"Well, then you shouldn't have taken any money out of the ATM." |
#MagicATM |
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Season 1, Episode 21 |
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General information | |
Air date |
January 4, 2014 [1] |
Prod. code |
123 |
Writer(s) |
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak |
Director(s) |
Adam Weissman |
Viewership |
3.150 million[2] |
Episode guide | |
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#MagicATM is the 21st episode of Sam & Cat and the first one to air in 2014.
Plot[]
Cat starts to ride around Apartment 22 on a Ziggity-Zag. Sam comes home and sees this, wantsing to ride on a Ziggity-Zag as well. Cat escapes into the apartment, and Sam sees they are in the middle of babysitting and Cat had bought a bunch of stuff from the toy store. Cat gives Sam a Ziggity-Zag and they ride out of the apartment while the two kids shoot them with ping pong balls. They ride outside as the kids have a brief interaction with Herb. Then, they run into Dice and make him babysit the kids so Cat can show Sam where she's getting all her money and they can get cool stuff.
Cat takes Sam to the Handy Quick and shows Sam an ATM machine that gives $400 every time the user plays, "Take Me Down To The Basement", similar to the tune to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". At the mall, Sam buys expensive fresh meat from her favorite store "Oh My God Meats" and Cat buys a cat tail that wags and meows when a sensor detects a change in a person's heart rate. Dice is participate in the Burbank Spelling Bee, so he asks Sam and Cat to get some monkey pills from Pet-Mergency Hospital for his Aunt Fergene's helper monkey Futz so he can sleep while Aunt Fergeen flies to Japan. Cat plans to go to the Handy Quick for more money, which Sam is against, but Cat tempts her with courtside tickets to Lakers games, violent video games, and fried chicken.
They go back, but Cat gets caught by Yokvish, who attracts the attention of Officer Kelvin, who then arrests Cat. Knowing Cat won't survive juvenile hall, Sam makes Officer Kelvin arrest her too by pouring a drink down his pants. While Officer Kelvin drives to the police station, they see a speeding car and he chases it. Officer Kelvin then sees the monkey pills Sam and Cat had bought. They tell him what it is, but he thinks they're lying and eats them. Officer Kelvin ends up falling asleep and Sam quickly starts driving the car and Cat gets them out of their handcuffs by stealing Officer Kelvin's key. The guy who was speeding gets out of his car and runs for it. Sam follows and beats up the guy as Cat comments to the dispatcher.
Later, the police are at Apartment 22 repossessing the stuff that was bought with the ATM money much to the dismay of Sam and Cat. The police lieutenant states that Cat and Sam had stolen $4,000 from the ATM. When Officer Kelvin asks Yokvish if he wants to press charges, Yokvish isn't interested as he attempts to get Officer Kelvin to take a picture for his profile. When the police lieutenant states they got to pay back the $4,000, Officer Kelvin mocks their plight as Sam tells him to take another monkey pill as the police lieutenant keeps them from getting into a conflict. The police lieutenant is then informed that the guy Sam defeated was wanted in three states and the reward for catching him was $5,000. That means Sam and Cat can pay back the money and keep $1,000. Cat then has the police and Yokvish sing her version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as they are joined in by Dice (who won the Burbank Spelling Bee) and Herb. After the song is done, an unimpressed Sam remarks "That's not how the song goes."
