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Run, Cat, Run / Driving School / Record Breakers

Season 2, Episode 11, Aired Nov 11, 2005

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Run, Cat, Run: Kaz enters Jang Keng and Tekirai in the cat races. During the final round, Jang Keng coughs up a hair ball. It's up to Tekirai to win the race. Driving School: Yumi and Kaz want to know who's a better driver between the two of them. Ami takes them to a driving school. But even there, they are still competing. Record Breakers: Ami and Yumi are competing to see who can set a world record.moreless

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Grey DeLisle

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Janice Kawaye

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Keone Young

Kaz
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Yumi Yoshimura

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Ami Onuki

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Driving School is flawless, the main reason to not miss the episode.

8.7

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By dewsid, May 30, 2006

Run Cat Run was a episode which was entertaining but at the same time, it was quite farfethed. I did like the idea of Kaz and yumi in the same team and Ami being too protective of Takirai. I also think that it was quite noble of Tekirai to win back Jang Keng's honour. However, I think the episode could have been better without the car effects.

Driving School is probably another silly episode which I believe is flawless like "Super Zero/Artist Ami/Ikkakujuu". I think Yumi's lines of what should you do in an emergency was well done and I think the humor used was original. The deer was also cute when it was crying which made Kaz and Yumi crash into each other. Well, truthfully, in real life these kinds of accidents happen so this a lession for us not to race or be too slow! Ami's slow driving made me laugh until I have trouble breathing because its so cute.

Record Breakers was a good episode like "Fan Club" because Kaz helped Ami and Yumi. But this episode also makes it a point where Ami and Yumi get angry with each other.

SO I think this episode was quite good in the way the humor was handled, but I just think Run Cat Run could have improved.moreless
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Driving School is one of the two or three best episodes of the entire series. And the other installments aren't bad either. Plus the live segment is funny.

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By jboice0, Nov 25, 2005

This particular episode is one of the series' funniest. The live action segment where the ladies audition a new drummer has some clever gags. The first cartoon takes us to the seemy underworld of cat racing as Kaz races the two cats in a NASCAR like setting (the cats even bump each other in the walls) and is pretty funny, even though it drags a bit in the middle
But its the second cartoon "Driving School" that grabs you- its the first cartoon effort by comic book writer J. Torres- and the good news is that he wrote two more cartoons that will air in the third season. The plot has Ami, Yumi, and Kaz attending a driving school taught by Ben Stein. The jokes are very funny, and for a first effort, Mr. Torres nailed the characters perfectly- it makes perfect sense that Ami would be the safe, overly-cautious driver, and that Kaz and Yumi would end up competing against each other. Its one cartoon you could watch over and over just to catch all the jokes. The third effort, Record Breakers, has the duo trying (for some reason) to get their name in a Guinness-type Book of World Records. I thought the ending here was predictable, but that's just my opinion. Definitely watch this show for the live action segment and Driving School, and look forward to the other J. Torres penned cartoons in the third season.
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LOL!

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By YamataDragon, Nov 16, 2005

