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"Take the A-Train... I Think?" is the 11th episode of the first season of Jessie. It aired on January 27, 2012.
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Overview
To the kids' dismay, Jessie has Emma, Ravi, and Zuri take the subway to the cultural fair for Emma's social studies
assignment for Battery Park because Emma put the project off, but Jessie has trouble reading the map and they keep taking the wrong train further uptown to Yorkville, Chinatown, and Washington Heights. Meanwhile, Bertram and Luke look for a pesky spider that has made its home in the apartment. We learn that they have a fear of spiders.
Cast
- Debby Ryan as Jessie Prescott
- Skai Jackson as Zuri Ross
- Karan Brar as Ravi Ross
- Peyton List as Emma Ross
- Cameron Boyce as Luke Ross
- Kevin Chamberlin as Bertram Winkle
Guest Stars
- Torsten Voges as Fritz
Trivia
- This episode was also advertised as "Lost in the City" as an alternative title.
- The episode title is a parody of the song "Take the "A" Train" which various artists have named their songs.
- This marks the second episode in a row Luke appears wearing boxers. The first one is in the episode Are You Cooler Than a 5th Grader?.
- In this episode, there was a reference to Lady Gaga is made when there was an old woman dressed in one of Gaga's outfits on the train and Emma called her "Granny Gaga."
- The title refers to the real life A train service, a long-running New York City Subway service along the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan, IND Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn and Queens, and the IND Rockaway Line in the Rockaways and connects JFK airport. It is also the longest train service of New York City Subway that goes from Bronx to The Rockaways.[1]
- This is the first time Ravi is not wearing indian clothes, but rather an I Heart New York shirt tucked in with khaki shorts, a black belt, a fanny pack, and a red jacket. He is wearing socks with sandals like always though.
Goofs
- When Emma is showing Jessie the pictures she took on the subway, there is a moment when you can hear Emma talking but you can't see her mouth moving.
- Emma shows Jessie a picture of Ravi throwing up some of the German food, but when Ravi threw it up, Emma didn't. Although he could have done it off camera take a picture. However, Ravi possibly threw up again later off camera and she took a picture then.
- Jessie's map blows away but in the next scene, she has one. However, they possibly stopped at a station off camera and picked one up.
Memorable Quotes
Jessie: OMG, I am turning into my dad. All I need is a crew cut and a weird desire to have someone punch me in the stomach. |
Luke: Bertram, you've already failed at life. I've still got a life full of failure ahead of me." |
Luke: Here's the plan, You charge at him, and if he goes right, you hit him with this. Bertram: What if he goes left? |
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