Quotes[]
Sam: Where did all this other stuff come from? |
Girl: [arms raised in excitement] A toy store! |
Sam: I was asking Cat. [to Cat] Where did all this other stuff come from? |
Cat: [arms raised in excitement, imitating the girl] A toy store! |
Sam: So where is this ATM? |
Cat: Follow my body! [wiggles] |
Yokvish: Hey, girls! Heey, girls. Heey, girls. |
Cat / Sam: What's up? / Y-yeah? |
Yokvish: Which picture make me look hot? [shows picture] This? |
Sam: [disugsted] No. |
Cat: [disugsted] Gross. |
Yokvish: [shows another photo] This? |
Sam: Gross. |
Cat: No. |
Yokvish: This? [shows another photo] |
Sam: Ech. |
Cat: Eew. |
Yokvish: This? [shows another photo] |
Sam: Eew. |
Cat: Ech. |
Yokvish: I take more selfies. |
Sam: So this is your ATM? |
Cat: Yerp. |
Sam: But you don't have a bank account? |
Cat: Norpe. |
Sam: Well, then how did you get an ATM card? |
Cat: I don't have an ATM card. |
Sam: Well, then how are you getting money out of an ATM machine? |
Cat: The tones! |
Sam: The tones? |
Cat: The tones! |
Sam: Okay. You keep saying "The tones!", but I still have no idea what "The tones!" means. |
Cat: [squeals] Push the buttons! [Sam does so] See? Everytime you press one of those number buttons, you can hear a beep. |
Sam: And this is big news there on your bunny brain? |
Cat: Well yeah, 'cause you know I started thinking of that old song, you know. [sings] ♪ Take me down to the basement ♪ / ♪ Fill the buckets with cheese. ♪ |
Sam: Wait. Wait. No. No, no, no. |
Cat: What? |
Sam: That's "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". |
Cat: [confused] Huh? |
Sam: [sings] ♪ Take me out to the ball game ♪ / ♪ Take me out with the crowd. ♪ |
Cat: Those lyrics make no sense. Anyway, I started wondering if I could play that song with these number buttons. See? [sings, as she pushes the number buttons] ♪ Take me down to the basement ♪ / ♪ Fill the buckets with cheese. ♪ [cash dispenses out] See? 400 bucks! |
Sam: HOLY BUCKETS OF CHEESE! |
Yokvish: What did she say? |
Sam: Nothing! Take more selfies! |
Yokvish: Yes! I love to selfie! |
Sam: How many times have you done this? |
Cat: I don't know, like 2 or 3 times, a day. |
Sam: What?! Shhhh! Listen! You cannot tell anyone about this. |
Cat: Why? It's not stealing. I just play a song and the machine thanks me with cash. |
Sam: I know, but I am not sure this is legal. |
Cat: Oh. Should I give this back? |
Sam: Well, I didn't say that. |
Cat: Then what should we do? |
Sam: I say, we think about it... while we buy stuff at the mall!! |
[both cheering as they exit store, while Yokvish continues to take different selfies] |
Sam: Whoever said money can't buy happiness was so stupid! |
Cat: Yeah! You just gotta have enough money! |
Dice: [entering the apartment] Boom! I have reached my destination. |
Cat: [sings while pushing the ATM's buttons] ♪ Take me down to the basement ♪ / ♪ Fill my buckets with cheese. ♪ |
[cash dispenses out] |
Yokvish: [catches Cat red-handed] Hey you, girl! |
Cat: Hello, foreign friend. |
Yokvish: You the one that's taking the money from my machine! |
Cat: No, I don't take it. The machine just gives it to me. |
Sam: Come on, let's just get out of here. |
Customer: Can I please just pay for my tuna pouch? |
Yokvish: [to customer] No tuna! [notices Officer Kelvin approach] Hey, policeman! Policeman! Come to here! Come! |
Sam/Cat: Oh, geez... |
Officer Kelvin: What's the problem? |
Customer: I just wanted to buy the tuna pouch, but--! |
Yokvish: [to customer] Shut up about pouch! [to Officer Kelvin] You know how some person been sucking cash money from my atom machine? |
Officer Kelvin: Uh-huh. |
Yokvish: It's [points at Cat] this girl! |
Officer Kelvin: You? |
Cat: Maybe. |
Sam: [quietly to Cat] Tell him he's handsome. |
Cat: [to Officer Kelvin] You're handsome. |
Sam: More flirty. |
