Pull-Ups is having an awesome event coming up very soon. On March 5, we are celebrating Potty Dance Day and across the United States there will be many different Potty Dance Parties.As a part of this speciail day you will also be able to Watch Ralph’s World perform the Potty Dance live in concert and learn the moves while attending a Potty Dance Party in cities across the country. Click on a city below to sign up to attend an event near you!
Not nearby those cities try… doing it online Saturday, March 5, 2011; 11:30am EST – 12:30pm EST Tune in at www.Pull-Ups.com at 11:30am EST for a special LIVE streamed concert from children’s music group, Ralph’s World, where they’ll be performing The Potty Dance RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194691407223626&index=1
Here’s some quick Q&A for tips
Q. My child was having potty training success but suddenly decided that he/she no longer wants to use the potty. How can we get back on track?
A. A child may begin to demonstrate a power struggle with a parent, where the child wants to take control of the potty training process. Consider taking a break from mentioning the potty training to your child, and focus on other developmental milestones. You may find that your child takes control of the situation on his/her own altogether and has consistent potty training success.
Q. My child has no interest in potty training. What we can do to get him/her interested?
A. Some children, even at the age of 3, just aren’t ready to begin the potty training process. Try looking for your child’s cues on when they might be ready, as there really is no magic age for beginning the process, and consider beginning potty training at that point. It may even take the encouragement of a grandparent, teacher or other mentor to get your tot motivated.
Q. What can my family do to make potty training less stressful and more fun for my child?
A. You can begin making the process more light-hearted from the get-go simply by ensuring your approach isn’t so serious. Celebrate your child’s achievements by dancing or providing them a reward, like stickers or candy, and have a good time. Although potty training can be hard work, try to relax, avoid putting pressure on yourself and your child, and trust that success will happen eventually.
To enter the giveaway comment below with your Potty Training Question… 2 lucky winners will win this cool prize pack plus their question answered by Jen Singer the creator of MommaSaid.net YAH!
When you have babies its soooo easy to dress them up to play, as they get older and they start to have their own voice that does get a bit harder. I love dressing my child up in Ralph Lauren Clothes – the quality is great the look is perfect on him and sometimes we match. Now that he’s fighting us with what to wear this idea of turning their newest line into the 2nd edition of the RL Gang book is pretty awesome. Think about it you get to read a nice little story to your child with the clothing you want them to wear, even better is turning that around on them and saying dont you want to wear that awesome outfit you saw in the book.
So now you’re saying well how do I get my kid to be in their book next year Polo Ralph Lauren is searching for one child to be cast in an upcoming edition of The RL Gang. check out Ralph Lauren’s Facebook page.
This spring, Polo Ralph Lauren expands its shoppable children’s online storybook collection with the introduction of TheRL Gang: A Magically Magnificent School Adventure. Showcasing Ralph Lauren Childrenswear Spring 2011 collection, the new RL Gang video is narrated by award-winning actress and mother Uma Thurman, and launches globally March 3 on RalphLauren.com/RLGang and Bloomingdales.com/RLGang, and March 31 on TheBay.com/RLGang.
In celebration of the launch, Polo Ralph Lauren is hosting an international search for one lucky child to be cast in an upcoming installment of the RL Gang. The contest, which will live on the RL Gang tab on Ralph Lauren’s Facebook page, will allow parents in the US and UK to upload a photo of their child and share that photo with friends and family, asking them to vote for their child. The winning child will be chosen from the group of children with the most votes, flown to New York and cast as a member of the RL Gang!
“We are raising the bar by expanding the retail environment to new platforms,” said David Lauren, Executive Vice President of Advertising, Marketing and Corporate Communications. “By delivering a best-in-class virtual shopping experience to both parents and their children, our customers can discover their style in a way that is engaging, informative and entertaining.”
The new storybook unveils each character’s personality through their individual sense of style by showcasing 17 new looks from the spring collection. If a customer likes a certain outfit, they can choose to view that character’s “virtual closet” to shop similar looks. The interactive digital format offers “click to purchase” capabilities allowing shoppers to select their favorite fashions directly from the pages and purchase instantly through RalphLauren.com/RLGang, Bloomingdales.com/RLGang and TheBay.com/RLGang.
As Polo Ralph Lauren is dedicated to children everywhere and the preservation of the arts and education, the Company will donate 15% of all proceeds from the first month of sales of the Childrenswear Spring 2011 collection on RalphLauren.com to Room to Grow—a charitable organization chosen by Uma Thurman. Room to Grow is an innovative program which provides parents raising babies in poverty with one-on-one parenting support and essential baby items throughout their children’s critical first three years of development.
