SA1D1: Female Feline, Male Mutt (part 1)/script

This is the script for the Season 9 episode, "Day 1: Female Feline, Male Mutt (part 1)."

## Cold Open

*(MINDMASHING COORDINATOR, MINDMASHING CANDIDATE and KID NASTEE are setting up a gameplan.)*

**MindMashing Coordinator:** OK, here's the plan. We're gonna take a plane to Manhattan Beach, California from North Carolina. It's far too far to walk there, and it would take forever to drive in a car, so the next option is a plane. We're gonna find an airport and we're gonna board at that airport. Then, we'll get on the plane and we'll get off at LAX and then we'll drive to Manhattan Beach in a rental car.

**MindMashing Candidate:** Sounds like a plan!

**Kid Nastee:** I can't wait to get some ice cream!

**MindMashing Candidate:** And meet some girls!

*(INTRO)*

## Scene 1

*(MINDMASHING COORDINATOR, MINDMASHING CANDIDATE and KID NASTEE run to the car, in which MINDMASHING COORDINATOR drives them to the airport. KID NASTEE is of course, still playing on his DSi.)*

**MindMashing Coordinator:** Come on, Kid Nastee.

*(They arrive at the airport, but eventually get caught in traffic.)*

**Kid Nastee:** Why is there so much traffic today?! We're supposed to be going to the airport!

**MindMashing Coordinator:** Hmmm... well, this *is* a business highway. Let's take the bypass.

*(They turn on to the bypass highway, which is noticeably less noisy. Eventually, they're at the airport.)*

**MindMashing Coordinator:** Okay, now I know this airport is exciting because you can't wait to eat ice cream and look at girls with BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG bouffants, but there is a serious risk of getting lost in such a crowded and big area, and listening to these simple instructions can help minimize that *[inhales before talking rapidly]* Stay together, no junk food, no talking to strangers, no using the wrong bathroom, no hogging the TV, no burping the National Anthem, no torturing a Beyonce song, and no Pokemon Go. *[normal speed]* Got it?

**MindMashing Candidate:** Mm-hmm.

**Airline Announcer:** Attention all passangers. Flight from Port MindMash, North Carolina to Los Angeles International Airport is boarding in 15 minutes.

**MindMashing Coordinator:** 15 minutes?! That's not a lot of time! Okay, guys. We have a plane to catch, right now!

**MindMashing Candidate:** But I haven't even...

**MindMashing Coordinator:** LET'S GO!

*(They rush past several people to the airport, until they finally get to their flight line.)*

**MindMashing Coordinator:** W-w-what?! DELAYED?!

**MindMashing Candidate:** So we went crazy over nothing?!

**Kid Nastee:** Welp, I guess I'll just play on my Nintendo DSi.

**Airline Announcer:** Ladies and gentlemen, flight from Port MindMash, North Carolina to Los Angeles International Airport boarding now.

**Kid Nastee:** I thought our flight was delayed!

**Airline Announcer:** The flight was only delayed by 30 seconds.

*(They run on their plane. They sit down, and struggle for a seat.)*

**Flight Attendant:** Today's flight is starting in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... BLAST OFF!!!!!

## Scene 2

*(LATER)*

**Flight Attendant:** Now arriving in Los Angeles, California! We hope you enjoyed your flight.

*(MINDMASHING COORDINATOR, MINDMASHING CANDIDATE and KID NASTEE walk out of LAX with sunglasses on, and they take several pictures, including one at the LAX sign, a selfie with Dhar Mann while the song, "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus plays in the background)*