Cat: [more flirty, twirling her hair, but unconvincing] Wow, you're so handsome. |
Officer Kelvin: [places Cat under arrest] Let's go. Hands in front of your stomach. |
Cat: [gets handcuffed] Oh my gosh! Sam! Help me! |
Sam: Man, leave her alone! |
Cat: No! |
Officer Kelvin: Officer, can you take her away, please? |
Cat: Where am I going? |
Officer Kelvin: To juvie. |
Sam: Juvie?! |
Cat: I don't wanna go to juvie! |
Officer Kelvin: Well, then you shouldn't have taken any money out of the ATM. |
Cat: Well, I didn't think there would be consequences! |
Sam: You cannot take my friend to juvie! |
Officer Kelvin: Why? |
Sam: Because she's not tough! She can't handle it! |
Officer Kelvin: Oh. Well, too bad. |
Sam: Wait. Take me to juvie with her. |
Officer Kelvin: No. |
Sam: Why not? |
Officer Kelvin: Because you didn't commit a crime. |
Sam: [takes a slushie from a customer, sips it] Here. Let me have that. |
[assaults Kelvin by dumping the slushie down his pants] |
Officer Kelvin: [shivers] Oh! Okay. Yeah, that does it. [places Sam under arrest] You know the drill. Thatta girl. Here we go. |
Sam: Yes. |
[sung to the tune of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, later joined in by Dice, Kelvin, and Herb] |
Cat: ♪ Take me down to the basement. ♪ |
♪ Fill the buckets with cheese. ♪ |
♪ Tickle your mother with puffer fish. ♪ |
♪ Kiss a rhinoceros, then make a wish. ♪ |
♪ ’Cause it’s noodle soup for the sailors ♪ |
♪ If their boat sinks in the rain. ♪ |
♪ And we won’t, won’t, pay for this song ♪ |
♪ ’Cause it’s public domain! ♪ |
Sam: [last line] That's not how the song goes. |
Trivia[]
- Jennette's grandma visited her on the Sam & Cat set during the production of this episode.[3]
- Scott Baio guest stars in this episode as Officer Kelvin.[4]
- The episode was announced by a tweet from Nickelodeon.[5]
- This is the first episode to feature Ariana Grande with a wig, instead of her actual hair.
- Starting with this episode, there is a brand new updated opening sequence.
- It is never stated which states the criminal was wanted in or what sentence he got, but given the fact that he was wanted in three states, he likely got a lengthly prison sentence.
- The fourth wall is broken at the end of this episode when everyone sings, "And we won't, won't, pay for this song 'cause it's public domain."
- The end credit scene is from #YayDay, which aired after this episode.
- When Sam and Cat are going inside their apartment, there's a bag from Toys Are Wee, which is an obvious parody of Toys R Us.
- Sam saying "cookies with mustaches" to make Cat happy is similar to Jade West saying "puppies wearing sunglasses" to make Cat laugh in the Victorious episode "Opposite Date".
- The Handy Quick is seen again for the first time since the Victorious episode "Ice Cream for Ke$ha", but with a different layout
- This episode is the sixth consecutive episode to have a special guest appearance.
- First was Kel Mitchell as Peezy B in "#PeezyB"
- Second was Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams as Sylvia Burke and Janice Dobbins in "#SalmonCat"
- Third was when Jennette McCurdy reprised her role as Sam's twin sister, Melanie Puckett, in "#Twinfection"
- Fourth was Aubrey K. Miller as Ellie Farber in "#MyPoober"
- Fifth was Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen in "#MadAboutShoe".
- Cat's Tush Tail is based off of Necomimi, cat ears that move with brain waves.
- This is technically the second time Cat does something illegal in the show, as she stole Stacey's shoes in #MadAboutShoe.
- However, she wasn't arrested in that episode.
Allusions[]
- When Cat tells Dice to never ask about her business in response to his questions about the money, her line is a reference to The Godfather.
- Coincidentally, Dice's last name, Corleone, is also a reference to The Godfather.
