The Whining

**The Whining** is the first episode of the second season of *JESSIE*, and the twenty-seventh episode overall. It first aired on October 5, 2012 to 3.58 million viewers. This is the first Halloween special on Jessie.

## Overview

Rumors whisper over to a man named Grimm Holloran, a doorman with a strange personality and wide shakey eye balls. Grimm warns the Ross kids not to trick-or-treat on the 13th floor, for there are dangers beyond understanding. Too brave and cocky to believe in such words, Luke decides to trick-or-treat on the 13th floor with Zuri, despite Emma and Ravi's deep fear of Grimm's warning. Meanwhile, Jessie plans to submit her story to a famous newspaper journalist. Unfortunately, her abnormal tactics cause the Ross kids to believe that she is a bloodthirsty maniac waiting to kill off anyone in her path. Tony tries to calm her down throughout the episode but to no avail.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Debby Ryan as Jessie Prescott and 1920s Jessie
* Peyton List as Emma Ross
* Cameron Boyce as Luke Ross
* Karan Brar as Ravi Ross
* Skai Jackson as Zuri Ross
* Kevin Chamberlin as Bertram Winkle

### Guest Cast

* Karsen Skinner as Spooky Twin
* Kendel Skinner as other Spooky Twin
* Meshach Taylor as Grimm Haloran

## Trivia

* This is the first Halloween special in the series
* This is the first episode of season two
* Jessie now has bangs.
* This was the third Episode produced, but it aired as the first
* This is the third time Ravi speaks in Hindi
* Jessie running around and chasing the kids to different rooms is a reference to Scooby Doo cartoon chases scenes in fast motion.
* When Bertram is costumed as a werewolf and unsuccessfully try to scare Jessie, he offendly says "werewolf used to be scary, I blame Taylor Lautner". It's a reference to *Jacob Black*, a character from *Twilight saga* and played by Taylor Lautner.
* Bruce Lee was mentioned
* From this episode onward Debby Ryan is credited as co-producer
* Emma dressed up as a fairy.
* Ravi and Mrs. Kipling dressed up as Robin Hood.
* Zuri dressed up a race car driver
* Luke dressed up as The Hulk, after he turns back into Bruce Banner.
* This episode was filmed from July 18-20, 2012
* The events of Creepy Connie's Curtain Call were mentioned by Tony
* Cameron Boyce’s voice is not deeper, this is due to him hitting puberty.
* This is the first time the back of the kitchen entrance has been seen.
* A new intro is featured in this episode and throughout season 2. With clips of season two and one.
* The first name *Grimm* is obviously a reference to the *Grimm brothers.*
* At the party, Tony wears a *Frankenstein's monster* mask.
* This episode is obviously a parody of *The Shining* movie
* The title is a reference to "The Shining".
	+ When Jessie finishes her short story, she proudly says "Take that, Stephen King!" *The Shining* is a novel by Stephen King
	+ The children are frightened by spooky twins. In the end, it's revealed that the twins are real. In the movie, Danny, Jack's son, is frightened by spooky ghost twins.
	+ Zuri driving a toy car parodies Danny's kart, however, it also is an Homage to the movie Christine as Zuri says "Great, you broke Christine" when the car breaks down.
	+ The scene where Tony accidentally spills punch in the elevator is a reference to the blood-spilling flooding the hall scene.
	+ The scene when Jessie chops the door from the party room with her arm shouting "Here's Jessie!" is a parody of the most famous scene from the movie, when Jack tries to kill his wife Wendy and chops the door of the bathroom with an ax shouting "Here's Johnny!"
* Grimm Haloran is a parody of the ghost bartender. Also, his name *Haloran* is a reference to *Hallorann*, a character from the movie.
* This is the Season 2 premiere.
* This is the first Halloween episode to have actually happened instead of it being a dream and/or what if.
* This episode revealed that Grimm was a ghost along with the 20s Jessie.
* Jessie can actually be a reincarnation of the 20s Jessie.
* When Bertram dressed as a leprechaun it was probably a reference to the film "Leprechaun".
* Jessie's Novel may be a reference to the Dead film series by George A. Romero.

## Transcript

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