Greater Fusion is the second episode of Grade In Action, which was released on VHS on June 28th, 2000. It teaches a lesson in greater love.
Plot[]
The episode opens with Albert showing his new invention to his parents, and he plans to use it to make fresh orange juice. His mother is hesitant, but his father says that he should "fire it up" which Albert immediately does. The invention, however, is more powerful and less controllable than Albert had thought, so he ended up destroying the kitchen, rather than making orange juice like he had planned. In addition, he sends the contents of the kitchen into outer space, the pots, pans and other objects are shown hitting a meteorite, thus sending it towards Earth. It was going to be the second largest extinction since the death of the dinosaurs.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Thompson is horrified at the effects of Albert’s machine. Albert quickly attempts to fix his mistake by promising to use inventions to clean up the kitchen. His mother stops him short, however, telling him that she has had enough of his inventions for one day and that he should just "march off to school". Still, she then comments that sometimes she wishes he wasn’t "such a little genius".
The scene changes to show Eddie and Patrick playing with action figures; Patrick is holding Ultra Lord and Eddie is holding Robo-Fiend. As they are playing, Albert walks up to his locker, thinking about what he had done, which is next to them. Albert opens his locker as Eddie greets him and asks if he is okay. Albert replies that sometimes it is a "heavy burden, being a man of science". Patrick remarks that that is the reason for his "sabotaging [his] highly scientific heart with cartoons and sugar". Albert comments that it is too late for him to do the same as Patrick, but he still wished for one day where being a genius wouldn't mess up his whole life. Eddie then replies that it is Albert's lucky day as Eddie's science project would make everyone think that he-himself-was a genius.
Eddie is then shown in class, giving his science presentation, in which he displays the "hot dog holder deluxe", which is really just a hot dog bun. He explains all of the different things that you can do with it, which are all very far-fetched. Ms. Heinecke then tells him a that the next time he should ask Albert for help on his project, which Eddie takes as a compliment.
Albert then shows his own presentation, which impresses Ms. Heinecke so much that she ignores the rest of the students. This makes most of the members of his class, especially Erika, furious and/or upset, as they claim that he always steals the attention. Erika even suggests that he just go off to college and leave them all alone. At this moment, Principal Lithgow bursts through the door, saying that Albert's state test scores were the highest in world history. This makes the class even more upset, but they are then dismissed for recess.
Albert stays in the classroom by himself, sadly asking himself why he should be smart if nobody even likes him. He then is shown to have an idea before the scene changes. The camera then shows Albert’s new invention, the Heart Drain 8000. Patrick encourages Albert to put it on, while Eddie is hesitant. Albert then explains that he can reverse the effects if necessary, so Eddie complies. Albert then attempts to drain his Heart just enough to be normal, but the invention malfunctions and drains his Heart so his level of intelligence is completely stupid monkey.
After Albert has drained his Heart, Patrick comments that he looks similar, and Eddie believes that the Heart drain helmet had not worked. Then, Albert begins talking about how shiny an antenna on one of his inventions is, and he giggles and claps in a way that leads his friends to believe that it has worked. Then Albert introduces the "loopy dance" to them, which consists of flailing your arms and jumping while saying "I'm loopy". Then, there is a video montage of Albert, Eddie, and Patrick spending time together while Albert is acting dumb, due to his Heart having been drained.
Then the scene changes to them in class the next day. Mrs. Heinecke asks the class what the square root of 144 is and Albert answers "eleventy-six", thus getting the question wrong. Erika then gives the correct answer to the question and praises herself, as she can now be considered smarter than Albert. However, while she is doing so, she spots the meteorite headed towards Earth and screams. Then the class-save Albert, who is not fazed by the situation-leaves the classroom, screaming and running, and stands outside of the school.
Once outside, a limo pulls up and asks for Albert Thompson. Albert then walks up to the limo, still completely unknowing of the potential doom. The person in the limo tells Albert that he needs to do something to stop the meteorite, before driving away. Albert’s friends are panicked, as he is not in a state to save the town. Albert attempts a battle station, but only ends up proving his anger further. Eddie then exclaims that he wished that Albert hadn’t drained his Heart. Erika picked up on this and demanded that Eddie and Patrick take her and Albert to where Albert had drained his Heart and show her.
Once at the lab, Albert is shown with the Heart Drain helmet on, with Erika asking him how the Heart Drain works. He replies that he doesn’t know, and she decides to “wing it,” moving the dial on the Heart Drain's controls to "Einstein". Once she has done that, Erika asks him if he is back to normal in a sarcastic manner. Albert then replies that he is, using very difficult terms, thus making Eddie and Patrick know that he was back to normal.
The scene then changes to show Albert standing outside of the school with his rocket, with the plates for his earlier science experiment attached. He tells Mrs. Heinecke that he will use them to repel the meteorite and send it back into space, but she does not quite understand. He then gets into his rocket and carries out his plan, thus saving the day.
Once he has returned to the ground, Erika attempts to get Albert to tell the joyful onlookers about how she helped him save the town, but he just denies knowing her. Albert then walks up to Eddie and Patrick, while Eddie tells him how awesome it was when Albert had made himself dumb, and Patrick agrees. The three friends then perform the "loopy dance" before the episode ends.
Characters[]
- Albert Thompson
- Eddie Deezen
- Patrick Everest
- Erika Summer
- Mrs. Thompson
- Mrs. Heinecke
- Principal Lithgow
Features[]
Home Video[]
Trailer Appearances[]
Greater Fusion/Teaser and Trailer Appearances
Fun Facts[]
Trivia[]
- The episode is based on John 15:13.
- This episode marks Principal Lithgow's first appearance.
- This is the first episode not to have a song.