“Polo Ralph Lauren is committed to bettering the lives of children in need and I’m thrilled to partner with them in supporting Room to Grow – an organization that is very dear to my heart,” said Uma Thurman. “I love being able to help another mother who has the same aspirations for her children as I do, but simply does not have the resources.”
Polo Ralph Lauren has again partnered with Tikatok.com, the award-winning children’s publishing platform owned by Barnes & Noble, to produce the printed hardcover storybook version of The RL Gang. The book will be available beginning March 3 for $16.95 and can be purchased on Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com/rlgang) and at select Ralph Lauren stores. Tikatok.com will offer the printed book in 12 languages and offer readers the opportunity to personalize the book to create a unique gift (www.tikatok.com/rlgang2). Barnes & Noble.com will also have a digital NOOK Kids Book™ edition (www.nookkids.com) to read on Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Color™, the first full-color touch Reader’s Tablet, and on the NOOK Kids for iPad® app. Through May 31, 2011 all of the proceeds from the NOOK Kids Book will benefit Room to Grow.
For Spring 2011, Ralph Lauren Childrenswear presents wardrobe favorites for a new season of school days, weekends and special occasions. For boys, sportswear is a youthful interpretation of Ralph Lauren’s preppy, sporty sensibility, with button-down shirts and casual crewnecks in colorful stripes. Chinos and plaid shorts appear in rustic dusty shades and beautifully saturated colors. Ultrasoft tees, polos and hoodies feature bold logos and graphics. For girls, there’s a wide array of fashionable dress silhouettes, from ruffled seersucker and rugby dresses to plaid and country floral dresses worn with hand-crocheted sweaters and distressed denim. Signature polos are reinvented with delicate ruching, lending a fresh, modern spirit to Ralph Lauren’s timeless heritage.
The second RL Gangvirtual storybook is Polo Ralph Lauren’s most recent technological initiative. The launch follows other innovative concepts such as RALPH LAUREN 4D, the RL Gang virtual storybook collection, Legends Clinics, Lauren by Ralph Lauren online fashion shows, the “user-designed” Rugby online runway show, the Make Your Own Rugby iPhone® application, the Ralph Lauren Collection iPhone application, shoppable QR codes, the first interactive virtual store kiosk, 24-hour interactive store windows and new e-commerce sites for RalphLauren.com and Rugby.com.
The Backyardigans are setting sail with four exciting pirate adventures on this brand new DVD, The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates [Amazon]. Preschoolers will learn to mambo with Sinbad and become heroes when they rescue King Pablo and his knights from the No-So-Nice Dragon. Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates DVD hits shelves March 8, 2011, for the suggested retail price of $16.99.
In every episode of The Backyardigans, five high-spirited neighbors meet in their adjoining backyards and use their imaginations to transform themselves into different locations for epic adventures. Each half-hour episode of this Emmy® Award-winning show features a unique music/dance genre with four original songs, along with real choreographed movements recreated in animation.
The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates Episode Synopses:
Pirate Camp
Captain Austin trains Uniqua and Pablo at Pirate Camp with garage-band music blasting. But training takes a turn for the worst when a fearsome ghost (Tasha) captures the great pirate captain.
Pirate Treasure
Captain Uniqua and Captain Austin sail the high seas in search of treasure with reggae playing. If they don’t beat Captain Pablo and Captain Tyrone to it, they will have to walk the plank!
Sinbad Sails Alone
Set sail for adventure and mambo as Sinbad (Tyrone) encounters rough waters, Siren (Uniqua), and Medusa (Tasha)! The fate of the ship is in bumbling First Mate Pablo’s hands.
The Tale of the Not-So-Nice Dragon
The Not-So-Nice Dragon snatches up King Pablo and his Mighty Knights. Now it’s up to the Flighty Fairy (Tasha) and the Grabbing Goblin (Austin) to rescue them!
The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates Fast Facts:
Street Date: March 8, 2011
DVD SRP: $16.99
DVD Running Time: 98 Minutes
We’ve been playing this for the last week and the kiddo loves the episodes and really whats not to love about these stories which feature Pirates and Knights. Its truly a DVD thats a little bit more designed for boys then girls. The stories will be a big hit with all kids no matter if their boys or girls but I’m betting the boys like just a wee bit more.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. March 7th, 2011.
