57 Channels (and Nothin' On)

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**57 Channels (and Nothin' On)** is episode 9a of season 2 of *Kuu Kuu Harajuku*.

## Summary

Rudie gets everyone sucked into the broadcast waves, where they must complete episodes of TV shows to make it back home.

## Characters

### Main

* G
* Love
* Angel
* Music
* Baby
* Rudie
* R.O.D.

### Minor

* Chet The Chimp
* La French Fry

## Quotes

**Producer:** Chet's going to intro you in the opening. Or possibly try to eat the teleprompter. It's always touch and go here.

**G:** Let me guess, you concocted some tech gadget to perfect our performance.

**Love:** And it backfired.

**Rudie:** No, wrong! I bought a high tech gadget that backfired.

## Trivia

* The title of this episode is a reference to quantity of programs/television channels having no good shows to watch, despite the variety offered.
* HJ5 appear on a tv show similar to Fantastic Four with a villain very much like Dr Doom during their show hopping tour.

## Goofs

* When Music is questioning Rudie's cooking ability, an animation cell overlap temporarily gives her two left hands.

## Screenshots

G is excited for HJ5 to be having their first live television appearance.Rudie starting his inspirational speech.Rudie standing on Music’s toes while continuing his speech.Rudie moving his shoe before Music gets annoyed.Baby listening to Rudie’s story about his mother’s cooking.Music surprised by Rudie.Rudie wants Music to move faster.Love and Angel wondering why the Studio Director was chasing Chet the Chimp.Don’t be surprised if Chet tries to eat the teleprompter.Ignore whatever weird things happens, just smile and wave into camera three.Rudie bought experimental technology from a disgruntled ex-employee of the station.R.O.D. confiscating the device because he knows it isn’t safe.Rudie ignoring R.O.D’s warnings and will use the device anyway.HJ5 waiting to start their live television appearance.Love is worried about the swirlybeam coming towards them.Now all of HJ5 are worried about the swirlybeam.HJ5 are surprised to teleport into another studio.Angel wants to know why and how they got here.Rudie explaining what happened without explaining he caused it to happen.Baby looking at the sweater wearing monster pets, because they’re cute.G is trying to figure out how they got into the wrong studio.Music charging off the set,then she runs into the invisible barrier stopping her from leaving!Music is disoriented from running into the barrier at full speed.HJ5 trying to find a way out.Rudie trying to communicate with the world outside the barrier.Love being more careful about contact with the barrier then Music was.Baby dropped a sweater on Music’s head.Baby is happy to get called on the phone.The girls just found Rudie is responsible for getting them into this predicament.Music thinks these pet sweaters are really unstylish.Baby telling Music not to make the monster pets feel uncomfortable about wearing the pet sweaters.Angel wondering if she can make the sweaters better.Angel just had to tighten the fit and the sweaters are better.G is excited to be on a police car chase show.Baby is hoping they’re not on Harajuku Undercover, because she hasn’t seen this week’s episode yet and doesn’t want the plot to be spoilered.Baby using police radio talk codes.Angel and Love are motorcycle officers.G counting people, Music and Rudie aren’t here.Rudie is the Police Commissioner.Of course Music is the renegade Police Detective who can’t follow procedure.HJ5 are contests on Brainburners.Angel is going to win this question round!HJ5 are superhumans.Angel is very happy to have superpower.G has stretchy power and Rudie doesn't have flight power.Angel has fire power.Baby has the power of flykicking.Legal show and Rudie is on trial.The judge is ready to pronounce sentence,but G has a surprise witness for the defence:Loud Guy.Love is a weather girl, a really smart weather girl.Music making a new friend.Now they're on a cook-off challenge show.Presenting, the expert chef, La French Fry.La French Fry saucepan twirling (because all expert chefs are show-offs).A chef who cooks in a mascot costume, that's not someone you see every day.This is what happens when Rudie is put in charge of cooking (he has no culinary skills).Music suddenly figured out Rudie doesn't have the slightest idea how to cook like his mother!If they don't win the cook-off, they'll be stuck on this channel forever.The judges about to try Rudie's cooking,and it's awful!That's not what yummy and winner sounds like.....La French Fry presenting her culinary creation.Somehow, Music managed to bring her spider friend to the cooking channel.HJ5 win on a technicality, because a live spider is a health code infraction=disqualification.Music wearing her spider friend as a hat.The Studio Director is surprised to see them teleport back into the studio.G is not sure the girls can perform,because they are so messy from the cook-off.Rudie giving another inspirational speech, this time, he got it right.R.O.D. is going to break the glamolens to prevent this disaster happening again.

