REVIEW: NAPOLEON DYNAMITE“Scantronica Love”

Episode Synopsis: A teacher who doubles as a matchmaker (voice of Jemaine Clement) inputs the kids’ “love data” into a computer, with unpopular results: Napoleon is paired with a Japanese exchange student (voice of Lauren Tom) while Deb is stuck with school bully Don (executive producer Jared Hess). Other voices include Haylie Duff (Summer) and Rita Coolidge (Don’s Mother). Original Air Date: Jan 15, 2012

Guest Cast Rita Coolidge: Don’s Mother Lauren Tom: Tokiko Jemaine Clement: Professor Clements Haylie Duff: Summer Wheatley.

Spoilers Below

The Professor introduces a machine that pairs up dudes with their dream girls. After the kids take the test and put it through the machine, everyone gets paired up, leaving Napoleon with the newest foreign exchange student which causes Deb to be hooked up with d-bag Don, but as it turns out Don’s parents are right up her alley so she gets on board. The only one who makes it out OK is Pedro who gets hooked up with Summer of whom at first doesn’t like her new pairing but soon starts to warm up too a guy who can kill a rattlesnake with his bare hands. However, despite the strong starts for both Pedro AND Napoleon’s long lasting relationships, they both begin to rage against the machine, and go their own way.

Kip starts practicing in the dark arts, so Uncle Rico offers to be his manager to lease him out for birthday parties but despite umm personal demonstrations and recording commercials, of course it goes nowhere.

Despite getting to see Jon Heder’s awesome Japanese speaking skills, this episode falls short. I’m just not laughing, and I don’t like the fact that a bunch of jokes from the movie just keep getting recycled over and over again. It stinks!  In my last review I mentioned that this show reminds me of The Goode Family, and if this show keeps it up its run will be just as short.

(6.0 out 0f 10)