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"When Howie Met Randy" is the thirty-third episode of the second season (and eighty-fifth episode overall) of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. It premiered on April 27, 2015.[1]
Synopsis[]
6-year-old Randy tries to convince new kid Howard that Norrisville has a Ninja.[2]
Plot[]
The episode opens to a singing narration explaining that it is currently 8 years in the past. The scene opens at Marci's Daycare Center. Little Randy was all lonely balancing on the seesaw, until Marci placed Howard, who claimed to be the new kid, onto the other side of the seesaw. Randy began to enthusiastically chat with Howard, who was rather indifferent towards him. Randy then decided to amaze Howard about Norrisville being the only town that has a Ninja, but Howard only mocked him after spitting juice at him. Howard then used juice box and hand-burger to emphasize how he only believes in tangible things, but Randy remained undeterred.
Meanwhile, Marci was busy dealing with other kids, such as Julian who believed in himself as a bat. This gave Howard and Randy the perfect opportunity to sneak out of the daycare, which Doug witnessed.
At the high school, Principal Slimovitz instated his new job as the principal with his new car and corny punchlines, while Randy and Howard sneaked into the school. By the time Marci realized they were gone when she saw the boys being the only one absent from the drawing table, she blamed Doug for not reporting to her earlier, which triggered Doug's future pettiness. McFist and Viceroy arrived just in time, even though McFist didn't remember it was he and Marci's dating anniversary at first. Marci then left McFist and Viceroy in charge while she frantically went to the high school to search for Randy and Howard. McFist's suffering began the moment when Doug came up with a finger stuck in his nose, which he retorted with how he had already lost an arm and Doug should get over it.
Meanwhile, Randy bragged at Howard about the banner being the proof that the Ninja exists, which Howard still refused to believe. Impulsively, Randy flung his cap at the bucket of red paint, which spilled after falling off the ladder. In a panic, Randy abandoned his cap and he and Howard fled the scene. Marci talks to Principal Slimovitz to find Randy and Howard and she panics when she hears that the school may be infested with monsters even before he took over as principal, then Marci finds Randy's cap and the spilled red paint and believes that the children got hurt, Marci allows herself to be consumed by panic and screams in horror, the Sorcerer perceives her fear, panic and guilt and he stank her, Marci breaks down crying and is stanked, transforming her into a monster, Marci gets up and proceeds to continue her frantic search like a monster.
Soon enough, just as the two boys were bantering about whether the Ninja is real or not, Principal Slimovitz initiated a mass panic attack upon realizing there was a monster, who was Marci, in the school. At the same time, McFist and Viceroy were already losing control of the rambunctious children; McFist had his limbs being played around with and also being messed around by Bash, and Viceroy being dogpiled.
As Marci wrecked havoc in the cafeteria, Randy still insisted to Howard that the Ninja is real. Marci found the boys, and was about to assault them, when the Ninja of '05 finally showed up, finally proving Randy's argument. Ninja of '05 saved both boys, and proceeded fighting Marci, dumping her into a bucket of cheese. Howard was bemused by the corny joke, while Randy was amused by it. Due to Ninja of '05 getting too cocky with Randy's compliment for him, he ended up distracted and Marci started retaliating by slamming him over and over. Howard wanted to leave, but Randy refused and wanted to help, even though Howard believed as six-year-olds they shouldn't need to be responsible until he was caught by Marci.
Desperate to save Howard, Randy tossed a carton of milk to faze Marci. Ninja of '05 tried to use his sword, but slipped and dropped it. Randy then detached the sword from the ground, and after another corny joke, he sliced Marci's apron and thus destanked her. The Sorcerer once again had another day of another foiled plan.
Ninja of '05 was grateful for Randy's help, although he was taken aback by Randy's initial thought of trying to chop Marci's head off, and hoped the kid wouldn't become a Ninja one day so he wouldn't be a menace to society, and he left with his flashy Smoke Bombs' exit. Marci was relieved the boys were safe, but also furious at them leaving the daycare without her permission. As Marci was angrily trotting off with both boys in tow, while Slimovitz mourned over both the destroyed school and his ruined car, the Creep noticed Randy and knew he was the right person as a potential Ninja candidate.
