| Shanghai Hi-Jinks | |
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| Season 2, Episode 17 | |
Production Information | |
| Air Date | February 15, 2014 |
| Written by | Story by: Julie McNally Cahill & Tim Cahill and Tom Minton Teleplay by: Tom Minton |
| Supervising director | Dallas Parker |
| Directed by | Joel Dickie |
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- "Wow! So much like me. You guys really are... family!"
- —Penny Ling
Shanghai Hi-Jinks is the seventeenth episode of the second season of Littlest Pet Shop and the 43rd episode overall.
Overview[]
When Blythe and the pets travel to Shanghai to attend a ceremony honoring Mrs. Twombly as originator of Kung Fu Quilting, Penny Ling is reunited with family she never knew she had. Meanwhile, the pets prepare a Chinese dragon dance to ward off spirits.
Summary[]
Blythe is on duty placing dog tags on a stand-in tree when Mrs. Twombly surprises her and says she was set to be honored as the originator of "Kung-Fu quilting" at Shanghai, the biggest city of China. However, she refuses to go after telling Blythe she does not have any family to go with as Mrs. Twombly shows Blythe a picture of her sister who was on a top secret mission for 2 years. Blythe tells Mrs. Twombly that she and the pets are family and decides to have themselves travel to Shanghai via Pet Jet, to which Mrs. Twombly agrees.
The pets are excited to go to China, but Penny Ling has something better if they head to China: Meeting her family.
At the Pet Jet, while Mrs. Twombly has difficulty making her speech, Blythe shows the pets her design of a dragon costume, much to Sunil and Vinnie's fear. She tells the pets that a dragon's dance is the only way to get rid of the spirits, which also makes Russell scared. Before checking on Penny Ling, she told the pets that if anyone should rid the spirits, it should be Vinnie.
As for Penny Ling, she wonders what her family looks like as her fantasy involves Penny heading towards her family. First, Ling Jun tells Penny they had a long time waiting and then Jun Ling tells her to show her nails, for which Penny describes them "pretty" before Ling and Jun show their bellies. Ling Pen compares their eyes with Penny Ling, much to her excitement. At the end of her fantasy, Penny is excited to see her family and hugs them.
At Shanghai, Blythe brings Penny along to the Shanghai Wildlife Reserve through a "really fast shuttle tour" to see Penny's family.
Meanwhile, while making the dragon puppet for the dance, Russell gets teased by Zoe, Pepper, and Minka due to his fear of ghosts. Pepper brags about how to get rid of the spirits by dancing and Vinnie demonstrates in a song.
At the Wildlife Reserve, Penny Ling is excited to see her long lost cousin Ling Pen, who tells her that he can recognize her by her accent. Penny is then introduced by her sisters Ling and Jun who also enjoyed American musicals. Penny asks if she can talk about her life but they decline. She asked her family if there’s anything about their lives. Ling Pen just said that they just lived here, while Jun Ling states that they enjoyed American movie musicals.
At this time, Penny Ling's family demonstrates by dancing on their tap shoes in their raincoats with their umbrellas. After their performance, Ling Pen invites Penny Ling to the family dinner tomorrow night for her honor and promises her to show up in an American musical costume.
Back on the regular shuttle, Blythe tells Penny how her visit with her family went. Penny said that, despite a few lows, having to finally meet her relatives is what matters. She also said that she is expected to show up at her family dinner tomorrow night in her honor. However, Blythe told Penny that her family dinner is at the same night as the dragon dance for the celebration. Penny then said that while she has to miss the ceremony, the family dinner involves her “real family” and she started bawling, resulting Blythe to change her mind.
At the hotel, The pets have finished up making the dragon puppet for the celebration, with Russell saying that the tail end would have much room for Penny to fit. Penny then told the pets that, to the pet’s shock, she’s invited to her family dinner in her honor tomorrow night, the same time as the dance. Blythe then got hit with a double whammy of requests: Mrs. Twombly wanting her kung-fu outfit “good as new” for the ceremony after it was in hot water for too long, and Penny Ling demanding an American musical costume for her family dinner.
The next night, Blythe and the pets are at the Wildlife Reserve for Mrs. Twombly’s ceremony, as Russell realizes that, without Penny, their dragon dance would not be great.
At the family dinner, Penny arrives in her Statue of Liberty costume, with her family in a state of confusion, but decided to move along. Unfortunately, her dinner does not go well with all the stinky tofu, to which Ling Pen states that the smell of tofu makes the taste even better, much to Penny Ling's disappointment.
Russell is in a panicked state as their performance is due to show up stage at any moment, as Blythe told Vinnie to do the dance for Mrs. Twombly. Elsewhere, The pandas are also due for their performance when Penny asks Ling Pen if there’s any room on their dragon puppet, to which he states that there isn’t. Penny then realized that, all along, she already figured out where she belonged.
During the dance, the tail section of the dragon puppet got stuck on a nail, with Vinnie telling the pets to "hold on to their sections" as he attempted to steer off from the tailspin. Penny eventually arrives to help the pets, pulls off the tail section of the puppet that was stuck from a nail and joins in to finish the dance, along with her family.
After Mrs. Twombly was being honored as originator of Kung-Fu Quilting, Roger shows up in an Elvis-style outfit and shows off, much to the amused expense of Blythe, who then celebrate with Mrs. Twombly and the pets.
"Ah, Family!' -Penny Ling
Songs Featured[]
Cast[]
- Ashleigh Ball - Blythe Baxter
- Sam Vincent - Russell Ferguson and Chinese Panda Elder
- Tabitha St. Germain - Pepper Clark and Jun Ling
- Kyle Rideout - Vinnie Terrio
- Kira Tozer - Minka Mark
- Nicole Oliver - Zoe Trent
- Peter New - Sunil Nevla and M.C.
- Jocelyne Loewen - Penny Ling
- Kathleen Barr - Mrs. Twombly
- Michael Kopsa - Roger Baxter
- Brian Drummond - Ling Pen, Terra Cotta Warrior Chief, and Chinese Dragon
- Cathy Weseluck - Ling Jun
Trivia[]
- When Zoe tells Russell to look out for the marshmallow ghost, it is a reference to the Mr. Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters.
- Roger dresses like Elvis Presley.
- Russell, Sunil, and Vinnie keep getting spooked out by the thought of ghosts / evil spirits while the girls keep teasing / scaring them about that.
- Russell calls Penny Ling by her first name twice in the episode.
- The episode aired on Zachery Gordon’s 16th birthday, who is also the voice of Gil from Bubble Guppies Season 1-2.
Continuity[]
- This is the second time the cast uses the Pet Jet to visit another country, first was Paris in To Paris With Zoe.
- Blythe mentions the upcoming Pet Fashion Expo, first mentioned in Blythe's Big Idea.
- Mrs. Twombly had mentioned her sister before in Helicopter Dad.
- This episode, along with Blythe's Big Idea, To Paris With Zoe, and Plane it on Rio! start the ongoing story of the international Pet Expo culminating in The Expo Factor - Part 1 and 2.
Errors[]
Coming soon!
Quotes[]
- Main article: Shanghai Hi-Jinks/Transcript
Coming soon!
Gallery[]
References[]
| Littlest Pet Shop Episodes, Films, and Animated Shorts |
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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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| 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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