Season 1
Totally Teen Genie • Angel's Flight • Music Baby • Wanted Audience • Game Over • Phony Ponies • Hello Puppy • G, This Is Awfully Deep • Baby's Birthday • Labor Of Love • Bad Boy and Little Girl • Yummy Bear Nado • Drums of Doom • Adventures in Housesitting • The Kawaiifier • Super Kawaii Sunday • Delectabubbles • Kablooey Chewie • Water Baby • Music Zoo • The Dotted Line • Life is But a Dream • Oh, G • Greenhouse • Control Plus Alt Plus Dimension • Angel Hair • Inside Job • Sea Monkeying Around • Trust Your Inner Uniphant • Starr Power • Zero G • Angel Food • Happy Slam • Retro Fiasco • HJ10 • Waves of Love • Sand and Deliver • Moods Meow • Yeti in the House • The Young and the Reckless • Brodie on Board • Womzilla • Emotizoms • The Big Time • Un-Bear-able • Snowy the Frostman • Kawaii Cake Mix Up • Angel Fever • Candy Blossom Flower Festival • Princess Power • Hark! A Quarkle! • The Ends of the Earth

Season 2
Training Day • Multi Tasking • Hot Rod • Over and Out • Stage Magic • The Sixth Wheel • Trash Talk • ITeeth • Spies Like Spyke • The Fabulous Baron von Melody • Game Show Offs • Monster Mash • You Are What You Eat • Supersonic HJ5 • Tizzie Lizzie • Caught in the Web • **57 Channels (and Nothin' On)** • Getting Kinda Late with Mauve Madison • Ladybug Power • Wrestle Pop • Angel Changel • Coulda Been • Catnapped • Roundabout Round Up • Meerkatz • Pandamonium • Kawaii Fidelity • Rocky Road • This Place Is a Zoo • Wacky Wednesday • Dream Escape • The Kimberlys • Cecil G. DeMille • Sky High Kawaii • And The Winner Is • The Trouble with Trilbys • The Fantabulous Five • Mist-Ery Guest • An Imaginary Friend In Need • Snowbound For Greatness • The Gnome Ultimatum • G Force • KuuKuuBall Run • Feline's Finest • Studio No-No • The Gig is Up

Season 3
Kawaii to the World Tour • Minds Games • Bye Bye Baby • Super Awesome Galacto Rudie • Family Affair • It's All About Mimi, Me • Monkey Business • Southern Sparkles • Monster Pets on the Bus • Kawaii-Saurs • Oh, Boya • Rudie's Law • The High C • Aller-G • Groovy Beach Goes Bonkers • Smart Phone • Hotel Kawaii-fornia • Boo Boo Harajuku • Future Tense • Pamperlona • My Way or the Kawaii Way • Tinselfest • Planet of the Rudies • Fan Fun Day • Happy 100th • The Sweet Life • Must The Show Go On? • Lights! Camera! HJ5! • Marshmallow Madness • Social Media • That's So Five Minutes Ago • Messy Magic • Lather, Rinse, Repeat • Sing Thing • Baby Rudie • Rock Your Socks • What's In A Name? • Joy Ride • The Fabulous Baron Von Rudie • Mappy Birthday Music • Hologrammed • Good Old ROD • Teen Genie Strikes Back • Clueless in Sweetropolis • Rumor Has It • The Princess and the Rocker • G-Whizz • Mind Over Manager • Razzle Dazzle • Project Runaway • Run to the Sun • That Sinking Feeling