Journey to the Centre of the Cute

The class entering Cutea's body.

**Journey to the Centre of the Cute** is the fifth episode of the College Mates series. Cutea skips class and ends up becoming their field trip thanks to a shrink ray!

### **Summary**

The class are waiting for their next seminar when two boys from science class burst in and proudly announce the completion of a Shrink Ray, which they plan to use to showcase the wonders of the microscopic world around them with a miniaturised ship. The boys offer to show them and run back to get more equipment; the class are enthusiastic, however through a mix-up, the ray activates early and shrinks the group down. Making their way to the miniature ship in the now-empty lecture hall, the group try and navigate the ship outside in search of the science class with Electric Blue volunteering at the wheel.

Upon seeing his girlfriend Cuteamena nearby, they try to get her attention but wind up in her bag of M&Ms! Cutea has skipped the seminar, finding it boring, and stood outside chatting with Eminence who had just returned from gym. She tosses some of the chocolates into her mouth, not noticing the camouflaged ship among the candies. The tiny group realise what has happened and panic initially, but observing Cutea eating from inside proves an interesting and fun adventure. Electric figures out the onboard navigator and they are able to locate themselves, but a collision with flying candy shell damages the engine, leaving them helpless. Cutea, meanwhile, laughs with Eminence about the lack of excitement in seminars and how they both aren't missing anything interesting, still unaware that her tiny friends are observing the first stages of digestion right in her mouth. Swallowing the M&Ms, she takes the tiny ship down with them.

Landing in the stomach, the group try to find a power source to propel their ship. Lulu and Lumi, both of whom find the experience to be educationally invaluable, devise a plan to use electrolytes from an energy drink to fuel the ship. They manage to siphon some of the energy drink's rising bubbles and regain control of their ship, accidentally making Cutea burp loudly in the process. Lumi takes control and tries to find a way out, narrowly dodging falling food as Cutea and Eminence have lunch. The ship eventually reaches the nose and they attempt to make Cutea sneeze. Quinty ventures out of the ship and uses a feather from Electric's wing to tickle their giant friend's nasal passage, causing her finally to eject them all out. They then steer back to the science labs.

The science class discover them gratefully, and return them to normal size. After the group recount their experience, the science class decide the ray is too dangerous, and offer it to the gang instead; Electric smirks at the camera as the episode ends.

### **Appearances**

* Atrimy
* Cuteamena
* Electric Blue
* Lulu
* Lumi
* Flushie
* Quinty
* Eminence Bloom

### **Trivia**

* This episode marks the first use of the Shrink Ray in the series.
* This is the first of several location appearances for Cutea's body; it is also visited in Close to Her Heart and again in Adventures in Babysitting, as well as seen briefly in Just a Little Picnic.
* It is revealed that Lulu is a biology major.
* Electric is shown to be not the best driver despite possessing a car.