From The TV IV

Safe as a Dry Hump is the first episode of the test run of FUNimation's adaptation of Shin Chan, and the first episode overall.

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Contents 1 Plot Overview 1.1 Ench-man Returns! 1.2 Ai Needs a Hero! 1.3 Ench-man Forever! 1.4 Hima Nohara in "The Creeping Terror!" 1.5 Death to the Franchise 2 Notes 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Ench-man Returns!

After Principal Ench drives the school children home, he changes into Ench-man to help Mitzi unlock her bike. Shin notices, and soon figures out that Ench-man is Principal Ench, forcing Ench-man to make Shin into his sidekick: Pocket Rocket Boy.

[edit] Ai Needs a Hero!

In order to get closer to Shin, the local rich girl Ai Saotome decides to win over Shin's father Hiro's approval.

[edit] Ench-man Forever!

Ench-man and Pocket Rocket Boy fail at catching Tiger Woman after she tries to rob Hiro. It turns out that Tiger Woman is actually Miss Katz from Shin's school.

[edit] Hima Nohara in "The Creeping Terror!"

Hima steals Mitzi's catalog. Mitzi grows suspicious and tries to catch Hima throughout the episode

[edit] Death to the Franchise

Ench-man now has to team up with Tiger Woman in addition to Shin. Neither of which do a good job at keeping a secret about Ench-man's identity. After trying to wrangle together some escaped pigs, other kids and teachers from school want to be Ench-man's sidekick.

[edit] Notes

• Even though this is the first episode aired, it is the third produced. Unfortunately, this didn't help the callbacks to the "Ench-man Begins!" vignette in the second episode.

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• The first, third, and fifth segments of this episode continue (and conclude) the storyline of Principal Ench as his superhero identity, Ench-Man. This began in Episode 2.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Referbacks

• Penny: Shin said Ench-man came over and changed his sister's diaper.

This line refers back to the Ench-man Begins vignette in episode 2, where Ench-man does change Hima's diaper.

• Hiro: He [Ench-man] saw my wife beat me!

Again, another referback to the Ench-man Begins vignette in episode 2, where Ench-man arrives to find Mitzi beating up Hiro.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

[edit] Behind the Scenes

[edit] Allusions and References

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Quotes