Marci took the boys back to the daycare, where McFist and Viceroy were crucified by other kids in a ritual and were ignored by her, and she gave them a timeout for five minutes. Randy apologized to Howard for the mess, however Howard instead was glad the timeout was only five minutes long and finally believed in the Ninja's existence. Both boys then decided they would try getting vegan surprise birthday cakes at PJ McFlubbusters, which Howard would attempt to get by lying about his birthday.
In the present, Howard is smug about having fabricated himself being the new kid at the daycare as a six-year-old, which Randy retorts with how Howard actually went to a week at his grandparents and claimed he was new after returning. Randy then revealed how they actually first met when they were younger. It turns out, they had met each other as young as three, back when Randy and Howard's respective parents placed them in the Weinermans' bathroom's tub. Three year old Howard originally thought this would be the worst playdate, until Randy farted in the tub, which prompted them to start laughing and bond over farts. And that's how the two boys have been best friends ever since.
Characters[]
Main characters[]
Secondary characters[]
Background characters[]
- Flute Girl
- Bucky Hensletter
- Debbie Kang
- Pradeep
- Jed Elinoff
- Nameless Blond Boy with White Shirt
- Nameless Boy with Blue-Green Shirt
- Nameless Girl with Green Shirt
- Norrisville High students of 2005
Series Continuity[]
- It is confirmed that Randy and Howard met in a bath together as 3 years old, which was mentioned in "So U Think U Can Stank."
- Young Howard implied that he would lie for having multiple birthdays to get birthday cakes at PJ McFlubbusters, which is what he did in "Fudge Factory", which is to lie about his birthday.
- This episode correlates to the fact that Randy and Howard became huge fans of the Ninja, as mentioned in "Last Stall on the Left" and "Ninja Camp".
- However, it also means that compared to Randy, Howard believed in the Ninja much later, until after the incident of meeting Ninja of '05 in this episode.
Trivia[]
- This episode reveals how Randy and Howard met one of the Ninjas in-person.
- Randy reveals that Howard's story of the time when they met the Ninja of '05 is not actually the story of how Howard and Randy themselves first met, as Howard only pretends to be the new kid; however, the story is substantially true in other respects.
- In fact, this story is about why and how The Creep and to an extent, the NinjaNomicon, chose Randy as the current Ninja.
- Randy reveals that Howard's story of the time when they met the Ninja of '05 is not actually the story of how Howard and Randy themselves first met, as Howard only pretends to be the new kid; however, the story is substantially true in other respects.
- The episode title is a reference to the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally.
- Marci gets stanked in this episode. This episode also reveals that Marci is the first monster Randy ever destanked.
- Another past ninja, the Ninja of '05, makes a second appearance. His first appearance was shown as a doodle in "Ninjaception."
- It is revealed that Marci used to run a daycare center.
- Her previous surname is also revealed to be Johnson in this episode.
- The character in Doug's drawing might be an allusion to Courage from the cartoon Courage the Cowardly Dog.
- Bash's drawing is a rough Norisu Nine symbol.
- Stevens is revealed to be left-handed.
- Randy's amusement by the Ninja of '05's puns shows that he probably got his punny humor from him.
- In the past, Randy used to wear a red hat, and he also had a gaped tooth.
- It is revealed in this episode that before Flute Girl got her braces, she had visibly big front teeth.
- Two jingles in this episode confirm that the show takes place in the year 2013 and that Randy and Howard are 14 during the timeline.
- This is the third episode where Randy didn't transform into the Ninja or wear the Ninja Suit, due to the events mostly told in flashbacks.
- Principal Slimovitz is revealed to have been principal of Norrisville High since '05 in this episode.
- Doug being a tattletale is induced by Randy and Howard's misadventure and Marci's blame on him, as revealed in this episode.
- In one of the model sheets, six-year-old Howard's McTop's squid/octopus wore a spinny hat and diapers. However, this design for the squid/octopus wasn't adapted into the final product.
- When the 2005 high school students are panic, there is a student who is a recolored version of S. Renisewn, having white hair and shirt.
Goofs[]
- When The Ninja of '05 first appears, his right hand glove is missing. In the next frame, the glove is on.
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