**MindMashing Coordinator:** *[sniffs]* Ahhh, the beach. Isn't it wonderful, guys?

**MindMashing Candidate:** It's amazing!

**Stacy:** Hey, boys!

**MindMashing Candidate:** Who said that?!

*(It's a blonde girl with big boobies.)*

**Stacy:** The name's Jennings. Stacy Jennings. Who are you guys?

**MindMashing Coordinator:** I'm MindMashing Coordinator, this is Kid Nastee and this is MindMashing Candidate.

**Stacy:** Oh! You must be from Port MindMash in North Carolina?

**MindMashing Coordinator:** We sure are! Kid Nastee, get off the DSi!

**Kid Nastee:** Not now, Coordinator. I'm right in the middle of...

**MindMashing Coordinator:** I SAID GET OFF!

**Kid Nastee:** And I said...

**MindMashing Coordinator:** He's distracted by his game. Let me see that. *(takes the DSi)*

**Kid Nastee:** HEY! I WAS PLAYING THAT GAME!!!!! YOU BIG MEANIE!!!!!!!

**MindMashing Candidate:** So, what do you like to do?

**Stacy:** Well, I like to MindMash too! Umm... my eyes are up here, Candidate.

*(MINDMASHING CANDIDATE looks up.)*

**Stacy:** As I was saying, I like to MindMash, too! Can I join you guys?

**MindMashing Candidate:** Sure! We'd be glad to have you!

**Stacy:** OHHH!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *[school bell rings]* Oh, that means school starts in 5 minutes, but cartoon logic, we'll get there in 3!

*(LATER)*

**Stacy:** Welp, here we are at school! While we wait for the teacher to come in, what should we do?

**MindMashing Candidate:** Let's have a pep talk!

**Stacy:** YES! So, who wants to start?

**MindMashing Coordinator:** I know! You know how in shows, they always portray the cat as a girl and the dog as a boy?

**Stacy:** Oh, I know that trope! It's called "Female Feline, Male Mutt!"

**MindMashing Coordinator:** And there was this show called *Pororo the Little Penguin!* One character was a boy penguin named Pororo and another was a girl penguin named Petty.

**Stacy:** I have NOT heard of that show.

**MindMashing Candidate:** Yeah, we don't get it in America. And the English dub sounds so off and poor with ridiculous and hyper-translated sentence structure.

**Kid Nastee:** It says here that the English dub was recorded in South Korea. No wonder it sounds so off. Korean and English don't translate well.

**MindMashing Coordinator:** Remember what you said about girl cats and boy dogs? Well, I was thinking, maybe we could make Pororo a dog and Petty a cat?

**MindMashing Candidate:** Absolutely, but... what would a dog and a cat be doing in Antarctica?

**MindMashing Coordinator:** Beats the living daylights out of me!

**Kid Nastee:** A BETTER question would be, what are a polar bear and a penguin doing in the same habitat?! Polar bears live in the Arctic, the North Pole, but penguins live in the ANT-arctic, the South Pole!

**MindMashing Coordinator:** I think we're getting a bit too ahead of ourselves. Now, let's take some notes.

**(LATER)**

**Stacy:** Done! Wanna hear?

**Kid Nastee:** Um, HELLO! Nobody asked.

**Stacy:** It seems whenever cats and dogs are paired together, the dog will almost always be male while the cat will almost always be female. The cat will be sassy, intelligent, but occasionally cruel and... well... catty. The dog will be crude and sometimes savage, but mostly kind. Often their owners will be the same sex as the animals. Ergo, women will be cat people and men will be dog people. Even if they're not contrasted with another species of animal, strangers will tend to assume by default that dogs are male — especially large or intimidating breeds — and cats are female. So widespread is this trope that a common misconception among children is that all dogs are male and that all cats are female. This trope could be due to the way dog's bodies are shaped and the way cats' bodies are shaped. Dogs' bodies have big chests and small bellies and they tend to look more muscular. Cats' bodies have small chests and they look rounder and curvier. Dog faces also tend to be either blocker or narrower and more angular (giving them a sharper, "rugged" look), while cats usually have more delicate features (making them look "prettier"). Another feature playing part is this trope is the sounds they make: dogs growl and bark in a deep, masculine voice, whereas cats make high-pitched, thus feminine "meow" sounds. Cats tend to be much more elegant and graceful in their mannerisms than dogs, furthering the perception of femininity.

**MindMashing Coordinator:** Well, don't just stand there. Let's start drawings! Candidate, you work with Pororo.

**MindMashing Candidate:** Yippee!

**MindMashing Coordinator:** Kid Nastee, you work with Petty.

**Kid Nastee:** Crud.

**MindMashing Coordinator:** Stacy, you work with Cat Petty.

**Stacy:** Woo-hoo!

**MindMashing Coordinator:** I'll work with Dog Pororo.

**Stacy:** Sounds like a plan! Now, let's get started!