I'll Get By with a Little Help from My Elf

I'll Get By with a Little Help from My Elf
Other names	Fred & Henry
Season №	One
Episode №	8
Writer	Tim McKeon (Susan Kim)
Director	Ken Kessel
Storyboard	Alex Que & Harry Sabin
Airdates	July 17, 2005
Running time	July 27th, 2010
Sister episode	Chrissy
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I'll Get By with a Little Help from Elf is the eighth episode of the whole series.

Summary

June feels that her duties as the Te Xuan Ze are taking too much time from her normal life. But when a helper elf arrives to aid her, she remains ignorant of his true motives.

Plot

June is fighting a demon, when it suddenly summons a half-shark half-crocodile monster while her friends think she's just being late to the movies as usual.

June fighting on a rooftop versus Donnie.

While taking a test, a "helper elf" appears to her, offering her the answers of the test she didn't have time to study for. June starts taking more help from this elf and finally feels like she's handling the whole Te Xuan Ze thing. Just as Monroe and Jasmine remind her to be aware of warning signs, the elf reveals itself to be employed by the same demon she fought earlier. The helper elf plagiarizes one of June's reports, resulting in her parents being called to the teacher's office and June being grounded for shirking her schoolwork.

Meanwhile, the helper elf tells Donnie that the Te Xuan Ze is taken care of and Donnie orders the summoning of a Cabana beast to wreak havoc in Orchid Bay.

June is still grounded so Ray Ray and Monroe step in. Some Speed Demons are panicking in the park about a Leviathan Frog. Monroe states that there hasn't been a Leviathan Frog in 600 years only to scream and run in terror from it. Unable to deal with the giant frog destroying the city, June defies her parents, sneaks out of the house and suddenly steps in to deal with it, riding it out into the sea, to pit it against the Cabana beast.

The episode ends with Ah-Mah comforting June (who is grounded again for deliberately disobeying her parents, sneaking out of the house and is in even more trouble) and telling her that it's okay to ask for help even in the Te Xuan Ze line, and Monroe her, even Ray-Ray, but to give them small tasks.

Credits clip

The helper elf apologizes to Donnie, saying he didn't know his backup plan with the frog would backfire or that "the kid" could ride a frog bareback, hoping good graces from the demon. Donnie just banishes him.

Characters

• Juniper
• Jody
• Ophelia
• Roger
• Donnie
• Helper Elf
• Monroe
• Ray Ray
• Michael
• Barbara
• Cabana beast
• Leviathan Frog

Quotes

I'll Get By with a Little Help from Elf/Script

Trivia

• This episode is the first time the moniker "Queen of the Flakes" is used for Juniper, referring to her constant habit of being late to or missing out on hanging out with her friends.
• At the beginning of the episode, June and friends are supposed to be watching a movie about a shark-o-dile, while on the rooftops, June is fighting an actual half-shark-half-crocodile.
• This is the episode where Ah-mah mentions taking dragon flying lessons.
• Ending Tagline: "You and me seriously need to go shopping." - Ophelia

Gallery

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