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The Talented Mr. Long

Episode Number: 3    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Friday January 28, 2005    Prod Code: 108
Spud participates in the talent show as a magician. Trixie and Jake promise to help him win. But the chalice/trophy for the winner of the talent competition imprisons an ancient evil djinn which would be released as soon as the cup would be filled with water. As Rotwood is also after it, Jake needs to enter the talent show pretending to be a ventriloquist to a puppet who is actually Fu Dog to get the chalice. Will Jake forsake his friendship with Spud to save the magical world or will he let Rotwood gain the trophy and release the Djnn!

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Laura McCreary
Director: Christian Roman
Star: Keone Young (Jake's Grandfather),  Dante Basco (Voice of Jake Long),  Miss Kittie (Trixie)
Recurring Role: John DiMaggio (Fu Dog),  Paul Rugg (Professor Rotwood),  Susan Blakeslee (Principal Derceto),  Jeff Bennett (Hog Caller, Police #1, Boblin),  John DiMaggio (Police Officer #2),  Matt Nolan (Brad)
Guest Star: Miss Kittie (Origami Girl),  David Ogden Stiers (Narrator, Crew Man),  Paul Rugg (Triangle Boy),  Paul Rugg (Professor Rotwood)

Notes

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First appearence of Jake's handicapped Principal Derceto. She is the first handicapped principal to ever appeared in animated cartoons. (edit)
Rose does not appear. (edit)
When this aired on 2/5/05 the credit style in the first airing was different than the repeat at 11:00 PM. (edit)
Professor Rotwood seems just like Mr. Crocker from The Fairly Oddparents.

RE: The only difference is that Crocker is only searching for fairies, while Rotwood searches for numerous types of magical creatures. (edit)
Aired in Italy on 18th January 2005. (edit)

Quotes

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Gramps: Sometimes we must make sacrifices. Why do you think Grandpa's only friend is a 600-year old Shar-Pei?
Fu: What can I say? I'm great at parties, whoo-hoo! (edit)
Rotwood: Admiral attempted Mr. Long, but I'm afraid you'll never beat my young piano prodigy with that, mangy puppet.
Fu: (Pretending to be Jake's puppet) Hey who you callin' mangy there Molly McHair-piece.
Rotwood: I bet your pardon?
Jake: Ahaha, take it easy Captain Ar-Ar.
Fu: Seriously, you might want to call an exterminator for that rat's nest you call hair. I'd like to introduce you to a new concept, it's called a comb! (edit)
Spud: My great-grandfather was a magician. He taught me to never give up.
Trixie: To bad he neglected to teach you "magic".
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Jake: Now if I was an ancient magical chalice were would I be. (edit)
Jake : (Jake doing his ventriliquist act with Fu) Why don't they serve escargo in Davey Jones Locker.....
Fu : Because dead men sell no snails (edit)

Trivia

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Brad is a quarterback on the school's football team. (edit)
After Jake and Fu Dog accidently leave the Chalice on the subway, a big woman sits on it, and gets stuck up her butt cheeks. (edit)
On the first episode 'Old School Training', Fu Dog easily got in the toilet, and flushed himself down it. However this time, Fu Dog gets stuck in the toilet after Brad throws him in it. (edit)
When the bathroom starts to leak, the water starts to drop into the Chalice. But when Fu dog and Jake return, the Chalice is over flowing. It couldn't of filled that fast. (edit)
When doing the magical trick, Spud was wearing a top hat. But when he pulls out the Djinn, he is wearing his usual brown hat. (edit)

Allusions

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Fu Dog: "Dead men sell no snails!"
This line is a parody of the famous line from Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean, "Dead men tell no tales." (edit)
Title: Kim Possible
The Genie's flaring green hands are very similar to the superpowers of Shego from Kim Possible, another Disney show John DiMaggio also starred in, only his role was the opposite of Fu Dog - While Fu Dog is one of the heroes, Drakken was one of the villains. (edit)
Title: The Talented Mr. Ripley
This episode's title is a parody of the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley. (edit)
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The Talented Mr. Long
"Exactly why I watch this series"
spud the spudnificent!
Continue » Posted Nov 29, 2007 8:00 pm PST
8.7
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The Talented Mr. Long
"Average"
Jake has to enter a talent show to retrieve a trophy with a genie in it.
Continue » Posted Mar 3, 2007 10:15 am PST
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The Talented Mr. Long
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jake enters the a talent show
Continue » Posted Sep 6, 2006 1:46 pm PST
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The Talented Mr. Long
"Exactly why I watch this series"
An excellent episode.
Continue » Posted Apr 16, 2006 8:22 am PST
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