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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]] and [[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. | |||
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But | After the title card, [[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. 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, HUGO said that Mr. Ratburn was incorrect when he mentioned that Jacob Katzenellenbogan was Elwood City's founder because HUGO believed that Francis Wheaton was the actual founder of Elwood City. | ||
But i t 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 for reveal a letter that says that his great-uncle was the founder of Elwood City. | |||
After HUGO was proven wrong by the evidence Brain presented, HUGO malfunctioned. Ratburn asked if Alfred Katzenellenbogan would mind telling the class about Elwood City in its earlier days, which Alfred Katzenellenbogan was more than greatful to do. | After HUGO was proven wrong by the evidence Brain presented, HUGO malfunctioned. Ratburn asked if Alfred Katzenellenbogan would mind telling the class about Elwood City in its earlier days, which Alfred Katzenellenbogan was more than greatful to do. |
Revision as of 20:19, 27 September 2019
"Get Smart" | |
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Season/Series: | 16 |
Number in season: | 4a |
Original Airdate: | October 18, 2012[1] April 9, 2013[2] |
Credits | |
Written by: | Claudia Silver |
Storyboard by: | Cilbur Rocha |
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Summary
A battle begins when HUGO, the new interactive whiteboard, corrects Mr. Ratburn in front of the class.
Plot
Arthur announces the beginning of a match between Mr. Ratburn and the unknown challenger from Cupertino, California. Francine and 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.
Get Smart
After the title card, 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. 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, HUGO said that Mr. Ratburn was incorrect when he mentioned that Jacob Katzenellenbogan was Elwood City's founder because HUGO believed that Francis Wheaton was the actual founder of Elwood City.
But i t 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 for reveal a letter that says that his great-uncle was the founder of Elwood City.
After HUGO was proven wrong by the evidence Brain presented, HUGO malfunctioned. Ratburn asked if Alfred Katzenellenbogan would mind telling the class about Elwood City in its earlier days, which Alfred Katzenellenbogan was more than greatful to do.
Characters
Major
Minor
- Alfred Katzenellenbogan
- Arthur Read
- Binky Barnes
- Buster Baxter
- Dave
- Francine Frensky
- Francis Haney
- Paige Turner
- Technician
Cameo
- Alex
- Carlos (pictured)
- Fern Walters
- Francis Wheaton (pictured)
- George Lundgren
- Jacob Katzenellenbogan (pictured)
- Maria Pappas
- Muffy Crosswire
- Prunella Deegan
- Vladimir and Estragon
Songs
Trivia
- In Korean, this episode is titled "인공지능 칠판", which translates to "Artificial intelligence board."
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.
- 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.
- 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 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 Apple Computers's headquarters.
Episode connections
- 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.
- 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.
- Vladimir and Estragon appear again since their debut in "Cents-less."
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