A Spy is Born I

Season	Episode	Overall
01	20	20

Airdate

September 19, 2003

Written by

Michelle Lamoreaux
Robert Lamoreaux

Proceeded by

Game Girls

Followed by

Passion Patties

A Spy is Born I is episode 20 of Season 1.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

The spies battle a villain who has abducted the top movie stars of the world to use them in his insanely realistic and dangerous action film.

In a B-story, Sam is voted “Most Popular” in the school yearbook and has to deal with life in the spotlight. The episode ends in a cliffhanger when Sam and Clover receive a distress call from Alex who has been kidnapped by Lumiere.

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Trivia[]

A Spy is Born arc
- "A Spy is Born I"
- "A Spy is Born II"
Many of the same celebrities are seen in the episodes:
- "Evil Airlines Much?"
- "Evil Hotel"
- "A Spy is Born I"
The celebrities are parodies of real actors.
- Amber Stone (Sharon Stone)
- Brock Williams (Bruce Willis)
- Dirk Johnson (Brad Pitt)
- Julia Hastings (Julia Roberts)
Parodies of Brad Pitt.
- Dirk Johnson ("A Spy is Born I")
- Rad Smitt ("Celebrity Swipe!")
Clover wears the same formal gown in different colors.
- ”A Spy is Born I”
- ”Do You Believe in Magic?”
- ”The Fugitives”
The gladiators wear the same outfit.
- ”A Spy is Born I”
- ”Spy Gladiators”
The spacesuits are similiar.
- ”A Spy is Born I”
- ”The New Jerry”
The title is a reference to "A Star is Born".
When the movie stars tell the WOOHP group to let them know if they'd ever like to be in a movie, Jerry expresses interest. He would have his chance to star in a movie in "0067".
Clover says Sam is a terrible cook.
The "Entertainment Hourly" magazine is a parody of "Entertainment Weekly".
"Days of Our Spies" is a parody of the soap opera "Days of Our Lives".
Caitlin and Dominque reveal that they are only friends with Mandy because she is popular.
This is the first episode to feature a story spanning across more than one episode. It possibly might've been meant to be the season finale.

Error[]

Goof: Brock Williams' name is incorrectly written as "Bruce William" in the timestamp headline introducing his residence.
Goof: At one point in the episode, Jerry is missing his mustache. It appears a few seconds later.
Goof: Right before the girls steal a jet ski, Clover loses her maid headpiece after emerging from the water. When the girls are on the jet ski, her headpiece is back.
Goof: When the girls jump off the jet ski into the water and talk to Jerry about their plans to have Alex play as Amber Stone's decoy, Clover's maid headpiece disappears and reappears between shots.
Goof: At the movie showing when the patron next to Alex (masquerading as Amber) is immobilized, her hands are not gloved.
Goof: When Sam notices that the beams are coming from the projector, the her hands are not gloved.
Goof: At the shot of Sam and Clover frozen right before the commercial break, Clover's earrings are light blue instead of red.
Goof: When the movie stars are thanking the spies, Alex's dress is all one piece. Her gloves are also miscolored. Her gloves also disappear at the end of the scene when everyone is laughing.

Transcript[]

Transcript A Spy is Born I