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Unnatural History
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Part of Cartoon Network's attempt to combat Nickelodeon's live-action shows along with Tower Prep. A 2010 live action show on Cartoon Network about a globe-trotting teen named Henry Griffin who must now adjust to living in Washington, D.C.. and attend Smithson High School, which is connected to a museum. Along with his cousin Jasper and their schoolfriend Maggie, they solve history's mysteries. Unlike many of Cartoon Network's live-action series, it was reasonably well-received, but this unfortunately did not translate into high ratings—it only lasted one season and was cancelled due to low ratings. | |
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Playing Sick | |
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Playing Sick: Henry does this in "The Griffin Gang" to this to get out of the school when it is under lockdown due to a mysterious disease to get the cure from the medical repository. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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It's more of a case of All There in the Manual. On the website it explains that Henry learned parkour in Paris, probably only visiting. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: "Henry, please tell me you've been in the exact same situation before and have some kind of astounding escape plan." He does. | |
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Rule of Cool | |
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Part of Henry's basic skillset. This does beg the question of how he knows it if he's never really lived in a city, but let's chalk it up to Rule of Cool. | |
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Female Gaze | |
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Female Gaze: After it's mentioned in a roundabout way that Henry goes commando ("It's a formal dance Henry, so wear underwear!"), the camera follows his bum as it walks upstairs for a little longer than necessary. | |
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Shirtless Scene | |
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Shirtless Scene: Henry gets a lot of them, being a Mighty Whitey and all. | |
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Wham Line | |
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Wham Line: From "Now You See Me", after E.W. leaves: | |
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Le Parkour | |
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Le Parkour: Part of Henry's basic skillset. This does beg the question of how he knows it if he's never really lived in a city, but let's chalk it up to Rule of Cool. It's more of a case of All There in the Manual. On the website it explains that Henry learned parkour in Paris, probably only visiting. | |
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The Un-Reveal | |
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The Unreveal: "Maximum Insecurity" started off with Jasper and Henry making a deal that whoever got the better exam scores would plan their weekend. After an offer from Mr. Bartlett to excuse them from taking the test so they could fit in both plans, Henry refuses because he'd already studied so hard. We never see how the boys do. Most assume Henry got the better score. | |
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? | |
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Henry is scared of driving after crashing a jeep in his childhood. He gets over it. | |
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Ship Sinking | |
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Ship Sinking: Maggie has said that "boyfriend land" is the one place she will not go with Henry. One of the two places. The other was the boys' locker room. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: An Adventurer Archaeologist named Henry. Where have I heard of this before... Also, Smithson High is named after the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, which, as every good Indy fanboy knows, keeps the dangerous magical artifacts out of the hands of the crazies. In real life, the Smithsonian is simply the largest museum in America; pious skeptic Ales Hrdlicka's been dead longer than most people here have been alive. There's Sven Erickson who studied the impact of vikings on American history. Considering the most well known viking is Leif Ericson... | |
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Green-Eyed Epiphany | |
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Green-Eyed Epiphany: Jasper spends most of one episode in a jealous sulking when he suspects that Henry's taking Maggie to the eclipse viewing. What happens is much worse. | |
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Potty Failure | |
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Potty Failure: Jasper. Justfied in that he was six and hanging in a net from a tree. | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
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One of the two places. The other was the boys' locker room. | |
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Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
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Red Oni, Blue Oni: Henry is obsessed with figuring things out and steadfastly refusing to be tied down by convention, while Jasper is preoccupied with fitting in and doing what his father tells him (for the things his father pays attention to, at least). | |
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Nobody Here but Us Birds | |
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Nobody Here but Us Birds: Played straight to lure the bad guys around the museum in "Maximum Insecurity". Well, they thought it would work, till Jasper fails to do so. Played straight later in the climax. | |
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Took a Level in Jerkass | |
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Took a Level in Jerkass: Henry's parents were initially started off as supportive Adventurer Archaeologist parents for him who would encourage him to Be Yourself to follow in their footsteps, but when they make a reappearance in the Grand Finale, they act as total Adults Are Useless who views Henry as a Broken Pedestal of a Black Sheep of the family and a disgrace to the Griffin name after a humiliating incident that prompted them to ground him and regretting to encourage him to Be Yourself, which Henry lampshades on. | |
