Swear Conditioning

"**Swear Conditioning**" is the eleventh episode in season 1 of *Erma and the Super Fiends*. It aired on March 9, 2018.

## Overview

Erma learns a bad word on the dumpster behind the Super Fiends' lair.

## Episode summary

The Super Fiends' lair has reached bedtime and Erma is about to go to bed, but is ordered by Robin to take the trash on her way out. When Erma goes around to the back of the lair, she peruses some of the dumpster writing, one passage in particular beginning: "Robin is a..." As Erma reads the last word, a nearby garbage man rebukes her. Unperturbed, Erma repeats this new word to Jessica, who believes it to be a "sentence enhancer" used in refined conversation. They quickly take to this new addition to their vocabulary.

The next day, Erma walks into Jenkins High School and greets Jessica with their new word before sharing it with everyone else over the intercom. Before the early dismissal, Jenkins High School's students are appalled by what they hear and leave. While in the principal's office, Principal Moon is alerted to the empty high school and rushes out. After hearing of Erma and Jessica's new word from Bert, Principal Moon sternly informs them that it is actually the eleventh of thirteen vulgar words that should never be uttered. Erma and Jessica wipe the expletive from their tongues and promise Principal Moon that they will never use it again.

Another day later, at Jessica's house, the friends play a rousing game of Candyville. Jessica keeps moving ahead four to six spaces while Erma gets to move ahead one to three spaces. After losing the game, Erma angrily shouts out "Number 11". Jessica then races to Jenkins High School to tattle to Principal Moon while Erma tries to stop her. During the chase, Jessica repeats the swear word, giving Erma the excuse to tell on her instead. Thanks to Jessica's detour aboard an ice cream truck, Erma reaches Jenkins High School first and rushes to Principal Moon; however, Erma cannot get to the point, giving Jessica time to catch up and add to the clamor. Eventually, Principal Moon commands them to spit out what they mean to say, which turns out to be the bad word, leading the girls being given detention.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Bella Thorne as Erma N'Justice
* Maddie Baillio as Jessica Gilligan
* Wesley O'Mary as Bert N'Justice
* Ithaca Kremer as Sandy N'Justice
* Jamie Chung as Robin N'Justice
* Matt Gourley as Hunter N'Justice

## Production

### Music

 **‣** Crocodile Tears (a) - David Bell, Otto Sieben *[Erma taking out the trash]*

 **‣** Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr *["Hmm?"]*

 **‣** Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen *[sentence enhancers]*

 **‣** Hippo's in my Bath - Richard Myhill *[Jenkins High School, the next day]*

 **‣** Lonely Heart's Club (a) - David Bell, Otto Sieben *[classes begin]*

 **‣** Blue Dobro (a) - Richard Myhill *[intercom]*

 **‣** Dramatic Impact 5 - Ivor Slaney *["Jenkins High! It's empty!"]*

 **‣** Killer Birds [#36] - Gregor F. Narholz *[Moon tells Bert why the school is empty.]*

 **‣** Finger of Suspicion 3 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin *[Moon chews out Erma and Jessica]*

## Trivia

* The title of this episode is a reference to air conditioning, the process of removing heat from a confined space, thus cooling the air, and removing humidity.