- When Cat tempts Sam to go to the ATM machine, she mentions the Lakers, a real life basketball team.
- At the Handy Quick, there are products named Schneider's, as an allusion to Dan Schneider.
- The Ziggity-Zags Sam and Cat use are a parody of Crazy-Cart, a toy that acts like the Ziggity-Zag.
Character revelations[]
- Sam's favorite store is "Oh My God Meats," which is a parody of Omaha Steaks.
- Dice is part of the Burbank Spelling Bee.
- Cat loves air travel.
- The extent of how much Sam cares for Cat is shown in this episode. When Sam was concerned that Cat wasn't tough enough to handle juvie on her own, she purposely gets herself arrested to go with her.
Goofs[]
- Sam says, "Currently heading east on Melrose" when chasing the speeding car but the closed captions read "north."
- Sam is worried that the money from the ATM is illegal money. But in the iCarly episode "iLove You", Freddie asks Sam what her favorite and least illegal thing to do is, Sam has trouble deciding.
- However, she did say she did not want to go back to juvie.
- Since Yokvish told a customer to shut up right in front of Officer Kelvin, he should have told Yokvish to not be rude to a customer.
- In reality, Sam & Cat would face the following legal issues:
- Stealing money from an ATM is a federal offense. However, since Cat did it in a convenience store and not a bank, she did not go to federal prison. She would've faced a prison sentence for criminal theft and damage charges.
- Since Sam poured a drink down Officer Kelvin's pants, she would've faced a felony assault charge.
- Even if Sam and Cat were helping the police, it would also be illegal for them to drive a police car because they aren't real police officers. In reality, they would be arrested for stealing a police car.
- Officer Kelvin would likely get in trouble for taking sleeping pills and falling asleep at the wheel, in addition to endangering Sam and Cat in a moving car.
Running gags[]
- Cat singing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" with the wrong lyrics.
- Yokvish taking selfies.
- Cat getting Sam's last name wrong again. This time, she calls her "Sam Pumpkin."
- Nona being old, seen in the end credits.
Series continuity[]
- Cat believes in magic like she did in "#DollSitting" and "#Twinfection".
- Sam still loves meat as shown numerous times on iCarly and previously in Sam & Cat.
- Sam's criminal past is repeatedly brought up in this episode.
- Before the scene where Sam, Cat, and Officer Kelvin are in the police car, Nozu from Victorious was shown.
- The Handy Quick, where Cat's mother got the Funky Nut Blast ice cream for her brother, makes a comeback.
- Pet-Mergency is the animal hospital Tori, Beck, Jade, and Cat went to in the Victorious episode "Opposite Date".
- Dice's aunt Fergene is mentioned again, as well as her "night gas" and helper monkey, Futz, which were first mentioned in #SecretSafe and #DollSitting respectively.
- Sam was arrested for pouring a cold beverage down the cop's pants. In the iCarly episode "iWon't Cancel the Show," she was arrested for shoving a hot chili dog down a foreign dignitary's pants.
- This is the second episode where Cat sings. The first is "#BabysitterWar".
- This is the second episode to have a scene in a car. The first is "#MyPoober".
- A pack of "Chips A'soy!" cookies are seen, which is a parody of Chips Ahoy!, which were originally in the iCarly episode, "iHeart Art".
- When Cat walks in the door with the shopping bags, she is carrying a bag from Mercedes Lens, also seen in the iCarly episode "iPromote Techfoots."
- This is the second time Cat gets arrested. The first time was the Victorious episode "Locked Up".
- Sam driving the police car is a nod to the Victorious episode "Crazy Ponnie" when Ponnie (played by Jennette McCurdy) steals the police car Tori and Trina are in.
International premieres[]
- May 4, 2014 (Poland, Germany)
- May 17, 2014 (Netherlands)
- May 19, 2014 (Latin America)
- September 9, 2014 (Quebec)
- September 11, 2014 (Greece)
Reception[]
References[]
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