Low Budget

Season 1, Episode 21, Aired
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Kim ruins her clothes during a mission, and now must buy from Smarty Mart. Meanwhile, Frugal Lucre attempts to take over the internet.
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  • Kim and Ron fight Frugal Lucre a Smarty Mart employee who is planning to destroy the internet

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    By tom705, Apr 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode was an average one. The first thing that happens is Kim and Ron are helping out a marine worker named Jerry at a wildlife reserve to keep his manatees in a safe environment. Two guys in a motor boat come in to rough up the waters. Kim jumps from their boat onto the motor boat and takes the motor out. Then a crocodile comes into the water and chases Kim and bites her in the butt and rips her pants apart. Next thing she knows she has to buy pants from Smarty Mart. She goes to Club Banana to get the right pants but the registers go down. Frugal Lucre comes into the scene and plans to destroy the internet. Kim and Ron travel to Philadelphia to stop him and do it.moreless

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  • This episode is about a new villain that wants to destroy the internet.

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    By glostlover, Jan 28, 2007 Report Abuse
    When Kim ruins her outfit saving the day, she reluctantly goes to Smarty Mart in order to get a temporary pair of pants to hold her over until she gets to Club Banana. However, when Frugal Lucre, a thrifty villain, makes a ploy to disable the Internet in order to get every being in the world to send him a dollar, it's once again up to Kim to save the day; though can she afford to be seen at Smarty Mart? The answer is no but she saves the day and shows Ron that Smarty Mart and Club Banana are totally different. My favorite part of this episode is when at the end Kim saves the world.moreless

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  • Ron is the action hero, while Kim is being the distraction!

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    By dewsid, Dec 04, 2005 Report Abuse
    Low Budget was a superb episode of Kim Possible that I truely liked. The beginning was nice and we get to see Ron call Kim "Kimmy" in this episode alone in the entire series. It was a must-see moment. Now, girls are werid without pants because it just is wrong but luckily we didn't see kim's undergarments!

    Ron was being reasonable and I believe that Frugal Lucre is one of the most underrated villians in the show. His plot was almost successful but Ron and Kim switched roles in the episode. Kim became the distraction while Ron was the hero. Even the part when Ron and Kim were debating was funny!

    Overall, the episode was very good and I would recommend KP fans not to miss this episode.moreless

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  • "Oh, the cheese!"

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    By Lonestarr357, Sep 30, 2005 Report Abuse
    A villain interrupts television broadcasting to demand a ransom of...one dollar. For Kim, this is no big deal. She has more pressing matters, like buying a pair of pants from Club Banana. Unfortunately for her, the registers are down. That guy must've meant business after all.

    With all due respect to Gemini and Falsetto Jones, I truly think that Francis Lurman...er, sorry, Frugal Lucre is the show's most underrated villain. His plan is so simple and yet so clever: the Internet will be destroyed (with expired meat!) unless everyone in the world sends him a dollar. (If you're reading this, you've already admitted the genius of the plot.) And he won't let little things like a full-time job or the fact that he still lives with his mom deter him from his goal.

    Kudos to writers Patti Carr and Lara Runnels for creating such a unique villain and to Richard Kind ("Spin City") for bringing him to life.

    Despite some arbitrary interference from Bonnie, "Low Budget" is a terrific episode.moreless

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  • Kim and Ron face of against Frugal Lucre, a Smarty Mart employee, who wants to destroy the internet! The fiend!!

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    By EJMIV, Sep 29, 2005 Report Abuse
    Frugal Lucre is a funny and surprisingly effective villain. The bargain basement bad guy delivers a great deal amount of evil at the fraction of the cost. His budget cautious approach at super villainy is quite amusing, from his cheap mustache and beard, to his using of snapping turtles. And he actually had a good plan. He would destroy the internet if everyone in the world didn't give him one dollar. Since there are 6 billion people in the world, a dollar a person adds up. And how Kim takes care of him at the end was really creative. Kim, meanwhile, learns a valuable lesson in not being such a discount snob; well sort of. My only problem with this episode is that the animation is a little inconsistent. Is it just me or did Kim at times looked a little too pink? I mean there were moments where Kim looked like a red headed Rufus! The bottom line, is that "Low Budget" delivers the goods.moreless

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    • When Kim and Ron arrive at Francis's door step, Kim's finger is ready to press the door bell in the middle of the door. But when they do a close up, her finger is in the side of the door, getting ready to press the door bell. Edit
    • When Kim paid for the Club Banana pants, she pulled the money out of her pocket despite the fact that she was wearing the new pants, in which she wouldn't have had money within them. Also, the huge shirt Kim was wearing because she needed new pants didn't have any pockets, so it seems illogical that Kim could pull the money out of her pocket when she didn't have no pockets to hold the money in the first place. Edit
    • The cashier from Club Banana can be seen behind Ron and the customer attempting to buy cheese, despite the fact that the Smarty Mart they were at was in another city. Edit

  • Notes

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    • Animation Production by: Toon City Animation, Inc. Edit

  • Quotes

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    • (Kim and Ron corner Frugal Lucre) Kim: Okay, Lucre. Cough up the sausages. Ron: Eww! Rephrase please! Edit
    • (Ron tries to throw Kim and inner tube, but it is eaten by a crocodile) Ron: Well, donuts always fill me up. Edit
    • Bonnie: I can't wait to tell the rest of the squad; Kim Possible is a Smarty Mart shopper! Edit

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    • Spin City: Interestingly, Richard Kind guest stars as Frugal Lucre in this episode. Richard Kind used to portray Paul Lassiter on Spin City. Paul was also cheap. Edit
    • Stripperella: This episode's premise is similar to an episode of Stripperella called "Crime Doesn't Pay. Seriously, It Really Doesn't", which also featured an incredibly cheap villain. Edit
    • Smarty Mart Manager: Free shipping on all purchases over 25 dollars! This is a reference to Amazon.com, in which their online shopping provides free shipping to all purchases over 25 dollars. Edit

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