"American Dragon: Jake Long"
A Befuddled Mind (2006)

Director:

Nicholas Filippi

Writer:

Chris Nee (writer)

TV Series:

"American Dragon: Jake Long" (2005)

Original Air Date:

9 September 2006 (Season 2, Episode 10)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Skateboarding | Teen | Supernatural Powers | Interracial Relationship | Supernatural

Cast

Dante Basco	...	Jake Long (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charlie Finn	...	Spud (voice)
Jonathan Freeman	...	Eli Excelsior Pandarus (voice)
Monty Hall	...	Himself (voice)
Miss Kittie	...	Trixie Carter / Additional Voices (voice)
Paul Rugg	...	Professor Rotwood / Additional Voices (voice)
Mindy Sterling	...	Mrs. Grumplestock (voice)

Quotes:

Spud: [tied up and dangling in the air] But what makes you think I'm going to help you?
[laughs evilly]
Spud: Um, my laugh of evil needs work.

A Pleasant Surprise

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Let's just say I was not too excited about this episode. An episode all about Spud. Oh boy.

Jake tricks Spud into getting a perfect score on a test and Spud is taken away to a University. Little does Jake know, he set his friend up with the evil Eli Pandarus. Pandarus plans to use the smartest out of all the kids to use them to open Pandora's Box. And it ends up being Spud. Jake and Trixie save Spud, but Pandarus escapes. We also see Monty Hall again. And a crying Rotwood.

This episode was pretty good. Loa-Shi laughing himself to death (not literally) when he found out Spud aced the test was very funny and also when Pandarus has Spud tied up and Spud laughs evilly and says his evil laugh needed work was pretty funny. The Spud mime thing got old pretty fast.

Pandarus is much better this season than he was last season. He is less of a coward and he is a lot more willing to kill people who get in his way, unlike last season. I would like to see at least one more episode with the new Pandarus.

8/10, B-