| Russell Up Some Fun | |
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| Season 1, Episode 7 | |
Production Information | |
| Air Date | December 15, 2012 |
| Written by | Story by: Julie McNally Cahill & Tim Cahill and Cindy Banks Morrow Teleplay by: Cindy Banks Morrow |
| Supervising director | Dallas Parker |
| Directed by | Joel Dickie |
| Song(s) | Be Yourself Fun Being Fun |
Episode Guide | |
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- "There's no Seriussell in the hizzouse, only Fun Russell. Woop woop!"
- —Russell
Russell Up Some Fun is the seventh episode of the first season of Littlest Pet Shop.
Overview[]
Pressured by the pets to loosen up, Russell creates his alter-ego "Fun Russell." Meanwhile, Blythe helps Sue through an identity crisis after she starts to imitate Blythe's style and personality.
Summary[]
"Safeties first, then fun."
Russell is going over the huge pile of toys in front of him, categorizing which toys are loud, soft, or broken. As he goes to put a new broken toy into the garbage, he hears the others making a commotion and investigates the cause of it. When he criticizes Pepper's arrow-through-the-head gag, he complains she could harm someone, but this makes everyone angry that he is interrupting her show. She tries to reason with him, saying it is rubber and harmless. However, he decides to confiscate it until he can make it even more harmless and everyone walks away.
Later that day, Blythe takes Zoe and Minka for a walk when she bumps into Sue and they talk for a couple of minutes. Blythe invites Sue over to her place since it is nearby and she can get cleaned up there.
Meanwhile, at Littlest Pet Shop, Sunil and Vinnie mess with everything Russell has been cleaning up and tending to all day. He confronts them after he finds out and they mock him, much to his aggravation.
Sue returns to Blythe's room, having borrowed her clothing in the meantime. Blythe compliments her on it, though Sue is not very sure and she instead keeps changing the subject to Blythe and comments on how cool she thinks she is. She then asks Blythe a whole lot of questions.
Am I too serious for you?
Russell goes over his checklist again. He discreetly asks Penny if she thinks he is too serious. She tries to avoid saying it, but eventually admits it and even points out a time for example. This is what he did to ruin the fun to be held at Minka's surprise birthday party about a month ago. She then tries saying while they appreciate how serious he is, it would be nice if he could also relax and tone it down a bit.
At school, Blythe is with Youngmee and Jasper. Sue approaches, still wearing the outfit that Blythe lent her. She asks to borrow them longer and Blythe does not mind at all. However, she notices Sue keeps finishing her sentences.
At the pet shop, everyone is introduced to a new pet named Mary Frances, whom Russell incidentally mistakes for a girl. Everyone manages to smooth the situation over, but he asks Mary to come with him so they can fill out a questionnaire they do with new pets.
Back at school, it is time for lunch and at this point, Blythe is beginning to seriously worry. Sue has been acting strange the entire day and she cannot figure out why. Sue asks Blythe for tips on how to "perfect" and while she tries to claim she is not, Sue insists she is and doesn't listen. In hopes of reaching her friend, Blythe sings a song.
Chillax, Russell.
At the pet shop again, everyone tries to encourage Russell to be more fun by goofing around. Everyone dresses up to have fun. At first, he refuses until he thinks they are now mocking him. He decides he will have to prove to them he can be just as fun as anyone else can and so, takes on a new persona "Fun Russell."
A bit later, Blythe finds him drinking at the snack counter in the pet shop and she asks him about his new personality before angrily yelling about this. Listening to Russell before he runs off, Blythe gets an idea to try to get Sue to act like herself.
The following day, at school, Blythe decides to try to trick Sue by dressing in a horrible, mixed-match type of fashion. Everyone is shocked and unsure of how to speak when the Biskit Twins come by. Surprisingly, they compliment her on it instead of telling her off for how it is.
So much fun, being fun!
Back at the pet shop, Russell is causing chaos everywhere he goes, such as throwing toys and scaring Pepper with a loud noise maker while she juggles, making her drop everything. He then starts to sing about how much fun being fun is.
In hopes of showing Sue how "not perfect" she is, she shows up to class late and claims she is not mentally ready, thinking the teacher would angrily scold her for this. However, he instead agrees with her and tells everyone to take a mental break, much to her shock.
At the pet shop, the pets continue to have careless, chaotic fun. A food fight starts after a bowling ball runs into Pepper, making her throw the bowling pins she had been juggling at one of the food bins. However, Mary is not too happy about the turn of events since he simply wants some peace.
Back at school, Youngmee and Jasper notice how upset Blythe is. Unaware that Sue is spying on them, she explains to them how hard she has been trying to get Sue to stop imitating her. However, she keeps messing up and is bad at being bad; there is not anything she can do wrong. Heartbroken, Sue tearfully runs off as Jasper suggests there must be something she is bad at. It is then Blythe notices a sign for the track team on the nearby wall. She runs off, pretty sure she can get Sue to realize her error.