2 Lucky people will win Backyardigans DVD! Tell us your favorite character on Backyardigans and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: @NickelodeonDVD @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/fcpkfv and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win the #Backyardigans DVD from @dadarocks & @NickelodeonDVD – http://dad.tc/fcpkfv
I’ve partnered with SAY Media and Microsoft on this campaign and in the hopes of opening a dialog around the concept of kids and computers (and more specific to me toddlers and slates/tablets) to allow brands to connect with audiences around their passions in environments where they’re spending time and opinions are being shaped. What’s the best way to connect with your kids using a slate? I felt the answer is simply based on the game play… while I feel that watching a video is pretty passive interactive game play will teach them a little knowledge how to get into the next level and hopefully their way around technology environment – what would you answer this question as? http://new.conversations.typepad.com/co014e8641a931970d/what-is-the-best-way-to-connect-with-your-kids-using-a-slate. Full disclosure this post was Sponsored by ASUS Windows Slate.
Thomas and Friends Live! On Stage will be bringing Thomas the Tank Engine and the rest of his friends from Shining Time Station to The Theater at Madison Square Garden for two days only, on March 5th & 6th.
Join Thomas, Percy, Diesel and the rest of their friends as they work together to save the Magic Lantern Festival from a big storm rolling onto the Island of Sodor. Children will enjoy their favorite trains on stage, while learning lessons of friendship and cooperation.
The Theater at Madison square garden
March 5, 2011 – March 6, 2011
Saturday, March 5
11:00 am, 2:00 pm & 5 pm
Sunday, March 6
11:00 am, 2:00 pm & 5 pm
Ticket Prices: $25 – $125 (All prices include $4.50 Facility Fee. Additional fees may apply.)
Invitation (one per ticket purchased) to a pre-show Thomas & Friends Party that will commence approximately 1 hour prior to show time.
Activities include a range of interactive moments between cast members and the children – playing games such as Topham Hatt Says, Thomas & Friends Bingo, sing-alongs, plus coloring and activity sheets.
Photo Ops where parents can photograph their children with cast and a Thomas & Fiends themed backdrop.
Visit with Sir Topham Hatt and the driver for Thomas and Percy (autographs)
Keepsake Certificate and a Thomas & Friends Live goodie bag for each attendee.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. March 4th, 2011.
Enter to Win: Leave a comment explaining who their favorite Thomas & Friends character is and why. Please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
@MSGnyc Thomas the Train Prize Pack @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/fiez5w and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
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You will have 24 hours to reply before we pick another winner!
Disclaimer: Thanks to Madison Square Garden for the prize for this raffle. It’s limited to the USA.
I’m sure you’ve seen the crazy school teacher commercial making her students microwaving the popcorn to win everything she can… well thats this contest, and it is pretty simple get it, pop it go to Pop & Win Sweepstakes reveal a heat-activated code and see if you’ve won by entering the code on your bag on orville.com/popandwin
Pop Up Bowl information:
The Pop Up Bowl pops into a sturdy, stand-up, wide mouth bowl – perfect for instant serving and easy sharing
It eliminates the need for a separate bowl so it less mess and less clean up
The transparent sides allow you to see kernals rise to the perfect pop so you know when it’s ready to enjoy
Pop Up Bowl will be available in popular flavors:
Movie Theatre Butter
Butter
Ultimate Butter
Smart Pop Butter 94% fat free
Kettle Korn (My favorite!)
Pop Up Bowl is available now at all Walmart SuperCenters and will roll out to other retailers and grocers nationwide in March but for a limited time only.
And now for the giveaway – Thanks to the great people at Orville Redenbacher one lucky reader will pick up the following prizes…
Flip Camera
$10 Snapfish gift certificate
Movie theatre candy
Free Redbox rental
Board games
Orville Redenbacher’s Pop & Win popcorn
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. March 4th, 2011.
You must comment telling us what your favorite flavor of popcorn is? please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
#OrvilleRedenbacher’s Prize Pack @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/fskUDg and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win a #OrvilleRedenbacher’s Prize Pack includes a flip camera Thanks to @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/fskUDg
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You will have 24 hours to reply before we pick another winner!
Disclaimer: Thanks to Orville Redenbacher’s for the prize for this raffle. It’s also limited to the USA too.
DIAL UP THE ENERGY. Don’t miss the All Access Power Up Pre-show Party!
Arrive an hour before show time and step onto the arena floor to meet our performers and animals. It’s your chance to learn skills from the stars of the show and discover how to be CircusFit®. This action packed event will get you Fully Charged and ready for the show to begin. Plus, watch one of our incredible Asian elephants paint a masterpiece, and enter for a chance to win your very own pachyderm painting. The fun starts an hour before show time, and it’s free with your ticket!
