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Sink or Swim

Episode Number: 2    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Friday June 7, 2002    Prod Code: 111
The Middleton Cheersquad is on their way to a competition, but they get stuck at Ron's worst nightmare, Camp Wannaweep. They all soon find that many dangers hide there, including an old acquaintance of Ron.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Amanda Rudolph Schwartz, Julie Du Fine
Director: Chris Bailey
Star: Nancy Cartwright (Rufus),  Tahj Mowry (Wade),  Will Friedle (Ron Stoppable),  Christy Carlson Romano (Kim Possible)
Recurring Role: Patrick Warburton (Steve Barkin),  Tara Strong (Tara),  Kirsten Storms (Bonnie Rockwaller)
Guest Star: Corey Burton (Officer Hobble),  Rosslynn Taylor (Crystal),  Justin Berfield (Gil / Gill),  John DiMaggio (Camp Counselor),  Corey Burton (Dr. Lurkin)

Notes

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There is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody that has the same name of this episode. (edit)
This was the first episode of Kim Possible ever to be offered on DisneyChannel.com. (edit)
Animation Production by: Rough Draft Korea Co. Ltd. (edit)

Quotes

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Barkin: Hey listen up, the police are gonna give us a lift home. Lock and load!
Ron: I'll be there in a minute, Mr. B.
(Ron is looking at the now destroyed Cabin 13)
Kim: Pretty amazing.
Ron: What do you mean?
Kim: Everything! You were awesome!
Ron: Yeah. This is the one place where I know the score. Where Ron Stoppable knows what it takes to be he last camper standing.
(The step he is standing on breaks causing him to fall)
Kim: Ron, the stuff you did. You were resourceful, you were brave. That hasn't anything to do with this place. It's you.
Ron: You think so?
Kim: Mhm.
Ron: So on our next mission, I call the shots?
Kim: Ah... ehe, we'll see.
Ron: Oh, come on, I know what that means.
Kim: It means that we'll see.
Ron: Yeah, that's a code for not a chance!
Kim: Actually, it's code for ferociously unlikely.
Ron: Aw, man! (edit)
Hobble: Nice, work, Miss Possible.
Kim: Actually, Officer Hobble, it was all Ron.
Hobble: (laughs) Good one, young lady.
Kim: I'm serious.
(Points over to Ron who is being followed by Barkin and the cheer squad)
Barkin: (pats Ron on his back) Nice work, Stoppable.
Cheerleaders: Nice work! Good going, you rule!
Rufus: (fast) Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Ron: No, no no! Thank you
(Tara kisses Ron on his cheek)
Bonnie: You know, it's not like not like you're still, you know, you. But it would really stink if that jerk had turned us into mutants. And you were kinda brave, and all.
Ron: (high fives Rufus): Who rocks?
Bonnie: (sighs) You do.
Ron: Boo-ya! (edit)
Ron: (to Gill who is trapped in a net) Let me tell you, Ron Stoppable makes a mean lanyard.
Barkin: Hurry man, my feet are webbing as we speak!
(Some scientists remove the muck on Barkin)
Gill: Ron, you're still a squeeb! (he gets dropped in a large fish bowl tank) And you always will be!
Kim: Dr. Lurkin specializes in genetic mutations.
Ron: (shakes hands with Lurkin) So you... think you can reverse Gill's mutation?
Lurkin: Well, I specialize in genetically altered rutabagas, so this should be quite a challenge!
Gill: I will have my revenge!
Lurkin: Oh, don't worry, I'll fix him up!
Ron: Get normal soon, Gill!
Barkin: (to Lurkin) Hey, hey. Check my neck, everything cool? (edit)
Gill: Give it up, Ronnie!
Ron: Not when I've got my old Cabin 13 escape tunnel handy!
Bonnie: He is ditching us!
Tara: That... ditcher!
Kim: Ron does not ditch! He's...(Barkin makes weird sounds) Mr. Barkin, what's up with you?
Barkin: Man, my neck feel all weird and itchy, and... (gills starts to grow on Barkin) cheese and crackers, I'm mutatin'! (edit)
(Gill sticks Kim to a tree with muck)
Ron: KP!
Gill: Step away from Miss Possible, Ronnie!
Ron: How do you know her?
Gill: Oh, I know all about your life, squeeb. It's been going great, hasn't it?
Ron: I -- I've got some complaints, but who doesn't?
Gill: Is one of your complaints that you're a stinking mutant?!
Barkin: Alright son, let's take a time out here, before things get out of hand.
(Gill sticks Barkin to a tree with muck)
Gill: Do you mind? Can't you see I'm catching up with my old camp buddy? (turns to Ron) So, Ron. Did you ever hear why they shut down the camp?
Ron: Err... no.
Gill: It turns out -- oh, you're gonna love this -- the lake had been polluted with runoff from the Science Camp! (We see the Science Camp)
Ron: I thought that was Band Camp...
Gill: No, that's Band Camp. (We see the Band Camp)
Ron: Really? I thought that was Clown Camp.
Gill: No, that's Clown Camp! (We see the Clown Camp)
Ron (laughing): Oh, yeah. I love those clowns.
Gill: Argh! Okay, the point is, the lake was toxic!
Ron: See, I thought that lake was funky! But, I'm glad I never went in. You, on the other hand, you practically... lived in that... water.
Gill: While you made wallets!
Ron: And lanyards. I ruled at lanyards... hehe.
Kim: Look, we know plenty of scientists. Maybe someone can cure you.
Gill: Science? Science made like this!
Ron: Are you sure it wasn't the clowns? (edit)

Trivia

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Gill is back in the net, in the wide shot, when Kim is talking to the police officer. At this time, he should already be in the giant fishbowl. (edit)
Although Ron is shown as the cheer squad mascot in this episode, he doesn't become the "Middleton Mad Dog" until Attack of the Killer Bebes, which was produced prior to Sink or Swim and is set chronologically earlier. (edit)
When Gill is saying, "It turns out, and you're gonna love this, the lake had been polluted by run-off from the science camp," his nose changes colors and shapes several times. (edit)
Ron's pockets frequently change from cargo pants pockets to normal pockets throughout this episode. (edit)
Seen from the outside, the bus looks pretty big (like a normal school bus), but the inside is small, as it only has four rows of seats. (edit)

Allusions

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Scooby Doo:

The scene in which Kim and Mr. Barkin walk by the camera followed by Gill after they pass off screen is the exact same of shot used in nearly every episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The lighting of the scene and overall design of Gill even make the scene appear like the classic TV show. (edit)
Ron: (while making a knot) Mr. Rabbit comes out of his hole and hops around the tree...

This is reminiscent of a scene in Jaws in which Chief Brody is trying to make a knot. (The rope was tied to a barrel, which would be used to catch the shark.) This is also how many cub scouts are taught to make the bowline knot. (edit)
Tara: It's just like one of those horror movies. Teens stranded at a camp. All alone in the middle of nowhere. And then some creepo starts to pick them off. One by one.

Tara's description of "one of those horror movies" matches that of the original Friday the 13th movie. (edit)
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"Nothing happened"
okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !11!!!1!!!1111!1! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!11!1111!!!!111111!!!! !1!
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AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !Camp Wannibe!!!
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"Silly"
funny...
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"Character development"
great
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"Flashback episode"
A horror movie parody?
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