Penny informs Russell that Mary Frances is missing and they need his help. At first, he assumed they wanted him to be more fun, but upon hearing this, he claims it is not his problem. They try to convince him to look for Mary before his owner comes back, but he refuses. For now, they are on their own.
At the track area, Blythe sees Sue stretching. She approaches her and tries to say she is "really good" at the track, but Sue informs her she does not need to do this since she overheard Blythe talking to Youngmee and Jasper earlier. She got so carried away with being Blythe when all she had to do was work on being herself. Blythe tells her she is fine the way she is and goes to leave, but the track teacher catches her. Blythe tries to refuse, but she does not let her.
"Please say you will help."
Exhausted after so much fun, Russell settles down for a nap when the other pets confront him. They beg him to act normally again, but he claims they only want this so they can make fun of him again. Penny bursts into tears as he does this, so he eventually agrees and pulls out the notepad he had earlier to look at the fact he has on Mary Frances. He has Sunil and Vinnie check the football toys since Mary Frances loves football, then asks Zoe and Minka to look at the medicinal items since he may have tried to find something for his itchy skin. He then sends Pepper to check the broom closest and Penny to check the restroom. Before she leaves, Penny happily comments on Russell's old behavior.
Back at the track, Sue tells Blythe how to long jump. Blythe comments on how easy this is and she starts to run, unaware of her untied shoelace. Sue then goes next and manages to set the record for the long jump. As Blythe happily comments on this, the other track members arrive and congratulate Sue on how well she did. They then carry her off to hang out and talk to her.
"Fun Russell" may be gone, but "Slightly Less Serious and More Easy Going" Russell may stay here.
As he is looking around, Russell notices some tiny pieces of food on the ground and follows them, leading him right to Mary Frances, who had been sleeping under the table, now full of food. Later on, his owner comes to pick him up and they take their leave. Everyone starts to cheer, happy to have the original Russell around once again. It is then Pepper puts the fake arrow on her head. He recoils, but just for a second, seeing all of the other pets have also done it. They all start to run around, making him lecture them on poking an eye out. As they run away, Blythe comes inside and she comments on his lack of shirt, to which Russell says it was not his style. Russell then points out that his old self is fine the way he was. However, he does plan to be a little less serious; as a sign of this, he puts the arrow on the top of his head as well.
Songs Featured[]
Cast[]
- Ashleigh Ball - Blythe Baxter
- Sam Vincent - Russell Ferguson and Mr. Banks
- Tabitha St. Germain - Pepper Clark
- Kyle Rideout - Vinnie Terrio
- Kira Tozer - Minka Mark and Sue Patterson
- Nicole Oliver - Zoe Trent and Gym Teacher
- Peter New - Sunil Nevla and Mary Frances
- Jocelyne Loewen - Penny Ling
- Kathleen Barr - Mrs. Twombly and Jasper Jones
- Michael Kopsa - Roger Baxter
- Shannon Chan-Kent - Brittany and Whittany Biskit and Youngmee Song
Trivia[]
- During Be Yourself, the image Blythe was drawing was an already finished picture in her bedroom.
- Also, note her outfit is a recolor of the outfit she was wearing earlier in the episode.
- While cleaning up, Russell says, "Messy, messy, messy," which is sometimes sayd by Edd (Double D) from Ed, Edd n Eddy, who is also voiced by Sam Vincent.
Errors[]
- Minka's face as she watches the butterfly is a lot lighter than it should be.
- During "Be Yourself", in Blythe's line "Try out a brand new hobby, like painting or ballet", she is shown drawing her model's hair using her right hand, but when she says "Like painting or ballet", she is shown using her left hand.
- Also, Blythe's sketch is the same one from her corkboard, which already has its hair drawn.
Quotes[]
- Main article: Russell Up Some Fun/Transcript
- Blythe: Hey, Russell. Why'd you lose the shirt?
- Russell: Eh, wasn't my style. Anyway, we all decided that the original Russell was perfectly fine the way he was.
- Blythe: So does that mean Fun Russell is gone for good?
- Russell: I'd say so. But, "Slightly Less Serious and More Easy Going" Russell might visit from time to time.