Don’t miss Fully ChargedSM, the all-new surge of circus entertainment fromRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey®where megawatts of thrills explode off of the arena floor with breathtaking dare-devilry, superhuman stunts and never-before-seen performances that energize Children of All Ages!
The most electrifying edition ever ofRingling Bros.®celebrates performance power that boosts circus-goers excitement. The amazing acts, which can only be seen at The Greatest Show On Earth®, include Tabayara, a dynamic animal trainer whose rare ability to communicate with animals allows him to ride rearing stallions at a fully charged gallop and orchestratemajestic four-ton Asian Elephants in a symphony of dance. When he stands inside a cage, eye to eye with twelve ferocious tigers, Tabayara sees family where others see danger.
Audiences will feel the earth shake when the Ukrainian strongman duo ofDmitry Nadolinkskiy and Ruslan Gilmulin, who are as wide as they are tall, enter the arena. The brawny twosome give the word manpower a whole new meaning as they lift large cumbersome telephone poles, which weigh up to half-a-ton, and twirl them above their heads while acrobats balance atop.
The Fearless Fernandez Brothers dial up the thrills as they perform daring feats of athleticism on the Twin Turbines of Steel, including, extreme jumps and twists inside the moving wheels! Audiences will crackle with excitement as they watch Guillermo perform a three hundred sixty degree flying forward somersault, three stories in air, a feat so difficult it has only been attempted by one other person in the 141-year history of Ringling Bros.The Human Fuse, Brian Miser, sets the arena sky ablaze as he rockets through the air from his self-made human crossbow. Don’t blink as he flashes across the sky in less than a second, and travels 80 feet at 65 miles per hour.
Ever wonder how many clowns it takes to change a light bulb? The hilarious hoopla continues to flow as the clowns from the world-famous Ringling Bros.®clown-alley, charge-up the audiences’ funny bones with hysterical silly antics and clownish comedy.
You can only experience this current of excitement at Ringling Bros. Fully Charged! Get your ticket for high-voltage fun today!
This time around the Circus is also doing some social good with this campaign ARE YOU FULLY CHARGED? This is a unique initiative in which we’re encouraging everyone everywhere to check their smoke detector batteries to make sure they’re (wait for it) — Fully Charged. Yes, there’s a Facebook page – http://facebook.areyoufullycharged.com — and there’s also a contest to win one of 10 family four packs of tickets to the show: http://contest.areyoufullycharged.com
Use code BLOGGER saves $5 on all non-VIP tickets to all shows (except opening nights) for the Prudential Center (Feb. 23-27), the IZOD Center (Mar. 2-13) and Nassau Coliseum (Mar. 16-20).
We’re doing a raffle for a family 4 pack to see the circus on March 2nd at the IZOD Center and keep and eye out on Facebook.com/dadarocks for giveaways to the other shows!
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59am EST. March 1, 2011.
You get 1 entry for placing a comment with what your favorite circus
act is and please use some method for us to contact you in the comment
(twitter or email)
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information:
@Ringling_NYC_NJ @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/dKbTSN and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
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You will have 10 hours to reply before we pick another winner
Disclaimer: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s provided these tickets for the raffle.
Dora is getting ready for her big dance show in Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Ballet Adventures, a compilation containing four of Dora’s dancing episodes. Help Dora as she moves and grooves to her way to Dance School to find herballet slippers before her recital begins. Later, Dora and Boots lead a musical parade, have a fun-filled fiesta and celebrate Boots’ birthday! Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, Dora the Explorer: Dora’sBallet Adventures will be released on DVD exclusively at Target on Tuesday, February 20, 2011 for the suggested retail price of $16.99 but Target also offers it online.
Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Ballet Adventures Episode Synopses:
Dora’s Ballet Adventure
Dora’s dance class is getting ready for a special dance recital and her whole family’s there to watch her perform. They just need to wait for the Delivery Duck to deliver their ballet slippers. But the Delivery Duck brings scuba flippers instead of ballet slippers! Dora and Boots must get the slippers before the recital begins.
Dora, La Músico
C’mon and join the musical parade! Dora and Boots are leading a parranda over the Piano Bridge and through the Singing Gate to free the instruments that were locked up by the evil Señor Shhh!
