Secret Agent Zero

"Secret Agent Zero"

Episode number
Season 1, Episode 27

Air date
21 October 2005

Featured song
"Man on a Mission"

Credits

Directed by
Jonathan Judge and Magnus Scheving

Episode guide

Previous episode
"LazyTown's New Superhero"

Next episode
"LazyTown's Greatest Hits"

"**Secret Agent Zero**" is an episode in the first season of *LazyTown*.

Characters* Stephanie (played by Julianna Rose Mauriello)
* Sportacus (played by Magnús Scheving)
* Robbie Rotten (played by Stefán Karl Stefánsson)
* Ziggy (played by Guðmundur Þór Kárason)
* Pixel (played by Kobie Powell)
* Stingy (played by Jodi Eichelberger)
* Mayor Meanswell (played by David Matthew Feldman)
* Bessie Busybody (played by Julie Westwood)

Premise
*"The supervillain Robbie Rotten tricks the LazyTowners into believing that he has won the mayoral race. Stephanie and the kids figure out that he cheated, and Mayor Meanswell becomes a secret agent. With the help of Sportacus, he finds out how Robbie cheated and regains the position as Mayor of LazyTown and the mayor's office"*

Plot
Stephanie, Ziggy and Stingy are gathered in Pixel's bedroom with spy getup on. They collect their walkie-talkies and identify each other as Agent Pink, Agent Candy and Agent Mine respectively. They spy the supervillain Robbie Rotten taking away the sports equipment, but Mayor Milford Meanswell stops him with his mayor status. They follow Milford and see him post a letter to Sportacus. Meanwhile, the supervillain Robbie Rotten is back home devising a plan to disguise himself as rival mayor Fordmil Meansbad. Milford tells Sportacus he is being followed, but he soon learns that it is only the kids pretending to be spies.
The supervillain Robbie Rotten (as Fordmil Meansbad) appears, declaring that he is the new mayor. The others demand a vote, so Fordmil Meansbad (Robbie Rotten) agrees with a colored card ballot: purple cards for him and yellow cards for Milford. They all choose yellow cards, and Fordmil Meansbad (Robbie Rotten) forces Bessie Busybody, unaware of what the cards mean, to post a purple ballot. He quickly counts them, says they are all purple and that he wins. Milford's livery collar is removed. Fordmil (Robbie) puts into place a new rule (to ban SportsCandy forever) and retires to his new office.
The group, distraught by the outcome, discovers that only Bessie voted for Fordmil. They tell Milford to become a secret agent and retrieve the ballot box. They go to Pixel's house to pick up some gadgets: a Pen-Camera 6000, a phone disguised as one of Milford's shoes, and cuff-links that, when pressed, activate a spring-loaded boxing glove punch. Milford accidentally presses a button that ejects him into the air, and Sportacus catches him. Fordmil Meansbad announces through the tannoy system that sports equipment is now banned. After informing Sportacus that Milford is a secret agent, Milford accidentally sets off the cuff-links which delivers a blow to his head. Stephanie suggests that Sportacus should team up with Milford.
Sportacus somersaults to the mayor's office and Milford tries to mimic his moves but trips over. Sportacus enters alone and a puppet of Fordmil Meansbad greets him. The real Fordmil Meansbad (Robbie Rotten) makes himself visible and traps Sportacus through a trapdoor. Milford enters and Fordmil Meansbad does the same routine. Sportacus holds up the trapdoor so Milford does not fall in. After chasing him, Fordmil Meansbad throws away the Pen-Camera 6000 and breaks the shoe telephone, leaving the others without means of communication. They soon get a signal on the pen camera to find Milford tied up upside-down, hanging over a goldfish bowl. The rope is also tied to a weight which will crush Gloria, his favourite flower, when the rope snaps.
Sportacus sees some SportsCandy and forces the SportsCandy to come to him through the hole. Now he has the energy to break through the trapdoor. He manages to take hold of the rope as it snaps and both Milford and the flower are saved. The agent kids meet Fordmil Meansbad in his office and Ziggy pulls a lever, trapping Fordmil in his own trap. Sportacus pulls the "mayor" out of the trap to discover it's none other than the supervillain Robbie Rotten. The heroes count the votes and find that Milford Meanswell is actually won in a landslide.

Continuity* After "Welcome to LazyTown"
* Before "Robbie's Dream Team", "Sportacus on the Move!", "Roboticus", "The First Day of Summer", and "Dancing Duel"

Quotes* Milford: (While hanging upside down) Oh dear, all the blood is rushing to my ears.
* Robbie: Oh, don't worry. You won't be hanging upside down for long. This incredibly cheap rope will self-destruct in 60 seconds. And then, you will fall into that tank full of sharks.
* Milford: That doesn't look like a shark to me. (It's actually a goldfish)
* Robbie: So? The shops were closed, and I couldn't get a shark. But it's a very cranky goldfish. And you will smell like fish forever!
* Milford: Oh, fish are stinky.
* Robbie: Tough.

Trivia* The song "Secret Agent Zero" is sung.
* Milford and Bessie almost kiss but one of the Mayor's gadgets goes off.
* The name of Robbie's disguise, Fordmil Meansbad, is a pun / spoonerism on the name Milford Meanswell.
* The shoe phone could be a reference to the 1960's American sitcom *Get Smart*, the main character in which had a similar shoe phone gadget. However, this idea has been used often in various films and TV shows since, so it may not be a direct reference to *Get Smart*, specifically.
* Of the many spy spoofs used in the episode, the opening shot from James Bond is used in a scene with the mayor.
* The puppet of Robbie used for Fordmil Meansbad was originally made by Guðmundur Þór Kárason's company Wit Puppets in 2000. This puppet was used in some early *LazyTown* commercials.
* Trixie is the only character absent and doesn't appear in this episode.
* When Mayor is in his tuxedo for his mission he says “Meanswell, Milford Meanswell” it’s a reference to the 1953 British fictional spy James Bond.
* It's totally ironic that Mayor notices puppet Fordmil Meansbad isn't real but a puppet since he is a puppet too.

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