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Car Trouble

Episode Number: 26    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Friday August 15, 2003    Prod Code: 213
Kim and Ron begin Drivers Ed, but have problems right out of the gate. Meanwhile, Drakken kidnapps a scientist to help him with his new plans.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Bill Motz, Bob Roth
Director: Steve Loter
Star: Nicole Sullivan (Shego),  Nancy Cartwright (Rufus),  Tahj Mowry (Wade),  Will Friedle (Ron Stoppable),  Jean Smart (Dr. Possible (Mom)),  Gary Cole (Dr. Possible (voice)),  Christy Carlson Romano (Kim Possible (as Christy Carlson Romano)),  Shaun Fleming (Jim and Tim Possible)
Recurring Role: John DiMaggio (Dr. Drakken),  Kirsten Storms (Bonnie),  Patrick Warburton (Mr. Barkin),  Nicole Sullivan (Shego),  Jeff Bennett (Toaster, Blender, Ghost Car),  Jeff Bennett (Film Narrator)
Guest Star: Reggie Hayes (Dr. Freeman, Microwave),  Susie Essman (Sadie (voice))

Notes

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Animation Production by: Starburst Animation Co., Ltd (edit)

Quotes

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Kim: (To Mr. Dr. Possible, heading out the door to school) Later, dad.
Mr. Dr. Possible: Need a ride to school, Kimmie?
Kim: Already got one.
Mr. Dr. Possible: With a boy?
(Jim and Tim stop eating breakfast and stare with open mouths)
Kim: No. A computerized, self-driving sport utility vehicle.
Mr. Dr. Possible: Okey-dokey then. Long as it's not a boy. (edit)
(Kim Possible about to take drivers test. Sees "ghost" of things people have said to her)
Ron: Rite of passage.
Mr. Barkin: Gateway to adulthood.
Movie Narrator: Ghost car
Bonnie: Don't choke.
Mr. Barkin: Put it in gear.
Real Mr. Barkin: (yelling) Put it in gear! (edit)
Ron: This isn't just a big deal. This is a big hairy deal. (edit)
SADIE: Try the toaster!
Toaster (to Kim and Ron in a old fashion jewish Eastern European accent): Truth be told I was concentrating on making the toast. It was a perfect golden-brown.
Ron: Good man. (edit)
Microwave: I just remembered something about the people who took Dr. Freeman.
Kim: Spill.
Microwave: Their body temperature was at 98.6 degrees.
Ron: That narrows the list of suspect to. . . everyone in the whole wide world! (edit)

Trivia

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It seems highly impossible for students to be expected to drive on their first day of Driver's Ed. (edit)
Kim has to drive S.A.D.I.E. out of Drakken's headquarters because the blast from Shego's ray damaged her internal guidance system, or something, meaning she could no longer drive herself. But when S.A.D.I.E. confesses to having cheated on Kim's driving test, she clearly pulls up to Kim on her own, sans driver. (edit)
When the Destructo-Bots are randomly shooting each other, Drakken is clearly seen jumping far out of the way of a beam that lands and makes a small crater. The next shot with him shows him crawling out of the now MUCH bigger crater. (edit)
When Ron is walking back from his first Driver's Ed crash, there are splotches of oil or grease on his pants in the long shot that are not there in the close up shot of Rufus. (edit)
In act two, Sadie vaporizes the driver's ed car, but the car returns in the end for Kim to retake her test in. (edit)

Allusions

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Barry White:

Dr. Freeman's stereo's voice and its party mix music are very similar to Barry White.
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The Scream:

Ron's screaming (after the commercial) emulates the classic painting The Scream. (edit)
Men in Black:

The stick stift with the small red button on it used for making SADI go super-fast is a reference to a similar device in the film Men in Black. (edit)
Driver's Ed Film: The Ghost Car:

A parody of the classic Driver's Ed films from the 1950s though the 1970s including "Signal 30" (1959), "Wheels of Tragedy" (1963) and "Highways of Agony" (1969), all featuring the gory aftermath of fatal accidents. (edit)
Ron: That drink holder looks large enough to hold a king-size Slurpster!

The "Slurpster" is a rip-off of 7-11's Slurpee. (edit)
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Community Reviews (2)

 
8.7
Great
Car Trouble
"Exciting"
This episode is about Kim and Ron saving the world and learning how to drive.
Continue » Posted Jan 28, 2007 9:52 am PST
8.4
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Car Trouble
"Well written"
This episode showed just how strong both Ron and Kim are, not just physically, but mentaly.
Continue » Posted Aug 18, 2006 11:55 am PST
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