Gallery[]
References[]
| Littlest Pet Shop Episodes, Films, and Animated Shorts |
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| Season 1 | |||
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| Episode 1 Blythe's Big Adventure Part One |
Episode 2 Blythe's Big Adventure Part Two |
Episode 3 Bad Hair Day |
Episode 4 Gailbreak! |
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| Episode 5 Penny For Your Laughs |
Episode 6 Mean Isn't Your Color |
Episode 7 Russell Up Some Fun |
Episode 8 Blythe's Crush |
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| Episode 9 Dumb Dumbwaiter |
Episode 10 Eve of Destruction |
Episode 11 Books and Covers |
Episode 12 So You Skink You Can Dance |
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| Episode 13 Lights, Camera, Mongoose! |
Episode 14 Trading Places |
Episode 15 Topped With Buttercream |
Episode 16 Sweet (Truck) Ride |
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| Episode 17 Helicopter Dad |
Episode 18 What's in the Batter? |
Episode 19 What Did You Say? |
Episode 20 Bakers and Fakers |
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| Episode 21 Terriers and Tiaras |
Episode 22 Lotsa Luck |
Episode 23 Door-Jammed |
Episode 24 Frenemies |
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| Episode 25 Blythe's Pet Project |
Episode 26 Summertime Blues |
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| Season 2 | |||
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| Episode 1 Missing Blythe |
Episode 2 The Nest Hats Craze! |
Episode 3 Eight Arms to Hold You |
Episode 4 Heart of Parkness |
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| Episode 5 Pawlm Reading |
Episode 6 The Treasure of Henrietta Twombly |
Episode 7 What, Meme Worry? |
Episode 8 The Big, Feathered Parade |
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| Episode 9 A Day at the Museum |
Episode 10 Alligators and Handbags |
Episode 11 Blythe's Big Idea |
Episode 12 Commercial Success |
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| Episode 13 So Interesting |
Episode 14 To Paris With Zoe |
Episode 15 Super Sunil |
Episode 16 Sweet Pepper |
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| Episode 17 Shanghai Hi-Jinks |
Episode 18 Grounded |
Episode 19 Inside Job |
Episode 20 Plane it on Rio! |
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| Episode 21 Littlest Bigfoot |
Episode 22 Sunil's Sick Day |
Episode 23 The Hedgehog In The Plastic Bubble |
Episode 24 Standup Stinker |
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| Episode 25 The Expo Factor - Part 1 |
Episode 26 The Expo Factor - Part 2 |
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| Season 3 | |||
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| Episode 1 Sleeper |
Episode 2 War of the Weirds |
Episode 3 Some Assistance Required |
Episode 4 Secret Cupet |
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| Episode 5 Hamster Hoods |
Episode 6 Tongue Tied |
Episode 7 What's So Scary About the Jungle? Everything! |
Episode 8 Two Pets for Two Pests |
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| Episode 9 Feud for Thought |
Episode 10 Fish Out of Water |
Episode 11 If the Shoe Fits |
Episode 12 The Very Littlest Pet Shop |
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| Episode 13 The Secret Recipe |
Episode 14 Winter Wonder Wha...? |
Episode 15 Snow Stormin' |
Episode 16 Back Window |
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| Episode 17 Room Enough |
Episode 18 Why Can't We Be Friends? |
Episode 19 Pet Sounds |
Episode 20 The Sister Story |
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| Episode 21 A Night at the Pawza |
Episode 22 Proud as a... Peacock? |
Episode 23 Sue Syndrome |
Episode 24 In the Loop |
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| Episode 25 It's the Pet Fest! - Part 1 |
Episode 26 It's the Pet Fest! - Part 2 |
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| Episode 1 The Tortoise and the Heir |
Episode 2 Pitch Purrfect |
Episode 3 Ivan the Terrific |
Episode 4 Senior Day |
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| Episode 5 Littlest Pet Shop of Horrors |
Episode 6 Game of Groans |
Episode 7 The Tiniest Animal Store |
Episode 8 Spendthrifty |
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| Episode 9 Un-vetted |
Episode 10 Pump Up the Panda |
Episode 11 Snipmates |
Episode 12 Guilt Tripping |
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| Episode 13 Petnapped! |
Episode 14 Steamed |
Episode 15 Two Peas in a Podcast |
Episode 16 Go Figure! |
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| Episode 17 A Doggie Biskit |
Episode 18 It's a Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy World |
Episode 19 Race Team: Buttercream |
Episode 20 On the Same Page |
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| Episode 21 Paint a Picture, It'll Last Longer |
Episode 22 Bake it 'Til You Make it |
Episode 23 LPS: The Moosical |
Episode 24 Seeing Red |
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| Episode 25 Littlest Pet Street - Part 1 |
Episode 26 Littlest Pet Street - Part 2 |
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| Episode 1 Tail-Rave-Ium |
Episode 2 The Ladies of LPS |
Episode 3 Littlest Pet Peeves |
Episode 4 Eau de Pepper | |
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| Episode 5 Where'd the Escargot? |
Episode 6 Life of Cake |
Episode 7 The Fire Hydrant Song |
Episode 8 Naptime's a Ball | |
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| Episode 9 Just Not Into It |
Episode 10 Monkey Chase |
Episode 11 The Biggity-Big Dog Show |
Episode 12 Sour Puss | |
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| Episode 13 So Like Bored |
Episode 14 OmmmMG |
Episode 15 What's Next? |
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