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Party

Episode Number: 1    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday April 22, 2001    Prod Code: 101
In an effort to impress his high school crush, Kimmy Burton, Nitz tries to pack as many first week college experiences into the 3.5 hours before the dorm mixer as is humanly possible. With a little help from Gimpy and his minions, a self-hazing Rocko manages to be accepted into the Alpha Alpha fraternity...

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Josh A. Cagan, Andy Rheingold
Director: Jerry Popowich
Star: Josh A. Cagan (Rob Brody),  Jenny Kim (Rita),  Yannick Bisson (Kruger),  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)
Recurring Role: Josh A. Cagan (Rob Brody),  Robert Tinkler (Mump)
Guest Star: Robert Smith (),  Alan Park (),  Michael McMurtry (),  Richie Favalaro (Mark the Drama Guy),  James Kee (Craig, the Alpha-Alpha Fraternity Leader)

Notes

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Nitz's computer is a Macintosh, you can tell by the way his desktop/icons look. (edit)
In Nitz & Cal's dorm room, is a poster for the band Good Charlotte, who recorded the theme song for the show. (edit)

Quotes

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Group of Teens: Wheres the free cheese? (edit)
Rocko: Arrest me for Alpha! Arrest me for Alpha! (edit)
Cal: Hey Guy! I love kissing ladies. (edit)
Nitz: I have three and a half hours to enjoy my first week of college!
Jessie: Great! Want to hit the student union?
Nitz: No! (edit)
Rocko: (singing) Weiners, Weiners, Weiners, put 'em in your mouth. Weiners, Weiners, Weiners. Get it? It's like my Johnson. Alpha! (edit)

Trivia

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Every episode contains at least one "Star Wars" reference. (edit)
Gimpy's real name is Justin Taylor. (edit)
This is the first episode creator Pete Williams(who dropped out of collage to make this show) made. (edit)
Apparently, Nitz only went to the party to talk with Kimmy not make new friends. (edit)
Nitz and Cal room number is 543. (edit)

Allusions

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Star Wars
Numerous Star Wars references:
- The episode starts with the group watching a bootleg DVD of the movies.
- Gimpy relates frat guys and nerds as mortal enemies akin to Jedi and Sith.
- Gimpy calls Rocko "Anakin Skyrocko", a play on Anakin Skywalker.
- When Gimpy briefs his men, he uses a set-up like that in A New Hope, even quoting the movie by said "Many Bothans died for this information, so let's put it to good use."
- Gimpy relates Rocko to Lando Calrissian at the end of the episode. (edit)
Aliens
Gimpy's set-up for viewing his minions when they infiltrate the frat, and their ensuing foray into the home, is a parody of the movie Aliens. Mump even quotes a line said by Hudson, a marine portrayed by Bill Paxton, from the movie: "Game over man! Game over!" (edit)
Barnes and Nobel/Boarders
State U's bookstore is called "Barn and Boarder", a play on real rival corporations Barnes and Nobles and Borders bookstores. (edit)
Warren Burger
The character Chief Justice Burger is a reference to Chief Justice Warren Burger. (edit)
The Flintstones
In Rocko's state of delusion caused by drinking bad clam juice, he sees Mump as the alien visitor Gazoo and says, "Oh Great Gazoo, what should I do?"
Gazoo comes from the Hanna-Barbara show The Flinstones. Gazoo was a strange little alien that could only be seen by Fred and Barney and gave them advice in their lives. This similarly happens here, although Rocko misinterrprets it. (edit)
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