Shin Chan (US)/Pee Strike

Pee Strike
Test Run, Episode 2
Airdate	August 21, 2006
Production Number	001
Written by	Ryou Motohira Hiroko Naka Hiroko Hagita Taeko Okina Kazuhisa Sakaguchi
Directed by	Keiichi Hara
ADR Writer(s)	Joel Bergen John Burgmeier Sarah Dyer Evan Dorkin
ADR Director(s)	Zach Bolton
← 0x01 Safe as a Dry Hump	0x03 → Honor and a Penis
Shin Chan (US) — Test Run

Pee Strike is the second episode of the test run of FUNimation's adaptation of Shin Chan, and the second episode overall.

Guest Stars: Troy Baker (Action Bastard), Jason Liebrecht (Principal Ench), Jamie Marchi (Miss Polly), Kate Oxley (Lollipop), Caitlin Glass (Miss Anderson), Clarine Harp (Miss Katz), Wendy Powell (Fever Demon)

Plot Overview

Shin's Allowance

Georgie and Maso convince Shin that he deserves an allowance. After Mitzi refuses to give Shin one, Shin goes "on spike" until he can convince Mitzi to give him an allowance.

A Very Wrong Engagement

Maso has a crush on Ai, but after Shin blows her off, Maso feels the need to defend her honor by proposing a match against Shin. Shin takes this the wrong way, and thinks that by "propose," Maso meant he wanted to marry Shin.

Loopy in the Sky With Demons

Shin comes down with a fever. While sleeping, Shin goes through a series of dreams that involves himself dealing with the heat, and soon he teams up in his dreams with his favorite hero Action Bastard to fight the Fever Demon.

Notes

• Even though this is the second episode aired, it is the first produced.

Trivia

The Show

Episode dates

The first two episodes of this half hour aired in 2002, while the final one aired later when the show was digitally animated.

Script comparisons

Below are a set of original translations, and the dub script for comparison, provided by head writer Jared Hedges for a Q&A at http://www.myspace.com/shinnohara

S=Shin G=Georgie (Kazama in Japanese) M=Maso

• M: Say, how much is your allowance, Kazama-kun?
• G: About 500 yen a month, I guess.
• M: Wow, that's a lot! I only get 100 yen a month!
• S: You could build a whole house...!
• G: Get real! And pull your pants up!
• M: Say, what about your allowance, Shin-chan?
• S: I don't have one'.
• G: Pull your pants up!
• S: I get money from my mom when I want some. But all she ever says is, "What's it for?! Don't you dare waste it!" when she gives it to me.
• G: Why don't you have her set a monthly allowance, then?
• S: Guess I will!
• M: Yeah! It's nice not having to ask for money all the time!
• S: But she might not go for it.
• G: Then why not go on strike?
• S: A good pitcher's throw?
• G: Not that kind of strike!
• S: So what do I do?
• G: You refuse to help her until she gives you an allowance, for example.
• S: I see!

Dub script written by Joel Bergen:

• M: Hey Georgie, how much allowance are you getting these days?
• G: A sweet 50 bills a week, plus stock options.
• M: Wow. That's a lot. Are your parents doctors, lawyers, or Jews?
• S: You could buy a whole monkey with that!
• G: And you could buy a brain. Now pull up your damn pants already.
• M: So Shin, what kind of allowance are your folks giving you?
• S: A whole lotta nothing.
• G: Pants! Pull up your freaking pants!
• S: Whenever I need money I have to ask my mom for it. But she never gives me any. She thinks everything I want to buy is dumb. What's wrong with Viagra, and Action Bastard tighties?
• G: You know how sad that makes you? You're an embarrassment to kids everywhere. She's playing you for a sucker!
• S: (lands) Crowd goes wild!
• M: Hey you know what? You should ask for a weekly allowance so you don't have to keep begging for money!
• S: That'd be sweet, but what if she won't go for it?
• G: Go on strike, like one of those lazy teamsters?
• S: Throw a baseball at my mother?
• G: Not that kind of strike, moron!
• S: Okay, I'm confused.
• G: Stop doing chores. That's what our Meximaid does whenever she wants a raise from my dad.
• S: Oh, I get it!