Kaz trains the cats to win a race at the Catona 500. The girls don't agree at first but Yumi then lets Jeng Kang race the other cats. Jang Keng is on a winning streak until the final race. Jang Keng coughs up a hairball & can no longer race. Then, Tekirai takes Jang Kengs place & wins. Yumi & Kaz are fighting over who stinks at driving. Ami is tired of the arguing & wants to have them go seek professional help. When they get to driving school, Yumi & Kaz cet the signs right. But when the driving portion comes up, they fail & Ami passes. Ami drives the bus slowly down the highway, holding up traffic. Yumi & Kaz get off the bus & have a limping contest. Ami & Yumi have always dreamed of breaking a world record. They then think that the other doesn't have what it takes. Kaz messes up they're first attempts. Then, they start messing up each others attempts. After many failures, they make up & get ready to leave. But before they leave, the judges give the girls a trophy for "Most failing attempts by a Japanese singing duo".moreless
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- In Run, Cat, Run, when Kaz was running in two of the scenes, the same background is seen moving across the screen instead of a different one.
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- When Yumi is dreaming she says, "Thank you, Alpha Centauri!" She also says she had dreamt the band had sold out an entire planet. Alpha Centauri is a star, not a planet.
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QUOTES (13)
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- Decker: Yowza, yowza! Hacha, hacha!
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- Yumi: You call that limping? I can limp circles around you! Kaz: You talk the talk, but can you walk the walk? Ami: (While driving) Guys, you're going too fast ! Slow down! Guys?!
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- Mr. McPrudent: Welcome to the Safety McPrudent Driving school, where our motto is "AAHH! WATCH OUT! LOOK OUT OVER THERE! EEK!"
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- Yumi: (to Kaz) I can't believe you're gonna root for her. Ami: (to Kaz) I can't believe you're gonna root for her. Kaz: I can't believe the size of this cotton candy!
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- Yumi: (to Ami, after she fails at her first world record attempt) Nice try. I give you a "bee-minus." Ha!
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- Yumi: It's just like that story, "The Tortoise and the Hare." Kaz: Slow and steady wins the race. Huh!
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- Yumi: What do you have to say for yourself? Ami: (While trying to driving on the highway) Oh, deer! Kaz: Oh, dear? That's it? Yumi: (Looking ahead of the bus) OH! DEER!!!
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- Yumi: (at the dark alley with Ami) Nice neighborhood, if you're a roach.
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- Kaz: I got to stop taking days off. They're too stressful.
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- Yumi: Yeah Kaz. This isn't a race course. It's where you're goin' down. Kaz: Four words: Bring-it-on... ya.
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- Yumi: Five words: Eat-my-exhaust-fumes...bucko.
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- Mr. McPrudent: This sign means... Yumi: Slippery when cheese!
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- Mr. McPrudent: What do you do in this situation? (Projector shows a car about to fall off a cliff) Kaz: AAAAAH! (Incorrect buzzer) Yumi: Hope your car is made of rubber? (Incorrect buzzer) Ami: Make sure you have a parachute in your emergency kit. (Correct 'ping'; projector shows driver with parachute going down as car has fallen off the side of the cliff) Mr. McPrudent: Very good, Ami. What do you do in this situation? (Projector shows a giant dinosaur stepping on a car) Kaz: AAAAAH!! (Incorrect buzzer) Yumi: Make sure you have big scaly foot insurance? (Incorrect buzzer) Ami: Stop, drop, and roll to avoid flaming monster breath. Then call the army! (Projector shows dinosaur getting chased by projectiles and tanks)
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- First time we see Yumi in a straight jacket.
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- Main Ally(ies): Becker n' Decker
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- The Yumi future guy that got Yumi's "smell-o-graph" in "AmiYumi 3000" can be seen in the audience in "Record Breakers".
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- Ami's Goals: Hug every animal Ride a rainbow Start a band with Yumi Set a world record
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- Yumi's Goals: Get struck by lightning Stage dive off a cliff Start a band with Ami Set a world record
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- Flash Backman, from Lights, Camera, Danger can be seen in the crowd on Yumi Avenue.
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- A dog is in the audience in "Record Breakers".
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- A clown with a foam finger is in the audience in "Record Breakers".
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- Records the girls attempted: Biggest Beard of Live Bees Guitar Juggling Most Arms Spins Biggest Balloon Animal Longest Dive
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- Signs used in "Driving School: Stop Yield No U Turn Small Children Bad Children Don't Feed The Robot Slippery When Cheese
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- A deformed version of Wild Girls on Circuit is played at the beginning of "Driving School".
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- Kaz's scream from The Amazing Kaz-Am is heard again in this episode.
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- Look Hard: 1) One of Ami's goals was to ride a rainbow and it was marked out. 2) When we see Yumi's list of goals, she had "getting struck by lightning" as one of her goals & she has it marked out reach really did happen. She gets struck by lightning in the episode Scowlitis.
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- The cats have a new sleeping spot that looks like a tower.
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- Second time the tour bus almost runs over an innocent forest animal since Arbor Day.
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- One of the cardboard dummies in "Driving School" is the zillionaire from Treasure Map.
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- In "Driving School", the arm that tries to grab Yumi and Kaz when they emerge from a tunnel is the Bigfoot's arm from Camping Caper.
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- In "Record Breakers", Yumi wore her bikini the second time since Yumi Goes Solo without Ami.
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- First appearances of Becker and Decker.
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- Second time Ami and Yumi let their cats attack Kaz since Cat Feud.
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- This episode marked the first time the instrumental version of the theme song was not used to close the show. A drum solo was used instead.
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- Credits: The chairwoman playing the drums.
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- Featured Songs: Into The Beach Stray Cats Fever Talalan Shoubijin Destruction Pankake
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- Live Puffy Theme: The girls audition new drummers for the band.
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- We learn that both Jang Keng and Tekarai are females.
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- When Ami and Yumi almost run over a deer, there is a butterfly on it's tail. This is a reference to the hit Disney movie "Bambi".
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- Look Hard: Before Ami and Yumi see the poster for NASCAT, the man standing next to the entrance strongly resembles "The Inspector" from the same-titled series of cartoon shorts shown with "The Pink Panther Show" in the 1960's.
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- Look Hard: One of the competing cats in "Run Cat Run" looks like Stimpy from "The Ren & Stimpy Show."
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- Name: Dr. Donelittle When Yumi called Ami "Dr. Donelittle," it is a spoof of the name of Dr. Dolittle, from the movies of the same name.
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- Name: Dekazalon This is a parody of the word "decathalon".
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- Buzzer Noise The incorrect buzzer heard in "Driving School" is similar to the one heard on The Price is Right.
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- Name: Becker 'n' Decker's Book of World Records A spoof of Guinness's Book of World Records.
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- Names: CatTona 500 and NasCat A spoof of NASCAR and the annual "Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing" known as the Daytona 500. More Info
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- Appearances: The Beatles In "Driving School," The Beatles make an appearance on carboard as pedestrians.
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