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#4, RE: Fly Girls notes
Posted by Mister Fnord on Sep-10-14 at 10:14 PM
In response to message #0
Episode 220 ("Letters From Europe") is, like "Mosquito Plays It Straight", one of the series episodes taking storylines directly from the original 4-koma that started this whole business. The midpoint of the exchange student arc, the episode involves the three Columbia students visiting abroad at Principal Roosevelt's request narrating some of their experiences in letters home. These involve P-51's continuing uniform woes, P-40 drinking Headmaster Churchill under the table (to the shock of the Brittania students and the utter glee of Mr. Roosevelt)<1> and P-39's bonding with some of the younger support staff at Rodina-Mat.

"Letters From Europe" was clearly put together as much on the cheap as possible (in order to save precious animating money for the fight sequences that would define the next four episodes) and the episode suffers some from this. Fortunately for the production staff a slice-of-life episode can get away with more shortcuts, stock footage etc.

<1> The part of P-40 was played by Karen Allen ca. 1981.


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Mr. Fnord