The Mentor of Our Discontent

The Mentor of Our Discontent

Production Number:	416
Season:	4
Executive Producer(s):	Bob Schooley Mark McCorkle
Writer(s):	Henry Gilroy
Art Director(s):	Unknown
Dialogue Director(s):	Unknown

Broadcast Information

US Broadcast Number:

80

Disney Channel US Premiere:

June 23, 2007

Merchandise

iTunes Releases:

Unknown

Overview

Martin Smarty gives Ron a new job at Smarty Mart -- to be a role model for his rebellious son, Artie. Meanwhile, Drakken and Frugal Lucre team up to take over the world by taking control of Smarty Mart's new shelf-stocking robots, and now Ron, Kim, and Artie must stop them from wrecking Smarty-mart.

Plot Summary

Mission

• Villains: Dr. Drakken, Shego and Frugal Lucre
• Evil plot: use The Ultimate Remote Control to turn the Smarty Mart Stockbots into an evil robot army
• Kim's transportation:

Quotes

Transcript

Main article: The Mentor of Our Discontent/Transcript

Memorable Quotes

Drakken: Worst times 10! My former cellmate Frugal Lucre!

Gallery

Misc Images From Episode

Supplementary Information

Allusions

• When Ron says, "With great pets comes great responsibility", this is a play on the famous line spoken by Ben Parker in Spider-Man.
• The title of this episode is a reference to the first line of William Shakespeare's play, Richard III. The original line, spoken by the title character, is 'Now is the winter of our discontent.'
• Mr. Barkin mentions the "rise of the machines" - a reference to Maximum Overdrive, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and several related themed movies.
• Smarty mentions that his boy is "more rebel than boy now," which is a reference to Return of the Jedi.

Trivia

• After the adventure, Shego attempted to continue seeing Martin Smarty because he was a rich man. Until seeing and learning that he had a son, which caused her to walk away from Martin.
• At one point in this episode, Shego wears a blonde wig. Interestingly enough, Nicole Sullivan, Shego's voice actor, is a natural blonde.
• Ron was at work in this episode, but Kim was not, probably because it was Kim's day off, making the only episode where Ron was at work but Kim was not.

Continuity

Shego reminds Drakken of the failed Diablo plan

• Shego's holding up one of the Diablo toys and pointing out what disaster they were is a nod to "So the Drama".
• While planning to distract Martin Smarty, Shego remarks, "You know, I abducted the guy once...", a reference to "The Big Job".

Behind the Scenes

Cast & Crew

• Executive Producers
• Story Editor
• Writers
• Art Director
• Line Producer
• Storyboard Supervisor
• Voice Talent
  • See Character List Above
• Dialogue Directors
• Voice Casting
• Storyboard
• Timing Directors
• Lead Character Design
• Character Design
• Character Clean-Up
• Location Design
• Prop Design
• Background Paint
• Color Stylists
• Main Title Design By
• Production Manager
• Overseas Animation Supervisor
• Technical Director
• Storyboard Revisions
• Continuity Coordinator
• BG Key Color Correction
• Animation Production by
• Film Editor
• Assistant Film Editor
• Pre-Production Track Editor
• Animatic Editor
• Scanners
• Track Reading
• Supervising Sound Editor
• Sound Editor
• Foley Mixer
• Foley Artist
• Re-Recording Mixers
• On-line Editor
• Original Dialogue Recording
• Assistant Dialogue Engineer
• Manager of Music Production
• Post Production Manager
• Post Production Supervisor
• Audio Supervisor
• Post Production Coordinator
• Production Coordinators
• Production Associate
• Production Secretary
• Production Control
• Casting Manager
• Script Coordinator
• Produced by
  • Walt Disney Television Animation

Music

• Score by
  • Adam Berry
• "Call Me, Beep Me! The Kim Possible Song"
  • Written and Produced by
    • Cory Lerios
    • George Gabriel
  • Performed by
    • Christina Milian

Merchandise

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