The Super Silly Fiesta
Dora and Boots are invited to the Big Red Chicken’s Super Silly Fiesta where there will be silly snacks, silly games, silly hats and even silly dancing. But, the Big Red Chicken lost his party cake! Dora and Boots set off to save the fiesta. After searching forever, they find the cake in the silliest place Big Red Chicken could have left it – on his head!
Surprise
It’s Boots’ birthday! Dora tells him that all of his friends are waiting at her house to give Boots a big party. To reach Dora’s house, they’ll have to climb a long flight of Stairs and cross the Troll Bridge.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. February 28th, 2011.
2 Lucky people will win Dora’s Ballet Adventures DVD! Tell us your favorite character on Dora and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: @NickelodeonDVD @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/fplMsz and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win the #Dora Ballet DVD from @dadarocks & @NickelodeonDVD – http://dad.tc/fplMsz
Invader Zim is back to take over the world and all its annoying inhabitants in an all-new DVD with Invader Zim: Operation Doom. This brand-new set is filled with the top rated episodes from America’s favorite wacky friends – Zim, Gir, Dib and Gaz. It picks up with a mission of doom that isn’t going quite as planned, so watch and see if Zim finally succeeds! This set is an excellent addition to the InvaderZim collections from the Emmy®- and Annie Award®-winning show. Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, Invader Zim: Operation Doom comes out today on DVD Feb. 22, 2011 for the suggested retail price of $16.99 in stores or you can find it on amazon.
Invader Zim: Operation Doom Episode Synopses:
The Frycook What Came From All That Space
While in school, a mysterious figure kidnaps Zim and takes him into space. It is revealed that this person is an Irken who was previously Zim’s jail master before he escaped in the first episode. Zim is put to work in a fast food restaurant on a snacking planet called Foodcourtia. Zim manages to escape before a massive amount of snacking causes the gravity to prevent anyone leaving the planet for 20 years.
Career Day
It’s career day at school and Dib has been paired with an idiotic paranormal investigator named “Bill”, while Zim goes to work at a fast food restaurant called McMeaty’s. However, after discovering Zim is moulting due to a planetary equinox, Dib tries to convince his new mentor to help him expose Zim. The moulting process, while disgusting and explosive, only lasts a few seconds, so it is crucial that “Bill” pays attention. The expert, however, is not interested and Dib must trick him into going to the restaurant. “Bill” is distracted and fails to see Zim moult. After moulting, Zim is fired from McMeaty’s.
Battle-Dib
Dib desires to do a presentation about Zim for a meeting of the Swollen Eyeballs, a secret society that attempts to track down aliens and other such paranormal beings. The society requires that he must have a permission slip signed by his father, Professor Membrane, before he can do this though. Professor Membrane has a television show and Dib must endure various trials (including a Thunderdome) to gain access to his father. Dib fails the trials, but is successful in getting his father’s signature. However, he cannot give his presentation as he lost his suitcase during the trail (which contained proof of Zim’s alien heritage). This is the first of the three episodes to not feature Zim.
The Nightmare Begins
The Irken race is having a great assigning for Operation Impending Doom II, where all Invaders are assigned a planet to conquer. Zim is not invited, as he nearly destroyed the planet Irk during Operation Impending Doom I; yet turns up anyway, and hoping to never deal with him again, The Almighty Tallest send Zim on a fake mission to the edges of their known universe and issue him a dysfunctional Standard Information Retrieval unit who called himself “G.I.R.”, where they hope he will die/be lost and never found. Unfortunately, there is a planet called Earth on the outskirts of the Irken universe, and whenZim finds this world he assumes this is the subject of his “mission”. After arriving on Earth, Zim attempts to fit in and fools everyone except his schoolmate Dib, a young paranormal investigator, who vows to capture Zim and prove that he is an alien.
Gaz, Taster of Pork
Dib discovers that his electronic spell drives still have two credits on them, which allow him to cast spells. Not knowing what the spells would do, he casts one on his sister Gaz instead to see what would happen. The result of the spell is that Gaz tastes pigs no matter what she eats, apart from hot dogs. Gaz threatens Dib’s life if he doesn’t reverse the spell, so he and Gaz go to another dimension to request the spell be undone. Gaz answers three questions correctly and the spell is reversed. Dib, however, is stuck cleaning toilets with brushes on his head, as part of a deal he imposed on the creator of the spell.
Vindicated!
