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Undergrads Season 1 Episode 2

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AIRED: 4/29/01

State U. tradition has it that the first snowfall of the year means running around the campus...naked. To participate, Nitz realizes that he must lose weight, and fast. To spite his tyrannical RA, Gimpy leads his bands of nerd minions through a series of practical jokes in honor of Tekerson Tech Traditions Week.moreless

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By jacobp76, Jun 08, 2008

Nitz gets fat After having just seen the last episode for the first season (perhaps the last ever) I realize what a great show Undergrads truly is. The characters are so rich and entertaining that you find yourself laughing at their antics but also seeing a little bit of you and your friends in each of them. This makes for a rewarding experience in television viewing.

The story focuses on four friends (members of The Clique) Nitz, Cal, Rocko, and Gimpy who all attend different colleges in the same town, they've been friends since birth and nothing is going to change that now. Each of the characters fits a stereotype but also breaks it. Nitz is the nice quite nerdy guy that always feels a constant embarrassment towards the friends he has but also a great bit of love towards. Rocko is the tough guy that basically excels at being an ass, especially to Cal who truly steals the show as the quiet annoying yet good looking babe magnet...its Cal that comes in with the great lines that cause you to burst into laughter "Sorry guy time for my late afternoon sex". Another true gem in the show is Gimpy the shut in from Techerson Tech college, he barely ever leaves his room and lives his life according to Star Wars.

Nitz is constantly the folly of his friend's exploits but also of his own lust for Kimmy Burton, the girl that he's had a crush on for four years. The season truly comes full circle at the end.

The secondary characters also bring out the best in Undergrads, from wise ass Jesse to movie talking Brodie and the $@%@ing trash talker Kruger, the show's writers truly display their abilities of interpreting real life into an animated sitcom. I see everyone of these characters in every day life and truly hope to see the show continue next year..so please MTV execs listen to my call...as well as the call of many fans..keep Undergrads on the air. hahamoreless
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Nitz wants to streak w/ school tradition, but has put on weight, and wants to lose it before the streak.

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By dawnaic, Jun 06, 2006

The thing thats great about this show, is what is in the details the random things that occur that are amusing. Its not so much the plot, its the little things. For example, the composite sketch of G-Force that looks like the unibomber, or the random Sparticus.

I thought it was very interesting to see a male concerned about his weight who is just self conscious. That definately happens in \'real life\' but is never really seen on tv, even if it is just an irreverant tv show.

He ends up trying diets, and can\'t lose the weight. He says he won\'t do it but ends up streaking anyway.

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Richie Favalaro	Mark the Drama Guy
Susan Dalton	Kimmy Burton
James Kee	Craig the fraternity leader
Katie Griffin	Charity
Jene Yeo	Jessie
Pete Williams (III)	Parker "Nitz" Walsh /Justin "Gimpy" Taylan / Cal Evans / Rocko Gambiani

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Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

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Richie Favalaro	Mark the Drama Guy	Guest Star
Stacy Grant		Guest Star
Julie Lemieux		Guest Star
Yannick Bisson	Kruger	Recurring Role
James Kee		Recurring Role
Robert Tinkler		Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (3)
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- Here is what all four characters dreamt about:
  
  Nitz: Kimmy
  Cal: Nothing
  Gimpy: Queen Amadela
  Rocko: Cal and Keanu Reeves.
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- Freshman 15 is a expression where Freshman gain a lot of weight. This usually happens when they're living in dorms and can eat whatever they feel like.
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- The emblem on Duggler's shirt is a yellow smiley face.
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QUOTES (14)
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- Gimpy: We shall call it G-Prime.
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- Rocko: Ahhh I saw Cal's member and.......I don't care.......because I'm not gay.
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- Rocko: Wussy! You're weak! Christopher Reeve could kick this guy's ass.
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- Cal: Hey Guy, don't I look naked in my naked T-Shirt?
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- Gimpy: Hey Nitz! What's up?
  Nitz: Well let's see? Rocko had a homoerotic dream about Cal, I've got a huge ass, the expose expo is ruining my life. I just wanted to bitch with a fellow tradditions hater that...
  Gimpy: Great news. I'm the traditions master of Teckerson Tech.
  Nitz: What?
  Gimpy: Well I arranged for...
  Mump: We are at your coronation Tradition master.
  Nitz: Don't let me interrupt "Tradition Master."
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- Gimpy: Do I have to come?
  Rita: No, you finish your dinner student Gimpy
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- (As everyone is proclaiming they are G-Prime)
  Guy: I am Spartacus!
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- Gimpy: Do you have a problem with my sweaty manhood?
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- Gimpy: Oh my God. Those bastards aren't covering for me... they're trying to take credit for being G-Prime. I'll show those gerbils whose the real traditions master.
  Mump: We can hear you, sir...
  Gimpy: D'oh!
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- Rocko: I just saw Cal naked..... and I don't care! I'm not gay!
  Mark the drama guy:... and I'm not straight! Huzzah! (Hugs Rocko)
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- Cal: Don't I look naked in my naked t-shirt, guy?
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- Rocko: Traditions rock, and at my college, we've got an awesome one. Getting stinkin drunk and going to the double expo to take pictures of naked freshman chicks. You hear me, Cal? That's what I'm into. Naked. Chicks.
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- (sparring with Nitz)
  Rocko: Wussy! You're weak! Christopher Reeve could kick this guy's ass!
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- Nitz: All the weight I lost has gone straight to my ass!
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- Keanu Reeves is in Rocko's dream (Which really makes no sense him being there)
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ALLUSIONS (3)
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- Rocko: That's great, kid. Don't get cocky.
  
  Whether Rocko knew it or not, that line was also used by Harrison Ford's Han Solo character in "Star Wars: A New Hope" when he said it to Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker character.
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- Connect Four
  Duglar says, "Pretty sneaky, sis" is while holding a Connect Four game.
  This is a reference to the 70's commercial for Connect Four. In it, a brother and sister are playing, and the sister wins. After this, the brother says "Pretty sneaky, sis".
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- Spartacus
  Mump and the Students of Techerson Tech: I am G-Prime!
  Mump and the rest of the student body protect G-Prime the way Antoninus and the rest of the Roman Slaves looked out for Spartacus by chanting "I am Spartacus!" from the film Spartacus (1960).
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