Flying Rhino Junior High — Season 1, Episode 13: Pal 9000
Animation, Kids • 22 min • 2 seasons, 26 episodes • ★ 6.3/10
Episode synopsis
Marcus spends so much time with his latest creation, the ""Pal 9000"" minicomputer, that Billy feels left out. But Billy's not the only one irked by Pal, for Earl sees Pal's prowess as a challenge to his own supercomputer! Earl shows off his techno-might by turning the school into the edu-station of the 23rd century: a facility run by a computer gone berserk! Marcus uses Pal to take over the building's errant computer, but Earl strikes back by infecting Pal with a virus, causing him to attack students with the building's desks, chairs and doors! Billy tries to warn Marcus that Pal is infected, but Marcus, thinking that Billy is just jealous, refuses to listen. Only when Marcus sees his friends under attack does he finally take action, cleansing Pal with an anti-virus program. With the help of Billy and Marcus, Pal travels through cyberspace into Earl's computer and completely destroys it, saving the school!
About Flying Rhino Junior High
Flying Rhino Junior High is a Canadian-French animated television series produced by Neurons Animation, Nelvana Limited and STV Productions. It originally aired from October 3, 1998 to January 22, 2000 on CBS Kidshow. Reruns used to be shown on Scottish Television in Scotland. Reruns returned to YTV after a four year absence in 2011. In the US, both seasons can be purchased as downloads from Amazon Instant Video, and in Scotland the first season can be watched on YouTube. The series revolved around four kids: Billy O' Toole, Marcus and Ruby Snarkus, and Lydia Lopez. The series' main antagonists are Earl P. Sidebottom, AKA The Phanthom and his rat sidekick Ratticus. Earl is a boy genius who some time before the series' beginning got a "D" grade in shop class and retreated to the school's sub-basement boiler room in shame. In there, he built a supercomputer capable of altering reality, which uses to cause chaos in the school as revenge, leaving the protagonists to stop him.