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Episode Eighteen Eighteen

NINJA!

Synopsis

Thirteen years after the Deptartment of Ninja Studies is taken over by an evil dean more than enough students are fed up with his reign of evil ninja doings to warrant a sign-up sheet for those wanting to try to slay the Dean Ninja.

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Cast Credits

Dean Ninja   Ryan Rubio
Superbrother   Dan Lucas
Hitty McBatkins   Dustin Rhodes
Pink Ninja   Jessie Grinnell
Secretary Ninja   Samuel Cone
Bigsby   Daniel Hooper
Miles   Dave Miller
Fearsome Turkey   Brian Nichols
Fighting Monkey   Paul Glaser
Cheating Ninja   Jenny Keeling
Catholic School Girl Ninja 1   Annie Loescher
Catholic School Girl Ninja 2   Dawne Howard
Matrix Ninja 1   Victor Sgroi
Matrix Ninja 1   Jeremy McCamic
Robot Ninja   Allen Henderson
School Official   Allen Henderson
Several Ill-fated Ninja   Dustin Rhodes
Janitor Ninja   Rick Ward
Groin-injury Ninja   George Manis
A Ninja   Bergan Sipe
A Ninja   Nhoupinh Vongphrachanh
A Ninja   Ryan Rubio
A Ninja   John Wentz
A Ninja   M. Forrest Oliphant
A Ninja   Dawne Howard
A Ninja   Annie Loescher
A Ninja   Samuel Cone
A Ninja   Harper Gordek
A Ninja   Daniel Hooper
A Ninja   Matt Ross

 

Pictured: Ryan Rubio and Samuel Cone
The legendary battle between the Dean Ninja and his Secretary Ninja is rumored to have lasted over five hours

 

Pictured: Jessie Grinnell about to nut-punch George Manis
"Ooooooo! Dean Ninja Attack!"

Costumers
Dustin Rhodes
Jessie Grinnell
Dawne Howard
Annie Loescher
Dave Miller
Samuel Cone

Prop Procurement
Jenny Keeling
Dan Lucas

Camera
Allen Henderson
Rick Ward
George Manis
Ryan Rubio

Dolly Operators
Rick Ward
Allen Henderson

3-D Flying Object Effects
Rick Ward

Exterior Doctors
Rick Ward

Other Special Effects
Allen Henderson

Editor
Allen Henderson

Based on an Idea by
Ryan Rubio

Story / Character Development
Allen Henderson
Ryan Rubio
Dustin Rhodes
Dave Miller
Daniel Hooper

Director of Photography
Allen Henderson

Director of Photography: Superbrother-Robot Ninja Fight
Rick Ward

Written and Directed by
Allen Henderson

Produced by
Allen Henderson and George Manis

Dedicated to
Rick Ward


Locations

This show was filmed...

at the entrance to the caverns
in the Anime Forest of Super Happy Fun Time!
behind Joyner
in the evil dean's office
and at the Department of Ninja Studies (duh)

 

Pictured: Paul Glaser
"So it's ninja magic then?"

 

Interesting Factoids

*No one really knew that UNC had a Department of Ninja Studies before this project*
*A total of 73 gigs of space was used during post production of this episode*
*It was more convenient to refer to the total file space for this episode a fraction of a library of congress*
*During the filming of an anime forest scene the director was approached by two police officers regarding "suspicious activities"
*The director reminded the officers that the show was being filmed in a public park and they had a right to be there*
*The officers said that wasn't the problem*
*The director said that no one was really fighting*
*The officers said that also was not the problem*
*The officers said that the girls in the shoot appeared to be too young from a passerby's point of view*
*At this point George Manis walked by eating fries from a Burger King bag and called the director a "pederast" and continued walking*
*The director was also weary a smarmy Hawaiian shirt and hadn't shaved in days*
*The officers requested that the girls on the shoot (who were all college seniors) state that they were at the shoot of their own volition*
*Annie Loescher is 21 years old*
*No one ever believes her*
*But she is*
*Really*
*The belt that the Dean Ninja is wearing in some scenes has "Ryan Rubio" written on it*
*Ryan Rubio would rather us not have found this picture of him on the Internet from his drama class located at http://www.unc.edu/courses/span021a/teatro2.htm*
*Almost every line delivered by Feasome Turkey and Fighting Monkey is lifted from a poorly dubbed kung-fu movie*
*Every shot with Jessie (as the Pink Ninja) in the final tournament was filmed in a twenty-minute window, right before Jessie had to be at work*
*The final tournament was shot on two consecutive Saturdays*
*The blood gushing out of Ryan (as Dean Ninja) is de-carbonated Cheerwine, red food coloring, and some chocolate syrup coming out of a two-liter bottle*
*The above mentioned shot is filmed in a different location than the shot preceding it*
*Dan Lucas was hit in the neck with 8 poison darts before he caught the dart in the last and only good take of that scene*
*This was the very last shot filmed for the episode*
*Dan Lucas dropped dead when the director said "cut"*

 

Pictured: The Department of Ninja Studies
The UNC School of Ninja Studies

 

Continuity Errors

You'd think so wouldn't you.

Pictured: Daniel Hooper and Dave Miller
"...Eh?"

 

Killing and Violence Starting Lines

Dean Ninja - "Ha ha.."
"If you can survive my charge, I vow to make you....my secretary."
"..unless I get dismembered somehow. But I doubt that happening very much."
"It will do more than that...DEATH!"
"Oh yes, kill her too."
"Let's hope no one blows up your robot ninja!"
"Ha ha ha...HA HA HA Ha...MWA HA HA HA HA...hee hee...ho...heee...hm..ah.."

Secretary Ninja - "Oh thank you, surely I-"
"Ok, that time I was not ready, but using all of my training surely I-"
"I was quite surprised by that one, but as the ancient saying goes-"
"Surely...we could have a more formal interview process...for example, I could fax you my resume, and you...upon reviewing it could-"
"I will not tolerate such insolence! Subordinate ninjas! Chop him!"

Superbrother - "PEECHOW!"
"Hold my coat fool."
"He don't look so tough."
"Come on bitch, come on-hey, what-no-WAAA!"

Hitty McBatkins - "Ah like to get drunk an' hit people with mah bat! Whomp, whomp! Take that mom!"
"I'm gonna hit her with mah bat!"
"Let me use mah bat!"
"Ninja! Attack him!"
"All right, more ninja!"
"More ninja! Attack him!"

Pink Ninja - "Fireball attack! Fireball attack! Fireball attack!...Fireball...ERRRRAAAA!"
"Ooo! Dean Ninja Attack!"
"ERRRRAAAAA!"
"ERRRRAAAAA!"
"ERRRRAAAAA!"

Fighting Monkey - "Beware, your bones are going to be disconnected!"
"Darn, I'll burn you into a BBQ chicken."
"Huoy! Huoy! Huoy huoy!...Huh?"

Fearsome Turkey - "You are an ugly man, and I shall beat you."
"Who gave you the nerve to get killed here?"
"I will challenge you."

Matrix Ninja 1 - "What are you saying I need to work on my form? My form is much better than yours!"

Bigsby - "Hiya!"

Pictured: Ryan Rubio
The Personification of Evil (pictured above)