Dib sees the school’s counselor, Mr. Dwicky, about his problems at school, and Dib tells him about how Zim’s an alien trying to take over the Earth. Surprisingly Mr. Dwicky says he believes him and that he wants to help him out. He later reveals to a colleague that this is just a ruse to get Dib to trust him. They trick Zim into thinking aliens are coming to meet him in the woods to give him super weapons but after a while of waiting, Mr. Dwicky reveals he doesn’t really believe Dib. At that point some real aliens turn up and offer to take Mr. Dwicky with them. As he loved aliens as a child he jumps at the chance and Dib is left behind with nobody else believing him.
The Voting of the Doomed
Zim decides to use the school’s election to gain power, so Dib becomes the manager of his opponent to try and stop him. Zim streaks ahead after making many promises to the students that are crazy, but wins them over anyway. Dib counters this by using a mind control device on the child who’s opposingZim so he can debate with him properly. Dib’s candidate wins the election, but the school faculty brings him to a lab where they (very painfully) remove his individuality and free will, making him nothing more than a mindless figurehead for the oppressive school. Needless to say, Dib is not pleased, as it would have been Zim who would have met this fate if not for Dib’s efforts.
Hobo 13
Zim requests more powerful weapons but the Almighty Tallest do not want to give them to him, so he is sent to the deadly training planet Hobo 13 to prove he is worthy of the new equipment. Zim, through extreme selfishness and sacrifice of his teammates, surprisingly gets to the end of the trials. The commander, who is appalled at how Zim has acted, decides to take Zim on in a ring-fight, but Zim manages to beat him by using the power from his opponent against him.
Walk For Your Lives
Zim is doing time related experiments on Dib, but the experiment explodes. Dib manages to escape but he is “slowed down” and can only move very slowly. Also produced is an explosion, which is also exploding very slowly. Zim decides that the explosion needs to be put into the city cesspit to stop it from exploding and destroying his base. After some frustration and against the advice of GIR and the computer, Zim decides to throw Dib into the explosion to cause it to speed up. The explosion then explodes at normal speed.
Mysterious Mysteries
Dib goes on his favorite TV show Mysterious Mysteries to tell the world the story of Zim and to share a video of Zim he had filmed. To Dib’s surprise, Zim, GIR, and Gaz also appear on the show to tell their sides of the story. They each tell their own versions, which are then performed in reconstructions on the show for the benefit of the viewer. The presenter of the show decides that Dib and Zim are crazy and tells the viewers that nobody will ever know what truly what happened in the video, leaving Zim’s cover saved, once again, by the show’s character’s stupidity. Although he shows signs of insanity himself, the show received strong ratings because “people love crazy”.
Future Dib
Professor Membrane constructs an energy-creating device and Zim gets the idea to sabotage it to destroy the world. Dib realizes that he must stop Zim, but during his preparations he discovers a version of himself who is beaten up and hurt lying in his bed. This version tells Dib that he is from the future and he needs his help to stop Zim, as he’s too weak. So Dib goes to where future Dib told him to go, but it is a trap set by Zim, and the future Dib is in fact a robot controlled by Zim. Dib is stuck in a cage with a monkey while future Dib goes to the starting of the energy device to destroy it. Gaz is annoyed by Dib and beats him up, preventing him from causing the destruction. She then realizes he is a robot after one of its robotic eyes pops out. Zimquickly gets over his loss and decides to watch the real Dib getting tormented by the monkey.
Plague of Babies
Zim fears that a human baby has seen him out of disguise. Believing the baby to be a threat to his mission, he attempts to interrogate it, only to discover that it is in fact an extraterrestrial monster that, along with others of its species, has been stranded on Earth since the destruction of its spacecraft years ago. The aliens attempt to steal Zim’s ship, but by exposing them to a field that induces stupidity, generated by GIR, Zim is able to incapacitate them and pass them off as human infants once again.
Bloaty’s Pizza Hog
Dib is kidnapped by Zim and taken to a station orbiting Earth for torture and vivisection. Gaz is forced to go to save him so as to be in time for a rare family dinner at her favorite restaurant. Gaz nearly decides to let Zim attempt his experiment of taking out Dib’s organs but thinks that Professor Membrane wouldn’t allow them to go to the restaurant without reassembling Dib, so Gaz releases Dib and takes an escape ship that Zim foolishly guides them to. Zim takes chase in another ship but is taken down by Gaz’s superior flying skills (most likely due to her gaming skills such as in NanoZIM). Gaz, Dib and Professor Membrane meet at Bloaty’s Pizza Hog and are about to enjoy their meal when Zim bursts through the door. Dib protests that he should finish Zim off but Gaz left him strapped on a platform and he could not move. But Zim is terrified of the crudely mechanized singing animals and runs back out the door.
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