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Lawyer-Friendly Cameo | |
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Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: Anyone who's ever been to Washington, D.C.. knows that it's not the National Museum Complex but the Smithsonian or the National Mall. | |
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To Be Continued | |
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To Be Continued: Strangely, the season finale ended with a (literal) stamp of this, even though the plot of the episode wrapped up. It's questionable if the second season would actually start with the three of them solving some mystery in the Gobi. | |
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Samus Is a Girl | |
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Samus Is a Girl: Hoshi's introduction. | |
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Elaborate University High | |
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Elaborate University High: Surprisingly averted. Smithson High is reasonably sized, considering the fact that it's connected to a museum. | |
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Fish out of Water | |
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Fish out of Water: Henry lived in pretty much everywhere on Earth except in urban society. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: To The Jonas Brothers. The only time they're mentioned, they're hiding from a group of mice, and one of them can clearly be heard yelling "Mommy!" | |
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Splitting Pants | |
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Splitting Pants: In "Curse of the Rolling Stone," the bad luck from the apparently cursed ruby somehow causes Hunter to rip the seat of his jeans, revealing his underwear. | |
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Adventurer Archaeologist | |
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An Adventurer Archaeologist named Henry. Where have I heard of this before... Also, Smithson High is named after the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, which, as every good Indy fanboy knows, keeps the dangerous magical artifacts out of the hands of the crazies. In real life, the Smithsonian is simply the largest museum in America; pious skeptic Ales Hrdlicka's been dead longer than most people here have been alive. | |
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UnluckyChildhoodFriend | |
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Unlucky Childhood Friend: Jasper's known Maggie almost all his life. When he asks her out, she just stares at him and walks away. | |
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Academy of Adventure | |
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Academy of Adventure: Smithson High is one especially since the "DOUM Room" has many undocumented artifacts of the National Museum Complex. | |
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Ship Tease | |
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Ship Tease: Hints of this, alternating between Henry/Maggie, Jasper/Maggie, and Henry/Jasper. | |
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Bound and Gagged | |
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Bound and Gagged: The Villains Of The Week in this show employ this relatively often, one example being in "Maximum Insecurity" when Jasper is tied to a chair and gagged with his own sock while being held hostage. | |
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My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That | |
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My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That: Upon being introduced to Maggie by Jasper the first thing Henry asks him afterwards is if he's asked her out yet. | |
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Comedic Underwear Exposure | |
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Comedic Underwear Exposure: In "Curse of the Rolling Stone," Hunter gets a hold of the allegedly cursed ruby that Henry and Jasper are looking for. Hunter willingly gives it back to them, saying that no one would believe all of the bad luck he's had in just the short time he's had possession of it. As Hunter walks away down the hall, we see that the back of his jeans are torn, partially revealing his tighty-whities to everyone he passes in the hall, who all laugh at his exposed underwear. We're left to assume that the bad luck from the ruby caused him to somehow rip his jeans. | |
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Sailor Earth | |
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Sailor Earth: When they're not writing Jasper/Henry slash, fanfic authors enjoy pairing up the already hinted Maggie/Jasper relationship, and writing in an OC (usually very well-travelled as well) to act as a Love Interest to Henry. These can stray into Mary Sue territory. | |
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Would Hit a Girl | |
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Would Hit a Girl: Henry has absolutely no problem with hitting the first episode's villain. It helps that she has, by this point, tried to kill him multiple times. | |
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You Wouldn't Believe Me If I Told You | |
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You Wouldn't Believe Me If I Told You: Said word-for-word by Henry to Dean Bartlett after the outbreak is cured in "The Griffin Gang." | |
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Mighty Whitey | |
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Mighty Whitey: Henry has apparently lived with members of every African and Asian culture and excelled at all their skills, though we don't know how good he was in comparison to the natives. Of course, this does leave him with problems being a standard North American teenage boy. It's not clear if this is supposed to be a Deconstructed Trope or not. | |
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Cut Short | |
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Cut Short: The Season Finale had set up What Could Have Been the start of season two. | |
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