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Sample CEIA episode page

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Here is a sample episode page. Each field name is followed by a brief description of the information it contains.

Note: All episode pages are still incomplete -- some much more so than others. Actually, many of the fields below only have info in them on a few of the pages. Hey, I'm workin' on it... :-)

CEIA: ``Official Episode Title'' (#episode-number)

(miscellaneous links and maybe pics appear here)

-- Information --

Airing Info

Production Date:

Month episode taped.

Broadcast Date:

Original air date (unknown for all first-season episodes except first one).

Running Time:

Length of episode in minutes and seconds: first half + second half = total.

first half includes opening scene, title sequence, and commercial ``bumper''; second half includes ``bumper'', closing credits, and ``CEIA was taped at...'' voice-over.

(See Running times summary for more info about episode lengths.)

AKA:

Some other names by which this episode has been known, including the ones used by Nickelodeon On-Line (on AOL), when they differ from the titles provided by ``urien'', a CEIA editor.

(See Alternate episode titles for a full list of alternate titles.)

Episode Content

Plot Synopsis:

A brief synopsis of the plot; I've tried to avoid giving away ``spoilers'' in this field and the following one.

[Note: Two plot synopses -- namely those of ``Blind Date'' (#139) and ``Piper Comes to Visit'' (#156) -- are pretty much verbatim from Adam Lieberman's ``Descriptive Episode List'', because I couldn't think of a better way of stating them. :-)]

Subplots:

What everyone else is doing in the episode.

Opening Scene:

Opening scene, including the opening line of Clarissa's monologue and the general idea of the scene.

Closing Line:

``Closing line'' of the episode (not necessarily the very last line of dialogue). Spoken by Clarissa unless otherwise noted.

Spoofs:

Movie/TV spoofs; usually these segments are titled and the title gives away what is being spoofed (I put the latter info in parentheses anyway).

Other Cut-away Segments:

Clarissa updates, imagined scenes, etc.

Computer Stuff:

Clarissa's computer games and simulations.

Sam's Entrances:

Dialog for each of Sam's entrances through Clarissa's window; Clarissa speaks first unless otherwise noted.

(See Sam's entrances through the window for summary info about Sam's entrances.)

Names for Ferguson:

All of Clarissa's names for Ferguson. (For most episodes, ``Ferguson'' is not included; I've only recently decided to include this name, too.)

Key:

@

said directly to Ferguson

o

said to other character

*

said to us (to the camera or in a voice-over)

?

unknown (have to check)

Marshall's Designs:

Marshall's architectural wonders, whether seen or only referred to.

Key:

=

seen in this episode (and possibly earlier and later ones)

>

seen only in later episode(s)

<

seen in earlier (and possibly later) episode(s), but not in this one

x

never seen

?

unknown

Janet's Work:

Stuff related to Janet's job at the Children's Museum (or other work, volunteer and otherwise).

Credits

Writer:

Writer.

Director:

Director.

Guest Players:

Guest players.

Opening Credits:

Full opening credits, if any (first season episodes didn't have opening credits). (Note: I don't yet have opening credits on any of the pages.)

Closing Credits:

Full closing credits (this is usually where the writer, director and guest players info comes from).

Other Info

Character Names:

All of the character names referred to in the episode.

Key: (same as ``Marshall's Designs:'' field above)

=

seen in this episode (and possibly earlier and later ones)

>

seen only in later episode(s)

<

seen in earlier (and possibly later) episode(s), but not in this one

x

never seen

?

unknown

By ``character'' I mean a person or pet in the ``real world'' of CEIA. No characters from Clarissa's imagination -- for example, the prisoners in the ``Dames Behind Bars'' spoof in ``Clarissa Gets Arrested'' (#164) -- are listed, although this may change someday. The regular cast members are only listed in the first episode. No real people (for example, Madonna or Cher) are listed.

Real-World References:

Here's where Madonna and Cher are listed. :-) This field lists all references to real-world people, companies, products, movies, TV shows, etc. I want to link these to appropriate Web-sites, but this is a very time-consuming process.

Quotes:

Clarissa's ``I think it was...'' quotations, along with other notable quotes from her and other characters. I have given the real quotation being referred to, when I could figure it out. Otherwise, or in addition, I have included one or two quotes which seem related in some way to the quote from the show. The speaker is Clarissa unless otherwise noted.

Key:

+

prefaced by ``I think it was...''

-

an otherwise notable quote

Primary references:

• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
• Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations

Lyrics and Poetry:

Songs and poems appearing in the episode.

Clothes:

Description of all the outfits Clarissa wears. I've collected this info for the first two episodes; all other ``clothes data'' were provided by Eric Last. I've put his contributions in ``preformatted text'' style.

That is, like this.

[See also Openings, endings, and commercial bumpers for clothing Clarissa wears in commercial bumpers.]

Food:

Janet's culinary questionables and all other references to food.

Pics:

Where to get frame-grabs from this episode.

-- Opinions --

Favorite Lines:

Some of my favorite lines from the episode.

Favorite Scenes:

Ditto for scenes or parts of scenes.

Other good stuff:

Things that didn't fit in the last two fields.

Weak Points and Mistakes:

Just what it says. (I haven't put any info in this field on any of the pages -- not because there aren't any things to put here, of course, but because they're all still in the ``DYNs'' section below or on my DYN: Mistakes page.)

-- DYNs --

``Did You Notice'': random observations that may be of interest.

(miscellaneous links appear here)

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