaining that he needed to read the instruction manual first) but the time between HUGO being shown switched on and HUGO supposedly switched off was too short for Mr. Ratburn to have chosen to switch HUGO of and to then also subsequently carry out the action.
*The statement "Today, we are going to learn more about our very own [[Elwood City]]" was also used in [[Buster's Book Battle]].
*'''4th Wall break:''' When Hugo starts up, for a split second, you can see a photo of ''Arthur'' director [[Greg Bailey]].
*'''Timeline:'''
**The [[Bolivia]] postcard from Sue Ellen's old journal from "[[April 9th]]" can be briefly seen as one of the photos right after Brain turns on Hugo.
**Mr. Ratburn still has [[Vladimir and Estragon]] from "[[Cents-less]]."
*'''Moral:''' Dont expoilt robots for your own benefits.
===Episode connections===
===Episode connections===
*This episode's plot is similar to "[[Mr. Alwaysright]]," where Buster continuously tries to prove Brain wrong. However, this time, it is Brain who is trying to prove Hugo wrong.
*The Bolivia postcard from Sue Ellen's old journal from "[[April 9th]]* can be briefly seen as one of the pictures right after "[[Alan Powers]]" turns on the new computer.
===Errors===
*This episode's plot is similar to "[[Mr. Alwaysright]]," where [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] continuously tries to prove [[Alan Powers|Brain]] wrong. However, this time, it is Brain who is trying to prove HUGO wrong.
*When Brain is printing out a copy of the Elwood City Gazette at the library, his white shirt collar temporarily turns yellow.
*[[Vladimir and Estragon]] appear again since their debut in "[[Cents-less]]".
===Cultural references===
*This episode is set in 2012, as "cymotrichous" was the winning word of the 2011 national spelling bee, and Mr. Ratburn says it was the winning word of last year's national spelling bee.
**It also aired in 2012.
*When Mr. Ratburn asks Hugo a question about poetry, music similar to the music theme from ''Who Wants to be a Millionare'' plays in the background.
*The episode has a simliar premise to [https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/The_Loud_Cloud The Loud Cloud] from ''The Loud House'' and [https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/I,_Breakfast_Bot I, Breakfast Bot] from ''{{W|The Casagrandes}}.
*[[Hugo]] is a reference to the supercomputer HAL-9000 from ''{{W|2001: A Space Odyssey}}''. In fact, both computers sing the 'Daisy Bell' song when they break down.
**In Brain's dream segment, one of the scientists in the lab testing on Hugo is referred to as [[Dave (rabbit)|Dave]], which is the name of a main character in ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
*The title is a reference to the television show ''{{W|Get Smart}}''. The word "smart" also refers to high-tech gagdets.
*In the cold open of the episode, "the challenger" is said to originate from Cupertino, California, the real location of {{W|Apple Computers}}'s headquarters.


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