The Great Escape
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| "The Great Escape" | ||||||
| Season | 3 | |||||
| No. in season | 3 | |||||
| Production company | Hasbro Entertainment Nickelodeon | |||||
| Airdate | October 25, 2024 (Paramount+) TBA, 2024 (Nickelodeon) | |||||
| Writer | Jen Bardekoff | |||||
| Director | Scooter Tidwell | |||||
| Animation studio | 88 Pictures | |||||
 Watch this episode on Paramount+
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The Maltos must navigate a rigged escape room or risk becoming trapped forever.
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Humans | Terrans |
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Quotes
"Escape room? Why go in something you have to escape out of when we're already out of it now?"
- —Thrash
Jawbreaker:" Who's the "Fair-Mustard"?"
Mo: "We met him at the school carnival. He's the horrible, rotten, no-good guy who was mean to Cosmos."
Fairmaestro: "That description makes me look terrible. I quite like it."
"Who said I was fair?"
"It's right there in your name."
"That's because I'm the maestro of a f- oh never mind."
- —Fairmaestro and Jawbreaker
"What have you done?"
"The question is, what have you done?"
- —Twitch and Fairmaestro
Notes
Continuity notes
- The original encounter with the Fairmaestro and the loss of his Cosmic Thunder ride took place in "The Butterfly Effect".
Transformers references
- To motivate Jawbreaker, Twitch tells him that "it takes a strong person to be gentle"—this is a paraphrased bit of advice that was, according to Peter Cullen, given to him by his brother Larry before he auditioned for the role of Optimus Prime.
Real-world references
- The golden tickets and very fine print are likely references to the classic film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
- Aspects of the escape room are shared with British game show The Crystal Maze, which was hosted by Fairmaestro's voice actor Richard Ayoade. For instance, the final challenge for each episode of the show was to catch gold foil tokens being blown inside the Crystal Dome.
- Fairmaestro's scheme involving riddles is very reminiscent of The Riddler in the Batman franchise.
- The first challenge is based on rhythm game Dance Dance Revolution.
- According to Robbie, said game is easier than the Philippine folk dance tinikling.
Errors
Trivia
- Twitch seemingly breaks the fourth wall by declaring "Cue the montage!"
